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OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 02:58 AM

It was almost time for the parade and we wanted a good seat so we grabbed some pretzels, fruit, and drinks and went to find a spot. We were about 30-40 minutes early. All the benches were taken of course. Next time I know to sit down and reserve a bench while the kids go play! Those are the best seats to have! While sitting there we kept seeing the ST go by.

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A few minutes later the HSM3 parade went by too. We'd had not seen version 3 so this was a nice surprise.

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The parade should have been starting soon but wouldn't you know it....the rain started pouring down and I mean POURING! I said, "WTH ever....I'm staying right here!" Yes, I got soaking wet but I kept a decent seat. No one else left either. I was a little surprised. Of course most people had ponchos and/or umbrellas...I just sat there and let the rain pour down on me. LOL Gabby took this pic right before the fall out ~

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About 20 minutes later the parade started. It was cute but I was not impressed. I had seen it on you tube before and in other pictures and it just looked bigger to me. Perhaps they shortened it due to the rain!? I don't know but it was over pretty fast.

Up first our pal Mickey came out...

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Minnie came out second...

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Then Goofy

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And last but not least Donald!

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Then everything else started to come out. I'm just going to post pictures now. No need in trying to name everything. It's impossible.

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Continued in next post...

OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 02:59 AM

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 03:00 AM

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 03:01 AM

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 03:03 AM

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Man! That was a lot of parade pictures. Do you guys want to see Gabby's pics too? May as well add them.

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She only took a couple.

I'll be back with more soon and some replies. Sorry I haven't had a chance to get back to everyone yet. Thanks for reading along and sticking with me. I'm getting it done as fast as I can. :goodvibes

Charleston Princess

07-08-2009, 06:26 AM

MagicShell

07-08-2009, 12:00 PM

My kids would love that parade. Too bad you had to get soaked to see it.

WrightFamily06

07-08-2009, 12:18 PM

Cute HSM parade pictures :cutie: The SWW Parade picture are awesome , I have only ever watched the movies in bits and pieces so I don't know to much about the characters but what beautiful and elaborate costumes they have , I know my family would just love to see that parade one day ! Sorry to hear that you guys got rained on, what a bummer :(

OneTreeHillAddict

07-08-2009, 08:06 PM

mmmm...margarita! That Mexico boat ride has a special place in my life - it was the very first ride we took our older DD on when she was 8 months old! I think they changed the music in it recently - it used to be this tune that would get stuck in my head (uh-oh, now it's stuck in my head again!).

I don't remember much about my last ride....:rotfl:

Well at least he didn't hide behind like he usually does :goodvibes. If I had known that they were giving Tommy his vacation week I would have extended our stay until Saturday. Do you mean that Hyperspace Hoopla show? I saw it on another TR and showed Thomas. He was hysterically :rotfl: . I'm pretty sure we will go back next May and plan on being there for SWW.

I wish you guys would have stayed longer. YES that show was the BEST! One of the funniest things I've ever seen! I'll have to look up a better video...mines okay but it got rained out at the end plus I wasn't right up front. Let's make plans together next time! K?

Sorry to hear the kids were a little rowdy in WS. But--kids, vacation, walking, rain --- it was bound to happen. Didn't last that long though! :thumbsup2 I love walking inside Mexico. Dismeet -- :banana:

Yeah...sooner or later they get po'ed at one another. I just wish they hadn't been like that when it was just the three of us! Mexico is beautiful inside!

Lots more great pics. I love the maket in Mexico too! I wish it had rained more on our trip! It was just plain hot!!!! School starts on the 25th in NC this year, but we start on the 18th as teachers. also my Big 40 is on the 16th. I would love to go down and celebrate, but not enough time. When does free dining start? Of curse I think we missed the window for reservations. Besides. I've been home 2 days this entire summer. We won't know what to do with ourselves when we actually get home next week!

Too bad the free dining dates didn't work out for ya. You could have gotten the $75 gift card and everything! You can still book. I think it started on the 13th? Not sure. I think it's awesome that you guys are living it up and traveling all Summer. That's what I'd do too with the Summer off.

Great update!

Thanks!

Ok I was behind a few posts but I'm all caught up now. The summer is keeping me away from the boards too! Since by 3pm today I was burnt already though, I have some time now LOL

Loved to hear about the Dis meets, it gets me excited for our big one! And we better have some alcoholic beverages to have some fun like you did on the Mexico boat ride! :rotfl: I hope the rain held off a little so you could enjoy the Star Wars events at DHS!

We're supposed to stop laying out when we get burnt? :laughing: Oops. I'm just kidding.

We'll all be so funked up we'll have to be carried to the buses! :rotfl2:

alright, catching up because I have been gone in Vegas for a week. I LOVE all of the EPCOT pictures. My favorite park! You always take such great pictures of the not so common stuff too! So cool.

WTH!? And you didn't invite me? Nice. Real nice! :sad2: Id' ask what happened but I know it stayed in Vegas...

Tammy those SWW pics are Great! Hey I'm doing the 50 day dance :woohoo::cool1::banana::woohoo: LOL!

Thanks. Now we're in the 40's! Even better!

Great SWW pictures so far! Can't wait to see the rest, sorry you got so much more rain though.

Me too but it made for an unforgettable trip!

Whooo hooo!! What fun!! What day was this? We were at SWW on Saturday, May 23rd. My dh is a HUGE Star Wars buff and was just in heaven (especially after doing princess stuff all week). Can't wait to see more!!

This was Friday. We were there Saturday too. Did you go to the big finale show Saturday? I have that on video....you might be in it!!!

I love all the characters that were everywhere. And :scared1:yikes was what in that store. I don't think there was anything I've every stood in a line like that to buy anything

Evidently they sell this highly collectible merchandise that sells out quickly!? I'm not into that kind of thing. I don't even do the black Friday mess...I'd rather pay more and be leisure about it.

Princess Leia Minnie and Jedi Mickey are sooooo cute! I'd love to go during SWW one of these days - though some of those crowd stories scare me!

Aren't they? I thought they were adorable! I would love to go again next year!

Love your SWW update and pics. :guilty: I told Tom today that I'm so annoyed we didn't just stay and extra day knowing how much Thomas loves SW. He loved your pics too :goodvibes. Jedi Mickey and Leia Minnie are so cute. Waiting for more popcorn::.
This past trip...I don't think it's going down as one of your favorites. I'm helping you plan next time!

Maureenmouse

07-08-2009, 08:17 PM

I LOVE the parade pics! The HSM3 thing was cute from what we saw, but it was soooo hot when we went, and the show was in the sun, that we didn't stay and watch the performance! I bet the kids loved the SWW parade with all the SW characters! I'm home again! Now for loads of laundry, unpacking from Disney and Pittsburgh and just general cleaning. Today is our 14th anniversary, but we don't really celebrate. We'll go out to dinner later in the week.

eandesmom

07-08-2009, 08:22 PM

oh wow! those pictures are SOOOO cool. A parade we'd all actually enjoy!

Goofy22

07-09-2009, 12:16 AM

I love those Star Wars pics brings back memories of watching when I was a kid! ;) I know I can't believe we are nearing the 45 day mark! We will be in Florida real soon! :thumbsup2

ladybugmom

07-09-2009, 01:47 AM

This was Friday. We were there Saturday too. Did you go to the big finale show Saturday? I have that on video....you might be in it!!!

I didn't know there was a big finale show on Saturday. What time was it? We got there when the park opened at 8:00 a.m. We hung out for awhile, saw the parade, and then had to leave to catch our bus back to the airport.

Love your parade pics--I took a TON, too!! Brent was in heaven that day! He is a HUGE Star Wars fan (it was the very 1st movie he saw as a kid).

AZMickeyfans

07-09-2009, 10:10 AM

Wow, thats a lot of storm troopers! Can't wait til Jake wakes up so I can show him these pictures! Great as usual. I love R2D2. He's so cute, as a robot goes of course!! :lmao:

kaysmommie

07-09-2009, 10:49 AM

Thomas loves your SW parade pictures! We can't wait to see your video. I agree this trip was not our best :guilty: and unfortunately it was Thomas' Birthday trip. Could have been worse though :goodvibes.

jenseib

07-09-2009, 11:35 AM

Great pictures of the parade. I never knew they did such a thing.

manntra

07-09-2009, 02:10 PM

Wow that looks like a pretty cool (and freaky :rotfl: looking parade!) I am pretty sure I only saw the first one wayyyyy back whenever that first came out. Back before all of those other new creatures!! :lmao: Looks like fun though, without the dumb*** rain!

BigEeyore

07-09-2009, 02:19 PM

OK - the mommy sandman with the baby sandman is kind of weird!
What a lot of costumed characters in the parade! It makes me wonder why they don't do Star Wars stuff year round. :confused3

OneTreeHillAddict

07-09-2009, 07:26 PM

We never made it over to SWW while we were there in June (we did do it last year) so seeing all of your pictures was really neat. Too bad you got drenched while waiting for the parade to start. Stupid rain! :headache:

That was the reason we went. DS is a huge Star Wars fan! Geeting soaked was icky but by then I didn't care anymore. I was used to it.

My kids would love that parade. Too bad you had to get soaked to see it.

I know. :rolleyes: I got to see it though. That's the important thing. I was glad they didn't cancel it.

Cute HSM parade pictures :cutie: The SWW Parade picture are awesome , I have only ever watched the movies in bits and pieces so I don't know to much about the characters but what beautiful and elaborate costumes they have , I know my family would just love to see that parade one day ! Sorry to hear that you guys got rained on, what a bummer :(

Thanks girl. Me too...I've seen bits and pieces. I promised DS I'd watch them all with him soon.

I LOVE the parade pics! The HSM3 thing was cute from what we saw, but it was soooo hot when we went, and the show was in the sun, that we didn't stay and watch the performance! I bet the kids loved the SWW parade with all the SW characters! I'm home again! Now for loads of laundry, unpacking from Disney and Pittsburgh and just general cleaning. Today is our 14th anniversary, but we don't really celebrate. We'll go out to dinner later in the week.

Is it ever perfect there? :laughing: Happy Anniversary!!! 14 years! :woohoo: Ugh I hate laundry and it sounds like you have a ton of it. Good luck girl!

oh wow! those pictures are SOOOO cool. A parade we'd all actually enjoy!

Thanks. I'm not a Star Wars fan by any means and I had a great time watching that one!

I love those Star Wars pics brings back memories of watching when I was a kid! ;) I know I can't believe we are nearing the 45 day mark! We will be in Florida real soon! :thumbsup2

I think I'm the only kids from the 70's that didn't watch them. LOL I might be in FL next week. Have the show set up for Ft Lauderdale...

I didn't know there was a big finale show on Saturday. What time was it? We got there when the park opened at 8:00 a.m. We hung out for awhile, saw the parade, and then had to leave to catch our bus back to the airport.

Love your parade pics--I took a TON, too!! Brent was in heaven that day! He is a HUGE Star Wars fan (it was the very 1st movie he saw as a kid).

My brochures (did you get an extra?) got soaked and tore up...I wanna say it was at 7:00. Right at the end the rain started pouring down. It was over on the stage where they do the Jedi academy. I would love to go again and see it without the rain! :laughing:

Wow, thats a lot of storm troopers! Can't wait til Jake wakes up so I can show him these pictures! Great as usual. I love R2D2. He's so cute, as a robot goes of course!! :lmao:

I know. Those guys were all over the place! Gabby thought Annakin was a hottie. :rotfl2:

Thomas loves your SW parade pictures! We can't wait to see your video. I agree this trip was not our best :guilty: and unfortunately it was Thomas' Birthday trip. Could have been worse though :goodvibes.

I'm glad. He's such a sweetie. I took the video on Saturday. So it'll be in that post. The coolest part of all....he got his R2D2 and at a GREAT price too!!! :thumbsup2

Great pictures of the parade. I never knew they did such a thing.

Really? It was really cool! You would have liked it!

Wow that looks like a pretty cool (and freaky :rotfl: looking parade!) I am pretty sure I only saw the first one wayyyyy back whenever that first came out. Back before all of those other new creatures!! :lmao: Looks like fun though, without the dumb*** rain!

Freaky, lol! My son knew who everyone was....he kind of amazed me.

OK - the mommy sandman with the baby sandman is kind of weird!
What a lot of costumed characters in the parade! It makes me wonder why they don't do Star Wars stuff year round. :confused3

Yep, but cute too. I don't get why they don't leave the playgrounds up like they had during F & G??? That would be nice!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-09-2009, 07:40 PM

After the parade we went on R n' RC. Dash and Sidney went first...then me and Gabby rode. The place was packed! OMG By the time me n' Gabs got done with our ride it had started to pour rain again and for some reason everybody, their mama, Grandma, and red headed step cousin were piled up in the hallway leading out of R n RC. It was a madhouse. Even the store was packed. It was crazy. Damn people...it's rain and if you've been in FL or at WDW at all this past week you should be used to it by now. People were being so rude and pushy. This was one time I about let a can of whip...you know what...out on some people. It's one thing to run inside but to block the exit...for one that is a fire hazard and two...it's STUPID! We finally make our way out back into the rain. Oh no...I'm wet again. Geez. Who cares by now? We went back over to where the Star Wars shop was. Dash wanted to meet some of the movie characters. The line was gone now so we wanted to go in the store and see what all the hype was about. The place was emptied out now and Dash was loving it! The place was packed with Star Wars stuff. Dash collects the SW Lego's and they only had one set for sale (which he already had...) I couldn't believe that. I thought for sure the place would have like every set made. Here's the HUGE store!

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Darth Maul (I think was his name) was meeting people inside and Dash really wanted to meet him so we got in line. We were behind this adorable little girl from Texas that was dressed like Princess Leia. (I don't know how to spell it...) I kept telling Dash that could be his girlfriend...they could sit around and watch SW and put SW Legos together all day. LOL He got so mad at me. Right when it was their turn the little girl freaked out and refused to meet the bad guy. Her mom took her book up to get signed and then it was our turn!

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Meanwhile Gabby had ran off to shop with Sidney. After we met that black and red fella we looked around for a bit. I took a lot of pictures so you guys would know what to expect if you're new to SWW.

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leamom2princesses

07-09-2009, 07:41 PM

Great parade pics! We missed it as we had to catch a Magical Express bus. Enjoying the summer so far?

leamom2princesses

07-09-2009, 07:45 PM

Totally agree about the stupidity of some people during the rain. I was also a fan of those that brought umbrellas and put them right on top of their heads and plowed through the crowds, stabbing everyone around them. That was a bunch of fun for the whole fam too....:rolleyes1

OneTreeHillAddict

07-09-2009, 07:48 PM

Dash wanted these bad!

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I noticed some really cute SW photo ops and no one was near them. I had the kids pose for a few pics...

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There was another purple one next to this so I told Dash to go stand in front of it. As soon as he walked up this fella came over and tried to scare him.

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I LOVE this picture! Dash looks scared to death. LOL I just kept thinking if that little girl were still there she would have peed herself by now or ran out in tears!

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Then he went back to his post...this man and his son had taken their pics right before us...they actually cut us off as we were walking over to this background. He was pissed that they'd missed DM! I thought it was hilarious. They asked for a picture as Darth Maul was leaving but he wouldn't take one. Ha! Serves you right!

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I took a few more pics of the merchandise...

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I never went over to the collector area. It still had a decent line. I'm not big on lines. I really don't care what they're selling. Once again these guys showed up.

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I saw this and fell in love...it was so cute!

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Dash had his picture taken with the ST...he thought this was "so cool".

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When we came out we saw....Darth Vader. For some reason Dash had no interest in meeting him. Not sure why. He's done the SW training academy before and fought Darth Vader in that!? He kept saying the line was "too long" but that's what SWW was all about. Meeting these rare characters. Ahh, whatever. I took a pic of him and went on.

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We tried to ride the back lot tour. Got in line and waited for a while only to be told the ride was closed due to the weather. Blah!

We were all famished and the rain was getting really bad again. We went over to Pizza Planet for lunch. The place was slam packed with people. (More people just taking up space trying to get out of the rain...not eating but sitting/standing there!) Sidney went to order and I went upstairs to find a table with the kids. Believe it or not I scored right away. Not the best table but a table at least. At the store the kids had bought a couple of packs of those surprise pins so they broke those out to see who they got. I didn't realize at the time that there's a set of 10 and we only got 4 of them. Oh well. You live and learn. I let babyDS play with Gabby's camera...this kept him busy. I have some of the weirdest pics ever from that 30 minute wait. Yes, it took 30 minutes to get pizza at Pizza Planet! It wasn't that the line was long but the computers were messed up. This threw everyone off and I hate to say it but they could not function without 'em.

Here's some of Bolt's work...

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I had about 40 pictures of that alien. This was the best.

Sidney came back with the food. Yay! This pizza was so good today! Not sure if it's because we were really hungry after that super long wait or what!

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Bolt took this one too...

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And this one...

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-09-2009, 07:49 PM

We were stuffed now but you guys know how far Pizza Planet is from the main gate and it was still pouring rain. We swam back to the front gate and went back to the room. What a mess. We had to dry out the clothes....which were soaked. I wanted to take a nap but that's impossible at Disney. This is how my kids are in the room...

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So I sat there bored to pieces watching the balloon fly by and my beautiful husband eat this yummy brownie sundae in front of me. LOL

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We waited and waited for the rain to stop, and it finally let up long enough for us to venture out again. We went to Epcot. We rode a few rides...Test Track, Figment with no one else ~ so weird! That's about all I kept track of. No pictures...the poor camera needed a dry run for a change. lol That sums up our first day at Star Wars Weekends! It was a blast! Tomorrow we have plans for Epcot and DHS. How will that go? Stay tuned and find out!

MaryAz

07-09-2009, 07:51 PM

All caught up. I agree 100% with the rude and dumb people. We did not see as much of the SW as my hubby would have liked-Cayley was a little freaked out. Next year.

OneTreeHillAddict

07-09-2009, 07:56 PM

Great parade pics! We missed it as we had to catch a Magical Express bus. Enjoying the summer so far?

You guys must have left early! SWW was so cool. I definitely want to go again and check it out minus the nasty water! :rolleyes: Summer has been a blast so far. I totally neglect these boards and I miss them but we're having so much fun. It's been nasty out today so I've had some catch up time! :woohoo:

Totally agree about the stupidity of some people during the rain. I was also a fan of those that brought umbrellas and put them right on top of their heads and plowed through the crowds, stabbing everyone around them. That was a bunch of fun for the whole fam too....:rolleyes1

Idiots...I remember you telling me about that.

All caught up. I agree 100% with the rude and dumb people. We did not see as much of the SW as my hubby would have liked-Cayley was a little freaked out. Next year.

Hey Mary. I'm really sorry to hear about your mom. I hope you guys are doing okay. :hug:

I definitely want to go back and see it again. By then I'll be sure to watch all of the movies too so I know what all I'm looking at! :rotfl:

pmama

07-09-2009, 08:15 PM

What a fun parade!

It's not fair what some men can eat without gaining weight huh? My DH is the same way.

hlrababy

07-09-2009, 08:44 PM

That SW parade looks awesome!!!!!!! I can't believe all the characters in it!!

Charleston Princess

07-09-2009, 09:04 PM

Oh. My. Gosh. What an absolute hoot that the stormtroopers showed up at Wicket's Warehouse! Connor would have died from happiness on the spot!

wdwgirl03

07-09-2009, 10:45 PM

Awww, that picture of your one son with the Storm Troopers is adorable!

Goofy22

07-09-2009, 11:45 PM

The pics of Dash with Darth Maul and the Storm Troopers are great! :thumbsup2 He did look a tad scared!
( with Darth that is of course!) LOL!

SoonerGirl

07-10-2009, 12:25 AM

I don't blame that little girl for chickening out on meeting Darth Maul - he's scary looking! :laughing:

Dash looked like he was in heaven with all that SW merchandise!

mansionterror

07-10-2009, 08:21 AM

I have been MIA since we came back from our vacation...life took over. Anyway, I picked up a brochure from SWW for you, I had just forgotten that I put it in my suitcase for safe keeping till you mentioned it in this report. So send me a PM and I put it in the mail to you!

Loved all the SWW pics and Epcot pics.

manntra

07-10-2009, 10:37 AM

Cool pictures of Darth Maul and the Storm Troopers! DM is a bit menacing but I suppose he should be! :lmao:
I was :rotfl: at the ST in the store...was he shopping for a shirt? :lmao:

MagicShell

07-10-2009, 04:28 PM

Great Star Wars update. Now I know that we will have to be there for that one day. My kids would LOVE it. That store looked huge, and I can't believe there were not a lot of legos either. My son loves those Star Wars Legos as well.

OhioDisneyLover

07-10-2009, 09:08 PM

Love the Star Wars update! Awesome pictures as usual. (I say that every update. :lmao:) So, I am MORTIFIED of Vadar. Like....MORTIFIED. You should have seen me dodging him at SWW! Kinda funny. Not a big Darth Maul fan either actually. DH LOVES Star Wars but OMG you should have seen me running like a 2 year old all weekend long! :lmao:

PrincessAlways

07-10-2009, 09:21 PM

Great pics of the SWW characters!! rain, rain,rain!!!! :sad2:

xoktenox

07-11-2009, 04:23 PM

Wow good thing I wasn't there during SWW...some of those guys in the parade are scary looking!!! I didn't think the black and red guy was too bad but some of the others just freaked me out, I had to speed past the pictures you posted :lmao:

You can tell in all your shots how excited Dash was to be at SWW. He looks like he's having a blast and is just right in his element! :thumbsup2

joy13

07-11-2009, 04:28 PM

Wow that all looks like a StarWars lovers paradise!!!!! You sure were good sports with all that rain!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-12-2009, 02:45 AM

What a fun parade!

It's not fair what some men can eat without gaining wait huh? My DH is the same way.

It was! Ya know I used to have that "problem" but then I had DD and I gained 100 pounds! :eek: Then another 50 sneaked up on me with the baby. I was up to a size 20!!! GROSS! I'm tall so that helps but still, no excuse for it. I've lost close to 50 pounds since April 5th and I hope to lose another 100 by March. (Fingers crossed)

That SW parade looks awesome!!!!!!! I can't believe all the characters in it!!

It was! We'll have to go together sometime! Wanna?

Oh. My. Gosh. What an absolute hoot that the stormtroopers showed up at Wicket's Warehouse! Connor would have died from happiness on the spot!

The ST were all over the place! A lot of characters were in and out while we were there because of the rain. I so wanna go again next year!

Awww, that picture of your one son with the Storm Troopers is adorable!

He was having the time of his life! And for the next two evenings I will be doing the same!

The pics of Dash with Darth Maul and the Storm Troopers are great! :thumbsup2 He did look a tad scared!
( with Darth that is of course!) LOL!

He had met him once but when he came over he got right up in his face. It was so funny. That's one of my favorite pictures from the trip! If you become an AP we'll go at the same time next year!

I don't blame that little girl for chickening out on meeting Darth Maul - he's scary looking! :laughing:

Dash looked like he was in heaven with all that SW merchandise!

I wish I had a pic of her. She was so cute. I tried to get Dash to take one with her but "ew" she was a "girl". :lmao: He would have stayed in that store all day long if I let him.

I have been MIA since we came back from our vacation...life took over. Anyway, I picked up a brochure from SWW for you, I had just forgotten that I put it in my suitcase for safe keeping till you mentioned it in this report. So send me a PM and I put it in the mail to you!

Loved all the SWW pics and Epcot pics.

I think it's Summer in general. Who wants to be inside online when it's 90 degrees outside? Not me...I wanna be in the pool or at the beach! I'm watching Roseanna trying to catch up on my trip reports now. By the way...how was your trip!?

Cool pictures of Darth Maul and the Storm Troopers! DM is a bit menacing but I suppose he should be! :lmao:
I was :rotfl: at the ST in the store...was he shopping for a shirt? :lmao:

They were probably in there looking for action figures of themselves! :rotfl2: (Or maybe some more guns?) :goodvibes

Great Star Wars update. Now I know that we will have to be there for that one day. My kids would LOVE it. That store looked huge, and I can't believe there were not a lot of legos either. My son loves those Star Wars Legos as well.

Thanks. I can't wait to go again (in the sun!) :laughing: That store was huge!

Love the Star Wars update! Awesome pictures as usual. (I say that every update. :lmao:) So, I am MORTIFIED of Vadar. Like....MORTIFIED. You should have seen me dodging him at SWW! Kinda funny. Not a big Darth Maul fan either actually. DH LOVES Star Wars but OMG you should have seen me running like a 2 year old all weekend long! :lmao:

For real? Dash didn't care to meet him but yet he fought him in the Star Wars thing last Summer!? :confused3 I wish I would have seen you guys! Did you see Anakin? Gabby had a mad crush on him...he was a hottie. I have to agree. I would not run from him in a dark alley! :rotfl2:

Great pics of the SWW characters!! rain, rain,rain!!!! :sad2:

There were so many of them! Everywhere! Characters and raindrops! he he

Wow good thing I wasn't there during SWW...some of those guys in the parade are scary looking!!! I didn't think the black and red guy was too bad but some of the others just freaked me out, I had to speed past the pictures you posted :lmao:

You can tell in all your shots how excited Dash was to be at SWW. He looks like he's having a blast and is just right in his element! :thumbsup2

Come on now they weren't that bad! Not my type but you know...Dash was very excited to be there! Very very excited!

Wow that all looks like a StarWars lovers paradise!!!!! You sure were good sports with all that rain!

It was! Some of the fans were "special". Let's use that word. :rolleyes: Ya know, once I saw the weather forecast and it said rain for all 6 days I was like whatever...just deal with it. I'm here. Ya know?

WrightFamily06

07-12-2009, 09:24 AM

ladybugmom

07-13-2009, 10:33 PM

My brochures (did you get an extra?) got soaked and tore up...I wanna say it was at 7:00. Right at the end the rain started pouring down. It was over on the stage where they do the Jedi academy. I would love to go again and see it without the rain!

No, ours were also ruined by the rain. If it was 7:00 we would have been long gone!

ladybugmom

07-13-2009, 10:44 PM

Ok--all caught up!! You got some great pics with the SW characters!! i bet your kids LOVED it!! How fun!! Look forward to reading more!!

scottny

07-16-2009, 11:19 AM

all caught up.

gorgeous flower and garden pics.

I am drooling over the Star Wars pics, That store with all that merchandise was heaven in my eyes.

great updates and pics.

thunderbird1

07-16-2009, 11:41 AM

Finally getting caught up on all your TR's and PTR's. I can't believe how much better the F&GF looked in May than when we were there in March. SWW looks awesome! My brother is a huge SW geek and I've been trying to get him to take his 2 boys down for it, but no luck yet. I know they would love it, even with rain and crowds, lol. Keep the updates coming!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-17-2009, 12:47 AM

One complete....now I need to finish this one. Ya'll ready for an update? :lmao:

joy13

07-17-2009, 12:58 AM

One complete....now I need to finish this one. Ya'll ready for an update? :lmao:

Yes please! :flower3:

OneTreeHillAddict

07-17-2009, 02:54 AM

Great update :thumbsup2 That SW store looks like it was heaven for the kiddies , I know mine would have wanted one of everything ! LOL The DM pictures are priceless , what a great meeting you guys had with him and the ST , I bet DS will remember it forever :goodvibes It's too cute that even Baby DS is a little photographer and his pictures pretty good ;) I love the pictures when your back in your room especially the one of DD jumping on the bed !

Yep. They enjoyed that place. They each have their own cameras. I delete more pictures than we keep. Believe me. :rotfl:

No, ours were also ruined by the rain. If it was 7:00 we would have been long gone!

I doubt many survived that weekend. The Hoop la was at the end of the day. Next time we go I want a front row seat for that. It was so funny my stomach hurt.

Ok--all caught up!! You got some great pics with the SW characters!! i bet your kids LOVED it!! How fun!! Look forward to reading more!!

They really loved it. I did too and I'm not even a SW fan! :goodvibes

all caught up.

gorgeous flower and garden pics.

I am drooling over the Star Wars pics, That store with all that merchandise was heaven in my eyes.

great updates and pics.

Hey Scott! How's it going? Ya'll should do SWW next year! I defnitely want to go back. I need to watch all of the movies first. ;)

Finally getting caught up on all your TR's and PTR's. I can't believe how much better the F&GF looked in May than when we were there in March. SWW looks awesome! My brother is a huge SW geek and I've been trying to get him to take his 2 boys down for it, but no luck yet. I know they would love it, even with rain and crowds, lol. Keep the updates coming!

I have to agree with you. I saw a few things in March and they looked better in May! We defnitely want to go back to SWW. That was something else...

Yes please! :flower3:

Tomorrow...I can't get Dash off of Facebok....he's addicted to that darn Farm Town. :lmao: If you have a farm send him some stuff. K?

WrightFamily06

07-17-2009, 09:52 AM

Yep. They enjoyed that place. They each have their own cameras. I delete more pictures than we keep. Believe me. :rotfl:

That's awesome that they all I have there own cameras ! Oh I can believe I delete so many of my own , I'm so critical of how they turn out . LOL I can only imagine if my kids took pictures . LOL

I can't wait for that next update!! popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::

joy13

07-17-2009, 12:55 PM

Tomorrow...I can't get Dash off of Facebook....he's addicted to that darn Farm Town. :lmao: If you have a farm send him some stuff. K?

:lmao: I don't play Farm Town - but if I start I'll keep you guys in mind ;)

Goofy22

07-17-2009, 09:53 PM

Tammy, I hate Farmtown! I have my sister do mine like I told you via text but i'll get on and send some stuff to Dash!!! :thumbsup2

kaysmommie

07-18-2009, 08:06 AM

That Star Wars merchandise store looks amazing. Not showing Thomas that or I will have to listen to him ask to go for the next year. Boys are like that I guess. Your smart you have your DS doing your farmtown. Maybe Kaylee can do mine for me :goodvibes.

OneTreeHillAddict

07-18-2009, 05:45 PM

Okay...major goof here. When I left off we had spent the first part of our day at Star Wars Weekends. After the massive rain out we went back to the room to chill for a bit. I didn't think we had taken pictures that night at Epcot but I just found them. I'm gonna go ahead and add these. Then start on SWW day two next.

Gabby took some pics of the resort on our way to Epcot...look at all the water on the field!

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The BALL the BALL!!!

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Gabby took this one on the way to the WOL Pavilion...it had been open earlier in the day but closed early. We would be visiting tomorrow.

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We went over to ride Figment....we rode alone. Not a soul (other than the CM's who let us in) in sight. WTH is up with that place? Figment is cute but he never has visitors. I bet it'll be closed down soon or refurbed one.

Here's one I took of Gabby with her camera at Imagination...she was having a blast!

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On the way out she caught the monorail with a gorgeous sky in the background. The picture did not capture the true beauty of it though.

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Here's the Kim Possible area.....

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Bolt got himself a light up Mickey!

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Gabby found a rock she liked...

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We were so worn out and miserable from the rain...can you tell?

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Okay...now we're all fixed and can move forward to the next day! Yay!

joy13

07-18-2009, 10:08 PM

I love the Stitch topiary! Great monorail pictures too!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-18-2009, 11:19 PM

That's awesome that they all I have there own cameras ! Oh I can believe I delete so many of my own , I'm so critical of how they turn out . LOL I can only imagine if my kids took pictures . LOL

I can't wait for that next update!! popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::
Ha! That's funny. I'm working on my next update as we speak. Have to knock this baby out. NOW.

Tammy, I hate Farmtown! I have my sister do mine like I told you via text but i'll get on and send some stuff to Dash!!! :thumbsup2

Dash is addicted to it now. It's so funny. He is itching for some cows!? :laughing:

That Star Wars merchandise store looks amazing. Not showing Thomas that or I will have to listen to him ask to go for the next year. Boys are like that I guess. Your smart you have your DS doing your farmtown. Maybe Kaylee can do mine for me :goodvibes.

It was huge girl! How does Thomas like his R2D2 by the way? Aren't we gonna go next year!!!??? You should guve the farm to Kaylee. The kids will do it...I don't care to read all the rules. Send my boys as much as you can...K?

I love the Stitch topiary! Great monorail pictures too!

Stitch was cute! He's one of our favorites!

ladybugmom

07-18-2009, 11:28 PM

YAY!! An update!! WOW--there was a lot of water on that field--not surprised in the least with all of the rain! We missed Figment this time. I remember seeing that when I came while I was in high school. Can't wait to hear more!!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-19-2009, 01:20 AM

May 23rd! Day two of Star Wars Weekends! We missed a good bit yesterday so we were ready to head back. First things first though. During Flower and Garden they open up the old Wonders of Life Pavilion and we really wanted to go see it. Our last visit was way back in 1998 during our Disneymoon. That was our first MUST DO of the day so EPCOT it was! We pull in and they tell us where to go but we get stuck behind these people who refuse to move! Hello idiots! This is a street you're walking in...those walkways over there...those are for YOU!

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Finally an hour later we get around the stupid people and park! It's time to head inside...Epcot! Beautiful Epcot and all of it's gorgeous flowers! Ahhhhh. THE BALL!!!

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The flowers and the ball! Awww...

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I took some pictures of my babies as soon as we entered. Then we headed straight over to Garden Town inside of the WOL Pavilion!

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Let's go...ya'll hurry....to the WONDERS OF LIFE now!!! (Yeah, we wanted to get a lot done today!) There it is! We get to go back inside after 11 years! Okay, maybe we went in on a visit more recently and just forgot. I'm sure we did. Although I never tried any type of drugs growing up or in my early 20's I still have a horrible memory. Okay anyway we're excited about going inside! We come up on it...

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WELCOME TO:

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The wall...so cute!

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Walking in...woo hoo excitement!

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We're in we're in!

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Upon entry Sidney makes BFF's with this group of gardening experts. They talked about dollar weeds, bromeliads, and everything else he could think of. I finally persuaded him to come along with me to see what else the place had to offer. It looked like a really cool modern state fair exhibit.

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While waiting patiently on SIDNEY I took some shots of the ceiling!

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Okay so finally we broke away from the gardening people and start to explore.They had all kinds of stuff going on in there but there wasn't a whole lot of people. The people we did encounter were much older than us. I felt a little out of place but we kept exploring anyway! Of course they had SHOPPING!

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Sidney was loving life. The man is fascinated when he learns something new. Seeing the way they grew certain things had him as excited as he was on our wedding night. He wanted to come home right away and build all of these gadgets to grow things. This one I liked too. I LOVE Bromeliads! Next to palm trees they're my favorite!

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The making of a topiary

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Groovy

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Looked like they had plans to do some sort of luncheon inside...there wasn't a soul to be found on this side of the building.

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Over here they had a guest speaker talking about something. We saw the old movie theatre but before heading in I took some more pictures. Surprising huh!? Me taking pictures. LOL

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Continued in the next post!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-19-2009, 01:24 AM

Here's the movie we went in to watch...Instead of the "Making of Me" it was "The Making of the Flower and Garden Festival". Ha! Ha!

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It was an interesting show to say the least. Here we found some people a little closer to our age.

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Isn't the ceiling adorable!?

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Film was good....now I know how it all works! Woo Hoo! We leave and go to the other side. I take some pictures of the luncheon area.

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They had some cute nature exhibits set up over here too. I enjoyed it. The kids were bored out of their minds and wanted to leave.

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Hey check out the ceiling! This must have mesmerized me because I kept taking pictures of it over and over. LOL

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More science fair stuff...

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And check out THIS FARM TOWN! Oh yeah...loving the red barn!

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Looked like an interesting place but nothing was going on at the time...oh well. Next time perhaps.

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Can I have these trees?

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One more shot of the barn!

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Continued in next post!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-19-2009, 01:29 AM

We head back up the ramp and Sidney gets to chatting with his buddies again about some of the mess he saw during our "tour". I ended up pulling out the big lens...only used it one stinking time the whole trip...and started shooting the bromeliads. You know the pineapple is part of that family too? How cute are these pictures and the baby pineapples! OMG! LOVE them!

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I bet ya'll can't figure out what my favorite flower is! Go ahead. Take a guess. You'll never get it right! Ha! Ha!

It's time to get out of Garden Town!

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It was nice and fun and I'm glad I saw it but most people would be bored to death in there! On the way out I had to get a few more pictures...I know we're gooofy and mesmerized by the smallest things but hey ~ this building is way cool and they need to make use out of it ALL THE TIME! I honestly think it would get more traffic than Imagination does.

Look at these smashed (fake) bees on the wall. I don't get why they did this but I snapped a pic anyway.

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This building is just COOL! What a shame they rarely use it.

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Look how cute the outside is! Love the hippie looking flowers!

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One more...

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Garden out front...

