I do get to go! I do get to go! A trip that almost wasn't! Update 1/25

[tinkgurl]

Hey, Hi, Hello, and How are ya?
Welcome to my 2nd attempt at making a TR half as good as the ones I read religiously (you know who you are). I live, think, and breathe WDW and anything Disney. As you can see from my name, picture, and sig- I love Tink! I love her so much I even put myself through getting a tattoo. I'll share that picture in a moment...
So, some of you may be wondering why I chose this title. Well, let's just say it was a must needed trip and I'm SO glad I was able to go with my family! We have been going to WDW every year since I was 3. And on the last day of my first trip there, my mom said that she had never seen a little girl cry as hard as I did when I found out we were leaving. I wanted to stay there forever! And to this day, I still cry on the last day (okay maybe not as hard as I did when I was 3). I'm a senior in college and took part in an internship over the summer at our local Lutheran Social Services. And do you know what the first thing I thought of was when I got the job?! "Oh no! I'm not going to get to go to WDW!" I cried. Yeah, I'm a big ol' sap.

We were also dealing with the loss of my aunt who left behind a 10 year-old and a now 2 year-old with my uncle. We've been helping him night and day. The 10 year-old my aunt had before she met my uncle, and the 2 year-old is my uncle's. He's the light of our lives and he's the only thing that's helped me keep going through this. So, I explained to my boss what the situation was and told her I really needed to get away from life at home and get myself together. She was completely understanding! I hurried and called my DDad and told him that I get to go! He got on the phone and added me to all their ADR's and to the room reservations! I do get to go! I do get to go!

Sadly, the only one that didn't get to go with us this trip was my Db/f. He got the gift of a lifetime with his uncles, grandpa, and dad to go to Chicagoland Speedway and ride the Richard Petty Driving Experience. His whole family is HUGE NASCAR fans! But, the day he went there was also the day we left for WDW! Bummer! But, he's been with us the past 3 years and I got to introduce him to my favorite place as he had never been before then!

Let's begin the introductions...

Me (aka Tinkgurl)

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My Tink tattoo the day after I got it!

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DSis

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DDad and DMom

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The dates: June 14-June 24, 2008. The location: OKW for the first time! We usually stay at the WLV.

Up next: Day 1

[MeMom]

I've only been to Old Key West to visit. It is a beautiful place, and it would be awesome to stay there!

I am so glad you got to go on this trip. I know it was much needed. They all are! We have to get away from the stresses of everyday work and school and bills and chores and just life in general sometimes. What better place to do that than a place with rides, shows, music, food, and magic?!?!?

All that and plenty of SHOPPING!!! ;)
It's heaven on earth, I tell ya!

Brooklynn cried her way out of Magic Kingdom on our Thanksgiving trip.
Poor thing- Jill was pushing her in the stroller telling her it was time for us to leave, and she was saying, "My Magic Kingdom! My not go home. My go Magic Kingdom!" It was the most woeful little voice.
Jill turned to me and said, "She's pretty much saying what we're all feeling."

And she was right!

[punkin413]

i'm here! can't wait to read more. glad you got to go! :goodvibes

[troobabiee7]

You started!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: Aw, I've missed you guys since your last report :cutie: I'm so sorry about your aunt, I hope your family's doing OK :hug: You know I'm here if you ever need anything!

I can't wait to read all about your trip, you know how psyched I've been for it! :woohoo: :woohoo:

[tinkgurl]

I've only been to Old Key West to visit. It is a beautiful place, and it would be awesome to stay there!

Brooklynn cried her way out of Magic Kingdom on our Thanksgiving trip.
Poor thing- Jill was pushing her in the stroller telling her it was time for us to leave, and she was saying, "My Magic Kingdom! My not go home. My go Magic Kingdom!" It was the most woeful little voice.
Jill turned to me and said, "She's pretty much saying what we're all feeling."

And she was right!

It IS a beautiful place! You will eventually get to see pics of our room and stuff!

Aw Brooklynn is so cute!

i'm here! can't wait to read more. glad you got to go! :goodvibes

Hi Dawn! :hug:

You started!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: Aw, I've missed you guys since your last report :cutie: I'm so sorry about your aunt, I hope your family's doing OK :hug: You know I'm here if you ever need anything!

I've missed you too! I kept looking and looking for you..No wonder I couldn't find you-you changed your name!

We're getting better...one day at a time!

[KeepSwimmingDory]

I love the size of the rooms at OKW. It worked well for my family of 6. Can't wait to read more about your trip. Hope it was good therapy. :)

[tinkgurl]

Okay, I lied..this is not Day 1 yet..I thought I'd share a few pics since I LOVE them..

Here's me when I was little and what started my love for WDW..( NO LAUGHING!)

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I also have a love for wearing anything Disney every day of our trip! (As you can tell when I comment on yours Dawn) So I thought I'd share some of my outfits from trips past to lead up to this trip's outfits! (Yeah, I'm weird...I know :rolleyes:)

Chip n Dale Shirt and Shorts

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WDW Tank

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Tink Shirt

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Tink Tank

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Homemade Shirt

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Ariel Shirt

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Eeyore Shirt

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Okay...I promise my next REAL post will be Day 1 :flower3:

[xoktenox]

Hey here I am, I made it! :goodvibes

I'm so glad you're writing a TR and so excited to read it! You and your sister are both so pretty and I'm assuming thats your DBF in the pics and you guys are really cute together! I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt :sad2: That's really a sad story but your uncle is so lucky to have family like you to help him through it with the kids, even when you guys are grieving yourselves.

Those pics from when you were little were soooo cute. How did your DBF like the Richard Petty Driving Experience? My BF loves cars and I wanted to do it for him in Orlando but its just so expensive.

Can't wait to read more! :thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

Hey here I am, I made it! :goodvibes

I'm so glad you're writing a TR and so excited to read it! You and your sister are both so pretty and I'm assuming thats your DBF in the pics and you guys are really cute together! I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt :sad2: That's really a sad story but your uncle is so lucky to have family like you to help him through it with the kids, even when you guys are grieving yourselves.

Those pics from when you were little were soooo cute. How did your DBF like the Richard Petty Driving Experience? My BF loves cars and I wanted to do it for him in Orlando but its just so expensive.

Can't wait to read more! :thumbsup2

Hey girl! :hug: I should warn you..I don't remember exactly what we did each day because I didn't remember to bring a notebook to keep a daily journal so this TR will be more of a picture one...Hope that's okay :flower3:. Yep, that's my DBF..we've been together 6 years! Just moved into an apartment together this summer in the town that we go to college up in Wisconsin.

I'll share some pics of the 2 year-old with you if you want...Let me know and I'll PM you them!

I'm glad you liked my lil' kid pics! Those were the two that I could find that were on the computer at the time that I made the update.

DBF LOVED the Richard Petty Driving Experience. He's all about NASCAR and his own car...Yeah it is expensive, but it was so worth it. It will be something he'll remember forever. Maybe wait to surprise your DBF with for your honeymoon or birthday...

Glad to have met you! :cutie:

[xoktenox]

Hey girl! :hug: I should warn you..I don't remember exactly what we did each day because I didn't remember to bring a notebook to keep a daily journal so this TR will be more of a picture one...Hope that's okay :flower3:. Yep, that's my DBF..we've been together 6 years! Just moved into an apartment together this summer in the town that we go to college up in Wisconsin.

I'll share some pics of the 2 year-old with you if you want...Let me know and I'll PM you them!

I'm glad you liked my lil' kid pics! Those were the two that I could find that were on the computer at the time that I made the update.

DBF LOVED the Richard Petty Driving Experience. He's all about NASCAR and his own car...Yeah it is expensive, but it was so worth it. It will be something he'll remember forever. Maybe wait to surprise your DBF with for your honeymoon or birthday...

Glad to have met you! :cutie:

It's perfectly fine that you don't remember what you did each day, I'm not picky! lol I can't believe you and your BF have been together for 6 yrs! My BF and I have been together for a yr and 8 months and I think thats a long time :laughing: Thats really great for you guys though! So exciting that you guys moved in together too, I'm jealoussss! It's probably so much fun playing house ;)

Definitely PM me those pics, I would love to see them. Ever since my BF's sister had a baby back in April I have a new appreciation for the cuteness of babie.:cutie: The RPDE is probably so much fun, I'm happy to hear your DBF liked it. I would love to do it for my BF on our trip but it's definitely going to have to wait...probably more like our honeymoon than his bday because I doubt I'll have the money for it by his bday and our honeymoon's not gonna be for a least 3 or 4 more years :rotfl: Plus, I'm not sure where the closest one to us here in NY is. Its definitely great to have met you and cant wait to read more!

[hlrababy]

I am here!!! I have to say I love all your disney shirts!!! You will get not laughing from me!!:goodvibes

[Angelia'sthree]

great reporting~! I think you even look like tinkerbell~! how cute you are~!

[tinkgurl]

I love the size of the rooms at OKW. It worked well for my family of 6. Can't wait to read more about your trip. Hope it was good therapy. :)

:welcome: Thanks for joining in! You are right, the size of the rooms are amazing!

So exciting that you guys moved in together too, I'm jealoussss! It's probably so much fun playing house ;)

Definitely PM me those pics, I would love to see them.

Yeah, it's crazy we've been together that long already. But, I LOVE living together. My mom and grandma had so much fun this summer shopping for house stuff for me. :laughing: They were always like 'Oh, you need this...Oh you need that!"

I will PM you those pics tomorrow when I have more time! Hope you like them. Do you have myspace?

I am here!!! I have to say I love all your disney shirts!!! You will get not laughing from me!!:goodvibes

:welcome: Thanks for joining in! And I'm glad you like my shirts! I can't wait to show you my ones from this trip!

great reporting~! I think you even look like tinkerbell~! how cute you are~!

:welcome: Thanks for joining in! Well, thanks for the compliment! I hate how young I look now because I always get carded when ordering alcohol but I always tell my family/friends that I'll love it when I'm older and still look younger! :laughing:

[troobabiee7]

I love your Disney outfits!

[KeepSwimmingDory]

I LOVE the shots from when you were little. I never went until I was in high school and not on a regular basis until I was in my 30s. I am 43 and I still buy Disney shirts for myself. They are my favorite shirts. Cute pictures!

[tinkgurl]

I love your Disney outfits!

Aw thanks Mel! :hug: I can't wait to show you what I wore this trip!

I LOVE the shots from when you were little. I never went until I was in high school and not on a regular basis until I was in my 30s. I am 43 and I still buy Disney shirts for myself. They are my favorite shirts. Cute pictures!

:welcome: Thanks for joining in! I'm so glad you like my pics from when I was little. And I'm glad to know that there are others who love having Disney shirts!

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

I'm looking forward to your TR! Glad you got to go on the trip after all.

[xoktenox]

Yeah, it's crazy we've been together that long already. But, I LOVE living together. My mom and grandma had so much fun this summer shopping for house stuff for me. :laughing: They were always like 'Oh, you need this...Oh you need that!"

I will PM you those pics tomorrow when I have more time! Hope you like them. Do you have myspace?

I would love to house shop, even if it wasn't for myself. I think one of the funnest things of moving into my own place will be decorating, without a doubt. PM me the pics whenever you have time, no rush. I do have a myspace I don't go on too much anymore though. I'll PM you the URL if you want it though.

[tinkerbell87512]

Hey girl! Joining in on your trip report. So sorry about your aunt. :hug: I'm glad you were able to go to Disney and take a little break away from life. Looking forward to your report!

[tinkgurl]

I'm looking forward to your TR! Glad you got to go on the trip after all.

Thanks for joining in! I'm glad I got to go too! :laughing:

I do have a myspace I don't go on too much anymore though. I'll PM you the URL if you want it though.

Okay, PM me it whenver and I'll add you so you can see some more pics! :laughing:

Hey girl! Joining in on your trip report. So sorry about your aunt. :hug: I'm glad you were able to go to Disney and take a little break away from life. Looking forward to your report!

Hey girlie! :hug: I'm glad you found me!

[jwwi]

Yeah, another trip report.:cool1: :cool1: I loved your TR from last year. I have started riding TTA too many times, I think I'll blame that on you. I live in WI too, way too cold today for me. But didn't keep me from going to lunch with a friend and last minute shopping.

[tinkgurl]

Yeah, another trip report.:cool1: :cool1: I loved your TR from last year. I have started riding TTA too many times, I think I'll blame that on you. I live in WI too, way too cold today for me. But didn't keep me from going to lunch with a friend and last minute shopping.

Aw, thanks for finding me! :hug: And you're welcome about the whole TTA thing..:flower3:...I didn't go outside at all today! I was afraid to! :laughing:

[MeMom]

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This will be the first deluxe we stay in someday! I have a mini-version of this totem pole, and it gives me happiness (and hope that we can stay there eventually) every time I see it.

Here's my little touch of Wilderness Lodge down in my den.

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You were talking about not keeping a journal. I always have good intentions to take decent notes, but that fizzles out fast. I just let my pictures be my guide, but then I know there are things I forget because I didn't write them down. I think I just need to start having a tiny video camera attached to my sunglasses and have it on the whole trip!

[tinkgurl]

This will be the first deluxe we stay in someday! I have a mini-version of this totem pole, and it gives me happiness (and hope that we can stay there eventually) every time I see it.

Here's my little touch of Wilderness Lodge down in my den.

I just let my pictures be my guide, but then I know there are things I forget because I didn't write them down. I think I just need to start having a tiny video camera attached to my sunglasses and have it on the whole trip!

You are going to love WL! And that mini totem pole is so cute! We have one similar to that next to our WL frame that has the picture in it that you see of us by the real totem pole! I think a mini video camera to the sunglasses is a great idea!

[tinkgurl]

Hey everyone! Thought I'd try and get some of Day 1 in before Christmas!

As some of you may remember from my last TR, we always drive to WDW and stop in Nashville, TN and Gainesville, FL before getting to WDW. So rewind back to June 14, 2008. It's 5 a.m. and my alarm goes off. It's the only time I'm happy to get up that early. I get out of bed...and start dancing :dance3:. Everyone is in the car and we're backing out of the driveway around 6 a.m. We stop about an hour and half into the trip and eat breakfast at Bob Evans. After breakfast, we're ready for the long trip to Nashville for the night! It was pretty uneventful with the occasional stops for gas, bathroom breaks, and just to stretch our legs.

We got into Nashville around 5 p.m. or so. We got checked into our usual hotel and headed back out to the car. As some of you may remember from my last TR, when in Nashville, we always go to Opryland Mall and walk around and eat at Rainforest Cafe. Here's a pic of us in the parking lot last year:

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After we ate, we headed back to the hotel to get a good night's sleep before another long day in the car! Again, we woke up around 5 a.m. and left the parkinglot a little after 6 a.m. We drove about 2 hours and stopped at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Then, we began our long journey through the mountains and then our long journey through the long state of Georgia (geeze Dawn). We finally got into FL and into Gainesville around 5 or 6 p.m. We checked into our usual hotel and as some of you may remember from my last TR, we then head to Red Lobster :dance3:. We had the nicest waitress and told her we were heading to WDW and she asked if we had ever been there before. I laughed and said "This will be trip #19 for me!" After we ate, we headed to Walgreens to pick up some necessities that we had forgotten at home. Then, we headed back to the room to get ready for bed...And I started looking at some of my WDW books that I had gotten before we left. I already know pretty much everything they tell you in there (from the DIS), but I still like to read them. :laughing:

I could not get to sleep. I never can the night before. Morning couldn't come fast enough. I kept waking up and checking the clock. Finally it was morning and time to get to WDW! We left our hotel and drove to Ocala to eat at our usual Bob Evans. Then, we were on the home stretch! Pretty soon we started seeing WDW billboards and I started my dancing and screaming. :woohoo: My DSis thinks I'm a freak because I do this every year:rolleyes:. Here's what we started seeing. Sorry some of them are blurry:

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This was our first time staying at OKW so it was weird not driving through the MK gates to WL! We found OKW okay and I had to take pics of us arriving:

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*Continued in next post*

[tinkgurl]

DDad went and checked us in while we waited in the car. He came out in no time and we headed out to find our room because it was ready already! It took us awhile to find it because it was back farther than we thought, but it was right next to a bus stop! Here's our room, we took these pics the day we left. Ignore the dates!

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After we got our suitcases in the room, I couldn't wait any longer! We headed to the bus stop and waited for an MK bus. Here we are waiting: our room is the building right behind us! It was so nice being that close!

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Up next: Our first day at the MK! And we get a picture of someone famous!

[xoktenox]

Woo hoo you made it :banana: Sounds like a great start to the trip and OKW is beautiful! It seems like that resort is a little more low-key than some of the others, did you find it to be that way?

[hlrababy]

LOL!! So, you think Georgia is a long state to go through!! lol!! Try living in it and seeing it everyday!:lmao:

Love the update!!! OKW looks so nice!!!

[Sarilas]

Hey, I recognize that Rainforest Cafe!

Isn't it funny that you never think of your own local places as photo ops, but it's a great pic from outside the mall!

[troobabiee7]

You're there! :woohoo: OKW looks so nice! You're family's in DVC right? And your hair looks awesome like that! I love the short look, I think I'm gonna cute mine soon. And your shirts too cute!

[LMO429]

enjoying your report subscribing :goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

It seems like that resort is a little more low-key than some of the others, did you find it to be that way?

It is definately more low-key than some of the other resorts! We absolutely fell in love with the place!

LOL!! So, you think Georgia is a long state to go through!! lol!! Try living in it and seeing it everyday!:lmao:

Haha, yes Georgia IS long! Well I'm sure Georgia weather is better than weather in IL during the winter so I'll give you that advantage! :)

Hey, I recognize that Rainforest Cafe!

Isn't it funny that you never think of your own local places as photo ops, but it's a great pic from outside the mall!

It is funny! Glad you liked the pic! We were walking from the car into the mall and I said 'Hey! Let's take a pic in front of the sign!' Since we eat there every year! :laughing:

You're family's in DVC right? And your hair looks awesome like that! I love the short look, I think I'm gonna cute mine soon. And your shirts too cute!

Yep, we're DVC. We usually stay at the villas at WL but after staying at OKW it's surprising how much bigger OKW rooms are! We fell love in with the place! I'm glad you like my hair! It's already starting to get long again! Aw..I'm glad you like my Day 1 shirt! :cutie:

enjoying your report subscribing :goodvibes

Welcome! Thanks for joining in!

[hlrababy]

Haha, yes Georgia IS long! Well I'm sure Georgia weather is better than weather in IL during the winter so I'll give you that advantage! :)



I will trade you weathers!!! I love snow and just never get it! :lmao:

[MeMom]

Driving under that sign is a wonderful feeling, but when you spot that first Disney bus, you know for sure you have arrived!!! You know you'll be riding on one of them yourself just as soon as you can get checked in!

That's great that your bus stop was right there. Old Key West is so pretty! Definitely it feels like a vacation spot! Just seeing those pictures makes me long for warm days. It is cold here!

Next time you come through Nashville, let us know. Anyone in the area (there are several of us - Erica, Sarilas, and I know there are more) could come down and meet you at the hippo! You know exactly where that is, right?

[Sarilas]

Next time you come through Nashville, let us know. Anyone in the area (there are several of us - Erica, Sarilas, and I know there are more) could come down and meet you at the hippo! You know exactly where that is, right?

We may have to have a Dis meet here sometime soon- I'd love to meet up with all of you that live nearby!

I'm still a newbie to town; I've only been here about 4 years! :rotfl:

[tinkgurl]

I will trade you weathers!!! I love snow and just never get it! :lmao:

Oh you can have all the snow you want! :laughing:

Driving under that sign is a wonderful feeling, but when you spot that first Disney bus, you know for sure you have arrived!!! You know you'll be riding on one of them yourself just as soon as you can get checked in!

That's great that your bus stop was right there. Old Key West is so pretty! Definitely it feels like a vacation spot! Just seeing those pictures makes me long for warm days. It is cold here!

Next time you come through Nashville, let us know. Anyone in the area (there are several of us - Erica, Sarilas, and I know there are more) could come down and meet you at the hippo! You know exactly where that is, right?

I love spotting the 1st Disney bus! It's so exciting. OKW is gorgeous! No...I'm sorry I don't know where the hippo is. Forgive me? :flower3:

And to everyone:

Merry Christmas!!

[troobabiee7]

Merry Christmas!

I hope you have fun these next few days! :hug:

[MeMom]

Oh you can have all the snow you want! :laughing:



I love spotting the 1st Disney bus! It's so exciting. OKW is gorgeous! No...I'm sorry I don't know where the hippo is. Forgive me? :flower3:

And to everyone:

Merry Christmas!!


The hippo is in the water right to the right of the entrance to RainForest Cafe. He grunts and raises his head. Brooklynn is just now realizing he's not real. She used to keep her distance, but she's getting a little braver.

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Here's me when I was little and what started my love for WDW..( NO LAUGHING!)

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No laughing here! Those moments as a child at WDW, maybe meeting a character or seeing the castle for the first time, are precious and stay with you for the rest of your life. :goodvibes

[xoktenox]

Merry Christmas to you and your family!:santa:

[Hillary12.8.07]

I'm finally joining in!!!

I'm so glad you started a TR, I missed you this summer!! And we FELL IN LOVE with OKW too...I'm gonna try to start my TR this weekend. We just stayed in a studio but we loved it...I think it convinced DH that we need to buy into DVC oneday.

And I love your hair and your shirt too! I cant wait to read more!

[tinkgurl]

The hippo is in the water right to the right of the entrance to RainForest Cafe.

Oh THAT hippo! :laughing: First time I was by him, he scared me and made me jump! :laughing:

No laughing here! Those moments as a child at WDW, maybe meeting a character or seeing the castle for the first time, are precious and stay with you for the rest of your life. :goodvibes

So true! :goodvibes

Merry Christmas to you and your family!:santa:

Aw I can't wait to exchange pics of what we got!

I'm finally joining in!!!

I'm so glad you started a TR, I missed you this summer!! And we FELL IN LOVE with OKW too...I'm gonna try to start my TR this weekend. We just stayed in a studio but we loved it...I think it convinced DH that we need to buy into DVC oneday.

And I love your hair and your shirt too! I cant wait to read more!

Hill! I'm so glad you're here now! :hug: I guess we'll both be doing a TR at the same time! :laughing: When I first found out we were staying at OKW, I was nervous and sad because you know I love staying at the WLV. But after staying at OKW, we wish we would've stayed there sooner! :laughing: We can still go visit WL, which you'll see that we did later in my TR!

[tinkgurl]

Thought I'd share the Disney statues I got:

Precious Moments:

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The Jim Shore statues I saw on Main Street and really wanted!:

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http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/dislover/PeterPan.jpg

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[wdwgirl03]

Joining in on your report! I love your old pictures. It's so much fun looking at pictures of past Disney trips. And your Precious Moments statues are adorable...I have a couple of them myself. My sister got that Tink one for graduation this year!

[troobabiee7]

How cute!!! I love those little statues! I'd love to start collecting them but I have nowhere to put them :laughing: I'm glad you got what you wanted!

[tinkgurl]

Joining in on your report! I love your old pictures. It's so much fun looking at pictures of past Disney trips. And your Precious Moments statues are adorable...I have a couple of them myself. My sister got that Tink one for graduation this year!

Thanks for joining in! I'm glad you are enjoying the pictures! I think the Precious Moments are adorable too! I also have an Ariel one and one with a little girl holding Tink in her hand.

How cute!!! I love those little statues! I'd love to start collecting them but I have nowhere to put them :laughing: I'm glad you got what you wanted!

Read above post about the other Precious Moments I have...I can't wait to show you all the clothes and other stuff I got! :laughing:

[Hillary12.8.07]

Those are awesome! I love them. I love the Precious Moments, I want to collect them, so far all I have is the Mickey ears wedding one. And I love Jim Shore too, I got a Christmas one for my bday. I love seeing other people who collect the same stuff, so fun!

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!

[xoktenox]

Your statues are sooo cute, I love them! Like Melissa said I would love to start collecting them but there is absolutely nowhere to put them in my room...it is filled to the max :laughing: Can't wait to see what else you got!

[tinkgurl]

Day 1 Continued

We left off waiting at our bus stop for the MK bus! I was so antsy I couldn't sit still! Being that it was our first time to OKW, we didn't realize that there were so many other bus stops along the way! Luckily, we were one of the first stops before heading to the other ones so we were always guaranteed a seat! (Unless we gave them up for someone who needed it!) While waiting, it seemed like a bus for every other park came and went...and what was really fifteen minutes or so seemed like HOURS to me! I just wanted to get there already!

Finally a MK bus came! And we were on our way. I love getting on our first WDW bus! I love the purple seats, I love the little ads along the top, I love the new voice that talks about where we're going, I love the music that plays along with each park, and I love the anticipation of getting to the parks!

And finally, we went under the MK gates and headed under the water bridge and by the Contemporary. I could see WL through the trees and had to say hello to our old home and that we would be over to visit! Yes, I'm a big ol' sap. :rolleyes: As we stepped off the bus and onto the pavement, I took a deep breath in. I was finally back to my happy place. My favorite place on Earth. And no matter how many times I've been there, I always get goosebumps.

We first went to find our stone with our names on it in front of the MK. Ours is towards the bus stops so we didn't have to walk far. Every year we always take a picture of one of each of our feet by our names. It's a tradition for us! I won't post that picture on here for personal purposes.

Walking under the Train Station!

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Ahhhh, there it is! :cloud9:

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After taking in all the sights of Main Street for the first time, we headed to our traditional first ride: The People Mover (Yes, we still call it that!) We love this ride so much that I can't keep track of how many times we ride it each trip! :laughing: Here's some pics from our first ride around:

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As I stated before, I didn't keep track of everything we did so here's some more pictures from the day! Sorry! :flower3:

After Mickey's PhillharMagic:

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After riding It's a Small World, we were stopped by a CM with a touch screen clipboard and were asked to answer a few questions about our experience on the ride. After she was done, we were given stickers and sent on our way. Darn it! I was hoping for some free fast passes or something! :laughing:

While heading past the Haunted Mansion, a ton of people started running past us and we saw a huge flock of people holding their cameras up in the air to take a picture of someone! We wondered who it was, so we started speed walking (haha) around the crowd and into Frontierland to catch a glimpse of who all the fuss was about and got this picture:

It's Shaq! He was with his family (walking in front of him) and several CM's

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Okay, I guess we didn't take very many pictures! So...let's fast forward to dinnertime! As some of you may remember from my last TR, we always eat at Chef Mickey's our first night there! We were excited to head over to the Contemporary and check out the new changes that had taken place since last time we were there. Here we are taking our time looking around before our reservations:

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Then, we headed downstairs to go outside and take our traditional picture in our Mickey ears.

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As some of you may remember from my last TR, DSis and I always sit on the same side and try and do a different pose each year. Here's last year's pose with DB/F in there as well:

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And here's this year's:

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But, before we got the good one, DDad was making faces and dancing funny behind DMom while she took our picture and we couldn't stop laughing:

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[tinkgurl]

And then we realized we could start heading up to the Concourse level! We checked our name in at Chef Mickey's and headed over to the Outer Rim lounge to get a drink while we waited for our buzzer to go off, which we always do when eating at CM. We weren't there 10 minutes and it went off! As some of you may remember from my last TR, I LOVE dancing, singing to the song, and twirling my napkin with everybody. Last year my DSis thought I was so entertaining she videotaped me! But sorry, I'm NOT sharing that with you. :cutie:

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Mickey! I was up getting food!

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Goofy!

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Pluto!

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Donald!

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Our ADR was for 8:50 because it was the only time we could get in so we were ready to call it a night after eating because we were still tired from driving! Here we are outside our room:

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Up next: DTD

[xoktenox]

Great update! Looks like you guys had a nice day in MK. You saw Shaq! Thats so cool but I feel bad for him and his family because they probably have a pretty hard time enjoying the parks to the fullest with people following them around all day. (Even though I definitely would have followed him and gotten his picture like everyone else haha)

Chef Mickey's looks like so much fun! We're not eating there in April but we will be over there to check out the Contemporary and your "home" the WL :goodvibes

[punkin413]

The Jim Shore statues I saw on Main Street and really wanted!:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/dislover/Wendyandtheboys.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/dislover/PeterPan.jpg


i have these two! i started a collection of them during our trip last april. i got the peter one, a captain hook and a tink, but not the one you saw. and then in september i got the wendy, john, michael one and a sorceror mickey. this trip i got a christmas-themed jim shore piece but you'll have to wait and see on my TR which one! i love jim shore pieces. and they're not outrageously expensive either! i can buy one every trip and not go broke doing it!

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

Thanks for sharing some more with us. We will be heading over to WL on our first day to eat at WCC. I don't remember being there before so I'm excited. I'll say high to your home for you!

[kschafer]

Hey I finally made it over!

Gosh, your pics of OKW are wonderful to see. We really liked the laid back and spacious feel of this resort! Did you have a 1 or 2 bedroom? We just had a studio and your room looks REALLY nice :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Love your description of arriving at Magic Kingdom and enjoyed all your pictures. I love looking at the Jim Shore and other artists Disney stuff on Main Street.

I got this tinkerbell for Christmas. :)

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Can't wait to read more about your trip. popcorn::

[tinkgurl]

Great update! Looks like you guys had a nice day in MK. You saw Shaq! Thats so cool but I feel bad for him and his family because they probably have a pretty hard time enjoying the parks to the fullest with people following them around all day. (Even though I definitely would have followed him and gotten his picture like everyone else haha)

Chef Mickey's looks like so much fun! We're not eating there in April but we will be over there to check out the Contemporary and your "home" the WL :goodvibes

I agree about Shaq and his family not being able to enjoy the parks fully. We said too right after we saw him! But...one perk of being famous: getting to walk to the front of the line! :laughing:

i have these two! i started a collection of them during our trip last april. i got the peter one, a captain hook and a tink, but not the one you saw. and then in september i got the wendy, john, michael one and a sorceror mickey. this trip i got a christmas-themed jim shore piece but you'll have to wait and see on my TR which one! i love jim shore pieces. and they're not outrageously expensive either! i can buy one every trip and not go broke doing it!

Wow that's so cool that you have those! I can't wait to see your Christmas one! I hope that you took Tink pictures for me like you said you would! :flower3:
Thanks for sharing some more with us. We will be heading over to WL on our first day to eat at WCC. I don't remember being there before so I'm excited. I'll say high to your home for you!

We love WCC! And I know that there's always mixed review on the place but I think that everyone has their own opinion and you should experience it yourself before deciding whether you like it or not! And please do say hi for me! That's so nice of you! :goodvibes

Hey I finally made it over!

Gosh, your pics of OKW are wonderful to see. We really liked the laid back and spacious feel of this resort! Did you have a 1 or 2 bedroom? We just had a studio and your room looks REALLY nice :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more

Hey! I'm glad you're here now! :woohoo: We had just a 1 bedroom, which is what we always get. Usually, it's DDad and DMom in the bedroom, me and DBF on the pull out couch and DSis on the air mattress. This year it was just me on the pull out :guilty:. Next year, we are going to try and get a 2 bedroom! DDad and DMom think it's time that me and DBF got our own room instead of having to sleep in the living room! :laughing:

Love your description of arriving at Magic Kingdom and enjoyed all your pictures. I love looking at the Jim Shore and other artists Disney stuff on Main Street.

I got this tinkerbell for Christmas. :)

I'm so glad you enjoyed my description. That's what I love about doing a TR, I get to share with all of you my feelings about WDW that I can't do with family and friends.

I just got that Tinkerbell last year! Isn't it beautiful?! Thanks for sharing that you got it!

[punkin413]

Wow that's so cool that you have those! I can't wait to see your Christmas one! I hope that you took Tink pictures for me like you said you would! :flower3:


i have a confession to make....we didn't do a lot of shopping this trip. :guilty: i did take a picture of a couple of things for you but we were too busy looking at christmas decorations and FIGHTING CROWDS :headache: to do a whole lot of shopping. the only shops we went into were mouse gears, where i stayed all of 30 seconds once i got in there and saw the crowds, villians in vogue (which of course didn't have any tink stuff) and another little store across the way (which i will have a picture from), the christmas store at MK, the art of disney store (which i will have a picture from) at MK and that's about it! pathetic, i know. :sad2: the crowds were just too heavy this time for us to feel like we had time to shop, ya know? we were too busy running everywhere to get everything in! i was exhausted.

[jwwi]

I really like your Jim Shore pieces. I bought a Mickey Santa in Nov 07'. I didn't pick one out when I was there in Oct 08', but I got a really cute Mickey with Santa from my DSIL this weekend. She didn't even know that I started to collect them. I was very happy when I opened that Christmas present.
I really like OKW, the rooms are Huge! I also like the theme and colors of the resort. Fun pictures from the CR too.

[MeMom]

I love all your new treasures! I thought of Dawn as soon as I saw the Peter Pan ones, because I knew she had gotten some of those this year. I thought I would come home from our November trip with the Jim Shore Christmas Eeyore, but I had to be very tight with the money this time, so I'll save it for a future trip when there's more room in my souvenir budget.

Looks like a fun night at Chef Mickey's!

The feeling when you arrive at Magic Kingdom is easy to relate to if you 'get it' like we do. People who don't really understand the magic have fun, usually, and enjoy being there, but some of us just get that special feeling being there!

[ehstrojette]

Love your Tat.. I could never get one but i love to see other peoples, yours is very good.

Look forward to the rest of the TR

[tinkgurl]

i have a confession to make....we didn't do a lot of shopping this trip. :guilty:

Oh, it's okay Dawn. I could never be mad at you! At least you tried! :hug:

I got a really cute Mickey with Santa from my DSIL this weekend. She didn't even know that I started to collect them. I was very happy when I opened that Christmas present.
I really like OKW, the rooms are Huge! I also like the theme and colors of the resort. Fun pictures from the CR too.

That's so funny you got one from your DSIL and she didn't even know you were collecting them! Yes, the rooms at OKW are huge! I didn't take a picture of our patio, which I wish I would have! It had a ceiling fan and a light so we sat out there some nights. It was relaxing.

Looks like a fun night at Chef Mickey's!

The feeling when you arrive at Magic Kingdom is easy to relate to if you 'get it' like we do. People who don't really understand the magic have fun, usually, and enjoy being there, but some of us just get that special feeling being there!

Chef Mickey's is a blast! I'm glad you can relate to my feelings. That's why I love sharing them with all of you because you understand!

Love your Tat.. I could never get one but i love to see other peoples, yours is very good.

Look forward to the rest of the TR

Thanks for liking my tattoo! I have another one if you'd like to see it!

[troobabiee7]

Great update! I really love your hair like that, I'm thinking of cutting mine too. It looks so cute! How cool is it that you got to see Shaq?! He always remind sme of that stupid Aaron Carter song, "That's How I Beat Shaq." Which I'll admit I used to love... :laughing: How was Chef Mickeys?! We haven't been there since our first trip back in 1992!

[tinawv]

I am really enjoying your trip report and all the pictures. It is so refreshing to see a young person enthralled with WDW. When I mention going to WDW to my nephew, he looks at me like I am crazy. He wonders why I would want to go to WDW in lieu of the beach. I tell him that he doesn't know what he is missing. :sad2: On the other hand, my children who are 18 and 26 have inheirted my love and crazinees for WDW. :thumbsup2 : Thank God.

Looking forward to reading more.

[xoktenox]

I agree about Shaq and his family not being able to enjoy the parks fully. We said too right after we saw him! But...one perk of being famous: getting to walk to the front of the line! :laughing:

He got to cut the line?! No fair!! :laughing:

[tinkgurl]

Great update! I really love your hair like that, I'm thinking of cutting mine too. It looks so cute! How cool is it that you got to see Shaq?! He always remind sme of that stupid Aaron Carter song, "That's How I Beat Shaq." Which I'll admit I used to love... :laughing: How was Chef Mickeys?! We haven't been there since our first trip back in 1992!

I'm glad you like my hair! It's getting long now though! :laughing: I did love it. It was easy to style and great for WDW! It was nice not having sweaty hair on your neck all day. Okay now that I've grossed you out...:cutie:

It was so cool we saw Shaq! I called DBF right after I took the picture and said "Guess who I'm looking at?!" and He goes "Um....Mickey?" and I said "No! Shaq!" He's like "Oh...cool." :confused: I used to love that Aaron Carter song too! I saw Aaron in person once..in front of Rock 'n Rollercoaster! He was with a group of people that looked like his dancers and then a body guard. We were in the fast pass line and then they let Aaron and his group walk on and we had to wait to go on because they let him ride as many times as he wanted! :mad:

You know we love Chef Mickey's. The table right next to me that you can see in my pic of me swinging my napkin, they were getting mad at me for singing and dancing and kept giving me dirty looks. :rolleyes: If they don't want to have fun, then why come to WDW?!

I am really enjoying your trip report and all the pictures. It is so refreshing to see a young person enthralled with WDW. When I mention going to WDW to my nephew, he looks at me like I am crazy. He wonders why I would want to go to WDW in lieu of the beach. I tell him that he doesn't know what he is missing. :sad2: On the other hand, my children who are 18 and 26 have inheirted my love and crazinees for WDW. :thumbsup2 : Thank God.

Looking forward to reading more.

I'm so glad you are enjoying the TR! I just can't understand anyone who doesn't love or even like WDW. A family that we're friends with went there a couple years ago and they came home and said they'll never go there again. :eek:

He got to cut the line?! No fair!! :laughing:

I know! It's no fair at all!

[LaurenMic]

Hi!! I was a lurker on your last trip report...actually yours was the first one I ever read and it got me totally hooked on them! I'm so glad you are writing another :goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Hi!! I was a lurker on your last trip report...actually yours was the first one I ever read and it got me totally hooked on them! I'm so glad you are writing another :goodvibes

You were a lurker? You should've said something! :) Well I'm glad you're back for this one! I can't believe mine was the first you ever read and it got you hooked! That's an honor! Thanks so much!

[BellaSoleil]

I just came over to check out your trip report. You are such a pretty girl! You and your sister both.:goodvibes My daughter is very into Tinkerbelle right now. We have to watch the movie two times a day and listen to the soundtrack in the car.

Your report is great! I'm subbing.:thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

I just came over to check out your trip report. You are such a pretty girl! You and your sister both.:goodvibes My daughter is very into Tinkerbelle right now. We have to watch the movie two times a day and listen to the soundtrack in the car.

Your report is great! I'm subbing.:thumbsup2

Hey Soleil! I'm so glad you're here! :hug: You are so nice! I know it might be weird being 21 and still going to WDW with your family, but I love every minute of it! This year was especially hard because I was missing my little guy at home (the 2 year old). We are thinking of possibly taking him next year for his first time! I got the Tinkerbell movie for Christmas but I haven't had the time to watch it yet! As I've told you on your TR, your girl is adorable!

[tinkgurl]

Day 2: June 17th, 2008

After getting much needed sleep after finishing our traveling, we woke up and were ready to really be at WDW! It's so exciting waking up knowing that there's fun waiting ahead of you at whatever park you're going to that day. Even though I'm 21, I love that WDW can make you feel like a kid again.

Today, we decided that this would be our DTD day. I don't remember why we made this decision for this particular day, but go with me on it :laughing:. After getting ready, we headed to our bus stop just around the corner. OKW bus stops have the nicest little areas for the bus stops. There's several benches under an awning, a pop machine, and ceiling fans (attempting) to keep you cool while you wait. Here we are on our bench that we usually sat at every morning:

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I'm sure some of you have seen the poster that's behind me, even though you can't really tell what it is. It has a beautiful picture of Cinderella Castle and there's Tinkerbell and pixie dust swirling all around and says something about "Where the Magic Lives".

Finally, our bus came. We never really had a long wait for busses the whole trip which was nice! Here we are on the way:

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Since OKW is in the DTD area, it wasn't a long bus ride at all! First stop after arriving at the Marketplace, the Christmas shop! We always go here first every trip. My DSis, DBF, and I always get to pick out one ornament to put on the tree. My DMom writes our name and the year under our ornament. This year I picked out Tinkerbell in her Christmas outfit sitting on a snowflake. DSis picked out a ballerina Minnie Mouse. I had to pick out DBF's this year and found a Lightening McQueen one because he loves cars and the movie "Cars". :laughing:

After the Christmas shop, we always go out and pose by the Christmas statues they have nearby. This year, I got an idea "Hey! Why don't we take a good picture and use it in our Christmas cards this year!" :idea: And then I said, "Why the heck haven't I thought of that before?! We take one year every year!" Here's the two that turned out the best:

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We ended up going with this one:

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Of course, after the Christmas shop, we headed to our next favorite store: The World of Disney! This store is freaking enormous so we made sure all of us had our cell phones out and on in case we lost each other! :laughing: I know I bought some stuff here, but I can't remember what I got for the life of me! As some of you can guess, it was Tinkerbell stuff though! :cutie:

Then, we headed over to the Disney ESPN store and that store that's connected to it that has Roxy and Billabong stuff. I found a really cute Billabong tote bag and bought that. I also saw a really cute dress that I thought would be perfect for my birthday which was in July. I turned 21 and we had a "luau" on our deck so everyone dressed in Hawaiian stuff! I remembered that there is also a store like this in Adventureland over by the Magic Carpets, so I decided to wait and look there before buying a dress.

I can't remember what else we did there, but before long we realized that we needed to head back to OKW because we were planning on having lunch there before heading to the MK. (Yes, we go to the MK a lot) We rode the bus there, so we decided to ride the boat back and see what that was like. It was so much fun! There was so much beautiful scenery! Here we are waiting on the boat for it to take off:

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And here we are approaching the edge of OKW:

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After getting off the boat dock, I saw a pretty opportunity for a picture and made DMom take it :laughing: :

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We decided to grab a quick lunch at the CS by the pool area. While DDad and DMom were ordering, we found a quiet little area of two tables right outside Olivia's Cafe. It was nice because we were off on our own and in the air conditioning! Here we are eating our dessert. As you can tell, my DSis loves chocolate :laughing: :

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DDad trying not to laugh at DSis's pose in the first pic:

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We then decided to walk around the pool area because we haven't stayed here before. Here we are sitting at a table right before DSis wanted to take a picture of the flower right by here. She's so random sometimes. :laughing: :

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After walking around, we decided to head to the bus stop by the lobby and head to the MK because we were having dinner at Tony's that night. Another one of our favorites! I know there's been mixed reviews on here about it, but we've never had a problem.

After getting to the MK, can you guess what our first ride was? If you guessed the People Mover, you are correct!

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Then, I think we headed over to Adventureland so I could look at the dresses there and I ended up buying one! After that, we decided to take a ride on the Magic Carpets because there was barely a line!

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I don't remember what we did after that, but eventually it was time for our ADR at Tony's so we headed toward the front. The waiting area at Tony's is always packed but we were lucky and got a bench seat. This was probably the longest we had to wait for a table the whole trip. After eating, I don't remember exactly what we did. I know we rode Winnie the Pooh one time because I was wearing my Pooh shirt! Here's some pics we took on the People Mover (yes we rode it again!):

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[tinkgurl]

I remember that we sometime rode the Pirates because right afterwards, we could hear Spectro so we hurried to Frontierland and got a spot. I'm so sorry that some of these pictures are blurry. Our camera was acting up a lot this trip!

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Up next: Epcot

[punkin413]

Of course, after the Christmas shop, we headed to our next favorite store: The World of Disney! This store is freaking enormous so we made sure all of us had our cell phones out and on in case we lost each other! :laughing:

i always lose my signal in here. and i always forget that i lose my signal and i tell whomever i'm with - just keep your cell close by and we'll call each other when we're done. then i have to go walking around the store holding my cell phone up like an idiot, trying to find a signal!

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this is where we sat september of last year when those evil OKW birds tried to steal my breakfast!!!!

[tinkgurl]

i always lose my signal in here. and i always forget that i lose my signal and i tell whomever i'm with - just keep your cell close by and we'll call each other when we're done. then i have to go walking around the store holding my cell phone up like an idiot, trying to find a signal!

this is where we sat september of last year when those evil OKW birds tried to steal my breakfast!!!!

haha, I can just see you doing that while walking around the store. Bump into anyone?!

Those darn birds. And then of course the people right next you start feeding them and attracting more!:headache:

[xoktenox]

Happy New Year! :banana:

Hope you had a fun night last night!! What did you guys do? I loved your update. I like how you still call TTA the People Mover...because I wasn't a big Disney kid (unfortunately) I don't remember it being called that lol Your Christmas pics came out so good! You and your DSis are veryyy photogenic!

[tinkgurl]

Happy New Year! :banana:

I loved your update. I like how you still call TTA the People Mover...because I wasn't a big Disney kid (unfortunately) I don't remember it being called that lol Your Christmas pics came out so good! You and your DSis are veryyy photogenic!

I can't believe it's already 2009!

Yeah, we'll always call it "the people mover". And we'll always call DHS "MGM". :laughing: Well I'm glad you liked our Christmas pics! We always get told we are so photogenic! The guy who did my Senior pictures was surprised at how fast we got them done because he always has people set aside an hour and half to do them and we were done in like 45 minutes!

[troobabiee7]

Another day and another cute Disney shirt! :laughing: I love it! Your family's so cute, I llove how close you and your sister are. Great pics, and you have to post a pic of the dress you bought!

[tinkgurl]

Another day and another cute Disney shirt! :laughing: I love it! Your family's so cute, I llove how close you and your sister are. Great pics, and you have to post a pic of the dress you bought!

:laughing: I'm glad you like my shirt for today! I love showing you them since I can't hang out with you. Yeah me and my sis have always been close. I was 4 when she was born and she's been "my baby" ever since. I gave her her first bath...used to feed her in her high chair all the time. They have pictures of me sitting on the kitchen table with my feet on her feet thing of her high chair. And still now today, I feel like she's my baby. Especially when she's doing something like cheering. Okay, I'll post pictures of my party on our deck when I get a chance so you can see my dress AND see my little guy.:)

[troobabiee7]

:laughing: I'm glad you like my shirt for today! I love showing you them since I can't hang out with you. Yeah me and my sis have always been close. I was 4 when she was born and she's been "my baby" ever since. I gave her her first bath...used to feed her in her high chair all the time. They have pictures of me sitting on the kitchen table with my feet on her feet thing of her high chair. And still now today, I feel like she's my baby. Especially when she's doing something like cheering. Okay, I'll post pictures of my party on our deck when I get a chance so you can see my dress AND see my little guy.:)

Aw, that's too cute! I always wondered what it would be like to have a sister, it must be so nice :goodvibes Definitely post pics of your party. I think we both need to rip-off Dawn's idea of a "Year in Review"... I have to go sort through my pictures now! :lmao:

[xoktenox]

I can't believe it's already 2009!

Yeah, we'll always call it "the people mover". And we'll always call DHS "MGM". :laughing: Well I'm glad you liked our Christmas pics! We always get told we are so photogenic! The guy who did my Senior pictures was surprised at how fast we got them done because he always has people set aside an hour and half to do them and we were done in like 45 minutes!

2008 was by far the fastest year everrrr! You and your DSis are definitely photogenic. Thats too funny about the senior pictures. It certainly wasn't the case for me. I had to have re-takes because the first ones came out TERRIBLE. In my defense, it was raining the first time I took them and made my hair fro out really badly. The second time I took them it was a beautiful day out so I was in luck :laughing:

When do you start school again?

[tinkgurl]

Aw, that's too cute! I always wondered what it would be like to have a sister, it must be so nice :goodvibes Definitely post pics of your party. I think we both need to rip-off Dawn's idea of a "Year in Review"... I have to go sort through my pictures now! :lmao:

I will attempt to make a "Year in Review" :laughing: Will you still like it even if it turns out crappy?! :flower3:

I had to have re-takes because the first ones came out TERRIBLE. In my defense, it was raining the first time I took them and made my hair fro out really badly. The second time I took them it was a beautiful day out so I was in luck :laughing:

When do you start school again?

Okay..you can "Blame it On the Rain" (that was my Milli Vanilli moment-I don't know if you remember that song) :laughing:

My first day back is the 20th. Boo.

[scottny]

caught up. I thought I was being notified but I was not.

great pics.

[xoktenox]

Okay..you can "Blame it On the Rain" (that was my Milli Vanilli moment-I don't know if you remember that song) :laughing:

My first day back is the 20th. Boo.

I don't remember that song but of course I do remember Milli Vanilli :rotfl:

Ugh you start a week before me...but that means you probably end a week before me too, luckyyyy.

[tinkgurl]

caught up. I thought I was being notified but I was not.

great pics.

Glad you're caught up Scott! That's weird you weren't being notified.

Ugh you start a week before me...but that means you probably end a week before me too, luckyyyy.

I start a week before you?! Wonderful :rolleyes:.

[xoktenox]

I start a week before you?! Wonderful :rolleyes:.

Yeah but just think when May rolls around, you'll be getting on with your summer and I'll still be taking finals! :headache:

[tinkgurl]

My 2008 Review

2008 was a whirlwind of a year for me...Wow where to begin to explain..I'll try my best...

January

Throughout the beginning of January, I was packing and getting ready to transfer to a new college that my B/F goes to. I was nervous, scared, and excited at the same time. In my application letter, I requested the new dorm building that my B/F was in because the rooms there were suites! There was a living room, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and each of us (4 to a suite) had our own room! When I got my letter in the mail telling me what dorm I was in and who my roommates were, I was so excited to find out I was in the dorm I requested! And to make things better, I realized I was in the room right next to my B/F! He practically just lived in my room with me and only went to his room to get ready in the morning. :laughing: I started e-mailing my other roommates and got to know them. I am now really close with one of them.

Now, another important thing happened in January. We have this family that my family is really good friends with. In September of 2007, the dad had a heart attack and passed away. At the time of his death, their two sons were 4 and 3. The 4 year old was talking to the dad when he had the heart attack. The boys were pretty shook up. And to make matters worse, they had just found out the day before he died that they were pregnant again. He said it was going to be a girl, so that's what we were hoping for. We're so close with them, that the mom invited my mom, sis, and me to go with her and the boys to the sonogram in January to find out the sex of the baby. We had to keep it a secret from everyone else until the baby was born though! And guess what it was?! A GIRL! When the nurse told us, we all started crying. It was a surreal moment to not have the dad there with us. The dad's name was Brian so the mom decided to name the baby Brianna after him. She was born in May and looks exactly like him. The other day she was in her high chair, and Steph (the mom) was in the laundry room and heard Brianna laughing hysterically. Steph peeked around the corner and saw Brianna just looking up laughing like someone was standing next to her and playing with her. We think it was Brian. :)

Here we are just pulling up to my dorm building to check-in:

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Here's my sis and I while unloading the car:

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Here we are at the bowling alley in the town I go to college at our first week at school:

my roommate:

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Here we are at the doctor's office waiting to go in for the sonogram. The boys made my sis read to them and they both wanted to sit on her lap :laughing: :

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February

B/F and I come home every weekend because we are big family people. We love being at home and miss them during the week. My sis is a cheerleader at her high school so we'd usually go watch her cheer on Friday nights at the home basketball games. My little cousin would usually come with us and he loves to cheer with us. Here's some pics we took at a game:

He loves to be with Papa. He calls him "Pa" but it sounds like "Paw" :laughing: :

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He'd clap when we made a basket:

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At halftime, he always has to run down and see my sis. She loves showing him off to her friends:

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March

Finally, March had come and Spring Break was here! My roommate that I had become good friends with and her boyfriend came down to visit us for a few days. We showed them around and had a party of one of my B/F's friend's house who also goes to college with us so he knows them too. My roommate had already met my parents, so I wanted her to meet my uncle, my aunt, and my step-cousin, and my little cousin. I'm so glad she did because who know the next week would change my life forever...

Sunday was Easter, so we went to Granny's and celebrated Papa's birthday which was Wednesday as well. It was so weird, because when I went to leave, I had this feeling that I was going to miss my aunt more than usual so I gave her a HUGE hug and picked her up! Who knew that would be my last time seeing her...We got along with her so well..She was 28 and my uncle was 39 so there was a bit of an age difference but you could never tell.

I went back to school Monday and on Wednesday, my mom calls me to tell me that she and my sis had to take my aunt to the hospital because her migrain medicine wasn't working and she wanted to get her medicine changed. My mom and sis sat with her in the waiting room for 3 hours and she seemed fine...I don't want to get into detail about everything but..on Thursday my sister calls and says "I need you to sit down." I had just gotten back to my dorm from having dinner with my B/F, our two friends, and my roommate so they were all in the living room with me. I said "Okay...." And she goes "Aunt Leslie died". And I screamed, "What?!" and started bawling and screaming so loud. I had to give the phone to my B/F so he could get more information because I couldn't breathe, speak, or think. I just sat down and was shaking and crying. To make a long story short...she um...chose to...I don't want to say anything else about it..but I miss her so much. My grandma has basically been living at my uncle's because this was my uncle's first baby (He just turned 2) and he was still learning because he was always away at work while my aunt stayed home. So, I began coming home every weekend to take care of the baby so grandma could go home and get some rest. He has become like my own child and I care for him more than anything in the world. He is the light of my life and what has kept me going through all of this. I began going to therapy in the summer and now am on anti-depressants and doing better each day..it's been a long road, but I'll get there...

Easter/Papa's B-day:

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He loves to ham it up for the camera:

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Hunting for Easter eggs:

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Our last family picture with my aunt:

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This picture of her was turned into a beautiful painting that was up at the visitation/funeral. It's now hanging in my uncle's house..I look at it often:

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Up next time: April, May, and June!

[MeMom]

I'm sorry to hear of the sadness that came to your family this past year, but through it all, you have also seen strength, support, joy, and an abundance of love, and I'm sure you have all drawn closer and more appreciative of one another as you have coped with it all.

I got a kick out of the cheerleaders going ga-ga over the little guy. I've watched that happen many times as my kids were growing up. Classmate would bring in little friends, cousins, or whoever, and all the girls would ooh and aah over them. So sweet. The boys usually just kept playing basketball or soccer or whatever they were doing and didn't pay much attention to the little one. They focused on the practice or the game and saved their oohing and aahing for the big girls later on! ;)

The John Deere cake was cute. John is a big John Deere man and has great memories of spending time with his grandfather doing things with, on, and around tractors. If they ever have a boy, a little John Deer outfit will be in his wardrobe, I'm sure.

Thanks for sharing your family with us. We'll look forward to seeing more pictures of that happy Disney trip you were able to take. Seems like it was a very needed and well-deserved getaway for you all.

[Eeyore's-tail-tack]

The baby is so blessed to have you in his life, and you know you are blessed to have him in yours. God Bless your family.

[tinkerbell87512]

So sorry you have had such a rough year. It can only get better in 09! :hug:

[xoktenox]

Hey I read your update last night but I didn't comment because I didn't know if you were doing another part to it lol But anyway, I'm so sorry about your loss last year :guilty: as you know my family recently had a loss too and I know its so tough...but you have a great family thats done a great job of helping your uncle and little cousin get through it all. They're so lucky to have you guys :hug:

Otherwise though, it sounds like you had a good first part of 2008, moving into a new dorm and to a new college and stuff is always exciting. And you cousin is ADORABLE!! Can't wait to hear the restttt:goodvibes

[punkin413]

i'm so glad you're doing a year in review too! i like yours - you're doing more writing than i did. mine are mostly just pictures because i'm lazy! :laughing:

your nephew is so cute!!!! i'm so glad he has someone like you in his life. he's a very lucky boy. and i'm so sorry to hear about your aunt and your family friend that had the heart attack. :hug: you're such a good person for stepping up like you did to help care for your nephew. i had a second cousin who did the same thing your aunt did, although i wasn't as close to her because she lived in indiana. but i get a sense of how hard that is to deal with from talking to her mom and sister. here's another hug for good measure! :hug:

[addictedtothemouse]

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[jwwi]

So sorry to hear about your Aunt and family friend. It is always hard to lose someone you care about. You have many positive things in your life, and seem to find the goodness in those around you. Thank you for sharing your past year. Time heals.:hug:

[tinkgurl]

I'm sure you have all drawn closer and more appreciative of one another as you have coped with it all.

I got a kick out of the cheerleaders going ga-ga over the little guy.

The John Deere cake was cute.

We'll look forward to seeing more pictures of that happy Disney trip you were able to take. Seems like it was a very needed and well-deserved getaway for you all.

We definately have grown closer. We love showing the little guy off any chance we get! I'm glad you like the cake! We tried to make it look decent! :laughing: You're right, the trip was very needed. Even though, the whole time I was missing the little man. I called my grandma every day and had to hear his voice. One time he accidently called me while playing with my B/F's phone when my B/F was over eating lunch with him on his work break! :laughing:

The baby is so blessed to have you in his life, and you know you are blessed to have him in yours. God Bless your family.

Wow, that was so nice of you to say. :hug: It means a lot.

So sorry you have had such a rough year. It can only get better in 09! :hug:

I hope '09 is better!

Hey I read your update last night but I didn't comment because I didn't know if you were doing another part to it lol But anyway, I'm so sorry about your loss last year :guilty: as you know my family recently had a loss too and I know its so tough...but you have a great family thats done a great job of helping your uncle and little cousin get through it all. They're so lucky to have you guys :hug:

Otherwise though, it sounds like you had a good first part of 2008, moving into a new dorm and to a new college and stuff is always exciting. And you cousin is ADORABLE!! Can't wait to hear the restttt:goodvibes

Yeah, I was getting tired and decided to call it a night. :laughing: Yeah, I'm sorry for your loss as well :hug:. I just came home from giving the little guy a bath so I smell like his baby lotion. Yummy. My favorite smell :goodvibes.

It was exciting moving into a dorm! It was nice having a suite!

i'm so glad you're doing a year in review too! i like yours - you're doing more writing than i did. mine are mostly just pictures because i'm lazy! :laughing:

your nephew is so cute!!!! i'm so glad he has someone like you in his life. he's a very lucky boy. and i'm so sorry to hear about your aunt and your family friend that had the heart attack. :hug: you're such a good person for stepping up like you did to help care for your nephew.

Yeah, I'm sorry I took your idea of the review :flower3:. I blame Mel. She talked me into it. :laughing:

Just to tell you that the little guy is my cousin, not nephew. It's okay, I might've worded it weird. I'm glad you think he's cute. I love sharing pictures with you. :hug:

[tinkgurl]

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Thanks so much for joining in!

So sorry to hear about your Aunt and family friend. It is always hard to lose someone you care about. You have many positive things in your life, and seem to find the goodness in those around you. Thank you for sharing your past year. Time heals.:hug:

Thanks. So glad you're here! I'll be adding the next few months soon and adding more of WDW trip!

[punkin413]

Yeah, I'm sorry I took your idea of the review :flower3:. I blame Mel. She talked me into it. :laughing:

oh, no....i think it's great! no worries. ;)

[tinkgurl]

April

We entered April with heavy hearts. It hurt me to think that my little guy is never going to know his mommy. So, I have taken it upon myself to finish his baby book and make photo albums for him. We also have a measuring chart up on the wall to measure him each month to watch him grow. We have also taken him to get his 18 months and 2 year pictures so far. Me, him, and Papa are the only ones in our family with blonde hair so whenever I have him somewhere they always think he's mine. :laughing: And I'm bad....I go along with it. :flower3: :cutie:

Also, I forgot to mention, during these months B/F and I were looking for apartments in our college town and found a great one! We signed the lease and could move in at the beginning of June! I was so excited! See...I have a little OCD and anxiety, so that was the only hard part of living with other people that I have never met before. Not very many people know that outside my family, so you should all feel special that I'm sharing these things with you! And let me tell you, the apartment has helped ease my nerves so much!

Early April, we celebrated my B/F's 20th birthday:

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He likes riding this backwards:

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He loves us to read to him:

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We always have to put this tent up in the living room for him when he comes over my house:

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And the week after, sis's cheerleading squad performed a dance at the halftime of our local arena football game. It's also the place that has concerts and many of the Disney on Ice shows so it was a big deal for her! Here she is with our step-cousin after she performed:

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Late April, sis was dating a guy from another school and got invited to his Prom! Every dance, our family friend (the wife of the guy who had the heart attack) always does our make-up because she's a Mary-Kay lady. Here sis is with the boys and the mom (who was ready to pop in May!):

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We had to go over and show Granny, Papa, Uncle, and the little man how good she looked:

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He loves carrying my purse around and putting on my shoes. Every time I'm there. He thinks he's hot stuff in my shoes:

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Here we are at her b/f's house (they have broke-up since then):

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May

May had finally come and B/F and I were done for the semester! I had survived my first semester away from home! :woohoo: During May, I also had my job interview for my internship at Lutheran Social Services (which you already know I got!) I then found out I was able to go to WDW and began getting stuff together for that as well. Sorry I don't have any pictures from this month. :laughing:

June

June 2nd was my first day on the job. My hours were 8-5 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with an hour break for lunch. It was long long long hours when you're the new one and can't really do everything that the experienced social workers were. I just tagged along to every outing they had to meet with clients, supervise home visits, or even to court hearings.

June 14th we left for WDW! And you are finding out how that went. :laughing:

Up next: July, August, and September

[tinkgurl]

I promise after I'm done with the review I will start back to the trip! :laughing:

[troobabiee7]

Aw, I'm so sorry about the losses you experienced last year. I had no idea you were dealing with so much, I hope you're doing OK :hug: On a brighter note, your little cousin is the absolute cutest thing! Those chubby cheeks and big, blue eyes are adorable :goodvibes It's an amazing thing what you're doing, stepping in to almost play "mom," and making sure he has everything he needs. You'll both be so close and I know he'll appreciate it in the future :cutie:

[tinkgurl]

Aw, I'm so sorry about the losses you experienced last year. I had no idea you were dealing with so much, I hope you're doing OK :hug: On a brighter note, your little cousin is the absolute cutest thing! Those chubby cheeks and big, blue eyes are adorable :goodvibes It's an amazing thing what you're doing, stepping in to almost play "mom," and making sure he has everything he needs. You'll both be so close and I know he'll appreciate it in the future :cutie:

Thanks Mel. :hug: Those blue eyes make it hard to say no to him sometimes! :laughing: My next post will have July-which means you'll get to see the dress I bought in Adventureland by the Magic Carpets AND you'll get to see my new tattoo!

[tinkgurl]

July

Finally it was July! The month of my birthday! We had a luau out on our deck and made margaritas! I can't show all the pictures because some of them contain alcoholic beverages, but I'll show you some of them! I'm also wearing the dress that I mentioned buying in Adventureland at the MK:

mom and I:

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Granny and Papa with their grandkids:

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Sis, Uncle, and I. (the little guy's dad):

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He had a ball playing with this fountain. He eventually put his Sunny D in it :laughing: :

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We love having cook-outs during the summer:

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A week after my birthday, I was allowed to get my other birthday present: my 2nd tattoo! The bird is for my grandparents because they love to bird watch, the flower is for my Aunt who passed away, and the "Live, Laugh, Love" is for my friend who passed away in a car accident when we were Seniors. The quote was on her program for her visitation/funeral.

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August

Sis's birthday month!

The little guy loves sitting on my B/F's lap and help him with whatever he's doing:

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We got him a ball pit to play in at our house. We also set up a little tv so he can watch his movies and we can still watch our shows on the big tv :laughing: :

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Here's the shirt we got the little guy at WDW. He's poking his eye because he's telling me he wants to hold the camera :laughing: :

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We decided to draw on the sidewalk with chalk:

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Here's the aftermath:

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We were playing under the table:

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And here's the aftermath of cake. We let him go all out :laughing: :

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September

School started back up :guilty:. But, it was exciting being our first semester in our apartment! We still come home every weekend. And went to all the home football games to watch my sis cheer.

He fell asleep like this while over at our house one day:

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The little guy made me take him down to sis. He picked up her poms and was yelling :laughing: :
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[tinkgurl]

October

Sis's Homecoming and Halloween!

We spend so much time playing with the magnets on the fridge! (See the Mickey towel in the background that we just got on this trip):

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Here I am at our family friend's house I've told you about that's the Mary Kay lady. Here's the baby they found out they were having the day before the dad died. She has the longest eyelashes!:

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Here's us before sis went to homecoming:

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Halloween, he was a bear and liked to growl:

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November

November was a hard month for us. It was my Aunt's birthday and then a week later was the little guy's 2nd. As you can see, we got the best picture ever (his shirt matches his face and what he was doing so well):laughing: :

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December

Finally, the end of the semester and Christmas! I got 2 A's and 3 B's! Yay! :woohoo: And then it was Christmas, which you'll eventually see what I got! :laughing:

Well, I hope you enjoyed my year in review...and now back to the trip! As planned: Up next: Epcot...It officially hates us!

[scottny]

sorry for the rough year you had.

looks like you all had fun throughout though.

[troobabiee7]

I love your dress! It's so pretty! And I really love your hair like that, I'm thinking of cutting mine kind of the same for the summer. Your area looks so pretty! Your backyard reminds me of my fam's summer house on LI, it looks just like that. I love all the greenery, coming from a place where a tree is as woodsy as we get! :laughing:

Your cousins ADORABLE! I know I said it before but seriously, he's too cute! I love that picture of his sleeping :laughing: Aw!!! I love your tattoo, too. It has a lot of meaning behind it and that's always the important thing. I know you probably mentioned it before but I don't remember... what's your first tattoo?

[tinkgurl]

sorry for the rough year you had.

looks like you all had fun throughout though.

Thanks Scott. We did have a crazy year!

I love your dress! It's so pretty! And I really love your hair like that, I'm thinking of cutting mine kind of the same for the summer. Your area looks so pretty! Your backyard reminds me of my fam's summer house on LI, it looks just like that. I love all the greenery, coming from a place where a tree is as woodsy as we get! :laughing:

Your cousins ADORABLE! I know I said it before but seriously, he's too cute! I love that picture of his sleeping :laughing: Aw!!! I love your tattoo, too. It has a lot of meaning behind it and that's always the important thing. I know you probably mentioned it before but I don't remember... what's your first tattoo?

I'm glad you like my dress! It was so comfy. I'm going to wear it if we get ADR for the luau this year! My haircut was great for summer! You'd look cute with it. All I had to do in the morning after my shower was: I'd bobby-pin it in that half-up thing...and then blow-dry the rest which took seriously no time at all, then use this gel stuff to smooth it out so it wasn't all static-y. It stayed that way all day! I'm glad you like my house/area! It's so pretty during the summer. The little guy is probably the best thing that's ever happened! He's now talking up a storm. When you tell him no to something he says "Yeah I do" really fast. It's so funny. And now he says "Yes sir" which we have no clue where he got from. My first tattoo is Tinkerbell on my hip by my belly button. The little guy thinks he has one on his belly too. He calls her "Belle" and always has to touch her. :laughing:

[troobabiee7]

I'm glad you like my dress! It was so comfy. I'm going to wear it if we get ADR for the luau this year! My haircut was great for summer! You'd look cute with it. All I had to do in the morning after my shower was: I'd bobby-pin it in that half-up thing...and then blow-dry the rest which took seriously no time at all, then use this gel stuff to smooth it out so it wasn't all static-y. It stayed that way all day! I'm glad you like my house/area! It's so pretty during the summer. The little guy is probably the best thing that's ever happened! He's now talking up a storm. When you tell him no to something he says "Yeah I do" really fast. It's so funny. And now he says "Yes sir" which we have no clue where he got from. My first tattoo is Tinkerbell on my hip by my belly button. The little guy thinks he has one on his belly too. He calls her "Belle" and always has to touch her. :laughing:

:laughing: That's too funny about his tattoo! How cute. I remember your Tink tattoo now, I think you posted a picture of it in your first report. Have you thought about bringing you little cousin to Disney with you guys?

[tinkgurl]

:laughing: That's too funny about his tattoo! How cute. I remember your Tink tattoo now, I think you posted a picture of it in your first report. Have you thought about bringing you little cousin to Disney with you guys?

Yeah, and I posted it on my first page of this TR with my intro. How funny you should ask...we are in the midst of deciding when we are going to all go to WDW together! We are thinking about next summer of 2010.

[punkin413]

such a great year and review. looks like you had a hard year, but still a great one! i really enjoyed reading about it and seeing all your pics. i love the one of the little guy sleeping with his hands behind his head. :rotfl:

[tinkgurl]

such a great year and review. looks like you had a hard year, but still a great one! i really enjoyed reading about it and seeing all your pics. i love the one of the little guy sleeping with his hands behind his head. :rotfl:

I'm glad you liked my review. I tried to do at least somewhat as good as yours! :laughing: Yeah, I saw he was sleeping like that and HAD to take a picture.

[tinkgurl]

Day 3: June 18, 2008

Epcot Day...And after that day, we decided it officially hates us. :laughing:

When we got up, we got ready and headed to our bus stop. It was looking pretty dark/cloudy out so we were hoping the rain would go around us or hold out until we were sleeping later that night!

Here we are on the bus:

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I love taking pictures of the banners:

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Here's are traditional Epcot picture:

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I can't remember when we did everything, but I can tell you what we mainly did. We did go on Spaceship Earth because it was last year it was closed and we wanted to see the new additions! The video at the end of our "future" was hilarious. Sis and I rode together and we were laughing during the whole video.

We also did Nemo because we love that ride! The only thing I don't like is the line: you think you're getting close to the front and then you enter another room! :headache: Sometime in there, we went to TT and got fast passes. After getting fast passes, we went to the Electric Umbrella and ate lunch because we had never eaten there before. We usually eat at the Sunshine Seasons, but I wanted to be a rebel and try something new. :laughing: And just a tip: when you eat there, be sure to go upstairs! While it was packed downstairs, we found so many empty tables upstairs! We got one right next to the big glass wall so we could people watch as we ate. While we were eating, these guys had come out down below on the other side of the glass wall. They were playing the drums and singing on these garbage cans. Does anyone know who they are?

As we were done eating.....that's when it hit....the RAIN! :scared: It never fails, every time we are at Epcot, it rains the whole day! So we decided that we weren't going to let a little rain ruin our day. We started walking past TT and it started raining HARDER. So we went over by the TT gift shop and sat under the enterance roof. And sat.....And sat....And sat. Here we are sitting:

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And here's some crazy people running around. I was afraid one of them was going to fall and break something!

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We decided to head into the gift shop when it looked like it wasn't going to be a typical Florida short-n-sweet shower. Of course, sis made me get in the cars with her:

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While here, I bought a new hat for B/F because he always gets one here every year. Now, I don't know if this is true but I'm just saying what the CM there told us: He said that lightening had struck somewhere and shut down all the rides at all 4 parks! We asked if we can still use our fast passes even way after our return time if TT doesn't start back up. And he said we could, but it might be awhile before they get things running again.

Finally, the rain had cleared! We walked out of the gift shop and could hear the TT cars going by overhead. They had started?! We saw people getting in the fast pass return line and decided to get in it because our time had passed. It was a pretty long line, but we didn't care. Soon, we noticed we weren't moving anywhere and looked up front and the doors to TT were closed! People started going up to the CM's and asking what the deal was. We heard someone say that the CM's said that TT is still closed and the reason cars are going by is because they have to get all of the cars back in sync with each other before they can begin loading again. Soon the stand-by line was going WAY past us and soon we couldn't even see the end! By this time, everyone decided to start sitting down. And this is when we came to the conclusion: Epcot officially hates us.

We sat there for who knows how long. Soon, people in front of us started leaving. We were working our way up to the front and sis and I told mom that we weren't leaving this line unless the CM's tell us that TT won't be open for the rest of the day. People kept leaving....and finally when they opened the ride, we were second family in line! :woohoo:

After we got off, we decided to walk around the world before ending up in Canada, which is where we were eating dinner.

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Well...we made it to about France and it started POURING again. We sat under a table with an umbrella and hoped it would be gone soon.

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We started shivering...and our ADR was fastly approaching so we decided to make a run for it all the way to Canada. Okay we weren't really running, more like speed walking. :laughing: We were SOAKED by the time we made to it Le Cellier. This was our first time ever eating there. And of course, the place was air conditioned so I was freezing the whole time. But, we had a great waiter and the food was wonderful! So, we decided that this was going to be a ADR for us next year. When we emerged, nighttime had arrived:

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We were going to catch a boat and head over to DHS (MGM for us) for evening EMH's. After getting off the boat at MGM, we decided we were all so tired that we wanted to call it a night since we were going to MGM again tomorrow.

Up next: DHS and dinner at the Poly

[xoktenox]

This has to be a quick post because I'm in a rush but I wanted to say I just loved your year in review and I'm sorry Epcot hates you! haha How's your week going so far?

[punkin413]

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you don't look very happy. :sad2:

glad to see we're not the only ones who had to walk around epcot in a monsoon! hope the weather clears up for the rest of the trip.

[tinkgurl]

This has to be a quick post because I'm in a rush but I wanted to say I just loved your year in review and I'm sorry Epcot hates you! haha How's your week going so far?

I'm glad you liked my review of 2008! Haha, it definately hates us! My week's going good. Just been lounging and stuff...trying not to think about getting ready to go back to school! :scared: But..the week hasn't been good for my sis. A guy in her grade killed himself Sunday night. Tomorrow is the funeral and her whole grade is going on two busses. She wasn't going to go at first because we aren't at the best state for funerals but when she found out her whole grade was going, her friends promised to take good care of her.

you don't look very happy. :sad2:

glad to see we're not the only ones who had to walk around epcot in a monsoon! hope the weather clears up for the rest of the trip.

Haha, well part of the reason was because it was POURING and the other part was because that was the 50th picture that sis took of us sitting there and I was getting annoyed. :laughing:

Yeah, I thought of our day when I read your part of walking through Epcot in the downpour! If I can remember, that was our only really bad day of the trip.

[troobabiee7]

Oh no, sorry about the rain! I HATE walking around wet, and I hate getting all wet before eating out even more. UGH, that day would've driven me crazy! I'm glad you had fun despite all the rain though!

And I totally forgot that you have your Tink tattoo right on the first page :laughing: I usually go right to the last page to read your latest update!

[xoktenox]

I'm glad you liked my review of 2008! Haha, it definately hates us! My week's going good. Just been lounging and stuff...trying not to think about getting ready to go back to school! :scared: But..the week hasn't been good for my sis. A guy in her grade killed himself Sunday night. Tomorrow is the funeral and her whole grade is going on two busses. She wasn't going to go at first because we aren't at the best state for funerals but when she found out her whole grade was going, her friends promised to take good care of her.

Yeah, I definitely do NOT want school to start at all. :headache: Thats so terrible for your sister, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure her friends will make sure shes ok but still, I can't even imagine how everyones feeling, was she friends with the boy? btw i love your tattoos! i have 5 and i can't wait to get more :goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Oh no, sorry about the rain! I HATE walking around wet, and I hate getting all wet before eating out even more. UGH, that day would've driven me crazy! I'm glad you had fun despite all the rain though!

I HATE walking around wet too! That's why I haven't ridden the Kali River Rapids at AK for awhile.:laughing: I was so happy that I had put my zip-up hoodie in my bag before we left the room because I needed it!

Yeah, I definitely do NOT want school to start at all. :headache: Thats so terrible for your sister, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure her friends will make sure shes ok but still, I can't even imagine how everyones feeling, was she friends with the boy? btw i love your tattoos! i have 5 and i can't wait to get more :goodvibes

What classes are you taking and what is your schedule?

She wasn't really close with him, but they did bond together when they did 8th grade confirmation together.

I'm glad you like my tattoos! You have 5?! You must PM me then! They are so addicting aren't they? I'm thinking of ideas for another one...I want to get one on the back of my neck kinda lower towards my back. I need help though...I gotta ask my parents if they're okay with it. They were obviously okay with the first two. But it took awhile for them to say yes. What should I say to them?! Haha, I feel like a little kid. But, I gotta respect them while living under their roof. :laughing:

[scottny]

great update and pics

next time your at Epcot give a heads up so I can avoid it. :lmao:

that was a lot of rain.

[Hillary12.8.07]

HI!!!

I love your OKW pics...I"m not sure what area yall were in, we rode the bus around the whole resort a few times, since we were the last stop, but I didn't really get the whole layout. I love it, I'm glad you guys loved it so much too! Cool that we both discovered it this year!

That sucks about all the rain at Epcot that day. But at least you were still able to have some fun. I love your Ariel tshirt too!

[tinkgurl]

great update and pics

next time your at Epcot give a heads up so I can avoid it. :lmao:

that was a lot of rain.

Haha, okay I will! Especially if we're both going to be there around the same time in June! :laughing:

HI!!!

I love your OKW pics...I"m not sure what area yall were in, we rode the bus around the whole resort a few times, since we were the last stop, but I didn't really get the whole layout.

I love your Ariel tshirt too!

Hey Hill! :) If you look at the OKW Resort Map...we were in building 53 right by the bus stop on South Point Road!

Glad you like my shirt!

[addictedtothemouse]

I'm all caught up!!:cool1: I love your TR so far. Sorry about the rough times this past year.:hug: Hopefully this year will be better.

[tinkgurl]

Day 4: June 19, 2008

Today we headed over to MGM....and yes we'll always call it MGM. :laughing:

When we first got there, we headed back to get fast passes for Toy Story Mania since it had just opened and we knew the line would be LONG. And boy were we right! Luckily, they still had fast passes and the return time was for later in the afternoon. So we decided to make that one of our last stops before heading to the Poly for our dinner ADR.

I guess we headed to the Backlot Tour next.

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We're bad...:flower3: We've seen the water/boat scene so many times that we just keep walking past that and through to the loading area. There was still a line to get on the trams so we took some pics while we waited. But, we were still able to get on that tram instead of waiting for the next one. :laughing: :

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After getting off the Backlot Tour, we headed over to Walt's One Man's Dream. It's so sad that so many people skip this attraction. It's a must for us every trip. I'm always so fascinated with how WDW and Disneyland got started. And in a way, I feel like we are paying respect to Walt by going to this attraction. We took more pics, but this is the only one that didn't turn out blurry:

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I don't remember what we did next, but our next pics are from my favorite:

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So we headed over there. Mom always has to take a pic of this:

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They were already letting people in when we got there, but we still managed to get a seat at least 10 rows from the stage! It was the closest we've ever been!

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[tinkgurl]

Continued...

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And me..the big ol' sap always gets teary eyed when the beast dies...but then when he comes back to life...I get goosebumps as Belle realizes it's still him:

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After the show, we stopped and looked at some of the shops along that area. We went in the home store and found some new kitchen stuff we wanted and had that sent back to the room! I love being able to do that instead of having to carry everything with us the rest of the day!

Eventually, we headed back to TSM to use our fast passes!

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I was so excited to finally ride this! Even fast passes had a little bit of a wait, so we took pictures while in line:

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The ride was awesome!!!! We couldn't wait to do it again when we came back for EMH! We still had some time before we needed to head to the Poly, so we rode the Great Movie Ride. By the time we got off, it was time to start heading to the Poly bus stop.

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We always get there a bit early so we can look around and explore the place. Even though we've been there so many times we know our way around with our eyes closed. :laughing: I had heard that they opened a new sushi bar over by Kona Cafe, so I had to get some while we waited for our buzzer to go off at Ohana. Sis doesn't like it so much :laughing: :

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I went to the bathroom in the ones by Ohana and couldn't help but remember reading a post of someone washing their hands in the sink next to Kelly Ripa. :laughing: After we ate all that yummy food, can you guess where we went? Yep, the MK again. Can you tell it's our favorite?! :rolleyes:

You can kinda tell, but this is the Contemporary from the monorail on our way to the MK:

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Here goes dad in the no bag entrance:

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And of course we had a wonderful night. I can't tell you all that we did. :laughing:

Up next: AK

[wdwgirl03]

Isn't Toy Story Mania so much fun?! Part of what makes it enjoyable is seeing all the stuff in the queue area.

Nice pictures of the Beauty and the Beast show...I haven't seen that in ages!

[troobabiee7]

Great pictures! I haven't seen the Beauty and the Beast show since 1992 :laughing: It looks so cute! How was the sushi bar at Kona?

[ariel2007]

Hey, just joining your report, can't believe I am so late :sad2:

I haven't caught up yet but wanted to comment whilst I still remembered so you may get a few consecutive posts by me commenting. First off I am so glad you managed to go on this trip, I know how good Disney can be for forgetting about everyday life and just having a blast, I hope it helped you.

First off how long is the drive for you, it seems to be forever. You must have the patience of a saint, I get bored in the car after a couple of hours. Can I ask what hotel you stay in in Nashville, we are looking to go there this year along with Pigeon Forge and Atlanta and are looking into hotels to stay in. From Nashville to Georgia, where exactly do you drive through, you mentioned mountains? And how long is the drive? Sorry for all the questions I am just really interested in this area, especially as we plan to visit soon. Anyway it sounds like your road trip to Disney is a lot of fun, I wish I could just drive there.

OKW looks really nice. We have driven up the river to there on a boat a couple of times and it looks really tropical and laid back, just like the real thing. I must add it to my list to stay one day, hopefully when I can convince DBF to buy into DVC ;). Day one looks great, looking forward to reading the rest :thumbsup2

[ariel2007]

I love your Disney Traditions, they are so cute. I have never seen those over here before, I will have to keep an eye out for them when I am there. I am not suppose to be collecting them as I collect WDCC which costs far to much as it is, but my Grandad buys them for me, and they are just too cute.

I love your Disney outfits, they are so cute. And your old pictures are so nice to look at, I bet they bring back some lovely memories. It looks like you had a great first day, I love Chef Mickeys its so fun. And your pictures in the ears are great, you guys have some lovely traditions. I really like the people mover too but unfortunately its closed when we go along with Space Mountain, one of my favorites.

Day 2 sounds great. For the past 2 trips we have spent our first whole day at DTD, we find it a great way to start the holiday, shopping and relaxing. And I am glad to hear good reviews about Tony's, we really want to try it. Although we haven't scheduled it in on our itinerary yet I hope we may make a sneaky visit.

Ok, off to read some more.

[ariel2007]

Great updates. I love your Year in Review, I have one in my report too, they are so nice to do to look back on everything you have done. I love Ohana, its one of our favorite restaurants, you have made me even more excited to go back.

[tinkgurl]

Isn't Toy Story Mania so much fun?! Part of what makes it enjoyable is seeing all the stuff in the queue area.

Nice pictures of the Beauty and the Beast show...I haven't seen that in ages!

TSM is SO much fun! I can't wait to get B/F on it!

I heard rumors that Beauty and the Beast is closing...:sad1:

Great pictures! I haven't seen the Beauty and the Beast show since 1992 :laughing: It looks so cute! How was the sushi bar at Kona?

Geeze...1992? That's a long time ago!

The sushi bar was great! They had little tables around the area if you wanted to dine there, but we wanted to move closer to Ohana and sit in the big comfy chairs/couches.

Hey, just joining your report, can't believe I am so late :sad2:

First off how long is the drive for you, it seems to be forever. You must have the patience of a saint, I get bored in the car after a couple of hours. Can I ask what hotel you stay in in Nashville, we are looking to go there this year along with Pigeon Forge and Atlanta and are looking into hotels to stay in. From Nashville to Georgia, where exactly do you drive through, you mentioned mountains? And how long is the drive?

Well...I just mapquested to see the exact distance from my house to Old Key West..and it's: 19 hours and 17 minutes and 1225 miles! The car ride isn't too bad. We have a built-in dvd player so we watch a ton of Disney movies! :laughing:

We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Nashville. It's not too far from Opryland Mall. I went to Pigeon Forge in 2005 with my B/F and his family! You will love it there! It's gorgeous and so laid back. From Nashville to Georgia, we drove through the end of the Appalachian Mountains. I just also mapquested to see the distance from Nashville to Atlanta: 4 hours and 2 minutes and 249.27 miles!

I love your Disney outfits, they are so cute. And your old pictures are so nice to look at, I bet they bring back some lovely memories. It looks like you had a great first day, I love Chef Mickeys its so fun. And your pictures in the ears are great, you guys have some lovely traditions. I really like the people mover too but unfortunately its closed when we go along with Space Mountain, one of my favorites.

I'm glad you like my outfits, old pictures, and our traditional pics!

I'm so sad that the people mover and Space are going to be closed when we go this June! :sad1:

Great updates. I love your Year in Review, I have one in my report too, they are so nice to do to look back on everything you have done.

I just went over and subscribed to your TR! :cutie:

[ariel2007]

Well...I just mapquested to see the exact distance from my house to Old Key West..and it's: 19 hours and 17 minutes and 1225 miles! The car ride isn't too bad. We have a built-in dvd player so we watch a ton of Disney movies! :laughing:

We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Nashville. It's not too far from Opryland Mall. I went to Pigeon Forge in 2005 with my B/F and his family! You will love it there! It's gorgeous and so laid back. From Nashville to Georgia, we drove through the end of the Appalachian Mountains. I just also mapquested to see the distance from Nashville to Atlanta: 4 hours and 2 minutes and 249.27 miles!

Wow thats a long drive. Its strange to think even though you live so much closer it actually takes me less time to get there, and I have to travel over the Atlantic too. And in-car DVD's are life savers aren't they, we got some for our trip last year and watched loads of cheesy movies like Bring it On, Honey and Step Up, DBF was not too impressed :laughing:

Oh we do love it in PF. We went for my Mum's 50th last August and stayed in a cabin in the mountains. We loved it so much we just have to go back again this August. In fact DBF and I would love to move there. So far I would love to stay in the Galord Opryland but we will have to see once we have priced up flights and the cabin and car etc. Driving through the Appalachian mountains sounds great, was it really nice scenery. We plan to go from PF to Nashville and back to Georgia but will probably go via Lynchburg and maybe Huntsville so don't know if we will go through the mountains. I guess I need to do some more research :confused3



I'm glad you like my outfits, old pictures, and our traditional pics!

I'm so sad that the people mover and Space are going to be closed when we go this June! :sad1:

I have only just found out and am not impressed at all, I love SM, and now the people mover too :sad1:



I just went over and subscribed to your TR! :cutie:

:hug:

[xoktenox]

So my school schedule is Mondays 8:30-1, Tuesdays 5:30pm-8 and Wednesdays 8:30-1 and 5:30-8...the Tuesday night class is literally 5 mins from my house though because the college I'm going to has a campus there but it's the smaller campus. So, all my classes except that one are farther away. I'll work Tues, Thurs, Fri and Sat all day. Here's the short version of what I'm doing this semester...because I was a poli sci and psych major as an undergrad and then decided after I graduated I wanted to do social studies ed, I am deficient in history classes because I never had to take them in my undergrad studies. Any history type classes I needed were satisfied by my poli sci classes but that doesn't work for social studies ed so now this semester I'm taking 4 undergrad history classes and 1 economics class to get me caught up. I'm taking undergrad credits, even though I have my degree. Annoying. I always have to be indecisive :laughing: I start on the 26th. What classes are you taking and what's your sched like?

Great pics from DHS. I can't wait to ride TSMM! Just the queue area gets me excited. And I can't wait to see B&tB, idk if I've ever seen it before!

[tinkgurl]

And in-car DVD's are life savers aren't they, we got some for our trip last year and watched loads of cheesy movies like Bring it On, Honey and Step Up, DBF was not too impressed :laughing:

I love those movies! :laughing: One time on ABC Family channel not too long ago, they had a Bring It On marathon of all the Bring It On movies! Me and B/F's little sister watched them all! He was so annoyed. :cutie:

Driving through the Appalachian mountains sounds great, was it really nice scenery.

It's SO gorgeous! Just make sure to have some gum handy because my ears always pop! :headache:

so now this semester I'm taking 4 undergrad history classes and 1 economics class to get me caught up. I'm taking undergrad credits, even though I have my degree. Annoying. I always have to be indecisive :laughing: I start on the 26th. What classes are you taking and what's your sched like?

Oh ick. Here's my schedule:

Monday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology
2-2:52 pm Behavioral Research II
5-5:52 pm History and Systems of Psychology

Tuesday:
10-11:52 am Behavioral Research II
2-3:52 pm Rural Sociology

Wednesday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology
4-5:52 pm History and Systems of Psychology

Thursday:
10-11:52 am Behavioral Research II
2-2:52 pm Rural Sociology

Friday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBARF :scared:

Great pics from DHS. I can't wait to ride TSMM! Just the queue area gets me excited. And I can't wait to see B&tB, idk if I've ever seen it before!

The queue area is AWESOME. They have a talking Mr. Potato Head like the talking Buzz Lightyear in Buzz's Space Ranger Spin!

You've never seen Beauty and the Beast?! :eek: You better go see it when you are there missy!

[addictedtothemouse]

I've only gone to DHS once and we saw Fantasmic. Hopefully I'll see the rest (especially Beauty and the Beast) when I'm there in May.:goodvibes

[xoktenox]

Oh ick. Here's my schedule:

Monday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology
2-2:52 pm Behavioral Research II
5-5:52 pm History and Systems of Psychology

Tuesday:
10-11:52 am Behavioral Research II
2-3:52 pm Rural Sociology

Wednesday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology
4-5:52 pm History and Systems of Psychology

Thursday:
10-11:52 am Behavioral Research II
2-2:52 pm Rural Sociology

Friday:
11-11:52 am Psychology of Women
12-12:52 pm Contemporary Issues in Psychology

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBARF :scared:



The queue area is AWESOME. They have a talking Mr. Potato Head like the talking Buzz Lightyear in Buzz's Space Ranger Spin!

You've never seen Beauty and the Beast?! :eek: You better go see it when you are there missy!

I took Psychology of Women, thats a great class very interesting. Thats alottttt though that schedule but you'll do good!! :) I will without a doubt, be seeing B&tB when I'm there. In the last post I totally forgot to tell you about my tattoos lol They're definitely sooooo addicting I can't wait to get more. I'll take pictures of the ones I have and post them I don't mind except for one because its on my bootay :laughing: I have a picture of that one that I'll PM to you if you want it, you CAN'T tell its my bootay at ALL I swear but I don't wanna risk posting it and getting banned from the DIS, I would be so sad! :rotfl2: Mine aren't very sentimental though. :confused3 I have one on my lower neck/upper back right where it sounds like you want yours. Mine's of my zodiac symbol, Leo.

[tinkgurl]

I've only gone to DHS once and we saw Fantasmic. Hopefully I'll see the rest (especially Beauty and the Beast) when I'm there in May.:goodvibes

I hope you see Beauty and the Beast too! You also need to see Voyage of the Little Mermaid! :cloud9:

I took Psychology of Women, thats a great class very interesting. Thats alottttt though that schedule but you'll do good!! :) I will without a doubt, be seeing B&tB when I'm there. In the last post I totally forgot to tell you about my tattoos lol They're definitely sooooo addicting I can't wait to get more. I'll take pictures of the ones I have and post them I don't mind except for one because its on my bootay :laughing: I have a picture of that one that I'll PM to you if you want it, you CAN'T tell its my bootay at ALL I swear but I don't wanna risk posting it and getting banned from the DIS, I would be so sad! :rotfl2: Mine aren't very sentimental though. :confused3 I have one on my lower neck/upper back right where it sounds like you want yours. Mine's of my zodiac symbol, Leo.

I took five classes last semester too. It's how many I have to take in order to be a full time student for our insurance. Haha, just PM me all your tattoos! I don't want you getting banned either! :laughing:

[xoktenox]

I took five classes last semester too. It's how many I have to take in order to be a full time student for our insurance. Haha, just PM me all your tattoos! I don't want you getting banned either! :laughing:

I took 6 classes last semester (Spring semester 08) which made me able to graduate early. This semester is 5 classes for me too. Ugh :headache: I just have to be a full time student for my parents insurance. For the last 4 months I've had no insurance since I haven't been in school so I can't wait to go back just to have health insurance again! I'll take those tat pics later :goodvibes What are you up to this weekend?

[tinkgurl]

I'll take those tat pics later :goodvibes What are you up to this weekend?

Can't wait :goodvibes

Well right now I'm waiting for B/F to get off work...then we are going out to eat and to a movie. I think we're gonna go see "Yes Man". I want to go see "Bride Wars" but B/F obviously said no. :rolleyes:

[MeMom]

Can't wait :goodvibes

Well right now I'm waiting for B/F to get off work...then we are going out to eat and to a movie. I think we're gonna go see "Yes Man". I want to go see "Bride Wars" but B/F obviously said no. :rolleyes:

He wasn't up for a chick flick, huh?

If he's like my guys, he'd like it just fine if it said anything about any other kind of war.

I like sweet guy-gets-the-girl movies, and they like anything with shooting and suspense.

Good luck to all of you girls and guys in school. Trent just got his diploma last week, so it's off to the real world now for him!

[xoktenox]

Well right now I'm waiting for B/F to get off work...then we are going out to eat and to a movie. I think we're gonna go see "Yes Man". I want to go see "Bride Wars" but B/F obviously said no. :rolleyes:

I'm waiting for BF to get off of work too...someone has to bring home the bacon :laughing: That sounds like a nice night, Yes Man looks funny. I'm DYING to see Bride Wars. We can go together lol BF and I got into a fight yesterday and my friend that I work with said I should wait until today and make him go see it with me to make it up to me that he was mean...didn't work out so well :confused3 :rotfl2:

[xoktenox]

Good luck to all of you girls and guys in school. Trent just got his diploma last week, so it's off to the real world now for him!

Thanks :goodvibes Good luck to Trent, I got my bachelor's in August and am still at a bank as a part time teller :confused3 There's no jobs out there! But maybe its a good thing because it helped me figure out I want to be a teacher :teacher:

[MeMom]

Thanks :goodvibes Good luck to Trent, I got my bachelor's in August and am still at a bank as a part time teller :confused3 There's no jobs out there! But maybe its a good thing because it helped me figure out I want to be a teacher :teacher:

Since he and Kristi broke up, he is starting over. He'll find a new job and a new girl, and hopefully it'll be the start of great things for his future. He is such a personable guy and takes any job he does seriously, so whatever he ends up doing, he'll do it well. And, even though I'm his mom, I'll have to say I think he's pretty handsome, too, so he'll be a good 'catch' for a sweet girl, and I'm sure he'll feel that she's a good catch for him, too. So, if you know any interested parties, tell them to look him up. MeMom, the matchmaker, will be trying to hook him up so I can have the pleasure of more grandchildren.

He'd kill me dead two or three times over if he knew I was writing this! :scared1:

He's enjoyed his time off for the holidays, and is so glad he doesn't have to fight the traffic at school any more. He's much more relaxed than he was last semester, which is nice for everyone.

Good luck with all of your teaching stuff. There is so much testing now and so much pressure. Unfortunately, it won't take long for this profession to beat you down. We had another meeting today where we were presented a notebook full of new data on a program we were told we wouldn't be responsible for, but now we're told we are. It's alway something. I try not to get aggravated by it, because I'm glad I have a job, but even two of the new teachers were saying how ridiculous it was and how contradictory they so often are and how burdened they feel.

[ariel2007]

Oh I want to see both of those movies, and hopefully can convince Nick to see both with me. I will just not tell him what its about, or use the "I watched James Bond for you" story :laughing:

[tinkgurl]

He wasn't up for a chick flick, huh?

If he's like my guys, he'd like it just fine if it said anything about any other kind of war.

I like sweet guy-gets-the-girl movies, and they like anything with shooting and suspense.

Good luck to all of you girls and guys in school. Trent just got his diploma last week, so it's off to the real world now for him!

GUESS WHAT?! HE SAID WE COULD GO TO BRIDE WARS! It was so good. There were other guys there with their g/f's so I told him "See, you're not the only guy here!" Thanks so much for the good luck...I'll have my Bachelor's Degree in December! :woohoo:

I'm waiting for BF to get off of work too...someone has to bring home the bacon :laughing: That sounds like a nice night, Yes Man looks funny. I'm DYING to see Bride Wars. We can go together lol BF and I got into a fight yesterday and my friend that I work with said I should wait until today and make him go see it with me to make it up to me that he was mean...didn't work out so well :confused3 :rotfl2:

You HAVE to go see Bride Wars! B/F said we could go once we got down there! :woohoo: I wish we could've gone together. I have a feeling we'd be doing ALOT together since we get along so well. And by the way....my B/F brings the bacon home too :laughing: My job? Watching the little guy :)

So, if you know any interested parties, tell them to look him up. MeMom, the matchmaker, will be trying to hook him up so I can have the pleasure of more grandchildren.

He'd kill me dead two or three times over if he knew I was writing this! :scared1:

Your secret is safe with us! :cutie:

Oh I want to see both of those movies, and hopefully can convince Nick to see both with me. I will just not tell him what its about, or use the "I watched James Bond for you" story :laughing:

As you might've read above..he said we could go to Bride Wars! It was so good! And OMG, I gave him that line today too! I said, "I went to Indiana Jones with you so you can do this with me!" :laughing:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Okay. I saw just noticed the link in your posts so I had to come over and check out your thread. I went through all 10 pages. Wow girl...you have had some year. Good and bad. Sorry about the bad stuff.

You and your sister look so different! You're both knock outs though! :thumbsup2 I love the Tink tat and your newer one is really cool too. It has a lot of meaning in it and I like that. I think it's neat how you guys take pics at the Contemporary every year. Can I steal that idea? We've never even taken a picture there!

Your little cousin is adorable. He is lucky to have you in his life. Your family wouldn't happen to be John Deere fans would ya? ;) My father in law in a big fan too.

[Disneyfan71]

Sorry for joining the TR so late but I've been away for a while and just coming back. Thank you so very much for sharing this TR. It looks like you had a wonderful time. I'm excited about going in June.

And like you I always get upset on the last day, knowing we have to leave..I know I'll get like that this time as well. But it was fun reading your TR!! :)

[xoktenox]

Since he and Kristi broke up, he is starting over. He'll find a new job and a new girl, and hopefully it'll be the start of great things for his future. He is such a personable guy and takes any job he does seriously, so whatever he ends up doing, he'll do it well. And, even though I'm his mom, I'll have to say I think he's pretty handsome, too, so he'll be a good 'catch' for a sweet girl, and I'm sure he'll feel that she's a good catch for him, too. So, if you know any interested parties, tell them to look him up. MeMom, the matchmaker, will be trying to hook him up so I can have the pleasure of more grandchildren. I didn't know he and Kristi broke up...thats a bummer because break-ups are just so hard to do. And he is definitely handsome (not trying to hit on your son or anything haha) so I'm sure he'll have no problem finding a new girl. Much luck to him in finding a job and for his future. I'm sure you'll get more of those adorable grandbabies and don't worry I won't even tell him you said anything ;)

Good luck with all of your teaching stuff. There is so much testing now and so much pressure. Unfortunately, it won't take long for this profession to beat you down. We had another meeting today where we were presented a notebook full of new data on a program we were told we wouldn't be responsible for, but now we're told we are. It's alway something. I try not to get aggravated by it, because I'm glad I have a job, but even two of the new teachers were saying how ridiculous it was and how contradictory they so often are and how burdened they feel. Thank you! Speaking of testing I just picked up the review book for the LAST because I'm taking that in Feb. Then theres 2 more tests along with 2 workshops, fingerprinting on top of classes. Ugh! I'm looking forward to teaching but I know there will be some downs to go with the ups. Thanks for the info MeMom :)

And thank you Tink for letting me hi-jack you thread there! :goodvibes

You HAVE to go see Bride Wars! B/F said we could go once we got down there! :woohoo: I wish we could've gone together. I have a feeling we'd be doing ALOT together since we get along so well. And by the way....my B/F brings the bacon home too :laughing: My job? Watching the little guy :)

Now I'm really dyinggg to see it! He mentioned going to the movies tomorrow night so I'll have to do my best to get him to agree to it lol I wish we could go together, that would be so cool. I definitely think we'd be such good friends if we didn't live a million miles apart :sad2: Your job is definitely better than mine OR my BF's...mine=stupid bank teller, BF's=cable technician. I think you win by a landslide! :goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Okay. I saw just noticed the link in your posts so I had to come over and check out your thread. I went through all 10 pages. Wow girl...you have had some year. Good and bad. Sorry about the bad stuff.

You and your sister look so different! You're both knock outs though! :thumbsup2 I love the Tink tat and your newer one is really cool too. It has a lot of meaning in it and I like that. I think it's neat how you guys take pics at the Contemporary every year. Can I steal that idea? We've never even taken a picture there!

Your little cousin is adorable. He is lucky to have you in his life. Your family wouldn't happen to be John Deere fans would ya? ;) My father in law in a big fan too.

Welcome! I'm glad you joined! I'm uploading pics for a new update as I type this! Yeah, it was a crazy year. I know me and sis don't look alike. I'm my dad and she's my mom. Can you tell she got the Native American side? Which means a permanent tan all year around for her! :rolleyes: Glad you like my tattoos! :) And yes you can steal that idea...but if you mention them in a TR, you MUST mention me. haha just kidding. Yeah the little guy is a cutie. Are we John Deere fans? I don't know how you got that idea;) Yes we are! We are from where John Deere originated!

Sorry for joining the TR so late but I've been away for a while and just coming back. Thank you so very much for sharing this TR. It looks like you had a wonderful time. I'm excited about going in June.

And like you I always get upset on the last day, knowing we have to leave..I know I'll get like that this time as well. But it was fun reading your TR!! :)

I'm not done with my TR yet so don't go anywhere! :)

And thank you Tink for letting me hi-jack you thread there! :goodvibes

Now I'm really dyinggg to see it! He mentioned going to the movies tomorrow night so I'll have to do my best to get him to agree to it lol I wish we could go together, that would be so cool. I definitely think we'd be such good friends if we didn't live a million miles apart :sad2:

Haha, I don't care that you hi-jacked it for a bit. :)

Your job is definitely better than mine OR my BF's...mine=stupid bank teller, BF's=cable technician. I think you win by a landslide! :goodvibes

LOL. The little guy does have his moments though...he's in his terrible twos. :rolleyes:

[tinkgurl]

Day 5: June 20, 2008

AK day! We got up, got ready, and caught a bus to AK. Sorry so short but I didn't keep track of every detail. Here we are on the bus:

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Once we got to AK, we headed straight for EE to get fast passes! Can you spot sis and Dad?:

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I don't remember exactly what we did that day and in what order. I remember we rode Dinosaur because that's one my favorites there and we did Nemo the Musical.

Here's our redneck photo of EE. We always ask for the back-best seat on the ride and the closest to the Yeti!:

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After EE, we headed to eat at Pizzafari, our favorite lunch spot at AK. After we ate, we headed to Africa and got on the Safari.:

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I can't remember what else we did, but eventually we wanted to head to WL and say hello to our old "home" because believe it or not, we were missing it. Good-bye AK!:

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Sitting at the bus stop for WL:

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We always take a picture on this bridge, but sis wanted to take it up a notch:

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Then, we went to Roaring Forks and got some drinks and sat in the big comfy chairs in the lobby. Here we are just sitting down:

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And sis kept taking picture after picture after picture. By this one, I was ready to slap her. :cutie: :

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When we were done, it was time to head to the GF for our dinner ADR at one of our favorites: 1900 Park Fare. We decided to catch a boat to the Contemporary and ride the monorail over. Here we are at the boat dock. Good-bye WL, we will never forget the fun we had there!:

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Okay, 1900 Park Fare was our favorite meal ever! They just added the Step-mother and the ugly Step-sisters so we were excited to meet them. First we had to meet Prince Charming and Miss Cinderella:

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Haha, he was turned to the table next to us:

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[tinkgurl]

Continued...

Then, we heard screaming and loud singing. We looked around the corner, and it was the Step-sisters! They were dancing and prancing around different tables. Eventually they made their way towards our section:

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And here's the best sister ever! She made ugly faces and did funny poses in everyone's pictures. But for ours? She decided to scream right as mom took the picture. Which is why I'm laughing hysterically. She was a riot and played her part AWESOME!:

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After we ate, we headed up to the monorail and went to............yep the MK. It was EMH night! I don't remember everything we did. But here's some pics from the people mover:

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Then I wanted to walk through the castle and look around Tink's shop.

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Outside Tink's shop:

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Eventually, we went to our usual spot in Tomorrowland to watch Tink fly during Wishes:

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Up next: That's a good question....I'll have to wing it!

[Disneyfan71]

Wow thanks for the pics of AK--i've never been there but looking forward to it the most probably. I love nature things and well I just want to go :) Looks like you had fun on EE!!! I love the pose

[tinkgurl]

Wow thanks for the pics of AK--i've never been there but looking forward to it the most probably. I love nature things and well I just want to go :) Looks like you had fun on EE!!! I love the pose

That's right..you haven't been to WDW in awhile...well I can help you with ANYTHING...just ask away! You know how to PM me. AK is beautiful. But, it can get pretty hot there so make sure to have plenty of water handy. Plus, it is pretty spread out so have a game plan before you go so it's not like you're running back and forth all over the park. EE is so much fun! When you ride that, ask for the very back. And as you go up the big steep hill-look to your right, you can see all of AK. And then hurry and look way behind you, you can see all the way to the Contemporary and some of the MK!

[troobabiee7]

Ohhhh you switched it up a bit and went with Disney PANTS instead of a shirt this time :thumbsup2 :laughing: Your Tink necklace is really cute too! I love all your pictures. I'm glad we're not the only ones who visit resorts we're not staying at just to lounge around and take in the atmosphere! :cloud9: The pictures of you and your sis at the WL cracked me up... I'm usually the one taking billions of pictures of my brother and I as he has the same look you do :laughing: Great update!

[xoktenox]

I love your safari pics, they came out really good. The pic where you wanted to punch your sis in the face is priceless :laughing: I will definitely be going over to WL to look around and see the beauty of it. I never have been there! And I'm really lovin your Tink pants too! :cutie:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

As you can see I didn't get any of the Native American coloring either! :rotfl2: I tan nicely if I try but it's just not my thing. Most of my moms family has the dark skin + they tan! :scared1: All you see are their eyeballs by the end of Summer. :rotfl2:

Love all of the new updates! Peple mover (TTA) is one of my favorites! I could sit and ride it for hours. :goodvibes

[Goldeelox9]

I totally love 1900 Park Fare and hope we dine there again in November!

[punkin413]

Since he and Kristi broke up, he is starting over.

hey, memom - i was skimming the chatter and i happened to see this. i'm sorry to hear that - i know you liked her! i'm sure he will find another girl that's great for him and that you are fond of. ;)

We always take a picture on this bridge, but sis wanted to take it up a notch:

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it's the cheerleader in her!

And sis kept taking picture after picture after picture. By this one, I was ready to slap her. :cutie: :

sounds like my brother.

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same prince charming we had there - i thought he was kinda boring.

Then, we heard screaming and loud singing. We looked around the corner, and it was the Step-sisters! They were dancing and prancing around different tables.

i just love them! they make that dinner.

And here's the best sister ever! She made ugly faces and did funny poses in everyone's pictures. But for ours? She decided to scream right as mom took the picture. Which is why I'm laughing hysterically. She was a riot and played her part AWESOME!:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/dislover/ak07-09-08147-1.jpg

she's my favorite too. i heard her tell one little boy that wouldn't talk to her, "i know......you're just in awe of my beauty and don't know what to say. it happens a lot." and then the little girl next to us was dressed like ariel and she said, "you know, i get mistaken for her ALL THE TIME because we both have red hair." um....yeah, right! :lmao:

[pixiefairy]

I came over to check out your TR from the parks board. I'm SO incredibly sorry that your family had such a tough year. :hug: The little guy is absolutely adorable....I think I see mischief in those blue eyes of his, lol. Reminds me of my 20 month old. :lovestruc

We were there the same time you were, but never in the same park the same time...until nighttime on the 20th. But...we didn't watch Wishes that night and we were trying desperately to get on PoTC since it'd been closed pretty much all week. I love all your pics!:goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Ohhhh you switched it up a bit and went with Disney PANTS instead of a shirt this time :thumbsup2 :laughing: Your Tink necklace is really cute too! I love all your pictures. I'm glad we're not the only ones who visit resorts we're not staying at just to lounge around and take in the atmosphere! :cloud9: The pictures of you and your sis at the WL cracked me up... I'm usually the one taking billions of pictures of my brother and I as he has the same look you do :laughing: Great update!

Haha, yes! I love those Tink capris! And I'm glad you noticed my Tink necklace! :goodvibes We could easily spend a day just resort hopping (which we've done thanks to the monorail). Yeah she can be a little bit camera happy but she's alright. :cutie:

I love your safari pics, they came out really good. The pic where you wanted to punch your sis in the face is priceless :laughing: I will definitely be going over to WL to look around and see the beauty of it. I never have been there! And I'm really lovin your Tink pants too! :cutie:

Yeah, I thought that was a good one to put on here! You HAVE to go check out WL! And outside, the geyser goes off every hour or so! I love those Tink capris too!

As you can see I didn't get any of the Native American coloring either! :rotfl2: I tan nicely if I try but it's just not my thing. Most of my moms family has the dark skin + they tan! :scared1: All you see are their eyeballs by the end of Summer. :rotfl2:

Love all of the new updates! Peple mover (TTA) is one of my favorites! I could sit and ride it for hours. :goodvibes

Haha, it's alright. As you can see, I get red easily on my nose. :rolleyes: I know, my sis tans before dances like Homecoming and Prom. I'm like "You don't even need that!" The people mover is wonderful. And I'm upset it'll be closed this year for us. :sad1:

I totally love 1900 Park Fare and hope we dine there again in November!

I hope you do too! Love it!

it's the cheerleader in her!



sounds like my brother.



same prince charming we had there - i thought he was kinda boring.



i just love them! they make that dinner.



she's my favorite too. i heard her tell one little boy that wouldn't talk to her, "i know......you're just in awe of my beauty and don't know what to say. it happens a lot." and then the little girl next to us was dressed like ariel and she said, "you know, i get mistaken for her ALL THE TIME because we both have red hair." um....yeah, right! :lmao:

It IS the cheerleader in her. She always poses. :laughing: He was a boring Prince Charming. I was upset. They do make the dinner fun! I heard her say the ariel thing too! I just laughed!

I came over to check out your TR from the parks board. I'm SO incredibly sorry that your family had such a tough year. :hug: The little guy is absolutely adorable....I think I see mischief in those blue eyes of his, lol. Reminds me of my 20 month old. :lovestruc

We were there the same time you were, but never in the same park the same time...until nighttime on the 20th. But...we didn't watch Wishes that night and we were trying desperately to get on PoTC since it'd been closed pretty much all week. I love all your pics!:goodvibes

I'm glad you've joined! Oh, he is using those blue eyes to his advantage. He knows if he comes over to me, leans on me, looks up at me and says "Pwease" I usually cave in. :rolleyes:

That's funny we were there the same time. Maybe we were by each other that night?!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Haha, it's alright. As you can see, I get red easily on my nose. :rolleyes: I know, my sis tans before dances like Homecoming and Prom. I'm like "You don't even need that!" The people mover is wonderful. And I'm upset it'll be closed this year for us. :sad1:

Did they say for sure they were going to close up TTA? Why not just block the Space Mountain construction? Man, that blows! There's no telling how long it'll take them either. :sad2:

[tinkgurl]

Did they say for sure they were going to close up TTA? Why not just block the Space Mountain construction? Man, that blows! There's no telling how long it'll take them either. :sad2:

I've been hearing it a lot on here...:sad2: I was hoping they'd just block the Space construction too! Maybe there's no way to keep the people mover open while they are working on Space?

[scottny]

great update and pics.

I think we might try 1900 park faire next time. we have a few little girls going who might like it.

[addictedtothemouse]

The pic of your DS wanting to slap the Prince :lmao: . I was thinking of adding a dinner at 1900 PF now I know I'm going to.

[tinkgurl]

great update and pics.

I think we might try 1900 park faire next time. we have a few little girls going who might like it.

You should! Both the girls and you will love it!

The pic of your DS wanting to slap the Prince :lmao: . I was thinking of adding a dinner at 1900 PF now I know I'm going to.

Haha, it was so funny. She was pretending to spank him and other tables were laughing at her as well. You really should add a dinner there because it's so good there!

[ariel2007]

Heya, I have been away for a few days as I took DBF away for his birthday but am just catching up now. I love your pictures, they are always so fun. The one of you and your sister on the bridge is so funny, did anyone see you when you were posing? And the one of Prince Charming, or his behind infact, how cheeky :laughing:. I did notice your sister always looks really tanned, it so strange to see 2 sisters that looks so different. Everyone says me and my older sister look so alike, someone has asked if were twins. But then we looked so different when we were younger, complete opposites, its strange.

[tinkgurl]

Heya, I have been away for a few days as I took DBF away for his birthday but am just catching up now. I love your pictures, they are always so fun. The one of you and your sister on the bridge is so funny, did anyone see you when you were posing? And the one of Prince Charming, or his behind infact, how cheeky :laughing:. I did notice your sister always looks really tanned, it so strange to see 2 sisters that looks so different. Everyone says me and my older sister look so alike, someone has asked if were twins. But then we looked so different when we were younger, complete opposites, its strange.

Glad to have ya back! :) I'm sure some people walked by and saw us posing and thought we were a bunch of freaks, but who cares?! :laughing: Yeah, we're half Native American so my sister obviously got that. Or all of it. :rolleyes:

[tinkgurl]

Day 6: June 21, 2008

Okay folks, this is going the be the lamest post you have ever read in a TR. "Why?", you might ask. Well..apparently we didn't take very many pictures that day. And you already know from before that I didn't keep a daily journal like I usually do. Please forgive me for this shortest of short updates. :flower3:

On the bus...Yes I know I already wore this shirt once this trip, but it's one of my favorites! And don't worry, it was washed! :laughing: :

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Apparently, we went to the MK because this is on the people mover and apparently we got SOAKED:

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I remember getting off the people mover and we were sitting on a bench in Tomorrowland trying to figure out what we wanted to do next because it was still raining...and we looked down and saw these guys:

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Well...the next thing I can remember is going to Coronado Springs to eat dinner at the Maya Grill. We went over there early of course to explore the resort as we have never even been over there to look around. It's a beautiful place, but we saw a lot of convention people. We were still early for our ADR so we went out to the tables by the bar and got some drinks. It's fun just to sit back and relax once in awhile at WDW.

After we ate, we headed over to MGM for evening EMH's. We of course had to do ToT because it's even scarier at night! But, the view is gorgeous when the doors open! I'm always afraid that the ride is going to stop though and we'll get stuck (I'm claustrophobic). It was weird riding ToT this trip without having my B/F's hand to hold.

We decided to skip Fantasmic this year......yes, shocking, I know. It just was a really weird trip for us this year with everything that was going on at home and it was weird not having B/F with us since he's been quite a few times with us now. The second Fantasmic was going on and EMH's were starting so I got the idea that we should head back to Toy Story Mania and see how bad the line is because we loved this ride. The wait time said 40 minutes and we said "heck yeah we doing it!" The CM standing by the enterance kept yelling at people "The wait time is wrong! It's longer than 40 minutes! I wouldn't try it if I were you!" And we just looked at each other....:confused3 We walked in the building and around the corner to start the queue line and........seriously.......no one.....in.....line..we looked at each other as we were weaving around and walking straight through the first room and we all had the ":confused3" confused look. We walked all the way up to a little line right before we boarded the ride. We were on the ride in less than 15 minutes! Let's just keep this a secret betwen us on here so no one else gets the idea! :laughing:

Here's the talking Mr. Potato Head in the queue line. It's kind of like Crush, he asks you questions/jokes and then replies to your answer! He also poses for pictures which is what he did for us!:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/dislover/ak07-09-08162.jpg

I don't remember what else we did...I'm sorry. I really am. I promise my next TR will have a daily journal FULL of details.:)

Up next: Last Full Day :sad1: :sad1: :sad1:

[LaurenMic]

That is so weird that the CM told you not to ride and there was no wait! Awesome for you though!

I have to hold DF's hand on ToT too, this time I tried to be brave and put my hands in the air like the rest of my family but I couldn't do it :rotfl:

I'm so sad that the next update is of your last full day, I love your report and I don't want it to be over!

[tinkgurl]

That is so weird that the CM told you not to ride and there was no wait! Awesome for you though!

I have to hold DF's hand on ToT too, this time I tried to be brave and put my hands in the air like the rest of my family but I couldn't do it :rotfl:

I'm so sad that the next update is of your last full day, I love your report and I don't want it to be over!

We have no clue why the CM was saying that or why the wait said 40 minutes. But heck, I'm not complaining! :laughing: Sounds like we are the same about ToT!!!

I'm sad too...I don't want it to be over because I love keeping in touch with everyone on here and when my TR always ends, no one ever keeps in touch with me. :sad1:

[ariel2007]

Ah it wasn't the lamest post ever, you still had some really nice pictures in there. And its so weird you say lame, I always thought that was a British term :laughing:. We stayed at CSR last year and it was a very beautiful resort, especially looking over the lake in the morning with the sun coming up. But there were lots of convention people all the time and they completely took over the bar area which wasn't good :sad2:

[tinkgurl]

Ah it wasn't the lamest post ever, you still had some really nice pictures in there. And its so weird you say lame, I always thought that was a British term :laughing:. We stayed at CSR last year and it was a very beautiful resort, especially looking over the lake in the morning with the sun coming up. But there were lots of convention people all the time and they completely took over the bar area which wasn't good :sad2:

While CSR is beautiful, it just didn't feel as much of a Disney resort as most of the others.

Haha, I didn't know lame was a British term. See, I learn something new every day! :) I'm so glad you didn't think the update was bad. I tried. For some reason we just didn't take that many pictures the last few days. I think we were starting to get sad about our last day. :laughing:

[pixiefairy]

I love love LOVED 1900 Park Fare for dinner. I have mostly boys and they even liked it and got into it. I think my 13 year old was slightly smitten with Cinderella though. :lmao: The Tremaines were my favorite though. I played back to them, so we got some interesting comments. Lady Tremaine asked if my son was eligible and from across the restaurant, Anastasia starts yelling "Mother! Mother! MOTHER!" until Lady Tremaine looked at her and said "WHAT dear?". Anastasia yells back "Is he eligible??". They went back and forth for awhile, and my son was turning red...it was hilarious. :rotfl2: Then Anastasia and Drizella were yelling back and forth across the restaurant for awhile...and Drizella went to one of the tables across the aisle from us and crawled under the table to get to another little boy who was hiding from them. All we could see of her was her bustle...:rotfl: I'm definitely going back there when we take the kids back. Next month, dh didn't want too many character meals...although we ended up with one or two...lol.;)

[ariel2007]

While CSR is beautiful, it just didn't feel as much of a Disney resort as most of the others.

Haha, I didn't know lame was a British term. See, I learn something new every day! :) I'm so glad you didn't think the update was bad. I tried. For some reason we just didn't take that many pictures the last few days. I think we were starting to get sad about our last day. :laughing:

Ah I know what its like :sad1:. On the way over on the plane I always take hundreds of pictures and then on the way back I look back and have about 1. I don't even realise until I look back that I haven't taken them, I just get so bummed I forget completely. Its even worse being stuck on a plane for 9 hours, on the way I don't mind, I have Disney to look forward to after all, but on the way back its like torture, I get so fidgety.

[tinkgurl]

Lady Tremaine asked if my son was eligible and from across the restaurant, Anastasia starts yelling "Mother! Mother! MOTHER!" until Lady Tremaine looked at her and said "WHAT dear?". Anastasia yells back "Is he eligible??". They went back and forth for awhile, and my son was turning red...it was hilarious. :rotfl2: Then Anastasia and Drizella were yelling back and forth across the restaurant for awhile...and Drizella went to one of the tables across the aisle from us and crawled under the table to get to another little boy who was hiding from them. All we could see of her was her bustle...:rotfl:

Haha, that is great! They really are a great addition to 1900 Park Fare. And I LOVE that they get so into their character. Makes for great memories!

[xoktenox]

I couldn't see any of your pictures?! :confused3 Is it my laptop or the pictures? They all said photobucket exceeded bandwith! I want to see I want to seeeeee :headache: :laughing:

[ariel2007]

I couldn't see any of your pictures?! :confused3 Is it my laptop or the pictures? They all said photobucket exceeded bandwith! I want to see I want to seeeeee :headache: :laughing:

Its the pictures, not your laptop hun. On a photobucket account you have so much bandwidth each month, which gets taken up every time you post a photo or someone looks at it, and if it exceeds the photos disappear, normally until the start of the next month. My bandwidth kept exceeding so I had to upgrade to a plus account which gives you much more bandwidth, so far I have had no problems.

[MeMom]

I'm sad too...I don't want it to be over because I love keeping in touch with everyone on here and when my TR always ends, no one ever keeps in touch with me. :sad1:


Wait a minute now, what about me? I checked in on you, didn't I???

You can hang around everyone else's reports AND start on a pre-trip for your next one.

We had to upgrade on the photobucket, but it's only like $3-$4. It's either that or wait your time out, and with all the pictures I take, we'd never get a report finished doing it that way.

[xoktenox]

Its the pictures, not your laptop hun. On a photobucket account you have so much bandwidth each month, which gets taken up every time you post a photo or someone looks at it, and if it exceeds the photos disappear, normally until the start of the next month. My bandwidth kept exceeding so I had to upgrade to a plus account which gives you much more bandwidth, so far I have had no problems.

Ohhhh, i never knew that, good to know. Always teaching me things Ariel :laughing:

Wait a minute now, what about me? I checked in on you, didn't I???

You can hang around everyone else's reports AND start on a pre-trip for your next one.

We had to upgrade on the photobucket, but it's only like $3-$4. It's either that or wait your time out, and with all the pictures I take, we'd never get a report finished doing it that way.

I didn't know that about photobucket, I learn something everyday lol And Tink, I WILL keep in touch with you too, don't worry!! :goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Ah I know what its like :sad1:. On the way over on the plane I always take hundreds of pictures and then on the way back I look back and have about 1. I don't even realise until I look back that I haven't taken them, I just get so bummed I forget completely. Its even worse being stuck on a plane for 9 hours, on the way I don't mind, I have Disney to look forward to after all, but on the way back its like torture, I get so fidgety.

I know, it's upsetting!

I couldn't see any of your pictures?! :confused3 Is it my laptop or the pictures? They all said photobucket exceeded bandwith! I want to see I want to seeeeee :headache: :laughing:

I know I'm so mad!

Its the pictures, not your laptop hun. On a photobucket account you have so much bandwidth each month, which gets taken up every time you post a photo or someone looks at it, and if it exceeds the photos disappear, normally until the start of the next month. My bandwidth kept exceeding so I had to upgrade to a plus account which gives you much more bandwidth, so far I have had no problems.

So now I have to wait until the beginning of Feb. for my pictures to show again?! :eek:

Wait a minute now, what about me? I checked in on you, didn't I???

You can hang around everyone else's reports AND start on a pre-trip for your next one.

We had to upgrade on the photobucket, but it's only like $3-$4. It's either that or wait your time out, and with all the pictures I take, we'd never get a report finished doing it that way.

Yes, you did :goodvibes. How long is my time out?! I don't like time outs! What if I delete some other pictures that are old in my album?

Tink, I WILL keep in touch with you too, don't worry!! :goodvibes

Okay good! :goodvibes

[troobabiee7]

Ohhh no, your pictures! You could always just start a new Photobucket account so you don't have to deal with Bandwith issues, and post the new pictures there!

[tinkgurl]

Ohhh no, your pictures! You could always just start a new Photobucket account so you don't have to deal with Bandwith issues, and post the new pictures there!

good idea!

[tinkgurl]

Okay Hold On Everybody I"m Gonna Upload The Pics From My Newest Update!

[punkin413]

also, go to your account options on your photobucket account, scroll down to "album settings" and change your album to private instead of public. that way not just anyone can view your pics and it will cut down on your bandwidth.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I can't see a thing. Time to upgrade to Pro! If you do one of the offers it's cheaper. I think I ordered Prevention!? It came with a pedometer which I wanted for Disney anyway. :lmao:

[tinkgurl]

Redo of Day 6: June 21, 2008

Okay folks, this is going the be the lamest post you have ever read in a TR. "Why?", you might ask. Well..apparently we didn't take very many pictures that day. And you already know from before that I didn't keep a daily journal like I usually do. Please forgive me for this shortest of short updates.

On the bus...Yes I know I already wore this shirt once this trip, but it's one of my favorites! And don't worry, it was washed! :

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/dislover1/WDW1.jpg

Apparently, we went to the MK because this is on the people mover and apparently we got SOAKED:

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/dislover1/WDW2.jpg

I remember getting off the people mover and we were sitting on a bench in Tomorrowland trying to figure out what we wanted to do next because it was still raining...and we looked down and saw these guys:

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/dislover1/WDW3.jpg

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/dislover1/WDW4.jpg

Well...the next thing I can remember is going to Coronado Springs to eat dinner at the Maya Grill. We went over there early of course to explore the resort as we have never even been over there to look around. It's a beautiful place, but we saw a lot of convention people. We were still early for our ADR so we went out to the tables by the bar and got some drinks. It's fun just to sit back and relax once in awhile at WDW.

After we ate, we headed over to MGM for evening EMH's. We of course had to do ToT because it's even scarier at night! But, the view is gorgeous when the doors open! I'm always afraid that the ride is going to stop though and we'll get stuck (I'm claustrophobic). It was weird riding ToT this trip without having my B/F's hand to hold.

We decided to skip Fantasmic this year......yes, shocking, I know. It just was a really weird trip for us this year with everything that was going on at home and it was weird not having B/F with us since he's been quite a few times with us now. The second Fantasmic was going on and EMH's were starting so I got the idea that we should head back to Toy Story Mania and see how bad the line is because we loved this ride. The wait time said 40 minutes and we said "heck yeah we doing it!" The CM standing by the enterance kept yelling at people "The wait time is wrong! It's longer than 40 minutes! I wouldn't try it if I were you!" And we just looked at each other.... We walked in the building and around the corner to start the queue line and........seriously.......no one.....in.....line..we looked at each other as we were weaving around and walking straight through the first room and we all had the "" confused look. We walked all the way up to a little line right before we boarded the ride. We were on the ride in less than 15 minutes! Let's just keep this a secret betwen us on here so no one else gets the idea!

Here's the talking Mr. Potato Head in the queue line. It's kind of like Crush, he asks you questions/jokes and then replies to your answer! He also poses for pictures which is what he did for us!:

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/dislover1/WDW5.jpg

I don't remember what else we did...I'm sorry. I really am. I promise my next TR will have a daily journal FULL of details.

Up next: Last Full Day

[tinkgurl]

I couldn't see any of your pictures?! :confused3 Is it my laptop or the pictures? They all said photobucket exceeded bandwith! I want to see I want to seeeeee :headache: :laughing:

Ohhh no, your pictures! You could always just start a new Photobucket account so you don't have to deal with Bandwith issues, and post the new pictures there!

also, go to your account options on your photobucket account, scroll down to "album settings" and change your album to private instead of public. that way not just anyone can view your pics and it will cut down on your bandwidth.

I can't see a thing. Time to upgrade to Pro! If you do one of the offers it's cheaper. I think I ordered Prevention!? It came with a pedometer which I wanted for Disney anyway. :lmao:

Okay...I started a new account...are the pictures working from my newest update now?!

[punkin413]

yep, your pics are working. :thumbsup2

so funny about TSM line being so short! i wonder whose leg that CM was trying to pull? :laughing:

[tinkgurl]

yep, your pics are working. :thumbsup2

so funny about TSM line being so short! i wonder whose leg that CM was trying to pull? :laughing:

Okay good! :headache: Give me a freakin' headache over here!

I have no clue why the CM was saying that?! :confused3

[scottny]

great update and pics.

I have to see the queue line next time. FP line stinks.

I had that probelm with photobucket. I paid for PRO. I think it was $25 a year. Not bad.

[pixiefairy]

I have my photobucket account on private too.....I haven't had any problems (yet). ;)

I love your expressions on the TTA after getting soaked. The 21st is the day we left...and I remember it pouring while we were at DtD. It was such a nasty day that day.....suited my mood since we were leaving. :guilty:

[LaurenMic]

We have no clue why the CM was saying that or why the wait said 40 minutes. But heck, I'm not complaining! :laughing: Sounds like we are the same about ToT!!!

I'm sad too...I don't want it to be over because I love keeping in touch with everyone on here and when my TR always ends, no one ever keeps in touch with me. :sad1:

Aww I will keep in touch with you! I never used to post on the boards and now that I do I feel like I have "friends" on here and I love it! Plus, if we are both going in June we can write pre-trip reports and keep in touch with everyone that way :)

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Hooray for the TTA!

I thought we were the only weird ones that take pictures of the ducks at WDW. My DH is always rolling his eyes that we have to take a picture of every duck we see.

Love your tink necklace too!

[ariel2007]

I'm sad too...I don't want it to be over because I love keeping in touch with everyone on here and when my TR always ends, no one ever keeps in touch with me. :sad1:

Ah don't worry hun, I will. And like others have said just make sure you hang out on others PTR/TR and then we can still chat. Before you know it you will be on your next trip and we will all be joining you again :hug:

Ohhhh, i never knew that, good to know. Always teaching me things Ariel :laughing:


He he, I only know because it kept happening to me :headache:


I know, it's upsetting!

At least I have another trip to look forward to now else I think I may have gone crazy :laughing:. Have you got another one planned for this year?

[troobabiee7]

Pics are working! :woohoo: I have like 4 Photobucket accounts to keep the bandwidth down... shhhh... :laughing: Loved the last update! How was the food at the Maya Grill? We went for breakfast in 2006 and thought it was way overpriced for what it was, but I know dinner's not a buffet. The restaurant's so pretty though, isn't it?!!

We definitely have to keep in touch once your reports over! We need to reopen our thread over on the college board. Remember that?!

[ariel2007]

We need to reopen our thread over on the college board. Remember that?!

Oh don't leave me behind :sad1:

[troobabiee7]

Oh don't leave me behind :sad1:

You'd have to come on over too!

[ariel2007]

You'd have to come on over too!

Ok then :grouphug:

[tinkgurl]

I have to see the queue line next time. FP line stinks.

You have to! The FP line is nothing compared to the stand-by!

I love your expressions on the TTA after getting soaked. The 21st is the day we left...and I remember it pouring while we were at DtD. It was such a nasty day that day.....suited my mood since we were leaving. :guilty:

Aw...I hate leaving.

Aww I will keep in touch with you! I never used to post on the boards and now that I do I feel like I have "friends" on here and I love it! Plus, if we are both going in June we can write pre-trip reports and keep in touch with everyone that way :)

I hope you do! I used to be a major lurker...and now I've met you and some other amazing people that I like to call friends! I can't wait to start a pre-trip report!

Hooray for the TTA!

I thought we were the only weird ones that take pictures of the ducks at WDW. My DH is always rolling his eyes that we have to take a picture of every duck we see.

Love your tink necklace too!

Haha, yes the TTA! AGAIN. We ride that thing so many times. Yes, they seemed to be posing for the pics and they weren't scared of us at all! I can't even remember where I got that Tink necklace! I've had it forever!

At least I have another trip to look forward to now else I think I may have gone crazy :laughing:. Have you got another one planned for this year?

Haha, yeah! Yep we're going in June again! I"ll start a pre-trip report when it gets closer!

Pics are working! :woohoo: I have like 4 Photobucket accounts to keep the bandwidth down... shhhh... :laughing: Loved the last update! How was the food at the Maya Grill? We went for breakfast in 2006 and thought it was way overpriced for what it was, but I know dinner's not a buffet. The restaurant's so pretty though, isn't it?!!

We definitely have to keep in touch once your reports over! We need to reopen our thread over on the college board. Remember that?!

I wish I would've thought of that sooner before I made all my earlier pics disappear for time-out! :rolleyes: Oh well. Thanks for the secret! :)

The food was awesome! We had these long cooked tortilla type things that you dipped into this green stuff. OMG it was SO GOOD. I remember having the catch of the day...but I can't remember what it was...but it was so good!

We should start that college thread again!

[ariel2007]

Haha, yeah! Yep we're going in June again! I"ll start a pre-trip report when it gets closer!


Cool, you are so lucky getting to go every year. Are you staying at OKW again? I look forward to your new PTR but hopefully we can keep this going for a while :thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

Cool, you are so lucky getting to go every year. Are you staying at OKW again? I look forward to your new PTR but hopefully we can keep this going for a while :thumbsup2

Yep, we are staying at OKW again. We fell in love! But, sis does want to stay at the new villas at the Contemporary when they're finished because we've stayed at the Contemporary so many times that it felt like a second home.

I hope we keep this one going for awhile until I start my new PTR!

[xoktenox]

Yep, we are staying at OKW again. We fell in love! But, sis does want to stay at the new villas at the Contemporary when they're finished because we've stayed at the Contemporary so many times that it felt like a second home.

I hope we keep this one going for awhile until I start my new PTR!

Just start the PTR! June is only 6 months away!! Or we can just keep this one going, either way :rotfl: Great pics btw, I can see them now :)

This is a stupid question and kinda late to be asking it and maybe you already said it even but I'll ask anyway...what is your first name?! :confused3 :laughing:

[ariel2007]

Yep, we are staying at OKW again. We fell in love! But, sis does want to stay at the new villas at the Contemporary when they're finished because we've stayed at the Contemporary so many times that it felt like a second home.

I hope we keep this one going for awhile until I start my new PTR!

Which vacation resort do you normally stay in then? OKW does look lovely, can't wait to stay there one day when we have DVC, hopefully sooner rather than later ;). The contemporary villa's look amazing, this would probably be my first choice being on the monorail loop. Oh so many choices :confused3

[tinkgurl]

Just start the PTR! June is only 6 months away!! Or we can just keep this one going, either way :rotfl: Great pics btw, I can see them now :)

You can see them now?! Good. :) Haha, I will start the PTR soon. I promise.

Which vacation resort do you normally stay in then? OKW does look lovely, can't wait to stay there one day when we have DVC, hopefully sooner rather than later ;). The contemporary villa's look amazing, this would probably be my first choice being on the monorail loop. Oh so many choices :confused3

When we began DVC, we stayed at the WL Villas because we wanted to be close to the MK. But this past trip we wanted to try OKW because we had heard that the rooms there are bigger and it's true! Okay want my entire list? :laughing: I don't remember how many times and exactly what years but I can tell you where we've all stayed and we've stayed at each one (besides OKW) more than once:

Grand Floridian
Poly
Contemporary
WL Villas
OKW Villas

[LaurenMic]

OKW is so nice, you are so lucky you got to stay there! We had family friends who stayed there the summer before last and I stayed at their villa for a night to babysit their sons and I fell in love with it. DF promised me someday we can own DVC and I want to stay there so bad! I want to try all of the villas at least once, we stayed BWV last year and I loved that too.

You used to be a lurker too?! I can be a smidge shy sometimes, even over the internet :lmao: but everyone on here is so nice, it's hard not to post and now I do it a TON!

[tinkgurl]

OKW is so nice, you are so lucky you got to stay there! We had family friends who stayed there the summer before last and I stayed at their villa for a night to babysit their sons and I fell in love with it. DF promised me someday we can own DVC and I want to stay there so bad! I want to try all of the villas at least once, we stayed BWV last year and I loved that too.

OKW is amazing. Plain and simple. I could've easily lived there. :laughing: Our '07 trip, we got to walk through a preview of what the AKL Villas were going to look like and we definately want to give that a try!

[MeMom]

When we began DVC, we stayed at the WL Villas because we wanted to be close to the MK. But this past trip we wanted to try OKW because we had heard that the rooms there are bigger and it's true! Okay want my entire list? :laughing: I don't remember how many times and exactly what years but I can tell you where we've all stayed and we've stayed at each one (besides OKW) more than once:

Grand Floridian
Poly
Contemporary
WL Villas
OKW Villas


When you do something, you do it right, don't you???
Those are all awesome places to stay!

I love the vacation feel of Old Key West. We've only gone over there once, but it was a beautiful place on a beautiful day, and I have a good memory of my one visit.

Six months is not too far away to start a pre-trip. I've seen them for well over a year. As long as you're hanging around here somewhere, it's all good.

[tinkgurl]

Those are all awesome places to stay!

They are all great places!!! We have some great old school pictures from all these places. I wish our scanner worked so I could share them! :laughing: Okay....maybe not ALL of them. Some of them are pretty hideous. :scared:

I love the vacation feel of Old Key West. We've only gone over there once, but it was a beautiful place on a beautiful day, and I have a good memory of my one visit.

OKW is so relaxing. We never had a problem with noise or anything. We never did swim because B/F wasn't with and that's something he loves to do and it just didn't feel the same for us. :rolleyes: We had a patio outside our room and it had a ceiling fan with a light on it, so we would go out there some nights after getting back and just sit there and relax. Some mornings we did make it out there to eat breakfast as well.

Six months is not too far away to start a pre-trip. I've seen them for well over a year. As long as you're hanging around here somewhere, it's all good.

I will start a PTR soon, and when I do, you'll know! :) :hug:

[ariel2007]

When we began DVC, we stayed at the WL Villas because we wanted to be close to the MK. But this past trip we wanted to try OKW because we had heard that the rooms there are bigger and it's true! Okay want my entire list? :laughing: I don't remember how many times and exactly what years but I can tell you where we've all stayed and we've stayed at each one (besides OKW) more than once:

Grand Floridian
Poly
Contemporary
WL Villas
OKW Villas

Yes I agree, you have definitely stayed in some great places. I love the monorail resorts, not only are they lovely resorts but its so great being that close to MK. And its just so easy to get there. You should definitely stay in the contemporary vacation club and AKLV, they both look amazing.

[tinkgurl]

Yes I agree, you have definitely stayed in some great places. I love the monorail resorts, not only are they lovely resorts but its so great being that close to MK. And its just so easy to get there. You should definitely stay in the contemporary vacation club and AKLV, they both look amazing.

That's the main reason we've stayed at those resorts-the MK is our fav!

[ariel2007]

That's the main reason we've stayed at those resorts-the MK is our fav!

Mine too. I do love all the parks but there is something special about MK, its just so magical. Oh I can't wait to be there again, only 3 1/2 more months :woohoo:

[tinkgurl]

Oh I can't wait to be there again, only 3 1/2 more months :woohoo:

5 for me! :surfweb:

[ariel2007]

5 for me! :surfweb:

Not long for you either then, I bet your excited :yay:

[tinkgurl]

Not long for you either then, I bet your excited :yay:

I am! I will be starting a PTR soon!

[tinkgurl]

As you can now see in my signature......we've set a date to leave! :cheer2:

[Disneyfan71]

As you can now see in my signature......we've set a date to leave! :cheer2:

You'll be there the same time we are :) June 16th-25th :)

[MeMom]

As you can now see in my signature......we've set a date to leave! :cheer2:

Yay for all of you on setting a date!

Are you making your Opry Mills stop?
If so, we really will try to run over there and meet you at the hippo for a minute if we're not at work.

[ariel2007]

Thats great you've set a date, do you have it all booked then?

[KeepSwimmingDory]

As you can now see in my signature......we've set a date to leave! :cheer2:

:dance3: :dance3:

That's awesome!

[troobabiee7]

Only 5-months to go!!!!!!

[tinkgurl]

You'll be there the same time we are :) June 16th-25th :)

Yep, we'll only be there the same for 3 days.
Yay for all of you on setting a date!

Are you making your Opry Mills stop?
If so, we really will try to run over there and meet you at the hippo for a minute if we're not at work.

Yep we'll be stopping in Nashville for the night and of course stopping at Opry Mills! We usually eat supper at the Rainforest Cafe so we'll be there at night so hopefully you won't be at work!

Thats great you've set a date, do you have it all booked then?

We've just decided on a date, haven't booked it yet.

:dance3: :dance3:

That's awesome!

I know! :goodvibes :cool1:

Only 5-months to go!!!!!!

I know! Freakin' crazy! ::yes::

[Disneyfan71]

Let the countdown begin :) Where are you staying?

[tinkgurl]

Let the countdown begin :) Where are you staying?

We are going for OKW :)

[Disneyfan71]

Ohhh that sounds so nice--have fun

[LaurenMic]

Hey Tink! Just wanted to stop by and wish you good luck with your first day of the semester tomorrow!! :)

[tinkgurl]

Hey Tink! Just wanted to stop by and wish you good luck with your first day of the semester tomorrow!! :)

Aw your so nice!! That made my night. Even though I know my way around and everything and I've already been here a year, I still get nervous and I'm nervous as heck right now! :scared:

B/F and I headed up here this morning...left town around 9 and got to our apartment around 11. We unloaded the car, headed to Walmart and ate at subway and got groceries, then we headed to our textbook center on campus and got our books for class (it was packed!), then headed back to the apartment and unpacked EVERYTHING.

[Disneyfan71]

We've changed our reservations...going in April instead--got the 4/3 deal and could not pass it up!!! Staying at POP.

[scottny]

congrats on the setting the date for the trip. :thumbsup2

[MeMom]

Yep we'll be stopping in Nashville for the night and of course stopping at Opry Mills! We usually eat supper at the Rainforest Cafe so we'll be there at night so hopefully you won't be at work!



It should work out then. Just give me whatever notice you can as to the date, and I'll get Jill and Brooklynn up here. Hopefully, she can arrange to get off early to come. It's not that far - less than two hours. I'd like for you to see Brooklynn in person, since you've seen nine million pictures of her! Plus, the new baby will be here by then!

We'll meet you guys at the RFC, and then we will go do our normal routine - one time around the mall stopping at the Disney Store, going to see the fake shark and the real fish at the Aquarium, stopping in at Old Navy and all the kids' clothing stores, riding the carousel and maybe eating at the food court. That's pretty much we do on every visit there, along with visiting Mr. Hippo and listening to him grunt....and assuring Brooklynn he is not real. :)

[tinkgurl]

We've changed our reservations...going in April instead--got the 4/3 deal and could not pass it up!!! Staying at POP.

Oh wow! April is closer than June so I'd take it too! :thumbsup2

congrats on the setting the date for the trip. :thumbsup2

Thanks Scott! I'll have a new update this weekend when I'm back home on the home computer. :)

It should work out then. Just give me whatever notice you can as to the date, and I'll get Jill and Brooklynn up here. Hopefully, she can arrange to get off early to come. It's not that far - less than two hours. I'd like for you to see Brooklynn in person, since you've seen nine million pictures of her! Plus, the new baby will be here by then!

We'll meet you guys at the RFC, and then we will go do our normal routine - one time around the mall stopping at the Disney Store, going to see the fake shark and the real fish at the Aquarium, stopping in at Old Navy and all the kids' clothing stores, riding the carousel and maybe eating at the food court. That's pretty much we do on every visit there, along with visiting Mr. Hippo and listening to him grunt....and assuring Brooklynn he is not real. :)

That'll be great! :) I'd love to see Brooklynn, she's not too shy is she?! Well that's a great routine...you know I want to stop at the Disney Store too. haha. I was thinking of maybe bringing a little surprise for Brooklynn, what does she like nowadays?

[addictedtothemouse]

woohoo on a new trip!:cool1: I get very excited when I start planning a new trip.

[tinkgurl]

woohoo on a new trip!:cool1: I get very excited when I start planning a new trip.

I know me too! And I get even more excited when planning what to wear! :rotfl:

[xoktenox]

Heyyy hope everythings going good at school today! Lemme know how it goes :goodvibes

p.s. i can't wait to decide what clothes i'll wear on my trip :goodvibes

[ariel2007]

Aww did you start back at school today? How did it go?

[tinkgurl]

Heyyy hope everythings going good at school today! Lemme know how it goes :goodvibes

p.s. i can't wait to decide what clothes i'll wear on my trip :goodvibes[/QUOTE]

Aww did you start back at school today? How did it go?

School's going good so far. I just got done with my first class. All we did was sit and watch the inauguration! I'm in the computer lab right now wasting time until my next class at 2.

p.s. i can't wait to decide what clothes i'll wear on my trip :goodvibes

I can't wait to see what you decide! You should share it with us before you go! ::yes::

[troobabiee7]

I'm glad you're having a good first day! What classes do you have today??

[tinkgurl]

I'm glad you're having a good first day! What classes do you have today??

I had my Behavioral Research II class at 10..and now I'm waiting for my Rural Sociology class at 2.:coffee:

[ariel2007]

School's going good so far. I just got done with my first class. All we did was sit and watch the inauguration! I'm in the computer lab right now wasting time until my next class at 2.


Good good :thumbsup2. That sounds like a pretty good way to pass the time.

[Disneyfan71]

Hope school is going well for you so far.. We had SNOW here in NC today..about 4 or so inches. This is a BIG deal for us as we rarely get snow down south!!! But it was so nice to see.

[autumnpalm]

I made it over here!!:wave2:

Going back to the beginning to read what I missed, but I can't wait to see all of your pictures, especially your Tink tattoo!! Subscribed.:goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

We had SNOW here in NC today..about 4 or so inches. This is a BIG deal for us as we rarely get snow down south!!! But it was so nice to see.

Geeze, you can have all the snow of ours you want! :rotfl:

I made it over here!!:wave2:

Going back to the beginning to read what I missed, but I can't wait to see all of your pictures, especially your Tink tattoo!! Subscribed.:goodvibes

Hey girl! :wave2: Don't forget, Friday they should be working again! I accidently went over my bandwith in photobucket. oops.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I can see them now! :cool1: How have you been?

[tinkgurl]

I can see them now! :cool1: How have you been?

Hey! I'm doin good. Getting back into the groove of school again. :crazy2: :rolleyes2

[Disneyfan71]

Well the snow is now melting...NO MORE!!!

[autumnpalm]

It's Friday! It's Friday!

Can't wait to see all the pics!:cool1:

[tinkgurl]

The pics are back! The pics are back! The pics are back!

[LaurenMic]

Aw your so nice!! That made my night. Even though I know my way around and everything and I've already been here a year, I still get nervous and I'm nervous as heck right now! :scared:

B/F and I headed up here this morning...left town around 9 and got to our apartment around 11. We unloaded the car, headed to Walmart and ate at subway and got groceries, then we headed to our textbook center on campus and got our books for class (it was packed!), then headed back to the apartment and unpacked EVERYTHING.

You are not alone, I still get so nervous the night before the semester starts too! At least you have BF that must help! How did the first week go? Mine was very busy because I'm back at school teaching now too, so that's why I haven't made it to the boards more this week. But TGIF, and I'm back!

[hlrababy]

Oh my gosh, I have missed a lot!!!!!! But, I am all caught up now!!:rotfl2:

[timandlesley]

Hey,
I'm here, glad your pics are back up. Now I remember your "face" from last year when you posted in my TR, Great to "meet" you again and put a name with a face. Hope we run into eachother since we'll be there at the same time. Will you be putting an index up on the first page for us latecomers? If not, I'll muddle through, gotta get caught up since we'll be there at the same time.:thumbsup2
Lesley

[NMAmy]

tinkgurl--I'm finally caught up! I really don't ready that slowly but time just kind of got away from me. ;)

You and your sister and your cousin are just adorable! It sounds like you had a wonderful trip. And in your honor, I promise to finally go see One Man's Dream AND the Beauty and the Beast stage show. Two things we've never done but you talked me into them. :rotfl2:

Glad I got here before you finished!

[tinkgurl]

How did the first week go? Mine was very busy because I'm back at school teaching now too, so that's why I haven't made it to the boards more this week. But TGIF, and I'm back!

It went well. One of my classes got cancelled because there weren't enough people enrolled but that's the way it goes.

Oh my gosh, I have missed a lot!!!!!! But, I am all caught up now!!:rotfl2:

Haha, hey girl. :wave2:

Hey,
I'm here, glad your pics are back up. Now I remember your "face" from last year when you posted in my TR, Great to "meet" you again and put a name with a face. Hope we run into eachother since we'll be there at the same time. Will you be putting an index up on the first page for us latecomers? If not, I'll muddle through, gotta get caught up since we'll be there at the same time.:thumbsup2
Lesley

I hope we run into each other too! This is my TR from my June '08 trip but I will be starting a new PTR for June '09 trip soon. :)

tinkgurl--I'm finally caught up! I really don't ready that slowly but time just kind of got away from me. ;)

You and your sister and your cousin are just adorable! It sounds like you had a wonderful trip. And in your honor, I promise to finally go see One Man's Dream AND the Beauty and the Beast stage show. Two things we've never done but you talked me into them. :rotfl2:

Glad I got here before you finished!

Haha, you better go see them! I'm glad I talked you into them.

[Disneyfan71]

Hey there!!! Hope you're having a good day...Be sure to check out my PTR!!! If you get a chance

[MeMom]

That'll be great! :) I'd love to see Brooklynn, she's not too shy is she?! Well that's a great routine...you know I want to stop at the Disney Store too. haha. I was thinking of maybe bringing a little surprise for Brooklynn, what does she like nowadays?

That's sweet of you, but not anything you'd have to do. She has a Tinkerbell room, and she likes Ariel. She likes to read and color. She likes anything and everything. Maybe when we meet up, we could just walk over to the Disney Store together. That's what we did when we met Erica (VandyFan10) over there. It was fun looking around the store with someone else who appreciated Disney like we do.

I'll be happy to see your pictures soon!

[lmillercrew]

Just joining in! You and your sister are too cute! We are going to be there in June too!!