Jun Honeymoon YC & Nov Invasion ASSp-Uptd 11/18 Honey We Picked up a Hitchhiker!

[joleen76]

To skip to the Thanksgiving trip click the link below.

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First of all let me start this by introducing myself. I am Joleen (hi to all those who’s TR’s I’ve lurked on, most recently Zzub, and Mrs. The King’s) a 30 something mom, (Man this is sounding like one of those personal ad’s or a 12 step meeting, ok I’m going with that) and a complete Disney addict. (Yes my name is Joleen and I have a Disney problem) I tend to ramble and probably tell to much of my life. Sorry if that offends. If you get bored with me just scroll through the pictures. That’s what I do when I get bored.

I met my DH in September 2008 we dated for 4 weeks got engaged and were married within 6 weeks of meeting. (Did I mention I’m a little nuts?) No seriously, we just knew. (Great now I sound like a greeting card or something). It helped knowing each of us had been praying for our partner. We met in church too, so that also helped. We had a great foundation to build on. We eloped in November 2008; I mean of course we did who can plan a wedding in 2 weeks? My family was fine with it as long as we promised to have a “real wedding” with in 6 months to a year. Ummm ok.

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An aside….the lord put me with a man that could completely understand what I go through with my boys. I have 2 boys 13 & 9. DH has two boys 7 & 5. Yes, everybody sing it with me…..We are the Brady Bunch! They all 4 have ADHD; yes that’s right ALL 4. It takes a special person to understand what that means and to be able to deal with it when the kids “aren’t yours”. That isn’t true with our family….I have 4 boys and so does my DH. Our boys all have ADHD. Aside end! (See I told you I ramble)

Some of you ladies will completely relate to this next part. I was 31 when I met my DH. I had been a single mom for 12 years, and had gotten used to being “alone”. I had given up the dreams I had as a young girl of the princess dress and all the flowers etc. So when my parents insisted on a wedding I felt a little like a fish out of water. I had to actually care about dresses and colors and flowers and cakes? Holy Toledo Batman can I do all this? Luckily my step-mom and Maid of Honor quickly stepped up to help this budding bride out of the quicksand I was in. The upside to this “real wedding” was that hey we just might get to go on a Honeymoon! You see everything happened so fast when we eloped that my boys and I had already paid for our Thanksgiving trip in 2007 and were just a week away from going on it when DH & I married. DH couldn’t get the time off work, so the boys and I went on our trip without him. (It sounds so sad now, but at the time it made complete sense) We had planned the trip because it was our first family holiday without both of my grandmothers who passed in Jan 07 just a couple of weeks apart. Disney is our refuge from the storms in life. It really was exactly what the boys needed. We did end up coming back a day early though. I just couldn’t stay away from my husband for any longer. Since then we have had to deal with 5 days trips out of town for me. I have to travel for work a few times a year, but I digress. We talked about were to go on our Honeymoon. We talked about cruises or a cross country drive to NY. When we started pricing things, it turned out that we could go to Disney for 8 days, deluxe style for the price of a cruise and excursions. DH made the decision, saying I hope there is enough stuff for adults to do without kids. So I set up the most perfect surprises for him, but you will have to stay tuned to find out what they are! He had never been to Disney before so he left all the planning to me! I did do a kind of PJ on the wedding boards so those of you who might have read it and this all seems a little familiar now know why! Fast forward to June 08, we had a “real wedding” on 6/7/08. It was beautiful and we loved every minute of it.

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Then we were off on our Honeymoon…ummm I mean Disneymoon June 8-16th.

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We left our wedding about 5-5:30pm on Saturday evening. We drove to Mobile that night. We stayed at the Comfort Suites off Hwy 60. The man at the front desk said we only have a king suite is that okay? Well we were standing there at 2 am only my hubby and I. Mind you I was wearing my BRIDE shirt. I somehow think the King room was absolutely perfect. The price wasn’t bad either. We had to get up and leave at 8 am, so we didn’t even bring in the bags, just a change of clothes. LOL yes we are lazy.

During the drive DH decided that we needed video of the road ahead and the clouds? Yes I do believe the man was BORED! We kept getting honked at. I really don’t know why. It couldn’t have been the white shoe polish on the windows saying Just Married and I believe “Rick & Rack”. Which in guy code is (PC version of course) something of the equivalent of, “The Honeymoon is ON” LOL. (They wrote Rick & Rack on the car as we were driving off! Guess they knew we’d have washed it off. For some reason I have no picture of the car with that on it.)

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We got up at 8am as planned; surprisingly we were refreshed and ready to go. We looked at the continental breakfast and decided to pass. We got on the road and about an hour or so later we stopped to eat…at the Waffle House. How this is better than the continental breakfast that was free at the hotel I don’t know, but it makes complete sense to DH. I let him have his little victories, it’s easier that way. We get on the road and about an hour later, DH is regretting the Waffle House decision. He is panicked telling me to find a place to pull over. As soon as we do, the man I swear flew into that bathroom. I don’t think I have ever seen him move so fast. Later, he gets back in the car and of course I am laughing at him like a proper wife should. He likes to tell me lots of details in these kinds of situations to which I listen to the funny parts and quickly delete from my memory the other parts. I did get to tease him about not farting for a few hours which was fun in itself. We acted like kids singing to the radio and playing the air guitar while driving through Florida.

Until we arrived on Disney property and saw this

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Up Next - We check into our hotel and begin our Disneymoon right!

[joleen76]

We were officially in Disney! Yay!

Now we had to navigate to the first hotel of our stay was the Yacht Club June 8-14th with Deluxe Dinning. (Yes for those of you paying attention I did say first. There were actually two, but you’ll have to stay tuned for more). We were planning on splurging since it was our honeymoon on valet parking, so we drove up to unload the entourage of baggage. I still had my bouquet with me and wanted to keep them with us since I wasn’t having them “preserved”. Pixie dust had apparently been sprinkled on us since we had booked a king room standard view and were immediately escorted up to the 5th floor passing all the check in desks!? YES we were upgraded to concierge, but not only concierge, but concierge with a water view! SCORE!!! I was so excited.

I should explain some about my DH. He hadn’t been on a vacation since he was a child and that was to families houses. So he was blown away by the hotel and didn’t know what was going on when we were escorted to the 5th floor and treated like we were rich or something. I mean we were rich in love, but we are like everyone else in the money department. I was trying to whisper to him that we had gotten a free upgrade, but subtlety is completely lost on the man. So picture us sitting in chairs in front of the desk of the concierge. I lean in to whisper something to him and he sits back and says "HUH" in a normal concierge lady can HEAR YOU voice. So I repeat it at the same I’m telling you a secret voice. To which he again talks in that loud voice …. I CAN’T HEAR YOU WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? At this point I give up! I tell him at normal tone. We got a free upgrade. The concierge lady hears me and confirms in fact we were upgraded for free. Thanks babe, I blush. This is still a joke with us to this day. I tease him about it, and he laughs.

As a side note, I think we got the upgrade in part to this fax I sent to the room assigner.


June 5, 2008
Disney's Yacht Club
Attn: Room Assigner

Dear Disney's Yacht Club Room Assigner,

First of All, I hope you are having a truly wonderful day and if not, please accept a comforting pat on the back from Texas!

This trip will be our first to this resort, our HONEYMOON :) and my dear husband’s first trip to Disney!!!! And if that wasn’t enough I will be celebrating a birthday just before we get there and my husband’s birthday while we are there on the 13th. This will be my first trip to Disney without my boys and I can’t wait to do Disney a different way!

I wanted to see if you could possibly accommodate our room requests for June 8-14th. It will be me and my new husband and we would like to be in a king bed room with a view of the fireworks from our balcony if at all possible. Any pixie dust you could throw our way for our honeymoon would be just absolutely wonderful!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I sincerely hope I haven’t been too picky. Once again I hope you are having a great day and we can’t wait to be there with you!!!

Your fellow mouseketeers,
Mrs. DH


I have always gone with the attitude if I can make someone smile then even if I don’t get what I want it is okay.

So we get our KTTW cards….they are gold. We feel like royalty. We are the door which is by the quazi kitchen. Which lets face it we are newlyweds we don’t care what noise is next to us. Surprisingly though we never heard a noise. We open our door and it is just breath taking. The king bed is there, we open up the curtains and we are facing the boat docks. SCORE!! Major score!!

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So we have dinner reservations at Cape May Buffet. DH loves seafood and I figured this would be a great way to ease into the honeymoon. We are taking our time getting ready and I am getting nervous. I have a surprise on the way and if we don’t leave soon, it will be here before we leave. Luckily I have noted it’s a surprise so when that knock at the door came I ran to it to answer. He asks for my husband and I say yes he’s right here. He politely says I’ll come back later. Yay! He only knows something is coming, not what. So the surprise is partically saved anyway. We head off to our ADR and I stop by the front desk and tell them that the gentleman who was just at our door can come back and deliver what he had for us. My DH looks at me like I have 3 heads, which to be honest I don’t blame him I am being quite cryptic and probably make no sense to anyone outside the “plan”. I politely smile and nod and tell him I know I know. You will understand soon enough. Then we are off to have a great dinner.

(I swear I only had one cocktail)

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And the Blue Tini….Can you guess what he ends up doing with the cubes he collects throughout the trip?

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We head over to the MK for EMH’s tonight. I know a big no no, but it was our first day at Disney and I wanted my husband’s first trip to the world to start off at the park it all started at in Florida.

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We bought our Mickey Ears!

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Self Portrait

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EMH’s were until 2am. We didn’t make it that long it had been a long day and we were excited to get back to the room to see the surprise! It was……. Rose petals strewn from the door to the bed and a big heart on the bed with a Mickey head in the middle!

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He loved it, but didn’t quite know what to do with it. I will say this. It was breath taking to walk into, but then you have to sleep so you have to move part of the magic away. Just keep that in mind if you want to do this. I think it was about $70 for the petals and delivery. Perfect for a honeymoon!

Up next Day 2 and the Second Surprise.

[joleen76]

Sorry for hijacking my own thread with a side bar, but I feel like I must share this, so share I shall! lol

DH calls me today while I'm headed on a secret mission. You see we are working through a couples book and each day you are given something to do. Today we must not say anything negative to each other and buy something for each other that shows we thought about them today. Ok back to the story. I was on my way to Home Depot to buy DH some locking pliers. I know way to exciting a gift. (Background DH is a mechanic and looking into moving shops or starting his own business. Either of which means he needs more tools) So I'm on my way and my phone rings. (Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirates Life For Me) I have to stop myself from singing the song and realize that, yes I have to see who's calling. I see it's DH so I pick up. DH is laughing on the other end when I pick up. I'm sceptical to say the least. He asks me what I'm doing....ummm...headed to lunch. Which I planned on picking up after my shoping trip, so not a lie. He starts laughing and tells me he has a bet going with his boss. If DH shaves his eyebrows off to match his head his boss will shave his mustache. Is it just me or do they hardly compare? I mean you can walk around with no mustache and look pretty normal. I mean most women do this everyday. The real question is, can you walk around with no eyebrows and look remotely normal? I propose not. So I let DH go on for about 5 mins before he pauses to ask me what I think. Of course I told him it was retarded. I think my exact words were "you have to be kidding me" and "that's so retarded". Sadly I don't think he was, but at least he called me first so I could talk him down from the ledge of shaving. :rolleyes1 As far as I know the eyebrows are still in tact!

It's amazing what men will find funny when surrounded by other men. To much testosterone is a bad thing!

We got off the phone and I prayed a prayer for common sense to be granted for my DH. Can you imagine going to church on Sunday and trying to explain what happened to his eyebrows? :lmao: I mean I already know I'm married to the class clown, but that just screams it without any conversation needed at all.

This concludes the sidebar portion of our broadcast today. Back to your regularly scheduled TR.

[joleen76]

DH proved once again he loves to scare the farts out of me. Even thought he called me and we talked about the eyebrow thing. Still a part of me wondered if he really shaved them or not. I was really relieved when he got home and I realized they were still attached to his face! Simple pleasures of life.

[joleen76]

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If you look at the top left corner of the building toward the back (main building), that was our room.

This morning we had our 2nd surprise and it started at 9:30 and we had to be there at 9. Luckily it was in EPCOT and we could just walk over, but it started in FW at guest relations…YUCK! DH didn’t know what we were doing, only that I had planned and prepaid for this. I had put this on our Disney Honeymoon registry and my Dad’s best friend was sweet enough to select it as what he wanted to give us. That Disney Honeymoon card was awesome.

For those of you going…come on lady tell me already!! The surprise was the Segway Tour around WS. I had only been on a Segway one time before and that was in Nov. 07 and only for like 5 min’s in the demonstrations in Innovations. DH had never been on one before, but he knew what they were. I told him what we were doing when we woke up that morning. He was excited and worried at the same time. He was worried about running into someone, but he was a natural and after a few minutes he had the hang of it. He was not exactly happy about being shown up by his wonderful wife who was running circles around everyone else in the class. Of course it was only compounded when we head out to WS and got to drive through all the people in FW and all the waves and stares and picture taking. I told him it was because they loved me and thought I was famous. Yes, that is how I am choosing to remember it. It is much better than the reality of us lined up like in kindergarten in a single file line, butt cheeks clinched praying we don’t run over one of the pedestrian’s feet. Ok Ok part of me wanted to run over their feet like speed bumps for the staring and envy they were showing us, but that seemed like overkill so I refrained. Somewhere toward the middle of our tour the guides let us have free time. There is a limit as to how fast the Segway’s will go and of course I had to push it to the limit. It’s a weird thing the Segways. When you go to it’s “governed” speed the handle will push back on you. Of course for me this hit just between the girls and I could not see the speedometer to find out what was going on. So I am starting to do that freak out in your mind thing but make sure on the outside there is a big silent smile. You know the one I’m talking about. Until I have a brilliant idea, lean back a little and figure out what is going on with a quick look to the display. I lean back….the Segway slows down. I see nothing wrong. So I go faster again and this time a harsher push back….then it dawns on me that we were told something like this will happen if we go to fast and that repeated offenses will get us kick off the Segway and the tour! Oh crap! I better slow down. Just then DH zings past me…."hey have you pushed the limit yet?" Ummm Maybe, why? Me too! This is cool! LOL We were like kids on our first bike or something. It was heavenly especially in the heat of June in Florida.

Our guide was sweet enough to take a couple of pictures of us!

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We went back to FW and returned our new found freedom friends. :sad2: We headed over to Soarin’ for some fast passes. Then we decided we were hungry and got some thing to eat at the Season place in the land. Next we went to check out the wait time for TT. It was something like 45-55 min’s so we passed for now and come back to get FP’s later. Next we headed to what would become my DH’s favorite ride at EPCOT, MS. The man LOVES this ride. We rode on the green level because I get motion sickness on that ride. I am a bit claustrophobic so that doesn’t help either. DH loved it, immediately wanted to go again. I tell him go ahead and ride Orange this time; I am going to play the game at the end while I wait for him. He loved it even more now! We go to TT and get our FP’s for later. We decide to head over to WS and make our way back to the hotel for a short break. We take about an hour or so break before we head back. We have dinner at Teppan Edo tonight.

Pictures from the day…

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Is it just me, or do I look Itty Bitty next to this ginormous (spelling) palm tree?

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DH Loved the monorail passing through the park.

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DH's first ride on TT. Doesn't he have that "this can not be real" look on his face?

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DH Teasing, through a picture, our DS13 who desperately wants a Hummer for his first car. :rotfl2: Dream on SON!

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DH with his favorite ride!

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Waiting in line for MS I thought this was cool, so I took a picture.

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DH's goofy-ness.

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DH couldn't be the only goofy one!

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As I have mentioned before…watch the pictures for the hat metamophisis!

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Me & the guys trying to win me back from DH. Sorry boys, I'm taken!

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Our new friend.

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[KittyKat08]

Hi.

Great report so far, sounds like you and your hubby had a fabulous time.

My hubby and I Disneymooned last year and it was also our first trip and we had a great time.

Can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip and see more pictures.

[dizluvah]

Enjoying your trip report. Thanks for posting all the great pics too.

[joleen76]

Hi.

Great report so far, sounds like you and your hubby had a fabulous time.

My hubby and I Disneymooned last year and it was also our first trip and we had a great time.

Can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip and see more pictures.

Thanks for reading! Honeymooning at Disney was better than I could have ever imagined! I'm glad to hear it was fun for you and DH too!

I have a lot more pictures coming! :thumbsup2

Enjoying your trip report. Thanks for posting all the great pics too.

Hi there! Thanks for reading! I love to look at the pictures in everyone else's TR's, so I might go a bit overboard on posting them! ;)

[joleen76]

The heat is pretty bad and the humidity compared to Texas was way worse, but we were intent on keeping hydrated. I had endured this heat before and knew what to expect. DH was being a real trooper. He’s a mechanic and works outdoors or semi outdoors. So he is actually more adept to this kind of thing than I am. We lay down for about 30 min’s and then head over to the lounge for the free snacks. We then head back to EPCOT and walk around the countries a little and shop for our boys. We head over to Teppan Edo for our dinner reservation. We are sat with a big group that is there for Gay days. They were very boisterous; yes that’s what we’ll call it. I think they might have been having a wee bit to much spirits in their cool aid. It kind of made the dinner a bit awkward being the only two not in their party at the table. I felt like I was ease dropping on their conversation. The food was awesome. So good in fact DH asked if we could come back later in the trip. I told him we’d call Disney Dining when we got back to the room. I can’t remember if we had Guest Services book it for us or if our concierge did. At any rate we will be back here later in the trip!

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DH's Appi

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What was inside!

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Ginger Cake

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Our dinner let out just before illuminations started. DH loves this firework show. I think he prefers it to Wishes. (NOT ME!!, but I do like it)

We head back to our hotel and call it a night.

I didn’t know where to put these pictures so I’m going to tag them on at the end of this post. These were mainly taken by one over eager Photopass guy who was incredibly sweet. We of course turned it into a joke and referred to him here on out as the Disney Paparazzi or the Over Eager Photo Stalker Guy. (Yes we made these up, I know they aren’t too creative but they sure made us laugh)

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These were taken close to the 3 Cabieros Topiaries by Mexico.

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The fountain in France.

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This was taken on the bridge to the sometimes Desert Party Location for Disney Brides. It must be beautiful!

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Looking back toward Italy.

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Looking out toward the Lagoon.

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Up next AK, Yak & Yeti, and the Dinner that Would Live in Infamy.

[joleen76]

I have to take a post away from the TR to talk about today. COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC!!

Let me start out by prefacing this story with a little background. I am like a lot of you out there when I’m at work. I wait until I absolutely have to go, to go to the bathroom.

So, I’m doing the “I gotta go” shimmy to the bathroom around the corner when I notice something is amiss. I get to the door and there is a bucket propping it open? Whaaaattt? :scared1: Hmmm something is not right. I peak only my head in the door to see what could be going on. There is a 50 something year old man sprawled across the floor. Please, bear in mind this man resembles Lurch with hair. It's quite shocking and very creepy right? He has one hand reaching for something under the sink and has his foot pointing out, kind of like a ballerina gone undeniably wrong. :scared: This is to much to take in. It is so shocking I nearly jump, but my brain intercedes and tells my body it can’t handle that now. Then this is followed by me trying to stifle my laughter so as not to let Lurch know I have peeked in on his private moment with the bathroom sink. :rotfl2: I lean my head back out trying not to make a sound. :rolleyes1 Then the crazy thoughts come.

Bare in mind, in my sane mind, I know he is probably repairing a sink or something; but I have to tell you for a minute it runs through my head he is there installing a perverted spy camera’s or something. :eek: Why I think this? I do not know! I will blame it on to much Forensic Files and Most Evil last night. :thumbsup2 It's at this point my brain reminds me I was on a mission, and I quickly panic on where I can go to go! :scared: I think for a moment, start walking, then stop, and start again. It's like my brain is just not connecting with my body. I can go up a floor and use theirs or down a floor and use theirs. Hmmm I think there are less women on the floor above…I’m headed there. :idea: I decide to take the stairs, I mean after all I could use some exercise, never mind the fact I am floating at this point. I am trying to run without bouncing. Is that possible? I think “my junk in my trunk” is laughing at me as I attempt this defiance of gravity. I make it there and once I am no longer floating sanity returns to my brain, I laugh at the camera thoughts I had, I run down the stairs like a normal person, and return to my office. :lmao: I will admit I did still take a quick peak below the sink on my next trip. If there is a camera it is very well hidden. :surfweb:

Yes I am nuts…but I warned you in the very first post. I still wonder what is crazier, the fact I thought about the camera thing, or the fact what people have done to implant the idea in my head?

[joleen76]

Today we are headed to AK. We are really looking forward to riding Everest for the first time, and I want to go back to the Safari ride. You see when I had come with my boys in Nov 07, my oldest did not want to ride Everest and hence I had not ridden yet. We got up pretty early each morning, not rope drop early, but in time to eat the Concierge Breakfast early. Later we would be headed back to the hotel for a break and then to EPCOT dinner & EMH’s. (Yes flame me, we did a lot of EMH this trip)

When we got to AK we noticed a surprisingly lack of Photopass guys. (No stalking for us today in AK) It’s the first park I have ever had to actively seek one out. Go figure! So the entrance pictures are from our camera with the aid of a Good Samaritan who took our picture.

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I was under strict orders from DH – “no shows, they are boring”. Yes, I did say that in a high pitched whiny voice like my mom did when she was irritated with us when I was growing up. You see in my mind I was pouting and thinking if I could only get him to one show he’d change his mind, but I decided to save that battle for another day. So we were off to EE.

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Let me just say….what an awesome ride! I am not a real adventurous rider and I just loved it. We rode 3 times this day. I only got the wait time picture of our last ride. It was just before we left and that’s why the 35 MIN wait. Other times was no more than 15-20 and once with FP.

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Some of the queue.

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The train itself.

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DH & I actually bought a picture of one of our turns on this ride. Sadly we looked fine in the picture but that’s not why we bought it. There was a rather large man behind us who screamed like a high pitched fire truck the entire ride. In the picture he looks so traumatized, we couldn’t pass buying it up just for the memories. The funny thing is he was smiling with this look on his face and immediately after the ride was over, he was proclaiming it the best ride ever and that he’d be riding again this day. Go figure.

Next we headed to the Safari to get FP’s. I can’t remember the return time but I think it was a couple of hours later. We decided to head over to Dinosaur, and that roller coaster right next to it. (I can’t remember if it’s PW or TS) First was Dinosaur. DH loved it as he is a thrill junkie. For me once a trip is enough, all that jerking, flopping (in my case), and jiggling just doesn’t sit right afterwards. I can recover from one…but you’ve seen the old BLOB references right? I feel like the blob on crack if I ride it more than once. Devouring innocent bystanders with my headache infused wrath. DH is learning to read the signs of the BLOB attack coming on and is trying to avoid them rather than cause them just for fun these days.

Where was I? Oh yes to Dinosaur!

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Thank you mommy and cute little girl for letting us poach in on your picture.

You may ask why are we not in this picture? Well DH was in a hurry to get to the ride and was insisting my stopping to picture take was wasting too much time. So I compromised and did a few of these Flash and Dash pictures. (Now come one get your mind out of the gutter! A camera has a flash people!)

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And the obligatory smoke break allowed my picture taking habit monkey to rear it’s ugly head once again! Oo Oo Oo (Monkey sound)

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We had to play with the mirrors on our way.

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Up next we decided we were hungry and since we were on the DxDP, I had the great idea to stop by Yak & Yeti to see if we could be seated. It was 11-11:30ish and we were seated immediately. I did see when we were coming out after we had eaten that there was a LONG line of people wanting to come in. Guess my research about early lunches paid off. I do think the ugly comments and pointing was a bit much though, I mean really guys get with the program and come early like us! Or maybe that was for the gas bomb my DH laid on the unsuspecting prey.

Over all DH & I loved this place. The food was good and our waiter was awesome.

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I think DH had smelt someone else’s gas at this point. I asked him why the gigantic nose pin, he just said he was tired of the walrus bit and wanted a change.

Appetizers

ME - Mussles

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Entrée

DH's Duck you can also see DH's egg roll appi. He wouldn't let me take a picture of it. Said he was tired of it. Then he saw his entree' and decided he'd like to remember this meal after all! (TOLD YOU SO BABE!) :cool1:

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This was DH’s entrée, I swear I ate two, but I can’t remember what. It was really good though.

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Oh, I found the picture...I had the Shrimp Tempura! Excellent! :thumbsup2

Next we were off to the Safari ride. DH really enjoyed this, but not enough to wait in the heat for another turn. I agreed. It was starting to get VERY humid.

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I think the animals were all hot and sticky too. We decided we needed an obligatory smoke break and a chill down.

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[joleen76]

Picture limit! Sorry!

After this we decided to hit ITTBAB and leave for our break before our CR dinner in EPCOT tonight.

DH's Brother...

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Oh look honey it's a bug! Oh wait, that's you. Sorry babe! :rotfl2: Also note the hat progression!

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On our way out of the park we decided we were finding some PP guy to take our picture! We found one all by himself up close to the base of the TOL. I apologize for all the kissing…the ears made all the photographers request it A LOT. Not that we minded. Married for 7 months or not….we were on our honeymoon and trying to feel young again! Oh, and you will notice the hat flair is growing. I kept telling him 10 pieces are required but who wants to be just average. (Yes that is an office space reference)

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I am really cheesing it up in this one. I think DH was making fun of something. You will see a lot of these kinds of pictures of me. DH makes these comments and is able to keep a straight face while I am not expecting it and end up looking like a real goober! ;)

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Then we found another one on our way out on the bridge.

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He thought we should trade ears. Man that flair hat was heavy! I want my light princes ears back please!

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So we caught a bus back to the YC and took a much needed nap. This was one of the two most humid days and you will see why in the next part of our day. I think the humidity really wore us out and made a recipe for disaster later on!

Still to come in Day 3 Part 2.....We get completely washed out and the dinner that will live in infamy!!!

[joleen76]

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[joleen76]

We had a Lurch sighting today. Oddly enough it was as I was coming out of the women's restroom where the "incident" happened last week. He was coming out of the machine closet right next door to the Ladies Bathroom. Hmmm....very peculuar. Of course only in my mind. The poor man is just doing his job and I have to go make fun of him. Well at least he doesn't know about it. Only my Peeps from the internet do! :rolleyes1

My sister was over this weekend with my niece, which is always good times. It gives my DH an opportunity to terrorize new victims with his atomic powered gas warfare, not to mention I get to avoid being the target! :rotfl:

I decided on Sunday after church was a perfect time to exact a little revenge on DH though. We came back to the house and DH & the kids unloaded while me and DS would head to the store. DH is a sweetheart and always :hug: and kisses me when we leave each other. So I got out of the car to tell him bye. I used the fact I was getting back in the car and getting my seatbelt on as a distraction. To throw him off guard a little. I even start to back out of the garage a little. I tell my sister "watch this!" and I goose the horn. This in turn gooses my DH. He jumps and it's like watching a child run around the corner and see's someone standing there they didn't expect. It was pure greatness. :lmao: He comes to the window and says he expected it, but still couldn't stop the jumping reflex. I tell him I love him and proceed to back up some more. DH is still pretty close to the car so I take this golden opportunity to honk again! This time was just as funny, even more I think. He jumped higher, and you could tell he had clinched his butt cheeks so hard. Like there was a suprise coming out or something. :rotfl2: My DS and I are laughing like banchees. I decided DH's heart has probably had enough of this fun for the day and head about our errands.

Isn't love grand! No way else could you get away with letting green clouds out as punishments or get to use your horn in such an entertaining way! :thumbsup2

[Mrs. The King]

Joleen!!!!!! You forgot to mention that you are so stinkin' cute!! You trip report rocks. It has everything, cute couple, surprises, romance, humor!!!!!


Keep it up, I am subing :banana: :cool1: :thumbsup2



BTW, in pictures your hubby looks a little like Danny Goeky (sp?) from American Idol.

[joleen76]

Joleen!!!!!! You forgot to mention that you are so stinkin' cute!! You trip report rocks. It has everything, cute couple, surprises, romance, humor!!!!!


Keep it up, I am subing :banana: :cool1: :thumbsup2



BTW, in pictures your hubby looks a little like Danny Goeky (sp?) from American Idol.

Mrs. The King!!!!! :cheer2: I love that you are here!!

I never thought of myself as anything but average, but I'll take the compliment. :goodvibes

I'm glad you are enjoying my TR. It's the least I could do after nearly peeing my pants from laughing at yours!!

I have a confession to make, I had no idea who Danny was. I had to look him up. :happytv: For others like me, this is him.

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What do you think? Does he aim to look like my DH???

[wgqual]

Joleen

loving your TR!! :lmao: :lmao:

I use to live close by in Woodbridge...Miss that area. Living in Allen now but still try to get to church there in Sachse every once in awhile :rolleyes1

I thought me and my Fiancee were crazing moving in together after a month and a half...But you guys have us beat... When you know you know..

We are planning on getting married on the Wonder in Sept 09 with a disney honeymoon at the world..So i'm loving all your pictures..and your surprise gift gave me an idea for our honeymoon. Been to the world like 15 times but none in the last 15 years :sad1:

[Mrs. The King]

Mrs. The King!!!!! :cheer2: I love that you are here!!

I never thought of myself as anything but average, but I'll take the compliment. :goodvibes

I'm glad you are enjoying my TR. It's the least I could do after nearly peeing my pants from laughing at yours!!

I have a confession to make, I had no idea who Danny was. I had to look him up. :happytv: For others like me, this is him.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/40127.jpg

What do you think? Does he aim to look like my DH???

See, Normally Danny has glasses on. So that really does the reminding thing for me. We need a glasses picture of both.

[smphbear]

I have been subbed and enjoying the report.

I knew I was enjoying your sense of humor. Then you threw in the Office Space reference. I will be continuing to laugh along.

Marcie

[joleen76]

Joleen

loving your TR!! :lmao: :lmao:

I use to live close by in Woodbridge...Miss that area. Living in Allen now but still try to get to church there in Sachse every once in awhile :rolleyes1

I thought me and my Fiancee were crazing moving in together after a month and a half...But you guys have us beat... When you know you know..

We are planning on getting married on the Wonder in Sept 09 with a disney honeymoon at the world..So i'm loving all your pictures..and your surprise gift gave me an idea for our honeymoon. Been to the world like 15 times but none in the last 15 years :sad1:

Hey thanks for reading! It's good to know that others think I'm funny because to me, I'd never know the difference as long as I was laughing at myself! :rotfl:

We go to church in Sachse very near Woodbridge. First Baptist Sachse actually. Maybe we have seen each other! Such a small world. (yes sing the song with me now ;) )

Oh your wedding on the Wonder sounds just awesome! I have more suprises in store for DH in this TR. I'm so glad that I was able to give you some ideas. The suprises really added to the romance and fun of our honeymoon.

As for not going to the world in 15 years :scared1: :sad2: You are better than I am at fighting addictions! I am having withdrawls now, but this TR is helping!!! :thumbsup2

[joleen76]

See, Normally Danny has glasses on. So that really does the reminding thing for me. We need a glasses picture of both.

Hmmm ..... so a googling I went. I found some glasses pictures of both of the guys. What do you guys think?

First two pictures of Danny, then one of DH!

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[joleen76]

I have been subbed and enjoying the report.

I knew I was enjoying your sense of humor. Then you threw in the Office Space reference. I will be continuing to laugh along.

Marcie

Marcie, thanks for reading! I'm glad you are enjoying my TR. I try to be funny, but sometimes it falls a little flat. I guess because not everyone can be in my mind and get the references I am making. I love Office Space! :thumbsup2 It's not exactly a mainstream hit, so I did worry a little if anyone would get it. I'm so glad you did! Just remember, "Yeah, I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday. (swig coffee) and umm yeah, we'll be starting at the regular time, umm thanks" And always, always remember to pass the cake to Milton or he'll burn your office down.

We actually had a guy who looked and acted like Milton at my office. We often made remarks :rolleyes1 on things he did and wondered if there would be an office to come back to Monday. To bad there always was!

[Mrs. The King]

Hmmm ..... so a googling I went. I found some glasses pictures of both of the guys. What do you guys think?

First two pictures of Danny, then one of DH!

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They could be brothers!!!

[joleen76]

They could be brothers!!!

I am going to HAVE to tell DH about this. I will ask him how his brother is so famous and he's not? Of course then we'll joke about how people will mistake him for Danny and he can still feel like a star of sorts. Hey, maybe next time we are in the World a CM will think he's Danny and we can get some cool swag? Yes I'm dreaming....ok I will wake up! Drat.

[joleen76]

We took about an hour or so nap and then went to the Concierge for I believe it was Twilight Treasure or the one before that, I can’t remember. At any rate they gave us some dips, bread, cheese, olives, soup, and some other stuff along with open bar. We really only grabbed some snacks and I saved most of them for tonight when we got home. We were tending to be hungry when we made it back from the parks and NOTHING would be open! So, crisis averted! :thumbsup2

We relaxed and then decided to make our way over to EPCOT for our 5pm dinner ressie at CR. As we got out of the elevator we heard this huge CRASH …. BANG. It was thunder; the skies had opened up like the great lord above decided to flush his toilet on all of us tourists in Florida at that exact moment. This was no ordinary flush either…this was like when you have a toiled clog and you have to use the plunger over and over again kind of flush. Maybe he was cleaning out his bathtub too, I don’t dare say, but it was a TON of rain! I mean maybe they were stinky (the other tourist) I of course smelt like a fresh flower or whatever scent of perfume I was wearing that day was, and probably enough to just take away that underlying scent of being in the heat all morning, but I digress, it wasn’t us that smelled and I’m sticking to that story.

We ran to the gift shop and bought our $5 ponchos and headed out the door. We had a dinner to get to after all. At first it wasn’t to bad. The pummeling began to feel like a massage, at least that’s what I told myself, and my wet socks were to ease my aching feet. I was desperately going to my happy place. Then we ran and jumped in puddles…I mean if you can’t beat the rain, enjoy it right? This was great until we realized we had been walking in this from the YC door all the way to the WS entrance from FW. It dawned on us we were the ONLY ones walking anywhere. Which honestly still doesn’t bother me. I have jumped on many a ride because of the shy to water people. (The rainaphobes) I really wouldn’t have cared at all except my poncho had come up over my backpack and was letting rain into my shorts pocket. Oh peas and carrots…my camera is in there! It was praying time now….please don’t let my camera be ruined…please don’t let my camera be ruined. There was nothing we could do for now. Nothing on us was dry. DH shoved the camera into the middle of the back pack and we trudged on. When we finally floated all the way to CR it was just slightly after our ressie and people were EVERYWHERE. We pushed and prodded our way through the sea of people like cows looking to find the chow (moo!) asked to be seated close to the tanks, took our summoning device, and went to take off these blasted ponchos that were now sticking to our skin like saran wrap to a hot dish. It was UG-LY! We pried them off our drenched bodies and took out a family beside us with the wave of water that came off of them! I could tell DH was getting grumpy. Oh crap, not now! :scared1: This was supposed to be a special dinner for us etc. We checked the camera and it was fine. Yay! We waited for about 10-15min’s and were seated.

We were right next to the tank.

Then we met a new friend. Look the sea ray is smiling at us!

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Then we take our obligatory wet dog pictures!

Hatman

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Me

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We order our drinks.

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We watch the divers come to a table right behind us.

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The sign said something to the effect of I love you. Flip. Will you marry me.

She started crying, it was so sweet. One of their parents were with them too. It was truly touching. Even to us wet dogs.

Then...duh dum duh (insert dramatic swell here)

The grumpy man made his appearance. You can tell from the scowl below the light. This is point in a man's day you truly wonder why they look at us funny and say we are moody during that time of the month. All I have to say is Pot & Kettle baby! More on this in a min.

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Not sure what crawled up honey’s bottom for the next hour, but lets just say it must have been rather large and pokey. It made me never want to go back to CR again. The food was mediocre, DH’s drink watered down, and the waitstaff said it was Disney regulations. Well I’m not one to really care much as long as there is some alcohol in it. I really don’t drink at all except for special occasions and not even then anymore, but he had just had one the two nights before at Cape May’s. It was a lot stronger. Any who, the waitress said she had just gotten her bartenders license etc. Like I said not really entirely her fault, but we left without desert and we were on the DxDP! We ended up being there for almost 2 hours and we didn't even have desert! :scared1: Crazy!!

We dawned our rain gear again to venture out into the new lake called EPCOT FW.

DH still grumpy decided he needed a smoke break. I’m glad he did, because it was like a new man had suddenly replaced the old worn out grumpy man in front of me. Yay upgrade! :dance3: (yes I'm going back here, it's funny to me!) Ladies you know what I’m talking about. Men swear we are hormonal, but watch out for his mood swings that he doesn’t have. :rolleyes1 No I’m not saying I’m a scientist or have done any research. This is all life experiences here. So yes men, if it makes you feel better you can deny this is true. :cool2: Go ahead, you know you want to. Ladies, sit back and nod your heads where they can’t see you. :rotfl:

Ok, moving on! We decided to hit the countries. No not literally. It would be time for the fireworks before to long so we wanted a leisurely stroll before we needed to get a spot.

We met a friend on our way. This is when some lunacy came into our trip in the form of inside jokes. DH & decided that we would pick up a name a day or so to remind us of our honeymoon when we got home. It started with Co Rauw (from the Sims DH was playing a lot of this before our Honeymoon), then it was Qura Horini (from AK Safari Ride), today it was Sparrow, tomorrow it is Ongalla (from Tarsan and GMR), finally it was Mallard. Yes we are nuts, but it still makes us smile today!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3Sparrow2-1.jpg

We made it over to Germany and found a nice park bench we could sit on. I took this picture.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3EPCOTSunset.jpg

Up next....will we have another suprise tonight??

[joleen76]

For all you hopeless romantic's out there. I meant to post these links in my first post, but forgot. :rolleyes1

These links are to our engagement slideshow and wedding slide show. I absolutely love them, but I am biased! :)

www.jimrode.com/MyHeart

&

www.jimrode.com/Joleen

Enjoy!

[joleen76]

I told DH about his "twin" last night. He loved it! He even rubbed it in to our DS13. Whe responds with all the confidence in the world that he did not need a look alike that he was "hot" enough all on his own. :lmao: Kids!

More TR coming soon!

[Mrs. The King]

Ok, That photographer was worth his weight in gold!!!! What awesome slideshows.


Tell your DH to practice singing like him!!! He could be a Danny G. Impersonator is the dude wins the contest :thumbsup2

[GreatBiscuit]

Just located your TR. As I love me some good potty humor, I'm feeling right at home. (I believe a TR isn't a TR without at least one fart reference.) Looking forward to more!

[DWFan4Life]

Great report coming here, I just finished reading it and enjoying the pictures, it's really awesome. :thumbsup2 Glad that you had a great time and yes your DH looks like Danny,absolutely. Looking forward in hearing more from you.

Have a nice day everyone. :)

[joleen76]

Ok, That photographer was worth his weight in gold!!!! What awesome slideshows.


Tell your DH to practice singing like him!!! He could be a Danny G. Impersonator is the dude wins the contest :thumbsup2

The pictures were fun! We just adore them.

I've told DH to get ready for it. If he wins he could have a new career. :rotfl:

Just located your TR. As I love me some good potty humor, I'm feeling right at home. (I believe a TR isn't a TR without at least one fart reference.) Looking forward to more!

Welcome aboard "the Great Biscuit". :goodvibes Glad you understand and love my sense of humor! I think humor just makes life more fun. Just so you know the potty humor is not over...there is more to come.

Great report coming here, I just finished reading it and enjoying the pictures, it's really awesome. :thumbsup2 Glad that you had a great time and yes your DH looks like Danny,absolutely. Looking forward in hearing more from you.

Have a nice day everyone. :)

DWFan....welcome, welcome to my TR. Glad to have you along for the ride too! We truly had the time of our life.

I will be posting another installment today!! :banana:

[joleen76]

We were in Germany scoping out a bench for the fireworks. Then the Paparazzi showed up. We welcomed him into our space and he offered to take our picture. He let us know he would use us as test subjects to calibrate his camera with the sun so there would be more than usual. I won’t show them all to you…but there were about 20!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HoneymoonEPCOT-Sunset.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/EPCOTSunset2.jpg

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While we were taking our pictures the crew for Illuminations was coming ashore behind us to set up/check equipment for tonight. One of the heads of the pyrotechnic piece started chatting with us.

Imagineer: I saw your ears, are you celebrating something with us?

Us: Yes, we are on our honeymoon.

Imagineer: Awesome, are you enjoying your time so far?

Us: (in my head, yes except for the grumpy man appearance) Yes! We are having a blast.

Imagineer: I would like to ask you if you would like to join me on the boat docks tonight to have a private viewing of the fireworks with the crew.

Us: Are you kidding me? (DH you’ve got to be crapping me)

We were so excited! Not only are we getting the best seats in the house but we now have an extra hour or so to do something else!

When we walked up to meet our new friend, another CM offered to let us watch in the reserved seating in the UK. I felt bad having to tell her we were already taken care of. She was so sweet.

Soon it was time to meet our friend, and sure enough we and six other people got to go down to the boat docks in WS and watch the fireworks with the crew. Here are some pictures, unfortunately this is before I figured out how to take pictures of fireworks with my camera, so some are ok.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day37SeasLagoonBoatDock2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day37SeasLagoonBoatDock3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3EPCOTInfernoBarge.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3EPCOTFireworks10.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3EPCOTFireworks14.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3EPCOTFireworks9.jpg

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This show was so awesome from the crews point of view. This moment in our Honeymoon could never be replaced. We were truly given a Magical Moment. Thank you to that Imagineer if you are reading this. I won’t give your name, but you made our night and definitely a highlight to our trip!

Now it was EMH’s so we headed over to get the Paparazzi to take our picture in front of the globe at night.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3USEPCOTNightGlobe.jpg

Then we headed for the land and saw Sorin was way to long of a line and rode Living with the Land. I think we had the boat to ourselves. DH loves this ride because he is an amateur gardener.

Pumpkins! In the air. Floating pumpkins? No?

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3LivingwiththelandPumpkins.jpg

Sturgeon

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day3Livingwiththeland4.jpg

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We decided we were hungry having walked our on desert and all. So we headed to Sunshine Season for some grub. The only picture I have of this meal is of my desert. Must have been the good one!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day2SunshineSeasonsDesert.jpg

We decided to call it a night and headed back to the hotel.

Up next DHS!

[joleen76]

Hey guys,

I have been under the weather and haven't been posting as much on my TR. :sick: SO sorry. You know I haven't had an ear infection since I was probably 10 and somehow I have 2! :scared1: Crazy.

I'll be posting more soon, I promise!

[Mrs. The King]

Hey guys,

I have been under the weather and haven't been posting as much on my TR. :sick: SO sorry. You know I haven't had an ear infection since I was probably 10 and somehow I have 2! :scared1: Crazy.

I'll be posting more soon, I promise!

Joleen!! I hope you feel better! I saw you DH on American Idol last night.



Love the sunset pictures! Was it very loud on the boat? I would have peed my pants like a nervous Chihuahua being that close to the explosions!

[joleen76]

Joleen!! I hope you feel better! I saw you DH on American Idol last night.



Love the sunset pictures! Was it very loud on the boat? I would have peed my pants like a nervous Chihuahua being that close to the explosions!

MTK!! I am feeling better from being sick, but now the glutton for punishment I am, went to the dentist this morning and they decided to pull one of my remaining two wisdom teeth. :sick: Does this make me less wise? :rotfl2: DH would love some of the wise cracks to be extracted with the tooth, but I told him he would have no such luck! Lucky me, I get to go back next week and have the final wisdom tooth removed!! :scared1: Please forgive me if I am a little out of it today, I blame the drugs. :idea:

We tunned in to our local FOX channel Thursday night for Hells Kitchen and caught the tail end of American Idol. Unfortunately we did not see DH though, guess that's how he gets there and back to be home with me at night? :cool2: I think he needs a cape! Maybe a skin tight suit with the letter S etched across the chest. Well maybe not! After all DH is all mine and does not need the world to be able to see his .......... well manliness.

Ok Ok I'm getting completely off topic here. I have seen posts in other TR's that bash the day to day life chats in TR's. I say though if you are reading my TR you probably appreciate the calamidy of everyday life as much as a really cool Honeymoon and Thanksgiving trip with 4 boys! No?? Besides it's much more entertaining to laugh at someone else's life than have to look at your own and try and make fun of it! I say laugh it up and I will continue to post about DH's American Idol look alike, our torment of our children, and of course a little Lurch and fart humor thrown in!

So where was I? Oh yes, MTK and the sunset pictures! They were really fun to take. I mean we could not have timed them better! I have to clarify on the fireworks. We were on the boat dock, not actually in the boat. The "team" had to have immediate access to the boat if something went wrong in the show!! (insert dramatic gasp here) BUT! In fact we were still really close. The fireworks seemed to be louder, but that could have been just our imaginations because we wanted it to be! DH & I love firework displays, and even setting them off ourselves in the right setting. This was right up our alley! :cloud9: It really was romantic and we were in total awe of everything!

[joleen76]

Day 4 June 11

Today we are off to HS (on a EMH Late Day). I knew the morning would be good crowd wise but by 2 or so it would be crowded. We planned a break for today. I remember it was really hot today. I mean fry and egg on the concrete hot. :scared: I knew better than to attempt make up today, Paparazzi or no Paparazzi. We had two ADR’s today so that would help with breaks from the heat. We had lunch at Sci-Fi at 11 and dinner at the Brown Derby at 5:20 on the Fantasmic Package. I was excited for DH to eat at the BD. I love this place and to add on top of that Fantasmic setting on a EMH night was a thing to be excited about. :banana: We got up fairly early, not in time for RD early but again we got to eat breakfast at the Concierge Lounge. We decided to wear our matching shirts again today, however these said Bride and Groom on them. I made them from iron on’s I found at Hobby Lobby and t-shirts we bought at Wally World. We headed down to the boat docks and I took these pictures.

Of course DH has to start the day off with a blast….of air that is.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethFarting.jpg

Me - Standing up wind not down wind!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MewaitingonDSBoat.jpg

I took a few more pictures along our way on the boat.

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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4Viewfromboat.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4Viewfromboat3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4ViewfromboatDolphin.jpg

We set out with a few goals for today. Ride: TSM, TOT, RNR (DH), LMA, and ST. Everything else would be gravy.

DH entering the park, and he’s already in the Studios mood. Come to think of it, maybe he was practicing for American Idol! ;)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethDSWhatkow.jpg

Honestly I have no idea in which order we did things. I know we headed back to TSM and found out it had an hour + wait to which we said no thanks. Grabbed some fastpasses and then headed up NY Street.

Where the Paparazzi found us again!

With our camera...

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4UsNYStreet.jpg

Photopass camera....

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4HoneymoonDHS.jpg

Then we decided to hit TOT & RNR (DH) early. Me being the rollercoaster wennie I am, was not stepping foot on RNR!

Stopping of course to get, I mean let the Paparazzi take our pictures.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HSTowerOfTerror2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HSTowerOfTerror3.jpg

And some of our own.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethDSCar.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeDSTaxi.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4DSTT.jpg

I must admit I am not a huge fan of TOT. Something about it being an elevator and I’m already scared of the really tall ones as it is. Some women are scared of spiders and bugs, I am scared of tall elevator rides.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HSHat3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HSRNR.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/HSRNR3.jpg

No idea when this was from, but it’s too funny not to post. I married a half smurf! I think he had eaten some of that Goofy Sour Stuff, which he loved!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethGoofySourStick.jpg

Up next .......time for our Lunch ADR at Sci Fi!! :3dglasses

[joleen76]

Deleted. Double Post! Ooppsss. It's the meds I tell you...the meds.

[Mrs. The King]

Joleen? Am I the only one seeing two posts?



Is this part of the time change conspiracy? I love how often the photo pass people make you kiss :lmao: No one has ever asked Mr. The King and I to kiss, and now I think I am a little insulted. Next trip for us will be the "Kiss as much as Joleen and Danny Goeky tour." And I am not kissing just Mr. The Hing. No mam. I am going to have at anything that holds still. Mickey, Minnie, Those evil Dumpy twins.

I am kissing the frick out of everything. I will end the tour tongue kissing Walt's head in Disney Studios.


Another awesome set of identical chapters!! You guys are so stinkin' cute. I am sorry you are having all your wisdom removed. They took mine out at 18. And I am fine. Fine.

[joleen76]

Joleen? Am I the only one seeing two posts?



Is this part of the time change conspiracy? I love how often the photo pass people make you kiss :lmao: No one has ever asked Mr. The King and I to kiss, and now I think I am a little insulted. Next trip for us will be the "Kiss as much as Joleen and Danny Goeky tour." And I am not kissing just Mr. The Hing. No mam. I am going to have at anything that holds still. Mickey, Minnie, Those evil Dumpy twins.

I am kissing the frick out of everything. I will end the tour tongue kissing Walt's head in Disney Studios.


Another awesome set of identical chapters!! You guys are so stinkin' cute. I am sorry you are having all your wisdom removed. They took mine out at 18. And I am fine. Fine.

I think I fixed the double post?

It seemed like the Paparazzi just loved seeing us kiss. It was fun and made some great pictures, but there were times people pointed and laughed at us. One even told us to get a room and then cackled if you can believe that! ;) We were very aware of the "family" setting we were in and did not want to offend, but it was sweet how everyone congradulated us as they mocked us! :rotfl2:

:lmao: I cannot wait to see the pictures of your kissing marathon. I hope Mr. The King doesn't get upset with all the free kisses you'll be giving out! If he's like my DH he will just shake his head in disbelief and laugh at you.

Thanks for the well wished on my adventure at the dentist. Can you believe I actually went in to work yesterday? Today I realized how stupid that was and stayed home so I could recoupe without inflicting my haze on my work place. However you guys are not so lucky! :thumbsup2

[joleen76]

Next we were on to our lunch at SCI-FI. I wondered how DH would like it.

DH really loved this place. I had been there a few times before with my boys, but this was DH’s first trip to Disney so everything was new to him.

I of course figured out by today that I needed more food pictures.

His Entrée

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4SciFiLunch2.jpg

Mine

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4SciFiLunch.jpg

Mine was good, but if I had it to do over again I’d get it without the cheese. JMO

Deserts

His

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4SciFiDesert.jpg

Mine

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4SciFiDesert2.jpg

These were so Yummy as were the shakes!

We were hitch hikers can’t you tell?

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4UsSciFi.jpg

When DH found out, or he was being pulled into the sci-fi relm. I'm not sure what he said. Either way, he's goofy.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethSciFiHelpMe.jpg

Next it was off to Star Tours and Muppets 3D.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeStarwarsSkidder.jpg

Doesn't DH look thrilled?? I think he's eying the smoking section behind me. :rotfl: That or he was constipated. :rolleyes1

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethStarwarsSkidder.jpg

Then it was to LMA where I took a zillion and one pictures at DH’s request. The video camera my DM and DSD lent us battery was not holding a charge so DH could not tape this. It made no difference that I had it on video at home from a previous trip. It was simply not the same. The only way he quit pouting was the zillion and one pictures. Have you ever noticed how men and children behave similarly? Good thing I’m a mom and know what to do in these situations. Of course with every stunt, I still got the “did you get that?”, and “are you sure you got that?”

I’ll only post a couple of the zillion though.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4Lights13.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4Lights14.jpg

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And for all that, I made him sit through the parade with me!

I didn’t get but one picture though. The cost for the parade was no pictures of it and ice cream to cool off with. :rolleyes1 Little does he know I have pictures of it from Nov 07. HA!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4DSArmyMen.jpg

We took these random pictures, but I can't remember where this was in DHS.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethDSArchway.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeDSArchway.jpg

I know we did more before dinner, but my pictures skip from here to dinner. Guess we were both tired of the camera for a while.

Next up Brown Derby Dinner Fantasmic Package!

[joleen76]

Remeber the day I told you about in EPCOT were we floated to our ADR at Coral Reef? Ah yes in all it's splendor. Well today it's raining like that here in Dallas. The lord is cleaning out his toilet bowl again, or letting out the bath water....either way it's rained all day and most of last night. It takes me back!

I wish I was in Disney right now! :teleport: I wish I could teleport like this little guy!!

[joleen76]

This is a special shout out to all my lurkers out there! :wave2:

We are approaching 1200 views with not many posts! I hope all that are reading and not posting are enjoying!! :flower3: As a serial lurker myself I know how that goes. It's odd being on the other side. :darth:

So here's an encouraging :hug: to all those out there. Feel free to post away. I will not throw anything at you, and if I did, you wouldn't feel it anyway. My poor computer screen would!!


Now back to my not so popular TR!!

[joleen76]

We arrived early for our 5:20 ADR. We were seated with in 5-10 min’s. Our waiter was very nice. He brought us each a glass of champagne from Mickey and Minnie for our Honeymoon! It was a great start to our dinner.

Here we are before the eating started. LOL You can't tell it was hot that day can you?

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeBrownDerby.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethHatBrownDerby.jpg

(No it’s not your imagination; the hat has grown more flair)

The Appi’s were awesome!

Lobster Bisque

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbyLobsterBisque.jpg

Crab Cake

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbyCrabCake.jpg

The entrée’s couldn’t have been better.

Steak

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbySteak.jpg

Halibut

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbyHalibut.jpg

And Deserts? Well they are always the highlight to my meals out.

Creme' Brule

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbyCreamBrule.jpg

Banana's Foster Cheesecake

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4BrownDerbyBananasFoster2.jpg

We decided we were ready for a break and headed back home.

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We met some friends at the boat dock while we were waiting.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4DSDucks.jpg

While we were home, we made a trip down to the Gift Shop where DH insisted we both get a YC t-shirt. We met this guy while we were down there too, he and I had quite the chat! :love: DH is starting to catch on he might have some competition while we are here for my attention.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4YCGiftShop.jpg

After our rest and I believe a stop by the Concierge Lounge to get some snacks for when we got home tonight, we headed back to DS for Fantasmic!

Since we had the dinner package we didn't have to worry much about crowds.

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Then it was on to GMR. (Which I Love!!!)

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This is the funniest picture. I was trying to see why my flash kept going off when I was taking pictures in the ride. A big Disney no no. I had it in my lap and yep you guessed it, it went off again. This is DH’s reaction. :rotfl2:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4GreatMovieRide3.jpg

Me outside one of my favorite rides.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeGreatMovieRide.jpg

Then we went to concur the TSM drama. Yes we waited standby, it was something like a 45 min wait. I believe we also rode later FP, but no pictures of that time.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4ToyStoryMania.jpg

Potato Head is whispering something to DH. Look at the concentration!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4Kennethtalkingtopotatohead.jpg

Don’t I look lovely!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4MeToyStory.jpg

I must have scared DH when I got in the ride with him!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4KennethToyStory.jpg

After that, we were done for the night. We decided not to wait on the boat and walk to the trail, I mean we are relatively young right? Factor in the fact my calves were KILLING me and I was starting to limp. DH was making fun of me, and he was surviving because I could not move fast enough to make all my blows connect. All in all it was a fun walk. We really enjoyed it.

We met our Duck friends again on our way out of the park.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4HSDucks.jpg

We decided to walk down the Boardwalk to see if anything was open that had anything sweet to offer us! Sadly only the take out pizza window was open. No thank you.

We held hands and walk through the sand from the BC toward the YC. DH stopped me and wrote this in the sand to remember the day.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day4SandWriting2.jpg

Who knew I married a romantic guy? ;-) If you can’t make out what it says, it is “6-11-08 K & J."

We went up to our room and collapsed as soon as our showers were done.

Tomorrow we go back to EPCOT, our favorite park. Do we eat till we win? or do I get a little :sick: ?

[joleen76]

Day 5 June 12

Today we are heading back to EPCOT. We get up and eat breakfast same as we have been. We take our time getting ready, sit out on our balcony and people watch for a while, then head out about lunch time. On our way out of the YC we met this little guy.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day5Lizard.jpg

Next we decided we are hungry! :idea: I had heard so much about Beaches and Cream, and really wanted to try it. So I convinced DH we should eat there! There was a wait of course, so we get a pager and go next door to play in the arcade until our beeper goes off. Sadly, the only picture I have of this lunch is my desert. It was good and no I didn’t eat it all. Although since I like desert better I might have skipped the burger and gone directly to the desert.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day5BeachesandCream.jpg

Later on I sorely regreted that burger. It was very greasy and didn't sit well with me.

Then we headed over to EPCOT WS. We met up with our Paparazzi friend in England/UK!

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We decide to tour the countries and take it easy today.

Africa? I'm not sure that's what they call this part of WS. It's between Mexico and Norway?? I think! :rolleyes1

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Then China! Nine Dragons was closed for refurbishment so we weren't able to eat here this trip. (Hint: we might get to on our November trip....more on that to come)

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We even sat through the O’Canada video, which I have never done before and will never do again. Standing, really? Crazy! :scared1: I was still not so hot after the burger, so the standing really got to me. I do think I copped a swat though. I didn't care. I was getting light headed and wanted a seat!

After the movie we took some pictures of the "Canada". I think they came out pretty good.

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We headed into FW and DH rode MS about 3-4 times while I played the game at the end. That ride makes me have motion sickness so I didn’t want to risk it with us having Dinner ADR’s later and my stomach issues were just starting to get better.

We went on Ellen’s Energy thingy and we got spit on by the dinosaurs. We agreed it was nice to be cool for 30 min’s but man it was long. I liked this ride before they put Ellen in it. She is not one of my favorite people and therefore makes it harder for me to love it.

Next up was Nemo & TTWC

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DH looking at the jellyfish. They really are quite beautiful.

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We headed over toward Canada stopped for a pic in front of the ball, and then on a smoke break we met some more friends.

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DH actually got to pet one of them! Can you believe it? I think it was because we bribed them with crackers, but still...so awesome!

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Then it was time for our LeCellier ADR at 5:40! Only Appi and Desert pictures for some reason. Oh and Mug shots of us!

Appi - Mussels

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Sorbet - Sooooo good!!!

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Creme' Brule- Yummy!!

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My mug shot

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DH's mug shot. How do men look so much better than women after a day of HIGH heat? Not Fair!!!

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You know just in case one of us gets into trouble we can easily identify them! :rotfl: We do this to our kids too sometimes when they get in trouble. They really don't appreciate the comment, but we do!

After that it was time to get into place to watch Illuminations and then EMH’s. First we grabbed TT FP’s though.

After the fireworks, we headed to TT.

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DH always plays it up for the camera, but look at the lady next to me!!! :rotfl2: Priceless!!

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Then DH rode MS. It was super crowded tonight because of EMH's so we headed back to the hotel.

We have a very big day tomorrow. I have two surprises for DH lined up. :scared1: Will he like them? Oh please let him like them!!

[joleen76]

My DH has been so sweet today. We have been going through a lot. I found out a month ago I am loosing my job in December. So I have started searching for a new one. = Lots of stress

My car lease is up and we are trying to juggle the finances to pay it off clean and have no car payment for now. :goodvibes

Anyway, he sent me a text message telling me how much he loves me and that no one can make him laugh, cry, or love like I can. :love: :love: He really can be just the sweetest man!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying my TR of our Honeymoon so far!!

[Mrs. The King]

Hey Joleen and Danny G!!!


Great updates. The food pictures made me hungry. I have wanted to catch one of those ducks forever. What would I do with it after I caught it? I have never gotten that far. :scared:


Love the pics of Toy story ride. My DD chickened out so I didn't ride this year. I can't wait to get a peek for myself.


Keep up the great work Joleen! I am loving your TR :flower3:

[joleen76]

Hey Joleen and Danny G!!!


Great updates. The food pictures made me hungry. I have wanted to catch one of those ducks forever. What would I do with it after I caught it? I have never gotten that far. :scared:


Love the pics of Toy story ride. My DD chickened out so I didn't ride this year. I can't wait to get a peek for myself.


Keep up the great work Joleen! I am loving your TR :flower3:

MTK!!!! Hope your week has been great.

I love the food pictures too. It makes me salavate just remembering the food.

:rotfl: I love that you want to catch one of those Disney ducks too. As far as we have gotten in that thought path is to pet them. Ummm then what? I don't know either!!

You will love TSM, truly awesome, minus the LONG waits of course. Those are just insane.

Thanks for reading along. I should have another update complete soon.

I have been organizing our pictures from our Thanksgiving trip with all 4 boys :scared1: I didn't realize how many pictures I took. It's crazy. Thankfully I'm not done with our honeymoon TR yet so I have some more time to get it together.

[Carol17]

Hi Joleen! I just wanted to say hello and that I am loving your trip report. I will be going to the YC also in 6 weeks, so it has been extra fun reading your experiences there. I was thinking of doing my first trip report, but to be honest, I can't stand having my picture taken,and my friend that I am going with doesn't really like it much either!:confused3 So, I don't think anyone would be interested in a trip report with no people in it!

Anyway, keep up the good reporting! Looking forward to more!

[Mrs. The King]

Hi Joleen! I just wanted to say hello and that I am loving your trip report. I will be going to the YC also in 6 weeks, so it has been extra fun reading your experiences there. I was thinking of doing my first trip report, but to be honest, I can't stand having my picture taken,and my friend that I am going with doesn't really like it much either!:confused3 So, I don't think anyone would be interested in a trip report with no people in it!

Anyway, keep up the good reporting! Looking forward to more!

Mrs. the King cries :sad1: My trippie never has people in it. Just my butt.

[joleen76]

Hi Joleen! I just wanted to say hello and that I am loving your trip report. I will be going to the YC also in 6 weeks, so it has been extra fun reading your experiences there. I was thinking of doing my first trip report, but to be honest, I can't stand having my picture taken,and my friend that I am going with doesn't really like it much either!:confused3 So, I don't think anyone would be interested in a trip report with no people in it!

Anyway, keep up the good reporting! Looking forward to more!

Hi Carol! Thanks for reading my TR. The YC is awesome, you are going to LOVE it! If you see any of my friends while you are there, just tell them we say hi! :wave2: I am sure they are bound to be missing us by now?

I think some of my best pictures don't have DH or myself in them! I really love those scenic kind of pictures. Don't let being camera shy deture you if you are up for writing a TR. Even if you don't want to do a TR you could do a dinning report. I hardly ever see people pic's there!

Another installment will be up today. Just have to run to a meeting first! :sad2:

[joleen76]

Mrs. the King cries :sad1: My trippie never has people in it. Just my butt.


Yes, but what butt humor it is!!! Yours are freaking hilarious!! :dance3:

[joleen76]

Day 6 June 13

MK here we come!

When we wake up, we are really tired. DH knows there are suprises today, but still doesn't know what they are yet!!

Our first conversation went something like this....

DH: Where are we going to eat today honey?

Me: I have something interesting planned today. You will need to bring a change of clothes. Nice pants and shirt with sleeves.

DH: What? Are you kidding me? Why? I thought we were on vacation!!

Me: I will carry the backpack, don’t worry!! :rolleyes1

DH: Just tell me where?

Me: California Grill for dinner.

DH: Where is that?

Me: Okay that’s all I’m telling you, let’s get going! :cool2:

This is what it looks like on the morning of Day 6 of your honeymoon at Disney World. LOL

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We opened up the curtains and it was such a beautiful day I had to take a couple pictures. Yes I got that rolling of the eyes from DH and the “hurry up comment”.

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So we pull our butts out of bed and head for MK. Not without a pit stop at the lounge though!

We arrived at MK and first we saw…..

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We rode rides until our lunch ressies at .... CRT!! This was another surprise for DH. I thought eating in the castle on our honeymoon would be fun. Also, since I have boys I have never been able to indulge in the Princess Hype. Honestly, I don’t really like pink or all the girly colors, so I didn’t feel very cheated or anything. I was more worried about DH’s reaction to this ADR.

When we arrived we went through the typical picture with Cindy and I asked if we could have a wand for me and a sword for DH they were giving out to the kids. Of course it is your honeymoon after all. Score! :wizard: pirate:

We were then escorted upstairs to the dinning hall. (Yes that’s what I’m calling it) It was loud and kind of uneventful looking. So yes dinning hall fits. One nice thing was that our table was next to the window that over looks the merry go round. This is what our table looked like when we arrived.

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The ceiling of the dinning hall was impressive I have to admit, but who eats staring at the ceiling?

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First we had that plate they call an appetizer. I have no pictures. We were starving and promptly chowed down the skinny people platter like the carnavors we truely are. It had about two slices of lunch meat, a couple of pieces of cheese and a few crackers to the best of my memory. In no way was it enough for us normal sized people. (yes I use the term normal loosely and to my advantage) I think my 9 year old would have been happy to eat this by himself if that tells you anything!

I have pictures of DH’s food and our deserts. I don’t think mine was very memorable because I still can’t figure out what I had and there are no pictures of it.

DH's Salmon

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Chocolate brownie castle something!

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I had the sorbet and I will admit it was wonderful. The highlight to the meal.

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Oh and remember how I was worrying how DH would like the Princesses. I should have known better!

DH with Jasmine

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DH with Belle

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DH with Snow White

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DH with Arora

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Whow Arora, he's mine....go get your own Prince!!! :laughing:

He cheesed it up with the best of kids!

Oh here were my obligatory pictures.

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Hmmmm looks like I had the Salmon too!

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Do you see something wrong here? Yeah, 1….2…ummm? Yes DH hogged the camera and the Princesses. LOL It was a total success. I now had plenty of material to tease him about for the rest of the trip!

Up next? Some park touring and what will DH think of Cali Grill? :confused3

[GreatBiscuit]

I had a few posts to catch up on there, but I think I'm all good and current. Loved the updates. The Flatulence in Repose shot on the dock was classic. Sorry to hear about the job situation...I'm sure that a door will be opened.
Looking forward to more!

[JohnsPrincess]

Took me a couple days but I just read through your whole report! Great job so far! I can't see the pictures from work - so it speaks volumes that I was still entertained! Keep it up!

[joleen76]

I had a few posts to catch up on there, but I think I'm all good and current. Loved the updates. The Flatulence in Repose shot on the dock was classic. Sorry to hear about the job situation...I'm sure that a door will be opened.
Looking forward to more!

Oh the Great Biscuit of the marathon trip report! Welcome back, glad to have you along for the ride.

My DH and I have a definate love for the flatulants humor too! Glad you enjoying the updates. Can't wait to read one of yours too!

On the job front....I believe that when a door closes the lord opens a window. We just keep praying for the right opportunity to present it's self. When he's ready and knows I am too it will come along. :goodvibes

Thanks for the encouragment!

Update on the way!!

[joleen76]

Took me a couple days but I just read through your whole report! Great job so far! I can't see the pictures from work - so it speaks volumes that I was still entertained! Keep it up!

Welcome Princess! Thanks for coming along on my TR!

WOW!! I can't believe I have managed to keep you entertained without being able to see the pictures. :scared1:

I hope I can keep your attention and maybe cause some entertainment in the process. :surfweb: popcorn::

Update on the way!!

[joleen76]

After lunch DH had to have his smoke break so Mr. Grumpy didn’t make his appearance. The funny thing was, there was a smoking section right by the castle. That in itself is not funny, but the fact that we sat and watched person after person freak out because a trash can was smoking was hilarious. No, I am not cruel (well at least not this day) the trash can was rigged to smoke on its own. Once we found this out it was absolutely entertaining to people watch. We saw several people track down CM's to tell them it was on fire. (Editors note: when we were back in Nov. the trash can no longer smoked :confused:)

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We headed through fantasy land and knocked out those rides and FP’d Peter Pan.

ITSW

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Then Haunted Mansion

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Was I melting? I remember it being VERY humid this day. I mean the kind of humid that everything sticks to everything. I remember getting up from a bench and almost taking the lady next to me along for the ride when my thighs suction cupped themselves to the bench.

We headed over to the mountains and rode SM & BTM. Then Mr. Grumpy was starting to appear. So we decided to oblige him and give him his wish.

Before

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After

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Which made me

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We took this picture as we headed over to POTC and JC. I am scared!! :scared1:

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It was getting close to our ADR at California Grill so we took some pictures in front of the castle and noticed the clouds. Ewww glad we will be eating through this rain storm. We both shivered as we remembered the “Day that will live in Infamy” and our trek through EPCOT soaked.

Please note the Wand I have in my hand!! Thank you CRT

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We rode the monorail over to the Contemporary and changed in the bathrooms. I took this picture from the monorail platform.

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A very nice stranger took this picture of us before we headed upstairs.

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[joleen76]

Day 6 Part 3

Then we headed over to the elevators and were escorted up to the restaurant. It was beautiful up there. I wanted to take pictures of the view, but I was nervous about that so I didn’t. I did take a picture of our table though. I thought it was very sweet that it was decorated for us.

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Our server was awesome. He took this picture of us.

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My DH had never been to a place as nice as this, he still calls it the Country Folk in the house place. I love this picture of him. You can just see the concentration in his face. What in the world am I going to order?

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We had a great meal. For appi’s he had the sushi and I had the lobster. Both were awesome.

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For our entrée’s DH had the fish of the day and I had the steak. Both again were awesome.
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Our deserts were stellar. DH had the Chocolate Cake thingy and I had the banana’s foster thingy. We both had congratulations chocolates which were a very nice touch.

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After dinner we changed clothes in the restaurant bathrooms and headed out to the Observatory Deck off the restaurant. We were just in time to see the EPCOT fireworks.

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I took a few pictures of all we could see and of DH.

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Also here is a hat update picture. As you can see it’s still growing!

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We decided not to wait to see Wishes from here, so we headed back over to MK for Wishes and EMH’s.

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I was glad to see my firework picture taking was improving. :goodvibes

We rode more rides, and I remember this night’s EMH to be quite light for some reason.

We went to toontown and met these guys! :lovestruc

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We really enjoyed ourselves tonight!!

We headed back to the resort about 1ish to pack and get ready for our resort move tomorrow. DH still doesn’t know where we are moving to yet. Can you guess?

[joleen76]

First a shout out to one of my lurkers that I realized was reading on another board! Welcome walkinginthefog to my not so traditional TR!! :thumbsup2

Day 7 June 14

Today is resort jumping day. It’s was time for my secret destination to be revealed. I was so excited and nervous at the same time. I wanted a fantastic finale for our Honeymoon. We were moving for 2 nights, so I wanted to make the most of it. DH was excited and we got up early. We ate our last breakfast in the lounge and made this one count! We called for assistance and for our car. (We really splurged and had put the car in valet 7 days ago.) It was very different packing our car up with just DH & I. When it’s all of us there is not a square inch of space to spare. This was open and airy. We had choices where to put things. I was a bit taken aback and probably looked like a confused rodent trying to figure out where to run when someone comes in the room I was hiding in and turns on the light!!

Sorry to pull this train off track, but just a few days ago we were in a Safety meeting at work of all things. When we got up to leave, I of course had conveniently positioned myself close to the door, so my exit could be swift and without impairments. I’m walking….almost to the door, and out of the corner of my “mom’s” eyes I see something on the floor. I say mom’s eyes, because no child or child minded (those who remain nameless) would see it. It was one of those times that time just kind of paused and let me think quickly before I could react badly. I see something kind of shaking on the floor. I think is there a breeze? Is it the vibration of the herd of cattle coming out of this conference room? (Moo MOO) All I can tell is that it’s grey like the carpet and very tiny, maybe a quarter size. It seems a little furry. My brain is starting to catch up with my body now. In mid step I bend down a little to get a better look, but not to far down as to alert anyone else to what I was up to in case I was just imagining things. I look, I look back, I look again. I can’t believe my eyes. Holy crap batman, it’s got a tail! Oh no, oh no, that mean’s its alive! My brain is on overload now. What is it? I know it’s alive now, but should I be scared, should I squash it like a bug, should I scream or run? In this thought pattern I decided it’s a little grey furry mouse and I’m going to let the exiting masses behind me fend for themselves as I silently freak out in my head. I do make a grandiose gesture to very obviously step around it, to give the little guy a fighting chance. I hit the door and then I start to think, if there is a baby…..there has to be a mommy somewhere, and I bet she’s a lot bigger. GROSS!! So, I stand by the elevators silently waiting to be rescued from this infested floor and taken to my lofty 5 floor difference for the separation I’m literally dying for. My colleagues start to join me now. They start talking about the mouse too! Yay, I’m not seeing things! Well in the made them up in my head sense anyway. So I am relieved and horrified at the same time.

Isn’t it funny, at home I would have exterminated that little guy with no hesitation, but at work….well that’s not my problem? Step around the mouse, run to your floor, and delete it from your memory. That goes in the catagory of "they don't pay me enough to do anything about it".

Ok back to the Trip Report.

So we packed up our car and started on our way. We headed out of the YC wave and say our sappy goodbyes. I put the coordinates in for our new destination. The Contemporary! I booked a King Room, Magic Kingdom View. We are so excited. DH can’t believe we get to watch the fireworks from our room. I’m even more excited because he loves it. (Do you see the potential for disaster?) We pull up to the gates and the nicest security guard hands us our car reservation papery thingy for the window and we are on our way in. We stop at the bell hop/valet station and have the most wonderful valet. Next we head inside to check in. Mind you we are on our honeymoon high, everything has been pretty much perfect and then some, then we start talking to the desk about our reservation.

He assigns us our room hands us our keys and we head up to our room. It’s on the 4th floor? Well we’ll make the best of it, I mean, maybe they only had a king bed on this floor. We are so excited; we get ready, and open the door. It was like that moment on National Lampoons Christmas Vacation when the lights don’t turn on after Clark has put in hours and hours of hard work. Yeah. We walk in the door and there are double beds. What? :confused3 We look at each other and DH asks did you book a King Room? I say, yes that’s what the Disney booking agent told me. Ok, let’s go back downstairs. There has got to have been a mistake right? We visit our “friend” at the desk and are told there are no King Rooms available with a MK view. Excuse me? We can put you in the garden wing though. Umm no, I paid for a MK view and I want an MK view. (Yes a bit of a bridezilla moment) Finally, we give up on the king room and ask to at least be moved to a higher floor. I mean nothing says honeymoon like the 4th floor, but we’d like to see more you know? We are at least moved to the 11th floor. So, I’m still not happy, but better than the 4th floor. We persevere and resolve to make this a terrific end to our honeymoon come hell or high water! (Even if we do already have our waders on)

Here are pictures of the room we compromised on and its view! (The view was just absolutely awesome)

First the bathroom...

The most important thing.....the toilet

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Shower

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Boat Towel Animal (the only towel animal we received on our stay btw)

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Sinks

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Closet

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Bar & Closet (there is a closet on each side of the bar)

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Beds (Grrr yes double beds)

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Couch, TV, & DH of course!! :love:

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View Pictures from our balcony.....

Mickey garden picture

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Our Car....you can see the enfamous Just Married & Ric & Rack... (thanks again BM for that!!)

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Parking lot/MK

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Castle & Tomorrow Land

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Animal Kingdom (if you squint just right you can see Mount Everest)

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The Poly

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The Grand Floridian

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Magic Kingdom - Splash Mountain & Big Thunder Mountain

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Space Mountain

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This is DH on Ground level

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DH @ the car

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More to come.....what do we decide to do today?

[piglet50]

your trip report is great - i love all of the pictures. thanks for sharing it.

[joleen76]

Last update on previous page. It figures I go to answer and change the page and double post at the same time. LOL only me!!!

[joleen76]

your trip report is great - i love all of the pictures. thanks for sharing it.

Heeeellllloooooo Piglet! Welcome aboard. Thank you for all the compliments.

I have really enjoyed reliving our honeymoon through this TR. As you can tell, I love to take pictures, and getting to share them has been awesome!

I can't wait to talk about our November trip with ALL our boys!

Thanks for reading along! :thumbsup2

[joleen76]

Day 7 Part 2
We decide to go to the Grab and Go for an early lunch and use some of our left over Dinning Credits before they run out at midnight. :wizard: We also make a reservation at The Wave for dinner. Then we are going to head out to DTD and TL.

First of all, I would not recommend the Grab and Go for food. It was pretty tasteless and greesy. I got pretty nauseous from it. :sick: Luckly the June heat in Florida sweated it right out of me this time! :scared:

Said Grab and Go offerings

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We head to the bus stop and then proceed to wait for 45 min’s on a bus to DTD. :scared1: I’m not sure what was the deal with the busses. I know we shared with Poly, GF, and WL, so that might have been the issue?

We finally get a bus, and are on our way. DH & I had fun shopping. I bought a personalized honeymoon ornament so we could always have a reminder of our trip. :love: Last year when my boys and I went without DH (because he couldn’t get off work not that I was just mean) I had bought one for our Wedding and Personalized Santa Mickey’s for each of us for our tree. Yes they were expensive and yes we do cringe anytime the cats get near the tree, but we adore them just the same. So, obligatory ornament bought. Then we head to the World of Disney store and buy a few things. We had been really good about getting the boys souvenirs and keeping the costs for that down to a minimum. Mostly due to me being an Accountant and being able to add everything up in my head and the list is in there too! :teacher: Much to DH's dismay.

Here is DH loving the shopping experience.

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Then for some reason he really loved Fulton’s being a boat and "had" to have a picture.

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Ok, great we are done here. We both looked relieved and headed to the bus stop to pick up a bus to TL. I think we actually took a bus to one of the nearest resorts and then their bus to TL, but I can’t really remember. I think he hich hicked a ride on the DBL to POFQ and then transfered. This was actually really smooth and quick! :thumbsup2

We get to TL and get a locker etc. It’s about 12-1 by now. It’s a little crowded, but not to bad.

DH @ TL with some friends

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Me with said friends

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Neither one of us had been to this park before, so it was a first for us both. The boys and I go to Blizzard Beach. Where to first? We head to Slushing Gusher? The big slide ride there that blows you up the slide, it’s really the slide vs. gravity! Let me tell you….those little blowers, well they have rollers too. My jiggler (TM MTK) got caught in more than one and when we were done with the ride, I was done with it to! The Photopass lady at the end didn’t even get a picture of us. :headache: All that jiggler (TM MTK) catching and nothing to show for it. What? How dare they! Didn't they know we were worthy of paparazi? Well maybe not in our bathing suits??? :lmao: The no photopass person was a trend that continued all day. We did have an underwater disposable camera we took with us, but in typically procrastination form, it is still sitting on my dresser undeveloped because we haven’t used all the pictures yet. And that camera wasn’t cheap! And the cheap Accountant I am....yes you get the picture don't you. ;)

Here is the picture we managed to get in the wave pool from the Photopass guy we basically stalked until we got our picture! (My how the tides have turned)

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We head to the BIG slides and they were fun. I let DH ride the big one by himself. All I have to say about the other is WEDGIE!!! They were fun, don't get me wrong, but I hate having to concentrate on my bathing suit being intact instead of enjoying the ride.

We stood in line and got EMH bracelets, but by 6 or so we were ready to go. Besides we had and ADR at the Wave in a little while.

So we decide to head back to the hotel and shower before dinner.

Sorry for the short update.....more to come with dinner and an extra magical evening!!

[joleen76]

Day 7 Post 3

When we last left off we were dround like a couple of wet rats and then told each other to get spiffied up for our dinner date. Great idea yes? :idea: We thought so until we get to our door to our room and put the key in....we try to turn the handle and ummm well nothing happens. We continue to do this for a few minutes and look at each other with that..."look" and a no way comment. I mean they can't have kicked us out yet right? We have only checked in that morning and haven't even been there all day. :rolleyes1 I mean the scene at the desk couldn't have been the issue...I was relatively civil considering. I really hadn't shown my evil gemini side...so that couldn't be it. I don't recall DH letting in gaseous clouds when we were down there. hmmm. Ok let's drip our way down stairs and talk to the "nice" people at the front desk.

We get there and they tell us that we must have kept our room keys next to our cell phones. This strips the coding. Umm ok, or course I think if it's such an issue why don't you mention it at check in? We don't recall both having our keys with our phones, but hey whatever right? We get back upstairs and are let into our icebox! :yay: Yes when you are wet the room is soooo cold even in June in Florida! :lmao:

We put our pruney selves into the shower and spiffy up for our dinner. Yay it's time to go!! I'm starving!

We get down stairs and DH decides to make a time warp trip somewhere! He still won't tell me where he went, but since he's wearing his "I'm not Perfect just Forgiven" t-shirt I really do kind of wonder. :rolleyes1

Far out man! LOL Guess we didn't entirely miss the 60's. (considering we were both born in the 70's) ;)

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Waiting on our table

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Our table

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Appi’s. I had the lettuce wraps and DH the crab cakes. Mine was really good, but DH said the crab cakes at the Brown Derby were better.

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When we were waiting on our entree's I took this pic of DH. What is it with men that they always have to figit with things? As you can see it is a stir stick of somekind this time! It reminds me of boys about 13 trying to strike that "cool pose" then trying to be funny at the same time. :rotfl: At any rate, DH continues to be entertaining!

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For our entrees I had the steak and DH the lamb. Both were very good. DH loved his lamb and talked about it for a day or so.

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Then it was desert time. I was very excited because I read about all the choices and couldn’t wait. I had the seasonal sorbet trio. I was very disappointed. They were not sweet at all but rather sour. Imagine lemon sorbet with no sugar! Yes that’s what it tasted like. This was me :woohoo: then :eek: then :sad2:. Too bad too. It was beautiful

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DH had the decadent trio. (I think it was called something like that) He liked all but the chocolate mouse/cake thingy.

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Then we stepped out back of the hotel to see what we could out there.

A nice couple came along and took our picture! With a cool kind of statue of my other bo.

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This butterfly house was pretty cool and edjimacational too!!

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I am always amazed by Disney's Topiaries.

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Then we head back inside the hotel for Wishes from our BALCONY.

Continued!!

[joleen76]

It was truly awesome to watch the fireworks from our balcony. Very romantic for our honeymoon. :love:

Was it worth the extra money?

Well on our honeymoon, yes. On a normal trip…no.

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This was awesome.

Oh and you remember the video camera with no juice? We were able to plug it in and take it out on the balcony and video Wishes! So we ended up with about 10-15 min's of our honeymoon videoed total. :upsidedow but oh well... my memories are permanent.

One thing about watching the fireworks from outside MK....it is awesome, don't get me wrong, but it lacked some of the magic even listening to the music on the TV in the room. JMO

Up next Day 8 Our Last Park Day :sad2::sad1: and oh the surprises I have in store

[DCLbrideSept2009]

Just got through going through your TR! My DF had told me about you guys a little while back... he posted a comment in there somewhere... we're the ones that live in Allen (well, moving to McKinney in a couple weeks)... oh, and your DH and I share a birthday!! I'll be turning the big 4-0 in WDW this June 13!! :scared1:

[joleen76]

Just got through going through your TR! My DF had told me about you guys a little while back... he posted a comment in there somewhere... we're the ones that live in Allen (well, moving to McKinney in a couple weeks)... oh, and your DH and I share a birthday!! I'll be turning the big 4-0 in WDW this June 13!! :scared1:

:welcome: I remember the post from you DF. Good luck on the moving. I hate that. :hug:

What a place to have a special birthday. Wish we were going with you! ;) Don't worry you'll feel about 10 while you are there so it's all good! :thumbsup2

I hope you guys didn't get any of the hail and stuff last night that passed through. We were safe! :cloud9: Well this time. We spent all weekend fixing our fence...but that's another post!

[joleen76]

An accountant, a mechanic, a little mutt and a fence! A weekend tail!

It all started Tues of last week. It has been raining in our little town off and on for about 2 weeks or so. We WERE in a droubt but now we are really coming back strong.

So anyway, it all started Tuesday with the hellacious winds. The kind it's really hard to stand up in. :laundy: would be gone out of your hand before you even clipped it on the line. Although, I can't for the life of me understand why someone would be hanging said laundry in the winds and rain. So we went to bed Tuesday night praying :chat: that our house would not be to worse for the wear. So Wens. morning everyone gets up and heads out for work or school. I am the last to leave this morning. I back out of the drive way and out of the corner of my eye I see light where there should be fence. I think no way. So I do that slowly turn my head back to see if I drempt it thing. I don't know why we do that. Do we think if I turn my head slower, or put off seeing it just a few more seconds it will miracously repair it's self? Why is it always me that finds this stuff? I don't know, but I hate it. :sad2: I think my family is actually starting to dred my phone calls when I call at off times. Hmpt The nerve! ;) Meanwhile it's raining now that I got in the car. It was not when DH and our boys left for school! :headache: It was early in the morning and in my defense, I wasn't completely awake really. I actually put the car in drive and drive down our street like I'm going to work. Yeah, I was just going to leave the stupid fence there, until I remembered the DOG!! :eek: This is DH's dog btw. He brought him home from the shop he works at about 4 months ago or so. He was a stray and so sweet. It's really hard to even discribe this little guy. He's like a chiwawa (sp) size maybe a little bigger. Short hair. White on the whole underbelly with black, brown, and white stripings, spots ect on his back. Yes I know hard to picture. He's also got one ear that sticks up and one floppy one. He is pretty cute I will give him that, but he is a Mutt. I will try to post a picture later. I have one on my camera at home and just haven't loaded it yet. I digress. SO I :eek: the dog is in the back yard. He'll get out and run away.

DH would kill me. So I pull around the block and stop closer to our fence than our driveway is (just in case the neighbors are watching, I don't want them to think I am crazy.....ok crazier than they already do) I get out of the car (IN THE RAIN) and go check out the fence. A whole panel section is laying flat on the ground. Oh man....I inspect more closely and yes, one of our posts are broken. :mad: We have an ongoing project...DH & I...as one of the old wood posts break, we replace it with a new shiny steel post! Unfortunately this labor of love is quite labor intensive and frustrating. ( I have a flash back to the last post and just how much of a joy that was digging in the dark bitter cold brrrrr) I try to prop the fence panel back up to see if it might by some off chance hold. Yeah that lasted all of 30 seconds in this wind and rain I'm standing in. My work brain kicks in and reminds me I have a meeting today I have to be at and now I'm going to go looking like a drowned rat so I better get a move on it. I decided to cut my losses and put the dog in the garage for the day. So I got get him and his bed and food and put him in the garage. One miss calculation...I have to go out of the garage to get out and then lower the door. You can see where this is headed. As I hit the button to close the garage door, I head back to my car. Next thing I see is the stupid dog running in front of my car. I call him and luckly he comes. I put him back in the garage and lower it down as I stand there saying things like....stay in the garage...get back....oh no you don't you little stinker....you get the picture. Success...he stays in the garage this time. I get in my car and this is when I finally realize exactly how wet I am and horrid I look. :scared1: I realize it's to late for me to go change my close or even dry my hair. I am going to be late for a meeting. And all because I am the only one who pays attention!!!! Grrrrr. Or so it seems anyway.

You can imagine the call DH gets as I'm heading to work. I mean you could have grabbed some popcorn:: and listened in for a good 5-10 min's about how upset I was and all. Poor, poor DH....today was just not the day to not pay attention in the morning. His worst mistake was laughing when I told him how wet I was. :sad2: he went from :lmao: to :scared: in no time flat. I know you guys out there can relate to that one. Luckly for DH he knows just how to talk me down from that perverbial ledge.

So that night when DH gets home from work it's still raining and dark...nothing we can do about it tonight, so we leave the dog in the garage tonight. Thursday....DH decides he's going to pay our DS's 13 & 9 to help him. Again raining tonight but DH wants to at least rig the fence to stay up. Oh by the way, we also notice that the back fence is weaving and that a part of it has come loose...not fallen but loose. Upon closer inspection...2 more posts have become fallen prey to these storms. DH & boys take and extra brand new picket we have and saw it in thirds and nail the ailing fence back together...kind of...at least for now.

Friday morning...it's not raining anymore so DH puts the dog back out back and leaves for work. I leave for work and this time all is relatively well except for the eyesore of the rigging on my fence!

We are having a good Friday when our DS9 calls me when he gets home after school. He is crying and tells me that the fence has blown back down from the rigging. Guess it wasn't rigged well enough! He did try! At this point, there is nothing I can do. I am an hour away at work. I tell him when his brother DS13 gets home they can go around the block and call for him.

Sadly he was no where to be found. DH had the number for Animal Control, but by the time we called them....they were already closed for the day. Now a little insite on DH...he acts all big and tough, but he loves that dog. He was putting up a good front, but let me tell you, it was the grumpyiest front.

So I leave them to fight with the fence and head to Home Depot for 3 posts and concrete and brackets and caps and screws. Whew. I think I remember exactly what we got last time, so I try and go off of memory, but nothing is where it was 3 months ago now. Luckly a nice man that worked there came to give me an assist. We get what we need in my cart and I'm good to go. Oh and I had to get 5 more pickets just in case, oh and a new shovel...we broke ours on the last post we replaced! This time I bought a fiberglass one though with a lifetime warranty!! :thumbsup2 Now the nice man loaded the 3 bags of concrete onto my cart, but when I checked out there were no nice men around to help me lift all this into my car. :confused3 I wheel it out to my car thinking....someone will see me with this and come to help...surely. (No I am serious and don't call my Sherlie! sorry couldn't help that one) Well you guessed it....I'm struggling with this stuff and no one comes to help, which in it's self wouldn't be an issue, but there was a man sitting in his car that witnessed all this and just watched. Maybe I was particularly interesting or funny to him? I don't know he wasn't laughing. :confused3 You will be proud of me though, I lifted 3 50lb bags of concrete into my car all by myself and didn't hurt me or anything else.

I get it all home and the boys and DH set to work on the front post. They got it out pretty easily and were able to set the new post and concrete that night. I promise to call the pound first thing when I wake up in the morning and everyone heads to bed.

I wake up the next morning (Sat for those following along at home) and call the pound. They think they have seen our dog! Someone brought him in and has taken him home to make sure he didn't outstay his welcome at our local facility. The very nice lady offers to call the people who have him and try to reconnect us. :banana: Sadly went straight to voice mail. :guilty: She gives me the number anyway and suggests I keep trying today. I did call later and it went straight to voice mail again. :sad1:

Meanwhile DH gets home from work. We get the panel back up leaving the missing picket until later and start on the back fence. We figure while the dog is gone we can try and get this done before we get him back. Oh and the we's I'm referring to now are me and DH. The boys have completely bailed to practice basketball at the courts. DS13 even gave DH back the money he paid them. What? :confused3 You are 13 and you don't want the money because you don't want to work for it? To clarify, in our house if the boys want some spending money they have to do something extra in the house. I make them earn it. So this was shocking to us when he gave the money back.

We spend the next few hours tearing down the three panels that connect these two broken posts. We realize we have to replace one of the 1 by 2's as well. Ok, now I am an Accountant. When I get out there to help my DH I do my very best, but I simply am not able to compare to his ablilities with these kinds of activities. At least I am there to help and do not complain much. I felt victorious when I had all the pickets pulled out of the 1 x 2 we are going to replace. We realize some of the other 1 x 2's are looking so hot so I head back to Home Depot to get a few and some more concrete and brackets and DH didn't like the screws so to get some of those. This time there are no nice men to help me. I get the 3 50lb bags of concrete by myself and all the rest and check out and fight the bitter cold to pile it all into my car. This time someone walks up and offers.......to take my cart for me back to the basket keeper!! Man I think I am growing some serious muscle! When I get back to the house I help DH nail in the pickets to the new 1 x 2 and then we pour the concrete for the 2 new posts. We decided we were tired and they needed to sit overnight to harden. We had church in the morning and we didn't want to be groggy.

We were so exhausted tonight that we were both pretty quiet. We prayed we'd hear from these nice people and that they would indeed have our dog.

Sunday...... we get up and go to church, we eat at our social, and head home to claim victory over the fence. We change of course, then head out back. We verify the new posts aren't going anywhere and then proceed to put up the panels. We get to the middle one and uh oh, it's cracked and the pickets are wearing out etc. We decide we need to replace the whole section...and you know what that means...back to Home Depot. We get the pickets needed (26 if I remember correctly) and another 1 x 2 and nails! We are looking around the tools section...I mean DH is a Mechanic....and a guy who we'll think the best of and call him not that bright walks up says "how ya'll doing?" and looks straight at my chest and then looks up and smiles with DH right there. I can not do anything but just laugh at the poor man. DH and I are obviously together and he has just walked past us for that specific reason. Luckly DH is not really the jealous type so we let it go laughing as we walk away. Of course DH leaves him with a parting gift. A cloud of course!

While we were gone the nice people had returned my phone call!! I left Dh with the fence to go pickup our puppy! He about swallowed my face whole when he saw me. I thank the nice people for taking care of him and head home. I put him in the backyard when I get home and proceed to start helping DH nail up these pickets! We look around and yeah....the dog is gone AGAIN!! He has snuck out of the tiny whole that not putting up the last picket on the original panel has left. I leave DH in the back yard and once again get into my car and start calling the dog. I fell like one myself...my face was hanging out of the window, wind blowing on my face...etc. I do find him this time though! Dumb dog....good thing we love you so much.

We get the fence DONE!! After DH turns nailing the pickets into a competition. Of course he can nail twice as fast as I can, so he beats me pretty bad. Ok, so he found one thing he can beat me at! :lmao: We sit dumbfounded on the couch for a good hour or so recouperating from the weekend.

So what I've learned....Texas wind, a dog, a mechanic, an accountant, and two sometimes helpful boys can get this all done in one weekend, but now I need a weekend to recouperate!!

Now back to our regularly scheduled TR!!

[hgbluesparkles]

I just joined this TR but I wanted to say that you were a beautiful bride! That's awesome about the upgrade! I just got back from a honeymoon and wished I had stayed at a Deluxe although POR-R was very nice. Now hubby is dreaming of the GF! Again, congrats and I'm tuned in! :happytv:

[joleen76]

I just joined this TR but I wanted to say that you were a beautiful bride! That's awesome about the upgrade! I just got back from a honeymoon and wished I had stayed at a Deluxe although POR-R was very nice. Now hubby is dreaming of the GF! Again, congrats and I'm tuned in! :happytv:


:welcome: Glad you are along for the ride!

Thank you so much for your sweet comments! I think there is just something about brides. They glow! I think there is something in our chemistry that makes women their most beautiful on their wedding day.

The upgrade was a complete suprise! We were truly blessed.

party: Congratulations on the Honeymoon!! And wedding that started the honeymoon!

We would not have been able to stay deluxe with DxDP if I had not gotten in on the discount code Disney offered last June.

We stayed as ASSp in Nov....I think it was a mistake staying Deluxe for DH's first trip....he's now spoilt Disney Baby. :goodvibes He told me last night he will only stay deluxe from now on....I told him then I guess it will be 2 years between each trip then!! ;) He agreed .... for now. He's got the Disney bug as big as I do!

Thanks again for reading along with my TR and for posting!! :cheer2:

[GreatBiscuit]

Great updates - loved the MK pics. Sorry to hear about your weekend. I'm glad you found the pooch....twice. :lmao: The dinner at Cali grill looked quite nifty. That's one of those spots I hope to eat at someday, but know it won't happen until my girls are older.

Looking forward to seeing how the trip wraps up.

[joleen76]

Great updates - loved the MK pics. Sorry to hear about your weekend. I'm glad you found the pooch....twice. :lmao: The dinner at Cali grill looked quite nifty. That's one of those spots I hope to eat at someday, but know it won't happen until my girls are older.

Looking forward to seeing how the trip wraps up.


Hey GB! MK has always been the park that makes me feel most like a child again. It wasn't until our Honeymoon that I really fell in love with EPCOT. Don't get me wrong, I always liked it.

Yeah the pooch saga was interesting, but we are better for the wear, I think!

Cali grill was really good, I have to admit DH felt he was a little to "country" for it. He says now he would go back since we've been watching a lot of Foodie shows and says he knows how to "act right". :lmao: I told him you are taking these people to seriously, just relax and enjoy the food! I never got to eat here either until we went without the kids!

Oh I heard an expression on the radio this morning that reminded me of you. It was analogies for basketball.

"Get the biscuit in the basket"

I couldn't help but laugh.

[jessily]

I'm just starting to read and still have catching up to do. Love the report so far!

I had to laugh about your description of the PhotoPass photographer in post #9. I'm wondering if he was the same guy we kept seeing over and over again on our trip last September. We saw him everywhere in Epcot, and everytime he would take the same shots. "Smile, now look at each other, now kiss!" Over and over again... :lmao: We got some fun shots out of it though.

Can't wait to read more:thumbsup2

[joleen76]

I'm just starting to read and still have catching up to do. Love the report so far!

I had to laugh about your description of the PhotoPass photographer in post #9. I'm wondering if he was the same guy we kept seeing over and over again on our trip last September. We saw him everywhere in Epcot, and everytime he would take the same shots. "Smile, now look at each other, now kiss!" Over and over again... :lmao: We got some fun shots out of it though.

Can't wait to read more:thumbsup2


:welcome: Jessily thanks for reading my TR.

The photopass guy? Oh yes the stalker or better known as the paparazi! ;) If you went in Sept it very well could have been our guy from June? Yes you truly have the sequence of poses most asked for on your honeymoon down! The oddest one was when the photographer had to set up his equipment during our sunset session and took about 30 pictures...I'm not kidding either! We got to do that rotation of poses at nausium....not that I mind kissing my DH or staring into his eyes...but to do it on comand....well that's a little pressure to make it look right you know!

Can't wait for you to read more either!! Let me know what you think along the way too!

[blairbear]

I just wanted to stop in and say hi, I have just caught up on your trip report. Congradulations on your wedding you make a beautiful bride and your DH really looks like Danny Gorky! I was thinking that before I read it! I can't wait to read more.
popcorn::

[joleen76]

I just wanted to stop in and say hi, I have just caught up on your trip report. Congradulations on your wedding you make a beautiful bride and your DH really looks like Danny Gorky! I was thinking that before I read it! I can't wait to read more.
popcorn::

:welcome: Blairbear!! Thanks for reading! :thumbsup2

Thanks you for your nice words on our wedding and the bride! :bride: lol Shhh don't tell anyone, but I have since chopped my hair off and donated it to the cancer society...Locks of Love. They make wigs for cancer patients. Don't worry, I'm not bald or anything now, it's just about shoulder length. (And if I already wrote about this in my TR....well I'm getting old and we'll leave it at that)

I saw were DH err I mean Danny made it to the top 8! Infact, I told DH last night when the comercial came on :happytv:....."look honey you made it to the top 8" He of course rolls his eyes at me...but I still think it's funny to tease him about.

A new update will be up probably tomorrow, so stay tuned!! :surfweb:

[GreatBiscuit]

"Get the biscuit in the basket" :lmao:

[blairbear]

:welcome: Blairbear!! Thanks for reading! :thumbsup2

Thanks you for your nice words on our wedding and the bride! :bride: lol Shhh don't tell anyone, but I have since chopped my hair off and donated it to the cancer society...Locks of Love. They make wigs for cancer patients. Don't worry, I'm not bald or anything now, it's just about shoulder length. (And if I already wrote about this in my TR....well I'm getting old and we'll leave it at that)

I saw were DH err I mean Danny made it to the top 8! Infact, I told DH last night when the comercial came on :happytv:....."look honey you made it to the top 8" He of course rolls his eyes at me...but I still think it's funny to tease him about.

A new update will be up probably tomorrow, so stay tuned!! :surfweb:

I have been toying with the thought of cutting my hair, right now it is 3/4 down my back, and when I finally get up the courage to do so I am going to donate mine. I think that is a wonderful thing that you did. How did the process go?

I just watched you DH (err I mean Danny) on tv hehehe. Everyone tells my DH that he looks like Justin Timberlake and he used to just roll his eyes but now he eats it up. Just give him time lol.

Can't wait to read more! popcorn::

[blairbear]

:lmao:

GreatBiscuit - I just have to say I love your name!!!!!!!!!

[Mrs. The King]

:welcome: Blairbear!! Thanks for reading! :thumbsup2

Thanks you for your nice words on our wedding and the bride! :bride: lol Shhh don't tell anyone, but I have since chopped my hair off and donated it to the cancer society...Locks of Love. They make wigs for cancer patients. Don't worry, I'm not bald or anything now, it's just about shoulder length. (And if I already wrote about this in my TR....well I'm getting old and we'll leave it at that)

I saw were DH err I mean Danny made it to the top 8! Infact, I told DH last night when the comercial came on :happytv:....."look honey you made it to the top 8" He of course rolls his eyes at me...but I still think it's funny to tease him about.

A new update will be up probably tomorrow, so stay tuned!! :surfweb:


Ok! Much props to the awesome hair donation! That is too awesome. I love that Danny made it to this week, but you better tell your hubby to step up his game, this weeks song was not my favorite.

I am all caught up on your report. I think your hubby is the best picture poser ever or you are the best picture taker, he is so entertaining.

The Jiggler is so happy to see it's name in lights. I am sorry yours got squeezed and pinched. My jiggler probably would have loved it and forced me to go on it a bunch more times. Seriously, that sounds like a wedgie maker.

I like your wave picture! dessert that tastes like it has no sugar sounds like a punishment.

I am glad I had so many updates to read! I felt so spoiled. :flower3:

[joleen76]

:lmao:

I couldn't pass up sharing that one. It was just to priceless considering I had been reading your TR earlier that day!

[joleen76]

I have been toying with the thought of cutting my hair, right now it is 3/4 down my back, and when I finally get up the courage to do so I am going to donate mine. I think that is a wonderful thing that you did. How did the process go?

I just watched you DH (err I mean Danny) on tv hehehe. Everyone tells my DH that he looks like Justin Timberlake and he used to just roll his eyes but now he eats it up. Just give him time lol.

Can't wait to read more! popcorn::

I hear you, I was right there with you. My hair might have been a little longer. Almost to my waist. I had done this one time before about 2 years ago. It takes me about a year to grow it out long enough to donate. This time was a lot less tramatic than the last. It was the difference in the stylist for sure. The girl I went to this time is now my regular girl. She was very gentle and made sure I was okay with everything before she cut it. It was very odd seeing my ponytail braided and on the counter in front of me! :scared1: But the cut I got really turned out very cute and DH just loves it! This is always a bonus! :rolleyes1

Sneak picture at our November trip.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image026.jpg

& Now

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/0221091233.jpg

This is in the car right after having it done. :wizard:

[joleen76]

Ok! Much props to the awesome hair donation! That is too awesome. I love that Danny made it to this week, but you better tell your hubby to step up his game, this weeks song was not my favorite.

I am all caught up on your report. I think your hubby is the best picture poser ever or you are the best picture taker, he is so entertaining.

The Jiggler is so happy to see it's name in lights. I am sorry yours got squeezed and pinched. My jiggler probably would have loved it and forced me to go on it a bunch more times. Seriously, that sounds like a wedgie maker.

I like your wave picture! dessert that tastes like it has no sugar sounds like a punishment.

I am glad I had so many updates to read! I felt so spoiled. :flower3:

Mrs. The King!!! Yay your back! :goodvibes I will be sure to tell DH to have a better song choice this weekend and that the presure is on!

DH is always entertaining if nothing else. He is truly a clown at heart. Which is ironic. He tends to be pretty quiet when meeting new people, but if he knows it's a bunch of strangers he'll never see again...well he feels free to be himself. Weird I know. It does make for some very interesting pictures though.

Wedgie maker is correct. I loved the ride minus the pinching.

Yeah I was disappointed in the deserts. I want a sugary desert when I have one. It's no good if you don't get a little sugar coma after. I did however get a better desert later. Think it was a mickey bar or fudge....I can't remember exactly. :thumbsup2

I'm glad you are all caught up because I am going to be posting an update in a few min's!! Stay tuned!!:surfweb:

[joleen76]

Day 8 June 15

Remember those suprises I had for DH throughout our honeymoon? Well today he gets his last one! Kind of sad to know it was the last one though.

We got up early this morning. Our suprise was to be early so we could still have some park time too. This one I thought would be especially romantic, something we could do together. I had booked us a couple’s massage at the GF Spa. We had to be there by 8:30, so we were up by 7 and out the door by 8. DH had never had a massage before, :scared1: so he was both excited and apprehensive. When we arrived at the Spa we checked in and were directed to our respective locker rooms. I can't speak for the men's other than to say my DH said it was one of the nicest bathrooms he'd ever been in. :rotfl: The ladies was huge! When you walk in, you walk into a sitting room with a tea, coffee, and water bar. To your left is a jacuzzi room. To your right is the locker room and then the bathroom. The lockers are pretty cool, you get to pick the code for your locker (pick something you can remember GB) then change into a robe (provided) and slip on shoes (also provided). You get to sit in the sitting room until they call for you. Then you get to pick the oil they use in your massage. It was neat to see all the different kinds. The massage therapist was great about explaining them all and what they help with etc. I obviously didn't get to many pictures, but here are the one's I did manage to take. I didn't want to be the stalker woman in the lockerroom taking pictures. :scared: The massage turned out wonderful; DH loved every minute of it. He even fell asleep for a little bit. It really relaxed him to be able to look over and see me in the room too.

So a little pictorial of our trip to the Spa!!

We took the monorail over to the GF, and walked down to the Spa.

GF Lobby

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8GFLobby.jpg

Here are a couple of pictures from the women’s only area at GF Spa. I felt awkward walking around taking pictures like a country bumpkin in the Ritz Carlton.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8GFSpaBathroom.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8GFSpaHotTub.jpg

We headed back to the hotel for a shower and then we decided to head out to EPCOT.

Don’t I look so refreshed and happy? (or do I look like what in the world are you doing? DH gets this look quite often)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7MeContemporaryRoom.jpg



DH put the hat back on and we were off. Notice all the flair on the hat now! It really fits DH's personality!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7KennethHatFullout.jpg

We head to EPCOT via the monorail this time. No issues with transportation, so things are looking up! It rained on and off all day today so that really helped with the crowds.

First the shot in front of the ball, coincidentally taken by our friend the PP guy from the UK a few days before.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/EPCOTBall2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/EPCOTBall3.jpg

When we get into EPCOT we meet some of our old friends.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7EPCOTDucks5.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7EPCOTDucks4.jpg

We fed them the required amount of crackers.....the entire amount we had in our back pack.

Then on our way accross the hub, DH was amused by the fountain. It was really funny, because for some reason in all the days/partial days we spent in EPCOT he had never realized the sound the water makes when it slaps to the ground at certain points in its show. One of these moments happed when we walked by and DH jumped so big. :rotfl2: I swear he looked as if he heard gun shots or something.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7KennethEPCOTFountains.jpg

We decided to head back over to the countries and make sure we did not miss anything and saw these guys in France along our way. If you have not seen them, it is really entertaining, and honestly I don't see how they keep their balance like that! I would fall badly and not gracefully in the least.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day7EPCOTFrancePerformers.jpg

DH took one last spin on MS and I played the game at the end. I was on Triton and we won!!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/0615081201.jpg

We said our goodbyes to EPCOT, and then???? Hmmm what should we do on our very last night of our honeymoon at Disney?

[Mrs. The King]

Is it ok that I don't want your honeymoon to end?


The massages sound divine. I would be afraid they would rub a gas bubble out of me. :scared: I liked your stalker pictures :rotfl:

Now if your Hubby would wear his hat on American Idol, I think he would do much better.

I do believe those ducks have you scammed. I don;t think they are hungry at all. :sad2:

Love your new charitable haircut, it is very cute, but it must be a big change for you.

And that guy on the chairs? that is easy peasy, that is how I get the stuff out of my top cabinets. :cool1:

[joleen76]

Is it ok that I don't want your honeymoon to end?

Yes very much okay :hug:....I didn't want it to end then or now that I'm reliving it! But never fear, there is lots more to come...we have a family trip to go through and I don't want to ruin it but some very tramatic things in between!! :scared1:


The massages sound divine. I would be afraid they would rub a gas bubble out of me. :scared: I liked your stalker pictures :rotfl:

:lmao: That was DH's fear too! Luckily no green gases were emitted and all lived to see another day!

Now if your Hubby would wear his hat on American Idol, I think he would do much better.

I will be sure to pass on the message. I think he'd get most of the votes if he wore the hat! :thumbsup2

I do believe those ducks have you scammed. I don;t think they are hungry at all. :sad2:

I think they store it all up somewhere for winter....wait....that's not true they were out in winter when we were there too! Hmmm I think they take it back to the nest and use it to score babes!

Love your new charitable haircut, it is very cute, but it must be a big change for you.

It was a big change, but I really like it now. DH says it makes me look younger. Bless Him!!

And that guy on the chairs? that is easy peasy, that is how I get the stuff out of my top cabinets. :cool1:

:rotfl2: Now I bet that's a nights worth of entertainment right there!

[GreatBiscuit]

The lockers are pretty cool, you get to pick the code for your locker (pick something you can remember GB) then change into a robe (provided) and slip on shoes (also provided). DOH! In that case I could never go there! I'd be the guy trying to slip onto the monorail while cover his Netherlands with a pair of spa bags!

As to balancing on a tower of chairs? Are they crazy? I can't even stay atop a step ladder!

[joleen76]

DOH! In that case I could never go there! I'd be the guy trying to slip onto the monorail while cover his Netherlands with a pair of spa bags!

As to balancing on a tower of chairs? Are they crazy? I can't even stay atop a step ladder!

This just made me :lmao: I can picture a guy in the robe they provided running out of the Spa. Massue's in pursuit....ummm sir those robes aren't free you know! :rotfl2: Thanks for the laugh that was really good.

[blairbear]

:goodvibesI hear you, I was right there with you. My hair might have been a little longer. Almost to my waist. I had done this one time before about 2 years ago. It takes me about a year to grow it out long enough to donate. This time was a lot less tramatic than the last. It was the difference in the stylist for sure. The girl I went to this time is now my regular girl. She was very gentle and made sure I was okay with everything before she cut it. It was very odd seeing my ponytail braided and on the counter in front of me! :scared1: But the cut I got really turned out very cute and DH just loves it! This is always a bonus! :rolleyes1

Sneak picture at our November trip.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image026.jpg

& Now

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/0221091233.jpg

This is in the car right after having it done. :wizard:

Great pictures! I think your hair is about 2 inches longer than mine. It is really pretty long but I think that the new hair style looks awesome! I am looking for something about that length.

The pic from your Nov trip with your family is really great! I am looking forward to reading more about your trip.

[joleen76]

:goodvibes

Great pictures! I think your hair is about 2 inches longer than mine. It is really pretty long but I think that the new hair style looks awesome! I am looking for something about that length.

The pic from your Nov trip with your family is really great! I am looking forward to reading more about your trip.

Thanks Blairbear! I am really starting to like the shorter do for now. I go through stages where I like it longer because I don't have to "work" on my hair as much, then I get tired of it being so boring and cut it again! :rotfl: I'm just fortunate the last two times that's happened it was long enough to donate! :thumbsup2

I can't wait to tell you about our November trip...but I will warn you there was MAJOR drama before we got there. Dum Dum Dum!!!

Stay tunned posting a new installment in the next 30 min's!!

[joleen76]

Day 8 Part 2

We said our goodbyes to EPCOT, and then we headed over to MK and later to stay for EMH’s.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8MeLaughFloor.jpg

DH caught off guard again! I love doing that. Doesn’t he look so intent on moving on from our bathroom break! LOL

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8KennethMKBathroomExit.jpg

No DH is not retarded; he just likes to make weird faces. I can’t believe I have to say that about an adult, but I think his ability to play around with the boys gives them an understanding that I may not have with them. Not to mention he is just plain fun to be around!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8KennethPeopleMovers.jpg

We ate at Pinnochio’s Haus tonight. Big mistake, Ray’s is way better!

We watched the fireworks, rode Space Mountain again, and then made our way out of the park. We had to get ready to drive home tomorrow.

Last picture of the castle. :sad2:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8MKCastle4.jpg

Last picture of Main Street :guilty:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day8MKMainStreet.jpg

Last photopass pictures complete with hitch hiking ghosts! :scared1:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/MKCastle.jpg

And the last paparizi enforced kiss for the cameras :sad1: You would have thought they would have found a better angle than to make my rear look the size of the castle itself! Oh well!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/MKCastle2.jpg

Sorry not a lot of pictures today, we just went with the flow and did what we wanted. My planning had allowed us to already do everything we wanted, so this was just a cake day for us. We savored every minute of our last park day.

Up Next Day 9 Departure Day

[GreatBiscuit]

We said our goodbyes to EPCOT, and then we headed over to MK and later to stay for EMH’s. Woo Hoo! EMH!


DH caught off guard again! I love doing that. Doesn’t he look so intent on moving on from our bathroom break!
I usually have that look going in!

We watched the fireworks, rode Space Mountain again, and then made our way out of the park. We had to get ready to drive home tomorrow. Oh no! We're nearing the end.

Last picture of the castle. :sad2:

Last picture of Main Street :guilty:

Last photopass pictures complete with hitch hiking ghosts!

And the last paparizi enforced kiss for the cameras :sad1: Last photos! :scared:

Up Next Day 9 Departure Day :scared1: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[pixiefairy]

Just read your WHOLE report in one sitting. Loved it! My dh & I just went to WDW in February to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Alone. It's a whole different place without kids! I noticed that like honeymoons, anniversaries spark a ton of kissy pictures, lol. Thanks for sharing your trip with us. :)

[joleen76]

Just read your WHOLE report in one sitting. Loved it! My dh & I just went to WDW in February to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Alone. It's a whole different place without kids! I noticed that like honeymoons, anniversaries spark a ton of kissy pictures, lol. Thanks for sharing your trip with us. :)

:welcome: Welcome PixieFairy! Glad you are here!

You read the whole thing in one sitting? :scared1::eek::rolleyes1:thumbsup2:cheer2::woohoo: In other words....wide blinking eyes followed by a faint and then celebration!!

You are right about the anniversary's and honeymooners being treated similarly. We found out about that during our November trip...but that's getting ahead of myself!!

It really is a entirely different experience without the kids. DH and I plot on when we can afford to go back just the two of us without utter mutany! (sp)

Thanks for reading along! Next post coming up.....

[joleen76]

Day 9 June 16

We started off the day with breakfast delivered to our room at about 6:30-7 am.

I had the Mickey Waffle and bacon. Of course I did...I had to get my mickey fix for the day since we weren't headed to any parks today. :sad1:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day9ContemporaryRoomServies.jpg

DH had what appears to be a “everything and the bucket” platter. :rolleyes1

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day9ContemporaryRoomService3.jpg

The condiments came in these really cute little jars.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/Day9ContemporaryRoomService5.jpg

We ate and then packed up the car for the trip home.

We drove to Mobile the first night. We hit some wicked rain between Tallahassee and Pensacola. You know the kind that is litterally flying sideways at you? I swear we almost went off the road several times. We saw many cars who had! :scared1:

Here are some random pictures of our drive to Mobile.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/RT2Clouds2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/RT2Helocopter.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/RT2NowEnteringAlabama.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/RT2OceanView4.jpg

For those of you who aren't familiar with this tunnel. It actually goes under the ocean for a bit. It's kind of cool and creepy at the same time. When you are in it, all radio signal is cut out as well as cell phone reception!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Honeymoon/RT2MobileTunnel.jpg

We stopped about 6-7pm and went to eat at Red Lobster! The food was as expected. We were really tired and both ready to get home to see the kids and morning our honeymoon that was coming to an end. So, we were a bit grumpy. Of course it was not me! :cloud9::lmao: Ok ok, maybe it was me this time! Then we went to check in our hotel room. I didn’t take any new pictures of our room. We stayed at the same place and had the same type of room.

We got up early the next morning and headed for home.

Continued!!!

P.S. don't leave the TR after this...we still have a November Turkey Day trip to go through!!! And some suprises before we even get there! Did I say suprises? Well we can't leave out the disasters either because there were a couple of those too!!!

[joleen76]

Day 10 June 17

Here are some more pictures of the drive home.

I love this bridge from Mississippi to Louisiana.

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We got to around Shreveport and started getting calls from DH’s parents warning us of bad weather we were going to pass through. About 20 min’s later, this is what we see!

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It was about 2-3 hours of nothing but rain. YUCK!

We actually participated in a full out silent game. It lasted about an hour or so. We were pro's, even doing things to try to make the other crack, DH even busted out the gas warfare. No fair! :confused3 I can't enact it at will like he can! I did not crack though! My skills at breathing though shirts have become quite adept! To keep from making sounds, we had silent laughs, hand puppets, and lots of pointing at things. ;) In the end DH declaired it a draw neither of us giving up. I technically call it a victory as I did not suggest the truce...yes we are both quite stubborn, but we have a special understanding of each other that way!

We also got to talk a lot about what we were going to do with the rest of the week. I had managed to take 2 weeks off for the wedding! Both DH and DS9’s birthday’s were at the end of the week. We decided we’d grant DS’s wish and take him to Six Flags.

That bonus TR is coming up!! And then....our Disney addiction lives on!

[joleen76]

That's right we find another amuzement park and continue on!!

BONUS Six Flags Trip

We got up early and headed for our local Six Flags in Arlington Texas. We knew that just like any park, you have to get there early. We got up got dressed and headed out the door EARLY.

We get in the car and back out of the driveway to guess what? RAIN!!! Texas rainstorms aren’t like Florida rainstorms. We get TONS of lightning, and since we don’t get it that often most of the rides are, yep you guessed it, OUTSIDE. We decide to continue on our quest anyway. In Texas most rainstorms are gone in a couple of hours. We were praying that this rainstorm was in the “most” category.

After we floated our way to our parking spot and swam up to the gate we all agreed the rain was starting to tapper off. We paid to get in, with the disclaimer “no rain checks”. When we entered the park, only one ride was open, Yes the inside one, but the characters were out and there were no lines. One side effect of the rain in our favor. We stopped got some pictures with them.

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Wait do I see a resemblance here?

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These are my boys in line for our first ride of the day!

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Once we got out of this 3D adventure, the sun was starting to shine and the “Rock-N-Rocket” opened up. Now mind you DS 13 & I are ride wienies. We took one look and said “you’ve got to be crazy” DH is a thrill ride junky so we got the ugly grumpy pants look. DS 9 says….I think I can do it, but Daddy, you have to hold on to me. I nearly faint. :scared1: I stand there in utter disbelief. My 9 year old is going on that thing? I immediately start praying under my breathe. I am caught in that mother’s conundrum. I want him to have fun and grow up and not be scared, but I am terrified and now terrified for him! I suck it up and try to keep the terror off my face. I decide if I took lots of pictures I’d keep myself from having a heart attack.

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YIKES!!! I’m so glad that’s over!

Next up, Tony Hawks Spin? I have been going to Six Flags for years, but this year they had a lot of new rides. So the ride wienie that I am, I have to go look it over before I will risk my life on a ride. Yes I know they are safe, and yes I know I am watching safe people get off the ride, but my heart….well that’s another story. This turned out to look pretty cool.

Here are my guys waiting in line.
First take….
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Ok act right

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Halfway through the line we hear someone on the loud speaker say “wah wa, wah wah wah wah”, yes Charlie Brown teacher how can we help you? They repeat and in a way we could understand. The ride had broken down, sorry for the inconvenience, come back later. Well crud!

We take the boys over to Toontown (Loontown if you ask me) to ride some kiddy rides while we wait to see if it comes back up. My DS13 acted like he hated it, but I’ll let you judge from the pictures yourself.

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Next the boys want to get wet. DH & I had no interest in walking around the rest of the day with wet undies and a permanent wedgie. We opt to take pictures instead.

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Then of course they have to wait to get soaked on the bridge for good measure.

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Somehow when I sat down to wait on them, this happened!

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Yes it’s chocolate ice cream! (Where was your mind?)

We head back to the Tony Hawk ride.

The ride is pretty cool. The car you are in actually spins while you are going through the rollercoaster. Similar to the AK ride. One difference? There are 4 to a car and you sit 2 on each side.

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To be continued.....what's up next? What happens when you don't allocate your weight evenly on a spinny ride???

[joleen76]

Is anyone still reading along? Just wanted to see if I was begining to bore or not.

[pezheadmeg]

Still here, I just haven't been posting. So waiting to see how you manged with 4 boys over Thanksgiving. :lmao:

[GreatBiscuit]

I'm here! I'm here! I just caught your updates! Cracking up at the continued antics of your crew. It's been at least 8 or 9 years since I've been Six Flags over Texas. We have done SF Fiesta Texas a couple of times, most recently last summer, and we've done Sea World San Antonio 3 or 4 times. The last tiem I was at SFOT, they had JUST opened Mr. Freeze. I DO remember the bridge of doom and the first time I stood on it. I remember thinking I'd be the first person in history to drown while standing on a bridge.

[joleen76]

Still here, I just haven't been posting. So waiting to see how you manged with 4 boys over Thanksgiving. :lmao:

Yay!!! :cheer2: Was begining to think I was like one of those guys in the straight jackets walking around mubling to themselves and trying to bite their own face. :laughing:

I'm here! I'm here! I just caught your updates! Cracking up at the continued antics of your crew. It's been at least 8 or 9 years since I've been Six Flags over Texas. We have done SF Fiesta Texas a couple of times, most recently last summer, and we've done Sea World San Antonio 3 or 4 times. The last tiem I was at SFOT, they had JUST opened Mr. Freeze. I DO remember the bridge of doom and the first time I stood on it. I remember thinking I'd be the first person in history to drown while standing on a bridge.

:yay: GB glad you find the humor in our brood that we do! I am never bored I can tell you that much. Especially with DH being as big of a kids as the boys are, well most of the time at least. We usually make it to SFOT about once a year. Sad too because it is so close to us, but to me it just doesn't have the magic like Disney does!

The bridge of doom mainly scares me for DS9. He's so thin, I think that wave will just take him along for the ride. I mean somedays I think a good fart could blow him a couple feet at least.

[cathy0124]

Hey Neighbor! I'm in Sachse :yay:
Just caught up on your TR and I'm loving it!

My DH and I had a similar experience with our Fence- thankfully it has stayed up. I wasn't sure it would with all the rain we've had over the past week!:scared1:

Looking forward to more

Cathy

[joleen76]

Hey Neighbor! I'm in Sachse :yay:
Just caught up on your TR and I'm loving it!

My DH and I had a similar experience with our Fence- thankfully it has stayed up. I wasn't sure it would with all the rain we've had over the past week!:scared1:

Looking forward to more

Cathy

Hey Cathy! :welcome: Neighbor!

Glad you are enjoying our Disney adventures!

I know what you mean about all the rain this weekend. Luckly we have not had any more issues with our fence (Yes I am knocking on wood). I am looking at it as if we have weeded out the unworthy fence posts and replaced them with the worthy! :thumbsup2

Next installment coming up!

[joleen76]

We realized the first ride we might have sat wrong. DH & I like to sit by each other so we did. This left the boys on the other side. Anyone seeing what’s wrong with this picture, on a spinning ride? The lopsided weight made us spin like mad people. I realize halfway through the ride that I can not look outside the car or I’m going to hurl. I decide to focus on DS’s. Yes that’s the ticket. How much longer? Ok, ok breathe. We get to near the end….I see the end of the ride. Then ummmm the ride stops….it shuts down and we are left spinning in the “waiting to unload zone” for about 5 min’s. It’s only by some divine intervention that I did not spew all over my dear family. For those playing along at home, yes I did say the first ride. We rode this about 4-5 times this day. Luckily we did not spin at the end like this again and we started dividing the adults. They actually video tape you on the ride. The reactions are priceless. Just watching everyone on the ride at the exit was almost better than the ride. We bought the DVD’s and watch them some even now. Yes we cackle like crows still. Only downside is its one DVD per side of the car, so for a family of 4 you have to buy to. Good thing it was birthday time or we would have skipped this.

Next DH decides he needs his thrill fix. I’m cool with sitting and waiting. The rule is no more than a 20 min wait. Today he hit a trifecta. He was able to ride 3 rides in 20 min’s. He rode Batman, Mr. Freeze, and Superman.

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The kids played in the water spray fountain while we waited.

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LOL got him!

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Superman!

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We ran around like maniacs today. The park had very low crowds. An unheard of thing, it was truly amazing. We rode everything we wanted to and a lot at least twice. We actually stayed until close.

One more picture for the rode.

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[GreatBiscuit]

We ran around like maniacs today. The park had very low crowds. An unheard of thing, it was truly amazing. We rode everything we wanted to and a lot at least twice. We actually stayed until close. Mark of a good day right there.

[joleen76]

Just realized I posted the wrong pic for the road!

This is the one I meant to post!:wizard:

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[joleen76]

The road up to our Thanksgiving Disney getaway.

We went back to our normal life or what we call normal anyway. Then about August/September the discounts came out for November. We even had an offer for free dining! I called DH and told him he had to talk me down. We could go for 8 days with all the boys over Thanksgiving with FREE DINING for 6 people! I was so excited. Sadly for our bank account he could not even muster up a word of rebuttal. The Disney bug had bitten him hard on our Honeymoon. He couldn’t wait to go back, and to be able to take all 4 boys with us! Part of me hits a bit of reality. You know when you continue to smile, but your brain is turning at the same time, but you keep your smile as you think Oh Goodness what have I done. Luckily our boys are good; there are just a lot of them. We are sorely out numbered. Nonetheless, I’m so excited and I can start planning.

I quickly decide on Nov. 22- 28. I start thinking though. What if we never go back, I want all the boys to have been to MVMCP. There is one on the 21st and 30th. Hmmm. I decide on the 21st. We can leave when the kids get out of school on the 20th, and they will miss the 21st. Cool we can do this. We will drive all the way through at one time. DH and I will trade off driving. I call and make our ADR’s. We skip some of the restaurants DH & I love simply because the youngest is 4 and no way would he stand for it. I manage to sneak a couple of our must see’s in. It was really hard to get tables for a party of 6 but I did okay.

Our line up is:

11/20 Leave Texas and drive over night.
11/21 Check into All Star Sports & MVMCP – Counter service
11/22 AK & MK – Counter service lunch and an early dinner @ Yak & Yeti 4pm (AK only open till 5 pm)
11/23 EP & MK – LeCellier lunch @ 12:30 and counter service dinner MK Late Hours after Illuminations
11/24 DS – snacks for breakfast, Mama Melrose @ 2:45pm - Fantasmic Tonight & a counter service in there somewhere.
11/25 MK – counter service lunch & Liberty Tree Tavern dinner @ 8:45 pm
11/26 MK – counter service lunch & Tony’s dinner @ 7:15 pm (Spectro and Wishes tonight)
11/27 (T-day) DS/EP – Sci-Fi lunch 12pm, Teppan Edo Dinner @ 8:45 pm
11/28 EP – Counter service lunch & Nine Dragon’s Dinner @ 5 pm (See some Santa’s today)
11/29 Drive home 

Yay! Everything is in the works, things are great. Then the first crisis hits.

My DH’s boys moved to New Mexico. It was quite sudden and very dramatic. After a lot of arguing we were still getting to take the little boys with us on our trip, but now we had to drive 4 hours the other way and 4 hours back to meet to pick them up! So now DH is taking off at 7 am to go get them and be back for our 4 pm departure. Man he’s going to be tired of driving! Oh and we get to do the same thing on the way back, but we get to go to Disney!

Crisis #1 taken care of, should be smooth sailing from here on out! (hmm foreshadowing)

Meanwhile, I call back 2-3 times a week to try and move those MM & LTT ressies. Sadly, this was a lost cause. I was never able to change them, “our party size was too large”.

The "next" change of plans.

About a week before we plan to leave for our First Vacation as a FAMILY!!! DH’s ex calls again with more changes. Now instead of meeting half way each way, she wants to drive all the way in the night before we leave and have us drive the boys all the way to New Mexico on the way back. UUUgggghhhh what a long last day of a trip. Now we will be driving 16 hours on Sunday after we get back from DW on LATE LATE Sat night. Which is also a 16 hour drive!! DOH….but we’re heading to Disney right?

Up next the phone call a mother never wants to get!:scared1:

[GreatBiscuit]

popcorn:: Actually we need an emoticon for Andy Capp Hot Fries as that is what I'm stuffing down my gullet. Looking forward to more!

That's a WHOLE Lotta driving right there my friend. Hope you guys had caffeine and some rockin driving tunes.

[joleen76]

popcorn:: Actually we need an emoticon for Andy Capp Hot Fries as that is what I'm stuffing down my gullet. Looking forward to more!

That's a WHOLE Lotta driving right there my friend. Hope you guys had caffeine and some rockin driving tunes.


I think that emoticon would be a cross between popcorn:: & :scared1:. :thumbsup2

The driving really isn't too bad when we split it up, I have driven it with just me and the kids a couple times before and that was pretty rough. The extra drive back was tough. Back to back days of 16 hour driving was wearing to say the least. Not to mention the issue of needing help and no help was open on a Sunday, but that's getting ahead of myself. We definately had caffieine, but you have been reading through the honeymoon right? My DH is entertainment enough for anyone! :lmao: J/K even he has a battery that wears down. Honestly it came down to paying for 6 plane tickets or one car's gas. The finances made it an easy decision.

[joleen76]

(Caution this post may be a little graphic on the details)

First I must say this was by far the hardest installment I have written. It’s one of those things in life that no matter where you are or how long it’s been you can close your eyes and be right back in that situation and remember each minute that passed in great detail. So, by writing this it brought me back to each minute and sometimes was a bit overwhelming. That is why it took me so long to “get to the point” between trip reports. Sorry!

So here is the next installment.

Everything was great again still until November 15th. This is one of those days you will never forget. Less than a week until we leave for vacation. My DS13 was visiting his dad before we went on vacation. About 6 pm that Saturday night, I get a call from his step-mom. I can tell she is crying. Then the next words I will be able to hear forever.

DS is hurt. He wrecked the 4-wheeler and cut open his head……pause….. the ambulance is here and they think the cut is only 2-3 inches. They are going to take him to the emergency room to check him out and stitch him up.

Me – is he okay?

SM - Yes, he walked from where he wrecked the 4-wheeler through a barbed wire fence back up to where we are. He’s in a lot of pain.

Me - Which hospital and where…..a few more questions and answers and I am pacing the floor trying to get answers and get dressed at the same time. DH hears some of the conversation and starts asking me questions. Poor DH, I’m afraid in my frustration I told him to shut up and let me figure everything out before he asked any more questions.

I got the address, filled DH in, and got dressed in about 2 min’s flat. DS 9 would stay at the house with my sister who happened to be staying the weekend with us. DH and I tare out of there in a flash. We are speeding to a little town where my DS 13’s grandfather has a ranch the whole family was at for the weekend.

About 30-45 min’s into our frantic race we get another call. The small ER can not get a good x-ray of DS’s neck and have decided to care flight him to Dallas. My heart sinks! I am tempted to fall apart, but somehow manage in that infinite way only parents can, to pull myself together and let them know we will be waiting for them when they land. We are about 15 min’s from where they will take him. Our Children’s Hospital is one of the best in the country and we are lucky enough to live so close to it. DH and I were supportive of each other, but we both weren’t saying what we were thinking. Kids don’t get care flighted unless it’s serious.

I cry off and on to the hospital. Did I mention I am driving? I knew I needed to focus on something for the drive so I knew driving would do it, and I could feel like I was doing something…anything, for my child. It was about 7-7:30 pm when we got to the hospital. We had called my Mom, who works in a children’s hospital in Fort Worth to come be with us, then called my Dad to come as well. We had no idea what to expect and I knew I was going to need my support system with me. There were many delays on getting the care flight to DS and when they finally arrived at 9:45 pm I couldn’t wait to see him. Just to see he’s breathing, he’s talking, he’s still my DS.

I have nothing but great things to say about the trauma team at this hospital. They were the best I have ever seen at taking care of my child’s needs and my own at the same time. Before they brought me into the trauma room the head (lead) trauma nurse told me what to expect to be going on, to be strong for DS, and the extent of the injuries they knew about at this time. As it turns out the cut to the back of his head was 6-7 inches long and all the way to the skull. He had road rash on his neck, and they needed to do x-rays, etc to find out more. Then, they brought me into the trauma room while they were working on my baby. I was able to talk to him and hold his hand and let him know everything was going to be okay. He really seemed to calm down when I came in the room. He had been very combative for them. He hated being strapped down to the board. He had been restrained for nearly 3 hours at this point. They couldn’t let him move in case anything was broken. They quickly ruled out a broken back. He has a great step-mom and she had been with him at the other hospital with his dad and then rode in the care flight helicopter with DS. In my overwhelming need to be with DS I’m afraid I didn’t show the kind of restraint I should have. You see at that time only one parent could be with him. I obviously wanted that parent to be me. So I kind of gave the nurses a piece of my mind and informed them I was him mother etc. Yes the typical speech I am sure you can figure out. I later apologized to DS’s step-mom and she was very understanding, but I digress…Where was I? Oh yes trauma room, they were still worried about whiplash etc on his neck and possible brain injuries. We spent the next 3 hours doing tests to make sure he was okay. He was okay, no major injuries except the cut to his head. It took 2 more hours to sow his head up and over 100 stitches.

I hope this is not to graphic a picture, if so I will be glad to remove it.

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Then about 6 am he was moved to a room. We spent the next 3 days in the hospital with him. Many, many tests were run. My sweet angel was okay. No real lasting injuries, just the cut to his head and some road rash on his neck and shoulders. The lord was with our boy and has a plan for him, of this I am sure. The doctors told us he may have some effects of the concussion, acting younger, memory lapses, and may struggle in school for a while but they didn’t expect any permanent issues.

We didn’t even start asking about Disney until we were sure he was okay and about to go home. To our amazement, the doctors said he could go! No real rollercoaster’s for a week from Tuesday and he had to be in a wheelchair because the walking would be too much, but we could go! The doctor’s suggested a pass if they offered one to let us use the wheelchair entrances to the rides so DS would not have to stand for long periods of time. With these directions, it would mean only 4 days of no rough rollercoaster’s and a wheelchair for the trip. DS is a ride wienie anyway. How blessed are we!

When we get home, it’s a Tuesday and we are leaving on Friday!!!

Up next…..we haven’t packed and what about the animals?

[joleen76]

A little "real time" info. Just so everyone knows, my DS13 is doing great. He's been back at school since we got back from Disney, is back in sports, and being a total teenager! :rolleyes1 I am really starting to look forward to the days his hormones are back at a normal level, or at least on a steady level. Whew teenagers!

[Mrs. The King]

A little "real time" info. Just so everyone knows, my DS13 is doing great. He's been back at school since we got back from Disney, is back in sports, and being a total teenager! :rolleyes1 I am really starting to look forward to the days his hormones are back at a normal level, or at least on a steady level. Whew teenagers!

:hug: Sweet Joleen. I am so sorry I didn't see this until now. I am so thrilled he is ok. Your post about your trip to the hospital was so emotional. :hug: You are a great mom.

[joleen76]

:hug: Sweet Joleen. I am so sorry I didn't see this until now. I am so thrilled he is ok. Your post about your trip to the hospital was so emotional. :hug: You are a great mom.

MTK, thank you for your kind words. I truly debated weather or not to post about everything, but I looked at our November trip and knew it would make no sense if I left it out. I mean our experiences with the wheelchair were plentiful and explaining why we had a GAC card etc.

A new post will be up soon!

Can't wait for your trip next month so I can read another one of your TR's!!!

[noogagirl]

Oh my gosh, my heart sank when I read about your DS's accident. I'm so glad that he is ok. I've definitely enjoyed reading your honeymoon TR and can't wait to read the next one.

By the way, great shots of the ducks. When we were there in Oct. '08, my husband was bit by one of the ducks in Epcot because he was trying to feed them popcorn. I really think he freaked out a little girl and her mother that were standing near us. DH was trying to show her how to feed them and he was attacked! :rotfl: :rotfl:

[joleen76]

Oh my gosh, my heart sank when I read about your DS's accident. I'm so glad that he is ok. I've definitely enjoyed reading your honeymoon TR and can't wait to read the next one.

By the way, great shots of the ducks. When we were there in Oct. '08, my husband was bit by one of the ducks in Epcot because he was trying to feed them popcorn. I really think he freaked out a little girl and her mother that were standing near us. DH was trying to show her how to feed them and he was attacked! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Thanks for posting!!

It was really hard to write about the whole experience with DS. I'm glad DS is okay too!!

I'm glad you enjoyed our Honeymoon TR...there is a new post coming soon too!

:rotfl::rotfl: I love your story with DH and the Ducks! I could definitely picture this happening to DH. He is like an accident looking for a place to happen!

[GreatBiscuit]

What an ordeal! Glad to hear everything turned out okay. I know you had to be panic stricken on the way to the ER. Can’t wait to see how the trip shaped up.

[joleen76]

What an ordeal! Glad to hear everything turned out okay. I know you had to be panic stricken on the way to the ER. Can’t wait to see how the trip shaped up.

I was paniced for sure. DH says I appeared pretty calm though. I am so thankful everything turned out well.

It was very different to try and tour DW with a wheelchair. Lot's more to come!

[My2Qtz0205]

Just posting to say I'm glad your son is ok! As a mother, I can imagine the feeling you must have had when you heard the news.

[joleen76]

Just posting to say I'm glad your son is ok! As a mother, I can imagine the feeling you must have had when you heard the news.

Thanks for posting!

Thank you for the well wishes too. You are right about that feeling. I hope I NEVER have to feel anything like that again.

[catherines_mama]

You had me in total tears. I've been a complete lurker til now (sorry!).

Your story is great.. all of it. We're a blended family as well, and I know how us Step-moms can be. LOL I'm sure she completely understood, I know I would.

((HUGS)) to you. Now get working on that NOV trip!

[joleen76]

You had me in total tears. I've been a complete lurker til now (sorry!).

Your story is great.. all of it. We're a blended family as well, and I know how us Step-moms can be. LOL I'm sure she completely understood, I know I would.

((HUGS)) to you. Now get working on that NOV trip!


First I have to say :welcome: glad your here!

Sorry for the tears :sad1:. :hug:

Thanks for posting and coming out of lurkerdom. I know what that's like, I am a serial lurker making myself come out of hiding!

I'm so glad you are enjoying our story. You are right about the blended family thing. Now that I am a step-mom and a mom, I have a better understanding. I have always gotten along with DS13's step-mom and are good friends, so that also helps. When I appologized to her, she told me to think nothing of it, she understood. Now me and DH's ex....that's another story, but we try to get along.

New post coming up in the next 30 mins! :wizard:

Oh, and have fun on your trip to the World next month!!

[joleen76]

Packing and who will feed the animals?

Have you ever tried to pack for six people? The logistics of it all is quite challenging to say the least. We have a car that seats us all comfortably….but where are we going to put all the luggage? DH & I decide to buy a bag that straps to the top of the car to put all the luggage in. Hmmm what kind and how much? I lucked into a deal at Wally World and was feeling quite proud of myself. Well until DH gets home opens the box up and notices the straps are not in the box. Hmp! Now I know why it was so cheap. So now I have another trip to the store in my future. I was quite proud of myself that when I went back, I bought the right straps! Not bad for a city girl!

We only had 2 days to pack in and it took us every bit of that to get ready. Not to mention I was still taking care of DS13 at the time and fighting with him to keep him relatively relaxed and calm. This is a cunundrom in itself. See DS13 is ADHD and I couldn't give him his medication for at least a week. My plan of attack was to rent him Wii & Playstation 2 games! :thumbsup2 It actually worked pretty well.

Where was I, Oh yes back to packing. Have you ever experienced a laundry tornado? I have. Picture 6 piles of clothing in 3 different rooms. Triping was a occurance we got used to quickly and learned how to brace ourselves. Not to mention when our kitty's decided it was play time and pounced all over the piles. :rolleyes1 I'm one of those packers that has to have everything ready and accounted for before we start putting things into the bags. I hate questioning what we have and don't have and digging through everything. Honestly, (sigh) I am a organizer....it drives DH nuts sometimes. I usually have lists of things to pack for big trips. I emplored this technique while packing for our honeymoon and DH decided he liked knowing that he brought everything he needed in advance. This time sadly with our stent in the hospital I had no list. Had not had the time to create one, so we went with my previous experience and the list in my head! I wonder how that's going to turn out? :rolleyes1 I do get most of the packing done while DH is at work, so that helped. Great so packing is going well.

I also have to give a shout out to our church fellowship. They were just awesome through all this. Not only did many come to the hospital to see us and support and pray with us, but after we were home, they brought us dinner so I wouldn’t have to cook in the midst of everything else. God is so good!

DS must have been appreciative of everything they did as well because he insisted we go to Wednesday night service the day after we got home from the Hospital. We were so blessed, overwhelmed, and euphoric all at the same time!

So along with peace sometimes comes more caos. So, of course another “issue” had to pop up, but we were handling everything in stride at this point. It was during the packing that DH tells me that his friend that was supposed to watch our animals and feed them everyday had bailed on us. Oh NO!!! I make a panicked call to my Dad and beg him sweetly to help. He is an awesome dad and no begging was even necessary. He was more than happy to help. Yay!! Thank you Daddy!

The night before we are to leave for Disney, I ended up making some "packing the car" lists before we got ready to go. So we did all the lists checks etc. I think it was probably after midnight and I was just exhausted. I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow. DH stayed up a bit longer and took care of all the left over stuff.

Up next our Travel Day and how will 4 boys fair in the LONG car ride? And how did DS13 handle it all??

[joleen76]

Today we are driving to DISNEY!!
We wake up in the morning; we know this is the day we leave for Disney!! We had slept in as planned. We start the process of getting everything to the door in our house by the garage. My dad stopped by at lunch to get the low down on the animals and to see DS13 again before we left. While he was there, DH & I packed the car. By the time DF had to leave we were all packed and ready to head over to the little guy’s grandmother’s to pick them up and get on the road. Traveling with 4 boys in a car for 17 hours each way is at best stressful. Luckily we had planned on driving most of this leg at night. It was about 3-4pm when we had picked up the boys and got on the road. Everyone was so excited. The little guys have never been to WDW before and couldn’t wait to see what it was all about. We packed a cooler full of drinks, snacks for everyone, and a bag full of DVD’s and DS games. Everyone had their own spot with their respective blankets and pillows. The kids were all very comfortable. (Yes more foreshadowing) As the trip wore on, the kids started to pass out one by one. Even DS13 was doing well. We had to make sure we stayed up on his med’s time. I was so proud of him, he hardly complained at all. DH even switched places with him for a couple of hours and watched a movie with the other boys when DS’s legs were getting cramped.

We had planned to take turns driving and sleeping. I took the first leg. DH tried to nap, but it was hard. Somewhere along the way we swapped and I remember falling asleep before we hit Mobile. This was a bad decision because when I woke up we were in downtown Mobile and not on I10. I wake up and I ask DH where are we? He says I’m following the GPS directions. Oh NO!!! Ultimately it worked out, but I would not recommend taking Hwy 98 through the heart of Mobile. Luckily it was the middle of the night and there was no traffic, so we were back on track and on our way. The rest of the drive was uneventful.

Up next…..We’re Bbaaaaccccckkkkkkk…..We invade Disney!!

[GreatBiscuit]

I also have to give a shout out to our church fellowship. They were just awesome through all this. Not only did many come to the hospital to see us and support and pray with us, but after we were home, they brought us dinner so I wouldn’t have to cook in the midst of everything else. God is so good! Don’t you just love it when things work out like that?

So along with peace sometimes comes more caos. So, of course another “issue” had to pop up, but we were handling everything in stride at this point. It was during the packing that DH tells me that his friend that was supposed to watch our animals and feed them everyday had bailed on us. Oh NO!!! I make a panicked call to my Dad and beg him sweetly to help. He is an awesome dad and no begging was even necessary. He was more than happy to help. Yay!! Thank you Daddy! Go Dad!

Traveling with 4 boys in a car for 17 hours each way is at best stressful. Luckily we had planned on driving most of this leg at night. A Biscuit Clan Approved method of travel!

We had planned to take turns driving and sleeping. I took the first leg. DH tried to nap, but it was hard. Somewhere along the way we swapped and I remember falling asleep before we hit Mobile. This was a bad decision because when I woke up we were in downtown Mobile and not on I10. I wake up and I ask DH where are we? He says I’m following the GPS directions. Oh NO!!! Ultimately it worked out, but I would not recommend taking Hwy 98 through the heart of Mobile. Luckily it was the middle of the night and there was no traffic, so we were back on track and on our way. The rest of the drive was uneventful. Wheh! Glad that worked out!

Up next…..We’re Bbaaaaccccckkkkkkk…..We invade popcorn::

[Mrs. The King]

Hey Sweet Joleen!!

Your Laundry Tornado had me :rotfl: I am currently in the mists of one right now, so at least you got me laughing about it.

Thank goodness for wonderful Dads.

GPS systems have their own agenda a lot of the time. They will someday take over the world.

I love that your friends and church took care of you guys in your time of need, we hear very little about the magnificent side of humanity, so I really liked that part.

Looking forward to your arrival! :thumbsup2

[joleen76]

Thanks for posting Mr. Biscuit! I'm getting excited for you and your family. Your trip is so soon!!

Sometimes we feel like the Clampets when we travel....DH is often heard to say "we's from Wylie" in his best backwoods hick accent! :sad2: But what you gonna do? I laugh at him and roll my eyes.

Can't wait for you guys to see my pictures of the Christmas Party!

[joleen76]

Hey Sweet Joleen!!

Your Laundry Tornado had me :rotfl: I am currently in the mists of one right now, so at least you got me laughing about it.

Any task I don't want to do is WAY better when laughing. DH & I had to replace the innerds (lol yes the inside workings) of our toilet last week. I had recently bought one of those blue tabs to make the water blue and pretty and to help clean the toilet so I don't have to as much thingys. I had been waiting to put it in there until the toilet was fixed, but one day I was at the store and came home to find our toilet water was blue. :eek: I knew the problem would be not so much with the running toilet we currently had but with the repair. So....we bought all the parts and came home to repair it. DH quickly realized the blue water stains.......and stains anything it touches. Do you remember the smurfs? Picture DH with almost completely blue hands. I had to die laughing :rotfl2: He did not appreciate this as much as I did until the repairs were complete and my smurf comments became as funny to him as they were to me! It took a couple of days for it all to come off his hands! It was pure entertainment to me and all I had to do was stand there and hold some things in place for it!

Thank goodness for wonderful Dads.

My dad is awesome. He's been my hero since I was a little girl and still is. I have been truly blessed.

GPS systems have their own agenda a lot of the time. They will someday take over the world.

This is so true. Half the time in town I take a different route than it tells me too, and honestly I've made the drive to Disney enough that I bipass some of it's directions to get there. Unfortunately DH was very literal in the following of the GPS while I was asleep and we almost became a statistic! :eek: Good thing I'm a light sleeper and woke up!

I love that your friends and church took care of you guys in your time of need, we hear very little about the magnificent side of humanity, so I really liked that part.

I have been very blessed to not only be born into a great family but to be reborn into an awesome family as well. We would have had a really hard time getting through it all without the support each "family" brought to us.

I agree we don't hear enough about the very generous, loving, and supportive side of the world.

Looking forward to your arrival! :thumbsup2

I can't wait to share it! Should be up tomorrow so stay tuned! popcorn::

And your trip is so soon too!!! I can't wait for more tales of the jiggler antics and I hope the jelly bag issues will be avoided!

[joleen76]

November 21 – Day 1 Part 1

We arrived at All Star Sports about 12-1 pm. I had noted on our ressie’s that it was DH’s & I’s anniversary as well as all 4 boys birthdays. Honestly it was in the middle of 3 of their birthdays and couldn’t leave my summer baby out in the cold on that Disney magic. The CM at the counter who checked us in was supper nice. She gave us all our pin’s and pointed DH to where he could get a wheelchair for DS13. She said our rooms were ready and pointed out a building in the homerun court. I hadn’t had time to fax a room request stating all the changes etc. So I politely asked if they could move us closer to the buses etc since DS13 had just gotten out of the hospital and we would have the wheelchair. She was so sweet about it. She said hang on a minute and went to talk to her manager. Within 10 min’s we had our connecting rooms assigned. They asked if we minded one double bed room and one king bed room? Mind? Oh no, not at all. DH & I wink at each other. Score! No chance of sleepovers, I mean it was our anniversary after all! They also added only one of the two rooms were ready. No problem. The new rooms were in the Touchdown building closest to the main building. We decide to start unloading the car and take our things to the room that is ready and divide it up later.

This was waiting on us when we got to our room.

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We get it all unloaded we decided DH & I needed a nap. Yes in the same room with 4 boys. Luckily there is a babysitter…umm I mean TV in the room. (J/k for all those sudden gasps we just heard) I think I got about 30 mins out of the 1hr I tried to lay down for. By now it was about 3 pm and DH & I decide it’s time to head to MVMCP. We know we cannot put these boys off any longer. They were so excited! The little guys especially, they had never been to Disney before.

We stopped to take some pictures on our way to the bus stop.

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DH & DS13 (You can see he’s already hating that chair)

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I have a big gap here from when we leave the hotel until Wishes….we were busy at MK and everyone was so excited. It didn’t leave me much room for pictures. You will however be glad to know that my firework pictures have gotten much better! And just in time for Holiday Wishes!!

When we arrived at the MK we went immediately to guest services. Many nice people told us to stop and get a GCAC or GAC card for our stay. The CM’s were just awesome about it. They gave us the card and it was good for all of us to go with DS13 on the rides through the wheelchair access. More on this later.

We rode buzz first.

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I’m not sure what was next but I know it was HM and then BTMR.

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Then DS13 acting silly

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It was getting close to time for Holiday Wishes so we decided to go close to the hub. I believe it was close to the bridge to Adventureland where we stopped.

[catherines_mama]

Sounds like a great arrival day. SCORE on the room! I totally understand, I'm reqeusting a King/Double connection for our trip as well. Steve is a big boy 6'1" 240... he cant sleep in a double. Yup, that's the reason.

DS13 looks thrilled beyond belief, but I am sure he was happy to have the wheels.

Can't wait for more.

[GreatBiscuit]

Excellent first day. I have a feeling our "Nap" on arrival day will be about as effective. Of course I'll be so giddy, it'll probably be the girls patting me on the head and saying "You have to take a nap first Daddy."

[joleen76]

Sounds like a great arrival day. SCORE on the room! I totally understand, I'm reqeusting a King/Double connection for our trip as well. Steve is a big boy 6'1" 240... he cant sleep in a double. Yup, that's the reason.

DS13 looks thrilled beyond belief, but I am sure he was happy to have the wheels.

Can't wait for more.

We loved the extra room in the King room. Only down side was the shower was wheelchair accessable so there was no bathtub, but all in all it was a really good room.

DS13 is well a teenager for lack of a better way to describe it. Add to that some pain and well, the first couple of days were a bit tough, but we were in Disney and even he couldn't resist it's charms!

[joleen76]

Excellent first day. I have a feeling our "Nap" on arrival day will be about as effective. Of course I'll be so giddy, it'll probably be the girls patting me on the head and saying "You have to take a nap first Daddy."

I ALWAYS find it hard to nap on Day 1 no matter what we have planned for it. I just can't wait to submerse myself in the magic of the parks! I am as bad as the kids on that one. DH has come around to that way of thinking as well!

On the giddy scale picture twinkle toes on DH and some skipping even I believe it was, but shhhhh he wouldn't be happy I ratted him out like that! :lmao:

[joleen76]

Day 1 Part 2

Lots of firework pictures!!

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The fireworks were starting to shoot off all around the park. It was hard deciding where to shoot!

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The fireworks were just awesome!! Everyone was in awe and that’s saying a lot for 4 boys.

I had pre-bought the photopass CD so I made us all stop and have our pictures taken after the fireworks. DH told me later he had forgotten about that and had encouraged the kids to make the faces! I told him great….now people won’t just think we’re hicks there will be no doubt. Huh huh folks, we’s from Wylie!

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I tried to make it better by making it black and white….but ….umm well… The castle looks beautiful!!

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This was my other stellar picture.

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DH & DS13 stopped to goof around.

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Then it was on to some more rides until the Parade started.

[noogagirl]

Great pictures! I loved seeing the castle with all of the lights in December. On the last night of our trip, we always stand and stare at the castle until we want to cry. We never want to leave. I know we're so lucky to be able to go often.

[GreatBiscuit]

I can't wait to see wishes. It looks like such an awesome show! I had to crack up at the "mugging for the photopass" shots.

[joleen76]

Great pictures! I loved seeing the castle with all of the lights in December. On the last night of our trip, we always stand and stare at the castle until we want to cry. We never want to leave. I know we're so lucky to be able to go often.

Glad you are enjoying the pictures. I am quite the picture obsessed one on vacation. Seeing the castle while the Christmas decorations are up is my favorite time of the year to see it. We have also been very fortunate to have gone as much as we have. Unfortunately, it looks like we will be skipping this year and saving for 2010 for ou next trip.

[joleen76]

I can't wait to see wishes. It looks like such an awesome show! I had to crack up at the "mugging for the photopass" shots.

You are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE wishes!!! It's my favorite.

There is always a good laugh when DH gets in the pictures, and he's corrupting the boys. I have to be really firm when I want "serious" pictures, but I've also seen pictures where they are always waving. :lmao: The mom would wave her hand above the camera before she took the picture to get their attention and they had a habbit of waving back. It was too cute and I could totally relate.

[joleen76]

Day 1 Part 3

So after the fireworks we kind of milled around a bit taking pictures and then heading to the Parade.

DS 7 acting like a Pirate

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Decoration pictures

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Up next was the Parade. Now, I will admit my firework pictures have improved dramatically….but my parade pictures….well not as much. We were able to sit and watch the parade in the wheelchair access area at the hub in front of the castle. This was the first time I had ever been able to watch it from this area. It was very exciting and the boys just loved it.

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Picture Limit!! To be continued!!

[joleen76]

Cont.

Day 1 Part 4

Parade Cont.

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After the parade it was getting very cold and we were all exhausted.

DS13 was starting to look like this and wine. I knew his head was hurting him and he’d been a trooper all day, so we headed back to the hotel and passed out.

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We had, had an awesome first day. All the kids were behaving and DS13 had been tolerating everything well. He is at that age though, were he tries to act “badder” than he his, so the wheelchair was an argument.

Tomorrow we are off to AK and our first ADR of free dining! Will the roaming herd get me or will I be able to keep them in line?

[GreatBiscuit]

We were able to sit and watch the parade in the wheelchair access area at the hub in front of the castle. This was the first time I had ever been able to watch it from this area. It was very exciting and the boys just loved it.
See? Every cloud had a silver lining! Nifty update - looking forward to seeing how the rest of the trip goes down.

[joleen76]

See? Every cloud had a silver lining! Nifty update - looking forward to seeing how the rest of the trip goes down.


This trip was definately about silver linings. We were so blessed, I just couldn't imagine it having been any better!

Next update coming today!!

[joleen76]

November 22 Day 2 Part 1


Today we are heading to AK for the day, dinner @ 4pm at Yak and Yeti then to MK to end our day. Everyone was tired this morning so we slept in a bit. By the time we got to AK we decided and early lunch is what we needed. We stopped at Pizzafari and ate….yes pizza except DH who had and Italian sandwich. For this kind of food it was pretty decent. Much better than the Toy Story Pizza.

At our bus stop

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When we got to AK we started out with some PP.

All of us

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Just the boys

DS 4

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DS 6

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DS 9

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DS 13

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AK Christmas Tree

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Tree of Life

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We headed to Dinosaur.

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After the ride

I am not sure how clearly you can make out this picture, but the back row is all us and then I and DS 13 are third row right. Am I the only one who see’s a couple of heads missing?

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This is when we went to eat. DS 13 took the camera and all of a sudden I have about 100 pictures of ducks!

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You get the point.

Up next the Safari…. We make it back? Will we save Simba or are we Simba?

[GreatBiscuit]

Gotta love a good duck photo. I mean seriously. A photo managerie of water fowl is what every teen boy dreams of! :lmao:

[joleen76]

Gotta love a good duck photo. I mean seriously. A photo managerie of water fowl is what every teen boy dreams of! :lmao:

I still do not know why he was so facinated by the ducks. Maybe because we don't usually see so many??? None the less I am not kiding when I say I ended up with 100 pic's of ducks. I will give him some credit and say he was bored and the recent head injury and all. :rolleyes1 He was also looking for that "perfect shot" of them. Maybe a photographer in training?

GB you are off to the World. Have and awesome time!

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 2

Next we were off to the Safari.

In line….

DS 13 had just taught all the boys about the Longhorns….so here is a recurring pose…Hookem Horns….(I’m actually not a fan of UT rather another Texas School but we wont start that debate here)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2GageJohn2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2KennethKevin.jpg

Hmmm here is that trend again of no pictures of Mom…..

So here are some pictures of the ride.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari5.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari6.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari9.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari10.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari11.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari12.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari13.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari14.jpg

After this we rode Everest. We had one of our little guys under the height requirement, so we did the parent swap. This was especially crazy with 6 of us, picture herding cattle that would be similar. DS 13 decided he would ride it for the first time. :cheer2: So, I rode with him. He decided the front row is where he wanted to be. Hmmm ok? This was a new spot for me on this ride. I had ridden in the middle and toward the back on our honeymoon, so I thought maybe this was a good idea for DS13 who wanted to take it a little bit easier. (he is a ride weenie) I should have known there was a problem with this idea when there was a line for these seats. Usually people are “stuck” there on other rollercoasters. Well it was about 6 groups deep. :rolleyes1 So we waited and finally loaded in the front. Everything is the same until you get to the broken track. I have to admit, it’s pretty cool up there, you can see out over the property and see some of BB. Then you start to go backwards….well that is like being at the back of a normal rollercoaster. Then when the track switches and you go forward again…the drop feels worse for some reason. I actually had a blast and in the end DS13 liked it too, but we were very surprised. The ride picture was the greatest. DS13 was down in the seat again, you could barely tell he was in the seat next to me. Wish I had the camera to have taken that picture.

Then we were off to our 4pm ressie at Yak & Yeti. For some reason I only have pictures of our deserts. Must have been the important part of the meal!

Mine

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti.jpg

DH

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti5.jpg

Boys

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti4.jpg

We went back to the hotel for a break and then on to MK!!

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 3

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2John.jpg

We hop on Buzz first as the boys love this ride and the line wasn’t too bad.

Daddy and DS6 on Buzz….yes that crazy man is my DH! LOL

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz2.jpg

DS9 & DS4

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz.jpg

Then we decide to put the little guys where they belonged (for the moment!)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz3.jpg

Then I was able to take a couple of shots of the castle before the fireworks.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Castle.jpg

Then Wishes began…we were at the hub in the middle of the street. These might be a little out of order because my memory card randomly fills deleted spots.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks15.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks6.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks8.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks11.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks12.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks13.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks14.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks16.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks18.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks19.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks20.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks21.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks22.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks23.jpg

Continued…..

[joleen76]

Ok, I am hijacking my own thread for a VERY important decision. I need some help with this one!!

As you all know I have been in the process of being laid off. Was told in Feb that I had till Dec. Well I have been looking for a job and have found 2 oddly enough. Before I accept, they of course want to know about any vacation plans I have. We had actually commited to not go back this year and wait for next year, but.....I opened my e-mail today and found a 40% off PIN for December. We usually go in November and could still be do able, but what would you do? Would you go for Thanksgiving week or Christmas week? Are the crowd levels similar?

Help help help!! :yay:

[GreatBiscuit]

Can't help with the Disney dilema, but did enjoy the upodates. :thumbsup2 on finding multiple job opportunities! I know the Lord will work it all out for you.

[joleen76]

Can't help with the Disney dilema, but did enjoy the upodates. :thumbsup2 on finding multiple job opportunities! I know the Lord will work it all out for you.

Thanks GB!

I don't know that we will be able to go at all this year especially with the job change, but it's aweful hard to let that 40% off go to waste.

I know the Lord will always provide for us and work it all out for us. What a great comfort that is to know!

Glad to see you made it back safe and I have been reading your updates...glad The Biscuits had such a great time!

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 4

I like this one because the castle is such a different color.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks24.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks7.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks25.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks10.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks27.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks26.jpg

Then we were off to the Laugh Floor. All the kids really liked this show. I really like this one too!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2LaughFloor.jpg

We rode POTC again, then I took a blurry picture of Main Street on our way out of the park.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Mainstreet.jpg

Then we got back to our rooms and found these surprises.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Room.jpg

Each of the boys had their own cards from their favorite characters with a balloon attached.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Room2.jpg

We were tired out! So we got ready for bed and passed out!
We had such a great time today, we just can’t wait until tomorrow and we return to our favorite park! EPCOT!!

[catherines_mama]

How special about the cards and the balloons! That is so sweet!

I love your fireworks pics, HOW do you do it? I cannot get my camera to shoot well. Granted its a point & shoot but its a nice one. Hmm? who knows. LOL

[joleen76]

How special about the cards and the balloons! That is so sweet!

I love your fireworks pics, HOW do you do it? I cannot get my camera to shoot well. Granted its a point & shoot but its a nice one. Hmm? who knows. LOL

The boys just loved...loved...loved the cards and balloons. Their little faces just lit up even after a VERY long day!

Thanks for the compliment. It's the weirdest thing. I tried for 2 years to find the right setting. Finally one day I think hmmm.... what would work for the fast moving fireworks? It just clicked. I tried the sports setting. Fast moving if you have it and night time if you have that. And now....wow wee....cool firework pictures. HTH :thumbsup2

[GreatBiscuit]

Hey, I missed an update! Great fireworks photos. Looks like the boys were having a great time celebrating at The World.

[joleen76]

November 22 Day 2 Part 1


Today we are heading to AK for the day, dinner @ 4pm at Yak and Yeti then to MK to end our day. Everyone was tired this morning so we slept in a bit. By the time we got to AK we decided and early lunch is what we needed. We stopped at Pizzafari and ate….all of us had pizza except DH who had and Italian sandwich. For this kind of food it was pretty decent. Much better than the Toy Story/Pizza Planet.

At our bus stop

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Boys.jpg

When we got to AK we started out with some PP.

All of us

In front of the Christmas Tree. No idea why the fingers in front of DS4's face, but we'll just chalk it up to gene's. (DH's not mine)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image011.jpg

The Circle of Life Tree

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image020.jpg

Upclose...sorry for the squinting!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image024.jpg

Just the boys

DS 4

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image032.jpg

DS 6

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image047.jpg

DS 9

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image035.jpg

DS 13

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image042.jpg

AK Christmas Tree

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2AKChristmasTree.jpg

Tree of Life

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2TreeofLife.jpg

We headed to Dinosaur. Doesn't this picture look like the skull is eating DS9's head? DS 7 looks like he's scared too! Priceless!!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Dinosaur2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Dinosaur4.jpg

After the ride

I am not sure how clearly you can make out this picture, but the back row is all us and then I and DS 13 are third row right. Am I the only one who see’s a couple of heads missing?

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Dinosaur6.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Dinosaur10.jpg

This is when we went to eat. DS 13 took the camera and all of a sudden I have about 100 pictures of ducks!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Ducks3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Ducks6.jpg

You get the point.

Up next the Safari…. We make it back? Will we safe Simba?

[joleen76]

Sorry for the delay in postings. We are almost settled in Waco. Moving is rough. Should be posting more regularly now!!

I promise to finish!!

[GreatBiscuit]

We stopped at Pizzafari and ate….all of us had pizza except DH who had and Italian sandwich. For this kind of food it was pretty decent. We thoguht it was pretty decent too.


We headed to Dinosaur. Doesn't this picture look like the skull is eating DS9's head? DS 7 looks like he's scared too! Priceless!!Great photo.



This is when we went to eat. DS 13 took the camera and all of a sudden I have about 100 pictures of ducks!
:lmao:

Sorry for the delay in postings. We are almost settled in Waco. Moving is rough. Should be posting more regularly now!!:thumbsup2 Welcome to the neighborhood! You guys are about an hour up the road from us.

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 2

Next we were off to the Safari.

In line….

DS 13 had just taught all the boys about the Longhorns….so here is a recurring pose…Hookem Horns….(I’m actually not a fan of UT rather another Texas School but we wont start that debate here)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2GageJohn2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2KennethKevin.jpg

Hmmm here is that trend again of no pictures of Mom…..

So here are some pictures of the ride.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari5.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari6.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari9.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari10.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari11.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari12.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari13.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Safari14.jpg

After this we rode Everest. We had one of our little guys under the height requirement, so we did the parent swap. This was especially crazy with 6 of us. DS 13 decided he would ride it for the first time. I rode with him. He decided the front row is where he wanted to be. This was a new spot for me on this ride. I had ridden in the middle and toward the back on our honeymoon, so I thought maybe this was a good idea for DS13 who wanted to take it a little bit easier. (he is a ride weenie) I should have known there was a problem with this idea when there was a line for these seats. Usually people are “stuck” there. Well it was about 6 groups deep. So we waited and finally loaded in the front. Everything is the same until you get to the broken track. It’s pretty cool you can see out over the property and see some of BB. Then you start to go backwards….well that is like being at the back of a normal rollercoaster. Then when the track switches and you go forward again…the drop feels worse for some reason. I actually had a blast and in the end DS13 liked it too, but we were very surprised. In this ride picture DS13 was down in the seat again. Wish I had the camera to have taken that picture.

Then we were off to our 4pm ressie at Yak & Yeti. For some reason I only have pictures of our deserts. Must have been the important part of the meal!

Mine

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti.jpg

DH

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti5.jpg

Boys

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2YakYeti4.jpg

We went back to the hotel for a break and then on to MK!!

[joleen76]

:thumbsup2 Welcome to the neighborhood! You guys are about an hour up the road from us.

Thanks GB! We are loving it so far. Finally got to move all our stuff last weekend.:faint:

No internet at our house yet, so I am trying to get on here as I can from work! :scared1:

Will try to make sure I post again next week!!

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 3

We took our mid-day break like good little "in the know" people do. :lmao:

We were way to excited to head to MK to rest for long.

Who can resist the HUGE iconic letters? Well technically you aren't suppose to climb on them or anything, but .....this little guy is way too cute dwarfed by the size of the R to not take this picture.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2John.jpg

We had to time the picture just right so we were not corrupting others and we weren’t getting caught of course.

After we skillfully avoided detection. :scared1:

We hopped on a bus to the MK!!! And we were on our way.

First up was Buzz as the boys love this ride and the line wasn’t too bad. So we got right on it.

Daddy and DS6 on Buzz….yes that crazy man is my DH! LOL

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz2.jpg

DS9 & DS4

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz.jpg

Then we decide to put the little guys where they belonged (for the moment!)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Buzz3.jpg

It was getting really close to Firework time and we definitely wanted to watch them again. After all these were the “Wishes” fireworks, not the “Holiday Wishes” we had seen yesterday. So we made our way to the hub in front of the Castle, and of course I made time to take a couple of shots of the castle before the fireworks started. Tonight was so uncommon; the crowds were so very low!! We were able to walk up to the hub just 20-30 min’s before the fireworks started and have a great place to watch them. :cloud9:

I just love the castle with all the Christmas lights on it.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Castle.jpg

Then Wishes began…we were at the hub in the middle of the street. These might be a little out of order because my memory card randomly fills deleted spots.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks15.jpg

I love this picture! I’m so glad I FINALLY figured out how to take firework pictures!! :goodvibes

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks6.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks8.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks11.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks12.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks13.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks14.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks16.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks18.jpg

I love this one....It reminds me of Fantasia and Sorcerer Mickey. :wizard:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks19.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks20.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks21.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks22.jpg

This one even made my DH happy I took so many pictures.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks23.jpg

I love taking pictures so much! But due to picture limit….to be Continued…..

[joleen76]

Day 2 Part 4

Ode to the Fireworks....where I last left you I was oogling and blissfully remembering a magical night of fireworks....

Oh yes....here is the continuation of said oogling. DH always made fun of me before he went to Disney about how I would sit with our photo albums when I had a bad day at work and relive our trips. He actually got rather tired of hearing about how in this picture we were doing this and in that picture we are doing that. BUT now that he's been a couple of times, he gladly sits with me sighing right along with me. The other night infact, he asked me if I was having withdrawls yet. I was like yes, from the moment we left the property. Enough of the sitcom family moment...back to the trip report already...

Ok so on with my comentary of the firework pictures!

I like this one because the castle is such a different color.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks24.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks7.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks25.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks10.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks27.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Fireworks26.jpg

After the fireworks were over and the crowds subsided we meandered to Tommorrowland and off to the Laugh Floor. All the kids really liked this show. I really like this one too!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2LaughFloor.jpg

We rode POTC again, (no suprise with all the boys) Then on the way out of the park, I took a blurry picture of Main Street. Guess I was getting a bit tired.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Mainstreet.jpg

We drug ourselves tot he busses, then drug ourselves to the room. Then when we got there we definately woke up when we found these surprises.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Room.jpg

Each of the boys had their own cards from their favorite characters with a balloon attached to celebrate their birthdays! What and awesome suprise for them!!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day2Room2.jpg

We were tired out! So we got ready for bed and passed out!
We had such a great time today, we just can’t wait until tomorrow and we return to our favorite park! (well the adults favorite park anyway) EPCOT!!

What will the day hold for us??? There will be pointing at nothing, tickling the mouse's foot, visiting old friends, and oh yes, of course there will be some food porn.

[joleen76]

Day 3 Part 1

November 23

Today we are headed back to our favorite park (well DH & I’s anyway). We had missed being here from our Honeymoon. What would it be like with the kids?

We started our day out with our PP’s.

Ever wonder what a picture would look like when you stare into the sun at the brightest time of the day? Well wonder no more….here is what we looked like.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image049.jpg

Our boys

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image058.jpg

Us

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image061.jpg

This is what happens when one is told to point up at the sky without knowing why.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image065.jpg

And this one….DS13 appears to be tickling Mickey’s foot!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/image054.jpg

EPCOT Christmas Tree

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTChristmasTree.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTChristmasTree2.jpg

We were reunited with our Duck friends from our Honeymoon!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTDuck.jpg

Then on to Figment and to play after.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTFigment.jpg

We saw this as we headed to the World Showcase and to our lunch ADR at Le Cellier.
We thought the sun looked like a cross in this picture.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTJesus.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTJesus3.jpg

While we waited for our table to be ready we took a couple of fun pic's.

Me & DS5

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTLeCellierMeJohn2.jpg

DS13

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTLeCellierTristen.jpg

DH & DS13

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/joleen76/Thanksgiving/Day3EPCOTLeCellierKennethTristen.jpg

DS13 had a frozen Sour Apple drink. He said it was awesome.

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I have to interject here for a minute. In all these lovely picture a lie is facilitated. You see, they make it seem as if organizing a family of six to order their food and eat is easy peasy. But I must confess...not so. There is a lot of softly spoken stern words of "will you just please decide what you want already!" Oddly enough though at LeCellier, everyone must have been just starving or something because the kids knew quickly what they wanted.

Appi’s

I had the.....

Mussels...so yummy!

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DH & DS13 had....

Cheddar Cheese Soup

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Entrées

DS13 had the Raviolli.

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DH & I Had the Steak.

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Boy’s Entrées - Spagetti

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Deserts….Well Picture limit again!!! Stay tuned!!

[joleen76]

Day 3 Part 2

We all know Desert is the best part...well when they are awesome they are anyway.

The Deserts here continued with surprises!!

Surprises

Our Server saw how much we were celebrating and we got some awesome treats!!

For the boys birthdays!!

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For our Anniversary!!

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I had to have the .....

Crème Brule - YUMMYYY

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DS13 ordered...

Chocolate Moose

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The Boys Deserts

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DH had decided to share with all of us. Good thing he did too because it was just way to much sugar for us.

We decided after lunch to head back to the hotel for a break. I don't have any pictures or notes about this break, so it must have been well needed and uneventful! :goodvibes

When we came back we headed over to Test Track. The boys were really excited about this. They love fast cars and racing. I don't think they were quite prepared for everything in the ride though!

First run on Test Track – This just cracks me up!

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They loved the race car at the exit. DH and boys had to get their pictures taken with it. DS13 & I passed.

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Then to the Cool Zone for some investigation.

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Then we headed over to TTWC, the boys really got a kick out of the interaction. Then to the shark prop. This is always and adventure! The lines are as long for the this picture op as for Turtle Talk itself. It does make the cutest pictures though.

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Up next.....there will be some bangs, pops, ooo's, and ahhh's, but will I be able to see?

[joleen76]

Day 3 Part 3

Then it was time to get a spot for Illuminations.

Getting ready for the fireworks

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We sat in the Wheel Chair Accessible section. It was great to be somewhere we could get DS13 up close to the rails so he could see without anyone getting in front of him.

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Good night blurry EPCOT Tree

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Good night fountain that scared DH on our Honeymoon!

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Good night SE

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When we got back to our rooms tonight it was DH & I’s turn for the surprises.

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DH & I really loved being back in EPCOT today. It wasn’t the same with all the kids as our Honeymoon, but it was still great. Just completely different experiences.

DS 13 is doing great so far. He is really not complaining too much other than not wanting to ride in the wheelchair. I can tell he’s starting to feel better since he’s complaining.

We collapsed again tonight.

Up tomorrow…DHS and oh mamma mia will we like the food?!

[joleen76]

I have a big announcement! We have decided to go back to Disney in 2010! We were lucky enought to get a 40% off code for the beginning of June!! Now to finalize the dates to go along with everyone's school release dates etc!

[joleen76]

Big Announcement update!

I e-mailed my dad about our new trip and asked if they might want to come with us. We have been talking about them going with us for YEARS. Much to my suprise they called us Friday and they are going! I called today and made their reservations. We are now a GRAND GATHERING!!

So here's what I know now::

We are staying at the Fort Wilderness Cabins
Our trip is June 5-12 and dad and company will be there June 7-12.
We are doing the park hoppers with no water park option
The dining plan is a go.

We are so excited! Dad is so pumped as well. Even DH is excited his father in law is coming along.

We are kind of wondering how it will all go with 9 of us this time. It does remind me of a trip report I read about hearding cats. LOL

:banana::goodvibes:yay::cheer2::banana:

[joleen76]

I just realized I had a couple double posts. Sorry about that!

Day 4 DHS Part 1

November 24

Today we are off to DHS. We are planning on lunch at Mamma Melrose and Fantasmic tonight!

The boys wake up happy and ready to go! Wow....sometimes them waking up this happy is a little crazy!

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We load the bus and head to DHS. We don’t make RD but we are early. We know we HAVE to get FP’s for TSM NOW!! So we head that way.

TSM Madness

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My score is on the red side. Still pretty sad...but better...I did get better after a few rides.

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DS 9 is in love with all things army so when he saw this guy a picture was not even up for debate. It was happening!

Boys with Army Man

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TOT- DS 13 and I sat this ride out. As you can tell DS5 & DS7 loved their first ride on TOT. I am thinking the death grip on daddy's are is just an expression of their happiness. :rotfl: DS10 loves all things scary when it comes to rides, so he's actually having fun, sadly you can't see him though. Someone's hair is in front of his face.

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Tristen waiting on boys to get off TOT

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I took some random pictures while we toured.

I just love this fountain.

Muppets Entrance

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Muppets Poster

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Next we were on our way to Mamma Melrose for Lunch

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Mamma's for lunch

Half the Crew

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Appi's

Fried Calamari

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Tomato’s and Motz…yummy!

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Meals

DH

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Mine

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All 4 DS's had spagetti

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Deserts

Mine

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DH's

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DS's

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Up next....What's the deal with all these cars?

[joleen76]

Day 4 Part 2
Then it was on to pictures with "Cars". The little guys LOVE this movie so they were all excited to get their picture taken with them.

Until we got up there.....

Guess it was loud?

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Then the backlot tour

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We'll see you guys soon.

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The villians

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[joleen76]

Day 4 Part 3

In our last post, CARS were VERY loud, poor inocent souls were douced, and DS was contemplating the dark side.

In this episode......You will be visiting the family with DHS day in process. There will be reving it up moments, getting the stink eye, confusion, wheelies, noxious gases, and fighting lessons?

Since we had been on the backlot tour the boys (ALL of them) insisted on a visit to LMA.

Why do boys think even just posing with cars is so cool? Hey man, I was there....I even got to touch them. Score!

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DS13 while we are waiting for LMA to start. The handicap seating was really pretty good for this show, and he was happy so I could not complain.

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These guys sat in front of us...I think that one is giving me the stink eye no? The other one seems confused, he's truly his father's boy I think.

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LMA in no particular order (sorry) Then the show started!

It was pretty cool....they are in and out of the arena very quickly, kinda crazy...like rush hour on the tollway in Dallas. I think some of these guys were hand picked from there for this show.

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i was thoroughly loving the show until I noticed the cloud we had been watching below us was now on us. I tried to act all cool like the noxious tire smoke was no problem....but then came the coughing. DH told me to "man up", that it was the sweetest smell there was. I think he's inhaled way to many fumes in this show!

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Once the cloud moved on, we saw these crazy guys. I think they have been watching DH drive WAY too much. Gentlemen.....please keep all 4 wheels safely on the ground!

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Kids please do not try this at home! (yes kids of all ages) I think this part of the show should almost come with a disclaimer....

"WARNING.......These yahoo's are professionals, and while they may not be any smarter or more talented than you are, they have the right equipment and someone smarter watching them!"

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We seriously had a good time with this show. It's a guys paradise and so it makes it so easy to make fun of. ;)

We stopped so Mr. Grumpy wouldn't come out then grabbed a couple of the frozen cokes. Yummy! Then we were almost run over by some holagans hanging off a car that was playing this really LOUD music. DS's insisted they were the good guys and that we meet up with them for some defense lessons. I was sadly out numbered so I had no choice but to smile and say of course dear.

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We waved goodbye to these guys and as they left I may or may not have shouted something to them about learning how to drive or where did they get their drivers license. This may or may not have caused the tractor beam that seemed to show up and pull us toward Star Tours with a quickness.

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We were granted one reprieve from the pull for these pictures. You can clearly see the effects of the tractor beam from the boys faces.

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Then we were off to Endor.

When we returned, I had a splitting head ache. That ride always does that to me. I'm not good with motion simulators apparently. I decided I wanted an escape and somewhere I could sit down for a while.

So we headed over to the GMR. I personally love this ride/show.

We actually got seated in the front section of cars this time and got to see the wild west CM piece instead of the mobster piece.

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Sidebar. Did anyone see 90210 this week? the knowledge this ride gave me about Johnny Wisemiller was referred to and I knew the answer! It took me back to Disney all over again! Sidebar concluded.

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Up next.....We take a ride that may cost us our lives or our lunch, we get to see a mouse in a magicians hat, and I may or maynot try to smuggle some Christmas decorations.

[GreatBiscuit]

I think I finally got all caught up. Congrats on the PIN code! That's awesome! Great photos as usuall. I'm kind of glad we missed LMA given the noise and heat. Once the girls are a bit older, I'm sure it'll be a bit more doable for us.

[joleen76]

I think I finally got all caught up. Congrats on the PIN code! That's awesome! Great photos as usuall. I'm kind of glad we missed LMA given the noise and heat. Once the girls are a bit older, I'm sure it'll be a bit more doable for us.

GB! Glad you stopped by! We are really stoked about the pin code. Of course this puts me in my favorite mode....disney planning mode. A little extra pressure since it will be our first time to vacation with parental units since my inagural visit when I was pregnant with DS13. I must admit I drank far more of the cool aid than my dad and step-mom did. I am so excited to be going with my little sister! She's 10 now and is really looking forward to getting to ride all the rides that my dad and SM have now gotten to adverse to. I think it will be great fun!

Have I mentioned I LOVE to take pictures? :rotfl: I am really enjoying your pictures as well.

LMA is quite loud but with boys there is no missing it. It is a cool show though. You should see it at least once. (can't wait to hear about your next trip...)

[joleen76]

Day 4 Part 4

In our last episode…..fumes were inhaled, insults might have been shouted, tractor beams were felt, and we all became hostages.
In this episode…..we take one more ride on the evil elevator, we get to see some mouse in a magicians hat, and I once again try to smuggle some Christmas decorations to take home.

DH & DS9 wanted to ride TOT. Still pretty full from lunch I will be definitely sitting this one out with DS13.

When they were done there, it was time for Fantasmic! Thankfully this was before the twice a week stuff. So while the crowds were heavy we didn't have to wait more than 30-45 min's.

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Then we took some night time pictures, the Christmas decorations, and then back to the hotel.

This looks a lot like a mug shot for some reason.

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Can I take that home with me???

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The decorations were beautiful!

We had an awesome time today. The boys loved DHS. I’m glad I have another day planned here. We still have lots to try and everybody wants more rides on TSM. Is that going to be doable??

Tomorrow we are back in the MK!

In the next episode ......Chills, strolls, and what day is it?

[joleen76]

Day 5 Part 1
November 25

Wow…Day 5 already? How quickly vacations fly by!

Today was nice during the day and pretty chilly at night. I actually loved that. It was nowhere near as cold as Texas gets at night, but still cold enough to require a jacket and jeans. I thought it was awesome; it really made you feel the holidays were here.

I started out the morning with a stroll around the resort. I took some pictures as the sun came up and enjoyed the quiet for a while. It was really nice to have the moment to myself.

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Then it was time to get the crew ready for the day at MK!!

We got there fairly early although not at RD, we never made one of those.

We were headed toward Tomorrowland when the boys saw the cars were only a 5-10 min wait. We had been telling them for days, not now the line is too long. Of course they are getting to the ages they will call you on the things you say. So we ended up on the cars. DH and the boys went. They did the child swap thing and I stayed with DS12 who didn’t want to ride the cars. We rode the tea cups instead. (insert motion sick momma here)

I was able to catch a few picture of them coming back in the station.

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Sadly DS12 and I saw a little boy about 10 get rear-ended in the line and hit his face on the steering wheel. I’m sure there were stitches involved, it looked quite bad. I never thought of this ride as a dangerous one, but later that day we saw a boy carried off in a stretcher. He had stepped out of his car the wrong way and into traffic and was hit by one of the cars. Needless to say we have made sure the boys know the rules and here’s a big one “PAY ATTENTION”.

Here is DH & DS12 waiting for me and the other boys to get off the cars.

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I took some pictures of the holiday décor while we toured so you will see some of that scattered through the trip report. I loved these wreaths.

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We watched the train as sadly we couldn’t ride while DS12 was in the wheelchair as it didn’t get to go on the train. So we walked over to Fantasy Land.

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Thanks for the toots Mr. Conductor.

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We headed over to IASW and as always it was a walk on.

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As we sang our way out of the doors we quickly tried to find something else to take that music out of our heads!

Up next….Honey I think we picked up a hitchhiker.

[joleen76]

Day 5 Part 2
So when we last left off, there were early morning solace pictures, a car wreck, some queasy momma’s, and some kids chained to the floor singing the same song over and over again….

What could possibly top all that?

Hmmm what’s close? OOOOhhhh I know! HM!!!

We herded our way over to HM. Watched the headstone watch us. Had to watch the stretching walls as we held the two smaller boys in our arms under the chant “it’s not real, it’s only pretend”. Finally as we all started to relax on the ride some guy decided to hop in the buggy with us. He was kind of opaque so I was pretty sure he was a ghost. Hmmm well what’s one more? Guess they are down to 998 now.

Seriously though, as always we enjoyed this ride.

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Next we headed over to BTMRR for some fast passes! Then we decided we needed to be Pirates for a while.

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Ooo scary!

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Then Captain Hook challenged us for our treasure. We of course won…no thanks to DH!! LOL

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Then it was on to the Jungle Cruise. What do you get when you send countless boats is various states of repaid down a single track? Well I don’t know, but I can tell you what happens when a tunnel gets backed up from a boat that just dies!! Well you get to see a lot of the backside of water. Yes folks we got to sit there for about 10 min’s. I never had to go so bad in my entire life. I was so glad to get off that boat and to the facilities immediately!

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Beautiful Hippo…..

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Oh no!!! Run!!!

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I think these guys got the point….

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Beautiful Elephants and that the all to elusive Front side of water!!

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Oh joy more water!

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But seriously we enjoyed the ride all the same. Each skipper has the same but different dialog. I really appreciated the skippers with their own jokes!

I took a breather from pictures for a while until our dinner at LTT. This was of course when it still had the character dinning. Don’t think I’d go now without these guys. Our reservations weren’t until 8:45!! It actually worked out well, but who would have thunk that?

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You can see DS13 is starting to feel better! I started getting more smiles out of him.

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Look Dale is eating DS9’s head!

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I took some more décor pictures

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Up next we are visited by scary guys in light up masks! EEk!