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Bye Bye WOL! Don't know when I'll see you again! I suddenly notice a view of Spaceship Earth (aka THE BALL) as I go to walk away. SNAP!

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Then we move forward to MISSION SPACE! We didn't ride, they did that the other day when the monsoon was in full force. I stopped to take a quick picture though.

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And one more...

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I'm not a Mission Space fan. I rode the wuss version once and it was kind of cool but I have no desire to get on it again and I would NEVER EVER get on the one that spins! YIKES!

Our first ride of the day was TEST TRACK! We actually wanted to ride Ellen's Energy Adventure but once again it was C L O S E D ! Is this a new trend for us!? WTH!??? The past two times it was busted. We had seen it working earlier in the week so it must have just messed up. So over to Test Track we go....notice the car in the mirrors...cool huh?

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After all of this we headed out. Bolt wanted to ride Spaceship Earth but the line was insane! I'm not kidding....it was bad! You would think it was Christmastime! So we walked back out to our truck...and went to Chick fil a for lunch! Anyone want to take a guess at where we end up next? Anyone?

joy13

07-19-2009, 01:34 AM

You must be a nightowl like me :) That building was very cool - they should definately use it more! I LOVE the spinning side of Mission Space - but I'm on my own there, no one else does so I ride it myself. Some college aged guy was amazed I would ride it by myself on the last trip - ha! I'm going to guess you end up at DHS since it's SWW.

Charleston Princess

07-19-2009, 07:39 AM

Neat stuff in The Wonders of Life! I love all those plants and would have loved to browse through what they had for sale! I always wonder why they closed it -- the last time we were in it was Christmas 2004.

CharacterFan

07-19-2009, 09:59 AM

Great pictures of the WoL I can't wait to go to F&G next year. It's my favorite event.

Neat stuff in The Wonders of Life! I love all those plants and would have loved to browse through what they had for sale! I always wonder why they closed it -- the last time we were in it was Christmas 2004.

they closed WoL because it lost it's sponsor and both Body Wars and Cranium Command needed major renovations so it was cheaper for them to close it. We went when they reopened in 2005 at Christmas and Cranium Command was having problems.

wdwgirl03

07-19-2009, 12:36 PM

Wow, great pictures of the Garden Town! I kind of miss Wonders of Life...I remember seeing Cranium Command and doing these bikes where you could ride through Disneyland and stuff.

I'm glad I'm not alone on M:S, but atleast you've tried it before! That's more than I can say for myself!

eandesmom

07-19-2009, 03:08 PM

Great pics of WOL! I really really need to go during this time with my SIL. Or I guess soon to be ex-SIL if they really go through with it but oh, how fun for a garden geek!

nu2wdisneyw

07-19-2009, 03:28 PM

Hey Tammi!
Girl you have so many TR's and PTR's to read, it hard for me to keep up!!!:lmao: I am here though. I have to go back and catch up, but I am here! I love the picture from Epcot...the flowers are beautiful!!

WrightFamily06

07-19-2009, 04:17 PM

Great forgotten update ! LOL! Love the pictures in front of WOL Pavilion , especially the flowers made out of medal and plants . The Monorail picture you took that evening was also very good ! The Figment ride really disappoints me , I would really like them to restore it back to the way it was when I was a kid. It was so much better ! Like you said I think they may eventually do away with it which will be sad cause I think of it as a WDW classic :(

Nice update of your morning at Epcot ! Pictures of the kids in front of SE are adorable :) The Garden Town inside of the WOL Pavilion looks very interesting. It's so pretty inside there they should use it more ! Awesome pictures of the Bromeliads and Baby Pineapples:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Can't wait to see where you go next ???popcorn::

ladybugmom

07-19-2009, 04:28 PM

Great pics!! (as always) And love the ceiling pics--that building WAS neat! We never saw the Garden Town exhibit when we were there. I'm guessing you head to HS for SWW next!! ;)

kaysmommie

07-19-2009, 04:51 PM

Hi Tammy,
Great update. I love the pics inside WOL. We never even had time to go in there. My kids would have been bored too. I love the pics of the kids and your DD looks so cute in her dress with matching hair ribbons. I can hardly ever get Kay to wear anything in hair. She used to be so prissy but wow can't believe the change in the last 1.5 years.

I'm absolutely planning on coming to SWW next year. But it probably won't be until the beginning of June because of school and Dance recital is right after that. Well if Kaylee doesn't miss much school then maybe mid May. I'm trying to get DH to go to FL to look at houses this fall :goodvibes. Eventually we aare moving to FL or back home to NJ. But not for at least a year or two.

Maureenmouse

07-19-2009, 05:50 PM

Great update with pics of WOL. I think the last time we went in there was is 1996 when Joe and I moved to NC and drove to Florida for the weekend. We stayed in a condo with my parents that time. It was quite a whirlwind trip.
I do remember liking the ceilings back than though, so you're not the only one.

xoktenox

07-19-2009, 07:49 PM

Can I tell you that I had no idea that the WOL was open with a Garden Town in it when we were there? Doh! :headache:

I love those bromelaids (sp?) they're really pretty. I loved the little baby pineapples too, they're cute! I like how you said that most of the people in there were old and then in the next shot theres like 5 old ladies in motorized scooter chairs in it, I was laughing out loud :laughing:

I think you went to DHS next...am I right? Am I?

OneTreeHillAddict

07-19-2009, 08:43 PM

DHS is not next....any other guesses? I'll be back with the update sometime tonight! :surfweb:

Goofy22

07-19-2009, 11:50 PM

Ha! That's funny. I'm working on my next update as we speak. Have to knock this baby out. NOW.

Dash is addicted to it now. It's so funny. He is itching for some cows!? :laughing:

It was huge girl! How does Thomas like his R2D2 by the way? Aren't we gonna go next year!!!??? You should guve the farm to Kaylee. The kids will do it...I don't care to read all the rules. Send my boys as much as you can...K?

Stitch was cute! He's one of our favorites!

OHH! I can take care of that I'm all the way up to the goat! lol! :goodvibes

OneTreeHillAddict

07-20-2009, 01:55 AM

After lunch the sun was out and it was super HOT! You know...the sunburn in 10 minutes kind of HOT. We had a bunch of those FREE GOLF passes that come with your package so we decided to use them. We went over to Fantasia. It had been a while since we played here. This golf course has a 1970's vibe to it. Coming from the miniature golf course capital of the World I've seen some of the best mini golf courses ever made, so this one wasn't up to par! Get it!? Par. Ha! Ha! This golf course is right close to Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

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In this picture you can see how close the Swan and Dolphin are.

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Mickey is out front to welcome you in his Fantasia robe of course!

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Mini golf with my crowd is a pain the backside, really...they refuse to go in order, they run on the carpet during one another's turn, and argue about everything. Still, we went and tried to have some fun.

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This course is very retro but at the same time it is HARD! If you want a more family friendly golf course head over to Winter Summerland. It's more fun for kids. Look at some of these holes! They're great. I would love to challenge Sidney for real sometime.

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This one is pretty hard to get the ball up...

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And there it is!

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Bolt's turn!

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This is the cave hole. We were looking forward to this one today! Some shade. Nice! This is also about the time the kids start getting on one another's nerves. The cave is the turning point. LOL

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Gabby takes a break and enjoys the break from the sun.

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Bolt and Sidney take a turn...

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Portrait time...okay, maybe not. This is the hundred dollar camera. LOL

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P E E K A B O O ! ! !

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Do you see what I see!?

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Yep! That's the Tower of Terror you see back there! I love that hole for this reason.

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Here you can see the big picnic areas WDW has to offer. These shelters are huge! I think one of those babies would hold all of my family! Well, maybe not but it would come close!

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By now everyone was moody. I officially stopped playing at hole 8. They were driving me bananas. Sidney and the kids. I just sat back and observed. Much more fun.

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This would have been a really cool picture with the real camera!

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And on with the game...

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Hey! There's Mickey again! This is a really hard shot to get without losing your ball in the water.

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This one the kids really "got into". Head right down in the fountain....ick! You know...Florida water and all. Gross.

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Swoosh swoosh the ball disappears into the water hole and the game ~ IT'S OVER!

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We took back the golf clubs and the super sweet people at the desk gave us each a small sharpie key chain and these collector balls. Aren't they cute? I haven't a clue WTH I did with them. How does one lose five golf balls!? Who knows but I did it!

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Next up...you got it! Disney Hollywood Studios! Back to Star War's Weekend we go!

Charleston Princess

07-20-2009, 08:03 AM

Mini golf sounds like a great break until everyone started getting on each other's nerves. :rolleyes: Some of those wholes look crazy hard! :eek:

WrightFamily06

07-20-2009, 01:51 PM

Cute mini golf update ! I know what you mean about playing mini golf with the kids , don't blame you for giving up on hole 8 ! LOL Those pavilions are huge ! Can't wait to see the next update , have loved the pictures of DHS and SWW so far !popcorn::popcorn::

ladybugmom

07-20-2009, 02:20 PM

Awww! What a cute golf course! I would have never have guessed that this was your next stop! My problem w/ minature golf is that I'm SUPER competitive!! Hee hee!! Sorry the kids were acting crazy--at least it was free, right?! :lmao: Can't wait to see more of SWW!!

xoktenox

07-20-2009, 03:08 PM

Maureenmouse

07-20-2009, 03:59 PM

I love the pics of mini golf. We've never played at Disney. ( Now MB is another story!) We don't have any mini golf courses at all in Statesville. I bet you'll find the golf balls some day when you're cleaning out the car. It was nice of the CMs to give them to you. I think the pics of the TOT through the trees turned out good. But then again, I'm not a photographer, so all your pics look great to me!

MagicShell

07-20-2009, 04:59 PM

I enjoyed your latest updates. Mini golf always sounds fun to me until we get into the middle of it. Then I always wonder why I decided to do this. I am glad to see that it wasn't raining.

nu2wdisneyw

07-20-2009, 05:03 PM

Never thought of mini-golf as my off day!! I may have to give that a try it out!!

wdwgirl03

07-20-2009, 06:06 PM

Ahh, I love mini golfing! We did FG in December and if we go to Blizzard Beach Emma and I want to play at Winter Summerland. Those golf balls you got are different than the ones we got...I wonder if they change them a lot.

hlrababy

07-20-2009, 08:04 PM

Awww, I love miniature golf!!!! Those golf balls they gave you were cute!!!! How the heck did you lose them!!:rotfl2::rotfl2:

Goofy22

07-20-2009, 08:28 PM

Mini golf looks like a lot of fun even though it is hard and I'm not very good LOL

We really want to rent a car when we go in Nov/Dec so we have the opportunity to do things like mini-golf and also to not have to waste our time on the buses! Only if we can find a good deal though...

Kristen keep checking the transportation board over there they post the good deals for rental cars! Dollar is one I see alot! :thumbsup2

Goofy22

07-20-2009, 08:37 PM

Tammy that a great update the pics are too cute! We have been bye that darn golf course numerous times and never played! Now you convinced me! maybe on day one we'll do this since this is our kinda laid back day although we may make it to DHS that night as it's an emh night! I'm going to give the kids a choice when we get there either Pop Pool or Waterparks depends on how pooped we are from the ride there it shouldnt be to bad! We're not going to decide that definitely until we get there! :goodvibes

hlrababy

07-20-2009, 09:50 PM

Okay Tammy!!!! Get your booty over to my PTR so you can see the no-make up picture before I delete it!!!!! :rotfl2:

joy13

07-20-2009, 11:50 PM

Mini-golf - I never would have guessed! Nice that the sun came out long enough to get that in!

Lynn5700

07-21-2009, 07:40 AM

I want to go play mini golf there now lol!!! I love Gabby with her pink and purple golf balls. That is so me lol!!

Very cute pics Tammy. You know I love the TOT one :)

29apr00

07-21-2009, 09:06 AM

WOL pavalion looks so great! Flower town! love it!! Wish we had known about it when we were at F&GF last year!

Mini golf! WOW that course does look hard! We have yet to attempt that with the kids...maybe in another 15-20 years! :headache:

RinkyTinkyTinky

07-21-2009, 02:35 PM

Hey! Loving the TR so far!

I can't remember now in which TR you guys went to Fantasmic. Was it this one or the Wilderness Lodge TR or am I TOTALLY confused and wrong all together?????:confused3 I have short term memory loss!;) Anyway, I was wondering how it was as far as crowds go. I've been reading about it being a total nightmare since they have cut back to just 2 nights. I just wanted to know what your experience was and how early you got there. I will have to skip it next time if it is too bad b/c I can't deal with crowds and the rude people that are usually in them!:scared1:

OneTreeHillAddict

07-22-2009, 12:23 AM

After mini golf we went back over to Disney Hollywood Studios! Up! was new so we wanted to stop in and meet the characters in the Animation building.

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Although we had not seen the movie...and still have not seen it...we'll get it when the video comes out. Anyway, we have learned over the years to get in there ASAP and meet the "current" movie characters because many disappear and never come back again. For example, Bolt, Meet the Robinson's, Ratatouille..you get the idea. Plus if you go by when the movie first comes out you have a really good chance of meeting all of the characters for that movie! We met everyone in Up! at one time and did the same with the Bolt characters. Keep that in mind...if you love a character meet get in there and meet with them as soon as you can. The line was pretty long and it was moving really slow. There are a couple of CM's that work in that area that really need a different job. I'm sure some of you know who I mean.

While I stood in line with the older kids Sidney took Bolt to meet Mickey. That line was three times as long and Mickey was currently on break when they went and he still finished up before the Up! meet. (Idiot CM chick...) We took some pictures of the lit up wall area while we waited.

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Here's some pics the kids took with their cameras...

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Meanwhile over in Mickey's area...

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Here are the photopass pics from the Mickey meet. These are really cute,. I didn't buy a PP though so this is as big as I could get them for free. LOL

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-22-2009, 12:25 AM

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Finally the line moves and the stupid CM gets a much needed break .A few minutes later we finally meet UP! people! (I still don't know who is who...like I said, haven't seen the movie yet.)

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I took some with and some without the flash....aren't these guys super cute!?

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Here's the photopass pictures...

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My kids love these games...and I am mesmerized by the colors. Love the way this looks.

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-22-2009, 12:27 AM

We spot Mr Incredible standing alone and I asked the kids if they wanted to meet him.

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Here's the pic from Gabby's camera.

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Here are some I took with my camera...

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Then all of a sudden there was a loud noise...and then came a stampede. Mr Incredible was mobbed! It was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. The handler didn't know what to do. There were about 70 kids all at one time jumping on him! I thought for sure I was gonna see a real person under that suit! I just stood there in awe with an O M G look on my face. Sidney starts saying PICTURES!!! TAKE A PICTURE!!! But by the time I got my camera out most of them were gone. This is the one picture I did get. He was back on his feet by then. Ha! Ha!

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The sad part is...I did not see a single adult with these kids! I don't know where they came from. All of a sudden they showed up. I was scared for Mr Incredible! Poor thing. He really is a super hero to save his butt in all of that!

Gabby took this one of the Up! people from far away.

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We LOVE this place! They always have a bunch of stuff on the current or upcoming Disney films. We like to go late so we can take our time reading everything. We skip the pre show these days and go in through the art store. Much nicer that way! Of course they had posters up for the TS3 film! I can not wait to see this one! I am a huge Toy Story fan!

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I love this too! I could work here and have a blast!

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And of course the goods on display were from the Up! movie!

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I took a lot of pictures of this so if you're not interested you might want to start scrolling!

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-22-2009, 12:28 AM

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On our way out we stopped to look at the art and awards...

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Gabby liked them too! Here are the pictures she took.

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Next up...MORE Hollywood Studios!

dawnbu40

07-22-2009, 06:23 AM

I love all the pics of the Up characters and the drawing board stuff from that movie! We've seen Up twice and just loved it! We were so disappointed they arrived at DHS 2 days after we left in May but we'll catch them in Sept!

Howellsy

07-22-2009, 07:40 AM

I love your Animation pictures, I've never actually looked around it would you believe - I'll have to stop by on my trip this year :goodvibes I wish Up was out in the UK now, but it's not being released until October! :sad2:

RinkyTinkyTinky

07-22-2009, 08:25 AM

How do those large groups of kids go around unattended???:confused3 We see this almost everywhere we go. We've seen it at the park, museum and other theme parks near our home. I don't understand it! What idiot adult lets 50 young kids run around in public places without supervision. And that is exactly what happens.......... they go buck wild! I don't know why employees at these places don't round them up and "hold" them until a responsible party can be found. It seems like a big liability and often times they are very annoying to other guests. That same thing happened to us on our last trip to Kings Dominion. We saw an entire bus load of kids dropped off and they tore through that park like a tornado with no adult anywhere in sight. Rediculous!:sad2:

We haven't seen UP either, but I hope the Characters are still out if we go in November (doubt it though).:rolleyes:

WrightFamily06

07-22-2009, 09:16 AM

Love all the pictures from The Animation Building ! :love: Somehow we have missed this every time and I think it's because I thought that my kids would be bored but after seeing your pictures and that of many others I didn't realize there was several Character meet and greets in there !:confused3 So we will def have to be checking it out on our next trip :thumbsup2 The UP stuff was so cool , we haven't seen the movie either but will be getting it when it comes out on video also :)

Charleston Princess

07-22-2009, 09:59 AM

Cute character meet pictures!

I about died laughing when I read your story about the stampede for Mr. Incredible -- poor guy! He was probably pretty panicked seeing that mob! :eek:

Lynn5700

07-22-2009, 10:29 AM

HAHA OMG poor Mr. Incredible! LOL that is too funny!

Love all the pics you got in there! That building is so awesome.

shebaxric

07-22-2009, 12:22 PM

Hi Tammy!

Okay, so I was a little bit behind in my TR readings (like 15 pages behind:rolleyes1), but I am all caught up now and have enjoyed all of the updates!:thumbsup2 My DH would certainly love the SWW! He's not a big collector like some people are, but he has all the movies and enjoys them. Maybe if I liked huge crowds and the heat we'd go during that time!:rotfl2: I liked your update on the Animation Studio piece, I've only been in there once and have never done any of the cool things your family has. Just another thing to add to my list for November!:laughing:

wdwgirl03

07-22-2009, 01:38 PM

Love the animation update! I am definitely going to have to see the Up characters if they might not come back!

That is too funny about Mr. Incredible being mobbed.

ladybugmom

07-22-2009, 01:41 PM

FABULOUS update, Tammy! I am soooo kicking myself now for not visiting the animation building when we were there. What was I thinking?! I love the pics with the characters from Up! And the Mickey pics--precious! I can't believe that group of kids that tackled Mr. Incredible. CRAZY!! Oohh--and you got pics of The Princess and the Frog! We can't wait until it comes out in December!! Can't wait to read more!

tractortippin

07-22-2009, 02:55 PM

Just wanted to say Hi! I just found this report this am and managed to read it!! I see you have a few others so I'll go there next!

Your kids are super cute! My DS3 loves Dash too! He was Dash for Halloween last yr and wants to be him again this yr!

I cant believe how empty your resort is! I've never seen any part of Disney be that empty!

Ok, off to check out your other reports! Looking forward to more updates!

Maureenmouse

07-22-2009, 03:36 PM

Great update. Beautiful pictures. This past trip was the first time we everwent into the animation building. The girls loved it. We had a blast! That is so funny about poor Mr. Incredible!
We did see the Movie Up while we were in Pittsburgh, but that was after our Disney trip, the line for the UP Characters was just too long for us the day we wewnt, so we don't have any photos with them! No Incredibles that day. The girls were sad!

manntra

07-22-2009, 05:14 PM

:rotfl: OMG poor Mr. Incredible...first I felt bad for him because he was standing there all alone then he was attacked!!! :lmao:
Adorable pictures of everyone with the characters!! :goodvibes

Tracy

MagicShell

07-22-2009, 05:47 PM

Great character pictures.

xoktenox

07-22-2009, 05:58 PM

I love the Animation building! We didn't stop to see any characters this trip because we were...correction, I was in psycho commando trip mode but in Nov/Dec I need some character pictures! I love the ones of Bolt with Sorcerer Mickey, the interaction looks so cute. :wizard:

That work room looks like a ton of fun! Too bad everythings done my computer nowadays!

joy13

07-22-2009, 10:15 PM

Great update! We'll definately have to check out the animation building when we go. I'm excited for the Princess and the Frog and TS3!!!!!! P and the Frog comes out on DD birthday and Toy Story is my favorite!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-22-2009, 11:32 PM

I have a couple of minutes..wanted to answer back any questions as fast as I could. I'm so sorry to be MIA but I really need to get this one all done since we leave in a couple of weeks. So...

Chas Princess ~ what did they have in the WOL when ya went in '04? I keep thinbking that's the year we took my sisters ex *** of a bf and they still had Body Wars and all but we did n't go in. (That I remember anyway)

Character Fan ~ Who the heck sponsors the Imagination pavilion!? Isn't it Kodak? They seriously need to update, huh?

WDWGirl03 ~ I remember all that cool stuff from my Disneymoon a million years ago. It was neat. I miss that.

eandesmom (http://disboards.com/member.php?u=222239) ~ Cool new siggy!

nu2 ~ Normally I am good about keeping up and reading friends TR's but this Summer I have been a bad girl....can't wait to meet ya'll. Just a few more weeks!!! Pool party! Heck yeah!!!

kays ~ our girls are going through the same things...ya know it? At least we have a few more years before they start dating.

xoktenox ~ Girl...you missed a lot. Next trip you need to tour with me! I'm fast and rarely miss a thing!

EVERYONE ~ Yes that golf course was way hard! Winter Summerland is a lot easier! Yes we do have some kick *** courses here! I will admit to that. And Kristen...to get to Winter Summerland you take the Blizzard Beach bus! wdwgirl...what balls did you get? Heather ~ how the heck did I lose those balls!? Who knows! Don't hand me over anything for safe keeping. LMAO

Rinky ~ We did Fantasmic in March. They had two shows. We went to the second show. The place was borderline empty but all of WDW was super slow that week! We went in right before the show and went to the front row. Best show ever! Now I'm good for a while. lol

Wright Fam ~ Our families are too big to go to the movies all the time....that's a good $100 out if you pay and get popcorn and drinks! Rather save that $ FOR wdw! Videos are mine to keep at least!

Mr Incredible...HA HA HA! That was so funny. Those kids had me LOL! I wish I could have seen Mr I's real face! LMAO

Ladybug ~ How did you miss the Animation stuff!? Okay girl next time YOU tour with us too!

tractor ~ WELCOME!!! Thanks for joining the TR! The last two times we went it was pretty empty! Nice if you ask me.

Phew. That didn't take me too long. Again THANKS everyone for sticking with me. I'm trying to hurry. I have PTR stuff I need to do too. I suck! I used to be such a good Diser and now I can't keep up with anything! Ugh!

I do have QUESTIONS for ya'll. I know you guys are super duper busy too with Summer fun and all but I really want to know who all is joining the next two Dismeets with us.

Dates for Dismeet one are:

August 22nd through September 5th

Holiday Meet

November 29th through Dec 10th

...and I have to know IS EVERYONE HAVING A GREAT SUMMER OR WHAT!?

CharacterFan

07-22-2009, 11:40 PM

Charleston Princess

07-22-2009, 11:47 PM

They had Body Wars and the Making of Me film because we did both of those -- I don't know if there was anything else in there at the time.

Sadly, I won't be at either of the DIS meets :(.

pmama

07-22-2009, 11:47 PM

Poor Mr. Incredible. :eek: Sounds like those kids did not have enough adult caretakers.

Leaving on another trip soon. Wow, you are one blessed person.:cloud9:

leamom2princesses

07-23-2009, 10:09 AM

Hey girl! Great pics of the animation studio. Your trip report is great.

This summer has been so busy but super fun. In addition to typical summer fun, all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc happen over summer too so I have no idea which way is up most of the time.

Hope you're having a fantastic summer. We're trying to work out a quick December trip but it would probably be later in December. Wish we could meet up again though cause Lindsey loves Gabby-Josie and Bolt did well together too. :goodvibes

wdwgirl03

07-23-2009, 10:46 AM

Here are the golf balls we got. We got ones with Stitch! It was a great souvenir because my dad loves golf and he's got a pretty good sized collection of golf balls (including ones for all of the Disney courses and lots of Disney characters!).

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h172/wfbdukegirl03/100_3849.jpg

As for the DIS meet obviously we get there a couple days before most of the other Aug. people and leave a little earlier. Do you have any plans as of yet? I know in my PTR Colleen and I were talking about maybe doing something the 24th since it's our last day...any interest in that? Even though it's our last day I'm game for anything so if you've got any ideas let me know!

Summer's going good, I've been working a little and just enjoying stuff around the city. Today we're going to a fair and seeing David Cook; Saturday we're going to the Brewers game!

WrightFamily06

07-23-2009, 11:30 AM

jenseib

07-23-2009, 02:14 PM

Great updates! I was so far behind again. I jsut have been an awful diser too. I took pics of the colored lights (in jars) on the games too. They are so cool.

OneTreeHillAddict

07-23-2009, 08:09 PM

After our little visit to the Animation building we went over to see more of those Star Wars characters. Those guys were neat! They were all over the place! I took some pictures on the way over. This is one is from the shop right outside of the Animation entrance. I thought the Up! film strip was really cute.

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Looking over at my least favorite place to hang in DHS...well, other than that Drew Carey thing. WHY is that still there!? Ick.

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We walk past TSM and right before we get to the Backlot ride we see this fella.

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I don't know who he is but Dash enjoyed his company!

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More of these guys....

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Stormtroopers EVERYWHERE!

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Now this is a FUNNNY picture! These people look like they're getting attacked and the CM photopass guy is just there like OMG!

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More coming soon. Just wanted to give ya'll something new to look at/ Going to go make some plans...

joy13

07-23-2009, 08:48 PM

I'm going to be at Disney just inbetween your Dismeets unfortunately! :( We are having a decent summer - cool though and I'm not a big fan of that - we have enough cool and cold the rest of the year.

I like the characters in your latest update - that would be fun to see all those extra characters roaming around.

kaysmommie

07-23-2009, 09:38 PM

Great updates and pictures Tammy. Love the ones in animation, we never stop and looks at all that stuff. We should have seen the Up characters while we were there :guilty:. the pics of Bolt with Doug are so cute!

Lynn5700

07-23-2009, 09:53 PM

HAHAHA I love that pic of the CM!!

You got great pics of the Star wars guys. I can't wait to show Tim.

ladybugmom

07-23-2009, 10:37 PM

Oooh--LOVE your SWW pics!! You don't like Playhouse Disney?! It was a highlight for my girlies!! Hee hee!!

What are we up to? Well, we just finished getting all of Ally's school supplies. She starts Kindergarten August 10th. :sad1: Today was Claire's last day of summer session MDO. I enrolled her for Tues/Thurs. throughout the summer so Ally and I could have some together time before she starts school. Next Saturday (Aug. 1st) I'll be turning the big 30! Uggh! Then August 4th we register for school--Ally will find out who her teacher will be--there are 7 Kindergarten teachers--2 of which go to our church. I used to teach K so I'm praying she gets a good teacher. Then that evening we're going to see The Wiggles! The girls can't wait!! Anywho, we're staying busy!!

Looking forward to reading more!! popcorn::

Charleston Princess

07-23-2009, 10:57 PM

Love the SWW photos -- my favorite one is the one with the shocked PP guy and the Sand People! :rotfl:

WrightFamily06

07-24-2009, 09:44 AM

Love the pictures of the UP film strip in that store , your right I really do need to start looking UP more when I'm at WDW ! LOL I can't believe you don't like Playhouse Disney my kiddies are in love with this place and I think it's pretty cute myself ! That guy with Dash is really scary and that hatchet oh my !:scared1::scared1: The Photopass photographers face , what a priceless pic , wonder if that was part of the magic :wizard: or he just happened to open his mouth like that ? :rotfl:

manntra

07-24-2009, 10:52 AM

Hahahhahaha that picture of the CM is so funny!!! I love it!!!!:lmao:
He looks like that annoying wacky actor/reality tv guy Andy Dick!!!

Tracy

Jenvenza

07-24-2009, 03:56 PM

Great TR! I never thought I would be interested in SWW, but those pictures changed my mind! It looks pretty cool!

BigEeyore

07-24-2009, 04:30 PM

You got some great pics with the Up characters! You will love that movie. My favorite pic is the one of your DS and the dog (Dug). Dug is just hilarious in the movie - totally reminded me of my own dog!
I really really hope those guys are still there when we are there in about a month! I want a big hug from Dug too!

OneTreeHillAddict

07-26-2009, 05:46 PM

Kodak sponcers Imagination but it needs some updating for sure.

We're going to be in Disney from Aug 27-30 Pop-Prefered. And because DFi has to take 3 unpaid vacation days because of furlos (sp) We're going to Pixilmania Dec 3-6. We haven't booked a room for Dec yet. Waiting to see if the Disa Visa rumor pans out. We've been wanting to try the QS dining plan and being able to do that at Pop would be really cool. Maybe I'll even stay a few days after DFi has to go back to work. I saw you're staying at AKL for a couple of nights in Dec how awesome. I want to stay there someday.

Okay I've rambled enough.

I haven't been in the HISTK in forever but seems like I saw that last time & I remember hearing True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. I love her!

Okay, so we're gonna meet up in August then? We need to exchange #'s. No longer at AKL now...I always said if free dining was offered I'd swap over and that I did. Back at Pop in December...

They had Body Wars and the Making of Me film because we did both of those -- I don't know if there was anything else in there at the time.

Sadly, I won't be at either of the DIS meets :(.

Such a waste of a beautiful building. Maybe we'll cross paths sometime in 2010. Ya never know. One thing for sure...I do not want to go as much next year as we did this year. People are going to have us admitted to the nuthouse. :lmao:

Poor Mr. Incredible. :eek: Sounds like those kids did not have enough adult caretakers.

Leaving on another trip soon. Wow, you are one blessed person.:cloud9:

Hey girl! Changed Dec again when the free dining came out. We might just see you after all! I started thinking about it the other night...by the end of '09 we will have spent 6 weeks in WDW in 2009. That's crazy! Awesome, but crazy. Of course 4 of those weeks have free dining included so I justify it that way. :rotfl2:

Hey girl! Great pics of the animation studio. Your trip report is great.

This summer has been so busy but super fun. In addition to typical summer fun, all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc happen over summer too so I have no idea which way is up most of the time.

Hope you're having a fantastic summer. We're trying to work out a quick December trip but it would probably be later in December. Wish we could meet up again though cause Lindsey loves Gabby-Josie and Bolt did well together too. :goodvibes

Thanks girl. I need to finish it. Oh listen...we're coming up to the cabin this week. Wed or Thurs....I don't even know but if you guys could meet us somewhere that would be so cool! LMK. The cabin is near Hendorsonville, NC.

Oh...I changed my Dec trip to two weeks. Free Dining was released so I changed over to Pop and we're there until the 13th. Please try and come then!!!

Here are the golf balls we got. We got ones with Stitch! It was a great souvenir because my dad loves golf and he's got a pretty good sized collection of golf balls (including ones for all of the Disney courses and lots of Disney characters!).

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h172/wfbdukegirl03/100_3849.jpg

As for the DIS meet obviously we get there a couple days before most of the other Aug. people and leave a little earlier. Do you have any plans as of yet? I know in my PTR Colleen and I were talking about maybe doing something the 24th since it's our last day...any interest in that? Even though it's our last day I'm game for anything so if you've got any ideas let me know!

Summer's going good, I've been working a little and just enjoying stuff around the city. Today we're going to a fair and seeing David Cook; Saturday we're going to the Brewers game!

We used to play all the time and never got balls. So cool that they do it now. We got a bunch of those sharpies too. I have not made definite plans for anything but some dining. I can do whatever. The 24th is fine by me. Where will you be that day?

That David Cook guy was with Gavin at WDW last December. (At HOB) It was a bunch of bands. He had a lot of groupies waiting out for him. I was ike OMG! American Idol guy right?

You guys have been doing a lot of traveling too. That's awesome! Wish my people would go somewhere besides WDW. I love it but enough already. :laughing:

>>>>>I'll BRB to answer the rest>>>>

DearDaisyinDurham

07-26-2009, 09:03 PM

ETA: Re: Holiday Meet

November 29th through Dec 10th

Tammy, if you'll be at POP until Dec 13th, and you plan any meets on Dec 11th or 12th, we'll be there by then!!

LOVE the Star Wars weekend pictures! I saw the lines for Jedi Mickey, they were LONG!
Have to go catch up now...

OhioDisneyLover

07-27-2009, 06:01 AM

Hi Tammy,

Been MIA for a while. (One of my fur babies passed away :sad1:) but I wanted to try and catch up with your TR. I love the animation building too. Could spend hours there. ;)

OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 07:43 PM

You are totally right our families are to big to be going to the movies all the time ! Much cheaper to buy the DVD and then you get to keep it forever ! We do however have a little secret weapon when it comes to going to the movies , the base movie theater . It's only $1 for adults and nothing for kids under 5 or 6 I think it is but they don't always have the movie you want to see and it may be a while after the actual movie comes out that we can see it . We used to have those here but they took them all away.

Dismeets in Aug. and Dec can I fit in your suitcase ? :rotfl:With free dining...you guys may need to try and come!

Summer has been very boring :( The trip back home was fun and then it was back to the boring little military town we call home for now ! LOL I agree. Ft Bragg leaves much to be desired.

Got a new camera by the way :woohoo: Went with the Nikon CoolPix L20 , works well so far but have only had it for less than a day so we shall see what the future holds . Cool! It's not so bad. The one the kids have is beat all to hell and it still works fine.

Great updates! I was so far behind again. I jsut have been an awful diser too. I took pics of the colored lights (in jars) on the games too. They are so cool.

Thanks. The Summer....that's the blame! LMAO I want to be outside all day. Then when I come in I work out and catch up on other stuff. I need to get a plan together for WDW since we leave in 20 something days. LOL SO...you gonna join us in December????

I'm going to be at Disney just inbetween your Dismeets unfortunately! :( We are having a decent summer - cool though and I'm not a big fan of that - we have enough cool and cold the rest of the year.

I like the characters in your latest update - that would be fun to see all those extra characters roaming around.

Well my December trip is longer now if that makes a difference. You can always reschedule and take advantage of this free dining offer!

Great updates and pictures Tammy. Love the ones in animation, we never stop and looks at all that stuff. We should have seen the Up characters while we were there :guilty:. the pics of Bolt with Doug are so cute!

Thanks. I read your update with the kids but I wasn't able to post. I will be going back and doing all of that tonight. The pics are so cute of them!

HAHAHA I love that pic of the CM!!

You got great pics of the Star wars guys. I can't wait to show Tim.

Me too. He's like Oh Crap an attack!!! :scared1:

Oooh--LOVE your SWW pics!! You don't like Playhouse Disney?! It was a highlight for my girlies!! Hee hee!! I do sometimes. LOL But during extra magic hours it's a crazy madhouse with rude hateful pushy adults that could care less if they trample over babies!

What are we up to? Well, we just finished getting all of Ally's school supplies. She starts Kindergarten August 10th. :sad1: Today was Claire's last day of summer session MDO. I enrolled her for Tues/Thurs. throughout the summer so Ally and I could have some together time before she starts school. Next Saturday (Aug. 1st) I'll be turning the big 30! 30's are the new 20's! ;) Get ready to have some fun times!!! Uggh! Then August 4th we register for school--Ally will find out who her teacher will be--there are 7 Kindergarten teachers--2 of which go to our church. I used to teach K so I'm praying she gets a good teacher. Then that evening we're going to see The Wiggles! The girls can't wait!! Anywho, we're staying busy!! I hope you get a good teacher. We were lucky up until last year. My son got this absolutely horrible teacher which is why we homeschool now. He was in gifted and talented and she had him teaching the other kids....Oh man she was something.

Looking forward to reading more!! popcorn::

I want to get a big update here in a few...

OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 08:01 PM

Love the SWW photos -- my favorite one is the one with the shocked PP guy and the Sand People! :rotfl:
I thought that pic was funny.

Love the pictures of the UP film strip in that store , your right I really do need to start looking UP more when I'm at WDW ! LOL I can't believe you don't like Playhouse Disney my kiddies are in love with this place and I think it's pretty cute myself ! That guy with Dash is really scary and that hatchet oh my !:scared1::scared1: The Photopass photographers face , what a priceless pic , wonder if that was part of the magic :wizard: or he just happened to open his mouth like that ? :rotfl:

Isn't that cute? They have some neat stuff in the ceilings! We like PHD but not during EMH. I should have made that part clear. lol

Hahahhahaha that picture of the CM is so funny!!! I love it!!!!:lmao:
He looks like that annoying wacky actor/reality tv guy Andy Dick!!!

Tracy

OMG he does!!!! LMAO

Great TR! I never thought I would be interested in SWW, but those pictures changed my mind! It looks pretty cool!

I went because my son loves it but I really enjoyed it myself. I would love to do it w/o all the rain! The Disney characters dressed up in their gear was the cutest thing ever. And the finale show which I will be posting video of tonight was the bomb!

You got some great pics with the Up characters! You will love that movie. My favorite pic is the one of your DS and the dog (Dug). Dug is just hilarious in the movie - totally reminded me of my own dog!
I really really hope those guys are still there when we are there in about a month! I want a big hug from Dug too!

When are your dates? Where are you staying? We'll be there for two weeks in twenty something days.

ETA: Re: Holiday Meet

November 29th through Dec 10th

Tammy, if you'll be at POP until Dec 13th, and you plan any meets on Dec 11th or 12th, we'll be there by then!!

LOVE the Star Wars weekend pictures! I saw the lines for Jedi Mickey, they were LONG!
Have to go catch up now...

Well no matter what we should hang out a day!!! Ya wanna? If I give you my number can you call me when you get there?

Hi Tammy,

Been MIA for a while. (One of my fur babies passed away :sad1:) but I wanted to try and catch up with your TR. I love the animation building too. Could spend hours there. ;)

Oh no I am so sorry to hear that. Pets are family. It hurts when you lose one. We lost Nana last year (we had her for 18 years....I still wake up and miss her sometimes). Here you go ~ :hug:

OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:19 PM

Sorry for the long period between updates...I get distracted easily when fun things are going on around me. So where were we!? Star Wars Weekends Day Two right? We had just seen the funny picture of the sand people making an attack on WDW guests in scooters...Oh yeah! That's where we were.

In that same spot appeared Storm Troopers and those sand people scattered. I'm not into Star Wars so I don't get it? But anyway...they went off when these "white" dudes appeared.

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I just noticed this pic...what the heck is that kid doing?

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Where did they go you ask!? Over behind the wall to sneak in some autographs. You don't see this kind of thing every day!

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Oh I see someone....I wonder if I can get this fella to join the troops....hey you!!!

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They captured him!

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OH NO!!!! HELP!!!! Get me out of here!

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What are you looking at!? He's mine!

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Oh lookie what we have here...A GIRL!!!!

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By the way these things caught me too and the kids thought it was the funniest thing ever. Of course as soon as they got me the blue dude comes out and they ran away! Ha! Ha!

"What do we have here!?"

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He caught her too!

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:20 PM

Next up was a visit to the Backlot Tour. We had not done this for a while and now I remember why.

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This kind of thing reminds me of Universal Studios. I don't like it much at all. The tour used to be way cooler when it was a working set. I remember going through the Golden Girls houses and the George of the Jungle tree...and even the Mickey Mouse club set. All of it is gone now. I could care less if I ever do the backlot tour again! Here are the pictures from our visit...

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He had a fun time!

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:23 PM

I do adore the water tower!

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This is where they make the costumes and uniforms!

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POTC BALL!

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Whoa! Half a car! LOL

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Love the Walt Disney plane! How cool would it have been to look up and see that one flying by!

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The canyon....oh yeah!

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This picture turned out cool. I need to catch this show again next trip. It's been a while since we've seen it.

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There it goes again...

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This stuff was neat to see. The organ from POTC.

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:25 PM

This store had some cool stuff from NBC in it!

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And UP! merchandise as well.

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This is a cute shirt too.

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It was a light drizzle again now. Things seemed to be slowing down. Star Wars events I suppose close down @ 7pm. I didn't know this before. We took a few pics with the props they had...

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Then there was a show with the real actor who plays Darth Maul. We only stayed for about half of it. He talked about his character...how he learned martial arts...how he teaches kids, etc. Seemed like a real nice guy. I get bored easily though and he could not keep me entertained. LOL I took a few pics before we snuck out. BTW this show fills up fast!

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We came back out and Gabby wanted her own picture with the Storm Troopers!

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We saw a bunch of meet and greets back by where you meet the Cars characters. They had the Star Wars characters positioned to look like they were in a plastic toy box. You know the see through plastic packaging they are sold in. It was so darn cute. I wish I had a better picture but it was slammed! (And the lines were closed)

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Here's the "top" of the box though.

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Got a pic of my CARS friends' hang out!

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I met a really nice CM (character handler) and he told us where to stand to meet the characters as they walked from their lines. (Since the lines were closed and DS wanted to meet them.) We got really cute pics this way!
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OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:27 PM

He posed alone for me too!

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Then Gabby spots Anakin Skywalker (young Darth Vader) and falls in love. She would not stop smiling. Ear to ear grin I'm telling ya! Sidney was in his line but the CM told us he would be leaving soon and someone else was coming out. Gabby was so upset so I took her to the side to meet him on his way back and she froze up when he got close. It was hilarious! I got her a few pictures of him though.

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And check out this one. Isn't it cute. They look like they're planning something. LOL

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Then he poses for me...

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On the way back...later dudes!

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This is the one that was in the plastic case that DS wanted to meet really bad....

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This is when Gabby froze up! AN A KIN.....Awwww.

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While waiting for the Alien dude to come out I took some pictures. We were next in line and just missed Anakin!

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And here he comes...

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We just missed these guys too. DS wanted to meet them but the line was closed so he just asked me to get a pic.

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R2D2 is the cutest thing EVER!

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OneTreeHillAddict

07-27-2009, 09:29 PM

These signs were everywhere!

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Most of the Star Wars fun was wrapping up by now. The had one more big show to do...the hyper space hoopla or something like that. We'll get to that in the next post! It was the best show ever! (And I have video!) Stay tuned! That one is worth the wait!

I still have to add Gabby's pix too. I'll do it soon I promise! :goodvibes

Lynn5700

07-27-2009, 09:37 PM

WOW Awesome updates Tam!!!!! Love the pics!!!!

I wish I went on BLT when they had all that cool stuff. Next time we go I just want to spend time in the warehouse and look at all the props.

MaryAz

07-27-2009, 09:44 PM

Great SW weekend update! Will have to show my hubby. Next year we will have to try and see more of it.

ladybugmom

07-27-2009, 09:44 PM

Wow Tammy! GREAT pics! Your kiddos look sooo happy interacting with the SW characters! Ally was able to get her pic with the Stormtroopers and in the bubble (but not w/a character--with her Daddy!!). Can't wait to see this video you're talking about!

kaysmommie

07-27-2009, 10:26 PM

Those are awesome pictures of all the Star Wars characters! I have to show Thomas when he wakes up in the morning :goodvibes. Definitely planning on going to SWW next year. Waiting for your hyperspace Hoopla video popcorn::.

MagicShell

07-27-2009, 10:44 PM

Still enjoying your Star Wars pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

Maureenmouse

07-27-2009, 10:56 PM

Wow! The Star Wars pictures are great! The girls enjoyed looking at them too. We have never done the Back Lot tour. We did the Disaster at Universal , so I don't think we missed too much except for the props. The organ from POC was neat. So was the ball thing! We just watched all 3 movies this past week. The girls have a Pirate Lego set up right now, so we had Pirate Days! ( See if you were coming this way the kids could play LEGOs and dress up!) Are you going to the mountains soon? I think Statesville is a couple hours away from where you stay. We're close to Hickory. Is that anywhere near your cabin?
I always enjoy reading your updates! I sooo wish that I could go back to Disney this Fall with the Visa Free Dining offer, but even in a value resort for 3 niughts, it would be around $1,000 for us. I just don't have the extra money and have no clue how I could make that much in time for a trip. It's too bad since we could do MNSSHP and Food and Wine Festival. We even have a work day during that time, so we'd only have to take off a few days of worK. Oh well, maybe next year!

joy13

07-27-2009, 11:16 PM

Great Star Wars pictures! That looks like such a fun time to visit.

Goofy22

07-27-2009, 11:18 PM

More great updates :goodvibes Girl! we're winding down to august!!

pmama

07-27-2009, 11:21 PM

Through Dec. 13th!:cool1: At least you've made the most out of your annual passes.;) When free dining came out we added a day to the beginning of our trip so we will be arriving late on Dec. 11th. I'm so excited. I really feel like this vacation is coming together better than I ever expected. We are opting for the 3 day cruise at the end of the week but it will give us much more time in WDW, more parks, less crowds, and better resort price!:thumbsup2

We have never been on the Backlot Tour in HS. It's something we save for last and never get to. Perhaps we should try it this time but it sounds like we're not missing much.

cajunlace

07-27-2009, 11:24 PM

My DS's dream is to go for Star Wars weekend one day.

OneTreeHillAddict

07-28-2009, 02:56 AM

WOW Awesome updates Tam!!!!! Love the pics!!!!

I wish I went on BLT when they had all that cool stuff. Next time we go I just want to spend time in the warehouse and look at all the props.

Thanks. The stuff you see before and after (not that stupid submarine show or whatever it is...I HATE that) is okay to see. The tram ride itself sucks now compared to the old one.

Great SW weekend update! Will have to show my hubby. Next year we will have to try and see more of it.

I want to go again next year too! I even had fun!

Wow Tammy! GREAT pics! Your kiddos look sooo happy interacting with the SW characters! Ally was able to get her pic with the Stormtroopers and in the bubble (but not w/a character--with her Daddy!!). Can't wait to see this video you're talking about!

They were...at least Dash was! He was really having a good time! That case was the cutest!

Those are awesome pictures of all the Star Wars characters! I have to show Thomas when he wakes up in the morning :goodvibes. Definitely planning on going to SWW next year. Waiting for your hyperspace Hoopla video popcorn::.

We definitely have to go together next year and PLAN BETTER! :laughing: Video coming soon!

Still enjoying your Star Wars pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

Thanks for sticking with me!

Wow! The Star Wars pictures are great! The girls enjoyed looking at them too. We have never done the Back Lot tour. We did the Disaster at Universal , so I don't think we missed too much except for the props. The organ from POC was neat. So was the ball thing! We just watched all 3 movies this past week. The girls have a Pirate Lego set up right now, so we had Pirate Days! ( See if you were coming this way the kids could play LEGOs and dress up!) Are you going to the mountains soon? I think Statesville is a couple hours away from where you stay. We're close to Hickory. Is that anywhere near your cabin?
I always enjoy reading your updates! I sooo wish that I could go back to Disney this Fall with the Visa Free Dining offer, but even in a value resort for 3 niughts, it would be around $1,000 for us. I just don't have the extra money and have no clue how I could make that much in time for a trip. It's too bad since we could do MNSSHP and Food and Wine Festival. We even have a work day during that time, so we'd only have to take off a few days of worK. Oh well, maybe next year!

Pirate Days sound cool! I told Sidney to please lets wait until September to go to the cabin. Disney is so close...and the cabin is along ways from here. I'd rather wait 'til the apples come in. We could only go for three days and I need $$$ for Disney. I prefer he work those days. You know if you book on the last available day before Thanksgiving you can carry the promo over through the Holiday! Just sayin' :rolleyes1 You wouldn't have to miss work! ;)

OneTreeHillAddict

07-28-2009, 03:01 AM

Great Star Wars pictures! That looks like such a fun time to visit.

Thanks! It is, well was then. Got to do Flower and Garden plus the SWW!

More great updates :goodvibes Girl! we're winding down to august!!

I know it's just a couple more weeks now!!! You gettin' excited!?

Through Dec. 13th!:cool1: At least you've made the most out of your annual passes.;) When free dining came out we added a day to the beginning of our trip so we will be arriving late on Dec. 11th. I'm so excited. I really feel like this vacation is coming together better than I ever expected. We are opting for the 3 day cruise at the end of the week but it will give us much more time in WDW, more parks, less crowds, and better resort price!:thumbsup2

We have never been on the Backlot Tour in HS. It's something we save for last and never get to. Perhaps we should try it this time but it sounds like we're not missing much.

I'm going to order passports for us and definitely plan a cruise. I don't want to book 'til I have my passport in hand though. :goodvibes Um, yeah we will get our monies worth out the AP's. :laughing: Well we'll have one day there at the same time! We'll have to meet up and say hello at some point! I can't wait! I LOVE Christmas at Disney! It's beautiful!

My DS's dream is to go for Star Wars weekend one day.

Well you should go all three days! :goodvibes Well, at least two of the three.

Howellsy

07-28-2009, 06:00 AM

I'm loving the huge update, makes September seems so much closer! I'd love to go for SWW but I'm normally stuck on dates because of school/university - hopefully once I'm out of university I can go :cloud9:

WrightFamily06

07-28-2009, 02:07 PM

We used to have those here but they took them all away.
Yeah, we use to have the dollar movies back home in Maryland too but they also took them away :( It's nice the base movie theater still offers that type of thing for the military !

With free dining...you guys may need to try and come!
I wish :wizard: No funds for that kinda trip though , even with the free dining ! We can only go if we are stowaways in peoples suitcases !:lmao:

LOL I agree. Ft Bragg leaves much to be desired.
Wrong base but close were Marine Corps . , it's Camp Lejeune . LOL I'm sure the Army base Ft. Bragg could be just as boring though !

Cool! It's not so bad. The one the kids have is beat all to hell and it still works fine.
Glad to hear that the camera will stand up to a lot of abuse , cause I can't afford to dish out more money for another camera anytime soon !

Isn't that cute? They have some neat stuff in the ceilings! We like PHD but not during EMH. I should have made that part clear. lol

Yes the UP stuff on the ceiling is very cute !:cutie: Can't wait to see some more of your ceiling shots ! Glad you cleared up your dislike for PHD , now I totally understand what you were trying to say . :)

Great update !:thumbsup2 All the pictures of the Sand guys are hilarious , looks like they were a ball to hang out with ! I totally agree with you the BLT leaves little to be desired anymore :( It was so much better in the 90's , we didn't even ride this trip and probably won't anytime soon unless they change it ! The Gift Shop with the NBC and UP things looks really neat , we love the NBC . :thumbsup2 I can't blame Gabby for being shy around Anakin , he is one hott guy ! The Alien pictures with the kiddies are really good . :) Can't wait for the next update !popcorn::popcorn::

wdwgirl03

07-28-2009, 05:07 PM

Great pictures of SWW! It looks like the kids had such a blast meeting all the characters.

DearDaisyinDurham

07-28-2009, 07:49 PM

I thought that pic was funny.

Well no matter what we should hang out a day!!! Ya wanna? If I give you my number can you call me when you get there?

Tammy, that would be really fun. :goodvibes We're planning to arrive on the 10th. Whatever you'd like to do, I'm game for ;) within reason!! No parasailing but a park, resort or shopping would be :cloud9:

jenseib

07-29-2009, 07:32 AM

Fun updates. I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but I think it would be cool to go there.
I don't care for the BLT much either. It was Ok back in the 90's, but I went on it again in 2008 and they had something wrong and this tour took 3 times as long. The tram was stopped and then we couldn't go through the canyon so they took us out through the back of the Stuidos and the tram got stuck on a big rock while trying to make a trun to go outside the gates. A couple of guys had to get off and try to move it to get us unstuck. And then the speaker kept trying to describe stuff like this was a normal part of the tour. LOL! At one point he eve nsaid, "OK, I'm reaching for straws, can you tell?" LOL. I know call it the ride from hell.

manntra

07-29-2009, 12:47 PM

Amazing update Tammy!!! I love all of those pictures (especially the one of the little boy in front of the Storm Trooper!!! omg :rotfl:.) I think I actually want to go now sometime during SWW! And take my nephews of course! Those guys are still freaking me out!!
Since I am knocking out Food and wine this October then in May b/c of your pictures I am going to F&G! Man! You are a bad influence!! :laughing:
I agree with you on the backlot tour....I like walking through the warehouse and that is about it! Hmmmmm are you a Skellington fan? Me too! :goodvibes

Tracy

Sunset Cliffs

08-01-2009, 04:17 PM

Whew! Finally caught up. Never had a desire to go during SWW but your pictures make it look like a lot of fun. I like the Minnie Princess Leia. Such cute interaction between her & Mickey. And I agree w/ you about the Backlot Tour. it used to be much cooler. I remember seeing the Mickey Mouse Club stage too! That was a LONG time ago.

OneTreeHillAddict

08-03-2009, 01:09 PM

OneTreeHillAddict

08-05-2009, 12:03 AM

I thought I responded to everyone but I guess I forgot to copy and paste it all. Duh! Okay...at the end of the Star Wars day they have this dance off over at the stage by the Star Tours ride. (Over where they do the Jedi training...) The Star Wars day ends before the park closes...I want to say it was around 7pm...don't know for sure since the rain ate my map. It was still light out though. This end of the day show is called the hyper space hoopla (I think). Something like that. Dash took some video of it from atop his dads shoulders. The place was PACKED so the video is not the best in the World. I will say this show is HILARIOUS! I was laughing the whole time. As this goes on the characters go out and walk around in the crowd too. It's funny to see them sneak up on and scare the shine out of people! :laughing: I'm going to post all of the videos here...if you have the time take a look. I know now....get there early next year for a good seat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9T_dlxGc8c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9T_dlxGc8c)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRvgzTSZs8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRvgzTSZs8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1W13nGbxh4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1W13nGbxh4)

This is when the official dance off starts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmNqTQprK4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmNqTQprK4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1QTTSP0oQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1QTTSP0oQ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VYf7LrgoGU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VYf7LrgoGU)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez6SKAT1J-I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez6SKAT1J-I)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_MXyJjw2E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_MXyJjw2E)

If you skip them all make sure you watch this one! It's sooooo funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoHyjJhtUEE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoHyjJhtUEE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4R2cz5lYxw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4R2cz5lYxw)

This one is cute too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeL5Uf8zoF4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeL5Uf8zoF4)

This was the last video....all of a sudden it started storming really bad. This one did not let up. We went in the restaurant right close and sat for about an hour...it got worse. Thunder....lightning...it was awful! This is the worst storm I have ever seen or been in. I'm not sure how close the show was to ending, but what I saw was great. I'd go back to SWW just for that show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfI-PLBKWhI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfI-PLBKWhI)

We also took some video on the backlot tour. (Well DD did with her camera...) I'll go ahead and add that now. This one is 5 minutes long. I didn't know she recorded it all!? :laughing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oji7YFnOwY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oji7YFnOwY)

Part two!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebzOk3iwEY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebzOk3iwEY)

Since I have you tube here in front of me I'm going to go ahead and add a video from our full last day at CSR. (Who knows when I'll get it back open...) The rain on this day was the same ol same ol we'd had all week. Thunder and lightning with pouring rain! These storms would come and go and this particular one lasted over an hour! When we were able to make our way up front to eat we had to walk through 8-8 inches of water! (At the most shallow point) It was so gross and even after dinner, on our way back it had only went down about an inch! Keep in mind what you see here was taken before things got bad!

Doesn't it look nasty!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ew2JtgIcI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ew2JtgIcI)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0v4l5UNZg8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0v4l5UNZg8)

Listen at this.....makes me scared for the August trip. I never want to see it like this again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIQVOzpJGQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIQVOzpJGQ)

Okay folks...there you have all of the video. If I'm able I'll finish up the picture part this week. I know my PB pro acount is about to expire. I don't know that I want to spend $40 to keep it going. I have to sleep on that! Money is tight right now. Hope everyone is having a fun Summer. We went to the Mountains of NC this past weekend...only for two nights. Trip was cut short when I got pissed off. :rolleyes1 I'll probably add those pics to the August PTR if ya wanna check that out. Until next time...thanks for reading! :hug:

Goofy22

08-05-2009, 01:18 AM

They are some funny Videos! :goodvibes and the Rain OMG! I better bring a bathing suit for each day in case that happens in August! :eek:

OneTreeHillAddict

08-05-2009, 01:22 AM

They are some funny Videos! :goodvibes and the Rain OMG! I better bring a bathing suit for each day in case that happens in August! :eek:

Don't you dare say that! I can't do that again!!! :scared1:

Goofy22

08-05-2009, 01:25 AM

Don't you dare say that! I can't do that again!!! :scared1:

That would definitely suck if it did! I don't want to think that either but it's been rainy like crazy here for this time of the year! I really really hope not!

kaysmommie

08-05-2009, 04:17 PM

What is it with HS and rain :eek:. It was also flooded the day we were there. Thomas and I just watched your Hyperspace Hoopla videos. He loved the one with Darth Vader and the storm troopers. That will be a must do on our next trip.

OneTreeHillAddict

08-05-2009, 11:16 PM

That would definitely suck if it did! I don't want to think that either but it's been rainy like crazy here for this time of the year! I really really hope not!

Well you make sure to leave it there when you fly down to Florida! :rotfl:

What is it with HS and rain :eek:. It was also flooded the day we were there. Thomas and I just watched your Hyperspace Hoopla videos. He loved the one with Darth Vader and the storm troopers. That will be a must do on our next trip.

It flooded every day I went anywhere (at WDW) in May! :lmao:That show is worth going for SWW alone! It was so cute. We should plan to go at the same time next year!

Lynn5700

08-05-2009, 11:19 PM

Awww cute show!!!! UGH BOO can't stand the rain!!!!!!!!!!!

joy13

08-05-2009, 11:38 PM

I love Darth Vadar dancing to MC Hammer - hilarious!!!!

tinkgurl

08-05-2009, 11:47 PM

Tammy! I'm sorry...:flower3: I seem to have fallen behind on everyone!

Maureenmouse

08-06-2009, 12:41 AM

Wow!1 Those videos were hilarious! I loved Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers. Speaking of storms, what a lotof rain! It looked like that here tonight! The street below us was flooded with muddy water!
Oh I tried to call you last Friday. I was in Hickory and thought msaybe I'd drive the other 1.5 hours with the girls and meet you, but the # I had was not in service. i put it in my phone wrong. But as it turns out if you were only there for 2 days, then maybe it wouldn't have worked anyways. When you go in the fall, maybe we can meet. I want to take the girls to an apple orchard then. We've never been.
We're still coming to the beach some time with my Dad. I just don't know when. I'll let you know. We have to get the kids together and there's just no way I'm gooing to get enough money together to get back to Disney when you guys are there. I'm trying though. I have sold over $300 of stuff this month on ebay, but need over $1,oo before Joe will consider it.

Me&3

08-06-2009, 12:48 AM

Hi Tammy I have been gone for a month how will I ever catch up? When are you leaving for Disney? We have been away for the summer going to Disney and just doing things in around Fl. We went for fourth of july to disney for eight days. We just went for 3 days july 25 and we drove over for the day at Blizzard Beach. Maybe we will run into you guys:confused3.

manntra

08-06-2009, 06:18 PM

OMG!!! :rotfl::rotfl:Those videos are so funny! Thanks for posting them! Who knew Chewie could get down like that! And the Stormtroopers!!!! :lmao: I was laughing so hard!!
That rain was horrid! :scared1: It is awful when you can't even see the sky!

Tracy

scottny

08-06-2009, 08:53 PM

great update and pics.

those videos are insane of the rain.

joy13

08-06-2009, 11:49 PM

Just watched the rain videos - holy cow that's a lot of rain!

OneTreeHillAddict

08-07-2009, 02:59 AM

Okay...I have to finish this NOW. The clock is a ticking...

I went a step ahead and put on the video already. Check it out...it's hilarious. Now, for the rest of the evening.

I left off showing you guys what the signs looked like. I took a couple of shots of the Muppets balloon while waiting on Sidney to rejoin us.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd266.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd267.jpg

Now back to some Star Wars stuff...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd268.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd269.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd270.jpg

I wonder if her hands get cramped by the end of the day!?

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd271.jpg

A MUST DO at DHS...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd274.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd275.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd276.jpg

Almost time for the Grand Finale!!! That's the "space" food strawberries all over his face. Soon to be replaced with chocolate from a Mickey Ice Cream bar!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd277.jpg

Look who was in the crowd...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd278.jpg

How cute are these guys!?

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd279.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd280.jpg

Love this guy!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd281.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd282.jpg

The dancing continues....

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd283.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd284.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd285.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd286.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd287.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd288.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd289.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd290.jpg

Continued in next post...

OneTreeHillAddict

08-07-2009, 03:04 AM

Pictures from from Gabby's camera!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523106.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523107.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523108.jpg

I think I told you guys in the last post the sky fell out at the end of the show. It was pouring rain! We should have ran out of the park but instead we ran into the closest shelter. The restaurant right there beside the stage. BTW that place has a drink station. You can refill your soda there! I think it's only open seasonally though. It's a cute place. Gabby took some pictures of things here and there.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523110.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523111.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523112.jpg

Check this out. It was on the way into the kitchen area...caught our eye though!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523113.jpg

Sidney liked this old phone booth. He wanted his picture taken inside.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523114.jpg

We stayed in that place forever! The rain got worse! The lightning was horrible! You always think these storms will pass or lighten up a little. This one did not. I had some things in the stroller that could not get "soaked" so Sidney left to go buy a poncho. He was gone FOREVER!!! It must have been an hour. The lightning was getting worse....striking every two seconds. They were closing up the restaurant so I felt stupid just sitting there ALONE! I went out to the bar area but it was so bad we were got wet anyway. By now the water was a good 5-6 inches deep where we were. The kids and I decided we'd make a run for it. They had ponchos so I covered them up and the baby as good as I could. He held the bags and we started swimming our way out. It was pouring so bad I could not see. I am not kidding....my eyes were burning from the rain. I thought the damn stroller was going to float away! I have never in my life seen such a mess! (I live at the beach...I see Hurricanes all the time!) I would walk a few feet then get what cover I could and go again. Finally, a good 30 minutes later we get to the truck!

Another 20 minutes pass and Sidney comes out to the truck. Wouldn't you know it!? We forgot the babies gun! Sidney had to swim back and get it!

This lil gun...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/May23rd291.jpg

On his way back out Sidney comes across a stroller mom being really aggressive trying to get out. Well, she kept hitting this other woman with two older kids...like 7 or 8 years old, with the stroller. The woman told her twice to chill out and back off. (Sidney was right behind them when this was going on...) The mom w/o the stroller says, "This is your last warning! We all want to leave. If you run me over again I am going to beat your &#!!" The woman hits her again. The other lady took her fist and hit the stroller mom right in the face. The stroller mom tries to hit the other woman back...then stroller free mom beats stroller mom to the ground. The cops came out and escorted both women down the street that leads to TOT. Stroller Dad LEAVES Stroller mom and goes ahead out of the park!!! Talk about crazy! Don't know what happened but that was the first time either of us had seen force upon a guest by the cops at Disney. They wouldn't stop fighting so the guys had to break it up and it wasn't pretty. I feel sure someone was arrested that night! I wonder if she'll ever run over anyone else!?

Anyway, we could not wait to get back to the room. We all needed a real shower and dry clothes! Plus we were all starving! While me and the kids got our showers Sidney went to the food court. He came back with these goodies...

The kids each got ~

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523116.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523117.jpg

For dessert ~

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523118.jpg

Mine ~

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523119.jpg

Sidney's ~

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May23rd/DD523120.jpg

After our feast we chilled out for a bit. Watched TV and went to sleep. Tomorrow we change over to Coronado Springs Resort!!! And of course we spend our last full day at Disney! I'm almost done I'm almost done!!! Woo Hoo!!!

OneTreeHillAddict

08-07-2009, 03:15 AM

LOL I agree. Ft Bragg leaves much to be desired.
Wrong base but close were Marine Corps . , it's Camp Lejeune . LOL I'm sure the Army base Ft. Bragg could be just as boring though !

Cool! It's not so bad. The one the kids have is beat all to hell and it still works fine.
Glad to hear that the camera will stand up to a lot of abuse , cause I can't afford to dish out more money for another camera anytime soon !

Great update !:thumbsup2 All the pictures of the Sand guys are hilarious , looks like they were a ball to hang out with ! I totally agree with you the BLT leaves little to be desired anymore :( It was so much better in the 90's , we didn't even ride this trip and probably won't anytime soon unless they change it

Oops. My bad. Are they both in Jacksonville? You are in Jacksonville right? I'm so confused. It's late and I am worn out. YES...the 90's BLT was way better. I wish I could have seen the Osborne lights lit up on the street back then! You used to ride through the BLT and look at it there.

Great pictures of SWW! It looks like the kids had such a blast meeting all the characters.

Thanks. They had a blast!

Tammy, that would be really fun. :goodvibes We're planning to arrive on the 10th. Whatever you'd like to do, I'm game for ;) within reason!! No parasailing but a park, resort or shopping would be :cloud9:

What!? I've always wanted to parasail! I'll send you my number. I will arrive on the 22nd!

Fun updates. I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but I think it would be cool to go there.
I don't care for the BLT much either. It was Ok back in the 90's, but I went on it again in 2008 and they had something wrong and this tour took 3 times as long. The tram was stopped and then we couldn't go through the canyon so they took us out through the back of the Stuidos and the tram got stuck on a big rock while trying to make a trun to go outside the gates. A couple of guys had to get off and try to move it to get us unstuck. And then the speaker kept trying to describe stuff like this was a normal part of the tour. LOL! At one point he eve nsaid, "OK, I'm reaching for straws, can you tell?" LOL. I know call it the ride from hell.

That's what I said. I had the best time, despite that weather. :rolleyes1 What a freaking nightmare!!!! I'd be running....make up a pee story or something. Man.

Amazing update Tammy!!! I love all of those pictures (especially the one of the little boy in front of the Storm Trooper!!! omg :rotfl:.) I think I actually want to go now sometime during SWW! And take my nephews of course! Those guys are still freaking me out!!
Since I am knocking out Food and wine this October then in May b/c of your pictures I am going to F&G! Man! You are a bad influence!! :laughing:
I agree with you on the backlot tour....I like walking through the warehouse and that is about it! Hmmmmm are you a Skellington fan? Me too! :goodvibes

Tracy

I want to do F & W one day. It sounds like fun! Yes we love NBC!!! I have some cute things with them on it.

Whew! Finally caught up. Never had a desire to go during SWW but your pictures make it look like a lot of fun. I like the Minnie Princess Leia. Such cute interaction between her & Mickey. And I agree w/ you about the Backlot Tour. it used to be much cooler. I remember seeing the Mickey Mouse Club stage too! That was a LONG time ago.

Weren't M & M adorable!? I love those pictures! I remember that! The Mickey Mouse club days. I think that's when Britney and Justin were doing the show!?

OneTreeHillAddict

08-07-2009, 03:52 AM

Awww cute show!!!! UGH BOO can't stand the rain!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell me about it! Worst Disney weather ever! The show was so cool. Anyone would love it! SW fan or not!

I love Darth Vadar dancing to MC Hammer - hilarious!!!!

Isn't that the best!? :laughing:

Tammy! I'm sorry...:flower3: I seem to have fallen behind on everyone!

It's okay...I forgive you if you forgive me. :laughing: This TR has sucked...I'm just not into it. Too many things going on around here...the gorgeous weather, the pool, the beach...I'm distracted from everything!

Wow!1 Those videos were hilarious! I loved Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers. Speaking of storms, what a lotof rain! It looked like that here tonight! The street below us was flooded with muddy water! Eww! That's not good!
Oh I tried to call you last Friday. I was in Hickory and thought msaybe I'd drive the other 1.5 hours with the girls and meet you, but the # I had was not in service. i put it in my phone wrong. But as it turns out if you were only there for 2 days, then maybe it wouldn't have worked anyways. When you go in the fall, maybe we can meet. I want to take the girls to an apple orchard then. We've never been. Yep...got in a fight and left early. I'm going to hell because I don't attend church every Sunday. This comes from my dad who never stepped foot inside a church as an adult 'til he was in his 60's. I can't stand it when someone pushed their religious beliefs and opinions on someone. That's so wrong in a million ways. Just because one does not attend church does not mean they are not a Christian! :sad2: It was a bad day to do that mess. No sleep, allergies, bad mood....I couldn't take it anymore. They kept on and on and on! I packed and came home. I haven't talked to them since we've been home either. They're being hateful. To ignore their grandkids and to "disown" someone because they don't go to church is real "Christian like" huh? Whatever. I refuse to have someone call me a bad parent because my kids pray every night at home!
We're still coming to the beach some time with my Dad. I just don't know when. I'll let you know. We have to get the kids together and there's just no way I'm gooing to get enough money together to get back to Disney when you guys are there. I'm trying though. I have sold over $300 of stuff this month on ebay, but need over $1,oo before Joe will consider it.

I'll resend my #'s. We'll have to meet up at some point. Yard Sale!? :confused3

Hi Tammy I have been gone for a month how will I ever catch up? When are you leaving for Disney? We have been away for the summer going to Disney and just doing things in around Fl. We went for fourth of july to disney for eight days. We just went for 3 days july 25 and we drove over for the day at Blizzard Beach. Maybe we will run into you guys:confused3.

Me too. Sort of. :laughing: We arrive on the 22nd! (2 weeks) Will you be there at some point? If so give me a call. YOU need to email or PM me a picture so I know what you look like!

OMG!!! :rotfl::rotfl:Those videos are so funny! Thanks for posting them! Who knew Chewie could get down like that! And the Stormtroopers!!!! :lmao: I was laughing so hard!!
That rain was horrid! :scared1: It is awful when you can't even see the sky!

Tracy

That was the best show! I so want to see it again! It's worse when ya can't see an inch ahead of you!!!

great update and pics.

those videos are insane of the rain.

And they were made with the cheap digital camera recorder! :eek: What a messy trip. This was by far the worst day of all. The DHS lightning storm. Yes, we get one the next day too but at least we make it safely to our room. Being stranded at DHS was pure hell.

Just watched the rain videos - holy cow that's a lot of rain!

Sure was! That week is all over the record books!

Howellsy

08-07-2009, 05:31 AM

pmama

08-07-2009, 09:01 AM

Holy Frijoles that is a lot of rain.:eek: Loved all the video. The show looks like so much fun. I couldn't believe all the people that opened up their umbrellas right when it started to rain. I know it is wet but seems a little rude to all the people behind them that then lost their view.

BigEeyore

08-07-2009, 09:04 AM

:scared1: I cannot believe the fight you witnessed! What is wrong with people??? Especially in front of your kids - way to set a fine example for the next generation.
Sounds like a horrendous storm - I expect to be caught in at least one downpour every trip to WDW, but it usually passes quickly - not that time though!

29apr00

08-07-2009, 10:44 AM

WOW!! Sidney should have had the camera and videotaped the crazy women fighting!!

Lynn5700

08-07-2009, 10:47 AM

Great update!! That is insane you saw that fight. People are so immature sometimes. Really.

joy13

08-07-2009, 11:10 AM

I can't believe that fight - OMG! WTH is wrong with people???? Everyone had to be frusstrated with all the rain, goodness!

Maureenmouse

08-07-2009, 11:22 AM

manntra

08-07-2009, 04:13 PM

OMG!!! :scared1: Stroller mom on the warpath!! Yeesh!!! :rotfl: It's kind of funny but scary at the same time! I guess people can really lose it!!

jenseib

08-07-2009, 04:39 PM

Another gret update with lots of pictures! I love you trip reports. I hate that you had so much rain, but you semed to do well with it. After all it's still Disney right? Well, I'm still posting stuff on ebay trying to get enough money to come to Disney again this year, but I still need about $700. I don't think a yard sale would even come close. I'll just keep posting. I have a bunch of the girls costumes that they're outgrowing. When do you think is the best time to post them? Any ideas?
we will met up some time somewhere.

What do you sell on ebay., I've tried selling a few things here and there, and nothing seems to ever sell for me.

Tammy. great updates. I love Darth dancing. That is too funny. I can't beleive the rain. Wow. I hate rain like that.

ladybugmom

08-08-2009, 03:27 AM

Great update! I can't wait to show Brent those SW videos!! He'll love that!! Sooo sorry about the crazy rain! I believe that's the night we flew home so we missed that storm. And OH MY WORD! I cannot believe you saw a mom punch another mom! What was she thinking?! YIKES! I would not have wanted my children to have seen that! That's INSANE!!

OhioDisneyLover

08-08-2009, 05:59 AM

Just catching up. OMG, the stroller mom fight was hilarious....well, I'm sure it wasn't for real, but the way you described it made me laugh like mad! I've always wondered why people get crazed with the freaking strollers at Disney. I got slammed so hard in the back of the legs in May waiting for Illuminations. Maybe it was the freaking rain we had?? I totally agree with the way you described the blinding rain. It was amazing. In all my years of Disney visits, I have NEVER seen anything like the rain we had over Memorial Weekend!

xoktenox

08-08-2009, 03:27 PM

Wowwww I can't believe the fight! In front of their children no less! It sounds like the stroller mom needed to get a beat down though LOL I can't believe the husbands didn't break them up before the cops had to be called! Jeez, thats nutso.

That food from foodcourt looks good, makin me hungry over here girl! :laughing:

OneTreeHillAddict

08-08-2009, 04:52 PM

LOVED the new update! I can't believe the stoller fight - I've seen some violent stroller incidents before, but never a full- on fight :rotfl: The SW pictures look great too, it's a shame about the rain though.

People get mean in crowds...especially wet crowds. The stupid woman knew better than to run over someones feet again and again. She kind of desrved to get knocked down but it sucks that little kids had to see that. I've never seen a fist fight at Disney. The one I saw on the monorail last Christmas was hilarious though. There would have been fists had the hubby not settled down the attitude.

Holy Frijoles that is a lot of rain.:eek: Loved all the video. The show looks like so much fun. I couldn't believe all the people that opened up their umbrellas right when it started to rain. I know it is wet but seems a little rude to all the people behind them that then lost their view.

Isn't it crazy? Definitely makes for a memorable vacation. Not necessarily a good memory...:rolleyes1 We still had a blast though. I totally agree...people can be over the top rude with an umbrella at WDW! I don't know how many times we were jabbed by them this past trip!

:scared1: I cannot believe the fight you witnessed! What is wrong with people??? Especially in front of your kids - way to set a fine example for the next generation.
Sounds like a horrendous storm - I expect to be caught in at least one downpour every trip to WDW, but it usually passes quickly - not that time though!

I was in the truck with the kids. Sidney was walking behind this on the way back from getting the gun. I'm glad my kids didn't see it. That's ridiculous that people have to act like that. I hope they both got arrested and kicked out of the parks for good!

So wait a minute....we are going to be in WDW at the same time!? Where are you staying. I leave on the 22nd and stay through the 5th. PM me your number and all! :goodvibes

WOW!! Sidney should have had the camera and videotaped the crazy women fighting!!

I know!!! Can you imagine the youtube hits!? :laughing: He said it went on and on and the stroller woman was asking for it. The woman told her to stop nicely. She kept on. Then after a few times of SM just being a B the woman let her have it. I probably would have done the same at that point but I would have told Sidney to go forth with the kids. There's no need in that.

Great update!! That is insane you saw that fight. People are so immature sometimes. Really.

I didn't see it, Sidney did. The security was in it almost immediately. I feel sure they were taken to jail if the police took them down that street. I think it's funny that the womans hubby left her! :lmao:

I can't believe that fight - OMG! WTH is wrong with people???? Everyone had to be frusstrated with all the rain, goodness!

People are hateful! Simple as that.

Another gret update with lots of pictures! I love you trip reports. I hate that you had so much rain, but you semed to do well with it. After all it's still Disney right? Well, I'm still posting stuff on ebay trying to get enough money to come to Disney again this year, but I still need about $700. I don't think a yard sale would even come close. I'll just keep posting. I have a bunch of the girls costumes that they're outgrowing. When do you think is the best time to post them? Any ideas?
we will met up some time somewhere.

Thanks girl! I used to sell on ebay years ago and made a ton of money. Now clothes auctions do horrible for me. I haven't listed that kind of stuff in years! The fees are too high, and I hate dealing with the PO mess. Costumes...I bought some new ones from the DS a while back. Brand new baby ones. I really need to sell them. I don't know...I'd say list them in mid to late September!?

OMG!!! :scared1: Stroller mom on the warpath!! Yeesh!!! :rotfl: It's kind of funny but scary at the same time! I guess people can really lose it!!

Witch on the War Path! Ick! She deserved it if you ask me!

What do you sell on ebay., I've tried selling a few things here and there, and nothing seems to ever sell for me.

Tammy. great updates. I love Darth dancing. That is too funny. I can't beleive the rain. Wow. I hate rain like that.

That dance show was incredible!!! I was :rotfl: the whole time!

Great update! I can't wait to show Brent those SW videos!! He'll love that!! Sooo sorry about the crazy rain! I believe that's the night we flew home so we missed that storm. And OH MY WORD! I cannot believe you saw a mom punch another mom! What was she thinking?! YIKES! I would not have wanted my children to have seen that! That's INSANE!!

Next year I'm bringing the real video camera to tape it! :goodvibes Good thing you missed that storm! It never let up and the one the following day...it stuck around for a good hour or two!

I didn't see the fight. Sidney saw them. I was in the car with the kids thank goodness. I have to say though...the woman who threw the punch...I'd be on her side. That stroller mom was being evil and Sidney said the other lady was nice to her the first few times and asked her to please stop. The crowds coming out....it was a mess. Imagine the monorail lines at the end of a busy night but add in a lightning storm with tons of rain. It was awful that night and everyone was trying to get out. There was nowhere else to go. For that woman to keep running over that lady and her little girl was plain mean. After a while I would have wanted to punch her too. I don't think I would in fear of being banned from WDW but I sure would have wanted to hit her! :sad2:

Just catching up. OMG, the stroller mom fight was hilarious....well, I'm sure it wasn't for real, but the way you described it made me laugh like mad! I've always wondered why people get crazed with the freaking strollers at Disney. I got slammed so hard in the back of the legs in May waiting for Illuminations. Maybe it was the freaking rain we had?? I totally agree with the way you described the blinding rain. It was amazing. In all my years of Disney visits, I have NEVER seen anything like the rain we had over Memorial Weekend!

Wasn't for real!? :confused3 Sidney don't lie. I bet they both spent a night in jail! How do you explain that one to the kids? We'll miss extra magic hours tomorrow..we have to go get mom out of jail! :sad2: That is why I try to stay away from the crowded areas and I'm either early out of the parks or the last one out of the parks! :laughing: I think we've all been slammed into by a stroller a time or two. I've yet to throw a punch. I am guilty of giving some dirty looks though.

Wowwww I can't believe the fight! In front of their children no less! It sounds like the stroller mom needed to get a beat down though LOL I can't believe the husbands didn't break them up before the cops had to be called! Jeez, thats nutso.

That food from foodcourt looks good, makin me hungry over here girl! :laughing:

Agreed! I'm telling ya'll....this trip coming up...if I see anything of the sort I will pull out DD's camera and start recording. That will make for some funny laughs when we get back home! :rotfl2: The funniest thing I've ever witnessed was the monorail fight with the woman in the wheelchair. It was like watching a comedy show. I'd pay to see that one again! :lmao:

I just had pan seared salmon...mmmmmmmm.

OneTreeHillAddict

08-08-2009, 06:14 PM

May 24th...Our last full day at Disney! We added on this day at the last minute and none of the values were available. The cheapest thing we could get was Coronado Springs Resort. We knew they had changed things since we last stayed there and I was curious to see the new rooms so CSR it was! We booked a one night stay with quick service dining. We always do this. We book our trip then add a day at the beginning or end, no matter how long it is. We woke up, said our goodbyes to All Star Sports. Very cute rooms. I give them that. And our football section was really cute and close to parking, food, etc. I still hate that location and would never want to stay over there if I had to rely on the busses. However, if I were having to choose between one of the three All Stars I would avoid the Movies. The rooms there have not been redone (to my knowledge) and although you have cute curtains and neat bathroom decor the actual room is oogly! Two thumbs up on the decor of the ASSp and ASMu!!! If the pop rooms were that cute I'd be all set!

So anyway....we gather our goods while Sidney goes down and checks us into CSR. Did I mention our travel documents did not arrive before we left so no packet? Meaning we were missing our free 5 x 7 pic, free Planet Hollywood food, Free Mini golf etc. They tried to fix it all over at CSR but the fella only got us the free golf and free game card. Since he couldn't get us the rest he gave us $25 in cash back for the picture and PH vouchers. This made the dining plan $40 and the room was $98. Not bad for an extra day with food. Sidney came back and got us from ASSp....and we checked into our newly refurbished CSR room. We were in the building closest to the main check in area. The rooms were GORGEOUS! Those of you who have followed me this past year know I'm a little iffy about CSR. We had a bag stolen from inside of our truck a couple of years ago. So I had this feeling about the place...like it can't be trusted as soon as we pulled up. I unload what I had brought insde and started taking pictures of the new room.

The throw has Mickey's on it...the pillows do too! The bedding itself was so thick and plush. I've never seen anything like it at WDW before!

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The bed....

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You have a LCD tv on a gorgeous piece of furniture...it has loads of room inside and it also houses your fridge! Your coffee pot sits upon this table as well.

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Here you have a desk and a very comfortable chair and the lamp...it has Mickey on it!

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See it? So cute!

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This place actually looked BETTER than the bedrooms we toured that would be over at Bay Lake Tower!

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Check out the nice doors that separate the bathroom and the bedroom!

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Close up of Mickey throw...

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You have so much room to hang your clothes! You only have one sink but it's a big one! It's very bright and absolutely gorgeous!

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Continued in next post....

OneTreeHillAddict

08-08-2009, 06:15 PM

At this point I was so excited to see the new shower toilet area! I open the door and what do I see!? THE SAME OLD STUFF AS BEFORE!!!! Come on Disney! Tile is not that expensive and it's so obvious that it's different from the room outside!!!

Blast from CSR's past and I suppose it's future since they skipped a refurb on the toilet/shower area! I am talking about the wall tiles here, not the floor. The floor of course is the same. It had to be. They do have a new curtain but to leave those ugly tiles from the old rooms around the tub....EW!

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Look how good the kids are being as we get settled in...

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This is what they were watching...

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Next we go to DTD! I know a bunch of ya'll are planning to stay at CSR. I hope these pics help ya see what to expect. The rooms are GORGEOUS! Honestly I think they are the best in all of WDW! (As far as decoration goes...) Everything goes so well together and the furniture is gorgeous!

BigEeyore

08-08-2009, 07:41 PM

joy13

08-08-2009, 07:50 PM

Those rooms are gorgeous!!! Of all the pictures I've seen of the resorts - these are my favorites so far.

Goofy22

08-08-2009, 08:09 PM

Those Csr rooms are great! I love the Bedding! One of these days I'll be staying there! I actually booked this for this time and a month later switched back to POP! Just couldn't veer away from POP! But I will eventually!

ladybugmom

08-09-2009, 01:40 AM

WOW!! The CSR rooms ARE nice!! I just love the brown and blue decor! Too bad that the shower tiles weren't updated as well.

Sunset Cliffs

08-09-2009, 01:56 AM

I have to say first that the post you did about the two women fighting was one of the craziest I have ever read! I don't think I've ever seen a woman hit another woman in the FACE. Crazy!

Those rooms are gorgous. I love the color of blue that they used and the doors to the bathroom are cool.

OneTreeHillAddict

08-09-2009, 02:31 AM

Those CSR rooms are beautifully done (other than that shower...hmmm). Your pics really capture the details!
On our upcoming trip - we also added another night at a different resort months after we booked the original trip! I'm hoping switching resorts doesn't turn out to be a bigger hassle than it's worth.

Ya don't wanna meet up? :confused3

I am switching too. Had to CBR for the first night. I wanted Pop but it was full.

Those rooms are gorgeous!!! Of all the pictures I've seen of the resorts - these are my favorites so far.

I think so too. They look better more "deluxe" than the deluxe resorts do!

Those Csr rooms are great! I love the Bedding! One of these days I'll be staying there! I actually booked this for this time and a month later switched back to POP! Just couldn't veer away from POP! But I will eventually!

I'm the same way Colleen. I'll book another resort and almost always end back up at my "home". We must be weird. :rotfl2: Less than 2 weeks. OMG I have so much to get done!!!

WOW!! The CSR rooms ARE nice!! I just love the brown and blue decor! Too bad that the shower tiles weren't updated as well.

Those colors look so good together. It really inspired me. I want to redo my bedroom now. :laughing: I don't know why they'd skip the shower tiles..that's so weird.

I have to say first that the post you did about the two women fighting was one of the craziest I have ever read! I don't think I've ever seen a woman hit another woman in the FACE. Crazy!

Those rooms are gorgous. I love the color of blue that they used and the doors to the bathroom are cool.

:laughing: I must have hung out in some wild places then...I've seen a lot of girls get in beat downs! Shoot, I've seen girls beat the hell out of guys before!

If CSR was closer to everything I'd like to stay there every time. They have a fantastci playground for kids over there and a wonderful pool with a really long waterslide! The grounds are gorgeous too!

OhioDisneyLover

08-09-2009, 05:59 AM

Thanks for the CSR pics. :wizard: We're staying there next month. :thumbsup2 I can't wait to check it out. I can't believe you had a bag stolen! :mad:

Goofy22

08-09-2009, 11:27 AM

I know I have sooo much to get done too it's crazy! I don't think I'll ever be done and I'm going to my sister's the night before because she only lives like 20 min from the airport we are flying out of and if we left that morning to go there we would have to leave at like 230am to get there by 5am! :eek:So i'm definitely going the nite before and I dont have to get all up til like 4:00am! :thumbsup2

xoktenox

08-09-2009, 11:32 AM

ooooo CSR is so nice! We had that booked for December until we got the great deal on renting the DVC pts. I know we would have liked it. Can't wait to see what your last full day has is store :)

WrightFamily06

08-09-2009, 03:17 PM

Oops. My bad. Are they both in Jacksonville? You are in Jacksonville right? I'm so confused. It's late and I am worn out. YES...the 90's BLT was way better. I wish I could have seen the Osborne lights lit up on the street back then! You used to ride through the BLT and look at it there.

No , Ft. Bragg is not here but I know it's somewhere in NC so close enough ! LOL Yes, we are in Jacksonville,NC and there are several Marine Corps bases in this area . Oh, wow didn't know that about the Osborne lights , that would have been super cool to see them like that !

Just getting caught up been back home in Maryland again for about a week .

Love the SWW Dance Party ! Chewy's team and Dark Vader's teams performances were too funny . :laughing: DD did a great job filming the BLT , it's so cute to hear her making commentary on it in the background . LOL Wow what a storm on your first day at CSR , it is so cute to hear one of the kids say in the background this is the worst day ever !:lmao:

Great pictures of the Muppet's Balloon , never even noticed it before . :laughing: Adorable picture of Baby DS with the food on his face , such the cutie .:cutie: Wow what a crazy rain !! Must have brought the crazy out in the tourists too ! :lmao: I can't even imagine to Mom's duking it out at WDW , so crazy !:rotfl: The Italian from the food court looks super yummy right now !

Aww the last day , soo sad !:sad1: Beautiful CSR room , may have to check those out for next time :) Can't wait to see what this crazy rain brings for your last day . popcorn::

Lynn5700

08-09-2009, 03:30 PM

WOW the CSR rooms are beautiful!!! WOW!! I want to stay there, lol.

I love the decor, and love love love the Tiffany Blue and Brow together!!!!! So pretty.

goofymomof2

08-09-2009, 03:50 PM

Love the pics of the room at CSR...Can you tell me what size bed those are...

OneTreeHillAddict

08-09-2009, 11:51 PM

I left as we were heading to Downtown Disney. I put that place long as I can but Dash insists we visit the Lego Store every trip. That's his favorite place in the World! So if he behaves during our vacation he earns a visit to the Lego Store!

So we're driving up and see this flying high into the sky!

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As we get closer I take a few more pictures...

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This is my favorite pic! I really wanted go on this but the rest of the crowd said NO WAY! Maybe I can get someone to go up with me this next trip.

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We parked and headed in. Surprisingly we found a spot rather quickly. Up close and in the front! I noticed a beautiful Birds of Paradise along the walkway.

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First stop...the LEGO STORE! I hate this place. It's as bad as the WOD store. I hate crowds and it don't get much worse than this! Even when the parks are super slow those stores are always slammed with people! It makes Dash happy though so I deal with it...see.

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I think we kept that visit under 30 minutes. Of course he managed to spend almost $200 in that time. (He saves up his money and blows it all there.) Outside I took some pictures of the Lego figures.

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I noticed they moved the family but it was swarmed with people so I didn't take a picture. Next we walked past the World of Disney. Thank goodness. I took a few pics of the outside though.

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And one with Gabby and Cinderella....

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The deal was if we skip the WOD store I had to take them to the Once Upon a Toy store. This place was nowhere near as crowded as the other spots were. This was the first time I actually went inside and really looked all the way through the store. Here are some pictures of the kids with Buzz out front.

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Bolt LOVED the Tonka trucks. I thought it was so cute how they actually dump! Aww.

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Next we head inside...

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More cool stuff in the ceiling!

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Gabby wanted everything she saw...

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I wanted this wall sized game for the play room....

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-09-2009, 11:53 PM

And how cool would this be to have at home....put the laundry on it and have it sent to where it needs to go...just dreaming here!

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We ended up with this guy later on...

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She wanted these bad!

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Bolts favorite thing....

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Look how cute the shelves are!

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Bolt wanted this too...

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Luckily this went by and I was able to distract him.

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Dash loves this spot of course...

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This doll is so ugly it's cute.

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CHOO CHOO!

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Whoa! I love this game!

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Then she sees it! The Princess Castle!!! Of course this is right by the exit door. I thought I was safe and ready to go but of course we were detoured for quite some time.

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And right across the way was another favorite of hers..My Little Pony!

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You know me...I started looking up at the ceiling to find some cute stuff and sure enough I did. Flying high above me were Wendy, Peter, and Tinkerbell.

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We got off pretty good there. Spent less than $50. Not too bad for such a huge store!

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-09-2009, 11:54 PM

Next we wanted to go spend some of our Planet Hollywood vouchers. We had oodles of them. Okay, like 3 or 4 to be exact. None of us are Planet Hollywood fans. We have a PH here and it's GROSS. We knew some people over there so we were able to go eat free whenever. On our first visit I was so grossed out I faked being sick and excused myself from the table. We have never been back. I will say the one in Orlando looks a little more kept up and we've eaten there a time or two with the free vouchers but the food leaves a lot to be desired.

We get there and were seated immediately.

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We actually had three vouchers (just looked back on the notes...) We ordered a chicken crunch (which the kids would not eat...they said it was sweet and nasty...and after tasting it I totally agreed!)

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We also ordered a cheesecake, which was a hit with them.

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Plus a BBQ sandwich and a club sandwich. Our sandwiches were okay, I'd give them a 4 out of 10.

