Star Wars * Flower & Garden * Link added 10/10/09

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hello everyone. My name is Tammy. I'm a homeschool mom/photographer. I'm married to the biggest Disney lover in the World, Sidney. We've been together for over 12 years and married for eleven of them. This is us in June 2009!

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We have three wonderful kids who also love Disney. For privacy reasons we will give them Disney names. :goodvibes

From left to right we have Dash, Bolt, & Gabriella. Why those names you ask? Well DD is in love with Troy from HSM & his girlfriend is Gabriella so...she chose that one. People have called my oldest DS Dash ever since The Incredible's came out and it is fitting. He even looks like him sometimes. My youngest DS loves Bolt! (And he is known for "bolting" from time to time so again it's very fitting in more ways than one!)

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We go to Disney as much as we can. In September of 2008 we became passholders and we have worn those babies out! WDW is 8-9 hours away depending on fast you drive and how often you stop but we're so used to the drive now...it doesn't even bother us anymore. We usually plan the details of the next trip on our way to and from the one we're currently on. I know...we're crazy for going so much but that's what the five of us like to do! I don't know that we could ever get tired of it. :goodvibes

The current trip you're about to go on with us was May 19th-25th. This trip was a total surprise to our kids and we kept it a secret 'til we were entering the WDW entrance! (Thank goodness they took a nap before we hit Orlando!) We would have been busted. :lmao: Dash is a huge fan of anything Star Wars and really wanted to go to Star Wars Weekends but we told him our passes were blacked out during those dates. (I had to you guys...we wanted it to be a surprise!) We were there in March for my birthday and the Flower & Garden festival was about to start. We saw a few of the topiaires and I told Sidney we had to go back next year so we could see everything. He agreed. Well, we started looking at dates for next years F & G festival and it looked as if it would not cross paths with SWW so we said NOW IS THE TIME! Let's do it! We scored All Star Sports for $64 a night with our PH rate so we booked 5 nights. Well, as always at the last minute he said he'd like to stay 6 or 7 nights. The values were not available but Coronado Springs was. We got it for $98 a night and added the quick service dining plan. We lucked out and got a newly refurbished room and boy were they nice! I've stayed in or have seen nearly every resort in WDW and these rooms top them all! I told Sidney I want to redo our room to look like those!

This is where we spent the majority of our vacation...

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This is where we finished it off!

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I was able to meet three Disfriends on this trip and I loved them all! They were a blast to hang out with and I wish I could have spent more time with them. Gabriella too. She loved all the little girls close to her age. :cutie: The rain messed up a lot of our plans. It rained every single day! I have never in my life seen so much rain! We didn't let it bring us down though. We had a lot of fun despite the rain and if anything it brought even more memories that will last a lifetime!

In case you are new to my trip reports I'll give you a little background on us. I'll go back to 2006...that's far enough. Our trips went a little like this...

June 2006 ~ A visit with my cousin and her niece at AKL & CSR. A tropical storm was hitting FL at the time so the place was dead! Even that didn't drop as much rain as our May '09 visit! We stayed for a week and only did a couple of Disney parks. We spent most of our time hanging out at Universal since we were going back for free dining in August.

August 2006 ~ Our first experience with the free dining plan. OMG it was so good back then. This was before the kids meals became grouped. Back then the kids could order an appetizer and dessert off of the adult menu too! It was so flipping cool! Gratuity was also included. I miss that dining plan! I'm pretty sure the max amount of days then was 10 so that's what we booked. We added an extra night though so we'd be there the morning our package started. This was also our first visit to the brand new Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique! Gabriella was 4 years old and she was so tickled to get her makeover! It was $35 back then! (We bought her costume seperate because we got a 10% discount with our Disney Visa...it ended up a lot cheaper.) When we went to get the pictures made they gave me the photo package! I thought that was a pretty good deal! Now I think it starts at $55!? (And it's nowhere near as magical...we've been 5 times....trust me, I know!) Each time it slacks a little more.

December 2006 ~ We stayed at Ft Wilderness in the cabins & All Star Movies. This was a total last minute trip. We were eating at the Crab House and said, "I wish we were able to go to the Christmas party." Sidney took a "bathroom" break and came back with the most wonderful CM ever. He had scored us the Wilderness cabins for a little over $150. I can't remember the amount exact now and the first two nights of 5 we were at All Star Movies...I think that was $39 a night! This guy was awesome!!! Both me and DD did BBB together on this trip and we had so much fun!

January 2007 ~ Yep...just a few days later we went back to WDW again. Sidney had a client that needed some work done in Tampa and well, you know how close Tampa is to WDW and the first ever Pirate Princess Party was about to begin! We ended up doing the first two parties! They were so much fun. We met Joy and Jesse anf the kids....OMG it was the best time ever for all of them! For this trip we stayed at Pop for 6 nights. Maybe 7. I can't remember now.

August 2007 ~ Coronado Springs Resort, Port Orleans Riverside, and Pop Century! This was the longest WDW for us yet. 17 nights! 12 nights on the free dining plan and yes...it was still pretty good then too. Not as good as in '06 but still adults got the appetizers and gratuity was included. We did the PPP again. BBB. All kinds of stuff. If you want to take a look at my first ever trip report it recaptures some of these trips mentioned above. Here is the link to those...

We're back from WDW ~ 11 days of Fun Fun Fun!! (August '07 & before)
Includes trips from June, August, & December '06, Jan '07 PPP, and August '07...includes vintage Disney pics too! Discovery Island + River Country!
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1874507


August/September 2008 ~ Polynesian Magic Kingdom View & Pop Century were the resorts this time. The trip was August 28th - September 7th. I met a lot of Disers on this trip too! It was sooooo much fun. We went to our very first MNSSHP (which was fantastic)...the kids did the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party at the Grand Floridian. Gabby did BBB again. Dash was picked to fight Darth Vader and Jack Sparrow! The kids rode the Goofy coaster with Goofy and the Teacups with the Mad Hatter. This was a truly magical trip! This trip report is packed with food pictures....fun things to do...you name it it's probably in there! :goodvibes This was our first time upgrading free dining to deluxe dining too! It was awesome! We were able to try out a bunch of new places and the dinner shows...this was one of the best trips ever! If you want to check that one out here's the link...

Why is there a Disney waiter at my door!?
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1948052

December 2008 ~ Our first "Magical Grand Gathering" with Katie and Ryan! More wonderful friends we met via the Dis! We didn't have plans to return for a while but when they sent us a pin for free dining we had to! I just could not turn down FREE DINING at Christmas time! Hello!? So I booked and we brought along my mom, dad, and sister too! We had a blast! We stayed at Pop for this one too. I always stay at a value for free dining! Otherwise, what's the point? That's how you get a deal. Yes, I love a good deal! I live for them! We went to the Christmas party with Katie and Ryan...met a ton of characters dressed up for the Holidays...went on the DVC tour and so much more! This one is packed full of pictures!

March 2009 ~ Well, we had the AP's now and they were itching to be used. Then the 4/3 came out and we were taking a newbie with us so we booked in her name. We spent 8 crazy nights at various resorts. Wilderness Lodge, All Star Movies, and Pop! That was by far the funniest Disney trip I've ever been on! I laughed so hard...OMG. It was so funny! That trip report is a good read too and it's all wrapped up in one TR with the December trip as well. Check them out! You wont be sorry! BTW I'm still working on the March report. I have two more days to go! And March was my birthday and Anniversary trip too! I got the $75 gift card and spent it all on the kids. :laughing: Here's the link to the last two trips...

3/4-3/12 Wilderness Lodge, Thongs, Celebrities, Birthday fun, & River Country too!
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2044727

My very first trip to WDW was in 1982! Epcot had just opened and at the time I hated that place. (It's my second favorite park now...lol) Sidney's first trip to Disney was in 1997 after we first got together. The castle was a huge birthday cake that year! :rotfl: I still think it's sad that he grew up 6 ours from WDW and his parents never took him and his brother! All of my kids went in utero and within the first couple of months of life. We've always gone at least once a year. This year is for sure breaking a 365 day record. I'll say that.

We have two more trips planned for 2009. In August we are doing a Grand Gathering with Colleen (Goofy22) and Christine (DisneyQuilter)! My sister and her friend Chimere will be going too. We're doing deluxe dining again and we're trying out a bunch of new places. I am so excited about this trip! I can not wait to meet these girls and their families. I just know we'll be instant BFF's for the rest of our lives!

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In December we are going again! This time we'll be at Ft Wilderness again. We'll be meeting Heather (hlrababy), Farrah (heath-and-javens-mom), Amanda (bentleygirl22) and a few other Diser's then! Hopefully Jen (Mom2Lindsey) will be coming and I hope to meet Jennifer (29apr00) & Jennifer (ethansmommy) too! If I'm forgetting anyone please remind me.

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I have a pre trip report for both of those in one place if you'd like to check it out!

Here we go again & again ~ August + Nov/Dec '09
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2069230

I think this covers our Disney history and introductions. I hope all of my old friends will join me and anyone new to my reports....please say hello! Thanks for stopping by and I'll get this baby started (for real) very soon! :thumbsup2

[CharacterFan]

I can't wait to hear about your trip. I love Flower and Garden Festival, and DFi is a huge Star Wars fan.

[Maureenmouse]

My you are a busy DIS er. I spend the day at the girl's dance recital and come back to find you've started a new trip report! Great! I can't wait to read it.
I could have used you today at the dance recital. my photos can out terrible. I don't think the flash was bright enough for as far away as we were. but we'll eventually get the video and the studio photos, so that will have to do.
Can't wait to hear about DS Star Wars Weekend!

[hlrababy]

I am hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Whooo hoooo!!

[bertegirl]

Planning Jennys 5th birthday and post number 5!!!

I need ideas for a tinkerbell themed party...food?

[disneyquilter]

I'm here!!! :woohoo:

Can't wait to meet you girls too!! We're going to have a blast!!! :yay::banana:

[punkin413]

just signing on for the ride!

[kaysmommie]

Hey Tammy,
I'm here :goodvibes. Looking forward to hearing all about you May trip ;) though some of it I already know. Hoping you got some good SW weekend pics :goodvibes.

[eandesmom]

I'm in!

[jordanyosh]

In

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We usually wake up around 4 am and hit the road but this time I promised myself at least 5 hours of sleep. I woke up a little before 8:00 and we were on the road by 8:25. I don't know why but we wait until the very last minute to do anything and then we're sleepy all the way down. Not good and I refused to do it again!

As most of you know I live in South Carolina. I am along the coast but there are parts of SC we have to drive through to hit I 95 that aren't so much fun. The roads are littered with road kill and things like this.

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Luckily today we were on the opposite side of the road as pappy, not behind him.

Once in a while you'll pass a gorgeous farm or huge estate out in the middle of nowhere...like these, and no that's not the house you see in the one pic. That's the helps garage! I was told this was the man who started Hooters home at one time. I think he has passed away but the wife still lives there. I don't know for sure but the place is massive. I tried to photograph the house but Sidney's head got in my way!

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This is an old farm we pass and it's so pretty. It always looks so kept. I wish my house was built on that property but here where I live. That would be nice!

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Meanwhile the kids are all excited. The older two thought we were heading to Atlanta for a Field Trip! They had picked out museums to visit and everything. I had to go along with it so we wouldn't blow the secret. I still can't believe we pulled it off! They had no clue they were going to Disney! :laughing:

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You only stay on the back roads for about an hour, maybe less, 'til you hit 95. The it's a straight shot 'til you hit I 4! It's not so bad. I noticed that the clouds that morning looked like the mountains off in the distance. I felt like I was driving to the Mountain House instead of Disney.

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I 95 baby!!!

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Once I hit this road I know where I'm going! Walt Disney World! This is my sneaky look "self potrait".

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We drive and we drive and we drive some more and then we stop at Goasis for a little Subway and a pee break. This place is so cool. You can pay for your gas WITH CASH there AT the pump! That's the only time I've ever seen a place that allows that. The gas is always cheap here too. (Exit 29 in GA) They have a Subway, Burger King, and I think one more place inside that you can eat at. The bathrooms are super clean too. They have a family bathroom and it's such a cute bathrooom I had to share with you guys. :lmao:

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The minute we hit FL the weather turned to this!

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At one point it was raining so hard you couldn't see 5 feet in front of you. It was awful. We saw wreck after wreck. I wish I had pulled the camera out now. They were stupid wrecks. People just being careless but still. They were everywhere which slowed down the traffic and caused us to creep like turtles once we entered the Orlando area. (And the wrecks were on the opposite side of the street!) :rolleyes1

The kids were readin when we passed the FLORIDA sign so they missed it. RIght before Jacksonville they fell asleep and didn't wake back up until we were about 3 miles from here

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Dash woke up first and saw a Disney cruiseline bus and he knew right then there was no Atlanta. Then Gabby sees the WDW sign and started smiling. Both looked at me with confusion and I said, "Anyone up for Star Wars weekends!?" Let's just say the backseat was very happy! :goodvibes

The resort was All Stars Sports. We did this kind of last minute so Pop was all sold out and I did not want to stay at movies again. Ew! I hated that place with a passion. It has been over a decade since we'd stayed at All Star Sports so I was fine with it. I knew the rooms had been redone and to be honest they were kind of cute. I like the way they're decorated. Much better theme than movies, I HATED the way those rooms looked (other than the bathroooms and curtains...those were cool!) I'm still not a fan of the All Stars though. They're so far away from everything and the food courts/lobby/ and pools I don't care for. When it comes to value it's Pop for me. I do wish Pop was decorated like the ASMu/ASSp rooms though. I love the silver mixed with the wood.

So anyway...we pull up to All Star Sports and Sidney goes to check us in. It's pouring rain so we didn't care to get out. About 15 minutes later he showed back up with the keys and paperwork. The woman told him she gave us a nice room. Ha! Are you kidding me? She had put us up against a swamp...our view was of a swamp and we saw a flipping baby gator near the sidewalk on our way to the room. No way was I gonna stay there. This is the first room....on the back side of the hoops section.

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Gabby was freaked out after seeing the gator!

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And here is Sidney calling the front desk asking for a room near civilization.

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They told him to come up and get his new keys. I didn't care to stand in the rain with gators so we waited 'til he came back. Meanwhile I took a picture of the table and chairs. I thought these were really cute. Gabby is still waiting and standing still. She knows we wipe down and sanitize everything before we use it. She was so good and patient this day.

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

FInally after what felt like forever Sidney came back and got us. We swam back to the truck and moved over to the football section. We were on the second floor but we were right by the food court and pools. (No gators to be seen.) Upon arrival in our new room 0220 we had this waiting for us.

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This room was so much better. There were other people around and things to see, other than baby gators and swamp.

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We unloaded our fridge and got settled in. We were trying to keep this trip on the low side, meaning groceries would be bought and food eaten in the room quite a few times. We brought our sandwich maker and the works...things went well too, surprisingly.

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Look how cute the coat rack is

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The bath and vanity were kind of plain and the water faucet was horrible...you'd have to turn it on full force or the water would drip on the back of the sink. Ew!

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Once we sanitized and wiped down our room we were all starved. We went over to the Ale House for take out. It was ladies night ($1 drink specials) and the place was packed so I did not want to take the kids inside. We got our food and ate it in the truck to the sound of pouring rain. LOL I had the kids chicken tenders (and this was two meals for me...not kidding) w/ a plain baked potatoe. The kids had tenders and pizza and Sidney ordered the 35 Fried Shrimp & Jumbalaya (I can't spell it, sorry...or maybe I did, anyway you know what I mean right?) The J was for tomorrow night and the 35 shrimp he ate then. Sorry, no pics.

After dinner we went to Hell-Mart. I HATE that place with a passion. Things went okay though. I lasted about 15 minutes and then I had to get out of there. We bought our groceries and got the kids some cute Mickey and Minnie ponchos for $4 each. We didn't even have to wait in line! I was in shock! Usually it takes ya about an hour to check out at that WM. I think I angered the cashier though...she was reading the National Enquirer when we walked up and she gave me a dirty look.

We went back to our room, watched Stacy chat things up about the parks, and went to sleep. We all prayed for a break in the weather tomorrow so we could enjoy Epcot's Flower and Garden festival. Would we get one? Stick around to see...:goodvibes

[eandesmom]

LOL! I refuse to patronize Walmart. I just can't do it. The last time I even tried was 2 years ago. We were going to a lake vacation and our cargo box had not been locked on the drive...all our beach towels littered the highway (thankfully we found the life jackets that had also flown out). In desparation, we tried Walmart (Target and Penney's having been a bust and we really didn't want to pay resort town prices for bad towels).

It was a NIGHTMARE. A kid actually TOOK otter pops out of my cart and the mom didn't stop him! Employees couldn't even tell me wehre the towels were.

I left, sans otter pops. Or anything for that matter.

And have some hideously cheap (but pricey) towels that are delegated as yard "beach" towels and hang in the garage as a result for after the sprinkler.

lol.

Baby gator? Oh my! DS8 would have freaked. Or been fascinated, I'm not quite sure.

[thelittlemermaid83]

popcorn::

Will catch up later, just going out for a picnic :)

[OhioDisneyLover]

popcorn:: I'm in.

We were there 5/23 - 5/26. Stayed at Pop.:cool2:

[Charleston Princess]

I'm in!!! :goodvibes

[Goofy22]

Omg! You already have 2 pages! My husband was on the computer last night way late! I couldn't get on he wouldn't get off! :mad: so I'm here now! :)

[chunkymonkey]

You have started your May TR! It looks really great so far, and I'm excited to see all the pictures and food. Subbing!

[jenseib]

I'm here too! Love the updates already. I would frak too if I saw a baby gator walking near my room. I would fear he'd be waiting out my door to have us for lunch. (amybe he was on the dining plan too....free people, all you can eat)

[Goofy22]

Omg! You already have 2 pages! My husband was on the computer last night way late! I couldn't get on he wouldn't get off! :mad: so I'm here now! :)
Those bathrooms at the GA where you stopped were really cute!
I definitely wouldve gotten away from that gator to especially in the rain! :scared1:

[kaysmommie]

:yay:For and update already. The rain was just awful Tuesday night when you guys arrived. I can't even imagine having to drive in that monsoon. It looks beautiful where you live in SC. The bathroom pics :laughing:are amusing too.

[WrightFamily06]

I'm in !

Love the intro , great details about your past trips :thumbsup2

Love the update , great pictures of the trip there and it's awesome how you surprised the kiddos , soo cute how they already had things picked out to do in Atlanta ! LOL

I can't believe they put you out in the middle of no where at All Star Sports and you saw a gator scary , I would have requested another room also !
Can't wait to see more !

[joy13]

I'm here :) Great so far (as usual!)

[leamom2princesses]

I'm in! Great start! Know all about the rain..:laughing:

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Great start woman. :) Im soo excited about the DEC trip. I will live through your TR untill its our turn-lol

We drive 15 hours to WDW each time we go and I know all about the rain, and wrecks...scary stuff.

We stayed at sports in 2001, my very first trip to the world..I actually thought it was great, however I had never stayed anywhere else so I had nothing to compair it to. THEn in 2003 we stayed at CSR and I hated it because we were in Ranchos and I felt very far away from everything..plus the theaming sucked. I am happy though that we will try CSR again this year in a closer building, and the room renovations are definitly a big plus.

[bentleygirl22]

hey girlie... I'm here tooo.. Great start...
I have never seen all star sports room before.. It looked really nice.
Scary about the gator... I would have screamed and ran back to the car ... :lmao:
Can't wait to read more..

[xoktenox]

I'm in!! I can't believe you guys went to WDW again and I reeeeally can't wait to hear all about it. The ASSp rooms are really nice! I stayed there in 2005 and they were in desperate need of an overhaul. They did a good job cleaning them up! I thought ASMo was pretty good (except I'm not a big AllStars fan now either) but ASSp looks alot better. Hope the rain stops for you guys so you can get SOME dry weather for a park!

[CanadianWDWfan]

Hi, love all your TR's! I have made my way through most of them.
Your kids are cuties.

You are a fantastic photographer! :thumbsup2

I wish I lived in Myrtle Beach, we love vacationing there. Our last trip was in May 08. We loved it! Up until I burned myself on the last day...ouch!
Margarittaville is a must for us.
Next trip I will look at staying at the place you had your DS's birthday at, looked like a very fun place.

I think it's cool you home school your kids, I don't think I would be very good at it.

You are the luckiest family to get to visit WDW so much. I am jealous! ;)

Can't wait to see the trip unfold. Too bad you had so much rain....:hug:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I can't wait to hear about your trip. I love Flower and Garden Festival, and DFi is a huge Star Wars fan.

Welcome! Both events were wonderful! I was so happy to see them...even with the rain. :goodvibes I've yet to watch all of the Star Wars movies. I told Dash I'd watch with him so I'd know who the characters are next year (other than the obvious). We hope to go again in 2010.

My you are a busy DIS er. I spend the day at the girl's dance recital and come back to find you've started a new trip report! Great! I can't wait to read it.
I could have used you today at the dance recital. my photos can out terrible. I don't think the flash was bright enough for as far away as we were. but we'll eventually get the video and the studio photos, so that will have to do.
Can't wait to hear about DS Star Wars Weekend!

I know it. I still have to upload everything from the kids cameras (I used some of those when the rain got bad too...I wasn't about to break mine out at the water park!) :lmao:

So how was the recital? What did the costumes look like? I love the costumes. When I was little all of mine were WHITE. I was so sick of white. The first year Gabby took dance guess what color she got...WHITE! Luckily her new teacher likes color as much as I do. Thanks for joining me over here!

I am hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Whooo hoooo!!

:woohoo: Hey you! Did you get your stuff yet? That pkg was heavy! It was the surfboards. Those things are so cute. Your whole house is going to look like a tropical paradise! (The car too.)

Planning Jennys 5th birthday and post number 5!!!

I need ideas for a tinkerbell themed party...food?

Hey! Thanks for coming over! Food for Tink. Hmmm. She's little so you could do like big sized food mixed with little food. They sell baby goldfish, baby m & ms, baby oreos. (Or minis as they call them.) Look on the Family Fun website. They always have great birthday ideas and it's a Disney magazine so surely Tink is on there. That will be a gorgeous party!

I'm here!!! :woohoo:

Can't wait to meet you girls too!! We're going to have a blast!!! :yay::banana:

Love the new ticker. Wait 'til you see some of that merchandise. Well, you probably have since you LIVE IN DISNEYLAND! :rotfl: Lucky duck! 80 something more days 'til we partay!!!

just signing on for the ride!

Hey Dawn! Thanks for coming over. You and me are always doing a report of some sort...aren't we?

Hey Tammy,
I'm here :goodvibes. Looking forward to hearing all about you May trip ;) though some of it I already know. Hoping you got some good SW weekend pics :goodvibes.

Yep! We had so much fun hanging out with you guys! Send me the pics you took of the kids, K? I would have totally taken one with you but after that rainy day I looked like a wet dog! Good news...I lost 7 more pounds at WDW. Next time we meet I hope to be human sized again! :lmao:You should come in December...really. Think about it. I did get some good SW pics. You'll love 'em. I want to do it again next year. It was a lot of fun.

I'm in!

:yay:

In

:woohoo:

LOL! I refuse to patronize Walmart. I just can't do it. The last time I even tried was 2 years ago. We were going to a lake vacation and our cargo box had not been locked on the drive...all our beach towels littered the highway (thankfully we found the life jackets that had also flown out). In desparation, we tried Walmart (Target and Penney's having been a bust and we really didn't want to pay resort town prices for bad towels).

It was a NIGHTMARE. A kid actually TOOK otter pops out of my cart and the mom didn't stop him! Employees couldn't even tell me wehre the towels were.

I left, sans otter pops. Or anything for that matter.

And have some hideously cheap (but pricey) towels that are delegated as yard "beach" towels and hang in the garage as a result for after the sprinkler.

lol.

Baby gator? Oh my! DS8 would have freaked. Or been fascinated, I'm not quite sure.

I despise going there and it's rare that I do but the little grocery store right outside the gate sells a hot pocket for $7. I couldn't afford to get groceries there. :lmao: The whole gator thing was a little freaky...yeah Florida is full of them but you don't want one a foot away from your room entrance either. The rain must have made them come out...we saw a ton of big huge turtles dead along the side of the road on the way home. It was so sad.

popcorn::

Will catch up later, just going out for a picnic :)

Well that sounds like fun! I wouldn't mind a little picnic myself.

popcorn:: I'm in.

We were there 5/23 - 5/26. Stayed at Pop.:cool2:

OMG I wish I had known. I would have loved to have met you guys! Darn it! Did you get decent weather those last couple of days?

Keep looking...you might be in the background of some of our pictures.

[OhioDisneyLover]

We were there for 4 days and we had 4 days of rain. Check out my TR. I'm on day 2. :goodvibes

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I'm in!!! :goodvibes

Yay! For the next 5 days anyway...then you'll be leaving for Disney. Excited? Yeah? Have some shrimp for me!

Omg! You already have 2 pages! My husband was on the computer last night way late! I couldn't get on he wouldn't get off! :mad: so I'm here now! :)

Hello...ladies first! LOL Colleen we have less than 90 days now!!! Can you believe it? I am super excited about this trip. I'm going to Home Depot in a bit to get some Mickey Heads to do a countdown....

You have started your May TR! It looks really great so far, and I'm excited to see all the pictures and food. Subbing!

Yep. I still have some pictures to load in but I am ready to get it going...the rain and all. I'm bringing it. I see Swan and Dolphin are running a $119 special. How'd you like the resort? Was it nice and comfy?

I'm here too! Love the updates already. I would frak too if I saw a baby gator walking near my room. I would fear he'd be waiting out my door to have us for lunch. (amybe he was on the dining plan too....free people, all you can eat)

My thing was....if there's a baby gator here mama gator won't be too far behind! :scared1: I wish I had taken a picture of the swamp for ya'll to see. It was raining gators and turtles that day though and I didn't want to pull the camera out in the wetness. I can't believe they had rooms facing such a thing. My gosh. It was in a HOLE!

Those bathrooms at the GA where you stopped were really cute!
I definitely wouldve gotten away from that gator to especially in the rain! :scared1:

I think the rain had a lot to do with why they were out. But still...that's kind of scary. I think those are the cleanest and cutest bathroooms I have ever seen on an interstate anywhere!

:yay:For and update already. The rain was just awful Tuesday night when you guys arrived. I can't even imagine having to drive in that monsoon. It looks beautiful where you live in SC. The bathroom pics :laughing:are amusing too.

I know. And boy was it a sign of things to come! :scared: Who needs water parks with all that going on? I packed a lot of extra clothes and we went through them all! I remember at Epcot one day I saw so many adult women walking around in their bikini tops...evidently they ran out of clothing too. I didn't think that was allowed. Once Gabby went in in her swimsuit top and shorts and they said something to me about it. I thought they were kidding but he said that was a park rule???

I'm in !

Love the intro , great details about your past trips :thumbsup2

Love the update , great pictures of the trip there and it's awesome how you surprised the kiddos , soo cute how they already had things picked out to do in Atlanta ! LOL

I can't believe they put you out in the middle of no where at All Star Sports and you saw a gator scary , I would have requested another room also !
Can't wait to see more !

It was a great surprise and I can't believe we kept it up for so long. It was so hard not to tell them.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to stay back there in any resort. It was horrible. The rain was so bad you had flooding right outside the door too. The football room as much nicer.

I'm here :) Great so far (as usual!)

Thanks! Glad you're joining me for another trip!

I'm in! Great start! Know all about the rain..:laughing:

Heck yeah you do. It was so much fun meeting you guys and Gabby wont stop gabbing about your DD. Those two really hit it off. Is your PTR going to be your TR now?

Great start woman. :) Im soo excited about the DEC trip. I will live through your TR untill its our turn-lol

We drive 15 hours to WDW each time we go and I know all about the rain, and wrecks...scary stuff.

We stayed at sports in 2001, my very first trip to the world..I actually thought it was great, however I had never stayed anywhere else so I had nothing to compair it to. THEn in 2003 we stayed at CSR and I hated it because we were in Ranchos and I felt very far away from everything..plus the theaming sucked. I am happy though that we will try CSR again this year in a closer building, and the room renovations are definitly a big plus.

Sounds like a plan. You'll love the CSR pics! You guys are going to like that room. I'm so glad you changed your minds about staying. How much did the room end up per night? We paid $98 per night but this was "peak" season so your deal should have been way better. With that pin they were telling me $49.20 on the values so I'm thinking $70's for a mod. (or $80's) I think I'm gonna axe my PTR's and do a group one for August. Would you girls like to get together and do a one for all PTR for Nov/Dec? I think it would be fun to do one together since we're all going at the same time. LMK Oh, is Alicia going at the same time?

hey girlie... I'm here tooo.. Great start...
I have never seen all star sports room before.. It looked really nice.
Scary about the gator... I would have screamed and ran back to the car ... :lmao:
Can't wait to read more..

Hey Amanda! Glad you made it over! The ASSp rooms are pretty. I wish they were that cute at Pop. I still like Pop better. It's in a better location....better pools...nicer food court. Hopefully they'll start refurbing their rooms before too long. They're starting to wear out a little. No way were we going to stay back there in gator alley! The rain must bring them out!

I'm in!! I can't believe you guys went to WDW again and I reeeeally can't wait to hear all about it. The ASSp rooms are really nice! I stayed there in 2005 and they were in desperate need of an overhaul. They did a good job cleaning them up! I thought ASMo was pretty good (except I'm not a big AllStars fan now either) but ASSp looks alot better. Hope the rain stops for you guys so you can get SOME dry weather for a park!

We were sneaky about that one. The new AS rooms are cute. I'll give them that. They left the bathrooms the same though. :rolleyes: Ew. I still like Pop better out of the values. Who cares though..you are going to the AKV! Woo Hoo!

Hi, love all your TR's! I have made my way through most of them. I know and thanks for joining this one too.
Your kids are cuties. Aww thanks.

You are a fantastic photographer! :thumbsup2 Thanks again! You're so sweet.

I wish I lived in Myrtle Beach, we love vacationing there. Our last trip was in May 08. We loved it! Up until I burned myself on the last day...ouch!
Margarittaville is a must for us.
Next trip I will look at staying at the place you had your DS's birthday at, looked like a very fun place. Oh yeah...that place is a gem. You'd enjoy it. In the off season it's really cheap too.

I think it's cool you home school your kids, I don't think I would be very good at it. I used to say that too. I think SC teaching degrees come in cracker jack boxes nowadays judging from the public school teachers...I'm much better suited. I will say that. Half of them don't know don't know up from down.

You are the luckiest family to get to visit WDW so much. I am jealous! ;)

Can't wait to see the trip unfold. Too bad you had so much rain....:hug:

Annual passes make all the difference in the World. You get room discounts and ya don't have to buy tickets every time. I love it.

We were there for 4 days and we had 4 days of rain. Check out my TR. I'm on day 2. :goodvibes

I will. We were there for 6 and had 6 days of rain...LOL It was so nice and wet! :lmao: Still would have liked to have met you guys! I got three Dismeets in this time.

[heath-and-javens-mom]

I havent actually done the math..I just know its 40 percent off the room rate for that time period.
That sounds good to me..a group PTR=awsome. ;)

[thelittlemermaid83]

Woah! a room with baby gators outside, i would of flipped aswell. Glad you managed to get a new room.

[wdwgirl03]

ANOTHER trip report, I am in! :cool1:

[Charleston Princess]

Yay! For the next 5 days anyway...then you'll be leaving for Disney. Excited? Yeah? Have some shrimp for me!

Just a little bit...:lmao::rotfl::rotfl2:

You know I will eat a bunch of shrimp for you -- and have some drinks, too, while I am at it!

[meanmom121]

popcorn:: I'm finally here - sorry it took so long my computer was sick witha bad virus:sick: but it's all better now:surfweb:

[Me&3]

I'm here were did you get your little fridge? Is that a Red Bull?

[MaryAz]

I'm here too! Fun to meet you guys-sorry it was only briefly-darn rain changed everyone's plans. Great pics as usual!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I havent actually done the math..I just know its 40 percent off the room rate for that time period.
That sounds good to me..a group PTR=awsome. ;)

40% is a great deal any way you look at it! Okay...let's get one started. I need to ask Heather and Amanda if they wanna do it, I don't see why they wouldn't. And what abou Alicia? She coming? Jen I have not heard back from yet. Goofy22 (Colleen) may be going again at the same time. Let me know if there's anyone else. K?

Woah! a room with baby gators outside, i would of flipped aswell. Glad you managed to get a new room.

They really didn't have a choice! No way were we staying by the gator hole. LOL

ANOTHER trip report, I am in! :cool1:

:woohoo: I thought you would. Speaking of...I need to get over to your page tonight.

Just a little bit...:lmao::rotfl::rotfl2:

You know I will eat a bunch of shrimp for you -- and have some drinks, too, while I am at it!

That CS at AKL was better than some of the TS meals I've had at WDW! I had some yummy drinks this past trip. I will be sharing. :goodvibes

popcorn:: I'm finally here - sorry it took so long my computer was sick witha bad virus:sick: but it's all better now:surfweb:

Uh oh! Not good. So she's all better now then? She may have had caught the swine flu. :laughing: Okay that's not funny. Oink. :jumping1:

I'm here were did you get your little fridge? Is that a Red Bull?

It's some kind of alcoholic beverage cooler. It was broken so the rest threw it out and we salvaged it. Man it is cold now! We use it at WDW when we stay in the values.

I'm here too! Fun to meet you guys-sorry it was only briefly-darn rain changed everyone's plans. Great pics as usual!

Hey Mary!!! Well, we tried. And we did have that 45 seconds of hellos. (Your kiddos are precious) I so wanted to come see your room and let the kids hang out. Every time we planned anything we'd get a down pour. Can you believe how much it rained? My goodness. I didn't think it was possible! I thought that night you guys were at Le Cellier you'd show up together. I'm still glad we met. Even if our plans fell through. :goodvibes Coming over to your TR in a few....

[Charleston Princess]

That CS at AKL was better than some of the TS meals I've had at WDW! I had some yummy drinks this past trip. I will be sharing. :goodvibes

Oh, I can't wait to tell Charles about the CS at AKL -- he will be excited!

I am always up for new drink suggestions! The beauty of Disney transportation allowing me to indulge! :laughing:

[H20DogsNDisney]

Great Start to the tr. can't wait for more popcorn::

[tinkgurl]

Im here!

[kaysmommie]

Hi Tammy,
I'll send you those pics. PM me your email, I think I gave you mine if you have just email me. You know I would love to go in December but I seriously doubt we will be able to with Tom's job being slow right now. Also my dad is sick :headache:. Who knows maybe I will need to get away by then. Wish they sent me a 40% off code.

Anyway what do you mean human sized?? Really you are wayyy too hard on yourself. Congrats on the 7 lbs :dance3: that is great! Wish we did take a picture but after walking in the rain half the day and then getting rained on again on TT :scared:.

[lovegrumpy]

Yes another one.:cool1: I love reading your reports. Your kids are so cute.

[hlrababy]

Sounds like a plan. You'll love the CSR pics! You guys are going to like that room. I'm so glad you changed your minds about staying. How much did the room end up per night? We paid $98 per night but this was "peak" season so your deal should have been way better. With that pin they were telling me $49.20 on the values so I'm thinking $70's for a mod. (or $80's) I think I'm gonna axe my PTR's and do a group one for August. Would you girls like to get together and do a one for all PTR for Nov/Dec? I think it would be fun to do one together since we're all going at the same time. LMK Oh, is Alicia going at the same time?


Man!!!! Are those discounts from AP's?

40% is a great deal any way you look at it! Okay...let's get one started. I need to ask Heather and Amanda if they wanna do it, I don't see why they wouldn't. And what abou Alicia? She coming? Jen I have not heard back from yet. Goofy22 (Colleen) may be going again at the same time. Let me know if there's anyone else. K?





Um, heck yea!!!!! I think a group PTR would be so much fun!!

[hlrababy]

:woohoo: Hey you! Did you get your stuff yet? That pkg was heavy! It was the surfboards. Those things are so cute. Your whole house is going to look like a tropical paradise! (The car too.)


Whats up lady!!!! Not yet, I figure it will come in tomorrow! I am sooooooooo excited and I can't wait to see all my goodies!!!!!!!!!!

[pmama]

Oh, you should have taken a picture of the baby gator. My girls loved seeing the picture of the Armadillo. Now, next time we return they are going to be on the hunt for Armadillos and gators!:goodvibes

[heath-and-javens-mom]

lets see..um no, I dont think Alicia is going in Dec..I spoke with her last week and she said they have plans on going for FD in Sept?.
I believe Amanda (bentlygirl22), and BeckyAK are both going when we are. Not sure who else though.

Oh, I forgot to tell ya, I am collecting Disney globes..I have four BIG ones so far....let me know if you see any good deals on any will ya. Thanks. :)

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh, I can't wait to tell Charles about the CS at AKL -- he will be excited!

I am always up for new drink suggestions! The beauty of Disney transportation allowing me to indulge! :laughing:

I had the shrimp and they were really good. The kids had the flat bread pizza and asked for more...and those zebra domes...OMG! Those are so good. The bakery in Norway has some yummy alcoholic "coffee" beverages. I had two different kinds and both were good. I don't know what they were called though.

Great Start to the tr. can't wait for more popcorn::

Thanks for joining! More coming soon, promise. I'm still adding pics from the kids camera to photobucket and we have a good bit of video to uploade as well. :goodvibes

Im here!

Welcome!!!! :woohoo: I'm so glad you came over!

Hi Tammy,
I'll send you those pics. PM me your email, I think I gave you mine if you have just email me. You know I would love to go in December but I seriously doubt we will be able to with Tom's job being slow right now. Also my dad is sick :headache:. Who knows maybe I will need to get away by then. Wish they sent me a 40% off code.

Anyway what do you mean human sized?? Really you are wayyy too hard on yourself. Congrats on the 7 lbs :dance3: that is great! Wish we did take a picture but after walking in the rain half the day and then getting rained on again on TT :scared:.

I'll do that in just a few. Well I'm crossing my fingers for a code then. Hold on a sec...we had discounts in the room on this past trip. You didn't have the clock promo thing? It was 30% off but that's not bad. I wonder if they'd still let you do it since we just got home? I brought one home. I have the code if you want to try.

The second half of the trip I didn't even wear makeup. As much as it was raining what was the point? I'd have black mascara running down my face all the time. :rotfl:

Yes another one.:cool1: I love reading your reports. Your kids are so cute.

Thanks. This one will be different than the ones you've read before. At least I think it is. :goodvibes

Man!!!! Are those discounts from AP's?

Mine was. Farrah got a 40% off code.

Um, heck yea!!!!! I think a group PTR would be so much fun!!

Ya think? Ya'll want me to start it? It'd give us one place to hang out.

Whats up lady!!!! Not yet, I figure it will come in tomorrow! I am sooooooooo excited and I can't wait to see all my goodies!!!!!!!!!!

Probably. What are you going to do with everything?

Oh, you should have taken a picture of the baby gator. My girls loved seeing the picture of the Armadillo. Now, next time we return they are going to be on the hunt for Armadillos and gators!:goodvibes

I should have but it was outside and it was pouring down rain so hard! That's probably what ran them out of their nests. Those Armadillos are everywhere. I would see them along the road side every day. Ft Wilderness is full of them too!

lets see..um no, I dont think Alicia is going in Dec..I spoke with her last week and she said they have plans on going for FD in Sept?.
I believe Amanda (bentlygirl22), and BeckyAK are both going when we are. Not sure who else though.

Oh, I forgot to tell ya, I am collecting Disney globes..I have four BIG ones so far....let me know if you see any good deals on any will ya. Thanks. :)

I used to collect them too and I ran out of room. :lmao: I have some cute ones. You should see the book end snow globes I recently bought. They were like 75% off and they're so cute! If I see a good deal I'll tell ya about it. I think Becky is another week unless she recently changed something. Maybe Alicia will be there at the same time as us? We leave on September 5th. Amanda is going at the same time and probably Colleen. Jen in NY mentioned it but never told me for sure. I need to email her. We're going to the Mountains sometime this month (or either in July). Ya'll should come with.

[leamom2princesses]

Hey girl! I finally got started on my TR. The link is in my siggy. Lovin' your report. I need to get to bed...6:30am is just around the corner. :laughing:

[giggleme]

Hi Tammy,
I literally stumbled onto your Trip report, btw LOVED what I've read so far! Anyway, we were at Disney the same time :) As a matter of fact, we stayed in ASSP, in Hoops, we were on the first floor, more or less towards the front, no swamp for us. However, we did eventually have a swamp on the grass b/c of all the rain :) My boys, would have ADORED the baby gator, probably would have invited him into our room :/

Nice to meet you :)

Jenny

[tammyandtommy]

OK OK now im watching two of your reports, Im feeling like a stalker!!:rotfl2:

[heathere3]

I'm in. I'm in serious need of a Disney fix before our trip in September. We'll be back at Pop, but I have to say, I love the theming in your photos of ASSp. We had very little at Pop and that was about my only disappointment with it. As vacations go, I can certainly live with that!:yay:

Heather

[Cinderelly5507]

I'm here! Can't wait to read more about your suprise trip! I totally think you guys should do a group PTR--you'd all be a riot! I'd live through it, since DH will never take me to Disney at that time--it's too close to hunting season! :headache: Stupid men!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hey girl! I finally got started on my TR. The link is in my siggy. Lovin' your report. I need to get to bed...6:30am is just around the corner. :laughing:

Hey! I went over last night. Looking good! I wish we could have hung out more though. And I know the girls would have liked that. I'm still mad at myself for not taking pictures.

