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purplepeg

08-06-2009, 11:15 PM

Ahhhhh, toes.... a beautiful sight to see first thing in the morning. Whew! Glad I got to see 'em. Now my day can actually begin.

But I did see the kitchen sink in one of the suitcases, didn't I?

Glad you enjoyed the toes, whatever I can do to make your day:)

Thanks for the kind words. The summer is not going as I would have liked. It's not just the weather but the fact that I have been under the weather. Since I've been off my feet for so long everything has backed up and I just don't have the energy to put everything back where it's supposed to go. I'm beginning to understand how those people on the clean-up your house TV shows got to that state. Funny how Dh and the kids don't seem to notice.

But enough of me. On to your trip and packing. Okay I'll back you on needing the teapot, I'm a spot of tea kind of gal too-but not the crockpot. Of course you could leave the teapot at home and buy a new mickey themed one.

I myself, would get another bag of jellybellys and some M&M's. Especially some M&M peanuts. That way I could tell myself I was having some much needed protein at the same time.

I didn't see the enormosity of a medicine bag you must be taking. At least according to the shelves of drugs I saw in your pictures last year.

Plus where is the booze? Is that part of your garden grocer order?

Didn't actually order booze this time:scared1:I may live to regret this. Sorry you've been feeling so lousy. You will get your house back in order, give yourself a break, you're sick and tired:rolleyes1

It's funny how it doesn't take long for our houses to get to a state of chaos. Don't fret about it though, it will get done eventually;)

See the M & M's could play double duty....protein and she could kill me if I get on her nerves. We were at a movie one evening and she decided to get reese's pieces...I made some smart comment to her from down the way (there were other people with us) and she said "Be quiet down there or when the lights go out I'm going to through some pieces in your popcorn and you'll never know:eek: She loves me:love:

Oh trust me the medical bag is in there somewhere. I'll make sure there's photos this year too Diamond, don't you worry:woohoo:

PEG....WE FORGOT THE ADULT BEVERAGES.........

In case anyone missed it Queen is anaphalactic to peanuts so I'm just lettin' y'all know if she really annoys me....:rolleyes1

I didn't forget the bevvies, I just figure the slushies would be enough for you, besides we all know how you get when you drink:rolleyes1:rotfl2::lmao:

purplepeg

08-06-2009, 11:23 PM

The kids spent the day at my parents so I could get the last minute packing done. Now I've neglected my house for the last few days so it looks like it blew up or threw up, pick one:lmao:

I wanted tomorrow to be a fun day with the girls, Geodoc is working his last shift tomorrow. I'm going to try and get manicures for all of us and maybe breakfast or lunch with my mother-in-law, as well as the absolute last stuff to go in the cases. Limo is booked....speaking of which, Queen just informed me last night she never ordered the return limo last year, miss organization herself:confused3:confused3

I haven't been sleeping too well the last few nights, too much to think about, just pre-ordered the photopass cd, we've never done that before so hope it works out well. I'm trying to get some things done so I go to bed later and maybe sleep through the night:goodvibes

I'm not sure I'll be on here tomorrow so probably the next time you here from me we will be in the World:banana::woohoo::yay:
Wish for good flights and our room ready on check-in and our bags make it:yay:

suzcruz

08-07-2009, 01:03 AM

have a safe flight and can't wait to hear about your trip!

Queenofallthings

08-07-2009, 09:43 AM

Must stash this little piece of info away for later. Never know when I may need to blackmail/threaten you.

....and there will be a time, I just know it:lmao:

OMG...Is you trip really only 4 days away! Have a super fabulous time. I am very excited for you! Can't wait for the TR!

I know! I can't believe it myself. I'm starting to get a little anxious about last minute things, but in the end I know it will all get done. I will think of you when we check in at AKL!:cutie:

have a safe flight and can't wait to hear about your trip!

Thank you:woohoo: I have my little book all ready in the carry on to begin my notes at the airport!!:rolleyes1

Queenofallthings

08-07-2009, 09:47 AM

Diamondintheruff

08-07-2009, 10:24 AM

Queenofallthings

08-07-2009, 10:40 AM

You won't be sorry about the CD. Tell the photographers you've pre-ordered it too so they will go crazy. Make sure you get all those cute shots with Tink and the like. I've just seen some new ones where you're holding balloons. Check out stitchkingdom on the internet and he has all the poses and places to find the photographers listed.

That's so good to hear. It's really the only way you can always have pictures of your entire group:) I'm going to check out that website now, thanks for the great info :hug:

Disney Brat

08-07-2009, 11:09 AM

Queenofallthings

08-07-2009, 11:28 AM

Hi guys!!! I hope that everything is going well for you all!! I cannot beleive how fast your trip has come up!! Peg, I hope you have a safe and wonderful trip!! Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back! Queen, well we still have a few more days with you....lol I am glad to hear you guys pre ordered the photpass cd, I haven't heard a bad thing about it. We too are going to pre order it! Those new pics with the balloons sound really great!

Good morning!! Things are moving right along...I dropped Jasmine off at work and am now just waiting for a load of laundry to finish up and I can start some packing.:cool1: All toiletries and stuff are done, but I haven't started packing any clothes yet.

Jasmine has her manicure and pedicure when she's through at work so at least this gives me some time to get stuff organized and run by her when she gets home, she works all day tomorrow so I figure I can get her stuff all done and then on Sunday just concentrate on mine:confused:

I love those new pics with the balloons, I can't believe we only have 3 more days and we're there....and I really don't count today because I'm already up and about:lmao:

So we're still good for the 26th at 4pm outside Ghiradelli's? Did you get our cell numbers in the last pm I sent you?

Disney Brat

08-07-2009, 11:55 AM

Good morning!! Things are moving right along...I dropped Jasmine off at work and am now just waiting for a load of laundry to finish up and I can start some packing.:cool1: All toiletries and stuff are done, but I haven't started packing any clothes yet.

Jasmine has her manicure and pedicure when she's through at work so at least this gives me some time to get stuff organized and run by her when she gets home, she works all day tomorrow so I figure I can get her stuff all done and then on Sunday just concentrate on mine:confused:

I love those new pics with the balloons, I can't believe we only have 3 more days and we're there....and I really don't count today because I'm already up and about:lmao:

So we're still good for the 26th at 4pm outside Ghiradelli's? Did you get our cell numbers in the last pm I sent you?

Sounds like everything has fallen into place for you!! I love the last few days excitement!! It just makes you feel so alive!! Of course we are still good for the 26th!!!:banana: I pm'd you back and gave you my cell number too just in case. Sorry I was so late to reply...DD was bitten by a bug of some sort and had a bad reaction to it...her whole foot swole up and she couldn't wear any shoes....poor thing! The swelling is now almost gone, but it is still red, sore, itchy and burning she says. I felt so bad for her! At least she is up and around on it now!

Happy packing!!:dance3:

Queenofallthings

08-07-2009, 12:06 PM

Sounds like everything has fallen into place for you!! I love the last few days excitement!! It just makes you feel so alive!! Of course we are still good for the 26th!!!:banana: I pm'd you back and gave you my cell number too just in case. Sorry I was so late to reply...DD was bitten by a bug of some sort and had a bad reaction to it...her whole foot swole up and she couldn't wear any shoes....poor thing! The swelling is now almost gone, but it is still red, sore, itchy and burning she says. I felt so bad for her! At least she is up and around on it now!

Happy packing!!:dance3:

Got your pm...thanks!!! I wonder what kind of bug it was, I got bit by a wolf spider at camp one year and that was horrid. I hope your darling is feeling better soon:hug:

Ok my friend, I am off to pack...gosh I love the sound of that!!!!:yay::woohoo::yay::woohoo:

declansdad

08-07-2009, 12:20 PM

Looking forward to meeting you all on the 14th. Have a great trip down.

Hypermommy

08-08-2009, 06:53 AM

I'm not sure I'll be on here tomorrow so probably the next time you here from me we will be in the World:banana::woohoo::yay:

I can't believe your trip is here!!!! I'm so freakin' excited for ya!!!!!! Can't wait to hear more.

have a safe flight and can't wait to hear about your trip!

Oh, I know we'll hear about the trip.... I wanna hear about the flight! What'd you get the girls to read this time, Peg -- Snakes on a Plane??? :rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

08-08-2009, 07:25 AM

Looking forward to meeting you all on the 14th. Have a great trip down.

thank you so much and the same to you, see you on the 14th:banana:

I can't believe your trip is here!!!! I'm so freakin' excited for ya!!!!!! Can't wait to hear more.

Oh, I know we'll hear about the trip.... I wanna hear about the flight! What'd you get the girls to read this time, Peg -- Snakes on a Plane??? :rotfl2:

Can you tell by the time of my post I couldn't sleep last night? I have been up since 5am but I think if I got 2 hours sleep that's about it.:eek: I kept looking at the clock to see how close Peg and her family were to being picked up...what is up with that. I think I'll take a sleeping pill tonight, can't go 2 nights in a row like that.....Peg may hurt me:rolleyes1

Snakes on a Plane....:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao ::lmao:you are too funny my friend....but we both know there is truth in what you speak:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Hypermommy

08-08-2009, 07:48 AM

Can you tell by the time of my post I couldn't sleep last night? I have been up since 5am but I think if I got 2 hours sleep that's about it.:eek: I kept looking at the clock to see how close Peg and her family were to being picked up...what is up with that. I think I'll take a sleeping pill tonight, can't go 2 nights in a row like that.....Peg may hurt me:rolleyes1

Why aren't you sleeping? I know you're excited, but girl, you need your sleep. Quit worrying about what's not done. Anything you forget to get can be got there... you know we do have stores here in America... even in Orlando.

Queenofallthings

08-08-2009, 07:49 AM

Well my friends, I just heard Peg's plane take off....now I can track them on the computer:cool1: I told her that if there was a south wind this morning that I would be in my front yard taking a picture of them taking off....no such luck....north wind....so all I hear is the rev of the engines as they begin to hurtle down the runway.....;)

We all met for dinner at The Keg (steakhouse) last evening just to go over any last minute planning and because we won't see each other for 2 whole days:sad1: I pretty muched begged Peg to go to the Keg as Lobsterfest is on...we have really made it a tradition to go to the Keg the night before we leave. Thomas came to our house around 530 as we were leaving at 6 to meet the rest of the crew. Geodoc had gotten there first from work so we had maybe a 10 minute wait by the time we got there. Thomas has only been to this restaurant once so he followed Geodoc's lead and ordered the prime rib. I, of course, had steak with lobster and shrimp in a beautiful buttery sauce poured over it. I decided though, since Thomas has never had lobster,(foreshadowing here) that I would order an appetizer of lobster gratineau (sp?) if was lobster in butter and garlic and heavenly. I shared with Thomas and Jasmine and about 10 minutes later he looks at me and says I don't feel very good, my throat feels funny:scared1: I said are you joking or are you serious...at this point I can tell by the fear in his eyes he's not joking. I then realize I don't have my epi-pen, I put it in my carry on (Peg will never let me live this one down). I looked at Geodoc and bless him he took right over. He took him outside as the lighting in the restaurant is very dim...poor Jasmine was beside herself....then Peg gets up and leaves too(she's a nurse so really he had a doctor and a nurse) I can tell you at this point I want to vomit. I had vision of being in emergency all evening and having to call his parents:sad1: To make a long story short, once he was outside and had some fresh air he seemed to perk up. He said all of a sudden he got really clammy, hot, and felt like he was going to vomit...We also decided he will not eat shellfish again until tested for allergies. We're not sure if it was the lobster but we're not taking any chances. Until that boy went home at midnight I kept a very close eye on him.

Mini Montana lost her first tooth yesterday....too funny. Her daddy asked her if she wanted the tooth fairy to come last night or tonight when they were in Disneyworld...she picked tonight without fail:lmao:

They had their plane seating arrangements all made...Snow White will sit with Peg from Winnipeg to Toronto then she'll sit with her daddy from Toronto to Orlando and Mini Montana of course will do the opposite. I think Snow is just so happy she doesn't have to fly with us that she would sit on the wing.

Jasmine works today so my mission today is to get her fully packed. I have some last minute cleaning to do around the house between today and tomorrow so will have lots to keep me busy. Last year I had everything done 2 days before we left and it made for very long days waiting to leave.

Hopefully I will get on here tomorrow morning or maybe in the middle of the night on Sunday/Monday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend....I'm off to see where Peg's plane is on the flight tracker....:yay:

Charleston Princess

08-08-2009, 08:34 AM

Queen, I missed Peg's send-off -- will you tell her that I hope they have a fabulous trip? You leave Sunday or Monday? Anyway, I hope you and Jasmine have an absolutely wonderful time -- I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Queenofallthings

08-08-2009, 08:45 AM

Why aren't you sleeping? I know you're excited, but girl, you need your sleep. Quit worrying about what's not done. Anything you forget to get can be got there... you know we do have stores here in America... even in Orlando.

That's a good question, I really have no idea:confused3 I think by getting up this early I will definitely sleep tonight:rolleyes: Here's hoping....I have this weird obsession that my house has to be perfectly clean before I go on holidays....it looks like a tornado hit it when we returned with the laundry everywhere....but you're right...it will give me yet another excuse to shop:cool1::rotfl2:

Queen, I missed Peg's send-off -- will you tell her that I hope they have a fabulous trip? You leave Sunday or Monday? Anyway, I hope you and Jasmine have an absolutely wonderful time -- I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Hey CP, I will definitely give Peg and her family your warm wishes....We leave Monday morning...it's getting really real now.....Thank you and we'll have tons and tons to share when we're home I hope you enjoy your weekend:)

Queenofallthings

08-08-2009, 06:35 PM

Well my toes and hands are officially ready to take on WDW:cool1: Went for my manicure and pedicure at 9am this morning, stopped to grab a Timmies along the way, and man did it feel good. My BF Brenda lives 2 minutes from the spa so I went there after to see them before we leave. I haven't seen her since Wed at her mom's funeral and we really didn't have a chance to talk that evening.

It was so nice to see her, of course we had our moments of tears, she was second guessing her decision of cancelling the trip and I assured her she has done the right thing, I really don't think she would do well. I told her one year her and I are going to go down when all the Christmas decorations are up, - we're both nuts about Christmas.

Got home and finished up the laundry, the only thing I have left is to do all the bedding tomorrow so when we get home it will be fresh and all the towels still need to be done, other than that, just strictly throwing our cloths into the suitcases and we're good to go;)

Jasmine is going to a movie with a couple of her girlfriends tonight and I believe home for an early night as she needs to work tomorrow too. She works until 630, Thomas will pick her up and we have a movie night planned. Should help pass the time. Jasmine and I usually start showering and getting ready about 130am so we're ready to leave the house at 4am.

I hope I hear from Peg tonight...I know they had ADR's at T-Rex at I believe 445pm - hey, maybe she's post here tonight:confused3

Shir Kahn

08-09-2009, 12:01 AM

Well, we're back from our trip and I just wanted to say that I hope you all have a great trip! Eat some Dole Whips for me, as I definitely didn't get enough of them! :lmao:

Queenofallthings

08-09-2009, 01:31 AM

Well, we're back from our trip and I just wanted to say that I hope you all have a great trip! Eat some Dole Whips for me, as I definitely didn't get enough of them! :lmao:

Thank you so much!!! So happy you got home safe and sound, can't wait for your TR we'll have tons of catching up to do when we get home.

I promise you I will have some Dole Whips....just saying those words puts a smile on my face.

Queenofallthings

08-09-2009, 08:38 AM

What a beautiful sight when your ticket reads one day until your vacation. I had a horrid sleep again last evening....ughhh....too excited I guess, maybe I'll squeeze in a nap while Jasmine is at work.:thumbsup2

I called Peg and family last night as I was dying to hear how the flights and check in went. ;) Peg had wandered to the main building so I chatted with Geodoc who told me it was a good thing we didn't fly down with them as it was pretty turbulent between Winnipeg and Toronto:confused3 I'm keeping my fingers crossed about our flight. Winnipeg is showing clear skies and light winds for the morning, but Toronto looks like it could be ugly, hopefully that will be later in the day.

I called back at 8pm EST and chatted with Peg for about a half an hour. I asked if she was a good Diser and took pictures of the rooms before they started "living" in them....of course she did:love: She said our suite is gorgeous, we're on the fourth floor overlooking the golf course in the Grandstand section right around the corner from the pool. She said we have a great location for our room:cool1:

Well friends, it is now 737am CST so I best finish my coffee and get some stuff done. I want all Jasmine's stuff finished before she heads out to work...first time ever she wanted to see what I packed:confused3 I say if she was that concerned she would have been home last evening and not to a movie with her girlfriends!!;)

lisalonglash

08-09-2009, 12:01 PM

Just dropped in to say HAVE AN AWESOME TRIP, all of you!!!! I can't wait to read about your incredible wonderful Disney adventure!! :goodvibes:banana::yay::woohoo:

purplepeg

08-09-2009, 03:17 PM

Hypermommy

08-09-2009, 03:39 PM

She said our suite is gorgeous, we're on the fourth floor overlooking the golf course in the Grandstand section right around the corner from the pool.

Oh, I see how it is.... Now that y'all can do the DVC thing, you've migrated right out of my social class. Overlooking the golf course indeed!!! Guess what we peons are gonna do with the golf balls? No, that's not shattering glass you hear.... it's um... it's um......

/me ducking and running fast

Hi to all my Dis friends, we're here and having a great relaxing time. A few problems with our room ressies and now the garden grocer order hasn't shown up so I really need to get on the phone to them (don't have a cow Queen, I'm on it!):rotfl2:

Oh good! It's nice to hear that even the "beautiful people" have problems now and again.

/me running again

Hey... now that y'all are DVCers have you looked into the Owners Locker thing? It's a great idea -- you get to store the stuff that you always have to pack like shampoo and stuff. You know.... stuff that won't go bad by the time you get back there. And from what I hear their website is fantastic and shows you an inventory of what you have in your locker (because you'll definitely have forgotten in a year). I'm not affiliated with them or anything.... I just think it's a great idea (and wish I'd come up with it!).

Y'all have a great time! Can't wait to hear more. Where are the pictures?

Queenofallthings

08-09-2009, 09:12 PM

Oh, I see how it is.... Now that y'all can do the DVC thing, you've migrated right out of my social class. Overlooking the golf course indeed!!! Guess what we peons are gonna do with the golf balls? No, that's not shattering glass you hear.... it's um... it's um......

/me ducking and running fast

Oh good! It's nice to hear that even the "beautiful people" have problems now and again.

/me running again

Hey... now that y'all are DVCers have you looked into the Owners Locker thing? It's a great idea -- you get to store the stuff that you always have to pack like shampoo and stuff. You know.... stuff that won't go bad by the time you get back there. And from what I hear their website is fantastic and shows you an inventory of what you have in your locker (because you'll definitely have forgotten in a year). I'm not affiliated with them or anything.... I just think it's a great idea (and wish I'd come up with it!).

Y'all have a great time! Can't wait to hear more. Where are the pictures?
Don't worry Hypermommy, I haven't changed a bit, golf course or not;) I would rather stare at World of Disney and dream of what I can buy:cloud9:

I'll get right on Peg when we get there, what's this no picture thing? See what happens when I'm not around for the first 2 days of the trip, everything falls apart, no pics, no garden grocers order.....:eek:
Hi to all my Dis friends, we're here and having a great relaxing time. A few problems with our room ressies and now the garden grocer order hasn't shown up so I really need to get on the phone to them (don't have a cow Queen, I'm on it!):rotfl2:

Had a character breakfast that was so fun this morning and have spent the afternoon waiting for GG and putting our clothes away.

Now I can relax, everything is where it should be until we need to repack for AKL but that isn't til Sat.:cool1:

Well I'd better run and check on that GG, wish me luck!

Talk again soon.

Do we have food or am I on a diet as soon as I arrive????

Disney Brat

08-09-2009, 10:31 PM

Hi to all my Dis friends, we're here and having a great relaxing time. A few problems with our room ressies and now the garden grocer order hasn't shown up so I really need to get on the phone to them (don't have a cow Queen, I'm on it!):rotfl2:

Had a character breakfast that was so fun this morning and have spent the afternoon waiting for GG and putting our clothes away.

Now I can relax, everything is where it should be until we need to repack for AKL but that isn't til Sat.:cool1:

Well I'd better run and check on that GG, wish me luck!

Talk again soon.

Hi Peg!! Great to hear from you! :goodvibes I hope everything with GG gets sorted out for you guys. Can't wait to hear about more of your trip!!

Have a safe and magical trip Queen...we will see you in 16ish days! :yay: Hopefully you two are able to get some rest tonight!! :upsidedow

Queenofallthings

08-10-2009, 03:22 AM

Hi Peg!! Great to hear from you! :goodvibes I hope everything with GG gets sorted out for you guys. Can't wait to hear about more of your trip!!

Have a safe and magical trip Queen...we will see you in 16ish days! :yay: Hopefully you two are able to get some rest tonight!! :upsidedow

Hey, as you can see by the time that I am posting this....not much sleep happening in this household tonight. I am showered and ready to head to the airport....Jasmine has just gotten out of the shower and is in the process of beautifing....target time to leave is 345am....I need my coffee and bagel before we get on the plane:cloud9:

Hypermommy

08-10-2009, 04:59 AM

Do we have food or am I on a diet as soon as I arrive????

Don't worry, Queen. Knowing Peg, if there's a problem she'll offer up one of the children as a sacrifice. :rotfl2:

Hey, as you can see by the time that I am posting this....not much sleep happening in this household tonight. I am showered and ready to head to the airport....Jasmine has just gotten out of the shower and is in the process of beautifing....target time to leave is 345am....I need my coffee and bagel before we get on the plane:cloud9:

Best wishes for your flight. Don't know if you'll get this before or after so right now i'm hoping everything goes well and if you get it later I'm hoping everything went well.

And see.... I'm even gonna be nice and not talk about planes. You don't know how this is physically hurting me though. Hope you can guess what I'm giving up for our friendship here. :hippie:

TinkerbellLuvr7

08-10-2009, 10:28 AM

have a great trip!! I can't wait to hear all about it!!!

leamom2princesses

08-10-2009, 11:30 AM

Have a fantastic trip!!!!!! Can't wait to read all about it. :goodvibes

purplepeg

08-10-2009, 05:09 PM

Don't worry, Queen. Knowing Peg, if there's a problem she'll offer up one of the children as a sacrifice. :rotfl2:

Didn't need to, I called down to bell services and it was there! No one mentioned that you have to call bell services and tell them you're in your room so they will deliver to your room:confused3How I missed that I'll never know.

Best wishes for your flight. Don't know if you'll get this before or after so right now i'm hoping everything goes well and if you get it later I'm hoping everything went well.

And see.... I'm even gonna be nice and not talk about planes. You don't know how this is physically hurting me though. Hope you can guess what I'm giving up for our friendship here. :hippie:

They have arrived and everything is great! Flights were smooth and true to form she texted me at 1:30 just as my entree at lunch was arriving, to tell me they were 30 min away. Then 20 min later as I'm tyin to gobble lunch down ) we were at the Turf Club)Mini Montana had to use the restroom! After that we went to wait for them and they arrived. They grabbed a bite at Artists Palette and we finished up with dessert. They're resting now and then we're heading out for Raglan Road. We also have to wake the children,
that should be ugly!
have a great trip!! I can't wait to hear all about it!!!

I think we'll check in now and again but we'll do the "official" tr when we get home. Thanks for the well wishes for Queen and J!

Have a fantastic trip!!!!!! Can't wait to read all about it. :goodvibes

Thanks for the well wishes for Queen and J and I'll start the "official" tr when we get back.

DisneyMomLiz

08-12-2009, 12:26 PM

DisneyMomLiz

08-12-2009, 02:00 PM

I'm back...just finished reading the entire PTR and now you are there...enjoy the world!!! You and your readers are too funny :lmao:, great PTR...now can't wait for the TR popcorn::

Have a wonderful time!! :dance3:

purplepeg

08-12-2009, 11:01 PM

Hi Queen & Purplepeg, followed you over from lisalonglash's PTR. ;) Just started reading, so I'm only on your itinerary listing, Queen (pg. 5, I think).

Had to comment...your itinerary looks great. I'm not jealous or anything that you get to be in the world for so long :rolleyes1

Also, I noticed that you would be in SSR for the first part of your trip. We'll be staying there for the first time in Sept. and I'm looking forward to your reviews/thoughts on the place :)

Beautiful families!! :goodvibes

Ok back to reading, popcorn::

:welcome:So glad youcould join us:welcome:

I'm back...just finished reading the entire PTR and now you are there...enjoy the world!!! You and your readers are too funny :lmao:, great PTR...now can't wait for the TR popcorn::

Have a wonderful time!! :dance3:

We are a fun/funny bunch:rotfl2:Glad you enjoyed things so far. We are absolutely loving SSR!

purplepeg

08-12-2009, 11:06 PM

Just wanted to pop in and say we are having the best time:banana:
We have had such good luck with busses and the weather, we are loving it. The girls are being fairly well behaved, just keep threatening them with no pool time and so far so good:rotfl2:
We may have an unexpected Dis meet(stalker):banana:we'll cross our fingers:rotfl:
I hope you enjoy our views on things when we get back:confused3

Hypermommy

08-13-2009, 05:28 AM

We are a fun/funny bunch:rotfl2:

I think I would pick different adjectives...... insane comes to mind... strange... weird.... evil

/me ducking and running!!!!!!!

(You didn't expect me to let that one pass did you?)

Hope you're having a blast!!!!

Disney Brat

08-13-2009, 12:18 PM

Diamondintheruff

08-18-2009, 10:45 AM

checking in on your checking in. Glad to hear everyone is safe and sound and having a blast. It's finally hot and humid here in Ontario and although everyone was wishing it would warm up they are all complaining already.

I'm wondering how many kleenex's were necessary after passing through the DVC "Welcome Home" sign?

DisneyMomLiz

08-18-2009, 11:58 AM

Thanks for the welcome :) Glad you are all having a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!! popcorn::

TinkerbellLuvr7

08-18-2009, 02:51 PM

wow! I can't belive it has been 10 days since you left! Time flies even for us not at WDW I guess. I hope you are/having a safe and fun time. Can't wait to hear all of it!

purplepeg

08-18-2009, 03:33 PM

Disney Brat

08-18-2009, 05:27 PM

Still having a wonderful time and really enjoying Animal Kingdome Lodge. I can't believe we are leaving to go back home on Friday. Poor Snow White was crying today because we are leaving soon:sad1:Poor baby, she's never done that. We had a great portrait session today, we'll bore you with some of the pictures later! I am enduring a cold that is trying to move into my chest and I'm trying to be firm with an eviction notice:rotfl2: It was super hot yesterday and a bit hot and sticky and rainy today. I am supposed to be resting right now...dis-ing is resting isn't it:rolleyes1 Will update soon after we're home...'course Jas and Queen still have 9 more days after we're gone:headache:

I am so happy to hear that you guys are still having a wonderful time! Can't wait to see the photoshoot pics. Poor Snow White :hug: It is always so hard to come home....I still tend to tear up, especially when we are on the plane getting ready to take off:sad2: Say hi to Queen and Jas for me!! Let them know we are looking forward to seeing them in a week!!!:yay::woohoo:

TinkerbellLuvr7

08-18-2009, 09:03 PM

Still having a wonderful time and really enjoying Animal Kingdome Lodge. I can't believe we are leaving to go back home on Friday. Poor Snow White was crying today because we are leaving soon:sad1:Poor baby, she's never done that. We had a great portrait session today, we'll bore you with some of the pictures later! I am enduring a cold that is trying to move into my chest and I'm trying to be firm with an eviction notice:rotfl2: It was super hot yesterday and a bit hot and sticky and rainy today. I am supposed to be resting right now...dis-ing is resting isn't it:rolleyes1 Will update soon after we're home...'course Jas and Queen still have 9 more days after we're gone:headache:

Awww...poor Snow White :(

on our trip in 2007 we took DME to MCO and there was a little girl about 5 yrs old and she cried the whole way to the airport and ended up falling asleep as soon as we pulled up to the drop-off. They were on airtran, us on Southwest so after we got off the bus we did not see her again but it made everyone on the bus a little sad, I mean how can u blame her?!

Hypermommy

08-19-2009, 07:38 AM

Still having a wonderful time and really enjoying Animal Kingdome Lodge.

Glad to hear you're having a great time!!!! Sorry to hear about SW being upset about leaving but I can't blame her. Hopefully she'll find something to occupy her mind so she won't think about it all week. :rotfl2:

And yes... Dis-ing is resting!

Give everyone a hug for me and y'all have a blast!!!!!

Disney Brat

08-21-2009, 08:03 PM

:wave: Hi Peg....just wanted to welcome you guys home!!! :wave2:I hope you had a safe trip back. I hope Snow White did okay with your departure!:hug: Can't wait to hear some details!!!!:goodvibes

purplepeg

08-21-2009, 08:12 PM

I am so happy to hear that you guys are still having a wonderful time! Can't wait to see the photoshoot pics. Poor Snow White :hug: It is always so hard to come home....I still tend to tear up, especially when we are on the plane getting ready to take off:sad2: Say hi to Queen and Jas for me!! Let them know we are looking forward to seeing them in a week!!!:yay::woohoo:

They are looking forward to meeting you. :yay: They moved over to ASMu this morning aand we headed to the airport:sad2:SW was pretty good today. the kids are getting tired and seem to be happy to "sleep in" tomorrow.

Awww...poor Snow White :(

on our trip in 2007 we took DME to MCO and there was a little girl about 5 yrs old and she cried the whole way to the airport and ended up falling asleep as soon as we pulled up to the drop-off. They were on airtran, us on Southwest so after we got off the bus we did not see her again but it made everyone on the bus a little sad, I mean how can u blame her?!

Oh that's so sad! I admit I had a few private tears this morning for the very first time:sad2:This was such an awesome vacation:woohoo:

Glad to hear you're having a great time!!!! Sorry to hear about SW being upset about leaving but I can't blame her. Hopefully she'll find something to occupy her mind so she won't think about it all week. :rotfl2:

And yes... Dis-ing is resting!

Give everyone a hug for me and y'all have a blast!!!!!

So glad you got the job:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::yay: Thanks for the wishes. sad to be coming home but apparently it was time.

:wave: Hi Peg....just wanted to welcome you guys home!!! :wave2:I hope you had a safe trip back. I hope Snow White did okay with your departure!:hug: Can't wait to hear some details!!!!:goodvibes

thanks for the welcome home:banana::banana::banana:
You must be so excited:yay: Can't wait to hear all about your meet. We're sitting in the lounge at the Toronto Airport, kids are bored and tired, especially Mini Montana. I'm getting tired myself, I see a nap on the plane in my future!

purplepeg

08-21-2009, 08:25 PM

So I sit here on the computer in the lounge at the Toronto airport with a balloon head from this cold and flying with the pressure changes....good times, can't really hear well, very echo-ey. Can't wait for the next flight leg!
The kids do camps next week Mon, Tues, Wed, and then it's Mini Montana's 5th birthday Thursday. I can't believe 5 yrs, where does the time go? I will try and start my portion of the trip report in the next couple of days because I know I want to share with you and hope you are ready to hear it. I know once Queen gets home, I will hardly be able to get a word in edgewise:rotfl2:
We had such an incredible time, I wouldn't change a darn thing, well maybe some but what they are escapes me right now!
We made some new friends and it really is a small world, the weather was incredible, the resorts were amazing, the crowds swelled alot since free dining started, the post vacation blues/exhaustion is settling in.

The tr will help me relive all the fun! We have a ton of pictures, some good some bad some just plain fun!

With the in room washer and dryer almost all the laundry is done except for the last two days so that's a chore that should be taken care of in short order, get some groceries for lunches for camp and we'll be off to the races:banana:

Charleston Princess

08-22-2009, 08:02 AM

I can't believe it's time for you to come home already!!! Talk about time flying!!! :eek:

Welcome back! :goodvibes

Hypermommy

08-22-2009, 12:05 PM

I will try and start my portion of the trip report in the next couple of days because I know I want to share with you and hope you are ready to hear it. I know once Queen gets home, I will hardly be able to get a word in edgewise:rotfl2:

Oh we are so ready! Can't wait!!!!!

Diamondintheruff

08-23-2009, 07:15 PM

Disney Brat

08-25-2009, 09:34 PM

Hi Peg! Glad to hear you are home safe and sound! Sorry to hear about your cold, I hope it is doing much better now! Can't wait to hear and see your trip when we are back from ours!! Our flight leaves tomorrow at 5:20am!!!

Hypermommy

08-26-2009, 07:55 AM

Okay now... it's been days and days and we have yet to see the first pixel. What, are you waiting for Queen to get back before you start? She probably threatened you, didn't she? I know I would... no telling what rotten things you might say that need defending. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

purplepeg

08-26-2009, 12:02 PM

Welcome home!

:cool1::cool1:

Sorry about the head cold. I've flown with them before. Have you ever seen the scene in Total Recall when Arnold and the main chick leave the safe enclosure on Mars and their heads start to ballon up complete with bulging eyeballs? That's what I always think of during takeoff and decent.

I have never seen that scene but it sounds about right!

Hi Peg! Glad to hear you are home safe and sound! Sorry to hear about your cold, I hope it is doing much better now! Can't wait to hear and see your trip when we are back from ours!! Our flight leaves tomorrow at 5:20am!!!

Thanks for the good wishes and I totally missed sending you off! Have a great trip, by my estimates you should be on your second plane and that much closer to the magic!

Okay now... it's been days and days and we have yet to see the first pixel. What, are you waiting for Queen to get back before you start? She probably threatened you, didn't she? I know I would... no telling what rotten things you might say that need defending. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Yeah yeah, she sent me a text yesterday saying she was just going to have a Grey Goose slushie, not fair! Well it turned out a storm moved in and she didn't get one:rotfl2:Talk about timing, I wonder if I have a direct link:rolleyes1

purplepeg

08-26-2009, 12:33 PM

Saturday, August 8, 2009

It seems like forever ago that we bought into DVC but it was only 12 short months ago! Now here we are about to embark on our first DVC holiday. We’re so excited!
Last night we did our usual pre-vacation dinner at The Keg restaurant. It’s a steakhouse and a favourite of ours. Queen already mention the whole potential shellfish allergy Thomas had that evening. As Geodoc was outside with him I told Queen, “from now on it’s no boyfriends allowed”. He’s a nice kid but really, he could have potentially started our vacation off poorly!

Queen, Geodoc, Mini Montana, and Jasmine
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Me, Snow White, and Thomas.
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We made our way home after dinner and finished up a few things and had to make sure everything was all set for the Tooth Fairy to visit because Mini Montana lost her first tooth during the day just before swimming lessons. The girls fell asleep very quickly. I had made sure to get them up early that day so they would be tired for sleeping. I tried to go to bed at 10 pm but then remembered I forgot my cell phone, got up then went back to bed. Still couldn’t sleep. Finally got up at 11:30 and went out to the couch, watched a bit of TV and finally fell aslepp until about 2 ish, the kids heard the TV and were up by 2:30 and had to come show me the toonie the Tooth Fairy left! We weren’t planning on getting up until 3 but I figured they wouldn’t go back to sleep so they got dressed and ready for the plane. We (meaning Geodoc and myself) got up and got ready too.
Crossing off the last day!
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We were all ready by 4 but the limo wasn’t coming until 4:30. Now don’t think we’re some high falootin’ people here, it’s just not that much more than a cab from our house to the airport and there’s more room for the luggage! The limo was on time and it was drizzling a bit.

Do they look excited or what?!
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Luggage on the sidewalk, oh I hope it's enough!
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standing by the limo.
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Inside the limo.
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We arrived at the airport by 4:50. We had tried to check-in online the day before but the website said they needed more information from us so we had to through the regular line. The agent couldn’t figure out why we couldn’t do it online but we were checked in very speedily and were off to security with a quick bathroom break first (this will be a recurring theme during the trip).
We were quickly through security after I found my plastic baggie with my hand sanitizer in it (at the bottom of my purse). We stopped at Tim’s for coffee and a muffin for me, donuts for everyone else and milks for the girls. They were calling for pre-boarding when we were standing in line at Tim’s! Yikes, we better hurry up! We got settled on the plane, one row behind each other with a window for each child.

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I sat with Snow White on the way to Toronto and I got the window seat because as we all remember from last summer Queen totally damaged the poor child for flying! Snow did very well, I didn’t even have to hold her hand, and after the in-flight T.V.’s started up she was in heaven with Discovery Kids especially since our cable provider doesn’t supply that channel anymore. Mini Montana fell asleep and I enjoyed my Saturday paper, sitting at the front of the aircraft does have its privileges.
Sleeping angel.
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Geo doc enjoying some quiet time.
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The flight was fairly bumpy to Toronto and that was after the captain had come on and said it was going to be smooth except for some bumps during approach to Toronto. Mini Montana woke up and had to...you guessed it, use the bathroom. Just as they got in line the seatbelt sign came on. They had to return to their seats. The flight attendant came by and asked Mini Montana if she thought she could “hold it”? Geodoc said “I hope so”. She did and we hit the bathroom as soon as we landed. Phew, ‘cause I didn’t pack a change of clothes! Toronto and customs went very well, because of our restroom stop by the time we got to the luggage carousel ours was the only luggage on it so while Geodoc picked up some luggage carts I took the luggage off the carousel and once it was loaded on the carts we were off to customs. We made it through customs with hardly any wait, I kept saying, “I could have gone to duty free”. When we got to security the line up was really long. I had decided we would each bring our laptops and now that it was feeling really heavy on my shoulder and I was trying to juggle taking off my sandals and taking the laptop out of the case and putting everything on the security belt, I was wondering if I had made the right decision! I beeped, as usual, I think it may have been my Mickey watch. We were at the gate by 10:05 Then we waited to board ( we had to wait for another crew member who turned out to be from our first flight) and I said again “I could have gone to duty free” sadly it was not to be and we boarded the Orlando leg of the flight. I sat with Mini Montana on this leg.
Here we go!
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Sleeping again!
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Outside the window.
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Guess who had to go the restroom? As soon as we were in the bathroom the flight gets bumpy and the seatbelt sign comes on with the announcement to go back to your seats. Does this kid have timing or what? Man those washrooms are small when there are two of you in there together! As I’m hurrying her along because of the announcement she swings the door open superfast and catches the flight attendant right on the elbow! Oops, I felt so bad, made Mini Montana apologize and skulked back to our seats. I might add that we were in row 5 and Geodoc and Snow White were in row 20 something. The man that let us up to use the restroom positioned himself so we had to go all the way to the back of the plane to use the facilities instead of the one 5 rows ahead of us! We arrived at magical express about 1:30ish and since we already had our booklet we didn’t need to check in we could just get right in line.

Getting off the plane.
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On the Mini Monorail.
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At Magical Express.
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So we did and not so patiently waited for the bus.

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We boarded about 1:40 and didn’t leave until 2pm.
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Heading to SS.
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Just getting a glimpse we're really here!
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We arrived at Saratoga Springs at 2:28 to be exact!
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I was so excited, our first DVC stay and we have always stayed at a value resort except for the one night before a cruise at a moderate. I waited in line to check in and soaked up the lobby.

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When I was checking in she read all the names out except for Geodoc’s. I said “and my husband”. She said he wasn’t on the reservation! What the..? She says “I’ll be back” and leaves and doesn’t come back for quite some time. Meanwhile I’m stewing and Geodoc comes over to find out what’s taking so long and he says “what do you mean I’m not on the reservation!?” I wasn’t any happier having that pointed out to me either!

I have to leave you with that for a bit!

Coming up next:
Does she find Geodoc on our ressie and does he get to stay with us?
Where do we go our first night?
Is pixie dust with us?

Hypermommy

08-26-2009, 12:58 PM

What a great start!!!!! Love the pics and absolutely love the cliffhanger!!!! Can't wait for more.

DisneyMomLiz

08-26-2009, 05:20 PM

Glad you're home safe and sound :goodvibes

Wow, :woohoo: what a great update and what a long day for you all! :) Can't wait to find out more about that cliffhanger popcorn::

lisalonglash

08-26-2009, 05:31 PM

Welcome home!!! :dance3:

What a great update!! I can't sleep on the last night before a vacation either :laughing: How awesome that Snow did so well on the flights! :thumbsup2 Maybe it's just having Queen beside her on the plane that freaks her out? :lmao:

Sorry you weren't able to get to the duty-free :sad2: Duty-free rocks! Getting on the Magical Express bus made me feel like I was officially on vacation :goodvibes Such a lovely resort! :thumbsup2

Poor Geodoc - has to sleep outside now, hey? :rotfl2: I hope you did have tons of pixie dust! :wizard:

Diamondintheruff

08-26-2009, 07:23 PM

I love the Keg. What a great night-before tradition.

Glad the flights went well. Love the picture of you and snow on the plane. You both are glowing!

Must have been hard waiting all that time for the ME bus to get going.

Charleston Princess

08-26-2009, 07:30 PM

You started!!! :banana:

Goodness, what a lot of bathroom breaks! ;)

SSR looks so pretty from your pictures -- I do hope Geodoc is allowed to stay with you! LOL!

purplepeg

08-26-2009, 09:22 PM

What a great start!!!!! Love the pics and absolutely love the cliffhanger!!!! Can't wait for more.

Thanks for the kind words:banana:what the heck is up with that:confused3you're supposed to be packing aren't you?:rotfl2::rotfl2:

Glad you're home safe and sound :goodvibes

Wow, :woohoo: what a great update and what a long day for you all! :) Can't wait to find out more about that cliffhanger popcorn::

Oh it was such a looong day but knowing we were going to Disney and getting to Disney just makes it all bearable:love:

Welcome home!!! :dance3:

What a great update!! I can't sleep on the last night before a vacation either :laughing: How awesome that Snow did so well on the flights! :thumbsup2 Maybe it's just having Queen beside her on the plane that freaks her out? :lmao:

I'm sure it is Queen but she would never admit it;)

Sorry you weren't able to get to the duty-free :sad2: Duty-free rocks! Getting on the Magical Express bus made me feel like I was officially on vacation :goodvibes Such a lovely resort! :thumbsup2

Poor Geodoc - has to sleep outside now, hey? :rotfl2: I hope you did have tons of pixie dust! :wizard:

Yeah, it really was too bad about duty free, oh well. Sleeping outside, yeah how did you know? That's what the balconies are for isn't it? The resort was lovely.

I love the Keg. What a great night-before tradition.

Glad the flights went well. Love the picture of you and snow on the plane. You both are glowing!

Must have been hard waiting all that time for the ME bus to get going.

I'm so glad you love the Keg too, I know lots of people who don't like it but it's always been a favourite of ours.

We were pretty excited on the plane. Snow took lots of pictures herself so I will post some of those throughout as well.

I was gritting my teeth thinking "how many mor people need to get on this bus?":headache:

You started!!! :banana:

Goodness, what a lot of bathroom breaks! ;)

SSR looks so pretty from your pictures -- I do hope Geodoc is allowed to stay with you! LOL!

Oh bathroom breaks should be the name of the report:rotfl2:she's cute but teeny bladder:scared1:

The resort was so beautiful. Will he get to stay with us...stay tuned.popcorn::

Geodoc

08-26-2009, 10:28 PM

Oh Boy Oh Boy........I can't wait to hear what happens to Geodoc too!!!!

Hypermommy

08-27-2009, 08:43 AM

Maybe it's just having Queen beside her on the plane that freaks her out? :lmao:

Come to think of it, that'd freak me out too! :rotfl2::scared1:

Thanks for the kind words:banana:what the heck is up with that:confused3you're supposed to be packing aren't you?:rotfl2::rotfl2

I am, I am... a little bit at a time. This is the hard stage of packing... knowing that KC and the eating machines have 3 more months here, I can't pack up stuff they're gonna need. Can't pack the kitchen (yeah, like they're gonna do more than microwave :scared1:). Can't pack summer clothes because it's still hot (you were just here... you know). Can't pack the winter clothes because it's likely to be cold (well, what we call cold) before they move at the end of November. Fun, fun, fun.

So what'd y'all do with poor Geodoc ... buy him a tent?

Queenofallthings

08-31-2009, 10:36 AM

Hello friends....we're back!! Arrived at 10:35pm last night which was actually 30 minutes early, not sure what happened there but had great flights both from Orlando to Toronto and Toronto to Winnipeg!!!:cool1:

Jasmine did great, no crying at all this time.....well not for the flying part at least, we both had a moment of tears on Magical Express as we left the hotel:sad1:

Great start to the trip report Peg....it really was the best vacation ever:banana: I will get my suitcases unpacked and download the pictures so by the time Peg gets to the 10th, I'll be able to jump in as of right now, I got nothin....we were still in Winnipeg:lmao:

Hey Diamond, you were so right about doing laundry at Disney, as I sit here on a beautiful sunny morning, I know all I have to do is put the cloths away:rolleyes1 I may have had a cocktail or two by the way:cheer2:

I have missed you all terribly and am off to catch up on all my subscribed threads:woohoo:

PrincessCaitlin

08-31-2009, 11:03 AM

I am so glad you two started the trip report!

I hope everything works out with the hotel reservation!

Can't wait to read more!

Charleston Princess

08-31-2009, 11:43 AM

Welcome home, Queen!!! Looking forward to hearing your side of all of the adventures! :goodvibes

purplepeg

08-31-2009, 05:25 PM

Queenofallthings

08-31-2009, 06:38 PM

On here but no word to your dear sister so she knows you've arrived home alright:rolleyes1It's alright....I'll tell them all what REALLY went on while we were away:rotfl2:

Maybe if you were home to have answered your phone:confused3:rolleyes1

Home safe and sound.....you've been home a week and one post....I am disappointed....I can't start until you hit Monday.....psst...hurry up girl:rotfl:

Queenofallthings

08-31-2009, 10:05 PM

I am so glad you two started the trip report!

I hope everything works out with the hotel reservation!

Can't wait to read more!

Hi Princess Caitlin, it's still so hard to believe it's over and we're back home, but we truly had the best trip ever:thumbsup2 I called Peg tonight but she has some sort of meeting so won't be posting tonight, what is up with that, she definitely has her priorities messed up:lmao:

Welcome home, Queen!!! Looking forward to hearing your side of all of the adventures! :goodvibes

Thanks CP.... it should be interesting to see the differing opinions....as you can well imagine I'm sure:rotfl2:

purplepeg

09-01-2009, 10:45 PM

Sorry I've been a bit busy but here goes part two!

So after the girl left me to stew for awhile she comes back and says “we had to rebook your reservation to include your husband”. I, of course, am thinking well I made all these requests and now they’ll be lost, how can they not have him on the reservation? So I don’t normally say anything in cases like this because I hate confrontation, but I thought it and out it came. I said “I don’t understand how he isn’t on the reservation when I called two days ago to confirm everything including the dining and I have my confirmation with him on it.” She replied, in a not so nice tone, “Well he’s not on mine!” and left! I was so not happy but I had used all my courage to ask in the first place so didn’t ask for a manager. She returned shortly and in an oh so sweet tone said, so everything is great and you’re in Grandstand (which I had requested) and here’s the charges for the first two nights. I had made a cash reservation for two nights and then we started using our points for the rest of our stay and then we would be moving to AKLV the next week. The bad thing about this was that we had to pay for dining for Jasmine and Queen even though they wouldn’t be here. It was because it was the same room type and the ressies were linked. I had to pay for the first two nights and the dining for the first two days. I asked if I needed to come back down and put the credit card on again in two days and she replied “no, it’s already on file and the reservation will be linked and continue so there is no need.” Again, not a nice tone but it would come back to bite her in the butt and be good for me!
Now that Geodoc was able to stay with us our room wasn’t ready! We had ADR’s at T-Rex for 4:30 and it was almost 3 by now so we thought we’d just get them to text it when it was available and head to Downtown Disney. We stored our stuff with Bell Services and were off. The only problem was we forgot to let Geodoc change into his shorts. He was still wearing his jeans from travelling! Oh well, as he said, it was too late now! We walked through the building to get to the boat launch and took a wrong turn and ended up by the Spa. Well I would be able to see that place later in the week! We followed Geodoc, who had been listening to the directions better than I had, and ended up near the boat dock when it started to pour rain. We decided to wait it out a bit and took in the local wildlife (geckos)while we waited .

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Then we took off to Artist’s Palette for some drinks. We were so thirsty. The rain settled in to a sprinkle and we headed to the boat. As we walked down the stairs the girls veered left and we were saying no it’s this way. The girls had seen a cast member holding out stickers for them. I said “oh, they knew where they were going!” The boat came after about 5 min only to tell us it wasn’t running anymore due to lightning in the area.
Boat Dock
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Here comes the boat...not!
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We went back up the stairs to get to the bus stop and there was Jackie, the Cm who had given the girls the stickers. He had a golf cart and asked where we were going. There were two young, attractive girls ahead of us that he was talking too, but I figured since we were right behind them he meant us too! He said he would drive us to DD since he knew the boats just stopped running. How fabulous was this?! It had stopped raining by the time we got to DD and we just soaked it all up. My heart was racing at the shopping possibilities but I tried to restrain myself. We headed right to World of Disney and Snow bought an autograph book and Mini Montana bought a Pegasus with a blanket carrier. We headed over to T-Rex at 4:30 and were seated almost right away in the Sequoia room which is right next to the ice room so we got the benefits of both and we were close to the bathrooms!
Always stop for a picture with our friends!
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Having fun with merchandise!
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Getting pixie dusted by the Fairy Godmother in Training, "not enough to fly but enough to have luck"(or something along those lines)
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Pixie dust
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T-Rex restaurant.
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Our room for the next several shots.
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See how close to the restrooms we are? You can see the sign.
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Ice room changing color.
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Continued in next post!

purplepeg

09-01-2009, 11:02 PM

I had a drink “something sunset” it had mango puree and was sooo good. Geodoc had the caveman punch and he said it was very good too. I had the Omnivore salad with roasted chicken and Geodoc had a t-bone steak. The kids had mini corn dogs and chicken dinos and shrimp. They got to order two sides and Snow White ordered two fruits! I was impressed. The kids suggestions there were very good. Snow White lost a tooth at dinner. She had been wiggling it all day hoping it would come out because she had been to the dentist about two weeks before we left (both girls) and the dentist told them if they lose a tooth at Disney World Tinkerbell comes instead of the Tooth Fairy! Thanks Dentist! Mini Montana lost hers the night before at home and we gave her a choice to wait for Tink in WDW or have the Tooth Fairy visit at home. They both have had loose teeth for a while and he was trying to get them to wiggle them out. We were getting very tired and had gone to the bathroom about 4 times between the two of them! The waitress was awesome but everything seemed slow. It was probably because we were so tired. We went back to get the bus about 6:30. They had texted us about 4:15 to say our room was ready. We waited about 10-15 min for the bus and then stopped at TL first and then back to “home” Now we hadn’t taken the bus and had no idea how we would figure out where our stop would be. We should have known Disney would announce the bus stops.

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T-bone steak
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mini corn dogs.
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a young wooly mammoth..I mean Mini Montana!
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some big bug's hiney!
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Hidden Mickey
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Our Transportation "home"!
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After we arrived and got to our room it was in the Grandstand and about 30 seconds from the bus stop and 30 seconds from the Grandstand pool! I took a bunch of pictures of the room before we destroyed it’s loveliness and then had to run over to AP for some juice and snacks and some “Tink” presents (darn dentist)!

Several pictures of our 2 br villa. I know you've probably seen them before but I'm sure you haven't seen the ones I've taken (lol)

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Too many pictures! See next post.

purplepeg

09-01-2009, 11:09 PM

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On the way to get juice, etc. I found the pool!
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The luggage had been delivered from bell services by the time I got back and Geodoc had put most of the clothes away. The only problem was we couldn’t turn on the lights in the bedroom! We fiddled with switches we did everything we could think of and had to call maintenance! Turns out it was a GFCI outlet and it needed reset! It was behind a night table and we couldn't see it except to note the lamp was plugged in and now we had lights! Snow White wanted a bath in the Jacuzzi and it was going well until she moved, sloshed the water and the jets were pointing up out of the water so there was water everywhere!!! We had to wait until maintenance had come before Mini Montana could have a bath since the bathtub isn’t separated by a door from the bedroom. By 9 pm I was so done and so tired I went to bed and figured everything else could wait until tomorrow. Of course then I had to wait until the girls fell asleep because Tinkerbell had to visit! Thankfully I didn’t fall asleep and everything was set.

Tomorrow:
A man with a hat and a steak dinner.

PrincessCaitlin

09-02-2009, 08:50 AM

Saratoga Springs looks beautiful!

I am glad you enjoyed your Dinosaur dinner and great pics of the restaurant!

DisneyMomLiz

09-02-2009, 09:29 AM

Wow, amazed that you lasted so long that day, but you're right, being in Disney does give you that extra energy! :thumbsup2

:scared1: for the CM at SSR, I hope I don't get her when we arrive in 13 day! :banana: The pictures of SSR are great, thanks for sharing, I can't wait to see it in person :goodvibes

T-Rex looks cool, my DS might like it, perhaps we'll have to squeeze it in this trip?!

popcorn:: looking forward to the next update!

Queenofallthings

09-02-2009, 10:10 AM

Wow, those are great pictures of the rooms!! Oh to be back:sad2: Great update....:cool1:

purplepeg

09-02-2009, 10:25 AM

Saratoga Springs looks beautiful!

I am glad you enjoyed your Dinosaur dinner and great pics of the restaurant!

Thanks so much! We had fun there and it's quite amazing to see.

Wow, amazed that you lasted so long that day, but you're right, being in Disney does give you that extra energy! :thumbsup2

:scared1: for the CM at SSR, I hope I don't get her when we arrive in 13 day! :banana: The pictures of SSR are great, thanks for sharing, I can't wait to see it in person :goodvibes

T-Rex looks cool, my DS might like it, perhaps we'll have to squeeze it in this trip?!

popcorn:: looking forward to the next update!

I can't believe I lasted that long either!
I'm sure that CM was an exception to the rule there! It is such a beautiful resort. We loved it there:love: T-Rex is pretty cool, if you can't make dinner mayb you could just go to the gift shop, there's so much to see.

Wow, those are great pictures of the rooms!! Oh to be back:sad2: Great update....:cool1:

Oh thanks for your wonderful comments:worship::rotfl2:

TinkerbellLuvr7

09-02-2009, 10:27 AM

Oh man, when it rains it pours!!!

Hopefully the visit at AKL is more magical!!!

...as I was reading/looking at pictures, the commercial for WDW free dining came on, how exciting!!!!

Charleston Princess

09-02-2009, 05:24 PM

So glad the situation with Geodoc's missing name was fixed, but I cannot wait to see how the CM gets her comeuppance. :stir: ;)

T-Rex looks like a lot of fun, and the food looks very yummy!

Your 2-bedroom villa is lovely! What a great place to live for the week! :goodvibes

Diamondintheruff

09-03-2009, 07:27 PM

I do so love doing laundry at WDW. Of course I haven't had a washer and dryer in my room yet. Perhaps that would take away from the "escapism" aspect of it.

T-rex looks great especially geo's garlic mashed potatos. I could really go for some of those right now.

What a super long day you had. I don't know if I would have been able to stay up to wait for tink. I always do too much on arrival days-even if I mean to just relax. I always get a second wind but then when I come down from it I totally crash.

Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.

If you notice my new ticker I managed to talk Dh into another next month. Oh the planning I still need to do for it.

purplepeg

09-03-2009, 10:33 PM

Oh man, when it rains it pours!!!

Hopefully the visit at AKL is more magical!!!

...as I was reading/looking at pictures, the commercial for WDW free dining came on, how exciting!!!!

How fun with the timing of the commercial!

So glad the situation with Geodoc's missing name was fixed, but I cannot wait to see how the CM gets her comeuppance. :stir: ;)

T-Rex looks like a lot of fun, and the food looks very yummy!

Your 2-bedroom villa is lovely! What a great place to live for the week! :goodvibes

T-Rex was great and the food was very good. It definitely worked in our favor but I don't know id she realized it..you'll have to stay tuned:surfweb:

I do so love doing laundry at WDW. Of course I haven't had a washer and dryer in my room yet. Perhaps that would take away from the "escapism" aspect of it.

T-rex looks great especially geo's garlic mashed potatos. I could really go for some of those right now.

What a super long day you had. I don't know if I would have been able to stay up to wait for tink. I always do too much on arrival days-even if I mean to just relax. I always get a second wind but then when I come down from it I totally crash.

Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.

If you notice my new ticker I managed to talk Dh into another next month. Oh the planning I still need to do for it.

Yeah I didn't get to laundry with a book and coconut rum, It was thrown in and I was either bathing children or folding and putting away laundry or getting snacks or something. Sometimes it was Dis-ing. The only downside was the washer was really noisy so we really couldn't do a load when we went to bed.

I was surprised I even survived my long day! That's what takes me so long to recover from.

Is your next trip just a couples only again?

declansdad

09-04-2009, 08:36 AM

By 9 pm I was so done and so tired I went to bed and figured everything else could wait until tomorrow. Of course then I had to wait until the girls fell asleep because Tinkerbell had to visit! Thankfully I didn’t fall asleep and everything was set.

That sounds very familiar to me. I wonder if that happened on our trip too. Hmmm.

purplepeg

09-04-2009, 09:06 AM

That sounds very familiar to me. I wonder if that happened on our trip too. Hmmm.

Hmmm, I wonder...guess I'll just have to saty tuned!

purplepeg

09-04-2009, 09:42 AM

I woke up after having a terrible sleep. Here we are in this beautiful resort, in WDW , and I’m waking up in the night because I’m dreaming that H-e-double hockey sticks Angels are shooting at Mini Montana from 1950’s style hearses!!!!!!!!!!!!!What the heck is that all about? Anyway, we came a couple of days earlier than Queen so I could recuperate from the travel day and relax for a couple of days before the onslaught of the parks began. Well because we had so many extra table service credits to use because, #1 we ate at T-Rex last night (not on the dining plan) and #2we were paying for Jas and Queen when they weren’t here, I decided to book us a character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare for 10 am. That meant up at 7 and out the door by 8:30. Now the girls were easy to get up again today because Tinkerbell had come during the night and left them each a Tinkerbell key ring and a Tinkerbell charm for their add a charm bracelets they have. They were so excited. We waited 5 min for a bus, and we waited on comfortable benches, in the shade. Those of you at Value will know what I’m talking about! Wow, we never knew any different, but I could tell this was obviously going to be a very different vacation from past ones. It took 10 min to do a loop of the resort to pick up other passengers and we were off to Magic Kingdom. It took about 15 to arrive at Magic Kingdom. I talked to some families on the bus who said the crowds in the parks were really bad. I started to feel “oh no!” And then I thought, “Well maybe they’ve never been here before or maybe never been during a busy season”. I figured when we got to the parks we would be fine with the plans we had. We know how to use FP and make the most of our time here. We headed over to the monorail and enjoyed how all the busses and monorails have the celebration balloons all over them.

A steamy morning.
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Geodoc was committed to getting me in some of the pictures, because I am usually the photograper.
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I missed adding this picture in my last post. It's a nice picture of the building we were in.
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We ended up at GF by 9:30. We looked in the shops a bit and took in the beautiful lobby and then headed down to check in.
Gee the flowers are beautiful here.
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We thought maybe we would get in early. We were called within a couple of minutes and had our photo taken. I didn’t realize they did this here. We were seated and had a lovely person seat us and she explained what direction the characters come and that since Mary Poppins was very close to our table we should wait for her before we headed to get breakfast. We had an amazing waitress and I forgot to write her name down, we had endless juice and coffee and she was very attentive without being too much. Mary came quickly and the girls are very quiet with the characters so I said “Mary we just watched your movie again just the other night.” She replied to the girls, “then you know my special word”......they never said anything, just stared at her. Then she said “supercalifragilisticexpealidocius(?sp).

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After Mary, Tigger came around being super bouncy.

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Between them we grabbed some breakfast. Boy the food is great here. We became very full very quickly. I tried the lobster eggs Benedict that were fabulous, and the citrus syrup for the French toast was amazing! Pooh bear came around and was being very mischievous. I had brought a small mat for a picture for Mini Montana to have signed by the characters and Pooh put it on his nose and started to walk away. The girls thought he was so hilarious, actually we did too! We were just so excited to be there and see the kids faces and interactions with the characters, I got misty eyed. Pooh was so great, he gave everyone hugs, including Geodoc and I as well as the girls.

A great BIG bear hug! You can't even see Snow White but that's her hand holding the autograph book. I absolutely love the look on Mini Montana's face in this shot.
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Pooh being silly with the mat on his nose!
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I'm going to tickle your neck!
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After we saw Pooh we had a few minutes to wait before Alice came and the girls grabbed more food, especially dessert! While we were eating and enjoying the antics of the characters we were enjoying the Mad Hatter. He was hilarious this day. When he was at the table beside us he was yelling KEVIN!!!!! At the top of his lungs. I assumed he was calling a cast member to take a picture or something but it was actually a teenage boy that was getting his food and wasn’t at the table. He yelled and yelled until he came back. We laughed so hard. When he came to our table I think the girls were scared because they hardly spoke, especially Mini Montana. Snow White handed him her autograph book, which was a princess one, and he said princesses were so boring, sing, fall in love, get married....BORING! Then he asked Snow White why they were so quiet, he said it was scary and kept making funny faces. Geodoc and I loved every minute of this. Then I said to the Mad Hatter “mini Montana thinks you may be louder than she is” He says “oh I don’t think so, let’s try 1-2-3-aaaaahhhhh” at the top of his lungs he screamed and Mini Montana, at first just looked at him like “you’re allowed to do that?” and then she joined in with him. We had so much fun.

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The Mad Hatter wondering what was wrong with the girls.
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Being silly!
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After us the table he went to near us had a teenage boy that the family and the Mad Hatter were harassing and then he called for Alice at the top of his lungs to come over. When she got there he told her the boy needed a girlfriend so she sat in his chair with him and then gave him a kiss that left lipstick on his cheek! I am sure that boy was purple from embarrassment and the family kept egging them on while videotaping the whole thing. It was quite entertaining to see.

We finished up by 11 and were back at the hotel by 12. We had about a 15 min wait for the bus. When we got off the monorail we had been talking to girl who was celebrating her first visit and her 10th birthday. She had pins stating that all over her in addition to her very large balloon she had with her. We wished her a magical day and asked what she was going to do first. She replied “Space Mountain!” I hated to burst her bubble but felt the need to let her know SM was down for rehab. She looked disappointed and then her bubbly-ness came back and said “well I’ll still have fun!” Way to go kid, that’s the spirit!

The menu for breakfast, I was so misty eyed about the characters, I forgot to take pictures of the food!
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I had to take this picture. It's a window in the lobby of GF talking about Fairy Tale weddings. I said to Geodoc, maybe we'll have one of those....better start saving now!
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Our bus stop number at MK..not to rub it in or anything! We could hardly believe it ourselves.
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We had an empty bus on the way back. Once back at the hotel, Geodoc took the kids for a swim and I finished organizing. They came back about 1:45 and had snacks. Garden Grocer order was supposed to come between 1 and 3 so I stayed in the room and when it still wasn’t there by 3:10 I phoned down to bell services and it was there. When bell services came up with the order I asked about it saying I was in the room and he (again, not such a nice tone) said “well you have to phone down we don’t know when you’re in your room!” I had no idea. No one ever mentioned that on the boards before so note to self....remember that in the future!

I had to try this with the Mickeys.
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Kids enjoying the balcony.
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Continued in next post.

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09-04-2009, 10:09 AM

We quickly put everything away and we were back out the door by 4pm for our dinner at the Yachtsman Steakhouse and the kids were going to the Sandcastle Club.
We had never been to Beach Club or Yacht Club. We thought the quickest way to get there was to take the boat to Downtown Disney and then take the bus to Yacht and Beach Club near Pleasure Island. We had a 5:30 reservation for the kids at the Sandcastle Club and then our dinner at Yachtsman was at 6 pm.

Views of Downtown Disney from the water side
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We'd be eating here tomorrow evening.
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On the bus, don't they look tired?
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We loved the decor in both resorts. We got to Beach Club about 5:20 and followed the signs to the Sandcastle Club. We had never put the kids in a care area before and we were very impressed. The kids got to choose what they wanted for dinner from the usual kids fare so they chose mac and cheese. They had a choice of beverages and times the food could be served. They really didn’t eat lunch after our huge breakfast so they were hungry. We left with a pager and a map to the Yachtsman Steakhouse! The kids didn’t seem too sad to see us go as there were two very large TV screens for the Wii they had there as well as lots of other cool playthings.
I had to stop along the way and take in the sights and take some pictures of the resorts.
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We ended up at the Yachtsman by 5:30...we were hungry too! We were seatd almost right away and had the most amazing waitress named Vicki. She talked to us for a bit and I had been leaning on the table and when I sat back the table moved and she was ready to move us to a different table. I said “no, no, it’s fine.” Off she goes and comes back with a napkin, figures out where the table is off balance and puts the napkin under the appropriate leg. She was just amazing!

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Geodoc ordered the 24 oz Porterhouse and I had the filet. I wasn’t sure what to get but it came with creamy mashed potatoes and that just really appealed to me. We ordered a side of rainbow carrots that were just heavenly. We had onion bread to start. We also had a nice White Zinfandel wine too. We took our time over dinner and then dessert. They show you the desserts as you come in, I think that’s so you save room

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Geodoc had Banana Napolean and I had sorbet one was pomegranate-blueberry and the other was lemon-basil, different flavour with the basil but very light and refreshing.

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I see as I post this I had another flavour too..maybe raspberry or strawberry?
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I'll have to finish this later. Apparently the children want to go to the park. Since we've had a nonexistant summer I'd better go before the weather turns. Of course the mosquitos may carry the children away when we're there! I'll finish later today, I promise, it's all typed out and pictures are loaded, just a matter of putting it all together.

PrincessCaitlin

09-04-2009, 04:24 PM

The Yachtsman steakhouse looks good!

I am glad your second day is off to such a great start!

Can't wait for more!

DisneyMomLiz

09-04-2009, 04:50 PM

Ooh, aah! Love all the pics. :) Thanks for all the details about the wait times for buses at SSR and from parks to SSR. That's my only "concern" for this trip...yeah right, I'll be at WDW concerns don't exist, right?! ;)

Yachtsman looks yummy...Sandcastle Club sounds cool, too bad DS is only 3, he might like that...always next year!

purplepeg

09-04-2009, 10:34 PM

The Yachtsman steakhouse looks good!

I am glad your second day is off to such a great start!

Can't wait for more!

It was sooo good! More coming soon.

Ooh, aah! Love all the pics. :) Thanks for all the details about the wait times for buses at SSR and from parks to SSR. That's my only "concern" for this trip...yeah right, I'll be at WDW concerns don't exist, right?! ;)

Yachtsman looks yummy...Sandcastle Club sounds cool, too bad DS is only 3, he might like that...always next year!

That's right, once you're in Disney, nothing matters:rolleyes1We absolutely loved the bus service at SS. Yachtsman was sooo yummy. Perhaps next year for ds, the kids had a blast!

purplepeg

09-04-2009, 10:57 PM

So I last left you with pictures of dessert.

They also have a butcher you can see through the glass when you first come in. She was gone when we left so I was just able to take pictures of the steaks she had left. I would highly recommend this restaurant. We felt really pampered and the food was excellent as it should be when it costs you two table service credits!
The butcher was gone but this is what she left.
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We wandered into the gift shop at the Yacht Club and bought some gifts for people at home and a shirt and tie for Geodoc. We bought a magnet for my mother-in-law that made me laugh it said “there are lots of things to be serious about...I seriously need a glass of wine”

Around the lobby.

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Then we headed over to the Beach Club gift shop and looked and took in the sights and then decided since we were going to Blizzard Beach in the morning we should get the kids and head back to the hotel because it would take a while.

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More gorgeous flowers.
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Hope to be on here again soon.
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I think it was about 8 pm, the kids were doing a craft so by the time we were done checking them out they were almost ready to leave. The CM gave us two cups with cookies in them for later. I guess we were leaving before the snack was given out. It turns out there were 4 full size oreo cookies in each cup! We took a bus to DD and then another bus back to SS and were back by 9:15. We were all really tired again, Snow White looked especially tired. The girls had to leave thank you notes for Tinkerbell knowing she would leave them a note back (thanks again Dentist!). The first night Snow White slept in, what would be Queen and Jasmine’s room and Mini Montana slept on the pull out. Tonight they both slept on the pullout couch. Thankfully they fell asleep quickly, notes were left and collected and we all settled in to a nice sleep.

Tomorrow: Blizzard Beach and Queen and Jasmine arrive...do they survive the plane trip?

Hypermommy

09-06-2009, 08:55 AM

purplepeg

09-06-2009, 10:21 AM

Woo hooo!!!! What a great start!!! Loving all the pictures!!!!

Can't wait to hear how it bit the counter girl in the butt. Oh, girlfriend... you definitely need to take me on a trip with you. Hating confrontation indeed... my dear... it's what I LIVE for!!!

You'll love that picture of them with the Pooh characters as they grow. I wish mine were young again so I could do that. But then again, that's too much work. Eating Machine #1 is 16 at the beginning of October and EM#2 is 14 next week and they're both pushing 6' so hopefully they won't grow too much more.

I'm looking at the pictures of the rooms and thinking, hmmmm, maybe we need to get something with a kitchen for next time we go and then I stop and think.... oh yeah... my kitchen's gonna be only 45 min away. LOL

Great shot of MM with Pooh! The Mad Hatter sounds great! Might just have to eat there one day!!!! LOL about the poor embarrassed boy at the next table.... what fun is it having kids if you don't mortify them now and again, huh?

Cool picture with the Mickeys in the railings.

I'd heard about the Kitchen Sink and the No Way Jose... great to see what they include. Thanks for the picture there!!!

Gotta run and get the eating machines up for church. So glad I got a chance to catch up. The pictures are fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for checking in on the report. Glad you had a great first week at work. the bite her in the butt doesn't come for almost a week but I'll let you know for sure. Boy, you're going to need a second job just to feed and clothe them!(your boys)

45 min away, how awesome is that?

I do treasure our time with the kids, seeing Jasmine gow up so quick helps reinforce that!!

We've never been to Beaches and Cream but when we walked by I decided that we needed a picture and make sure we get back there one day.

We wished we had our video camera to capture the Mad Hatter's interaction with the girls but it was one more thing to carry!

Have fun at church!

TinkerbellLuvr7

09-06-2009, 10:56 AM

Queenofallthings

09-06-2009, 10:57 AM

See, that's why Hypermommy and I get along so well....sarcasm and confrontation, it's our specialities.....:lmao: You are gonna LOVE the "bite in the butt" hopefully Peg will get moving on this TR so we at least get to the day Jasmine and I arrive so I can put my 2 cents worth in:rotfl2:

lisalonglash

09-06-2009, 11:03 AM

Queenofallthings

09-06-2009, 11:08 AM

I'm so glad you and Geodoc had such a wonderful dinner together :thumbsup2 That resort looks so fabulous!! Great pictures, as always :goodvibes Why couldn't you and Queen have gone to WDW while we were there?! I have a feeling we'd make a spectacle of ourselves if that happened though :lmao:

Can't wait for the next installment - great stuff, Peg!! :banana:

Hey, there is always future trips to make spectacles of ourselves:lmao:I'm up for it anytime.....We could start planning anytime now.....:rotfl:

Jasmine is trying her hardest to talk me into a graduation trip next summer. She said she will pay for her half of everything and her entire flight....maybe I can make this work. Only thing is Peg and Geodoc have spoiled her and made her into a resort snob....if we go I told her value all the way....mama's broke:laughing:

MEK

09-06-2009, 03:44 PM

I love your TR so far! Great pictures to describe all your activities. It sounds like you are off to a fun start. Nice dinner at the Yachtsman!

Hypermommy

09-06-2009, 08:27 PM

See, that's why Hypermommy and I get along so well....sarcasm and confrontation, it's our specialities....

Now, girlfriend, you know I love you.... but the first thought that comes to mind is maybe growing up with you has something to do with Peg's distaste for confrontation.

/me ducking and running

Only thing is Peg and Geodoc have spoiled her and made her into a resort snob....if we go I told her value all the way....mama's broke:laughing:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Just tell her value means more money for the parks and such! But can she break herself away from that boyfriend. How'd that go? I'm sure she missed him terribly (I remember what it was like to be that age).

Queenofallthings

09-06-2009, 11:30 PM

Now, girlfriend, you know I love you.... but the first thought that comes to mind is maybe growing up with you has something to do with Peg's distaste for confrontation.

/me ducking and running

Ok, I'm gonna give ya that one cause I think you may be on to something....

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Just tell her value means more money for the parks and such! But can she break herself away from that boyfriend. How'd that go? I'm sure she missed him terribly (I remember what it was like to be that age).

She said if we go next year she wants Thomas to come with us...apparently
3 weeks was too long....even though they texted every night. He had quite the surprises waiting for her when we got home...but you"ll have to wait for those

Hypermommy

09-07-2009, 06:49 AM

pooksma

09-07-2009, 08:49 AM

:yay::yay:Hello new friends! I'm sorry to be arriving late. What beautiful photos you have taken.

I'm glad your girls enjoyed Mary Poppins at the GF. I was a little disappointed at her lack of interaction but was very impressed by Alice. She was fabulous!

The lobster eggs benedict was one of my favs that meal as well. The taste was very different from my usual eggs benedict. Yum!

Nice to see that purplepeg and Geodoc enjoyed a quiet "big people" dinner. We have never visited Beach or Yacht Clubs. I might have to visit next trip.

Until the next installment:thumbsup2

Queenofallthings

09-07-2009, 10:49 AM

With the "quite the surprise" it sounds like he might be worth keeping... if she wasn't so dadgummed young! Ahhh, but I remember those days. Every boyfriend I had I thought was "the one". Thank goodness God kept me unentangled until I met King Charming!

Isn't that the truth...he is quite an amazing young man, we love him to death!!

:yay::yay:Hello new friends! I'm sorry to be arriving late. What beautiful photos you have taken.

I'm glad your girls enjoyed Mary Poppins at the GF. I was a little disappointed at her lack of interaction but was very impressed by Alice. She was fabulous!

The lobster eggs benedict was one of my favs that meal as well. The taste was very different from my usual eggs benedict. Yum!

Nice to see that purplepeg and Geodoc enjoyed a quiet "big people" dinner. We have never visited Beach or Yacht Clubs. I might have to visit next trip.

Until the next installment:thumbsup2

Hello to you too!!;)

As soon as Peg gets moving on her last day I can start writing, but since we're still at the part where Jas and I are still in Winnipeg it's kinda hard!! :rotfl2:

Seriously....lobster eggs benedict....I'm booking there next time too!!!

Hypermommy

09-07-2009, 05:09 PM

As soon as Peg gets moving on her last day I can start writing, but since we're still at the part where Jas and I are still in Winnipeg it's kinda hard!! :rotfl2:

So start writing about what you were doing in Winnipeg. Maybe it'll spur Peg to get off her butt and get caught up! :rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

09-07-2009, 05:12 PM

I've waited long enough!!! Since Peg and Geodoc have been to the Yachtsman Steakhouse on the Sunday evening I figure I can post Sunday evening and our travel day:cool1::banana:

I of course couldn't sleep so was up and about pretty early Sunday morning. Jasmine had received a text from my girlfriends daughter asking what time we were leaving on Monday to go to Orlando. Stacey had spent the summer in Winnipeg working and was now going back home to start her last year of university at Florida Gulf Coast. She is my girlfriend Denice's daughter and Denice's hubby works for Team Disney!! Turns out she brought most of her wardrobe to Winnipeg and then bought another wardrobe while she was here and was clearly overweight in her luggage allotment:rotfl2: Not a problem though, we were allowed 2 suitcases of 50 pounds each and only planned on taking 3 so Stacey came over around 2 with 2 laundry baskets full of cloths and shoes:confused3 I figured though, if I did alot of shopping (like I wouldn't) I now had an empty suitcase to fill:rolleyes1

Right before Stac got to the house, my BFF who was supposed to be joining us on our trip, called to see if I needed any last minute help. I was pretty organized and was trying to space out my day so I wasn't sitting with nothing to do...we all know how time drags when that happens:rolleyes: Brenda came over and we did absolutely nothing but sit and visit....she needed some time away from home and to just be able to talk...her mother's death hit her very hard. She stayed until dinner time and headed home and at this point I realized how different our last 9 days would be now that they weren't joining us. It made me a little sad:sad1:

Thomas picked Jasmine up from work for me so I didn't have to run out and while he was away my friend Krysta and her hubby stopped in quickly to wish us a fabulous trip...I have great friends:hug: We decided to have kraft dinner for supper as it would finish off the milk and we would have no leftovers. The cupboards were very bare:banana:

Jasmine was very tired and by 1030pm her and Thomas were both sleeping. I looked at them both around 1230 and thought well I might as well have my shower first so off I went. I woke Jasmine up around 130am and she really didn't want to get up off the couch, but a quick reminder that today was the day, she sprang up;) We let Thomas sleep until 315am figuring by the time we put all the suitcases into the van we would be on the road by 345am, which we were.

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suitcases by the door ready to be loaded into Thomas' van
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Jasmine and Thomas getting in their last snuggles before heading out to the airport
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Every year, I take a picture of the limo...this year our limo was Thomas' van
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I am a little OCD on the way to the airport and at the airport, I check my bags for passports and tickets etc about 50 times....I may be doing that here
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Clearly I'm satisfied that I have everything because I look like I'm about to enjoy my coffee and bagel.....or at least I'm doing a good impression of that
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our boarding passes and my beloved Tim Horton's coffee
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On the plane, we decided I would have the window seat from Winnipeg to Toronto and Jasmine would have it from Toronto to Orlando
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We were all boarded and ready to take off 15 minutes before our scheduled time so the pilot came out to chat about the weather on the way to Toronto...looked like we were in for a smooth flight:cloud9:
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Jasmine doing what she does before every flight....reading the safety flyer.:scared1:
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I tried to take a picture of the sign that says Welcome to Winnipeg, but between the condensation on the window and the fact that the sun was just coming up, it didn't turn out too well
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Lift off from Winnipeg

We ended up arriving in Toronto 15 minutes ahead of schedule which was perfect, I didn't feel the need to rush off the plane only to wait at the luggage carousel to get our stuff to clear customs. The customs line was relatively short compared to how I've seen it on past trips so felt really good about how things were moving. Made it through customs no problem, as a matter of fact, had one of the nicest custom's agents ever. She was asking us if we had ever been before and that Jasmine didn't look anything like her photo on her passport....oh to be a girl and change your hair every two weeks.

Got our luggage back on the connecting baggage thingy and proceeded to our next gate. Just as we got there they were calling for pre-boarding so we sat and relaxed for a few minutes, but as soon as they called for general boarding Jasmine was up and ready to get in line. I looked at her and said, why are we going to stand there when the line is so long...she proceeded to tell me we would be sitting on a plane for over 2 hours so standing would do me good....she had a point:rolleyes1

I am going to post this, get dinner started, then I will post some more pics....enjoy!!

Hypermommy

09-07-2009, 05:51 PM

Woot!!! Queen has started! Now we can really know what's going on. Not that you fib or anything, Peg, but I know how you younger siblings can twist things! :rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

09-07-2009, 06:29 PM

This leg of our journey Jasmine had the coveted window seat....with the window seat comes the incredible responsibility of picture taking. I hand over the camera and tell her to take some photos of the plane.

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Well apparently my little darling didn't want to look like a dork, her word, not mine, so she simply raised the camera above her head and snapped a few shots. I'm sure this poor woman was wondering what she was doing.:confused3
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Everyone sit back and enjoy this photo as it's the last one my little darling took on this leg of the journey:eek: Yup, that's right, it's take off from Toronto, but there is no half way pictures, no landing pictures, nothing:eek:!!
Clearly, I can't sleep on the aircraft and leave my daughter in charge. When we were landing I said where's the camera, she pointed out there would be no pictures being taken as she was too busy hanging on....it wasn't even a bad landing:rotfl: Oh well, nothing I can do about it now
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Arrival into the terminal in Orlando
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Jasmine on the mini monorail...you truly know you've arrived when you board this little puppy
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Outside the Disney Store but no time to shop, Peg is waiting at the resort for us
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Coming down the escalator on our way to Magical Express
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Meeting our very first CM of this trip, he was an absolute doll!
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There was only us and one other family on our bus to SSR so we were on the road pretty quickly. Jasmine took this pic of the control tower and is very proud of it...she apparently doesn't mind taking pictures from the bus:rolleyes1
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We have never stayed at SSR before so this was a whole new route into the World for us...it was very close to DTD...nothing like the first glimpse of that sign though:cloud9:
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Jasmine was sitting by the window but she was getting a glare so I tried from my seat and it turned out a little better
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Entering Saratoga Springs Resort. We were so happy, we couldn't wait to see Peg, Geodoc and the girls and were so excited about our new accomodations
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I don't think I smiled more than when I saw that Welcome Home sign....warms my heart just thinking about it

When we pulled up Peg and Mini Montana were waiting for us. I didn't have my camera out, but I know Peg has pictures of our arrival on ME.

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Not sure which building this was, I was just snapping pictures

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Jasmine was starving when we arrived so her and I headed to Artist's Point. Jasmine doesn't eat before or during a flight so she was definitely ready to eat. If memory serves me, I believe she had some sort of flatbread that she didn't really enjoy.

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On our way to our room I wanted a shot of the girls by this statue
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I'm not sure what this building is, I was just snapping pictures
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Jasmine, Geodoc and Mini Montana walking to our room

Apparently the children want to eat....I'll be back after dinnerpopcorn::

Queenofallthings

09-07-2009, 08:28 PM

Ok, the kids are fed and out the door....now I can get down to business...where was I...oh yeah walking to the resort.
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Outside our villa, I wanted a picture before we even walked in. Peg had told me the night before on the phone that I wasn't going to believe how beautiful this place was and she was right, it was stunning
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Mine and Jasmine's room for the first 5 days of our vacation, queen beds at Disneyworld, I've never had a queen bed at Disneyworld....it was great
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As you can see we got some business out of the way as soon as we arrived...we bought our mugs
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Double sinks, how I grew to love these...within 3.2 seconds of arrival. Now I wish my bathroom at home was big enough to fit a double sink.

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Mini Montana and Snow White in the living room just before everyone settled down for an afternoon nap
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We decided to lie down for a couple of hours before our dinner at Raglan Road at 630pm. Even though I slept on the plane, I was still exhausted. Mini Montana, Snow White and Jasmine enjoying the balcony right after our naps. Look at MM, doesn't she look adorable, I think she woke up, walked out onto the balcony and right on Jasmine's knee....you'll notice she missed her cousin, she's stuck to her like glue.

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On the boat from SSR to DTD, once again MM was attached to Jasmine
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View of the West Side from the boat
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Bongo's Restaurant
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Characters In Flight balloon...we never did ride this, the one time we seemed to have time, the weather wasn't co-operating.
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Jasmine and Mini Montana on the way from the boat to Raglan Road...like I said she was stuck to her like glue.
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Everyone outside Raglan Road before we went in for dinner. We actually had a little time before dinner so we went into the store to look around, but surprisingly, I bought nothing.
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All of us at dinner, our waiter John who was fabulous, took this shot for us. We were never without anything, he took very good care of us, a great way to start our vacation...we all agreed on this
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It's Not Bleedin Chowder...this was my dinner and I loved it, I also loved the bread that came before it and as I was shoving it down my throat I thought, gosh I hope I'm not eating too much bread to enjoy the rest of my dinner.....
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Jasmine had the salmon, she said it was ok, not a favorite, but ok
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Jasmine didn't want dessert, she said she was too full, whatever, you're ordering something so we can all try it....so this is what she ordered. Hey, the dining plan was bought and paid for...bring on the food
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I had the bread pudding I had read so much about and was scared I would be disappointed after all the hype...well I shouldn't have worried, it was pure heaven, I would have it again in a heartbeat....however, that bread from before dinner came back to haunt me, yup, I couldn't finish my dessert, which for those of you who know me well, this is just wrong.
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Jasmine took this shot from the dock while we were waiting for the boat to go "home" doesn't that sound wonderful. I think I might have looked like a loon on that dock....grinning from ear to ear for no apparent reason.
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Geodoc, MM, Jasmine and I all headed back to SSR but Peg and SW took a detour to Goofy's Candy Co. My girlfriend Denice had sent me a text while we were at dinner to let me know she was ready to come and pick up Stacey's clothes whenever we were back at the resort. I quickly replied that we were on our way back and she could come on over. I was thrilled when we walked in and all of our luggage was there....everytime we take ME, I always worry, not sure why, but I do.

She arrived not long after Peg and SW returned so we all had a short visit and made some arrangements for an upcoming shopping trip to the Florida Mall (Jasmine can't be in the USA and not hit Hollister, A & F, and Forever 21) so plans made, suitcase in hand she was off. I finished unpacking everything and literally fell into bed, pure exhaustion, but sheer happiness.

Next update.....DHS!!!!!

purplepeg

09-07-2009, 10:56 PM

GREAT UPDATE!!!!!

..our ressie for Dec got mixed up and we are having to stay one night at YC before moving to WL (darn right?!) but anways, random question but what time were you outside when you were taking pictures of the pirate slide?? Someone had told me the the slides close at 8 so I was just curious!!

YS looks AMAZING!! we have that as our second choice for our trip...Artist Pointe first bc we've always wanted to eat there and by that time we'll be at WL and without a car so we figured why not but YS is def. number 2!!

I know we picked the kids up at 8 pm and we stopped in at the gift shop first. How nice you get to stay at YC!
See, that's why Hypermommy and I get along so well....sarcasm and confrontation, it's our specialities.....:lmao: You are gonna LOVE the "bite in the butt" hopefully Peg will get moving on this TR so we at least get to the day Jasmine and I arrive so I can put my 2 cents worth in:rotfl2:

Blah, blah, blah:rolleyes1

I'm so glad you and Geodoc had such a wonderful dinner together :thumbsup2 That resort looks so fabulous!! Great pictures, as always :goodvibes Why couldn't you and Queen have gone to WDW while we were there?! I have a feeling we'd make a spectacle of ourselves if that happened though :lmao:

Can't wait for the next installment - great stuff, Peg!! :banana:

Oh we definitely would have a great time:banana:Maybe next trip! Next installment coming soon.

I love your TR so far! Great pictures to describe all your activities. It sounds like you are off to a fun start. Nice dinner at the Yachtsman!

thanks so much! I enjoy seeing other people's pictures so I'm glad you are enjoying ours!

purplepeg

09-07-2009, 11:05 PM

Now, girlfriend, you know I love you.... but the first thought that comes to mind is maybe growing up with you has something to do with Peg's distaste for confrontation.

/me ducking and running

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Just tell her value means more money for the parks and such! But can she break herself away from that boyfriend. How'd that go? I'm sure she missed him terribly (I remember what it was like to be that age).

I have two words for you..."YA THINK!?"

With the "quite the surprise" it sounds like he might be worth keeping... if she wasn't so dadgummed young! Ahhh, but I remember those days. Every boyfriend I had I thought was "the one". Thank goodness God kept me unentangled until I met King Charming!

I feel the same way, glad I was free when Geodoc came along!

:yay::yay:Hello new friends! I'm sorry to be arriving late. What beautiful photos you have taken.

I'm glad your girls enjoyed Mary Poppins at the GF. I was a little disappointed at her lack of interaction but was very impressed by Alice. She was fabulous!

The lobster eggs benedict was one of my favs that meal as well. The taste was very different from my usual eggs benedict. Yum!

Nice to see that purplepeg and Geodoc enjoyed a quiet "big people" dinner. We have never visited Beach or Yacht Clubs. I might have to visit next trip.

Until the next installment:thumbsup2

Welcome new friend! I find if the kids are really quiet some of the characters really don't know what to do so they are quiet too. That's why we enjoyed Pooh and the Mad Hatter. That eggs benedict was sooo good!

So start writing about what you were doing in Winnipeg. Maybe it'll spur Peg to get off her butt and get caught up! :rotfl2:

Quit egging her on girl, don't you know how busy I am?!

Woot!!! Queen has started! Now we can really know what's going on. Not that you fib or anything, Peg, but I know how you younger siblings can twist things! :rotfl2:

OK, how many times do I have to tell you....even though I look MUCH younger, I am the OLDEST! I know it's hard to believe but I was having a wonderful life until my younger sister came along and made me a shell of my former self:lmao:

Diamondintheruff

09-07-2009, 11:17 PM

purplepeg

09-07-2009, 11:23 PM

My plan is to update in the next day or two. Snow White starts school on Wed, I have to take Jasmine school supply shopping tomorrow(our last year:sad1:) Mini Montana had her 5th birthday while Queen and Jasmine were away. So that means she starts Kindergarten this year:sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad 1:
I am soo very sad about this, my baby! She told me today I have to get used to being on my own now that she and Snow White will be at school and Geodoc will be at work:rotfl2: Then later she told me I was the best mom ever and I said you're the best kid and her reply...."I know!" All Queen!

Jasmine passed her driver's test and now has her license:scared1:So Geodoc says to her "there's this line from a movie Jasmine, 'with great power comes great responsibility' so have fun but drive safe!" I asked her about it later and she says , "yeah I told Thomas he said some Star Wars thing" and Thomas said to her "it's not Star Wars it's Spiderman", her reply?..."yeah whatever!":rotfl2:
We have been trying to enjoy the last few days of summer holidays now that summer has actually arrived in Manitoba so forgive me for not being on the computer! I know Mini Montana will love school, she's so smart, just like her big sister. She's counting down the sleeps until she goes and I know I'll be okay, almost made it all the way home before I started crying when Snow White started school, but I feel really sad. Time goes by fast enough, but once they start school it goes at warp speed:scared1:My oldest turned 9 this year and now my baby is 5, where does the time go? Forgive my rambling, just trying to explain that as much as I love being on here, my babies are growing and I'm trying to squeeze the last little bits of family fun we can have in.

Hypermommy

09-08-2009, 06:27 AM

Queen, I loved your line about "Hey, the dining plan was bought and paid for...bring on the food"!!!! Definitely a woman after my own heart!!!!

OK, how many times do I have to tell you....even though I look MUCH younger, I am the OLDEST! I know it's hard to believe but I was having a wonderful life until my younger sister came along and made me a shell of my former self:lmao:

Okay, okay... guess the memory must be the first thing that goes, huh. Or maybe it's just your constant fibbing and sniping at Queen that makes me think you're younger. You just act sooooooo much like a younger sister. :rotfl2:

She told me today I have to get used to being on my own now that she and Snow White will be at school and Geodoc will be at work:rotfl2: Then later she told me I was the best mom ever and I said you're the best kid and her reply...."I know!" All Queen!

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: That's my girl!!!!!!!! I just absolutely love her attitude! Especially the fact that she's telling you that you're going to have to get used to being on your own. How precious. So what are you going to do with all your free time now? I know you're not going to be doing a trip report... you'd give us all heart attacks if you actually proceeded in a timely fashion with your trip report. So what will you be doing with your time?

Jasmine passed her driver's test and now has her license:scared1:So Geodoc says to her "there's this line from a movie Jasmine, 'with great power comes great responsibility' so have fun but drive safe!"

Congrats to Jasmine!!!! :banana::banana:

Yeah, my youngest turns 14 this Friday so big brother was giving him advice to go ahead and get the book from the highway dept and start studying it. And that reminded me that it was time for "the speech". I told him that there are certain things that have to be done to get your license including taking a drugs class (Fla law). And I told him that he has to figure out what needs to be done, get it scheduled (check with us for our scheduling first) and find out how much it costs and everything. Then came "THE LINE"..... "If you're not mature enough to make this happen then you're surely not mature enough to get behind the wheel of a vehicle." Hey, it's worked so far... EM#1 is almost 16 and still hasn't gotten his act together (i.e., almost a year later and no learner's permit) so we don't have to pay insurance on him yet. :banana:

Forgive my rambling, just trying to explain that as much as I love being on here, my babies are growing and I'm trying to squeeze the last little bits of family fun we can have in.

Completely and totally understood. Now that I only get 1 day a week with my kids I'm fiercely guarding our time together. So (and I can't believe I'm saying this) you take your time and spend it with the babies. Don't worry about the trip report.

Until they go to school, that is. Then I expect you to make up for your lack of timeliness!!! :rotfl2::rotfl2:

TinkerbellLuvr7

09-08-2009, 10:45 AM

looks like you had a great first day!!!

Can't wait to see more!!!

Queenofallthings

09-08-2009, 08:01 PM

Just catching up after the long weekend at the cottage.

I love the excitment you feel on arrival day. You can see the sparkle in your eyes.

Haven't been to Raglan road but have wanted to go. It looks great.

Hope the girls all have a good first day back at school.

I imagine MM attached to Jasmine was a foreshadowing of Thomas being attached to Jasmine when you got home.

Hope you had as nice of weekend there as we did here. Apparently the weather was horrid while we were in FL, but the long weekend was sunny and 28 all three days...perfect:love:

Yes, Thomas hasn't been far away since we got home. He took two days off after we got home and I think he went home both nights at midnight and was back by 9am....too funny.

Queenofallthings

09-08-2009, 08:19 PM

:hug:My plan is to update in the next day or two. Snow White starts school on Wed, I have to take Jasmine school supply shopping tomorrow(our last year:sad1:) Mini Montana had her 5th birthday while Queen and Jasmine were away. So that means she starts Kindergarten this year:sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad 1:
I am soo very sad about this, my baby! She told me today I have to get used to being on my own now that she and Snow White will be at school and Geodoc will be at work:rotfl2: Then later she told me I was the best mom ever and I said you're the best kid and her reply...."I know!" All Queen!

Jasmine passed her driver's test and now has her license:scared1:So Geodoc says to her "there's this line from a movie Jasmine, 'with great power comes great responsibility' so have fun but drive safe!" I asked her about it later and she says , "yeah I told Thomas he said some Star Wars thing" and Thomas said to her "it's not Star Wars it's Spiderman", her reply?..."yeah whatever!":rotfl2:
We have been trying to enjoy the last few days of summer holidays now that summer has actually arrived in Manitoba so forgive me for not being on the computer! I know Mini Montana will love school, she's so smart, just like her big sister. She's counting down the sleeps until she goes and I know I'll be okay, almost made it all the way home before I started crying when Snow White started school, but I feel really sad. Time goes by fast enough, but once they start school it goes at warp speed:scared1:My oldest turned 9 this year and now my baby is 5, where does the time go? Forgive my rambling, just trying to explain that as much as I love being on here, my babies are growing and I'm trying to squeeze the last little bits of family fun we can have in.

Do you notice when she relates how alike Mini Montana and I are, it sounds like she's bitter??? or is it just me....I'm telling you all....she's and absolute perfect little angel:angel:

Just think if you didn't have your kids when you were in your 40's they'd be graduated by now:lmao::rotfl2: It's funny you're the older one with the much younger children.....:rotfl2: ok my work here is done Oh....did I mention my daughter drove her mommy to work today??

Queenofallthings

09-08-2009, 08:20 PM

looks like you had a great first day!!!

Can't wait to see more!!!

We really did have a wonderful first day, thanks so much.

Disney Brat

09-09-2009, 06:36 PM

Hypermommy

09-09-2009, 07:45 PM

Hope you had as nice of weekend there as we did here. Apparently the weather was horrid while we were in FL, but the long weekend was sunny and 28 all three days...perfect:love:

Yes, Thomas hasn't been far away since we got home. He took two days off after we got home and I think he went home both nights at midnight and was back by 9am....too funny.

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: Young love!!!

And I always get thrown when you mention temperatures. I have to remember that 28 doesn't mean there's snow on the ground and everyone's all bundled up (like it would mean here). :rotfl2:

did I mention my daughter drove her mommy to work today??

:rotfl2::rotfl2: I'm with you girl!!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fact that my guys are old enough to be pretty much left on their own. That leaves time for me and King Charming to reconnect and remember why we fell in love and had these eating machines anyway (must have been because there was just too much food at the grocery store). I can't iMAGine having a 5 year old at my age. Ugh!!!!! Too much work!!!!!!!

Queenofallthings

09-09-2009, 09:27 PM

Hi guys we're home! I had a great time looking through your TR so far! Such great pics, that resort is beautiful!!!! Can't wait to hear more of your trip!!

Queen- it was great meeting you guys!! Thanks so much for the drinks!! I was going to do a TR, but unfortunatly about 4 days before we came home, someone decided they needed our camera more than we did, so we lost all of our photos. We bought the two pack of disposables that I still have to get developed. We weren't going to do Photopass, so we hadn't taken many pics from them until after that camera was gone...so we have to order the CD still.

***Hijack over...lol back to your TR now!!! LOL***

So happy you're home!! You are more than welcome for the drinks, it was so nice to be able to spend that time with you guys, can't wait to see all of you now that we're all home!!

I am sick about your camera...how could someone sleep at night taking it?? Where was it taken from and did you check with lost and found...I'm thinking even now, it wouldn't hurt to keep checking for a little while:sad1:

The first thing Jasmine said is that now she can't see your little beauty's pictures from her BBB experience:sad2:

Queenofallthings

09-09-2009, 09:32 PM

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: Young love!!!

And I always get thrown when you mention temperatures. I have to remember that 28 doesn't mean there's snow on the ground and everyone's all bundled up (like it would mean here). :rotfl2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2: I'm with you girl!!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fact that my guys are old enough to be pretty much left on their own. That leaves time for me and King Charming to reconnect and remember why we fell in love and had these eating machines anyway (must have been because there was just too much food at the grocery store). I can't iMAGine having a 5 year old at my age. Ugh!!!!! Too much work!!!!!!!

Yes 28 is hot!!! I'll let you know when it's -28 and then you can feel sorry for us and send some Florida sunshine our way....actually in Manitoba we have beautiful blue sunny skies, but that means horribly cold temperatures. We often say...."but at least it's sunny"....I told ya, we're a little nutty up here.

Mini Montana wears me out when she's here for a sleepover...it's all the little things you forget....they can't make their own breakfast, they can't get their toothbrush out of the cupboard above the sink, they can't pour their own milk.....good god I'm happy Jas can feed herself and drive....BONUS!!!

Hypermommy

09-10-2009, 07:01 AM

I'm happy Jas can feed herself and drive....BONUS!!!

Oh, I don't know about that. Remember, I have to pay young man insurance (more expensive from what I hear... and probably rightfully so) times two! :scared1:

But I've given both guys an ultimatum that they have to figure out what needs to be done and make it happen. If they can't do that they're not mature enough to drive. EM#1 hasn't gotten his act together yet and he could have had his learner's permit for almost a year now. But I'm in nooooooo hurry. The idea of putting them behind the wheel of a two ton potential killing machine is scary as all get out!!!!! So I'm patiently waiting.

But it will be nice when mom's taxi can retire. Mom's worry machine will kick into high gear then, for sure, but at least the taxi can retire! :rotfl2:

Okay, Peg... the kids are back in school now, right? Where the heck are you girl?????

pooksma

09-10-2009, 12:32 PM

Congrats to Jasmine!!!!!!

I am not looking forward to the day Decaln starts to drive. Thankfully we are far away from that. Right now its keeping himself and his room reasonably clean that are the important things:lmao::lmao:

Queenofallthings

09-10-2009, 08:48 PM

Oh, I don't know about that. Remember, I have to pay young man insurance (more expensive from what I hear... and probably rightfully so) times two! :scared1:

But I've given both guys an ultimatum that they have to figure out what needs to be done and make it happen. If they can't do that they're not mature enough to drive. EM#1 hasn't gotten his act together yet and he could have had his learner's permit for almost a year now. But I'm in nooooooo hurry. The idea of putting them behind the wheel of a two ton potential killing machine is scary as all get out!!!!! So I'm patiently waiting.

But it will be nice when mom's taxi can retire. Mom's worry machine will kick into high gear then, for sure, but at least the taxi can retire! :rotfl2:

Okay, Peg... the kids are back in school now, right? Where the heck are you girl?????

Exactly, once again Peg is holding me back, I think I'll just post day 2 and she can catch up:banana:

Congrats to Jasmine!!!!!!

I am not looking forward to the day Decaln starts to drive. Thankfully we are far away from that. Right now its keeping himself and his room reasonably clean that are the important things:lmao::lmao:

He keeps his room clean, see, I should have told Jasmine she couldn't get her license until she could keep her room clean.....clearly, I wasn't thinking:laughing:

I past along your congrats....she's going driving:scared1:

declansdad

09-10-2009, 08:59 PM

He keeps his room clean, see, I should have told Jasmine she couldn't get her license until she could keep her room clean.....clearly, I wasn't thinking:laughing:

He not exactly good at keeping his room clean. Unless you count leaving his stuff in the other rooms of the house.
:rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

09-11-2009, 08:59 PM

He not exactly good at keeping his room clean. Unless you count leaving his stuff in the other rooms of the house.
:rotfl2:

I do believe that does count.....especially if you're a girl.....that's what Jasmine tells me;)

Queenofallthings

09-12-2009, 11:18 AM

Peg, where are you and why haven't you posted? Watch, she's gonna come back with, I have school, dance, piano, soccer, blah blah blah, she seriously has her priorities messed up. I am going to go ahead and post another day, see, I'm back to work full time now, so I have to post when I have the time and when Jasmine doesn't have the computer. She is working at noon today until 630pm so I know the computer is all mine....I do have to get the housework, laundry and something together for dinner, but hey, Dissing comes first

There is no greater feeling than that first wake up in WDW...didn't have a great sleep, but believe me, it had nothing to do with the beds, so comfortable! I think it is just too exciting and stimulating to actually have a restful sleep.

Jasmine and I got up around 7am and went to have breakie with the rest of the family. Having the kitchen and being able to have breakfast right in the room was something we quickly got used to! Our target time was 8:30am to be out of the room and at the bus stop, we actually accomplished this!

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As you can see, as soon as the girls were finished their breakfast Mini Montana was right on Jasmine's knee!! They were talking about the first ride of the day....ToT!!
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The absolutely beautiful view from outside our door of SSR, I loved this resort.
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I couldn't resist taking this shot to show just how close we were to the buses, I thought Peg had been exaggerating (sp?) when she said they were literally steps from the elevator. When you're used to staying at one of the farthest buildings at a value, this is heaven!
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Everyone waiting for the DHS bus...love the feeling when you see that first Disney bus of your trip
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Our bus stop for the first 5 days of our vacation....Grandstand
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Everyone boarded and ready to go
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The Grandstand stop was the first stop for pickup and the first stop for drop offs, this was wonderful....empty bus. I don't think we ever had people standing when we left for the park any day we were there...Peg, and I wrong on this?
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The girls walking up to ToT, I love the sights and smells of that ride, not sure why, but it always feels like an old friend
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The girls all ready to board, doesn't MM look scared? She wasn't, she kept telling us it's her favorite ride....she did have specific instructions of where everyone sat...well at least Jasmine and I...Jas on one side me on the other and that when certain aspects of the ride were over, we were to tap her on the knee to let her know she could open her eyes and uncover her ears. I tapped her 3 times before she screamed at me "I know, I'm just waiting a little longer" that girl is me through and through. lol
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Last year when we were at Animal Kingdom, MM got her photo taken beside the yeti foot to show she wasn't tall enough to ride, this year she wanted it taken beside the RnRC, it's always interesting to take certain photos every year to see how the kiddies have grown.
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Snow white with the rider switch ticket. MM wanted Jasmine to wait with her while we all rode, then SW, Geodoc and Jasmine would ride while Peg and I stayed with MM.
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I took this shot right before we entered the building
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ToT from the line for RnRC
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G-Force records, I love the details on all the rides and so often when the crowds are sparse you miss them. We ended up waiting almost an hour for this ride, so we saw all the detail
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I am embarrassed to say, it was only a couple of trips ago that I looked up and realized these were guitars....duh?
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First time for Snow White on RnRC, poor thing was terrified, but I gave her credit, I was sure we would be going out the chicken exit...well, not me, Peg, it is her child after all lol
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Had to grab a picture of the actual ride vehicle, it was her first time after all, it's what an auntie does
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By the time we got out of the ride, let's just say Jasmine wasn't happy. It was exactly an hour from the time we entered and it was hot that day! Poor things were dying of heat, she quickly got over it though once they went on the ride. Peg and I waited for them outside and Jasmine was right on the money, it was 10am and a scorcher. I promised myself as we left home though that I was not going to complain about the heat as we had such a horrible summer at home....let me tell you though, it was hard not to that day, but I was true to my word!
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So now that everyone had ridden the 2 covetted rides, we headed over to Star Tours. Now, this ride and I really don't get along, for some reason it makes me have motion sickness, so I decided I would just wait for them outside. I think this is Geodoc's favorite ride at DHS, or at least one of the top 3!

By the time they were done we decided it was time for lunch and headed over to the ABC Commissary. Jasmine had something called chicken bleu with fries and a lemonade and I had chicken curry with rice, I loved this. I thought I would be eating my fair share of hotdogs, hamburgers and fries over the next 3 weeks, so wanted to try something different and am so happy I did. Jasmine said her's was ok, I didn't have the heart to tell her the tangy taste she kept getting was blue cheese!!

After lunch we all decided to head back to SSR, it was time for the pool. We stopped for a couple of photopass pictures on the way out and lucked in that the bus was there a few minutes after we arrived.

I am at my limit for pictures, so will post this, get Jasmine off to work and I'll have another installment on by this evening. Enjoy everyone!

Hypermommy

09-12-2009, 11:28 AM

I am going to go ahead and post another day, see, I'm back to work full time now, so I have to post when I have the time and when Jasmine doesn't have the computer.

Yay!!!! :yay::yay::yay::yay:

I couldn't resist taking this shot to show just how close we were to the buses,

Maybe it's just me, but girlfriend, I think your eyes are going. I don't see no busses in the picture. Where are they?

The girls walking up to ToT, I love the sights and smells of that ride, not sure why, but it always feels like an old friend

I may have to rethink being your friend... not sure if I want to be associated with that group if your old friends are musty-smelling and cobweb filled. :rotfl:

Queenofallthings

09-12-2009, 12:14 PM

Yay!!!! :yay::yay::yay::yay:

Maybe it's just me, but girlfriend, I think your eyes are going. I don't see no busses in the picture. Where are they?

I may have to rethink being your friend... not sure if I want to be associated with that group if your old friends are musty-smelling and cobweb filled. :rotfl:

I knew you'd be happy with a post...Peg really is slacking:lmao:

Ok, you're right, ya got me....no bus but that's where the bus would be. Good lord, I am losing my mind....I have one with the bus there, it's just on another day......:rolleyes1

Nope, can't rethink being my friend...you're stuck with me.....we're not gettin any younger girl, we are cobweb filled:lmao:

ellajeansmom

09-12-2009, 03:36 PM

:wave2: I only noticed the other day that your actual trip report was started...I'm caught up now!

Sounds like a great trip so far...smooth flights, some good food and a lovely resort :thumbsup2

Looking forward to more!

Queenofallthings

09-12-2009, 04:13 PM

Hypermommy

09-13-2009, 07:13 AM

Nope, can't rethink being my friend...you're stuck with me.....we're not gettin any younger girl, we are cobweb filled:lmao:

Ain't that the truth!!! But I've got the solution... more coffee. And on a really good day, Irish coffee!!!

Oh good, glad you're here. I'm working on another installment as we speak:cutie:

You may be working on it but it's been over 12 hours since you posted and it ain't here. Guess you really are Peg's sister, huh? :rotfl2:

declansdad

09-13-2009, 08:54 AM

Great update. Declan would fit right in with you guys. He loves to sit on the hottest seat on the bus too, the back bench. :lmao:

Queenofallthings

09-13-2009, 11:28 AM

Ain't that the truth!!! But I've got the solution... more coffee. And on a really good day, Irish coffee!!!

You may be working on it but it's been over 12 hours since you posted and it ain't here. Guess you really are Peg's sister, huh? :rotfl2:rl

Mmmm, coffee, haven't had any yet, my girlfriends and I are meeting for brunch today so maybe I will have a "special" coffee since I'm not driving:confused3

Great update. Declan would fit right in with you guys. He loves to sit on the hottest seat on the bus too, the back bench. :lmao:

What is it with kids and the back of the bus....Manitoba in January I love that back seat, but Florida in August......:headache:

Queenofallthings

09-13-2009, 06:13 PM

So off to the hotel we go, but along the way we stop in front of the Hat for some photopass pictures. I like to do this on the way in when we are still fresh from morning showers etc, but Jasmine is always in a hurry to get to the rides....not so pretty after 3 hours in Florida heat. We will post those once we get the Photopass CD, which I believe Peg ordered today!

Jasmine and I got ready and headed straight to the pool, picked our coveted lounge chairs and I headed to the poolside bar...I know how surprised you all are. Anyhoodle, for my first day I decided to have a mango margarita, which was delicious, however, I gulped it back so fast because I was thirsty and I didn't bring any more money with me so it was my one and only drink. I remembered from this day forward to bring our mugs to actually quench our thirst so I could leisurely sip my cocktail. Jasmine indulged in a lava smoothie which was pina colada mix with raspberry puree, she had one everyday by the pool for the entire trip.

We stayed by the pool for about an hour and a half then decided we really needed to have at least half an hour rest before starting to get ready for dinner. We decided we would start showering at 330pm so we could all be at the bus stop by 445pm as we had an ADR at 50's Prime Time Cafe at 550pm.

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Jasmine "getting her tan on" her goal for this trip was to go home with a spectacular tan, all this while her auntie is harping on her about sunscreen. She did apply it when we went down to the pool in the afternoon but neither of us were very good about putting it on when we were going to the parks
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Grandstand Pool, this was the only pool Jasmine and I used while we were at SSR. It was literally right around the corner from our room. If we ever stay here again though, I would like to try the main pool. Darn it, I guess we`ll have to go back again
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Snow White giving me the thumbs up, how cute is she
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Geodoc and Mini Montana getting into the action. MM and SW were both in swimming lessons most of the summer so MM was all about showing us everything she learned.
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Jasmine realized as soon as we got to the pool she had forgotton her sunglasses, but god forbid we should actually go back to the room to get them. She hates this picture, but I happen to like it, I think it shows how happy she was to be here.

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All prettied up to go out for dinner, Geodoc took this at our bus stop.
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We finally arrived at 50`s and proceeded to the lounge or bar area and we were telling the girls that this is how grandma and grandpa`s house looked when we were little girls...they didn`t care. Too funny.
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Geodoc and Jasmine
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Bar area, not quite sure what Peg is doing here....
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Our parents had bookshelves that looked just like this....encyclopedia`s on every shelf though. To this day, our dad will still say, I don`t know why Jasmine doesn`t come and use the encyclopedia`s to do her homework...internet dad, it`s called the internet
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MM, SW, and Jasmine...everyone was quite hungry and it wasn`t long before we were called to dinner
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This young man showed us to our table and when I asked if I could get a picture of him with the girls, he asked why...I said because you`re such a handsome young man, he said I work with what I got lady. I thought Jasmine was good to pee her pants she was laughing so hard.
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Jasmine and MM waiting for din din
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Geodoc and Peg
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Me and SW, I think she wanted to sit with me here because I kept Lady Tremaine at bay last year
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Jasmine choose the salmon and she LOVED it, there was not a speck of anything left on her plate...last year she left some peas and she got them in a little dish with whipped cream for dessert....too funny
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I had what I`ve had every single time we`ve come here...pot roast...it didn`t disappoint. Jasmine decided against dessert as she had a milkshake with her meal and apparently was fulll....whatever....bring on the strawberry sundae for the mama
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Just another shot of Jasmine at the pool, I`ve been struggling with this post so I`m leaving it out of order...lol

After dinner we went to use our FP that Geodoc ran and got us while the rest of us rode ToT. We absolutely love this ride. This year we actually got to enjoy the scenery as we were waiting to ride...it was perfect.http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss349/Queenofallthings/110-2.jpg
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After riding TSM, we headed over to get seats for Fantasmic. It was the only night it was going to work out with our schedule so it was a must do. I decided before the show started that I wasn`t going to take any pictures, I was simply going to enjoy the show.

This very nice gentleman beside me and his wife started talking to me. They were so nice, so easy to have a conversation with. He asked where we were from and when I said Canada he seemed disappointed. He then asked how old Jasmine was and when I said 16, he said perfect, how do you feel about moving to Florida, we have a son your age and you seem like a really nice girl. We howled. He was a preacher in their home town and was trying to marry off his son.

Now, I don`t know if it`s because we`ve seen Fantasmic so many times and we`re just used to it, but we all said it didn`t seem as good this time. I think it broke my heart WDW could actually get old to me. I`ve seen Wishes and it still brings me to tears every time...oh well, doesn`t mean I won`t see it again next year when we go.

It was crazy getting out of their that evening and the line for the 10 oclock show was all the way to the front of the park. It took us over an hour to get a bus and get to the resort, but hey, that`s what happens when you wait until after a show.

Got back to the resort and we all headed straight to bed. Next update....MAGIC KINGDOM.....my favorite park....it may have something to do with a certain castle

Hypermommy

09-13-2009, 08:15 PM

Disney Brat

09-14-2009, 02:27 PM

GREAT update!!! Loved the pics!! That pool looks soooo inviting!! Can`t wait to hear more!!

Charleston Princess

09-15-2009, 06:09 AM

All caught up again! Lovely pool pictures! I don't think I have ever seen a WDW pool that I haven't wanted to try! :laughing:

Too funny about your dad, the encyclopedias, Jasmine, and the internet -- my FIL is like that, too! :lmao:

I so want to try Prime Time at some point -- just have to convince my family they will not be made objects of ridicule. :rolleyes:

declansdad

09-15-2009, 08:24 AM

The resort looks fantastic.

Queenofallthings

09-15-2009, 07:18 PM

Great update!!! Thanks!!!!!

You had me howling when you talked about the encyclopedias. I remember my parents having a set but of course, I would never even THINK of wasting the money now. As soon as they're printed they're out of date :rotfl2:

No clearly we can't be buying encycopedias.....we need that money to pay for our Disney trips:lmao:

GREAT update!!! Loved the pics!! That pool looks soooo inviting!! Can`t wait to hear more!!

Doesn't it? I said to Jasmine the other day there, I think we brought the Florida weather home with us. We really need to get together soon and chat about your holiday, I can't wait to hear all about it.popcorn::

All caught up again! Lovely pool pictures! I don't think I have ever seen a WDW pool that I haven't wanted to try! :laughing:

Too funny about your dad, the encyclopedias, Jasmine, and the internet -- my FIL is like that, too! :lmao:

I so want to try Prime Time at some point -- just have to convince my family they will not be made objects of ridicule. :rolleyes:

I agree 100% about the pool...wish I was there right now.

They did pick on Jasmine last year, but I think it was because she was a teen,...I just love to see SW and MM on their abstolute behavior. The best was in 2002 when Geodoc, Peg and SW surprised us and met us at WDW. We went to 50"s and Peg HATES green beans....I have the best pic ever of our waitress shoving them into her mouth:lmao:

The resort looks fantastic.

It really was, we loved it!! I did break it to Jasmine that when we go next summer, it's value all the way, unless there's a deal and maybe we would upgrade to moderate but not to get her hopes up.:rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

09-19-2009, 09:37 AM

I promise I will have another post up later on this evening. It has been a crazy week. This going back to work after being off for nearly 6 months is killing me, by 830 I'm ready for bed. I was also out 3 nights last week so that doesn't help. I really need to get into a routine again, when you're home all day housework, laundry etc just gets done, I remember going through this after maternity leave so I'm sure it will even out.

Jasmine has been a doll though and really stepped it up to help out, actually this week she did pretty much everything. :lovestruc She has today off and Thomas is working 9-6 so she wants to have a mom and daughter day, we're going to start looking for a grad gown, she wants to just look, try on different styles and colors to get an idea of what she wants.

Hope everyone has a great day and we'll see ya back here later tonight:confused:

ellajeansmom

09-19-2009, 07:33 PM

Queenofallthings

09-19-2009, 08:07 PM

Wow, a relaxing afternoon at the pool, a yummy dinner then TSM and Fantasmic!...sounds like a great second half to the day :thumbsup2

Jean was looking at your pics with me - she thinks you were lucky to have such nice looking lounge chairs at the pool and the salmon looked very good even though she doesn't like rice ;)

I hear you about life getting in the way of fun things like trip reports - the girls started all of their activities this week (ballet, skating, choir)...it was quite hectic!

Please tell Jean those lounge chairs were amazing....we were hoping for similar at AKL but nope, apparently just at SSR. I think I'm going to go outside my box next year and try the salmon!!

Hope you get into your routine soon too, it's always a shock to the system come September isn't it:lmao:

I think my pics are all downloaded now, so I'll try and get another day posted:banana:

Queenofallthings

09-19-2009, 08:49 PM

So here we are....Wednesday August 22 and we're heading to the Magic Kingdom...I never really feel like I'm at WDW until we visit MK. Once again, we were up around 730 so we could be down at the bus by 830am. We all had breakfast in the room (I really loved having that kitchen) and we headed down to catch the bus. We lucked in this morning and it was actually waiting there when we got there.

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Didn't quite realize this was our bus when I stopped outside to take the picture to really show how close the bus stop was with an actual bus at it...that was for Hypermommy!!
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Had to grab this shot...I love the Celebrate Balloon's and I love the anticipation of walking through into the MK, as you can see Jasmine is already pretty sick of me taking her picture and it's only day 2. I kept reminding her though that Diane said she had to get let's of pictures so she never really complained....I guess she knew I'd let you all know.
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We're here!! I always take a picture as soon as I get through that walkway...this year was so nice as there wasn't tons of people. Peg went and grabbed the stoller and we decided to see what characters were there and made a decision to stop.
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Again, love the decorations this year, so I made her pose again.
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The girls decided they wanted to wait and see Pluto so while they were in line I thought I would grab a shot of the train station.
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One of my favorite stores...Confectionary...Jasmine and I consumed our fair share of chocolate covered strawberries from here....I could so go for one right now
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Jasmine, Mini Montana and Snow White waiting patiently to see Pluto. We decided we wouldn't bolt for rides this trip, we were going to really enjoy everything along the way and if it meant waiting a little longer in line for a ride we were all ok with that. There is something about that characters and the little ones eyes that are pure magic.
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Jasmine has always loved horses and when she saw the trolley coming down main street she took the camera to grab this shot. A few years ago it was in front of the castle and I told her to go by the horse and I would take her picture...so off she went and want gently patting the horse and the gentleman driving it yelled at her...I mean yelled!!! I should find the pic, she looks terrified
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Jasmine and Pluto
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I absolutely love the look on Mini Montana's face, she was laughing hysterically and for the life of me I can't remember why...I think it might have had something to do with her photo frame he was signing but Peg would have to verify that.
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While the girls were finishing up, Jasmine ran to get a close up of the horse...we only have 100 from previous trips, but I guess we needed at least one more from 2009.
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My favorite store! I have to tell you I didn't buy a thing here until out last day....it just felt wrong that I hadn't bought anything so I said to Jasmine, that's where I'm going to buy our picture frame from this trip.
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Main Street USA...pure heaven....it was not busy at all so we had quite a leisurely stroll to Adventureland...we were off to Splash Mountain.
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Casey's, in my opinion, best hot dogs on the planet are sold here
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I took this as we were walking by Crystal Palace...never have too many pictures of the castle, can you??
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This picture does not do this tree justice, it is absolutely gorgeous, the deepest purple flowers I have ever seen. We, of course, do not have gorgeous foliage on the prairies, probably has something to do with our long cold winters :P
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On our way to Adventureland
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Decided to take the bridge and go through Liberty Square, my favorite part of the park. I think I was destined to have lived in this time period.
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The Hall of Presidents
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Too many photos...continued next post

Queenofallthings

09-19-2009, 08:53 PM

Diamondintheruff

09-19-2009, 09:27 PM

Queenofallthings

09-19-2009, 10:02 PM

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Liberty Tree Tavern, our favorite restaurant in MK, even without the characters we love the food here.
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We finally made it to Splash Mountain and were pleasantly surprised that there was only a 20 minute wait, and even more surprised that BTMRR had a 10 minute wait. We decided not to bother getting FP and just rode SM. The girls were pretty exciting about their first ride at MK, MM has already decided that she would be riding with Jasmine...last year Jasmine apparently did a really good job of holding onto her, unlike her daddy on BTMRR, more on that a little later

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How cute is she? She was quite proud of her Pirate Princess hat.
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Jasmine and Mini Montana on the final leg before boarding, MM was talking Jas into asking for the front row....did she do it?
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First view of the ride vehicle...gosh I love this ride.
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Doesn't Jasmine look happy, she did ask the cast member if her and MM could sit in the front row and she said of course....what she won't do for her cousins.
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Here they are...front row!!! Hey, as long as it's me I can laugh at Jasmine
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After we rode SM we ventured over to BTMRR. MM ran up and grabbed my hand and asked if she could sit with me on the ride. See last year when we rode BTMRR I held her for her very first ride...second ride she wanted to go with her daddy. Daddy didn't hold her thinking she would do ok because she had already ridden with me. Jasmine and I were in the seats behind them and I almost had a cardiac arrest when I saw her slip under the lap bar onto the floor. Well, our little darling remembered this and wasn't taking a chance, so she sat with her auntie who held her as tight as can be!!

So we accomplished the two rides we had scheduled for Frontierland and decided to head to Sunshine Tree Terrace. The heat was ridiculous, but again we were not going to complain, we were just in desperate need of hydration....or smoothies and ice cream :)
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Across from Pirates
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Nice man who made Jasmine's raspberry smoothie and my pineapple float. Both were to die for...I actually perferred this float to the Dole Whip float....there's something about having ice cream at 1030am in Disney that just feels right

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Raspberry smoothie and pineapple float

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After our wonderful morning snack we decided to head over to HoP. The kids had never been and we were excited about the addition of Obama. On the way we saw Donald out for a photo shoot so of course we decided to stop. Jasmine and Donald
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Peg, Geodoc, SW and MM with Donald
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Inside HoP, I thought this was beautiful
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Another photo before we went in to see the presentation, which was great. We really enjoyed it.We decided our last ride of the morning would be Haunted Mansion, much to SW's dismay. Poor kid hates the ride, but did it anyway, I was very proud of her. MM couldn't care less about ghosts, she sat between Jasmine and I and yapped the whole way. Too funny. She loved the ghost at the end sitting on her lap.

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Once we had of fill of 999 happy haunts, we were more than ready for lunch. We decided since Columbia Harbour House was right there that we would try it. I had read such wonderful reviews about the Anchors Away Sandwich I had to try it. It was everything and more. It was so nice to have something other than hamburgers or fries. I quite enjoyed it. I didn't bother with dessert here as I had the float a couple hours earlier and was somewhat trying to watch what I ate....I watched it go in my mouth most of the time. The lady that was taking our order told me to take 2 bottles of water if I wasn't going to have dessert. I would say this was hit and miss. I think about half of the CM would offer this and the other half never bothered to give you other options if you didn't want dessert. I would have to ask, which they always said yes to, but would have been nice to have been offered.

On our way out of the park Jasmine and I stopped at Guest Relations to add the park hopper option to our tickets. I had used my air miles from home to get them and it made more sense to pay $100 to upgrade than to use the extra air miles to upgrade. Once that was done, we headed to the bus and waited about 20 minutes. This poor older lady at the bus was petrified of the ducks and of course they were everywhere. I have never seen someone this afraid, I have to tell you though, I thought it was funny. I think the heat was getting to me. I don't know what was funnier, her fear or Jasmine trying to keep them away from her. Jasmine is much kinder than her mama and thought I was horrid for hiding my laughter. The lady was so sweet and thanked Jasmine over and over and again when we got to the resort. The guilt for me set in and I felt terrible...but I took pleasure in knowing at least my daughter is kind and helpful!!!!!

Coming up next......EPCOT for dinner!!!!!!

Jasmine had the chicken nuggets and chocolate cake for dessert. You'll see a pattern throughout our trip...Jasmine loves her chocolate.

Hypermommy

09-20-2009, 06:46 AM

with an actual bus at it...that was for Hypermommy!!
Okay, cool.... at least now I know you aren't halucinating or something.

Jasmine ran to get a close up of the horse...we only have 100 from previous trips, but I guess we needed at least one more from 2009.
You might not have this particular horse. Well, now ya do!

Great shot of the castle with the carriage right in front of it!!!!

never have too many pictures of the castle, can you??
Sure can't! Horses maybe, but never the castle.

We finally made it to Splash Mountain
Oh, you can see it in Jas's face. I'm wondering if she's gonna grab that camera from you and keep it before long.

I have never seen someone this afraid, I have to tell you though, I thought it was funny. I think the heat was getting to me. I don't know what was funnier, her fear or Jasmine trying to keep them away from her. Jasmine is much kinder than her mama and thought I was horrid for hiding my laughter. The lady was so sweet and thanked Jasmine over and over and again when we got to the resort. The guilt for me set in and I felt terrible...but I took pleasure in knowing at least my daughter is kind and helpful!!!!!
You just let Jas know that you're much nicer than me. I would have been herding the ducks towards the old lady. Hey... free entertainment, right?

Diamondintheruff

09-20-2009, 08:07 AM

Where is that update you promised us?

Well, I guess I need to eat my words now don't I?

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I'm glad you held on tight to MM. I hate to think of her slipping through the bars. Isn't she lucky to have such a great Auntie as you.

Kudo's to Snow for riding HM when she hates it. It's tough to face your fears like that. I'm proud of her.

I'm surprised the kids wanted to go into the hall of presidents. I'm sure mine wouldn't have.

Charleston Princess

09-20-2009, 09:04 AM

Queen, all of your pictures of the Magic Kingdom are so wonderful! I love early morning there, and this morning, I feel like I was there while I scrolled through your pictures!!! :goodvibes

declansdad

09-20-2009, 09:45 AM

You're right, you can never have too many pictures of the Castle. Great update and great pictures! Jasmine does look very happy to pose for you. ;)

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 11:48 AM

Okay, cool.... at least now I know you aren't halucinating or something.

You might not have this particular horse. Well, now ya do!

Great shot of the castle with the carriage right in front of it!!!!

Sure can't! Horses maybe, but never the castle.

Oh, you can see it in Jas's face. I'm wondering if she's gonna grab that camera from you and keep it before long.

You just let Jas know that you're much nicer than me. I would have been herding the ducks towards the old lady. Hey... free entertainment, right?

Free entertainment is right, and I found tons of it waiting in line every evening for the bus.....people will never cease to amaze me. At least this poor lady was yelling, screaming and swearing....yup, we had tons of that in line and I know you'll be shocked that I didn't keep my mouth shut on a couple of occassions:woohoo:

Well, I guess I need to eat my words now don't I?

:flower3:

I'm glad you held on tight to MM. I hate to think of her slipping through the bars. Isn't she lucky to have such a great Auntie as you.

Kudo's to Snow for riding HM when she hates it. It's tough to face your fears like that. I'm proud of her.

I'm surprised the kids wanted to go into the hall of presidents. I'm sure mine wouldn't have.

No you don't need to eat your words....I'm technically challenged and don't know how to do it on word and then move it so I post one and start another....I may need a class:rolleyes1

Yes my little MM is in good hands with her Auntie:hug:

I will absolutely pass on that to SW....would be nice if Peg popped in and she could let her read it herself...PEG WHERE R U???:lmao:

Queen, all of your pictures of the Magic Kingdom are so wonderful! I love early morning there, and this morning, I feel like I was there while I scrolled through your pictures!!! :goodvibes

Hands down my favorite park first thing in the morning. When people say to me "You're going again" after the urge to slap them passes, I think how much they miss never having been. Heaven to me, pure heaven:cloud9:

You're right, you can never have too many pictures of the Castle. Great update and great pictures! Jasmine does look very happy to pose for you. ;)

Yes ya gotta love that look....she kept mentioning to me that it was HER camera.....whatever, I'm holding it and I'm ultimately in charge of this operation so get over it:rotfl2:

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 11:53 AM

I can't believe the girl is looking at grad gowns already. Then again my DD8 is obsessed with the show "Say yes to the dress" on TLC and is already planning out her wedding gown.

Hope you had a lovely Mommy daughter day.

Where is that update you promised us?

I love that show too....I was like that as a little girl, I had my wedding planned down to every last detail....never got married, but I was prepared if it happened:lmao:

I know, it seemed early to me too, however, they are all on sale right now and that appeals to the mama. It also helps that her two friends have already bought there's so....god forbid we should be different.

We had the best day....we went to 2 bridal salons, lunch, then bra shopping which is always fun, she loves it:woohoo:NOT....she was not impressed with the place we went, it almost seemed like she was a bother, so we left.

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 12:40 PM

So once we got our passes all sorted out we headed for the bus. As you can see from these pictures not many people were headed back to the resorts. By the time we would leave everyday, which was anywhere between noon and 1pm, the parks were really starting to fill up. Getting up early was well worth it for a virtually empty park and no ride lines.....and what can I say about the pool and drinks by the pool...that's right pure heaven.

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Jasmine doing what she did best this trip, suntan.
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Enjoying a laugh with her auntie in the pool.
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We spent about an hour at the pool then headed back up to the room for the standard sleep, shower, and back out the door for dinner. We had a 715pm ADR for Coral Reef this evening so we all decided we would be ready to head for the bus at 6:00pm. Much to our surprise again, we just walked up to the bus stop and our bus pulled up...we were beginning to get used to this bus service. We made our way around the resort picking up and dropping off and when the lady across from Jasmine and I got up to leave, she came over to me and said "Your rings are the most spectacular things I have ever seen, especially this one, the other one is gorgeous too, but this one is unbelieveable" I thanked her for her kind words and then Jasmine, Geodoc and I had the biggest laugh and wished at that moment Peg wasn't sitting at the front of the bus. See, the rings cost under $30 each....I bought them from The Shopping Channel and I get more compliments on them than my real ones. Too funny, Jasmine said that just made your day didn't it....I said you don't need to spend alot to look good honey!!!

We made it to the park by 630pm so Geodoc suggested since we were so early that we go on Spaceship Earth...sounded like a plan to me. I really do love that ride, but I do miss Jeremy Irons voice.

Once we all had our fill of SE, we then proceeded to Coral Reef for dinner.
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Couldn't resist this shot, it really was a peaceful as it seems.
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Our three young ladies outside the restaurant. Now, see the skirt Jasmine is wearing, I need to share a funny story with you. When she bought this skirt, I suggested, in what I thought was a nice way, that maybe it was a little too short. Oh course, I was a dork and didn't know anything, she never said this, but I got the LOOK. Ok fine, yup everyone's wearing them blah blah blah...fine, but you're buying it with your own money.

So there we are on SE and you know at the end when they put the black light on and if you're wearing anything white it glows....well Jasmine taps my arm and yup....her white panties are showing and glowing....I lost it. I said so now do you think the skirt is too short....hasn't worn it since. Couldn't wait to get off the ride and tell Peg.
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Entryway to Coral Reef
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Another shot of the corridor down to the restaurant, we were the only family checking in, but let me tell you, when we left you could hardly get through all the people waiting, it was jam packed
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For some reason Jasmine loved these glass fish and asked me to take a picture of them...I think it was the only thing she asked me to take a picture of
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Jasmine and me waiting for our dinner...one of my favorite pictures of the entire trip.
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Jasmine and her sidekick...they were never far from each other, poor SW needs to battle for Jasmine time, poor thing
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MM and her megaberry smoothie....I love the look on her face here.
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My NY strip steak. It was so yummy, just as good as I remember. I know many people have written that the food here is terrible, but we have never had a bad experience here...food wise. However, this trip, we had a terrible server. His name was Jose and I'm not sure what the problem was, but he was awful. Unfriendly, short when speaking to us, a problem if we asked for anything....I was so disappointed as you know, a server can make a break your meal.
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Jasmine had the lasagne and she ate it but didn't like it...she's a bit of a fussy eater.
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Jasmine didn't have dessert but I had the almond gelatto, it was so good and refreshing.

After dinner we were pretty much done for the night so to the bus stop we went. \

Next post......ANIMAL KINGDOM

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 03:30 PM

Thursday, August 13, 2009 ANIMAL KINGDOM

When we got back to the room last night, Mini Montana had talked Jasmine into letting her sleep with her. Last year this happened quite often and the nights she was in our room she would be awake later than Jas and I, bit of a nighthawk that one. Anyhoo, not this evening, poor little thing was exhausted...they were both asleep before I turned out the light.
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Still sound asleep even after I had been up and about getting ready for the day
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We all headed down to the bus around 830am and once again it was only a few moments before our carriage arrived. We all took what was now our standard seats....all along the back row and thought we were in for an unexpected ride to the park.
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You will notice that Peg and MM are not along the back row...they moved because we all noticed this little guy.....
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Yup, frog on the bus. So you're thinking, oh no big deal, which is what I thought until it jumped into the air conditioning vent right behind us. Let me tell you Peg is about as brave as SW, MM, and Jasmine put together. We all moved to the sides because now the bus is packed with people standing. It was just our luck that the frog jumped and landed on Jasmine's foot which she had crossed over her leg. I seriously am crying with laughter as I write this. You can imagine, now every woman and some men, were screaming at the back of the bus. When the frog landed on Jasmine her reflexes flung the frog against this poor woman who was standing who I'm sure thought she was gonna die, then onto the window. At this point the bus driver puts the bus in park and comes back....I know you're all thinking he's coming back to get the frog off the bus...nope, just comes back to tell us he thinks we should re-think going to AK....ok funny guy, now get this frog off the bus. Nope, just goes back to driving the bus. A nice man finished he coffee and used his cup the grab it so he could take it off the bus when we got there. All is good now!!

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As you can see we all made it to the park in one piece. We were all still laughing about the bus driver questioning whether we should be here or not!! The plan was to go straight to EE, get FP's and ride standby before we move on to other attractions so we were on a mission.

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As I was taking the picture of the group a very nice, very tall gentleman asked if he could take a picture for us so I could be in it....love how people help out here. After we moved on we all agreed we had never seen someone so tall in real life!!
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Waiting while Peg collected MM carriage du jour.
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We did the obligatory Photopass shot here and moved along....ahhhh the Tree of Life....I think this is absolutely gorgeous.
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There is something about this store front that I love, I think it's the bright colors....love yellow and blue together!! I am bad for walking along and taking pictures of just about anything.
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Ok, now I may have this wrong, but at AK I believe they were piloting all FP machines for every FP ride in the park. This was awesome, we decided to grab our EE FP's here and it worked just fine
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Outfitters....my fav store in this park
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One of the kiosk's on our way to EE
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CM throwing the ball out to Snow White. I love the walk to EE, it really feels like you're in the Rain Forest.
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Entering Asia and one step closer to EE
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Royal Anandapur Tea Company....we had some kind of frozen chai drink here last year and it was really yummy, their tea is really good too if you're there in the winter months. I can't drink hot drinks when it's 100 degrees out, but trust me, it's so good here.
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YIPEE, MM made it this year, she is tall enough to ride
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Ready to get in line
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You have to love a 15 minute wait time and it really wasn't....it was get in line and walk to the front and get on....I guess they can't get that all in that little space so they say 15 minutes.
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Doing what I do best....take pictures as we walk
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Walking along to front of ride...where everyone rings the bells.
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Yeti statue
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I asked MM if she thought we should buy a shovel for our exhibition....I got the look
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...and some more Yeti Artifacts
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THE RIDE VEHICLE....DOES MM GET ON.....CONTINUED IN NEXT POST

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 04:01 PM

Here is Peg, Jas and MM all set to ride...look at those eyes, mixture of fear and excitement I think...and I'm talking about Peg not MM.....Lol

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MM all buckled in and ready to go....she is telling me to hold her the tightest....if you look closely at my arm you can still see where my lovely cast was...it was finally all tanned by the time we left to come home
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Jasmine taunting her Aunt, I believe
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Geodoc and SW ahead of them. SW did so good this year, last year she did it but didn't love it
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Top of Everest...beautiful sight
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View from the ride...I was hanging on to MM with my left arm and trying to take pics with my right....good thing I didn't drop the camera
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It's amazing what you can see when your on your way up
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OH NO, track is broken...I kept poking Peg in front of me telling her that the track was broken...if she could have I think she may have hit me
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Jasmine all ready for the big drop.

MM did very well on this ride, telling us she liked it but wasn't going to go on it again. Peg bought the picture I believe, maybe she can scan and post it. After our adventure on Everest we headed to Kali River Rapids. We all love this ride and it was a scorcher of a day so none of us really cared about getting wet. We sat with a lovely family from England and the poor mom kept saying It'll be me again, it is everytime. Well not this time, it was Jasmine and MM. MM was laughing so hard it made everyone else laugh. We really do love that ride. We decided from here to go to Kilimanjaro Safari's, maybe the wind in the ride vehicle would dry us off before lunch
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First view of ride vehicle
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For some unknown reason, I felt I needed 2 pictures of the ride vehicle

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People on our ride vehicle

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Jasmine, MM, and Peg....doesn't Peg look like she's contemplating life....she was actually hogging that entire side of the vehicle...couldn't have taken a picture if my life depended on it.....he he

After our wonderful safari, we decided it was time to make our way over to Yak and Yeti for our noon ADR's. We had never eaten here before and we were all really looking forward to it. We were seated within 3 minutes if that of getting to the restaurant.
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Jasmine posing while we waited for out table
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View of some of the tables on the way to our table
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SW, MM, and Geodoc...it was so nice to get in out of the heat. I would definately do this restaurant at noon again, really broke up the day.
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Peg
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Peg and SW
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We had an amazing server, Nicole, who took exceptionally good care of us. Our drinks were never empty and when we were finished our plates were removed right away. Thanks Nicole, you made our experience wonderful.
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Jasmine decided on the ribs.

Too many pictures....continued next post

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 04:44 PM

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I had the mango pie....heavenly....it was cool, refreshing...and the shortbread crust was to die for...I would definitely have this again.
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Jasmine and Geodoc decided to share the brownie for 2....they both loved it. We were all finished lunch and decided it was time to head back to the resort. I believe Geodoc and SW decided to use our FP's and ride EE again, while Peg, MM, Jas and I headed back to the resort....on our way we saw....
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Devine
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She is amazing, you could watch her all day....simply stunning, how anyone can walk on those stilts alone amazes meOne our way out of the park, I wanted to stop and look through one of the stores so Jas, MM, Peg and I did a little shopping, window shopping I should say I don't believe we actually bought anything. Well wouldn't you know it, our bus pulls away just as we're getting to it. Peg would not let me live this down....we could be in the pool right now but no, someone had to stop and shop....any of you that really know Peg, knows she is truly the one with the shopping addicition...she actually could use a meeting to deal with her compulsion.....love ya Peg

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View of our amazingly comfortable lounge chairs and the sprayers the girls loved
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Grandstand pool....a little busier than we had seen it, but Peg pointed out it was probably because we were later because we missed the bus because I had to shop.....
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MM showing how well she can float
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Jasmine, Geodoc and MM all enjoying their time in the pool.

We had no plans for an evening meal tonight since we used our TS at lunch. Jasmine and I had decided that we would take the boat to DTD, eat at Wolfgang Puck Express (I had to try that chicken and potatoes Princess Caitlin) then do some shopping or at least looking.

When we got up from our rest, it was pouring. We waited until it was a slight drizzle and decided on the bus just in case the boats weren't running. Good decision, they weren't running. So off we went, the skies opened again, but this actually worked to our advantage. DTD was dead. There was only 3 tables with people at them in WPE. Princess Caitlin was right on, the is hands down the best place for CS in all the World. I wish we could have went more often and will on our next trip. I kept saying to Jasmine "I can't believe this is a CS. We had decided before we even left home that we wouldn't have our dessert at WPE, we would save room and later in the evening have something at Ghiradelli's.
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Jasmine patiently waiting for the Strike it Rich Sundae we were going to share
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Gotta love a girl who loves her ice cream.

By the time the rain stopped DTD started to get really packed. We were done everything we had set out to do, so we headed to the bus to take us back "home".

Something I have yet to mention is that every night once we were back at the resort and Jasmine was all settled in bed, she would text Thomas. This particular night she wanted to tell him all about the frog on the bus. He was pretty quick when he answered with "I hope it didn't kiss you cause you're my princess." Too cute. Before too much longer it was lights out for me..

Next post EPCOT

PrincessCaitlin

09-20-2009, 05:21 PM

I am so glad you liked WPE!!!!

I can't wait to hear more!

Queenofallthings

09-20-2009, 07:23 PM

I am so glad you liked WPE!!!!

I can't wait to hear more!

We really loved it!! I can't wait to go back, Jasmine ended up having the quesadilla's and she said they were the best she'd ever had, and trust me, she's had them everywhere:lmao:

Diamondintheruff

09-20-2009, 11:36 PM

Queenofallthings

09-21-2009, 06:42 PM

I have to see these $30 rings. Apparently I NEED one. I've only ever bought SPANX off the shopping channel. Which is a wonderful thing indeed but I don't usually show people it.

The frog in the bus story is too funny. I had to wipe off my monitor after reading it.:rotfl2:

Anyone seen Peg lately?

Go to website, go to jewellery, then hit all collections, then hit Platinum Dreams.....they are gorgeous.....and cheap, I like big and gaudy and they are:lmao: I too have purchased Spanx from there, when I asked people didn't want to see them....go figure.:lmao:

Everytime I look at the picture of the frog I can still see it's little face eyeing up Jasmine before he lept onto her.....:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:that was me....Hypermommy knows, it's not like I'd actually help her, I just point and laugh

I spoke with Peg I believe on Saturday....it's a good thing one of us is keeping this TR going.....slacker:laughing:I'm gonna get it for that one.

Queenofallthings

09-21-2009, 07:49 PM

THURSDAY, AUG 14, 2009

So by now I'm quite certain you get our morning routine so I'm not going to bore you with it again.....boarded the bus on our way to EPCOT this morning.

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Jasmine in front of the fountain and SE
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Me and my girl....we decided to take a few pics while Peg picked up the stoller
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Ok, ready to be on our way, MM has her wheels for the day and she is ready for Soarin'
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Jasmine is clearly in a bit of a rush to get to Soarin...she does love that ride
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Just me snapping away again, I do love how this looks
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Arrival inside The Land...so nice to feel the air conditioning, just walking from the front of EPCOT to here on this particular day was brutal...so hot.
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The coveted ride.....
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FP and Stand by.....the times were WRONG.....I swear we waited almost an hour....
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Our return time.....it was right on by the time we got off we could use our FP's...I have a sneaky suspicion that as soon as we went under that 20 minute sign it must have changed to at least 40 minutes.
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Just as we got to the front they opened the other concourse....oh well, we're in Disneyworld and we're happy!!!
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Just hanging around.....Geodoc, Jasmine, Peg and Snow White....a lady yelled at Jasmine and I just shortly after this picture was taken. You know how they come over the loud speakers and say fill in all available space....well no one was listening, they thought single line was filling in all available space....Jasmine and I did as we were told and the others followed and we filled in all available space. This lady was none to happy with us.....I said well the man on the loudspeaker has said 3 times to fill in so that's what we're doing. Geez, we'll on be on the ride around the same time.....happy happy happy, that was us, her not so much.
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They put up the interactive games while we patiently waited....
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Mini Montana paying attention to how the game works
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The girls playing the game....so fun to watch them laugh and enjoy themselves....makes me smile just thinking about it
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Jasmine getting right into it
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MM, SW and Jasmine all trying to get that darn ball somewhere, where I can't remember, but they were trying
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Moving right along...a few more steps and almost on the ride
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In position and ready to board, Row 3, but hey, there would be other chances to ride again and hopefully get Row 1
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Jasmine getting all settled for our tour of California
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Family shot.....Geodoc looks petrified here, think I just caught him off guard.
So those of you who have ridden Soarin know that if you're wearing any kind of footwear that can fall off, you're supposed to leave it on the ground and pick it up after the ride.....someone didn't listen to those instructions. As we were "Soarin" over the river scene, Jasmine and I were joking that it looked like you could kick the canoers in the head.....we both jolted our leg and the only thing I see is Jasmine's flip flop flying through the air......I thought...great, what's she gonna do now. A very nice young man laughed when she told him what happened and went to the depths of who-knows-where and retrieved her flip flop....
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Jasmine....while she waited for the recovery....of course I get the do you have to embarass me talk and I reply with yes dear that is my job and clearly I'm doing a fantastic job....who's flip flop was flying through the air again....that's right Jasmine's

After our eventful glider experience over California we headed over to TT and MS...Test Track had a 50 minute wait so we decided to grab FP's and see how long MS was....only 5 minutes....yipee....so we got in Green Line....did Orange when it first opened so I did it...won't do it again...Green all the way. I will continue in next post as the story I have for you requires a photo and I'm at my limit.....be right back

Queenofallthings

09-21-2009, 08:19 PM

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I just realized this picture didn't work...so once again, here is Jasmine minus the flip flop that she was patiently waiting for.
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I love when this fountain goes to the music....had to get a picture
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Jasmine, Peg and SW outside TT...I think Geodoc was getting our FP's
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Doesn't Jasmine look happy....I think maybe she's getting sick of so many pictures...oh well, more to come
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Wait times...it didn't turn out well, but it was 5 minutes for Green and 50 minutes for Orange....
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Mission Space
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Line ups once inside
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Miscellaneous pictures once inside
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more pics
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Line ups to green and orange
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Had to get a picture of this...I remember watching this on TV and our parents telling us to pay attention that this was historic...it was pretty much like the scene in SE. As we were looking at all these pictures Jasmine came out with a doozy.....now what I really want or need you to know that Jasmine is an exceptionally bright student, always on the honor roll....just please remember this.....
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When we got to this picture she says, "when did that family go into space...I don't remember ever hearing about that" Geodoc and I completely lost it....I made her stand there and take her picture because I knew it would be the only way I would remember this story. We tormented her about that everytime we rode after that. Love ya Jas

Peg and family decided after MS they wanted to do a Kim Possible mission and Jasmine really didn't want to...it really was very hot. So off Peg, Geodoc and the girls went and Jas and I rode Universe of Energy....it's a nice ride just to get out of the heat if nothing else.

We decided just to grab a bite to eat at Electric Umbrella...it was quite packed so we just grabbed our lunch and sat outside before we headed back to the bus stop for our date with the pool. We were a little sad that it would be our last time at the Grandstand Pool as we would be moving resorts the next day.

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Diamondintheruff

09-21-2009, 10:28 PM

I laughed over Jasmine's lost flip flop.

The gold tone made me think of Cinderella and her lost shoe. I know she's all about Thomas but boy wouldn't that have made some great story to tell people that she met her match when she lost her golden slipper in Disneyworld?

Poor Jas, first a frog and then a lost slipper. Please tell me no one offers her an apple.

I too have purchased Spanx from there, when I asked people didn't want to see them....go figure.:lmao:

Maybe you weren't asking the right people?

I spoke with Peg I believe on Saturday....it's a good thing one of us is keeping this TR going.....slacker:laughing:I'm gonna get it for that one.

Look at it this way. If she didn't trust you she'd be here.

But tell her I miss her.

Geodoc

09-21-2009, 11:27 PM

Family shot.....Geodoc looks petrified here, think I just caught him off guard.

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR:) (is the Quenn laughing:rolleyes:)

declansdad

09-22-2009, 08:43 AM

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR:) (is the Quenn laughing:rolleyes:)

You did look terrified, almost like they forced you on the ride. :rotfl2:

I would have loved to have seen that flip flop flying through the air. It would have been just like the golf ball. :lmao:

Queenofallthings

09-22-2009, 07:10 PM

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR:) (is the Quenn laughing:rolleyes:)

Yes she may be:lmao: Tell Peg to get her butt on here....what's she waiting for Christmas 2012????????

You did look terrified, almost like they forced you on the ride. :rotfl2:

I would have loved to have seen that flip flop flying through the air. It would have been just like the golf ball. :lmao:

It was pretty funny....I would have loved a shot of both of our faces as it flew through the air.....:lmao:

Hypermommy

09-24-2009, 07:28 AM

ellajeansmom

09-25-2009, 10:52 PM

Great updates, lots of laughs and lots of fun :thumbsup2

:cheer2: for MM being able to get on so many rides, even EE, and then actually riding them too!

The flip flop story is too funny - the CMs there must have to retrieve items all day long :rotfl2:

It's nice that you were able to do everything at a nice pace in the mornings then escape the heat in the afternoon at the pool and have a relaxing evening, instead of trying to cram everything in all at once...especially in that heat that us Canadians are just not used to :goodvibes

Queenofallthings

09-26-2009, 10:12 AM

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have checked out this thread this morning. I'm supposed to be at work in 1/2 hour and I'm still in my PJs!!!

Some quick comments... loving the TR..... thank you, Darling Queen for keeping it up and not making us depend on the timeliness of your wonderful sister! </me ducking and running>

LOL re the short skirt!!!!! Too bad you didn't get a pic of that (although Jas might have been an orphan if you'd tried). I'd heard that when mini skirts were worn you could tell they were the right length if you could cup your hands at the hem.... yep, looks like she can.

You go to the seafood place and order steak?????

LOL!!! I'm with the bus driver... if you can't handle a frog stay away from AK!!! And no, I didn't figure you'd helped her. If you had you would have ruined my image of you!

Loving the pics of EE.... that's one ride that I almost regret getting a FP because the queue is sooooo cool.

Love that picture of MM floating!!

Awwwww.... Thomas and his text about the frog. He does sound like a sweetie.

LOL @ Jas's flip flop. I always try to kick the river folks in the head!!! :rotfl2:

LOL Diamond!!! Wonder if she did get an apple!

I talked to Peg the other night there and she's not sure when things are going to quiet down for her, so I will continue to write and she's just going to have to catch up:confused3

Thomas is such a sweetie, Peg just asked me again not long ago....so have we seen a bad side of him yet....I replied with nope, treats her like a queen. Wait until the end of the trip report when I tell you what he did for her when we got home.....:love:

Diamond is so funny.....no apple, not yet anyways, but if she gets on my nerves;)

Great updates, lots of laughs and lots of fun :thumbsup2

:cheer2: for MM being able to get on so many rides, even EE, and then actually riding them too!

The flip flop story is too funny - the CMs there must have to retrieve items all day long :rotfl2:

It's nice that you were able to do everything at a nice pace in the mornings then escape the heat in the afternoon at the pool and have a relaxing evening, instead of trying to cram everything in all at once...especially in that heat that us Canadians are just not used to :goodvibes

The CM who went to get it for her was so nice...the other girl that was working with him....not so nice.....she remembered to leave her footwear everytime we went on the ride after the incident:woohoo:

This was our best trip to date hands down....we had the best of both worlds...parks, pools, rest, parks, rest......we really felt like we had a relaxing holiday, and we all know, that's not usually what we say when we've been to the World.

I am on my way over to catch up on your TR......:yay:

Queenofallthings

09-26-2009, 11:01 AM

So we left off with us leaving EPCOT and heading back to SSR for our last afternoon at the resort. As Jasmine and I were waiting for the bus, we were chatting about how lucky we had been at SSR...the bus stop and pool were so close and the only time we ever went to the main building was the day we arrived....we never had a need considering we had the kitchen.

While we were waiting, Peg and family came wandering along, so we all made it back to the resort at the same time.

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My little darling bringing her mama a lava smoothie...

I guess I was just enjoying our afternoon at the pool because that's the only picture I took. We were really looking forward to our evening at EPCOT, not only we were having dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, we were having our first ever Dismeet with Declansdad, pooksma, and their adorable son, Declan. We were all pretty pumped about meeting.

We headed up to the room to get ready because this was one night we wanted to be at the park a little early so it didn't cut into our time with our new friends. Jasmine and I went straight to France to grab a table by the grey goose slushie stand, while Peg and family did a Kim Possible Mission.

We had no trouble getting a table as we were about 25 minutes earlier than the time we had decided to meet. I didn't want to sit there and just take up a table:confused3so I forced myself to get a slushie while we waited. This was my first grey goose slushie....and it wouldn't be my last....my goodness this was pure enjoyment in a glass.:cloud9:
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Here I am with my delicious drink....

No sooner had Jasmine said "Are you sure you'll recognize them" that they walked into sight...and yup, we all recognized each other. Peg and family weren't back yet from their mission so they too grabbed slushies and we started our visit while waiting. It wasn't long and along they came. The hour we spent together went far too quickly, but so nice that we were actually able to meet and get to know each other a little better. We found out what a small world it really is....Peg and I were born in New Brunswick as my dad was stationed there in the military. My mom worked as a housekeeper/nanny for a local family who owned a department store in Fredericton. Turns out Pooksma knows one of their daughters.....it truly is a small small world. Declan is an absolute doll...even cuter than his pictures if that's possible. We really enjoyed our time with our new friends and hopefully we'll get to meet up again at the World....
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The gang by the Grey Goose Slushie stand
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One more shot of all of us and we went our separate ways....
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Mini Montana, Jasmine and Snow White in the waiting area of Tutto Italia
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Mini Montana waiting for her dinner....I know I've said this before...but how cute is she??:cutie::cutie::cutie:
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Peg, Snow White and Mini Montana at the table, the picture behind them was simply beautiful.
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Me, Jasmine and Geodoc...by this time we were all pretty hungry and really looking forward to our dinner. I love how 2 people wait on your table here...we had a female waiter name Renate who was wonderful. We all decided we could listen to her talk all day...and a very handsome young man who couldn't do enough for Jasmine....he was such a cutie. This is one of our favorite restaurants and we couldn't wait to eat.
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The girls got fried cheese for an appetizer...MM and SW said it was delicious
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I had what I always have....spaghetti and meatballs....it's so good here, I ate the whole thing.
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Jasmine had the lasagne....she never has anything else here either, she loves their lasagne
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Time for dessert....I had Copetta Sotto Bosco...which is heavenly...it's berries, zabaglione, cream gelato and chocolate sauce....I LOVED this...the young man that was waiting on us told me this was his favorite also.
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Jasmine had the standard chocolate gelato...she deems it "The best"
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Jasmine took the camera as we were leaving the restaurant and was playing with the settings so I will just let you enjoy these nighttime shots of EPCOT...some are good some not so good, but ENJOY
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We decided to just head straight for the bus after dinner as we were moving tomorrow to AKL and still had all our packing to do. We would see Illuminations another night. We got to the bus stop and it was busy. I guess most people had the same thoughts as us.

Got back to SSR, did the rest of our packing and just enjoyed our last night at SSR. I was sad to leave, I really loved our room and the resort in general.

Up next.....AKL check-in and that wonderful pool

Queenofallthings

09-26-2009, 11:04 AM

OOps I forgot to add the rest of the pictures from EPCOT
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declansdad

09-26-2009, 11:41 AM

Hey not one but two pictures of pooksma on the Disboards. I could never get away with that. :lmao:

It was great meeting all of you as well. Hopefully we will get to do it again sometime. Maybe when you come to visit your old neighbourhood. :goodvibes

purplepeg

09-26-2009, 07:14 PM

Hypermommy

09-27-2009, 07:56 AM

Queen, that was very sweet of you to go ahead and get the slushie and not just be taking up a table. I'm sure Mickey appreciated the contribution.

Oh, goodie... Peg's here. Now we'll get to see the sisters "discuss" what they disagree on, huh? I'm sooooo ready. popcorn::popcorn::

Diamondintheruff

09-27-2009, 08:47 AM

Bring on the discussion!!!

I almost booked Tutto Italia for our next trip. I was going to but I had just finished your raglan road update and it swayed me that way instead.

Again, I love how the girls get dressed up in a dress for dinner. How cute is MM's ladybug dress?

Queenofallthings

09-27-2009, 10:32 AM

I am here and it looks like not a moment too soon! Unfortunately I have a lot to say but it must wait because I am going out with my dear husband for our anniversary tonight..year #14!I'll try and catch up soon. Queen you are in so much trouble for several offenses.:rolleyes1

Oh, so you pop on for 2 minutes....I'll worry when you're actually around for a while:lmao: I stand by everyhting I've said:rolleyes1 I think most people have forgotten you...or are having flashbacks to last years TR that took 10 months to complete:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Queen, that was very sweet of you to go ahead and get the slushie and not just be taking up a table. I'm sure Mickey appreciated the contribution.

Oh, goodie... Peg's here. Now we'll get to see the sisters "discuss" what they disagree on, huh? I'm sooooo ready. popcorn::popcorn::

See above....popcorn:: I'll wait right along beside you Hypermommy

Bring on the discussion!!!

I almost booked Tutto Italia for our next trip. I was going to but I had just finished your raglan road update and it swayed me that way instead.

Again, I love how the girls get dressed up in a dress for dinner. How cute is MM's ladybug dress?

Ahhh, Raglan Road, one of my favorites!!

I think Peg got that dress at Kohl's or Burlington Coat Factory.....but hang on cause apparently she's going to be posting....hope we don't produce cobwebs while we're waiting.;)

Queenofallthings

09-27-2009, 03:43 PM

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2009

This brings us to our last morning at SSR. Now we were getting excited about seeing our new digs...no parks today, only moving resorts and enjoying our new pool. We had heard so many good things, I honestly couldn't wait to see it!!

We got up and had breakfast and waited for Bell Services to come and collect our luggage. I was a little afraid something would go wrong, but it went like clockwork.
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We changed Jasmine's name to Cindersmella...we loved how happy she was to help clean up after breakfast...for Peg and I, it was sport to watch the sheer pleasure on her face as she did our morning dishes.

After she was through with the breakfast dishes, she decided to go outside with the camera and capture some last minute pictures from SSR.
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Our bags had been collected and we headed down to the bus stop. We took the bus to DTD then transferred to an AKL bus.

Continued next post

Diamondintheruff

09-28-2009, 09:53 AM

Ahhh, Raglan Road, one of my favorites!!

I think Peg got that dress at Kohl's or Burlington Coat Factory.....but hang on cause apparently she's going to be posting....hope we don't produce cobwebs while we're waiting.;)

Just so you know, I've told my Dh that we are going to Raglan road on your recommendation. He's skeptical about it. So I'm going to blame it all on you and Peg (when she shows up-notice I said when because I have faith in her!).

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I've been noticing that exact look on my tween's more and more. Sigh.

I spy something with my little eye that is canadian! It's the Timmie's can!

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What is that? Do you think it was a pool they filled in?

Our bags had been collected and we headed down to the bus stop. We took the bus to DTD then transferred to an AKL bus.

What they don't send you out a DVC limo?

You're really close to the other downtown non disney hotels. I didn't realize that.

Queenofallthings

10-03-2009, 10:12 AM

Yes, that is a Timmies can on the counter....couldn't go 3 weeks without our beloved Tim Horton's.

Queenofallthings

10-03-2009, 10:53 AM

This is bad, I can't believe I have been away so long, this work thing is getting in the way of my Dissing!! Well this post brings us to Friday August 15...moving day....to AKL. We were all pretty excited to check out our new digs, so we were up and at it pretty early.

We had breakfast and finished up our last minute things before Bell Services arrived at 1030am. They were on time and we were off to DTD to catch a bus to AKL.

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Peg and Mini Montana on the bus
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Jasmine and I on the bus....clearly we were bored this morning so we were just taking pictures of each other
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Mini Montana on the bus....I was trying out the zoom
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The first sign to our new "home"
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Jambo House....we decided to stay here instead of Kidani Village I believe because of the counter service....Peg will correct me on this if I'm wrong....
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Pulling into bus stop at Jambo House

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signage at bus stop....I really did love the theming this year
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walking up to the front lobby for check in
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more signage along the way
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still marching up to the front lobby...at this point we realize we're not as close as SSR but not as far as the values so it's all good
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Front entranceway of hotel
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The Welcome Home Sign.....love it
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I think this is one of the most spectacular lobbies of any hotel in WDW
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The check in desk at AKL
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I think by the looks of the picture, Peg might have been drinking already.....
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Our rooms weren't ready yet as it was quite early, so we had brought our bathing suits and towels and were more than willing to spend a nice relaxing afternoon at the pool. I quickly realized that I was going to love sitting by this pool as a lovely young lady came and asked us if we wanted anything from the bar....really....I don't have to get up and get it....BONUS. I gave Jasmine the money for our drinks and didn't realize how bad this looked until we were going through the pictures.....take the money out of your bottoms dear, you look like a "dancer"
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Pool and bar shot from our lounge chairs
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Another shot....we loved this pool
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Ok one more...the waterslide was a lot of fun for the girls
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a view of some of the rooms from our lounge chairs

Queenofallthings

10-03-2009, 11:21 AM

Continued from last post.....

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Jasmine and her lava smoothis
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another shot from our lounge chairs...felt like you were in the rainforest
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....and another
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the lovely young lady who would bring us our drinks
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Geodoc received a text saying that our rooms were now ready so we packed up and headed in anticipation of seeing our new "home". This would be where Jas and I would be sleeping...she wasn't thrilled about sleeping on a pullout for 6 nights, but she said she would deal with it because she loved the view

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our double sinks
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our shower

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our kitchenette
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Mickey towel on the bed...I love this touch
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our room number
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main kitchen
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sitting area
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master bath
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scene from the Lion King on the tiles in the master bath
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king bed in master suite
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eating area
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tiles in kitchen...attention to detail everywhere
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tv and drawers in sitting area
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view from our balcony

I will continue this day a little later on...I best get some housework done.

Diamondintheruff

10-03-2009, 11:37 AM

I was reliving my last vacation looking at your AKL pictures. I never saw anyone bringing drinks directly to you. However, I think you are in the same alcove I liked that was near the bar.

Hypermommy

10-03-2009, 12:14 PM

"this work thing is getting in the way of my Dissing!! "

You're still posting more than Peg. That should be worth something. Heck... for the bragging rights alone it should be worth SOMEthing.

The pics of AKL look great! But you GOTTA tell Jas she can't lay out at the pool in a bikini with money stuck in her suit. Um, let's just say it doesn't look "right". <evil grin>

And what's even better... I wrote that and was concerned that maybe I'd offend you and then I keep reading and see that you had the exact same thought. Man, I just can't WAIT to meet y'all next time you're down. We do seem to think quite alike!

"she wasn't thrilled about sleeping on a pullout for 6 nights, but she said she would deal with it because she loved the view"

Well, let's see... when she's the mom and paying for it she can have the bed. For now, she's still a kid and she can deal, huh? LOL

Queenofallthings

10-03-2009, 09:00 PM

I was reliving my last vacation looking at your AKL pictures. I never saw anyone bringing drinks directly to you. However, I think you are in the same alcove I liked that was near the bar.

It really was a beautiful thing....when Geodoc was sitting there while we were in the pool, no one came and brought him a drink either:lmao:

"this work thing is getting in the way of my Dissing!! "

You're still posting more than Peg. That should be worth something. Heck... for the bragging rights alone it should be worth SOMEthing.

See that's why your my friend.....

The pics of AKL look great! But you GOTTA tell Jas she can't lay out at the pool in a bikini with money stuck in her suit. Um, let's just say it doesn't look "right". <evil grin>

And what's even better... I wrote that and was concerned that maybe I'd offend you and then I keep reading and see that you had the exact same thought. Man, I just can't WAIT to meet y'all next time you're down. We do seem to think quite alike!

Lol too funny....remember, I have a sick sick mind, you could never offend me. Honestly, when I saw the pictures, I almost died.....nice mother, doesn't even notice her daughter looks like a welll you know.....

"she wasn't thrilled about sleeping on a pullout for 6 nights, but she said she would deal with it because she loved the view"

Well, let's see... when she's the mom and paying for it she can have the bed. For now, she's still a kid and she can deal, huh? LOL

So I'll have the bed for quite some time:lmao:

declansdad

10-04-2009, 09:00 AM

I understand the work getting in the way thing. We are very slow on keeping our report up to date.

The dancer comment made me spit out my coffee. :lmao:

Queenofallthings

10-04-2009, 10:00 AM

I understand the work getting in the way thing. We are very slow on keeping our report up to date.

The dancer comment made me spit out my coffee. :lmao:

I know...it seems by the time I get home at night and get dinner ready, dishes done, laundry in or whatever else needs done, I don't even think about getting on the computer.

Hope that coffee didn't hit the computer screen......:lmao:

TinkerbellLuvr7

10-04-2009, 10:38 AM

very nice!!! we lovedddd staying there too! Kidani was very nice as well but I 100% agree with you about the Counter Service and needing one close by! I was shocked they did not put in a CS at Kidani. I have a feeling they might have to add one in the future!!

We loved the pool too, but we did not have servers ask us for drinks last Dec..maybe because it was 70 the day we went to the pool and mostly hid in the hot tubs hhahaha.

Can't wait for more!

Queenofallthings

10-04-2009, 12:26 PM

CONTINUED FROM LAST POST
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Some artwork in the room
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Jasmine outside our door
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sitting area and mirror in our suite
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Queen bed...I quite enjoyed this as every other trip we've been in the value resort and they have double beds...this was very nice
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Sleeper sofa...Jasmine said it was actually quite comfy
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kiddie pool view from our balcony
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the other wing of our hotel
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Once again, I was blown away by the attention to detail...we loved these chairs on our balcony
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Jasmine thought this sign was cute...it was on our balcony door
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Jasmine loved our balcony...everyday after we would come up from being in the pool, I would like to lie down and watch a little tv or have a nap...not her, she was sitting on the balcony until it was time to shower and get ready for our evenings out.
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This particular afternoon was nothing but rest and relaxation until our luggage got there of course. So once that was all put away and organized it was time to get ready and head down to Boma for dinner. There was something quite magical about not having to go and wait for the bus to take us to dinner, we quite enjoyed just taking the elevator down to the restaurant....it didn't hurt that this is one of our favorites in all the World
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Geodoc, Peg, MM, SW, Jas just enjoying the moment before we were called to dinner
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A very nice lady offered to take a picture of all us which was very nice
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view of the restaurant
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me and my girl
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Geodoc, Peg and SW checking out the drink menus...well Geodoc and Peg at least...we do try and be responsible parents every now and then
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Queen, Jasmine and Mini Montana...we were waiting for our fancy drinks too. The funniest thing was that we had the same waiter as last year (he was the best waiter) and he remembered us. I think he recognized Geodoc and said, Hey, didn't I wait on you guys last year? I believe his name was Gilbert and he is hands down, one of the best waiters we have ever had...
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Jasmine's food...as you can see she in not the adventurous type when it comes to her palate.
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My plate of food
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desserts....zebra domes....need I say more?? They had this amazing amazing pineapple cheesecake thingy that was to die for too.
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Once we were all fed we headed back up to the room and Jasmine grabbed the camera and was out on the balcony again...here is a gorgeous shot of the pool at night.

We headed off to bed to rest up for another big day at Magic Kingdom!!

Diamondintheruff

10-04-2009, 04:35 PM

leamom2princesses

10-04-2009, 08:09 PM

Hi Queen! :wave2: Your room looks so nice. I think it would be fantastic to take the elevator to dinner and not have to take a bus. I hope this next trip we get to experience that also. Your group picture turned out really great. Everyone looks so nice and soooo happy. :goodvibes

Queenofallthings

10-05-2009, 07:05 PM

I've only eaten at Boma for breakfast before. But I suspect if I had dinner there my plate would look a lot like Mini Montanas. I'm not very adventerous either.

It is great not having to travel to a meal isn't it?

Jasmine looks very relaxed on the balcony. Kind of wish I were there now.

I wish I was there too:sad1: I'm hoping the 649 will pay off soon!!

Hi Queen! :wave2: Your room looks so nice. I think it would be fantastic to take the elevator to dinner and not have to take a bus. I hope this next trip we get to experience that also. Your group picture turned out really great. Everyone looks so nice and soooo happy. :goodvibes

Hey girl!!! You are so sweet thank you so much. I'm gonna try and get another post up tonight, Jasmine is working so I actually have the laptop:banana:

purplepeg

10-10-2009, 12:49 PM

I just had a minute to share these pictures of the making a smowman in our backyard this morning after it snowed here! I am not impressed, first we had no summer, it showed up in September! Now it's winter, no, no, no!

The kids having a blast!
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The final product!
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Charleston Princess

10-10-2009, 10:41 PM

I can't believe you are building snowmen in October!!! :eek: I haven't even bought winter clothes for my two yet. Super cute snowman though!

TinkerbellLuvr7

10-11-2009, 09:17 AM

oh man snow in Oct!!?? and to think it's been in the high 90s in the FL the past week, it just makes me sick!!

In the Ohio/PA area it's been in the 50s and 60s and I'm thinking ohhhh winter will be there before I know it!

Queenofallthings

10-11-2009, 11:05 AM

I can't believe you are building snowmen in October!!! :eek: I haven't even bought winter clothes for my two yet. Super cute snowman though!

It's just wrong...I watched out the window all day at work as it came down. The funny thing is 2 weeks ago we were sitting on a patio and it was in the 80's.....:confused3

oh man snow in Oct!!?? and to think it's been in the high 90s in the FL the past week, it just makes me sick!!

In the Ohio/PA area it's been in the 50s and 60s and I'm thinking ohhhh winter will be there before I know it!

I want to be there right now!!! It's been -10C with the wind chill here this week. Makes me want to weep

purplepeg

10-11-2009, 12:08 PM

Day 3, Monday August 10, 2009
So today was the day Queen and Jasmine were arriving. The girls were excited. They were’t arriving until 2;30 or 3 pm depending on their flights and ME timing so we were heading to Blizzard Beach for the morning. We had never been to a water park in all our visits so we were all very excited. I had a much better sleep, I only woke up twice! We were up at 7 and had breakfast in the room (thank you Garden Grocer). I ran over to concierge to buy one child admission to the water park at 8 am. We had three admissions from Queen from a previous trip where there was an error. We left the room at 8:40 and the bus was just pulling up. We were so lucky with the busses. We were the only ones on the bus and then one other family got on. Blizzard Beach was the first stop. We were very excited. There’s nothing like going to a place you have been several times and doing something new. We made good use of our pre-ordered photopass here. We took pictures on the sleigh and with the snow family.

Our first time at BB!
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How cute is she?
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Love this picture of Snow White, so beautiful!
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We headed to Pike’s Peak and set up our bag with our towels on the chairs and Geodoc and Snow White went off to explore the bigger areas and Mini Montana and I stayed in the kids’ area. There was a photopass fellow there too and he got some cute shots of Mini Montana in the water fall. She had such a hoot here and then she found the tube ride. I highly recommend this ride as there is a lifeguard at the top that helps the child get on the tube and a lifeguard at the bottom that catches them and tells them to get off the tube. I got to sit in the shade in a chair and watch her having so much fun. I had a water camera that I still have to get developed so I took pictures of her with that and watched the geckos that were keeping me company. After a while Mini Montana decided we should do more so we headed to the lazy river. We were very close to an entrance with lots of tubes so we got Mini Montana into a child one and I put an adult one over my head so I could hold on to her tube easily. You know when you have no abdominal strength whatsoever tubes are not really relaxing because once you’re in you’re stuck! So we headed off down the lazy river and for the longest time we were the only ones in the river, it seemed. We had so much fun getting wet with the different waterfalls and such. After quite a while Mini Montana had had enough. Now I just had to remember where exactly we got on. Hmmm, no, that doesn’t look familiar, maybe the next one? We played that game for a while and then there was a huge people jam and it turned out to be our entrance/exit spot yeah! We headed over to the wave pool and got her a tube but she was too little and the waves too big. She really didn’t enjoy the waves. We found a photopass photographer and then headed back to our meeting spot. I still have to upload more of the photopass so I will do that later. I really want to get this installment up! I stopped for a frozen mocha and strawberry smoothie for the girls. They have no straws there because of the pools. Geodoc and Snow showed up very shortly after we arrived back and they had enjoyed a fun morning too. The kids were getting hungry so we left about 1140 and didn’t have to wait for a bus! We had such a great time there we could have stayed all day! It was unfortunate that we didn’t meet up so we could switch kids. Snow White had wanted to try some of the other slides and didn’t get a chance to. We know we will be back! We were back at the resort by 11:55. We all showered and dressed and headed down to the Turf Club.
We had a lunch ADR at the Turf Club at 1 and 1:30. The 1:30 ressie I made last night thinking one o’clock might make it too rushed for us. As it was we made it there by 1:10. I couldn’t figure out how to cancel one of them, oops.
We were seated right away and I had my cell phone out because Queen and jasmine should have landed around 1:07. She was to text me when they were leaving on the ME bus and we would know they would be 30 min.

waiting for lunch
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I believe Snow took this picture
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Geodoc ordered the cheese and bacon burger,

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The girls ordered the usual
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I stepped out of my box and ordered the penne with garlic , shrimp, artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, and olives (yuck).

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It was yummy! Queen texted at 1:30 they were on their way. This of course was just as lunch was arriving! Great timing that one has! Mini Montana had to use the facilities at 1:50 so we just headed out to the ME stop because I had strict instructions to take pictures of them coming off the bus. They were the first ones off the bus and then we headed back to the Turf Club.

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There was no room for them according to the front desk staff so they went to Artists Palette for snacks and drinks. We hurried to eat our desserts so we could catch up with them. Geodoc had cheesecake, he said it was nice and light

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The usual kids sundae.
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and I had the BEST apple pie.

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We all met up and went to the room.
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They absolutely loved the room, and took lots of pictures. Then we all had a rest. I did two loads of laundry and tried to play on the internet. I had trouble with the connection for over an hour! What a waste of time. We were ready for dinner by 5:30, took the boat over and were at Downtown Disney by 6 pm.
Up next dinner at Raglan Road.

Queenofallthings

10-11-2009, 03:08 PM

OMG....I can't believe Peg posted!!! Good thing I was sitting down, I almost fainted:lmao:

Great update, great pics too,....nice one of me coming off the bus.....;)

purplepeg

10-12-2009, 08:24 AM

OMG....I can't believe Peg posted!!! Good thing I was sitting down, I almost fainted:lmao:

Great update, great pics too,....nice one of me coming off the bus.....;)

Ha ha you're so funny!:rotfl2: I'm hoping I can post with more regularity but it's still busy here. I think I may have taken on too many volunteer jobs as well as my own. I'll try my best. Don't want to let my followers down!

PrincessCaitlin

10-12-2009, 08:27 AM

Great update!

That pasta looks really good!

The picture of Queen coming off the bus with the "Yay I am in Disney World face" is cute and you can see just how much Jasmine looks like her :)

purplepeg

10-12-2009, 09:12 AM

So it has become a tradition for us to go to Raglan Road on our first day. We’re usually tired from being up at 3 or 4 am and don’t want to waste a park pass. We enjoy the food here so we headed out for DD at 5:30. Queen and Jasmine’s luggage hadn’t arrived yet and Jasmine was still in her yoga pants and whining about the heat (she’ll kill me for that one) but she managed to suck it up and we wandered down to the boat dock. We were there by 6 with a couple of stops for pictures and were seated right away. We had an amazing waiter as Queen had mentioned. He had an iron clad memory. He never wrote anything down and there wasn’t one mistake with our orders! We were speechless. We love the food here and tonight was no exception. I had some sort of chicken that was really tasty with a yummy creamy sauce,

All ready for dinner.
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yummy chicken!
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Geodoc had fish and chips and he said they were good.

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Snow White had shrimp
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and Mini Montana had bangers.

I don't seem to have a picture of this. I'm shocked because Mini Montana was always wanting to take pictures.

For dessert I had the pavlova

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and Geodoc had the Bailey’s crème brulee cheesecake.

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Mini Montana had ice cream and caramel sauce

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and Snow had cookies and ice cream.

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Everything was so good and we were stuffed to the gills. Everyone else wanted to head back to the resort but I wanted to get some pretzel rods as snack credits that everyone raves about. Snow White stayed with me and we headed to Goofy’s. The place was packed! I think I asked the CM at the counter three or four different questions at different times about how to order the pretzel rods. He was very patient with me. We really enjoyed the process of making them and loved seeing the larger than life oreo cookies you can have dipped and the apples. We had two apples when we were in Disneyland in the spring and didn’t come close to finishing them so no apples for us this trip.
Here are lots of pictures of our creations.

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Once we were done we headed home by bus because we were closer to the bus stop but they had to stop at the West Side and at Typhoon Lagoon before getting back to the resort. We finally strolled in at 9:30. It was straight to bed because we had a park day tomorrow! We ate the pretzel rods over the next week. They were really nice to have in the room for a snack.

purplepeg

10-12-2009, 09:18 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends

We're having all the family over here and I'm cooking. Queen offered to cook but after I stopped laughing long enough to catch my breath I told her I had already bought the turkey. We usually have our turkey Sunday but Jasmine was working this year so she's off today so today it is! Thomas is coming over too, hopefully we don't scare him too much:scared1:

Enjoy turkey day everyone! I guess I'd better get cooking:woohoo:

Queenofallthings

10-12-2009, 10:47 AM

Great update!

That pasta looks really good!

The picture of Queen coming off the bus with the "Yay I am in Disney World face" is cute and you can see just how much Jasmine looks like her :)

Hi Princess Caitlin

I really was very excited about being there, still couldn't believe that we were actually staying at SSR. I have a couple of pics from the trip where even Jasmine and I can see how much we look alike, normally we can't, and she is happy with that.:confused3

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends

We're having all the family over here and I'm cooking. Queen offered to cook but after I stopped laughing long enough to catch my breath I told her I had already bought the turkey. We usually have our turkey Sunday but Jasmine was working this year so she's off today so today it is! Thomas is coming over too, hopefully we don't scare him too much:scared1:

Enjoy turkey day everyone! I guess I'd better get cooking:woohoo:

I try and help because Peg has so much on her plate and this is what I get??? Nice....you could make it up to me by taking me with you to WDW next month?????

leamom2princesses

10-12-2009, 12:38 PM

Diamondintheruff

10-12-2009, 06:57 PM

I've been at the cottage for thanksgiving and I come home to two updates by Peg! Yay!

Hope you're having a wonderful turkey dinner. We had our yesterday. Deep fried turkey. You miss out on having the gravy but believe me you don't miss out on the calories!

We're trying out Raglan road next weekend for the first time. Both you and queen make it seem very appetizing.

I wanted to make my own pretzel rods last trip but ran out of time so I used my snack credits to buy some pre-made ones at the Candy Cauldron at Downtown Disney. They were stale. I'm going to make sure I hit Goofy's this time.

If you two ever decide to do a ladies only trip let me know. I'd try to pop down for the weekend at least.

Queenofallthings

10-12-2009, 09:41 PM

I'm not Canadian but Happy Thanksgiving to Queen, Peg & fam!

We're travelling this year to my Aunt's and I'm so excited. I don't have to cook this year! :banana: Your updates are great. The food at RR looks so yummy. That's one we haven't tried yet but we may have to add it to the list.

Hope you're enjoying your holiday! :goodvibes

Thanks my friend:hug: Jasmine and I had two turkey dinners this year, one last night at my girlfriends and one tonight at Peg's....great dinners.

You really should try it, I've never been disappointed there.

I've been at the cottage for thanksgiving and I come home to two updates by Peg! Yay!

Hope you're having a wonderful turkey dinner. We had our yesterday. Deep fried turkey. You miss out on having the gravy but believe me you don't miss out on the calories!

We're trying out Raglan road next weekend for the first time. Both you and queen make it seem very appetizing.

I wanted to make my own pretzel rods last trip but ran out of time so I used my snack credits to buy some pre-made ones at the Candy Cauldron at Downtown Disney. They were stale. I'm going to make sure I hit Goofy's this time.

If you two ever decide to do a ladies only trip let me know. I'd try to pop down for the weekend at least.

We had a great dinner and hope you did as well:hug: Deep fried turkey sounds amazing....I've seen them do it on the food network and it does look yummy.

I hope you like Raglan Road...I've loved everything I've ever had there.

I can't have the pretzel rods due to my peanut allergy but boy do they look good.

We would absolutely let you know....Hypermommy would be in to...I'd lay money on it without even asking...how much fun would we have:woohoo::woohoo:

purplepeg

10-12-2009, 10:20 PM

Hi Princess Caitlin

I really was very excited about being there, still couldn't believe that we were actually staying at SSR. I have a couple of pics from the trip where even Jasmine and I can see how much we look alike, normally we can't, and she is happy with that.:confused3

I try and help because Peg has so much on her plate and this is what I get??? Nice....you could make it up to me by taking me with you to WDW next month?????

Yeah yeah blah blah, The turkey was really good this time wasn't it? I must say I outdid myself once again!:woohoo: Oh and by the way she did mention it, we're surprising the kids with a trip in November. it happens to be Geodoc's birthday and he was taking the week off and I was able to get the buy 4 get 3 free for BLT and then I got a great deal on the direct flights:woohoo::yay::banana: So we're trying to keep it mum and plan but we're not having too much success yet. We're super excited and thinking of ways we could surprise the kids. Any thoughts?

ellajeansmom

10-17-2009, 06:17 PM

AKL looks beautiful, lots of amazing details :thumbsup2 When I first started planning I was secretly hoping we could somehow afford staying there (I loved the idea of the savannah view rooms) but decided the extra $ was better spent on other things. I think I would still love it and the girls would too but DH is not into the captive animal thing...he prefers to see animals in their real wild, even though he does admit that Disney does a much better job with the animals' environment than most places.

Wow, I can't believe how much snow you had! We were at the cottage for Thanksgiving and it did snow but didn't stick to the ground very much - definitely not enough to build a snowman! That being said I must admit that the girls and I just got back from buying their winter boots as I have a feeling we'll need them earlier rather than later this year :sad1:

Those RR desserts and the pretzel rods look yummy...its a good thing our dinner is in the oven or I would start substituting with the leftover Thanksgiving desserts :)

Oh and great family pics at Blizzard Beach, looks fun!

purplepeg

10-18-2009, 05:39 PM

Hi to all! Queen wanted me to post and let everyone know her computer is on the fritz. We're hoping it's fixable but she's still in the investigative stages.Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted!

Hypermommy

10-19-2009, 06:53 AM

You may be working on it but it's been over 12 hours since you posted and it ain't here. Guess you really are Peg's sister, huh? :rotfl2:

Guess I should just shut up considering how long it's been since I've been on here. I knew it was a LOOOOONGGGGGG time when I saw that Peg had actually posted since I've been on.

I just had a minute to share these pictures of the making a smowman in our backyard this morning after it snowed here! I am not impressed, first we had no summer, it showed up in September! Now it's winter, no, no, no!

Oh the weather's been weird everywhere! Last week we set a record for the # of 90+ days in October. Now this morning we're at a record low. I truly wonder if God's just enjoying spinning the weather wheel of fortune!!

OMG....I can't believe Peg posted!!! Good thing I was sitting down, I almost fainted:lmao:

Great update, great pics too,....nice one of me coming off the bus.....;)

Absolutely the same reaction I had!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends

I missed it but happy belated Thanksgiving to y'all!

If you two ever decide to do a ladies only trip let me know. I'd try to pop down for the weekend at least.

Oh wouldn't that be fun!!! I'm inviting myself!!!!!

Okay, time for me to go get in the shower. I should always make sure I read your updates in the evening. Y'all make me late for work!!!!

BTW, Peg, if the kids like Stitch, my youngest does a spot on Stitch imitation. I could get him to do some kind of audio inviting your kids down for a visit. Might be a fun surprise for them. Lemme know if you want me to work on something.

Queenofallthings

10-22-2009, 08:59 PM

I'M BACK

I had to bite the bullet and get a new computer....I missed my Disboards so much, I was in serious withdrawal. I start 2 weeks holidays next Friday and I couldn't imagine sitting here while Jasmine is in school with no computer.

I promise I will do a huge post on the weekend, I have to download all of our pictures again, but I am not complaining.

I've missed you all terribly!!!!

Charleston Princess

10-22-2009, 09:14 PM

We've missed you, too, Queen! Glad to have you back! :goodvibes

leamom2princesses

10-22-2009, 09:27 PM

Glad you made it back Queen! :goodvibes

Ferry Joy

10-23-2009, 12:14 AM

I just started reading and I am only one page 7. Can't wait to read the rest!

Hypermommy

10-23-2009, 06:26 AM

I'M BACK

Great to have ya back!!!!! We missed you too!!!!!!!

I just started reading and I am only one page 7. Can't wait to read the rest!

Don't worry... these ladies give you plenty of time between posts to get caught up.

/me ducking and running!

Queenofallthings

10-24-2009, 10:06 AM

I just started reading and I am only one page 7. Can't wait to read the rest!

We are so happy you have joined us....another Canuck is always welcome!! Hope you enjoy!!
Great to have ya back!!!!! We missed you too!!!!!!!

Don't worry... these ladies give you plenty of time between posts to get caught up.

/me ducking and running!

Thanks Hypermommy, I think I was really close to having to attend a meeting if I didn't get on these ASAP.

The sad thing is you are right, but you have to admit, I'm much better than peg;)

I am going to run out to get some groceries and then I am going to reload all my pictures onto the new computer and then I promise a post will be on by tonight....maybe a couple!!

Queenofallthings

10-24-2009, 01:23 PM

Well, I finally got everything loaded onto the new computer and we're good to go. Jasmine is just making her lunch to head out to work so I will have all afternoon to post if I choose to!!

It's been so long I had to go back and see where I left off, so that I have everything in order......let's go.

We were up at our usual 730am time, had breakfast and we were out to the bus by 830am. The bus stop was a little further than at SSR but hey, we were lucky enough to be able to stay at AKL so we weren't about to complain. This was another MK day, ahhhh, my favorite park!!!

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Here is Mini Montana, Geodoc, Snow White and Jasmine waiting for the bus. We had gotten used to being the only people at our bus stop at SSR but that was because they had stops all around the resort. At AKL the bus stops at Jambo House (where we were staying) and then onto Kidani Village.
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Jasmine decided she wanted to have the camera this morning so there are a few duplicate pictures from our last MK day, but I thought I would post them anyways, you can never have too many pictures, right? So now you understand why there is another one of the horse.
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Exposition Hall and Tony's Town Square
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Confectionary....I actually believe we may have made a purchase or two here on this particular day.
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The view as we walked passed The Plaza restaurant on our way to Tomorrowland. We had decided that we would start our day here at Laugh Floor and it did not disappoint. I love this attraction.
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Extreme close up of Jasmine and the castle
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Laugh Floor sign
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As you can see the park was not busy at all. I think they must have just closed the doors when we got there because we were the only ones in line. It did of course get busier as we waited, but if it was half full that was it.
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Our little monsters patiently waiting....
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What else is there to do when your waiting but take pictures. Once the doors opened we headed in to find a seat. Sam and Ella came out (gosh they crack me up) and started their routine. Before we knew what was happening, Jasmine was on the big screen. MM and SW thought this was great that she had been chosen. Sam proclaimed that he was an expert on all world geography, so Ella asked Jasmine where she was from and she said Winnipeg Canada....Sam said "Ah yes, Winnipeg Canada, small island with a large volcano and home of the Eiffel Tower" we howled. Ella asked Jas if this was corrected and she said AHHHHH, no!!! Both their mouths fell open and Sam said "poor girl doesn't even know where she's from". It was a great way to start our day, nothing like a good laugh.

When we left LF our plan was to go straight to Toontown to get in line to see the fairies, but Buzz only had a 5 minute wait time so we decided to ride and then go see the fairies.
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Quick shot of Buzz as we walked on the ride
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Ride vehicles
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With another ride under our belts, we headed to Toontown.
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On the way I asked the girls if they wanted to stop and get their faces painted but apparently the draw of the fairies was too strong...maybe another day
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Minnie's house
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As you can see the girls were a little excited to get there, they were not happy when I made them stop for a photo op
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Line up to fairies
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View of the store as we waited in line
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On our way to Pixie Hollow
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The detail was amazing....but then again isn't everything at Disneyworld!!!

Queenofallthings

10-24-2009, 01:48 PM

We finally made it to meet the fairies...we were all pretty excited as we had never seen them before. Today Rosetta, Iradessa and Tink were there. MM loves Rosetta's hair.

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Rosetta was absolutely hilarious....she had us in stitches. The girls really enjoyed the interaction, I understand why the line takes so long, they really take their time with each guest, well worth the wait.
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MM, Rosetta and SW posing
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Jasmine and Rosetta, they had quite the conversation about why Jasmine had an A and an F on her shirt but neither were her initials, Jasmine played right along, we laughed so hard
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Tinkerbelle, MM and SW... I love how SW is looking at Tink
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Tink signing the autograph book and still making conversation the entire time
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Posing for the camera
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Jasmine proclaimed after meeting Tink that she was her new BFF, I think Jasmine may have enjoyed this meeting more than MM and SW
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One of my absolute favorite pictures from our trip...Jasmine actually has this as her profile picture on Facebook

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Too bad Iradessa's eyes are closed in this picture but I thought I would post it anyways
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She was talking to Jasmine about have pixie dust all over her arms, Jasmine wasn't sure what she was talking about so she just laughed, smiled and then posed
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Iradessa and Jasmine
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After we had our fairy fix, we thought we would all ride The Barnstormer since we were right there and it was only a 5 minute wait. When we got on the ride Jasmine and I were in the last row and the cast member that was working the ride knelt down beside Jasmine and said "Can I have a smile princess?" We teased her about that one let me tell you. The funny part was after we got off the ride he was on the path you take to leave the ride and he said to her "I just wanted to tell you I hope you have a magical day". Again, we teased her that the cast members were trying to pick her up.
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Barnstormer in action
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Minnie's mailbox
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Just thought I'd grab a shot of the speedway and thank my lucky stars I don't have to ride that anymore
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The girls decided they wanted to ride the teacup and none of the adults can ride it without wanting to hurl, so off they went and we watched and took pics.
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Queenofallthings

10-24-2009, 02:12 PM

By this time we were getting a little hungry and decided we would wander over to Cosmic Ray's for lunch. When the girls got off the Teacups, Alice and the White Rabbit were there so we decided we would stop.

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SW and MM with White Rabbit and Alice
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One of Cosmic Rays menu boards. I don't know what I was thinking but I didn't take pictures of our food here. I had cheesesteak flatbread with a water and Jasmine had a cheeseburger and fries with of course a lemonade. I don't think she drank anything but lemonade for the 3 weeks we were here
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Now that we were nourished (if you can call it that) we decided we would head through Fantasyland to Frontierland for another ride on SM.
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Mrs. Pott's Cupboard...seriously best strawberry shortcake here
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Dumbo topiary outside the Dumbo ride, just gorgeous
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Philharmagic...yes, we stopped to watch it....another one of our favorite shows and a welcome relief to the August temperatures let me tell you
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You can see our destination in the background....Splash Mountain...we love this ride
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Splash Mountain wait area. We rode once and wanted to ride BTMRR, but it was down when we tried to ride so we decided we would just head back the AKL for a swim, rest and get ready for dinner at Le Cellier that evening
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Jasmine and I all freshened up on our way to one of our favorite restaurants at the World....Le Cellier
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Jasmine posing in front of SE
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Jasmine all dressed for dinner, Le Cellier is second only to Tutto Italia for her
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Posing for a photopass entering EPCOT
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Jasmine decided it might be nice to have a shot of her standing on the fountain....ok dear, whatever you say
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Jasmine and another one of the 2009 signage, it really is very nice
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Jasmine outside Canada
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The beautiful gardens, pictures don't do them justice by any means
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Le Cellier...yippee we're hear

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ellajeansmom

10-25-2009, 10:04 PM

Queenofallthings

10-25-2009, 10:23 PM

Loved all the pics from Pixie Hollow...we didn't make it there, I think I'm more interested in it than my girls are - they are still more into the princesses and have not really gotten into the fairies. It looks so fun :)

Looking forward to reading about dinner at Le Cellier!

I know exactly what you mean....Tink was what we saw every Sunday night when we would sit down as a family to watch the Wonderful World of Disney...she was our link to the World.

Going to post the dinner portion tonight before I go to bed. Hope all is well with all of you:thumbsup2

Queenofallthings

10-25-2009, 10:51 PM

Sorry about the delay, here is the finale of our dinner at EPCOT.

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We were about 20 minutes early for our ADR's but we were seated within a few moments of arrival. I thought I would take a few pictures of the entryway to the restaurant. This was the lovely young woman who took our name down when we first arrived
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I loved the maple leaves on the entryway into what looked like the wine cellar
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Jasmine, Geodoc and Snow White....Le Cellier is separated into provinces, just like Canada...we are from Manitoba and we were seated in Manitoba...this has never happened to us before. We had a lovely young man whose name was Richard and he was wonderful.
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Love this picture of me and mini me.....as her mother cringes as the thought
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Peg, me, and MM.....we had such a wonderful meal here
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Jasmine ordered the beer and cheddar soup...it's her absolute favorite thing I think to eat anywhere at WDW, she dunks the pretzel bread in it and proclaims it decadent!!!
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MM was trying to do a crossword I think and it was on Hannah Montana song lyrics....this is Jasmine finishing it off for her because MM was having a hard time with it.
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Jasmine ordered the salmon, she loved it, she said it was the best salmon she's ever eaten...better than 50's prime time cafe, which earlier in the trip she proclaimed the best salmon she'd ever eaten
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I ordered the NY strip with au gratin potatoes....just as yummy as I remember it to be. I have to say I really need to go outside my box on the next trip...I always order the same things whereever we go.
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Jasmine was full after her soup and salmon but she ordered the creme brulee for dessert because SW was dying to try it so she gave it to her to have...isn't she a nice cousin?
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I ordered the Mont Blanc and I must say was my second favorite dessert of our trip...my fav being at Tutto Italia, but this was delicious, I would have it again in a heartbeat.
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picture of the dessert menu
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After our wonderful dinner, Geodoc took the 3 girls to do a KP mission, Peg and I had no interest in doing that, our only thought was to head to the Grey Goose Slushie stand, purchase 2 and find a bench and enjoy our evening. We were staying to watch Illuminations and we just wanted to enjoy watching the people walk by. Here we are with drinks in hand....come to think of it, Jasmine stayed with Peg and I cause she took the picture!!!
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I thought I would take a picture of the actual stand where we purchased those little glasses of heavenly goodness. I could go for one right now.....
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We just decided to sit and be....no pictures, just watched and enjoyed Illuminations and then headed back to the resort. We heard a little knock on our bedroom door and when I opened it, MM was standing there looking up at me and said "I really want to sleep wiff Shan" (love the way she says that) so how could either of us say no to that adorable little face. I took this shot of them after MM crawled into bed and told Shan she wanted to snuggle. You can't buy memories like this
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I know you can't really see anything, but this is one of my favorite pictures of our entire trip....this is how I found them when I woke up in the morning. Made me have a little weep!!

Queenofallthings

10-25-2009, 11:19 PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009

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Today we were all heading to Epcot, but we decided on our way there that we would split up as Geodoc, MM, and SW wanted to do another KP mission and Jasmine wanted to do some rides. Jasmine and I headed straight for Soarin and we decided against FP and just rode stand by which took about 30 minutes. After Soarin, we headed to the Seas to ride Nemo, something about this ride we quite enjoy. On our way over to TT and MS we decided to head into Character Spot...the line up was huge but we decided to wait, it was super hot and we decided after we saw all the characters that we would grab an ice cream and just sit for a few minutes at Fountain View.
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Jasmine and Goofy, he got very shy when Shan went over to him and it was so funny, once he got over his shyness he just grabbed her and hugged her so hard, we laughed.
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Jasmine and Donald
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Jasmine and Minnie
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Jasmine and Pluto
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Jasmine and the main man err mouse himself
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After our ice cream break we decided we would just head back to the hotel, we were in the mood for a pool afternoon in the worst way. However, on our way to the bus we decided we would ride SE, here are some shots from the ride.
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I have no idea what the heck is going on with my hair in these pictures from SE, but Jasmine and I howled when we saw them....we were actually crying we laughed so hard. ENJOY
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Up next, dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern.....

Diamondintheruff

10-26-2009, 09:58 AM

Finally caught back up. See what happens when you actually visit WDW? You get behind on the Disboards.

The hair is kind of like Judy Jetson. Didn't she have that piece that stuck up too?

Disney Brat

10-26-2009, 01:33 PM

Hi guys!! I am so sorry I have been MIA!! I have now fully caught up, and loved every minute of it!! I loved the pic of Jas and MM, that is just the sweetest thing!! Glad to hear you are back online now Queen! Can't wait to hear more!

Queenofallthings

10-26-2009, 07:36 PM

Finally caught back up. See what happens when you actually visit WDW? You get behind on the Disboards.

The hair is kind of like Judy Jetson. Didn't she have that piece that stuck up too?

I can't believe you just got home again....can't wait to read all about it!!

Yes I believe you're right about the hair....still makes me howl!!!

Hi guys!! I am so sorry I have been MIA!! I have now fully caught up, and loved every minute of it!! I loved the pic of Jas and MM, that is just the sweetest thing!! Glad to hear you are back online now Queen! Can't wait to hear more!

Hey girl....we've missed you!! We really need to get together for lunch soon!! I am so happy to be back online too...serious withdrawal I was having.

declansdad

10-26-2009, 09:35 PM

So you're liking those slushies, eh!

iixheartxyouxox

10-27-2009, 01:49 AM

just found your TR and im loving it so far!! my DBF and I were in disney the same time as you from aug 9th-16th and we were in the same parks as you on some days..it was interesting seeing where you were in the parks compared to where we were..cant wait for more! :goodvibes

Queenofallthings

10-28-2009, 07:53 PM

So you're liking those slushies, eh!

They have popped into my mind more than once.....once at the Liquor Mart where I purchased some Grey Goose vodka....didn't taste the same....hmmm wonder why:lmao:

just found your TR and im loving it so far!! my DBF and I were in disney the same time as you from aug 9th-16th and we were in the same parks as you on some days..it was interesting seeing where you were in the parks compared to where we were..cant wait for more! :goodvibes

Welcome aboard, we're so happy to have you. Too funny we were there at the same time....are you planning another trip anytime soon? I will do my best to get another post up in the next day or two!!

leamom2princesses

10-28-2009, 08:04 PM

iixheartxyouxox

10-29-2009, 05:54 PM

Welcome aboard, we're so happy to have you. Too funny we were there at the same time....are you planning another trip anytime soon? I will do my best to get another post up in the next day or two!!

Thanks! =] I was actually hoping to go back this jan. but it looks like i wont be able to go back until jan 2011 bcuz i have to save up money again but im looking forward to it already!

Hypermommy

11-01-2009, 07:08 AM

The sad thing is you are right, but you have to admit, I'm much better than peg;)

Yes, you definitely are. Speaking of which, when are we gonna hear from that slacker again???

I'm so glad to have carved out another few minutes to get caught up. Lemme tell you, trying to pack a house for moving while trying to pack for a cruise all at the same time is a pain in the patootie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just a couple more weeks and it'll all be over, for better or worse, and if I don't get everything done, well Castaway Cay and Serenity Bay will still be there.

Twice!!! :banana:

Thanks for all the Pixie Hollow pics! I haven't made it over there yet and they're great to see!!

This pic makes it look like maybe Tink had a bit too much pixie dust!! LOL
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And maybe she shared with Iradessa????

Is it just me or does Alice look like a guy in drag?
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You'd think the economy would make it a bit easier for Disney to find females for the female roles.

Great pic of Splash with the river!!!!!

Great closeup of Jas in front of SE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, going outside your box might be a good idea but it'd be hard to turn down a steak that looks that yummy!!!!!

What a precious picture of Jas and MM!!!!! Nope, you sure can't buy those kind of memories.

Queenofallthings

11-03-2009, 07:48 PM

Hi there! I'm all caught up again. Those slushies do look delish. :thumbsup2 The description of the pic of MM with Jas in the bed sleeping brought tears to my eyes. So glad you captured the moment. I don't think they could have gotten any closer to each other. :cutie: What a gorgeous family you have!

Yeah, you're back;) They were so delicious, I can't even put it into words. Thank you so much, we think they're pretty cute too:lovestruc

Thanks! =] I was actually hoping to go back this jan. but it looks like i wont be able to go back until jan 2011 bcuz i have to save up money again but im looking forward to it already!

We are trying our hardest to get there in January but it all depends how much the year end bonus is....keep your fingers crossed for us:woohoo: If we don't go then, I think it will be August again, we'll see. Either way, we'll be back at some point....hey, somethings wrong if we don't have a Disney vacation to plan right??:rotfl2:

Yes, you definitely are. Speaking of which, when are we gonna hear from that slacker again???

I'm so glad to have carved out another few minutes to get caught up. Lemme tell you, trying to pack a house for moving while trying to pack for a cruise all at the same time is a pain in the patootie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just a couple more weeks and it'll all be over, for better or worse, and if I don't get everything done, well Castaway Cay and Serenity Bay will still be there.

Twice!!! :banana:

Thanks for all the Pixie Hollow pics! I haven't made it over there yet and they're great to see!!

This pic makes it look like maybe Tink had a bit too much pixie dust!! LOL
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And maybe she shared with Iradessa????

Is it just me or does Alice look like a guy in drag?
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You'd think the economy would make it a bit easier for Disney to find females for the female roles.

Great pic of Splash with the river!!!!!

Great closeup of Jas in front of SE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, going outside your box might be a good idea but it'd be hard to turn down a steak that looks that yummy!!!!!

What a precious picture of Jas and MM!!!!! Nope, you sure can't buy those kind of memories.

I cannot believe your trip is almost here:banana::banana: You are gonna have so much fun:cool1:

I agree about Alice, usually I find Sleeping Beauty needs a few more hours, but this time it was all Alice.

I do love that picture of Jasmine too!!

Queenofallthings

11-05-2009, 09:04 AM

I'm getting as bad as Peg....sorry everyone, real life seems to have a way of disturbing my dis time. Now where were we, ahhh yes, we were off to Liberty Tree Tavern for dinner. We arrived about 10 minutes before our ADR time and the place was packed. This would be the first time we would be eating here since the characters have gone. I was actually shocked at how full it was, I guess I thought it would be a little slower without them, but I was wrong. This would be the longest wait time of our trip to be seated. It ended up being over 30 minutes from our ADR time, but hey, we were in Disney, others in the restaurant didn't have this same frame of mind I'm afraid to say. Great entertainment for us....do people not realize how ridiculous they look when they're screaming at a young lady at the front because of their lack of knowledge to make ADR's. One woman absolutely blew me away. She was out of control. I looked at Jasmine and said "Remember, you always get more with sugar than salt"...before the words were out of my mouth, they were seating her...and may I add she had NO ADR. Jasmine's head almost spun around, she was feeling very sorry for the young lady at the front, but I explained to her that sometimes in the service industry you must remove these people so not to disturb your other guests....inside though, I was seething....someone needed to teach her some manners!! Ok, I'm better now, on to dinner......

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Peg and her beauties patiently waiting to be called
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Ok, I had nothing better to do so I also took a close up
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MM modeling her gorgeous dress that she got while in Disneyland in March, isn't she just the cutest little thing?

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We had a table not too far from the front.....here is Geodoc and Mini Montana
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Peg and Snow
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Jasmine and me
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MM being her mischievious self....Peg says she is me through and through, I think she may be right, but I still think she's perfect
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Jasmine took this castle pic...she's very proud of the 10 pictures she took on this trip...oh sorry, did that sound bitter. She kept reminding me we were using her camera and I kept saying "we" when are you gonna start so I can enjoy the sights...yeah, didn't happen
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As you can tell by now I didn't take any pictures of dinner this evening. I must admit, Peg was the one that almost always remembered to take the food pics, I was not so good. I leave you with some shots as we were exiting the park, they are not great and it was a really crowded evening as both Spectro and Wishes were on. We had decided before we left that we wouldn't be staying so we just slowly made our way out of the park after another glorious day in the World.
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leamom2princesses

11-05-2009, 11:09 AM

Disney Brat

11-05-2009, 02:46 PM

Great update Queen!! I hear what you are saying about real life getting in the way!! It seems that we always are on the go recently!! Loved MM's dress, she is sooo sweet in it!! Can't wait to hear more!!

iixheartxyouxox

11-05-2009, 05:27 PM

We are trying our hardest to get there in January but it all depends how much the year end bonus is....keep your fingers crossed for us:woohoo: If we don't go then, I think it will be August again, we'll see. Either way, we'll be back at some point....hey, somethings wrong if we don't have a Disney vacation to plan right??:rotfl2:

here's some pixiedust: for you so hopefully you can go back in jan! & i totally know what you mean, i feel lost without having a disney trip to plan, but i could always start planning now for next time!

Queenofallthings

11-05-2009, 06:46 PM

Great update Queen! It's hard to teach your children manners and respect when they see obnoxious people get their way. I feel sorry for the poor girl at the front that took the tongue lashing. :sad2: I suspect it can be REALLY hard to maintain the Disney magic when you have someone screaming at you. Would you recommend going back to LTT now that the characters are gone? We haven't been back since then either. Hope you have a great day today! :goodvibes

I still love LTT, I think it's the family style Thanksgiving/Christmas type meal they serve that just makes me happy!! I completely agree about the manners thing, I just shake my head sometimes at people at think, "If that was your child, would you want someone screaming at them" Jasmine kept giving me that, Please don't get involved and embarrassed me look, so I didn't, but I really had to fight the urge!!!:rolleyes1

Great update Queen!! I hear what you are saying about real life getting in the way!! It seems that we always are on the go recently!! Loved MM's dress, she is sooo sweet in it!! Can't wait to hear more!!

Glad it's not just me!! Hey, my girlfriend and I are heading to Fargo in the morning....can't wait. I will try and get another post up tonight cause won't have a chance this weekend;)

here's some pixiedust: for you so hopefully you can go back in jan! & i totally know what you mean, i feel lost without having a disney trip to plan, but i could always start planning now for next time!

Thanks for the pixie dust :hug: I am going to do my best to get there in January, we've been in Oct, Nov, Dec, and Aug but never January, so I'm looking forward to it. I went online and booked dining just in case we go...I do enjoy our TS meals.

Disney Brat

11-05-2009, 08:43 PM

Have a great time in Fargo Queen!!!!

Diamondintheruff

11-06-2009, 10:21 AM

Hope you have a great time in Fargo.

Never been to the liberty tree. It lost my interest when it lost the characters.

ellajeansmom

11-07-2009, 06:58 PM

As you said, "another glorious day in the World"!

Too bad about the rude people in line - its so annoying when you encounter people like that, especially at Disney :confused3

Love MM's polka dot dress, its adorable :goodvibes

Hypermommy

11-08-2009, 07:00 AM

Thanks! =] I was actually hoping to go back this jan. but it looks like i wont be able to go back until jan 2011 bcuz i have to save up money again but im looking forward to it already!

Bummer!!! I hope you can get there in January but I totally understand if you can't. But whenever you do get there I hope you'll put me on your calendar. From what I could tell of your pics, there's a whole 'nother side of Raglan Road you must experience and I'm just the Irish girl to show it to ya! We'll send the kids off exploring DTD and we'll maybe learn some new pub songs (but knowing us, we'll probably be making them up as we go).

I cannot believe your trip is almost here:banana::banana: You are gonna have so much fun:cool1:

I can't believe it's almost here either. I have soooooo much left to do! I stayed up past midnight last night working on fish extender gifts. But, for better or worse a week from today I'll be at Castaway Cay and Serenity Bay. We're watching the weather but it's gonna have to be one helluva storm to keep me away from SB if the boat does dock. LOL

Great pictures!!!! And great update. Yes, you are getting as bad as Peg, but that's wonderful for those of us who are also soooo busy that we find it hard to pop by and check out the update. So it kind of works out. Now don't tell Peg I said that, of course.... I can't lose the ammunition of teasing her about when she's going to post another update.

Love that pic of MM modeling her dress!!!

That darling little girlie does look like the mischevious one! Especially in the close up. Bet she's going to end up like my youngest who seems to have learned that charm can get him almost anything he wants. If she does... watch out! :rotfl2:

LOL @ Jas giving you that "please don't get involved and embarrass me" look. Now I think I've known you long enough that I can say this with some conviction but doesn't she know that our goal in life as parents is to give them something to tell their therapist about?

Too bad we weren't there with ya. I'm sure you and I coulda took the obnoxious, ignorant, foolish woman! :-)

Queenofallthings

11-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Have a great time in Fargo Queen!!!!

Hey Brat...sent you a message on Facebook about the great time we had...spent too much....lol...how is that different from any other trip.

Hope you have a great time in Fargo.

Never been to the liberty tree. It lost my interest when it lost the characters.

Thanks Diamond!! I can see that, the characters were great there, we always had fun with them.

As you said, "another glorious day in the World"!

Too bad about the rude people in line - its so annoying when you encounter people like that, especially at Disney :confused3

Love MM's polka dot dress, its adorable :goodvibes

I'm always stunned when I meet up with rude people there, it just goes against everything Disney stands for in my eyes.....I just keep saying, They don't get it. Feel sorry for them

I agree, she is adorable.

Bummer!!! I hope you can get there in January but I totally understand if you can't. But whenever you do get there I hope you'll put me on your calendar. From what I could tell of your pics, there's a whole 'nother side of Raglan Road you must experience and I'm just the Irish girl to show it to ya! We'll send the kids off exploring DTD and we'll maybe learn some new pub songs (but knowing us, we'll probably be making them up as we go).

I can't believe it's almost here either. I have soooooo much left to do! I stayed up past midnight last night working on fish extender gifts. But, for better or worse a week from today I'll be at Castaway Cay and Serenity Bay. We're watching the weather but it's gonna have to be one helluva storm to keep me away from SB if the boat does dock. LOL

Great pictures!!!! And great update. Yes, you are getting as bad as Peg, but that's wonderful for those of us who are also soooo busy that we find it hard to pop by and check out the update. So it kind of works out. Now don't tell Peg I said that, of course.... I can't lose the ammunition of teasing her about when she's going to post another update.

Love that pic of MM modeling her dress!!!

That darling little girlie does look like the mischevious one! Especially in the close up. Bet she's going to end up like my youngest who seems to have learned that charm can get him almost anything he wants. If she does... watch out! :rotfl2:

LOL @ Jas giving you that "please don't get involved and embarrass me" look. Now I think I've known you long enough that I can say this with some conviction but doesn't she know that our goal in life as parents is to give them something to tell their therapist about?

Too bad we weren't there with ya. I'm sure you and I coulda took the obnoxious, ignorant, foolish woman! :-)

Hypermommy, were you drinking when you posted....that wasn't me that said we may not be coming in January you silly woman....me, you, kids at a park, us at Raglan Road...I am so in!!!!

Oh, you and I would have had a smackdown with that woman....and then we would have had a cocktail or two!!!

I agree, doesn't everyone talk to their therapist about how their mother messed them up? Really, we're just ensuring there are jobs for them, it's our duty!!!

5 glorious days under your on your "ship of dreams" oh my friend I wish you the best trip and enjoy your family time...these moments we never get back...now I'm weeping and I have to take Jas to her ortho appointment. Will chat with ya later:hug:

Queenofallthings

11-09-2009, 02:31 PM

I am still on holidays this week so I am intending to get this trip report pretty much completed!! When Peg has time, I'm sure she'll add on at some point. So this brings us to Tuesday August 18 and we were having a relaxing resort day with a private photo session at noon and then an afternoon at DTD.

We had decided before we left home that we wanted to do the private session and use some of the pictures for Christmas cards and presents for our parents. When we were trying to decide which resort to use we finally realized we would be crazy not to do it at AKL...we wouldn't have to travel anywhere in the Florida humidity and it just seemed easier for all so that's what we did.

We started our day with breakfast at Boma, there is something to be said about just taking an elevator down to eat at our fav restaurant. The server we had was ironically Canadian. She was from New Brunswick, the province both Peg and I were born in, so we chatted about that and had a lovely time with her, she was wonderful. After breakfast we headed back up to our rooms to shower and get ready for our session.

I would highly recommend this. The pictures are beautiful and I think well worth the price considering you get the disc with all the pics too! Peg does have the disc so we'll have to rely on her to post them hopefully in the near future.

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Geodoc took these pictures after our session was complete and we were enjoying these wonderful chairs. It had started to rain at the end of our session so we were just enjoying the lobby area.
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Mini Montana doing a craft with one of the wonderful cast members at AKL
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We then all boarded the bus to DTD...it was a shopping day...Peg and I do love shopping at DTD. As you can see it was still raining but I decided to capture some shots anyways...as you can tell, it was pretty empty at DTD.
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My absolute favorite store at DTD, the Christmas store. This wall was filled with Tinkerbell ornaments and if you remember from previous posts, Jasmine's new BFF.
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Jasmine with the blanket she was about to purchase...once again Tinkerbell
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Jasmine next to the candy dispensers at Goofy's Candy Company. I soon learned it's easy to spend a fortune in this store. Easy gifts to bring home if you don't know what to bring people...the boxes or pretzels, choc or nuts are delish
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Some shots around the store
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Everything in this store is extremely tempting.
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Couldn't resist this picture of the rice krispie Mickey, it was $49.95 and no I didn't purchase it lol
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Jasmine outside the store
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World of Disney store...my other favorite store at DTD
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Using the zoom across the lake
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We did stop into Ghiradelli's a few times on this trip...but we split something everytime!
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Margarita bar...I enjoyed a few of these on this trip
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Jasmine tried this tiara on at Arribas Bros. not the best pic of her but wanted to show you this gorgeous tiara

Queenofallthings

11-09-2009, 07:26 PM

This day would bring us all the AK again. We did the usual sprint to EE to get FP's and ride stand by before we headed to Dinoland. The girls had decided today that they would get their faces painted (all except MM, she is not the least bit interested in having her face painted or going to BBB) so that's what we would do
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Snow white starting the face painting process
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Jasmine waiting her turn
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Jasmine's transformation begins
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The lady doing Jasmine's face takes a moment to admire her handiwork
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SW almost done, her lady did an amazing job
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Jasmine completed...not as bold as SW's but for Jasmine that was ok
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Getting ready to ride Dinosaur
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T=Rex outside the ride
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Entryway into the ride
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Waiting in line to ride faces painted and all

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Before boarding the time machine...I think that's what it's called
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We headed back to the hotel for the obligatory swim and rest before heading to Wilderness Lodge for dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe...one of our favorite meals of last year. Here is my beautiful Jasmine all dressed up and ready to go for dinner. She purchased her dress downstairs in the gift shop at AKL...she was so proud of herself that it only cost $20...so was her mother considering it was my money.
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Enjoying the boat ride from MK to WL...thank goodness for the wind, it was mightly hot.
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Geodoc, MM, and SW....we do love our boat rides

Queenofallthings

11-09-2009, 08:05 PM

We were off this evening to WL to have dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe...one of our favorite spots last year to eat, I think a lot of that had to do with our server Bob, this year was just ok. They didn't have our ADR when we arrived, this has never happened to us before and the young lady at front was not too pleased when I produced our ADR number, I think she just expected us to leave. We ended up waiting over an hour....not happy. Oh well, we were there and we were waiting to eat.

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Here is my gorgeous Jasmine all dressed for dinner in her dress she bought at the gift shop in AKL....this is the picture Thomas carries in his wallet and has framed in his room...one of my fav's of the trip, why do they have to grow up?
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As we arrived at WL we decided we were early for our ADR's (should have checked in considering what happened but who knew) so we decided to take in our tranquil surroundings. This is a true architectural wonder in my eyes, I would love to stay here sometime.
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Absolutely stunning IMO
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It was drizzling as we were walking and we thought it hilarious how the ducks decided to take in a little swim in the pool...the girls were in their glory.
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Another shot of the Lodge
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Jasmine having a seat as we waited to be called for dinner. We soon decided we may as well wander around and look in the gift shop and take some pictures around the lobby.
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Jasmine and Donald this totem pole is so cute and stunning all at the same time
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the lobby, so spectacular
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Jasmine smooching Donald
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Another totem pole
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another shot of the lobby...will be ever be called to eat
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We were finally seated...thank heavens, we're starving by now....MM and Jasmine
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MM saying something, not sure what, but she's saying something
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SW in the pony races
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everyone except Jasmine ordered the skillet..this is the salad...so yummy
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Cornbread....I could eat this and only this....
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skillet...yummy
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Jasmine ordered some kind of pasta....she said it was ok, I think she wished she had just ordered the skillet.

After dinner, we headed out to catch the boat back to MK, then a bus back to AKL. While we waited on the dock for the boat, the water pagent went by, it's so pretty!!!

Everyone was pretty tired and full by this time so it was back to AKL and our comfy cosy beds!!!