Two's a Party, Let's Hope Four's not a Crowd- Update 11/15 FINALLY!

[DisneyMama629]

I'm reposting my trip report that I've started on TGM here due to some requests from a few DIS buddies. The nice thing about posting it there first is that now I have several days done to post right away. Beware though, there are references to TGM people that none of my DIS friends will know. Just skip over those parts! :thumbsup2

On with the pre-trip!

The Cast of Characters:

Krista, 26- I’m a total TGM and Disney addict. I teach 4th and 5th grade on a loop and I’m currently working on my Master’s in Administration so I can run the school. I recently started teaching myself to sew and I’ve made Halie a couple things to wear on this trip.

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Rob, my DH, 26- Rob is a wonderful husband who used to just tolerate my love for Disney, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that he likes it just as much as I do. He’s a thrill ride fan, and will be glad to have my brother along to ride ToT with. While I’m obsessed with WDW, Rob is obsessed with WoW, World of Warcraft for the uninitiated. It’s an online computer game that consumes peoples’ lives. While I plan Disney trips, my husband plays WoW. Thank God we have two computers! Rob is also a teacher, middle school PE, and he recently got a job at one of the high schools as an assistant football coach.

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Chad, my brother, 27- Chad is a great father to Halie. He works for my dad’s construction company and also flips houses with one of our cousins. My brother and I are off and on. We grew up the best of friends.

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Then we pretty much hated each other through middle school and high school. Chad was sent away to a boot camp for boys who are naughty when I was a senior in high school. When he left he had just met Halie’s mother and she was pregnant. When he came back I was in college and our relationship was better. It could be that we weren’t living together anymore. We get along pretty well now, I feel like I’m the big sister because I’m the one that has a life that’s a little more together. He has been on one big vacation since he has been an adult and that was to Vegas with Rob and I, on Spring Break in 2005.

At the airport after Vegas after reuniting with Halie! I took like, no pictures on that trip, so this is literally the best I have.

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Rob and my brother get along pretty well. Rob, his brothers, my brother, and my dad all go bowling together on Wednesdays. They also race RC cars together. I had a hard time finding many pics of my brother. Here he is at the lake camping with us.

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Halie, our niece, 7 1/2- Halie is going in to 2nd grade at the school I teach, well hopefully that’s the school, her mom wants to switch, but that’s a whole other thread.

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The one Princess Halie still likes…
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I’m having a hard time adjusting to Halie growing up because it seemed like it literally happened overnight. One day she comes over with the snotty attitude and I’m like, what happened to my little Halie?!?!? I’m pretty sure this is the day it happened…

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She turned 7 and everything went downhill. She said she would rather go to the beach than WDW. She didn’t want to talk about the trip, and would roll her eyes when I did. It was pretty painful for me. I actually contemplated canceling the trip after one too many times of Halie’s attitude making me cry.

After several times of her attitude, her mom and dad finally took action. She has been much more pleasant since then. I have to say that since school let out, she has also improved her behavior. From what she says, the other kids in her class think WDW is for babies, and Halie is all about being popular. She does not want them to make fun of her. I know that these kids are just “hatin” because they will never get to go to WDW , but she doesn’t know that. I just have to realize that she’s growing up and she’s not the same 5 year old that I took to WDW a few years ago.

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I am sure she will come around. Kids can be so mean. I can't wait to read more!

[DisneyMama629]

I always like to include a little WDW vacation history in my trip report.

My first trip was when I was 3 or 4 and Chad was 4 or 5. We drove down from Kansas. We visited lots of other places on the way so I’m told. We were at WDW for 3 days. My parents say we went from open to close every day with no break and we ran from ride to ride to fit everything in. Definitely not TGM style. I remember one thing from the trip; I had a giant sucker and got it all over my face. :p

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No Disney for me for years after that. Although every time I had a bad dream throughout my childhood, my mom would say think of WDW. It always helped. I still use that technique. When I was a freshman in high school my parents asked us if we would rather go to WDW or to the Mall of America and have $200 to spend on school clothes for our summer vacation. We picked the Mall. :eek:

My senior year of high school, my parents somehow got free airline tickets and were going to California to go to DL and Universal. I wanna go!!! Nope, it was just the two of them. Then one day they surprised me with a ticket. Somehow they got a third ticket and I got to go. This was when my brother was at boot camp for naughty boys. We went to Hollywood for one day, DL from open to close, and Universal from open to close. Then back home. We were total “thems” at DL. :confused: I actually remember looking at the super long wait on SM and seeing the FP machine. I remember my dad and I discussing how FP costs and that we should have gotten it. I think we rode 5 rides, saw the parade, Fantasmic, and the fireworks. That’s about it. I loved it though!!!

I realize this picture is not of DL, but of Universal. It’s the only scanned pic from that trip.
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After that I dreamed of going to WDW. It didn’t happen until 5 years later when I convinced Rob to go there for our honeymoon. Luckily I had joined TGM a few years before that when I was searching the internet for Disney information. Thanks to TGM we had a great time! :yay:

Honeymoon: July 2005
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As soon as I got back from our honeymoon I told my mom that we should take Halie to WDW. We started planning right away for our girl’s only trip. A few months before the trip, my dad sort of invited himself along. :faint: The trip turned out to be a disaster. Nobody would follow my TGM plans. We fought. :furious: We yelled. It was terrible. There were some good points, but it does seem like the bad outweighed them. I vowed after that trip to take Halie back with just me and we’d do it again, the right way. I told her I would take her in two years.

The good, the bad, and the ugly: June 2006
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And to show you a picture that really demonstrates how tiny Halie was back then and why it’s hard for me to realize she’s getting bigger…
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If you want some entertaining reading here’s a link to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…
http://www.tourguidemike.com/forums/tm.asp?m=237671&mpage=1&key=

After that trip, I let my membership to TGM lapse. I felt like I was done with Disney. My dad had ruined the magic. That lasted like a month. I rejoined. Wrote the therapeutic trip report listed above and went about scheming a way to get another trip to WDW. One of my good friends and I planned a trip and even booked it for July 2007. Then she sold me out around January. I was so sad. :sad1:

Rob saw my sad face and told he would go with me. Woo hoo!! :banana: That little trip morphed into a 15 day extravaganza! We went for our 2 year anniversary and it was great. I don’t think we’ll ever top that trip. We were chosen as family of the day twice! Once at MGM on our first morning at WDW, and then at Epcot on our actual anniversary.

Family of the Day at MGM! July 2007
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We got to be first on RNRC. Cee was there that day and her son and his friend rode right behind us. Don’t I look scared?!?
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Family of the Day at Epcot!
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We got to ride TT by ourselves twice!
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The best thing that happened on that trip was we bought DVC!!! I couldn’t believe it! That was something that I never thought would happen in a million bazillion years! :cheer2:
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Something else happened on that trip. I had park peeps for the first time. I met up with JB, Karen, and Cee.
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Cee had been the first person on TGM to really befriend me, so it was great to meet her!
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To read about our Super Duper Long Anniversary Trip go to this link…
http://www.tourguidemike.com/forums/tm.asp?m=385045

Continued in next post (too many pics)

[DisneyMama629]

Now the story backtracks a bit here. As I was planning for the Super Duper Long Anniversary trip I realized it would be best to get an AP. :idea: Because I could use it to take Halie on our girls only trip the following June. Then I read a few WDW Marathon reports. I decided I wanted to do that.:idea: So I was getting three trips in on the AP. Well, if I’m going to have an AP, I might as well go as much as I can so I wanted to go to the TGM Zag’n’Meet. :idea: I talked my friend from school, Heather into going along with me. Now that you know the history of why those trips were planned, back to the trip reviews.

In October, my partner in crime, Heather, and I went to the Zag’n’Meet. It was great! It was a ton of fun to just be there with one of my girlfriends. I also got to meet a bunch of the people that I had been chatting on AIM with forever. Another great thing about the Zag was getting to go to MNSSHP. I’d always wanted to go!

Zag’n’Meet- October 2007
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On this trip, I met some of my friends that I’m really close to now. I also got to meet Melissa’s son Ryan!
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Not too long after the Zag, Rob and I returned to WDW for the Disney Marathon. It was also our first trip home to SSR! The marathon was fantastic! One of the most memorable things I’ve ever done. Rob wished that he had done it with me, and regretted telling me no. We are going to run it together next year though! Along with a bunch of my TGM buddies!


Disney Marathon- January 2008
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I’m going to backtrack again. Remember I was buying an AP originally because I was going to take Halie the following summer in June? Well after we bought DVC, that complicated things. That evening we had dinner at Kona and Rob wanted to talk about our WDW plans for the next summer using our DVC. I told him I was planning to take Halie on a girl’s only trip. He wasn’t too thrilled with the idea of me using our points for the first trip without him. So we decided I would cancel the trip with Halie. :sad:

The next day when I told my mom, she was disappointed. She said Halie talked about going back to WDW just with me quite often. That made me feel bad, so I talked Rob into allowing Halie to come along with us. It took some convincing, but he finally agreed. :yay: That was going to be the plan until Halie turned 7.

As I said, Halie turned 7 and made a turn for the worse. :sad: I thought about canceling the trip. Then I came up with a better idea. :idea: Let’s take my brother with us and he can keep Halie in check. I don’t like to be the mean aunt that does the discipline. Let the dad do that work. I ran it by Rob. We crunched some numbers and decided we could get a 1br villa at OKW so we’d have enough space, we’d pay for his park ticket, my parents offered to pay for his airfare, and we’d figure out the dining later. We decided to surprise him on Christmas. In the meantime I booked the airfare, hotel, and made a rough itinerary.

There were a few times in between that I had enough of a 7 year old treating me badly. I told my brother and he told me to just not take her. He had no idea that I couldn’t just not take her because he was going to. It was a rough time. I just wanted Christmas to arrive so I could tell him and he would understand why I couldn’t just tell Halie she couldn’t go.

On the night before Rob and I left for TX to have Christmas with his family, we had Christmas with my family. I had made Chad a note announcing the surprise. It was wrapped in a big box full of newspaper with the note at the bottom. As he read it his smile got bigger and bigger! I hadn’t hoped for a lot of enthusiasm because most men I know just don’t show any. He was pretty excited though. Let the real planning begin!

Chad with his note.
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The note:
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[DisneyMama629]

When we first started planning this trip it was supposed to be 10 days at OKW in a 1br. I had booked it at 7 months out based on the dates that Allegiant was flying from here. Allegiant is a super cheap airline that flies direct from here to Sanford, which is about an hour from WDW.

So I have it all booked and I’m waiting for Allegiant to release their June dates. Finally they come out and they have switched from flying Wednesday and Saturday to Friday and Monday only. This totally screwed us. We could no longer afford the 1br villa for the whole time. Instead of staying 1 weekend, we now had two weekends. Anyone who owns DVC knows that two weekends equals major points. We were already using all of our banked points from the year we bought plus all of this years points. There was no way I was going to borrow.

I panicked. Only briefly though. At that time Cee was going to Vero Beach. I thought I should try to go there first and then head to WDW. That way we wouldn’t have to start in a studio at WDW and then switch to a 1br. It would just be a few days at Vero in an Inn Room and then on to WDW in our 1br. This worked out great because instead of one day at Daytona at the end of the trip, we were getting a couple days at the beach. And since Halie is a total weirdo, she’d rather go to the beach than to WDW. This girl has mixed up priorities. I am a little worried that she isn’t going to want to leave Vero at all. She is going to love it so much. She is very outdoorsy and loves to find shells. It’s going to be right up her alley.

Here are our plans now…

June 20-22: Disney’s Vero Beach Resort
June 22-29: OKW
June 29-30: Holiday Inn Sanford (our flight leaves super early, so I’d rather stay by the airport than have to drive so early.)

We are doing the DDP even though we have a kitchen. Rob and my bubba insisted on it. Rob and I have PAP and we are getting Chad and Halie MYW with the plus options. We might add park hopping once we get there. We’ll see how it goes.

We’ve also decided to rent a car for the whole trip this time. This is our first time having a car for the full trip. I don’t know how much we’ll use it, but I’ve heard too many scary things about the bus transportation lately. When I heard someone say they missed a rope drop even though they were at the bus stop an hour before the park opened, that sealed the deal for me.

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The trip is in two days so I started my ritual of freaking out that I’m not ready. I just got back from getting my nails done and getting my dot dot toes. Now it’s time to get sewing!!!!

On Monday I went to Hobby Lobby and got the remainder of the cloth and ribbon needed to finish Halie’s outfits and matching bows. Yesterday I finished sewing the pirate shirts for the cruise that Halie is going on with Jen’s girls. 5 pirate shirts= PITA. They will look super cute though! I also sewed Halie another Minnie themed halter.

Today, I’m making her AK shirt, my AK shirt, MGM shirt, HDDR shirt, and both of us a Minnie ribbon shirt like I had last year. Hopefully my BIL’s GF is going to make the bows to match Halie’s outfits. She was supposed to help yesterday and totally flaked out on me. If she doesn’t come through by this evening, I’m just doing it myself.

Yesterday I counted all the change in my piggybank. I had $98 in coins. Not too shabby. I was pleasantly surprised to also find dollar bills that I had forgotten were in there. I was downright shocked to find a $100 bill!! After some thinking about it, I remembered that I put it in there when I got back from going to Vegas with Kim. Nice little bonus! So I had $252 saved up that was kind of like “free money” in a way. It’s always nice to find free money.

Last time Halie went, she got all kinds of gifts from Tinkebell. They always had a note with them. I don’t think the notes will happen this year, but there will be gifts. Who knows if she’ll still believe, but I have been buying stuff since that trip so she is getting them. I left my camera at my mom’s. Later I can take a picture of all her gifts. Including all the new crap I just bought at Dollar Tree. I’m a sucker for Disney trinkets I tell ya!

[DisneyMama629]

Day 1, June 20, 2008: Arrival

I awoke Halie in the morning with a beautiful rendition of the Mickey Mouse Club song sung by yours truly. She didn’t want to wake up. I grabbed her feet and started to drag her out of the bed and told her she would be falling on her head soon if she didn’t get up. This made her start laughing, so she got up.

My mom arrived by 7:00 to take us to pick up my brother. Here’s the little princess on the way to get her daddy.

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My brother was ready when we arrived. I believe it’s because I told him we’d be there at 7:00 when I knew it would really be 7:15. I didn’t want to be waiting around on people.

Here’s the first of many pictures of Chad with his eyes shut.
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Chad got in a car accident when Halie was 2 years old and he has a big scar on one side of his face. The scar makes one of his eyes not open as much giving him the appearance of a lazy eye. He doesn’t help the situation by not even trying to open his eyes for pictures.

On the way to the airport, I read Chad and Halie the pirate code. I had AIMed Cee at like 6:30 in the morning trying to find the code. Being the helpful sista she is, she found the link and sent it to me. I explained that I was the captain of this trip and they had to say “Aye Aye Captain” after each line of the code. Halie loved it. My brother aye ayed a couple times. A couple is more than none right?

The Pirate Code

In exchange for passage on this vessel, I agree to abide by the Pirate Code.
1. Pirates don’t whine. I won’t whine while at Walt Disney World.
2. I will follow the plan my Captain has set forth for me. Treasure cannot be obtained without following the plan and the code.
3. I agree not to wear myself out pillaging all day. I will stop for a siesta and dip in the cool waters midday. However, on the day of the Pirate and Princess Party I agree not to dip in the cool waters, but only to take a siesta in a dark room with my eyes closed. I know that many gold pieces have been shelled out for me to attend said event and I want to make the most of gathering booty that night.
4. Drink up me hearties yo ho! Not rum, mateys! Water, and plenty of it to stay hydrated in the tropical sun.
5. I agree to be ready to sail (be at the bus stop) no later than 7:50.
6. Rides First, Characters Second, Shopping is a distant Third. I will stick to the code, I will stick to the code, I will stick to the code…..
7. All pirates must be able to navigate their own way. I will read the map.
8. For maximum time to pillage and plunder the World, when one goes, all must go (to the bathroom, that is).
9. I will not irritate my Captain.
10. If one falls behind they will be left behind. (Not really, but I do agree to make every effort to not keep others waiting if I need more time. They can carry on; I will catch up later.)
(Those who do not abide by the Pirate Code will be forced to walk the plank)
I agree to abide by this here Code: ____________________
Date:___________________________

We arrived at the airport about 1.5 hours before our flight. Notice my super cute Disney World shirt that MK gave me!

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We walked in and the Allegiant line was HUGE. It always is. We got to the desk to check-in and they gave us three seats next to each other and one across the aisle. We determined that Rob would sit across the aisle. Then we went to grab a bite to eat. We always eat at the same place at our airport. It’s owned by a family of a guy Rob played college football with and he usually gives us a discount. Well no discount today, and it took for-ev-errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (read that like the Goonies.) By the time we got our food (in to go boxes since it took so long), guzzled our drinks, and got through security our plane was boarding. We got lucky when we got on the plane and discovered that nobody was sitting next to Rob. Bonus!

Halie took some pictures of us all on the airplane. She is quite the photographer.

Me and Tinkerbell
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Goofy and Goofier
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Halie with the letter her mama gave her. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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I played with Halie with some of her awesome toys that her awesome Aunt packed in her awesome new Minnie Mouse backpack. After awhile I switched over and sat with Rob. Halie took another picture of me from across the asile. What can I say, she takes after her aunt in loving to take pictures.

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I looked out the window mid flight and guess who was flying along next to us?!?!?!
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Halie and Chad when we are getting ready to land!
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We landed right on time and we were towards the front of the plane so we were off and ready to go quickly! Rob and Chad decided to wait for the luggage while Halie and I went to get the rental car. We had decided to get a rental car for the whole trip this time. Previously we have gotten it for arrival day and departure day. Let me just say now, WE LOVED IT!!! We will never go without a car again.

Halie and I headed out to Alamo to pick out our ride. The thing with Alamo at Sanford Airport is that it is outside and is the farthest rental car counter of all of them. Halie didn’t mind though, because as soon as she got outside, she saw a lizard. She snapped a quick picture of it!

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When we got to the Alamo counter the line was longer than Dumbo at 1:30 in the afternoon. We got in and started waiting. Halie entertained us by taking our pictures with characters.

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After we wrapped around the queue a few times I saw some electronic kiosks. I wondered if I could check in there, but I didn’t want to hop out of line to check. Nobody else was going to them so I had no idea if they even worked. After awhile Rob came in. They had the luggage and were wondering what the heck was taking us so long. By now I was at the very end of queue. I showed him the electronic thing and he went to check it out. Then he waved me over. Before getting out of line, I vowed to kill him if it didn’t work.

We checked in easy as pie on the kiosk! The only problem was our free additional driver that we had due to our discount code didn’t show up. We weren’t worried about it though. We grabbed our paperwork and went out to get the car. We headed towards the economy row and saw a little SUV. I immediately wanted it. Rob went to ask if we could and the guy said that it wasn’t an economy level car but since it was parked there we could take it. BONUS!

I got in and started it up while Rob went to get the family and our luggage. In the meantime I called Cee to brag that I was in Florida. I also called Melissa who was napping or something and not answering.

[mytwotinks]

Sounds like a fun trip. I can't wait to read more!

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Oh it sounds like you had so much fun!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Sounds like you had so much fun...how did you get picked as Family of the Day twice???? If I were you, I'd play the lottery!

[Cherlynn25]

I love the pirate code!!! Cant wait to hear more :surfweb:

[MamaOfTwoPrincesses]

Great trippie so far!

I have copied the Pirate Code for our trip. I will make my girls AND HUSBAND agree to it! :lmao: Great idea!

[HeatherSue]

I love all your backstory and the old pictures!

It's too bad Halie is concerned about being popular at such a young age. It seems like that happens earlier and earlier these days! I'm sure the car wasn't moving in the picture of Halie unbuckled in it, right? ;)

It looks like Halie has the same camera as Arminda (Teresa's daughter). I believe Buzz if flying outside their airplane in her trip report, too! How cool that he escorts people to Disney!

You need to add a link to your TR in your signature!

[DisneyMama629]

Sounds like a fun trip. I can't wait to read more!

I'll post more tomorrow!

Oh it sounds like you had so much fun!

It was a great time! Definitely a trip to remember!

Sounds like you had so much fun...how did you get picked as Family of the Day twice???? If I were you, I'd play the lottery!

We are super lucky I guess! I started to post that trip report over here on the DIS, but nobody was really reading it so I stopped. It was such a great trip!

I love the pirate code!!! Cant wait to hear more :surfweb:

A guy on TGM wrote the pirate code. I love it!

Great trippie so far!

I have copied the Pirate Code for our trip. I will make my girls AND HUSBAND agree to it! :lmao: Great idea!

The pirate code is great! We quoted parts of it several times on our trip!

I love all your backstory and the old pictures!

It's too bad Halie is concerned about being popular at such a young age. It seems like that happens earlier and earlier these days! I'm sure the car wasn't moving in the picture of Halie unbuckled in it, right? ;)

It looks like Halie has the same camera as Arminda (Teresa's daughter). I believe Buzz if flying outside their airplane in her trip report, too! How cool that he escorts people to Disney!

You need to add a link to your TR in your signature!

I looked back at the picture of Halie, just sure it would be in our driveway. Looks like the car was moving! :eek: I'm sure it's right before I caught it and told her to buckle up!

I bought Halie that camera after seeing Arminda's in Teresa's TR. I also took the Buzz picture because I saw it in Teresa's!!! LOL!!

[teresajoy]

Krista, thank you so much for posting this for us here!!!!! Ok, look up at what HeatherSue wrote, and that is exactly what I was going to say!
Seatbelt,
Backstory,
Cool camera...

All of it! Scary, isn't it! :scared1:

That is very cool that you bought the camera after seeing it in my TR!!! Arminda still really loves hers!

I can't wait to read more!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[reelmom]

I'm in. Looking forward to reading more.

[DisneyMama629]

Upon leaving the airport we promptly got lost. My brother told us for $10 he could get GPS on his phone for the month. Rob said no. I said get it. Rob wins. We drive around lost for 5 more minutes. I tell Chad to get the GPS. He orders it up and soon we are on our way to Vero Beach!

Now I have to say, I don’t know how we ever traveled without GPS before. That is a wonderful invention. The fights between husbands and wives that don’t happen due to that wonderful invention are numerous I’m sure. Or maybe we’re the only husband and wife that argue over which turn to take when lost. I doubt that though.

On the way to Vero we were all getting quite hungry. I told Chad that there are Chik-Fil-A’s in Florida. He got all excited and asked his girlfriend (this is what he affectionately called his GPS unit with the beautiful female voice) where the nearest one was. At first we thought it was on the way then we discovered it was quite a ways off the highway. We decided instead to take the next exit where we found a Burger King.

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After Burger King, I took over the driving duties and everyone fell asleep. I just love that. I always stay awake to talk to the driver, but as soon as I’m the driver, I’m on my own. Nobody chats with me.

Chad’s girlfriend guided me right to Vero Beach with no problems at all. Everyone woke up when I opened the sunroof in hopes of smelling the ocean. Chad and Halie were very excited. Halie had never seen the ocean and Chad hadn’t seen it since he was younger than Halie. Finally after about 2 hours we pulled up to Disney’s Vero Beach Resort!!!!! Halie and I went inside to check-in.

The doormat, yes I take pictures of everything!!!
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We go to the counter to check-in and Halie announces that she has to pee. NOW. Darn it. I wanted to see where our villa was. We told the guy we’d be right back and ran to the restroom. On the way I got a picture of this cannon in the hallway.

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Back at the check-in counter we had a very nice CM. He seemed very excited about our room and said we had a great view of the ocean. I had reserved an ocean view inn room and had no idea what to expect. We lucked out with a top floor room! He gave Halie a bookmark about sea turtles.

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The check-in packet was so cute!

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He gave us a great rundown of Vero beach and all the activities. He was really nice. After we checked in I took a quick picture of Halie in the lobby then we headed to the car to get the boys.

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At VB you park in a parking garage that is basically underneath the lobby. This was really nice. We got a parking spot right by the elevator and my brother got a luggage cart. We had enough luggage to last a month.

The view from the top floor down to the lobby.
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My brother with the luggage.
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Halie was very excited to open the door with her very own key!
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Our room!
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First we all ran to the balcony. I couldn’t believe our view! It was so beautiful!!!!
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Then I told everyone not to mess the room up before I took my million trip report pictures. We even had a towel animal! (Halie tore it up right after I took a picture, doesn’t that girl know that towel animals are sacred?)

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The best thing happened at this moment of our trip. Remember how worried I’d been that Halie wouldn’t feel the magic? She was “too old” for everything. I told her to go in the bathroom and put on her swimsuit and while she was in there I put some Disney sand toys “from Tinkerbell” in the second drawer of the TV stand. When she came out, I gave her my Passporter and asked her to put it in my drawer of the TV stand. I was hoping she would find the toys, but something even better happened.

She put my book in the top drawer. Then she announced that the second drawer was hers. She ran to get her backpack and put it in the drawer. When she opened it she freaked out! I wish I had my video camera on. She couldn’t believe that not only Tinkerbell had brought her a gift just like last time, but Tink also knew which drawer was going to be hers. She went on and on about it. Chad and Rob actually did a fabulous job of playing along with it and exclaiming their amazement with Tinkerbell. I loved it! It was truly a magical moment.

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Up next: “This is the best day of my life,” screams Halie.

[HeatherSue]

Oh, I'm so glad Halie is feeling the magic!!!! How cool!! I can't wait to hear why it's the best day of her life!

[adsrtw]

How sweet! Hopefully she is learning to not care about what the other kids think.

[DisneyDadNY]

Great report so far - looking forward to the rest!

[teresajoy]

I love Halie's reaction to the gifts in the drawer!! How magical!!!!!!!!

I always try to stay awake to chat for awhile when Brian drives at night, but as soon as I start driving, he is snoring before I can even buckle up!

[Tnkrbelle565]

So glad that the little Princess is finally feeling some Disney Magic!

[reyasmommy]

Love your trip report... Can't wait for more! Halie is adorable, she's got the best smile. :)

[DisneyMama629]

After Halie got her gift from Tinkerbell we all changed in to our swimsuits and headed to the beach. First, we stopped at the front desk to pick up our chairs and umbrella. A while back I saw that a DIS member had organized a chair swap at Vero Beach. For around $10 each or something like that a bunch of us bought two really nice beach chairs and an umbrella. We went down to the front desk and inquired about the chair swap and the lady called someone on the phone. She said, “Some of those chair people are here.”

Some of those chair people? Is that like water park people? Oh well, bring on the chairs! I go over to their storage room and they bring out these really nice chairs that you can wear like backpacks. My brother stops at the gift shop to get some beer and then we head to the beach.

As soon as Halie’s feet hit the sand she was screaming with joy. “This is the best day of my life!!!!” There were shells everywhere. This little girl loves shells. We camp at El Dorado Lake. It’s a dirty lake here in Kansas. Halie collects shells that she finds in the mud there. Little dirty ugly shells. She couldn’t believe the beautiful shells they had here, and they were EVERYWHERE. She was in heaven.

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Here is one video clip that I had on my camera. I have more from my video camera that I'll post later.
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We set up our chairs on down the beach a little ways.
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Halie had a great time with her new sand toys and finding seashells. It was one of the best moments of the trip for me to sit in my nice reclining chair and listen to her exclaim over each and every shell.

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The view of the resort from the beach.
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The rental place on the beach where you can rent boogie boards, chairs, umbrellas, etc.
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As usual for me, I got a horrible stomachache and had to go back to the room. One thing about the beach, no restrooms nearby. And the resort is quite a walk as well. I was practically running to get to the room. While in the room I called my mom to tell her how much Halie was loving the beach. I also grabbed my video camera to capture more footage of Halie’s excitement.

Before I went back down, I took a picture of Rob sitting down on the beach.
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When I got back to the beach Halie and Chad were gone. Rob said they had gone down the beach looking for shells. I thought at the time that this wasn’t good because I had told Halie she could only take one bucket of shells home. If she was already scouring the whole beach for shells we might have trouble later enforcing the one bucket rule. Rob and I did enjoy the time alone though. We hung out in our nice chairs and walked up and down the beach together.

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When Halie and Chad returned her bucket was completely full of shells. Chad said he had even been diving into the water to get bigger shells. He was the only crazy one to get in the water that night. It was pretty chilly. Well, I told Halie she could only have one bucket. She said she just wanted the shells she had and wouldn’t want anymore the next two days. Yeah right. Chad told her to leave the ones she had found and they’d find more tomorrow. Prepare for total meltdown.

Halie threw herself on the sand and started bawling. Uh oh. This isn’t pretty. Rob was pissed. He just can’t deal with this kind of stuff. I told Halie she could keep the shells she had found, but that was absolutely it. She couldn’t get anymore tomorrow or the next day. She promised that she wouldn’t beg for shells anymore. She loved the ones she had and that’s all she needed. We packed up our stuff and went towards the resort. We stopped at the shower and tried to get all of the sand off of us. Wasn’t happening. We decided to take a dip in the pool to rinse off a bit.

We got over to the pool and prepared to get in. You know how you dip a toe in all scared that it’s going to be freezing cold? I dipped my toe in and felt bathwater. Yep, this was the warmest pool ever. We all loved it! I could have stayed in there forever. I really like a nice warm pool. They kept that baby at a perfect temperature.

We swam for about 20 minutes. Halie whined a lot. I knew it was getting close to bedtime for sure. This is the best picture I have of the pool that night.

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We got back to the room and cleaned up really fast so we could go to Wal-Mart. While I waited on the boys to get dressed I took a picture of the ocean with the glow of the setting sun.

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Chad got sand all over the floor of the bathroom! Luckily we were staying at DVC so we had a broom. Apparently his swim trunks were full of sand even after swimming in the pool. Thank goodness we swam in the pool, I can’t imagine how much sand it would have been.

On our way out to Wal-Mart, Halie spotted a Hidden Mickey in a tree in the lobby.
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We also stopped in to the gift shop and rented Monster’s Inc to watch that night. Chad protested slightly about getting it. He said he watched it every night for a year when Halie was about two years old. It was her favorite. It reminded me of her 2nd birthday when she would go “rarrrrr, Monster” at everyone.

Chad’s handy girlfriend led us straight to Wal-Mart. While there we got some necessities like bottled water and beach snacks. Chad and Halie got some water shoes. We also got some toiletries that we hadn’t packed to save space like shampoo and hairspray and some breakfast foods. Chad went all crazy and bought a fishing pole, some frozen shrimp to fish with, and a snorkel. That boy. I told him we only had one full day at Vero Beach and one morning, but he didn’t care. My brother isn’t the best at budgeting.

After we left Wal-Mart we were starving. We found a nearby McDonalds and went in to eat. It was pretty dirty in there. Oh well. After we ate, Chad’s GF led us back to the resort. When we got back to the resort I went on the balcony and saw the beautiful moon shining on the water.

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Chad tried on his new snorkel.

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Then we settle in to bed and watched Monster’s Inc. Well, I think Rob watched Monster’s Inc. The rest of us were out within 30 minutes or so. This is when we discovered that Chad snores. Big time. Rob was getting so annoyed. Thank god we had enough banked points to get the 1 bedroom villa at OKW. No way could we have handled a week of his snoring.

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Up next: “She came! She came! Tinkerbell came again!” Halie shouts.

[adsrtw]

I have to admit, I share Halie's love for shells. I was like a little kid when my then boyfriend took me to Amelia Island. They were everywhere! I can't wait to hear more.

[HeatherSue]

That is an awesome video!! That's something you're always going to cherish and she'll love watching it when she's older! How sweet!!

That's one handsome husband you have!

I feel your pain on the bathroom situation. :sad2:

Too funny that your brother bought all that equipment for one day! Sounds like something my brother would do. However, my brother does still wear that rediculous Goofy hat he bought at Disney. He even wore it to our family reunion yesterday!

[DisneyMama629]

I have to admit, I share Halie's love for shells. I was like a little kid when my then boyfriend took me to Amelia Island. They were everywhere! I can't wait to hear more.

You should try going to Vero Beach then, hoestly there were shells everywhere!!! Where is Amelia Island?

That is an awesome video!! That's something you're always going to cherish and she'll love watching it when she's older! How sweet!!

Too funny that your brother bought all that equipment for one day! Sounds like something my brother would do. However, my brother does still wear that rediculous Goofy hat he bought at Disney. He even wore it to our family reunion yesterday!

I love that video. I'm really kicking myself for not having the video camera down there when she first got on the beach. It was so fun to see her on the beach for the first time.

My brother has a tendency to waste money. When we took him to Vegas we had to buy his meals the last day. On this trip I ended up buying him a lot of stuff too. He just buys things that he doesn't need. :confused:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Wow, Vero Beach is so pretty!

[ArmyWife3-4]

I'm joining in to read about your trip! :) I'll get all caught up later this morning, but I'm here now!

[DisneyMama629]

Wow, Vero Beach is so pretty!

It was a really nice resort! We will definitely be using our points there again.

I'm joining in to read about your trip! :) I'll get all caught up later this morning, but I'm here now!

Thanks for joining! :goodvibes

[DisneyMama629]

Yesterday we had looked at the activity schedule for Eb & Flo’s and seen that there was a free bead craft at 9:00. Halie and I decided to do that so we got up at 8:30. At first she didn’t want to get up, then I reminded her of Tinkerbell. She leaped out of bed and ran for the drawer. “She came she came!!!!” Tinkerbell had left some princess dive sticks for Halie to use in the pool. Awesome! Aunt Krista loves to dive for dive sticks. How convenient Tink!

We grabbed some muffins, pop tarts and bottled water and went out on the balcony to eat breakfast.
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Ready for a fun day!!!
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Our view while sitting on the balcony eating.
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Halie’s Tink gift
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After we ate we went inside and I woke up Chad. He had wanted to go fishing first thing in the morning. He was almost as excited as Halie to be at the ocean. I’ve never seen my brother so excited before. He was so hype with his new snorkel and fishing pole. I knew he was going to have a fun day! While I was getting ready Halie was writing something. I didn’t know what she was doing. When I was done getting ready I looked at what she was doing and saw she had written a letter to Tinkerbell. Precious!!!!

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Translation:

Dear Tinkerbell,

Will you get me a bucket and a real pearl in a clam. (Picture of Mickey or Minnie and Tinkerbell)

Best Friends Forever

From: Halie May
To: Tinkerbell

I had to break it to her that Tinkerbell doesn’t always take requests, but that I’m sure she would do her best. I knew right then that I should get her one of those pick a pearl clam things, but I never did. I suck I know. Hopefully she forgot about asking Tink for this stuff, though she did talk about clams the whole trip. I really just wanted my brother to buy one for her, but he never would. I can’t do everything you know. Okay, off my tangent and back to the report.

Halie and I headed to Eb & Flo’s to make our bead craft. But first a picture on the way to the lobby.

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When we arrived there were only 4 other people there. The CM, a mom and her daughter and a tween girl. I got Halie started then went to go sign her up for the other activities for that day. There were three activities that she was interested in so I went ahead and signed her up for all of them. They said that if she didn’t go to one, just come back and get a refund. I signed her up for making a seashell bag, Seaside Chefs, and mug craft. I believe they were $3, $6, and $6 respectively.

After I doled out some money to sign her up I went back to make my own bead craft. I made a pink and white ankle bracelet and a keychain for the rental car keys. Halie made a necklace with red and glow in the dark beads that had waaaaaaay too many beads on it and a keychain for her dad. It was pretty fun. I know they do these types of things at the WDW DVC resorts, but I don’t think I would be able to slow down enough while at WDW to do things like this. That’s why having this day at Vero was great. We weren’t missing out on anything else while doing this. We were free to do whatever.

The other people at the craft were really nice. The lady with her daughter told me she was a single mother with two kids that loved to travel. She listed tons of places she had taken her kids. Even the DCL! What a great mom. The tween girl was just adorable. She was very talkative and told me all about having DVC and how great it is.

Halie making her necklace.
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All done!
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When we were done beading we decided to go see how Chad’s fishing was going. I figured he hadn’t caught anything.

On our way to the beach
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A lizard!
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We get down to the beach and Chad says he has caught 4 fish already!!! He showed me pictures on his phone. Awesome!!! While we were down there for a few minutes watching, he caught another fish! I don’t have pictures because I was videotaping. I’d share, but of course, I lost the stinking cord. If I don’t find it tomorrow, I’m buying a new one.

Chad fishing
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A video of Chad fishing.
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Halie gazing at something on the beach
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After we watched Chad fish for a while I told Halie we needed to go to the room to get our beach stuff so we’d be ready to go after her shell bag was done. So we went up to the room and told Rob to get around and come to the beach with us. He said he’d come later. We got the stuff together and I took Halie to E&F to make the shell bag. This time there were a lot of kids there. Most kids had been dropped off so I decided to do the same. I told Halie I would be going to the beach to drop the stuff off and not to leave E&F until I returned.

Then I made the long walk to the spot where Chad was fishing on the beach. Everything at Vero is a bit of a walk. I didn’t mind it too much, but I just wanted to point it out to you all who might be considering going there. I dropped off the beach bag and told Chad I was going to the room to get the chairs and umbrella.

Another long trek to the room. When I arrived Rob was ready to go. We strapped the chairs on to our backs and grabbed the umbrella and headed down. I told Rob to wait with the stuff while I went to get Halie from E&F. She was done with her bag and waiting on me. I regret to say that I don’t have a picture of her bag, but basically it was a plain tote bag that she hotglued seashells to and colored with fabric markers. It was cute. The problem was she felt that now that she had a seashell bag she should be able to fill it with more seashells. If you can recall, she had already met her shell quota and was not allowed to take anymore home. This caused some whining, but she got over it.

Before we went to the beach we stopped at the rental area and got Halie a lifejacket. They were free and she kept asking for one. She always has to wear one at the lake so I guess it’s like her security blanket now.

When we got over to the boardwalk where you go to the beach, Chad was coming up carrying all our stuff. Watermelon Firefly Tomato. Didn’t I tell him to wait there? Now I have to carry all the beach crap back down. Apparently, he was sick of waiting. Whatever. He went up to the room to put away his fishing pole and the rest of us went to set up on the beach. Halie settled onto the sand and started playing with her new bucket and shovel her dad bought at Wal-Mart. While Chad was in the room, I decided to go over and rent us a couple boogie boards. They were $8 each so I got two of them. I knew Chad and I would have a blast on them.

We spent the rest of the day until about 1:00 boogie boarding, snorkeling (we couldn’t see anything, and Chad’s mask leaked), and building sand castles. It was FABULOUS!!!

Here are some pics from that morning.

I’m headed out to catch a wave
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Waiting and waiting for a wave (good ones were few and far between)
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Chad giving up, but I’m still going for it!
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Chad returning from snorkeling on top of the boogie board.
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For some reason he thought he could dive on the board right at the shore and it would do something besides smack him in the face!
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He finally caught one, not the best picture of it though!
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I forgot to add this video of us boogie boarding. It wouldn't load to photobucket so it's on youtube.
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Halie doing some building
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My castle, you can see the Little Mermaid molds inside of it if you squint just right
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Halie was working on making a river
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More of Halie building
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The boys relaxing in the DIS swap chairs. Rob never got in the water the whole time we were there. Apparently coming home and watching Shark Week after swimming at Daytona Beach last July ruined the ocean for him. Loser.
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Up next: The thunder rolls, the lightning strikes.

[DisneyMama629]

I left this video off our first night at Vero Beach. Whoops!

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[Kami]

You are such a wonderful aunt and sister! It can be tough going on vacation with family, but you can tell how happy your niece is because of you!

[adsrtw]

You should try going to Vero Beach then, hoestly there were shells everywhere!!! Where is Amelia Island?

It's near Jacksonville, Fl. Beautiful! Vero is looking very promising!

[DisneyMama629]

Around 1:00 we decided the Chicken in a Biskit crackers were going to hold us over any longer. We had to go find some lunch. Rob and I couldn’t agree on what to do with the stuff. I said we could leave the chairs, towels, shells, toys, boogie boards, etc and take the cameras and we’d be fine. He thought we should take it all with us. I figured we’d be right back. Turns out Rob was right, more on that later.

We go to the CS place by the pool and I get sticker shock. We are going to be on the DDP at WDW so looking at those prices and knowing I would have to pay them did not make me happy. Plus there was nowhere to sit that was inside. After spending all morning on the beach Rob wanted to have some AC. We decided that we could eat at the restaurant inside that took the DDE discount. We head over there. There was nothing on the menu that appealed to anyone at that moment. It was decided that Halie and I would go back to the CS and get everyone food and take it up to the room to eat while we cooled off.

Here’s what we got:
Chad- Double cheeseburger meal
Rob- Hot dog meal
Krista- Hot dog kids meal with two sides of grapes
Halie- Grilled cheese kids meal with grapes and jello

Total $26.61

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The kids meal came in buckets. Which Halie thought she could fill with shells. No girlie girl, the shell quota is met. No more shells!!!!!

After we ate I wanted Halie to take a nap before she had to go her mug craft. She had missed the Seaside Chefs activity while we were at the beach. I didn’t want her to miss this one and we only had 45 minutes till it started, but I, I mean she, definitely needed a nap. The problem was the wind was picking up and I was getting all paranoid about our stuff down on the beach. Chad volunteered to go down and sit with the stuff. Chad came back with the umbrella. He said that while he was down there the umbrella had almost blown away. He said that after we took a nap we needed to go get the other stuff because it was definitely going to start storming.

Naptime!
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Halie and I took a 20 minute nap and then got up to go to the craft. I tried to wake up Chad to help me get the stuff, but he wouldn’t. Punk. On our way through the lobby I stopped to talk to Rob who was down there utilizing the free wireless and told him to go put up his laptop and come help me. Then, I took Halie over to E&F’s for the craft. It was raining on our way there. Then I went, IN THE POURING RAIN, to get the boogie boards before the hurricane pulled them into the ocean. God knows how much Disney would have charged me for that. The beach was deserted. I was the only idiot out there trudging though the wet sand pulling two boogie boards over to the rental counter, hoping not to get struck by lightning. I get to the rental place and nobody was there, probably inside boarding up the windows. I laid the boogie boards down and headed back over to get the chairs. As I was over getting the chairs, Rob finally showed up. We folded up the chairs and got the heck off the beach.

It was time now to get Halie from her craft. We go to the pool area and the older CM there says we cannot enter the pool area. Excuse me!?!? My niece is over at E&F’s doing a craft, I need to pick her up. Well, ma’am, I’m sorry, the pool deck is closed due to the lightning you will not be allowed over there. To steal from Melissa again, WATERMELON FIREFLY TOMATO. Get out of my way. I will be going to pick her up. I’m not deserting her in the middle of a freaking storm. I kindly inform him of this, scan my card, open the gate and walk past.

He follows Rob and I over to E&F’s and watches me like a hawk to make sure that I get her and get back out of there.

Halie wasn’t quite done…
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I don’t have a closeup of her mug, but it was really cute. It had something to represent all of her family. She wrote Harley Davidson for my dad, drew Mickey Mouse for me, a flower for her mom, a football for Rob and her dad, etc.

We left E&F’s and Rob was outside chatting with the CM. The CM was telling him a nice story about a cowboy who had gotten struck by lightning while out riding his horse. He died. Lovely story. Thank you. Bye now, I’m going to go walk in the lightning back to my room.

We got back to the room and Rob, Halie and I all laid in our bed to watch Finding Nemo. Chad was snoring his head off. Soon Halie and I fell asleep. I found out later from Rob that Chad’s snoring pissed him off so much that he left and went to Wal-Mart to escape it then he spent the rest of the time in the lobby using the internet.

When I woke up, I looked around and Rob was nowhere to be found. I called him and he was in the lobby. I thought it would be fun to go play mini golf since it was no longer raining, so I told him to come on back to the room. While I waited on him I woke everyone up. Halie and Chad are a little cranky after a nap. Thankfully Halie hadn’t heard me mention mini golf because everyone was hungry and we decided to go eat instead. We started looking on the internet for a good place to eat. I called Cee and asked her to check with JB to see where we should eat. We had such a dilemma that night picking a spot. We kinda wanted to go off property, but I was afraid we’d miss the campfire. We’d missed it the night before and I definitely didn’t want to miss it tonight as it was our last night there.

We finally decided on the Green Cabin Room at the resort. They took the DDE card and the All Ears menu looked decent. Basically it was a bar that served some food. We ate outside on the balcony which had a great ocean view.

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We started off with a couple drinks. Chad and Rob both had a Patron Pamarita. Very tasty and at $10.25 each they better be. I had the Pina Colava. Also very tasty!

Halie with all the drinks!
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For an appetizer we had the spinach dip. It was okay. Not great, but okay. You’ll notice on this trip that Rob or Chad always try to put their hand in front of my food pictures. How rude!!
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The boys both got buffalo chicken tenders. They said they were pretty good.
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Halie got a four cheese flatbread. She didn’t like it. Chad ate some of it and I ate some of it.
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I got a sausage flatbread. It was gross. And it smelled funny.
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Overall, I thought the Green Cabin Room wasn’t very good. I wouldn’t go back. I wish we had gone off property instead. The total for the meal was $59.45 after a saving of $14 with the DDE. We ended up paying $75 after the tip. Not good enough food to spend that much. Though the drinks were definitely yummy!
While we were eating we saw something in the water. Definitely shadows near the beach. At first we thought it might be people, but they never came up for air. We still don’t know what it was, but it was spooky!!!

Halie and I left the boys as soon as we were done so we could go to the campfire. They had no interest in going. It was a long walk the opposite direction of the pool. We got over there and it was packed! We found some seats towards the back, but they were really wet from the rain. Other people had brought towels to sit on. Good thinking, I’ll pack that tidbit away for next time. I went ahead and sat on the bench and got my shorts all wet. Halie decided to sit in the sand so she could play in it while we sang.

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There were two CM’s there that led us in several songs. I remember PLUTO (BINGO), Tooty Ta, Bazooka Bubble Gum, and Boom Chicka Boom. It was really fun. Halie and I both really enjoyed it. It reminded me of being back at girl scout camp. Have I mentioned that I love Disney’s Vero Beach Resort? We broke out into random choruses of Bazooka zooka bubblegum the rest of the trip. Rob and Chad really enjoyed that. NOT!!!

Halie dancing to Tooty Ta.
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After the songs they picked a family to make smores first that had sung the loudest. Then they went clockwise from there. That put us last, but we didn’t mind. Halie was talking to a little girl behind us who was saying they were going to WDW tomorrow. Halie told her we were too. The dad said they were staying at OKW. Us too! They had arrived at Vero yesterday. Us too! Apparently we were on the exact same vacation! What a coincidence!

Finally they came around and gave us our stick with two marshmallows on it. Then we went up to the fire to roast them. I have to say, the sticks were really short and the fire was really hot making it hard to roast the marshmallows. We use much longer sticks when we go camping. It didn’t take away from our fun though!

Halie said our marshmallows made a hidden Mickey. She was hidden Mickey obsessed on the trip.
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Halie trying to shield the heat from her eyes while roasting her marshmallows.
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After roasting the marshmallows we joined the line to have them made into a smore. Unfortunately by the time you got to the front of the line your marshmallow wasn’t hot enough to melt the candy bar, but it was still good. After we got our smore we headed back to the restaurant to find the boys.

On the path to the restaurant we found out how far we were from OKW.
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When we got to the front of the restaurant we looked up at the balcony and the guys were gone. So we went to the room. They weren’t there either. So we went to the restaurant and there they were sitting at the bar, drinking some more Patron Pomoritas. When we arrived they were just getting ready to take a shot that Chad had bought them while Rob was in the bathroom. I got ready to see Rob cringe. He doesn’t drink much. He shot it with no trouble. Chad started busting out laughing. Apparently the shot was water with a little blue coloring in it. It was really funny!!!!

We told them we were going to the gift shop and they could meet us there when they were done drinking.

Halie in front of the gift shop.
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Halie had seen these turtle statues in the gift shop and really wanted one. I told her not to touch one, but she decided to buy one with her own money so she was carrying it around while we shopped. Of course, she dropped it and it broke in half. The CM came over and was really nice about it. She said that they break them all the time and they even come in broken so not to worry about it. Then she gave Halie a new one. I was so glad, I thought we might have to buy the broken one and another one.

If you’re interested, I also bought some postcards to send my students, a cute Mickey ears hat that was made of straw and a magnet. I was sad because they were out of Vero Beach pins. You know we are pin heads now ever since our anniversary trip. We are collectors. So this was kind of disappointing.

While we were getting the postcards we were discussing that it was Grandpa’s (my dad) birthday and that we should send him a nice postcard. The CM heard us and gave us a really cute Vero Beach card with an envelope for free. Then we asked to look at the pin board and Halie found a Tink pin and she let her have it without trading for it! This girl was so nice!

As we were leaving the gift shop the guys came in. I told Rob to keep Halie downstairs for a minute while I went on up to the room. Tinkerbell needed to get in and was locked out!

When Halie got to the room she ran to her drawer as usual and found Peter Pan and Tinkerbell bubble bath and one of those shrinky dink Disney washcloths. Way to go Tink! Just what she needed to be persuaded to take a bath.

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On the way to the bath Halie latched on to Rob and wouldn’t let go. He walked around the room with her for awhile. Such fun! The kind of magic moments that happen on Disney vacations!

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After I got Halie in to bed, I got everything packed up so we’d be ready to go in the morning. We would be heading to Disney World!!!

Up next: The Sand Monster!!!

[Cherlynn25]

It looks like you guys had a great time there! Makes me want to go to the beach :yay: I cant wait to hear about the rest of your trip! Keep them coming :thumbsup2

[teresajoy]

OOOH, the shadows in the water would have seriously creeped me out too!!! Did Rob tell you they were sharks??? The video of him telling you where the sharks usually attack was really funny! I'm so glad you posted your report here, I'm really enjoying it!

[jewjubean]

aww so cute im glad her "sassyness" turned around for this trip! cant wait for more!

[MousekaMaddi]

very very entertaining,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanx 4 sharing your trip:goodvibes :yay: :dance3: :cloud9: :thumbsup2

[Singinglizzie]

Wow, thanks for sharing - and the great pictures!!!! Can't wait to read more!!!

[mytwotinks]

Can't wait to go to Disney with you next!

I didn't realize you were in Kansas. So am I! Where do you go to the lake?

[The Moonk's Mom]

Okay...I just read all of it. Wow it looks like you guys were having a blast.

I am so glad the magic kicked in for her! That is so sweet!!!! You are a great aunt!:goodvibes

[DisneyMama629]

It looks like you guys had a great time there! Makes me want to go to the beach :yay: I cant wait to hear about the rest of your trip! Keep them coming :thumbsup2

It was really fun! I loved Vero Beach!

OOOH, the shadows in the water would have seriously creeped me out too!!! Did Rob tell you they were sharks??? The video of him telling you where the sharks usually attack was really funny! I'm so glad you posted your report here, I'm really enjoying it!

They totally freaked me out! Rob thought they were people at first, but they never came up so he is sure they were sharks. I don't know. It was really freaky!

Rob has a problem with watching shark week, and that is what makes him so scared of the ocean. :rolleyes:

aww so cute im glad her "sassyness" turned around for this trip! cant wait for more!

She really did turn around for the trip! It made it so great! I'm really missing her though becasue her mom did end up moving her to a school on her side of town. She used to go to my school. I miss seeing her everyday. :sad1:

very very entertaining,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanx 4 sharing your trip:goodvibes :yay: :dance3: :cloud9: :thumbsup2

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Wow, thanks for sharing - and the great pictures!!!! Can't wait to read more!!!

I'm kind of obsessed with taking pictures!

Can't wait to go to Disney with you next!

I didn't realize you were in Kansas. So am I! Where do you go to the lake?

We're in Wichita. We go to El Dorado Lake. Where are you at in Kansas?! You must be the one who buys up all the good Disney fabric!!!!

Okay...I just read all of it. Wow it looks like you guys were having a blast.

I am so glad the magic kicked in for her! That is so sweet!!!! You are a great aunt!:goodvibes

Thanks for reading!

[Cory's Gal]

Love your trip report and Vero Beach looks awesome! I also have to say that you have the BEST pedicure I have seen! I will have to remember that for my next trip, your minnie toes are so cute!! Can't wait to read more! You are such a nice sister and sweet aunt! You and Rob are such an adorable couple too!!

[DisneyMama629]

Love your trip report and Vero Beach looks awesome! I also have to say that you have the BEST pedicure I have seen! I will have to remember that for my next trip, your minnie toes are so cute!! Can't wait to read more! You are such a nice sister and sweet aunt! You and Rob are such an adorable couple too!!

My friend on TGM was the first to get "dot dot." Now we all have to get it every time!!!

[DisneyMama629]

Day 3, June 22, 2008: The Sand Monster!!!!

I didn’t write notes for this day until we were on the plane going home, so it won’t be quite as detailed. Whoops!

This morning Chad, Halie, and I got up bright and early to hit the beach one last time. Rob decided to stay in the room. Later he told me he watched King Kong. How exciting.

After a quick breakfast on the balcony we headed to the beach. We didn’t take the chairs today since we wouldn’t be down there that long. On the way there I stopped to get a boogie board. The waves looked really big from our balcony. I was hoping to catch some of them today. I was telling the CM that I just wanted it for an hour or so because we were leaving. I told him that the waves were horrible the day before and he agreed. He then told me I could take a board for free, just bring it back when I was done. Bonus!

We got down to the beach and Chad got right to fishing.

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The beach was pretty deserted so early in the morning.

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I tried to boogie board, but of course the waves died down as soon as we got down there, so that didn’t work out so well. Halie had a good time playing in the sand. I knew she was going to be really sad to have to leave.

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She dug a hole.
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She got mad because water came into it.
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She decided if you can’t beat the waves, join them!
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Chad did some snorkeling that morning. He said he could see more than the day before, but the waves still kicked up too much sand to see much.

I thought these pictures of Halie turned out nice.
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There were tons of shells on the beach that morning.
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I decided to write my name with shells.
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Then I buried Halie so she’d look like a mermaid!
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When Chad was done snorkeling we asked if we could bury him. Halie thought it was so fun!

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Then Chad decided to put on his goggles and snorkel and have us bury him all the way.

See his snorkel poking out?
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Beware of the Sand Monster!!!!

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After the Sand Monster emerged, he decided to fill back in the hole and make it look a person was still buried there.

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In the meantime, Halie wrote her name in the sand just like her Auntie Krista.

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Rob said I couldn’t post the picture of me lying next to my name. Spoilsport.

Halie decided to help her daddy a little bit. By this point I was starting to nag at them that we needed to get going. Halie wanted to swim in the pool a little bit before we checked out and we were quickly approaching 10:00 which is when I wanted to be back to the room getting ready to go.

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[DisneyMama629]

A few last beach pictures and it was time to go.

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Chad went up to the room to get ready to go and Halie and I went to the pool. We had a lot of fun playing with her princess dive sticks that Tinkerbell had left her. While we were swimming the little girl from the bead craft asked us if Halie was going to be making a t-shirt that day. Halie got all excited. She said it was at 10:30, which sounded like perfect timing for us. I went to the counter and signed her up. They applied the money from the Seaside Chefs craft that she didn’t attend the day before to this craft.

I told Halie we had to go get ready now so she could come back for the craft. We get out and dry off. I notice Halie doesn’t have her shoes. Her pink Croc flip flops. Gone. We look everywhere. We go back to the shower by the beach. Gone. I decide that we don’t have time to look right now and we’ll have to go look on the beach later. We head back to the room and I get Halie ready. Then I ask Chad to take her to the craft.

I’m going to go off on a tangent here. God forbid he take care of his child one time during the trip. I had done everything up to this point. Yet he acted like he couldn’t walk her down to the activity. I could have slapped him at this point. I didn’t take no for an answer and he walked her down. I told him to look for her shoes while he was down there.

While Chad and Halie were gone, I got ready and finished packing. Chad returned from dropping her off with no shoes. I asked if he looked. Nope. Watermelon Tomato Firefly. He was starting to really tick me off.

At 11:00 we were supposed to be checked out. I wasn’t done packing everything. I sent Chad to go get Halie. He protested then went. I told him to look for the shoes. While they are gone I get everything finished. All we have to do is change Halie’s shirt. I’m waiting by the door for them and hear Halie bawling as she comes down the hall.

When I ask what’s wrong, Chad says she has to throw her shirt away. He’s being a huge jerk about it. Halie is bawling and tells me that her dad walked in to the craft area, saw the shirt, and immediately said “That’s going in the trash.” Now, I’ll admit, the shirt was dripping with paint, but there are kinder ways to go about saying things.

I reassured Halie and told her we’d try to take the shirt. We’d see what we could do. Then I saw that Chad had paint on him just from carrying it to the room. I broke it to Halie that we’d have to take a picture of the shirt and then throw it away. I explained to her how there was no room in the car and that it would take hours to dry. Poor thing. She was so sad.

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Looking back, I should have asked at the front desk if they could keep it till it dried then shipped it to me. My brother was so stupid that day. I don’t know why he was being so mean about it. We could have avoided tears by just explaining things nicely in the first place.

After the t-shirt fiasco, I took one last picture of Halie on the balcony. Good bye Vero Beach!
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How cute is she with her sunglasses and backpack on?!?!?
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We loaded up the car. I have no idea how we fit all the crap in to it. We are over packers for sure. We drove in to town to find somewhere to eat. We decided on Panda Express. I could have sworn I took pictures of our food, I know I brought the camera in. I don’t have the pictures though.

Lunch cost $19.08. Definitely the cheapest meal of the trip.
After Halie and I were done we went outside to take a picture with the Panda. This was taken with Halie’s camera so the quality isn’t great.

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Then we went to the car to wait on the boys.

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The drive to WDW was uneventful. The funniest thing was when Chad’s girlfriend AKA the GPS, said we had 99 miles to our destination. Chad broke in to a rendition of 99 Miles to Disney World sung to the tune of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.

When we were almost there we stopped to get gas. We prepaid $50 and the tank didn’t even take that much. This was the beginning of Rob thinking we needed a new car. Our cars don’t even get full with $80. Halie and I went in to the nasty bathroom together. While we were in there, Halie dropped a pin off her lanyard. I almost died having to pick it up off the disgusting floor.

Then we got back on the road. We were almost there!!!!

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[DisneyMama629]

We finally arrived to OKW around 3:00. When we checked in they noticed right away that we were linked to Jen's reservation. The problem was that They were in building 19 (I think) and we needed building 30 or higher. 30 and higher have two entrances to the bathroom, otherwise my brother and Halie would have to go through our bedroom to get to the bathroom. Not cool. So as sad as I was to not be right next to Jen, we took the next available room. She came back with the room assignment, and then I asked if we could be on the top floor, I really wanted to have a balcony. She went and asked the manager, switched it around and gave us our KTTW cards.

To see Rob's MTV Cribs style tour of our first every 1 bedroom villa click here!

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[The Moonk's Mom]

So funny! Not sure what I liked best...sand monster or the Cribs video!:lmao: but...he didn't annouce where the magic happens...:rotfl2:


I just love that she is getting so excited!!!! You can just tell that there is no way she is not going to enjoy the magice that gets you there!!!!:goodvibes

[DisneyMama629]

So funny! Not sure what I liked best...sand monster or the Cribs video!:lmao: but...he didn't annouce where the magic happens...:rotfl2:


I just love that she is getting so excited!!!! You can just tell that there is no way she is not going to enjoy the magice that gets you there!!!!:goodvibes


He did say there would be action in the whirlpool. :eek:

Thanks for reading!

[amytheobald]

I m in for the trip! I grew up in Kansas, and met my DH at KU...we are Jayhawks living in LSU country!

[mytwotinks]

We're in Wichita. We go to El Dorado Lake. Where are you at in Kansas?! You must be the one who buys up all the good Disney fabric!!!!


We are south of Kansas City. We go to the Ozarks a lot and go to Camdenton and Osage. Do you fly out of Kansas City when you go to Disney? I just got a great deal on tickets for January from Delta. I hate Delta, but the price was right!:thumbsup2

[DisneyMama629]

I m in for the trip! I grew up in Kansas, and met my DH at KU...we are Jayhawks living in LSU country!

Great, another reader!:cool1:

We are south of Kansas City. We go to the Ozarks a lot and go to Camdenton and Osage. Do you fly out of Kansas City when you go to Disney? I just got a great deal on tickets for January from Delta. I hate Delta, but the price was right!:thumbsup2

We have actually never flown from KC. It's a 3 hour drive from here, so it's just never been worth it. We are flying Delta in January too, but from Wichita.

[DisneyMama629]

Day 3 Continued!

After we got settled into our room a little bit we decided to proceed with our really ridiculous non-TGM plan. Let me backtrack here for an explanation.

Originally I had wanted us to go to MK EMH tonight. Rob and I love EMH at MK and we always try to go to it. Then I realized that Halie had the pirate cruise tomorrow. I didn’t want her to be tired for it, so I started to rethink the EMH. I decided we should just go to AK until it closes at 8:00 and then have an early evening. For some reason I decide to tell Rob. Rob never gets in on the planning. He just goes where I tell him normally. Well, I tell him about the dilemma and he gets all upset that we aren’t going to EMH and insists we go. So I tell him we will just rest in the room until late and then go. He doesn’t like that either. He wants to go to AK and then go to MK EMH.

I mull over this plan for weeks and can’t decide what to do. I was only planning on buying my brother and Halie basic tickets plus the water park option. No park hopping. This was really the only time we were going to hop and I couldn’t see a point in adding hoppers for one day of hopping. I call my brother and talk to him about it before the trip and he says he will pay for the hoppers. Problem solved.

So after I checked in to OKW and everyone was heading to the car, I stopped and bought the tickets for Chad and Halie. Rob and I already had PAPs. I got them both MYW with park hopping and the waterpark option. I figure Chad would pay me the money later so I just charged it to the room. Now back to the story.

We head to AK. On the way there it’s raining. I let everyone know how pissed I was going to be if I made all these cute outfits for Halie and she had to wear a poncho over them all the time. By the time we got there, it was just sprinkling.

As we go in to AK we get a few photopass pictures.

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Then we head to Dinoland.

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First ride of the trip is Dinosaur! How fun for Halie. She hated this ride when she was 5 and she hated it now. Poor thing. I took a picture of the picture, but it didn’t turn out that great. She had her head buried into me the whole time.

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We walked through Dinoland to EE next.

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The wait on EE was posted as 20 minutes, but it was more like 10. This would be Halie’s first time on a real roller coaster. We waited for front row seats as usual. Chad and Rob rode up front and Halie and I were in the 2nd row. Halie cried a bit in line, but after I told her I’d buy her a Yeti when we got off, she was all better. She didn’t like the ride. Not one bit.

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When we got off she asked me when I was going to buy her a “spaghetti.” ROFL!!!! I told her we’d look around while the boys rode EE again.

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She ended up deciding she’d rather have a Mickey or Minnie doll on our way out. The boys called us when they were on their way up the big hill so we could get their picture.

Where are they?
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There they are!!!
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After they got off, Rob and I rode again while Chad waited with Halie. We discussed how if we were alone we would have rode in the front row over and over until the park closed. Oh well, it’s not all about us this trip. After our ride we went and found Chad and Halie. I figured that if we went to Rafiki’s Planet Watch tonight we wouldn’t have to visit it on our rope drop day.

On our way to RPW, we stopped for a snack. Rob and I got honeydew slices to share and Chad and Halie got a pretzel. Both snack options on the dining plan. The dumb thing was the cheese for the pretzel was $1. It was also a snack option. I paid cash for it rather than waste a credit on it.

We took our food down to the train station to wait. Soon we got on board!
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Halie took a ton of pictures with her camera of RPW, sadly only a few turned out. At least the camera entertained her and kept her from begging me to take pictures of everything. Here are a few she took…

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She zoomed in close on the chameleon because she has a pet chameleon that her dad got her for her 7th birthday. Spike the Chamillionare.

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Or should I say she did have a chameleon. My brother in an act of extreme stupidity killed it last week. He thought it could use some sun. So he put it outside in it’s glass cage and left the house. When he returned a few hours later it was dead. Ummm…it has been over 100 degrees everyday here. *** was he thinking?!?!?!? He does feel really bad though. He is buying her a new one. She found out while we were at the lake this weekend when he called her. She bawled her eyes out for about 20 minutes. She was so upset. Poor thing.

Once we got inside, Halie touched a snake.

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Then we looked at the exhibits.

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[DisneyMama629]

Some animals that swallowed some things they shouldn’t have.

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Halie found this hidden Mickey.

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She was taking pictures of something here and talking to the CM.

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We met Jiminy Cricket!
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Halie touched the snake again. This time there weren’t a hundred kids around that had no concept of a line so I got a better picture.

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Halie met Pocahontas.
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We all sat through the listening thing by Grandmother Willow. I love these things. They always give me chills.

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Then Halie met Rafiki.
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After that we decided to head out of there.

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It was getting pretty chilly so I was keeping Halie warm and Rob was keeping me warm. Ignore the fanny pack. I don’t really wear one of those. You didn’t see it.

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After this it was about time for our ADR at the Wave, so we headed out of there. On the way out Halie spotted another hidden Mickey!

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We also took a few more photopass pictures.

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Up next: We meet the rudest NFL player ever and two famous TGMers!

[adsrtw]

Uh oh! Don't tell me you had to smack down a football player!

Can't wait to hear that story and your experience at The Wave.

[DisneyMama629]

Uh oh! Don't tell me you had to smack down a football player!

Can't wait to hear that story and your experience at The Wave.

I should have put the smack down on him! I was being kind though. ;)

[DisneyMama629]

Day 3 continued- The Wave and MK EMH

Our ADR at The Wave was for 7:30. We arrived at the Contemporary around 7:00 and parked in the parking lot near the walkway from MK. We figured that would make it easier for later that night. I completely forgot about using my DDE for valet parking. I did use it later in the trip though.

When we got out of the car we discovered that it was really chilly. I couldn’t believe how cold Halie and I were considering it was summertime. I told her I’d buy her a jacket at one of the gift shops since I’d forgotten to pack one for the trip. Also by this time, my brother was starting to be a huge baby. He had a headache. He was saying he wasn’t going to go to MK EMH that night. I was about to snap. Remember I had paid for park hopper option just for that night. If he didn’t use it I was going to go OFF! I told him that I’d buy him some Tylenol and to get over it.

Once inside the Contemporary Rob and Chad went to check in and Halie and I headed for a gift shop. We couldn’t find any jackets for her, but we did buy Chad a single dose of Tylenol for $2.60. Then we went down to the Wave to join the boys. The lighting is dark in there and it’s pretty romantic. We had to wait for awhile in the waiting area before they called us.

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After about 15 minutes they called us. Our waiter was really nice and helped us decide what to get.

Rob, Chad, and I all had the filet.

Rob’s
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Chad and mine looked a little different because we didn’t want the greens. It looked kinda funny on the big plate all alone.
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Halie had pasta. She also got fresh fruit as an appetizer.
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Our waiter also told us we could get any non-alcoholic beverage as our drink so Chad and I got the super charged smoothie (I hoped it would give him energy and he’d quit being a baby) and Rob got a chocolate milk shake. The drinks were delicious!

The meal also came with bread. Yum yum!
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As we ordered our desserts our waiter asked Rob if he followed football. Rob (who can be sooo rude sometimes) said, “Of course,” in about the rudest tone ever. The waiter said, “Well that’s Marvin Harrison over there.” Apparently he plays for the Colts and he is known as “the gentlemen of the league” because he never talks trash, is polite to the refs, etc. Rob was pretty excited about it.

We proceeded to order our dessert. They had a really neat thing at the Wave. You got three mini desserts. You could pick which ones or just order one of the trios they put together.

Rob got the Creamy Indulgence.
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I picked three. I had Panna Cotta, Caramel Chocolate Mousse, and Pineapple Sorbet.
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Chad had Cheesecake, Zucchini Carrot Cake, and Strawberry Sorbet.
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Halie had the build your own sundae. That was basically the only kids meal choice.
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This is where the problem came in. I always take pictures of our food. Always. Always, always, always. When I took a picture of Chad’s dessert, I can’t help it that Marvin Harrison was sitting behind him. I was taking pictures anyways. Well, apparently he didn’t want me taking a picture with him in the background because he proceeded to place his menu on the table to block his face for the rest of our meal. Then Rob decided he was mad at me for making Marvin mad. I was taking a picture of the food. You can’t even see him in the picture. Seriously.

While I was finishing up dessert Halie and Chad went to the restroom. While they were gone Rob was saying how he would be mad at himself forever if he didn’t try to talk to Marvin Harrison and shake his hand. I encouraged him to go for it. I knew it would make Rob’s day. Chad and Halie returned and Halie comes to whisper in my ear. “I took a picture of the bathroom for you.” OMG!!!! ROFLMAO! I taught her well, she now takes pictures of everything just like her auntie!!!

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Overall I give The Wave 4 out of 4 Stars!
$139.95

I was in for a shock when I saw the suggested tip! 18% was $23.65 and 20% was $26.28. I left $25 and couldn’t believe that the waiters at WDW make so much money off one table. Holy cow!

Just as we finished paying the people that were with Marvin Harrison got up to go to the restroom. Rob took it as a good opportunity to try to speak to him. He went over there while Chad, Halie and I went on to the exit.

As he approached MH turned towards the wall. Rob said, “Excuse me.” MH ignored him. Rob said, “Excuse me, are you Marvin Harrison?” MH said no. Then Rob said, “Well, I just wanted to say that I’m a big fan and you’re a great player.” MH turned back to the wall.

Rob exited the restaurant and told us about it. He was crushed. I know that some people are going to say that he should be able to enjoy a nice meal with his peeps and not be bothered by fans. I disagree. I think that he could have shook Rob’s hand. He could have at least said hi and then said he didn’t want to attract attention. When you make a bazillion dollars a year you kind of lose the ability to go eat at the Wave with the commoners. It would have made my husbands day to shake hands with the “gentlemen of the league.” Instead we have a memory of him being a rude celebrity. Whatever.

After we left the Wave we went upstairs to catch the monorail to MK. Yes, I’m naughty and was leaving my car at the Contemporary for the evening. While on the monorail Chad said he would like to ride the monorail all the way around one day. I took a mental note of this. Halie loved the monorail!

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On the way to MK I exchanged texts with Jen and decided to meet her at Toon Town. I talked to Melissa as well and she said she’d meet us there.

Finally to MK!!!
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I was so excited when I got to Toon Town and there was Jen!!! My long lost sista!!!!

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Halie and the girls played a little bit on the play area. They clicked right away.

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Soon Melissa and Ryan arrived!
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After a little BAP chat, Jen’s DH was ready to go. He was taking the two older girls to EMH and Jen was taking the two younger girls back to the room. We stuck with Melissa and Ryan for the evening. Ryan is so much fun! I love that kid! I barely took any pictures and I forgot to write the notes for this day until on the plane on the way home so here’s what I remember.

First we rode HM. Ryan knows all the lines to the stretching room! It reminded me of being at the Zag and riding it with everyone. It was so fun!

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Then we rode POTC. Next we rode Splash. Halie didn’t like that at all. When we got back to the end of the ride they said we could stay on! Halie refused and got out. Chad got out with her. The four of us rode again. We had so much fun with Ryan trying to scare us everytime it went down. He kept telling me we were at the big drop because he knows I hate it!

After we got off Splash, Chad was ready to leave. He has a friend that lives in FL and they were meeting up. I gave Chad directions to DTD. I told him it would take awhile. He had no idea how long it would end up taking. Isn’t it interesting that he was too tired to go to the park, but he had the energy to go meet his friend?

After Chad left we rode BTMRR. This is when I gained a new level of respect for my BFF Melissa. I pushed Ryan up the hill to BTMRR and it was hard. It takes a lot of stamina for her to push that boy around WDW everyday of her trip. She is such a great mom to those boys. They sure are lucky to have her in their life. Love ya Melissa!!!!

BTMRR was great! Halie thought it was a little scary. She had cried on it when she was 5, so I think she was just scared because of that. Afterwards we finally went to Fantasyland to do some rides that Halie would like. First we did IASW. This is my mom’s favorite ride and consequently, Halie’s favorite ride. She loves her grandma! She took about a million pictures during the ride. Lucky for you all, I narrowed it down to four to post.

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I made sure to sing to Ryan the whole ride. I’m sure he loved it. Would you believe that after this, Rob was ready to go? It kinda made me mad. We were finally going to go on some rides that Halie would enjoy and he wants to leave. Plus it was Melissa’s first time going to an EMH and we weren’t even going to stay the whole time. So sad. I knew it was going to be too much to go to AK and MK EMH.

So we told Melissa bye and headed out. We walked the walkway back to the car and went home. I figured Chad would be there, but he wasn’t. I don’t know exactly how much later, but we were all asleep when my cell phone rang. It was Chad asking what building we were in. About 30 minutes later, I heard the door open. The next day he told me that he had his friend drop him off in the completely wrong section of OKW. He was so lost. He wandered all over the place and even tried his key in a few wrong doors before calling me. Then he had to walk clear to our room. Serves him right for deserting us at the MK.

Up next…Yo ho yo ho, a pirate’s cruise for Halie!

[jessily]

I'm loving your trip report. Halie looked like she was having so much fun on the beach! What a great aunt you are to her!

[DisneyMama629]

I'm loving your trip report. Halie looked like she was having so much fun on the beach! What a great aunt you are to her!


Thanks! She did have a blast at the beach. I'd love to take her back. I told her maybe in two years. But if we have a baby of our own, trips with Halie are probably going to be cut back.

[teresajoy]

I love how excited Halie was about the outfit and bows!!! How cute! I'm loving the TR! Especially all the video!

[DisneyMama629]

I love how excited Halie was about the outfit and bows!!! How cute! I'm loving the TR! Especially all the video!

It was a struggle to get her to wear those bows, but she got so many compliments on her hair everyday, I think she realized I was right. ;)

[Kami]

Hey, where have you been? Waiting to here more about your trip!

[AussieAngel]

Oooh, I just found your trip report, and really enjoying it!! :cool1:

You're such a lovely auntie!! I have to admit, I don't think I would have been so patient in some of the situations you found yourself in!

I kinda hope that in one of the next chapters, Chad gets to make something he really wanted to do, and you all say, "That has to go in the trash!" I don't think I would have spoken to him the whole day after that shirt incident! Poor Halie. :sad2:

Anyway, on a happier note...


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I like your flip-flops! Are they Crocs? Or something else?

Looking forward to hearing the rest! As long as Chad perks up a bit. ;)

[DisneyMama629]

Hey, where have you been? Waiting to here more about your trip!

I'll post today! Thanks for the reminder!

Oooh, I just found your trip report, and really enjoying it!! :cool1:

You're such a lovely auntie!! I have to admit, I don't think I would have been so patient in some of the situations you found yourself in!

I kinda hope that in one of the next chapters, Chad gets to make something he really wanted to do, and you all say, "That has to go in the trash!" I don't think I would have spoken to him the whole day after that shirt incident! Poor Halie. :sad2:

Anyway, on a happier note...



I like your flip-flops! Are they Crocs? Or something else?

Looking forward to hearing the rest! As long as Chad perks up a bit. ;)

The t-shirt incident was bad. But I don't want you to think he was grouchy the whole time. He had his moments, which I knew he would before I took him. I just wanted him to have the opportunity to take a nice vacation with his daughter while she was still young. You're going to have to read one more really bad incident with him, and then it all gets better. :goodvibes

As for the flip flops they are crocs! I love them. Most comfy flip flops ever!!!

Thank for reading!

[DisneyMama629]

Day 4: June 23, 2008- Pirate Cruise!

Today Halie and I had to be up bright and early to meet Jen at the GV to go on the pirate cruise. I knew Halie was going to have a hard time waking up so I filled up the whirlpool tub for her to bathe in. I figured it would make it more fun for her. It helped that Tinkerbell brought her a new Disney washcloth to use that day! It worked like a charm, Halie got up excited to use the giant tub!

After getting Halie ready we headed to the GV. I delivered the 4 pirate shirts for Jen’s girls and they quickly put them on. Jen had also bought the girls eyepatches and earrings to wear. Then we were on our way. When we pulled up to the toll booth at the MK I put on a pirate patch.

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I said to the guy at the booth, “Arrrgh, we be on our way to the pirate cruise at the GF!” He let us through for free to head on to the GF. We used Jen’s DDE card to valet at GF. Then we made the long walk to the marina. The girls were instantly BFFs! Halie loved Jen’s daughters!

Once we got to the marina, Jen checked the girls in.

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Sunscreen time!
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Then they got a life jacket and a pirate Mickey bandana. The bandana lady was pretty rude to the girls and kind of made me mad. I don’t remember specifics but it was enough that I have a note about it written in my trip report notes. After the girls got all fixed up, we took a billion pictures.

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Jen and I wanted to be pirates too!
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Little baby Kali.
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Off they go!
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Here is a video of the morning
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After having Kali promise to help Halie keep track of her digital camera, I allowed Halie to take her camera on the cruise. So here are really quality pictures that Halie took of their Pirate adventure.

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Apparently she was so bored she fell asleep.
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Lunchtime!
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Poor Lainey wasn’t old enough to go on the cruise. Instead she got to go to breakfast with Jen and I. This breakfast was the world’s hardest thing to plan for some reason. First, just the three of us were going to 1900 PF. Then Melissa was going to join us. Then Melissa wasn’t joining us. Then we were going to Kona and James, Rob, and Chad were coming. Then they weren’t coming. Then just the three of us were going to Kona. Finally we decided for just the three of us to go to the Poly and eat at their counter service.

We took the monorail to the Poly. This is when Lainey decided that she needed to push her own stroller. This was probably Jen’s favorite part of the day. Right Jen?

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We went to Captain Cook’s to eat. This is a really neat CS. You order your meal on a touch screen. Lainey kept pushing the buttons though! Good thing she’s so cute! How could you get mad at a face like that?! I was very excited to try the Tonga Toast. So I got Tonga Toast with bacon and a cup of water.

Captain Cook’s
$6.60

Tonga Toast
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I have to say it. Tonga Toast is nasty. I thought it was very greasy. I know people love it. It reminded me of a Krispy Kreme donut (which I also don’t like) because when you take a bite you could feel oil squish out just like Krispy Kreme. I kinda just picked the banana filling out and ate it. I will never get it again.

As we finished up eating, Jen and I called Kim. We decided to go outside so we could put her on speakerphone and brag about being in WDW together without her. Love ya Kim! While we were on the phone with Kim, the funniest thing happened. Lainey climbed up on to the table and started singing, Don’t ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me?” I thought I was going to die laughing. I quickly informed Kim of the things that Jen is obviously teaching her poor children. Then Lainey says, “Bow chicka bow wow!” I thought I was going to die!!! OMG! She is so cute!

We finished up talking to Kim and then headed back to the GF. I stopped on the way and bought myself a dole whip ($3.08). They have self serve dole whip at the Poly! How awesome is that!?!

We got back to the GF and waited for our little pirates to come back. We spent our time talking about DVC and how great it is. Lainey also kept us very entertained!

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After awhile the pirates returned! They had an okay time. The older three girls age 7 and up thought it was a little babyish for them. They gave it one thumb up. The youngest one who I think is 4 (correct me if I’m wrong Jen) loved it! Two thumbs up from her!

If you want to hear their thoughts click here.
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After the cruise we went back to Jen’s GV. The girls wanted to stay together and play, but I knew Halie needed a nap and much more important, I needed a nap! So we went back to our room with a promise to the girls that we’d see them that night for Illuminations.

When we got to the room, Halie and went straight to the master bedroom to sleep. Chad and Rob went to Wal-Mart, brought the stuff back, and went to MGM while we were sleeping.

Lastly, here is a video that I call, “Can I see?” It was from when we were waiting for the girls to return from the cruise.
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Up next: Coral Reef, Illuminations, and the “Night of the Margaritas!”

[MickeyMomOfThree]

:rotfl2: I'm reposting my trip report that I've started on TGM here due to some requests from a few DIS buddies. The nice thing about posting it there first is that now I have several days done to post right away. Beware though, there are references to TGM people that none of my DIS friends will know. Just skip over those parts! :thumbsup2

On with the pre-trip!

The Cast of Characters:

Krista, 26- I’m a total TGM and Disney addict. I teach 4th and 5th grade on a loop and I’m currently working on my Master’s in Administration so I can run the school. I recently started teaching myself to sew and I’ve made Halie a couple things to wear on this trip.

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Rob, my DH, 26- Rob is a wonderful husband who used to just tolerate my love for Disney, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that he likes it just as much as I do. He’s a thrill ride fan, and will be glad to have my brother along to ride ToT with. While I’m obsessed with WDW, Rob is obsessed with WoW, World of Warcraft for the uninitiated. It’s an online computer game that consumes peoples’ lives. While I plan Disney trips, my husband plays WoW. Thank God we have two computers! Rob is also a teacher, middle school PE, and he recently got a job at one of the high schools as an assistant football coach.

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Chad, my brother, 27- Chad is a great father to Halie. He works for my dad’s construction company and also flips houses with one of our cousins. My brother and I are off and on. We grew up the best of friends.

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Then we pretty much hated each other through middle school and high school. Chad was sent away to a boot camp for boys who are naughty when I was a senior in high school. When he left he had just met Halie’s mother and she was pregnant. When he came back I was in college and our relationship was better. It could be that we weren’t living together anymore. We get along pretty well now, I feel like I’m the big sister because I’m the one that has a life that’s a little more together. He has been on one big vacation since he has been an adult and that was to Vegas with Rob and I, on Spring Break in 2005.

At the airport after Vegas after reuniting with Halie! I took like, no pictures on that trip, so this is literally the best I have.

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Rob and my brother get along pretty well. Rob, his brothers, my brother, and my dad all go bowling together on Wednesdays. They also race RC cars together. I had a hard time finding many pics of my brother. Here he is at the lake camping with us.

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Halie, our niece, 7 1/2- Halie is going in to 2nd grade at the school I teach, well hopefully that’s the school, her mom wants to switch, but that’s a whole other thread.

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The one Princess Halie still likes…
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I’m having a hard time adjusting to Halie growing up because it seemed like it literally happened overnight. One day she comes over with the snotty attitude and I’m like, what happened to my little Halie?!?!? I’m pretty sure this is the day it happened…

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She turned 7 and everything went downhill. She said she would rather go to the beach than WDW. She didn’t want to talk about the trip, and would roll her eyes when I did. It was pretty painful for me. I actually contemplated canceling the trip after one too many times of Halie’s attitude making me cry.

After several times of her attitude, her mom and dad finally took action. She has been much more pleasant since then. I have to say that since school let out, she has also improved her behavior. From what she says, the other kids in her class think WDW is for babies, and Halie is all about being popular. She does not want them to make fun of her. I know that these kids are just “hatin” because they will never get to go to WDW , but she doesn’t know that. I just have to realize that she’s growing up and she’s not the same 5 year old that I took to WDW a few years ago.


I just stumbled across this and had to say hi. Right now, like much of our free time, I am on my laptop as my husband is on his. I am on Dis with my notebook next to me preparing for our November trip and my husband is about 10 feet away on his laptop playing WoW. That is how we spend most evenings after the kids are in bed, and weekend mornings. How Funny!! He is right here so when I come across something funny, interesting, somehting new I'd like to try, whatever, he is here and listens. Anyway, just wanted to say hello......

[DisneyMama629]

:rotfl2:


I just stumbled across this and had to say hi. Right now, like much of our free time, I am on my laptop as my husband is on his. I am on Dis with my notebook next to me preparing for our November trip and my husband is about 10 feet away on his laptop playing WoW. That is how we spend most evenings after the kids are in bed, and weekend mornings. How Funny!! He is right here so when I come across something funny, interesting, somehting new I'd like to try, whatever, he is here and listens. Anyway, just wanted to say hello......

Well, we are like twins! You should keep reading the trip report of a fellow WoW widow!

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Well, we are like twins! You should keep reading the trip report of a fellow WoW widow!

I will, you are such a nice aunt! I saw you mentioned kids of your own, your kids are going to be very lucky to have such a creative mommy.

[DisneyMama629]

Day 4 Continued- Epcot with my Park Peeps!

Finally Halie and I decided to get out of bed. We barely made it to Epcot in time for our ADR at Coral Reef. Thank goodness we had a car!

Halie at the turnstiles.
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On our way to CR, Rob ran over to Soarin’ because the tip board said it had a 20 minute wait. He thought he could get some fastpasses. That didn’t happen, and the tip board was wrong. It was a 45 minute wait. We got to CR and checked in and then sat down on the floor by the doorway to wait. For some odd reason Halie had a ball in her pocket. Actually, Halie had a ton of junk in her pockets. After this day we had to start patting her down for contraband whenever she got out of the car. Otherwise she’d being like 15 things to the park with her everyday.

Anyways, she had a ball and we had a fun time rolling it back and forth while waiting for our ADR.

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While we waited Jen and family arrived. I went out to chat for a few minutes and then we were called to our table.

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I don’t think I mentioned yet that Halie always got a Shirley Temple to drink with every meal. It was fun for her because she’d never heard of it. The waiter at the Wave had suggested it to her. Chad got a Sour Apple slushie to drink. Both of their drinks came with Dolphin thingies in them. And Halie had an extra one in her pocket of contraband. Apparently she’d gotten it from the fireworks cruise.

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For dinner Chad and Rob both had the NY strip.
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I had mahi mahi Which was DELICIOUS!!!
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Halie had grilled chicken with French fries.
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For dessert Rob had a key lime tart.
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Chad had fruit sorbet.
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Halie had a build your own sundae.
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And I had the Wave.
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I’d like to point out right now, that I just noticed on my receipt that I was charged a 3% service charge twice. Once for $3.92 and once for $0.12. If anyone knows what that’s about let me know!

Total for the meal…

$147.45 before tip

4 out of 4

After we ate we went over to bug Jen and her family at their table. They had a fabulous waitress whereas our waiter sucked. It took forever to get anything, and we never got a drink refill. We took a picture of them with their camera and then headed out. We decided to ride the Nemo ride and check out the Seas with Nemo and Friends. The ride was a walk on.

Halie climbed in the shark mouth.
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We stopped to take some pictures outside. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/robnkris/Bubba%20Surprise%20Trip/P6230313.jpg

On the way towards the WS, Halie spotted this bunny.
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Then Chad thought it would be funny to try to catch a bee that was on a flower. He about got us all stung. Goober.

I thought these pictures turned out nice!
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Finally we got over to France. Jen had beat us there and was waiting for me with a GGCLS! Woo hoo! The girls had a great time together. I gave them each a pack of glow necklaces and they got a kick out of that!

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Melissa was supposed to be meeting us this night and I called her several times. Seems she’d gotten stuck over in Future World. After the show, we found her though. I got to see Ryan again and meet Brandon and her mom for the first time. Melissa’s mom is really pretty and Brandon is the sweetest thing.

I just love Ryan! He’d been at his fancy birthday dinner that night, but he changed clothes. He made sure to tell us about Melissa spilling something on her shirt at the meal. Geez Ryan!!!
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We walked with Melissa for awhile then parted ways. We had a party at the GV to go to! On our way out of Epcot, Chad stopped to by a shot glass just for the occasion. It was finally “The Night of the Margaritas!”

Up next: The Night of the Margaritas!

[AussieAngel]

Ooh la la! The night of the margaritas! Sounds very exciting! :cool1:

Great denim shorts, too!! :thumbsup2

Thanks for another fun update!!

[DisneyMama629]

Ooh la la! The night of the margaritas! Sounds very exciting! :cool1:

Great denim shorts, too!! :thumbsup2

Thanks for another fun update!!

The night of the margaritas was what my friend's daughter was referring to it as! Thanks for reading!!!

[bucky1023]

I can't wait to read more. The girls look so cute in their tops!!

[adsrtw]

Oh my gosh! I haven't thought about Shirley Temple's in years! Lot's of memories! My bff from childhood and I would make them while pretending we were at cocktail parties. We were glammed up.

I bet Halie thought she was something else. Once again, awesome review and I can't wait to read more. Bring on the margaritas. :cool1:

[jessily]

Love the pirate shirts!

[anewmac]

Just read your whole TR... love it.! I should be doing things to prepair for our trip but couldnt tear myself away from your report! I love what you made your niece to wear adorable... you are so talented! Cant wait to read more

also how did you get your DH to wear personalized shirts, Im bribing mine and so far its only a pirate one for the cruise LOL

OH YA I voted for yall too! :)

[DisneyMama629]

Just read your whole TR... love it.! I should be doing things to prepair for our trip but couldnt tear myself away from your report! I love what you made your niece to wear adorable... you are so talented! Cant wait to read more

also how did you get your DH to wear personalized shirts, Im bribing mine and so far its only a pirate one for the cruise LOL

OH YA I voted for yall too! :)

Thanks for voting and reading! My DH will wear personalized shirts because we have gotten a lot of attention from it, like Family of the Day twice!

Sorry for being MIA everyone. Another update is coming!

[DisneyMama629]

Day 4 Continued- The Night of the Margaritas!

After a quick stop by our room to pick up Chad’s giant bottle of Crown Royal and a bottle of Peach Schnapps headed over to Jen’s GV. The girls went nuts all night. Pillow fights, jumping on beds, screaming, etc. They had a ball! The adults had a great time as well! There were GGCLS and margaritas compliments of Jen’s Margaritaville that she toted all the way from Ohio. Chad also kept everyone’s shot glass full (with the exception of James, who I learned that night, doesn’t drink so that means all that beer in the fridge is just for Jen. Wow!).

The GV Queen.
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Here’s some video from the night!
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[DisneyMama629]

Day 5, June 24, 2008: The Beginning of a Very Un-TGM Like Day

We got up at 7:15 this morning. We had a rope drop to make. Halie and I had cereal out on the verandah and then quickly got ready. I’m not sure what Tink brought her this morning, but I can guarantee she got something. Spoiled little princess!

We were out of the room by 8:15.

Halie when we arrived at MGM. I don’t know why she looks like this. It must have been something funny at the time or I wouldn’t have taken a picture.
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When we arrived at MGM the lines at the turnstiles were very long. I looked to the right and saw two short lines. I had Rob and Chad get in one and Halie and I got in the other. While in line the family in front of us recognized us from Vero Beach. They had been there too! We were on practically matching vacations. Too funny!

Waiting for the park to open.
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While we waited in the line for the turnstiles to open I noticed that our line was blocking two turnstiles, but we were really only in line at one of them. I was determined to go to the shorter line when it opened. When they opened the turnstiles nobody was going to the second one so Halie and I hopped over there and were through the turnstile in no time. I’m so sneaky.

The plan was for Halie and I to go straight to TSM and FP it and ride it. The boys would go over to RNRC and ToT and ride both. I knew we needed to be at the front of the rope drop in order to have this plan work so Halie and smoothly made our way through the crowd to the front.

There was a couple from Canada celebrating their second anniversary that were picked as Family of the Day. Just like us last year!
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When they dropped the rope they didn’t walk people to TSM and people were running. So what do I do? Grab Halie’s hand and say, “RUN!” We ran to the TSM and were the first people to get a FP. Then we got in to the standby line. Halie was tired from the running.

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The queue had great themeing!
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The family in front of us was really nice. They complimented Halie’s outfit and offered to take our picture together.
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The really dumb thing was that even though we were at the very front of the line we had to wait about 15 minutes to get on. The ride was malfunctioning.

Our first sighting of the ride vehicle!
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Ready to ride!
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This ride is sooooo awesome!!! I could spend all day riding it! It is my new favorite ride at MGM replacing RNRC.

Our score
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When we exited the ride, Rob called. They were done riding their ride and were ready to meet us. Our FP window was going to open in 10 minutes so I decided that we should wait and get another TSM FP. We got the 2nd FP then rode the ride with the 1st. Looking back, we should have used the 1st FP later on. It’s about going on attractions before the line is long. I never use a FP within the window. TGM mistake of the day #1.

Another queue pic on the 2nd ride.
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Rob and I rode together. I can’t remember who won. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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After that we went to RNRC. Chad wanted Halie to ride it. When I got there I realized I’d made a mistake. The standby was 45 minutes and our FP window didn’t open for hours since I’d gotten a FP for TSM.

We were standing around and someone came up and gave Rob FP’s for all of us to ride! Bonus!!! We got in to the FP line. Halie started to freak out a little bit while in line. When she saw the cars she got more scared. I promised to buy her a RNRC pin if she rode the ride.

We got on with Halie crying. We got off with Halie exclaiming that it was her favorite ride ever and could she go again. It’s the main thing she still talks about from the trip. She loves to tell everyone about the roller coaster that goes upside down 3 times. I’ll have to find the postcard she wrote my mom and dad that day that tells them about RNRC. It’s so cute!

When we got off I let Halie pick a RNRC pin from the gift shop and I bought our ride picture.

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Then I got a text from Jen. They were at TSM with their magical FP that allows like 12 people to ride or something like that and they wanted us to meet them there. I think this is the point where everyone starts to get a little grouchy. This will be Rob and Chad’s 3 time walking back and forth across the park. Obviously they don’t realize how awesome it is to have a magical FP that you get to use with your park peeps!!!!

We met up with Jen and family and get in line.

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Then the ride breaks down. We go back out of the FP line and Jen asks for our FP back. People in the standby line were none too happy because some of them had been waiting forever!!!

The girls met the Green Army Man when we got out of line.
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Jen and family headed to Indy and we headed to Muppets. We were going to meet back at TSM when they were done with Indy

On our way to Muppets.
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[DisneyMama629]

I could tell Chad was getting majorly pissy when we were at Muppets. He wasn’t talking at all. Lets just say he has some addictions that weren’t being fed while at WDW and this wasn’t agreeing with him at all.

At Muppets.
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Chad decided he was hungry now. It was 11:15. We had a Sci-Fi ADR at 1:20. I made it so late so we’d be able to see BATB before we ate. I get a little upset by people wanting a full meal right before our ADR. My dad did this over and over on “The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly.” Chad knew this. He knew it pissed me off. He did it anyway. We headed towards Toy Story Pizza Planet.

One last cute picture of Halie before the massive fight at WDW.
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And she found a hidden Mickey.
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Up next…A fight between a sister and a brother that probably shouldn’t be vacationing together.

[miztigg]

your niece is adorable!!! i used to take mine with us to WDW but now shes 18 and into boys:confused3 at least we have little ones now to take

[Cory's Gal]

Great installment! I can't wait to try TSM on our next trip, the queue looks amazing!! All of Halie's outfits are so adorable! The Margarita party looked like a lot of fun too!!

[mytwotinks]

I can't wait to read more!

My sister and I once got into a major!!!!! fight in DW. It happens and then you just have to get over it and get on with Disney.:laughing:

[anewmac]

oh i hope your posting more soon...

[DisneyMama629]

oh i hope your posting more soon...

Okay! I won't be a trip report abandoner! New post coming up. But first I must say...

I'm pregnant!!!!:goodvibes

[ehstrojette]

signing up after reading you trip report and finish it by seeiing your pregnant.. Congrats. After seeing how you are with your niece, you can tell you'll be great parents

[mytwotinks]

Okay! I won't be a trip report abandoner! New post coming up. But first I must say...

I'm pregnant!!!!:goodvibes


Congratulations!

But.... I still want to read about the rest of the trip:)

[DisneyMama629]

Now this is a odd post to start with after abandoning my report for months. But here it is, the MGM fight!

Day 5 continued- There is no fighting at Disney World…or is there?

When I last left off, Chad was hungry. I was annoyed because I didn’t want people to eat right before our ADR. There were breakfast foods in the Villa, he could have eaten there. I also offered for all of us to get an ice cream, but nooooooooooo, he wanted pizza.

We go to Pizza Planet and I tell Chad to grab a table while I go in and order the meal. I didn’t want anyone to eat right now, but of course I went ahead and bought the combo meal with a salad because otherwise it would be a waste of a CS meal. So I got the pepperoni pizza with a salad, bottle of water, and Mickey rice krispy treat.

We were all sitting outside at the table, Chad and Halie are sharing the pizza and I’m eating the salad and suddenly Rob walks off. I later find out that he’s grossed out by Halie eating. She doesn’t have the best manners so this was a common theme throughout the trip.

Anyhow, Chad and Halie finish up the pizza and Chad grabs the rice krispie treat. This is where I might be a teeny tiny bit in the wrong. I take it back and say no, we’re saving it for later. Then I start to say how he’s not even going to be hungry and I paid for his dining plan and I’m going to be mad when he doesn’t even eat his lunch. Then he starts to be mean. Then I tell him he’s mean. Then he cusses at me and tells me that he’s sick of being told that he was being mean and ungrateful.

I walk off to the store Rob is in, and Rob is furious. He is really fed up with Chad at this point because he hasn’t been helping with Halie and because he is upsetting me now with this little episode. Rob wants him and I to just go on alone. I can’t do that though, because I don’t want Halie’s trip to be ruined. I go back over to work it out with Chad.

The problem is, Chad ain’t having it. He continues to cuss and make a scene. I grab Halie’s hand and take her over to Rob who is getting a popsicle. I tell him to get Halie one and I’ll be right back. Chad storms off. I go after him. We can’t fight on this trip. This happened on Halie’s last trip. I was really starting to lose it here. I wanted to just sit down and cry in the middle of MGM. My perfectly planned trip cannot go down the tubes.

Chad stops at a smoking area and I go join him. He cusses me out some more. He is sick of me “throwing it in his face” that I paid for this trip. To which I reply, “Well I did.” That didn’t help matters much. After a few minutes of arguing he says he will just get a plane ticket and go home right now. I start to cry. People move away from us, probably to take notes to post about us on the DIS where they will put us in the “Most Shocking Thing you’ve seen at WDW” thread.

Me crying seems to break Chad down a little and he says he’s sorry and it’s just that he’s not used to having somebody tell him where to go and what to do, and that he’s tired of getting up early and walking around. He says he’d rather just sleep in a little and meet us at the parks later. Ummm…no. I didn’t pay for a trip to WDW for you to sleep while I take your kid to the parks. More fighting. More crying. I think we finally stop with him saying that I better not say he’s rude or mean anymore and also I’m not to say, “Well, I paid for this.” Apparently those words had been coming out of my mouth a lot. Whoops! I hugged him and told him I was sorry and just wanted him to have a nice trip with Halie.

Then we went and found Rob and Halie and went on with our day.

[DisneyMama629]

Day 5 Part 3- We get a dream!

After we met back up with Rob and Halie we went over to Star Tours and got FP’s for it. Then Jen texted. They were at TSM waiting for us. We headed back over there. We used the special fastpass and got into the line once again.

I made sure to get pics of everyone in their lovely yellow glasses.
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While in line I told Jen about the major drama that had just gone down. It was nice to have a park peep to vent to that understood. The ride was fun, I’m not sure who rode with who, but I know that Rob beat me this time.

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Jen and Lainey
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Then we told the girls to say goodbye because this really would be the last time they saw each other. I don’t know if Halie will ever get to see Jen’s daughters again, but it sure was fun while it lasted!
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Bye Jen and family!!! See you in January Jen!
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After departing from Jen’s family we headed to VotLM. The problem was it looked like we wouldn’t get in to the next show and they were queueing up outside. No thanks. It was super hot. I knew that Little Mermaid was Halie’s favorite character, but it’s just too hot to stand out here. After some quick thinking, I made her an offer. I told her we could either do this ride or go to the Magic of Disney Animation and get to draw a character. She picked the drawing. She loves to draw!

So off we head for the Animation building. When we get there, I see THE DREAM TEAM!!! And they have duffle bags! That means it is prize time. There are two entrance turnstiles, and I get in the one in front of the dream team that is empty. After a minute the dream team tells the CM to move everyone to the same line so we are asked to move. I jump into the other line as quick as possible. Another family was in the line, but they weren’t really in the line if you know what I mean. There was a big gap. Well, thank goodness we got in the line when we did, because when we went through the turnstiles we were the last of the group led away with the dream team.

There were about 20 of us over there. They announced that we would be getting dream ears! Woo hoo!!! I was soooo excited! I’d always wanted dream ears!
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After we got our ears we went on in to the building where we watched the little movie that they play. It was cute as usual. I like Mushu. Someday I should watch Mulan. Then we went through to the other area. The Incredibles were there doing a meet and greet, so Halie and I got in line. Chad and Rob found a bench and sat down. Party poopers.

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After taking a picture we went to go do some of the activities available. One thing Halie and I did was sing into a TV thingy and then it played the 7 Dwarves with our voices singing Heigh Ho. It was cute, but singers we are not.

Then I went to go ask about the animation thing. It started in 7 minutes and lasts for 20. I felt horrible when I had to tell Halie that we had to leave. Our ADR at Sci-Fi was in 5 minutes. There was no way we could stay for another 30. I promised her we would do a drawing thing later in our trip.

When we arrived at Sci-Fi we were seated within 5 minutes. Chad and Halie in front and Rob and I in back. This meal was where Chad’s grouchiness really stood out once again. He didn’t say but maybe two words to her the entire meal. IMO he should have been pointing things out to her and talking about the movie with her. I was really annoyed with him. I also wanted him to put his dream ears on, but noooooo.
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Other than Chad’s attitude, Sci-Fi was great. We always love this place. Chad, Rob, and I all got cookie shakes as our drink on the DDP. Yumm! Rob and I also got onion rings has an appetizer. We had to pay OOP for this. I also got Halie the light-up Tinkerbell drink OOP. She loved it!

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I had Shrimp Pasta.
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Rob had a burger with cucumber salad. Chad also had a burger with fries.
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Halie had a kid’s meal with a burger, fruit and French fries.
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For dessert I had Apple Crisp a la mode.
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Rob and Chad both had Ice Cream sundaes, though Chad didn’t want one. He was full. Hmmmm, I wonder why. I also wonder why he barely ate any of his hamburger?
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Halie got the kids build your own sundae. They really could use a bit more variety in their kids meals.

Isn’t she cute?
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Since Chad was such a grouch during the meal, I asked him if he wanted to go on back to the room afterwards. He said he would. So Halie and Chad took the bus back to the room. Finally some peace and quiet for Rob and I. We can do whatever we want!

First we used our Star Tours FP. Then we gave away the other 2 FPs. We also got some photopass pics taken by the ride.

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[DisneyMama629]

Then we used our TSM FP. I finally got Rob to put his ears on for a minute while in the queue.
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He beat me again.
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Now personally, I could have ridden this ride for a 5th time, but Rob was ready to go. I was glad to spread the pixie dust by giving away our 2 extra FPs since they were all gone for the day. We gave them away to a couple on their honeymoon. I was excited because when the guy said thanks he had the cutest Irish accent.

Then we headed towards the front of the park. I was a bit surprised that we finally got the chance to do whatever and Rob just wanted to leave. But we had been there for a long time. We did take the chance to get a few photopass pics on our way out.

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Everyone was lined up for the parade, and I really wanted to stay, but Rob hates afternoon parades. While he waited in a shop, I took a few pictures of the new Block
Party Bash Parade. I was a little surprised at the outfits the girls wear in the parade. Pretty short, don’t you think?

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This one’s for Maureen!
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I really wish I could have stayed for the whole parade.
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When I went in the store, Rob was really annoyed. I didn’t tell him I was stopping to take pictures and he was ready to go. At this point I was just fed up with everyone getting to do everything they want and me not getting to do anything I want. My eyes welled up with tears and I wished that Halie and I could have just went on this trip alone. By the time we were at the tram to get to our car, Rob was apologizing and telling me that he would do better.

I cheered up enough to take a picture of my dream ears.
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When we got back to OKW, we stopped at the Hospitality House. I got a charm bracelet like the cute one Jen had gotten, some bread, and a movie to watch. Then I went over to the concierge and got our HDDR tickets.

When we got back to the room Chad and Halie were sleeping. I went in to take a much needed nap and Rob played some much needed (like a hole in the head) WoW.

[DisneyMama629]

Day 5- Part 4: The Waterpark Saves the Day!

The Sleeping Beauty named Krista awoke from her nap at 4:45. I suggested we go to TL and everyone agreed. We were out the door by 5:15. The best part about having a rental car is how quick you can get to a waterpark. We were at the park in about 15 minutes!

Halie took some photos on the ride over.
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I stopped to take a picture when we arrived.
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And I was quickly left behind. Thanks a lot guys!
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First thing we did was get a large locker for $12. Then we headed to the Crush & Gusher slides. The lines were practically non-existent by now! We rode all three of them! It was so fun!

Halie’s first time down. Doesn’t her face look just like Goofy’s on the border?
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Then she realizes there’s a camera!
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More C&G pics!
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Next we went to the Shark Reef. Halie went all the way through the line and then freaked out when she had to put the goggles and snorkel on. They were just too big for her. She stood on the bridge up above and watched the three of us go. I love the Shark Reef, I just hate the cold water. This time I had a scare though. A ray seemed to be following me. Then something brushed my leg, I about fainted. Then I looked and it was a little girl swimming past me. Doh!

When I got to the steps to get out there was a ray sitting on the steps. I got scared, but luckily it moved and I was able to get out of there. Halie regretted not going and said she wanted to try again another day. Unfortunately she never got that chance.

After the Shark Reef we went to the family raft ride and did it twice with no wait!
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Then we did two rides that you ride down on tubes by yourself. Halie liked them, though she was nervous at first. After that the boys went to the wave pool and Halie and I went to the lazy river. After her and I did a lap, we decided to go to the wave pool. We didn’t mean to go out very deep but a wave came and it totally went over Halie’s head and she wasn’t expecting it, and it yanked her right out of my arms. She was freaking out, and I felt horrible. We decided to get out of there after that. Poor little girl!!!!

The boys continued to play in the wave pool for awhile. They had fun rushing the waves like they were football players. Halie went on some of the slides off to the side of the wave pool.

After about 15 minutes of Halie playing on the slides we decided to get going. Halie and I went to the restroom. When I came out of the stall, she wasn’t there. I started to have a min heart attack. I was running around the restroom and shower area searching for her calling her name. Finally she came in from the exit and said, I’m out here. I was so mad. I guess she had went out there to stand with her dad. I told her never to leave my sight again. I was so worried about her!

We went to the locker and got our towels so we could head out of there.
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I took a few pictures on our way out.
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Halie also took a few pictures.
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My view:
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Halie’s view:
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A picture with Halie’s camera of her and her favorite character!
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The waterpark was great for smoothing everything over. We all got along great while we were there. I think my brother was glad to have some time where there wasn’t a plan to follow. It was such a nice relaxing part of the trip. We loved visiting the waterparks. I definitely recommend visiting the parks a few hours before close. We literally waited no longer than 5 minutes for anything.

You’d think that this day was over after MGM, a nap, and a waterpark, but it wasn’t! On the way back to the room, Rob and Chad were asking which park had EMH that evening.

Up next: The end of a very Un-TGM like day!

[DisneyMama629]

Day 5 Part 5- The End of a Super Long, Very Un-TGM Like Day!

When I last left off we were on our way back to the room after the TL EMH was over and the boys were asking which park had EMH that night. I looked in my handy dandy notebook and it was Epcot. “Well, let’s go!” they replied!

I, as the TourGuide extraordinaire was a little nervous. We had already done MGM, got in a fight, more MGM, napped, went to TL, and now go to another park?!? I don’t know about this. I’d also never been to an evening EMH anywhere besides MK. I knew MK EMH’s were awesome, but would Epcot’s be a disaster? Worst of all we were to make rope drop tomorrow at MK. Tired guest don’t make happy memories as TGM would say!

I decided to go with the flow though. Everyone wanted to go to Epcot, they were all in happy moods, and we might as well just do it! We went back to the room, changed, and headed to Epcot!

Now, Chad’s girlfriend (the GPS unit) wasn’t on in time for me to navigate us to Epcot clearly. I was driving and got us completely lost. I think we had to get on and off the highway like three times. Finally Chad’s girlfriend got us back on track and we arrived. We had a pretty good parking spot and I thought the EMH might not be half bad.

As we headed in, I hoped everyone’s lighthearted moods would last through the evening. We were all laughing and getting along. It might have helped that Chad brought himself a little drinky-poo. He poured out part of a 20 ounce bottle of Coke and poured in some Crown Royal. This went right past security with no issue. No, I’m not condoning bringing in your own alcohol, but I was glad because my brother is definitely more pleasant when he’s been drinking. Sad as that may sound.

Right when we got inside the park there were several deserted strollers that people had taken clear to the turnstiles. I figured these were open for the taking so I grabbed one and told Halie to jump in. She enjoyed her one night of being in the stroller!

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First we headed to Soarin’. It had a 30 minute standby. I don’t do lines. I’m a TGMer. I’ve never waited that long for anything. But, I was going with the flow, so we got in line. It was actually kind of fun being in the standby line. We’d never been in it long enough to play the interactive games. Chad was really in to it which made it fun!

Rob and Halie in line…
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The line ended up being about 40 minutes, but finally we got on the ride. We all loved it! Chad and Halie thought it was great. Halie was scared last time she rode it, so I was glad she enjoyed it this time. Chad taped the whole thing on his camera phone. I loved when he was taking pictures or video. I knew he was truly enjoying himself when he would do that!

After Soarin’ we went to the Sunshine Seasons to eat. I was disappointed because it’s one of my favorite CS places because of the variety. Well, during EMH there isn’t any variety. It was practically all closed. We all ended up getting ham sandwiches and Halie got a kids meal mini-sub.
Halie’s meal
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My meal with Strawberry shortcake
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Rob got Key Lime Pie with his.
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And Chad got Butterfinger Cheesecake.
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I guess I also got a picture of Chad’s very exciting beer!
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During this meal, Chad took a picture of Halie holding his beer with his camera phone. He texted it to her mom with the message, Living it up at Disney World! It was funny!!!

After we ate we went on Living with the Land or whatever that boat ride is called. We really liked it. We think that ride is so interesting. The funniest thing that day was when Halie said, “Somebody has green fingers in here!” I think she meant a green thumb. It was so cute!

Next we headed to Figment. It was good. Then over to TT. TT had a 50 minute wait. By then everyone’s energy level had started to droop so we decided to head on back to OKW. Overall, Epcot’s EMH was okay. Not as good as MK’s. Next time, I’d like to try doing the WS during and EMH.

Chad and Halie on the way to the car.
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When we got to the parking lot, Chad found a wheelchair and started playing in it. It was really funny! He was doing wheelies and everything!

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We were back to the room at midnight. We passed out as soon as we hit the pillows!

Up Next: Will tired guests make happy memories at the Magic Kingdom?

[anewmac]

1st CONGRATS on the Pregnacy!! WOOHOO!

2nd so glad you are continuing with your Trip Report! sorry you had a rough day I think EVERYONE has a meltdown or 2 while at the happiest place on earth LOL.

Cant wait to read more!

[DisneyMama629]

1st CONGRATS on the Pregnacy!! WOOHOO!

2nd so glad you are continuing with your Trip Report! sorry you had a rough day I think EVERYONE has a meltdown or 2 while at the happiest place on earth LOL.

Cant wait to read more!

Thanks! We have to cancel our cruise since we'll be having our baby at pretty much the same time we were supposed to be heading to WDW. I haven't been reading all the cruise reports I was subscribed to because it makes me sad, but I suppose I could at least finish reading yours!!!

[jessily]

You're back!! Congrats on the baby! I'm really enjoying your trip report:)

[Tykatmadismomma]

popcorn:: I cant wait to read the rest of your trip report.

Congratulations on the pregnacy :flower3: I wish you a happy healthy 9 months.