Hi Tammy,
I literally stumbled onto your Trip report, btw LOVED what I've read so far! Anyway, we were at Disney the same time :) As a matter of fact, we stayed in ASSP, in Hoops, we were on the first floor, more or less towards the front, no swamp for us. However, we did eventually have a swamp on the grass b/c of all the rain :) My boys, would have ADORED the baby gator, probably would have invited him into our room :/

Nice to meet you :)

Jenny

Really!? Did you see us? You might be in the background of some of my pics. Wouldn't that be something? Me and Gabby went out and did resort pics one morning. You'll be able to show me where you were. We were on the football field. Even that flooded out a couple of times. That rain was terrible. Thanks for dropping by. I hope you'll stick with me through the whole thing. I'll have a new update tonight. I had to load in more pictures...

OK OK now im watching two of your reports, Im feeling like a stalker!!:rotfl2:

Oh hush. I'm glad you've joined both! Feel free to go back and look at the old ones too. They're all different. This is the first time I ever had two going at once though. Luckily I'm almost done with the March one. :goodvibes

I'm in. I'm in serious need of a Disney fix before our trip in September. We'll be back at Pop, but I have to say, I love the theming in your photos of ASSp. We had very little at Pop and that was about my only disappointment with it. As vacations go, I can certainly live with that!:yay:

Heather

What are your dates in September? I am counting down the minutes 'til my next trip. I can't wait! I wish the Pop rooms were a little more themed too but the resort overall I like a whole lot better than the All Stars. I take it you guys are doing free dining?

I'm here! Can't wait to read more about your suprise trip! I totally think you guys should do a group PTR--you'd all be a riot! I'd live through it, since DH will never take me to Disney at that time--it's too close to hunting season! :headache: Stupid men!

Hey you! I have the song Permanent Vacation stuck in my head. Heard it on the way to WDW and now I need to hear the song daily! Only problem...the one I have is vinyl! (And I don't have a record player) :eek: I think we are...a group ptr for both August and December since it's big groups both times. :goodvibes YOU could go without him! It's not like you wouldn't have friends to hang out with! :rolleyes1

[MiaBella05]

popcorn:: count me in, i can't wait to read all about your trip! popcorn::

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We woke up kind of early and had some cereal in the room. Normally we'd eat at Tusker House or O'Hana for breakfast but this was the "do it as cheap as you can getaway". Plus the FOOD trip is in August/September.
Cereal in the room works out just fine and it really saved a ton of money! I walked downstairs and took a couple of reosrt pictures before we headed out. The sky was overcast but there was no rain. This was nice because it made the temperatures way lower than they normally would be this time of year.


Here are some pics we took of the resort on the way out. My favorite sections were the football and baseball areas. We were close to the front up by the food court on the second floor. I loved the location of our second room. It took about a minute to get to the food court! Perfect. We never used the pools though at ASSP.


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I like these pics...I think they're cute. There are cute photo ops at all of the Disney resorts. You could spend a whole day going from resort to resort just to take pictures! One day I'd like to do that.

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The kids had fun taking pics over here. By the way this resort was nearly empty until the weekend. Then you started to see some people come in. It never got real busy though. At least it didn't seem like it to me. The parks on the other hand...completely different story! Saturday and Sunday they were slammed. Probably locals coming in for SWW and all that since school was out on Monday.

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After exploring a little we headed to our truck and went over to Epcot. I could not wait to see all the Flower and Garden festivities. They started to put things out when we left in March. (We missed the start of F & G by a few days) I was so happy to get back and see everything! Up next we explore Ecpot!


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[OneTreeHillAddict]

popcorn:: count me in, i can't wait to read all about your trip! popcorn::

:welcome: I'm just getting started....the more the merrier!

[jordanyosh]

I can't believe how empty the resort looks!

[WrightFamily06]

Great update , love all the pictures of the All Star Sports hotel , your kiddies always pose so cute wish I could get mine to do that . Wow did the resort look empty , I guess the less people the better though , I know I like it that way . LOL

I added some more to my TR today if you get a chance to get over there later , I know you said there was storm coming .

[bussellmomof3]

I'm in too. I love your TR's. I'm looking for ideas for our Sept. trip. We'll be there 9/4-13th at POR.

[Charleston Princess]

Cute photos of the kids at the resort! Some of my favorite photos are the ones I take of the kids around the resort!

[xoktenox]

Lovin those ASSp pictures! The place was emptyyyy. Wow, I'm shocked too on Memorial Day weekend. Lucky for you guys though! :thumbsup2

My parents were at Epcot and the MK today. They're in Orlando for their 25th wedding anniversary. My dad got two 1 day hopper ticket for free from some lady he works with. He rubbed in it...A LOT! They said MK was pretty crowded but that Epcot was emptyyy. It's Monday so I figured neither park would be slammed but I'm surprised at how empty they said Epcot was!

[meanmom121]

I can't believe you had that whole beach to yourself - I'll be fighting people for space in July:scared1:

[Me&3]

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[julezdisney]

Tryin' to follow along on this TR since I finally caught one of yours at the beginning! I love the football one- it totally looks like an actual stadium or something....

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hello everyone! Well, that horrible storm came through and knocked the power out for HOURS! But the laptop was completely charged and I had photobucket up on the right day so I got a LOT of this trip report done!!! :dance3: I'll post it in just a second. Meanwhile...I'm going to write all of you back who dropped by while I was in the dark. :lmao:

I can't believe how empty the resort looks!

I know. I noticed this back in March too. WL was a dead zone. Pop was about average and ASMo was dead too. WL was the worst of all though. I bet it wasn't at 5% occupancy. Might be time to really cut those rates Disney!!!! For everyone, forget the pins. Do something. $99 Deluxe ~ $69 Mods ~ $49 Values...anyone listening?

Great update , love all the pictures of the All Star Sports hotel , your kiddies always pose so cute wish I could get mine to do that . Wow did the resort look empty , I guess the less people the better though , I know I like it that way . LOL

I added some more to my TR today if you get a chance to get over there later , I know you said there was storm coming .

The power was out forever! I did a lot of this TR though 'til my battery died. :goodvibes Tonight is my catch up night as soon as I start the new PTR's. Maybe the next time you come I can take some pics of your kids on the beach. It wont take long. I bet they'll smile for me. :goodvibes

I'm in too. I love your TR's. I'm looking for ideas for our Sept. trip. We'll be there 9/4-13th at POR.

Thanks! Ideas...well go back and read the older ones too. Especially the Disney Waiter one...that will give you a ton of ideas since it was last year at the same time! We had a lot of magical moments last September...that was a great trip.

Cute photos of the kids at the resort! Some of my favorite photos are the ones I take of the kids around the resort!

Me too. I LOVE the ones I got this time at CSR. OMG they are heavenly! I'm gonna give you a sneak peek.



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That sunset after the bad storm was amazing! I've never seen soemthing so beautiful at WDW before.

Lovin those ASSp pictures! The place was emptyyyy. Wow, I'm shocked too on Memorial Day weekend. Lucky for you guys though! :thumbsup2

My parents were at Epcot and the MK today. They're in Orlando for their 25th wedding anniversary. My dad got two 1 day hopper ticket for free from some lady he works with. He rubbed in it...A LOT! They said MK was pretty crowded but that Epcot was emptyyy. It's Monday so I figured neither park would be slammed but I'm surprised at how empty they said Epcot was!

Lucky ducks! What a great place to hang on your anniversary. FREE is good. I'd be bragging too. Go papa! :woohoo: MK always has people. Epcot I've seen empty a few times these past few visits and I love it!

I can't believe you had that whole beach to yourself - I'll be fighting people for space in July:scared1:
Are you talking about WL or CSR?

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Thanks! When are you going back to Disney?

Tryin' to follow along on this TR since I finally caught one of yours at the beginning! I love the football one- it totally looks like an actual stadium or something....

Bookmark me then! Late comers are fine with me too by the way. I wish everyone would post when they stopped by. We're all friends here. LOL The football field is really cute. Baseball area too. I didn't care for the rest of the resort much. I'm not a big sports fan either...maybe that's why. I do love the big surfboards but they surround the main pool and it's so ugly so I wouldn't want to stay there in that section. :laughing: Okay ya'll...time for a HUGE update. You ready?

[msgrimm23]

love it so far we where there for starwars weekend may 22-25

[KatMark]

I found your report and am so glad to read it. The pics at the All Stars are wonderful. And so glad to read that you enjoyed CSR (it is our favorite resort). Can't wait to read more. Love the sunset photos of your daughter.

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I left off as we were heading to Epcot! My second favorite park out of the four! My families first stop ~ TEST TRACK, like always.

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I know...I'm so bad but I tricked Dash into this picture in March so it was Gabby's turn to pose as the "dummy".

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Gabby and I drove this time and it was just the five of us in our car! By the way...as I write this it is pouring down rain, there's loud thunder and lightning, and the wind is blowing like crazy! I feel like I'm back at Disney again! LOL

After Test Track we stopped to "test sit" the new cars. Kids love this place, don't they? Mine never want to leave. One of these days when they get bored I'm taking them to the car dealership to sit in all the cars. I bet those salesmen will hate me for it! Here are the pics...I sent Sidney to do them. I distracted the baby with other things.

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After Test Track we took the Odyssey path (I can not wait to eat here in August!!!)

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So...we're on the path and I take a look over and the beautiful butterfly garden and floating planters. I thought this would be a wonderful shot with the monorail going through. I took a few pics of just the view so I could find the perfect spot. Here they are.

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Here's the old Odyssey restaurant. This is where you eat during the Illuminations Grand Gathering. I can't find many reviews on it but I did walk by on the night they were doing the meal and you could see a little going on inside. It looked like so much fun. People were dancing with characters and they had pictures or movies...something with Disney characters flashing up on the walls. I am so excited to do that GG. (And the safari one too) We did the one at Tony's already and it was a lot of fun! We're doing it again in August though with Colleen (Goofy22) and her family.

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Back to the perfect monorail shot...I waited and waited and finally the boys wanted to leave and do the Kim Possible thing so me and Gabby stayed behind. I have never waited this long for the stupid monorail to come through. They must have been running one less train because it was close to an hour before it came back through! Gabby passed the time by going through her Minnie backpack. (I bought these at the DS for $4 a piece!) Bolt has the Mickey one.

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Here she is showing the new ponchos we bought at hell mart the night before. These are 3.96 a piece and are a little thicker than those sold at WDW.

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Still waiting on that train....

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OMG it's finally coming!!! Check it out!

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I thought it was worth the wait. Of course once photobucket resizes my pictures they look all grainy and blurry. I'm not posting everything life sized though. These will work just fine.

This was our first year doing the F & G festival and Gabby spotted Minnie and a huge butterfly across the way so we had to go check it out! Yep, we dissed the boys for a bit. We were having fun with just the two of us. Gabby wanted her picture taken so we stopped to do that.

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On our way over to the butterfly tent we saw the Beauty and the Beast friends...not sure what it's officially called but it's really cute!

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Then we arrive at our destination!

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Minnie was outside and so so cute!

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Gabby wanted a picture with her...

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And the butterfly...oh my! It was so pretty!

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[hlrababy]

Awww, I love the sunset pictures!!! Gabby's dress is so cute!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Next we went inside and it was so beautiful to see all the butterflies swarming around. They were everywhere! I actually saw a show last night on the DIY network about a family chosen to help out with the F & G festival. It was really neat to see that after just being there. The family were the first ones to release the butterflies. How lucky to help out with the festival! That would be a dream come true for us!

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This is my favorite picture from the butterfly garden.

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There was another huge topiary butterfly on the other side too!

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That's the other entrance...see the chains they have in the entry way so the butterflies stay in?

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Right outside the door was the Fairy garden. Gabby loved this. (You can tell when you see her pictures..I have those coming up shortly!) Where we entered Tinkerbell was the first to be seen. These topiaries were so small and beautiful!

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They had cute things like this everywhere to look at too.

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Look at the cute little fairy houses that were placed all along the trails...

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[Maureenmouse]

Love all the pics so far. the ones of DD with the sunset are just gorgeous! I love the ASSports photos too. I've never been to the value resorts cause we always go in summer and joe wants a ceiling fan. some day, when we have a quick trip, we'll have to stay there. I'd like to get some photos there some time. We always seem to stay at POFQ. We'll be there really soon!

I started posting before you previous post and then ran down stairs. Much to my surprise when I finished posting, you had already put up your new post!

I love the Flower pictures. They'll mostly be gone by the time we get there. I wish Pixie Hallow would still be there. My DDs would love that! I imagine your DD was in heaven with taking photos of her favorite fairies and butterflies! Can't wait to hear more. Oh and it was hot and sunny here. Not any chance of rain today! Funny how you're only a few hours away, but a whole different weather pattern today!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I don't know if they do this every year or not but this year they had playgrounds for kids everywhere. My kids loved this! This is the one they had at Pixie Hollow.

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They had a little station for kids to play too. It was outside of the garden though.

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I wonder if they'll let people get married here during the F & G festival!? It's so pretty.

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I wanted to buy one of these fountains. I totally meant to and forgot all about it 'til I started uploading these pictures for the trip report.

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I finally dragged her out of the garden, she would have stayed for days if I had let her, and we went to the Tink tent.

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Here they colored a picture of Tinkerbell and when they were done the sweet lady would add "pixie dust" to the picture and laminate it for the kids. She also gave them Fairy stickers and a packet of seeds to plant at home. Hmm. What did I do with those seeds?

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I saw the face painting area next to the tent so I took a picture. I'd like to let the kids do this sometime but is it really sanitary? The thought if using makeup shared with another person kind of grosses me out. I observed this at the Animal Kingdom once before and it looked like the woman used the same stuff with several different kids. Ew!

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Finally Gabby was done with her picture.

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The finished product...

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

I guess the grass looked good because on the way out she jumped in it and started to roll around.



....to be a kid again....

"Mama! Take my picture!"

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The boys had been calling us over and over so we finally went back to meet them. We were having so much fun we didn't want to meet back up. She and I rarely get time alone so this was good for us. (And no, I could never go to WDW with her alone. The boys wouldn't hear of it, but man that would be FUN!)

On the way back to World Showcase we see this!

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We LOVE the Lion King! I thought these topiaries were GORGEOUS! Oh, and check out that sunshine! As soon as we went over to the Fairy garden the sun came out and boy it was bright. We even got a little bit of a sunburn from it. Well, I did. Gabby tans in an instant. Lucky girl. Oh, I almost forgot. When we were at the Tink tent there was a couple of women (probably mom and grandma) there with a tween sized boy and girl. As soon as the sun came out she broke out this big bottle of sunscreen spray. She doused these kids, and the poor woman working the tent, until they were dripping! She was such an idiot. Had I been that sweet woman I would have said something. Poor thing had this mess sprayed all in her hair and face. The kids were griping, "That's enough!" and she kept on a going. I felt bad for them, really. This was my first encounter with rudeness. I only witnessed it...had she oiled me down she would have literally gotten a taste ( a mouth full) of the oil! Idiot.

So back to the beautiful Lion King....

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We'll enter WS shortly but right now it's time to go back and insert Gabby's pictures. She takes a pretty good picture to be 7! She took these as soon as we arrived...

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After we left test track we spotted the most playful squirrel ever. He acted like a trained animal off of a movie set. He was so cute. People were throwing him food and he all but thanked them. I'm so not kidding. This lil guy was so cool! The kids took some great pics. He was willing to let people pet him and hold him but having seen what squirrels can do a human I wouldn't allow it. They got right up on him though and took pics...

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I have a few more posts typed up but I have to get the PTR's started. We'll continue with the rest of Gabby's pics and our entry to World Showcase next time! Until then...happy reading!

[lovegrumpy]

Loved all the pictures. I hope to take a trip during that time next yr with my youngest ds.

[Charleston Princess]

Wow! Those sunset pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing the rest of them!

The monorail pics are too cool -- if you scroll through them really quickly, you get a sense of the movement! :laughing:

The fairy houses are the cutest things I have ever seen! I wish I had them in my garden!

Love the topiaries! Disney does such an unbelievable job with all of them!

[leamom2princesses]

Gorgeous pics Tammy! All of them are soooo good. Gabby is beautiful and the pics at sunset-OH MY!

Sometimes I think about Lindsey and I taking a quick trip but Josie would be extremely upset. It would be fun to do before Lindsey thinks I'm the lamest person on the planet. :laughing:

[Goofy22]

Tammy, The flowers are awesome! You're DD reminds me of my Dd with the camera! :)That's great you 2 got some mommy and me time!

[tinkgurl]

Woo! You got the kids in the TT cars for me!

OMG! Love all the Tink stuff you did! But of course, you already knew I would! ;)

[MaryAz]

Such great, great pics. Cayley has that same Minnie backpack.
How in the world did I miss those beautiful fairy and butterfly gardens? Oh I know, everytime I was in Epcot for more than an hour it poured rain. Ok, I am a little bitter-more sad really. I will have to show the girl's ur pics.

[joy13]

I'm really going to want to take a spring trip during F&G by the end of this report I think! So gorgeous! I love Pixie Hollow and all those fairy houses - how cool! Has "Gabby" ever played fairies on pixiehollow.com ? Maddie just loves playing there - it's pretty fun. They did that flower garden to look just like the website! I see another movie comes out in fall - I guess that will be apart of our library :)

[Lynn5700]

Hi Tammy!! I'm in! SO glad you started your May TR!!

I'm so glad you got to see the F&G festival!!! It's beautiful, isn't it?

Love all your pictures :)

can't wait for more!

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Oh wow..Javen wuld LOOOVVEE the lion king topiaries! Will those be staying ya think?? the giraffes are just amazing.

I also love Gabbys pic at CSR ..wanna do our family pics there this year since we didnt get a chance to do that last year? NO way am I paying the new photo session fees this year.

Oh and the monorail looks awsome..thats the first time I have seen the mickey balloons on the windows.

[pmama]

Wow, those are gorgeous pictures of your DD after the storm. Beautiful background.:thumbsup2 Thanks for all the great pictures of the topiaries. They are amazing.

[jordanyosh]

I agree that if you scroll the monorail pix, it looks like it's actually moving!

You took some great pix!

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....;)

[Sunset Cliffs]

Wow. What a great update. I think my favorite topiaries are the Lion King stuff. The giraffes are SO cool. BTW - did your DD cut her hair? It looks so cute!

[scottny]

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....;)

I thought of Buzz, though his new report has no mention of them. Yet. :rotfl2:

I am here and reading. What a nice surprise to wake up to.

the pics are so good. I still need to get the d60 before there are no more being they discontinued them.

Off to bed but know I am reading along. I enjoy your pics, they are so pretty and they make want to drop money on a new camera. :lmao:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

love it so far we where there for starwars weekend may 22-25

Oh cool! You might be in the background of some of these pics! Keep looking. SWW was awesome! We're alreay planning a trip back next year!

I found your report and am so glad to read it. The pics at the All Stars are wonderful. And so glad to read that you enjoyed CSR (it is our favorite resort). Can't wait to read more. Love the sunset photos of your daughter.

Hey! I'm glad you found it too. I remember you from last year. You guys are super sweet and our trips were kind of close in '08. I got some great shots of CSR. They wont be up 'til the last day but they're worth the wait!

Awww, I love the sunset pictures!!! Gabby's dress is so cute!!

Isn't that sunset goegeous? And to think of the storm just before. I videotaped it! It was so bad! The dress came from the DS. She got a lot of compliments on it this past trip.

Love all the pics so far. the ones of DD with the sunset are just gorgeous! I love the ASSports photos too. I've never been to the value resorts cause we always go in summer and joe wants a ceiling fan. some day, when we have a quick trip, we'll have to stay there. I'd like to get some photos there some time. We always seem to stay at POFQ. We'll be there really soon!

I started posting before you previous post and then ran down stairs. Much to my surprise when I finished posting, you had already put up your new post!

I love the Flower pictures. They'll mostly be gone by the time we get there. I wish Pixie Hallow would still be there. My DDs would love that! I imagine your DD was in heaven with taking photos of her favorite fairies and butterflies! Can't wait to hear more. Oh and it was hot and sunny here. Not any chance of rain today! Funny how you're only a few hours away, but a whole different weather pattern today!

Well he could always bring a portable fan. :goodvibes I never use my fans. My parents run theirs 24/7. LOL I was a posting lil fool tonight! Oh yeah...she had a ball taking pics of the fairies. Wait 'til you see how many and the bad thing is...I didn't upload most of them!

Loved all the pictures. I hope to take a trip during that time next yr with my youngest ds.

Had it not rained every single day this would have been the prefect trip! It was a great time to go and see F & G and SWW all at one time!

Wow! Those sunset pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing the rest of them!

The monorail pics are too cool -- if you scroll through them really quickly, you get a sense of the movement! :laughing:

The fairy houses are the cutest things I have ever seen! I wish I had them in my garden!

Love the topiaries! Disney does such an unbelievable job with all of them!

I'm telling ya....the place was beautiful after that storm! I don't photoshop anything either...what you see here is exactly how the pic turned out. The sky was perfect! (And it looked different in every pic too!)

I wish someone would send me an app to put the monorail pics together. That would look cool. I don't have a clue how to do that stuff.

DD loved those fairy houses too. She had to stop and explore each and every one of them. Agreed...they did a wonderful job with the F & G festival.

Gorgeous pics Tammy! All of them are soooo good. Gabby is beautiful and the pics at sunset-OH MY!

Sometimes I think about Lindsey and I taking a quick trip but Josie would be extremely upset. It would be fun to do before Lindsey thinks I'm the lamest person on the planet. :laughing:

That would be fun. I'd like to do a mother/daughter trip to but the boys would never let that happen. You wouldn't have to tell Josie you were going to WDW. Right? Go in December...the week we're going they have a lot of great offers.

Tammy, The flowers are awesome! You're DD reminds me of my Dd with the camera! :)That's great you 2 got some mommy and me time!

You should see the baby. He loves the camera and as soon as he gets it he takes picture after picture of himself. He's like your DD. We enjoyed our short time alone.

Woo! You got the kids in the TT cars for me!

OMG! Love all the Tink stuff you did! But of course, you already knew I would! ;)

Told you I would and I will get that Mickey pic too...one day! :laughing: I really want some of us there. Oh yeah...I knew you'd love the Tink pics.

Such great, great pics. Cayley has that same Minnie backpack.
How in the world did I miss those beautiful fairy and butterfly gardens? Oh I know, everytime I was in Epcot for more than an hour it poured rain. Ok, I am a little bitter-more sad really. I will have to show the girl's ur pics.

OMG you missed those!? I'm so sorry. That was one of our favorite things. You guys didn't go see the butterflies? They were right by it. Oh this day we actually got a little bit of sun. I think you guys were at the AK that day. We never even went there.

I'm really going to want to take a spring trip during F&G by the end of this report I think! So gorgeous! I love Pixie Hollow and all those fairy houses - how cool! Has "Gabby" ever played fairies on pixiehollow.com (http://pixiehollow.com/) ? Maddie just loves playing there - it's pretty fun. They did that flower garden to look just like the website! I see another movie comes out in fall - I guess that will be apart of our library :)

Nope. She's never played but perhaps she should. I'll have to show her tomorrow. There's a lot of hype around Disney about that new movie. We still haven't seen the Tinkerbell movie yet. I know...not good.

Hi Tammy!! I'm in! SO glad you started your May TR!!

I'm so glad you got to see the F&G festival!!! It's beautiful, isn't it?

Love all your pictures :)

can't wait for more!

Yes it is! I'd love to take my parents to see that stuff one day. My mom LOVES flowers. She'd have a blast there. Now I see why you guys like to go in May so much! ;)

Oh wow..Javen wuld LOOOVVEE the lion king topiaries! Will those be staying ya think?? the giraffes are just amazing.

I also love Gabbys pic at CSR ..wanna do our family pics there this year since we didnt get a chance to do that last year? NO way am I paying the new photo session fees this year.

Oh and the monorail looks awsome..thats the first time I have seen the mickey balloons on the windows.

I think they come down at the beginning of June. I wish they would leave them up all year long. They're beautiful! You know I'm doing pics of ya'll...and in return you can take some of us. ;) How much is the photopass thing now? Just two years ago it was FREE. They probably want $100 for it now huh? BTW in March we were pulled aside by the PP guy and he did a bunch of shots of the kids and Sidney. No charge..so look for the freebies. They had a freebie guy over at WL too.

The monorail decorations are really cute!

Wow, those are gorgeous pictures of your DD after the storm. Beautiful background.:thumbsup2 Thanks for all the great pictures of the topiaries. They are amazing.

Makes ya wanna plan a Spring trip to Epcot don't it? I had never seen such a beautiful sky as that evening. It was amazing!

I agree that if you scroll the monorail pix, it looks like it's actually moving!

You took some great pix!

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....;)

Thanks. I wouldn't let my kids touch the squirrel but the people that were feeding it...those kids tried to pick it up but Sidney was ready to leave. I wish I had stayed to see what happened. I bet someone left the scene in tears! It really acted like a tamed pet though.

Wow. What a great update. I think my favorite topiaries are the Lion King stuff. The giraffes are SO cool. BTW - did your DD cut her hair? It looks so cute!

Yep. She got a hair cut. A big one! Me too. I cut about 12 inches off of mine and she got rid of about 8.

I thought of Buzz, though his new report has no mention of them. Yet. :rotfl2:

I am here and reading. What a nice surprise to wake up to.

the pics are so good. I still need to get the d60 before there are no more being they discontinued them.

Off to bed but know I am reading along. I enjoy your pics, they are so pretty and they make want to drop money on a new camera. :lmao:

The 60 or the 90. They're about the same. You'd love it Scott! It's about time I get to bed. I might try and update the other report first though. Thanks for coming over.

[OhioDisneyLover]

The topieries were beautiful this year, werent' they? I think I took a zillion pictures of them too. ;)

Loved the update!

[oregondaddyof2]

I love seeing the pictures you post... They are great... :thumbsup2

[meanmom121]

OMG Why wasn't I there for the F&G show. How beautiful. I love all the fairy house. And the sunset photos were awesome. I need photography lessons from you.:goodvibes

[CanadianWDWfan]

Wow, the topiaries are gorgeous!

You did a fantastic job of capturing the monorail in those pics...worth the wait! :thumbsup2

I was so happy to see the Tinkerbell gardens, I loved all the fairies. So sweet how they have the little houses too. It looks so beautiful, I just have to see it for myself. F&GF here I come...maybe 2010...:goodvibes

Minnie's butterfly tent is so neat, I was wondering how they kept the butterflies inside. Thanks for the info.

Your DD is so photogenic, and the Minnie backpack is adorable. Great deal!!!

Thank you for this update, I was feeling a little 'blue' and you have lifted my spirits. :hug:

[dawnbu40]

We love Epcot during the Flower Festival and you did a fantastic job of capturing its beauty! The Tink area was so cute! We loved it!

[MyMuse]

Great start woman. :) Im soo excited about the Dec trip. I will live through your TR untill its our turn-lol

We drive 15 hours to WDW each time we go and I know all about the rain, and wrecks...scary stuff.

We stayed at sports in 2001, my very first trip to the world..I actually thought it was great, however I had never stayed anywhere else so I had nothing to compair it to. THEn in 2003 we stayed at CSR and I hated it because we were in Ranchos and I felt very far away from everything..plus the theaming sucked. I am happy though that we will try CSR again this year in a closer building, and the room renovations are definitly a big plus.

A little off-topic...is that Rob Thomas in your avatar? I :lovestruc Rob! I'm hoping to catch a few of his shows when he tours.

Now back on topic...I've only stayed at POFQ in March 09 and POR in May 09. I have never stayed on-site before and boy, was I missing out! I'm also planning on going back in December. I have family and my best friend & goddaughter in Tampa/Orlando and I go quite a few times a year, but in past years, didn't go into WDW. I have no idea why :confused3, late bloomer, I guess!!

Though, I did like POFQ alot more than POR. Maybe I'll try CSR for December? Hmm....



Ok, for this TR, I'm going to have to take it one TR at a time. I'm so envious! I'm looking forwarding to reading your other ones as well.

F&G Festival was awesome, wasn't it? I'm so glad, I was able to make it make to see it. I did see a bit of it while there in March as well.

The only thing I really didn't see was Pixie Hollow Garden. For some reason, I completely missed it. I was in the Butterfly Garden but walked out the same way we walked in, so I never saw it. :sad2: Let me tell you, I'm pretty sad about it. I love your pictures! It was like I was there. So, thank you! :goodvibes

Oh, and the monorail pics! I love sequential shooting. :upsidedow

[tinkgurl]

I really do hope you make it over to the Mickey at the Contemporary sometime! :rotfl:

[29apr00]

yeah, all caught up! Love all the F&G pics! So pretty, my DD would have loved the Tink Garden too!!

[punkin413]

i would've stayed in the first room at sports....i love reptiles! :lmao:

loved the pixie hollow pictures. we went to F&G festival in may 2008 and they had tink, but none of the other stuff. probably because the movie wasn't out yet. it's all so cute! especially the little houses.

I wanted to buy one of these fountains. I totally meant to and forgot all about it 'til I started uploading these pictures for the trip report.

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i bought one of these last year and it's outside my office window - i love it! it was only like $27 which i thought was really reasonable.

by the way, did your DD get a haircut? it looks really cute!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We have to leave soon to go film a commercial but I have two more posts typed up so I wanted to add those before we leave. I'll get back to everyone sometime tonight. Thanks again for reading along!

Gabby was waiting on the monorail too.

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Doesn't this look familiar? I think she took the same pictures I did.

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Mine wasn't good enough...she wanted one with her camera too.

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

More Fairy shots....I'm telling you, she really loved these fairies!

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I like the way she took detailed pics of Silvermists' pond.

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Gabby loved these flip books.

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Okay, so now I'm all caught up and we're heading to World Showcase to meet back up with the boys. We left them for so long they were on the way back around. We told them we'd walk 'til we saw them. I loved how they had all the F & G stores set up around the park. They had some cute things too. A lot of it was expensive though.

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We walked through Mexico and stopped to get some troll pics in Norway. Isn't this the cutest thing ever? Um, NO!

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And the church ~ you know I never knew you could go inside 'til this trip!? I feel stupid saying this out loud. I'm sure a lot of you are laughing at me but I never knew. And it's kind of cool inside too! We used it a couple of times to hide out from the rain! LOL

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Continued in next post....

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Next we hit China and Gabby starts itching to spend her Disney money. On what you ask? Those darn puppets. Why do kids like these so much? If we had them in out home they'd never get played with but at WDW they are the coolest things ever!

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Somehow I manage to talk her into waiting....plus daddy had the money. Good save huh? We continued to look around a bit more, this shot has some cute things.

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She's still mesmerized by those darn puppets!

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I get some pics of other items they have for sale...

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She's still wanting to buy one...

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Yay! I get him back on the hook!!!

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I won! Woo Hoo!

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Then I look over and there she is...

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I tell her we have to go meet daddy, now. They're getting worried. I took a couple more pics in China and went on my way...

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Then I look over on the bench and there's daddy with a stroller full of drinks and popcorn. The kids get a snack and Bolt gets in a nap.

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How cute is his new hat!? Sidney said he refused to put it back so he bought it for him. I have to admit, it's super cute. When he meets frontier Donald again this Summer it'll make for a cute photo op!

Sidney tells me Mulan is out and sure enough...I turn around and she's right there. Gabby didn't want to meet her at first. (She wanted her money from daddy so she could buy that silly puppet!) This is the same Mulan we always meet. She is so sweet and pretty. She's one of the best Princesses in all of Disney! Here are the pics I took.

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And that is it for now. I'm running late already. Thanks for reading!

[OhioDisneyLover]

awesome pics!!!

[meanmom121]

I know what you mean about the puppets. We have gotten them in the past and I think the fascination with them lasted all of one day at home and thet never came out agin.:rolleyes:

[29apr00]

she was our Mulan last year too! And I'm with you on those stupid puppets!! My excuse is they are not allowed on the airplane...you know, sticks and stuff.

[Charleston Princess]

:lmao: about the puppets -- just when you thought the battle was over...:rotfl: My two are like that as well!

[WrightFamily06]

The power was out forever! I did a lot of this TR though 'til my battery died. :goodvibes Tonight is my catch up night as soon as I start the new PTR's. Maybe the next time you come I can take some pics of your kids on the beach. It wont take long. I bet they'll smile for me. :goodvibes

That would be awesome , they would smile for you that's how it always is , they smile and pose for everyone else but me . LOL

Love the update you and DD's pictures of the Flower & Garden Festival are just beautiful . The fairy ones are so detailed , we missed this area somehow all together on our trip and now seeing it in every one's TR it makes me so mad we never saw it ! The pictures of Baby DS in that coonskin cap are just precious !

By the way my pictures are not showing up on my TR right now , wanted to ask you if you knew why that might be ?

[meanmom121]

:rotfl:she was our Mulan last year too! And I'm with you on those stupid puppets!! My excuse is they are not allowed on the airplane...you know, sticks and stuff.

good thinking - you're quick on your feet

[pmama]

That same racoon hat will pop up in my Disneyland trip. In fact, I've been trying to figure out what to do with it. That's one thing about taking a trip w/ Grandparents. We came home with a lot more frivolous space clutter. That's a good idea for fronteir Donald. Where is he found?

[xoktenox]

Apparently all kids LOVE those puppets! In every TR I read the parents have to pull their kids away from those puppets LOL

I love all the pictures from Pixie Hollow. I have a bunch from their but they're not as good as yours. Heck, they're not even as good as your DD's! :laughing:

[Me&3]

I bought that Tinkerbell birdbath is what I call it. The exact one in your pic. I loved those little fairy houses,I got those seeds too where are mine? You asked when me when am I going back we will be there 7/2-7/10/09. Not soon enough I was already thinking about going this weekend.

[jordanyosh]

Puppets scare me......

[wdwgirl03]

Great F&GF pictures! I especially love all the fairy ones. Those are adorable!

[msgrimm23]

we went through the tent with the butterflys and my sister is afraid of bugs. mind you she is almost 30. i never saw her run out of a place so fast. so i did not really get to see what was in the tent

[kaysmommie]

I love your F&G and Pixie Hollow pics. I walked by it in the rain but never got back there again to see the fairies. We saw the same Mulan 2 weeks ago. Oh the puppets are the worst :headache: Kaylee wants one every trip too. Lckily none have made it home with us yet. She did buy and Umbrella from France though with flowers and her name on it.

[julezdisney]

OooOooooOOo!! Gorgeous pix!! I love that you had some alone time w/your DD! So fun!

[chunkymonkey]

Fantastic TR, I love all the pictures. What lenses do you use to take these? They look like nice wide-angle shots!

Am loving all the F and G festival pictures too. Wish I took more pics of the floral scluptures. Can't wait to read more!!

[joy13]

DD's pictures are beautiful - she sure got your photographic eye! You may not be able to do Mom/daughter trip - you could schedule time together like that each trip, especially as babyDS gets older - it won't be so hard for Sidney to be alone with him.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

The topieries were beautiful this year, werent' they? I think I took a zillion pictures of them too. ;)

Loved the update!

I really enjoyed them but this was my first time going to F & G. I hope to go back next year but I don't know that it will cross with Star Wars Weekends and that will come first.

I love seeing the pictures you post... They are great... :thumbsup2

Thanks. We take a lot of them. That's for sure!

OMG Why wasn't I there for the F&G show. How beautiful. I love all the fairy house. And the sunset photos were awesome. I need photography lessons from you.:goodvibes

? Maybe 2010 you can get out there. I'd love to go back. The fairy houses were so cute. She seriously took about 100 pictures of those houses! The sunset after the rain was gorgeous. The prettiest one I've ever seen!

Wow, the topiaries are gorgeous!

You did a fantastic job of capturing the monorail in those pics...worth the wait! :thumbsup2

I was so happy to see the Tinkerbell gardens, I loved all the fairies. So sweet how they have the little houses too. It looks so beautiful, I just have to see it for myself. F&GF here I come...maybe 2010...:goodvibes

Minnie's butterfly tent is so neat, I was wondering how they kept the butterflies inside. Thanks for the info.

Your DD is so photogenic, and the Minnie backpack is adorable. Great deal!!!

Thank you for this update, I was feeling a little 'blue' and you have lifted my spirits. :hug:

I waited a long time for that train! I told Sidney I'd be picking one out to frame after all of that. LOL Some do excape but they're all native so it's okay. Awww....that is so sweet to say. I'm glad you're feeling better. :goodvibes

We love Epcot during the Flower Festival and you did a fantastic job of capturing its beauty! The Tink area was so cute! We loved it!

I loved the Fairy stuff too. I am surprised at how many people say they missed it. I guess in a way it was a little hidden. I'm glad I walked out the other side though. It was something to see!

A little off-topic...is that Rob Thomas in your avatar? I :lovestruc Rob! I'm hoping to catch a few of his shows when he tours.

Now back on topic...I've only stayed at POFQ in March 09 and POR in May 09. I have never stayed on-site before and boy, was I missing out! I'm also planning on going back in December. I have family and my best friend & goddaughter in Tampa/Orlando and I go quite a few times a year, but in past years, didn't go into WDW. I have no idea why :confused3, late bloomer, I guess!!

When in December? I could never go to FL and not doo Disney.

Though, I did like POFQ alot more than POR. Maybe I'll try CSR for December? Hmm....

The NEW rooms are amazing! I'll have a ton of pics at the end of the report for ya'll to see.

Ok, for this TR, I'm going to have to take it one TR at a time. I'm so envious! I'm looking forwarding to reading your other ones as well.

F&G Festival was awesome, wasn't it? I'm so glad, I was able to make it make to see it. I did see a bit of it while there in March as well.

The only thing I really didn't see was Pixie Hollow Garden. For some reason, I completely missed it. I was in the Butterfly Garden but walked out the same way we walked in, so I never saw it. :sad2: Let me tell you, I'm pretty sad about it. I love your pictures! It was like I was there. So, thank you! :goodvibes

We stumbled upon it but I had the big guide so I knew there was a fairy garden from that. I would have hunted it down.

Oh, and the monorail pics! I love sequential shooting. :upsidedow


I really do hope you make it over to the Mickey at the Contemporary sometime! :rotfl:

I will! In about 90 or so days. LOL

yeah, all caught up! Love all the F&G pics! So pretty, my DD would have loved the Tink Garden too!!

I wish they'd leave it up all the time! I love that stuff!

i would've stayed in the first room at sports....i love reptiles! :lmao: Well, they're cool and all but no way would I want them outside the door every time I left the room!

loved the pixie hollow pictures. we went to F&G festival in may 2008 and they had tink, but none of the other stuff. probably because the movie wasn't out yet. it's all so cute! especially the little houses.



i bought one of these last year and it's outside my office window - i love it! it was only like $27 which i thought was really reasonable.

by the way, did your DD get a haircut? it looks really cute!

Yep! She did. She was tired of the super long style.

awesome pics!!!

Thanks! :goodvibes

I know what you mean about the puppets. We have gotten them in the past and I think the fascination with them lasted all of one day at home and thet never came out agin.:rolleyes:

Shoot, my kids would lose interest in it before they left Epcot for the day! :lmao:

she was our Mulan last year too! And I'm with you on those stupid puppets!! My excuse is they are not allowed on the airplane...you know, sticks and stuff.

Good one, but one of these days some kid in the seat next to your DD is going to have his or her puppet out on the plane and you are going down! :rotfl2:

:lmao: about the puppets -- just when you thought the battle was over...:rotfl: My two are like that as well!

Yep. And I'm not done yet. There's more!

That would be awesome , they would smile for you that's how it always is , they smile and pose for everyone else but me . LOL

Love the update you and DD's pictures of the Flower & Garden Festival are just beautiful . The fairy ones are so detailed , we missed this area somehow all together on our trip and now seeing it in every one's TR it makes me so mad we never saw it ! The pictures of Baby DS in that coonskin cap are just precious !

By the way my pictures are not showing up on my TR right now , wanted to ask you if you knew why that might be ?

Once you hit your maximum views per month you will have to upgrade your PB account. If it's saying bandwith exceeded. I haven't been to your page yet.

Went to the park today. They have added a bunch of kiddie rides. I'll have a huge update in the WL/Thong report sometime tomorrow. The admission isn't too much and they offer military discounts.

I love his new hat! :goodvibes

You're one many who said they missed it. Did you guys not get the big flower and garden book with all the info in it? It told ya all about the F & G festival.

That same racoon hat will pop up in my Disneyland trip. In fact, I've been trying to figure out what to do with it. That's one thing about taking a trip w/ Grandparents. We came home with a lot more frivolous space clutter. That's a good idea for fronteir Donald. Where is he found?

LOL It's so cute though. At WDW that Donald hangs out in Frontierland. I met him near the turkey leg cart once and another time he was up under a covered porch near LTT. That would be a gorgeous pic!

Apparently all kids LOVE those puppets! In every TR I read the parents have to pull their kids away from those puppets LOL

I love all the pictures from Pixie Hollow. I have a bunch from their but they're not as good as yours. Heck, they're not even as good as your DD's! :laughing:

Yep. They're popular! Girl...all the pics I've seen have been good so far. What are you talking about?

I bought that Tinkerbell birdbath is what I call it. The exact one in your pic. I loved those little fairy houses,I got those seeds too where are mine? You asked when me when am I going back we will be there 7/2-7/10/09. Not soon enough I was already thinking about going this weekend.

Our seeds are MIA too. You go in July? You are a brave person! Wow.

Puppets scare me......

I wish my kids were scared of them. :rolleyes:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Great F&GF pictures! I especially love all the fairy ones. Those are adorable!

Thanks! I'm having a hard time now deciding on a favorite time of year.

we went through the tent with the butterflys and my sister is afraid of bugs. mind you she is almost 30. i never saw her run out of a place so fast. so i did not really get to see what was in the tent

OMG really? That's funny. Butterflies aren't bugs. LOL I don't think I've ever met or heard of anyone that doesn't like them.

I love your F&G and Pixie Hollow pics. I walked by it in the rain but never got back there again to see the fairies. We saw the same Mulan 2 weeks ago. Oh the puppets are the worst :headache: Kaylee wants one every trip too. Lckily none have made it home with us yet. She did buy and Umbrella from France though with flowers and her name on it.

No! Are you serious? We went to see them two times. (We had to let the boys see...)

We bought an umbrella too. You know where it is? Yeah, me either. :rolleyes:

OooOooooOOo!! Gorgeous pix!! I love that you had some alone time w/your DD! So fun!

Much needed alone time. It was so much fun just hanging out. When she gets older I want to take a trip with her alone somewhere. Can't be WDW though. The boys wouldn't let us go there without them.

Fantastic TR, I love all the pictures. What lenses do you use to take these? They look like nice wide-angle shots!

Am loving all the F and G festival pictures too. Wish I took more pics of the floral scluptures. Can't wait to read more!!

Nope. All I took to WDW was the 18-55 and my 55-200 (after someone stole my underwear at CSR I know better than to bring something expensive with me, :lmao:) The only time I used the 55-200 was on some pineapple shots...the rain was so bad. I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I would have liked.

DD's pictures are beautiful - she sure got your photographic eye! You may not be able to do Mom/daughter trip - you could schedule time together like that each trip, especially as babyDS gets older - it won't be so hard for Sidney to be alone with him.

Aw. I'll tell her you said that. What I like about kids...they take pics of stuff we don't even see or notice. I love coming home and looking back over the pictures they took. If he wasn't a runner I'd feel okay with the boys going off and doing their own thing but when that kid bolts he bolts! :scared1:

[jordanyosh]

I wish my kids were scared of them. :rolleyes:


:rotfl2::rotfl2:

[julezdisney]

Much needed alone time. It was so much fun just hanging out. When she gets older I want to take a trip with her alone somewhere. Can't be WDW though. The boys wouldn't let us go there without them.


How about DisneyLAND?! :lmao::lmao:

[meanmom121]

Someone stole your underwear at CSR:confused3:lmao: Geez, I'm lucky to not have to worry about that unless someone needs to make a tent.:lmao:

[29apr00]

Good one, but one of these days some kid in the seat next to your DD is going to have his or her puppet out on the plane and you are going down! :rotfl2:




BITE YOUR TONGUE!! Not gonna happen, as now every other mother is going to use that excuse too and get out of buying the darn things!! :thumbsup2

[william4192]

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[MyMuse]

>>Now back on topic...I've only stayed at POFQ in March 09 and POR in May 09. I have never stayed on-site before and boy, was I missing out! I'm also planning on going back in December. I have family and my best friend & goddaughter in Tampa/Orlando and I go quite a few times a year, but in past years, didn't go into WDW. I have no idea why , late bloomer, I guess!!

When in December? I could never go to FL and not doo Disney.<<

I been down to FL lots, but never really did Disney before my big March trip.
I should be down for the December 4/5-12/13 week. I'm thinking this year to stay at Disney for Dec 5-10, then head over to visit the family.

>>Though, I did like POFQ alot more than POR. Maybe I'll try CSR for December? Hmm....

The NEW rooms are amazing! I'll have a ton of pics at the end of the report for ya'll to see.<<

I'll wait to see/read your opinion on Coronado. I know I want to stay at a moderate; I think the deluxes are a bit out of my solo price range. :goodvibes

>>Ok, for this TR, I'm going to have to take it one TR at a time. I'm so envious! I'm looking forwarding to reading your other ones as well.

F&G Festival was awesome, wasn't it? I'm so glad, I was able to make it make to see it. I did see a bit of it while there in March as well.

The only thing I really didn't see was Pixie Hollow Garden. For some reason, I completely missed it. I was in the Butterfly Garden but walked out the same way we walked in, so I never saw it. Let me tell you, I'm pretty sad about it. I love your pictures! It was like I was there. So, thank you! <<

We stumbled upon it but I had the big guide so I knew there was a fairy garden from that. I would have hunted it down.<<

I did have the big guide, but I had so many things in my head, that I just didn't remember the Fairy Garden. My TR explains alot of it! :rolleyes1

[bentleygirl22]

Great update...

That is the best Mulan !! We have had that Mulan for the past 2 years, And she is the best ... She spends alot of time with the kids... i hope she is there when we go in Sept.

[WrightFamily06]

Once you hit your maximum views per month you will have to upgrade your PB account. If it's saying bandwith exceeded. I haven't been to your page yet.

Went to the park today. They have added a bunch of kiddie rides. I'll have a huge update in the WL/Thong report sometime tomorrow. The admission isn't too much and they offer military discounts.

I love his new hat! :goodvibes

You're one many who said they missed it. Did you guys not get the big flower and garden book with all the info in it? It told ya all about the F & G festival.


I don't know what the deal was with the pictures , right after I told you that they were back on my TR , strange I know ! LOL

The park sounds fun , can't wait to see the pictures :thumbsup2

I know that is so super cute !:cutie:

We got the book but never really looked through it . LOL I 'm not sure but was it on the other side of Minnie 's Butterfly Garden ? If it was that is why we missed it , skipped the butterfly garden this year cause in years pass it has been a pain to get the strollers in and out of those chains . LOL

[eandesmom]

oooh those pictures make me REALLY want to go to F&G next year with my sisters and mom.

Those shops though, those cold be dangerous!

Love it!

Actually the boys would think it was pretty cool too, the little ones anyway, they are into the garden in a pretty big way. They'd pass on the fairies though.

Great updates!!!!!!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

How about DisneyLAND?! :lmao::lmao:

Ha. You crazy? They'd kill us!

Someone stole your underwear at CSR:confused3:lmao: Geez, I'm lucky to not have to worry about that unless someone needs to make a tent.:lmao:

Yep they did! I'm sure they thought they were getting something good...joke on them huh? I still wishes bad nasty evil things on that person!

BITE YOUR TONGUE!! Not gonna happen, as now every other mother is going to use that excuse too and get out of buying the darn things!! :thumbsup2

LOL

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Welcome!

>>Now back on topic...I've only stayed at POFQ in March 09 and POR in May 09. I have never stayed on-site before and boy, was I missing out! I'm also planning on going back in December. I have family and my best friend & goddaughter in Tampa/Orlando and I go quite a few times a year, but in past years, didn't go into WDW. I have no idea why , late bloomer, I guess!!

When in December? I could never go to FL and not doo Disney.<<

I been down to FL lots, but never really did Disney before my big March trip.
I should be down for the December 4/5-12/13 week. I'm thinking this year to stay at Disney for Dec 5-10, then head over to visit the family.

>>Though, I did like POFQ alot more than POR. Maybe I'll try CSR for December? Hmm....

The NEW rooms are amazing! I'll have a ton of pics at the end of the report for ya'll to see.<<

I'll wait to see/read your opinion on Coronado. I know I want to stay at a moderate; I think the deluxes are a bit out of my solo price range. :goodvibes

>>Ok, for this TR, I'm going to have to take it one TR at a time. I'm so envious! I'm looking forwarding to reading your other ones as well.

F&G Festival was awesome, wasn't it? I'm so glad, I was able to make it make to see it. I did see a bit of it while there in March as well.

The only thing I really didn't see was Pixie Hollow Garden. For some reason, I completely missed it. I was in the Butterfly Garden but walked out the same way we walked in, so I never saw it. Let me tell you, I'm pretty sad about it. I love your pictures! It was like I was there. So, thank you! <<

We stumbled upon it but I had the big guide so I knew there was a fairy garden from that. I would have hunted it down.<<

I did have the big guide, but I had so many things in my head, that I just didn't remember the Fairy Garden. My TR explains alot of it! :rolleyes1

I like CSR. It is a big spread out resort but it has a great pool and the grounds are beautiful!

Great update...

That is the best Mulan !! We have had that Mulan for the past 2 years, And she is the best ... She spends alot of time with the kids... i hope she is there when we go in Sept.

She is good! I think her and that one Jack Sparow are the BEST!

I don't know what the deal was with the pictures , right after I told you that they were back on my TR , strange I know ! LOL

The park sounds fun , can't wait to see the pictures :thumbsup2

I know that is so super cute !:cutie:

We got the book but never really looked through it . LOL I 'm not sure but was it on the other side of Minnie 's Butterfly Garden ? If it was that is why we missed it , skipped the butterfly garden this year cause in years pass it has been a pain to get the strollers in and out of those chains . LOL

Weird. But good that they're fine now. Yeah I can see issues with the strollers and the chains. They miust have hidden Fairies good because a lot of people missed them.

oooh those pictures make me REALLY want to go to F&G next year with my sisters and mom.

Those shops though, those cold be dangerous!

Love it!

Actually the boys would think it was pretty cool too, the little ones anyway, they are into the garden in a pretty big way. They'd pass on the fairies though.

Great updates!!!!!!!

I wanna take my mom too. She would love it. The boys would like the playgrounds everywhere! Fairies had one too. But they're too big for that one. They could just hang in the butterfly tent while you girls check out the Fairy garden. :thumbsup2

[jenseib]

I'm super behind...but just read about the butterfly house and fairy garden. It is gorgeous! Is that something just for F&G festival? Where was it located at? I want to see this. Boo Hoo!

[jenseib]

I'm really going to want to take a spring trip during F&G by the end of this report I think! So gorgeous! I love Pixie Hollow and all those fairy houses - how cool! Has "Gabby" ever played fairies on pixiehollow.com ? Maddie just loves playing there - it's pretty fun. They did that flower garden to look just like the website! I see another movie comes out in fall - I guess that will be apart of our library :)

Do you do the thing where you build a fairy and pick the colors and hair and all that. Claire is obsessed with it, but it makes my computer go so slow, so I finally told her it broke. LOL

How about DisneyLAND?! :lmao::lmao:

I was thinking that too.

[DearDaisyinDurham]

I'm in!!! :cheer2:
Can't believe I missed you by a DAY!!!!! :sad2:

[Goofy22]

:goodvibesI love the pics of the Fairies (Flowers) and Baby Ds sleeping w the hat! The Mulan pics are cute!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I'm super behind...but just read about the butterfly house and fairy garden. It is gorgeous! Is that something just for F&G festival? Yep. I wish all of them stayed up all the time! They're so nice. Where was it located at? Up in the front middle...you know where the photopass guy stands to do the fountain picture? Right there. I want to see this. Boo Hoo! It was so pretty. I liked how they had huge playgrounds all over Epcot for the kids to play in. They were everywhere!

I'm in!!! :cheer2:
Can't believe I missed you by a DAY!!!!! :sad2:

I know! Well I sure hope the rain let up for ya'll. Did you have a good time? We had a blast even with the rain. That definitely made the trip more memorable. :lmao:

:goodvibesI love the pics of the Fairies (Flowers) and Baby Ds sleeping w the hat! The Mulan pics are cute!

That kid loves a hat. He also got an engineer cap. It makes "choo choo" noises. He loves that thing. We sat up his monorail and trains tonight and of course he wore it while he played. So cute. It's a really cute hat too. I'll have to show ya.

[BigEeyore]

Hi! I just discovered your TR! Love it - now I need to go back and read your other ones!

[jenseib]

I bet it was in the area that was all boarded up under consturction when we were there in March then. (When walking in that would be the backside of the ball.) I looked at the dates for next year the the F&G festival starts much earlier. So if dH and I go during our normal time, it should be up.

[Jeanine3kids]

Your TR is great you are so lucky your only 8 hours away I wish I was that close

[hlrababy]

Oooh, I love the tinkerbell section of the garden!!! I want that tink birdbath! :goodvibes

[Lilo'sMommy]

Just signing on! I've read your other TRs and loved them, so I can't wait for this one! Love your pics!

[manntra]

Hi there! Just found your TR through your signature in Lynn's report!
So let's see :) Your family is adorable! Love all the pictures of them...daughter/sunset, son/raccoon hat, etc...
Your pictures of F&G are so amazing! You have convinced me that I have to go! If for anything to bring those giraffes back to my house for my lawn!! Now I have some serious thinking to do because I was planning a trip for next October--already have this October planned--and I am taking my neighbor and after looking at your pictures I just know she would love that time of year too! I will have to check out my DVC points chart and see what I can do!!:rotfl:
Looking forward to your next update! :goodvibes

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hi! I just discovered your TR! Love it - now I need to go back and read your other ones!

Hey! Welcome aboard! This is the first time I've had two going at once. It's a little hard but fun at the same time. All of them are different. And all are fun reads!

I bet it was in the area that was all boarded up under consturction when we were there in March then. (When walking in that would be the backside of the ball.) I looked at the dates for next year the the F&G festival starts much earlier. So if dH and I go during our normal time, it should be up.

Yep. You could also get to it through the MouseGears store...it would have been right outside of that. With it starting earlier I don't think it will cross with Star Wars like it did this time. It was nice hitting both things at once. Why don't ya'll ever go during the free dining promo? I love that time of year. The heat doesn't bother me, it's the same here in MB.

Your TR is great you are so lucky your only 8 hours away I wish I was that close

What day do you leave in August? We arrive on the 23rd. 9 hours flies by now. I don't mind it....I wish Walt would have built WDW here though. :lmao:

Oooh, I love the tinkerbell section of the garden!!! I want that tink birdbath! :goodvibes

I did to. Wasn't it pretty? I should have gotten the bird bath. I thought about it.

Just signing on! I've read your other TRs and loved them, so I can't wait for this one! Love your pics!

Hey! Thanks for stopping by. I wish everyone reading would post. :goodvibes Love your name. It's cute.

Hi there! Just found your TR through your signature in Lynn's report!
So let's see :) Your family is adorable! Love all the pictures of them...daughter/sunset, son/raccoon hat, etc...
Your pictures of F&G are so amazing! You have convinced me that I have to go! If for anything to bring those giraffes back to my house for my lawn!! Now I have some serious thinking to do because I was planning a trip for next October--already have this October planned--and I am taking my neighbor and after looking at your pictures I just know she would love that time of year too! I will have to check out my DVC points chart and see what I can do!!:rotfl:
Looking forward to your next update! :goodvibes

Lynn is just a doll isn't she? :hug: Thanks for coming over. Nice to have some new readers joining up. The giraffes are grogeous! I wouldn't mind them on my lawn either. As you can see I like to go at all different times of the year. I have to say my favorite time is Christmas. I love the Osborne lights more than anything.

[Jeanine3kids]

We are actually going in July I can't figure out how to change that ticker we are going July 20-30 The first 7 days at BCV than over to AKL.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

After we met Mulan we explored China a little further. Notice the big bright sun!? It's still out. The boys went ahead again to do some of the Kim Possible adventure. Gabby and I hung out and took some pictures. We both love the way China looks and I can't wait to eat at Nine Dragons in August.

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I love going in here but this time I didn't get inside. Hopefully in August I can catch the movie. I went in May with intentions of catching all of the films but it didn't work out.

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We saw this guy back in March but he is covered in my favorite flower of all so we took a bunch more pictures!

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Next time I hope...I love that theatre.

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We decided to go shopping for a bit. Gabby's money was burning a hole in her pocket. These beautiful umbrellas caught her eye.

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She wanted a pink one....of course the guy was sold out of the small pink one outside. No other color would do. She had to have pink. So daddy was sent a text to look for pink umbrellas. A couple of the stores carried them and I knew they were off doing the KP thing inside and the last thing I wanted to do was take money bags into a big store! LOL She wants everything she sees.

I take a few pics of the buildings. (I have to, no matter how many times we go I am always taking more pics of World Showcase.)

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I turn around and she's at it again....Grrrrr!

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And now her brother is playing with them too.

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So I get an idea...I'll just let her play with them for a while. Interest in the puppets would only last 15 minutes or so anyway and I wasn't in a hurry. So they played and I took pictures. Everyone was happy.

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And just like that the puppet obsession was over! Yay! Sidney was off waiting for them to locate pink umbrellas...eventually they found us one. Meanwhile I went ahead into the shop. Gabby wanted to look at the dolls. It's not American Girl so I felt I was safe from spending.

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Then she sees this. "Mama...wouldn't my American Girl dolls like to play with this one?" Oh dear, there's your dad texting. We must go now. He found your PINK umbrella.

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I get out as fast as I can. I sure didn't want her to see those gorgeous girls dresses and outfits they sell in there. She would have wanted one in every color!

We head over the bridge to play Kim Possible some more and I take some more pictures...

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Continued in next post...

[OhioDisneyLover]

Great update! Awesome pictures. Yay for a pink umbrella!!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

And then this little thingy pops up out of the water when the kids activate it.

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And someone makes her first purchase!

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Time for Gabby's pictures...

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Love this one....she's having so much fun!

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She used me to get a shot of this one!

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Next we head to Norway!

[kaysmommie]

:lmao:You did the same thing we did. Talked DD out of the puppets and then let her buy and umbrella. Anything to not take one of those puppets home. Kaylee's is blue and she bought hers in France though. I love the pics of China. I notice more in your pics then I noticed when we were there.

[Charleston Princess]

More puppets!!! AGGGHHH!!! :lmao:

DD with the pink umbrella is super cute!!!

Kim Possible is on our list of must-dos for this trip!!!

[leamom2princesses]

Lindsey has one of those umbrellas too-in pink. :rotfl2:

Great pictures. The colors are so vibrant. We didn't get time to wander into the countries so I'm loving your report. :goodvibes

[WrightFamily06]

Great update :thumbsup2 The pictures of China are beautiful , you pay so much attention to detail . When I see your pictures I always notice so much I miss . LOL I have to say my kiddos have not been sucked in by the puppets yet and it sounds like I should be very grateful they haven't !:lmao: DD umbrella is very pretty , can't blame her for making that her first purchase :thumbsup2

[Goofy22]

That kid loves a hat. He also got an engineer cap. It makes "choo choo" noises. He loves that thing. We sat up his monorail and trains tonight and of course he wore it while he played. So cute. It's a really cute hat too. I'll have to show ya.[/QUOTE]


OMG! The hat sounds so cute! Definitely show me it! The monorail and trains sound like fun! My DS would love it! Trains are another Obession of HIS!!!!

Those puppets OMG!:eek: My DD 14 still plays with those dang things when we walk by them! :laughing: so I guess they catch all kids eyes!!
I love how DD poses for all the pics!

[tinkgurl]

:rotfl: Those darn puppets!

[xoktenox]

I swear those puppets have child magnets in them! Kids just love them!

Of course I think the WS pictures are wonderful. I didn't get enough of those while I was there. The KP adventure sounds cool too. We didn't get a chance to try that either. All things I'm going to have to find time for in Dec!

And for the record, I wouldn't have settled for anything less than the pink umbrella too ;) :rotfl:

[Maureenmouse]

Love the pics in china. my girls like the umbrealla too. Currently purple and blue are their favorite colors! Oh and the puppets! We used to have one of those. It got lost when we moved:confused3:confused3
I think it was a pink flamingo.
My girls can't wait to play Kim Possible. They are also planning to do penny pressing and the passports. We have 3 days scheduled for Epcot, so i think they'll have plenty of time! Do you remember where you got your passports? can we get them before hand at World of Disney or just in epcot?

[pmama]

So, did they enjoy the Kim Possible thing? Would you do it again?

[Lynn5700]

OOh I love China!! Especially the umbrellas. So cute. I have a purple one. Have to get a pink one next time haha.

I did not notice the dragon topiary when I was there lol. I'm blind lol. It's really cool!

[eandesmom]

LOL on the puppets!

Mine have a thing for the masks....I've escaped so far.....

thumbs up on the pink umbrella...question is, is it still intact?

:)

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Great update! Awesome pictures. Yay for a pink umbrella!!!

She loves that thing! :goodvibes

:lmao:You did the same thing we did. Talked DD out of the puppets and then let her buy and umbrella. Anything to not take one of those puppets home. Kaylee's is blue and she bought hers in France though. I love the pics of China. I notice more in your pics then I noticed when we were there.

Great minds think alike! ;) Umbrella's are much nicer IMO. Do they look the same in France? Ya know every time I go to WDW I notice something I didn't notice before. That's why I like it so much. Especially this year with the crowds down and all. You can really enjoy it. Not good for Disney but great for me! I know you said no but you should really reconsider a trip in December. Look at all the people going the same week. It's going to be so much fun!

More puppets!!! AGGGHHH!!! :lmao:

DD with the pink umbrella is super cute!!!

Kim Possible is on our list of must-dos for this trip!!!

KP is fun. Your kids will enjoy that. It takes ya into a lot of stores though. Have the spending money ready. LOL

Lindsey has one of those umbrellas too-in pink. :rotfl2:

Great pictures. The colors are so vibrant. We didn't get time to wander into the countries so I'm loving your report. :goodvibes

That doesn't surprise me one bit! Those two...they would be a lot of trouble together if we lived closer. Ya know it? They never stopped. It was talk talk talk. I didn't play in the countries as much as I wanted because of the rain but we hit a few several times. Stupid rain! :headache:

Great update :thumbsup2 The pictures of China are beautiful , you pay so much attention to detail . When I see your pictures I always notice so much I miss . LOL I have to say my kiddos have not been sucked in by the puppets yet and it sounds like I should be very grateful they haven't !:lmao: DD umbrella is very pretty , can't blame her for making that her first purchase :thumbsup2

Well they will be soon enough. Trust me....you want to stay as far away as you can from the puppets. Well good thing is you see it here and hit it on your next trip.

OMG! The hat sounds so cute! Definitely show me it! The monorail and trains sound like fun! My DS would love it! Trains are another Obession of HIS!!!!

Those puppets OMG!:eek: My DD 14 still plays with those dang things when we walk by them! :laughing: so I guess they catch all kids eyes!!
I love how DD poses for all the pics!

I will. It's cute and it makes sounds too. I don't know where he hid it right now. When he takes it off he hides it so the other kids can't wear it.

:rotfl: Those darn puppets!

I want a picture of YOU playing with them in your next TR! LOL

I swear those puppets have child magnets in them! Kids just love them!

Of course I think the WS pictures are wonderful. I didn't get enough of those while I was there. The KP adventure sounds cool too. We didn't get a chance to try that either. All things I'm going to have to find time for in Dec!

And for the record, I wouldn't have settled for anything less than the pink umbrella too ;) :rotfl:

Evidently so. KP is fun. The only bad thing now is everyone plays it so you see the "surprise" before you get to do it. I suggest going early in the day or late at night.

Love the pics in china. my girls like the umbrealla too. Currently purple and blue are their favorite colors! Oh and the puppets! We used to have one of those. It got lost when we moved:confused3:confused3
I think it was a pink flamingo.
My girls can't wait to play Kim Possible. They are also planning to do penny pressing and the passports. We have 3 days scheduled for Epcot, so i think they'll have plenty of time! Do you remember where you got your passports? can we get them before hand at World of Disney or just in epcot?

Oh I am so sorry you lost your puppet. For real. I'm not kidding. Did someone lose a lot of stuff or just certain things? They will like KP! The passports are sold all over Epcot. They're usually up by the registers in every store. They're only $10! They're so cute and I think it's the best deal in Epcot. I've never seen them anywhere other than Epcot...

So, did they enjoy the Kim Possible thing? Would you do it again?

This was our second time playing. They have 6 different kinds you can do. (I think it's 6) It was more fun back in March. Now everyone is playing it so you'll go to your call and another family will be there finding the surprise. That part is not as fun. I'd try and do it as soon as WS opens.

OOh I love China!! Especially the umbrellas. So cute. I have a purple one. Have to get a pink one next time haha.

I did not notice the dragon topiary when I was there lol. I'm blind lol. It's really cool!

I'm just guessing you guys have a house full of Disney stuff! Am I right? We have a DIsney bathroom in the main living area....so everyone sees it and I'm sure many think we're nuts. Upstairs the kids each have Disney rooms and you see WDW pics everywhere. I used to have a Disney comforter on my bed. LOL

How did you miss the HUGE dragon!?

LOL on the puppets!

Mine have a thing for the masks....I've escaped so far.....

thumbs up on the pink umbrella...question is, is it still intact?

:)

Oh no. Those masks are everywhere too. :eek: Actually the umbrella still is in tact! She takes very good care of it. I'm very proud of her. She also bought a necklace and a pair of earrings. She still has it all. SURPRISINGLY!

[jordanyosh]

Your pictures came out so good and that's just from ONE pavilion! I see the puppet obsession was not quite over......

I can't wait to get back to the China Pavilion to see how accurate some of the stuff is from what I actually saw on my trip to the real China.....

Will we see trolls in Norway?:)

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Your pictures came out so good and that's just from ONE pavilion! I see the puppet obsession was not quite over......

I can't wait to get back to the China Pavilion to see how accurate some of the stuff is from what I actually saw on my trip to the real China.....

Will we see trolls in Norway?:)

Thanks. Now, the obsession is done. For this trip anyway. I'm sure next time we'll have to stop and play again! :laughing:

Trolls? Absolutely! You will be seeing one with a visitor parked upon him! :thumbsup2

[manntra]

More puppets!!! :scared1:
Love the umbrella! She is adorable!
I talked with my neighbor last night and she can go at the time of of F&G too so looks like I will do some changing and go maybe in late April or anytime in May. I told her all about your pictures and she is excited!!:thumbsup2 I think I can book in August or around there! I have done January, July, August, October (this year) and when I was younger always over Easter vacation so I am excited for next year! :woohoo:

[tinkgurl]

I want a picture of YOU playing with them in your next TR! LOL

OMG! I'm gonna! :lmao:

[meanmom121]

I can see there is no way I am going to be able to avoid those darn puppets in July is ther/:sad2:

[MagicShell]

I have been reading your report. Your pictures are great and so are your daughter's. I am glad she chose the umbrella, it is very pretty. We have stayed at the All-Star Movies before. We really enjoyed it. We have never stayed at the other two All-Stars, but we did stay at Pop. We liked it too. We aren't too hard to please I guess. As long as the room is clean, I can live with it.

[reyasmommy]

I just got caught up on your TR :surfweb:

Your kids are adorable and I'm enjoying all of your great pictures!

Thank you for sharing and I look forward to reading more. popcorn::

[julezdisney]

Oh I'm so excited for World Showcase after all your vibrant and beautiful pictures!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

More puppets!!! :scared1:
Love the umbrella! She is adorable!
I talked with my neighbor last night and she can go at the time of of F&G too so looks like I will do some changing and go maybe in late April or anytime in May. I told her all about your pictures and she is excited!!:thumbsup2 I think I can book in August or around there! I have done January, July, August, October (this year) and when I was younger always over Easter vacation so I am excited for next year! :woohoo:

Yep. More puppets! You'll have a blast at F & G. I love all the seasons at WDW! Easter on the other hand...I have no interest in whatsoever. I hate crowds.

OMG! I'm gonna! :lmao:

Don't forget! I'll be looking for it in the TR!

I can see there is no way I am going to be able to avoid those darn puppets in July is ther/:sad2:

So will you be a buyer or a player?

I have been reading your report. Your pictures are great and so are your daughter's. I am glad she chose the umbrella, it is very pretty. We have stayed at the All-Star Movies before. We really enjoyed it. We have never stayed at the other two All-Stars, but we did stay at Pop. We liked it too. We aren't too hard to please I guess. As long as the room is clean, I can live with it.

Yay! Thanks for posting. And thanks for the compliments too. :goodvibes I hear ya...clean is fine by me (and as long as it's on Disney property with no gators at the door!)

I just got caught up on your TR :surfweb:

Your kids are adorable and I'm enjoying all of your great pictures!

Thank you for sharing and I look forward to reading more. popcorn::

Hi! Thanks for posting and for reading along! I'm just getting started. There's a whole lot more coming. :goodvibes

Oh I'm so excited for World Showcase after all your vibrant and beautiful pictures!

OMG WS is so much fun! Especially for eating and drinking! ;) MK is still my favorite place overall but WS comes in a very close second!

[meanmom121]

Oh I'm gonna definitely be a puppet player and not a buyer - because if we buy that will become one the most expensive dog toys I've ever purchased:rotfl2:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh I'm gonna definitely be a puppet player and not a buyer - because if we buy that will become one the most expensive dog toys I've ever purchased:rotfl2:

It took up about 30 minutes of my Disney time but in the end the obsession was over for that trip. More than likely she played with it more then than she would if I had bought it. :lmao:

[tinkgurl]

Don't forget! I'll be looking for it in the TR!

Okay...but I need you to remind me like a few days before I leave! :flower3:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

After playing with the puppets and purchasing a lovely pink umbrella we made our way over to Norway. Kim Possible brought us into the VIking Church (which I never knew until just then you could go inside of!) I know...I know....I can see ya'll laughing. I live at WDW about 30-40 days a year and I never noticed it! Well inside they have a little museum type thing. I didn't read up on it too much. The kids were playing the game and I was in a hurry to get out. It's small and it was full of people. I took a couple of pictures first...

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I really miss the playground they used to have here. I get why they took it away though. However when they moved the entire ship I was baffled! It took so much of the theme away from the area. I miss it. This is all that remains...

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I don't know how Dash missed it all these times but he never noticed the grass growing on the roof tops. He was amazed by this. I couldn't laugh at him though....after all I'd walked past the church a million times and never went inside!

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Gabby was loving her new umbrella...too bad it didn't do any good in the real rain! She could have definitely gotten some good use out of it if it had. This was the only day I allowed her to play with it in the parks. Good thing too. The rain would have ruined it. (Brothers can do that too by the way...:rolleyes1)

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This is the only troll I took pictures of. It's not the prettiest thing to look at in the Flower and Garden festival! What made it cute was the little visitor he had hanging out on him! Check out his nose!

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Nice hair...bird and all...:lmao:

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Back inside the shop for more KP adventures! They like to get ya in the shop with this game. It's funny how the "events" happen near all the cute toys and things the kids want to buy! Disney did that one right! :rolleyes:

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The kids love playing...this was our second game. They did another back in March. I think DS was kind of bored by the end of this one though. It wasn't as much fun with huge crowds of people playing. You'd see the "mission" while waiting in lne to do it. In March only a few people were playing so this only happened once or twice. This time there were groups of people at every stop.

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Check out this handsome fella...

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We were right by the Maelstrom ride so we went on. I think this ride is totally cute. We like it. The Polar Bears are my favorites!

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After the boat ride we actually stayed for the movie! It wasn't so bad. We ended up in the very front row. THAT was bad. You couldn't see good but it worked out. Of course the end of the ride ends up back in the GIFT shop! Once again I survived WS without having to buy viking hats! Yay! Gabby wanted a pic with this guy though...


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Next up ~ Mexico, Rain, Norway again, and a DISmeet!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Okay...but I need you to remind me like a few days before I leave! :flower3:

You know I will! :goodvibes

[dawnbu40]

Great pictures of Norway! We loved KP and did them all but its so funny that we never realized they DO take you into each store! Since we don't have kids we were oblivious to that. That is a good marketing ploy!

[OhioDisneyLover]

Great update!

We saw the kids with the cell phones dong the KP thing. Had no clue what it was and honestly, we were a bit jealous! What about us big kids? :lmao::lmao: It looked like a lot of fun!

[WrightFamily06]

Great Norway pictures ! I didn't know you could go inside the church either , although I do seem to miss a lot for some reason, will def have to check it out the next time were at WDW. The pictures of all the trolls are so cute , some think there ugly but I think there adorable . We love the Maelstrom ride also , last year was the kids first time ridding it and I tricked them into thinking you go over the waterfall. LOL I'm so mean but you should have seen there faces .

[PrincessAlways]

Hi! Just found your TR, so I'm way behind! :rotfl: First thing I could not believe......a gator!!I don't care if it was a baby or not! That would've freaked me out too!!! :scared1: What is it about those puppets?? My nieces love them too! :confused3 The pink umbrella is very cute. I'm sure it has a special place in her bedroom at home. Ok.....I never realized you could go into that church in Norway either!!!!:lmao: Reason for another trip! :rotfl: I was there 5/29-6/2 & luckily there was no rain. It looked like you got a little rest from the rain. :thumbsup2

[kschafer]

I have finally made my way through 2 of your 3 older TR's and thought I should get in on this one before it hits 100 pages!! I'm really enjoying your details and pics!

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Grat update Tammy. The trolls are kinda freakin me out. lol
I have never been on maelstrom:confused3 Dunno why-just never got around to it I guess.

[bentleygirl22]

great update!!!


i sure hope alot of people are not playing when we go to play ... your the 5the person i heard say its not fun if people are on the same clues as you and you see them do it 1st....

[meanmom121]

my kids can't wait to do kim possible and my husband who was really wanting to skip the whole world showcase is now totally on board since there are kim possible missions. I'm sure once he gets his drink on in the world he'll be happier still:rotfl2:

[Cinderelly5507]

The marketing geniuses at Disney knew to put the KP mission next to toys? :rotfl: I agree with Farrah, the trolls freak me out... trolls, clowns, squirrels... they're all the same!:lmao:

I love that your family goes so much, but you still notice new things every time! I think it's one (of many) reasons that your TRs are so good! :goodvibes

[xoktenox]

I've never ridden Maelstrom, gonna hafta hit that next time. I didn't see that troll topiary i dont think. I may have and just forgotten.

The picture of Gabby with the pink umbrella is so adorable! She's a girl after my own heart with a pink umbrella and pink shoes :thumbsup2

[Maureenmouse]

Another great update. Just a few days until we go. i'll have lots to catch up on when we get back!

[pmama]

Hmm, I've never noticed the grass on the rooftops either.:idea: I'll have to pay better attention next time.

[julezdisney]

Once again, great update! Love the tip about the church. And the umbrella is cute and I was already trying to figure out what to say to DD when she asks for one along the lines of NO! But....... shielding her from the sun is a valid need. She just might get it yet! :laughing:

[Me&3]

Great updates we did the KP when we went last . We can't wait to do it again in the countries we choose not to do at that time. DD looks so happy with her new pink umbrella.

[29apr00]

I think my dd would love the KP game! She's only seen KP once or twice, but she was on an episode of Lilo and Stitch and jackie now thinks she's just the greatest! i think she would like the game, but i don't know if it would be too hard for her.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Great pictures of Norway! We loved KP and did them all but its so funny that we never realized they DO take you into each store! Since we don't have kids we were oblivious to that. That is a good marketing ploy!

Thanks. Every mission takes you into the stores...the one in Germany brings you right into the Toy Store (where you get the secret code off the train...) :rotfl:

Great update!

We saw the kids with the cell phones dong the KP thing. Had no clue what it was and honestly, we were a bit jealous! What about us big kids? :lmao::lmao: It looked like a lot of fun!

I saw a lot of adults playing. You guys should have!

Great Norway pictures ! I didn't know you could go inside the church either , although I do seem to miss a lot for some reason, will def have to check it out the next time were at WDW. The pictures of all the trolls are so cute , some think there ugly but I think there adorable . We love the Maelstrom ride also , last year was the kids first time ridding it and I tricked them into thinking you go over the waterfall. LOL I'm so mean but you should have seen there faces .

You're busy watching your kids...you will miss a lot until they're old enough to do for themselves. That's funny. Well, at least you didn't tell them the Polar Bears were real. :rotfl2:

Hi! Just found your TR, so I'm way behind! :rotfl: First thing I could not believe......a gator!!I don't care if it was a baby or not! That would've freaked me out too!!! :scared1: What is it about those puppets?? My nieces love them too! :confused3 The pink umbrella is very cute. I'm sure it has a special place in her bedroom at home. Ok.....I never realized you could go into that church in Norway either!!!!:lmao: Reason for another trip! :rotfl: I was there 5/29-6/2 & luckily there was no rain. It looked like you got a little rest from the rain. :thumbsup2

Hi and WELCOME! Baby Gators have parents and I felt sure they were close behind. That was the worst room ever! Swamp view. Eww! I think the puppets have something in them to lure kids in. I've been in the main China shop before and have seen 30 kids at a time playing with puppets. :laughing: Looking back the rain didn't bother me. The only thing I did not care for was the lightning. The one time it was real bad we just sat in the room for a it and let it pass. Then we had dinner and went to the MK for EMH.

I have finally made my way through 2 of your 3 older TR's and thought I should get in on this one before it hits 100 pages!! I'm really enjoying your details and pics!

Well, which one did you like the best? I think they're all different in some way. I'm just getting started on this one. There's so much more to go.

Grat update Tammy. The trolls are kinda freakin me out. lol
I have never been on maelstrom:confused3 Dunno why-just never got around to it I guess.

For real? You have to ride it at least once. It's a dark water ride. And there's a movie at the end. Trolls are a little scary huh? You know they hide under all the bridges. LOL

great update!!!


i sure hope alot of people are not playing when we go to play ... your the 5the person i heard say its not fun if people are on the same clues as you and you see them do it 1st....

Thanks. I say go over to WS first thing and play. Then the others will be watching you hit the surprise first!

my kids can't wait to do kim possible and my husband who was really wanting to skip the whole world showcase is now totally on board since there are kim possible missions. I'm sure once he gets his drink on in the world he'll be happier still:rotfl2:

Your hubby will like it as much as the kids. Mine did. And like you said...a few drinks in and everyone's comfortable.

The marketing geniuses at Disney knew to put the KP mission next to toys? :rotfl: I agree with Farrah, the trolls freak me out... trolls, clowns, squirrels... they're all the same!:lmao:

I love that your family goes so much, but you still notice new things every time! I think it's one (of many) reasons that your TRs are so good! :goodvibes

Okay trolls and clowns I see but squirrels? They're so cute! Tll me the story...:rolleyes1 Did a squirrel get you when you were little?

I've never ridden Maelstrom, gonna hafta hit that next time. I didn't see that troll topiary i dont think. I may have and just forgotten.

The picture of Gabby with the pink umbrella is so adorable! She's a girl after my own heart with a pink umbrella and pink shoes :thumbsup2

Definitely! Next time you ride. The troll was sort of hidden along the main walkway but next to a little shop. (One of the portable kind)

It was a pink umbrella or no umbrella!

Another great update. Just a few days until we go. i'll have lots to catch up on when we get back!

OMG less than a week!!!!!!! You guys are going to have so much fun!!!! Are you gonna do a trip report this time around? I think you should!

Hmm, I've never noticed the grass on the rooftops either.:idea: I'll have to pay better attention next time.

It's on the roof of the pastry shop. That place has some good food! And drinks. Let me say GREAT drinks!

Once again, great update! Love the tip about the church. And the umbrella is cute and I was already trying to figure out what to say to DD when she asks for one along the lines of NO! But....... shielding her from the sun is a valid need. She just might get it yet! :laughing:

There ya go...just watch out for the umbrella. It hurts when it sticks you. I liked the red one but Gabby insisted on pink.

Great updates we did the KP when we went last . We can't wait to do it again in the countries we choose not to do at that time. DD looks so happy with her new pink umbrella.

Isn't there 6 total? I think we did 3 different ones. I don't know if they'll do it next time or not. The second time they did it this past trip the kids kept fighting. I made them stop. It was driving me crazy!

I think my dd would love the KP game! She's only seen KP once or twice, but she was on an episode of Lilo and Stitch and jackie now thinks she's just the greatest! i think she would like the game, but i don't know if it would be too hard for her.

You probably all would enjoy it. You do the reading part and let her press the mission button. It's all good. I don't think I ever saw the Lilo and Stitch with KP on it. Now that they have the KP game in Epcot I think they should move the characters from DHS to WS for the meet and greet.

[MagicShell]

I am looking forward to trying the KP game. I know my daughter will love it. I want to ride Maelstrom also. We had planned to ride it in Dec. but my son was scared of almost every ride so we didn't even try.

[SoonerGirl]

Hi Tammy. I've been reading along on your December/March TR and I'm loving it, so I followed the link in your siggy to this one. Your F&G pictures are gorgeous (as are all of your pics for that matter), it really makes me want to take a spring trip to check them out!

Your kids are so cute, and your reports are great, thanks so much for sharing!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I am looking forward to trying the KP game. I know my daughter will love it. I want to ride Maelstrom also. We had planned to ride it in Dec. but my son was scared of almost every ride so we didn't even try.

You'll like it. Maelstrom is a fun ride. It's dark so he probably wouldn't have liked it either. Hopefully this time he'll do good. :goodvibes

Hi Tammy. I've been reading along on your December/March TR and I'm loving it, so I followed the link in your siggy to this one. Your F&G pictures are gorgeous (as are all of your pics for that matter), it really makes me want to take a spring trip to check them out!

Your kids are so cute, and your reports are great, thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for reading! I hope to get the other report finished up soon. Every season has something good to offer at WDW. I've tried to get it all on this year. So far so good. We've seen quite a bit. I still haven't tried out the Food and Wine festival. I have to get that one in and then I'm good. :laughing:




Anyone ready for an update!? I'm going to work on it right now!

[kschafer]

Well, which one did you like the best? I think they're all different in some way. I'm just getting started on this one. There's so much more to go.


Boy, tough question. Honestly, since I have only been there once in the last 20 years (I fully intend to change that pattern!) pretty much anything is a pleasure since there is so much I still have to do.

I had to think of you this morning when I heard Gavin on the radio. He is coming to Des Moines in a couple weeks and they were interviewing him. I also found out that his concert is FREE :rolleyes: Only problem is Des Moines is 1 hour from my house in 1 direction and I work 1 hour in the other direction.

[msgrimm23]

im ready cant wait to see what is next

[OneTreeHillAddict]

After visiting Norway we went over to Mexico. It was starting to rain a little off and on. We went inside to finish up the KP mission and to meet Donald Duck! I liked meeting him inside a lot better than outside in the woods. He was more playful today too.

"Peek a boo"

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The kids with Donald...I hate how my pictures look blurry. When I add them to photobucket I make them smaller so it does this. Otherwise they'd each take up a whole page each. :headache:

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Sidney was having some fun...

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And does this remind you of anything? Anyone? (Ya'll remember Chimere's picture from our March trip report?) LOL

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I took a couple of pictures without the flash....I love how it's all dark in here. I really want to eat in the restaurant but I can't stand the menu!

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The rain had cleared for now so we went over to the Mexico stand for some counter service. I don't even remember what Sidney ordered but the kids had the chips n cheese with a chicken tortilla. They only ate the chips with cheese. As soon as Sidney went up to order the rain started to drizzle. I took the kids and ran over to Norway as fast as I could for a table under cover. You could se the rain coming in...and it was going to be BAD! A couple of minutes later Sidney joined us. He barely escaped the start of the heavy rain. It was pouring down and everyone was running up by our table to get out of it. Honestly that was a big PITA when you're trying to eat. Go hang in the church or something. I don't want your kids picking their noses over my food!!! Ugh. :rolleyes:

Anyway the wind started going crazy, the rain was coming into the covered area and it got bad! This one kid started to cry and scream, "Mama I'm scared! It's not supposed to do this at Disney World!?" This kid was about 4 or 5 years old and was hysterical. I had to laugh at how they thought it didn't rain and storm at Disney. It was too cute. Hate to break it to ya kid but they lied when they said it was the happiest place on Earth. It can be but not on this day! Luckily we had finished up our food. By now this rain was pounding in and it HURT when it hit you. It was so bad and it was pouring down. Everyone made a run for the Norway gift shop and I took a shortcut through the bakery. Still got wet but not soaked...and I would have been soaked had I went the other way. You couldn't walk through the store. It was full of people too. (And everyone had left me! Hello!?) I finally catch back up and they're back by where you go onto Maelstrom again. So....guess what we did? We rode it again! It's not like we could do anything else! You couldn't see to walk!

I had been texting with Leeann most of the day. We kept missing one another and we were trying to make a plan to meet up if the stupid rain would stop for 5 minutes! It finally slowed down enough to where you could see and walk again. (However you were walking in about 3-5 inches of water right after this storm! It was a mess!) We were ready to leave Norway. Enough already. We made our way over to Innoventions for a bit. The kids played some games and then we headed over to the Living Seas. Sorry, no pictures. You wouldn't have wanted to pull your camera out either! We rode Nemo and looked at the fish for a bit. Then Leeann sent me a text and we went over to meet them.

They were in the Innoventions we'd just left out of. Gabby and Lindsey hit it off immediately. (Leeann's DD) They acted like they'd known one another forever. It was so cute. They hung out and did some things there. Video games...velcro frogs...the "burning house" fire safety exhibit...and the new Piggy Bank savings game. This was really cute. Sidney took the older kids to play and I stayed with Leeann, her hubby, her baby DD and my babyDS. The little kids were so gentle with their piggy. It was the cutest thing. I do wish I had taken pictures of the kids now. They really had a great time hanging out. The rain just had me in a mood. I was ready to put on a swimsuit and enjoy the parks soaking wet! Surprisingly enough many people did this! I was told once you weren't "allowed" to wear a swimsuit into the parks!?

Anyway...we must have hung out for about an hour. Leeann and her family were so nice. We enjoyed spending time with them. They were leaving for dinner and I was ready to get back to the room and put on some dry clothes. Of course the kids had to ride Mission Space first. It was once again pouring rain outside. Me and Bolt waited for them in the gift shop. Bolt wanted the Space Mickey really bad and would not put him back. We ended up buying him and the lady at the counter gave me a huge plastic bag to wrap around our other stuff and my camera. Water was starting to get under the stroller so this was nice to have. A little while later the rest of the group rejoined us. I was soaked and so ready to go. We were on our way out and Gabby asked for a bouncy ball. She has asked for these since she was 2 years old and since she had her won money and we were headed back to the room I finally gave in and said...do what you want. It's your money! She was so excited. She picked out a Tinkerbell ball. It was really cute but she has not touched it since we've been home. Go figure...:rolleyes1

It was finally time to leave! I was miserable by now and waterlogged too! It was still early in the day though. We still had plans...I just needed to get dry first!

[msgrimm23]

o boy the rain. I stepped in a river pretty much at mk on may 23 at night when the down pour was going on thank god i had crocs on everyone else in my group had sneakers and socks... i hope the rain did not dampin your fun we made a joke out of it

[Goofy22]

Thats sounds like fun! I definitely would have put my bathing suit on and went in the parks! We did this in August our first day it poured we got soaked and went back and put on suitsw/ tanks and shorts over top:goodvibes and off we went again! :goodvibesCan't wait for the rest! :thumbsup2

[pmama]

Oh My, that does sound like a miserable rain storm.:scared1: Makes you feel bad for the families that were on a "once in a lifetime trip".:sad2:

[Lynn5700]

Ugh stupid rain!!!

I know, it is so pretty inside Mexico. I would like to try thr restaurant, but reading reviews and seeing pictures just makes it sound bad, and look bad.

I love the pics you took inside there.

[joy13]

Do you do the thing where you build a fairy and pick the colors and hair and all that. Claire is obsessed with it, but it makes my computer go so slow, so I finally told her it broke. LOL


Yep - that's the one :thumbsup2 LOL - it broke! :rotfl: Luckily it works ok on our computer because DD can get to it without my help, I'd be in trouble :laughing:

[tinkgurl]

Aw! Poor kiddies...thinkin' it didn't storm like that at WDW. I know I used to think it too! :laughing:

[joy13]

That rain doesn't sound too fun :( That was a crazy week!

[Jenna :)]

ah i'm all caught up over here!!

i'm so jealous yall got to go back!! ahhh! i'm enjoying it!

when are yall going for free dining? i'm still trying to convince bobby!

[OhioDisneyLover]

The rain was insane, wasn't it??? Sounds like you had fun though. Yay for DISmeets!

[julezdisney]

Oh my goodness, all that wetness! I'm getting nervous! LOL. But I'm pretty sure Sept is miserably hot and not as rainy?

Im hoping so anyway! :laughing:

[meanmom121]

I love the pictures at night that you took without flash - awesome

so cool the girls hit it off right away.

[Ratpack]

When it is warm in Florida, the potential for rain is high almost everyday. I think what people are seeing now is just excessive. We usually go in July and expect it to rain everyday, but typically it just rains for an hour or so and then the sun is back out.

[DearDaisyinDurham]

Tammy, you are bringing back that rain so vividly! The first night I arrived, it rained. And that night was not so bad, hey, you're in the MK, you make the best of it! But it got old the next day and the next....until I was so GLAD to see the sun after that!! :cool2:

And it is a bit hilarious how everyone huddles in the doorways. Like a big group huddle. :grouphug:

Everytime I look at those velcro frogs, I think, next time we really should do that....:goodvibes

[jenseib]

Love the update. I have been there a fgew times with rain, usually it's a quicky and moves on, but on our last day in 1997 it was an all day one and it got to be miserable and since we had been there all week we decided to leave early since we drove. Last year we had a bit of rain here and there, but nothing too bad for us. The night we went to 1900PF it started raining after we left and we were taking the omonrail overt to MK to catch the bus and it was raining so hard and they were having the Pirate and Princess party. TONS of people were leaving and it took foerever to get to the bus stop. People walked so slow. That was also the night that Claire had been sick most of the day...and so that made it kind of worse.

I think lots of rain like that isn;t normal though. Do you have that in Aug/Sept when you went since that is hurricane season? I know I read one persons experience when a hurrican came through and she said that they didn;t do much, but pop was really good to them.

[WrightFamily06]

You're busy watching your kids...you will miss a lot until they're old enough to do for themselves. That's funny. Well, at least you didn't tell them the Polar Bears were real. :rotfl2:


Your exactly right ! Then when they can do for themselves , they'll be in the no WDW stage . I went through one from about middle school to high school . LOL Then I guess DH & I will have to leave them at home and take a trip by ourselves , so I can take it all in . Yeah , didn't think about telling them that one maybe , I will have to use the Polar Bears the next time . :lmao:

The Mexico pictures were adorable ! I can't believe all the rain you encountered and the part about the people closing in on your meal and there kids picking there noses hilarious ! When we went at the end of May beginning of June in 2007 , we had the same kind of weather , trental down pours almost half of our trip . You hate not to go to the parks though , cause you feel like you are wasting your money but then again it makes your day miserable being wet too! Hope the next update brings sunny sky's !

[Maureenmouse]

Yuck. Rain!! I'm sure we'll get soaked at least one day too! We leave on Friday! Going to Universal on Sat and Sun and start at Disney on Mon. We still haven't met Donald in Mexico. It's always so crowded there and the line to see him is very long!

[PrincessAlways]

Well, that certainly sounds like it was very nasty, miserable, windy, awful, depressing rain strom!!!!! :sad2: It seems like it just wouldn't let up! Your pics inside Mexico were very pretty. :goodvibes

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hey guys! I'll have a May update soon. Meanwhile check out my March (and December) trip reports too. I'm almost done with the March TR. Then I can concentrate on this one. :goodvibes I just updated it with some current pictures of what was once River Country. Thanks for reading everyone.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2044727 (http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2044727)

[leamom2princesses]

It was great meeting you and your family. The girls really hit it off didn't they! Lindsey wants to go back in August so she can hang out with Gabby. I don't think it's in the cards right now because everything we touch is turning to crap lately but maybe December is in the works!

[MagicShell]

I feel really bad for all of you who had to endure all that rain. I know what you mean about needing to change clothes. I hate being wet, and my husband hates it even more than I do. But, I guess being at DW in the rain is better than being at home in the sun.

[xoktenox]

OMG I can't believe the rain! I saw some pictures of it while it was going on the week you were down there, it was crazy! Daytona raceway was like completely under water. That would have definitely put me in a mood. I hope you weren't too far away from the main building at ASSp! I don't remember how close you said you were.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We swam :boat: our way back to the truck and went back to ASSp to regroup. We put on some dry clothes and got ourselves something good to eat.

Gabby decorated the window and took some pictures with her camera. I had cleaned out her bedroom the week before we left and came across a bunch of Disney odds and ends. I was going to throw them all away and then I thought about the windows. Of course every night they'd take the toys out and play with them so I'm going to stick all these toys in a bag to bring along each time. It can be the Disney "toy box".

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While we were at Epcot we bought Bolt his own passport book. The older kids have them already and in March the baby wanted one but we never got around to getting his. These are the best things to get your kids! It starts out as a plain book....it comes with stickers for each WS country. They decorate it however they want. Then you take it to each of the Kidcot stands and they will stamp them with the date. Many times these people will write things inside in their language. It's really cool. We've also used ours for autographs when the kids meet the characters around WS. We were told by Aladdin's group and Sleeping Beauty that we were the first to have those books signed. There's plenty of extra pages inside. We take them along on each trip and they'll make perfect keepsakes one day! They're ONLY 9.95! GREAT deal!

Bolt took this time to fill his book up. He loved putting all the stickers on! Of course I never brought them back out with us this time...didn't want them to get ruined in the rain.

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Here's a funny one of Sidney... :love2:

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Check out our redneck kitchen! Hey....this trip was last minute and I wanted to spend as little as possible.

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Bolt loved his new BFF!

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After we ate and regrouped the rain had let up a little. DHS was open until 10 so we decided to go over for a bit. I did not bring my camera but Gabby brought hers. As soon as we went into DHS it started raining a little and it was lightning too. :umbrella: Nice. We took a right and walked through the shops while the rain passed. The store that puts you out by the Beauty and the Beast show has the cutest adult clothes! When I go back I want to buy a couple of things for myself. You have to check that store out!

The rain finally stopped. Yay! We went over to :darth: Star Tours :yoda: and got the front seat again. I avoided this ride for the past couple of years because I thought it was more shaky. Maybe I was thinking of Body Wars? The Star Tours ride isn't bad at all. You can barely tell you're moving. This time we had other people riding with us so it wasn't so weird.

After ST we walked down the street where they do the Osborne lights. The lightning was getting worse. Rain is one thing but the lightning freaks me out a little. I was ready to go but everyone wanted to ride Toy Story Mania before we left. We were pretty close to it so why not? On the way over we noticed the area where Darth Vader :darth: would be doing his meet and greets. No one was around :tiptoe: so we moved the rope and the kids took some pictures.

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The battery was starting to die on her camera so we went ahead to TSM. The wait was only about 10 minutes. :hyper: It was still nasty when we came out so we started back to the truck. On the way out the kids saw the huge Star Wars billboard and wanted their picture taken by it. I managed to get one more out of the battery.

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Once again I was soaked. The kids had ponchos so they were fine but Sidney and I...not so lucky. LOL When we got back Sidney went to the food court and got dinner. Meanwhile I called Christine (DisneyQuilter) and we talked forever. :hyper2: I can't wait to meet them this Summer. We must have been on the phone for an hour. The rain had been so bad that the football field by our room was flooded! What a sight that was!

I was ready for a good nights sleep...hopefully tomorrow will bring better weather. Or maybe not. :ssst:

[jenseib]

Great update. It looks liek you guys still had lots of un even with the rain. And how cool that the TSM line was so short. One of the benefits of the rain too.

[inkedupmomma]

hey girl! my 2 computers pretty much suck and have gone to pc/mac heaven..for now. so i apologize for not replying often! great new pics! loved the redneck kitchen and totally want a pop tart now! also, where do you get that passport book?? it would make an awesome souvenir for kayla to bring back to show her class!! and i will get brownie points with the teacher ;)

Hope you are well!:hug:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Boy, tough question. Honestly, since I have only been there once in the last 20 years (I fully intend to change that pattern!) pretty much anything is a pleasure since there is so much I still have to do.

I had to think of you this morning when I heard Gavin on the radio. He is coming to Des Moines in a couple weeks and they were interviewing him. I also found out that his concert is FREE :rolleyes: Only problem is Des Moines is 1 hour from my house in 1 direction and I work 1 hour in the other direction.

LOL well you need to go at least once every two years!

Last show I went to was a freebie. And there was a deadly plane crash right after. I hope this time things are a little more enjoyable. I felt guilty about being so happy that night. I drove 3 hours to see him but ended up making a few thousand off of it in the end. ;) I'd definitely go if I were you. He wont be here 'til mid July. More time to lose weight! :laughing:

im ready cant wait to see what is next

:)

o boy the rain. I stepped in a river pretty much at mk on may 23 at night when the down pour was going on thank god i had crocs on everyone else in my group had sneakers and socks... i hope the rain did not dampin your fun we made a joke out of it

I stepped in a lot of rivers...haha. I wore crocs but I have the flip flops that have cloth thongs. They'd get ice cold when they were wet. LOL This trip was a big no no for regular shoes. I bet they were miserable!

Thats sounds like fun! I definitely would have put my bathing suit on and went in the parks! We did this in August our first day it poured we got soaked and went back and put on suitsw/ tanks and shorts over top:goodvibes and off we went again! :goodvibesCan't wait for the rest! :thumbsup2

Hey girl! I didn't have my phone on me today. Didn;t get your text 'til late. Last night it was really stormy here. The wind was bad and the lightning was terrible! The lights even blinked off. I hope it's not going to be one of those kinds of years. :headache: I will be bringing an umbrella with me this time. Raincoats, ponchos, all of it.

Oh My, that does sound like a miserable rain storm.:scared1: Makes you feel bad for the families that were on a "once in a lifetime trip".:sad2:

I know. It was horrible. That little kid was scared to death. I took video...you'll see a storm later. It was like that every day!

Ugh stupid rain!!!

I know, it is so pretty inside Mexico. I would like to try thr restaurant, but reading reviews and seeing pictures just makes it sound bad, and look bad.

I love the pics you took inside there.

I wish they had plain nachos as an appetizer! I'd go in for those and a margarita. Man that sounds good right now. :rotfl:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Aw! Poor kiddies...thinkin' it didn't storm like that at WDW. I know I used to think it too! :laughing:

Well I knew better. Every single time we ever went we'd get at least one rain storm. OMG 10 more days! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That rain doesn't sound too fun :( That was a crazy week!

Um no....ot was a mess.

ah i'm all caught up over here!!

i'm so jealous yall got to go back!! ahhh! i'm enjoying it!

when are yall going for free dining? i'm still trying to convince bobby!

Hey you! I never got codes from you...you gonna send some still? ;)

OMG that would be sooooooooooooooooo cool if you and Bobby came for free dining! My dates are August 23rd - September 5th. Please try and come! If not then try for Christmas....we'll be there Nov 29th- Dec 6. I don't think Bobby needs too much convincing. My guess is he loves Disney as much as you do! :laughing:

The rain was insane, wasn't it??? Sounds like you had fun though. Yay for DISmeets!

I'm bringing a wetsuit next time! Better safe than soaked right? I wish we could have met.

Oh my goodness, all that wetness! I'm getting nervous! LOL. But I'm pretty sure Sept is miserably hot and not as rainy?

Im hoping so anyway! :laughing:

We got storms a few times but it was nothing like this. Good news...FL is no longer in a drought.

I love the pictures at night that you took without flash - awesome

so cool the girls hit it off right away.

Thanks. The girls are total BFF's now...they were so cute. Gabby is like that with everyone she meets. She met Kaylee too and they were the same way. She keeps asking when she can play with them again. It's so cute.

When it is warm in Florida, the potential for rain is high almost everyday. I think what people are seeing now is just excessive. We usually go in July and expect it to rain everyday, but typically it just rains for an hour or so and then the sun is back out.

Yep, this wasn't normal. This was crazy! Hopefully you'll have yourself a nice dry vacation! :thumbsup2

Oh and HELLO to a fellow South Carolinian!

Tammy, you are bringing back that rain so vividly! The first night I arrived, it rained. And that night was not so bad, hey, you're in the MK, you make the best of it! But it got old the next day and the next....until I was so GLAD to see the sun after that!! :cool2:

And it is a bit hilarious how everyone huddles in the doorways. Like a big group huddle. :grouphug:

Everytime I look at those velcro frogs, I think, next time we really should do that....:goodvibes

I know...spread out a little find something to do. Ugh! Velcro frogs rule!

Love the update. I have been there a fgew times with rain, usually it's a quicky and moves on, but on our last day in 1997 it was an all day one and it got to be miserable and since we had been there all week we decided to leave early since we drove. Last year we had a bit of rain here and there, but nothing too bad for us. The night we went to 1900PF it started raining after we left and we were taking the omonrail overt to MK to catch the bus and it was raining so hard and they were having the Pirate and Princess party. TONS of people were leaving and it took foerever to get to the bus stop. People walked so slow. That was also the night that Claire had been sick most of the day...and so that made it kind of worse.

I think lots of rain like that isn;t normal though. Do you have that in Aug/Sept when you went since that is hurricane season? I know I read one persons experience when a hurrican came through and she said that they didn;t do much, but pop was really good to them.

Last year we dealt with four tropical storms/hurricanes during our trip and no, it was not that wet. I live in a hurricane prone area and it's not like that when a storm comes through. It was bad rain....loads of rain....and storms to match. The lightning made me nervous. We made the best of it though. We were at Disney and I wasn't about to let the weather win!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Your exactly right ! Then when they can do for themselves , they'll be in the no WDW stage . I went through one from about middle school to high school . LOL Then I guess DH & I will have to leave them at home and take a trip by ourselves , so I can take it all in . Yeah , didn't think about telling them that one maybe , I will have to use the Polar Bears the next time . :lmao:

The Mexico pictures were adorable ! I can't believe all the rain you encountered and the part about the people closing in on your meal and there kids picking there noses hilarious ! When we went at the end of May beginning of June in 2007 , we had the same kind of weather , trental down pours almost half of our trip . You hate not to go to the parks though , cause you feel like you are wasting your money but then again it makes your day miserable being wet too! Hope the next update brings sunny sky's !

Exactly! You feel forced to go no matter what. Now when we get a bad storm we all say, "I feel like we're in Disney again!" :lmao: It's kind of funny. You should go during the free dining promo next year! Think of the money you guys would save!

Did you friend have a nice weekend here? Did she get to the new Disney store? I need to go back out there. Maybe they got some new stuff.

Yuck. Rain!! I'm sure we'll get soaked at least one day too! We leave on Friday! Going to Universal on Sat and Sun and start at Disney on Mon. We still haven't met Donald in Mexico. It's always so crowded there and the line to see him is very long!

Please do a trip report this time! Gabby would love to read it. You have to meet Donald! He's so much fun. He used to hang out with friends over there but I haven't seen them in a while. Are you packed and ready to go? Ya'll stop by and pick me up. Oh wait...I am blacked out for the Summer. Oh well, next time.

Well, that certainly sounds like it was very nasty, miserable, windy, awful, depressing rain strom!!!!! :sad2: It seems like it just wouldn't let up! Your pics inside Mexico were very pretty. :goodvibes

I just looked over your TR. Looks like you guys had fun! Who was left at the office if everyone was at Disney? :rotfl2:

OMG yes....that week was a wet stormy one!

It was great meeting you and your family. The girls really hit it off didn't they! Lindsey wants to go back in August so she can hang out with Gabby. I don't think it's in the cards right now because everything we touch is turning to crap lately but maybe December is in the works!

:hug: Oh you guys should come back. Do a girls trip. Get Kaylee and Nichole to come too. I want to do a girls trip with Gabby but the boys wont hear of it. :mad: I'm glad we met. I'm sure we would have hung out more had the rain not messed everything up.

I feel really bad for all of you who had to endure all that rain. I know what you mean about needing to change clothes. I hate being wet, and my husband hates it even more than I do. But, I guess being at DW in the rain is better than being at home in the sun.

That last sentence says it all! :goodvibes We were lucky in December and March. We were due for some rain...hopefully it all hit us at once and now we're good for another year!

OMG I can't believe the rain! I saw some pictures of it while it was going on the week you were down there, it was crazy! Daytona raceway was like completely under water. That would have definitely put me in a mood. I hope you weren't too far away from the main building at ASSp! I don't remember how close you said you were.

I saw that too. Sidney was like LOOK AT THE RACE TRACK!!! :eek: The first room they tried to put us in was in the swamp. The one we stayed in was right by the food court and all. We were in the first part of the football section on the second floor. Perfect room. Those rooms were pretty cute! But I HATE the location of the ASR's. They're so far away from everything!

Great update. It looks liek you guys still had lots of un even with the rain. And how cool that the TSM line was so short. One of the benefits of the rain too.

We did. We love TSM. We ride it a lot when we go. I hope to smash Sidney's score one of these days! This time I messed up my arm trying to play too fast. I have issues with the tendon in my right arm.

hey girl! my 2 computers pretty much suck and have gone to pc/mac heaven..for now. so i apologize for not replying often! great new pics! loved the redneck kitchen and totally want a pop tart now! also, where do you get that passport book?? it would make an awesome souvenir for kayla to bring back to show her class!! and i will get brownie points with the teacher ;)

Hope you are well!:hug:

Don't ya hate that? I don't know what's up with Dis lately but sometimes it won't even load. Just dis though. Nothing else. I'll do a reply then the stupid thing freezes and wont post. :headache: Pop Tart...lol. The kids finished those off this morning. They actually lasted a long time huh?

The passport can be bought all over Epcot. They keep them up by the registers. They're so worth the $10! They give you crap about school too? I thought the northern schools were okay with family vacations? I think it's ridiculous how they act when you take a family vacation. They can kiss my FOOT!

We're doing good. Bret Michaels was supposed to play here tonight but he canceled because of the incident at the Tony's. Poor thing. I smell a lawsuit coming on. He rescheduled for August. I guess it's going to be a busy month....Papa Roach, Bret, and Disney! WOO HOO! :woohoo: How's your Summer so far?

[OhioDisneyLover]

The freaking rain was relentless! Half the time I felt like saying the heck with it and not even messing with the ponchos! :scared1:

Another great update!

[tinkgurl]

Well I knew better. Every single time we ever went we'd get at least one rain storm. OMG 10 more days! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lmao: "OMG Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :rotfl:

[kaysmommie]

Your HS pics are really cute! The rain was just awful. We didn't eve ntake that many pics because of it.

[inkedupmomma]

Don't ya hate that? I don't know what's up with Dis lately but sometimes it won't even load. Just dis though. Nothing else. I'll do a reply then the stupid thing freezes and wont post. :headache: Pop Tart...lol. The kids finished those off this morning. They actually lasted a long time huh?
Dis is VERY slow lately! and for some reason neverrr updates me on my own PTR and when people reply! makes me:mad:

The passport can be bought all over Epcot. They keep them up by the registers. They're so worth the $10! They give you crap about school too? I thought the northern schools were okay with family vacations? I think it's ridiculous how they act when you take a family vacation. They can kiss my FOOT!
I can't wait to get those passports!! and actually Kayla's school is VERY cool.. just thought they would be impressed with my mad momma skills if I showed them that she did get an educational experience as well.. i'm just kissin booty lol

We're doing good. Bret Michaels was supposed to play here tonight but he canceled because of the incident at the Tony's. Poor thing. I smell a lawsuit coming on. He rescheduled for August. I guess it's going to be a busy month....Papa Roach, Bret, and Disney! WOO HOO! :woohoo: How's your Summer so far?

I musta missed the whole scandal.. i'll google it:thumbsup2

[29apr00]

I'm just tired of reading about the rain! I can't even imagine what it would have been like! Please please please do not let it rain like that in Dec! Dh would swear off all disney trips in the future if we get rain like that!

[WrightFamily06]

Exactly! You feel forced to go no matter what. Now when we get a bad storm we all say, "I feel like we're in Disney again!" :lmao: It's kind of funny. You should go during the free dining promo next year! Think of the money you guys would save!

Did you friend have a nice weekend here? Did she get to the new Disney store? I need to go back out there. Maybe they got some new stuff.

Is the free dining promo always in August ? We would love to either go when there having the Halloween Party or Christmas Party . Christmas would probably be the first choice . I don't know if we can do it next year though . I plan on going to Maggie Valley , NC w/ the Grandparents and also paying off some bills with our tax return so I don't know if there will be anything left . We may not be able to go back till 2011.

Yeah my Bestie had a great time in MB . They went to the Sun-fest and met Jackson from Hannah Montana . They went to the Disney Store at Broadway On The Beach but didn't get anything and they never made it over to the new Disney Store off 501.

Great update love all the Star Wars pictures from DHS :love: Cute little toys the kiddies used to decorate the window , never thought of putting little toys down there we just used window clings . Too bad it rained like crazy , but you can tell your group was troopers through it all !

If u get a minute stop over and checkout my TR you will find I'm added quite a few things since u last read it :)

[eandesmom]

Great, albeit SOGGY, updates! I'm all caught up. ITA about the adult store by Beauty and the Beast...I almost got a few things there...those hoodies looked dangerous. And pricey and I wasn't sure if I'd really wear them at home. But CUTE stuff!

Space Mickey is so cute! Almost as cute as Bolt. I really hope on our next trip we can spend a serious amount of time in the WS and really "see" it, I always feel like it's rushed, and primarily a place to eat. The boys really wanted to do the KP but with the bigger kids, it just didn't work. Now that they've been once and with a larger group (assuming the big kids even make the next trip) if KP is still there next August, I'm definitely going to try to have the boys do it and get the passports, they'd get a kick out of that.

[creativeamanda]

I can't believe I've missed this much of your TR. Your pictures are awesome and remind me how much I love Epcot!

[PrincessAlways]

Thanks for visiting my TR! Luckily, we work in 2 different departments of the office, so there was no problem. We did have a great time! :thumbsup2 My last trip was a family one. Didn't write a TR yet.

YES......lightning freaks me out too!!! :scared1: I don't blame you for being ready to head for the room. Did you get to ride TSM??? How'd you do? That passporter is pretty cute! That might be an idea for my nieces the next time we go. :thumbsup2

[OneTreeHillAddict]

The freaking rain was relentless! Half the time I felt like saying the heck with it and not even messing with the ponchos! :scared1:

Another great update!

As hard as it was coming down the ponchos would keep you just as wet but even more miserable. After a while it became comical to me.
:lmao: "OMG Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :rotfl:

I'm blocked out 'til Aug 14th!

Your HS pics are really cute! The rain was just awful. We didn't eve ntake that many pics because of it.

Us either. I have about 1800 for the trip report. We usually take three times that many on a trip!

I musta missed the whole scandal.. i'll google it:thumbsup2

You will :lmao:! It's funny. Even worse....on his MySpace page he has these pictures of his face up close posted. I nearly peed my pants. He is so gonna sue them. I would too if they laughed it off like that. Poor guy. It was funny though.

I'm just tired of reading about the rain! I can't even imagine what it would have been like! Please please please do not let it rain like that in Dec! Dh would swear off all disney trips in the future if we get rain like that!

I hope to never see it like that ever again on a Disney trip! Last Summer we dealt with four named tropical systems during our stay and it was nothing like that!

Is the free dining promo always in August ? No this current one is in Aug, Sept, and the beginning of Oct. Last year I got a pin for free dining that lasted all the way through Christmas! We would love to either go when there having the Halloween Party or Christmas Party . The Halloween party starts this year on Sept 4th so we will be doing that on our last free dining day. Christmas would probably be the first choice . We like the Halloween party the best. Both are cute but Halloween is just more fun! I don't know if we can do it next year though . I plan on going to Maggie Valley , NC w/ the Grandparents and also paying off some bills with our tax return so I don't know if there will be anything left . We may not be able to go back till 2011. :sad1:

Yeah my Bestie had a great time in MB . They went to the Sun-fest and met Jackson from Hannah Montana . They went to the Disney Store at Broadway On The Beach but didn't get anything and they never made it over to the new Disney Store off 501. My kids refused to go meet him.

Great update love all the Star Wars pictures from DHS :love: Cute little toys the kiddies used to decorate the window , never thought of putting little toys down there we just used window clings . Too bad it rained like crazy , but you can tell your group was troopers through it all !

If u get a minute stop over and checkout my TR you will find I'm added quite a few things since u last read it :)

I read it all the time. Sometimes I post a comment and it wont go through and Dis freezes up. Makes me crazy. Does it all the time here lately.

Great, albeit SOGGY, updates! I'm all caught up. ITA about the adult store by Beauty and the Beast...I almost got a few things there...those hoodies looked dangerous. And pricey and I wasn't sure if I'd really wear them at home. But CUTE stuff!

Space Mickey is so cute! Almost as cute as Bolt. I really hope on our next trip we can spend a serious amount of time in the WS and really "see" it, I always feel like it's rushed, and primarily a place to eat. The boys really wanted to do the KP but with the bigger kids, it just didn't work. Now that they've been once and with a larger group (assuming the big kids even make the next trip) if KP is still there next August, I'm definitely going to try to have the boys do it and get the passports, they'd get a kick out of that.

Yeah most of that stuff is overpriced...I like it though. OMG....are we not supposed to wear our Disney clothes at home? :lmao: I'm screwed. That's about all I own. :rotfl2:

The passports are neat! The boys would like 'em.

I can't believe I've missed this much of your TR. Your pictures are awesome and remind me how much I love Epcot!

I'm just getting started, really. The first day wasn't much at all and I just finished day two. You're just in time! :thumbsup2

Thanks for visiting my TR! Luckily, we work in 2 different departments of the office, so there was no problem. We did have a great time! :thumbsup2 My last trip was a family one. Didn't write a TR yet.

YES......lightning freaks me out too!!! :scared1: I don't blame you for being ready to head for the room. Did you get to ride TSM??? How'd you do? That passporter is pretty cute! That might be an idea for my nieces the next time we go. :thumbsup2

Yep. We rode. I do okay. I get the beaver. Sidney always beats me though and I have to kick his butt at the game sooner or later. It drives me crazy.

[Goofy22]

Well I knew better. Every single time we ever went we'd get at least one rain storm. OMG 10 more days! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Um no....ot was a mess.



Hey you! I never got codes from you...you gonna send some still? ;)

OMG that would be sooooooooooooooooo cool if you and Bobby came for free dining! My dates are August 23rd - September 5th. Please try and come! If not then try for Christmas....we'll be there Nov 29th- Dec 6. I don't think Bobby needs too much convincing. My guess is he loves Disney as much as you do! :laughing:



I'm bringing a wetsuit next time! Better safe than soaked right? I wish we could have met.



We got storms a few times but it was nothing like this. Good news...FL is no longer in a drought.



Thanks. The girls are total BFF's now...they were so cute. Gabby is like that with everyone she meets. She met Kaylee too and they were the same way. She keeps asking when she can play with them again. It's so cute.



Yep, this wasn't normal. This was crazy! Hopefully you'll have yourself a nice dry vacation! :thumbsup2

Oh and HELLO to a fellow South Carolinian!



I know...spread out a little find something to do. Ugh! Velcro frogs rule!



Last year we dealt with four tropical storms/hurricanes during our trip and no, it was not that wet. I live in a hurricane prone area and it's not like that when a storm comes through. It was bad rain....loads of rain....and storms to match. The lightning made me nervous. We made the best of it though. We were at Disney and I wasn't about to let the weather win!

I hear ya! I actually went to bed early because I couldnt do anything the computer was running crappy and all! So I got your text back in the am! LOL! So have you talked to DQ? Haven't seen her on here in a few weeks. I hope all is well!

[pmama]

Well it sounds like the rain at least cleared out the crowds.:thumbsup2 10 min. for TSM!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I hear ya! I actually went to bed early because I couldnt do anything the computer was running crappy and all! So I got your text back in the am! LOL! So have you talked to DQ? Haven't seen her on here in a few weeks. I hope all is well!

I called her last night....no answer. Emailed her too. No answer. She probably lost her phone again! :rolleyes1 She was ah ite last week.

Well it sounds like the rain at least cleared out the crowds.:thumbsup2 10 min. for TSM!

Yes, that it did. It was super slow 'til the weekend.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We rode this a couple of times and I'm not sure which ride this came from but I have to add it. It's so cute! Sidney used the computer to sign up for the picture and video. I never knew you could do this. Next time I won't make a silly face. Here is the video from the boys ride....

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/th_3d31808b.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/?action=view&current=3d31808b.flv)

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/b0600562.jpg

[Me&3]

We rode this a couple of times and I'm not sure which ride this came from but I have to add it. It's so cute! Sidney used the computer to sign up for the picture and video. I never knew you could do this. Next time I won't make a silly face. Here is the video from the boys ride....

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/th_3d31808b.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/?action=view&current=3d31808b.flv)

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/b0600562.jpg
I love this we did it too. I wish I knew how to put it on the computer:confused3

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I love this we did it too. I wish I knew how to put it on the computer:confused3

I just uploaded it to photobucket. Try it. It's free. :goodvibes If you get it on I want to see. I love that they send you the video and all.

[Me&3]

I just uploaded it to photobucket. Try it. It's free. :goodvibes If you get it on I want to see. I love that they send you the video and all.

I'll try I'm just not good at it. I can't even add my trip ticker to my signature anymore:confused3.

[pmama]

Cool! So where is the computer you sign up with? Is this something you do when you get off the attraction or while you're riding?

[eandesmom]

Yeah most of that stuff is overpriced...I like it though. OMG....are we not supposed to wear our Disney clothes at home? :lmao: I'm screwed. That's about all I own. :rotfl2:


Ok...somehow I doubt that!

But yes, of COURSE you are supposed to wear it at home. Which just makes me really picky about what I do buy. There is a couple of things I wish I would have gotten, as always, but I just try to make sure if I do buy clothing (versus the 20 million coffee cups I have) that I'll wear it and it isn't too "young" for me, my paranoia with the hoodies lol!

But I'm telling ya, if those red minnie mouse sweat shorts are still there...in a year, they've got my name on them!

[Me&3]

Cool! So where is the computer you sign up with? Is this something you do when you get off the attraction or while you're riding?

When you exit spaceship earth you go in to the room where there are different things to do before going outside. there are some kiosks with computers scan through it find you pics. You can email yourself or family and friends.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I'll try I'm just not good at it. I can't even add my trip ticker to my signature anymore:confused3.

Copy and paste 'til it shows up. :goodvibes

Cool! So where is the computer you sign up with? Is this something you do when you get off the attraction or while you're riding?

WHen you get off the ride and you go out by the big screens...there are places there where you fill out the info. These were here when we got home so they sent them pretty fast. Isn't it neat that they sent the whole movie?

Ok...somehow I doubt that!

But yes, of COURSE you are supposed to wear it at home. Which just makes me really picky about what I do buy. There is a couple of things I wish I would have gotten, as always, but I just try to make sure if I do buy clothing (versus the 20 million coffee cups I have) that I'll wear it and it isn't too "young" for me, my paranoia with the hoodies lol!

But I'm telling ya, if those red minnie mouse sweat shorts are still there...in a year, they've got my name on them!

They have cute bags! OMG we have a ton of coffee cups too and I don't really like coffee all that much. :lmao:

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We slept in a little late this morning. I was in no hurry to go out and get soaked again. While Sidney made brunch Gabby and I walked around the resort and took some pictures. This is what you see from our elevator.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st.jpg

The water was gone for the most part but the field was still wet.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st2.jpg

I think we were in the best themed area...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st3.jpg

The hall

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st4.jpg

Where is everyone?

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st5.jpg

The food court and lobby area....

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st6.jpg

Looking back towards our room...

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st7.jpg

This surfer area is cute too but the pool is so ugly. I can't believe they haven't added something to it to make it look better.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st8.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st9.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st10.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st11.jpg

Look how plain the pool is.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st12.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st13.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st14.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st15.jpg

The cement pattern by the pool is nice.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st16.jpg

The kiddie pool. Looks exciting don't it? LOL

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st17.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st18.jpg

SHARK!!!!! Look out!!!!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st19.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/May%202009%20WDW/May21st/May21st20.jpg

I have a bunch more. Just no time to add them tonight. This resort was like a ghost town those first few days. The weekend showed an increase of some people but still it wasn't busy. The parks were but I think it was because of locals coming out for Star Wars Weekends plus the schools were out for the holiday.

Next time we'll see what else All Star Sports has to offer...

[Me&3]

I did copy and paste and copy and paste and copy and paste:confused3. I'm going try again.

[kaysmommie]

All Star Sports look cute! The pools at Pop are better though. I can't believe how empty those pics :goodvibes. I usually don't like value resorts because they are so busy and not relaxing enough for Tom and I. But it looks nice and quiet. Kaylee even said she liked it and she is monorail snob.

[pmama]

I wish I could remember to take as many pictures of the resort like you do. That does look like a fun theming area.

[SoonerGirl]

Wow, looks like you pretty much had the resort to yourselves!

[wdwgirl03]

Fun pictures of All Star Sports! When we stayed there we were in the surf area. Brings back memories from that trip!

[MagicShell]

I enjoyed your pictures of AS Sports, my son would love it there. We have stayed at Movies and Pop, maybe we will try something different next time.

[leamom2princesses]

As always, awesome pictures. It does looks pretty quiet there. We stayed at Sports once but we were by the Might Ducks. It wasn't near as cool as where you were. It was really busy - that was the trip that Joe decided that we wouldn't stay in a value again. I wish he would reconsider but its not working so far. I could do a lot of shopping with the extra $$. :laughing: