Happy Anniversary while singing in the rain @ WDW!UPDATE- Please Help-DO Survey 11/16

[JenAusty]

First things First- I want to say sorry it has taken me sooo long to start this. It seems that ever since we returned home there has been constant chaos and one thing after another.

At first, my plan was to edit all my pictures before I started my TR.. well I'm only at 200 and we have like 900.. soo I guess I'm going to edit as we go. I don't change all the pictures, but I like to make them look the best that they can.. its an annoying habit. Plus, I don't plan on posting all the pictures.. soo hopefully this will make it quicker.

These last couple weekends, DH and I have been constantly going. Over the weekend, we watched his 3 siblings all weekend while his mom was up north at a job interview. They have the internet.. but like theres time to sit down and type. pfff.:laughing:

For those of you that are just joining.. I'll give a little intro of DH and I. If you'd like you can read my PTR. (There's a link on my signature)

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:ccat:Me-Hola!:wave2: I'm Jen! I'm 25 years young.. though I feel old. ;) I'm still a full time student graduating in Spring 2011 for secondary Education.. only 3 more semesters! YIPPY! I won't get into the fact that I've been going since Fall2002 and I'm still not graduated.. we will just skip that part. hehe As for Disney, I have always loved it. Growing up, I loved all the disney movies and held a special place in my heart. My family and I went to Disney World 1 time- but we only visited MK and we didn't stay onsite.. so I don't consider it visiting WDW per say. hehe I feel in love and always wanted to go back.

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:eeyore:DH-Austin but best known as Austy. He an huge UFC fan, and loves playing guitar. He likes to write songs and lyrics.. but not always together and he rarely remembers them later. hehe He also loves fishing! Which just kind of happened over the past 2 years. Growing up, DH only went to FL once, and never to Disney World.


DH and I have been together for 7 years (YESTERDAY!! June 7th:lovestruc) but we celebrated it early obviously.. from May 19th-25th)

Our first trip was Jan. 2005. He liked it a lot. and loveddd Florida.

And we got married last summer 2008.
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So I can truly say now.. Happy 1 Year Anniversary.. although it does sound weird because its not 1 year it 7.. hehe so I've been saying Happy 1 Year Wedding Anniversary! hehe

Ok- for the trip- we were going to celebrate our 1 year Anniversary.. because originally we were suppose to go for our honeymoon last summer and things happened and we had to post pone the trip. We still went to Mackinac Island.. which was very nice! But not as nice as Disney World in Florida. hehe

Ok I'm going to post this.. and then start on the night before we left. idk if will get to WDW or not the first post.. but we made it.. don't worry! :rotfl:

[princess&her4princes]

Hi Jen~
I'm here...can't wait to hear all about your trip!!!!:banana: Btw, GREAT 1st pic of you!!!!:thumbsup2

[JenAusty]

Hey guys- I wanted to repost the "return" posting from my PTR.. So that way anyone that is just joining will get a little fill on the trip. So some of you might of already read this.


We're finally home. and we had a great time of course! Actually I'm not sad to leave Disney World- I was really sad to leave Florida- just because of how much DH and I love it there and want to live there. But with all the rain- the constant running back and forth- being cooped up in our room a lot- not being able to swim much- and so forth- made it less sad to leave.. I was mostly sad when we left MK and my DH said "Bye Magic Kingdom" and I said awww..

There was A LOT of rain and it kind of messed up our schedule but we tried to make the best of it and appreciated the nonrainy weather when it was here. I was talking to this lady in line and she said she comes this time every year and it never rains that bad.. soo I guess we just got lucky.. But on a good note, with rain in all- DH and I had a great time! He told me many times throughout this week that this was the best vacation he has ever been on. We both loved the dining plan, most of out food places, and the stress of not having to worry about food money was awesome! hehe DH said he was thankful for all the planning I did- because our trip was great. So I'm happy! Plus, I was surprised with how long our days seemed. They didn't seem like they rushed AT ALL.. it was weird.. but great!

We did most of the things we wanted- multiple times.. there was only a few things we didn't get to do because of weather. When I start my trip report- I'll give a my thoughts on Pop Century and a few other things..

But just for fun I'll let you all know- My favorite ride was Soarin!!! It was the first time I ever rode it and only got to ride it once this trip.. but it was amazing.. and we were placed in the FRONT seat.. idk if that makes a difference but it was GREATTT! Ok let me load all my pics and edit them and then I'll get started!

I did take pictures of all my food.. I think.. hehe and I took many pictures of scenery and such and I ended up with like 800 maybe.. idk but even though I felt like I was taking pictures constantly.. it didn't feel like a lot but I hear so many others taking like 2000 pictures.. but I tried! hehe I think in the future I won't take as many pictures of the attractions and things.. because I already have them.. but I want more pictures of DH and I.

Also, I officially know that DH is a disney world lover now! Because he said many times during this trip- "we will just have to come back sooner than we thought because of the rain- thats a good enough reason to come back right?" and "we need to try and come back this winter" and "yes i love disney, this place is awesome.. except for DHS- I hate that place" hehe

[JenAusty]

Hey guys- I had almost a whole post on the day that we were leaving.. and then I hit something on the keyboard and it completely erased it.. and idk how to get it back. So needless to say.. I have to retype all of that. So I will do it later.. :headache: I'm sorry!

[tinkgurl]

I'm here girl!

[xoktenox]

Hey chick, I'm here!

[Charleston Princess]

I'm here and looking forward to reading all of it!!! :banana:

[ilovecupcakes]

Hi! I had to click because I figured from your title, you and your husband were there the same time my mom and I were. I sware I didn't know it could rain as much as it did that week. Looking forward to reading more :)

[JenAusty]

I'm here girl!

Hey chick, I'm here!

I'm here and looking forward to reading all of it!!! :banana:


YAY!! I'm happy you guys joined in!! Sorry.. I'm seriously slacking.. and its not my fault I swear! I'm going to post a new one right now! FINALLY!


Hi! I had to click because I figured from your title, you and your husband were there the same time my mom and I were. I sware I didn't know it could rain as much as it did that week. Looking forward to reading more :)

When did you go? We went May 19th-25th.. and yess we have a lot of rain! I mean it was still fun but very wet. I can't lie, I was a little irritated with the rain at the end. But even with the rain we got to do a lot of stuff. But Anyways, I'm glad you joined in! :rotfl:

[JenAusty]

OK Soo.. I am going to try and RETYPE my first post of the night before and day we left. Hopefully it will work this time.

The night before, was actually not that bad. When Austy got home from work we went and bought any last minute thing. I didn't really have to pack because I spent most of the day packing. DH just checked over everything and made sure "I" packed everything he needed/wanted, besides bathroom stuff. After dinner and shopping.. I layed around and reread all of our trip plans, then we watch part of the WDW travel planning DVD, and part of Sleeping Beauty before we both feel asleep. Now I was really surprised with how easy we both fell asleep. But I think that it wasn't as hard because we weren't leaving that morning, we we weren't super nervous about flying yet.

The next morning--
DH got up at 5:30am, I made his lunch and coffee, and whisked him off to work.;) While I laid back down and tried to make myself fall back asleep. After laying there for almost an hour I told myself- look if you get up now the day is going to be even slower, and you are going to be so tired tonight.. and we were going to be flying at night and wouldn't get there til 1130pm. Around 7am I finally fell back asleep and was awake again by 8am.. so I said FINE I'll get up.

My bro came over bright and early because the UFC game was coming out for Xbox360 today (conviently on the same day we were leaving for Disney and DH insisted on me picking it up and him taking it to Florida..pff:laughing:).
So he picked me up and luckily it wasn't busy at all when they opened and there weren't a lot of people there at all. I guess usually there are for new popular games. I was the 2nd one to pick up mine and we were out the door.

The day wasn't to bad because my bro visited me for a bit but the whole time we talked about Florida, Disney World, flying.. etc.. soo it didn't really help. After he left, I posted on dis, loved my doggy who I was going to miss terribly, listened to dtuneslive gadget all day, and waiting for DH to get out work.

Finally 3pm, DH was leaving work.. so I was cooking dinner. I wanted to make something really easy and fast because I didn't feel like cooking, eating or anything I wanted to LEAVE! hehe So I made hamburger helper- the sloppy joe flavored one.. which sounds really gross and I thought eww when DH picked it out but its actually good. so thankgoodness for HH when you need it. When arrived home- it was 4pm.. we had to leave for the airport around 5pm. So we ate, he took a quick shower- I packed his bathroom stuff.. then my dad arrived- we left around 5pm.. we got the airport by 5:30pm. Our flight was at 7:15pm. Now granted we didn't need to be there and hour in a half early.. but they do recommend that and I don't fly at night so I had NO idea how busy it would be. So after we got in, went through security, went to the bathroom, DH had a guiness and a shot of something to calm his nerves.. we went and sat down.. waiting patiently for our plane..

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and one of the many pictures I took while waiting..
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Hello gum.. and fillings.. pff. I hate those. ugh
(Notice how my hair is calm, straight and silky.. this will be the last you will see of this.. hehe and its not my fault).

[princess&her4princes]

Yay, you started...again! You poor thing losing your start the 1st time!! But yay, so happy that we get to relive this with you now!!!:banana:

Your hair looks beautiful! I love it and you guys look sooo excited!!!! Can't wait to hear more!!:goodvibes

[xoktenox]

yayyy so glad you started!! Aren't pre-Disney jitters the worst?! You just wanna get there already!

You guys looks so cute in that picture and your hair looks really good!

[tinkgurl]

Aw you guys are so cute! :cutie:

[Charleston Princess]

Yeay! You're almost on the plane to Disney World!!!

Waiting is the WORST, isn't it???

Is your hair like mine and hates the Florida humidity?

[redlight]

I'm in. Happy anniversary!

[JenAusty]

yayyy so glad you started!! Aren't pre-Disney jitters the worst?! You just wanna get there already!

You guys looks so cute in that picture and your hair looks really good!


Yes they are.. its like when we arrive at the airport I told DH- we are officially on vacation.. and then you sit down and wait and I'm like.. ok maybe not.. because flying is the worst!

Aw you guys are so cute! :cutie:
:cutie:thank you!


Yeay! You're almost on the plane to Disney World!!!

Waiting is the WORST, isn't it???

Is your hair like mine and hates the Florida humidity?

Yes waiting is the worst. It feels like- you get there- you're waiting.. you board the plane- you sit more.. still waiting to arrive.. its just a bunch of waiting around.. hehe

and yes.. my hair doesn't like humdity. My hair naturally wavy.. which I love but its like.. if it rains of humid or anything of the sort- I can't wear it straight. If I do straighten it.. its just goes curly. pff. and it didn't help that it was wet and stuff the whole time. hehe

I'm in. Happy anniversary!

YAY! Welcome! and Thank you! :goodvibes

[JenAusty]

So when I left off, we were sitting at the airport waiting for our flight.

As I was sitting there- I went to the bathroom like 3 times along with Austin. I hate using the bathrooms on the plane and plus I was nervous. NOT as nervous as I thought I was going to be. I was actually more nervous sitting at home.. I had an upset stomach all day.

As I was walking to the bathroom- I glanced over and thought I recognized a these 2 people sitting there. They looked like people I knew in high school and I knew that they got married. But I haven't seen her since high school. I didn't want to stare.. so I just went on my merry little way. hehe

As we were boarding the plane- DH and I sat down and I glanced up and they were standing in the seat in front of us.. IT WAS THEM! I was soo excited to see them! We both immediately said hello but we didn't talk much after that. Its to hard to talk when on a plane because between the noises of the airplane, and the loud but wonderful fan blowing down on me.. its hard to hear. Plus, I was to busy trying to relax and not panic and make sure my DH was ok. So needless to say.. if I could of talked to them the whole flight I would of loved to.. they seemed like they were fine.. they had headphones on but also talked the whole time. DH and I spent most of the time listening the the convenient XM radio..( omgosh I love.. I want it..) and looking out the window. I kept trying to go to sleep.. but it wasn't happening this time..

So we landed in Atlanta.. which took 2 hours.. this irriated me because if we would to fly nonstop it only takes 2 1/2 hours to get there.. no we just flew to Atlanta.. had to wait 35 mins.. and then fly a little over an hour more.. WTHeck! This is the first time we ever flew with it being a 1 stop flight. and left me tell you.. I HATED IT! When I got off the first flight.. I felt pretty good.. my ears popped a little but by the time we got on the second plane.. they were all clear.

For as big as it is.. we got to our destination pretty quick.. but DH and I were winy.. I was starving.. he was tired.. we both hated flying.. We didn't want to get back on.. it was getting late.. OK maybe we were being babies.. but since we both were its ok. So even though DH wanted me to wait to buy anything.. idk why.. because the stores would be closed (I thought) by the time we got to Orlando, I went to the store bought DH some salt and vinegar chips, me some crackers, a diet coke to share and some gummies.

Which I actually wanted to add really quick- I remember asking if we were allowed to take food through security- in our luggage and in our carryon. Many people I talked to said no- they won't let you take it in your carryon- and you're not suppose to have it on the plane. (except what you buy after you cross security). My mom said- she took crackers and stuff with her in her carryon and she was fine.
So I put all my food that was for the room in my luggage- thinking it might be a little easier to sneak.. hehe I actually called airtran and they lady said we could take food on our carryon.. but I wanted to be safe.

But as I was saying.. once we ate the food waiting and on the plane.. we both felt MUCHO better. and we both said sorry about 10 times for being crabby. I also want to say- maybe this is airtran.. but they have A LOT of choices for drinks now.. and even though you still only get the pretzels.. both flights there and back.. we were offered more drinks and stuff.. they didn't use to do that. and all that is free. My mom said when she flew with spirit in Jan. They didn't offer anything for free anymore.

So the second flight was just like the first.. except it felt longer and it gave me a headache and my ears were clogged.. mostly my left one. (which is funny.. last time it was my right).

So we get off the plane and we were EXCITEDDD because we were in Orlando.. no more flying for a week! BUT it was raining like cats and dogs.. downpouring...

So we finally find the ME center.. it took like 2 minutes to go through.. there was like no one around at 11:30pm..hehe So we go out.. and I see the wonderful ME BUT I was excited.. I thought they have TV's! Well we get on..
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Its awesome.. I love the seats.. and they are comfy.. WAY better then the planes.. no one is on it either! hehe It's like we have our own personal bus! hehe Then the bus driver tells us we will be leaving in about 30 mins.. and it will take like 40 mins+ to get there because of rain!! GRRR This is DH at that point-:mad: and here's me:sad1:..hehe we were both soo exhausted and sleepy. The flight takes soo much out of us. So I tried to pass some time and we took a picture. You can see how tired we were here.
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Actually it didn't take that long to wait.. only 1 other family came on.
We left.. even though the ride might of been 40 mins. It didn't seem like it.. and I was comfy.. practically falling asleep on the way there. So we arrive.. still raining.. We go to the front desk.. we were the last ones to check in for the night and they had everything all set to go. They gave us everything and told us how to get there.. OF COURSE WE WERE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE!

So we walk out the side door.. walk through the parking lot.. walk passed and through some buildings.. finally finding our building.. while being soaked.. It seriously sucked! Really bad.
BUT WE finally made it.. and DH said "Stop we have to take our first picture before we go in". hehe This was originally my idea.. but I was so tired I forgot. All I was thinking about was bed time. hehe
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I won't get into the room right now.. but I will say.. OMGosh.. the beds were soo comfy. I slept like a rock.

I swear.. we did have fun in our trip.. it doesn't sound like it from this.. but the plane rides are always the worst.

[princess&her4princes]

What a loong night getting there, I"m with you, no more one stop flights(especially with our boys= nightmare!!), it's too much, you just need to get there!! You guys look great for being tired, nervous, excited and in the rain!! Can't wait to hear more!!!!!:cool1:

[princess&her4princes]

ps- you're going to think I'm a nut...but I love your DH's name....it's my baby boys middle name: Cole Austin, it's such a great name!!:thumbsup2

[Charleston Princess]

Plane rides are the worst, but I am glad that you made it to Orlando safely! Atlanta can be a bear of an airport to catch connecting flights! Did you have to walk far?

Love the pictures of you and Austin at the door of your room! You are finally there is written so plainly on your faces! :laughing:

[lauren_elizabeth]

Count me in for this trip report! You & your husband are adorable :goodvibes The pictures of yall posing in front of the hotel room door are too cute & girl, you look great for flying all night long!

[disneysmiles]

I'm also in on this trip report! I'm excited to see what you and the hubbie ended up doing in WDW. I'm taking my hubbie about the same time 2010 as you went this year. DH said we could go somewhere for a graduation trip and I picked Disney :) I'm looking forward to seeing what fun things couples without kids can do at the parks.:thumbsup2

That is great you practically had the ME to yourself! Did you tip the Driver?

[xoktenox]

Ahh sorry I didnt realize that you posted again! I'm late LOL

Anyway, I'm sorry you guys hate flying so much! We really don't mind it except for the layover. We had one too (in ATL too) and normally it would also take 2.5 hrs to fly straight down for us but with the layover it took over 5 hrs. It stinks!

I'm glad to see you guys finally got to the room and got to get some sleep! :thumbsup2

[JenAusty]

What a loong night getting there, I"m with you, no more one stop flights(especially with our boys= nightmare!!), it's too much, you just need to get there!! You guys look great for being tired, nervous, excited and in the rain!! Can't wait to hear more!!!!!:cool1:

Well thanks.. I guess I'm glad you couldn't see or feel my throbbing headache or sleepiness.. hehe

ps- you're going to think I'm a nut...but I love your DH's name....it's my baby boys middle name: Cole Austin, it's such a great name!!:thumbsup2

hehehe I don't think your nuts. Actually I use to LOVE the name Austin. When I was in high school, I loved the name Austin and I always said if I have a boy-I'm going to name him that- but then my cousin had a baby boy and named him Austin.. so then I thought- can I still name him that?! hehe But then in my last week of high school I met Austin. I was surprised by his name because you just didn't have a lot of older Austin's that much. Now there are a few but still not a ton.. they are still young. But I told Austin it must of been fate for me to meet an Austin.. the name I loved. hehe Now I don't plan on naming my kid Austin.. I don't really care for the whole "junior" thing.. but I guess I got lucky- cause I got an Austin after all. I can't help myself but to sing that country song- "If this is Austin, I still love you" to him.. hehe BUT anywho.. I don't think your nuts! :rotfl:

Plane rides are the worst, but I am glad that you made it to Orlando safely! Atlanta can be a bear of an airport to catch connecting flights! Did you have to walk far?

Love the pictures of you and Austin at the door of your room! You are finally there is written so plainly on your faces! :laughing:

No we didn't have to walk far.. but we didn't know where we were going.. so it took a bit to find it. Yes, that is honestly how we felt.. I'd never been so happy to be at the resort in all my life. hehe

Count me in for this trip report! You & your husband are adorable :goodvibes The pictures of yall posing in front of the hotel room door are too cute & girl, you look great for flying all night long!

YAY! Welcome! I'm glad you're joining! And thanks... I'm glad we didn't look likr we were hit by a train or anything! hehe

I'm also in on this trip report! I'm excited to see what you and the hubbie ended up doing in WDW. I'm taking my hubbie about the same time 2010 as you went this year. DH said we could go somewhere for a graduation trip and I picked Disney :) I'm looking forward to seeing what fun things couples without kids can do at the parks.:thumbsup2

That is great you practically had the ME to yourself! Did you tip the Driver?

YAY! Welcome!! :goodvibes I would of picked the same place for graduation..hehe When I graduate in Spring 2011 I told DH I wanted us to do something to celebrate. I said I would love to go to Disney.. but DH said he wanted us to try and go to a different country.. and we agreed on Greece.. so if we can afford it and make it happen.. then Greece it is.. if not Disney it is! hehe

As for the crowds- it was a great time to go.. there was to much rain for me but I've talked to people that go around the same time I do every year and it never has rained that bad for them.

Ahh sorry I didnt realize that you posted again! I'm late LOL

Anyway, I'm sorry you guys hate flying so much! We really don't mind it except for the layover. We had one too (in ATL too) and normally it would also take 2.5 hrs to fly straight down for us but with the layover it took over 5 hrs. It stinks!

I'm glad to see you guys finally got to the room and got to get some sleep! :thumbsup2

Thats ok.. I'm taking forever to update anyways, so you're not behind! hehe
Well I got some sleep but not so much for DH! hehe

[JenAusty]

When I left off, we had just arrived to our room...

As we walked in.. I wasn't surprised by anything.. it was almost exactly like the room in ASMo as in size, decorating, beds and so forth. The first thing we did was through down our luggage, change out of the wet clothes, I washed my face and tried to get refreshed, and I took some sinus medicine.. then instead of going to bed like I should of.. I decided to take a few pictures of the room.. while DH decided to hook up his xbox and play his new UFC game.. I mean thats what he was so excited about when it came to vacation..hehe
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We always decided what bed we want to sleep in.. idk why but for some reason in each room we have a certain bed which seems more comfortable for both of us.. this time it was the inside bed, away from the door.. last time it was the bed next to the door.. and our room was reversed.. idk we are weird. hehe So DH was sitting on the designated sleeping bed. hehe

Here's some pics I took.. there will be more of the room as the trip goes by...
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I was actually pretty disappointed with the bathroom theme.. it felt soo boring and plain to me. I lovveee the ASMo bathroom that is black and white and all the stars.. I mean a bathroom is a bathroom but I was thinking.. come on this is Pop Century.. there is soo much they could of done to add a theme or color.. geess. hehe
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I had to take a picture of the clean table and our folder! hehe Because I know it won't stay clean like that for long..
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I had to take a picture of our anniversary pins and new key's to the world. I was excited because they put the pins in our folder of information.. I love how disney pays attention to the little things! Sorry I had to erase the names and stuff.. idk just for privacy in case there are crazy people or something..hehe

After I took pictures, I took out our outfits for the next day and sprayed them with wrinkle releaser.. which smells so good and I love, I hung them up, set my phone alarm to hakuna matata and then crawled into bed.. and OMgoshh.. the bed was soo comfortable. I was a pillowtop mattress.. and it wasn't stiff so I felt like I just soaked right into it.. :goodvibes It was amazing.. I fell asleep almost instantly, even though I figured I wouldn't.

DH laid next to me and played UFC for at least another hour.. I think he played longer but he says he didn't.. he finally went to sleep.

[JenAusty]

So the park didn't open until 9am on Wed. and so I set the alarm for 7:30.. thinking it wouldn't take us long to get up and around and we could still get there by 9am for the rope drop.. phaahahaha:rotfl2:

So 7:30am.. "Hakuna Matata..." Of course DH didn't do anything about it.. so I got up..walked around the bed and turned it off.. I was freezing because we had the air setting to low.. I crawled back in bed and of course fell asleep.. I finally got up around 7:50am and got right into the shower. I loved our shower, the water pressure was high, the flow of water was great, and it was always hot for a long time.. hehe I'm a big one of shower heads and stuff.. I hate shower that aren't high pressured.

I get out get dressed.. start getting around.. stupidly decided to blow dry my hair straight.... and then tried to wake up DH.. eventually after about 20 mins he got up.. and stood in the shower.. til basically I was done getting around.. thankfully he doesn't take long to get ready. Around 8:45am.. we walked out the door.. with out breakfast bar in hand and because he was rushing me I forgot our schedule of things we wanted to do, our dining resse time, and everything.. :eek: I at first started to panic.. then I thought.. its ok.. its not the only day we have a MK and I can just call for our dining resse's.

Waiting for the bus didn't take long, and when we arrived I was sooo excited! I kept saying "We're here Austy at Magic Kingdom" and then when we entered on Main Street.. I must of said "I love Disney World" about 100 times.. and DH kept laughing at me.. hehe I go have pics in front of castle and stuff from the photopass- I'm ordering the pics on Thurs. and as soon I get them I'll post them.

Of course as soon we got there Austy started wining about being hungry.. I of course had to say "I told you we should of bought more food but Nooo. "we won't need it" hehe

Since I didn't have my plans.. I just said lets do whatever.. and we headed to Frontierland..
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We decided on Big Thundar Mountain Railroad first!
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Day 1- us waiting in line.. which lasted like 5 mins. And I decided that while on this ride- we would take funny rollercoaster pics.. since many of the others you can't.
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OK this ride is great.. I almost forgot how great it was. I mean I know that I liked it but it just seemed better than it was before.. maybe it was because it was my first ride at Magic Kingdom!! idk!

As we headed out of BTMR, we walked pass...
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and this being DH's fav.. of course we had to go on this. I kind of didn't want to yet because I was afraid it was going to rain at any minute and didn't want to get wet.. only to get wet again..hehe

Next up, Tomorrowland...Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, Buzzlightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and our first Snack credit of the trip!

[princess&her4princes]

Yay!! You're there and at MK!!! Can't wait to hear more...cute pics on Big Thunder!!!!:thumbsup2

[xoktenox]

Hey girl! I'm glad to hear you slept well, that mattress sounds really comfy! My BF would stay up playing video games too, same like your DH LOL

You're at the MK, yayyy! I think its a good idea to head to Frontierland first too! Most everyone heads right first so I prefer to go left. Good choice and love the BTMRR pics :thumbsup2

[Busymom85]

Good start. Look forward to more.

[Charleston Princess]

Love your funny pics on Big Thunder -- I never manage to keep my eyes open to do anything remotely like that! :laughing:

[dd50]

Great trip report! Sounds like your trip is off to a good start now that you are off the plane.

[redlight]

I enjoyed the Big Thunder pictures. I'm the same way about shower pressure!

[disneysmiles]

You. Are. A. Genius.

I can't believe I have never taken pictures on Big Thunder after seeing yours. What a fantastic idea, and one that I will def need to do on my trip.

[JenAusty]

Great trip report! Sounds like your trip is off to a good start now that you are off the plane.

Yes it was off to a good start- especially because we were at MK.. which is my favorite park!

Yay!! You're there and at MK!!! Can't wait to hear more...cute pics on Big Thunder!!!!:thumbsup2

Thanks!! I think I will definitely continue to do this in future trips.. its fun.

Hey girl! I'm glad to hear you slept well, that mattress sounds really comfy! My BF would stay up playing video games too, same like your DH LOL

hahah well actually I'm glad he had it- so he didn't go crazy when it was raining and we were sitting in the room.

You're at the MK, yayyy! I think its a good idea to head to Frontierland first too! Most everyone heads right first so I prefer to go left. Good choice and love the BTMRR pics :thumbsup2

Well I love frontierland.. idk why. I told DH that this is one of the favorite lands in MK.. he always agrees..

Good start. Look forward to more.

Thanks! I'll try to get another update before the holiday weekend.

Love your funny pics on Big Thunder -- I never manage to keep my eyes open to do anything remotely like that! :laughing:

hahaha thanks! this ride isn't scary or to much for me at all and I think thats why I love it soo much..

I enjoyed the Big Thunder pictures. I'm the same way about shower pressure!

Thanks! Well then you would of liked the shower! It alway felt awesome early in the morning when I was throwing myself out of bed.. hehe

You. Are. A. Genius.

I can't believe I have never taken pictures on Big Thunder after seeing yours. What a fantastic idea, and one that I will def need to do on my trip.

hahaha well thank you! I guess I'm a think on the fly kind of genius because I decided it right when we sat down to ride it..hehe



Hey Everyone! I just wanted to let you know I am going try and fit in another update before the 4th weekend. I am going upnorth (northern MI to the U.P). This weekend we had a yard sale- we made $150 bucks.. so I was happy. Then Sunday I went on my dad's boat on the lake, and then today I went to the beach with my mom until it started to get rain clouds. and I just found out today that my best friend who lives in FL will be here tomorrow.. soo I'll prob spend a lot of time with her now that its summer and no school. But I will try!! Thanks for being patient!:wizard:

[JenAusty]

Sorry it has taken me so long to reply. It just this summer is out of control with busyyness.. my gma was in town, my best friend is in town for the month, we went up north for the 4th, over the weekend- I had an open house, a cookout at DH's Aunt and Uncles, UFC night, a church thing with DH's mom, and this week my mom and I are planning my dad's surprise 50th bday party. It's actually this weekend on sunday 19th. On saturday, I have a state exam and I'm freaking sooo nervous. My best friend just took it and said that it was way easier then she expected especially the math but I'm still nervous. So I'll be studying for it this week to.

It's like every time I think the post on DIS, I think well I don't have time to write along one, or a detailed one and now I'm worried I won't remember everything. SOO what I decided is that I am going to start posting updates- even if they aren't super detailed- evne if they are mostly pictures and only a few words- just to get the ball rolling and that way if I have time to post a long detailed one I will if not- oh well. I can't believe I went in May and still haven't finished it. hehe But anyways.. here's another update finally.

Ok when I ended last time- we had just got done with Big Thunder Mountain- and we were debating going on Splash Mountain- which DH soon figured out is his all time favorite ride besides one other- which I will share when we get to it.

Again, I didn't have my schedule for the day-so we were just kind of going with the flow and heading anywhere we felt like at the moment. We decided to go to Tomorrowland.

Of course, DH was still wining about being hungry- so I said fine lets fine somewhere to use our snack. We ended up going to "The Lunching Pad" and DH was so excited because they had Turkey legs- but then he realized that, that wasn't a snack credit because it was sold with other items. We both decided on Cream Cheese Pretzels! Which are sooo very yummy!
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The first ride we went to was Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin-
This was while we were "walking" in line because the lines were so short that we didn't have to wait at all.. I was happy of course- but also kind of sad- because I didn't get to really see the cool sights while you wait in line.
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and this is our score at the end..
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hehehe thats right DH beat me.. by a lot. If you can't read it his was 49400, and mine was 2300... hehehe it was only our first time- and I felt like it didn't shoot right- definitely don't as good as the toy story attraction.
Next we headed to Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor- which I was super excited about because I love these characters.
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In the TV is actually the secretary- I can't think of her name right now.. but she is reading a news paper. I loved this part of "in holding" I guess, cause this lady is hilarious.
my mickey toes waiting patiently..
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and this is right as you are entering.. I literally took it while walking..hehe
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This was the first time DH and I seen this attraction and its definetly a must see.. :thumbsup2:thumbsup2I do have to say we were both nervous to be called on- but after we realized they call on the same people over and over- I felt safe. hehe It also helped that all the people that were chosen we all goofy and into it. hehe I truly felt like we were interacting with the characters. I wish it was longer though. hehe


As we headed out Monsters- we were happy to see that it still wasn't raining and we got to hear wonderful music-http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/ynnej02/029.jpg

We decided to go and get something to eat. So we headed to Pinocchio's Village Haus! Our very Favorite quick service place idk why.
Before we went we decided to get fast pass for Winnie the Pooh- cause heck- even though we didn't care for it much last time- we decided to give it another try. AND as we received our fast pass- guess what else we got-
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SURPRISE FASTPASSES TO DISNEY PHILHARMAGIC!! I told DH too do his surprised face! hehe I was really excited because I guess they usually do have them or something but they were doing them that day- maybe it wasn't busy enough or something. I told DH- It's our first surprise on our very first day! :rotfl:

It was actually really funny because when he put in his fast pass- 2 of them cards came out and he was like what the heck I got 2- and then he did mine and I got 2- and we were like it must not be working right and then I looked to see if they times were different or what and seen they were surprise fastpasses! hehe it was funny.
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As we entered Pinnochio's- I was surprised by what I seen... idk if I forgot about this or if they changed it when they were remodeling last time on It's a Small World- but you can actually see into the attraction from windows in the restaurant! I wanted to sit there but DH said no. :sad2: He said "You will see it soon enough" Can you tell he wasn't super thrilled about the attraction..hehe
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I got the Chicken Breast nuggets with fries- an ice tea and my dessert was Strawberry Cheesecake, DH got Individual pepperoni pizza with tossed salad, his dessert was chocolate cake. He also got ice tea. My nuggets were very yummy.. I tried like every dipping sauce they had. hehe I actually got the 8 nuggets instead of the 6-thinking hey it doesn't cost anymore why not. But then I found out- there was no way of eating all of it. hehe

[JenAusty]

Here are some more pictures of the attractions we did after we ate lunch!

First Mickey's Philharmagic:
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Us ready and waiting!!!
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OK- I must say- This attraction is by far by favorite show besides The Lion King at AK. Honestly, with all the songs they use, how great pictures our, the characters interacting with Donald, the winds blowing in your face, the smell of sweet pies.. this attraction touched me like no other. It was like it truly made me realize just how much I love disney and why. idk how to explain it.. it was truly magical I suppose. DH also loved this very much. Later we go to this attraction again and I had the same feeling. It's amazing.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh- which I will say is better than last time but still not one of my favorites. I do like how the pot moves around -up and down as if its all bumpy and stuff. hehe
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Snow White's Scary Adventures:
This band played while we waiting in line.. and guess what they were playing.. Supercalifragalicous from Mary Poppins! I told Austin- they must of known I love Mary Poppins!! hehe I was singing and dancing to it and DH just laughed at me.. and gave me that look "I love you but idk why" hehe:laughing: I told him "Hey I'm in disney world I can sing and dance and act like a fool-no one cares..hehe"
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Finally- The long awaited- It's a Small World!!
The smiley clock while waiting in line..
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The Irish for my hubby!! :lovestruc
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Next up- finally a sunny picture of Cinderellas Castle, back to our room we go, and then our first dinner at Cape May Cafe!! yum.

[princess&her4princes]

Great update Jen! Summer is a hard time to DIS, I'm having the same problem!! Especially when the sun is shining!!:thumbsup2 Hope youre having fun, at least!!! And good luck with your exam!! I forget, what do you do again for work?

Do I spy a Mickey tat on your ankle? Love it!!! Very cute!:cutie:

Hope youre well!!:goodvibes

[xoktenox]

OMG the little band playing Mary Poppins, thats so cute! I totally know what you mean about just acting however and not caring...you can act like a kid and just be carefree and happy in WDW and no one will look at you funny or think anything of it. One of the many reasons I love it and its so magical there :wizard: :cloud9:

Do you have a Mickey tattoo on your ankle? I googled "mickey tattoos" a while ago and found one I really like that I think I'm going to get soon!

[JenAusty]

Great update Jen! Summer is a hard time to DIS, I'm having the same problem!! Especially when the sun is shining!!:thumbsup2 Hope youre having fun, at least!!! And good luck with your exam!! I forget, what do you do again for work?

Do I spy a Mickey tat on your ankle? Love it!!! Very cute!:cutie:

Hope youre well!!:goodvibes


Actually, right now I'm looking for employment I was coaching and stuff but then we moved only to find out we are going to move back closer to where I go to school. I just had an interview for a teen center- its like an extended school thing- to be an instructor. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is. I'm going to school for secondary education. Next semester I start my teaching stuff. My exam is the state basic skills exam- I have to have it to start the college of edu. I feel like its a "if you're smart enough to be a teacher" exam.. which is pretty much what its testing. I'm only worried about the math section but my best friend just took it in Florida and she was helping me with the math stuff. Yes that is a mickey tattoo.. its actually minnie and mickey with hearts around them. I got it on our honeymoon- it represents Austin and I and my love for disney of course. I actually drew it up and they did exactly what I drew- I kind of wish they would be redone it a little traced something.. but if you go to my ptr its on the first page I think. I'm actually planning on changing it a bit. Idk exactly what but I want pixie dust kind of surrounding it and starting from around my lower ankle... and I might change the girl mickey to black with a red bow. I don't want faces or anything- I like the simplicity and I like that it was something I created but it not exactly what I wanted.

OMG the little band playing Mary Poppins, thats so cute! I totally know what you mean about just acting however and not caring...you can act like a kid and just be carefree and happy in WDW and no one will look at you funny or think anything of it. One of the many reasons I love it and its so magical there :wizard: :cloud9:

Do you have a Mickey tattoo on your ankle? I googled "mickey tattoos" a while ago and found one I really like that I think I'm going to get soon!

Yes, I do have a mickey tattoo on my ankle... princess&her4princes just asked me the same thing.. so I'll just copy what I said! hehe
"its actually minnie and mickey with hearts around them. I got it on our honeymoon- it represents Austin and I and my love for disney of course. I actually drew it up and they did exactly what I drew- I kind of wish they would be redone it a little traced something.. but if you go to my ptr its on the first page I think. I'm actually planning on changing it a bit. Idk exactly what but I want pixie dust kind of surrounding it and starting from around my lower ankle... and I might change the girl mickey to black with a red bow. I don't want faces or anything- I like the simplicity and I like that it was something I created but it not exactly what I wanted. "

Also... finding mickey tattoos online is kind of hard to find.. I found they are pretty much all the same.. If I was you- I would pick a picture or something you like that disney and just kind of change it a little to make it fit you. Or tell the tattoo artist what you're looking for and if they are good enough they can add stuff for you. Good luck with your disney tat! ;)

[JenAusty]

Ok..so I left off last time showing pics from attractions that we went too. I don't if I stated this earlier but when we left the room that morning I forgot our dinner resse time.. I knew where it was just not the time. I finally asked a CM if there was a way I could get the number to "Cape May Cafe" and she said I could use the phone operator--.. so we finally walked to the phones up front because I couldn't find any Customer service desk or anything.. only to find out that the phone wasn't working right... we went to the phones at the right time because right after that- out of nowhere is started downpouring.. even though it was sunny out still- no sign at all. Of course that FL for you. hehe So we decided that since we had no luck we would go back to the room, figure everything out, hopefully wait out the rain and go back after dinner!

Here is the picture I finally got walking to the phone- while it was finally sunny outside..for a split second before the rain!
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As we got back to Pop= I decided that I was going to take a few more pictures.. while DH did this of course---:laughing:
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Here are some of the pics I took...
Another of the bed.
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Here is a close up of the picture on the wall.
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our room number again.. so we would never forget it:goodvibes!
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The side view from our room.. and yes it stopped raining for a bit. but still gloomy.
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Of course our refillable mug! We actually forgot to buy it til we came back to rest. and I had to get the mickey straw.. which we didn't get charged for;) idk why.
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Actually I have a question- if you buy a mug from a previous trip- can you take it to the same resort in the future and use it? Because I swear I seen tons of families doing that. At first I actually seen a mug that said Pop Century- it was a yellowish orange and I wanted that one- and wondered where she got it from.. but as the trip went by I seen multiple ones.. and I noticed the only ones the resort was selling was the one I had in different colors.. soo I knew that since they were from different resorts and stuff that they must be old ones. BUT it says that they are for the use of refills at the resort your staying during your stay.. not forever.. hehe Can you help me with this?!

Finally, we left for our dinner resse at Cape May Cafe at the Beach Club Resort.. which I will say I loved it. I loved the colors, the decor, the whole themed apealed it me.. but DH didn't like it at all. He said there was nothing special about it. He said it was nice but it wasn't worth spending more for. He also said he felt people were acting snobbish.. I didn't see that at all though. I said- its probably because were young and look young- and most of them were older- maybe they think were hoodliems or something hehe idk.
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We were sitting on the circle bench that has flowers in the middle- I tried to get them in the background didn't work out. Oh well. This is where the water look steps in. hehe my wavy natural-always wet style! hehe
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Our food...
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Some of the dessert. The chocolate bon bons were awesommee.. they were oreo cream. It was like heaven. It was my favorite of all the desserts. Austy had one that had some type of liquor stuff in the middle and that was his favorite.
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As for the food- if you haven't ate there its a buffet style- and all the food I tried was amazing. I must of had like 3 plates filled with different stuff- I wanted to try everything. I figured its all included I misewell taste it all. We even tried the clams in butter- which ok- the little buckets you put them in are cute but it took a lot for me to try them but once I did.. they were good. Not my favorite but good. hehe DH liked them a lot.

After dinner I had to take a picture on the bridge- it was so pretty with water and everything.
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While we were waiting to eat- it wasn't raining and kind of sunny. Then when we got done it was really gloomy and looked like it was going to rain. It was around 6:30-7 so we decided just to head to DTD for a little shopping and relaxing and if it started raining hard we would just go back to the room.

Here's some pictures of the shops and stuff while we were there..
You can tell by the pictures how gloomy and dark it was.. and I actually tried to lighten some of them. hehe

Sadly, I couldn't find a cheerleading shirt this time.. idk if they moved that stuff but we never went back to recheck:sad1:
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One of my favorite stores of all..
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Austy with his spiffy raingear from disney! We bought a poncho and umbrella.. which both broke before we left. pff. oh well.
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Where I wanted to eat but didn't get a chance. maybe next time. I love this place.
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[JenAusty]

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House of Blues we didn't eat at.. but Austy went into the store and he said next time we have to eat there- I agreed. :thumbsup2

We did go to DisneyQuest for a little bit. But everyone one and there brother had the same idea.. hehe so it was really busy. One of thing that I noticed that had changed since we went last time- was in the cafe area- all the tables had laptops with games and stuff. That was really cool.. to bad no one would move so we could try. But we tried the virtual reality one- where you shoot at bad guys.. idk what its called- but the helmet hurt my head really bad and wouldn't stay on right. We also played a few other games but it was so hectic and we both decided to try and come back another day..

As soon as we left DTD is was raining cats and dogs and I soon found out that I hate the feeling of being wet- sitting squished with people- in our ponchos.. it just grosses me out. hehe But I had to get use to it!

When we left we went back to the room.. of course it stopped raining but we had enough with buses for one day- so we went back to the room got dried off- and took a few pictures of the resort.

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Will we get to swim at all this trip?
Go to waterpark?
Get a tan??
Or have a full day of no rain??

Hmm.. we will see. ;)

Next up.. the start of our 2nd day! Thanks for keeping with me guys!

[dd50]

Sorry you got all the rain. That really doesn't help.

[xoktenox]

Yes, I do have a mickey tattoo on my ankle... princess&her4princes just asked me the same thing.. so I'll just copy what I said! hehe
"its actually minnie and mickey with hearts around them. I got it on our honeymoon- it represents Austin and I and my love for disney of course. I actually drew it up and they did exactly what I drew- I kind of wish they would be redone it a little traced something.. but if you go to my ptr its on the first page I think. I'm actually planning on changing it a bit. Idk exactly what but I want pixie dust kind of surrounding it and starting from around my lower ankle... and I might change the girl mickey to black with a red bow. I don't want faces or anything- I like the simplicity and I like that it was something I created but it not exactly what I wanted. "

Also... finding mickey tattoos online is kind of hard to find.. I found they are pretty much all the same.. If I was you- I would pick a picture or something you like that disney and just kind of change it a little to make it fit you. Or tell the tattoo artist what you're looking for and if they are good enough they can add stuff for you. Good luck with your disney tat! ;)

That's such a cute idea for a tattoo!! I can't wait to get mine. I found one that I kind of like but it looks cheap. I go to an AMAZING tattoo artist so I'm probably going to bring him what I found and have him change it up a bit. He'll make it sick, he's seriously so good.

Loved the update! Sorry you guys got hit with so much rain! We definitely want to eat at House of Blues next time we go. It's not on the DP so we'd pay OOP but Chris was like obsessed with the place and I heard good reviews of it too. Great pictures! I like Austin all dressed up in his rain gear HAHA figures the Disney umbrella would break on you after you spent your life savings on it :rotfl:

[JenAusty]

Sorry you got all the rain. That really doesn't help.

hehe thats alright, we get a lot more. But we still had fun. I try to look past all the soggywetness. hehe ;)

That's such a cute idea for a tattoo!! I can't wait to get mine. I found one that I kind of like but it looks cheap. I go to an AMAZING tattoo artist so I'm probably going to bring him what I found and have him change it up a bit. He'll make it sick, he's seriously so good.

Loved the update! Sorry you guys got hit with so much rain! We definitely want to eat at House of Blues next time we go. It's not on the DP so we'd pay OOP but Chris was like obsessed with the place and I heard good reviews of it too. Great pictures! I like Austin all dressed up in his rain gear HAHA figures the Disney umbrella would break on you after you spent your life savings on it :rotfl:

I wish that I could go to your tattoo guy! I'm trying to find someone good near me.

Yeah, we actually got to exchange the umbrella- but I figured its prob just going to break again so we just returned it.. and luckily, it didn't rain the remaining time there. hehe

[disneysmiles]

I like the mickey straw :) I can't believe that food is buffet, it looks so yummy!

[JenAusty]

I like the mickey straw :) I can't believe that food is buffet, it looks so yummy!

Yes it was a buffet.. At first DH was kind of upset because of all the "buffets" cause he's usually not a fan. He says some places are good but he doesn't like the idea of food sitting for long periods and stuff.. but we got there right when they opened. We had the first resse for the dinner that night- and the food was fresh, hot and delicious. I didn't want to be full when I was. hehe.

[JenAusty]

Hello. I woke up this morning and while laying in bed was thinking over the month and how busy I have been but also how much fun I have had. I have been really stressed the last couple of weeks because of many things and I woke up feeling a little refreshed today- idk why I just did. So for some reason I felt like recapping my month for you guys! Since I never shared any pics or anything.. because of my busyness.

The July 4th weekend- which was also the first weekend in July- Austy, his bro JJ, gf Amanda, and our friend Dave went upnorth. Now I think most of up you know- but maybe not- we live in Michigan- so we went to Northern Mich- actually it was the U.P (upper peninsula) pretty much as far up north as you can get before you cross the water to Canada. hehe. The Cities we visited were Sault Ste. Marie, Paradise-Tahquamenon Falls, and Whitefish Point. We were only up there from Friday morn. to Sunday morning- so we did a lot of running around and driving but it was fun. We were about 5 hours from where we live.

We left around 3:30am- and drove straight thru with no traffic problems. We arrived there around 9:30 am-We stayed at campground in town in Sault Ste. Marie. and I kept telling Austin- we can't check in until 11am. Check in is actually noon but she said we could arrive at 11 and possibly check in early- it was to early. But DH being a man and everything- had to do things his way. So he went in the office and came out and said "HA HA- we can check in". pfff:rolleyes: Because a couple that was on our lot- left early they had time to clean up and it was ready for us! yay.
After we sent up our tents- we decided to explore the campground, and then we all went to sleep for like 3 hours. hehe.

It was a really small campground- but it was nice. We were right on the water between Canada and MI, and you could see Canada- at night it was pretty. Of course since we were soooo far North- and right on the water its colder than where we live and on Friday it decided to be super windy and cold. So we sat around the campground most of the day- and I thought- no swimming or tanning for me. I was pretty upset because at home it was almost 80 degrees. This happened when we went to Florida to.

All the pics are taken from my phone camera- because I forgot my camera. So some are blurry but others are really good.
Here's some pics from the weekend.
Crossing Mackinaw Bridge (I wanted to turn around and go to Mackinac Island.. hehe)
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Sault Ste. Marie:
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During the 4th of July parade- this was the smallest parade I've ever seen. But it was cute.
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Tahquamenon Falls:
Warning: If you like Nature- you might just fall in love.:lovestruc
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Whitefish Point:
This beach is also amazingly beautiful!
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[JenAusty]

Whitefish Point Cont..
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By the way, as you can see Saturday (the 4th) was actually warm- woo hoo. Of course I wore pants and was hot all day. But by the time we got to Whitefish point- it was cooled off and kind of chilly- so no swimming.
Overall, the weekend was fun, I love camping, campfires, smores, roasting food on the fire, being out in nature, relaxing.. the only thing I missed was my maggie pie. Now I wish I would of brought her- but my parents had a nice weekend with her.

On the second week of July- was Maggie's 2nd Birthday- the 6th. I bought her a couple different bones- in vanilla and peanut butter of course- which are her favorite and some peanut butter biscuits. I also finally had my first interview of applying of 100 places for a job near my college. Over the weekend we had Austin's cousins open house- the food was yummy and it was good to see his family who live so far away.

The 3rd week in July, I had another interview for another place,actually 2 and then during the weekend (19th) was my mom's 48th bday but it was actually my Dad's surprise bday party- which went well.. we barely had everything ready when he showed up- but it went good and he was surprised.
Happy 50th Birthday Daddy-o!:goodvibes
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The cake was a fisherman caught in his fishing line.. hehe and when my dad seen that- he said "thats not me- thats Austin" hahahaha :laughing:
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This week I got a call from a school- and got the job. woo hoo! My first teaching job! It's not a regular teacher because I'm not graduated yet- but its an after school instructor. I'm super excited. I will have lesson plans and such similar to teaching.

Then this weekend was one of my best friends from high schools wedding. When we were seniors- we made up this saying "JREJAK" which stood for Jamie, Rachel, Erica, Jenny (me), Amber, Krystal. We were like the best of friends and continue to talk. Every now and then we all get together for dinner. Well for this wedding- we finally were all back together for the first time in about 2 years. It was amazing and so much fun. Of course we all cried- tears of joy of course. I'm really close with Amber and Rachel, and I occasionally see Jamie and Erica- but hardly ever Krystal. I don't have any pictures right now because my batteries died- so I'm waiting to get them from the girls. But when I get them I will share it. Austin couldn't go but I still had a lot of fun. T his was the funnest wedding I have ever been to. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was beautiful, the food was delicious, the drinks were yummy, and the DJ was awesome.. we danced our hearts out.

During the last 3 weeks, by best friend was here from Florida. I was lucky enough to not be in school or working- so we spent a lot of time together- doing boring everyday things- which was fun. It brought back lots of old memories of when we were younger and together 24-7. We painted her parents doors, we had a girls night at her gma's lake house- harry potter movie marathon (since I hadn't seen any and she was a new fan), and many other things. This week she is on vacation with her family and then next week, she leaves to go back to Florida- whether she chooses to stay there- is up in the air.
Here's some pics of us throughout the week.
Amber Paige and I.. my soulfriend.
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Me, and my 2 best friends- Amber and Rach. I have known Rach since 4th grade.. :goodvibes
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This one is actually from the last time Amber came to town.. we have Jme, Amber, Me, Rach, and Erica.. but not Krystal.
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So this past month I have had A LOT of good things going on. I'm sad to see it all go.. but look forward to moving closer to school, starting my new job, not so much starting school again..haha:laughing:, but I can't complain!

OK new disney world update coming soon.

[dd50]

Congrats on your new job! Sounds like you had a great month.

[tinkgurl]

Okay seriously, where did July go?! :confused3 Seems like we were just getting home from WDW and now it's already almost August. :guilty:

[princess&her4princes]

WOW! You've been busy girl!!! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!!!:goodvibes Love all the pics, they were fun to look through and looks like you've had some fun! That's what Summer is all about!!! Congrats on the new job!!! When do you start? :goodvibes

[disneysmiles]

Aww, one of my best friends just came out to visit me this summer too. I hadn't hung out with her for a year or so. It is so fun to hang out with your buddies like that and realize you are still best friends.

Oh and the beach looks beautiful!

[JenAusty]

Congrats on your new job! Sounds like you had a great month.

Yes I did! I didn't realize just how great it was because I've been stressed about moving and finding a job but once I looked back.. I thought- why was I stressed at all! hehe

Okay seriously, where did July go?! :confused3 Seems like we were just getting home from WDW and now it's already almost August. :guilty:

Yeah.. I'm barely even half way through my trip report! hehe But thats alrighty- I figure I'm not planning a return trip right now or soon as far as I know.. so I mise well drag it out and make it last! hehe

WOW! You've been busy girl!!! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!!!:goodvibes Love all the pics, they were fun to look through and looks like you've had some fun! That's what Summer is all about!!! Congrats on the new job!!! When do you start? :goodvibes

I start sometime in Aug. She said that she would call me and let me know. I wish I knew so I could kind of plan for the changes and stuff but oh well. I figure by the middle of Aug.

Aww, one of my best friends just came out to visit me this summer too. I hadn't hung out with her for a year or so. It is so fun to hang out with your buddies like that and realize you are still best friends.

Oh and the beach looks beautiful!

Yes that is great- to know even though you are distances apart, that when you get together its just like old times. I love that comforting feeling I have with them.
I wish it would of been warm for me to swim at the beach! Oh well- DH wants to go back next summer and I'll definitely plan for Aug. next year.. hehe

[JenAusty]

I wanted to mention this because I forgot when I was posting. But I read in a disney book that when you ride Splash Mountain, if you don't want to get super wet- to sit on the left side because the right side you get more wet. So I tried this- and it is true. Every time DH and I rode this he always sat on the right side and he always get a lot more wet then I did. An easy way to remember this is to always enter to riding cart first- that way you are always on the left side. They also said sit in the back of the cart- but you can't really choose that all the time.

Also, when we were in DTD shopping I bought those car window decals, that are for families and they have mickey ears.. I hope you guys know what I'm talking about. Well I bought them for DH, Me, and Mags. I couldn't find a cat but I love them very much! I also seen the Mickey heads that go on your car antenna-well I wanted them but DH was like.. uhh idk- he doesn't want me girl-ifying our car. hehe but later on he changes his mind- but I never did buy them.

I'm not sure why- but when I finished my report on day 1, I didn't finish the rest of the night. who knows why.. but basically when I left off- we walked around and took a few pictures, browsed Pop Century store, checked out the food court- and the snack credit options, then went back to the room and I got the clothes ready- sprayed with downy wrinkle releaser- washed my face and crawled into the comfy bed. Austy of course played the UFC game, and I look through the Epcot fliers and highlighted stuff we wanted to do- also reread through some notes I wrote about the park. Then I fell asleep- OF COURSE, Austy stayed up way to late playing his game and I woke up several times telling him he should go to bed because he would be sorry. Plus, I really wanted to make a rope drop sometime this trip- and really wanted to in Epcot because we did it last trip and it was awesome.


DAY 2 Morning...

I woke up to a new disney tune and quickly jumped into the shower to warm up and to wake up. I was extremely tired today. Actually I think I was tired all week when it came time to wake up. Idk why but I feel bad sleeping in when I'm at Disney.. like I'm wasting time.

So my showers we always a little long, but since I wasn't straightening my hair or anything- I didn't take me long to wake up. I decided to wake up DH, when I was starting my makeup- that would give him time to shower, grab a snack for breakfast, and I could pack our bag for the day and then be out the door. DH wasn't having it- because he was tired and grumpy. I kept saying we're going to be late, time to get up. I was trying to be nice about it but I was actually irritated. I kept thinking "maybe if you went to sleep earlier you wouldn't be so tired".
He finally got up and we we left within the half hour.

When we got to the bus stop- we had about a half hour to get there before the rope drop. Here's our Day 2 pic!
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Finally the bus arrives, after taking forever. When we get there- the line for "people with bags" was foreverrr long.. I started getting upset because it was day 2 and I still hadn't made a rope drop.. I like being there when the park opens. Finally, DH suggests "You go ahead and I'll stand in line" I was such in a hurry to leave I didn't think-where are we going to meet.. after I got through the ticket line- I missed the rope anyways.. thats when I thought "CRAP, we didn't say where to meet or anything" I decided to stand right by the entrance at first and then thought- Well I might well take some pictures of the topiaries because I know DH won't want to sit and do that this morning.
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After I had taken these- which took me maybe 5 minutes- I decided to stay closer to where he would enter. Mind you- all I did was circle the topiaries that are at the front- so I wasn't far. Minutes went by- I didn't see him.. I kept looking and looking and still no Austin. So I decided to sit on the bench and figure he is around here somewhere- he's not going to wonder- I'll find him.. still no Austin..:eek: So then I started to panic.. thinking I'm not going to find him- he is going to leave the park or look all over and not find me. Should I leave the park? We couldn't call each other because we made a packed to only carry one phone and keep it off. So we could enjoy our vacation with no interruptions. So finally, I got up and started walking around the topiaries thinking maybe he is around this somewhere.. all of a sudden I look up and he's coming from Spaceship Earth area- I'm soo happy, but also mad because why would be wonder that far- why would be think I would go that far- is he an idiot. But also since I was panicked I felt like crying because my anxiety was freaking me out. So I call his name- we finally meet. Of course he's mad and says "What the hell- you are so lucky, I almost left and went back to the room". I said, "I was sitting at the front looking for you the whole time- Why did you go so far" He said "Idk I didn't know where you went to- you were to much in a hurry to run off and see the rope drop". He was being a jerk but it was because he was tired mostly. He snaps easily when tired. As do I. I finally said Sorry that was stupid on both parts.. and we hugged.

He was still mad but we headed to Spaceship Earth- since this was the first time to ride this and DH was excited because me missed it last time.
By the end of the ride we were fine because we loved this ride so very much.
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That is the best picture I could get.

Next up, no drama.. hehe, the Land Pavilion, Living with the Land, Sunshine Seasons and so much more.

[disneysmiles]

Oh no! That sucks you guys got seperated, but I'm happy spaceship earth cheered you guys up. love the topiary pics.

[JenAusty]

No comments.. :sad1: I hope you guys didn't abandon me.

Oh well.. must carry on.
Here are some of the wedding pics I promised.
This was our table "Grace Kelly". It was really cool cause all the tables with named after famous people.
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Us.. enjoying the breeze on the patio- with drinks and yummy food.
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All of us were relaxing in the quiet bathroom.. and posing of course. hehe
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OK- Day 2 continued- I left off, we had just got off Spaceship Earth. After that- Austin wanted to go to Club Cool- which I think is pretty sweet but he was extra excited to return to.

The wonderful cloudy skies.. hehe
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Now if I can remember correctly, Austin's favorite was VegitaBeta and I liked the one from China, and Kinley- which is kind of weird because I'm not big on sprite flavored pops. But I love the sweet lemon and honey flavors. Of course we tried them all and gagged on the bad one.. I don't want to share- just in case someone hasn't tried them all before.

Next we headed towards Honey, I Shrunk the Audience but when we arrived there was still a 30 minute wait. Austin went to the bathroom and I took pics.
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Even by the bathroom's the views are awesome. hehe.
When he came out- I showed him with Disney Getup pose.. and he took a pic.. hehe http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/ynnej02/084.jpg

We went to Figment-
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I will say that I was pretty disappointed with this ride. I've never been on it before the changes. But my impression when entering- was that there would be all sorts of smells, and noises and all types of things with imagination. There was only skunk smell.. it was pretty lame if you ask me. t was like we waited for something to happen and it never did. oh well.

We both decided that although we really wanted to see the show, we wanted to take advantage of the non-rainy weather and do the show sometime when it was raining.. and we headed toards The Land Pavilion.

We got a fastpass for Soarin- and then headed to Living with the Land. Which I thought was going to be boring but figured- I might as well try it once. But I actually liked it and thought some things were really cute.
When I seen these.. the first thing I thought was AWWW.. Cinderella.. hehe
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and I had to take a picture of these.. for my "I love everything burning hot" husband. hehe
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Next we headed to The Seas with Nemo & Friends. Which I loved very very much and was extremely disappointed with my camera.. it didn't take good pics at all.. but here were a few I thought look pretty just cause of the colors. I loved the Jellyfish part!
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We then walked casually through the aquarium.. I love the fish.. and I've never been to this area before. I'm glad we did take our time because all a sudden a CM showed up and did a cute little show with Dolphins- having them do tricks and stuff. of course my camera took horrible pics.. but here are to that turned out at least.
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I wanted to hug them and jump in the water with them. hehe They are soo darn cute.

After that, we decided that we had waited long enough for lunch. We were both starving.. and I tried to wait at late as we could because we had a late dinner but since we were already in The Land Pavilion right by Sunshine Seasons- which was our quick service choice of the day.
I actually didn't notice it at first because there is just a sign and really no theme or decorations. This honestly like a cafeteria at a hospital or college.. except the food was exceptional. I already knew what dessert I wanted because I remember seeing it sooo many times on DIS. But I had no idea on what food I wanted.. Austin and I both got the same thing.. Half Rotisserie Chicken with mashed potatoes and glazed carrots.. and our dessert was the all popular strawberry shortcake!! I will admit that seeing all the desserts I was tempted to switch but told myself "no you wanted to try this really bad and you know its good because of all your dis friends" hehe So I did and OMgoshh.. it was amazing. Austin loved all the food too especially the shortcake. Strawberry Shortcake is his favorite dessert of all time. He makes me make it homemade all the time.. it doesn't look like this but its yummy still.
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This was by farrr our favorite quick service meal of the trip. I higly recommend all of it. The mashed potatoes were garlicky and lots of flavor and the carrots were fresh, crunchy, and tasty. I actually fell in love with them and I'm not big on cooked carrots. Now I buy the crinkle carrots at the store all the time.As for the chicken, it tasted like slow roasted chicken- it was yummy and juicy. It reminded me of yaya's chicken.. I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with that place.
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Ok , this is all for now. I have to leave time to comment your TR's!

[disneysmiles]

What adorable wedding pictures! I love the famous person theme for each table.

The strawberry shortcake does look really yummy and fresh. I"m still reading!!

[Charleston Princess]

Grace Kelly is one of my favorite actresses of all time so I would have been all about sitting at that table! :laughing: Looks like you had an absolute blast at the wedding!

The Imagination ride is sadly lacking in something, but we always seem to ride it -- an escape from the heat and there is never a line! ;)

The Strawberry Shortcake at Sunshine Seasons is sooo good -- I got a giant slice of it in June!

Love the Disney Getup pose! :lmao:

[JenAusty]

Oh no! That sucks you guys got seperated, but I'm happy spaceship earth cheered you guys up. love the topiary pics.
Sorry... you must of commented when I was posting a new update! Thanks for reading! Yeah it sucked.. but I think we were both mad because we were both freaked out. hehe but once things settled we were fine.

What adorable wedding pictures! I love the famous person theme for each table.

The strawberry shortcake does look really yummy and fresh. I"m still reading!!

Thanks for still reading! It makes me happy I know I'm not talking to myself:laughing:. It is yummy.. if you ever get a chance-even to just have a snack or dessert. DO try it!

Grace Kelly is one of my favorite actresses of all time so I would have been all about sitting at that table! :laughing: Looks like you had an absolute blast at the wedding!

You know whats funny.. I didn't know who that was.. hehe Either did my friend Rachel.. and my friend Amber was like "What??!!" hehe But I figured out who it was by the end of the night. There was a few that I didn't recognize. But I thought it was a pretty name for a table anyways.

The Imagination ride is sadly lacking in something, but we always seem to ride it -- an escape from the heat and there is never a line! ;)

That is true. We must of been like 1st in line or something.. because there was no wait- we walked all the way to the front.. and then we had to wait because there weren't done starting up.. hehe It was refreshing from the mugginess. I guess if you look a positives! hehe

The Strawberry Shortcake at Sunshine Seasons is sooo good -- I got a giant slice of it in June!

I was surprised with how big the piece is. Of course I was soo full that I had to make myself eat most of it.. because I hated wasting it. I'm almost thought I should of got it to go.. and took it with me.. oh well.

Love the Disney Getup pose! :lmao:

Thanks! :goodvibes hehe.

[tinkgurl]

Geeze, I missed an update! :upsidedow

I LOVE the topiaries! I really want to see them in person sometime.

Aw you look great at the wedding!

EW! Did you try the Beverly?!

I love the Nemo ride! "Bigggggggg Blueeeee Worrrrrrld"

[JenAusty]

Geeze, I missed an update! :upsidedow

I LOVE the topiaries! I really want to see them in person sometime.

Aw you look great at the wedding!

EW! Did you try the Beverly?!

I love the Nemo ride! "Bigggggggg Blueeeee Worrrrrrld"

Aww. Thanks. I love that dress but its so painful by the end of the night. It's a halter- and its not a flexible material and the knot from the bow.. was killing me. It was sore for like 2 days. I think its time to retire that beauty. hehe I wore it maybe 3 times.. I think that is enough. hehe

Yes I did try Beverly.. I know- why put myself through the pain.. hehe I just don't can't get over how really disgusting it is. But its fun anyways.

[JenAusty]

Today, my best friend Amber is leaving to go back to Florida. Although she would like to stay she has things she needs to deal with in Florida. We hung out last night- we went and got ice cream and went swimming with my friend Rachel and her little girls. Which are adorable. I don't think I've shared pics of them ever. So I'll share real quick.

This is Makenzy,
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and this is Isabella (Bella), and Makenzy (Kenzy)
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I swear when I have kids.. I hope they are as cute and lovable as them.
But of course last night and today I'm pretty sad that she is leaving. It was really hard this time because it was during the summer and I didn't have much to do- so we spent a lot of time together.. and I got use to having her around and we were caught up on everything and had some really great talks and laughs.. and its going to be hard not being able to just wake up and meet her somewhere. So I've decided to post another update..so I don't think about it. hehe

So when I left off, we were on Day 2, right after lunch at Sunshine Seasons. yummy.

After we ate, we decided we had done enough for now in Future World and we were heading for our favorite World Showcase.
I told Austin that this time I wanted to go the opposite or back way into WS this time.. meaning instead of starting at Canada, I wanted to head towards Mexico. We have never done this before and I was really anxious to ride Gran Fiesta.. because I never knew about it before and I've mention more than a few times that I love the movie "The Three Caballeros", idk why.. its just one of those old movies I can't get enough of. So off for Mexico we headed..

Ohh and I probably should mention soo far today.. no rain..it was even pretty sunny. :goodvibes

taking pics on the way.
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YAY for Mexico!
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I don't know why but I absolutely love the Mexico Pavilion/building area. I love going in there.. its like your in a whole new world. I love the lighting, the way shopping is set up, the awesome items they have, the pretty restaurant which I believe in San Angel Inn? I'm pretty sure it was suppose to be closed while we were there.. as soon as Austin seen it he said "Why didn't you make reservations here?" Because he remembered that last time we went we loved it to- and wanted to do it next time.. and I told him.. I SWEAR I read it somewhere that it was suppose to be closed.. idk why.

One thing I loved about today, was that we didn't worry about rushing from country to country because we knew we had another day here at Epcot.. so we really got to casually stroll through Mexico and thats when I found my SHIRT! It was a Three Caballeros Shirt. They actually had adult shirts but I didn't like the colors or the designs.. so I ended up getting a kids shirt- just a large size- and it fits like a little tee. DH said "you really want it?" I said "Are you kidding me?!! This is like a dream come true" hehe:yay:

I don't have a picture of just the shirt- BUT I did wear it while at Disney World and I'll let you know when I'm wearing it! :goodvibes

I also love the Fountains.. we took a few pics here as well.
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I told Austin to get me.. but also get the whole fountain.. he did a great job.. don't ask me why there is a weird tannish glare. I actually love this picture. He took another one.. but even though its clear it didn't turn out as good. So I'll deal with the glare.

and FINALLY THE MOMENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR..

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Austin and I on the "love boat" under the stars.. as Austin said. He had to take a picture. :lovestruc I looveee how when you start the ride.. you go under the stars and see the other side of the restaurant and everything. Mu pics didn't turn out.. otherwise I'd share.
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I loved how Donald's clothes are thrown on the ground.. and if you look at the picture.. they are at a beach.. it was cute.

All I have to say, is I love you Disney World.. please never get rid of that ride- if anything- make it better. hehe It's not the most amazing ride I've ever been on.. but its really cute. I love the music and if you are a lover of the Three Caballeros.. you will love it just because of that. Austin even said it was pretty good.. and he's not really a fan. Whenever I'm watching the movie- he says "You're watching this again?" hehe

After that, as much as I wanted to stay in Mexico.. I knew it was time to move on and we headed towards Norway.

I love Norway, it's to small if you ask me. We first headed towards http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/ynnej02/132.jpg

But I knew it wasn't hungry or even munchy after lunch.. even though everything look amazing.. I didn't take a picture of the yummy snacks but if you want to see on. xoktenox has a great one. Your mouth will water. promise. hehe I really wanted a sweet almond pretzel but told myself I would return later for that snack credit

[JenAusty]

So instead we went into Vikings

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I didn't really get into this very much.. but Austin did for sure. He loves stuff like that and I will say the realism (is that the right word I'm looking for?) is pretty sweet.

Next we headed into the shops.. for some goofy pictures.
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We seriously picked those up- put them on- snapped a picture and took them off and set them back and when Austy did- his fell apart.. I was like WOW talk about cheaply made. and then some nice couple asked if we wanted a picture together.. and I said thanks.. and returned the favor.
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I love this picture.. this is one of my favorites with Austin of the trip- and Idk why but I love how he's holding his nose. hehe

and then we saved the best for last.. well I didn't know til I rode this.. that this was the best of Norway.. its quite an experience if I do say so myself.
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It was way different than expected.. it was kind of weird.. but it was fun and kind of bumpy. When we ended, I said "Well that was different" hehe and when you exit- you are in this cute little city. I would definitely give this a try if you haven't yet.

Well this is where I'll end for now.. next up China, and FINALLY and Disney Character.

Oh I should also mention- these first two days have been amazing with waiting in lines. We hardly waited in any lines- if we did it was no more than 5 minutes. We practically walk on in every ride. :thumbsup2

[xoktenox]

Ahh I'm behind! You're going quick now girl LOL Then I saw I was mentioned in this one and hadddd to comment LOL

We didn't go on the 3 caballeros OR maelstrom :headache: next time we definitely will. it seems like you guys are having good luck with the lines too, i hope that sticks throughout the rest of the trip.

The norway snack wasn't as good as it looked so don't worry if you missed it. maybe we just had a bad batch because we were there towards the end of the night.

can't wait to hear about the rest of your day!!

[tinkgurl]

Aw, that's great you found a shirt of The Three Caballeros ride since you like it so much. I can't wait to see what it looks like!

:rotfl2: Love the pic of you guys with the Viking hats on! I can't believe Austy's fell apart!

[JenAusty]

Ok- I am going to try and update at least a little everyday.. or as much as as I can.. because I went to Florida in the end of May.. and its freakin Aug.. and I'm only on day 2. hehe But also because next week I start my new job:thumbsup2 and soon after I start school again. I know I will be really busy at first because I will be commuting and night classes and work and work out classes I took this semester.. soo I want to try and finish this by the end of the month. I'm kind of sad because to think that in a little over 2 weeks I will be done and no NEW trip to talk about.. but I know if I don't finish or at least get close- this could go on forever. hehe

New News- Yesterday, I was browsing through disney pics that I still had to edit and stuff- Austy just got home from work and walk over and was looking at them. He said "Ok, I'm ready to go back to Disney now" in the most calm nonchalant voice ever. I was like "REALLY?!" I was really pumped because see about a month after going to Disney World I was ready to go back and couldn't wait to replan a new trip. But DH kept saying, no we have more important things to take care of then planning a trip.. blah blah. So when he said this- I was like YAYYY! And then he said "But were not planning one though for a couple years" :sad2: WHAT?! I said "no, I told you that I want to take a trip right after I graduate as a graduation celebration" and he agreed I was right. Now I'm not going to officially graduate until May 2011. It seems like a long time but its really not. Half the year is almost over, and then it will only be a year in a half. I really only will have 2 more semesters and then student teaching- then I'm FREE! hehe So it won't be as bad as I thought.

Soo.. its like 2 years away, but I figured well I can ask my Parents and bro to go because my mom has been saying that she wants us to plan a family vacation soon. We haven't been on true family vacation besides camping and upnorth since I was in 8th grade I think. Soo.. its been a while. My mom wanted us all to go on a cruise. I have been begging my parents to go to Disney and stay onsite. At first my mom was reluctant saying "If I go to Florida, I will want to go other places besides Disney" which makes since. But she always says that staying offsite is cheaper. I said NOT really and thats half the experience. But you Disney lovers understand. But then after telling my dad about our trip- before we went and then after.. he out of the blue one day said "We need to plan a vacation to Disney World as a family" and then he began asking me about prices and whats included in the dining plan and so forth. It was like my Dad got it- he seen all the awesomeness of staying onsite- transportation and so on. My mom has also sense caved- because she 1. likes the prices that she hears we pay- because we always do deals and 2. she has always wanted to go back. And well my Brother- there was no caving him.. he was all for it from the beginning. hehe He had just went to Florida in March with his GF to visit family- and they were like 3 hours away. Supposively, they were suppose to have WDW tickets for 2 days, that her GMA got free or something but then when they got there.. she didn't have them and no one wanted to drive 3 hours to take them. He was really mad.. he said that was half the reason why he went. Oh well.

BUT As soon as I told Austin I was going to tell my mom.. he said "NOO- It's just going to be us" So I had to explain to him-Austin, my family has wanted to go on vacation as a family for years now. This is a good opportunity for us to do that. He was worried that we would be stuck with them the whole time and have to do what THEY wanted to do and so forth. Plus, he knows how picky of an eater my dad and brother are. So I had to tell him, we would have our own room and we wouldn't have to do EVERYTHING together.. we can make plans just together. He just loved how easy and laidback our trips are because we plan everything together- and whatever he plan to do gets done, and we don't have to worry about anyone else.

So he told me to wait to tell them- I was thinking "thats dumb- they need time to save", but then he suggested going somewhere else. Austin and I have always wanted to go to Europe and other countries. He suggested going to Ireland. He's Irish and really wants to go there.. and its one of my top places. BUT sadly, its not as excited and Disney World. :laughing: I'm truly addicted!

So we have been browsing for all-inclusive trips to Ireland.. to help with costs cause its more expensive then Disney World- thats for sure.

But it was funny because as soon as he said we could plan another trip in 2011.. I was awesome.. now I can tell my DIS friends and start planning.. and he looked at me all bugged eyed and said "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" "Disney World is all you care about". hehe I said No, its like my DIS friends DISboard says "Life is what happens between the trips to WDW" and thats how I feel. he started laughing.. he said we are goofy. Can you guess who I got the quote from?!!

If you guessed- Tinkgurl you were right!

So to make a long story short- We are going to start planning another trip- it could be to Disney World or to somewhere in Europe. We aren't sure yet. Of course in the back of my mind I'm praying for WDW.. but we will see.

Austin also said that he wanted to go for 2 weeks this time if we go to WDW. I said That would be great- but you will have a different job then, and who knows for how long, or how your vaca days will work. So we are unsure. But 2 weeks at WDW would be awesome. Idk if he meant 14 days exactly.. but thats pretty awesome. I can't even imagine that. I always wished for like 10 days.. and that still has yet to happen.

Ok well I was going to UPDATE the trip.. but I think I will take a break and come back later. So expect one sometime today!:upsidedow

[tinkgurl]

But it was funny because as soon as he said we could plan another trip in 2011.. I was awesome.. now I can tell my DIS friends and start planning.. and he looked at me all bugged eyed and said "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" "Disney World is all you care about". hehe I said No, its like my DIS friends DISboard says "Life is what happens between the trips to WDW" and thats how I feel. he started laughing.. he said we are goofy. Can you guess who I got the quote from?!!

If you guessed- Tinkgurl you were right!

Woo! I'm glad somebody agrees with my quote! It's so true for me too. :laughing:

[disneysmiles]

Yay for another Disney trip! I'm excited your hubbie is finally understanding how fantastic Disney is. I love all the Epcot pictures!

[JenAusty]

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that I'm still alive! :goodvibes I guess my whole plan of finishing before school started-isn't going to happen. BUT I guess with my new job training and stuff- it took more time then expected. I do have the rest of the week off- today I am planning on getting things around at home- such a fun things like laundry, cleaning and such. If I have time I'll post an update- if not, then I will most definitely do one within in the next day or 2. Sorry I am slacking on your dis PTR's/TR's.. I will catch up again I promise!

[princess&her4princes]

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that I'm still alive! :goodvibes I guess my whole plan of finishing before school started-isn't going to happen. BUT I guess with my new job training and stuff- it took more time then expected. I do have the rest of the week off- today I am planning on getting things around at home- such a fun things like laundry, cleaning and such. If I have time I'll post an update- if not, then I will most definitely do one within in the next day or 2. Sorry I am slacking on your dis PTR's/TR's.. I will catch up again I promise!

No worries, we'll be here when you have the time! Good luck with everything!!!:goodvibes

[Charleston Princess]

We'll be here when you get a chance to update, but I am excited about a new post! :yay:

[JenAusty]

First off, I want to say that Austin and I ran out first race together last weekend. It was the Crim Festival of Races- its like the biggest race in MI. We ran the 5k- and surprisingly it wasn't that hard. I did enjoy it- however, I think there should be a age requirement because parents were just hauling there kids along and they were running in and out of people- and then just stop right in front of you. I mean its crowded enough. Plus, I seen many parents running with there kids and the kids would be soo tired and wining and the parent would look back and say "come on" pffff.:rolleyes: It kind of made me upset that they would do that. Clearly, they are not in shape to do it. But other than that it was nice. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this- but Austin and I started jogging 4 times a week about 2 months ago. We started out at a mile. Which might seem small to some, we were trying to do it the healthy way, by not injuring ourselves and also because we were never runners before. Now we are at 3.2 miles, and that is good enough for me. I'm not a huge fan of running, never have been and I feel like this is enough to make me stay healthy and get a good workout. Now that work has started for me, new school has started for DH, and school will start for me next week- we will see if we can still hold up the 4 days a week. I'm hoping soo.. although I haven't seen any weight loss and the scale hasn't changed- my mom said I look slimmer- and Austin said my legs are a lot more toned- so I'll blame it on muscles! hehe But I am going to try and keep it up to stay healthy and active.
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OHH and it was Austin's little brothers bday- of course as Austin's mom says "I'm the designated cake maker in the family now". I guess my cakes taste yummy and now I've tried creative touches to them. His brother said he wanted a sponge bob cake.. soo ok I tried.. and 3 hours later.. 12:30am..
This was my first character cake and my 2nd detailed decorative cake.
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Ok on with WDW!

So when I left off, we had just got done with Maelstrom- which I highly recommend trying.. its an adventure- a fast one. It's over before you know it.. and it might leave you confused- but it was fun.

So we headed to China. I'm not a big fan of this country- I think its pretty but I usually kind of pass through. If there is anything you recommend- please let me know. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/ynnej02/136.jpg
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I love this picture of Austin...sometimes I swear I should be a photographer because I always spot great picture spots. hehe
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Next we went into museum- I'm not really sure what its called- and It's not in the Epcot brochure.
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I liked this saying.
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You can barely see me.. but I'm there. hehe
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As we finished China.. I was excited because I knew my FAVORITE country was coming.. well one of them anyways. GERMANY! I'm not sure why I love it so much- maybe because I'm German, or because it reminds me Frankenmuth, MI (sister city of bavaria, Germany), or maybe its the language that intrigues me or maybe its just the beauty of the buildings.

and finally right before we entered Germany- look who I found--
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I love this picture of me.. especially the background- now if only I could get this without all the people. hehe
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Now although I could just linger through this country and stay awhile.. I knew that our goal was to casually- but kind of quickly browse through everything today and then return again another day to really spend sometime here. And even though we were just walking through- it did seem very laid back and casual- thats one thing I love about World Showcase- its not so much like MK- where you have a million things you "HAVE TO DO" hehe, there's not so much and its mostly for your viewing and shopping pleasure. hehe Plus, I knew I would be back to enjoy Biergarten for the first time :goodvibes

As we were heading towards Italy- this magician whistling guy walked right in front of me..
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soo.. we stopped and decided to watch him.
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He was quite energetic and moved really quickly- so it was hard to get good pictures of him in action. In part of the show, he had kids throwing balls and things into hats and such and it was funny- around all these people all the kids pretty much made it first try- and I was thinking- man if he chooses me.. "all this pressure" hehe Obviously, it wasn't much pressure for the little tikes.. or else they are good under pressure. hehe
We left before he was done- it lasted a good ten minutes while we were there. He's worth watching- so if you ever seen him- do follow. ;)
Just for kicks, I took a picture of the American Pavillion.
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ohh and look at that couple being all sweet and romantic in none other than America. hehe I mean I would of choosed France, Italy, Germany, Morocco, or Mexico.. but whatever. ;)
We walked right past this- I tried not to go near it because I didn't want Austin asking me for a burger and ruin my dining resses. See idk if I told you guys this but last time we went- we didn't do the dining plan- BIG mistake but anyways, he was on this kick of not trying anything new- and he didn't want to waste the money- which made since. We were paying for everything so we might as well eat something we know we will like. But he seriously had me eating burgers almost the whole time.. until finally I protested- look I know thats one of your favorites...but to me NOT so much. hehe He had still yet to have a burger this trip. AND surprisingly enough, he hadn't even complained one bit. Which is surprisingly, cause Austin always gets burgers when we go out to eat.

[JenAusty]

For some reason we didn't even look through Japan.. and this was the only picture I took of the beautiful setting.
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who knows. I was probably getting tired..hungry and thirsty.
We also seen this- but we didn't stay and watch.
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We did go into the shops at Japan- idk why but we really find shopping here so interesting.
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At this point, we were both getting hungry and really thirsty- Austin wanted a ice cold beverage- and I talked him into waiting until we got the United Kindgom because they have the Pub and serve Guinness, which is Austin's favorite.So he started rushing me. hehe
We decided to pass through Morocco because we love that country and want to spend more time here. When we not rushing. I need see...
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BUT the line was crazy and I didn't feel like waiting.

AS we were walking I kept snapping random pictures.
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I grabbed a picture in France.. after we had a photographer take our picture.
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Next.. Did we make it to UK before we had out drink.. what did we drink, Dinner at Coral Reef :woohoo: our gift from Mickey:lovestruc and sooo much more.

[tinkgurl]

Wow, I give you props for running that race! :worship:

Hey, that Spongebob cake is awesome! Great job, girl!

That is a good pic of Austin that you took!

I really wish we would've spent more time in WS this trip, but we just never got around to it.

[JenAusty]

Yay for another Disney trip! I'm excited your hubbie is finally understanding how fantastic Disney is. I love all the Epcot pictures!

Yes I am also very happy. Every now and then, we will be like "yeah, I'm ready to go back to disney world now" or "I want to go on Spaceship Earth right now" out of nowhere of course, and it makes me smile that he truly does think of it on his own now.


We'll be here when you get a chance to update, but I am excited about a new post! :yay:

No worries, we'll be here when you have the time! Good luck with everything!!!:goodvibes

Thanks you guys!! I just caught up on all your reports! I wasn't as far behind as I thought. :goodvibes:goodvibes

Wow, I give you props for running that race! :worship:

Hey, that Spongebob cake is awesome! Great job, girl!

That is a good pic of Austin that you took!

I really wish we would've spent more time in WS this trip, but we just never got around to it.

heheh, yeah working up to the race was a big pain the butt sometimes, but when I ran the race and finish- and it not being to hard. I was super proud of myself and my husband of course. I wasn't worried about time or placing.. I was only worried about finishing and enjoying myself.. and I did it. :goodvibes

Well...you are going again soon enough.. so don't worry you will be in WS in no time. :wizard:

[redlight]

Love the pictures, especially the one with you and Snow White.

I run, mainly for weight loss and to clear my head. I think I may have injured my hamstring (or something in my thigh), so I'm taking the next couple of days.

[Charleston Princess]

Great pictures! The one with you and Snow White is really cute!!!

I agree with you about Maelstrom -- fast and slightly confusing, but fun! :lmao:

The cake you made turned out great!!! I love baking, but have yet to master the whole decorating thing! :rolleyes:

[JenAusty]

Love the pictures, especially the one with you and Snow White.

I run, mainly for weight loss and to clear my head. I think I may have injured my hamstring (or something in my thigh), so I'm taking the next couple of days.

Thanks- I'm trying to include as many pictures as I can..since I did take about a 1000. I think thats why its taking me so long to update.. hehe or I'll just use that excuse.

GREAT job for you though. I seen on your signature that you have lost weight -I'm guessing from running! Thats really good- I have to figure out how to do that. hehe I haven't lose weight but my husband has lost 10 lbs. He keeps telling me he has more weight to lose- and thats why.. hmmm

Great pictures! The one with you and Snow White is really cute!!!

I agree with you about Maelstrom -- fast and slightly confusing, but fun! :lmao:

The cake you made turned out great!!! I love baking, but have yet to master the whole decorating thing! :rolleyes:

Thanks! The cake was also really yummy.. next time I'm going to use more frosting through.. I love the rainbow chip frosting.
Photopass took a great picture of Snow White and I as well.

[disneysmiles]

Man your spongebob cake is amazing. MIL is right you should be the designated cake decorator.

Aww, these Epcot pictures are fantastic. I've always wanted to ride the boat from Epcot to the resorts.

[JenAusty]

Last time, we were finishing up France when I finished. The last picture I took was "I definitely have to eat here next time"
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So I probably didn't mention anything about the rain- which is funny because of my title and I forget to tell you guys our daily forecast! hehe Today we got REALLY lucky because although it was cloudy and muggy all day- it hadn't rained yet. I think ever now and then we would feel a sprinkle but then it would go away.. and there was no sign of a rain cloud.

Yesterday (day 1) and the night before (our arrival) was crazy with treacherous storms. Let me just say, when it rains in Florida, it rains.. So today we expected rain because the forecast said rain and the weather said rain. We were always afraid to spend to much time inside somewhere. But our second day had turned out ok so far.

So finally we arrived!
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It was a long haul across the country- but we made it. Austin almost didn't make it but we did- and I'm happy. We have never been here before, and as soon as we walked in- we were shocked with how small it was inside.
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I did love all the character- and the service was nice. It was awesome cause as soon as we walked in, there just happen to be an open table- only 1. I jumped at it and told Austin to order mine. He of course got Guinness and he got me a "Cider beer" which is what I always call it. I think the brand was Woodpecker but I'm not 100% percent sure. It was very good. It was ice cold and refreshing. I'm not one for beer but I do like Guinness because of its thick coffee taste- but other than that I'm pretty picky. I would rather have a daiquiri or mixed drink. hehe But this is one of the beers that I will drink. I don't think it taste like beer. So if you're not a beer drinker and love cider try it. Its a very light-crisp taste.
Idk why but we though this 4leaf clover was amazing. Maybe this happens all the time in UK.. but not at bars here in our hometown. hehe (You can tell we don't get out much). :laughing:
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Both drinks look so ice cold and delicious. hehe and I'm not even a big drinker.

Us at out little table in the corner..
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(Austin took a picture of me- but it looked bad so I took my own hehe)
And this is me taking a picture of my disney tattoos- first time in Disney.. and also me putting my feet up and relaxing.. hehe :laughing:
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So finally we decided to leave, I could of sat there for hours but we knew that our dining resse was coming up soon, and we needed to get to Coral Reef. So we exit the Pub.. and Austin gets in line..... for another. :rolleyes:
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So I took a picture of our view..
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While he finished his 2nd beer- we finished checking out UK.
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and we casually walked to Coral Reef..

As we walk past Austin says "Why aren't we eating here?!!" :headache:
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HELLO? Where were you all the times I asked you for your input on dining places and you told me to choose. I actually had LeCellier on the list but took it off figuring we were eating at Coral Reef and would have steak. I know there steak probably doesn't compare to a steak house but I wanted to have it different every night. So I promised we would go next time.

I LOOVVEEEE these flowers!! I think they are bright and beautiful. I commented on them everytime I seen them. Does anyone know what they are? Would they survive a MI summer?! hehe
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[disneysmiles]

um, I think the clover thing is really cool too. I don't get out that much either I guess.

[JenAusty]

As we started to get closer I decided to take some more detailed pictures of The Seas with Nemo & Friends.. just because I truly love this ride and movie very very much.
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"mine";)
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Holy CRAPPoly- we were finally here..
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As most of you know, this is Austin and I's FAV. place. It was our favorite place we are ate the first time we came, and I guess now it just that much more special that its a tradition. Plus, the food never disappoints and this was the first time with dining plan and we get dessert! :thumbsup2

We got there early and checked in.. they open for dinner at 4:30pm, and we always make the first resse, so we can ask to sit next to the aquarium- and actually get to. Its always worked for us.
We have about 20 minutes or so to blow.. but we just decided to relax.. and we were pretty beat. It know its only 4:30- but we have been going full speed ahead since this morning.. and we were ready for a break. But we to worried to leave on a nonrainy weather and it rain later. So there wasn't much resting time.. let me put it that way.
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I think doesn't does a good job showing just how tired we really were... :cutie:
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I tried to show my "I'm super excited to be a Coral Reef" smile but I was also very tired..

We were seated almost immediately at 4:30.. of course we requested to sit next to the aquarium and got it! :goodvibes We order our drinks.. and since we were using the DP, I went all out and ordered me a non-alcoholic Strawberry Stinger... yummmmy.
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and I would share our beautiful view.. but the pictures are just horrible.
Our waiter was super nice.. but really slow. And I try not complain expecially at WDW, but he took forever to come to our table.. and we could never find it. I kind of felt bad because it seemed like there weren't a lot of people working.. so he was probably running around crazy.
Of course.. we both ordered the Grilled NY Strip Steak - Served with potatoes au gratin.
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It was delicious.. I'm not sure what they put on the steak or the potatoes but it was just as good as I remembered. It's soo tasty I don't even have to use steak sauce or anything.
For our dessert- we both ordered the The Chocolate Wave.. which was very good. Not my favorite of the whole trip. But good. And I loved how they added a chocolate "Best Wishes" on our dessert for out Anniversary!
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Now.. today I am going to end here.. and save our "gift from mickey" until next time! :upsidedow
I'll try to update again later today or tomorrow.. if you get behind thats alright.. I know once school starts I will be crazy and won't be able to post as often.

[JenAusty]

Man your spongebob cake is amazing. MIL is right you should be the designated cake decorator.

thanks :goodvibes

Aww, these Epcot pictures are fantastic. I've always wanted to ride the boat from Epcot to the resorts.

I also wanted to ride it- it didn't happen. But there is always next time.

um, I think the clover thing is really cool too. I don't get out that much either I guess.

hehe thats ok! :) Also, I posted another update that finishes this update.. you were just ahead of the game!

[princess&her4princes]

Great update, Jen!! And really cute pics of you guys!! Love them all!!:cutie:

YUM! Love Woodchuck cider!!! It's delish!!! popcorn:: I"m not a Guiness person, too heavy for me, but it looks pretty cool with the shamrock on it!!

Congrats on running your 1st 5K! I did mine in June and loved it. I still have issues with my shins ,but hoping to run aonther the end of September, or do the best I can, even if I can't run it all. It's a great accomplishment in my book!!:thumbsup2 Keep up the good work!

Looking forward to hearing more...when you have the time, of course! We'll be here!!:surfweb:

[tinkgurl]

Oooh both of those beers look good! The Pub looks so cute! I remember seeing it on a Travel Channel special with Samantha Brown. :laughing:

Oooh Le Cellier! :love: I have a pic of me and Sis under that gateway from last year. Try there next time!

I got the chocolate wave at the Coral Reef too! :laughing:

[redlight]

I love the picture of you and Nemo and friends! Running has helped with the weight loss, but the biggest part was from eating less (sad to say, I love food).

[Charleston Princess]

Even though I know you must have been exhausted, your Coral Reef picture still conveys your excitement pretty well! :laughing:

We enjoyed our meal there back in 2007 -- it was fun to watch the fish, and we thought the food was good.

[disneysmiles]

Aww, what a cute update. You two did look pretty tired, though. Nothing like a steak to give you some energy though, eh?

[JenAusty]

Great update, Jen!! And really cute pics of you guys!! Love them all!!:cutie:

YUM! Love Woodchuck cider!!! It's delish!!! popcorn:: I"m not a Guiness person, too heavy for me, but it looks pretty cool with the shamrock on it!!

Congrats on running your 1st 5K! I did mine in June and loved it. I still have issues with my shins ,but hoping to run aonther the end of September, or do the best I can, even if I can't run it all. It's a great accomplishment in my book!!:thumbsup2 Keep up the good work!

Thank you. It's been really hard to keep running 4 times a week with our work/school and commuting schedule. I'm starting to worry. We did decide to go down to 2 miles until we improve the time a bit and then add on. so maybe next year we can do better times. Not that we want to win or anything- we like jogging not sprinting. hehe

Looking forward to hearing more...when you have the time, of course! We'll be here!!:surfweb:

Oooh both of those beers look good! The Pub looks so cute! I remember seeing it on a Travel Channel special with Samantha Brown. :laughing:

hahaha i loved that. I love Samantha Brown. There is just not enough of her on the travel channel anymore. But I don't remember that part of it- when watching her.. and I've watched her over and over again with disney. hehe oh well.

Oooh Le Cellier! :love: I have a pic of me and Sis under that gateway from last year. Try there next time!

I got the chocolate wave at the Coral Reef too! :laughing:

Yay go us! hehe

I love the picture of you and Nemo and friends! Running has helped with the weight loss, but the biggest part was from eating less (sad to say, I love food).

Oh that is very sad and I know the feeling. I also love food. I love trying new food, experimenting, traditional things, I also love cooking and I'm not picking. I also love the bad stuff the most.. well I wouldn't say bad but not something you should eat all the time.. like pasta, bread, and potatoes. So I feel your pain.

Even though I know you must have been exhausted, your Coral Reef picture still conveys your excitement pretty well! :laughing:

We enjoyed our meal there back in 2007 -- it was fun to watch the fish, and we thought the food was good.

Yes, I love watching the fish.. its so relaxing.. and so is the lighting and the colors. I love when I see sharks. In 2005, we got a great picture of a shark- but haven't since. hehe

Aww, what a cute update. You two did look pretty tired, though. Nothing like a steak to give you some energy though, eh?

heheh yes. and it was very good too.

Hey Everyone- Sorry I haven't updated yet. I have had a few opportunities but I'm at school. and my pictures are on my computer at home. and when I get home from commuting and then dinner its really late. Soo when I get time I'm going to upload a lot on photobucket.. so i can update. I'll try to get on in sometime this weekend. Since its an extra long labor day weekend for work and school! :woohoo:

But I have been keeping up with you guys on your PTR/TRs!

[Sarilas]

WHEW! I'm all caught up!

Jose and I are celebrating our 5th anniversary when we go to the World in November; I'm curious to see if we get any pixie dust...

[JenAusty]

WHEW! I'm all caught up!

Jose and I are celebrating our 5th anniversary when we go to the World in November; I'm curious to see if we get any pixie dust...

Yay. I'm glad your caught up. You probably won't have a hard time keeping up because I guess you could say I'm kind of slow at updating.. but its not my fault.. I swear! hehe

You most likely will.. we had quite a few little things. :goodvibes

[redlight]

Looking forward to more pictures! I'm also happy that it's Labor Day weekend.

Oh that is very sad and I know the feeling. I also love food. I love trying new food, experimenting, traditional things, I also love cooking and I'm not picking. I also love the bad stuff the most.. well I wouldn't say bad but not something you should eat all the time.. like pasta, bread, and potatoes. So I feel your pain.

I'm a pasta fan too (I'm part Italian), and I also love diary (don't get me started on ice cream).

[JenAusty]

Hey guys- I'm so sorry I am MIA.. this semester is extremely busy and with me commuting I don't know when I'll be able to update. As of right now, I leave at 6am to go to school, then I have school all day (DH and I ride together cause we are both here all day- and he has classes at night sometimes). So the earliest I get home is 8pm- and on some nights its 11pm- and then of course I go to bed. I haven't had time to post pics on photobucket to update date while I sit at school. I keep telling myself I'll update over the weekend- but its like sat/sun are my only days to do anything- which includes cleaning and laundry and grocery shopping. Pretty much that takes up my whole Sunday. Besides school I work Mon-Friday at the school I was hired at as an afterschool instructor. I love the job so far but I hate how late I work- because I get home and still haven't ate dinner- and its not like I can eat dinner at like 2pm.. I'm so use to eating around the same time for so long- its been hard. I usually eat dinner between 4-5pm. i don't like eating late. Also, this week I am applying for the College of Education- after this semester I have NO subject courses left- so I'm hoping I get accepted because it would start next semester. I just typed up my letter tonight and I'm dropping off my information tomorrow morning. ekk. I won't have the interview until Oct. and so probably won't know till the end of Oct.

I'm not sure if I told you- but I did pass my state skills test for teaching.:thumbsup2 I got it a while back but I'm not sure if I told you guys or not.

Also, this last couple of week (before school started was my goal), I have been searching for a place to move that's closer to school. We tried to live closer to our families but its just not going to happen. The commuting it killing me and costly. I'm sick of wasting money I gas.. hehe. I found tons of places but either they didn't accept pets, was way to big for the 2 of us, to expensive, a piece of crap, etc.. I was started to get really stressed about it. FINALLY, on saturday after driving around from noon-4ish.. we finally found a place. It was the very last place we seen and it was found on accident. go figure. But on saturday I did have apple pie ice cream which was amazing. So the place we found, isn't a house like we wanted but its a duplex with only 2 neighbors. It has a 2 car garage, it pretty small- almost apt. size but its really affordable and in a really nice quiet small town- which is what we wanted. We love the town. Where my school, work, and DH's work is located is in a big crazy busy town- and we have become more of the country folk over the years.. hehe It has a big yard for mags, there is a fireplace, washer/dryer in unit, paved driveway, my landlord pays the water.. woo hoo.. hehe, they accepted both animals and he didn't charge a fee for both animals- just a 1 fee-monthly, which I paid upfront. The only downfall is it is small, and I'm not sure where I'm going to fit everything. I've decided to get rid of my kitchen table because its huge with 6 chairs- and its only us two. hehe We have a island type thing so I'll just have booth seats there. Also, there is no tub- just a stand up shower- the shower is big but I'm kind of disappointed because I love taking baths. But my parents have a whirlpool tub- so I told them when I get the urge I'll just wait til weekend and then come over. hehe So its not a perfect place, but it has some awesome aspects and it felt cozy inside- which is weird because most places I move in doesn't feel homey for months. Plus, its not like its forever, its a nice little place until were done with school and stuff. And most importantly, its close to school!!!!! :woohoo: Its like its far away but only 15 mins. away from Austin's work. We get to move in Oct. 4th. He thought the other lease was up earlier- but its not so we have to wait another week- its like 3 weeks away. I hope I can make it that long. hehe I'm also going to ask if I can paint.

On a disney update- Austin wants to go back to disney soo very bad. hehe He even told me about a deal he seen on TV for free dining- but I told him thats only til December and even if we got it paid off by then- we would have no money saved up to spend- not with moving and such. We talked about going again- we already have planned Spring2011- but he said he wants to plan and go next year. Idk when we are going to go though because we love going in Jan. but Jan.2010 is to soon- and if we wait til Jan.2011- then we will be going Jan.2011 and Spring2011.. which won't work. it would be awesome but won't work. hehe so I told him either spring break of 2010 (marchish) but will be more expensive cause of SB, or summer 2010 or else we have to wait til 2011.

But it was funny- he actually wanted to go soo bad- he said- lets just check the prices and maybe put a deposit down on a trip- hehe i said "We don't even know when we are going". hehe I told him how I love- how much he loved WDW now. We will just be sitting there and he will say "I want to go to Disney World". hehe So maybe we will go sooner- and maybe we won't. but at least I know there is one coming in the future. hehe

[Sarilas]

I'm not sure if I told you- but I did pass my state skills test for teaching.:thumbsup2 I got it a while back but I'm not sure if I told you guys or not.


Congratulations! Don't worry; we're not going anywhere. :goodvibes

[Charleston Princess]

Congratulations on passing your state test! That's awesome! We will still be here when things calm down for you! :hug:

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

Hey girl! I'm new and read up on your awesome TR!!! I enjoyed reading and the pictures! I do want to comment on your tattoo I LOVE IT! I've been telling my DBF that I want a small Disney tattoo but at the same time symbolized our love too.. did it hurt where you got it?? Thats what I'm afraid of haha..! Other than that, your still in some ways a newly-wed so CONGRATS!:) I'll keep checking for updates, I can COMPLETELY understand how busy you are etc. Good luck with everything!!!!

[tinkgurl]

That's great you guys found a place closer! I know how stressful it can be!

Ugh, school hasn't even been going for a month and I'm already tired of it! :laughing:

By the way, congrats on passing the state skills test! :hug:

[disneysmiles]

Long commutes are the worst. We just moved closer to school and I feel like I've gained so much more of my day back! I'm happy you found a new place, and congrats on the teaching exam.

[redlight]

Awesome news about passing the test!

[princess&her4princes]

Congrats on passing your state exam!!! Hope things settle down some soon!!!:hug:

[JenAusty]

I don't have a lot of time, but I've been wanting to post on here and tell you guys..

WE HAVE PLANNED ANOTHER TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD! :cool1::rotfl::woohoo:

I'm really excited because it was actually my dad who pushed it. and it was all because of Animal Kingdom on the travel channel- and Kilimanjaro Safari.. hehe I'll explain the story when I have more time. But it will be my first family trip to Disney World staying onsite! We aren't going until Jan 2011- but I'm just happy we have one in motion.. and I'm excited to plan it with my family. The people going will be Me, DH, my Madre, Padre, Brother and his GF. (My bro and his GF are up in the air- my bro has to go but doesn't like the idea of having to actually pitch in and pay for himself- sucks being an adult I know but you gotta grow up sometime.. and his GF wants to go but shes still deciding. We also aren't going to book until like Jan.. so they have a few months to decide!

Also, I am moving this weekend. Our internet will be turned off at my current home on Thursday. I won't have internet again until Mon. 5th. Which is next week. So I prob. won't be able to update over the weekend- but once we move I will be home more and have more time. Please be patient while I'm moving, unpacking, school, work.. I do miss getting on her often.

[princess&her4princes]

I don't have a lot of time, but I've been wanting to post on here and tell you guys..

WE HAVE PLANNED ANOTHER TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD! :cool1::rotfl::woohoo:

I'm really excited because it was actually my dad who pushed it. and it was all because of Animal Kingdom on the travel channel- and Kilimanjaro Safari.. hehe I'll explain the story when I have more time. But it will be my first family trip to Disney World staying onsite! We aren't going until Jan 2011- but I'm just happy we have one in motion.. and I'm excited to plan it with my family. The people going will be Me, DH, my Madre, Padre, Brother and his GF. (My bro and his GF are up in the air- my bro has to go but doesn't like the idea of having to actually pitch in and pay for himself- sucks being an adult I know but you gotta grow up sometime.. and his GF wants to go but shes still deciding. We also aren't going to book until like Jan.. so they have a few months to decide!

Also, I am moving this weekend. Our internet will be turned off at my current home on Thursday. I won't have internet again until Mon. 5th. Which is next week. So I prob. won't be able to update over the weekend- but once we move I will be home more and have more time. Please be patient while I'm moving, unpacking, school, work.. I do miss getting on her often.

:banana: Yay for the new trip!!:banana:

Good luck with your move!!!! We miss you!!!:hug:

[Charleston Princess]

Congrats on another trip in the future! I think it sounds like a lot of fun!

Good luck moving this weekend! :goodvibes

[JenAusty]

Finally a little update!

As I stated- way back when..heheh While we were eating at Coral Reef- we received a surprise from Mickey!

As were were enjoying our yummy dessert- The waiter came up to us and said "Mickey would like to give you a glass of Champagne to go with your dessert- to celebrate your anniversary?" We sat there for a minute... and I said "What?!" hehe. I heard him but it was like I was confused or something.. or I guess surprised would describe it. He again said "Mickey would like to offer you a glass of champagne with your dessert to celebrate your anniversary" We both then said- OK!! :woohoo:

I felt really special because even though I know they do this all the time to many couples in a day probably. I know that there were many other couples, families and so forth celebrating something and we were chosen this time! There was even a couple sitting at the table next to us that were on there honeymoon- (I knew this because of there pins- "Just Married"). I was also very excited because Coral Reef is our favorite restaurant- its one of our traditions- and since we received it here- made it soo much more special.

The nice newlyweds next to us offered to take a picture of us with our drinks!
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I was also surprised that they offered us alcohol and didn't ID us. This never happens- because we both look young.

After our drink.. or actually before our drink we were both stuffed to the max. I actually had a hard time drinking the champagne because I was so full and it was very yummy. Since we walked a lot today- we decided to go back to the room- rest our bellies and try to go swimming.. before it rained.

We were lucky today because it only sprinkled earlier in the day.. and it was actually sunny for a little bit. When we got back to the room- I quickly changed into my bathing suit.. and DH quickly grabbed his Xbox controller and jumped in the bed. sigh;) He sure did love this game. I was ready to go swimming.. and since I had a new bathing suit- which I liked a lot.. and even though I was still stuffed from dinner- I told DH to take pictures of me in my bathing suit- "Since we are in Florida after all" I mean we are suppose to be in our bathing suits all the time in Florida.. but thats ok. Just to show you guys my bathing suit- one someone.
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As you can see..my trying to pose and hide my stuffed belly.. hehe

Here's another picture he took- This picture just shows how exhausted I was after today.. and how wonderful the weather makes my hair.. I look rough. But thats ok- WDW doesn't judge. hehe
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Since we were closest to the Computer Pool- I wanted to use the other pool tonight- hehe DH looked at me like "A pool is a pool" hehe But I insisted.. and so we searched on.
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After swimming.. we went and changed our clothes- and decided instead of going back in the parks- we would just shop around at POP..
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I said Austy was getting his gear ready for the Renaissance Festival- hehe He wanted to be Jack Sparrow- but I talked him out of it. There are just too many Captain Jack Sparrows now. And DH doesn't really look like him at all. hehe

On the way to the store- we stopped walked through the food court- and DH and I seen someones chili cheese fries- and although we were soo full.. like 2 hours ago- we said what the HAY! and got a late night snack. I mean were in Disney World- we can go all out. hehe
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After our little snack- we went back to the room. I got our clothes ready- sprayed them with wrinkle release to freshen them up. Checked our schedule for the next day.. and crawled into bed. DH of course played his game for a bit.. and I read one of the Disney books- and quickly fell asleep.

DAY 3: Hollywood Studios Day! and then Waterpark and Dinner at Biergarten.
So we both woke up to "Hakuna Matata" and I quickly jumped in the shower. It's the only thing that wakes me up.

Today I was happy because 1. I was wearing my new shirt- Three Caballeros- 2. We were eating at Biergarten (which we've never tried- but I'm German, and I loveee German food). I was stoked. and 3. DH woke up in a somewhat good mood today. hehe Him and lack of sleep don't go well together.

I told him to show me his excited face this morning.. for our Day 3 morning picture.
and well... he did do that. :laughing:
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As we walked to the bus, I decided to take more pictures.. as you can see- it looks pretty gloomy outside. It was not looking good for us today. But so far every morning when I woke up- I would peak out the window- and it was never raining.
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Finally.. we made it to DHS- and wow.. were we in for a surprise.
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Up next, long lines, star wars, and wining Austy because now he didn't like this park even more.

[JenAusty]

Hey girl! I'm new and read up on your awesome TR!!! I enjoyed reading and the pictures! I do want to comment on your tattoo I LOVE IT! I've been telling my DBF that I want a small Disney tattoo but at the same time symbolized our love too.. did it hurt where you got it?? Thats what I'm afraid of haha..! Other than that, your still in some ways a newly-wed so CONGRATS!:) I'll keep checking for updates, I can COMPLETELY understand how busy you are etc. Good luck with everything!!!!

I just wanted to say Thanks for joining.. sorry I'm soo slow at updating. But thanks for being along for the lonngg ride. hehe

Yes it hurt- it was on my inside right ankle. But actually the tattoo on my toe hurt even worse.

[disneysmiles]

No way! I guess wearing the anniversary button got you some champagne! Wohoo.

[redlight]

Good to see you updating, Jen! Congratulations on getting the free champange! You two look so happy together. Also, I really like your bathing suit. Where did you get it?

[JenAusty]

No way! I guess wearing the anniversary button got you some champagne! Wohoo.

Yes that is very true. I wanted to wear them anyways- but I've heard sooo many times that you need to wear the pins because you do get awarded.. even if its just cast members and other random people telling you "Happy Anniversary" a 100 times a day. It makes you feel special.
Good to see you updating, Jen! Congratulations on getting the free champange! You two look so happy together. Also, I really like your bathing suit. Where did you get it?

Thanks. Actually- if you read my PTR- it talks about my search for a bathing suit- how I couldn't find one anywhere- I went all over- and either I liked the print but not the style or like the style but not the print. I knew I really wanted one with neon/bright colors, and actually I didn't want black. I also was insistant in getting the "bandini" style top. Which even though I seen on TV A LOT, I couldn't find it hardly in any stores. They were all halter tops or triangle tops. Finally, after I quit looking and decided to just wear an old bathing suit to Florida... I was at Walmart- of all places and happen to see neon bathing suits. They were OP brand, I guess its new at walmart. So I went and looked. I seen this top- and although I didn't want the tie bottoms- I just tried it on and I like the top. It was black which I didn't want but I like the black with the bright colors. So I got it. So I guess next time instead of searching for a bathing suit at places you think you will find one- shop at places you don't think you will. hehe

[redlight]

Yes that is very true. I wanted to wear them anyways- but I've heard sooo many times that you need to wear the pins because you do get awarded.. even if its just cast members and other random people telling you "Happy Anniversary" a 100 times a day. It makes you feel special.


Thanks. Actually- if you read my PTR- it talks about my search for a bathing suit- how I couldn't find one anywhere- I went all over- and either I liked the print but not the style or like the style but not the print. I knew I really wanted one with neon/bright colors, and actually I didn't want black. I also was insistant in getting the "bandini" style top. Which even though I seen on TV A LOT, I couldn't find it hardly in any stores. They were all halter tops or triangle tops. Finally, after I quit looking and decided to just wear an old bathing suit to Florida... I was at Walmart- of all places and happen to see neon bathing suits. They were OP brand, I guess its new at walmart. So I went and looked. I seen this top- and although I didn't want the tie bottoms- I just tried it on and I like the top. It was black which I didn't want but I like the black with the bright colors. So I got it. So I guess next time instead of searching for a bathing suit at places you think you will find one- shop at places you don't think you will. hehe

Cool. I wouldn't have thought of Walmart. I like the bandini style too.

[princess&her4princes]

Hi Jen!
So good to see you back!!! Loved the newest update! Yay for the champagne!!! And love the suit, it's sooo cute!!:cutie: I remember when you got it!!!

You and Austy take the cutest pics, you're both so photogenic!!!! Hope to see more soon!

Hope you're well! Miss seeing you here!!!:goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

Woo! That was such a nice gift from Mickey at the Coral Reef! :woohoo: That button must've been good luck!

Haha, B/F would've been like "a pool is a pool" too!

[JenAusty]

Hi Jen!
So good to see you back!!! Loved the newest update! Yay for the champagne!!! And love the suit, it's sooo cute!!:cutie: I remember when you got it!!!

You and Austy take the cutest pics, you're both so photogenic!!!! Hope to see more soon!

Hope you're well! Miss seeing you here!!!:goodvibes
Awww.. well thanks. I really do try to get good pictures of us. I'll always yell at him because he's either squinting and you can't see his pretty blues, or fake smiling.. hehe

I'll be updating today! So its not super quick.. but better then it has been.

Woo! That was such a nice gift from Mickey at the Coral Reef! :woohoo: That button must've been good luck!

Haha, B/F would've been like "a pool is a pool" too!

I'm guessing it was good luck. I'm really happy about it. =D It's by far one of my most favorite memories of the trip.

[JenAusty]

OK.. so when I left off.. we had just arrived to DHS. I knew that it was Star Wars Weekend.. and that it would be busier than usual at this park. BUT I honestly did some poor planning or something when we changed the day of DHS. I'm not a huge fan of star wars but I did want to at least check it out and I wanted a picture of with Darth Vader and C-3PO.. just because I feel like they are the coolest. hehe. I told DH.. we would just take pictures with them.. and do what we wanted at this park and then leave. Originally, we were suppose to go to DHS on a different day, but because of the weather and such, we had less time at parks and our schedule changed a bit then what we planned. We kind of went to the "play it by ear" schedule and was rescheduling our days the night before. Some how we ended up going to DHS on the Friday.. which was the first day of Star Wars Weekends. It was also the very first weekend. I told Austin we were probably going to be busy, but not insanely because it was Friday- and most people are working and will come on sat or sunday. Well... maybe they did.. but it was sooo busy when we arrived to the park.

Today, we our first day, waiting in line to enter the park. We arrived before the park opened =D, but it was to busy to see any of the entertainment. The closest I got to see anything was men on the roof. As soon as we got there.. DH started complaining.. see, he has never cared for this park. Which I feel this to a point. This is my least favorite... but it is also the park with The Beauty and the Beast show, and Toy Story, and the Great Movie Ride, and many great places to eat. So while, I usually only give half a day to this park- I do like to go to it. The theming is really great here.

I tried to get some pictures of things.. but it didn't really work.
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Me doing my pouting face because of the crowds. hehe Trying to entertain myself while waiting.
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Austy's turn.. even though he was suppose to be smiling.. hehe
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Take 2:
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This was the only view I had of the Star Wars.
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Finally.. we were entering the park!!
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Also.. just to let you know- When I'm taking pictures its usually as I'm walking.. soo sometimes the angles are weird and stuff.. hehe But I walk and snap.. otherwise DH starts to get irritated with all my picture taking.

As soon as we entered the park.. it didn't seem as busy.. but pretty busy.. but all of a sudden I look up and I see POOH! He was actually walking with a photographer- to his place. Of course I yelled "Look Pooh!!!" "I need a picture" So I ran to him.. hehe and DH had to catch up.. and guess what?! I was the very first picture with Pooh.. it was amazing.. a character picture with no waiting.. pfff!
I really like these pictures of us with Pooh. The photographer took great pictures to. there is one picture were I'm reaching to hug pooh and he is reaching to me.. I swear it looks like a true "magical" moment picture that you would see on a commercial or something. hehe However, I can't show you the picture because I ordered the calendar and forgot to order the CD.. within and then my time frame passed and the pics were lost. So.. After my TR ends.. I'm going to try and take pics from the calendar and share.
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[JenAusty]

and then I continued to take more pictures..
as we headed to Toy Story.. because I knew about the long waiting line and FP. Soo.. we went there first!
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Don't you love the gloomy sky? I would probably be depressed with all the gloomy days.. but since I was at Disney.. it didn't phase me.. unless it rained.

As we entered the "Toy Story" area... I was shocked with how long the line was already. I guess everyone knew about the long lines.. so we quickly decided to get in line and get it over with. It said 20 min. wait- and ended up being about 30 mins. I really loved this ride.. and everything around it. I LOOVVEEDD all the small touches they made outside the ride, and inside. I really love this movie and they really hit it on the head.
So I took many pictures of pretty much everything.. hehe and also pictures of our view from where we were standing..
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Now.. I know these are just trash bins.. but they are cute. hehe
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I loved the huge night light as you entered the building.. hehe I loved how they made us seem small like the toys. :goodvibes
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As we were inside- I pretty much flipped out about everything I seen.. because these were all games that I played as a little kid.. and it made me smile!
Candyland!!
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Shoots and Ladders!
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We were getting close.. so I told Austin to pose for me.. idk why he chose the "what up I'm cool look" hehe
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and I was super excited about this sign.. because the UP characters were suppose to be here this week to celebrate the movie.. but we never seen them :sad2:
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[redlight]

Your pouty face is good, but your smile is better. :) Loved the Star Wars and Toy Story pictures!

[tinkgurl]

:lmao: Your pout face because of the crowds. We are so alike!

Aw..I love those pics with Pooh! He's just so loveable!

Yay! You rode TSM! Isn't so cool?! The line is even exciting! Thanks for the pic of the nightlight, it's my favorite part!

[princess&her4princes]

Great update Jen! Love your pouting face pic, too cute!:cutie: My little one was sitting on my lap while I was reading your update and got SO EXCITED when he saw you with Pooh! Aww, makes me want to go back to Disney SO bad right now!!!!!:headache:

Looking forward to hearing more your day at DHS!:goodvibes

[JenAusty]

Your pouty face is good, but your smile is better. :) Loved the Star Wars and Toy Story pictures!


hehe thanks. We took soo many Toy Story pics.. but I seriously loved everything.

:lmao: Your pout face because of the crowds. We are so alike!

Aw..I love those pics with Pooh! He's just so loveable!

Yay! You rode TSM! Isn't so cool?! The line is even exciting! Thanks for the pic of the nightlight, it's my favorite part!

Yeah! Standing in line is almost as fun as the ride. hehe I remember someone talking about disney and they said- they loved disney because they make waiting in line part of the attraction.. which is sooo true.

Great update Jen! Love your pouting face pic, too cute!:cutie: My little one was sitting on my lap while I was reading your update and got SO EXCITED when he saw you with Pooh! Aww, makes me want to go back to Disney SO bad right now!!!!!:headache:

Looking forward to hearing more your day at DHS!:goodvibes

hehe yeah, I love Pooh too! I'm going to try and update today sometime.. soo hopefully I'll get most of this day done. I also want to go back soooo bad. :goodvibes

[disneyloverforchrist]

Just wanted to sub in!!! Love all the posts so far :thumbsup2

[JenAusty]

Just wanted to sub in!!! Love all the posts so far :thumbsup2

YAYY!! :wave2:Thanks for joining.. I'm going to try and post a new update by this weekend. Will see how it goes!

[JenAusty]

Hey guys! I just wanted to say that I might be going to DISNEY WORLD for Spring Break! Nothing is set in stone.. but Austin's best friend called him yesterday and told him that he wanted to go with us next time we go to Disney World. He knows how much of a disney fan I am.. and we told him the next time we were going was Jan. 2011 with my parents and brother.. he said he didn't want to barge in on a family vaca but he wanted to go sooner anyways. They said they found a deal through AAA for 3 days- with tickets for 200 in somehting. I'm not exactly sure. Austin told him when we got home that night that I would try and find us a deal. We talked about driving.. flying.. and how long to stay. We were thinking at least 5 days. But it is last minute planning, and we are trying to do it on a cheap budget. Because in Jan. 2011 I'm going again with my parents- and we are staying there longer and stuff. So.. anyways, I got online when I got home and i couldn't find that special. I did see that Disney was offering that free 2 or 3 days.. but its a little more than we wanted to spend.. but either way if we go 5 days- its 2 or 3 free days. So I'm not sure what we are doing.

I was surprised how fast DH said YES to going for Spring Break. But before he hungup- he told his friend "you know now that Jen is going to get all crazy with disney again because of you right?" hehehehe His friend said he knew how much I loved disney, loved planning, and have some experience with it so he wanted us to go together. So.. we will see.. were searching deals now.. will prob. go for about 4 days.

I'm sooooo excited but don't want to get my hopes up. I was thinking last night laying in bed- that is we do book it- then we have less than 180 days to make our dining resses.. hehe I'm already stressing. hehe But for this trip if we do go- I'm going to try and be more free and relaxed- and not so much with planning because we are going with friends, and I get to be the SUPER planner for my trip with my family.

By the way, my parents are super excited about it. They seen a thing on the travel channel that they remembered and my mom called me. hehe On Sunday, we went over there for dinner- and my mom was talking about the rides they remembered and stuff my brother said. It made me excited and happy for that to.

I have to go for now but I do want to try and post an update by this weekend!

[princess&her4princes]

Hey guys! I just wanted to say that I might be going to DISNEY WORLD for Spring Break! Nothing is set in stone.. but Austin's best friend called him yesterday and told him that he wanted to go with us next time we go to Disney World. He knows how much of a disney fan I am.. and we told him the next time we were going was Jan. 2011 with my parents and brother.. he said he didn't want to barge in on a family vaca but he wanted to go sooner anyways. They said they found a deal through AAA for 3 days- with tickets for 200 in somehting. I'm not exactly sure. Austin told him when we got home that night that I would try and find us a deal. We talked about driving.. flying.. and how long to stay. We were thinking at least 5 days. But it is last minute planning, and we are trying to do it on a cheap budget. Because in Jan. 2011 I'm going again with my parents- and we are staying there longer and stuff. So.. anyways, I got online when I got home and i couldn't find that special. I did see that Disney was offering that free 2 or 3 days.. but its a little more than we wanted to spend.. but either way if we go 5 days- its 2 or 3 free days. So I'm not sure what we are doing.

I was surprised how fast DH said YES to going for Spring Break. But before he hungup- he told his friend "you know now that Jen is going to get all crazy with disney again because of you right?" hehehehe His friend said he knew how much I loved disney, loved planning, and have some experience with it so he wanted us to go together. So.. we will see.. were searching deals now.. will prob. go for about 4 days.

I'm sooooo excited but don't want to get my hopes up. I was thinking last night laying in bed- that is we do book it- then we have less than 180 days to make our dining resses.. hehe I'm already stressing. hehe But for this trip if we do go- I'm going to try and be more free and relaxed- and not so much with planning because we are going with friends, and I get to be the SUPER planner for my trip with my family.

By the way, my parents are super excited about it. They seen a thing on the travel channel that they remembered and my mom called me. hehe On Sunday, we went over there for dinner- and my mom was talking about the rides they remembered and stuff my brother said. It made me excited and happy for that to.

I have to go for now but I do want to try and post an update by this weekend!

:yay:WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!:yay:
Keeping everything crossed for you!! Hope we hear some good news soon!!! How fun would that be?!!! SOOO jealous, keep us posted!!!:goodvibes

[Charleston Princess]

Pixie dust for a possible spring break trip! That would be fantastic! :wizard:

[JenAusty]

:yay:WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!:yay:
Keeping everything crossed for you!! Hope we hear some good news soon!!! How fun would that be?!!! SOOO jealous, keep us posted!!!:goodvibes

Pixie dust for a possible spring break trip! That would be fantastic! :wizard:

Thank you! While the news has changed a little.. there still is a trip in thoughts.. soo it might still be working. :goodvibes

[JenAusty]

Ok first off- Spring Break- well sadly, I'll say that it has changed a little bit. DH's friend and GF are super fans of Harry Potter- and they really want to go to Universal Studios(traders..hehe), and the new Harry Potter land.. I don't have much info on it. Although, i'm not the biggest fan or HP- that would still be pretty awesome.

So.. idk if they were thinking the HP was at disney or not.. or maybe they changed there mind after.idk. But they still want us to vaca together on SB. Soo.. they want us to go to FL stay offsite (no on US land), go the US, and to the Harry Potter thingy.. and do that instead. At first i was a little disappointed as I wanted to go to WDW soooo very bad. BUT I was also excited to finally go back to Universal because the last time I went there I was in 4th grade- and I've really missed some of the rides and have always wanted to go back but never wanted to rent a car while there, or didn't go to the Orlando area. I'm not even sure if any or all of theres rides are still there- ET (personal most favorite there), Back to the Future, Jaws, King Kong- I believe. I've always talked about them with Austin and so he has wanted to go there as well. I also think that staying offsite gives us more choices on vaca packages and things for cheapness, and to explore outside of WDW, even though it will be very very hard. But I've heard there are a lot of cool things to go to in Orlando- such as shopping, or the themed dinner shows.. sort of close- the ocean:goodvibes. So I'll keep you posted. At least i'm going to florida.. hopefully. Thats a smile in itself.


The next thing. For one of my senior class- communication classes I am thinking about doing a research paper/presentation on the disboards- in terms of social penetration theory and the media.. basically focusing on the relationships created, the intimacy- breadth and depth of information, the commitment we have, and stuff like that- and I was curious if I did choose to do this- if you would take part in a survey I create, or questionaires? Just so you know- I won't need any of your personal info such as name or address- I'll just use your Dis ID, and I actually really won't need to use that for the research paper- I will just need to use answers and things- it also won't be personal questions. If you guys are interested please let me know.

Ok- this weekend goal-disney update on trip!! Sorry i have been slacking on posting comments- I promise I will soon!

[tinkgurl]

Oooh I hope you go to WDW for SB! When would the dates be? That would be awesome if we were there the same time! Tell those traiters you have to go to WDW! :rotfl:

I am definately interested in answering questions for your research paper/presentation! Ask away!:)

[mebbradley]

I've loved reading this! Can't wait for more posts!

[JenAusty]

Hello Everyone. I just wanted to let you know. I have created a survey for my research topic on disboards and the friendships created. Please take time (if you'd like to) to fill out the survey. You can either post the answers back on here, send them in a message, or email me at jenausty@gmail.com. Either email with work. Please -if you email me- include your username. I do not need your real name, or any personal information. For privacy reasons I'm only going to use disboard usernames. If you have any questions- or don't understand them- please ask. I'll clarify. Also, the more information you give- the more helper it will be for my paper. so if I ask you a question and you want to add more to the answer- then yes or no- please do include it. Again, thanks for all that take part in my research.

As for an update- I have soo many cute, good little things to share. I've just been busy with papers, and research, and working, and lesson plans, and COE meetings. Which reminds me- did I even tell you guys I got accepted into the College of Education at school?!! If not- I DID!! And at the introduction meeting- they shared how this program is known around the world- and many states recruit from their graduates. which is sweeet! I knew it was a great program- but I didn't realize how great.

Ok, here if the questions.

Survey- This study focuses on the Social Penetration Theory and Media Ecology in Communication studies- if you are interested where my study is based.

1.What is the main reason you post on disboards? A. WDW vacation information B. Friendships created. C. To share my love of Disney World with other fellow Disney fans.

2.Do you feel comfortable disclosing personal information about yourself on disboards?

3.If yes, what’s the deepest layer of disclosure (Choose a number or specify): 1. generalizations about yourself (college student etc), 2. Preferences (things you like, pets you have, sports), 3. Goals & Aspirations (life goals, your career goals), 4. Fears/Fantasies/Religious Convictions- Religious beliefs, abortion beliefs, what you’re scared of, financial problems), 5.Concept of Self- your true self- basically you feel comfortable revealing everything about yourself.

a. Do you think it depends on the subjects and context? If you feel it varies and there are certain things you can talk about in deeper layers then others- please share.

4.Do you use any other blog/forum website as often at disboards to share reports and create friendships?

5.Do you feel that the friendships you’ve created on disboards are “real” friendships?

6.Do you feel a type of commitment or dependence with your friends on disboards? (Referring to the ones you associate with often). (For example, if it’s been a while and you haven’t been able to update your trip report or post on others reports- do you feel bad for not doing so, or feel like your neglecting those friendships?)


7.Do you feel the friendships created on the disboards are stronger than most blogs because of the core idea that brought us together (the love of Disney/Disney vacations)? (I know you all want to answer yes because we all love Disney, but please be serious with your answer.)



If I think of any other questions along the way- I will post them. Thanks again for your time- this is really creating a one of kind research paper and I'm extremely excited.
Once I have all your answers- I'll post the results at well.