3rd Times a Charm! Mar. 8-14..lots of pics

[ZeroToHero]

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I love how you can see the Tower of Terror in the background - it really does blend in with Morocco!

[jenseib]

Glad Claire didn't get sick. Solo pics are great :thumbsup2 all your pictures are so beautiful I love all the colorful flowers that are there. Waiting for more popcorn::

Thanks! :thumbsup2

[jenseib]

I love how you can see the Tower of Terror in the background - it really does blend in with Morocco!

Goodeye. I didn't even realize that.

[jenseib]

I decided to head over to Mexico and see how long the boat ride line was. It was practically walk on last year, and though it’s not my favorite in any way shape pr form, I thought it would be something nice to do while waiting. :hippie:

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The ride was walk on, so I got on! LOL!

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I got so lucky on this ride too. NOT! I sat behind a family of several people, who all must’ve decided not to bath while on vacation! I held my breath for most of the ride. LOL! :snooty:

[Daddee]

I got so lucky on this ride too. NOT! I sat behind a family of several people, who all must’ve decided not to bath while on vacation! I held my breath for most of the ride. LOL! :snooty:

EWWW!!:eek:
I cant understand how people can walk around like that.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Why are you doing so much laundry on vacation!? Every other day it seems like you're at the laundry area. LOL

I love the topiary pictures. So so cute! I can't believe you didn't do the Behind the Seeds tour! That is so much fun! It was a good bit cheaper when we did it three years ago but still worth a shot if someone hasn't tried it yet. We had the best guide on our tour.

Whoa! You called the second person a photographer!? If she can't even frame out the background right I think she is in the wrong profession. WTH is up w/ that? I think it's great that they took so many pictures! I love the ones who get like that. I just wish Disney would use a higher camera setting. They use the lowest possible and when ya try to enlarge the pics it gets grainy. I hate that. My favorite is the BBB family shot! That's a great pic of you guys! Did you get any in the rose garden?

I have to ask....is Claire still wearing the pink hair on a daily basis? I think that's the cutest thing ever! You can not say you didn't get your monies worth out of that one!

[Cinderelly5507]

Oh, I just love the Lion King topiaries! That is one of my favorite movies! I was even contemplating get my DD the same Simba that Claire has, but she wasn't interested. :confused:One year olds! :rolleyes: Great update!!

[jenseib]

Why are you doing so much laundry on vacation!? Every other day it seems like you're at the laundry area. LOL

I love the topiary pictures. So so cute! I can't believe you didn't do the Behind the Seeds tour! That is so much fun! It was a good bit cheaper when we did it three years ago but still worth a shot if someone hasn't tried it yet. We had the best guide on our tour.

Whoa! You called the second person a photographer!? If she can't even frame out the background right I think she is in the wrong profession. WTH is up w/ that? I think it's great that they took so many pictures! I love the ones who get like that. I just wish Disney would use a higher camera setting. They use the lowest possible and when ya try to enlarge the pics it gets grainy. I hate that. My favorite is the BBB family shot! That's a great pic of you guys! Did you get any in the rose garden?

I have to ask....is Claire still wearing the pink hair on a daily basis? I think that's the cutest thing ever! You can not say you didn't get your monies worth out of that one!

LOL! I actuually only did laundry twice, but I checked it one other time. I found that if I do it, then I don't have to bring so many clothes. It works well for us, and since DH and DD usually sleep longer than I do, I have time in the morning. I just put it in and go check it every so often. Less clothes means more room in the suitcase to bring home things. LOL!

Yeah that second photographer wasn't all that good. Why do they put someone like that to take portraits?

Oh, I just love the Lion King topiaries! That is one of my favorite movies! I was even contemplating get my DD the same Simba that Claire has, but she wasn't interested. :confused:One year olds! :rolleyes: Great update!!


LOL! I know there was stuff I wanted to have, but she wasn't interested, and then some stuff she wanted I thought was pretty dumb. LOL!

[jenseib]

Oh and the pink hair...Thanks for reminding me. ...I put a ton of conditioner in it and it's been sitting in the bathroom since. I should rinse it and see if I can get the tangles out. Yes, we definately got our moneys worth on that one!

[MagicShell]

Those are great pictures of Claire. She looks like a real princess. I love that dress. The pictures of you in front of Spaceship Earth are great as well.

The Mexican boat ride may have been my son's favorite ride. He is six. But, we didn't have any bad odor to mess our ride up.

[WrightFamily06]

Just joining your trip report and I love it so far , can't wait to read more :thumbsup2 My DD just loves the pictures of Claire , she kept telling me it was her :laughing: , she also decided she has to have the Belle Dress , so now I guess I'm going to be on a mad search to find as we leave in less than two weeks for our WDW vacation !

[jenseib]

Those are great pictures of Claire. She looks like a real princess. I love that dress. The pictures of you in front of Spaceship Earth are great as well.

The Mexican boat ride may have been my son's favorite ride. He is six. But, we didn't have any bad odor to mess our ride up.

Thanks. Claire likes that ride too, and we do ride it later again

Just joining your trip report and I love it so far , can't wait to read more :thumbsup2 My DD just loves the pictures of Claire , she kept telling me it was her :laughing: , she also decided she has to have the Belle Dress , so now I guess I'm going to be on a mad search to find as we leave in less than two weeks for our WDW vacation !

Thanks for joining. I was just at Disney store on Wed and they had them on clearance, so if you have one near you, they might have them. Our store had several.

[sandgrace]

I'm still loving your TR and it's giving me great ideas for our trip in Sept. Did you have a preferred room at POP, and if so was it worth the extra $15 a night? We have a DD(4) too, and we're trying to decide where to request our room to be.

I also love your idea of doing laundry and saving room in your suitcase, was the laundry room ever busy where you had to wait for washers and dryers? Thanks again for this great TR I'm hooked! :goodvibes

BTW, My DD now wants the red Belle dress as well, maybe you can get a commision from Disney! LOL!

[WrightFamily06]

[B]Thanks for joining. I was just at Disney store on Wed and they had them on clearance, so if you have one near you, they might have them. Our store had several.


Your Welcome :) Thanks for the information on the dress unfortunately we don't have a Disney Store anywhere near us , the closest one is about 3 hours away and I don't think I can convince DH to go that distance for a dress :sad1: So she may have to do without :( Do you know what the price is on clearance off hand , I looked it up on E-bay and they want around $80 , which I thought was a little much :confused3

[BellaBaby]

Your Welcome :) Thanks for the information on the dress unfortunately we don't have a Disney Store anywhere near us , the closest one is about 3 hours away and I don't think I can convince DH to go that distance for a dress :sad1: So she may have to do without :( Do you know what the price is on clearance off hand , I looked it up on E-bay and they want around $80 , which I thought was a little much :confused3

At our store the clearance price is 49.99, the original price is 79.99.:goodvibes

[jenseib]

I'm still loving your TR and it's giving me great ideas for our trip in Sept. Did you have a preferred room at POP, and if so was it worth the extra $15 a night? We have a DD(4) too, and we're trying to decide where to request our room to be.

I also love your idea of doing laundry and saving room in your suitcase, was the laundry room ever busy where you had to wait for washers and dryers? Thanks again for this great TR I'm hooked! :goodvibes

BTW, My DD now wants the red Belle dress as well, maybe you can get a commision from Disney! LOL!

I think it's worth it if we get poolside first floor, because that is what we like. Now if we got an upper floor, I wouldn't like it so much and just do standard.
So far we've been lucky to get what we requested.
The laundry room was really crowded when I went in one evening, but when I went early mornings there were hardly anyone there.

Your Welcome :) Thanks for the information on the dress unfortunately we don't have a Disney Store anywhere near us , the closest one is about 3 hours away and I don't think I can convince DH to go that distance for a dress :sad1: So she may have to do without :( Do you know what the price is on clearance off hand , I looked it up on E-bay and they want around $80 , which I thought was a little much :confused3

Our store's clearnace price was $59.99 and then an additonal 25% off.
The full price was $79.99, but it was on sale when I bought it online, (and not on sale at the store at the time) so I got the shoes, the dress and shipping for less than that.

[scottny]

I got so lucky on this ride too. NOT! I sat behind a family of several people, who all must’ve decided not to bath while on vacation! I held my breath for most of the ride. LOL! :snooty:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

eewwwwww

Great updates and pics.

[jenseib]

eewwwwww

Great updates and pics.

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[WrightFamily06]

At our store the clearance price is 49.99, the original price is 79.99.:goodvibes
Thanks so much for the price :)


Our store's clearance price was $59.99 and then an additional 25% off.
The full price was $79.99, but it was on sale when I bought it online, (and not on sale at the store at the time) so I got the shoes, the dress and shipping for less than that.

Thanks for the information, not sure if I want to spend that much on it with leaving in 11 days , she may just have to suffer without . lol

[jenseib]

Next I went to Norway. Again I figured I see how long the wait for Maelstrom was.

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It was walk on as well, so I rode it.

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After this, I figured I’d better not go too far back into World showcase, since it was getting closer to our meeting time. I worked my way up to Test track to check out the wait time. It was pretty long. Being that it was close to our FP time for Soarin, I tried to see if the machine would let me get a FP for Test track. Nope. Too early. :rolleyes1
I then worked my way back over to the land. We had agreed to meet between 12:15 and 12:30. The Behind the Seeds tour was supposed to be 1-1 1/4 hours long.
I got over there and saw no sign of them. So I went back up and out and got a drink out of the stroller. I headed back down and took a potty break, and still waited.
They finally came out at 12:45. Claire was so excited. She kept telling me she was a good girl, which Skip then told me how many people commented on how good she was. LOL! :lovestruc
They told me a little bit about it, but I don’t remember too much.:confused:

We then got in line for Soarin.

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Soarin’s wait wasn’t too long. It was super cool. In the pre show they said to take off your hats and DH wasn’t going to, but Claire insisted he did. LOL! :laughing:
The flying was really neat. Claire just squealed with glee. She loved flying. She said when we went over the ocean she got wet.
Now I have heard they have some effects like this…..like you can smell orange blossoms while going over the orange orchards….but I never smelled anything or felt anything, so not sure if Claire really got wet or not. LOL! :confused3
We got off really excited and so happy we finally had a chance to try this ride out.

We then headed over to Test Track and got fast passes. The line was still long and our FP’s were for 3:55.

We decided to split up then. I told Skip he should ride Mission Space. We’ve never rode it and I was afraid I would get motion sickness. (I later found out my mom rode the easy side in Feb and loved it and she gets much sicker than I do, so I should’ve ridden it. LOL :rotfl2:)

So Skip headed that way and Claire and I were going to World Showcase to find some characters. I decided to start in the UK.
We asked a CM where the characters were and she said go around to the back of the Toy store, so I did; literally go to the “outside” back of the store. LOL! And I almost walked in the exit door for the greeting. :rolleyes1 LOL! OOPS! :flower3:

So we then went around to the inside and got in a short line for Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger. I shot this while waiting.

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Claire was still on the kick about getting a special toy to replace Simba for the day. I told her once we were done would could look around the store.

I also asked if any other characters would be in the UK, and they told me that Alice and Mary Poppins would be outside around 2.

Our turn!

These are the ones I took.

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Look at Eeyore signing. Isn’t he so cute!

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This is how he signed Paige and Michael’s books back in 1997. They loved it.

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[thelittlemermaid83]

Awwww i love Pooh and the gang.

[Cinderelly5507]

Great update! I think DH and I may do some solo time next trip too! DD goes back for a nap, and I think we might take turns doing that... :rolleyes1 Of all the characters, DD liked the Pooh gang at Crystal Palace the best!

[WrightFamily06]

Great update :thumbsup2 Love the pictures of your kids w/ Pooh & The Gang , sooo cute :cutie:

[jenseib]

Awwww i love Pooh and the gang.

Great update! I think DH and I may do some solo time next trip too! DD goes back for a nap, and I think we might take turns doing that... :rolleyes1 Of all the characters, DD liked the Pooh gang at Crystal Palace the best!

Great update :thumbsup2 Love the pictures of your kids w/ Pooh & The Gang , sooo cute :cutie:

I've always been a huge Pooh fan too. When I went when I was little he was the one person I wanted to see.


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[jenseib]

And these are the photopass pictures.

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[GBShorts]

Those pics are awesome but I have to ask...what the heck is up with Pooh standing with his feet so far apart?

He looks funny standing that way. :D

[jenseib]

Those pics are awesome but I have to ask...what the heck is up with Pooh standing with his feet so far apart?

He looks funny standing that way. :D


I noticed that too. Must be a guy in there. LOL!

[GBShorts]

I noticed that too. Must be a guy in there. LOL!

My first thought was rump rot... like from M*A*S*H. haha!

[BellaBaby]

Wow, you really look like Claire in that pic of you and Pooh when you were a kid!:)

Love the pics of Pooh and the gang too!! Really cute!!:cutie:

[jenseib]

Wow, you really look like Claire in that pic of you and Pooh when you were a kid!:)

Love the pics of Pooh and the gang too!! Really cute!!:cutie:

YES! :thumbsup2
I love to hear that.
Claire is my only kid that actually looks like me. Paige is looking more like me now, but as a kid she was identical to her dad.

[jenseib]

After visiting Pooh and friends we went back around to the front of the store to pick out something for Claire.:banana:
She immediately chose the Cheshire cat. He was cute, and for several nights she slept with him too, but a few days after we got home he has dropped down to just sitting on the bed, and not loved so much. LOL! :lovestruc

Since we had a bit of time before Alice and Mary came out, we decided to go see if Belle was out. This was one person Claire really wanted to see. We stumbled upon Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) in France, with no one in line for her.

Here are my pictures.

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And these are the photopass.

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After saying goodbye to Aurora, we headed over to see Belle and Beast. :wizard:

[brookelizabeth]

I love all your Photopass pics, new the Celebrate borders are really fun. I just read the update about the tea, all the way to Sleeping Beauty - the tea party looked like so much fun!! I'm glad you were sneaky and got some pics. :thumbsup2

The pics of Claire and Princess Aurora are really great, the pink hair, pink dress, pink shoes and pink flowers just make it all pop!

[thelittlemermaid83]

Them photos of claire and aurora are gorgeous. we would love to see the Princesses with no line etc, but sadly at DLP its a always a rugby scrum to ger near them, luckily i have big enough shoulders to handle the ruff and tumble :lmao:

[jenseib]

I love all your Photopass pics, new the Celebrate borders are really fun. I just read the update about the tea, all the way to Sleeping Beauty - the tea party looked like so much fun!! I'm glad you were sneaky and got some pics. :thumbsup2

The pics of Claire and Princess Aurora are really great, the pink hair, pink dress, pink shoes and pink flowers just make it all pop!

You had alot of reading to do. LOL!

I think the Aurora ones came out really nice too. I actually like the ones I took better. LOL! But with Pooh, the photpass are better.

Them photos of claire and aurora are gorgeous. we would love to see the Princesses with no line etc, but sadly at DLP its a always a rugby scrum to ger near them, luckily i have big enough shoulders to handle the ruff and tumble :lmao:


I swear about everytime we've seen Aurora we've had no wait. I know we didn't when my older two were little, and in 2007 we walked right up to her. I don't think we saw her last year though.

[WrightFamily06]

I've always been a huge Pooh fan too. When I went when I was little he was the one person I wanted to see.


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When I was little I use to collect the stuff Pooh's from the Disney store and many other things , he was my favorite also . Don't think the princess thing was such a big deal then as it is now . I love this picture of You w/ Pooh , Clarie looks alot like you when you were little :)

The photo pass pictures of Pooh & Friends and Aurora turned out great . Also love the shots you took of Clarie with Aurora :thumbsup2

[jenseib]

When I was little I use to collect the stuff Pooh's from the Disney store and many other things , he was my favorite also . Don't think the princess thing was such a big deal then as it is now . I love this picture of You w/ Pooh , Clarie looks alot like you when you were little :)

The photo pass pictures of Pooh & Friends and Aurora turned out great . Also love the shots you took of Clarie with Aurora :thumbsup2


I was more of a tomboy as a kid, so to me Pooh was the ultimate. I did like Cinderella, but I don't remember ever seeing her that trip. It was in 1974 and Disney had only been open like a year and a half. I also remember being really disapointed with Cinderellas castle because you just walked through and couldnt see her in "house" at all. LOL!:rotfl:
Way back then there weren't as many princesses either, so I don't think that was the "in thing" like it is today.
I also remember really wanting to ride Dumbo that trip and my mom told me later we would as the line was too long, well later never came. She kept putting it off, and those were the days with tickets for the rides, and by the end of the day we were out of tickets for Dumbo's class. I was so upset.
My goal in life was to ride that stupid ride. LOL!
In 1995 I went with my firend and she wouldn't wait in the long line. In 1997 I took my two older kids with my mom and we got in line and were next to ride and a bad storm came through and they shut it down. So we didn;t ride it that year either. In 1999 we went again, and FINALLY I got to ride it. LOL!
We didn;t ride it this year, but have we have rode it the past 2 trips and I've been so happy. LOL! :dance3:

[jenseib]

We were off to see Belle and Beast. And we got in line just in time. They cut the line off with only one family behind us. The wait wasn’t too bad, but not super fast either. We had been spoiled with the first couple of greets that day.

I shot this while waiting.

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Skip called while we were in line and said he was in Mexico getting a margarita. :drinking1 I told him we would be heading to the UK next, which was at the total opposite end of where he was, and he could meet us over there.

Then Claire got to meet her other favorite princess. She was a little intimidated by beast at first, but warmed up to him fast and she was so happy to see Belle. :dogdance:

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And the photopass ones.

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[thelittlemermaid83]

More great pics, i love how you also get to be in them Jen. I think in all my visits to DLP with DD i'm like in 4 pics :lmao: and they are not ones you would want to frame of anything :lmao:

I love how Claire warms up to the beast, bless the pic where she is hugging him.

[jenseib]

More great pics, i love how you also get to be in them Jen. I think in all my visits to DLP with DD i'm like in 4 pics :lmao: and they are not ones you would want to frame of anything :lmao:

I love how Claire warms up to the beast, bless the pic where she is hugging him.


I love being in some too. I normally am not, so this is one reason I love photopass. Not that I take great pictures, but at least I can prove I was there. LOL!
She really did end up like Beast alot.

[jenseib]

After Beast and Belle we headed back to the UK to see Alice (again LOL :confused3) and Mary Poppins. On the way over Claire suddenly decided she did not want to see Mary. :confused: I guess mostly because she really has no clue who she is. I told her that dad would go with her and that seemed a bit better to her.
Skip beeped me and said he was in Ireland :confused:, and wanted to know where we were, and how much further. LOL! :rotfl2: I told him there wasn’t an Ireland there. And he insisted that was where he was because there were pubs all over. LOL! I told him nope, that’s the UK. He found us in line and Claire immediately told him that he had to go see Mary with her. :goodvibes

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I wish I had a flower bed this cute. :flower3:

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Skip didn’t dare put the drink down. LOL! :rolleyes:

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UGH! :scared1: And I just noticed the socks! How did he get that pair past me? :sad2: I packed only short socks because he has the habit of pulling up his socks just like that! LOL! :scared:

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[thelittlemermaid83]

LOL at the sock comment! :lmao:

[jenseib]

LOL at the sock comment! :lmao:

I just can't beleive he slipped it by me. LOL! I'm guessing those are the ones he wore down, and the nwhen I did laundry they were clean again and he quickly grabbed them. LOL!

[jenseib]

Next was Alice.

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Alice also noticed Skip carrying the Cheshire cat and talked to Claire about that. :ccat:

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Claire announced she was hungry then. We decided on fish and chips. I wasn’t too sure if Claire would like fish or not. She has had fish before, but is kind of on the fence about it.:cool:

We got one order and sat down and then Claire had to potty, so I took her. On the way back I decided I was kind of hungry too, so I got another order so there was more to share. LOL! :banana:
Claire only ate a couple of bites of fish and wasn’t to impressed, but did gobble up the fries. A very healthy lunch for her! :ssst:

We then kind of wandered around World Showcase. I would’ve liked to go into some of the places and see what they are all about, but I knew Skip and Claire really didn’t want to do that.
I did take a lot of pictures while walking.

Morocco

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Japan

I wanted this shot so bad, and this lady to the side would NOT move. She stood there forever, so finally I gave up and took a crappy shot. Skip and Claire wanted to keep moving.

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Italy

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We saw Genie out in Morroco, but Claire didn’t want to see him. We saw Snow White and Dopey out, but the line was long and we were hoping that Snow White would be at dinner.

It was close to our fast pass time for Test Track so we headed up that way. I know I wrote that it was for 3:55, but I mis-wrote. It was for 3:25.

[jenseib]

On to Test Track.

I think it took a good 15 minutes to get on the ride. I was worried if it took any longer that we wouldn’t be on time for our ADR, and we still had to change Claire’s clothes. But we did just fine. :wizard:

The last time I rode this was 10 years ago, and it had just opened. That line was EXTREMELY long! :crazy2: LOL! Skip has rode it the last 2 years though.

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There are those fingers in the mouth again! :blush:

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I was talking to Claire the whole ride, telling her what was going on and saying weee, and this picture has my mouth wide open looking really dumb! LOL! :p

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When we got off, Claire said she had to potty. And she was holding herself, which meant we’d better hurry. LOL! S owe ran through the stupid show room and gift shop you have to go through to get out of there. I swear this kid has eagle eyes. As we are running she starts crying that she wants this test track toy we went by. I told her we would come back, but right now the potty was more important. I have no clue how she saw it that fast, but she was describing everything in it on the way to the bathroom. LOL!
So we made it to the bathroom and got her changed into her Jasmine outfit. We came out and immediately she was ready to head back to get that toy. LOL! And she was right, it had all the stuff she described in it. It was really a good price though, so I didn’t feel to bad getting it, and again, she had a lot of spending money.

[thelittlemermaid83]

Awww Claire really does love Alice doesnt she, bless her.

[Cinderelly5507]

My DH would so be drinking while meething the characters too, but he'd have some nasty German/dark beer! :sick: I love that your DH got the socks past you... men... :lmao: I've only made 3 trips (so far ;)) but I have never ridden Test Track, Dumbo, the tea cups, Soarin' or ToT... What do I do in the parks??? :confused: Next trip these are ALL a must!!! Great update! Love that Claire can spot a toy even when in "distress" :rotfl:

[jenseib]

I did the teacups only once when my older two were little. Never agian. LOL! Skip did ride them with Claire last year though.

[WrightFamily06]

I was more of a tomboy as a kid, so to me Pooh was the ultimate. I did like Cinderella, but I don't remember ever seeing her that trip. It was in 1974 and Disney had only been open like a year and a half. I also remember being really disapointed with Cinderellas castle because you just walked through and couldnt see her in "house" at all. LOL!:rotfl:
Way back then there weren't as many princesses either, so I don't think that was the "in thing" like it is today.
I also remember really wanting to ride Dumbo that trip and my mom told me later we would as the line was too long, well later never came. She kept putting it off, and those were the days with tickets for the rides, and by the end of the day we were out of tickets for Dumbo's class. I was so upset.
My goal in life was to ride that stupid ride. LOL!
In 1995 I went with my friend and she wouldn't wait in the long line. In 1997 I took my two older kids with my mom and we got in line and were next to ride and a bad storm came through and they shut it down. So we didn;t ride it that year either. In 1999 we went again, and FINALLY I got to ride it. LOL!
We didn;t ride it this year, but have we have rode it the past 2 trips and I've been so happy. LOL! :dance3:

We went to Disney back in 1994 for the first time and I don't really remember seeing many Princess or face characters period .

Wow you really had a time getting your ride on Dumbo :laughing: I didn't know they use to give individual tickets like a carnival when they first opened , wow how things have changed with time !

Great update :thumbsup2 Love all the character pictures, that's something we are going to try and do more of this year . In past years we have just zipped right by them figured it would be easier than trying to entertain kids in line but now the oldest are 5 and almost 4 , I figure we will have better luck w/ them in line. Were also gonna get the photo pass CD so I want to make the cost worthwhile . Finally I'll get to be in pictures ! :lmao:

[meanmom121]

I need to know the princesses secret to how they keep all that make-up so perfect in that hot humid weather. I'm outside 5 minutes and my make up's done for.
Karen

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I love all the pics of Claire with the Princesses. I will say, that Alice is not one of the best I've seen. Soarin'...love that ride! Did Skip smell the oranges? That's the best part...the smells. (Well, that and the end when ya fly over Disneyland) Ya know I never realized how high we go up on that thing 'til last time. We were in the front row and I looked down...won't do that again. Keep eyes forward! LOL That's cool how you mixed in pics of your older kids. I love retro Disney stuff!

[jenseib]

I need to know the princesses secret to how they keep all that make-up so perfect in that hot humid weather. I'm outside 5 minutes and my make up's done for.
Karen

I need to know that secret too.

I love all the pics of Claire with the Princesses. I will say, that Alice is not one of the best I've seen. Soarin'...love that ride! Did Skip smell the oranges? That's the best part...the smells. (Well, that and the end when ya fly over Disneyland) Ya know I never realized how high we go up on that thing 'til last time. We were in the front row and I looked down...won't do that again. Keep eyes forward! LOL That's cool how you mixed in pics of your older kids. I love retro Disney stuff!

I hate to admit it, but I too think that Alice was kind of ugly. But Claire liked her.
I didn't smell the oranges. I had heard you were supposed to, but I never smelt anytihgn. I was on an end seat, so amybe that made a difference?

[Stephanie VanMeter]

The pictures of Claire and Belle and the Beast and really cute. I like the one where she is looking at him. I am hoping to try the fish and chips this year. Is the fish really greasy? Also, I am admiring your photopass pics and I agree it gives you a chance to get in them too. There are 5 groups of us going and we are going to share the CD. How soon in advance should I order the CD? Four of the groups are going the same time, June 7-14 and one group is going the last week of June. Any advice will help!

[jenseib]

The pictures of Claire and Belle and the Beast and really cute. I like the one where she is looking at him. I am hoping to try the fish and chips this year. Is the fish really greasy? Also, I am admiring your photopass pics and I agree it gives you a chance to get in them too. There are 5 groups of us going and we are going to share the CD. How soon in advance should I order the CD? Four of the groups are going the same time, June 7-14 and one group is going the last week of June. Any advice will help!

I thopught the fish was good. I don't remember it beingtoo greasey.

The photopass pre order code wil lexpire 6 days from purchase, so don't order it too early. I would either order it right before you go (I think I did mine a day or 2 before we left) Or do it when you get home.

[justplaingoofy]

Just found your trip report today and have read every post! Love it!

Now its 2:40pm and I'm still in my pajamas! :sad2: Although I'm glad to see this is the end right now .... I know I do need a shower and get on with the day!

Thanks for the posting.. claire is adorable (we have 2 neices named Claire) and hope to read more:banana:

[jenseib]

Just found your trip report today and have read every post! Love it!

Now its 2:40pm and I'm still in my pajamas! :sad2: Although I'm glad to see this is the end right now .... I know I do need a shower and get on with the day!

Thanks for the posting.. claire is adorable (we have 2 neices named Claire) and hope to read more:banana:

Thanks for joining. I have had days like that too! LOL! I was in my PJ's till noon today. I have redeemed myself though and walked on the treadmill and rode the exercise bike, and took Claire out in the garage to ride her bike. She got a big girl bike for X-mas, but DH just put the training wheels on today so she was so excited. LOL!

[jenseib]

After the purchase of the Test Track toy, which did look really cool, we headed over to Norway for dinner.

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We then got checked in and took some more shots.

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Here she is proudly showing off her Test Track toy. :lovestruc

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We then got called. Or so I thought. In Norway they pronounce W’s like V’s and we have a W in our name. :confused3 So it sounded similar to our name, but I wasn’t sure. I went and check and sure enough it was us!
We went in and then got in line for Belle.

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[brookelizabeth]

The sock comment made me laugh out loud! :rotfl2:

Did Claire like Test Track? That is hilarious about the toy at Test Track too!

[jenseib]

The sock comment made me laugh out loud! :rotfl2:

Did Claire like Test Track? That is hilarious about the toy at Test Track too!

My husband just has no clue sometimes. I bought him sandles when we were first married and he would wear them with socks like that. UGH!

Claire really liked Test Track. That was one ride we HAD to ride. Skip has rode it the last tow years without us, so she has called it Daddy's ride, so it was a must for her to ride Daddy's ride this year.
I can't beleive all the detail she saw in that toy as we zoomed by it. In the bathroom she kept telling me "it has Goofy and Mickey and I need them." LOL! And sure enough it did.
I just posted at the same time you did, so if you missed it, I have a picture of her proudly holding it.

[thelittlemermaid83]

OOh i cant wait for the next part.

[jenseib]

Here is Claire anxiously waiting to see Belle in her “marrying” dress, as Claire calls it. :cloud9:

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We got up to the photographer and she was kind of rude. :rolleyes1 She told me only 2 pictures and did we want a family shot. I said no, but I wish I would’ve said yes, and made her take more. :headache: Her pictures weren’t very good either. They came out fuzzy. Oh well, next time I will open my big mouth and have more taken and ask for the fuzzy ones to be retaken.

Here’s what I took.

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Here’s what the photographer took.

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We were then taken to our table and seated right next to the cold bar.

[tiggerfan6]

HI I just started reading your TR today. IT is great, I love the pictures you have posted. I am taking my children (DD,4 and DS,6) in November. I never heard about the Tea Party. I think my little girl would like that a lot, can boys go too??? It will be there 1st trip, we are going with my aunt and uncle who are TRUE BLUE Disney fans. Habby is not going, he went once when we were 1st married and rather stay home and do his own thing . I am totally ok with that though, less fighting :) More fun!!! :lovestruc. Anyway looking forward to reading more :)
Erica

[jenseib]

Opps, I double posted one picture, but went back and changed it! :thumbsup2

[mom2rtk]

Here is Claire anxiously waiting to see Belle in her “marrying” dress, as Claire calls it. :cloud9:

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We got up to the photographer and she was kind of rude. :rolleyes1 She told me only 2 pictures and did we want a family shot. I said no, but I wish I would’ve said yes, and made her take more. :headache: Her pictures weren’t very good either. They came out fuzzy. Oh well, next time I will open my big mouth and have more taken and ask for the fuzzy ones to be retaken.

Here’s what I took.

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http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2157/claireandherbelle.jpg

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Here’s what the photographer took.

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We were then taken to our table and seated right next to the cold bar.


You know, I have to say in all the time I've ever been at Disney, I've NEVER been told "only 2 photos". You spend a lot of money and effort to get there, and I don't like my odds of getting a good one with only two.

Did the restaurant seem unusually busy or the line seem unusually long? What time were your ADR's?

I'm afraid I would've fired off about 10 before they could even say a word........

I'm SO glad you got some good ones! I HAVE also learned that whild most photopass photographers are good, some are not. So I almost NEVER leave it entirely up to them........

[jenseib]

HI I just started reading your TR today. IT is great, I love the pictures you have posted. I am taking my children (DD,4 and DS,6) in November. I never heard about the Tea Party. I think my little girl would like that a lot, can boys go too??? It will be there 1st trip, we are going with my aunt and uncle who are TRUE BLUE Disney fans. Habby is not going, he went once when we were 1st married and rather stay home and do his own thing . I am totally ok with that though, less fighting :) More fun!!! :lovestruc. Anyway looking forward to reading more :)
Erica

Welcome, I'm glad you joined.
Yes boys can do this too. The Mad Hatter is really funny, I bet both your kids will love it.
I kind of wish I could take a trip with DH. LOL! Shh, don't tell him I said that. :ssst:

[jenseib]

You know, I have to say in all the time I've ever been at Disney, I've NEVER been told "only 2 photos". You spend a lot of money and effort to get there, and I don't like my odds of getting a good one with only two.

Did the restaurant seem unusually busy or the line seem unusually long? What time were your ADR's?

I'm afraid I would've fired off about 10 before they could even say a word........

I'm SO glad you got some good ones! I HAVE also learned that whild most photopass photographers are good, some are not. So I almost NEVER leave it entirely up to them........


I meant she would only take two. I did take 3, but we did kind of seemed a bit rushed. Our ADR was for 4:20, it was busy, but they were only letting a few in at a time. I'm sure the family ahead of us took more than two.
I kind of think she was having camera trouble too, becuase she keot shooting the wall (actually one of the pics on my photopass was of the wall. LOL)
But I did think she was rude. And at CRT they took several. I didn't think either of the ones she took was very good, and mine weren't great either, but I'm still happy we got something.
I should've said take some of her and then we want a family shot too. I wasn't thinking at the moment.

[mom2rtk]

I meant she would only take two. I did take 3, but we did kind of seemed a bit rushed. Our ADR was for 4:20, it was busy, but they were only letting a few in at a time. I'm sure the family ahead of us took more than two.
I kind of think she was having camera trouble too, becuase she keot shooting the wall (actually one of the pics on my photopass was of the wall. LOL)
But I did think she was rude. And at CRT they took several. I didn't think either of the ones she took was very good, and mine weren't great either, but I'm still happy we got something.
I should've said take some of her and then we want a family shot too. I wasn't thinking at the moment.


I guess that makes a little more sense....

Did you know though that if you don't like the picture they bring to your table, you can request a retake before you leave?

Just something to file away..........

[meanmom121]

Sorry about the pic disappointment but Claire looks down right happy!!!

[sandgrace]

Claire looks sooooo cute in her Jasmine costume my DD has the very same one. She wore it to Disneyland last year for Halloween, Mickey's Trick or Treat Party and her pants kept falling down! :scared1: I think that they finally fit her right now.

I can't wait to hear more about Akershus, I'd like to go there in Sept., Belle's my favorite princess , but people have been giving it really bad reviews lately.

[jenseib]

I guess that makes a little more sense....

Did you know though that if you don't like the picture they bring to your table, you can request a retake before you leave?

Just something to file away..........

I found that out after I got home. LOL!

Claire looks sooooo cute in her Jasmine costume my DD has the very same one. She wore it to Disneyland last year for Halloween, Mickey's Trick or Treat Party and her pants kept falling down! :scared1: I think that they finally fit her right now.

I can't wait to hear more about Akershus, I'd like to go there in Sept., Belle's my favorite princess , but people have been giving it really bad reviews lately.

Claire kept sticking her hands down the back of her pants. LOL! She said she was holding them up, but not sure waht she really was doing? LOL! :confused3:rotfl2:

[jenseib]

Sorry about the pic disappointment but Claire looks down right happy!!!


She was very happy!

[jenseib]

By the way, we did bring Test Track in with us. I was afraid to let it sit out in the stroller and it was a bit too big to hide under stuff.

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Since we had the early seating, the Princesses weren’t out yet. Our waiter, who was wonderful, told us they probably wouldn’t be to our table till dessert.

Claire ordered the Hotdog (imagine that. :rolleyes: LOL) with corn and also got a lot of the cold cuts from the cold bar. She was very impressed with the cold bar. LOL! :thumbsup2
I tried several things off the cold bar. It was pretty good. DH said you could just make a meal off of that.
He ordered the Salmon, which I asked “Do you like Salmon?” and he said "I don’t know," so our waiter told him if he didn’t like it he could order something else. He did say it was good.
I got the Kjottkake. It was 2 meatballs that tasted a lot like Kielbasa.
Very good.

Claire nibbled at her food, but she really wanted to see the princesses. I kept walking around the corner as they came out to see who was there.

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They brought out our picture pretty early on. Here it is.

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Alice was the first one out. So this would be our 3rd meeting with Alice this trip. I don’t think we ever even saw her except for parades the last 2 trips. LOL!

She arrived shortly after dessert was served.

It was the same one from the afternoon too. :cool2:

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Claire has a really skinny belly, but for some reason she kept puffing out in this outfit. Not super attractive. LOL!:banana:

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Next was Jasmine. This was one we had hoped for, since Claire was wearing the “matching” outfit. All the other princess referred to her as Jasmine’s sister when they visited. :cloud9:

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The puffed belly again! LOL!

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[sandgrace]

Claire kept sticking her hands down the back of her pants. LOL! She said she was holding them up, but not sure waht she really was doing? LOL! :confused3:rotfl2:[/QUOTE]

Yup, my DD does that too with those pants it's just easy access I guess! LOL!

[incruzcontrol2]

Just caught up five pages.. been gone this weekend and first thing I did was log on and read your TR... hahhaha.. I think you've got me hooked.. it's like a novel.. can't put it down and gotta read it to the end.. :goodvibes

You took some really great shots at Epcot.. I think this is the most pictures I've seen you take of the scenary and topiaries.. I love it!!! You are so lucky to have seen so many princesses.. well, characters in general.. I had a big discussion with my sister in law the other day about character people and attraction-people.. She is an attraction-person and would pass up the characters most of the time.. I have to have both.. we even made our own autograph book and make it a priority to do character dining and line up characters we haven't met yet... so I'm LOVING all of your pictures.. The one with Pooh and the gang is great.. I love it when you have a picture with a group of characters from the same story.. it just makes the pictures extra special I think...

That Jasmine dress on her is so cute. and the picture with Jasmine is special... You mentioned that you were glad you had her come to your table??? Are there only certain princesses that come around to the tables? Are they different for different days? We'd love to do Epcot on our next trip and this is definitely one dinner we'll have.. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the day...

[jenseib]

Just caught up five pages.. been gone this weekend and first thing I did was log on and read your TR... hahhaha.. I think you've got me hooked.. it's like a novel.. can't put it down and gotta read it to the end.. :goodvibes

You took some really great shots at Epcot.. I think this is the most pictures I've seen you take of the scenary and topiaries.. I love it!!! You are so lucky to have seen so many princesses.. well, characters in general.. I had a big discussion with my sister in law the other day about character people and attraction-people.. She is an attraction-person and would pass up the characters most of the time.. I have to have both.. we even made our own autograph book and make it a priority to do character dining and line up characters we haven't met yet... so I'm LOVING all of your pictures.. The one with Pooh and the gang is great.. I love it when you have a picture with a group of characters from the same story.. it just makes the pictures extra special I think...

That Jasmine dress on her is so cute. and the picture with Jasmine is special... You mentioned that you were glad you had her come to your table??? Are there only certain princesses that come around to the tables? Are they different for different days? We'd love to do Epcot on our next trip and this is definitely one dinner we'll have.. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the day...

I'm glad you are so dedicated to my TR. LOL! :lmao:

I just loved all the topiaries there.
I like both attractions and characters, but this year Claire was more into characters, so met alot more.

At Akershus, they don't have the same princesses there everyday. So I was glad that Jasmine was on that was there. They do go to every table though. My sister had different ones when she went, Well she had Sleeping Beauty rather than Alice. And cinderella has been there alot lately, but she used to never be there. I was hoping for Snow White, bue she wasn't there for our dinner either.

[meghanlea]

I would have never noticed the socks if you hadn't pointed them out :rotfl:. I didn't know Alice did that dinner, when we went, there was belle, cinderella, mulan, auroa, jasmine, and I think that's it. I'm glad claire had a good time, it was neat to meet all the princess's at once. This was our first dinner when we took our DD last year.

[jbdisney]

Love your trip report!:yay:

[ZeroToHero]

I wonder if she was puffing her stomach out so her pants wouldn't fall down? :laughing:
And yes, I'd recognize that Alice anywhere - I always wonder how hard it can be to get a job as a face character, if some of the people they hire aren't so.... princessy.

Except for Prince Charming, he was very princessy. :lmao: Poor guy, I wonder what he'd think if he knew he was being made fun of on the Dis?

[starann]

Just popping in to say Hi.....I am living through you and you DD. I have 2 boys so princesses are not so hot in our house! Although my DH thinks they are cute (for totally different reasons!).

I love how you and DH passed DD off to each other. I would have loved that 'alone' time to take pictures and such! Might have to try it on our next trip!

[BellaBaby]

Claire looks so cute talking to Alice!!:cutie:

We are eating at PSB for the second time when we go in 9 days:cool1:

We really enjoyed our dinner last time (2 yrs ago), so I hope it's still as good, and we're kinda picky. We sat in the same general area, near the cold bar, (which was very good) but closer to the windows. We had Sleeping Beauty for the photo, and Belle (in her blue dress), Cinderella and Ariel came around. I was really hoping for Ariel again since my 5 y.o. loves her!! The line is always so long at the MK!! :rolleyes:

My DH wears socks w/ sandels, and we kid him. He just laughs about it!!;)
Oh well, gotta love 'em!:upsidedow

[smithpack]

:rotfl: I am still laughing over the "Ireland" comment your husband made. It is a good thing you can understand his directions. Wow, Belle sure looks a lot different at Akershus than she did outside. Must be the lighting.;) I am loving all the pictures of the toparies. I am amazed at how they do those. I can't wait to go and see them for myself. One more week and a half.:woohoo:

[WrightFamily06]

Another great update , boy you've really been on top of getting the updates out there today , thanks it kept me entertained :laughing: Anyway love all the pictures you took with the princesses at Norway , sorry the photo pass pictures didn't turn out the way you wanted them too :( We had trouble at this location last year with our photo pass pictures also :confused3 , sounds like you may have had the same CM :laughing:

[Later_Mater2009]

oh i havent been home all day and i just logged on the computer and this was my first stop, it is such a good TR I will be sad when its over..

I am still giggling over the "ireland" thing sounds like something my DH would say.. lol serioulsy that was halarious..

Claire is a doll, makes me wanna have a girl.. lol

[jenseib]

Love your trip report!:yay:

Thanks for joining and Welcome to Dis! :cool1:

I wonder if she was puffing her stomach out so her pants wouldn't fall down? :laughing:
And yes, I'd recognize that Alice anywhere - I always wonder how hard it can be to get a job as a face character, if some of the people they hire aren't so.... princessy.

Except for Prince Charming, he was very princessy. :lmao: Poor guy, I wonder what he'd think if he knew he was being made fun of on the Dis?


Thats so true and so funny. Poor Prince Charming. :rotfl2::rotfl2:

[jenseib]

Just popping in to say Hi.....I am living through you and you DD. I have 2 boys so princesses are not so hot in our house! Although my DH thinks they are cute (for totally different reasons!).

I love how you and DH passed DD off to each other. I would have loved that 'alone' time to take pictures and such! Might have to try it on our next trip!

It is nice to pass her back and forth, we each get some "me" time then. And get to enjoy special time with her as well. We did it the most this year and I liked it alot. We have done it the past 2 years as well, but I think it just worked better this year.

Claire looks so cute talking to Alice!!:cutie:

We are eating at PSB for the second time when we go in 9 days:cool1:

We really enjoyed our dinner last time (2 yrs ago), so I hope it's still as good, and we're kinda picky. We sat in the same general area, near the cold bar, (which was very good) but closer to the windows. We had Sleeping Beauty for the photo, and Belle (in her blue dress), Cinderella and Ariel came around. I was really hoping for Ariel again since my 5 y.o. loves her!! The line is always so long at the MK!! :rolleyes:

My DH wears socks w/ sandels, and we kid him. He just laughs about it!!;)
Oh well, gotta love 'em!:upsidedow

9 days, I am so jealous. I wish I was going again then!

We also got to see Ariel and Cinderella at the dinner. I could've done without Alice and cinderella and brought in Mulan and Snow white.

Whye od men think it is exceptable to wear sock with sandles or pulled up like that. LOL! :rotfl2:

:rotfl: I am still laughing over the "Ireland" comment your husband made. It is a good thing you can understand his directions. Wow, Belle sure looks a lot different at Akershus than she did outside. Must be the lighting.;) I am loving all the pictures of the toparies. I am amazed at how they do those. I can't wait to go and see them for myself. One more week and a half.:woohoo:


He has the worse directions. It's amazing we ever find each other. LOL!

I'm jealous of you too! You are leaving so soon! I don;t know what I am going to do with myself after i get the report completed. LOL!

Another great update , boy you've really been on top of getting the updates out there today , thanks it kept me entertained :laughing: Anyway love all the pictures you took with the princesses at Norway , sorry the photo pass pictures didn't turn out the way you wanted them too :( We had trouble at this location last year with our photo pass pictures also :confused3 , sounds like you may have had the same CM :laughing:

I was on a roll earlier, but now I'm too tired to do more pictures. LOL!

oh i havent been home all day and i just logged on the computer and this was my first stop, it is such a good TR I will be sad when its over..

I am still giggling over the "ireland" thing sounds like something my DH would say.. lol serioulsy that was halarious..

Claire is a doll, makes me wanna have a girl.. lol

I was just pumping them out today for some reason. It was cold and a little rainy out today, so I became a hermit in the house. LOL!
My DH is Irish, so I guess when he sees the sign for a pub he automatically thinks Irleand. LOL!

[jenseib]

I would have never noticed the socks if you hadn't pointed them out :rotfl:. I didn't know Alice did that dinner, when we went, there was belle, cinderella, mulan, auroa, jasmine, and I think that's it. I'm glad claire had a good time, it was neat to meet all the princess's at once. This was our first dinner when we took our DD last year.


It was sucha fun dinner though. And it was neat to try some different foods. My DH grumbled a bit about the choices, but he did fine. LOL! I think he would've really liked what I got though.

I have heard they ahve been really mixing up the princesses there lately. And I wouldn't consider Alice one, so I was surprised to see her there.

[GGOOFY1]

Yea I'm finally caught up. I will read the updates while at work and then come home and go through everything again since the pictures are blocked at work. Love the photos and Claire looks beautiful. Thanks, for sharing your report with us.

[BellaBaby]

Oh, I forgot, we saw Snow White last time too. She used to be #1 for DD5, but now Ariel tops the list!! So glad to hear there's a good chance we'll see her!!:goodvibes

[jenseib]

Yea I'm finally caught up. I will read the updates while at work and then come home and go through everything again since the pictures are blocked at work. Love the photos and Claire looks beautiful. Thanks, for sharing your report with us.


LOL! :thumbsup2 Glad you're following along. Sometimes I wonder if everyone is still with me. LOL! :rotfl2:

Oh, I forgot, we saw Snow White last time too. She used to be #1 for DD5, but now Ariel tops the list!! So glad to hear there's a good chance we'll see her!!:goodvibes

I think theres a good chance of seeing Ariel.

[Stephanie VanMeter]

Quick question, I saw where someone asked it before on a thread but was not sure the answer. Are the KTTW cards different this year or are they blue with Tink or castle?

[jenseib]

Quick question, I saw where someone asked it before on a thread but was not sure the answer. Are the KTTW cards different this year or are they blue with Tink or castle?

I'm pretty sure they look the same as last years.

[1osfan]

[QUOTE=jenseib;31423843]LOL! :thumbsup2 Glad you're following along. Sometimes I wonder if everyone is still with me. LOL! :rotfl2:

I can't speak for everyone else, but my DDW and I are certainly still with you. Your TR is the first place we visit online each night. We are planning our first WDW trip this July with our two little ones and your report has been a fantastic help! We look forward to each report and we will be sad when you finish. If you could stretch it out until we leave in July, we'd appreciate it. :)

[TinaRN]

I have enjoyed reading your TR! I love all of your pictures and all of the trip details. I want that hoodie jacket! And your TR has gotten me even more excited for our trip in May! I'm glad y'all had a great trip...so far in the descriptions! LOL!:yay:

[thelittlemermaid83]

Another great update, was fab to wake up and read before the school run.

[jenseib]

[QUOTE=jenseib;31423843]LOL! :thumbsup2 Glad you're following along. Sometimes I wonder if everyone is still with me. LOL! :rotfl2:

I can't speak for everyone else, but my DDW and I are certainly still with you. Your TR is the first place we visit online each night. We are planning our first WDW trip this July with our two little ones and your report has been a fantastic help! We look forward to each report and we will be sad when you finish. If you could stretch it out until we leave in July, we'd appreciate it. :)

I wish I could, but I'll stretch it out by adding more pictures at the end. LOL!

I have enjoyed reading your TR! I love all of your pictures and all of the trip details. I want that hoodie jacket! And your TR has gotten me even more excited for our trip in May! I'm glad y'all had a great trip...so far in the descriptions! LOL!:yay:

I love the jacket too! I bet you are so excited to go, your trip is right around the corner.

Another great update, was fab to wake up and read before the school run.

Glad to be part of the start of your day! ;)

[lizet313]

Great pics and updates:thumbsup2 I love Claire in her sun dress and the Jasmine outfit (even if she has a puffy belly :)) Look forward to the next update popcorn::

[jenseib]

Great pics and updates:thumbsup2 I love Claire in her sun dress and the Jasmine outfit (even if she has a puffy belly :)) Look forward to the next update popcorn::


:lmao:

[TxRabbit]

I'm still here!!!:banana:

I LOVE your TR! I love all the pictures, but I also just enjoy reading how your family tours the parks. I don't know. It's like we're right there with you. It's a very nice read. Keep 'em coming!

[jenseib]

I'm still here!!!:banana:

I LOVE your TR! I love all the pictures, but I also just enjoy reading how your family tours the parks. I don't know. It's like we're right there with you. It's a very nice read. Keep 'em coming!

Look at your signature! Only 2 months till you go! :banana:

[Disneychix]

Wow, you cruised right along this weekend with this TR!! So glad now I have something to do at work today! :rotfl:

I'm noticing many of your pictures are way better than the photopass pictures! Maybe you have a new carreer in your future!

[jenseib]

Wow, you cruised right along this weekend with this TR!! So glad now I have something to do at work today! :rotfl:

I'm noticing many of your pictures are way better than the photopass pictures! Maybe you have a new carreer in your future!


Thanks! You think Disney would let me bing Claire along with me each day and be a photopass photographer? :rolleyes1LOL! I promise Claire will stand right next to me and not be bored at all. ;):rotfl2:

[meanmom121]

Wow, you cruised right along this weekend with this TR!! So glad now I have something to do at work today! :rotfl:

I'm noticing many of your pictures are way better than the photopass pictures! Maybe you have a new carreer in your future!

So glad I'm not the only one spending my work time on the disboard. Hope my employer doesn't start monitoring my computer sites. This is my first stop every morning. I've been having a great time reading your TR but it makes me wish my trip were tomorrow and not JUly.

[jenseib]

So glad I'm not the only one spending my work time on the disboard. Hope my employer doesn't start monitoring my computer sites. This is my first stop every morning. I've been having a great time reading your TR but it makes me wish my trip were tomorrow and not JUly.

It will be here before too long, and I expect to be reading your TR then! ;)

[jenseib]

Next to the table was Ariel! Our second meeting with her this trip, but this time with legs! :banana: We had hoped she would be here.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4124/areilwithlegs.jpg

We told Ariel how Claire wants to change her name to ArielBelle, and she thought that was a lovely name. :love:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1738/areilatdinner.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8664/hugginnewfirendariel.jpg

The bill came and we paid, and Skip decided to walk outside and wait for us since we still had one more princess to wait for. :wizard:

Claire was having a hard time waiting. LOL! :yay:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3751/waitingforcindy.jpg

Here she comes! :woohoo:

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It was Cinderella, again! This was our 3rd meeting with Cinderella this trip.
Claire was happy to see her again though. :dance3:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2730/meetingcindyagain.jpg

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6572/meetingcinderellaagain.jpg

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1807/fancypantsandcinderella.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6645/huggingcindy1lasttime.jpg

[mickeystoontown]

So glad I'm not the only one spending my work time on the disboard. Hope my employer doesn't start monitoring my computer sites. This is my first stop every morning.


Me too!

[jenseib]

Me too!


:lmao:

[ZeroToHero]

She looked so excited when Cinderella came out - that's adorable! :laughing:
It never gets old, does it?

[MagicShell]

Meeting characters is so fun, isn't it. I think I like it as much as my children do. We had breakfast in Norway and thought it was great! My six year old son even enjoyed meeting the princesses. Jasmine called him a little monkey and said that Abu would love to play with him. He really liked that.

[shebaxric]

I just wanted to let you know that I've been on board since the beginning and have enjoyed every part of your trip report!:goodvibes Claire is definitely a princess!

[tinkerbells mum]

the princess pictures are so cute, again i love Claires taste in clothes!!! really enjoying your report xx

[jenseib]

She looked so excited when Cinderella came out - that's adorable! :laughing:
It never gets old, does it?

It's like it's the first time for her each time. :rotfl:

Meeting characters is so fun, isn't it. I think I like it as much as my children do. We had breakfast in Norway and thought it was great! My six year old son even enjoyed meeting the princesses. Jasmine called him a little monkey and said that Abu would love to play with him. He really liked that.

I love meeting them too. My son never had a problem meeting the princesses either. He liked to meet anyone there, boy or girl.

I just wanted to let you know that I've been on board since the beginning and have enjoyed every part of your trip report!:goodvibes Claire is definitely a princess!

Thanks for reading along. :worship:

the princess pictures are so cute, again i love Claires taste in clothes!!! really enjoying your report xx

She loves to dress up. She is getting antsy for warm weather here so she can wear more dresses instead of pants or dresses with tights.

[meanmom121]

Meeting characters is so fun, isn't it. I think I like it as much as my children do. We had breakfast in Norway and thought it was great! My six year old son even enjoyed meeting the princesses. Jasmine called him a little monkey and said that Abu would love to play with him. He really liked that.

I hope it's the same for my DS11 - He keeps moaning when I mention the princess meals. It's not so much that it's a character meal because he seems excited about our meals with Pooh and Mickey. But somehow I think he's be more impressed with all those pretty girls than he lets on.:goodvibes
Hugs, Karen

[jenseib]

I bet he likes it. If not, then have them take pictures of you with the princesses! :thumbsup2

[lizet313]

I love to see Claire and all her faces. The one where she shows excitement is on the top of my list. :cloud9: So did you have the autograph book full by the time the trip was done?

[jenseib]

I love to see Claire and all her faces. The one where she shows excitement is on the top of my list. :cloud9: So did you have the autograph book full by the time the trip was done?

Actually it was close to being full. I was surprised.

[thelittlemermaid83]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8084/herecomescindy.jpg



This photo sums up the Disney magic,:cutie: I love it, she looks so excited!

[jenseib]

I love it too. I wish I would've used a flash and got a brighter/better picture, but I was reserving the flash as much as I could because that dang camera takes so long to recharge after a flash.
Thats the only bad thing about it really. Takes great pictures outside though!

[WrightFamily06]

Great Pictures of Claire w/ Ariel and Cinderella , what a cutie pie :cutie: Can't say I blame her for wanting to change her name to Arielbelle there two of my most favorite princesses also !

[hlrababy]

Hey!! I just found your TR so I am busy catching up!!! Your DD is a doll!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

OMG I would have been so mad about the Belle thing. Why didn't you make them redo your pics? That would have put that idiot in her place! Is she blind? WTH? My kids do a better job with an SLR than some of them do! I like the borders but if the quality continues to go down like this I won't buy another one. Your pictures turned out nicely. Your whole trip report is like a repeat of my 2006 trip and I am loving it for that reason. DD had so much fun. Everything was new to her then. She and Claire would get along so well. We should have called one another! Shame on us. :goodvibes You had a great table there! We sat in the round 5 top in front of that table. The one at the center of the cold bar. Best seat there if you ask me! (Being so close to the goods and all) :rotfl2: What date are we on right now? Am I still at Disney? We left on the 12th.

[jenseib]

UGH! I got an email form Photobucket the other day saying I was close to exceeding my bandwith, so I stopped uploading to that one and went with another site. Well today they said I over exceeded it. I don't know how when I haven't added anything to it for days. :confused3
So anyways, I did a free upgrade by buying some Disney movies. LOL! So if you looked at the older post and the pictures weren't showing up, they are back up now. :sad2:


Hey!! I just found your TR so I am busy catching up!!! Your DD is a doll!!


Thanks for joining!


OMG I would have been so mad about the Belle thing. Why didn't you make them redo your pics? That would have put that idiot in her place! Is she blind? WTH? My kids do a better job with an SLR than some of them do! I like the borders but if the quality continues to go down like this I won't buy another one. Your pictures turned out nicely. Your whole trip report is like a repeat of my 2006 trip and I am loving it for that reason. DD had so much fun. Everything was new to her then. She and Claire would get along so well. We should have called one another! Shame on us. :goodvibes You had a great table there! We sat in the round 5 top in front of that table. The one at the center of the cold bar. Best seat there if you ask me! (Being so close to the goods and all) :rotfl2: What date are we on right now? Am I still at Disney? We left on the 12th.

I know I should've made them redo it, but at the time I wasn't sure they could/would. I guess you live and learn.

This is the 12th here. We have one more full day and then we leave early on the 14th.
I know I should've called you. I know our DD's would just have a ball together.

[jenseib]

This photo sums up the Disney magic,:cutie: I love it, she looks so excited!

I love that look too. I feel that way sometimes too.

Great Pictures of Claire w/ Ariel and Cinderella , what a cutie pie :cutie: Can't say I blame her for wanting to change her name to Arielbelle there two of my most favorite princesses also !



Thank you. She started the ArielBelle thing last Dec at her b-day party. She wanted her friends to call her that. LOL!

[dmmichelle]

I hope it's the same for my DS11 - He keeps moaning when I mention the princess meals. It's not so much that it's a character meal because he seems excited about our meals with Pooh and Mickey. But somehow I think he's be more impressed with all those pretty girls than he lets on.:goodvibes
Hugs, Karen

I laughed when I read this! We just got back on Sunday night and my DS11 (also) ran into Belle at the Epcot Character area (I think she was maybe on her way somewhere else?) :confused3 Anyways, the two of them struck up quite the conversation and she was asking him if he liked to read which he does and they had this lovely chat for about 2 minutes...then he asked her to sign his book which shocked me because last time he wouldn't even take a picture with any of the "girls". Sigh, he's growing up! :lovestruc

[dismagiclover]

I just found this report the other day and I'm loving it:thumbsup2 Claire is just adorable. That is such a fun age at Disney! My daughter (who is actually named Arabella or Areilbelle as Claire would call her) is 9 now and has pretty much outgrown the princesses:confused3 I asked her if she wanted to see them this trip and she said, "not really." So sad. I'm sure you know how fast they grow up because you have 2 older ones. How fun that you get to do it again and I can tell you really appreciate the magic that Claire sees:wizard: Keep the report coming. I'm loving it

[dad2t&e]

Just started reading your trip report and just finished DAY 1! Love the pics of Pop and Claire is just adorable. Looking forward to more. :thumbsup2

[jenseib]

I laughed when I read this! We just got back on Sunday night and my DS11 (also) ran into Belle at the Epcot Character area (I think she was maybe on her way somewhere else?) :confused3 Anyways, the two of them struck up quite the conversation and she was asking him if he liked to read which he does and they had this lovely chat for about 2 minutes...then he asked her to sign his book which shocked me because last time he wouldn't even take a picture with any of the "girls". Sigh, he's growing up! :lovestruc

:rotfl2:

I just found this report the other day and I'm loving it:thumbsup2 Claire is just adorable. That is such a fun age at Disney! My daughter (who is actually named Arabella or Areilbelle as Claire would call her) is 9 now and has pretty much outgrown the princesses:confused3 I asked her if she wanted to see them this trip and she said, "not really." So sad. I'm sure you know how fast they grow up because you have 2 older ones. How fun that you get to do it again and I can tell you really appreciate the magic that Claire sees:wizard: Keep the report coming. I'm loving it

Thanks for joining. I will hate it when Claire "grows" up. LOL! She's my baby. Claire would love your DD's name.

[jenseib]

Just started reading your trip report and just finished DAY 1! Love the pics of Pop and Claire is just adorable. Looking forward to more. :thumbsup2

Thanks for joining! :thumbsup2

[saveaquarter]

UGH! I got an email form Photobucket the other day saying I was close to exceeding my bandwith, so I stopped uploading to that one and went with another site. Well today they said I over exceeded it. I don't know how when I haven't added anything to it for days. :confused3



I've actually been lurking in your report for a while now but I thought I'd jump in to shed a little light on that mystery for you. Photobucket (and all image storage sites) give you two things, bandwidth and storage space. When you upload pictures, that uses storage space, but every time a new person looks at an image, that uses bandwidth. So, basically, your photos got too popular for photobucket to handle! :rotfl:

Your bandwidth refreshes every month, though, I'm just not sure of what date, whether it's the same for everyone or refreshes according to when you created your account, etc. You're allotted a certain amount each month (and you get more when you upgrade your account, like you did) and once you use it up, you have to wait for it to refresh for others to see your photos again.

I'm terrible at explaining things, I hope that helps!

[jenseib]

Thanks, I just got an email from them about 10 seconds before you posted. LOL! They basically said that each time I add the image to a site, that takes up bandwith, and I did yesterday post all the teaprty pictures on another thread, so I guess I used it up there. LOL! :confused3
I never knew what it was before. I thought it meant storage, but now I know!

[bhwhiz]

I've actually been lurking in your report for a while now but I thought I'd jump in to shed a little light on that mystery for you. Photobucket (and all image storage sites) give you two things, bandwidth and storage space. When you upload pictures, that uses storage space, but every time a new person looks at an image, that uses bandwidth. So, basically, your photos got too popular for photobucket to handle! :rotfl:

Your bandwidth refreshes every month, though, I'm just not sure of what date, whether it's the same for everyone or refreshes according to when you created your account, etc. You're allotted a certain amount each month (and you get more when you upgrade your account, like you did) and once you use it up, you have to wait for it to refresh for others to see your photos again.

I'm terrible at explaining things, I hope that helps!

That's good to know.

[MagicShell]

I hope it's the same for my DS11 - He keeps moaning when I mention the princess meals. It's not so much that it's a character meal because he seems excited about our meals with Pooh and Mickey. But somehow I think he's be more impressed with all those pretty girls than he lets on.:goodvibes
Hugs, Karen

I think he will like the princesses when he sees them, even if he doesn't admit it.;)

[thelittlemermaid83]

I know what you mean about the Alice dress, DD's came today and trying to get her head into it was a misson. They should of definatly made that part a bit stretchy as the rest of the dress fits fine.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I was going to say...do a free upgrade and the problem will be fixed. I think I ordered Prevention magazine. It wasn't that much. That expires here shortly though. I started it about this time last year.

Next time I go I am bringing everyone's #'s in a book as well as on the phone. I always regret it when I get home and missed Disfriends for whatever reason. I only met one person this time (and she was so darn cool, but still...) I would have liked to have met a bunch of you guys!

[jenseib]

I was going to say...do a free upgrade and the problem will be fixed. I think I ordered Prevention magazine. It wasn't that much. That expires here shortly though. I started it about this time last year.

Next time I go I am bringing everyone's #'s in a book as well as on the phone. I always regret it when I get home and missed Disfriends for whatever reason. I only met one person this time (and she was so darn cool, but still...) I would have liked to have met a bunch of you guys!

I know, I wish I would've called. But then we goet busy and I always worry I will interuprt someones trip. LOL

[jenseib]

I know what you mean about the Alice dress, DD's came today and trying to get her head into it was a misson. They should of definatly made that part a bit stretchy as the rest of the dress fits fine.

Glad it wasn't only me who had this problem. I had wondered if mine was defective.

[jenseib]

I've been busy the last few days, so I haven't had time to upload pictures.
I'll try to get them loaded tonight, if not I will tomorrow.
I haven't forgotten about any of you!~

[Cinderelly5507]

I've been busy the last few days, so I haven't had time to upload pictures.
I'll try to get them loaded tonight, if not I will tomorrow.
I haven't forgotten about any of you!~

GOOD!! :goodvibes

[jenseib]

After we visited with Cinderella, Claire and I grabbed our stuff and headed out to get the stroller and find Skip. I got to the stroller and picked up my drink I had sitting in it from earlier and went to take drink. I realized the straw was gone, :confused3 so I threw it away. Who the heck would take someone’s straw? :confused: I didn’t ant to take any chances that someone messed with it, so I pitched it.

We found Skip and decided top go back to Germany and see if Snow White was out since we didn’t get to see her at dinner.
We got there and only Dopey was out, but the CM said a new line was forming for Snow White and she should be out in 15 minutes. So Skip and I took turns standing in line with Claire.
Finally she came out and the CM said the Dopey and Snow White would be out together for a short while then Dopey was going in. No Problem for us. I didn’t really care if we saw him or not.
As we got closer the CM again announced that Dopey was going in soon.
Then it came to the people in front of us to have a turn and the little girl was scared to death of Dopey :scared1: , so they let us go ahead, and just waited till Dopey left, which I think was 2 families after us.

Here is what I took…and I took a lot! LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Itssnowhiteanddopey.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/meetingdopey.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dopeyandsnowwhite.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/hellosnowwhite.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dopeyClaireandsnowhite.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/gaveakisstoDopey.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/kissingsnowwhitescheek.jpg

[jenseib]

These are the photopass ones.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dopeysignngclairesbook.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/snowysigning.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/lovesnowwhite.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/hiyadopey.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/handsonbelly.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dreamswithsnowwhite.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/disneyworldwithsnowy.jpg

[ZeroToHero]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dopeyandsnowwhite.jpg

It looks like Claire was showing Dopey how to bellydance... too cute! And I love that she gave Snow White a kiss - you were so lucky to be able to go ahead!

[jenseib]

It looks like Claire was showing Dopey how to bellydance... too cute! And I love that she gave Snow White a kiss - you were so lucky to be able to go ahead!


Isn;t it funny. I have no clue what she was doing, but I thought it looked funny. :rotfl2:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

COOL Snow White pictures! :cloud9: I can't believe someone's scared of Dopey. He's so cute! :goodvibes

[jenseib]

COOL Snow White pictures! :cloud9: I can't believe someone's scared of Dopey. He's so cute! :goodvibes

Thanks!

[that's nice]

I was checking out the wonderland tea party..... again.lol

How long did it last? Do you think that a 3yrold 11 month would be able to do this? Trying to figure out if this is something that Juliana and her friend would like to do in March.:goodvibes

[jenseib]

I was checking out the wonderland tea party..... again.lol

How long did it last? Do you think that a 3yrold 11 month would be able to do this? Trying to figure out if this is something that Juliana and her friend would like to do in March.:goodvibes

It's an hour. (I also heard the time has moved from 1:30 to 2 now, but still an hour) I would just tell them she is 4. She'll be so close to it anyways. With in a few days to weeks right?
I bet she would. Especially with a firend. That was the one thing I worried about with Claire. She went alone, and I was worried that last minute she might want mommy, but I told her over and over before we went that there would be frineds for her to meet and she did just fine and left me in the dust! LOL!

[jenseib]

After Snow White and Dopey we strolled up towards the front, taking pictures on the way. We weren’t sure what we wanted to do next, but then decided to make our way up to Spaceship Earth. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/chinapavillion.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/chineseflowerdragon.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/flowerdragon.jpg

As we made our way up front I spotted a photopass photographer and made my family stop for a picture. :wizard:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/teacupphotopass.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/terriblepictureofme.jpg

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[figment41]

I am loving your TR.

Claire is so cute. I hope my daughter will wear her dresses all day also someday.

I can not wait to read more.:wizard:

[thelittlemermaid83]

Glad it wasn't only me who had this problem. I had wondered if mine was defective.

I guess Disney must think all children have small heads :lmao:. I just hope i still get it over head in September for DLP.

[jenseib]

I am loving your TR.

Claire is so cute. I hope my daughter will wear her dresses all day also someday.

I can not wait to read more.:wizard:

Thanks

I guess Disney must think all children have small heads :lmao:. I just hope i still get it over head in September for DLP.

I just kept stretching it till it kind of broke some of the stitching. LOL!

[lizet313]

Great pic :). I love the one where I think she is dancing with Dopey and she gives Snow White a kiss :lovestruc. I love you expression on the Tinkerbell picture :love: What is Claire looking at when the Photopass guy takes pictures?

[shebaxric]

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This one is so adorable! I think your pictures are better than the PP! Claire really looked like she had the best time with these two.

[jenseib]

Great pic :). I love the one where I think she is dancing with Dopey and she gives Snow White a kiss :lovestruc. I love you expression on the Tinkerbell picture :love: What is Claire looking at when the Photopass guy takes pictures?


They tell her to just look at her hands.

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This one is so adorable! I think your pictures are better than the PP! Claire really looked like she had the best time with these two.[/QUOTE]


Thanks. I like that one too. She did kiss Dopey too, but I wasn't fast enough and the picture is of her pulling away. I was kind of mad that the photopass person didn;t jump on this and get the shots too.

[MyMuse]

ADORABLE! Just Adorable!!! princess:

I think we had the same Snow White!

I wish my niece was 4 again... *sigh* At least she wants to see Mary Poppins and Sleeping Beauty/Aurora. :laughing:

[WrightFamily06]

The pictures of Snow White, Dopey & Clarie are adorable :cutie:, I especially love the one of her kissing Snow White's cheek and the one of her dancing with Dopey :thumbsup2

Great exiting Epcot pictures , I only hope I can find as many PP photographers as you did :confused3

[meanmom121]

yay!!!:yay: Was glad for the update. I've missed you the last couple of days.

[jenseib]

ADORABLE! Just Adorable!!! princess:

I think we had the same Snow White!

I wish my niece was 4 again... *sigh* At least she wants to see Mary Poppins and Sleeping Beauty/Aurora. :laughing:

I wish Claire would never grow up. LOL!

The pictures of Snow White, Dopey & Clarie are adorable :cutie:, I especially love the one of her kissing Snow White's cheek and the one of her dancing with Dopey :thumbsup2

Great exiting Epcot pictures , I only hope I can find as many PP photographers as you did :confused3


I wish I would've found more. I see so many shots in other peoples reports that I totally missed.

[BellaBaby]

Love the meet and greet w/ Snow White and Dopey!! Such cute photos!!:cutie:

I like your pics better than the Photopass too!!;)

[jenseib]

Love the meet and greet w/ Snow White and Dopey!! Such cute photos!!:cutie:

I like your pics better than the Photopass too!!;)

Thanks!

yay!!!:yay: Was glad for the update. I've missed you the last couple of days.



I'm back, but It may be later today before I get another one up. I need to go exercise and I am just sitting here instead catching up on all the posts/threads I'm behind in. LOL!

[lizet313]

[QUOTE=jenseib;31479056]




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/teacupphotopass.jpg

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I was asking about these.

[Cinderelly5507]

I love all the new pics! Especially the family ones--they're great!!

[jenseib]

I love all the new pics! Especially the family ones--they're great!!

Thanks

[QUOTE=jenseib;31479056]




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/teacupphotopass.jpg

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I was asking about these.


I'm not sure. She always seems to look at anything but the camera half the time though. LOL!

[jenseib]

We headed up to Spaceship Earth then and I parked the stroller and his all valuables as best I could. Once I pulled the bag out of the bottom of the stroller, test track fit neatly under it and was totally covered by the bag on top.:cutie:

We rode Spaceship Earth and it had no line what so ever.
Here are some pictures from the end. It’s so funny because it cut half of Claire’s head off. :rotfl:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/spacejen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/spaceshipearthclaireandskip.jpg

I’m not sure how I got emailed two different pics, but I did. LOL! :confused3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/spaceshipeearth2009jen.jpg

I wanted to try and link the video postcards, but they aren’t there anymore, so they must have a shelf life of about a month. :rolleyes1

After we got off, I played with the computers to email the stuff home, while DH and Claire played some of the other games.

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

Love the family pictures! :thumbsup2 Weren't those borders cute? The Spaceship Earth stuff is so cool! Love it!

[jenseib]

Love the family pictures! :thumbsup2 Weren't those borders cute? The Spaceship Earth stuff is so cool! Love it!

I loved those borders too.

[WrightFamily06]

The spaceship earth pictures are great :thumbsup2 I hope to make this the first thing we do at Epcot , I haven't done it since I was a kid & DH,DD,DS,BabyDS have never done it . LOL

[jenseib]

The spaceship earth pictures are great :thumbsup2 I hope to make this the first thing we do at Epcot , I haven't done it since I was a kid & DH,DD,DS,BabyDS have never done it . LOL

Thanks. :wizard:

[DisneymoonJess07]

What a great Trip Report!

[jenseib]

What a great Trip Report!

Thanks you! :)

[joy13]

That picture of her when she sees Cinderella coming is priceless!!!!

I noticed the other day that some of your pictures were just the red x's, now I know why. I had just right clicked and put the adress in and could see them that way. I am considering a pre-trip and then trip-report so I'll have to remember that issue.

[jenseib]

That picture of her when she sees Cinderella coming is priceless!!!!

I noticed the other day that some of your pictures were just the red x's, now I know why. I had just right clicked and put the adress in and could see them that way. I am considering a pre-trip and then trip-report so I'll have to remember that issue.


Thanks.
I was so mad. I really never understood what bandwith was, but now I know, I guess. LOL!

[WrightFamily06]

Thanks. :wizard:

Your welcome sweetie :)

[bouncycat]

OMG, your TR is AWESOME!!!! :thumbsup2 I've spent the past 2 days reading it here at work...and living thru you!! I can't WAIT to get back!!! Very nice looking family and your daughter is just wonderful!!! Keep it coming, I'm enjoying the pictures SOOOO Much!!! We are doing a share for both our trips this year, and can't wait!! Anxiously awaiting the next installment!!! popcorn::

[onejellyshelly]

I really would love to go on a trip with out Skip sometime. Not that I don’t enjoy him with us for the most part…but this just isn’t all fun for him like it is for Claire and I. If we were at “world of tractor pulling (that’s a made up place), he would be going non stop and leaving me in the dust. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I am loving your TR. I understand what you are saying. My husband and I are self employed and my husband is a workaholic, for this reason we leave him at home. We have been married for five years and have a dd4 and he has yet to go on vacation with us especially WDW, and that is fine by me. I get to do what I want, spend what I want and do not have to answer to anyone. It is a great vacation.

[thelittlemermaid83]

Looking forward to your next update :)

[incruzcontrol2]

As always, lovin all the pictures.. You are so lucky to have met all of the princesses. princess: I know these memories for Claire will be very much cherished. I love the one where she kisses Snow White! too cute!

[jenseib]

OMG, your TR is AWESOME!!!! :thumbsup2 I've spent the past 2 days reading it here at work...and living thru you!! I can't WAIT to get back!!! Very nice looking family and your daughter is just wonderful!!! Keep it coming, I'm enjoying the pictures SOOOO Much!!! We are doing a share for both our trips this year, and can't wait!! Anxiously awaiting the next installment!!! popcorn::


Glad you are enjoying it! :hug:

I really would love to go on a trip with out Skip sometime. Not that I don’t enjoy him with us for the most part…but this just isn’t all fun for him like it is for Claire and I. If we were at “world of tractor pulling (that’s a made up place), he would be going non stop and leaving me in the dust. [/SIZE][/COLOR]

I am loving your TR. I understand what you are saying. My husband and I are self employed and my husband is a workaholic, for this reason we leave him at home. We have been married for five years and have a dd4 and he has yet to go on vacation with us especially WDW, and that is fine by me. I get to do what I want, spend what I want and do not have to answer to anyone. It is a great vacation.

The thing with him is, he would not want us to go with out him either. LOL! So theres no way to win. Maybe some day. :rolleyes1

Looking forward to your next update :)

I'm working on it!:thumbsup2

As always, lovin all the pictures.. You are so lucky to have met all of the princesses. princess: I know these memories for Claire will be very much cherished. I love the one where she kisses Snow White! too cute!

I think that is so nice she kissed her, but poor snow white probably gets kissed all day long by lots of snot nosed kids. LOL! :rotfl2:

[that's nice]

I think that is so nice she kissed her, but poor snow white probably gets kissed all day long by lots of snot nosed kids. LOL! :rotfl2:

LOL thats funny.:lmao:

Because of DD's situation my wife is OCD about this kind of stuff. She tells Juliana to hug and not kiss. The characters always seem like they expect a kiss on the nose or something.

Glad my wife doesn't come on these boards because I read a post a while back (may have even been a TR) about a lady's kid getting sick and throwing up while they were at Chef Mickey's. Then a character came over to visit them and the kid was kissing them. My DW would have been FREAKING OUT :scared1:if she read this.

[jenseib]

LOL thats funny.:lmao:

Because of DD's situation my wife is OCD about this kind of stuff. She tells Juliana to hug and not kiss. The characters always seem like they expect a kiss on the nose or something.

Glad my wife doesn't come on these boards because I read a post a while back (may have even been a TR) about a lady's kid getting sick and throwing up while they were at Chef Mickey's. Then a character came over to visit them and the kid was kissing them. My DW would have been FREAKING OUT :scared1:if she read this.

Those thoughts go through my head too, and I try to push them out. LOL! I think with us living on a dairy farm, she has a higher tolerence for stuff, which I am greatful. Sometimes I think my DH is a walking germ. :rotfl: But of course she did lick the pool on the bus last year and got a sick, so it's not that high. :rolleyes1

[jenseib]

On to Nemo next! :yay: Claire usually likes this one, so we headed over there and got in line for that, which was walk on as well.
The queue for this is so long though, so it takes a long while to walk through. I can remember back in the years when it was just "the living seas", with no Nemo theme. I had been there with Michael and Paige and we would start waiting out the door and walk all through the whole queue. Luckily it moved pretty fast, but I don’t think I would ever do that again. :sad2:

Before we walked in I wanted to get a picture of Claire in front of the “fish”. There were some young couples there and they just kept snapping pictures, and I must admit I was kind of getting a bit annoyed as I wanted to just snap one of Claire and get on our way. But then one guy asked if we would like him to take our picture, and we said yes. They actually were really nice and kept commenting on how cute they thought Claire was. :rolleyes1 So my bad, I shouldn’t be so impatient. :flower3: LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/familyatnemo.jpg

I took these while walking through the queue.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/nemoesign.jpg


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After the ride we went to see how long the wait for Turtle talk was. It was 15 minutes, so we took a potty break and the stuck around and played some of the games in Mr. Rays area.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/turtletalkwithcrush.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/playingatMrRays.jpg

I did so well I could send home a certificate to myself. LOL!

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The wait was longer than 15 minutes, but we stuck it out. I think it was more like 20-25 minutes.

But finally it was time to go in!

[Cinderelly5507]

Turtle Talk was one of our family's favorites! I hope Claire got picked!!

[jenseib]

Here's a spoiler. I took video at turtle talk, and I am uploading it now. Hee Hee!;)

[bouncycat]

I LOVE turtle talk!!! It's just so fun, and a nice spot to relax in after a long day of walking!!!

[thelittlemermaid83]

The themeing looks awesome for Turtle Talk with Crush.

[WrightFamily06]

Love the update so far of The Seas w/ Nemo & Friends , the pictures of the queue area are great :thumbsup2 Can't wait to see how Turtle Talk with Crush went popcorn::

Don't know if you can help me out or not but could you tell me the simple way to add the link for my pre-trip report to my signature ? Tried to read what the moderator has written up but was confused by it :confused3 Hope you can help :)

[lovegrumpy]

Took me all day to ride this far into your report. I have loved every mintue.

[jenseib]

Love the update so far of The Seas w/ Nemo & Friends , the pictures of the queue area are great :thumbsup2 Can't wait to see how Turtle Talk with Crush went popcorn::

Don't know if you can help me out or not but could you tell me the simple way to add the link for my pre-trip report to my signature ? Tried to read what the moderator has written up but was confused by it :confused3 Hope you can help :)

I'm not good at it either. I jsut went tot ehr first page of my TR (or whatever) and copied the link and then put it in my signature. I don't know how to do those simple links with words like some others do. LOL!

Took me all day to ride this far into your report. I have loved every mintue.


Thanks for joining:woohoo:

[serene56]

Here's a spoiler. I took video at turtle talk, and I am uploading it now. Hee Hee!;)

oooo i cant wait.

[jenseib]

Turtle Talk with Crush.

We go in and I sit Claire on the floor in front, and DH and I takes seat a little ways back, but I sit where I can keep her in my sight at all times. I decide that I will get my camera out and ready in video mode….just in case Crush talks to Claire.;)

The girls she is sitting next to were also at Akershus when we were there and they played together while we waited for our name to be called. They were so cute. :lovestruc

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/talkingtoCrush.jpg

Not long into the “talk” Crush asks to talk to the little girl with the pink Sea Anemone on top of her head. :lmao: I quickly turn on my camera. Remember I am the worlds worse video taper. And it was dark too, but not long into it the tables turn! :scared1: Crush Ask Claire who brought her and she says “What?”, :rotfl2: so he asks again and I say “mom and dad.” :rolleyes1
And dang it all that Crush came and talked to me! :eek:
I had the camera in my hands and I just set it on my lap and it was still taping. LOL! :cool2: So you can hear my conversation. I felt so dumb. I’m sure my face was beat red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbrTBuGoBA

I was just dyeing. And yes that dorky laugh is mine! I totally hate it. :sad2:

After Crush we walked out the exit queue , which ran along the side of the Nemo rides entrance queue. Claire wanted to ride Nemo again and I told them I would sit this one out. So they hopped over/under the fence and walked on the ride again. :dance3:

I waited for them, which surprisingly wasn’t long at all and then I made Claire take her yearly Shark picture. Well not every year, as I think the line was too long in 2007 so we ended up not taking one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/inthesharksmouth.jpg



This is last year’s picture

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2039/sharkmm6.jpg


After that we went outside to decide what to do. We still had a half hour before Illuminations started, but Claire wanted to back to the hotel. I really wanted to see Illuminations, but I could see Skip wanted to go back too. His hip was really hurting him and I swear if I had a wheel chair he would’ve rode in it.

We sat and rested for a few minutes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/imagination.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/imagination1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/tiredclaire.jpg

[Cinderelly5507]

OMG! I love Claire's "What?!?!?" I love Crush!! "Don't worry, it's not a contest!" :lmao:

[jenseib]

OMG! I love Claire's "What?!?!?" I love Crush!! "Don't worry, it's not a contest!" :lmao:


Thank goodness, because I'm a little old to have 62 more kids. LOL! :rolleyes1

[MaryAz]

That was very cute and your laugh is not dorky. How fun!

[that's nice]

Thats cool that you got to talk to Crush. I want to talk to him.. but the 2 times we saw it he was only talking to the kids!!!:rotfl:

[princesscate]

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This one is so adorable! I think your pictures are better than the PP! Claire really looked like she had the best time with these two.[/QUOTE]

I AGREE!
I am so enjoying your TR! :lovestruc
And my DD does the same thing with the hand in the mouth! I don't know what that is either! LOL! :rotfl:

I look forward to more! popcorn::

[BellaBaby]

You sound great on the tape!!:yay:

[jenseib]

That was very cute and your laugh is not dorky. How fun!

Thanks, but I have always hate my laugh and my voice.

Thats cool that you got to talk to Crush. I want to talk to him.. but the 2 times we saw it he was only talking to the kids!!!:rotfl:

I guess I'm jsut a big kid. LOL!

This one is so adorable! I think your pictures are better than the PP! Claire really looked like she had the best time with these two.

I AGREE!
I am so enjoying your TR! :lovestruc
And my DD does the same thing with the hand in the mouth! I don't know what that is either! LOL! :rotfl:

I look forward to more! popcorn::[/QUOTE]

I swear they are in there constantly lately. :sad2:

You sound great on the tape!!:yay:

Thanks. I really hate my voice though. I actually was trying to talk calmer. My voide is usually more high pitched and irritating. LOL!

[onejellyshelly]

Do you know the link to the BBB thread?

[joy13]

Do you know the link to the BBB thread?

Here's one:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1893384

Here's an older one:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1831804

[jenseib]

Thanks Joy for posting that! :thumbsup2

[thelittlemermaid83]

Wow you got to talk to Crush!!

Seriously jealous here! :lmao:

[meanmom121]

Those thoughts go through my head too, and I try to push them out. LOL! I think with us living on a dairy farm, she has a higher tolerence for stuff, which I am greatful. Sometimes I think my DH is a walking germ. :rotfl: But of course she did lick the pool on the bus last year and got a sick, so it's not that high. :rolleyes1

You know I can tell you that we don't live in a sterile world; so actually some of those little everyday exposure to germs do help build up a resistance - :sick: they help you body develop some antibodies.

[ZeroToHero]

I loveeee Turtle Talk! Last time we went, my brother raised his hand, and Crush picked him, and he said... "I have to go to the bathroom." :eek: It was funny but a little sad, because we had gone through the handicapped line because of his GAC, and people were going "why is he going in, he's not in a wheelchair, etc" (and these were adults), so I'm not sure if it was nice laughter coming from some of them.

BUT! Then, after everyone else filed out, Crush came back onscreen and talked to just my family for about 5 minutes, and it was amazing! He and my brother were trading jokes, and it was very cute.

I love Disney Magic.

[meanmom121]

Turtle Talk with Crush.

We go in and I sit Claire on the floor in front, and DH and I takes seat a little ways back, but I sit where I can keep her in my sight at all times. I decide that I will get my camera out and ready in video mode….just in case Crush talks to Claire.;)

The girls she is sitting next to were also at Akershus when we were there and they played together while we waited for our name to be called. They were so cute. :lovestruc

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/talkingtoCrush.jpg

Not long into the “talk” Crush asks to talk to the little girl with the pink Sea Anemone on top of her head. :lmao: I quickly turn on my camera. Remember I am the worlds worse video taper. And it was dark too, but not long into it the tables turn! :scared1: Crush Ask Claire who brought her and she says “What?”, :rotfl2: so he asks again and I say “mom and dad.” :rolleyes1
And dang it all that Crush came and talked to me! :eek:
I had the camera in my hands and I just set it on my lap and it was still taping. LOL! :cool2: So you can hear my conversation. I felt so dumb. I’m sure my face was beat red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbrTBuGoBA

I was just dyeing. And yes that dorky laugh is mine! I totally hate it. :sad2:

After Crush we walked out the exit queue , which ran along the side of the Nemo rides entrance queue. Claire wanted to ride Nemo again and I told them I would sit this one out. So they hopped over/under the fence and walked on the ride again. :dance3:

I waited for them, which surprisingly wasn’t long at all and then I made Claire take her yearly Shark picture. Well not every year, as I think the line was too long in 2007 so we ended up not taking one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/inthesharksmouth.jpg



This is last year’s picture

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2039/sharkmm6.jpg


After that we went outside to decide what to do. We still had a half hour before Illuminations started, but Claire wanted to back to the hotel. I really wanted to see Illuminations, but I could see Skip wanted to go back too. His hip was really hurting him and I swear if I had a wheel chair he would’ve rode in it.

We sat and rested for a few minutes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/imagination.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/imagination1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/tiredclaire.jpg

Dang they have u tube blocked here at work:mad: I'm going to have to wait 12 hours until I get home to see the video.

[lizet313]

AWW great update :cloud9: I love Turtle Talk with Crush. I know I keep saying this alot but I love your pictures. You have a great eye on the camera always getting better pictures than pp sometimes.

[WrightFamily06]

I'm not good at it either. I just went to the first page of my TR (or whatever) and copied the link and then put it in my signature. I don't know how to do those simple links with words like some others do. LOL!

Thanks anyway :confused3 One of your trip report followers sent me a PM on how to do it and actually it was really simple the way she explained it , so now I have my link :yay:

Great update :thumbsup2 You guys talking to Crush was adorable :cutie: The pictures from the exit area and outside are also very cute :cutie:

[jenseib]

Wow you got to talk to Crush!!

Seriously jealous here! :lmao:

LOL! :lmao:

I loveeee Turtle Talk! Last time we went, my brother raised his hand, and Crush picked him, and he said... "I have to go to the bathroom." :eek: It was funny but a little sad, because we had gone through the handicapped line because of his GAC, and people were going "why is he going in, he's not in a wheelchair, etc" (and these were adults), so I'm not sure if it was nice laughter coming from some of them.

BUT! Then, after everyone else filed out, Crush came back onscreen and talked to just my family for about 5 minutes, and it was amazing! He and my brother were trading jokes, and it was very cute.

I love Disney Magic.

That is so cool!:thumbsup2 :cool2:

Dang they have u tube blocked here at work:mad: I'm going to have to wait 12 hours until I get home to see the video.

:scared1: ;)

AWW great update :cloud9: I love Turtle Talk with Crush. I know I keep saying this alot but I love your pictures. You have a great eye on the camera always getting better pictures than pp sometimes.


Thanks again! ;)

Thanks anyway :confused3 One of your trip report followers sent me a PM on how to do it and actually it was really simple the way she explained it , so now I have my link :yay:

Great update :thumbsup2 You guys talking to Crush was adorable :cutie: The pictures from the exit area and outside are also very cute :cutie:


Glad you got it figured out. Thanks! :hug:

[MagicShell]

I enjoyed your update and pictures. I especially like the one with Claire holding Tink. It really looks like you all see her!

[jenseib]

I enjoyed your update and pictures. I especially like the one with Claire holding Tink. It really looks like you all see her!

We are really good actors. :lmao: ;) :rotfl:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh I LOVE the Nemo pic of all of ya'll. It's so cute!


Haha! They got you. I love it! I kid you not....when we went to this the first three times they would always get us! Never take a kid dressed up or one wearing a hat. They get you every time! Anyway, when they'd get the kids they always pointed out daddy! Poor Sidney. So finally on our third visit Sidney makes this big ordeal as soon as they got the kids talking....they get ME! Of course the time he does this I'm breastfeeding the baby! SIDNEY!!!!! NOT COOL!!!! Not one bit. Needless to say I skipped this show the next few visits! We gave in this past trip and did it again. Thank goodness they didn't pick us!

[jenseib]

Oh I LOVE the Nemo pic of all of ya'll. It's so cute!


Haha! They got you. I love it! I kid you not....when we went to this the first three times they would always get us! Never take a kid dressed up or one wearing a hat. They get you every time! Anyway, when they'd get the kids they always pointed out daddy! Poor Sidney. So finally on our third visit Sidney makes this big ordeal as soon as they got the kids talking....they get ME! Of course the time he does this I'm breastfeeding the baby! SIDNEY!!!!! NOT COOL!!!! Not one bit. Needless to say I skipped this show the next few visits! We gave in this past trip and did it again. Thank goodness they didn't pick us!

I swear I must've been beet read. Of course DH thought it was funny. He was lucky they didn't go to him too. But he was actually sitting behind me, so they probably didn't know he belonged to me. :rolleyes1

[AlohaPolynesian]

Hey! I followed you over here and am trying my best to catch up!

I love the Nemo note! When I was turning 4 I wanted a baton but my mom told me they were dangerous. We had been to Disney in December (my birthday is in July) and ever since I had been asking to go back. My mom said not until December but I said I wanted to see Minnie Mouse! I came up with the fabulous idea to invite Minnie to my birthday party in the summer and sent her an invitation. I waited and waited and it was finally my birthday and I woke up and found a gift on my kitchen table that was all glittery and sparkly. I asked my mom what it was and she said she didn't know but that it was special delivered that morning while I was asleep. I opened the note and it was from Minnie and said she couldn't make it to my party because she had to be in a parade that day, but she did send a gift and said she would see me in December! I opened the present and it was a baton!!!! Your Nemo note totally reminded me of that :)

Claire is SO cute!!! Plus she has a really cool name ;)

Can't wait to read more and catch up!!

[tinkerbells mum]

i loved the video!! and another set of brilliant pictures xx

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

I'm a newbie here and coming out of "lurk" mode. I've loved reading your trip report and seeing all your beautiful pictures. Your stories have been entertaining and enlightening! Your family is adorable and your daughter is truly beautiful! I'm another POP fan so thanks for sharing! :)

[jenseib]

Hey! I followed you over here and am trying my best to catch up!

I love the Nemo note! When I was turning 4 I wanted a baton but my mom told me they were dangerous. We had been to Disney in December (my birthday is in July) and ever since I had been asking to go back. My mom said not until December but I said I wanted to see Minnie Mouse! I came up with the fabulous idea to invite Minnie to my birthday party in the summer and sent her an invitation. I waited and waited and it was finally my birthday and I woke up and found a gift on my kitchen table that was all glittery and sparkly. I asked my mom what it was and she said she didn't know but that it was special delivered that morning while I was asleep. I opened the note and it was from Minnie and said she couldn't make it to my party because she had to be in a parade that day, but she did send a gift and said she would see me in December! I opened the present and it was a baton!!!! Your Nemo note totally reminded me of that :)

Claire is SO cute!!! Plus she has a really cool name ;)

Can't wait to read more and catch up!!

Thanks for joining!
That is such a wonderful story. I wish I would've thought of stuff like that when my older 2 were younger.
I love the name Claire too. I had told DH that if we had a girl I liked the name Claire and he agreed right away, but I think only because he was positive I was going to have a boy. :rotfl2: We never did come up with a boy name then because not long after we found out she was a girl! :woohoo:

i loved the video!! and another set of brilliant pictures xx

Thanks! :cutie:

I'm a newbie here and coming out of "lurk" mode. I've loved reading your trip report and seeing all your beautiful pictures. Your stories have been entertaining and enlightening! Your family is adorable and your daughter is truly beautiful! I'm another POP fan so thanks for sharing! :)

Thanks for coming out of lurkdom! :hug: I am so glad you are enjoying it!

[jenseib]

Is everyone all caught up now? LOL!

I know a few were just starting out and some were behind.
I will try to update today or tomorrow. We are having nice weather, so we've been outside. Also we went and saw Monsters Verses Aliens yesterday and are going to go see the musical Annie this afternoon. So most of my day today is gone. I promise that by tomorrow morning I will have started another update.

I hope everyone else is getting wonderful weather like us. We hit 86 yesterday! And it's supposed to be the same today, I beleive. :banana:

[thelittlemermaid83]

We are getting nice weather but not nowhere near the 80s, us in the UK are not that lucky :lmao:

[ZeroToHero]

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="DarkRed"]Also we went and saw Monsters Verses Aliens yesterday and are going to go see the musical Annie this afternoon. So most of my day today is gone. I promise that by tomorrow morning I will have started another update.

I hope everyone else is getting wonderful weather like us. We hit 86 yesterday! And it's supposed to be the same today, I beleive. :banana:

It's supposed to get up to 82º here today, it's 67º right now - but of course, I'm staying inside all day and finishing my final papers. :(

Did you like Monsters vs. Aliens though? I really want to see it!

[joy13]

We had nice weather yesterday afternoon (low 80's) but today it's rainy and in the 40's :(

[MEK]

Just found your trip report and made it to page 6. I really am enjoying it and hope I will eventually start to catch up. I like the way you chronicle your trip and your daughter is just precious!

[jenseib]

It's supposed to get up to 82º here today, it's 67º right now - but of course, I'm staying inside all day and finishing my final papers. :(

Did you like Monsters vs. Aliens though? I really want to see it!

I thought it was pretty good.

We had nice weather yesterday afternoon (low 80's) but today it's rainy and in the 40's :(

We'll probably get that in a day or 2 then. ICK!

Just found your trip report and made it to page 6. I really am enjoying it and hope I will eventually start to catch up. I like the way you chronicle your trip and your daughter is just precious!

Thanks for joining! I'm moving slow today, so that will give you a chance to catch up. LOL! Feel free to comment along the way.

[jenseib]

After our rest, we decided to call it a day. Claire wanted to swim yet. :hippie:

We made our way back up to the front.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/spacshipearhtatnight.jpg

We stopped off for a final photopass of the day. :cutie:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/endofnightatEpcot.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/laughinClaire.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/nightatepcot.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/happyholidaysatEpcot.jpg

And then we left Epcot and headed to the buses.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/leavingepcot.jpg

As we were walking to the bus stop a family was walking in front of us with 2 cute little girls dressed in princess dresses.
They looked tired and just drudging along. The one little girl was looking down and I could just see it in my head what was about to happen. :idea: This has happened to my Paige when she was little and at Epcot too. :rolleyes1
I said “watch where you are going sweety, look up”…… over and over ….and next thing you know…Bang, she walked right into the pole. Of course she cried and Skip was controlling his laughter. :laughing:
The same thing Paige did, only we were arriving to Epcot and she was looking up in awe. I told her watch where she was going and Bang! right into a pole. :rotfl: I was with my mom that trip and my mom wrapped her arms around her :hug: while she cried, but my mom and I…and of course brother Michael, all laughed hysterically while we comforted her.
We are such bad people. :rolleyes1

So finally we get on the bus and head back to pop.
I didn’t take anymore pictures of the night.
We could see parts of the Illumination Fireworks going off as we rode on the bus.

When we got back to Pop, Skip asked me for his refillable mug so he could fill it before heading back to the room. I went to get it and it wasn’t on top of the stroller, so I looked in my bag. It was gone! :scared1:

Remember how my straw came up missing when we were at Akershus? Well I think that’s when his cup came up missing too. I don’t remember seeing it after that point. I did take my bag out later to look for something and remember seeing my cup, but don’t recall seeing his, when I thought about it. So someone stole my straw and his cup! YUCK! :sad2: I did bring last years cups along too so that I could dump juice in it for Claire, so I went against the rules and gave him one of them and told him just to use it for now. We only had 1 full day left. :confused3

When we got back to the room I got Claire dressed in her Swim suit and out to the pool. I sat at a chair and tried to catch up on the journaling.
Claire quickly made friends with a little girl and they laughed and giggled. :cutie: Soon the little girl had to get out and Claire got out with her. I told Claire to leave her alone now, since she had to leave. The girl’s dad says “that’s OK, She’s showing us her swimming suit”. LOL! What a dork my kid is. :rolleyes:

So Claire then gets back in and is playing with a ball. Some older kids, (2 couples) well I would say in the young 20’s, were kind of talking to her and teasing her about the ball. I think they wanted her to throw it at them and she wouldn’t. They would all laugh.
Next thing you know they are all playing together with the ball and including Claire. :grouphug: They were all laughing so hard. :rotfl2: And then Claire would do silly things and they would laugh harder. It was so funny to watch. Yes my kid can make friends with ANYONE. I even called DH out to watch it for awhile too. I don’t know who was having more fun, Claire or the 2 couples. :banana:
Finally I told Claire it was time to go get dressed and the kids were all sad to see Claire leave. LOL! They all kept saying “bye Claire.” :flower3:

I got Claire dried off and dressed and we went to look for a snack. I was thinking Mickey Bar, but they were out of them at the food court. :eek: It seemed that the food court was out of a lot of good snacks.
I decided then to get the hot fudge sundae. It was good. Claire and I shared it. She dove into it immediately. It was melting fast too, like the ice-cream from the other day, so I think they didn’t keep the refrigeration cold enough in the bin.
Didn’t matter we still loved it.

Skip saw it and asked why we didn’t get him one. Well he never asked for a snack when we went up, so that’s why. LOL!
I told him once we were done we would go get him one. But I found out that they must close it at 11, because it was 11:05 when we got back up there and it was closed. OOPS. :flower3: Skip was a little disappointed. But he said he would get one tomorrow.
We got ready for bed then.
I think we all went out pretty fast.

And that’s the end of day 5!

[thelittlemermaid83]

That sundae sounds yummmy. I want one now lol.

[jenseib]

That sundae sounds yummmy. I want one now lol.

Me too, but it's only 9:30 AM here. LOL!

[thelittlemermaid83]

Me too, but it's only 9:30 AM here. LOL!

Its just after 3pm here, I'm looking forward to bedtime :lmao:

[BellaBaby]

You all look so extremely happy in the Epcot photopass pics!!:dance3:

My DD5 has run into a pole on more than 1 occasion.:headache: My middle child, she's clumsy but we love her!! :hippie:

[jenseib]

Its just after 3pm here, I'm looking forward to bedtime :lmao:


:lmao:


You all look so extremely happy in the Epcot photopass pics!!:dance3:

My DD5 has run into a pole on more than 1 occasion.:headache: My middle child, she's clumsy but we love her!! :hippie:

Paige has always been clumsy too. She also fell on slick pavement that trip and did the splits, and she was standin on a fence(that is no longer there) watching a parade and her legs fgell through and she sot down into a revine. Luckily the pole couaght between her legs or it would've benn really bad. It was the steep area going down to the moat near the castel. I think the fence is soid now, or differently done so kids can't slip through. LOL!

She is 16 now and just a year ago she was jogging down the road and tripped on her own feet and totlaly wiped out. She was so embarrassed. She said she jumped up quickly and looked around to see if anyone saw her and then kept running like nothing happened, but she had blood dripping down her knees. LOL! :rolleyes1

[that's nice]

Maybe Claire and Juliana are long lost sisters???:confused3:confused3

Walking into the pole is something Juliana would do. She is so clumsy at times. She doesn't pay attention! I know she gets it from DW though!LOL

HAHA its only gonna be 80 there???? It hit 90 here yesterday!! Don't worry though by next week it will probably be 50 here!! LOL:lmao:

[jenseib]

Day 6!

Friday March 13

The plans for the day.

Magic Kingdom was the plan!
We had ADR’s for Crystal Palace at 4:05.
We kind of just figured we would ride what we could and take it easy.

I woke up at 6AM. I just couldn’t sleep any more. This was our last full day, and I didn’t want to miss any of it.
I walked up to the smoking section.

I’m gonna add this little comment her.
I had quit smoking for 3 years when I had Claire, but about a year and a half ago, I stupidly started back up. Now I really don’t smoke a lot anymore, Just one here and there, and I smoke them in halves. LOL! Never a full one. So I daily would go to the smoking section, but I would sometimes sit there and not smoke. You just get to talking to the same people each day, and it’s like you start to know them as your vacation friends. LOL! Some are hilarious. And some you go and ask how was such and such the day before.
So this day I got up so early and sat in the smoking section for quite awhile and just gabbed.
One guy, who I talked to each day was telling me how he had lost his refillable mug the first night by leaving it at the pool on a table. The next AM, of course it was gone. So he asked a CM and they gave him a new one. I told him how Skip’s mug was stolen the night before, and he told me, I should ask and see if they would replace it.
He then told me he left his second mug somewhere too, LOL! but was too embarrassed to ask for another one.

So after all the gossip, I went and got a shower, and then headed up to the food court and got some breakfast.
This was going on when I walked in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dothetwist.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/twisiting.jpg

I asked a random CM about the mug and explained what happened. She went and got someone and sure enough they replaced it for me. And ironically he gave me the exact same color we had before.

I got some breakfast, and then took it out by the pool, near our door. I journaled for awhile, since I was getting way behind.
While I was eating my breakfast wrap, a stray piece of egg fall off to the side of my plate. Next thing I know, I feel a whoosh, and a bird is gliding by me and swiping that piece of egg right off my plate. Tricky little bugger! LOL!

[BellaBaby]

:lmao:




Paige has always been clumsy too. She also fell on slick pavement that trip and did the splits, and she was standin on a fence(that is no longer there) watching a parade and her legs fgell through and she sot down into a revine. Luckily the pole couaght between her legs or it would've benn really bad. It was the steep area going down to the moat near the castel. I think the fence is soid now, or differently done so kids can't slip through. LOL!

She is 16 now and just a year ago she was jogging down the road and tripped on her own feet and totlaly wiped out. She was so embarrassed. She said she jumped up quickly and looked around to see if anyone saw her and then kept running like nothing happened, but she had blood dripping down her knees. LOL! :rolleyes1


Poor Paige!!:upsidedow I guess that's the kind of stuff my DD has to look forward to!!:rolleyes1

On Friday, she was running down the sidewalk to school and fell and scraped up her knee pretty good... she had to see the nurse for a bandaid before school even started!!:upsidedow And then yesterday she came running into a room w/ a freshly mopped floor (even tho we warned her) and she slid feet first into a door (luckily not head first), but it still hurt! :sad2:

[jenseib]

Poor Paige!!:upsidedow I guess that's the kind of stuff my DD has to look forward to!!:rolleyes1

On Friday, she was running down the sidewalk to school and fell and scraped up her knee pretty good... she had to see the nurse for a bandaid before school even started!!:upsidedow And then yesterday she came running into a room w/ a freshly mopped floor (even tho we warned her) and she slid feet first into a door (luckily not head first), but it still hurt! :sad2:

Sounds just like Paige. LOL!

[Stephanie VanMeter]

I love your last photo shots at Epcot. The expression on Claire's face is priceless. I always hate leaving a park and knowing we will not be back to that one until the next trip. Your pictures of the spaceship Earth when you are leaving reminds me of how sad I always am when we leave this park. It is beautiful at night.

[DisneyFreak06]

I did the twist with my nephew when we were there! We got a pin saying something like I did the Twist at Pop. I gave it to my nephew as he was collecting all the pins.

That's a smart bird, he didn't take anything out of your wrap, just whatever fell out! Scary that it was off your plate though.:scared1:

[jenseib]

I love your last photo shots at Epcot. The expression on Claire's face is priceless. I always hate leaving a park and knowing we will not be back to that one until the next trip. Your pictures of the spaceship Earth when you are leaving reminds me of how sad I always am when we leave this park. It is beautiful at night.

I agree. I think the hardest park for me to leave is MK, with Epcot being second.

I did the twist with my nephew when we were there! We got a pin saying something like I did the Twist at Pop. I gave it to my nephew as he was collecting all the pins.

That's a smart bird, he didn't take anything out of your wrap, just whatever fell out! Scary that it was off your plate though.:scared1:


I know! I can't beleive he went right for my plate.

[jenseib]

I’m gonna backtrack again.

I forgot I was going to post some more photopass pictures from our second day.

This was after the photoshoot, when we met Chip and Dale.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/DaleatMK.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/hugsfromdale.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dancingwithchip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/twrilinwithchip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/anothertwirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Chipclaireanddale-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Claireandchipanddale.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/mewithchipanddale.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/chipclairedaleandjen.jpg

[thelittlemermaid83]

Awww them photopass pics are fab!

[jenseib]

Awww them photopass pics are fab!

Thanks ;)

[meanmom121]

Great report today. I finally got to watch the turtle talk video. I loved; and you have a lovely voice. I have so enjoyed the photopass pics too. I didn't know if I wanted to spend a lot of time stopping for them on our upcoming trip, but those cute memories are so worth it.

[incruzcontrol2]

These are great pictures... The Epcot shots are beautiful! I love the family shots and how you look like you are the only ones there! Those deserve to be in a frame! And the ones with Chip and Dale.. it's special to have a shot with both of them together! k.. can't wait to hear about your MK day :)

[lizet313]

Oh wow I love the twirling pictures :lovestruc I can never remember who is who? Chip black or brown nose? Dale black or brown nose? LOL I just can't seem to ever remember. :rotfl2:

[Quacktatty]

You are the world's fastest Trip Reporter! I read through all of it last night and this morning. Sounds like you had a great trip. How were the crowds? They didn't seem too bad. I am planning a March trip for Flower and Garden and I just might have to pick those dates!

[Cinderelly5507]

Oh wow I love the twirling pictures :lovestruc I can never remember who is who? Chip black or brown nose? Dale black or brown nose? LOL I just can't seem to ever remember. :rotfl2:

A tip I read on here is that Chip has a black nose like a chocolate chip! :laughing:


I love the update! I would have died if the bird flew beside me! I'm very jumpy, easily! The photopass pics turned out beautiful!

[jenseib]

Great report today. I finally got to watch the turtle talk video. I loved; and you have a lovely voice. I have so enjoyed the photopass pics too. I didn't know if I wanted to spend a lot of time stopping for them on our upcoming trip, but those cute memories are so worth it.

I'm gald we did them

These are great pictures... The Epcot shots are beautiful! I love the family shots and how you look like you are the only ones there! Those deserve to be in a frame! And the ones with Chip and Dale.. it's special to have a shot with both of them together! k.. can't wait to hear about your MK day :)

Thanks

Oh wow I love the twirling pictures :lovestruc I can never remember who is who? Chip black or brown nose? Dale black or brown nose? LOL I just can't seem to ever remember. :rotfl2:

Dale has the brown nose and his teeth are wider apart.

You are the world's fastest Trip Reporter! I read through all of it last night and this morning. Sounds like you had a great trip. How were the crowds? They didn't seem too bad. I am planning a March trip for Flower and Garden and I just might have to pick those dates!

It's a great time. The offical flower and garden didn't start till we left, but we still saw most of it.

[jenseib]

A tip I read on here is that Chip has a black nose like a chocolate chip! :laughing:


I love the update! I would have died if the bird flew beside me! I'm very jumpy, easily! The photopass pics turned out beautiful!

I was a little stunned. LOL!

[tinkerbells mum]

Oh wow I love the twirling pictures :lovestruc I can never remember who is who? Chip black or brown nose? Dale black or brown nose? LOL I just can't seem to ever remember. :rotfl2:

Not sure about noses but Chip has one tooth, Dale has two xx

[jenseib]

Not sure about noses but Chip has one tooth, Dale has two xx

I think they both have 2, but Dales are spread apart for a more "dorky" look

[tinkerbells mum]

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/disney1971/137.jpg
Chip with one tooth

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/disney1971/138-1.jpg
Dale with 2 teeth

i only remembered this becasue my DD and i spent ages disucssing who was who before we saw them last time so when they were signing autographs we checked!! they drawer one or two teeth under their autographs as well!!!

[ladybugmom]

Ok--caught up again! Quick question--do they always have Photopass photographers when a character is out and about in the parks?

[jenseib]

Ok--caught up again! Quick question--do they always have Photopass photographers when a character is out and about in the parks?

No, not all the time.

[lizet313]

Thanks everyone i think I can remember now. Waiting for the next update although I am not sure I want to see your trip report end but I am sure you still have a lot of PP pictures available.

[ladybugmom]

No, not all the time.

Ok--thank you! :cutie:

[jenseib]

And some more photopass from that day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/pinnochiosigningthebook.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/touchyournose.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/hugstopinnochio.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/byepinnochio.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/nexttogoffystatue.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/goofystatuecloseup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/onemorestatue.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/mkatnight.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/nighttime.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/nighttime1.jpg

[thelittlemermaid83]

More great photopass pics!