TCKK Family August 2008 Trip Report Part 2 [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

TCKK

08-18-2008, 05:00 PM

For those who have not read the Pre-Trip and are just joining in now. Welcome. Let me quickly tell you about us.

T = DH - Tracy, Pastor of the local First Church of God
C = DW that's me - I'm Cathy and work for the local police department
K = Oldest DD - Kelli age 16 and is a Junior
K = Youngest DD - Kerri age 13 and is a 7th Grader

Our trip dates were August 5th-17, 2008.

We left Ohio on Tuesday, August 5th around 4:40AM. Kerri was a little grouchy (she is definitely not a morning person), Kelli was being obnoxious in a fun way so far. Mom (me) is already threatening eveyone and Dad is singing "On the Road Again" (you know, the Willie Nelson song). What a way to start a trip. ;)

Here are a couple of pictures before we pulled out of the driveway.

Dad and the girls
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Dad and Mom
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Most of the day was spent driving. We had lunch at Hardees and spent the night in Valdosta, Georgia. After checking in we had dinner at Cracker Barrel and the girls and I went swimming. That's pretty much it for Day 1.

Coming soon - Arrival at Pop Century!!

Cathy

TCKK

08-18-2008, 05:14 PM

Welcome back. I look forward to your Trip Report.popcorn::

Hi and Welcome and I hope you enjoy.

YAY! :goodvibes

Can't wait to read more!

Tell the girls I said hi! :rotfl:

Where were you in POP? We were in 2330/2331.

We were in 2434. We must have been in the same building. I'm surprised we didn't see you there!!! Can you believe it?

Looking forward to it!!!popcorn::

Hello and Welcome to our report.

Welcome back! Looking forward to hearing about your trip! popcorn::

Thanks for the Welcome back. We had a great trip, but I'm happy to be back home too (not back at work mind you), but back home. :laughing:

Cathy

momminnie

08-18-2008, 05:19 PM

Looking forward to your report. I can't believe I caught a trip report at the begining. I'm planning a trip for next Sept.(09)

Mocharilla

08-18-2008, 05:35 PM

Hi and Welcome and I hope you enjoy.

We were in 2434. We must have been in the same building. I'm surprised we didn't see you there!!! Can you believe it?

Hello and Welcome to our report.

Thanks for the Welcome back. We had a great trip, but I'm happy to be back home too (not back at work mind you), but back home. :laughing:

Cathy

WOW! You were like above us and over 2 rooms! Too bad we didn't know that!

Nicole786

08-18-2008, 08:01 PM

I'm here!

pooksma

08-18-2008, 08:34 PM

Me too me too!:banana:

vdarrell

08-18-2008, 08:44 PM

Where in Ohio are you from.?
I live outside of Cincinnati in Middletown.
Glad you had a good time ready to read more.

vdarrell

08-18-2008, 09:22 PM

I just read your Pre-trip report.
Loved your daughters drawings.
I also read your from Lebanon so we are neighbors, I have done quite abit of private duty nursing at Otterbein in the past .And love to shop in downtown Lebanon especially around Christmas its a tradition for us to shop and eat at Golden Lamb.
We are going to Disney in Dec. and staying at ASMo from Dec. 7-13th and POP13-15th we stayed at POP 5 years ago so your PTR brought back memories.

askelton

08-19-2008, 09:43 AM

I'm looking forward to hearing about your DIS meet. In spite of Fay, there will be several this weekend. :thumbsup2

declansdad

08-19-2008, 09:46 AM

Welcome back! I'm looking forward to hearing about your mini dis-meet. they sound like a fun bunch of people. :goodvibes

TCKK

08-19-2008, 12:07 PM

Looking forward to your report. I can't believe I caught a trip report at the begining. I'm planning a trip for next Sept.(09)

I'm so glad you're here and I hope you enjoy the report.

WOW! You were like above us and over 2 rooms! Too bad we didn't know that!

It's unbelievable we were that close and didn't see each other at Pop. I'm glad the girls at least ran into you. I think I saw your DF in Japan at WS the same day you saw the girls at POP. I wish I would have spoken up, but I wasn't sure it was him.

I'm here!

Glad to have you Nicole. I'm enjoying reading your report right now too. HRH and Universal look so cool!

Me too me too!:banana:

Hey Pooksma. Welcome back. Glad you guys made it home safely. I'm reading your report too.

I just read your Pre-trip report.
Loved your daughters drawings.
I also read your from Lebanon so we are neighbors, I have done quite abit of private duty nursing at Otterbein in the past .And love to shop in downtown Lebanon especially around Christmas its a tradition for us to shop and eat at Golden Lamb.
We are going to Disney in Dec. and staying at ASMo from Dec. 7-13th and POP13-15th we stayed at POP 5 years ago so your PTR brought back memories.

Hi vdarrell. Welcome to our report. My DH was born and raised in Middletown. His family still lives there so we are there quite often.

I'm looking forward to hearing about your DIS meet. In spite of Fay, there will be several this weekend. :thumbsup2

Welcome to our report. The Dismeet occurred on the 10th so that will come later in the report. One of the others may get to it before I do. It was really fun! I hope the meets planned for this weekend do occur. It really is fun to get to meet Dis'ers in person.

Welcome back! I'm looking forward to hearing about your mini dis-meet. they sound like a fun bunch of people. :goodvibes

Thanks and Welcome back to you guys too. They were a great bunch of people. I just hope they had as much fun as we did.

Thought I'd add a couple more pictures from our 1st day of travel. Memom these are for you. This is from the Temporary Welcome Center of your lovely state of Tennessee (I love Tennessee). In fact, we're planning a short trip right after Christmas before the girls go back to school in January to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. I love to go at that time with all the Christmas decorations. They are so pretty.

The original welcome center is closed down for remodeling and they had a temporary place set up. Here are the girls and me with Dolly Parton :laughing:

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I'm hoping to get to Pop arrival later tonight after our Bible Study Meeting. I'll have to see how everything goes.

Cathy

MeMom

08-19-2008, 01:48 PM

Thought I'd add a couple more pictures from our 1st day of travel. Memom these are for you. This is from the Temporary Welcome Center of your lovely state of Tennessee (I love Tennessee). In fact, we're planning a short trip right after Christmas before the girls go back to school in January to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. I love to go at that time with all the Christmas decorations. They are so pretty.

Cathy

And how lovely I know they are, too. But, alas, I am at school, and all I can see are those darned red X boxes.

I shall look forward to seeing them when I get home.

Tennessee does have some loveliness to it. I don't see much of it other than my well-traveled triangle of home-school-church. I keep saying I'm going to do a weekend trip to Gatlinburg in the fall, because it is beautiful, but then I think about all the money, and I'd rather spend it on Disney trips. One day, when I'm tired of Disney, I will do that. I d like to shop up there at all the neat shops!

vdarrell

08-19-2008, 03:44 PM

TCKK......It's a small world when you can get online and meet up with some one who actually knows where Middletown, Ohio is.
We now live near the "old" Middletown Hospital.Both my husband and I are born and raised here also.I grew up around the Sherman School area on Sherman Street, husband grew up on Bexley Drive.
Be waiting to read more.
I hope you enjoyed your Bible study meeting it is always a good way to start any day.

TCKK

08-19-2008, 10:30 PM

Day 2:

Our hotel the first night was in Valdosta, Georgia about 16 miles north of the Florida border. We got up, ate a continental breakfast at the hotel and crossed the Florida border about 7:50am.

Here’s a picture of the Welcome to Florida sign
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Yeah, we’re really in Florida. We hit the Florida Welcome Center just a few minutes before 8:00 and took the obligatory pictures.

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They open at 8:00am and start serving orange and grapefruit juice right away. I just don’t feel like I’m in Florida until I get the free cup of juice. I did that with my family when I was a little girl and now we do it with our girls. I just love family traditions, don’t you?

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Here are some other pictures we took at the Welcome Center.

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That’s all for tonight. I need to get some sleep. Will we ever make it to Pop and what will we do first?

Cathy

pooksma

08-20-2008, 08:51 AM

Love the Welcome Centre pics. This is something we've never gotten to see.

I have to see those HUGE juice dispensers in person. Wow!

heaven2dc

08-20-2008, 09:16 AM

This should be a fun report! Am hoping your check-in at Pop went smoothly - keep us posted!!

willwriteforears

08-20-2008, 10:07 AM

What a cool tradition to get orange juice at the welcome center! My friends and I never made it to a welcome center since we flew in--we might have made a point if we'd known about the free OJ!

Looking forward to the arrival at POP! popcorn::

TCKK

08-20-2008, 12:16 PM

And how lovely I know they are, too. But, alas, I am at school, and all I can see are those darned red X boxes.

I shall look forward to seeing them when I get home.

Tennessee does have some loveliness to it. I don't see much of it other than my well-traveled triangle of home-school-church. I keep saying I'm going to do a weekend trip to Gatlinburg in the fall, because it is beautiful, but then I think about all the money, and I'd rather spend it on Disney trips. One day, when I'm tired of Disney, I will do that. I d like to shop up there at all the neat shops!

We love Tennessee. If I didn't live in Ohio, Tennessee or North Carolina would probably be my second choice.

TCKK......It's a small world when you can get online and meet up with some one who actually knows where Middletown, Ohio is.
We now live near the "old" Middletown Hospital.Both my husband and I are born and raised here also.I grew up around the Sherman School area on Sherman Street, husband grew up on Bexley Drive.
Be waiting to read more.
I hope you enjoyed your Bible study meeting it is always a good way to start any day.

Yes it is a small world. DH read this and says he knows right where you're talking about. Glad you're here reading and hopefully there will be another update tonight. Bible study was last night and it was awesome!

Love the Welcome Centre pics. This is something we've never gotten to see.

I have to see those HUGE juice dispensers in person. Wow!

And it's really good juice too. If you guys ever drive down (and I think I remember your DH saying something about doing that sometime) you really must stop there. It's a fun tradition we love doing.

This should be a fun report! Am hoping your check-in at Pop went smoothly - keep us posted!!

Welcome to our report. I hope you enjoy it.

What a cool tradition to get orange juice at the welcome center! My friends and I never made it to a welcome center since we flew in--we might have made a point if we'd known about the free OJ!

Looking forward to the arrival at POP! popcorn::

Hopefully I can get to the arrival at Pop tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

I'm on lunch break and my times almost over. I guess I better get back to work. Have a blessed day everyone!!

Cathy

micandminforever

08-20-2008, 10:11 PM

vdarrell

08-21-2008, 06:58 AM

momminnie

08-21-2008, 07:25 AM

I had to laugh when I saw pictures at the welcome centers.:laughing: I also have pictures at them. We have been to Disney about 6 times I think. Welcome center pictures each time. My Mom lives in Tenn. so we go there at least 2 times a year. I'm not always in the pictures,I have to be the photog.:confused3 Looking forward to reading about your trip.popcorn::

tinkjess3

08-21-2008, 09:16 PM

I am excited to hear all about your trip!!! I lived in Lebanon from the age of 2 up until I got married two years ago! We are in Maineville now! Cant wait for more!

TCKK

08-21-2008, 09:27 PM

Finally we saw this sign!

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And this one!

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And this one!

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And then we were there!

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We arrived at Pop Century around 11:15am. Here are some pictures from the registration area of Pop.

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We checked in and got our room right away. We had requested the 50’s section and we got it. We were in the building directly behind the Juke Box in room 2434. We went and checked out our room and then went back to Classic Hall and had some lunch.

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Lunch was great. Later in the report I’ll show some pictures of the Food Court area. But for now, here’s what we had for lunch. Everyone loved their choices.

I had the Chicken Penne Pasta
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DH had Chicken Mediterranean Flatbread
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Kerri had Cheese Pizza
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and Kelli had Parmesan Crusted Chicken
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Next we went to a Dollar Store to get 2 balloons for the room to keep the air conditioner running. We had read here on the DIS that the air conditioners have motion detectors and that if you put a balloon in the room with a fan there will be enough movement to fool the sensors. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but our room was always cool when we came back after being away for hours. Anyway, we came back then and unpacked the van and got the room all set up. We hung a shower curtain between the room and the sink area, which gave us a really nice dressing area, which really helps when you have teenage girls.

After this the girls and I went swimming in the Bowling Pin Pool and later we headed to one of the parks. Will put this in the next report.

Cathy

TCKK

08-21-2008, 09:36 PM

The pictures from the Tenn. and Fla. welcome centers were great. DH and I stopped at the Tenn. center just last week coming back to Ga. from Kentucky. I never thought about taking a picture. It is a tradition of my DH and I to take a picture at the Fla. center. We took one on the way to Disney World on our Honeymoon, so since then on every trip to Disney. We have change just alittle over the years.

We do the Florida one every trip. We've got pictures there since the girls were 3 and 6, the first time we took them to WDW. They've changed a lot too.

When our boys were little we always drove to Florida and stopped at the Welcome Center it was a tradition for us to.Now as we are older and the boys are older we fly so we miss the "free" orange juice.

Traditions can be a lot of fun.

I had to laugh when I saw pictures at the welcome centers.:laughing: I also have pictures at them. We have been to Disney about 6 times I think. Welcome center pictures each time. My Mom lives in Tenn. so we go there at least 2 times a year. I'm not always in the pictures,I have to be the photog.:confused3 Looking forward to reading about your trip.popcorn::

Most of the time I'm the photographer too, but I determined this trip I was going to be in some of the pictures too. The girls have always tried to get me to be in the pictures, but usually I resist. Not this time. I decided I wanted proof that I was there too. :laughing:

I am excited to hear all about your trip!!! I lived in Lebanon from the age of 2 up until I got married two years ago! We are in Maineville now! Cant wait for more!

Welcome former Lebanon person. I've lived in or around Lebanon, Morrow or Middletown all my life. I love it. I've worked in Lebanon for the past 32 years. I think it's a pretty neat town. Welcome to our report and I hope you enjoy it.

Cathy

Nicole786

08-21-2008, 09:46 PM

Thanks for the POP pics, i'll be staying there in december!

declansdad

08-21-2008, 10:19 PM

I have read about the balloon trick before, but I honestly don't remember ever coming back to the room and not having it cool.

MeMom

08-22-2008, 05:28 AM

What a great feeling it is to drive under that magical arch! Did you know you can see it from the top of the Roger Rabbit building?

We were in the jukebox building last summer - just to the left of the jukebox (if looking at it from the pool) on the ground floor. We were just a few steps away from the pool.

The food looks good. My boys get that penne pasta about three times on every trip.

Looking forward to more soon!

pooksma

08-22-2008, 08:32 AM

I'm with your DH- love that flatbread.

You are making me want to stay at POP again already!:lmao:

willwriteforears

08-22-2008, 10:14 AM

Nice pictures of POP! The food looks good--I think I'd have a hard time choosing between the parmesan crusted chicken and the flat bread!

Looking forward to more! :thumbsup2

TCKK

08-22-2008, 11:29 AM

Thanks for the POP pics, i'll be staying there in december!

You're welcome and I hope you enjoy your stay there as much as we did.

I have read about the balloon trick before, but I honestly don't remember ever coming back to the room and not having it cool.

I don't know if it made a difference either, but it sure didn't hurt anything. :) The room was definitely cool each day.

What a great feeling it is to drive under that magical arch! Did you know you can see it from the top of the Roger Rabbit building?

We were in the jukebox building last summer - just to the left of the jukebox (if looking at it from the pool) on the ground floor. We were just a few steps away from the pool.

The food looks good. My boys get that penne pasta about three times on every trip.

Looking forward to more soon!

Yes, the last time we stayed at Pop I saw that sign from there. We were quite a bit farther from the pool in the building directly behind the jukebox, plus we were on the 4th floor, but with the elevator, that was no problem at all and it was very quiet back there. We didn't have much view because of all the trees, but that's ok, we didn't mind at all since we didn't stay in the room that much anyway. The penne pasta was very good. I think I had it twice this time and probably 3 or 4 times when we were there 2 years ago. :rotfl: Hope to post more either tonight or tomorrow.

I'm with your DH- love that flatbread.

You are making me want to stay at POP again already!:lmao:

He loved that flatbread and so did my youngest DD. I never tried it though. Oh well, there's always next time, I hope.

Nice pictures of POP! The food looks good--I think I'd have a hard time choosing between the parmesan crusted chicken and the flat bread!

Looking forward to more! :thumbsup2

They're both good and I must say their portion sizes are very generous. If you walk away hungry, it's not POP's fault. Hoping to post more tonight or maybe tomorrow.

Cathy

TCKK

08-22-2008, 05:57 PM

I wound up the last post with us at the pool, but I forgot about these pictures I took while we were there.

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Ok. Now on to the first park of our trip. We headed to the buses around 5:00 and arrived at DHS at 5:20pm.

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When we first got there, this was going by, so I took a quick pic.
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Then I just took random shots of the main street there. There were very few times I was without my camera in my hand while we were in the parks. If you get bored seeing the pictures, let me know. I took around 1,000, but I promise not to put all of them on here. :laughing:
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As you can see below we’re heading towards ToT and RnRC. We ended up riding RnRC first. In fact, we didn’t do ToT until later in the week.
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Here are the girls and I (remember I’m the photographer) waiting in line for RnRC. DH doesn’t do coasters. The last time he road one was a stand-up coaster at Kings Island and he prayed to God, if you let me get off this alive, I’ll never ride another one. God answered his prayer and he’s stayed true to his promise. :)
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Ah finally inside where it’s cool
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I just realized that those are the neck or strings and frets of a guitar. Man, Disney has such neat detail in their decorations.
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I didn’t take any pictures of the actual ride. I was too nervous. I love riding them, but they scare me to death. :scared1: I’m always afraid for some reason, I’ll be the one whose shoulder harness doesn’t work and I’ll fall out. I know, it’s crazy, but that’s still the way I feel. Anyway, the girls and I loved this ride. But as it turned out, this was the only time we rode it this trip. We just never made it back there.

After that we were hungry and went to the ABC Commissary for dinner.
Tracy, Kerri and I had the Cuban Sandwich. It was really good.
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And Kelli had the Ugly Betty Cheeseburger. She didn’t know until she started eating it that it was a veggie burger. She didn’t like it at all and said it was too dry.
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I'll continue shortly.

Cathy

TCKK

08-22-2008, 06:24 PM

Next, we rode the Great Movie Ride. Here are some pictures from the queue area.
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Here goes the ride now. I was able to get a couple pictures, but now many turned out very well because I didn’t use flash.
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After this we decided to take a quick tour of some of the shops. I didn’t buy anything and I can’t remember if they did or not. Mostly we just browsed and I took a couple photos.
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Kelli’s favorite character
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After this, we realized Kelli was feeling pretty bad. She had a bad headache. So we left and headed back to Pop. DH and Kelli stayed in the room and Kerri and I went swimming again. Then we all hit the sack so we could be up and at it again in the morning. Thankfully Kelli was fine in the morning.

Next up will be our first morning in MK.

Cathy

MeMom

08-22-2008, 08:22 PM

I wound up the last post with us at the pool, but I forgot about these pictures I took while we were there.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-06-08%20Day%202/IMG_0633.jpg

Cathy

This was about what it was every day when we were there, as well. It's been just as hot here, though.

Sorry to hear you had a sick girl, but I'm glad it didn't last long.

Nice GMR pictures!

willwriteforears

08-23-2008, 12:34 PM

I love that you took a lot of pictures! Bring 'em on! :thumbsup2

Sounds like it was a good first day, aside from Kelli getting a headache. :sick: My sympathies are with her; I can get headaches in the heat and bright sun pretty easily, and it makes me absolutely miserable! So I'm very glad she was fine the next morning. :goodvibes

TCKK

08-23-2008, 05:52 PM

This was about what it was every day when we were there, as well. It's been just as hot here, though.

Sorry to hear you had a sick girl, but I'm glad it didn't last long.

Nice GMR pictures!

It's really hot here too. I was just telling DH, it may be hot in Florida in August, but at least there I was wearing shorts, most of the time here I don't. We were out today in jeans and man was it hot. :laughing:

I love that you took a lot of pictures! Bring 'em on! :thumbsup2

Sounds like it was a good first day, aside from Kelli getting a headache. :sick: My sympathies are with her; I can get headaches in the heat and bright sun pretty easily, and it makes me absolutely miserable! So I'm very glad she was fine the next morning. :goodvibes

She usually gets a headache when she is out in the bright sun too much. Fortunately she seemed fine most of the rest of the trip. She had a few small headaches, but they went away when she took Tylenol or Aspirin. Thanks you guys for caring.

Yes, we have lots of pictures. I'll post again soon.

Cathy

CanadianWDWfan

08-24-2008, 10:10 AM

pooksma

08-24-2008, 01:26 PM

Well I am one of those weirdos (but you knew that already:lmao: ) who LOVES GMR!. Thaks so much for sharing your pics. I have to admit I even sing "Follow The Yellow Brick Road" during the Wizard of Oz part.

TCKK

08-24-2008, 04:24 PM

tinkjess3

08-24-2008, 04:49 PM

Great so far!!!! Makes me feel like I am there!!! Great pics! :goodvibes

jjjh'smom

08-24-2008, 06:20 PM

Very much enjoying your trip report....:cool1:

We are a Illinois family leaving for Disney
September 12th. Now we have to plan
the timing right for the stop at the Welcome
Center. Kid's first trip to Florida and Disney. :banana: :banana:

The shower curtain how do you hang it...
Sorry but sometimes I'm a little slow...:idea:

The family has loved the pictures of the food...
It's been great now they how want to look forward too.....

TCKK

08-25-2008, 08:02 AM

Hi, I joined the DIS while you were away. Glad to be here for the begining of the TR. Our trips sound so familiar. My DS14 loves Cracker Barrel (we don't have them in Canada), we always eat there the first night. I too have always stoppd at the Welome center for pics and juice since I was a little girl. Last year we missed out because they were closed on Labor Day - who knew? I felt like I was missing something. I love the idea of the shower curtain, my DS is older now and he travels with three girls. It would give us more room to change, than the bathroom :thumbsup2 The food looked yummy. Never been on RoRC or ToT. I may get the courage next year. I know I'm a chicken. :scared1: Great pics so far, can't wait to read more. :)

Welcome to the DIS and to my report. I love Cracker Barrel and we had really good food that night only we had to wait a little longer than normal for it because they dropped it when they first tried to bring it to us. We heard a loud crash and I said I bet that's our dinner. A minute later they came out and told us it was. :rotfl: We didn't mind the extra wait though because we were playing Madlibs at the table and having fun with that.

The shower curtain really worked well for us. It gave so much more privacy for a bigger space. The bathrooms just aren't quite big enough to have to change clothes in too. Plus with the extra space most of the time both girls would go in at the same time one which made things a little faster. Although with 2 teen girls getting ready it's never fast.

ToT and RnRC both scare me, but I keep riding them anyway :lmao: Give them a try. They're actually fun!!

Great so far!!!! Makes me feel like I am there!!! Great pics! :goodvibes

Glad your enjoying everything. I'll try to post more soon. We had a storm last night and lost power for a couple of hours and I now have a wet spot on my ceiling. So, I may not get to it tonight because I have someone coming over to check my roof. I don't think it's a major problem, but we have to get it fixed right away before it rains again. So in other words, the next report may not be tonight. :) But please don't give up on me. I'll get it soon.

Very much enjoying your trip report....:cool1:

We are a Illinois family leaving for Disney
September 12th. Now we have to plan
the timing right for the stop at the Welcome
Center. Kid's first trip to Florida and Disney. :banana: :banana:

The shower curtain how do you hang it...
Sorry but sometimes I'm a little slow...:idea:

The family has loved the pictures of the food...
It's been great now they how want to look forward too.....

I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I'm not sure that I took a picture this trip of the shower curtain, but I know I have one from our last trip. We just use a regular shower curtain rod (like you'd use for a bathtub shower and put it between the bathroom door side of the wall to the other side. It had to be on the smallest setting and it still hung a little crooked, but it held and worked well. Never slipped one time. Let me see if I can find the photo (I know I've posted it on the POP Century picture thread before. Here it is. You can see it in the background. Hope this helps.
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Cathy

havinfun

08-25-2008, 09:57 AM

When our boys were little we always drove to Florida and stopped at the Welcome Center it was a tradition for us to.Now as we are older and the boys are older we fly so we miss the "free" orange juice.

Us too. Same thing. I miss the drive. Welcome back Cathy. You are so good getting your report started so soon after your return. We got back on the 16th , I started work the 18th. I have finally started my report. I am up to day 2 of your report. I can't wait to read more. :surfweb: I'm at work now and misbehavin by reading reports. I have a parent coming in soon so back to work for me.

Peggy

askelton

08-25-2008, 10:42 AM

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-06-08%20Day%202/IMG_0633.jpg

How handy to have all that info right there! :thumbsup2

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This is what I love about this park. :lovestruc

DH doesn’t do coasters. The last time he road one was a stand-up coaster at Kings Island and he prayed to God, if you let me get off this alive, I’ll never ride another one. God answered his prayer and he’s stayed true to his promise. :) I love PKI. :cool1: My family's from Cincinnati, so we went there all the time growing up. Unfortunately, I haven't been back in too long. :sad2:

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A truly fabulous movie! :thumbsup2

TCKK

08-25-2008, 11:14 PM

Us too. Same thing. I miss the drive. Welcome back Cathy. You are so good getting your report started so soon after your return. We got back on the 16th , I started work the 18th. I have finally started my report. I am up to day 2 of your report. I can't wait to read more. :surfweb: I'm at work now and misbehavin by reading reports. I have a parent coming in soon so back to work for me.

Peggy

Well no more report tonight. I got a pretty quick start on it when we got home, but life keeps stepping in a getting in the way, so, I'm a little slow getting to it right now. We did get our roof fixed tonight. My wonderful brother-in-law came over and fixed it for us. He was so sweet to do this and we so appreciate it. But after that I had to finish getting ready for our Bible study tomorrow night (I was behind because of the electric outage), plus because I went on a house cleaning binge too. I can tell you that certainly doesn't happen often at this house :laughing: But anyway, I'm caught up on that now, so hopefully real soon I'll get another day started. I need to get some photos uploaded to Photobucket.

How handy to have all that info right there! :thumbsup2

This is what I love about this park. :lovestruc

I love PKI. :cool1: My family's from Cincinnati, so we went there all the time growing up. Unfortunately, I haven't been back in too long. :sad2:

A truly fabulous movie! :thumbsup2

Yes, it was nice to be able to check out all that info. at the pool. I really like all those signs and the decor at DHS. It's so nostalgic and I love that too. The Wizard of Oz is a great movie, although the Flying Monkeys used to scare me to death when I was a kid, but I love the music!!!! We love KI too, In fact, I worked there in the summers from the ages of about 16-19. We get seasons passes about every other year or so. Our girls really love to go there.

Have a great night everyone!

Cathy

TCKK

08-27-2008, 11:00 PM

Day 3

Thursday morning we went to Magic Kingdom. We couldn’t stand being at Disney World any longer without seeing the Castle!!

Here are a couple of pics of the bus stop at MK.
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We’ve been through bag check and ticket entrance and get to see this.
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Then we entered the park and first thing saw the trolley coming. I love to see these guys. We saw them a couple different times this week. They are so fun to watch.
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I loved the fact that even the horse pulling the trolley had hidden Mickey’s on his leather gear.
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We saw Jiminy Cricket signing and took a picture as we went by
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Of course we had to have photos with Goofy!!!
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Then we saw Geppetto and Pinocchio signing and caught a quick picture as we were passing.
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Now this is what we’ve been waiting for!!!
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Then I turned around and took this picture.
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I think this is such a beautiful area in MK and we had such a great morning weather wise. The sky is so blue. (Man, I wish I was back there)
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Here’s a picture of the Partner’s Statue
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Crystal Palace
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Our first ride of the day was POTC naturally. I mean after all, we have 2 teenage girls. What else do you think they’d pick to ride first?
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Here’s some booty from the Pirate Store
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Then we caught a little bit of this outside.
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There's lots more from that day, but that’s all for tonight. I've gotta get some sleep so I can work in the morning. You know, we must pay those Disney bills after all. I’ll continue on with MK hopefully in the next day or so.

Cathy

MeMom

08-28-2008, 04:40 AM

Day 3

I think this is such a beautiful area in MK and we had such a great morning weather wise. The sky is so blue. (Man, I wish I was back there)
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Crystal Palace
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Our first ride of the day was POTC naturally. I mean after all, we have 2 teenage girls. What else do you think they’d pick to ride first?
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Here’s some booty from the Pirate Store
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Cathy

Beautiful pictures. I, too, wish I could be standing there right now! Well, maybe in a few more hours, as it is 3:51 a.m., and they're not open right now.

The girls would pick the one with Johnny Depp, of course! Truthfully, he does nothing for me - just not my idea of good-looking, but he apparently is to millions. Maybe zillions. I'm in the minority on that one, I'm aware. I do think they did an excellent job on the figures of him, because he looks amazingly like Johnny Depp in the ride.

I like the Pirates shop pictures, of course! ;)

TCKK

08-28-2008, 06:43 AM

Beautiful pictures. I, too, wish I could be standing there right now! Well, maybe in a few more hours, as it is 3:51 a.m., and they're not open right now.

The girls would pick the one with Johnny Depp, of course! Truthfully, he does nothing for me - just not my idea of good-looking, but he apparently is to millions. Maybe zillions. I'm in the minority on that one, I'm aware. I do think they did an excellent job on the figures of him, because he looks amazingly like Johnny Depp in the ride.

I like the Pirates shop pictures, of course! ;)

Actually, I agree with you too. He doesn't do a thing for me (now Orlando Bloom is another story :laughing:) Plus, (I hope I don't get flamed) I really don't care for the Pirate Movies that much either. But my girls do, so I've gone to see them. But I do however enjoy the ride and my girls love it and so does DH so as you'll see further in my report we rode it several times this trip. In fact, we met some pretty special people there and rode with them too!!

Cathy

willwriteforears

08-28-2008, 09:41 AM

nts4wdw

08-28-2008, 01:51 PM

Fabulous pictures! I wish I was under that sky!

TCKK

08-28-2008, 04:06 PM

Now normally I am a Captain Jack fan, but in that close up he looks a little creepy. :confused3

You did get some gorgeous pictures of MK, though! I love the one of the bridge--so picturesque! I wish I was back there, too!

Looking forward to more of MK and the "special people" you rode POTC with! :thumbsup2

Yes, I agree, this one is rather creepy looking. My girls weren't too impressed either.

Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. Hope to post more soon.

Fabulous pictures! I wish I was under that sky!

Thanks, I wouldn't mind being back there too.

Cathy

pooksma

08-29-2008, 07:27 AM

There is nothing like the sight of the castle.

Another Orlando Bloom fan:thumbsup2

My classroom has 3 POTC posters in it right now.

TCKK

08-29-2008, 05:07 PM

Day 3 Part 2

Next we went back to the Castle to watch “Dreams Come True.” We were right up front and it was a really cute show. Here are some photos.
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After the show we walked back to Pecos Bills for lunch. Here’s a picture of their menu.
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Kerri had the Port BBQ Sandwich. Tracy had the cheeseburger and I had the Chicken wrap. Kelli wasn’t hungry so she had yogurt and I think she shared her sister’s fries. The food was good. Here’s a pic of the chicken wrap
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Next we rode Haunted Mansion. I love this ride and I love the updates since the last time we were there. Very cool!
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I didn’t realize until this time that Madame Leota’s whole face moves when here eyes open. I had only noticed the eyes in the past. Kinda creepy!
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That’s all for now. I’ve got to go fix supper.

Cathy

willwriteforears

08-29-2008, 05:14 PM

Nice pictures of Dreams Come True and the HM! I didn't get pictures of either one--I really should've just walked around with my camera in my hand at all times so I would've thought to take pictures. Oh well.

TFS! :goodvibes

MeMom

08-29-2008, 05:56 PM

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Kerri had the Port BBQ Sandwich. Tracy had the cheeseburger and I had the Chicken wrap. Kelli wasn’t hungry so she had yogurt and I think she shared her sister’s fries. The food was good. Here’s a pic of the chicken wrap
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That’s all for now. I’ve got to go fix supper.

Cathy

I'll have the same thing you had - the chicken wrap and apples.

You said you're fixing supper, right?
I'll just be waiting quietly at the table with my napkin in my lap.

That is one of the things I love about a Disney vacation. Someone else cooks and cleans up the mess!

TCKK

08-29-2008, 06:21 PM

There is nothing like the sight of the castle.

Another Orlando Bloom fan:thumbsup2

My classroom has 3 POTC posters in it right now.

I bet your students love the posters. How come my teachers never put posters like that in our classrooms? :rotfl:

Nice pictures of Dreams Come True and the HM! I didn't get pictures of either one--I really should've just walked around with my camera in my hand at all times so I would've thought to take pictures. Oh well.

TFS! :goodvibes

Thanks. Actually that's pretty much what I did. You can ask my family. It was very seldom that the camera was ever out of my hands.

I'll have the same thing you had - the chicken wrap and apples.

You said you're fixing supper, right?
I'll just be waiting quietly at the table with my napkin in my lap.

That is one of the things I love about a Disney vacation. Someone else cooks and cleans up the mess!

The chicken wrap was good. Yes we just finished supper. We had Tacos. It actually was a collaborative effort. Kelli came home from school and baked a marble cake. I browned the beef and iced the cake. DH added the taco spices and got all that together and Kerri and Kelli are washing and drying the dishes that DH and I didn't wash during the cooking. So supper is over and was pretty good. We'll have cake later.

I'll see what I can do about getting a little further into Day 3 yet tonight. Give me about an hour and hopefully I'll have another installation.

Cathy

TCKK

08-29-2008, 07:28 PM

Day 3 Part 3

Next we went to Fantasyland and rode It’s a Small World and saw Mickey’s Philharmagic and the girls shopped in Tinkerbell’s Shop. I looked around inside for a few minutes but for some reason I didn’t take any pictures there.

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While the girls were shopping we saw Fairy Godmother
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Here are a couple more shots of the castle. Can you tell, I love the castle?
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We were heading back to Main St. so we could shop for awhile and we saw these guys coming up.
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While the girls were shopping I got some more photos of Main Street USA. I love this place.
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After the girls finished shopping we left MK and went back to POP Century and had dinner and then went to Downtown Disney again to shop!!
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Something we kept noticing at Everything Pop were these signs.
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I can’t wait to see what they’re going to end up doing there.

Here’s some shots inside the shop of the Rainforest Café at Downtown Disney. We’ve never eaten there, but we always shop there.
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Pooh’s Corner
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Inside World of Disney
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We had quite the adventure here. I have never in my life seen World of Disney as crowded as it was that night. I usually love this store but there were so many people in there that I didn’t stay long. The girls were having fun so I went out and sat with DH. After we left there we started heading back to the bus stop as it was lightening quite a bit and we were afraid we were in for a big storm. As we were walking back the lightening seemed to stop and we noticed a big group of people gathered and music playing out in the area where the water fountains are that the kids play in all the time. There was a guy there teaching people how to do the dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I thought it looked like so much fun, but I couldn’t get the kids to do it with me. After that dance, he did the Electric Slide and then the Chicken Dance. Finally, one I could get everyone to do with me, even DH. I know we looked like total idiots and the girls made fun of me for the rest of the trip over that, but I still had a blast. We left after that and headed back to the room to hopefully go swimming.

Here’s where the adventure begins. Kelli was going through her stuff and looking at what she bought and checking her money, when she realized her wallet was gone. She started looking through everything. The last time she remembered seeing it was at World of Disney when she bought something. Now it was getting late and we didn’t know if they were still open or not. We found the phone number and she called and talked to someone and they said they had found her wallet and they would still be open for just a short while. They said if you come back tonight and the store is closed, just knock and someone would come and give her the wallet. So, we all jumped into the car and drove back over there. I drove and DH was the navigator because I had no idea how to get there and he wasn’t real sure in the dark how to get there. Anyway, the parking lot was still packed and World of Disney was still open. The lot was marked full so there was no where to park. We dropped Kelli off as close as we could get to the store and drove around the parking lot a couple of times while she was inside. Finally she came back out and they did indeed have her wallet and miracle of miracles, all her money was still there. Wow, what a relief!! Of course, by the end of the trip her money was missing again!!!

Cathy

MeMom

08-29-2008, 07:46 PM

tinkjess3

08-29-2008, 08:15 PM

Wow your pictures are so clear and beautiful!!! All my pictures from Disney are not nearly that clear. Hopefully since we just purchased a new camera we will get some good ones in March.

vdarrell

08-29-2008, 08:46 PM

So glad to hear she got her wallet back .
It is so refreshing to know that there are honest peole in the world.

Loving your report.

declansdad

08-29-2008, 10:06 PM

Great news about her wallet; that would have been a real downer for the trip.

I love Pecos Bill, the food is great. In 2005, they sang happy anniversary for us and gave a some free desert.

willwriteforears

08-30-2008, 12:15 PM

Phew, I'm glad Kelli got her wallet back with everything inside it! Even aside from the monetary loss, it can be so frightening to lose your wallet in this age of identity theft. :sad2:

Those are indeed lovely pictures of the castle! I'll definitely have to emulate you next time, Cathy, and just keep my camera out all the time. :thumbsup2

havinfun

08-31-2008, 02:17 AM

I am so glad you took lots of pictures. I looked at the pictures I took of MK and there are hardly any. I guess I spent the day looking around and forgetting I had a camera. So for now I will enjoy yours and thank you for the memories.

CanadianWDWfan

08-31-2008, 08:59 AM

Your girls and I could hang out together and shop all day. If I won the lottery the first place I would go would be World of Disney. I like Rainforest Cafe, there are alot of cool things to take pics of. So happy to hear Kelli got her wallet back, she must have been quite relieved. pixiedust: My DD8 once left the back car window down and our laptop, her DVD player, my DMom's wallet and tons of other stuff was sitting on the back seat. We ran into WalMart and while I was approaching the car my heart sank, but through the grace of God all the stuff was untouched. My faith in people was restored. We had an :angel: watching over us that day. Nice pic of Fairy Godmother, I have yet to see her. :cutie:

MeMom

08-31-2008, 01:06 PM

Your girls and I could hang out together and shop all day. If I won the lottery the first place I would go would be World of Disney.

I know you really meant to say, "The first thing I would do is stop by TN and pick up MeMom, and then go to World of Disney." Right? :)

TCKK

08-31-2008, 04:53 PM

That's an adventure alright, and not one I ever care to have! I am very glad she was able to get it back quickly with all of the contents intact.

I have read rumors that the Family Fun Day Parade will be closing, but I can't remember if they said when, or if they were planning to replace it with something else. I'm glad to see it is still hanging in there. I heard several weeks back that Beauty and the Beast was going to be replaced with Aladdin. I'm of the mindset now that whatever they have, I'm doing it before they close it down or change it. Pocahontas, characters at Liberty Tree Tavern, 4 for a Dollar, food items, etc. being phased out - I'm doing whatever is available while it is available.

The castle shots are nice!

I'm glad I got to see it and take some pictures of it then if it may be gone before we go back. I hope they put 4 for a Dollar somewhere else. I love them and hate to see them leave completely.

Wow your pictures are so clear and beautiful!!! All my pictures from Disney are not nearly that clear. Hopefully since we just purchased a new camera we will get some good ones in March.

I bought this camera just a few months before we left and I was very happy with it. It's a Canon Power Shot A720 IS. It's small enough that I can carry it in my purse all the time, so I can have it wherever I go. Never know when a good photo op will present itself even out her in the real world.;)

So glad to hear she got her wallet back .
It is so refreshing to know that there are honest peole in the world.

Loving your report.

Yes, there most certainly are still honest people out there and when things like this happen it does remind you that they are still there.

Great news about her wallet; that would have been a real downer for the trip.

I love Pecos Bill, the food is great. In 2005, they sang happy anniversary for us and gave a some free desert.

We really like Pecos Bills too. In fact, we eat there almost every time we go.

Phew, I'm glad Kelli got her wallet back with everything inside it! Even aside from the monetary loss, it can be so frightening to lose your wallet in this age of identity theft. :sad2:

Those are indeed lovely pictures of the castle! I'll definitely have to emulate you next time, Cathy, and just keep my camera out all the time. :thumbsup2

That really is what happened. Camera was almost always in my hand. I think after awhile they may have gotten a little tired of me taking pics, but they were great and really never complained. :)

I am so glad you took lots of pictures. I looked at the pictures I took of MK and there are hardly any. I guess I spent the day looking around and forgetting I had a camera. So for now I will enjoy yours and thank you for the memories.

When I'm looking back at my pics I see quite a few things that I didn't take pics of, but MK isn't one of them. I think we actually spent the majority of our park time there and we got lots of pics.

Your girls and I could hang out together and shop all day. If I won the lottery the first place I would go would be World of Disney. I like Rainforest Cafe, there are alot of cool things to take pics of. So happy to hear Kelli got her wallet back, she must have been quite relieved. pixiedust: My DD8 once left the back car window down and our laptop, her DVD player, my DMom's wallet and tons of other stuff was sitting on the back seat. We ran into WalMart and while I was approaching the car my heart sank, but through the grace of God all the stuff was untouched. My faith in people was restored. We had an :angel: watching over us that day. Nice pic of Fairy Godmother, I have yet to see her. :cutie:

They absolutely love to shop down there. Always have and probably always will. I'm glad nothing was missing from your car either. I was so glad to see her. It was totally unexpected, but I was fortunate and got a pretty good pic.

I know you really meant to say, "The first thing I would do is stop by TN and pick up MeMom, and then go to World of Disney." Right? :)

No MeMom, I think waht she really meant to say was, I'll call TCKK first so she and the girls can head to MeMom's and then I'll stop and pick them all up to go to World of Disney. ;)

Cathy

heaven2dc

09-03-2008, 03:36 PM

Villainess

09-03-2008, 05:07 PM

Just read your TR so far - thank goodness Kelli got her wallet back and with everything in it! :thumbsup2 It's a good reminder that there are still nice people in the world.

As for photos - I took 5000 on our last trip so I love photos and never get sick of them!

TCKK

09-04-2008, 09:03 PM

Am SO glad your daughter got her wallet back with all her money! What a blessing that was (back in 1997 the morning we were to leave I had gone to the grocery store to pick up some water & then headed to Radio Shack for film for my daughter's camera and when I went to pay for the batteries, my wallet was missing. It had $1,000 cash in it, my credit cards, our airline and Disney confirmations! :scared1: Talk about panicked - I was taking 11 family members and this was everything we needed! I ran back to the store, checked with the store manager and an elderly couple had found it in the grocery cart and turned it in. He had no clue who they were and they never responded to my reward offer. I was truly blessed that day :cloud9: )

I am so enjoying your report and pictures. I love the castle too and can't seem to get enough pics of it so thanks for sharing!

Wow! I am so glad things turned out well for you too and that you got everything back. It's so good to know that there are so many good people in the world. A lotta times we only hear about the bad. Thanks for giving us some good news!!

Just read your TR so far - thank goodness Kelli got her wallet back and with everything in it! :thumbsup2 It's a good reminder that there are still nice people in the world.

As for photos - I took 5000 on our last trip so I love photos and never get sick of them!

Welcome and I'm glad you're enjoying our report. Wow, 5000 pics and I thought I had a lot with 1000. :laughing:

Cathy

Nicole786

09-04-2008, 09:34 PM

I'm glad she got the wallet back! I go through a slight meltdown when I realize i've left something behind!!

TCKK

09-04-2008, 10:00 PM

Day 4

We had an early morning ADR for Boma’s. We had never eaten at Boma nor had we ever been to Animal Kingdom Lodge. We loved both!! We decided since our ADR was so early we would drive over from POP. We got there with no problems. Didn’t even get lost once.

Entrance to AKL
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I thought these lights were so neat.
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Really cool fireplace
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I believe this is looking over into Boma from the lobby.
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Menu
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This was on the wall in the waiting area.
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Looking into Boma from the waiting area.
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Here’s some good food!
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Can you tell Kelli likes strawberries?
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See what I mean?
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Oops! I guess Kerri likes them too!
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I don’t know what you call those blanket like things hanging from the ceiling, but they were really beautiful
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Some more really cool light fixtures.
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I thought this fella was really neat looking
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Everything was very good, the food, the service, the atmosphere, the décor. We thoroughly enjoyed Boma and would love to go back again some day.

More AKL in the next report.

Cathy

TCKK

09-04-2008, 10:02 PM

I'm glad she got the wallet back! I go through a slight meltdown when I realize i've left something behind!!

I know what you mean. I'm usually that way too!!

willwriteforears

09-05-2008, 10:23 AM

TCKK

09-05-2008, 05:30 PM

AKL is so gorgeous! I would love to stay there someday. :goodvibes

The food at Boma looks delicious! You can tell Kelli and Kerri that I'm a fan of strawberries too. Yum! I'm sad the season for them is almost over. Prices will go up if I want them fresh. :sad2:

I don't know that we'll ever stay there but I'm pretty sure we'll go back to Boma's again. I'd rather stay at a less expensive resort and stay longer. But who knows what the future will bring. ;)

After we finished eating we walked around the grounds of AKL to check things out some. Here are some pictures.

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This guy just a little too up close and personal. I was practically standing right on top of him when my DH just said Cathy step back for a minute and after I did he showed him to me. I’m just really thankful he didn’t jump on me or someone would have had to do some CPR.
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I think this is pretty funny.
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Here’s a few more from inside.
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Here’s a neat display in the entrance of the shop at AKL
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That’s all for AKL. Again, we really loved this resort and Boma’s for breakfast is excellent!!!

Cathy

TCKK

09-05-2008, 05:47 PM

DD has been drawing again! She doesn't like this picture, but I do.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1835-1.jpg

nts4wdw

09-05-2008, 07:12 PM

Great shots of AKL and Boma! We love Boma.

And I like the picture, too.:thumbsup2

Nicole786

09-05-2008, 07:23 PM

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0914.jpg

Our room was down the hall behind this!! Thanks for the great AKL pictures!

pooksma

09-06-2008, 07:51 AM

I agree. The decor at AKL is awesome. So many colours. Thanks for posting your Bfast. I think DS would like the options more than he would supper.

PS- I like the Minnie too:goodvibes

MeMom

09-06-2008, 02:46 PM

Here’s a few more from inside.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0914.jpg

Here’s a neat display in the entrance of the shop at AKL
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0918.jpg

That’s all for AKL. Again, we really loved this resort and Boma’s for breakfast is excellent!!!

Cathy

Lots of great pictures! I can picture myself standing in each one of those places very clearly. I agree about all the cool light fixtures all through Disney World - parks and resorts.

I love the gift shop picture, of course.

I've been wanting my crew to try Boma with me, but Jill thinks it's too exotic. Maybe I could talk her into it for the tamer breakfast menu. I know she'd go for the chocolate chip muffins and the strawberries, for sure!

AKL is a beautiful resort. I hope to stay there someday, maybe as the last couple of nights of a summer trip. We'd stay value for eight nights, and then enjoy the last three days/two nights as residents of AKL.

TCKK

09-06-2008, 08:04 PM

Here's another drawing by Kelli!

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1839-1.jpg

nts4wdw

09-06-2008, 08:21 PM

Here's another drawing by Kelli!

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1839-1.jpg

Too cool!

Skrump

09-06-2008, 08:27 PM

Thanks for the report. I have been enjoying all your pictures.

TCKK

09-06-2008, 10:22 PM

Great shots of AKL and Boma! We love Boma.

And I like the picture, too.:thumbsup2

Thank you :)

Our room was down the hall behind this!! Thanks for the great AKL pictures!
I saw the pictures of your room and your view of the Savanna on your report. How cool was that!!

I agree. The decor at AKL is awesome. So many colours. Thanks for posting your Bfast. I think DS would like the options more than he would supper.

PS- I like the Minnie too:goodvibes

Breakfast was very good there. So many more choices than what I took pictures of. Everything we tried was very good. I think a younger kid would probably like it very much. There was even cold cereal if they didn't like anything else.

Lots of great pictures! I can picture myself standing in each one of those places very clearly. I agree about all the cool light fixtures all through Disney World - parks and resorts.

I love the gift shop picture, of course.

I've been wanting my crew to try Boma with me, but Jill thinks it's too exotic. Maybe I could talk her into it for the tamer breakfast menu. I know she'd go for the chocolate chip muffins and the strawberries, for sure!

AKL is a beautiful resort. I hope to stay there someday, maybe as the last couple of nights of a summer trip. We'd stay value for eight nights, and then enjoy the last three days/two nights as residents of AKL.
I was afraid the other meals might be too much for us too, but breakfast was great. We saw pictures on the Renfroe's TR and thought it looked so good. And it really was!! Hope you can talk Jill into trying it. It is definitely worth it.

Too cool!

On behalf of my DD, Thank You!

Thanks for the report. I have been enjoying all your pictures.

Welcome to our report and thank you!

Cathy

CanadianWDWfan

09-06-2008, 10:38 PM

MeMom

09-07-2008, 06:18 AM

TCKK

09-07-2008, 03:54 PM

Of course I would take all of my DIS friends !!! Especially you both. We would have the best time... if only it would come true. :wizard: What would you buy if money wasn't a question? I would buy a mickey head diamond ring.:cloud9:
I liked the cute poem "Fauna". Your DD must do well in art class.
Boma breakfast looks delicious. AKL is so interesting.

I would buy a Mickey watch and a couple hoodies with Disney characters on them. I have one with Grumpy, but it is 3-4 years old and is starting to look bad. :) DD is taking Advanced Drawing this year and yes she does do well in art class. I really enjoyed our time at AKL and both DD's were talking at lunch today about Boma and how much they loved it there. :)

If money wasn't a factor...hmmmm.

If it was my money:

-baby clothes for the new baby
-cute dresses, outfits, and books for Brooklynn
-party stuff so that Jill and I could do our themed parties and meals every month
-annual passes for the whole family
-DVC

If it's on your dime, just the first two will do. I don't want to be greedy. :)

TCKK - Kelli is drawing Disney characters again. Does that mean she's suffering Disney withdrawal? When is the next trip?

How is the school year going for the girls so far?

Yes I think DD is suffering Disney withdrawal. I know I am :laughing: We don't have a trip on the calendar yet. We're talking about a beach vacation next summer with DH's family. If we do that and if we go to a beach in Florida, we may try to take 2 or 3 days and go to Disney. Also, DH and I are still considering a short trip in February for our 20th Anniversary, however, we're just not sure how we'd be able to work that all out. :confused3 So we'll just have to wait and see what happens and in the mean time just spend time here on the DIS and enjoy everyone else's trips. :)

Here's Ursula
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1836-1.jpg

Cathy

Villainess

09-07-2008, 11:01 PM

Your DD"s pics are great! I really like Ursula! Has she done Maleficent yet? (she's a favorite of mine! :) )

CanadianWDWfan

09-08-2008, 12:13 AM

MeMom and TCKK you are both too practical in your desires. I forgot to mention I need another handbag, because you can never have too many.:lmao: I hope you get your aniversary trip. i'm sure you can convince your Hubby.:hug:

TCKK

09-08-2008, 01:43 PM

Your DD"s pics are great! I really like Ursula! Has she done Maleficent yet? (she's a favorite of mine! :) )

No, I don't think she has yet. I'll ask her tonight to make sure. I'm sure if she hasn't she probably will though. I know she's done the evil queen from Snow White just recently. I've got a picture of that and will try to post it tonight.

MeMom and TCKK you are both too practical in your desires. I forgot to mention I need another handbag, because you can never have too many.:lmao: I hope you get your aniversary trip. i'm sure you can convince your Hubby.:hug:

Well, if I was really going to go crazy and had a bigger house to display the stuff in, I'd take one of the glass Castles from the blown glass display on Main Street. :laughing: I'd also like a 2 week stay at the Polynesian and an annual pass so I could have another 2 week stay at the Grand Floridian and so on and so on if you get my drift. :lmao: DH is not the problem for the trip. He'd go in a heart beat. It's that little thing called "money" ;)

Cathy

TCKK

09-08-2008, 08:40 PM

Villainess I asked Kelli if she had drawn Maleficent yet and she said no, but that she is on her "to-do" list. Also she wanted me to be sure to tell everyone that these drawings are just rough drafts and not the finished product.

Here's the evil queen or "Hag" from Snow White
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1835-2-1.jpg

tinkjess3

09-08-2008, 09:01 PM

Your daughter is really talented. I mess up just drawing stick figures! I have enjoyed all of her drawings! Wish I had her talent!!! :goodvibes

TCKK

09-08-2008, 10:01 PM

After leaving AKL we drove back to POP hopped a bus and headed to EPCOT. The first thing we did was ride Space Ship Earth. Here are a few pictures.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0920.jpg

Waiting in line
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This has always been a favorite of DH and me. We loved the changes on this ride. Next the girls rode Mission Space. It started raining and DH and I waited at one of the Innovention places. Then I shopped at Mouse Gears. No pictures this time although I went back several times. I can’t remember if I took pictures later or not. Next we rode Ellen’s Energy Adventure. We tried to get artistic with this pic.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0940-1.jpg

Next we went to Mexico and had lunch at the outdoor café. Kerri and I saved a table while DH and Kelli got our lunch.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0941.jpg

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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0957.jpg

I loved this place because it’s so colorful
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0960.jpg

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Next we rode this
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0967.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0968.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0969.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0970.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0971.jpg

Then it was Adios Amigos to this ride and to this report for tonight.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0973.jpg

Cathy

MeMom

09-09-2008, 04:22 AM

I loved this place because it’s so colorful
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0960.jpg

Cathy

Great update! I enjoyed the walk around Mexico.

I always want to buy one of those animals, but they're pretty expensive, so I haven't given in to that yet. I love looking at them, though.

Villainess

09-09-2008, 10:31 AM

My mom collects the birds and other ceramic animals located in the Mexico marketplace area; she buys one every trip.

Your DD said those aren't finished? WOW - they look wonderful to me!

askelton

09-09-2008, 06:14 PM

AKL is so beautiful! We've eaten at Jiko but not Boma. We may need to add it to the list! :thumbsup2

pooksma

09-09-2008, 07:45 PM

I love walking through Mexico. The colours are so vibrant. We didn't ride the refurbed Gran Fiesta but hope to next time.

havinfun

09-09-2008, 09:42 PM

I enjoyed a AKL and Boma pictures. It's nice to see Kelli's drawings again. I am having big time Disney withdrawals along with the rest of you. I finally finished my Universal and Kennedy Space Center reports. Today I started on the Disney report. I enjoy doing the report but it sure takes a lot of time. I have a new appreciation for everyone else's trip reports. I am REALLY enjoying yours. I love all the pictures. Thanks for posting.

TCKK

09-09-2008, 10:26 PM

Your daughter is really talented. I mess up just drawing stick figures! I have enjoyed all of her drawings! Wish I had her talent!!! :goodvibes

Thank you for the compliment, but I know what you mean, I can't draw either. I'm pretty proud of her and I think her drawing is pretty awesome too.
My mom collects the birds and other ceramic animals located in the Mexico marketplace area; she buys one every trip.

Your DD said those aren't finished? WOW - they look wonderful to me!

Those animals are really cool. I don't own any, but it was fun looking and taking pictures. Thanks for the compliment on my daughter's drawing.
AKL is so beautiful! We've eaten at Jiko but not Boma. We may need to add it to the list! :thumbsup2

As you can tell, we thoroughly enjoyed it. We've never tried Jiko, we may have to check that out next time.

I love walking through Mexico. The colours are so vibrant. We didn't ride the refurbed Gran Fiesta but hope to next time.

I agree about the colors. Mexico is always a must see for us. And the refurbed ride was really nice too. Although, I can't say which version is best. It was just a nice pleasant way to get out of the heat if nothing else.

I enjoyed a AKL and Boma pictures. It's nice to see Kelli's drawings again. I am having big time Disney withdrawals along with the rest of you. I finally finished my Universal and Kennedy Space Center reports. Today I started on the Disney report. I enjoy doing the report but it sure takes a lot of time. I have a new appreciation for everyone else's trip reports. I am REALLY enjoying yours. I love all the pictures. Thanks for posting.

I'm glad you're enjoying the report and pictures and DD's drawings. Disney withdrawal is not a fun thing, but thank goodness for the DIS and everyone's reports. I agree, the reports do take a lot of time but I'm glad so many people are doing them, because they do help with the withdrawal pains, at least a little. :laughing: I'm glad you started your report. I just went over and joined in. Looking forward to hearing all about your trip.

Cathy

TCKK

09-12-2008, 11:57 AM

micandminforever

09-12-2008, 01:35 PM

Another great drawing by Kelli, and I am looking forward to your next trip update.:surfweb:

MeMom

09-12-2008, 03:35 PM

I started to do another update last night and photobucket was down at the time. Anyway, I thought I'd post another drawing by Kelli so you don't forget us until I can get the next update done. ;) Hopefully the next update will be either later tonight or tomorrow sometime.

Cathy

Quasimodo
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Kelli%20Disney%20Drawings/IMG_1838-1.jpg

I'm trying to figure out why your photobucket pictures are showing up on my school computer. That's never happened before! I love it, but I don't understand it.

When I looked at our our report, I'm not seeing the pictures, but on yours I am. That's weird, but I love the fact that I am sitting here looking at your Mexico pictures again! :) (The kids are having Fun Friday, so it's all good.)

TCKK

09-12-2008, 06:27 PM

After we left Mexico we walked around to France. Kerri loves France and couldn’t wait any longer to go there.

This seems to be the photo everyone takes. But I still think this spot is so pretty.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0974.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0976.jpg

I think this window is so pretty, although with all the reflections off it it’s hard to tell.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0977.jpg

I’m not sure what happened to this photo but I think this guy is so awesome.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0979.jpg

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After Kerri shopped for awhile, we left EPCOT out the back gate and took the boat to DHS and then caught the bus back to POP. Here are some pics from the boat. These resorts are so beautiful.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0981.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0982.jpg

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Evidently there was a wedding, but I wasn’t quick enough to get a better picture than this. I think I was too enthralled watching it go by that I forgot to take a picture until all I could get was this.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0986.jpg

We went back to POP and went swimming and rested for awhile and then next headed back to Magic Kingdom for EMH!!

TCKK

09-12-2008, 07:10 PM

We left POP around 6:30 by bus and headed to MK. Just before we got there it started pouring the rain. Guess where our ponchos were. You got it, back in the room!! :rotfl: Anyway we waited under the cover of the bus stop until around 7:30. The rain let up and off we went for a night of fun!

The first thing we did was go to Tomorrowland to see Monsters Inc. This was really a cute show. Here are some pictures from the queue area.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_0987.jpg

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Next we went to Cosmic Ray’s for dinner. I didn’t take any pictures for some reason. Then we got our EMH bracelets and then rode one of my favorite rides, Buzz Lightyear!!!
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When we left there the girls picked up this guy. He’s cuter than most the guys they try to pick up!! :lmao:
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1004.jpg

Then came the fireworks. We were not in that great a place for them. I think we were heading towards Fantasyland. The view was ok, but after a couple of minutes we headed on to Fantasyland and rode a couple rides. After all, we had 6 or 7 more days to have an opportunity to see the Fireworks from a good spot.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1005.jpg

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First we rode Snow White. Who knew? They used me for the model for the Magic Mirror. lol

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1008.jpg

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Then we did Peter Pan.
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Next came Haunted Mansion.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1018.jpg

Then we got a drink at Pecos Bills and the girls checked out the lines at Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain. They said the lines were too long and they didn’t want to wait. We then headed over to POTC (no pictures this time) and also rode Aladdin’s Flying Carpets (no pictures of this either) Then Kelli got an ice cream on Main St. and Kerri bought some Cotton Candy on Main St. and then we headed back to POP for the night. This day started early and we all were too tired to stay any later for EMH. I think we only made it until around midnight this night. Here are a couple night shots.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1022.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1023.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-08-08%20Day%204/IMG_1024.jpg

Cathy

CanadianWDWfan

09-12-2008, 11:08 PM

Enjoying the pics, especially of Mexico, so colorfull. The man with the chairs looks so entertaining. :wizard: I wish that once upon a time my Princess Lexi will ride in that carriage to meet her prince charming in a Disney wedding. And we all live happily ever after. :lovestruc A mom can dream :lovestruc

micandminforever

09-12-2008, 11:24 PM

Sounds like you truely had a magical day. Enjoyed the pictures of the castle at night, the Peter Pan shots and the pictures taken at Snow Whites ride.

MeMom

09-13-2008, 05:56 AM

Great pictures! You got good inside-the-rides pictures, which I don't ever seem to get. Also, you did a great job getting Buzz's facial features. Almost everyone seems to him as just a white blob since he's so light/bright. What's your secret?

The drawings continue to brighten my day. I love clicking on and see a new one!

pooksma

09-13-2008, 03:47 PM

Fantastic update. Do you remember what day it was? I was looking at the acrobat climbing the chairs and I think that's what he had on the day we watched. I also remember that it poured rain that day. Only the second time during our trip. We hid out in Japan for a bit to let the storm pass.

My fav park combo Epcot and MK.

TCKK

09-13-2008, 06:37 PM

Another great drawing by Kelli, and I am looking forward to your next trip update.:surfweb:

Thank you. Kelli will be pleased.

I'm trying to figure out why your photobucket pictures are showing up on my school computer. That's never happened before! I love it, but I don't understand it.

When I looked at our our report, I'm not seeing the pictures, but on yours I am. That's weird, but I love the fact that I am sitting here looking at your Mexico pictures again! :) (The kids are having Fun Friday, so it's all good.)

I have no idea why you could see them. Maybe the good Lord knew you needed a little Disney boost and let you see them. I don't know but I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Enjoying the pics, especially of Mexico, so colorfull. The man with the chairs looks so entertaining. :wizard: I wish that once upon a time my Princess Lexi will ride in that carriage to meet her prince charming in a Disney wedding. And we all live happily ever after. :lovestruc A mom can dream :lovestruc

Thank you. I love Mexico too for the same reason. I've seen the guy with the chairs before, but he always amazes me. I'll add a little wish too for your Princess Lexi to get to do that too. Nothing wrong with wanting your daughter to have a happily ever after. In fact, I'll wish it for my 2 DD's too. pixiedust:

Sounds like you truely had a magical day. Enjoyed the pictures of the castle at night, the Peter Pan shots and the pictures taken at Snow Whites ride.

Thank you. It really was a great day.

Great pictures! You got good inside-the-rides pictures, which I don't ever seem to get. Also, you did a great job getting Buzz's facial features. Almost everyone seems to him as just a white blob since he's so light/bright. What's your secret?

The drawings continue to brighten my day. I love clicking on and see a new one!

No secret that I know. It just seemed to work. Maybe it's because I took so many, that I guess a couple just had to come out right. There were many more that didn't. I mostly just put the camera on night shots and then turned the flash off for inside the dark rides if they said no flash photos. As for Buzz, I can't remember if I used flash or not. I'm thinking no. Can't remember. I took several, and this is the one that worked.

Fantastic update. Do you remember what day it was? I was looking at the acrobat climbing the chairs and I think that's what he had on the day we watched. I also remember that it poured rain that day. Only the second time during our trip. We hid out in Japan for a bit to let the storm pass.

My fav park combo Epcot and MK.

Thanks Pooksma. The day was Friday, August 8th. And I agree, that's my favorite park combination too.

Cathy

TCKK

09-16-2008, 09:17 AM

havinfun

09-17-2008, 12:17 AM

Great pictures. You seemed to have seen so much in a short amount of time. I can't wait to read more. I didn't get Buzz's face when I took hi picture.

havinfun

09-17-2008, 12:19 AM

MeMom

09-17-2008, 04:55 AM

Hi All

Just wanted to say we'll hopefully be back later in the week. Due to Ike we had really bad winds here on Sunday and Duke Energy has over 1/2 million homes in our area without electric. I worked 7 hrs. OT on Sunday at the police dept. to help handle all the calls and stuff going on during the storm. We have no power so therefore no computers. I'm at work right now and just wanted tol quickly let you know we'll be back when we can. Everything is good for me and all my family other than we don't have power. God has provided and none of us got hurt or had any serious damages to our homes. Many people did not fair as well. I need to get back to work, but just wanted to let you know. Hope everyone else is safe and well.

Talk to you soon.

Cathy

It's good to hear that all is well, even if it is somewhat inconvenient. We're near a hospital, so I guess we have super-duper power lines here. We are lucky that they rarely go out. We had some high winds Sunday, and Trent said it was pretty crazy in Louisville, too.

We'll look forward to hearing from you when all is back to normal, and I hope you don't have to do without power for very long! Times like this sure make us quickly appreciate all the days we do have power and everything is normal.

micandminforever

09-17-2008, 10:51 AM

Thoughts and prayers to all the lives that Ike has effected.:grouphug:

Villainess

09-17-2008, 03:19 PM

What a wonderful update!

My prayers are with your and your friends and all those that were in Ike's path. I hope you get your electricity restored soon, and others can begin the cleanup and repairs.

CanadianWDWfan

09-17-2008, 11:33 PM

Glad to hear you are all safe. Hope the power comes back soon. pixiedust:

TCKK

09-18-2008, 05:19 AM

MeMom

09-18-2008, 05:26 AM

A surprising early morning check-in! Usually it's just me, Gmax, and Charleston Princess on this early.

I Dis as I get ready in the morning
-take a shower, Dis a little.
-do my hair, Dis a little
-iron my clothes, Dis a little
-fix my lunch, check on the Dis once more before heading out!

Anyway, it's good to hear from you, and I know you have to be very excited to get power back! We have never lost power for very long here, and certainly not for days. I'm glad you made it through everything okay. Have a great day!

pooksma

09-18-2008, 07:42 AM

Glad to know everything is ok with you guys.:hug:

CanadianWDWfan

09-19-2008, 11:56 AM

Yeah, you have power !!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
I'm sure it was hard to be away from the DIS.
Good to hear you didn't have to throw away alot of food. :dance3:
The worst we have had here is an ice storm and we just put the food in the snow bank. ;)
I wish none of us had to deal with bad weather. Only sunny days. :hug:

TCKK

09-19-2008, 12:28 PM

On Saturday, Kerri and I got up early and Tracy and Kelli slept in. Kerri and I went down to swim and do laundry. Unfortunately, I had to wait on washers and dryers, so I never got to swim, but Kerri had fun. At first there were a few others swimming, but then it started raining some, but there was no lightening so Kerri kept swimming. At one point I stepped out to check on her and she was in the pool completely alone. She loved it!!

My camera was steamed up from being in the cold room and then coming out into the heat.
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Anyway, we finished the laundry and then we all decided to have lunch at POP. Here are a few more random pics of POP. I love taking pictures here.
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I thought this was a cute couple
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I wonder who this was meant for?
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Continued in next post.

TCKK

09-19-2008, 07:40 PM

Next we took a bus to MK and then caught a monorail and resort hopped for awhile. We love to do this.
Waiting in the station
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Here comes the monorail
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First Stop – Contemporary and this shop
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Beauty and the Beast
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Some other friends
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Construction at the Contemporary
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Next stop was the Polynesian

Kerri and I playing Pirates
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Lobby shots in the Polynesian. I love this statue
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I think this is a cute picture of the girls
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Continued

TCKK

09-19-2008, 07:40 PM

Next stop – Grand Floridian
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After we left the Grand Floridian we hopped over to EPCOT and shopped at the Art Store.
Kerri loves France so she wanted a picture of this
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And I think these guys are cute
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Spaceship Earth
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Checking out the times
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Living Seas
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Queue for Nemo

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After Nemo we saw Crush and then we walked around a bit and saw the manatees and then we saw some divers in one of the tanks
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Next we went to The Land and had dinner at Seasons. For some reason I didn’t take pictures of the food. I’m not sure why, because I think it was really good.
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Random shots

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We rode Spaceship Earth again. Here are the girls in the future.
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That’s it for this day. We headed back to POP and probably swam (I can’t remember for sure) and called it a night.

Cathy

TCKK

09-19-2008, 08:04 PM

Great pictures. You seemed to have seen so much in a short amount of time. I can't wait to read more. I didn't get Buzz's face when I took hi picture.

We did get quite a bit done that day. I'm not sure why that pic came out, cause mine are usually just like everyone else's just a white blur.

I am so glad all of you are safe. I hope you get power soon. Stay stafe.

Peggy

Thanks Peggy. We're all good here. We lost our cable last night because the wire snapped, but they fixed it today even though they had indicated it might be next Friday before it was fixed.

It's good to hear that all is well, even if it is somewhat inconvenient. We're near a hospital, so I guess we have super-duper power lines here. We are lucky that they rarely go out. We had some high winds Sunday, and Trent said it was pretty crazy in Louisville, too.

We'll look forward to hearing from you when all is back to normal, and I hope you don't have to do without power for very long! Times like this sure make us quickly appreciate all the days we do have power and everything is normal.

My family all have their power back and only minor damage (shingles off some of their roofs. We are so thankful. God has been really good to us. The weather has been great this week, so it wasn't bad not having air conditioning. We haven't had rain, so no one had flooded basements because their sump pumps wouldn't work without electric. Most everyone in the area is back on now and things are returning to normal. Except I think most of us appreciate our electric a little more today than we did last week at this time. :)

Thoughts and prayers to all the lives that Ike has effected.:grouphug:

I agree, so many peoples lives were affected by Ike and they need our prayers.

What a wonderful update!

My prayers are with your and your friends and all those that were in Ike's path. I hope you get your electricity restored soon, and others can begin the cleanup and repairs.

I'm glad you enjoyed our update and thank you for your prayers.

Glad to hear you are all safe. Hope the power comes back soon. pixiedust:

It was only out for a little over 3 days. That's not too bad.

A surprising early morning check-in! Usually it's just me, Gmax, and Charleston Princess on this early.

I Dis as I get ready in the morning
-take a shower, Dis a little.
-do my hair, Dis a little
-iron my clothes, Dis a little
-fix my lunch, check on the Dis once more before heading out!

Anyway, it's good to hear from you, and I know you have to be very excited to get power back! We have never lost power for very long here, and certainly not for days. I'm glad you made it through everything okay. Have a great day!

Thanks Memom!

Glad to know everything is ok with you guys.:hug:

Thanks Pooksma. Hey my next update will be Sunday the 10th. I wonder who we met that day? Who's going to get this posted first, You, Nicole or me? :laughing:

Yeah, you have power !!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
I'm sure it was hard to be away from the DIS.
Good to hear you didn't have to throw away alot of food. :dance3:
The worst we have had here is an ice storm and we just put the food in the snow bank. ;)
I wish none of us had to deal with bad weather. Only sunny days. :hug:

That would be awesome wouldn't it. But as I said above, I'm so thankful after the windstorm, we've had really great weather which made everything else bearable.

Again, thanks everybody for your thoughts and prayers and for caring about us. I truly enjoy being part of this big DIS family!! :grouphug:

Cathy

havinfun

09-20-2008, 03:47 AM

Hi everyone!

We've got power back!!!! Who would've thought that southern Ohio would have problems with a hurricane!!:lmao:

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers for us. The Lord was good! Our electrc came back on about an hour go. It appears that everything here is fine and working well. Hey, we even got a clean fridge and freezer out of the deal. :rotfl: We did loose a small amount of food, but nothing to worry about.

Take care and we'll be back soon for more of the report. Again, thanks for caring about us.

Cathy

The hurricane also hit us in Illinois and Indiana. My house had no problems, but in areas around us the flooding has been terrible. So many people have lost everything to floods. Luckily no one has died. There was house about 3 miles from us that blew up. The gas company had now way to shut the gas off because of the flood.

I am happy your electricity is back on.

I agree with you , who would have thought that a hurricane could do this much damage in the Midwest.

Peggy

TCKK

09-20-2008, 07:56 AM

The hurricane also hit us in Illinois and Indiana. My house had no problems, but in areas around us the flooding has been terrible. So many people have lost everything to floods. Luckily no one has died. There was house about 3 miles from us that blew up. The gas company had now way to shut the gas off because of the flood.

I am happy your electricity is back on.

I agree with you , who would have thought that a hurricane could do this much damage in the Midwest.

Peggy

I didn't realize there was flooding up this far in the midwest. As far as I know we haven't had anything like that around here. I'm so glad you guys are okay.

Cathy

Nicole786

09-20-2008, 05:10 PM

I love the future picture so funny! lol! Thanks for the GF art store pictures I love disney art!!

TCKK

09-21-2008, 03:28 PM

I love the future picture so funny! lol! Thanks for the GF art store pictures I love disney art!!

Thanks Nicole. Glad you enjoyed them. By the way I like your Avatar picture!

Cathy

micandminforever

09-21-2008, 03:50 PM

The pictures of your resort hopping were great. One of my favorite things is to go to the GF and just sit and listen to the music. I also enjoyed the EPCOT picture.

TCKK

09-21-2008, 07:19 PM

The pictures of your resort hopping were great. One of my favorite things is to go to the GF and just sit and listen to the music. I also enjoyed the EPCOT picture.

That's what we did. We found a quiet place upstairs and sat and just enjoyed the music and atmosphere. They have the most comfy couches to sit in. I called my mom from there and talked to her and we just relaxed while the girls shopped. It really was nice. :)

Villainess

09-22-2008, 03:19 PM

Resort hopping is so much fun! I love the Lady & Tramp painting - so pretty!

TCKK

09-23-2008, 05:23 AM

Resort hopping is so much fun! I love the Lady & Tramp painting - so pretty!

I agree. Resort hopping is fun!

MeMom

09-23-2008, 05:43 AM

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Cool picture! How nice to have the pool all to yourself for a little while.

Just think what this picture would have looked like taken from the fourth floor.

I like all the shopping pictures. I'd love to have a bunch of those big figurines like the Beauty and the Beast one you showed. Mickey and Minnie at the Eiffel Tower is nice. I bet it had a nice (high) price tag, though.

TCKK

09-23-2008, 09:52 PM

She loved having the pool to herself. Kerri loves Paris and she's the one that took that picture.

Cathy

TCKK

09-26-2008, 07:31 PM

One more thing occurred on Saturday. While we were in the shop at Pop Century, I ran into Pop Century Princess who is a cast member there. She was very sweet. She says she reads the boards a lot still, but no longer posts very often. She received so many questions that she was unable to answer them all so now she mostly just lurks. She asked me to say “Hi” to everyone. Hi Pop Century Princess, I hope you’re reading this.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

We got up and got ready and then headed to DHS. I can’t remember what we did for breakfast but it was probably just pop tarts or peanut butter crackers and then we hopped a bus and headed on over. We did not make nor even try to make rope drop.

Here’s Kerri in the room getting things together to take with her.
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And here’s Kelli getting ready
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Guess what the first thing was that we headed to. You got it, Toy Story Mania. Let me just say we loved, loved, loved this ride. Outside the entrance, inside the queue and the ride itself were all awesome!!!
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Standby was 70 minutes, but we got fastpasses for later and stood in line now to make sure we got to ride it. I didn’t mind the wait at all because I enjoyed the queue area so much (at least the 1st time). I wouldn’t want to have to wait that long every time we ride it though.
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Candy Land and Checkers were a theme in the first area. The checkerboard was on the ceiling and candyland was on the floor and walls
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Chutes and Ladders on the ceiling in another area.
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There are monkeys all over the place
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Tinker Toys
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Mr. Potatohead saluting a couple of cute girls
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Tinker Toys and Christmas lights. It doesn’t get any better than this.
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That’s all I have from this round of Toy Story Mania. Except to say, I won, I won!!!!! :cool1: Yeah!!!!!! (I have to brag, because I definitely did not win the next time around. lol)

More to come this weekend as this is just the beginning of this great day. Does anyone remember what happened on August 10?

Cathy

TCKK

09-27-2008, 10:55 AM

After we left Toy Story Mania, we decided to head to “Lights, Action, Motors” We’d never seen this show before. Just a warning to everyone, it’s really hot at this theater, but the show is really fun. We enjoyed it a lot.

On the way over we saw some of the Power Rangers.
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Next we head out to get something to eat. We ate at the Studio Catering Company.
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No food pictures, but the food wasn’t bad if I remember right. While we were there we met a family from our hometown. Kelli noticed one of the kids was wearing a shirt from our Public Library’s Summer Reading Program. Just goes to show you it’s definitely “A Small World After All”

After lunch we went to meet Prince Caspian and to see the Narnia display.
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Waiting in line to see the Prince.
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I could see this while waiting in line
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Prince Caspian with 2 of the cutest girls in his kingdom
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What a cutie! Gotta love those dimples!
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Next we saw “One Man’s Dream.” We’d never seen this before either. I really enjoyed it, plus it was really nice and cool in here.
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“One Man’s Dream” is really worth taking the time to do, in my opinion.

Next we went here
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I love doing this. The girls and I are the only ones that do this. DH won’t try it.
Kelli doesn’t know where her pictures are, but here are mine from the 2 different times we did this.
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TCKK

09-27-2008, 10:56 AM

Next we went and watched Kelli’s favorite
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Here’s Ursula
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This is from the shop outside the show
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Then it was back for a 2nd round of Toy Story Mania
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The girls in their Charlie’s Angels pose.
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Unfortunately I was player number 2. As you can see, I didn’t win this time. But my first score beat everyone. I have no proof other than I wrote it down so I’d remember and it was 122,700 pts. You see, I never win these things, but I did once so I can’t ever let them forget it!!!

On the way out we saw a bit of this
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I love pictures of the balloon guys.
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We headed back to POP for some rest and relaxation in the pool and room.

Next up: Late night EMH at Magic Kingdom and a meet with some special DIS friends. :cool1:

Cathy

pooksma

09-27-2008, 11:38 AM

TCKK

09-28-2008, 08:48 PM

After taking a break at POP, the girls and I headed back to Magic Kingdom for late night EMH. DH stayed at POP and rested. He had gotten several blisters and needed some time off. We hopped a bus around 9pm and back we went for an evening of fun. We had an important DISmeet at 10:00pm. We arrived a little early so we looked around for a couple of minutes in the shops on Main Street.

We saw this – which I think is beautiful.
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Then we headed over to POTC for our DISmeet. We waited out front and Declansdad and Pooksma came up first and then Nicole and David showed up. It was so much fun talking to them. We found a cast member and got them to take a picture of us. Just before the picture was taken, Nicole called Memom and we all shouted hello to her. So here we are in the photo below. From left to right: me (Cathy), Kelli, Kerri, Nicole, David, Pooksma, and Declansdad and Memom on the phone.
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Next we all went for a ride on the POTC together. Then we stood around in the store and talked for awhile. It was so fun meeting you guys. I hope you enjoyed it too. If any of you other DIS’ers get a chance to meet these people, jump at it. They are great people! :thumbsup2

After this fun time, we parted ways and the girls and I headed out for some more fun. We rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad which is a lot of fun in the dark and then we headed over to the Haunted Mansion area. On the way we realized they had the ropes up like there was going to be a parade. I had no idea they had parades during EMH. We had never seen this parade and there was no crowd where we were so we decided to stop and watch it. We just sat down on the pavement behind the rope and waited for it to start. (This was a bit of a mistake. It was great for watching the parade, but I’m not that young anymore and my legs went to sleep and when I tried to stand up when it was over I almost fell. Thank goodness there was a closed snack cart behind us and I grabbed that and didn’t actually fall. The girls just cracked up at me. Isn’t it great how concerned they are for their dear mother? Anyway, the parade was awesome and I’m so glad we had the chance to see it. I took some pictures, but they really don’t do the parade justice. But here they are anyway.

Here are the girls waiting
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continued in next post.

TCKK

09-28-2008, 08:49 PM

Kelli’s favorite – Ariel
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After the parade we went and saw Mickey’s Philharmagic
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Then the girls had to try to pull the sword out of the stone. No luck!
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After this we rode Snow White and then ate ice cream from Mrs. Pott’s and then rode Buzz Lightyear and left around 1am. This was a great day!

Cathy

Nicole786

09-28-2008, 10:04 PM

TCKK

09-28-2008, 10:33 PM

I had a great time meeting you guys that night!! You can see the phone in my hand, but I think theres a picture floating around somewhere where i am actually on the phone with MeMom! lol

Cathy, do you have this original photo? We didn't use my camera to take one, although I think Pooksma & Declansdad have one

Sorry Nicole, this is the only picture I got of the meet. I'm pretty sure you're right though, I think Pooksma and Declansdad took at least one picture.

MeMom

09-28-2008, 10:42 PM

Then we headed over to POTC for our DISmeet. We waited out front and Declansdad and Pooksma came up first and then Nicole and David showed up. It was so much fun talking to them. We found a cast member and got them to take a picture of us. Just before the picture was taken, Nicole called Memom and we all shouted hello to her. So here we are in the photo below. From left to right: me (Cathy), Kelli, Kerri, Nicole, David, Pooksma, and Declansdad and Memom on the phone.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-10-08%20Day%205/Dismeet.jpg
Next we all went for a ride on the POTC together. Then we stood around in the store and talked for awhile. It was so fun meeting you guys. I hope you enjoyed it too. If any of you other DIS’ers get a chance to meet these people, jump at it. They are great people! :thumbsup2

I had a great time meeting you guys that night!! You can see the phone in my hand, but I think theres a picture floating around somewhere where i am actually on the phone with MeMom! lol

Cathy, do you have this original photo? We didn't use my camera to take one, although I think Pooksma & Declansdad have one

What a nice bunch of people! Can't wait until I get to meet you all in person someday.

I hope declansdad says "Yo, homie!" to me, too, like he did to Nicole and David. :)

Definitely find the picture where I'm on the phone with Nicole, because you know how I love being in pictures! :thumbsup2

Great Spectro pictures, TCKK! All I need is a Casey's hot dog and a nice hard concrete curb to sit on while I scroll through them again!

Did you guys recognize each other right away, or did you stare for a minute and say, "Is that them? I think that's them. Yeah, that's them."

It's neat to meet people you have befriended on the Disboards. I'm so glad we've been able to meet Erica and Dawn, and in November, we're supposed to be meeting Julie (SwansLoveDisney) and Kerry (snowbell), if we can get our schedules to work out.

Thanks for sharing your picture. Did David talk to Kelli and Kerri, or did they just stand around and listen to you guys?

TCKK

09-29-2008, 12:49 PM

:yay: :yay: Great update. the girls look so "sick" at TSM. Almost like Bond girls or Charlie's Angels. (Just so you know, I have recently learned from my seventh graders that "sick" is the new awesome or cool. I'm not being mean)

Hmmm....a DISmeet huh?:rolleyes1

They were acting like Charlie's Angels, I guess. Anyway, I think it's a "sick" picture too. :)

I had a great time meeting you guys that night!! You can see the phone in my hand, but I think theres a picture floating around somewhere where i am actually on the phone with MeMom! lol

Cathy, do you have this original photo? We didn't use my camera to take one, although I think Pooksma & Declansdad have one

I thought we had taken the picture while you were on the phone, but that's the only picture I took. Hopefully Pooksma and Declansdad will have it. You guys were fun and my girls liked talking to you and David.

What a nice bunch of people! Can't wait until I get to meet you all in person someday.

I hope declansdad says "Yo, homie!" to me, too, like he did to Nicole and David. :)

Definitely find the picture where I'm on the phone with Nicole, because you know how I love being in pictures! :thumbsup2

Great Spectro pictures, TCKK! All I need is a Casey's hot dog and a nice hard concrete curb to sit on while I scroll through them again!

Did you guys recognize each other right away, or did you stare for a minute and say, "Is that them? I think that's them. Yeah, that's them."

It's neat to meet people you have befriended on the Disboards. I'm so glad we've been able to meet Erica and Dawn, and in November, we're supposed to be meeting Julie (SwansLoveDisney) and Kerry (snowbell), if we can get our schedules to work out.

Thanks for sharing your picture. Did David talk to Kelli and Kerri, or did they just stand around and listen to you guys?

We're looking forward to meeting you in person too some day.

I hope Declansdad can find that picture. I think that's up next on their thread, so we'll watch there. I guess you could call that the "Ultimate Hidden Memom" :rotfl:

Thanks for the compliment on the pictures. I really enjoyed that parade and am so glad we got to watch it. DH is not much for parades (actually usually I'm not either) but that one was so cool. Actually maybe if I'd have sat on a curb I wouldn't have had so much trouble getting up because my legs had fallen asleep. I must've looked so graceful! :lmao:

It was so much fun meeting them. We saw Pooksma and Declansdad walking towards us and I thought it was them but wasn't sure. I think they may have felt the same about us. I'm not sure. But it didn't long for us to figure it out.

I hope to get to meet more DIS'ers on a future trip. I'm just not sure when that will be. We may sneak a couple days in during 2009, but if not both of our girls will be attending International Youth Convention in Orlando in 2010 and DH and I are definitely planning to go down too. Of course we'll be at WDW ;) Also, Kelli is planning to attend college in Lake Wales, Florida which is only about an hour drive from Disney World. She'll start in 2010. :woohoo: So surely we can work a trip or two out of that.

I think everyone participated in the conversation. And the girls and Nicole and David rode together on the POTC and seemed to be having fun. I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Cathy

declansdad

09-29-2008, 01:24 PM

KayLuvsMickey

09-29-2008, 03:38 PM

great reporting! I just love reading TRs, it makes the days go by so much faster until our return "home".:goodvibes

OH, I'm Karen by the way!

jjjh'smom

09-29-2008, 05:20 PM

I just wanted you to know that I started reading our report before
our first family trip to Disney. We used a lot of your ideas for our
trip. Well now back and we are still reading your trip report. The
pictures are great. Here is my question you have some pictures
that I would like to have for my scrapbook. Do you ever share
pictures with fellow Diser's? :confused3 :confused3
Thanks......

TCKK

09-29-2008, 06:03 PM

I had to chuckle when reading your last installment. I think we must have followed you after we split up. I may be able to copy and paste from your report to do that section of ours, right down to the pictures. :rotfl2:

That is too funny!! Were you stalking us or were we stalking you? :lmao:

great reporting! I just love reading TRs, it makes the days go by so much faster until our return "home".:goodvibes

OH, I'm Karen by the way!

Hi Karen, Nice to "meet" you. Thanks for reading. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I agree reading TR's do help.

I just wanted you to know that I started reading our report before
our first family trip to Disney. We used a lot of your ideas for our
trip. Well now back and we are still reading your trip report. The
pictures are great. Here is my question you have some pictures
that I would like to have for my scrapbook. Do you ever share
pictures with fellow Diser's? :confused3 :confused3
Thanks......

Welcome. I'm glad some of our ideas helped you. You are more than welcome to use the pictures for your scrapbooking project.

Cathy

pooksma

09-29-2008, 06:53 PM

TCKK

09-30-2008, 11:32 AM

We are all so famous now:lmao:

I will have a look tonight for our pics from the meet. i think we are just about there in our reporting.

Love the Spectro pics-especially Mary Poppins and the butterfly:cutie:

Can't wait to see your version of the meet and your pic. I loved that parade and hope to see it again someday!!

Cathy

CanadianWDWfan

10-05-2008, 07:33 AM

MeMom needs your prayers. :grouphug:
Great update, loved all the pics. Especially the Spectromagic ones.

havinfun

10-07-2008, 09:56 PM

Hi,

I am catching up with your report. You saw so much and the girls look like they are having so much fun. I am dissapointed. I was at the Magic Kingdom on Aug. 10th that night and I missed all of you. :sad1: I am happy that all of you and I had a good time that night. I am enjoying your trip report. :yay: :yay:

Peggy

TCKK

10-07-2008, 10:23 PM

MeMom needs your prayers. :grouphug:
Great update, loved all the pics. Especially the Spectromagic ones.

Thank you for letting me know about MeMom's son. Also, thank you for the compliments on the report and pics. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Hi,

I am catching up with your report. You saw so much and the girls look like they are having so much fun. I am dissapointed. I was at the Magic Kingdom on Aug. 10th that night and I missed all of you. :sad1: I am happy that all of you and I had a good time that night. I am enjoying your trip report. :yay: :yay:

Peggy

I'm sorry we missed you too. Maybe next time we can meet.

I promise, I'll try to get back to this report sometime this week. Life is pretty hectic in our home right now. Nothing bad, just very, very busy. Stay safe everyone.

Cathy

TCKK

10-13-2008, 05:02 PM

August 11

We slept in this day until around 8:00am and then took our time getting ready. We hopped a bus and headed to MK. At MK we caught a boat to Wilderness Lodge. We had 11:00am reservations for lunch at Whispering Canyon. I have to be honest, by now my notes are getting less and less each day, so I’ll have to tell the story from the pictures.

Pictures from the dock at MK
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Passing the Grand Floridian
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More pictures from the boat
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Getting close to Wilderness Lodge. I think this is so pretty and would love to stay there some day.
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Walking up to the lodge. The girls in the bottom left corner.
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Lobby
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Isn’t this a cool light?
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TCKK

10-13-2008, 05:06 PM

This is in the waiting area for WC. I would love to have something like this in my home.
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Another light
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Here’s a picture of the lobby from our table in the restaurant. I loved how this was all open.
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DH got the skillet lunch and here’s the cornbread (I sure would love to have a piece of that right now)
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Here’s 3 of our endless shakes. They were very very good.
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The girls waiting on their food. Don’t you just love the little western dudes carved into the back of the seat?
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Here’s a chicken sandwich.
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Here’s another sandwich. I can’t remember who ordered this or what it was exactly.
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Kelli dropped her silverware and was awarded this.
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Kelli then dropped Kerri’s silverware so we made Kerri take a picture with the fork too
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Kelli pretending to eat with the fork
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Lunch was very good and we had good service too. Our waitress was not as playful as some of the other staff there, but it was still a lot of fun and we’d highly recommend Wilderness Lodge.
Totem pole in the lobby
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Fireplace
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Of course we had to go here next
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This is such a beautiful place. I can’t believe how tall the ceilings area.
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Heading towards the pool area of WL
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We then took the boat back to MK and hopped a bus back to POP where we swam and rested for the rest of the afternoon.

TCKK

10-15-2008, 09:49 PM

August 11, continued

After rest and swimming, we headed to Animal Kingdom around 6:30pm. We had supper at Pizzafari and then went and saw It’s Tough to be a Bug and then the Lion King Show. Here’s a picture of the girls waiting for Lion King to start.
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I love to hear these people sing.
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Look at the crazy pink Mohawk. What were they thinking!! :rotfl: If that happens to be anybody reading this report, please forgive me for laughing. :rolleyes1
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After this the girls rode Primeval Whirl and Dinosaur and then we called it a night and headed back to POP. Of course we did some shopping on the way out. But sorry, no pictures.

MeMom

10-16-2008, 04:59 AM

CanadianWDWfan

10-18-2008, 11:02 AM

The pics of your DD's with the forks are funny. I could go for an endless shake and a chicken sandwich. Yum!
The Wilderness Lodge looks so huge in pics, I may have to wander over there for a look next time. It must have been hard not to take a dip in thier pool.
I will always enjoy the Lion King Show, I never get tired of it. A must do. :thumbsup2

TCKK

10-18-2008, 08:34 PM

Thanks for sharing all the pictures. I don't think I ever commented on the Whispering Canyon/Wilderness Lodge ones, but I did enjoy them. I hope to be able to stay at Wilderness Lodge for at least a couple of nights on one of our future trips. I think it would feel awesome to get up early and go sit in that big, beautiful lobby. I would love to get pictures with no people in them, too.

Festival of the Lion King is one of our favorites. Brooklynn loves it!

Thanks for starting my Thursday off in a nice way with your pictures! I hope all is well with all of your family. Things are so busy here. There's not much time for Dising. :sad2:

I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. I hope you get to stay at the Wilderness Lodge. I'd like to sometime too. It really is a beautiful place. We love Festival of the Lion King too. I love all the colors and the music. Just a fun show.

All is very well with our family, we're just very busy. It should slow down a little now because Volleyball season is over for our youngest. They finished first in their league and 3rd in their tournament. I'm very proud of them. Of course basketball starts in November, so it won't be a long break. ;)

The pics of your DD's with the forks are funny. I could go for an endless shake and a chicken sandwich. Yum!
The Wilderness Lodge looks so huge in pics, I may have to wander over there for a look next time. It must have been hard not to take a dip in thier pool.
I will always enjoy the Lion King Show, I never get tired of it. A must do. :thumbsup2

I think those are funny too. And I agree, I'd love to have an endless shake and burger or chicken sandwich from there right now. :) If you get the chance, you really should take a trip over there. It's a beautiful place and worth taking some time to see.

I'll try to get to another update in the next few days.

Cathy

Mocharilla

10-20-2008, 07:14 PM

Nancy for Disney

10-20-2008, 08:00 PM

Day 3 Part 3

We had quite the adventure here. I have never in my life seen World of Disney as crowded as it was that night. I usually love this store but there were so many people in there that I didn’t stay long. The girls were having fun so I went out and sat with DH. After we left there we started heading back to the bus stop as it was lightening quite a bit and we were afraid we were in for a big storm. Cathy

Was this on Friday, Aug 8? This was our arrival day and we had a big lightening storm as well. I wrote about it in my TR too. See below for the link.

Sorry I just started reading and I am a little behind.

havinfun

10-21-2008, 12:14 AM

Hi,

Your pictures of the Lion King show were great. I tried to take pictures but they didn't turn out. Thanks for posting them.

Peggy

TCKK

10-22-2008, 12:01 PM

Alright, all caught up! Been so busy lately, haven't had much time to keep up with TRs.

All sounds great!

Can't wait to hear about when I ran into K+K. I heard from them that you guys thought you saw us. When was that?

Glad to have you back. I understand the busy stuff, we have it here too. I hope all is well with you and yours.

I think it's coming up in my report soon. It was the day we did WS and I think I saw your husband in Japan.

Was this on Friday, Aug 8? This was our arrival day and we had a big lightening storm as well. I wrote about it in my TR too. See below for the link.

Sorry I just started reading and I am a little behind.

Hi Nancy for Disney. Thanks for joining us. It's never too late. Yes, I believe that was Friday, Aug. 8th. I'll try to get over to your TR real soon.
Hi,

Your pictures of the Lion King show were great. I tried to take pictures but they didn't turn out. Thanks for posting them.

Peggy

Thanks Peggy. I took quite a few more but these were the best. That's a hard show to photograph, but I really do love the show. It has such beautiful colors in the costumes and great music!

Cathy

Mocharilla

10-22-2008, 12:55 PM

Glad to have you back. I understand the busy stuff, we have it here too. I hope all is well with you and yours.

I think it's coming up in my report soon. It was the day we did WS and I think I saw your husband in Japan.

Hi Nancy for Disney. Thanks for joining us. It's never too late. Yes, I believe that was Friday, Aug. 8th. I'll try to get over to your TR real soon.

Thanks Peggy. I took quite a few more but these were the best. That's a hard show to photograph, but I really do love the show. It has such beautiful colors in the costumes and great music!

Cathy

Oh yeah. It's very insane. We're doing well, though.

Yay! That would make sense. We were in Epcot SO MUCH! 3 of our 6 days we were in Epcot for at least part of the day.

TCKK

10-31-2008, 11:57 AM

Guess What? DH wants me to plan us another trip to Disney!!! :goodvibes

He says he keeps thinking about what we can do next year and Disney is what keeps coming to his mind. :cool1: Of course I think part of that is because my DSis is leaving today for a week of Disney. :lmao: That always gets him in the mood if someone else is going. Me too :thumbsup2

So there may actually be another trip in the works!

Mocharilla

10-31-2008, 12:04 PM

CanadianWDWfan

11-01-2008, 12:33 PM

Hi, just popped in. Another trip in the making? I hope you get to go. I'll keep my fingers crossed and here is some pixie dust to help it along. pixiedust: If you book by the begining of Dec. Mickey could call the girls on Christmas Day. :santa: Just a thought.

TCKK

11-05-2008, 08:24 PM

I hope so!!!

You guys should go, like, 08/02-08/07 and stay at the Poly. :rotfl:

I want to do a DISmeet while we're down there for our honeymoon.

If we get to go it would probably be around the same time we went this year. We'll just have to wait and see. But it would be fun to have another DISmeet.

Hi, just popped in. Another trip in the making? I hope you get to go. I'll keep my fingers crossed and here is some pixie dust to help it along. pixiedust: If you book by the begining of Dec. Mickey could call the girls on Christmas Day. :santa: Just a thought.
Thanks for the pixie dust and good wishes. That would be cool about the phone call from Mickey but I don't think we'll be able to book that soon, but thanks for the info.

Cathy

TCKK

11-05-2008, 09:29 PM

August 12,

I didn’t make too many notes from this point on during the trip. So I’m telling the story mostly from the pictures and my memory. We started this day out at EPCOT. Here’s a photo of Spaceship Earth. It seems no matter how many times I go here when I enter the park, I just have to take pictures of the ball.
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The first thing we did after taking the above picture was get FastPasses for Soarin’, then we rode “The Land”
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The above tomato plant was 16 months old and they have harvested 32,000 tomatoes off the one plant. I think that’s pretty awesome!
Next we rode Journey Into Imagination with Figment. I love Figment, but I love the original version of this ride better. Here are the girls in the ride car.
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Hey Figment, who’s on the phone?
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Figment’s upside down house
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Here’s DD holding Figment and wearing Figment. Quite the fashion statement, don’t you think?
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I love Innoventions
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We played around in here for awhile and did toured the House of the Future (go to MeMom’s post to see her pictures. Evidently I didn’t take any.) We ate at the Electric Umbrella – again no photos and then headed to Soarin”

TCKK

11-05-2008, 09:31 PM

continued

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This was DH’s first time on Soarin’. He really liked it. I didn’t take any photos while we were on the ride. Now this is definitely a family favorite.
We decided to leave after Soarin’ and head back to POP. As you can see we were about the only ones waiting for a bus.
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Plus we practically had the bus to ourselves. So we goofed around some taking pictures.
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Obviously I was getting tired to let my picture be taken like this and I must be really tired tonight to be putting out here for everyone to see. But see, contrary to popular belief, moms and dads can be pretty crazy sometimes too.
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Memom, this picture is for you. We’re sitting at the table where you said you sat in the mornings at POP.
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We swam for awhile and then the girls and I headed to Hollywood Studios.
We rode the Tower of Terror
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I saw a couple cute pirates.
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We did the Animation Academy again
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Then we went to watch Fantasmic. I love this show, however I didn’t get any good pictures at all. But we enjoyed anyway. Then we headed back to POP and to bed.

CanadianWDWfan

11-06-2008, 06:01 PM

MeMom

11-06-2008, 07:01 PM

Great pictures! Yes, you are sitting at our table!!! How cool is that? Maybe someday we'll sit at that table at the same time and just talk and laugh about our crazy Dis friends and adventures.

Brooklynn has recently become a fan of Figment. She got a Figment plush toy on this trip.

Soarin' - I can't wait to do it again. I'm so glad it's a ride that Jill will be able to ride, because when we ride it together it is extra special because we both just love it!

I dare you to make that face when the bus is full.

I double dare you.

I double dog dare you!

TCKK

11-07-2008, 08:09 PM

Your girls look like they had alot of fun making faces at the camera. Mom's can have fun too, but we must be carefull not to embarass our teens. :rotfl: My DS thinks I am so embarassing, even when I am just breathing. :lmao:
Sometimes it's the delight of my life to embarass them. :lmao:
Great pictures! Yes, you are sitting at our table!!! How cool is that? Maybe someday we'll sit at that table at the same time and just talk and laugh about our crazy Dis friends and adventures.

Brooklynn has recently become a fan of Figment. She got a Figment plush toy on this trip.

Soarin' - I can't wait to do it again. I'm so glad it's a ride that Jill will be able to ride, because when we ride it together it is extra special because we both just love it!

I dare you to make that face when the bus is full.

I double dare you.

I double dog dare you!
I hope you guys do get to ride Soarin' together. We all love that ride. I'm so glad DH rode it this time.

Sorry, it kills me not to take the double dog dare, but I'll have to pass. Although, how much worse could it be with a full bus, when I've put it here on the world wide web for everyone to see. :scared1: :rotfl:

Cathy

TCKK

12-22-2008, 09:02 PM

August 13

Sorry I’ve been gone so long. It’s just been really busy around here. But I do want to finish our report. Besides Memom’s got a new one going and I have to keep up on hers too.

Again, this day, I didn’t take notes, so I’m going by the pictures and my memory (such as it is) to tell the story. This is the day we ate around the World. We tried little treats and snacks from all around the world. Things we had never tried, but had read about on all of you all’s reports. So here we go.

First we stopped here. I wanted some fish and chips. No one else wanted this, but they sat and waited and let me eat it. It was very good.
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Then we headed on around the world. Youngest DD loves France, so that was next.
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I love this spot
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Next we went to Morocco and hubby got something to eat from here. I can’t remember what it was, but he really likes the food here.

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Aladdin and Jasmine’s story
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Youngest DD in Jasmine’s room looking out the window
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This guy was very nice and was telling oldest DD all about his country.
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Next was Japan and the Candy Lady. I love to watch her. She is amazing.
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The gardens here are so pretty.
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Oldest DD had lunch here. She had the Teriyaki Chicken
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TCKK

12-22-2008, 09:04 PM

Then onto America
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In the past the girls have done the Kidcot stations, but oldest DD wasn’t much interested this trip, so youngest DD and I did it. I’ve never done it before, but she didn’t want to do it by herself, so I joined her. It really was a lot of fun. Just another chance to interact with the cast members.
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Isn’t this window in Germany pretty?
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Youngest DD ate here, plus I think we all shared a dessert.
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Look who we saw!
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Next we went to China
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And we saw these guys!
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I didn’t mention earlier, but of course we shopped in all of these places. Here’s DD with some bears. Aren’t they cute?
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And here’s some cute little fat cats
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Then we went to Norway and rode this. This is always a favorite of our family.
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Of course we had to stop here. We all shared these. Very good!!!
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TCKK

12-22-2008, 09:05 PM

We listened to these guys
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Here are some pretty flowers (I sure would love to see some of these about now. I’m already tired of winter.
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We shopped some more
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and more
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and hubby did this
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And just before we left for the day, we saw these guys
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Then we saw this and of course, youngest DD had to stop. Can’t pass by a phone without stopping you know. DD’s think they are terribly deprived because they don’t have a cell phone.

That's it for August 13

MeMom

12-23-2008, 07:57 AM

pooksma

12-23-2008, 10:08 AM

Hey DISbuddy!

Love the pics. Makes me wish I were there right now scarfing down some of the food at the Tangerine Cafe (one of my new favs)

Hope you and your family have a great holiday!:santa:

TCKK

01-29-2009, 07:45 PM

Sorry, I haven't been here for awhile. I guess it's been long enough that they moved my report to the Completed Trip Thread. Well, I would still like to complete the last few days of our trip. So here goes!

August 14th.
On this morning we split up. DH took oldest DD out for breakfast and I took youngest DD out. So we could have some one on one time with the girls. This was so fun spending time alone with one of the girls. We have never done that here and I must say I totally enjoyed it and I think the girls did too. Oldest DD and DH went to Captain Cook’s at the Polynesian. DD has some pictures, but they haven’t been downloaded. They ate Tonga Toast and I’m not sure what else. I think they had a really good time together.

Youngest DD and I went to the Magic Kingdom and had breakfast at the Main Street Bakery. I don’t seem to have pictures of that either and I can’t remember exactly what we had, but I know it was sweet, probably chocolate and very very good!!! After eating, DD and I headed back out on Main Street and saw this.
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Here’s DD with Chip and Dale
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Here’s another picture of the Castle. You can never have to many pictures of the Castle
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-14-08%20Day%2010/IMG_1531.jpg

Then we went to see this. Just like a little kid I had been waiting all week to go here. It had been several years since we toured this. I’m not sure DD really cared that much, but she indulged me and let me have my fun.
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Pete’s Garage
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DD in front of Minnie’s House
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I love Minnie’s House
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DD waiting on Minnie to come home
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I’m waiting on Minnie too
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Minnie’s Picture Wall
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DD helping Minnie sew
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Minnie’s Desk
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DD in Minnie’s Sunroom
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DD sitting in the window of Minnie’s Gazebo
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Since Minnie didn’t show, we decided to go visit Mickey
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Evidently Donald plays ping pong as well as I do!
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I love this picture of DD’s reflection in Mickey’s mirror
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It started pouring while we were in here so we ran to the train and rode up to the front gate and then met up with DH and DD and went back to the hotel. Later that day we went to Animal Kingdom and saw the Nemo show. Loved this so much. FOTLK is still my favorite, but this would run a close second for shows.
On the way out, we saw Pocohantas. Here are both girls with her.
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OhMari

01-29-2009, 08:00 PM

Hey,
I'll merge it back with this one.

TCKK

01-29-2009, 09:54 PM

Hey,
I'll merge it back with this one.

Thank you so very very much.

declansdad

01-30-2009, 08:47 AM

Great pics Cathy. I love the ToonTown shots.

TCKK

01-30-2009, 10:39 PM

Pops looks like he's having a great time shopping! :rotfl:

Did that cuddly soft Tigger come home with you?

Thanks for all the great World Showcase pictures. I would love to live close enough to hop in the car and go over there for a stroll every so often. When I see pictures, I can just picture myself walking along in that very spot. I need some kind of George Jetson instant transport machine to whisk me away and then send me back on that same day.
And it needs to be cheaper than a flight ticket, too! :)

DH is happy just watching people. He doesn't mind how long we shop as long as he has some ice to crunch and people to watch!

If you find a transport machine, be sure to let me know so I can get one too. I'd love to be able to pop in and out of Disney.

Hey DISbuddy!

Love the pics. Makes me wish I were there right now scarfing down some of the food at the Tangerine Cafe (one of my new favs)

Hope you and your family have a great holiday!:santa:
Yep, I wanta be there too. Instead we're sitting here in snow and ice. Yuck!

Great pics Cathy. I love the ToonTown shots.

Thanks. I love all the bright colors and fun stuff there. ToonTown is just such a happy place.

MeMom

01-31-2009, 05:30 AM

On this morning we split up. DH took oldest DD out for breakfast and I took youngest DD out. So we could have some one on one time with the girls. This was so fun spending time alone with one of the girls. We have never done that here and I must say I totally enjoyed it and I think the girls did too.

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That's a great idea! That's one thing I like so much about going to WDW with just the girls. It gives me time to just focus on Jill. Of course, Brooklynn is there, but you know what I mean - no boys around asking us to find something they've lost or getting grumpy because they're tired. One on one time with Trent almost always means watching a sports event of some kind, and that's fun, too. Drew is the one I don't spend much individual time with, because I'm so totally clueless about his interests - cars, bikes, and tools. With him, what little time we share is most likely going to be in the kitchen, talking about photography, or occasionally watching a movie together. When you really think about the conversational time you spend with your grown kids, sometimes it is shockingly little, even when you are passing each other in the house all week long. I'm glad you had that special time with each of your girls!

The trolley and dancers are my last memory as we walked out of the Magic Kingdom on our Thanksgiving trip. We listened to them finish their show, and then we had to make ourselves walk toward the front gate. :sad:

nts4wdw

01-31-2009, 06:49 AM

Great shots from ToonTown! I love Minnie's sunroom!

TCKK

01-31-2009, 09:36 AM

That's a great idea! That's one thing I like so much about going to WDW with just the girls. It gives me time to just focus on Jill. Of course, Brooklynn is there, but you know what I mean - no boys around asking us to find something they've lost or getting grumpy because they're tired. One on one time with Trent almost always means watching a sports event of some kind, and that's fun, too. Drew is the one I don't spend much individual time with, because I'm so totally clueless about his interests - cars, bikes, and tools. With him, what little time we share is most likely going to be in the kitchen, talking about photography, or occasionally watching a movie together. When you really think about the conversational time you spend with your grown kids, sometimes it is shockingly little, even when you are passing each other in the house all week long. I'm glad you had that special time with each of your girls!

The trolley and dancers are my last memory as we walked out of the Magic Kingdom on our Thanksgiving trip. We listened to them finish their show, and then we had to make ourselves walk toward the front gate. :sad:

It was so fun spending that time with youngest DD. It was just a special time together, I'll never forget. Next up will be time with oldest DD. Isn't always so hard to have to walk out the gate for the last time, not knowing for sure when you'll be back? But I just tell myself, Lord willing, I know I'll be back again someday :)

Great shots from ToonTown! I love Minnie's sunroom!

Thanks. I love that room too and all of both Mickey and Minnie's houses! I know primarily it was made for little kids, but I just love it. I guess maybe I'm still just a little kid at heart ;) at least when it comes to Disney World!!

TCKK

02-27-2009, 07:08 PM

I'll be back either tonight or in the morning to do my last day and a half report. Sorry I've been so slow on this.

micandminforever

02-27-2009, 08:08 PM

Look forward to the update.:surfweb:

TCKK

02-27-2009, 11:13 PM

Last day in parks.

The first thing we did was head to Magic Kingdom for rope drop. As many times as I been here I’ve never seen a rope drop. We were a few minutes late, but got to see most of it. I’m so glad we got to see this. Here are a couple pictures.
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Here comes the train with the opening family and the characters
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Then we split up again. DH and youngest DD went to the Polynesian and oldest DD and I went inside Magic Kingdom. I love the greeters who have the Mickey hands on.
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We split a cheese Danish and each had a egg croissant at the Main St. Bakery. Yummy
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I love taking pictures of Main St. and the little side streets. Here’s a photo of DD
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I know this isn’t the greatest picture because of the glare in the glass, but is this castle gorgeous or what?
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Next we headed to Tomorrowland
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We rode the Astro Orbiter. I’ve never ridden this ride before so we decided to do it together this day. I loved it. I think she did too. Of course, we had to have a picture.
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Some pictures I took of the park during the ride.
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Next we headed over to Ariel’s Grotto. Ariel is DD’s favorite character. In fact, she’s asking for an Ariel trash can for her bedroom for Easter instead of candy. (She’s 17! lol)
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Ariel was due to be there for autographs, and she was determined to get her autograph this picture. She never wanted to wait before. So this time we waited for at least an hour or so in the hot sun, no shade to speak of. We were just down to a couple people in front of us and I started getting sick. I had gotten overheated. I didn’t really think it was all that hot, but never the less I felt like I was going to pass out. So I gave DD my camera and told her to have someone take her picture and I went over and sat down in a covered pavilion. I put my head down on the table and rested until she was done. She then went and got us some ice water and after drinking that I was fine again. I hated so much to miss seeing her with Ariel, but I’m glad she went ahead and did it. The castmember there was very gracious and took a couple good pics for her. DD had taken her drawing book with her and showed Ariel the drawings she had done. She was so pleased and autographed the pictures for her. Here they are together.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/tckk_photos/Disney%202008/08-15-08%20Day%2011/IMG_1624.jpg
You see who’s on her shirt don’t you. (I told you Ariel was her favorite)
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TCKK

02-27-2009, 11:14 PM

After this we met up with DH and youngest DD and spent some time in the park. Then we headed back to Pop Century for some rest time and swimming.

Later that evening we headed back to Magic Kingdom to ride some favorites for the last time on this trip. We had seen this lady several times on Main St. and this time we got a picture of her and the girls. I just loved her!
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We had dinner at Casey’s. We had heard Memom talk about them so much, we just had to try it.
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This picture makes me want to go back.
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Beautiful purple flowers
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Then we rode this
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I think these guys “got the point” J
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And these guys kept blowing their own horn
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Then we headed over to this
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Saw a couple pirates (oh wait, that’s my DD’s)
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Then we went and rode this, well the 2 DD’s and me. DH does not do anything with big drops.
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Then I had my first ever Mickey ears (I can’t believe I waited until the last night!)
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Then we saw this show
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I think the girls were about to die, but they took it with good grace and let DH and I enjoy it. We got a family picture on the front porch.
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Next we headed over here
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We saw this show
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This lady is a little scary
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TCKK

02-27-2009, 11:19 PM

Of course we had to ride this again
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You can tell it’s getting late in the trip and late at night because I started getting his more and more. I think DD was getting tired of having her picture taken.
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We watched the fireworks (I can’t do fireworks pictures) and then did the Haunted Mansion again.
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Then we rode “It’s a Small World”, my pictures are all blurry. I must have been getting tired too. But I love this picture of the castle
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Then back to the buses to Pop Century for our last sleep.
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The next morning we got up and headed back towards home.
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I hope this sign comes true!
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We had such an awesome trip. Disney World is such a great place for a family to be together! We experienced some new things this time that we've never done before and there were some things we didn't get to at all on this trip even though we had 10 days in the parks. I guess that means we'll just have to go back real soon so we can do those too. :thumbsup2

Thanks for sticking with me through this report. I really have enjoyed sharing it with you. I hope you had some fun with it too. :goodvibes

Cathy

MeMom

02-28-2009, 04:13 AM

That's cool that your daughter now has personally autographed Ariel sketches. That was a good idea!

The Mickey ice cream bar looks good. It's not even 4 a.m. yet, but I'm always up for ice cream. It's one of my basic food groups. :)

I love seeing the Pop Century sign. If nothing major happens, I will be there in about two and a half weeks!

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I like them all - from the beautiful castle to a regular old bus stop sign!

I'm glad you got to go on this nice long trip with your family. You now all have special memories to treasure for the rest of your lives.

nts4wdw

02-28-2009, 06:15 AM

I hate to see it end, but it looks like you had some wonderful times. Thank you for sharing!

pooksma

02-28-2009, 08:03 AM

The last day is always so sad. Very cool about the autograph pics. Lucky DD!

TCKK

02-28-2009, 08:43 PM

That's cool that your daughter now has personally autographed Ariel sketches. That was a good idea!

She was so excited and pleased to get to do that. I'll have to take a photo of her autographed picture and show it here soon. She said Ariel was so pleased and loved her drawing.
The Mickey ice cream bar looks good. It's not even 4 a.m. yet, but I'm always up for ice cream. It's one of my basic food groups. :)

I can't believe that was the first one I ever had. It was very good! :thumbsup2

I love seeing the Pop Century sign. If nothing major happens, I will be there in about two and a half weeks!

I'm so happy for you. I hope you have a terrific time. Make sure to tell POP and Mickey I said "hi"! :wave2:
Thanks for sharing your pictures. I like them all - from the beautiful castle to a regular old bus stop sign!

I'm glad you got to go on this nice long trip with your family. You now all have special memories to treasure for the rest of your lives.

Thank you so much for sharing with us on this trip report. You've made it fun to do. I love reading yours and even though mine is over I'll still be around checking you out!

I hate to see it end, but it looks like you had some wonderful times. Thank you for sharing!

I hate to see it end too, but we had a wonderful trip with lots of memories, plus it was fun writing it all down here and sharing with anyone that wanted to read along. Thank you for being her for our report. It's so much more fun to do when people come along with you.

The last day is always so sad. Very cool about the autograph pics. Lucky DD!

She was very excited and pleased to get to do that. It's so fun to watch the little girl come back out now and again for special things like that. So many times we're in too much of a rush to have them grow up. But Disney is a place and time where we can all just celebrate being a child again.

It was so much fun getting to meet you guys down there. I hope we'll get to do it again sometime. Are you still planning to go back this year? We're still considering it. Maybe we'll get to meet again. Who knows? Take care and thanks so much for sharing in this report with us.

Cathy