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Our server was a nice guy but he was so in the weeds. He had to get a fella in the next section to help him out. This fella was sent to get me another glass of water and I swear to you he brought me POISON!!!! O M G I thought I was going to die. I took a big swallow because I was about to choke and we were all out of drink. It tasted like cleaning chemicals smell. I wanted to go throw up but I can't make myself do that. We called the manager over and told him what was going on. They smelled it and tried to figure out what it was. He proceeded to try and take it from the table but I took it back and poured it into one of the kids cups just in case I got sick later. That way they could figure out wth it was. Sidney took a swig before we called the manager over. He thinks it's the chemical they use to clean out the ice bins. Luckily I didn't get sick. I was freaked out for a while though. The manager brought us all bottled water because after that I refused to have anything with ice or from a fountain. I have oodles of vouchers again for this time. I will be ordering bottled water and dessert only! We have like 3-4 vouchers to use up. Too bad you can't use it for liquor. LOL After the poisoning we went back to CSR. It was pool time!!! We spent a couple of hours in the big pool and over on the digs playground. I didn't take pictures though. Sorry. This time I am bringing along one of those water proof cameras though! If you guys have any recommendations do share!

We noticed a really black cloud in the distance and the wind started to roar up here and there. We decided to head over to one of the quiet pools closer to our room just in case things got really bad, and they did! I'm so glad we changed pools. About 15 minutes into the new swim the storm came right up on us. It was a bad one! That is where the CSR video came from...this particular storm. It lasted a couple of hours too. Tonight was extra magic hours at the MK too so I was hoping and praying it would pass. We set in the room and waited. Fingers crossed....

pmama

08-10-2009, 12:06 AM

OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 01:32 AM

I didn't know you could save the PH vouchers and use multiples! We have never saved the vouchers and have not gone there. Oh well. Hmmm, I wonder what was in your water and how it got there. Did you finally throw it out?

You used to be able to save them and use them within a year. Now they date the books so you have to use everything in the current trip right then and there. This August trip is the first book I got like that. I'll use up what I have...a cheescake is like $12 or something. It's so expensive. Three vouchers don't buy much.

Yes...after I didn't get sick I threw it out the next day. Who knows what it was. Some people that work in places like that are nasty and do that mess on purpose. I've seen some nasty things in my time...I worked at Hard Rock Cafe for a while. The things that kitchen and those servers would do... :sick:

So....do you want to join the December group PTR?

BigEeyore

08-10-2009, 08:35 AM

Once Apon a Toy looks like such a cute store! We've never been in there - I know my DD would LOVE it. I'm kind of scared we'd never be able to get out of there though! :scared:
Is that a Davy Jones Goofy BTW? How adorable!
Ewwww about PH. Even free food is not worth it if your dining experience is going to be like that!

kaysmommie

08-10-2009, 09:06 AM

Hi Tammy,
Love the Once upon a toy pics! My kids love that store too. Seeing all the great pics makes me miss Disney :goodvibes.. I can't believe it was still raining so much even after our week was over :eek:. Planet Hollywood :sick: just yuck. The only one that used to be good is in NYC.

wdwgirl03

08-10-2009, 10:34 AM

Great DTD pictures! Don't tell your daughter but I definitely have one of those safari Minnie stuffed animals...:rolleyes1:laughing:

That cheesecake looks really good!

OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 06:24 PM

We waited for what seemed like forever for this storm to pass over.

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It looked awful outside. No sunshine anywhere to be seen!

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If anything it looked like a tropical storm was passing through...

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We were all bored to pieces but at least we were in a safe dry uncrowded place!

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The kids watched Jonas and has some Mickey crispy treats.

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They had a make shift fort out of pillows....

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Finally it let up enough to make our way over to the main building. The water was so high...it was up past my ankles in the lowest spot. Boy did my crocs come in handy on this trip! It was so gross walking through that water but we were all hungry again by now. We had eaten an early lunch at PH and it was long gone by now.

We went into the first door we saw, which was the front desk area I love the lobby here. It's gorgeous! Here is the kids area...

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Look at the gorgeous ceiling!

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Disney maps!

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Gabby out by the fountain in the lobby

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Another beautiful domed ceiling!

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She loved this fountain for some reason and wanted a billion pictures taken by it.

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 06:26 PM

We went shopping for a little bit. Sidney bought me some yummy smelling lotion here. The H2O brand. It smells just like lemons and it makes your skin so soft! Bolt picked himself out a cute little hat that has the monorail, trains, and the boats on it. It makes sounds too. He loves that hat. By now they were all three spent out on the money my parents gave 'em to spend.

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MOM TAKE MY PICTURE!!!!!

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Ugh! I hate shopping! Unless it's at the Lego store!

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We went here next!

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We ate here this past December and the food was really really good! Of course there was no one else around. I think there may have been 6 other people total in the place who were not CM's. I was looking forward to this meal. The place was slammed this time because of the rain I suppose. I took myself a little break before making my way in. This was my view.

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We all went and ordered our food...which took FOREVER! Yes, they cook most everything to order but they were so busy and lines were out of this World. It was crazy! We ended up eating outside. It was still lightly raining but you could see clear skies off in the background. Sitting outside was nice. It was cool from the rain and we were by ourselves! Inside was a madhouse with people fighting over tables. Here is what we ordered...

Sidney: He said the steak was really tough and not very tasty. He didn't eat much of his veggies either and I've never seen Sidney not eat those. He LOVES vegetables!

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Me: Mine was okay. The meal I had in December was a lot better though.

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And the boys started out with this....round chicken patties that looked like they'd be good right?

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NO, they were HOCKEY PUCKS! I kid you not Dash could not bite through the chicken patty. Sidney took them back inside and came back with a pizza instead.

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The pizza was delicious....so I was told.

Here's a close up of the dessert I had. No complaints here.

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I'm thinking maybe we went on an off day but the reviews I've seen lately have been more negative than positive. As we finished up dessert the rain pretty much stopped. I took some pictures as we started back to the room.

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This is how it looked off a little ways...

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Someone wanted a picture by the ducks...

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 06:28 PM

Everything was still nasty wet...

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I look over across the way and see the beautiful sunset...

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The color gets prettier and prettier...

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I realized this was a once in a lifetime view and we took full advantage. It was one of the prettiest sights I have ever seen.

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Now the pictures were starting to look like post cards! The sky was BEAUTIFUL!

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 06:30 PM

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I LOVE the next two pictures!!!

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Then Gabby asks for a picture...

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One of my favorites...

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Love this one!

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-10-2009, 06:33 PM

FYI nothing you see here is photoshopped! I don't have a clue how to even use the program. The colors...both the good and bad are how it actually looked that day. It was so pretty!

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This sure don't look like you're in Disney World does it!?

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Finally!!!! Something good came out of this rain!!!!

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By now I was running out of daylight and everyone had left me. Sidney had went back to the room to get the baby ready to go and was now waiting for me in the truck. Someone was ready for the Magic Kingdom!

I still took a couple of more shots on the way out...

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Rush rush rush...off to the Magic Kingdom we go!

Howellsy

08-10-2009, 06:47 PM

WOW! Those pictures are absolutely amaazing! Thanks so much for sharing, CSR looks so beautiful :goodvibes

Maureenmouse

08-10-2009, 07:12 PM

I love those pictures!!!!! You should sell some of them. ithink you captured some beautiful sights not seen by many! The ones of Gabby are great too! You make CSR seem great. We stayed there our very first trip and haven't been back since. I'm not sure why. I think we just fell in love with POFQ and keep going back there. I remember having to carry sleeping daughters at CSR and it was quite a walk to our room. maybe that's why.
Not long til your next trip. i know you're excited. I want to come. Do you thik they'd just let me skip the first few weeks of school? I'm still on my ebay quest to get to $1,000. I thik I'm around $4oo now. I'll never make it, but I'm trying.

Charleston Princess

08-10-2009, 10:57 PM

Those sunset pictures are just gorgeous!!! I kept thinking, "This one is my favorite," and then I would see a different one and think the same thing! They are all so breathtaking!

joy13

08-10-2009, 11:26 PM

Those sunset pictures are gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nu2wdisneyw

08-11-2009, 12:39 AM

Hey Tammy!
I can't believe I am so behind on you TR...I have to catch up! I love the pics of CSR...they are beautiful. Little Miss Gabby LOVES to take pictures. I love the one of her laying on the rocks...SO CUTE! :thumbsup2

aprilisis

08-11-2009, 08:37 AM

You have some GREAT photos!!! I'm looking forward to seeing more.

LovintheLodge

08-11-2009, 08:38 AM

I really enjoyed your trip reports. And your pictures are beautiful! But my favorite so far are the sunset ones...they are absolutely breathtaking!!! :thumbsup2

BigEeyore

08-11-2009, 09:52 AM

Stunning sunset pictures! I love your DD's dress too. :goodvibes

xoktenox

08-11-2009, 10:25 AM

OMG those CSR pictures are amazing...more than amazing...gorgeous, beautiful! Wow!!! :thumbsup2

I love how Gabby is such a little camera ham LOL she should be a model in like department store magazines or something or child runway shows :laughing:

wdwgirl03

08-11-2009, 10:42 AM

Amazing pictures of Coronado Springs!! Very pretty! We've never stayed there but it looks really nice.

manntra

08-11-2009, 10:43 AM

OMG!!!! Those pictures are so beautiful! :worship: I just can't believe all of the different colors of the sky! The ones with the green palm trees and grass in contrast with the sky...wow! And the reflections in the water! So pretty!
Great looking resort too....really like the decor in the room but yeah the bathroom---:sad2:

tinkgurl

08-11-2009, 11:59 AM

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Hey! We sat at one of these tables last year! Such a beautiful Resort.

SoonerGirl

08-11-2009, 01:56 PM

Oh my gosh! Your pictures of CSR are spectacular! :worship::worship::worship:

And I love how the redecorated rooms look. We stayed there in 2005 - it looks WAY better now!

katiebug86

08-12-2009, 12:13 AM

Hey Tammy. It's been a while. I have been lurking, but haven't posed anywhere in a while. Just checking in with you. I haven't talked to you in a while. We got back from Disney August and while we were there Ryan said "I wish Tammy and Sydney were here" :lmao: It looks like we aren't going to be going back until December 2010. So I guess I will have to Dis more to keep my post-disney depression down. :rotfl2:

OneTreeHillAddict

08-12-2009, 10:35 PM

We had planned to park at the MK but every single spot was taken within walking distance so we went over to the Poly. Just to be safe, in case the rain came back. It would be a lot easier to get back to the car that way. Plus Sidney wanted to buy a short he had seen there earlier in the week. We bought his t shirt...caught the monorail and headed to the MK! Once we arrived it was almost time for the fireworks. Main Street was really busy. We walked through the candy store and the kids wanted to use their snack credits.

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We stopped here for a short break so they eat their goods...

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They got...

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While they enjoyed the cotton candy I took a few pictures. I LOVE this little nook in the MK. It's so peaceful and magical. I could just sit there for hours and never get bored!

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With flash

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Wihout

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It was time to make our way to a spot for the fireworks. In one of my pre trip reports I had a photo contest and everyone who played along got to request a certain picture. Well, some of them I did not get in March so I tried to make up for this in May. One of the requests was from Rinky Tinky Tinky and it was to capture Tinkerbell flying from the castle. I tried my best and this is what I got...

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I thought I was closer to the landing spot but I missed it by quite a bit. The firework pictures turned out terrible. It was just me and the kids. Sidney said he had something to do and that he'd meet up with us later. Here's my icky pictures from the firework show...

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-12-2009, 10:37 PM

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He comes back during the fireworks and hands me a bag. It was pitch black dark so I couldn't see. When the lights came back on we waited for the crowd to clear out and I looked inside. He had went and bought me a pair of shorts and two Tink shirts that I was admiring earlier in the week. He knows I wont buy myself anything...I'll spend every dime on him and the kids before I think of myself. I thought it was the sweetest thing ever.

After the crowds dispersed a little we went over to Tomorrowland to ride Buzz Lightyear. Lucky me ends up behind a bunch of potty mouths that can't stop saying the F word over and over and over because Space Mountain is closed! I wanted to scream....HEY! You stupid MF read the Fing WDW website before you Fing go and you'll see that the Fing ride is Fing closed! F! F u! And F your Fing mouth! Grrr! I hope and pray my kids don't end up like that! Buzz has like no wait so we hop right on...

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redneck pic...woo hoo!

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Sad face to see this....

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Next up was the tea cups. The kids spun me around so hard I thought I was dead!

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They have the most fun when mommy looks green!

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I hate this ride!

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Somebody comes back with a good use of his snack credit!

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These tables looked lonely so I made them feel like a star!

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Next we rode Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, and the Haunted Mansion. We're at the very end of the Haunted Mansion...right under where the little bride ghost is saying, "Come back...." and the ride breaks down! The kids were in the car ahead of us so they had nothing to look at but lucky us...we got to stare at the lil bride and the other stuff around her. I bet we were there for at least 15 minutes. This was definitely the rainy/get stuck on a ride trip! We just sat there an enjoyed it. Finally we are able to get off and continue with extra magic hours!

I'm sure we have eaten at Pecos Bill's at some point or another but I don't remember it. They were about to close up and I knew we'd be hungry later if we didn't eat now. Plus we had some credits to use up. I had been a good girl for the better part of this trip but I was about to embark on a bacon double cheeseburger and loaded with mushrooms and pickles! It was the best burger ever! YUM YUM YUM! This made the December choice of Quick Service dining much easier for me! We had great meal...me and Sidney ate the burgers and the kids enjoyed the cheese fries. They LOVE cheese fries at WDW!

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What a mess!

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OneTreeHillAddict

08-12-2009, 10:39 PM

This place is so pretty by the way. It would make a great place for a Pirate character meal...

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After dinner we went over to our most favorite ride at the Magic Kingdom ~ Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! I could ride it for hours! Love it. Looking back I think SM was closed down for some reason so we skipped it and went on over to Pirates. I could skip this on the next few trips personally but the family wouldn't hear of it. I am so over this ride unless the real Johnny Depp starts popping out of barrels.

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Then we were off to the Flying carpets...

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That's all I have written up so far....I'll be back soon with the rest of the night and our last day! Until then....

joy13

08-12-2009, 11:14 PM

It sounds like you made the most of EMH that night for sure! That was so sweet of Sidney to go and get those things for you!

Lynn5700

08-12-2009, 11:32 PM

Tammy!! What an awesome update. You know I love all the pictures!!! Awesome pics on Pirates!!!

I love the teacups pictures!!! I was laughing looking at them! So cute. Makes me think of all the fun we have on the teacups.

aprilisis

08-13-2009, 08:53 AM

Sounds like you had great luck getting on rides without much of a wait. I thought your fireworks photos were great, btw! (Along with all of the rest of them!) What kind of camera do you use?

cajunlace

08-13-2009, 09:24 AM

We are really enjoying your report and pictures. (DS expecially liked the Star Wars ones)

RinkyTinkyTinky

08-13-2009, 10:12 AM

it was time to make our way to a spot for the fireworks. In one of my pre trip reports i had a photo contest and everyone who played along got to request a certain picture. Well, some of them i did not get in march so i tried to make up for this in may. One of the requests was from rinky tinky tinky and it was to capture tinkerbell flying from the castle. I tried my best and this is what i got...

OK, I am almost afraid to post for the scolding I may get!:lmao: I know I have been missing for a while, but I have still been reading along. I just have too much going on right now and I am trying to read too many TRs. I've got to narrow it down some b/c I just can't keep up with all of them. But I have enjoyed the TR very much and loved the sunset pictures in the last update. They are just beautiful. And I think your Tink pictures turned out great. Mine are just a green blur! So thank you!!!! :hug: And please forgive me for not posting often this time. :flower3:

Part of me being so busy is that we are going back in November and I have been planning like a mad woman. I'm finally feeling better after the hysterctomy and our hospital bills were less than we had expected. So we decided to book it while I had the free dining code and hope we could scrape up the money. Then we decided to refinance our house b/c the rates are so low. Not only are we saving $200 a month on our mortgage, but we will also skip 2 months of payments this summer while the paperwork is being done!:banana: So that is my Disney money!!!!!:cool1: I cannot believe that we are going to be able to go back. So last week was our ADR window and I have been up for some really late nights planning and trying to get things booked.

Too bad we won't be there while the whole big group is there. We have to go at the beginning of November. But I can't wait for the TR. I know you are getting sick of doing TRs, but you HAVE to do one next time with all of you being there at the same time! You can't hold that out on us!

Maureenmouse

08-13-2009, 09:26 PM

I love your fire works pictures even if you don't! I think it was so sweet of DH to go buy you that stuff. You're probably due for lots of new clothes with all the wieght you've lost. I enjoyed looking at the pictures in POC. The girls always comment on the dog with the key! It looks like you got on lots of rides during the EMH. I never get to go to them since we go to the morning ones. Maybe next trip. I'm still ebaying away trying to earn enough money to go back. I'm up to $500. Joe said I needed a thousand, so I'm half way there. I won't make it for October, but I'll keep up to try to go soon.

OneTreeHillAddict

08-14-2009, 04:04 AM

Hello everyone! Thanks for following along. I'm sorry I'm not putting my all into this trip report. I just have so much going on right now. I'm glad you all liked the pics from CSR. It's truly a beautiful resort. (And after that storm...WOW!) I'm not sure what size the beds were. I think they were queen sized. They were so plush...I slept well that night!

I see a lot of new posters in the recent days. Thanks for reading and welcome! :woohoo: I promise in the Winter time I'm much more entertaining. :)

Katie and Ryan....Aww That is the sweetest thing to say. :hug: I wish you could have went a couple of weeks later so we could all hang out together. You guys are like my lil brother and sister...seriously! I had a blast w/ you guys! When you plan for 2010 let's plan to go at the same time! K? AND KEEP IN TOUCH! You have my # and I have free texting now so burn it up. :)

Yep Sidney tricked me. He said he was going for a drink and came back with gifts. He's a sweetie pie, really. Gavin has nothing on him! Ha! :lovestruc

Camera ~ these pictures were taken with a Nikon D60 but I normally use a Nikon D300. :thumbsup2

RTT ~ Great news about the house! And the trip! Yay! Of course you miss be by how many days!? Our first day will be Nov 29th! Glad you liked the Tink pics and btw no scolding here. Look how bad I've been! We'll all get caught up before long. Have fun while you can right!? :goodvibes

Maureen ~ If you go it has to be the week we all go! PROMISE ME! Good luck reaching the goal! :wizard:

I feel like a total loser not getting back to everyone. Again, I am so sorry. I will find time tomorrow to finish up the MK day and hopefully the ride home too.

August meets....I'm placing that order tomorrow for our "rental car". I'll let you know what the share is shortly after. Can't wait to meet you all and I'm good for just about any meeting time. The only thing I have to be at are my dinner ressies. Other than that I'm going with the flow. :yay: