Coldpony
06-26-2002, 08:01 AM
DISNEY TRIP
ALL STAR MUSIC
DELTA Detroit-Orlando
YOUR RIDE VAN
ALL WDW PARKS
JUNE 15, 2002 Through June 22, 2002
CAST:
Rich aka Coldpony on the Boards. Husband to Melissa. Dad to Jacob, Katie, and Hannah. 31 year old Sales Analyst. 8th Trip to WDW. Status: MASTER TRIP PLANNER AND AUTHOR OF TRIP REPORT.
Melissa. Wife to Rich. Mom to Jacob, Katie, and Hannah. Friend to Tami. Soon to be 30 years old. Finance / Accounting Supervisor for our city. 7th Trip to WDW (pregnant during two of the previous trips...please, let's not have that happen again). Status: ADDICTED PIN TRADER
Jacob. Son to Rich and Melissa. Brother to Katie and Hannah. Friends with Becca and Michelle. Recent Kindergarten Graduate. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include the trip in mommy’s tummy). STATUS: ROCK N ROLLER COASTER JEDI KNIGHT.
Katie. Daughter to Rich and Melissa. Sister to Jacob. Twin Sister to Hannah. Loves Becca and Michelle. Graduated from 1st year of pre-school. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include trip in mommy's tummy).
Celebrating 4th birthday at Disney World. STATUS: EAGLE EYES FOR ICE CREAM CARTS.
Hannah. Daughter to Rich and Melissa. Sister to Jacob. Twin Sister to Katie. Loves Becca and Michelle. Graduated from 1st year of pre-school. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include trip in mommy's tummy).
Celebrating 4th birthday at Disney World. STATUS: GOOFY BARNSTORMER NEVER AGAIN DADDY.
Tami. Friend to Melissa and Rich. Mom to Becca and Michelle. Thirty Something. Works at City with Melissa. 2nd Disney Trip. STATUS: CLASS A ‘Get Rich’s Wife Addicted To Pin Trading’ (I think she must get commission from Disney for Pin Sales).
Becca. Daughter to Tami. Sister to Michelle. Friends with Jacob, Katie, Hannah. 11 Years Old. 2nd Trip To WDW. STATUS: TOP GUN COASTER PILOT soon to be PIN ADDICT.
Michelle. Daughter to Tami. Sister to Becca. Friends with Jacob, Katie, Hannah. 10 Years Old. 2nd Trip To WDW. STATUS: MAJOR CM LANYARD SPOTTER.
DAY FOUR: TUESDAY JUNE 18 ’Wet, Wetter, Disappointed by Tiger, Tired!’
Today was our water park day. We decided on Typhoon Lagoon (my favorite). We slept in a little and headed to the bus stops around 9:30am. OH MY GOODNESS!!! I counted close to 700 people waiting for all different busses to all the parks. Everyone in our group thanks for me for getting us to the parks 45minutes early everyday to avoid this mess. Luckily there is no one waiting for the TL/DownTown Bus. A Short wait and we are off to the Water Park. We rent a locker for $7 and everybody’s stuff fits. They have free rentals for the swim life jackets for the kids (just need to leave your room key or other form of ID). We grab some chairs by one of the play ships close to the Lagoon and head to the lazy river. We have a nice spin around the park and then head for the wave pool. I little too much for the twins but fun for the older kids. I take the twins to CatchAKiddeeFalls or whatever it is called and they have a blast. We all meet back up and the rest of the kids play in the kiddie are too. It was nice because the park was really empty with zero waits for all the tube rides and slides. I think the threat of rain kept most people away. It started sprinkling so myself, Tami, Jacob, Becca and Michelle hit the tube rides while Missy stayed under cover by the kids area and let the twins play. We rode all the slides and tube rides a few times and had a great time and then headed back to meet up with the others and to grab lunch while it wasn’t raining. We had a nice lunch, hot dogs, wraps, chips, fries, drinks. After lunch the older girls wanted to try Shark Reef, so Tami and I took them in while the others watched from the bridge. Michelle had her first taste of Salt Water, gagged, and refused to go any farther so she joined the others on the bridge (Salt Water is nasty compared to Lake Michigan where we are used to swimming!). The sharks and fish were active so it was pretty fun.
We headed back to the hotel for naps as we were doing E-Night tonight, and the Moms were going to do some laundry and try to sneak over to see Tiger Woods before we left for MK. All went as planned with the exception of Tiger ‘Loser’ Woods (now to us) as he ended up backing out of the parade at the last minute!
While they were gone and the kids were napping I decided to make a different dinner PS than LTT again. I was able to get us Tony’s Town Square. I called the Moms on the NEXTEL and let them know that we would meet them at Tony’s. I got the kids around and headed to MK. We got our wrist bands with no trouble and then rode the train around. It started raining again so we rode the Carrousel and then headed to Tony’s. The Moms met us there with no problems. Dinner was great. We all had spaghetti and meatballs and the kids ate everything. After dinner Melissa did some more pin shopping/trading and then we headed to Fantasy Land as the twins wanted to ride everything again. This worked out great as everyone else was lining up for the 9pm parade we had very short waits for FL. We rode Peter Pan, IASW, Snow White, and as the kids were boarding Dumbo the fireworks started. It was pretty neat seeing the fireworks while riding Dumbo.
E-Night had started. The first 45 minutes were disappointing as Space MNTN broke down and there seemed to be people everywhere. But once the non-E-Nighters left it thinned out pretty good. I took the twins with me and we rode Buzz a few times, got a snack, went on Haunted Mansion, and went to the Country Bears Show. The others rode Space/Splash/Thunder MNTN.
Melissa, Myself and our three kids were ready to call it a night at about 12:30am so we got ice cream and dessets and then headed back to the ASMu for bed. The others stayed and rode a few more times.
The long walk back to the room was hard as all three kids had fallen asleep on the bus. But we managed.
Another Good Day, Weather not Cooperating, But Trying Our Best To Keep Going!
ALL STAR MUSIC
DELTA Detroit-Orlando
YOUR RIDE VAN
ALL WDW PARKS
JUNE 15, 2002 Through June 22, 2002
CAST:
Rich aka Coldpony on the Boards. Husband to Melissa. Dad to Jacob, Katie, and Hannah. 31 year old Sales Analyst. 8th Trip to WDW. Status: MASTER TRIP PLANNER AND AUTHOR OF TRIP REPORT.
Melissa. Wife to Rich. Mom to Jacob, Katie, and Hannah. Friend to Tami. Soon to be 30 years old. Finance / Accounting Supervisor for our city. 7th Trip to WDW (pregnant during two of the previous trips...please, let's not have that happen again). Status: ADDICTED PIN TRADER
Jacob. Son to Rich and Melissa. Brother to Katie and Hannah. Friends with Becca and Michelle. Recent Kindergarten Graduate. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include the trip in mommy’s tummy). STATUS: ROCK N ROLLER COASTER JEDI KNIGHT.
Katie. Daughter to Rich and Melissa. Sister to Jacob. Twin Sister to Hannah. Loves Becca and Michelle. Graduated from 1st year of pre-school. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include trip in mommy's tummy).
Celebrating 4th birthday at Disney World. STATUS: EAGLE EYES FOR ICE CREAM CARTS.
Hannah. Daughter to Rich and Melissa. Sister to Jacob. Twin Sister to Katie. Loves Becca and Michelle. Graduated from 1st year of pre-school. 2nd Disney Trip (3rd if you include trip in mommy's tummy).
Celebrating 4th birthday at Disney World. STATUS: GOOFY BARNSTORMER NEVER AGAIN DADDY.
Tami. Friend to Melissa and Rich. Mom to Becca and Michelle. Thirty Something. Works at City with Melissa. 2nd Disney Trip. STATUS: CLASS A ‘Get Rich’s Wife Addicted To Pin Trading’ (I think she must get commission from Disney for Pin Sales).
Becca. Daughter to Tami. Sister to Michelle. Friends with Jacob, Katie, Hannah. 11 Years Old. 2nd Trip To WDW. STATUS: TOP GUN COASTER PILOT soon to be PIN ADDICT.
Michelle. Daughter to Tami. Sister to Becca. Friends with Jacob, Katie, Hannah. 10 Years Old. 2nd Trip To WDW. STATUS: MAJOR CM LANYARD SPOTTER.
DAY FOUR: TUESDAY JUNE 18 ’Wet, Wetter, Disappointed by Tiger, Tired!’
Today was our water park day. We decided on Typhoon Lagoon (my favorite). We slept in a little and headed to the bus stops around 9:30am. OH MY GOODNESS!!! I counted close to 700 people waiting for all different busses to all the parks. Everyone in our group thanks for me for getting us to the parks 45minutes early everyday to avoid this mess. Luckily there is no one waiting for the TL/DownTown Bus. A Short wait and we are off to the Water Park. We rent a locker for $7 and everybody’s stuff fits. They have free rentals for the swim life jackets for the kids (just need to leave your room key or other form of ID). We grab some chairs by one of the play ships close to the Lagoon and head to the lazy river. We have a nice spin around the park and then head for the wave pool. I little too much for the twins but fun for the older kids. I take the twins to CatchAKiddeeFalls or whatever it is called and they have a blast. We all meet back up and the rest of the kids play in the kiddie are too. It was nice because the park was really empty with zero waits for all the tube rides and slides. I think the threat of rain kept most people away. It started sprinkling so myself, Tami, Jacob, Becca and Michelle hit the tube rides while Missy stayed under cover by the kids area and let the twins play. We rode all the slides and tube rides a few times and had a great time and then headed back to meet up with the others and to grab lunch while it wasn’t raining. We had a nice lunch, hot dogs, wraps, chips, fries, drinks. After lunch the older girls wanted to try Shark Reef, so Tami and I took them in while the others watched from the bridge. Michelle had her first taste of Salt Water, gagged, and refused to go any farther so she joined the others on the bridge (Salt Water is nasty compared to Lake Michigan where we are used to swimming!). The sharks and fish were active so it was pretty fun.
We headed back to the hotel for naps as we were doing E-Night tonight, and the Moms were going to do some laundry and try to sneak over to see Tiger Woods before we left for MK. All went as planned with the exception of Tiger ‘Loser’ Woods (now to us) as he ended up backing out of the parade at the last minute!
While they were gone and the kids were napping I decided to make a different dinner PS than LTT again. I was able to get us Tony’s Town Square. I called the Moms on the NEXTEL and let them know that we would meet them at Tony’s. I got the kids around and headed to MK. We got our wrist bands with no trouble and then rode the train around. It started raining again so we rode the Carrousel and then headed to Tony’s. The Moms met us there with no problems. Dinner was great. We all had spaghetti and meatballs and the kids ate everything. After dinner Melissa did some more pin shopping/trading and then we headed to Fantasy Land as the twins wanted to ride everything again. This worked out great as everyone else was lining up for the 9pm parade we had very short waits for FL. We rode Peter Pan, IASW, Snow White, and as the kids were boarding Dumbo the fireworks started. It was pretty neat seeing the fireworks while riding Dumbo.
E-Night had started. The first 45 minutes were disappointing as Space MNTN broke down and there seemed to be people everywhere. But once the non-E-Nighters left it thinned out pretty good. I took the twins with me and we rode Buzz a few times, got a snack, went on Haunted Mansion, and went to the Country Bears Show. The others rode Space/Splash/Thunder MNTN.
Melissa, Myself and our three kids were ready to call it a night at about 12:30am so we got ice cream and dessets and then headed back to the ASMu for bed. The others stayed and rode a few more times.
The long walk back to the room was hard as all three kids had fallen asleep on the bus. But we managed.
Another Good Day, Weather not Cooperating, But Trying Our Best To Keep Going!