It's the truth,it's actual! Road trip,CSR, DxDP,MNSSHP! *NEW PTR LINK IS UP!! PG 38*

[inkedupmomma]

HELLLLO everyone! We are back safe and sound! Survived the Drive and had the time of our lives!!

For those of you who do not know us, allow me to introduce the cast!!

Me,myself and me!! Jenn aka inkedupmomma (since many ask, that means I am tattooed). I am 28 and completely addicted to WDW! My obsession and love started at a very young age, before I even went to any of the parks or knew much about them. I just KNEW it was MAGICAL and the place for me!!! My favorite princess is Snow White!
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DD- Kayla, 8 years old. LOVES WDW! She loves the planning as much as I do! Her all time favorite character is Tinkerbelle! I suspect it is because she is of small stature herself:lmao:
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DS- Jack, 3 years old. Also LOVESSSSSS WDW! Seeing things through his eyes, make sthe trip that much more magical for all of us! His favorite movie is Nightmare before Christmas, and lovessss Toy Story, Snow White and Monsters Inc. Talks about "princess castle" allll the time! Especially the "goodnight in shining armor" ( knight in cindy's castle):rotfl:
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In addition to my own personal cast, we were meeting lots of friends on this trip!

The first group I will refer to as Jophia! Jophia stands for Joe and Sophia, who I somehow always call jophia when trying to call their names! I met Sophia here on the disboards about 18 months ago, and we met in the world for the first time last September. We have been great friends ever since! We decided after meeting that we would book our trips for right around the same time, so we could spend more time together! Also, Sophia's mom Alice who my son refers to as " the gramma" joined them this year!
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The second group is my friend Kelly, her husband Jeff and their two children Lily 3, soon to be 4 and Weston 18 months! One day while facebook chatting, she mentioned she was going to plan a disney trip for August since that is when free dining is. I told her that free dining ran through til October and she was thrilled! I quick went online and ran the numbers for her and she called that day and booked for the same week we did! This was her children's first trip:cloud9: Needless to say, I was elated to be able to share that with them!:wizard:
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So there you have the cast and crew, the who. Now onto the good stuff! What,where, when and why!! maybe not in that order:rotfl2:

Where- CSR, rancho's
When- September 12-21,2009
What- we did it all and then some! Dxdp, MNSSHP, and some very special surprises!!

This trip was filled with a ton of Pixie dust and lots of firsts! I took over 4,000 pics, and plan to share as many as possible! (So long as photobucket remains my friend!!)

Welcome back to my faithful reader's and welcome to the new ones! Don't lurk, share your feelings and comments! I love hearing from everyone!

*Up next, the surprise and a lonnnngggg drive*

[lisalonglash]

Woohooo, I'm finally first! :banana:

[mchelle77]

I'm here too! Can't wait to hear all about it!

[Trentmom]

Here :yay:


Can't wait to hear all about it popcorn::

[DisGirl81]

I'm in! I can't wait to read more.

[tinkgurl]

I'm here! I can't believe your trip has come and went already!

[Vallie]

Im here Im here Im hereeee!!!!

[Beka]

I'm here!!!

[Myhappythought5]

Glad to see you made it home safe and you all had a great time.
can't wait to read all about it.:goodvibes

[29apr00]

welcome back Jen! Can't wait to hear all about the trip!

[inkedupmomma]

I'm here!!!
:hug:
Im here Im here Im hereeee!!!!
Heyyyy girlllll
I'm here! I can't believe your trip has come and went already!
ugh..don't remind me!
I'm in! I can't wait to read more.
Welcome!
Here :yay:


Can't wait to hear all about it popcorn::
You are so faithful!

I'm here too! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Hey you, thanks for joining in!
Woohooo, I'm finally first! :banana:

Wooot... i'm never first to anything LOL

[swankybeth]

I'm in! Looking forward to hearing about your trip. :)

[inkedupmomma]

Glad to see you made it home safe and you all had a great time.
can't wait to read all about it.:goodvibes

welcome back Jen! Can't wait to hear all about the trip!

Hey you guys! Thanks for joining in!

as predicted. Photo bucket is being a jerkkkk! sooo i will have to update and add pics starting tomorrow..too tired to fight with it anymore today!

[inkedupmomma]

I'm in! Looking forward to hearing about your trip. :)

oops, hi and welcome! every time i quote others, more people join in! yay me! lol. Nice to meet you and thanks for joining in!

[inkedupmomma]

While you are all waiting for me to post fun stuff, head on over to one of my most favorite Diser's review of the D23 expo in Anaheim! She is an AMAZING writer, and you will be entertained and delighted!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2286071

[OhioDisneyLover]

I'm here too!!!!!!!!!!

[inkedupmomma]

I'm here too!!!!!!!!!!

:cutie::hug:

[inkedupmomma]

So brilliant me decided to tell Kayla that John would have to work Fri and Sat now, and that we would have to eave later for our trip than anticipated. Unfortunately, this made her so sooo sad, and she threw a fit. I had already said it, so I figured I might as go with it.. (bad mommy, I know!). I did this, because I have a big mouth and my kids rarely have any surprises! I'm just so excited to give, it is hard to keep my mouth shut at times! So here starts the journey!

Friday September 11,2009

We all wake up at regular school day time. John gets in the shower, I wake Kayla up and tell her daddy is running late for work and he will take her to school today..muwhahahahaha! We were committed to this trick/surprise! John gets out of the shower and puts his work clothes on, and starts saying come on Kayla, I'm late, we gotta get going! She totally fell for it! I give her a kiss goodbye and start doing all the last minute stuff!!!

About 10 mins later John returns and says mission accomplished, Kayla had NO clue that he wasn't going to work!

The rest of the day was pretty boring and full of last minute stuff. I did get a pedicure, and was annoyed at how much it cost lol. I had a gift card to this really awesome (so I thought ) Spa in town. So I assumed their pedicures would be better than the chinese place I normally go to, for HALF the price. wrong. I mean it was a pedicure, so how much can I really complain? It just wasn't worth the ridiculous price tag.

While I was out doing all that fun last minute stuff, John went to target and home depot to get last minute stuff for our magic carpet and the car ride.

We all got back to the house around 2 and John had some last minute finishing touches to do to the magic carpet..UHM hello.. we need to pack the van up still!!

Finally around 2:30 we started packing up the van and at 3:22 we were on our way to get Kayla! What's that you say?? You were actually ON TIME Jenn?? YES, yes we were! I was so proud of myself!


proof

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So in case any of you wonder how an Inkedupmomma packs...here it is! Out of control.

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Stow aways...wait, you guys are coming with!

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Mickey luggage I bought myself from John for xmas...

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YIKES

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So yeah.. I am an over packer!

Also, Kayla got her nails and toes done on Thursday night, look how cute they turned out!
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*next up, we arrive at Kayla's school, was she surprised like we hoped?? and the start of a 24 hour drive to Orlando!

[Trentmom]

You are too funny ....and poor Kayla :rotfl:


Keep it coming....

My son is sick and I am bored popcorn::

[inkedupmomma]

You are too funny ....and poor Kayla :rotfl:

EVERYONE told me I was soooo mean.. I felt bad after everyone said that ..but not bad enough to fess up LOL
Keep it coming....

My son is sick and I am bored popcorn::

Kayla has her first soccer game today:banana: and then we are going to NYC for my baby sister's birthday! If I can, I will squeeze in an update after her game and before we have to leave for NYC! Tell baby boy I said feel better!

[Trentmom]

Kayla has her first soccer game today:banana: and then we are going to NYC for my baby sister's birthday! If I can, I will squeeze in an update after her game and before we have to leave for NYC! Tell baby boy I said feel better!

Good luck to Kayla :cheer2:

Oh how fun. Hope you have a great time

Thanks..I will tell him :goodvibes

[dawz1026]

Can't wait to hear more! You and I are packing companions and we drive from Long Island! Love to hear about your journey!:cool1:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Yay, an update so soon! Woo Hoo. :woohoo: I have not even started my TR yet. :rolleyes1

And people, let me tell you....she packed enough stuff for a year. OMG, you should have seen the stuff that came out of that van in the parking lot! :lmao:

[lauren_elizabeth]

Definitely joining along! Your kids are adorable! :) Can't wait to hear about how Kayla reacted when she found out yall were leaving that day!

[inkedupmomma]

Definitely joining along! Your kids are adorable! :) Can't wait to hear about how Kayla reacted when she found out yall were leaving that day!
Yay for new readers! welcome!
Yay, an update so soon! Woo Hoo. :woohoo: I have not even started my TR yet. :rolleyes1

And people, let me tell you....she packed enough stuff for a year. OMG, you should have seen the stuff that came out of that van in the parking lot! :lmao:
I KNOW I said it last year.. but fer real, next year we are packing less! Especially if YOU plan on doing something silly again, wink wink..

Can't wait to hear more! You and I are packing companions and we drive from Long Island! Love to hear about your journey!:cool1:
Yay for more new readers! Glad i'm not the only over packer! i think it must bebecause we drive and actually CAN over pack??

Good luck to Kayla :cheer2:

Oh how fun. Hope you have a great time

Thanks..I will tell him :goodvibes

Her team won!! woot! although, she got scolded for being silly out on the field! our town takes soccer VERY serious! and once you hit 3rd grade all bets ar off and you better be on point. This is the year it gets serious and competitive! So she had to not sit there gabbing and giggling! She kicked butt though!

Gonna attempt another installment here.. won't be entirely too long.. I have yet to pack for NYC tonight..and you know how *I* pack:rotfl:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Yay for Kayla's team.

We miss you guys TONS!

Btw, I started my TR. Trying to keep busy to keep my mind off things right now......

[inkedupmomma]

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In case you can't tell by the pictures, Kayla was VERY surprised, and just smitten:lovestruc It took her a few seconds to get what was happening at first, but once she did!! It was all smiles and wow wow wow's! Then she got all serious on us, and said " ou know, that is lying and lying is unacceptable" bwhahaha! Anywho, the trip was off to an awesome start! We were on time, she was surprised!

After picking her up, we till had a few stops to make before we could officially hit the road (remind me NOT to do that next year!) At thus point, John realized he forgot the handle for the magic carpet..DOH' :headache: So he dropped me off at my eye dr. so I could get my new contatcs and he ran home real quick! After that we stopped off to see my grandma, who had road snacks and some busy work for the kids. Then we stopped at my bosses house so I could say bye to Noah (the by I nanny) and give her, her b-day gift!

At this point it was time to offically hit the road! It was 4:33 pm! Only 3 mins off schedule so far!
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It was yucky out now, and that was giving me a sad! I hateee driving in the rain. Also, for some reason I was NOT excited yet about the trip. My depression has been kinda bad this year and I think that had to do with it! (Don't worry, once I hot the Mk I was over my sad) I can remember last year, i thought my head was going to explode I was so excited to go lol. this year I was much more cool,calm and collected.

I surprised John with:

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oh, yes, a box of Pierre's chocolates (our fav chocs!) for the ride down! he was thrilled! I figured i would start the trip off fat, I mean right!

Things were going nice and smooth until we hit rush hour in Philadelphia

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Philly looks so gross in the rain! I absolutely hated living there for the time we did! Especially when it rained! I'm def more of trees and greenery kinda gal!

So, funny story..well not so much for us, but it was right around the philly time when my lovely baby boy ask the questoin. I knowyou know which one I am talking about right?? insert whiny voice " mommmmmmmmmmmmmmy are we at Disneyyy yetttttt??" WHAT?? less than an hour into the drive and you are asking if we are there yet?? Kids actually DO ask this question. I thoght only kids on T.V. did that! NO, Jack, we are NOT there yet. Sawwy, ask again in about 23 hours!

Thank you lord for mini-vans with DVD players!!

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Around 7 pm we decided it was time to stop and eat some dinner! At this point we were in Elkton, Maryland. We saw a Waffle House and decided to give it a try! For some reason, I have been obsessed with eating at one of these places. I was dying to try it. Not sure why..wasn't very good! Our waitress was so nice, but the cook and the other waitress were miserable, and cursing up a storm! ( I talk like a sailor, but these people had me beat!)

Continued in next post....

[inkedupmomma]

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Stupid rain! I hate rain! best pic I could get considering the weather! I was not taking my new camera out in that stuff!

Anywho, once we were seated, jack was being terrrrible. I was starting to get worried about how he would do for the rest of the trip! i ordered quickly so we could eat and run, and hopefully he would fall asleep!

Jack had a cheese burger, Kayla had eggs and toast, john had a grilled texas bacon steak melt with loaded hashbrowns, and I had a grilled cheese with bacon and tomato

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Oh, I would like to say, I was about to eat my food, when John slaps my hand and says " Take your food pics for the Dis.. did you forget already!?!" How cute is he??? I think my p lan is working!!

john's
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My dish (notice bite mark..sawwy)

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Jack's
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Kayla's
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So, the food was ok. I am glad I finally got to try a waffle house, but I do not think we will be returning! our total bill was $29.15. We left $40.00. That poor waitress deserved a 100% tip for having to deal with her co-workers! She was SHOCKED at the tip we left her! I like to make people feel appreciated, even if it is just an extra tip! You don't get good in this world, without giving good back, and the fact that we are fortunate enough to take our kids to Disney AGAIN was proof of that! Pay it forward!

Also, and don't judge, John insisted that he needed to take the mug from the waffle house. So what does he do?? Stashes it in my purse!! Maybe I should leave that part out? Oh well, it made for good laughs later!

We brought along our Jack Skellington with the intention of taking pics of him in cool spots this year, ie:

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but it was short lived! I kept forgetting that we had him!

Finally at 8:01 we were back in the car and hitting the road! Time to pull an allllllll nighter!!

*Next up- Ten thousand years can give you such a crick in the neck! Driving..driving and more driving.. how long did it take us to get to Orlando..what did we do along the way???

[inkedupmomma]

Yay for Kayla's team.

We miss you guys TONS!

Btw, I started my TR. Trying to keep busy to keep my mind off things right now......

we miss you a TON too :(

Gonna go over to your Tr now!

[Trentmom]

Yay for new readers! welcome!

I KNOW I said it last year.. but fer real, next year we are packing less! Especially if YOU plan on doing something silly again, wink wink..


Yay for more new readers! Glad i'm not the only over packer! i think it must bebecause we drive and actually CAN over pack??



Her team won!! woot! although, she got scolded for being silly out on the field! our town takes soccer VERY serious! and once you hit 3rd grade all bets ar off and you better be on point. This is the year it gets serious and competitive! So she had to not sit there gabbing and giggling! She kicked butt though!

Gonna attempt another installment here.. won't be entirely too long.. I have yet to pack for NYC tonight..and you know how *I* pack:rotfl:

Awesome!! WTG Kayla!!

They should know girls like to talk :laughing:

[Trentmom]

I love Waffle House :love:

I can tell you why you did not enjoy it, you did not order any waffles silly girl :rotfl2:

They have biggest best waffles you will ever taste

The allure of that place is how trashy it is...:laughing:

Seriously, sorry you did not enjoy it.

Thank god for DVD Players is right.

We took Trent on a 2 hr drive and that was enough for me:scared1:

WE will save driving anywhere far until he is older :goodvibes

[KatMark]

Okay...I'm late, but I found your report and I'm here for the long haul. We're still in Marco Island and don't get home until Tuesday, but as long as this computer lets me, I'll keep checking in for updates.

I'm glad Kayla was surprised!!!

[AlohaPolynesian]

Ahhh I'm here finally! You crack me up!! I am sorry your depression has been bad...mine has too so I know what you must feel like. :hug:

You win the prize for cutest family of all time! You guys are adorable and just look so perfect together!!!

And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kayla's nails!!!! SO cute!

[Vallie]

AHHH! now i see why I couldnt come on the trip... your kiddos took my spot in the stow away lugggage!

Just a couple thoughts...

first of all lying is very wrong! what a horrible mommy u are!

secondly... holy jeebus i thought i packed alot... but u take the cake lady! lol

thirdly... I love that you buy yourself presents from your hubby ahah :rotfl:

and fourthly... ummmm its SO funny John reminded you to take pics for the Dis!! Craig did the same thing!! :laughing: LOVE IT!!!

[Beka]

I love that Kayla got grits. Did she eat 'em? OMG, I love grits.

So proud you've got your hubby trained! :thumbsup2

Next time you gotta order breakfast at Waffle House.

[coolbeans]

every once in a while I find a trippie and fall in love and yours is awesome!!! I think it's because you pack like me......everything!!! and Jack Skellington is cute too, we took a Popeye to the beach and took pics with him, when we remembered... I'm in!!

[Trentmom]

I love that Kayla got grits. Did she eat 'em? OMG, I love grits.

So proud you've got your hubby trained! :thumbsup2

Next time you gotta order breakfast at Waffle House.


I agree :thumbsup2

[KatMark]

I agree :thumbsup2

Ditto. We love breakfast at the Waffle House. We had it one day while at Disney and we are having it tomorrow morning on our drive back from Marco Island to Orlando. I love their omelets and hash browns (scattered, smothered and covered); DH loves their cheese and eggs with the grits!

[inkedupmomma]

Awesome!! WTG Kayla!!

They should know girls like to talk :laughing:
LOL.. seriosuly though!

I love Waffle House :love:

I can tell you why you did not enjoy it, you did not order any waffles silly girl :rotfl2:

They have biggest best waffles you will ever taste

The allure of that place is how trashy it is...:laughing:

Seriously, sorry you did not enjoy it.
I didn't hate it..it was just a crap atmosphere ya know?? I wasn't very hungry either. I get all butterfliey before trips and can't eat well!
Thank god for DVD Players is right.
yeah, life saver!
We took Trent on a 2 hr drive and that was enough for me:scared1:
LOL
WE will save driving anywhere far until he is older :goodvibes
they actually do very well, considering how long the drive is.. I can't complain too much :)

Okay...I'm late, but I found your report and I'm here for the long haul. We're still in Marco Island and don't get home until Tuesday, but as long as this computer lets me, I'll keep checking in for updates.

I'm glad Kayla was surprised!!!
So sad we missed you :( Hope you are having a blast on yor trip..although I think you come home today or tomorrow! safe travels!

Ahhh I'm here finally! You crack me up!! I am sorry your depression has been bad...mine has too so I know what you must feel like. :hug:
thank you:hug:
You win the prize for cutest family of all time! You guys are adorable and just look so perfect together!!!
AWE, thank you!! You are toooo sweet!
And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kayla's nails!!!! SO cute!
She thinks/thought she was hot stuff with those minnie nails!

AHHH! now i see why I couldnt come on the trip... your kiddos took my spot in the stow away lugggage!
hehehe.. it seems to be tradition for them to pack themselves
Just a couple thoughts...

first of all lying is very wrong! what a horrible mommy u are!
:rolleyes1
secondly... holy jeebus i thought i packed alot... but u take the cake lady! lol
I will take that as a compliment
thirdly... I love that you buy yourself presents from your hubby ahah :rotfl:
well, they were soooo inexpensive, and xmas was right around the corner... I figured he would like an easy out!

and fourthly... ummmm its SO funny John reminded you to take pics for the Dis!! Craig did the same thing!! :laughing: LOVE IT!!!
can you believe these guys?? our plans are working fer sure!

I love that Kayla got grits. Did she eat 'em? OMG, I love grits.
she did not actually! I tried them.. wasn't a fan so much :(
So proud you've got your hubby trained! :thumbsup2
thanks <3
Next time you gotta order breakfast at Waffle House.
OK OK OK!! Waffles next time!

every once in a while I find a trippie and fall in love and yours is awesome!!! I think it's because you pack like me......everything!!! and Jack Skellington is cute too, we took a Popeye to the beach and took pics with him, when we remembered... I'm in!!
WELCOME and thank you so much :) I LOVE popeye!

I agree :thumbsup2

Ditto. We love breakfast at the Waffle House. We had it one day while at Disney and we are having it tomorrow morning on our drive back from Marco Island to Orlando. I love their omelets and hash browns (scattered, smothered and covered); DH loves their cheese and eggs with the grits!

OK shhh you guys!! I promise to order breakfast next time!! Kat, John got the big bad mama jamma hash browns and liked them quite a bit!

[Beka]

Ok, I gotta know, how did you eat the grits? Did you put salt or sugar in em?

[KatMark]

So sad we missed you :( Hope you are having a blast on yor trip..although I think you come home today or tomorrow! safe travels![/B]


OK shhh you guys!! I promise to order breakfast next time!! Kat, John got the big bad mama jamma hash browns and liked them quite a bit!

I'm sorry we missed you too...but sure hope you had fun at the Wishes dessert party (and dying to know what you thought of CSR!). We leave Marco Island tomorrow morning and stay in Orlando tomorrow night and fly home Tuesday. We have two more Diser's we are meeting--one tomorrow night and one on Tuesday at breakfast at Boma.

I have a friend who had the big bad mama jamma hash browns and loved them too!

[annnewjerz]

Hi there! :wave2:

I don't know how I missed your PTR, but I'm signing on for the TR for my neighbor right across the Burlington Bristol Bridge! :)

We'll have our first stay at CSR for a short weekend in October for my birthday and MNSSHP and then we'll be back at Boardwalk Villas again for a week in December. My PTR links are in my signature if you need something to help you sleep at night. :rotfl2:

Looking forward to reading/seeing more!!

Ann

[inkedupmomma]

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So starts the long mostly boring drive. Right around 9 pm Jack fell asleep. Thank you Lord!

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Not really a whole lot to talk about here lol. The drive was mega boring, although John and I were able to have some nice one on one time uninterrupted, which is not always easy! Those are the moments I love. So many people say I am crazy for driving, and as much as it does suck, it allows for spontaneity and close moments that don't ordinarily happen! It is the moments where I realize, YES this is happening, we are driving to the happiest p lace on earth!! Idk, I just kinda love it! Ooopss.. got total sap there fr a sec!

back to the drive! Around 10:30 pm we arrived at the Virginia welcome center and decided it would be a good time to go potty and stretch our legs. thinking back, we were total punks this time around.. stopping every 2-4 hours.. jeesh!

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We got back on the road at 10:55 pm and were back off the road at 12:24 am!! John and I were both exhausted at this point, and agreed we would pull over to rest uninterrupted for a few good solid hours.

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(Sleeping Beauty??? LOL)
Guess who took those pics, cause she COULD NOT sleep?? Yes, me!!! It was the worse 2 hours of my life. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and I woke John up at 2 am and said it is time to go NOW! Unfortunateky it was my turn to drive..boo.

Around 3:15 we stopped to get gas, because for some stupid reason at 12:24 I didn't realize how low we were...DOH! it was at this point that I decided I needed something to help me stay up! So I did the thing I said I would never do!! I bought a 5 hour energy drink shot thingy. Good grief, it was sooooo nasty tasting! Pretty effective at first, but did not last long at all! I only drank halfr though, so that may be why?? I was scare to drink the whole thing and be bouncing off the walls. next year i think I can handle a whole one!

For some reason jack thought it was time to wake up 40 years old while I was getting the gas, and when I got back in the car he was quite awake and quite chatty. Speaking like he was a grown man.. Uhm.. was there LSD in this 5 hour energy crap?? lol It was nice company talking to him for a while. He was so very cute!

5:30 am rolls around and I can not drive anymore. I wake John up and we switch. For some reason, I can not sleep well when John drives. especially if I know he is tired and driving. So like the good spouse, I stayed up with him!

he took some pics while I was trying to find a rest stop...
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Right as i switched with John, I got a text from Sophia asking how the drive was going :) We texted for a bit, and I decided to text kelly and see how everything was going for her.She said the airport was a nightmare. i forget why though.

I have written down that I slept from 6-7:30. Not straight through, but that's what I did during that time on and off lol

THENNNNN at 7:45 am, John gets a speeding ticket!! GRRRRR!!! 83 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. Officer was mostly a douche, and knew we were driving all night and heading to Disney World. Some magic. grr.

Then I have written at 7:53, I really have to tinkle :rotfl:, oh and kids were watching Cinderella!

Ok,the new season of Dexter is just starting and I can not miss it! sorry for the craptasticly boring road trip update!

*Up next- Kayla starts asking when will we be there!! When do we get there? and what happens along the rest of the way??



I took my

[inkedupmomma]

Ok, I gotta know, how did you eat the grits? Did you put salt or sugar in em?
I did not..for either of those things.. explain further please!

I'm sorry we missed you too...but sure hope you had fun at the Wishes dessert party (and dying to know what you thought of CSR!). We leave Marco Island tomorrow morning and stay in Orlando tomorrow night and fly home Tuesday. We have two more Diser's we are meeting--one tomorrow night and one on Tuesday at breakfast at Boma.

I have a friend who had the big bad mama jamma hash browns and loved them too!
Ok, I can not say all my thoughts on CSR yet.. sorrrry! lol I promise I will pm you when that install comes though!! Hope Marco Island has been relaxing and fun!

Can not wait to read your tr for all of it!

Hi there! :wave2:

I don't know how I missed your PTR, but I'm signing on for the TR for my neighbor right across the Burlington Bristol Bridge! :)
Yay for Dis neighbors!!!!
We'll have our first stay at CSR for a short weekend in October for my birthday and MNSSHP and then we'll be back at Boardwalk Villas again for a week in December. My PTR links are in my signature if you need something to help you sleep at night. :rotfl2:

Looking forward to reading/seeing more!!

Ann
B I think I have seen you on my very goodest Diser friend Lurkyloo's page..right? Am I making that up?

I will look your PTR up!! So happy to have more readers! yay!

[AlohaPolynesian]

I liked your update...felt like I was driving with ya! Can't wait for more!!! Sorry about the speeding ticket :(

[annnewjerz]

I think I have seen you on my very goodest Diser friend Lurkyloo's page..right? Am I making that up?

I will look your PTR up!! So happy to have more readers! yay!

Yes, yes you have! If you are following her current PTR, I just posted last week(ish) about winning a D23Expo pin from Carrie for signing up as her 100th follower on Twitter. :rotfl2:

A lot of the time on the DIS I have people's signatures disabled to speed up the page loads, so maybe that's how I missed that you had a PTR.

[Echo queen]

Thanks for the South of Border picture, it brought back memories to me and DH. Great report.:thumbsup2

[Trentmom]

Love South of Border Pics...that place always cracks me up :rotfl:


Bummer on the speeding ticket :headache:

[heartofdisney]

Hi, I just started reading your trip report.I usually lurk...mostly because I am at work when I read the DIS and don't take the time to sign in.Anyway,I am loving your trip report.It reminds me of my own families trips to Disney.We usually drive too,and we are just a bit north of you,in the Lehigh Valley. We all love our road trips to Disney...your right,while it can be long,it is also some great family time too! We always leave in the evening and drive through the night too,and he loves doing it.I am like you,and have a hard time sleeping too,but do manage to catch a few winks here and there.
I think it is great to drive to Disney,as you can pack as much as you want,and then cram the car full with souveniers to come home too....the only bad part about driving is that while it isn"t so bad going down,it really sucks coming home,because by then your trip is over and you just want to get home already and it seems to take forever! LOL.
Anyway,I am looking forward to reading the rest of your trip report.Your children are adorable by the way!

[OhioDisneyLover]

Yay for an update! I could not believe it when you told me John got the ticket! :eek:

I worried about you driving on little or no sleep. :hug:

[swankybeth]

Enjoying the report so far. That really stinks that you guys got a ticket. :mad: We drove from NY last January and we really liked it. It's bringing back memories to read about your drive down. :goodvibes
Looking forward to the next installment. :)

[Beka]

Hush your happy self about Dexter! We don't have Showtime for this season, so we're in withdrawals here. At least we get to read the new book...

[inkedupmomma]

Hush your happy self about Dexter! We don't have Showtime for this season, so we're in withdrawals here. At least we get to read the new book...
Ooooh.. whatttt?? Why would you rid yourself of showtime NOW??

Enjoying the report so far. That really stinks that you guys got a ticket. :mad: We drove from NY last January and we really liked it. It's bringing back memories to read about your drive down. :goodvibes
Looking forward to the next installment. :)
Yayyyyy! another new reader! welcome to the family! Glad you enjoyed your drive as well!

Yay for an update! I could not believe it when you told me John got the ticket! :eek:

I worried about you driving on little or no sleep. :hug:
Sophia, I was LIVID! but whatevs, its over now. and you are cute to worry about me! that is why i love you so!

Hi, I just started reading your trip report.I usually lurk...mostly because I am at work when I read the DIS and don't take the time to sign in.Anyway,I am loving your trip report.It reminds me of my own families trips to Disney.We usually drive too,and we are just a bit north of you,in the Lehigh Valley. We all love our road trips to Disney...your right,while it can be long,it is also some great family time too! We always leave in the evening and drive through the night too,and he loves doing it.I am like you,and have a hard time sleeping too,but do manage to catch a few winks here and there.
I think it is great to drive to Disney,as you can pack as much as you want,and then cram the car full with souveniers to come home too....the only bad part about driving is that while it isn"t so bad going down,it really sucks coming home,because by then your trip is over and you just want to get home already and it seems to take forever! LOL.
Anyway,I am looking forward to reading the rest of your trip report.Your children are adorable by the way!
yayayayayy for another new reader and also, welcome to the family! and you drive as well! glad to see so many drivers! I'm hoping to pick up some tricks and hopefully share a few of my own! But yes, I especally love being able to pack whatever I want..as you can see LOL

Love South of Border Pics...that place always cracks me up :rotfl:


Bummer on the speeding ticket :headache:
Those are obligatory pics! Just gotta take em!

Thanks for the South of Border picture, it brought back memories to me and DH. Great report.:thumbsup2
yay for anotherrr new reader! wow! Stay tuned for even more SoTB pics!

Yes, yes you have! If you are following her current PTR, I just posted last week(ish) about winning a D23Expo pin from Carrie for signing up as her 100th follower on Twitter. :rotfl2:
Ahh yes! now I remember!
A lot of the time on the DIS I have people's signatures disabled to speed up the page loads, so maybe that's how I missed that you had a PTR.
I didn't even know you could do that! Good to know!

I liked your update...felt like I was driving with ya! Can't wait for more!!! Sorry about the speeding ticket :(

oooh.. I am sorry you felt you were on that long boring drive LOL I'm glad to be almost done with the boring parts lol

[LaniesMom]

Hi!
I had to work all weekend so haven't had time for the Dis, sorry I'm late, but I'm here!

That totally stinks about the ticket! We drove down to WDW every year when I was a kid, and the road trips hold some of my best memories. We'll have a 14 month old this trip, so we're flying this time, but I can't wait till she gets older so we can drive down with her!

Can't wait to hear what you thought of CSR--
thanks for sharing!
I'm tuned in for the duration.
-Stefanie

[inkedupmomma]

Hi!
I had to work all weekend so haven't had time for the Dis, sorry I'm late, but I'm here!

That totally stinks about the ticket! We drove down to WDW every year when I was a kid, and the road trips hold some of my best memories. We'll have a 14 month old this trip, so we're flying this time, but I can't wait till she gets older so we can drive down with her!

Can't wait to hear what you thought of CSR--
thanks for sharing!
I'm tuned in for the duration.
-Stefanie

Hi there and welcome! I do love the drivbe..mostly lol. Idk if I would with such a young one, but I wouldn't have a choice. For those that do not know I do not, will not, can not and honestly never will fly. So enjoying the ride is a must :rotfl:

[burly]

Hi! Jumping on for the ride!!
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[inkedupmomma]

Hi! Jumping on for the ride!!
popcorn::

Hi and welcome! Good timing! I'm about to make another update..so long as photo bucket plays nice!

[inkedupmomma]

We left off at tickets and kids asking are we there yet! No Kayla, we obviously are not there yet! It was at this point that we decided it was time for food! I was hoping to ry a new place this year or just do McDonalds to save time and money. john was NOT having it! He said no way to McD's! (normally I do to, but come on on, the breakfast isn't that bad!)

At 8:30 we stopped at the Cracker Barrel, which I have kindly renamed the "Crapper Barrel". I said last year we wouldn't go back, and I am saying it again! We are NOT going back there! Although, I do love starting my vacation shopping in their awesome little shop! I feel so torn! But honestly, the food made ALL of us feel narsty , last year and this year! No need to feel that way ever again!

While we waited for food, Jack and I played that jump over the stick game thingy they give you: http://shop.crackerbarrel.com/online/shopping/Product.asp?cat_id=4&sku=606154 (anyone know how to make this link say something instead of showing the whole link??)

Well I have played this game a lot.. and I neverrr ever do well. I always have 2 or 3 left over! Well I play 2x with jack and both times we win! I think Jack may be a genius, because he di most of the game!!

When we weren't playing fun games we were busy snapping corny obligatory shots of each other LOL

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For some reason, I have no pics of the food here:confused3 I really swore that we took pics! Funny side note. I used my awesome new DSLR for almost all pics,and when the flash went off, people looked at us like we were celebs!! People came from other rooms to see what was going on. They were pretty disappointed when they realized it was just some family from the north using their fancy new camera and being obnoxious:rolleyes1

I do have written down what we ate... french toast for Kayla, John had french toast also, but his included eggs, bacon and biscuits! Jack and I split pancakes, with eggs and bacon (no eggs for Jack though..he's still allergic to fresh eggs). i also ordered a side of cheesy hash browns. I was shocked when she brought out my side! Not only was it almost $3.00, but it was the smallest side of anything I had ever seen! I thought surely, she gave them to me for free! NOPE! I got charged the almost $3.00! wenches!

Our total bill was $28.16, after shopping in their country store, the total was 60.22! ( In case you are wondering, Kayla got a webkinz and a webkinz key chain, and I got a few x-mas ornaments!) again, no pics.. jeesh, what good am I??

At 9:54 we were FINALLY back on the road AGAIN! but oh wait, we still had to stop for gas!1 so at 9:57 we stopped and got gas!

This is when the road trippin part gets rough! Kids are WIDE awake and stokeddd for Disney! We are so sleeepy and just can not wait to get to Disney so we can stop driving!

As you can see, John was getting a little looney!

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Eventually we saw this:
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Thank you jeebus!!

Kayla's reaction to crossing over

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Then the trip got boring again, and the anticipation level was almost unbearable! All our friends were there at this point and we couldn't wait to just get there and give hugs and high fives!! but if you have driven before, you know there was still a ways to go!

Some pics so you can feel like you were there...

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*Continued in next post!

[inkedupmomma]

FINALLY at 1:35 pm, we crossed into Orlando!!

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Thank the lord again! Although Jack was doing this at the time

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Life is much more pleasant when he does that ;)

This is when the trip starts feeling really real! Even if you fly, you know the feeling. You see that one sign, or building, or you smell that smell. Whatever it is, something reminds you of Disney and you know you are there finally!

For us, aside from the signs and all that jazz, it is this :

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Then we start seeing these and I could jump right out of my skin!!

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and then we saw this..and guess what, hey the balloon is actually up!!

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THEN we saw this and the tears started having a party in my eyes!!

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Yay, we were finally there! My heart could not be happier! Of course, I was so excited to finally be there that I just started taking pics of everything!

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and THEN we were for really there!!

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At 2:35 pm, nearly 24 hours from the time we left Pennsylvania, we were in WDW at the BEAUTIFUL Coronado Springs resort! Not only that, but our great friends were there waiting..

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Life does not get any better than this! We quickly checked in and received room 6530 in the Ranchos section! This was right next door to Sophia and her mom, and as luck would have it, Kelly and her fam were also in the Rancho's section! Although in the 7's not 6's! Who cares, close enough! My heart was so sooo happy! It was also dead tired and ready to find our room!! But not before the first of many surprises!! That will have to wait a bit though!

*Next up- Surprise number one! Also, good eats and fun times in DTD!!

[29apr00]

well aren't you just whipping right thru this!!

1- Yay for SUPRISING Kayla with leaving early! Go mommy!

2- ITA with BOO on the Waffle House! It has to be a southern thing.....we ate there only once...also on a drive down to WDW...have to agree it was nothing great. And ICK on the Grits!! I just don't get them? Why not eat Maple and Brown Sugar oatmeal?? :rotfl:

3- Jack looks so cute curled up in his seat! Life is great when they sleep!

4 - WOO HOO We've arrived!! Now get to the good part!

[annnewjerz]

Great update---I can't wait to have that "We're in Disney!" feeling in a efw weeks. I agree about the Cracker Barrel, we have one right near us in Burlington and it's the pits. I've only been there a handful of times (mostly for breakfast) and you're right---the store is the best part of the whole place. :rotfl:

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so I absolutely LOVED your driving report. We are driving(for the first time) to the World in August and we have by, mapquest, a 21 hour drive. Of course I know with all of our stops it will be more than that of course, so looks like it would be about the same timing as you. My dh and I will take turns driving too, usually when we drive he does end up driving more than me and I end up being able to get some good sleep. The longest road trip we've taken before though was only 6 hours, so he'll definitely need to sleep this time too. He's more like you and will feel like he needs to stay up and "watch" me drive though. :goodvibes

I loved all of your pics from the road too. I'm super excited and I want to go now. But....... I have to wait 10 more months!!!!!

Were your kids exhausted when you got to Disney or were they all right with the amount of sleep they got. I've been wondering how awake or tired they will be when we arrive? Thanks

I absolutely cannot wait to hear what you did on your first day in Disney World!!! Great report!!!!

[Trentmom]

Yay, you are moving right along :cool1:

I am not a big fan of cracker barrel either, but I love that game you two were playing. I Really need to buy one of them. so much fun :goodvibes

Love Kayla's face when she sees Florida sign :rotfl:


That is great you were next to and near your friends....:thumbsup2

[lurkyloo]

:banana:

I found yer trippie all by myself! I LOVE the part where Jack woke up 40 years old - highlarious! - and the description of Waffle House.


While you are all waiting for me to post fun stuff, head on over to one of my most favorite Diser's review of the D23 expo in Anaheim! She is an AMAZING writer, and you will be entertained and delighted!


Aw....! :hug: I am so excited to be one of your most favorite DISers! This is quite an honor - am I allowed to make a T-shirt to commemorate it?

[AlohaPolynesian]

Oh I just LOVE Kayla's reaction to crossing into Florida!! I am anxious to see how you guys liked CSR. I was in the Ranchos section when I stayed there, too!

[HeatherBelle614]

Ok, I don't have much DIS time right now, but you know I'm here your TR (and, Sohpia's!)

I'm all caught up!

UGH to the speeding ticket! I'm so worried about that for us, too. I know our feet might be a little impatient and control the speed. :rotfl:

I'm sorry you don't like Cracker Barrel; we have those a few places locally and love them! (Well, one of them would be a Crapper Barrel, but the others are great!!)

Your little ones are so cute sleeping!!

[swankybeth]

Enjoyed the pics from the road. Love Kayla's reaction, too cute! Looking forward to more. :)

[tinkgurl]

Wow, that's so exciting to finally get there! :yay: I can't believe the balloon was actually up! :laughing:

[inkedupmomma]

well aren't you just whipping right thru this!!
after dragging out last years, I am trying to redeem myself!
1- Yay for SUPRISING Kayla with leaving early! Go mommy!
glad you don't think I'm a big meanie lol
2- ITA with BOO on the Waffle House! It has to be a southern thing.....we ate there only once...also on a drive down to WDW...have to agree it was nothing great. And ICK on the Grits!! I just don't get them? Why not eat Maple and Brown Sugar oatmeal?? :rotfl:
Lovee oatmeal..grits..nota so much
3- Jack looks so cute curled up in his seat! Life is great when they sleep!
thank you :)
4 - WOO HOO We've arrived!! Now get to the good part!
geting on it!
Wow, that's so exciting to finally get there! :yay: I can't believe the balloon was actually up! :laughing:
guess who the first person I thought of was when I saw the balloon up?? yep, YOU!! I meant to put that as a caption under the pic.. that shot was especially taken for you!

Enjoyed the pics from the road. Love Kayla's reaction, too cute! Looking forward to more. :)
thank you!! getting on more very soon!
Ok, I don't have much DIS time right now, but you know I'm here your TR (and, Sohpia's!)

I'm all caught up!

UGH to the speeding ticket! I'm so worried about that for us, too. I know our feet might be a little impatient and control the speed. :rotfl:

I'm sorry you don't like Cracker Barrel; we have those a few places locally and love them! (Well, one of them would be a Crapper Barrel, but the others are great!!)

Your little ones are so cute sleeping!!
yay, I am glad you re here! i will try to private trip report you when I catch you on line!!

Oh I just LOVE Kayla's reaction to crossing into Florida!! I am anxious to see how you guys liked CSR. I was in the Ranchos section when I stayed there, too!
Getting on it, promise!!

:banana:

I found yer trippie all by myself! I LOVE the part where Jack woke up 40 years old - highlarious! - and the description of Waffle House.

I loved that part too..but then got a sad because he is growing up so fast!


Aw....! :hug: I am so excited to be one of your most favorite DISers! This is quite an honor - am I allowed to make a T-shirt to commemorate it?
a Tee would be a fantabulous idea! and you KNOW you were my first ever favorite Diser! lurkyloo has a very special place in my heart!

Yay, you are moving right along :cool1:

I am not a big fan of cracker barrel either, but I love that game you two were playing. I Really need to buy one of them. so much fun :goodvibes

Love Kayla's face when she sees Florida sign :rotfl:


That is great you were next to and near your friends....:thumbsup2
Idk how he beat that game.. but I never do.. I was floored lol

Ok, so I absolutely LOVED your driving report. We are driving(for the first time) to the World in August and we have by, mapquest, a 21 hour drive. Of course I know with all of our stops it will be more than that of course, so looks like it would be about the same timing as you. My dh and I will take turns driving too, usually when we drive he does end up driving more than me and I end up being able to get some good sleep. The longest road trip we've taken before though was only 6 hours, so he'll definitely need to sleep this time too. He's more like you and will feel like he needs to stay up and "watch" me drive though. :goodvibes
If you drive is 21 hours add at least 4-6 hours extra. A quick stop always ends up with all 4 of us trying to go potty..stretching our legs, etc...
I loved all of your pics from the road too. I'm super excited and I want to go now. But....... I have to wait 10 more months!!!!!
trust me, the 10 months will FLYYY by!
Were your kids exhausted when you got to Disney or were they all right with the amount of sleep they got. I've been wondering how awake or tired they will be when we arrive? Thanks
the kids had way more energy than we did! they napped and pretty much slept normal hours! trust that they will be good to go lol
I absolutely cannot wait to hear what you did on your first day in Disney World!!! Great report!!!!
and welcome!! glad to have you here!

Great update---I can't wait to have that "We're in Disney!" feeling in a efw weeks. I agree about the Cracker Barrel, we have one right near us in Burlington and it's the pits. I've only been there a handful of times (mostly for breakfast) and you're right---the store is the best part of the whole place. :rotfl:
I have been to that cracker barrel by you!! I do so love the store!

[inkedupmomma]

As if a 9 day trip to Disney World wasn't enough, Joe and Sophia (who will also be called jophia) had surprises for my kids!! While I was checking in, Joe and John went to the convention center to pick up boxes that she had shipped down.. Imagine my surprise when I saw these HUGENORMOUS things!!

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(Sadly, I do not have any pics of the awesomeness that was in these boxes..although I swear Sophia's husband took pics! in the boxes were tumbler cups, ponchos, little games, crayons, stickers, coloring books, mini fans, plates, a pin, clothing, etc.... a Disney overload! It was amazing! Thank you again Sophia!!)

Once we got the boxes, we headed to our room for the first time! I love that feeling! I was so so sooo stoked that we were assigned a refurbed room! I walked in and was instantly happy! I loveddd how clean everything was, and the extra space was magnificent! I know it is not MUCH bigger than a Value but every lil' bit of room helps when you have kids!! (or over pack like me ;)

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Oh, did I mention surprise number 2?? not only did Jophia buy my kids stuff, but we had brought a HUGE piece of luggae full of gifts for them as well! For those that read my PTR you already know what was in it! For those of you that are new, check out my PTR..lots of pics of the stuff! Towels, clothing, bathing suits, etc... Needless to say my kids were starting this trip off awesome!

Once we were settled in and unpacked, (which took forever after all that clean up) it was time to hit the showers! while everyone was getting cleaned up, I decided to work on decorating my window!

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(Borrowed these pics from end of pics, so you could see the complete end result!)

After we showered it was FINALLY time to get some real Disney stuff going! Tonight we were eating at my FAVORITE spot, Earl of Sandwich and having dessert at T-Rex Cafe! The WHOLE crew would be together tonight!!

We all drove to DTD and parked, and then took pics in Sophia's fav DTD pic spot!

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After this it was finalllly time to eat! We hadn't eaten much more than snacks since crapper barrel this morning and we were starved! Last year, this was one of our fav meals, and I literally was jumping out of my skin to try it again! I was reallllly hoping something stupid didn't happen and change the taste of these little pieces of heaven!

Sure enough, these sandwiches were just as good, maybe even better than last year!

John had :The Original 1762® - Freshly Roasted Beef, Cheddar Cheese & Creamy Horseradish Sauce (description taken from EoS website, pics taken by me lol)

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I had : All American - Roasted Turkey, Buttermilk Ranch, Cranberries, Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato

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and

Tomato Soup - with Fresh Croutons

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and the kids split a kids Ham and cheese

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*Continued in next post

[Trentmom]

WOW...your kids rake in the goodies

Jophia is awesome :woohoo:


Your window looks great.....love it:thumbsup2



Looking at those Earl of Sandwiches making me so hungry now.popcorn::

[inkedupmomma]

I only took pics of our food, but everyone seemed to agree that the food was awesome! john and I couldn't stop saying how awesome it was actually! Paying for this place out of pocket was a reminder of how much I LOVE the dining plan..the DxDP at that! I swore I saved the receipt, but now I can not find it...after buying 3 drinks, 3 sandwiches, a soup, and 2 bags of chips, the total was in the high $30.00's! It was well worth every penny though!!

Clearly Kayla agrees with me!

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After dinner, it was time for our T-Rex dessert ADR! But not before we took some pics!

Best shot out of the three I took.. in one pic or another one of the kids wasn't looking lol
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Legoooooo dinoooo
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Legoooo Bot
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After looking around very quickly, we wandered over to T-Rex!

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It was AWESOME in here! Loud, but awesome!

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Everyone is Happpy!

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Kelly and her beautiful family!

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Kelly and I shared:

The chocolate extinction

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Kelly's husband had key lime pie
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John and Joe had the ice age indulgance
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Sophia had meteor bites
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and the kids had worms in dirt kinda thing called the chocolate tarpit
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the desserts were ok.. they look mind blowing though, don't they? Te food that walked by looked pretty decent, but the prices were ridiculous! I don't think we will go back there. But I am glad we got to see the inside!

Once we were done, the kids went outside to their little dig area to dig up some dino bones lol

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Jack started throwing sand or whatever the heck is in there and it was time to GO! I am pretty sure everyone, especially John and I were tired! The drive was finally catching up to us!

When we got back to the hotel there was ANOTHER surprise, we will call this surprise number 3! Joe and Sophia sent John and I a beautiful mickey kitchen utensil holder that had kitchen stuff in it! Including the disney cook book! Apparently in April when they were here for Jack's birthday party, they didn't feel we had enough utensils LOL! It was an amazing surprise! No one ever surprises me, so it was extra awesome! unfortunately, I took a pic with my phone, so I will have to upload that later..and it isn't great quality.. you can see some of it in my window shot though!

The day was perfect! Great friends, great food, my perfect little family! My heart was happy as heck!

It was definitely time for sleep now! Jack thought otherwise!

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Eventually I won, and both kids were PASSSED out!

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I was hoping everyone would sleep well tonight! We had a 6 am wake up call the following morning and it was our first day in the parks:dance3:

*Up next- where do we eat breakfast, and who do we meet? What park did we pick for our first day?

[inkedupmomma]

WOW...your kids rake in the goodies

Jophia is awesome :woohoo:


Your window looks great.....love it:thumbsup2



Looking at those Earl of Sandwiches making me so hungry now.popcorn::

My kids are RIDICULOUSLY fortunate! and jophia can not seem to help themselves when it comes to my kids!! I could imagine how her own nephew makes out!!

Thanks, I loveddd decorating the window!

ad OMg I am starving after these posts.. like drooling starving LOL

[Echo queen]

Great update loved the signs. We will staying at CS in December for the first time.

[Trentmom]

Yay more....


We are eating at T Rex on our trip. It looks so cool in there.

I had no idea there was a dig place outside...Trent will get a kick out of that :laughing:

That smoking dessert look so neat...:3dglasses


Another surprise :worship:

Aren't kids so cute when they are all tuckered out and asleep :goodvibes


Can't wait to read what is next popcorn::

[Elevationist]

Just found your TR, and I'm really enjoying it! :goodvibes I'm in!

Also, sorry you didn't enjoy Cracker Barrel! Or even Waffle House for that matter. Maybe it's just part of being from the south, but I love both of them! :lmao:

Your food pics make me sooooo hungry! :rolleyes:

[swankybeth]

Love the refurbished rooms at CSR, very nice! The kids definitely made out with all of that loot! Lots of surprises all around! We are definitely trying Earl of Sandwich again. Last time we made the grave error of getting cold wraps and they were not good. Now I know hot is definitely the way to go! T Rex looked really cool, sorry the desserts weren't that great. I loved the effect of the smoke (dry ice??) on your dessert. Can't wait to read about your first park day! :)

[coolbeans]

loved the updates!! i love earl of sandwich too, that was one of the best meals we had.. some hawaiian chicken thing.. i still think about it!

[inkedupmomma]

Great update loved the signs. We will staying at CS in December for the first time.
Yay, so glad you enjoyed it!

Yay more....


We are eating at T Rex on our trip. It looks so cool in there.
loud but veryyy cool!
I had no idea there was a dig place outside...Trent will get a kick out of that :laughing:
neither did we..kids found it lol
That smoking dessert look so neat...:3dglasses
neat.. not super tatsy

Another surprise :worship:
<3
Aren't kids so cute when they are all tuckered out and asleep :goodvibes

the cutest lol
Can't wait to read what is next popcorn::
later today!

Just found your TR, and I'm really enjoying it! :goodvibes I'm in!
yayaya, welcome!
Also, sorry you didn't enjoy Cracker Barrel! Or even Waffle House for that matter. Maybe it's just part of being from the south, but I love both of them! :lmao:

Your food pics make me sooooo hungry! :rolleyes:
I'm still starcving form post ing those pics yesterday lol

Love the refurbished rooms at CSR, very nice! The kids definitely made out with all of that loot! Lots of surprises all around! We are definitely trying Earl of Sandwich again. Last time we made the grave error of getting cold wraps and they were not good. Now I know hot is definitely the way to go! T Rex looked really cool, sorry the desserts weren't that great. I loved the effect of the smoke (dry ice??) on your dessert. Can't wait to read about your first park day! :)
definitely try Earl again! It is phenomenal! I think it was dry ice..although I though places weren't allowed to use that stuff anymore:confused3

loved the updates!! i love earl of sandwich too, that was one of the best meals we had.. some hawaiian chicken thing.. i still think about it!

I thought about it all year and it was just as good as I remembered! def one of our favorites!

[inkedupmomma]

6 a.m.- A lovely wake up call from Mr.Stitch scares the poo out of ridiculously tired us! No joke, the room was dark as all get out, and I was the most tired I think I have ever felt lol and then the phone rings so loud! FYI- the phone was right by me lol.

Quickly I realize, wait, tired?? We is in WDW babbbby! I can't recall exactly, but I think I punched John or something to wake him up! I was hoping Jack would sleep as long as possible. No one likes a tired cranky Jack! I hopped outta bed and quick got in the shower! While showering I heard John putzing around. We soon realized, the resort DOES NOT offer coffee filters... SOOO, note to self and all of you, if you want your own coffee, don't forget your filters!! What the resort does offer, is coffee in a filter already. So what does my oh so clever, think on the spot John do?? He cuts the filter and dumps out the disney coffee, and puts our coffee in :lovestruc he makes my heart smile!

I get out of the shower, and he has my coffee all nice and ready for me, but I realize times a wastin!! get your **** in the shower..no time for coffee! i quick get dressed, chug my delicious coffee (same stuff I drink at home..but for some reason, tasted like heaven this day LOL ) and then wake the kids up. Kayla was already partially awake and excited, so she was easy to get up. Jack however. Well, he was passssed out and didn't want to hear about waking up! Funny since he fights sleep so much!

Soon enough we were all ready and geared up to go! BUT, not before I went to registration and checked out of CSR so I could check back in! Luckily check in and check out went amazingly fast and easy peasy! I even had a new guy.. literally, it was his first 3 mins on the clock and I was his first customer! He was great! Everything was set! Today started our full package, which included the Deluxe Dining Plan! We had 72 meal credits and 48 snacks to use:rolleyes1

With all that taken care of, it was time to hit the road! Road hittin time was 7:32 am.. just 2 mins after the time we needed to leave by!

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Seeing this, ALWAYS makes my heart skip a few thousand beats and then smile! FINALLY, I had my happy moment. It sunk in, that I was in WDW!! I was stoked! I was beginning to get worried that my depression was taking over!! hahahaha, you lose depression!

Today we were meeting up w/ Jophia and Alice for breakfast at 1900 Park Fare! We went here last year with our good friends from back home, and were excited to share this experience with some more good friends this year! Of course I took pics of everything leading up to breakfast.... never want to miss a moment!

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We waited in what seemed a long line, and a couple CM's were rude in my opinion..but whatevs! We parked the stroller and then came back in and took a group photo. I don't have that pic handy, but it is cute and sitting on my new book case :)

We were seated right near the buffet, which is always a good thing! Easier to get things for the kids!

Some pics of the interior of 1900:
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As soon as we were seated, I realized, duh!! I forgot to buy Autograph books for the kids:scared1: So I quick excused myself and ran over to the gift shop on the first floor of the Grand Floridian (forget name??). Whew, they were open and had books! I very much disliked the silver color of the autograph books this year! But time was of the essence, no time to think about it!

I got back just in time to see all the characters coming out!

*Continued in next post...

[inkedupmomma]

The first character to come around was this big loveable pot of hunny! :

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I had to quick run and scream KAYLA!!!!!!! POOOH..POOOH IS AT THE TABLE!!
She hurried her lil butt over! She ADORES pooh bear! See:

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Then as luck would have it, the characters were just pouring in! One thing I realized on this trip, is that it is hard to actually eat during a character meal lol I didn't care much though! I didn't want to feel sick from being stuffed on my very first day anways! After pooh, his very goodest friend tigger came to see us!

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Then, Maryyyyy Popppppppinnns... (a kinda scary looking Mary Poppins at that !)
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We got a quick character break at this point, and I decided to make a food run!! Then I saw this:

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The strawberry soup everyone on the dis talks about, that I totally forgot about until I saw it! Well, I see what all the fuss was about!! It was YUM! It took me a few bites to get used to it, but man was it good! Like a really smooth smoothie?? lol I felt like a true Diser at that moment lol!

Soon after, we had some more visitors!

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These 2 are hilarious! I loved them last year and I loved them again this year!!

then this guy came back around!

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He so cute and friendly!!

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Happy and full!!

All in all it was a good breakfast. I seem to remember more options on last years buffet though. I'm not sure if we will go back next year, seeing as we have done it 2 years in a row, but it may very well be on the list!

Once we got all our stuff packed up, we were ready to hit the road! Not before taking some more GF pics though!

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We decided to keep our cars parked at GF (although, sweet John ran back to the car to get my sunglasses! ) I wanted to start this trip off right, and what better way than a trip on the monorail!

*Up next- Where do we all go? How many first can you fit in one day??

[Trentmom]

Looks like your first day at disney started off Great

Character meal looked like a lot of fun

:goodvibes

[AlohaPolynesian]

What great pictures!! Looks like you guys were already having a ton of fun. Also, the rooms at CSR look AWESOME!

[FortWildernessLoopy]

I'm loving your review! I don't have any children and love "seeing" it through their eyes. I live an hour from WDW (former CM and current wife of CM) and have lived here all my life so I have no idea what it would be like to see it for the first time:D. I can't wait for the rest!

[swankybeth]

Great breakfast pictures, the kids seem so happy and excited! Looking forward to more. :)

[Beka]

Then, Maryyyyy Popppppppinnns... (a kinda scary looking Mary Poppins at that !)
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I think she looks like Blossom dressed as MP for Halloween :scared1:

[Elevationist]

Not enough food pics! :lmao:

Seriously, so jealous! Breakfast at 1900 Park Fare is one of the few ADRs that I was unable to get. Been checking back, but no luck! I have Cape May Cafe booked as an alternative, though. :thumbsup2

Your kiddos are too cute!

[3princesses+aprince]

Love your updates, you got some great pictures!!! The one of your son wide awake in bed is adorable. Much too excited to sleep I guess!!

And thanks for the driving advice. I figured the kids would be wide awake with plenty of sleep when we arrive, which is fine, I can run on little to no sleep, dh on the other hand will be in the room snoring!!! And that's fine too, me and the kids will get to do whatever WE choose that first day!! Sounds good to me.

And planning on 4-6 extra hours to drive is pretty much what I figured, so , sounds good. Thanks :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more about your trip!!

[annnewjerz]

Great update!!! :goodvibes

That strawberry soup stuff looks good! We have no kids and therefore, only have one character meal scheduled for our trip in December and that's a pre-park opening breakfast at the Crystal Palace. :yay:

[inkedupmomma]

Looks like your first day at disney started off Great

Character meal looked like a lot of fun

:goodvibes
I couldn't imagine a better way to start a vacation!

What great pictures!! Looks like you guys were already having a ton of fun. Also, the rooms at CSR look AWESOME!
I loveee the new CSR beds! and honestly, the queen size vs. full size DID make a difference!

I'm loving your review! I don't have any children and love "seeing" it through their eyes. I live an hour from WDW (former CM and current wife of CM) and have lived here all my life so I have no idea what it would be like to see it for the first time:D. I can't wait for the rest!
HOW awesome that your DH is a CM! and that you used to be one! I love meeting CM's on here!! I'm so glad I could give you a look from a child's point of view.. I myself am 3 again when I go, so that may also be helpful!!:lmao:

Great breakfast pictures, the kids seem so happy and excited! Looking forward to more. :)
I will do another update today at some point!!

I think she looks like Blossom dressed as MP for Halloween :scared1:
OMFG.. I read this when I was drinking my coffee earlier and almost spit it out all over the place!! You are SOOOO right!! LMFAO

Not enough food pics! :lmao:
Boo me, I know.. BUT, I did take pics of lopts of food this trip at other places.. not so much of the buffets though.
Seriously, so jealous! Breakfast at 1900 Park Fare is one of the few ADRs that I was unable to get. Been checking back, but no luck! I have Cape May Cafe booked as an alternative, though. :thumbsup2

Your kiddos are too cute!
I love 1900, but I would be equally satisfied with Cape May! I hear that it is awesome! It is on my must do list for next year!

Love your updates, you got some great pictures!!! The one of your son wide awake in bed is adorable. Much too excited to sleep I guess!!
Honestly, that is my son 24/7! That kid would never sleep if we didn't force him!!:scared1: He is my little energizer bunny! Too bad he doesn't realize we don't all have that much energy lol

And thanks for the driving advice. I figured the kids would be wide awake with plenty of sleep when we arrive, which is fine, I can run on little to no sleep, dh on the other hand will be in the room snoring!!! And that's fine too, me and the kids will get to do whatever WE choose that first day!! Sounds good to me.
Hope my DH doesn't read this.. I don't want him getting any idea about staying back to sleep LOL... although, I bet he would love me a million times more if I insisted he did.. something to think about for next year!
And planning on 4-6 extra hours to drive is pretty much what I figured, so , sounds good. Thanks :thumbsup2
No prob! it sounds like a lot of time, and I thought this year we could go for less time..but we ended up taking more breaks this year than last year! as long as you don't get your heart set on a set time, you will be a-ok!
Can't wait to read more about your trip!!
Hoping to uypdate in a few hours!

Great update!!! :goodvibes

That strawberry soup stuff looks good! We have no kids and therefore, only have one character meal scheduled for our trip in December and that's a pre-park opening breakfast at the Crystal Palace. :yay:

Which character meal is it? Honestly, even if I didn;'t have kids, we would still prolly do character meals. Not all character meals, but def some!

[tinkgurl]

guess who the first person I thought of was when I saw the balloon up?? yep, YOU!! I meant to put that as a caption under the pic.. that shot was especially taken for you!

Aw..you are so sweet. :goodvibes

[ljcrochet]

Great trip report. Love the pictures

[tinkgurl]

1900 PF looks great for breakfast!

[inkedupmomma]

Aw..you are so sweet. :goodvibes
Hehhe.. I wa slike damn.. it's up..and everytime I saw it up, i thought of you!
Great trip report. Love the pictures
thank you :)
1900 PF looks great for breakfast!

It is pretty yum! and awesome character interaction for sure!

[Elevationist]

I love 1900, but I would be equally satisfied with Cape May! I hear that it is awesome! It is on my must do list for next year!Oh, I'm sure Cape May will be perfectly delicious... I just want 1900 Park Fare for different characters than the ones we'll have already met at Chef Mickey's. :rotfl:

[inkedupmomma]

Oh, I'm sure Cape May will be perfectly delicious... I just want 1900 Park Fare for different characters than the ones we'll have already met at Chef Mickey's. :rotfl:

oh.. good point LOL!

[KatMark]

It was definitely time for sleep now! Jack thought otherwise!

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Eventually I won, and both kids were PASSSED out!

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I was hoping everyone would sleep well tonight! We had a 6 am wake up call the following morning and it was our first day in the parks:dance3:

*Up next- where do we eat breakfast, and who do we meet? What park did we pick for our first day?

Awesome update and pics! I love the pic of Jack jumping on the bed...who wants to sleep when you are at Disney. ;)

[inkedupmomma]

I'm pretty sure pics in my last update have given it away, but today we were going to the MAGIC KINGDOM!! This is always our first park, because..idk, It is my favorite! I'm also one of those people who can not step away from tradition. Maybe it is the ocd in me? who knows, whatever the reason, I just do not like change.ever.at all. (more on that later though!)

We last left off at GF waiting for the monorail. The wait was not long if any at all. Once we got to the Magic Kingdom Kayla was stoked!!

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Of course, i wanted to take everything in.. my head was on eye candy sensory overload! As we walked down the ramp John decided to let go of the stroller and see how ast the kids could go...

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Him and the kids LOVE doing this, and it gives me a mini stroke EVERY time! I don't ever want to have to say I told you so when it comes to the kids safety!! Bad John! Bad kids for egging John on!!

We were at the end of the ramp and I see this

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Which made me smile and squeal..inside..I think? I may have been literally squealing as well?? My favorite time of year is Autumn, hands down! My favorite holiday is Halloween, hands down. My favorite place in the world is Disney World, hands down. Put it all together and what do you get?? A very blissful Jenn Paul!

After I was done taking pics of that it was time to go through the dreaded bag check... Oi vey. I hate thissss. I tried to pack better this year. But going through bag check was JUST as big a pain this year as last..and my double stroller.. that thing has got to go next year! Although, a stroller is a must! If not to push tired kids then to hold loads of crap you buy and big bags you insist you need to have with you at the park.:headache:

I must say though, most bag check security people were great, and tried to go as fast as they could! God bless them in those uniforms.. in that heat. oof.

Once through, I started taking pics galore!!

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OMG.. I seriously LOVE the MK decorated for Halloween! Like love love love it! I took a ton of pics..wherever and whenever!

Once we were officially in the MK, I saw Daisy Duck signing autographs! In all our times going, I have NEVER seen her! I just about had a heart attack, and told everyone I gotta go see her..must go see her.. Sophia bless her heart said she would go sit and wait for us! Of course, we got in line and a few mins later Daisy was gone so that she could take a break..aka someone else comes out as Daisy lol. The line didn't seem that long when we got on it, but I must have missed the huge Asian group.. well you know the and their Disney! They had to take five million peace sign poses. Also they were ridiculously good looking and well dressed. LOl. That's me being a jealous hater. One thing that I could not for the life of me understand the entire trip was, how all the Asian girls had on black stir-ups under a pair of short or a skirt or whatevs... it was SOOOOOOO hot!! Do they not feel the heat? or is fashion that important to them?? Every time I saw them I sweat just a little bit more!

So while we waited for our turn, I took some more pics:

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Oh and not to be controversial, but before we left on our trip, I commented on a post about people who have their wife or hubs wait in line for them for attractions/characters. I commented that it didn't bother me. Which is doesn't. What DID bother me, was the few people in front of me who were holding places for a ginormous amount of people! My eyes just about popped out of my head when I saw this big group come up! That is just down right rude! But whatevs, we were in the Magic Kingdom, so I didn't say anything.

Finally it was our turn! and she was just the cutest thing ever!

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After we were done, I had to go back and get pics of this

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Isn't that the best thing you have ever seen?? a Halloweenish scurry Mickey hat rag doll!! I loveddd it!



*Continued in next post...

[inkedupmomma]

Once I was done taking pics of that, it was time for another first!

It was time for Jack to get his first pair of Mickey ears!! Do not ask me why, but for some ridiculous reason, I forgot to get him a pair last year! Which I did not realize until I got home :( So I was on a mission! and Bless Jophias hearts again! These poor people are on their first full day of vacation and in the Magic Kingdom and haven't even gotten to the beginning of Main St.! (although, I did tell them I would not be offended if they wanted to set off without us!!)

Of course I tell Jack to pick a pair out and he picks out two. As luck would have it, one pair was teh classic black ones, and the other pair he chose were the Jack Skellington ones! So I bought both! The black pair because, well it's classic! You have to, and the NMBC ones, because it's Jack the Pumpkin King! and one of the Jack's my Jack was named after! (say that 3 x fast!) So then OF COURSE Kayla wanted another pair too! She chose a aby blue tinkerbelle one. Then of course I wanted a pair!! So I got the Mickey as a pumpkin pair!! Sad to say, but I have no pics! Just this one from my cell phone!

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I am not sure why or how I missed taking pics of the hats, but I did. John however did get pics of te lady sewing his name on:

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By the way, the new method of sewing names on is SOOOOO lame. When we got Kayla her first pair of ears in 2005, watching them embroider her name on the hat was such a treat! Now they have a stupid machine do it!! That was a bummer, and John was pissed about it lol.

After that we started walking through all the shops on main streets right side. It was hot out and this lept us nice and cool. plus I love shopping and wanted to see everything!

YUM!:
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Then I saw these guys...and suddenly lurkyloo's TR popped into my head. Her DH Patrick bought these on their last trip together and I knew as soon as she posted them, that I needed one!

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Not just that, but they had holiday ones out!! And Halloween is a holiday!! problem is, you never knwo which one you will get! Joe, Sophia's awesome hubs, said heres 20 bucks, get me two and get yourself one. If I get the one you want you can have it! How sweet is he!! So I bought three and we were on our merry way.

Some pics John took while he was waiting for me ever so patiently:

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There is a ton more pics that he took, which leads me to believe I was not shopping as fast as I thought LOL! poor guy..Poor Jophia!

*Continued in next post....

[inkedupmomma]

As we were leaving the store, the morning parade was going on! What luck! I am not a huge parade person. As in if I miss it I don't care (except for spectro, I really love spectro!). But since the parade was already right in front of me, why not stay and watch!

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This guy really liked Kayla's pins and he stopped in the middle of the parade! He said he'd catch us later..but we never did see him :( It was all good though, him stopping made her and jack feel uber special!
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Funny thing about this parade was the guy on the last float. He was like rapping. Idk, but I thought this was hysterical! As soon as the last float got past us, we started making our way up main street. Of course I stopped to take a pic of....
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Sophia suggested that we start in Adventureland and I thought that was a great idea! I stopped a few more times for pics too...

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As we walked through something caught my eye, and I instantly stopped. It was Aloha Isle!! I had heard SOOOO much about these Dole Whips, and never found them last year. I HAD to stop and get one! I got the Dole Whip Float:

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HOLY CRAP! I see what all the fuss was about! This thing was like pure heaven! especially on such a hot day! This was another one of those, I'm really a diser moments!

After we finished up, it was time to finally get on a ride! we had been there a while already and still not gotten on one ride! We decided to ride Jungle cruise.. another first for us! I know I know.. how did we miss it last time?? I have no clue! It was pretty much a walk on. We waited most of the time for Sophia's husband Joe to stop playing the boat racing game:rotfl: once we were all on line we got got to the front pretty quick, but had to wait because we had a big group. They wanted to make sure we were all together. The ride was fun, and the tour guide was HILARIOUS! She was so sarcastic that i think some may have been offended! I totally appreciated her!

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When we were done n this, we decided to head on over to one of my all time favorites, Pirates of the Caribbean! and guess what?? Another walk on!! Score! I was loving September already! Aside from the heat that is lol i was good on this ride and did not take any flash photography! Mostly because my camera wouldn't... I did however get a pic of the kids with this super hot dude that was working for the Pirate League:

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OK.. he's got make up on.. but trust me, he was hot! BTW, I always make the kids take pics with the hotty CM's... seriosuly.:lmao:

After that, I saw a line forming and asked who it was for, once I found out I jetted over! It was none other than:

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Wendy Darling and Peter Pan! I was sooooo excited! That is another one of my fav movies and characters!! too bad, Peter was a complete freaking weirdo and creeped me out! He was like sarcastically rude towards the kids..and appeared as though he may be on some sort of drugs. No, he was not in character either. I know Peter pan is a real ball buster, but this guy was just weird! Hopefully we can meet a better Peter next year! Wendy was pretty good though!

After this it was just about lunch time, and Jophia headed to Peco's Bills for some food! We found a table outside and chilled for a bit. Joe and I opened our vinylmations, and of course i didn't get the one I wanted. He however DID get the one I wanted, and I got one of te ones he wanted!! SCORE! We traded and were both happy campers. right around this time, both Sophia and I got a text.. it was a Diser friend!!

*Up next- What Diser was texting us?? Did we meet this Diser? Who else did we meet and what else did we do??

[inkedupmomma]

Awesome update and pics! I love the pic of Jack jumping on the bed...who wants to sleep when you are at Disney. ;)

Thank you! He never wants to sleep.. especially at Disney World!!

[annnewjerz]

Another GREAT update!!! Those pics with Daisy are adorable. I've never seen her out either although I must admit, I don't do much character hunting.

Those Vinylmations dressed for Halloween are so cute. I'm going to have to pick one up and hope for the best when we are there in a few weeks. :hyper: :hyper: I already have the whole pin set, so I guess it's time to work on the figurines!

Also---the Dole Whip looked absolutely delightful. I'm planning to try my first one in October also. DH isn't a fan of pineapple, so I'll have it all to myself. Mmmmmmm. :thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

:cutie: Kayla's Minnie ears are so cute!

I really really want to get to WDW this time of year. The MK looks so neat!

Ahh..Main Street. I miss it dearly! :cloud9:

Yes the Jungle Cruise! You know we love that one! Promise me that you laughed at all the jokes. :flower3:

[Echo queen]

Great report, where is the picture of your vinylnation???? I want one.:yay:

[englishrose47]

Hi Jen !! Found Ya !!! Will catch up later !!

[Trentmom]

Love all their Halloween Decorations

The pic with all of you posing with Daisy is too stinkin cute :cutie:

When I was reading your description of Jungle Cruise guide, I was wondering if it could be girl we had

OMG...it is the same girl...She was hilarious and you are right so sarcastic, which I love :lmao:


Sounds like you all are having a great first day :thumbsup2

[AlohaPolynesian]

Ewwww! Sorry about that creepy Peter...yuck. I loved the Daisy picture - she is so cute!! I still haven't tried the Dole Whip float, just the Dole Whip. I can't believe how awesome those MK decorations are - they make me want to go NOW!

[Miss Monorail 1971]

Hello...I am coming along for the ride. We are driving to CSR in 2 days and I absolutley can't sleep. Your TR is great because it's just a little preview of our trip. We are going to 1900 but at night for dinner....staying at CSR for 9 days.....and this is our 9th trip and I have never had a DoleWhip. Only instead of Jack Skelington we are taking Flat Stanley.....it's a little guy who got flattened by a black board and now travles arround the the world. It's a project for DD's class at school. Can't wait for more. I may just save it up and read it on the road. Ps I pack like you. Keep up the great TR

Konni :)

[inkedupmomma]

Another GREAT update!!! Those pics with Daisy are adorable. I've never seen her out either although I must admit, I don't do much character hunting.
I didn't even have to hunt!! She was just there! I couldn't pass up the opprotunity!
Those Vinylmations dressed for Halloween are so cute. I'm going to have to pick one up and hope for the best when we are there in a few weeks. :hyper: :hyper: I already have the whole pin set, so I guess it's time to work on the figurines!
we got a few pin sets before we left too! I want more though..totally addicted:headache:
Also---the Dole Whip looked absolutely delightful. I'm planning to try my first one in October also. DH isn't a fan of pineapple, so I'll have it all to myself. Mmmmmmm. :thumbsup2
even if he liked pineapple, you wouldn't wanna share LOL

:cutie: Kayla's Minnie ears are so cute!
they weren't hers for long..stay tuned.
I really really want to get to WDW this time of year. The MK looks so neat!
DO IT..and come meet me :)
Ahh..Main Street. I miss it dearly! :cloud9:
me too :(
Yes the Jungle Cruise! You know we love that one! Promise me that you laughed at all the jokes. :flower3:
laughed?? I almost wet myself! seriously.

Great report, where is the picture of your vinylnation???? I want one.:yay:
hmm.. i never did take pics of them...I will this week!

Hi Jen !! Found Ya !!! Will catch up later !!
<3
Love all their Halloween Decorations

The pic with all of you posing with Daisy is too stinkin cute :cutie:

When I was reading your description of Jungle Cruise guide, I was wondering if it could be girl we had

OMG...it is the same girl...She was hilarious and you are right so sarcastic, which I love :lmao:


Sounds like you all are having a great first day :thumbsup2
wow! how cool that we had the same girl! the ride wouldn't be the same for me, without that delivery!

Ewwww! Sorry about that creepy Peter...yuck. I loved the Daisy picture - she is so cute!! I still haven't tried the Dole Whip float, just the Dole Whip. I can't believe how awesome those MK decorations are - they make me want to go NOW!

dole whip is close enough! you know the awesomeness that it is and the potential it has to be even awesomer LOL

[englishrose47]

All caught up Jennn !!! Awesome pix and TR!!!!!

[inkedupmomma]

Hello...I am coming along for the ride. We are driving to CSR in 2 days and I absolutley can't sleep. Your TR is great because it's just a little preview of our trip. We are going to 1900 but at night for dinner....staying at CSR for 9 days.....and this is our 9th trip and I have never had a DoleWhip. Only instead of Jack Skelington we are taking Flat Stanley.....it's a little guy who got flattened by a black board and now travles arround the the world. It's a project for DD's class at school. Can't wait for more. I may just save it up and read it on the road. Ps I pack like you. Keep up the great TR

Konni :)

Hi and welcome! thanks for joining in! I hope I can entertain you further :)

TRY the Dole whip! it was amazingggg! life altering LOL!

Glad we have so many similarities!

[inkedupmomma]

All caught up Jennn !!! Awesome pix and TR!!!!!

thanks Rosie <3

[KatMark]

In between posting my dining reviews (about 1/2 way done) and posting my CSR review, I've finally caught up on ALL of your report. You're doing a great job...keep it up.

[lilmissie]

I am following along. I just caught up now!! I'm loving it! We go on our first ever trip in 18 days and it's really neat to hear from others who are just getting back.

[inkedupmomma]

I last left off with a text message and hungry peeps. Right around the same time Sophia and I got a text message. When we looked , it was Amanda! (Synddy)

She said she was in the same area we were! But were on to meet hook and smee! I was stoked, cause we had just met Peter and Wendy! I knew where I was going next! We texted back and forth and decided we would try to meet up in a bit! At this point Sophia was ready for some grub, so she and her crew went to Peco's Bills. We went over to the cart thingy across from Peco's and used a snack credit for some fries! I loved finding real food for snack credits! It quickly became a challenge..another true Dis moment!

Amanda said she was going to go wait for Peter and Wendy, and I must have walked past her to see Hook and smee and not even realized it! derr!

Hook did NOT like Kayla's Tink autograph book, and decided to hide it!

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He eventually gave it back and was even kind enough to pose for a photo!

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After this we met back up with Sophia and headed to BTMR and Splash. Amanda was in this area and we wanted to meet up! We were about to get on BTMR when we got a text saying she was getting off the ride and would be there in a minute..soon enough she was there and we finally got to meet!

Joe and Kayla being silly while we wait:
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Then the 4 disers..4 you say? Oh yes, Sophia printed out a picture of our dear Dis friend who was supposed to meet up with us on this trip, but had to reschedule. Her Dis name is Heatherbelle. She is not on here much anymore with work being so busy, and also she recently found out her breast cancer surviving mom has some type of skin cancer :( So please keep them in your well wishes, thoughts, prayers, or whatever you do!

Pics of the fab 4:

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Even Amandas dad is on the Dis and he joined in for a pic!

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People probably thought we were nuts! But who cares! I love the way the pic turned out!

After our quick meet up, we all said good bye! It was awesome meeting you Amanda! and you too poppa bear! Ps- your bro is super cutey and sooo nice!

some more random pics of kids and Joe...

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Alright folks.. for some reason, I CAN NOT remember what we did after this! I have nothing written down and only one pic.... I don't remember if we left the park to go back to the resort or if we stayed.. I know Jophia left at this point, because I have a pic....

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Come to think of it.. we all left. Good grief I have a bad memory. or it's too late for me to think??

Anywho, yes, we all left to head back to the resort. I have no pics because Kayla and I went swimming while Jack and daddy stayed back for a quick nap!! It's allll coming back to me now!!

but i am entirely too tired, and prolly should have waited til tomorrow to post anything..sawwy!

*Up next- Dinner with royalty and great friends, and more firsts!

[inkedupmomma]

In between posting my dining reviews (about 1/2 way done) and posting my CSR review, I've finally caught up on ALL of your report. You're doing a great job...keep it up.
OOOH.. links please..pretty please! and glad you are still here!
I am following along. I just caught up now!! I'm loving it! We go on our first ever trip in 18 days and it's really neat to hear from others who are just getting back.

Welcome!! yayyyy for more readers! How exciting for your first ever trip!! Believe it or not, every trip I go on feels like the first all over again! It is amazing! Once you experience it all, you will understand why!

Hope you learn a few things from my report!

[lisalonglash]

Jenn! Your TR is AWESOME!!!! Sooo much fun to read, I feel like I'm right there with you all :banana: Honestly, Kayla & Jack are just too cute for words - such a princess: and a pirate:! The picture of Jack jumping on the bed instead of sleeping just brought such a smile to my face - that's Tigger, to a tee :rotfl2: I'm so jealous you were able to hang out with so many DISsers! On the other hand, I feel so fortunate to be able to hang out a couple of times with disneymomliz and to meet Sophia :banana: Oh well, next time I hope we'll be able to meet up and hang out!

Looking forward to your next update - but first, go get some sleep! :hug:

[lurkyloo]

LOVE the close-up shots of the kids! And I wanna know which 2 Vinylmations you got - or see pix! :thumbsup2

[coolbeans]

love the report!!
(if i posted all the things i love it would take forever!!):goodvibes

we tried the dole whip, per the dis, and it was awesome!!
i wanna see pics of the "vinal" thingies.... they look addictive! (is the white one actually just one that you would get autographs on??)
Jack and the whole "rolly tongue" thing freaks me out... my tongue is sooo not able to do that (I have a fat tongue!!) my dd can do it too... not fair!!

[inkedupmomma]

Jenn! Your TR is AWESOME!!!! Sooo much fun to read, I feel like I'm right there with you all :banana: Honestly, Kayla & Jack are just too cute for words - such a princess: and a pirate:! The picture of Jack jumping on the bed instead of sleeping just brought such a smile to my face - that's Tigger, to a tee :rotfl2: I'm so jealous you were able to hang out with so many DISsers! On the other hand, I feel so fortunate to be able to hang out a couple of times with disneymomliz and to meet Sophia :banana: Oh well, next time I hope we'll be able to meet up and hang out!

Looking forward to your next update - but first, go get some sleep! :hug:
I am so glad that you like it!! and thank you for the kind words about my mini mes! I think boys just have more energy at that age than girls? Idk? He's nuts lol Next time WE WILL get to meet up! what are the exact dates of your next trip?? and where ya staying this time??

LOVE the close-up shots of the kids! And I wanna know which 2 Vinylmations you got - or see pix! :thumbsup2
I am in love with those shots too! it captures both their personalities to a T!
love the report!!
(if i posted all the things i love it would take forever!!):goodvibes
:rotfl:
we tried the dole whip, per the dis, and it was awesome!!
i wanna see pics of the "vinal" thingies.... they look addictive! (is the white one actually just one that you would get autographs on??)
Jack and the whole "rolly tongue" thing freaks me out... my tongue is sooo not able to do that (I have a fat tongue!!) my dd can do it too... not fair!!

Idk if the little white one is for autographs, but that is the purpose of the bigger sized one.

It freak my DH out too that Jack can do that.. I can do it too..guess he saw me doing it?

[inkedupmomma]

Since you all wanted to see them so bad, I took pics of my 3 Vinylmations! Actually one is mine, and 2 are Kayla's. mine is obviously the Halloween one!

I also took pics of our new ears and Kayla's first pair..just cuz!

Front:
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Back:
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Standing up:
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and the Hats!

Fronts:

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and the back of jack's first hat and Kayla's first hat.. notice the newer lamer embroidering.....

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OK, there you have it, there it is!! Gonna make a new post soon!

[annnewjerz]

AHHHH I gotta get me some of them Vinylmations. Do you remember how much they cost? I seem to remember you saying you got 3 of them with $20, but that seems much too cheap to be a Disney price.

[KatMark]

OOOH.. links please..pretty please! and glad you are still here!



Link to CSR review:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2298118

Link to Dining review:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2245326

I'll post my trip report review once I get it started. Unfortunately, back at work today! (:

[3princesses+aprince]

Love your Magic Kingdom update!!! Your Peter Pan and Wendy picture is too cute and so isn't Daisy.

We saw Captain Hook and Mr. Smee while we were eating in El Pirata y el Perico, my 8 yr old almost jumped off her chair with excitement!! I'll never forget that.

Mk looks so pretty with the Halloween decorations.:cloud9:

[inkedupmomma]

Good morning all! I have something to admit. I am the heaviest I have ever weighed in my life. Even when I was pregnant. I think I am using the Dis to avoid the gym as well. I have a gym membership, and I do not use it. I have ZERO motivation! You would think the pics from Disney that i look like baby beluga in would be enough..or the fact that I have fatty liver at age 28..or the fact that there is a history of heart disease in my family, or maybe just that I should be healthy to be around long enough to see grand kids!! But no... here I sit. Laziness?? I suppose so. But I actually like the gym..so why have I avoided it like the plague for the past 4 months?? ok, rant over.. but it had to be said.

I last left you off tired as heck, and couldn't remember exactly what happened! I soon realized that the reason I couldn't recall was because I wrote nada down, and had no pics! Upon further investigation aka looking at cell phone pics, I was able to remember that Kayla and I headed to the AWESOME CSR pool, while Jack and John took a quick snooze!

I'll spare you the phone pics of the pool, as I have MUCH better pics of it later on in the trip!!

When we were done swimming we ran back to the room to get ready to head back to the MK! Tonight we were meeting up with Kelly and her crew and having dinner at my beloved CRT! We had ressies at 5:30. By 4:45 we were on the road!!

When we got to MK we rushed to CRt and checked in. Kelly's momma was now with her too! We all got there and we were instantly able to take a pic, but Kelly's mom had to change Weston's diaper and put him in a costume. CRT seemed annoyed at this. Sorry.... take the next person in line for their pic first!!

Finally we were able to go up.. what a fiasco LOL. Since we were such a large group, we were able to get 2 pics. Well I wanted my pic to have the whole group of us in it. Took a while, but we got that shot! Then I wanted Kelly's fam to have their own shot... For some reason the photographer was annoyed at this! Which of course annoyed me! plus Kelly's mom and I were trying to get shots too! I mean for christ's sake, it was Lily's first time meeting a princess! first time for them eating in a castle! I wanted my pics!! and pics I got! You can tell that everyone was having a melt down in most of the pics LOL

Jack was soooo happy to see his "good night" in shining armore!
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Trying to get those awesome shots!

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We were called up for dinner right after this picture..fastest I have ever been called in that place!

Princess Lily walking up to our royal banquet:
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We were seated in the main room at a very large table (score for being seated together!). Our servers name was Todd. Todd was not what you would expect at what should be a joyous fun filled expensive dinner. He was kind of rudeish and short with us..again seemed annoyed. Uhm.. we have kids dude, and we ARE in Disney World in the hot hot sun... As many of you know, this is my favorite meal! It is our first night in the MK traditional meal! Aside from Todd being not great, they got rid of the pretzel bread with honey mustard butter. No joke, I was ready to walk out now. I waited all year long for this tasty treat! I booked CRT 2x on this trip for that bread. Todd said it has been gone for over a year now... I quickly corrected him and said that is not possible since I was here one year ago today and there was PLENTY of that yummy goodness. He said ok, well whatever so a little after you left. UHM!!OH NO YOU DIDN"T! I was seriously pisssed and heart broken. But got over. Ok Jenn, you are in the MK with one of your most favorite friends and experiencing this with their kids for the first time..chillll. Ok, I am better now!

Todd brought us our drinks, and some plain ol' boring bread :rotfl: and pretty soon the show started!

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The show definitely put me back into my happy place! Watching baby Weston clapping and Kelly's mom sitting next to him singing along made my heart so so sooo happy! Kelly's mom is a Disney addict as well! Not super freak like us Disers, but much more than a normal Disney liker.. if that makes sense. Anyways, point is, this trip was a trip of dreams for her. Seeing her daughter with her kids in Disney was amazing for her. I could feel it in my own bones, and knew exactly how she felt! Brings tears to my eyes just typing it!

ok..sorry for the mush! and don't get mad, but i did not get pics of our dinners!! I did however write down what we all had lol!

Kids had salad , soup, fruit, chicken nugs,and butter pasta. For dessert raspberry sorbet and a sundae. They all seemed to like it, but were very excited to be with eac hother..so you know how that goes!

Kelly's mom had the spring rolls for an app and she said they were incredible! she had the veg pasta for her dinner. said it was very good, but salty. Also had raspberry sorbet for dessert, which she loved!

Kelly had the BLT salad as an app, and pork chop for dinner. She enjoyed both. Rspberry sorbet for dessrt, liked it.

Jeff had the crab corn chowder and lmab chops. Loved his food! Au gratin potatos were EXTREMELY salty though! Cream cheese buckle for dessert. Enjoyed that.

John had the crab corn chowder, and prime rib. I had a taste of his soup, it was delish, but not presented half as nice as last year! John alos enjoyed the prime rib, but that was a lso a bit salty.

I had the Blt salad which was incredible as last year. prime rib with a side of au gratin taters.. again, they were salty to the point of being inedible! I am sincerely hoping chef had a slip of the wrist that night! There is no way they tasted that and said mmm.. this is good! I had the creme brulee for dessert. It was decent.

Towards the end of dinner Todd warmed up to us and redeemed himself! Not enough to make me wanna go back a second time though! more on that later! Tradition has us at CRT for our first dinner, so I will give it one more shot next year.. they better fix it up! The food there is 2005 was the best I have ever had in my life..so it is depressing to see what it is turning into!

After dinner it was time to get our ride on!! I was sooo excited to go on rides with Kelly! I was even more excited to have our kids together going on the best rides ever! We decided to head to Tomorrowland!

Some pics along the way:

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The first ride we went on was Buzz! I LOVE this ride! not as much as TSMM but I do love it! Although my thumbs usually kill after this ride LOL. This was also a walk on!!

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After that we were all pumped and super excited! You could feel the disney love alll over! we were ecstatic as parents to be able to afford our kids this opportunity and ecstatic as friend to be with each other!

After this, we decided to do another first for my family!! The people mover.. I know..I said first.. I know.

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look at this car full of coool dudes...
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*Continued in next post....

[inkedupmomma]

Fun blurry shots while people moving
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After that Kelly and I decided to take the kids on the Carousel of Progress. ANOTHER first for me and my kids!

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OOOOH.. pretty fire works!

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CoP movie:
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This is fun mom...
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The future Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pellegrino :)
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Uhm.. o k. CoP. creepiest thing ever! Especially when it is pretty much empty. Kelly and I were both borderline panic attacking!! I was ready for a zombie animatronics fight! seriously it was just weird..and long . But some what entertaining. I am glad we did it..but not sure we need to go there again lol

After that it was time for Test Track! This aside from Buzz is prolly Jack's favorite ride!

Kelly with an invisible child to ride with LOL:

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Kayla all ready to go!
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* More to come later.. my nightmare of photo bucklet screwing up has come true!! GRRR!

[inkedupmomma]

Love your Magic Kingdom update!!! Your Peter Pan and Wendy picture is too cute and so isn't Daisy.

We saw Captain Hook and Mr. Smee while we were eating in El Pirata y el Perico, my 8 yr old almost jumped off her chair with excitement!! I'll never forget that.

Mk looks so pretty with the Halloween decorations.:cloud9:
Hahaha.. whenever my kids see characters they have a heart attack! wait.. so do i lol! and yes, i LOVE the MK decorated for Autumn!

Link to CSR review:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2298118

Link to Dining review:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2245326

I'll post my trip report review once I get it started. Unfortunately, back at work today! (:
Thank you!! and yeah.. I went back to work yesterday :(

AHHHH I gotta get me some of them Vinylmations. Do you remember how much they cost? I seem to remember you saying you got 3 of them with $20, but that seems much too cheap to be a Disney price.

The Vinylmations were $9.99 EACH!! LOL. Sophias husband gave me $20 to get him two :) Then I bought my own.. he and I traded later on :) They are pretty damn cool though! something about them I love!

[lurkyloo]

Thanks for the Vinylmation pix! And if I had gone to CRT specifically for one item and found out they no longer had it, I woulda been :mad: - especially at those prices! :sad2:

[inkedupmomma]

Thanks for the Vinylmation pix! And if I had gone to CRT specifically for one item and found out they no longer had it, I woulda been :mad: - especially at those prices! :sad2:

No prob! I wanna see pics of yours now!! I don't know much about hem to be honest! I do know that I kinda love them! and look forward to buying more next year!

and believe me I was beyond angry..til I saw how much fun the kids were having and realized it's just food.....

[Beka]

Maybe if you crammed the Fairy Godmother's want up Todd's heiney, he would have been in a better mood. What a stinker!

[tinkgurl]

Oh my gosh, that Vinylmation of the Mickey chocolate bar is ADORABLE!

Isn't a DIS meet so much fun?! I can't wait to do it again next summer.

GUESS WHAT?! You sat at the table right next to mine at CRT! You can see it in that one pic with the lady in the green shirt taking a picture of one of Cindy's mice friends.

Aw...the people mover! That one I REALLY missed this trip. It will be one of our first things that we do in March. :laughing: I told Mom I'd take a video with my phone and send it to her!

[HeatherBelle614]

First of all, I would've thrown a plastic sword (or wand, whatever was available) at Todd. What a horrible-sounding CM! And, you are definitely correct. That bread was there when we were there last summer, too. One of those know-it-alls, sounds like.

And, I love my stick-head pictures!!!! Those were exactly what I needed today!!

Your kiddos are so cute. If we were closer, I'd steal them (temporarily; I'd bring them back! That's how I get my kids fix in until we have our own.)

Those vinylmation Mickeys are cuter than they look the product pictures. Did they have Christmas ones yet?? How exactly does it work? Will I definitely get a Christmas one if I try to pick, or is it random?

Also, let me see if you know this since you're the DDP queen. Can you tip on the DDP with a credit card? We don't like carrying cash, and would like to tip using our Disney Visa. (Secret plot to earn more points for next trip; shhhh. Brad doesn't realize that!)

[inkedupmomma]

Maybe if you crammed the Fairy Godmother's want up Todd's heiney, he would have been in a better mood. What a stinker!
OMG.. I just almost peed myself.. rawr!
Oh my gosh, that Vinylmation of the Mickey chocolate bar is ADORABLE!
Kayla was happy with hers!
Isn't a DIS meet so much fun?! I can't wait to do it again next summer.
you should go next FALL..september 10ish...
GUESS WHAT?! You sat at the table right next to mine at CRT! You can see it in that one pic with the lady in the green shirt taking a picture of one of Cindy's mice friends.
ahahhaha! good tables!
Aw...the people mover! That one I REALLY missed this trip. It will be one of our first things that we do in March. :laughing: I told Mom I'd take a video with my phone and send it to her!
oooh..send me one too!
First of all, I would've thrown a plastic sword (or wand, whatever was available) at Todd. What a horrible-sounding CM! And, you are definitely correct. That bread was there when we were there last summer, too. One of those know-it-alls, sounds like.
he has been working there since 198something! so he swore he knew it all..but i KNOW food! and I KNOW CRT! so I was like no dude, it was def here!
And, I love my stick-head pictures!!!! Those were exactly what I needed today!!
<3 I was talking to sophia baout it one night, actually about the convo you and i were having about taking a pic of you along, and she said why dont i print her o ut and put her on a stci:rotfl:
Your kiddos are so cute. If we were closer, I'd steal them (temporarily; I'd bring them back! That's how I get my kids fix in until we have our own.)
you would give them back quick:lmao:
Those vinylmation Mickeys are cuter than they look the product pictures. Did they have Christmas ones yet?? How exactly does it work? Will I definitely get a Christmas one if I try to pick, or is it random?
they have a holiday line out. BUT, you do NOT know which holiday character you will get ;/ I just happened to luck out! Here is the link for the holiday ones and what you can possibly get randomly
http://www.disneystore.com/disney/store/DSIProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=1254966&categoryId=70998&catalogFromSearch=10002&catalogId=10002&langId=-1
Also, let me see if you know this since you're the DDP queen. Can you tip on the DDP with a credit card? We don't like carrying cash, and would like to tip using our Disney Visa. (Secret plot to earn more points for next trip; shhhh. Brad doesn't realize that!)

yes you can. just make sure you tell them that is what you are doing so they do not charge your room key! love the plot..very sneaky..bwhahahahaha

[rileynjadensmom]

Ok, I haven't posted much if any at all, but I'm always checking out the disboards. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your trip updates and pictures. We are so excited- my family and I (2 kids- DD 7 and DS-6, my husband and I) are leaving on the 16th for our first trip to WDW and seeing these pictures has made me realize how close it really is!! I hope you are gonna keep posting pictures!! They're GREAT!

~Cortney
First timer!

[tinkgurl]

Haha, they were actually great tables! As you can tell from our pics of that night, B/F, me, and Sis all sat on the bench side. It was awesome.

[burly]

Whew! all caught up now. Fun! :banana:

[Trentmom]

Love your vinlymations. How much are they? I think u said, but forget now :laughing:

TTA (People Mover) and COP are two of our favorite rides. TTA is great on a hot day to kick back and just relax

COP is just a classic :dance3:

Sounds like photographer was a real jerk. Todd, too :headache:

Glad he got better towards the end, but he should never been so rude to begin with :sad2:

Glad you all enjoyed yourself anyways:thumbsup2

I am hoping Trent does not want to go on speedway. It is fun watching little kids try to steer them and not hit cars in front of them, but still way too slow :rotfl:

So nice you got to enjoy the rides with your friends and their kids.. :woohoo:

[HeatherBelle614]

What's the brown Mickey with the yellow on his face??

[englishrose47]

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Jenn had to share me enjoying my first Dole Whip this May !!!They are DELISH!!!!!!

[AlohaPolynesian]

Wow you updated a ton! Where have I been?!

Anyways, looks like you guys had a great day at MK. And umm you do not look like a beluga so BE QUIET! I just started a diet this week b/c my jeans don't fit, so I guess I know how you feel.

Lily reminds me of me when I was little! And I had a Belle dress too...I thought she was SO cool b/c she was brunette! I'm sad your CRT experienced wasn't what you hoped for, though.

SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO HAVE A PANIC ATTACK ON CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS! It seriously makes me feel like I am dead and in a coffin that moves slowly in circles when it is way too quiet and you can see the robots from the next scene already. Ahhh

[Elevationist]

Ahhh! I'm missing all these beautiful updates! :scared1: The photos won't load for me on my cruddy wireless at work, so I've been avoiding this thread for a couple days, just until I have some quiet time at home to get caught up. It's killing me, I can't wait to see more of your photos and read more of your adventures! :lmao:

[Elevationist]

OKAY! Finally found time to get all caught up! Looooove all your pictures. Hope that I can remember to be such a shutterbug on my next trip... I tend to get so caught up in things that I forget all about the camera! :rotfl:

Pardon the long commentary, going to try and say everything that I had mental responses to as I was reading through the last few pages. :D

After I was done taking pics of that it was time to go through the dreaded bag check... Oi vey. I hate thissss. I tried to pack better this year. But going through bag check was JUST as big a pain this year as last..and my double stroller.. that thing has got to go next year! Although, a stroller is a must! If not to push tired kids then to hold loads of crap you buy and big bags you insist you need to have with you at the park.I've only ever carried one bag in with me, usually a standard backpack, but I've always thought that their version of a bagcheck was pretty weak! Even post-9/11, I've never had one of those guys do more than open my bag, glance in the main section, and hand it back. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that they save me so much time. :laughing: But another part of me worries that one day they're going to miss something scary in somebody else's bag.:confused:

Also they were ridiculously good looking and well dressed. LOl. That's me being a jealous hater. One thing that I could not for the life of me understand the entire trip was, how all the Asian girls had on black stir-ups under a pair of short or a skirt or whatevs... it was SOOOOOOO hot!! Do they not feel the heat? or is fashion that important to them??:lmao: From what I understand, fashion is EVERYTHING to them.

BTW, I always make the kids take pics with the hotty CM's... seriosuly. :lmao:Now I think I just peed a little. :rotfl:

Peter was a complete freaking weirdo and creeped me out! He was like sarcastically rude towards the kids..and appeared as though he may be on some sort of drugs. No, he was not in character either. I know Peter pan is a real ball buster, but this guy was just weird!This reminds me of the time we met Aladdin and Jasmine in Morroco at Epcot. She was lovely, but he looked like he was about 40 years old. :laughing: I mean, he was seriously rockin' a major 5'oclock shadow and everything. It was so weird. And since we had met Aladdin by himself in Adventureland at MK earlier in the week (that one was a SUPER HOT Aladdin, by the way), we had weird old creepy Aladdin in Epcot take our picture with Jasmine. :lmao:

He said ok, well whatever so a little after you left.Soooo unacceptable. You don't "whatever" people, especially not customers. Okay, between this guy and the photographer... I've found one of the best ways to call somebody out when they are being rude, particular in a customer service line of work, if to stop, look at them with concern, tilt your head, and ask them "I'm sorry, but are you having a bad day or something?" It very clearly sends the message that they are providing less than stellar service, that you've very much noticed their bad attitude, and while you're not going to be rude back, you're also not going to just sit there and take it. Anytime I've used this, the person in question suddenly changes disposition and is VERY nice for the rest of the encounter, because nobody wants to risk a guest/customer taking their comments about their poor attitude to their boss. Just my two cents. :goodvibes

After that it was time for Test Track! This aside from Buzz is prolly Jack's favorite ride!Umm. That's not Test Track. Wrong park, girl. :lmao:

More more more! Keep it up, I'm loving this TR!

[inkedupmomma]

OKAY! Finally found time to get all caught up! Looooove all your pictures. Hope that I can remember to be such a shutterbug on my next trip... I tend to get so caught up in things that I forget all about the camera! :rotfl:
we bought a DSLR a coupe months before the trip, so if I didn't take a massive amount of pics John woulda looked like this :mad:

Pardon the long commentary, going to try and say everything that I had mental responses to as I was reading through the last few pages. :D

I've only ever carried one bag in with me, usually a standard backpack, but I've always thought that their version of a bagcheck was pretty weak! Even post-9/11, I've never had one of those guys do more than open my bag, glance in the main section, and hand it back. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that they save me so much time. :laughing: But another part of me worries that one day they're going to miss something scary in somebody else's bag.:confused:
I have the exact same feelings! although if it makes you feel better, most of the guards did a great job checking my bags!

:lmao: From what I understand, fashion is EVERYTHING to them.
apparently so.. I still think they don't sweat or feel the heat!

Now I think I just peed a little. :rotfl:
;)

This reminds me of the time we met Aladdin and Jasmine in Morroco at Epcot. She was lovely, but he looked like he was about 40 years old. :laughing: I mean, he was seriously rockin' a major 5'oclock shadow and everything. It was so weird. And since we had met Aladdin by himself in Adventureland at MK earlier in the week (that one was a SUPER HOT Aladdin, by the way), we had weird old creepy Aladdin in Epcot take our picture with Jasmine. :lmao:
Ugh.. Peter was my favorite to meet..so his less than stellar appearance and attitude killed me a little inside!

Soooo unacceptable. You don't "whatever" people, especially not customers. Okay, between this guy and the photographer... I've found one of the best ways to call somebody out when they are being rude, particular in a customer service line of work, if to stop, look at them with concern, tilt your head, and ask them "I'm sorry, but are you having a bad day or something?" It very clearly sends the message that they are providing less than stellar service, that you've very much noticed their bad attitude, and while you're not going to be rude back, you're also not going to just sit there and take it. Anytime I've used this, the person in question suddenly changes disposition and is VERY nice for the rest of the encounter, because nobody wants to risk a guest/customer taking their comments about their poor attitude to their boss. Just my two cents. :goodvibes
I usually say exactly what you said, but I was afraid he owuld spit in my food lol!

Umm. That's not Test Track. Wrong park, girl. :lmao:
Ooops.. sorry, you know what I meant though :rotfl:
More more more! Keep it up, I'm loving this TR!
working on it!
Ahhh! I'm missing all these beautiful updates! :scared1: The photos won't load for me on my cruddy wireless at work, so I've been avoiding this thread for a couple days, just until I have some quiet time at home to get caught up. It's killing me, I can't wait to see more of your photos and read more of your adventures! :lmao:
Glad you were able to check it out!
Wow you updated a ton! Where have I been?!
being a good student??
Anyways, looks like you guys had a great day at MK. And umm you do not look like a beluga so BE QUIET! I just started a diet this week b/c my jeans don't fit, so I guess I know how you feel.
I wish I knew how you feel!1 LOL.. but whatever any ones weight is, weight gain is always a bummer!

Lily reminds me of me when I was little! And I had a Belle dress too...I thought she was SO cool b/c she was brunette! I'm sad your CRT experienced wasn't what you hoped for, though.
Yes, that's one of the reasons I love belle! i'm over the crt thing... they get one more chance!

SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO HAVE A PANIC ATTACK ON CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS! It seriously makes me feel like I am dead and in a coffin that moves slowly in circles when it is way too quiet and you can see the robots from the next scene already. Ahhh
yeah.. totally creepy. john didn't go on and is now DYING to go on..so I will have to endure it once next year!

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Jenn had to share me enjoying my first Dole Whip this May !!!They are DELISH!!!!!!
Rosie you were my inspiration for trying it! so THANK YOU!

What's the brown Mickey with the yellow on his face??
??

Love your vinlymations. How much are they? I think u said, but forget now :laughing:
$9.99 each:headache:
TTA (People Mover) and COP are two of our favorite rides. TTA is great on a hot day to kick back and just relax
LOVED TTA, not so much CoP!
COP is just a classic :dance3:

Sounds like photographer was a real jerk. Todd, too :headache:

Glad he got better towards the end, but he should never been so rude to begin with :sad2:

Glad you all enjoyed yourself anyways:thumbsup2

I am hoping Trent does not want to go on speedway. It is fun watching little kids try to steer them and not hit cars in front of them, but still way too slow :rotfl:
Awe, you have to let him go on!!
So nice you got to enjoy the rides with your friends and their kids.. :woohoo:
Disney is so much fun with friends!

Whew! all caught up now. Fun! :banana:
thanks :)

Ok, I haven't posted much if any at all, but I'm always checking out the disboards. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your trip updates and pictures. We are so excited- my family and I (2 kids- DD 7 and DS-6, my husband and I) are leaving on the 16th for our first trip to WDW and seeing these pictures has made me realize how close it really is!! I hope you are gonna keep posting pictures!! They're GREAT!

~Cortney
First timer!
Hello first timer! I am truly flattered! I am also sooo excited for your first trip! I will post as much as I can before you go for sure! Thanks for joining along!

Haha, they were actually great tables! As you can tell from our pics of that night, B/F, me, and Sis all sat on the bench side. It was awesome.
I rather enjoy sitting on benches lol

[Echo queen]

Awsome report, I believe I will be starting a vinylmation collection:cool1:Thanks for giving me anothere reason for me to give more money to the mouse:rotfl2:.

[inkedupmomma]

Awsome report, I believe I will be starting a vinylmation collection:cool1:Thanks for giving me anothere reason for me to give more money to the mouse:rotfl2:.

Ugh..I know.. I'm sorry! But they really ARE cute..and it is fun trying to get the one you want!!

[inkedupmomma]

my apologies for the delay! Idk what happened with photo bucket, but it was not playing nice. So like the good trip reporter that I am, I upgraded to a photo bucket pro account! I am happy to report all my pics are now uploaded safe and sound and I have figured out all the kinks!! woot!

Now, where were we?? Oh yes tomorrowland speedway..not test track..oops.

Last year I skipped this ride to ride something else with Kayla while John and Jack went on. I was excited to try it! Especially since it was now night and much cooler out! Kayla and I rode together. She was digging being a driver :) But she is so short and made me push the pedal lol! Kelly rode with Lily, Jack with John and Jeff with Weston.

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Who gave this chick her license, Pep Boys??

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After this we were heading towards Hanuted Mansion when Kayla started having a pre-teen moment. Aka being a brat. I decided at that moment that it was time to go. Not even Disney World will make me tolerate snottiness from my eight year old. Tude has consequences! I also realized at that moment that I lost my ktw card!! Last place I had it was CRT.. we said good bye to Kelly and her fam and headed to CRT!

Luckily when we got there the lady remembered me and said ahh yes, you left your card! I'll be back in a minute with it! Score! I don't have charging privileges on my card, but I just didn't feel like taking any extra tme out to get a new one! While we waited for a "minute" John and I took some pics.

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While we were waiting Jack whipped me in the back with a light up necklace that Kelly had bought him over by speedway.. that's the miserable look on my face above! It REALLY hurt! Finally after abuot 30 mins, the lady brought me my card! It was time to go back to CSR fer sure now!

I took some pics of the beautiful night time MK and got a sad that our first night in a park was done.

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(I forgot to mention earlier, on our way back to the MK we parked at the Poly so we could grab the monorail)

We headed up the ramp for the monorail and waited a little bit.

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You're getting sleepy....
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Once we got off the monorail we saw that there was a Hula Hooping contest going on! Actually it looked pretty much as if they were closing up shop and just goofing around. Kayla asked if she could hula hoop. Hula hooping is her jam, and I was oer being mad at her. PLUS it was a spontaneous Disney moment... which is very unlike me ;) So I sadi go for it!

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Well guess what?? She was the Hula Hooper of the day! The ladies were sooo impressed by her and couldn't believe how long she was going for! She would have kept going all night if a certain little brother didn't run into her and knock the hula hoop down! She had a whole group of people watching her at this point too lol! The girl said she hadn't ever seen anyone hula hoop like that before lol. She didn't even start counting her hoops until right before Jack hit her and she had already hooped 154 times!! A record for that day! The girl said she wished she started counting when Kayla started ..oh well! Kayla was smitten to have all the attention! All the CM's showered her with praise and attention, which made Kayla's life! They also awarded her a certificate and put her name up on a board for Hula hooper of the day!

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We were all really excited for her, but ready to head back to CSR for reals now. but not before I got this loving shot:
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Up next: John and Kayla's fav breakfast and the hottest day evvvverrrrr..well up to that date ;)

[Trentmom]

Yay for upgrading to a Pro account. Glad you got your pics all working good now :cool1:

Looks like Kayla had a blast on speedway. Maybe I will relent and encourage Trent to ride them this year :laughing:


Glad you found your KTW card :thumbsup2


Love the shot of castle towards end, that was all blue. so pretty :lovestruc


WTG Kayla. I can not hula hoop to save my life :lmao:

[inkedupmomma]

Yay for upgrading to a Pro account. Glad you got your pics all working good now :cool1:
It was time to just suck it up and pay lol
Looks like Kayla had a blast on speedway. Maybe I will relent and encourage Trent to ride them this year :laughing:

it is much more tolerable at nigt!
Glad you found your KTW card :thumbsup2

I couldn't believe they still had it, whewww!
Love the shot of castle towards end, that was all blue. so pretty :lovestruc
I loveee the castle all lit up!

WTG Kayla. I can not hula hoop to save my life :lmao:
me eitherrr! shes got some shakira hips lol

[inkedupmomma]

I forgot to mention in my last post, that after Kayla was done winning the hoop contest i decided to start some shopping. Well I walked out of there with $115.00 worth of pins...!!!!!!! John almost had a heart attack!! Pics of those later to come!

Ok next day, day 2 in the parks. Monday September 14,2009.

Today we got to sleep in a little bit. Breakfast wasn't until 8:45. I am glad we did this, because the drive was really catching up with us! We all got up with a wake up call from stitch again! He didn't scare us quite as bad this time! We were doing great with timing this morning! I was really proud of everyone! Especially tired as heck John! We were out the door on time. Yay!

But we took the wrong way to get to AKL.. first time getting lost. Ok ok ok.. we finally get to AKL, we are still ok on time. We pull in and drive right past where we were supposed turn. The lay out looked different from last year, but that hadn't clicked just yet. Finally we completely left, and pulled back in and asked the security guard, "UHM..how does one get to Boma??" and he replies, oh they changed so and so, make your first left... DOH'! Once we turned all was ok! We parked and ran in like animals to find Jophia! They were already seated and waiting patiently for us! Although, I know Sophia was dying inside a little! Her motto is, "you can sleep when you're dead"!! She never usually does late breakfasts. When planning I had to keep in mind that this is not just my vacation. This is also John's time away from work to unwind and relax. So scheduling some breakfasts later was going to have to happen!
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John and Kayla were beyond excited for this breakfast!! It was there favorite last year! John loaded up a good three times..possibly 4!! Kayla even went up more than once! Jack was thrilled to drink the jamba juice stuff! I enjoyed it as much this year as I did last. i gotta say too, just like last year the place wasn't stupid packed like some places! Also, they have a rocking fruit selection here!


Breakfast ruled and it was time to go to Mara. Sophia has been talking about zebra domes for over a year! So I had to go with her and see what these things were! She got them and I had one and half! They are pretty darn good! Idk that I would make a special trip for them, but I would get them if in the area! No pics, they were gobbled up by all pretty fast! They were very , cute too LOL. Definitely visually appealing!

I have written in my book, and I think I forgot to add earlier, on this trip we also started a pressed penny collection! We found some awesome ones at the Mara!

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After we were done at AKL it was time to hit a park! Today we were doing DHS! I know some people dislike this park, but i LOVE it! I'm not sure why, but I just do. The sorcerer Mickey hat is my fav icon as well! I am mad that they changed it from MGM to DHS though!! We got there pretty late for a park day, but this trip was all about stopping and smelling the roses and some commandoness ;)

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We headed up the street with the intention of getting Fast passes. first we stopped for some photo pass pics! Sophia ordered a CD so hopefully I will have some pics of that soon!! After we took those pics we got seperated.. not sure how lol. Could possibly be because the strettmosphere cop was messing with us!

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He got the lady on the soap box to mess with us too lol

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Finally he let us go! He made sure to add a few smarty pants remarks about our double stroller and lazy kids as we walked away though lol!

There's my fav icon!! Look how cute you are!

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Craptastic quick pics along the way to TSMM..

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we got to the FP spot for TSMM and of course the machine is broken down... and the CM's there were like stuck on stupid. There was a machine open that she could have grabbed our FP's for, but she was really wanting to get our FP's from the machine we were standing in front of! Weird. Anywho, while we were waiting for our FP's TSMM broke down..oops. We were gonna wait it out and see how long it would take to fix s we could run on as soon as they reopened it, but it was HOT out today! We were all in need of some A.C and all we had done so far was walk form the start of the park to TSMM!!

Eventually we got our Fp's and I think the return time was either between 2and 3 or 3 and 4. either way it was before 8 pm! This ride is still so popular and I was afraid that we wouldn't get any FP's considering how late we got to the park!

In stead of waiting for TSMM to reopen we decided to hit up the informative and most importantly air conditioned One Man's Dream.. Another first for us!!

I absolutely LOVED this attraction! I love history as it is, so to see nothing but WDW history was amazing! Totally up my alley! I wish they offered wdw history classes..or wdw classes period.. Maybe they do?? that is something I could get down with! I loved how everything was separated into time periods in here! Amazing to see how all the magic started! Kayla absolutely loved this as well and was blown away by it all!

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I clearly loved all the stuff in here and took a ton of pics! So I hope you do not mind me sharing SO many!

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Kayla lovedddd seeing an old time tink!

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I thought this was pretty awesome. It is a mock up of the peter pan ride!!

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They had miniature mock ups of everything! It was really awesome to see!

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So I was trying to get a pic of the tree of life mock up, but these 2 kids would not MOVE!! Eventually I had to be like, uhm..can you move. please!! I waited a while too!! I wonder sometimes, where do the parents go off to? Regulate your kids please!
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At this point it was time to enter the theater and watch the movie. I loved it! Kayla thought it was pretty awesome as well! john also enjoyed it, but jack was kinda like huh?? Not old enough yet to appreciate it! he will for sure one day!


After One Mans dream we were all cooled down and felt more at ease! Sophia suggested we go to the Animation area.. Another first for us!! Well holy guacamole, we've got chips!! We hit the character jackpot!! Who knew all these characters were hidden in this beautiful air conditioned area!!??!! Well Sophia obviously, but not I lol I mean we really lucked out!

The first character we saw was Mrs. Incredible!! NO line..we walked right up!

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THEN, the moment I have been waiting for, for a very long time. Sorcerer Mickey! I mean there was no line or anything.. maybe 3 people ahead of us!! Are you kidding me?? I was stokedddd! So was Sophia! We got on line quicker than you can say Jenn Paul!

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Sophia has a MUCH more flattering pic of me... hard to look good when you are hot as heck, and gained 20 lbs before your trip..grr.. hopefully these pics will motivate me for next year!! and NO, I am not being negative. Just honest. I still love myself and all that lol

After Sorcerer Mickey we saw the UP characters!! yeah, told you, total character Jack pot.

This line however was NOT short..and Jack was in a MOOD! he was being a terror. I was pretty embarrassed. Butttt..what can you do. We knew he would break down at some point. At least we were in air conditioning and dealing with it!!

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after what seemed like forever, but was actually about 20-30 mins we got to meet these guys!!

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The photo pass pics are better than the ones I was able to get.

After we were done with them, we saw Frozone from the Incredibles! Again, no line.. no one even near him!! Sophia's hubs Joe was SOOO excited to see him lol He really likes this guy!

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After this we left and started to make our way towards who knows where when we saw that that Voyage of the Little Mermaid was about to start.. (or at least I thought was about to!) i like this show, as does Kayla, and i figured jack would like it! Joe also fancies Ariel, so it was a win win situation!! while we were waiting John mentioned he wanted to see the stunt show( Lights, motor, ACTION!)... well we looked at the times and there were only 2 left for the day. One in about 15-20 mins and then one right when we had an ADR. I told him to take Jack and go see it! Aren't you proud of how go with the flow I am being!! truth be told, i had NO interest in seeing this show, but he wanted to SOOO badly last year. Last year it was CLOSED..Doh'! So how could I not let him go see it! Plus, my rough and tough Jack would love it! he is at the cars,trucks, motorcycle obsessed age! not to mention he is a fan of destruction:rotfl:



So off they went. With the camera... We stayed behind to watch VOTLM.
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After mermaid was done, we saw that the walk on time for TSMM was like walk on pretty much.. maybe 10 mins? Whatever, we were going! Sorry John and jack! When life hands you a golden opportunity like a walk on for the most popular ride, you best take it!

I kicked Kayla's butt this round. I have no mercy, I don't care how old you are! hahah.. I say this like I got 300k points! It was nice to have some time away from Jack and just be with my Kay Kay!

I have no pics of this time period because John had the camera :)

After we were done we walked over to the Sorcerer hat and called John. good timing, he had just finished up with the stunt show! While we waited for John I bought MORE pins! Since I had SOOO many snack credits, i treated Jophia to some snacks, as well as Kayla and myself! Hellllo churro stand by sorcerer hat! Freaking yum!! I hadn't had a churro in who knows how long!! Carrie, I see why you love them oh so much, i totally thought of you as I devoured it in an obscene amount of time!

Once John got there, I decided it was time to go seperate ways and have some more girl time with Kayla! PLUS, we were going to try Tower of Terror and Rockin Rollercoaster! I knew jack couldn't go on these, so it was best if only one of us went! I wanted to be the first to do these with her. John and jack stayed back with jophia and went on the great movie ride.. (western side ??)

We got to TOT, (which is very cool looking) and pretty much walked right on. uhm.. we HATED it! Thank god Kayla was there and I had to remain calm for her sake, because I was panic attacking the WHOLE ride. ugh.. I get why people like it, but I am not a fan of being dropped then shot back up..all while doors open and show you how far u you are!! No thanks! and poor kayla, weighs nada and would shoot up every time the thing dropped! We both got off with smiles, and laughed at how chicken we were! But I think we could both tell we were shaky!! I told her I was super proud of her fr going on and facing fear! I also promised that she wouldn't have to go back on it! That was our deal, you can't say you don't like something until you try it at least one time!! Sorry john, no ToT for you lol.

Once we were done there we headed over to RnR. Kayla was not in any mood to go on after ToT. Lucky for her, she was too short anyways! About 1/2 inch too short! So that is our ride for next year! Truth be told, i wasn't sure I had it in me to soothe her on this ride if she freaked anyway! Like I said, next year. A whole year to re man up LOL!! While in that area we met some CM's who were doing a create your own cd thingy and pin traded with them!

I called John after that and we decided to meet at TSMM, it was time to use our fast passes!! Woot!


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[3princesses+aprince]

Great DHS pictures!! I love the Animation area with all of the characters, I gotta remember that for August!!

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Again, I loveeeeeee this ride!! Like love it love it! During it though it messed up and skipped 2 or 3 of the screens you are supposed to shoot at. Joe was pissed.. he had a rocking score going, and would have dominated if he was able to get at those 3 screens! At the end of the ride i said something to the CM about the ride being broken down, and she said I know, go wait down there and we will let you right back on!!! Score! This time the ride worked properly.. I don't recalls scores though ;)

It was getting close to our ADR time, but we decided we had enough time to go see Muppets #-D. Kayla has a new found obsession with the Muppets. She loved this attraction when she was there in 2005 and the love of them has just grown and grown and grown! Which I love! Mupets were one of my absolute favorites when I was little! Muppet movies, muppet babies, muppet everything! Naturally I love this attraction as well!

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The show was great and corny as always! I loved it!! Now it was time for our ADR at 50's Prime Time Cafe!! Last year, jack was TERRIBLE at this dinner. Like omg terrible. The wait was also ridiculous last year. So I was scared of how things were going to go this year! Jack had not had a nap today and it was hottt..eek. We checked in, and were seated pretty quickly, within 10 mins. Ok, so far so good! Once we were seated though,, he got a bit nutty. But I was able to calm him down this year! I mean, he wasn't in the best behavior mode, but the people next to me said he wasn't bad at all! Thanks couple without kids celebrating your anniversary! I will take that as a compliment! Cousin Jennifer was our server today. I remeber because we share the awesome name Jennifer..but don't EVER call me Jennifer.. I hate that. I also hate when people spell my name with one N. I am JeNN, two n's not JeN.with one N. Just a little FYI for you all ;)

She wasn't a great server, but in her defense, she seemed to be working entirely too many tables/sections. She did however put some vegetables on John's spoon and choo choo it into his mouth!!

Again, I have no pics of our food, but I can tell you what we got :)

We all had some form of a milk shake..well almost all of us. Most of us also had the pot roast. Which I reallly enjoyed! Joe had the meat loaf, and he liked it! Dessert wasn't anything too memorable. i got the smores again.. they were ok. I am not sure what everyone else had and don't feel like looking up the menu lol.

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After dinner Jophia headed back to the resort, and we decided we would stay for a bit!!! I love DHS and just wasn't ready to go!!

*Up next, who did we meet, and dance parties??

[MiaBella05]

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[Trentmom]

Sounds like you all had a great Day at DHS :wizard:

We have never done Walt's One Man Dream. After seeing your pics, we are so doing that in December. That looks awesome in there :woohoo:

Drawing a blank right now on what you were doing, but in a picture of Jack, behind him are two people and all you see are their pant legs. The one lady pants are entirely soaked...guessing they spilt something on them as nothing makes you wet there that I remember.. It just cracked me up for some reason :rotfl2: (hoping this is not one of your friends, if so, I apologize )

Love the smores at Prime Time Cafe...mmmmmmmm


Great update :thumbsup2

[inkedupmomma]

Great DHS pictures!! I love the Animation area with all of the characters, I gotta remember that for August!!
It is a jack pot!
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welcome!!
Sounds like you all had a great Day at DHS :wizard:

We have never done Walt's One Man Dream. After seeing your pics, we are so doing that in December. That looks awesome in there :woohoo:
OOOh.. glad I could inspire! I realllly enjoyed it!
Drawing a blank right now on what you were doing, but in a picture of Jack, behind him are two people and all you see are their pant legs. The one lady pants are entirely soaked...guessing they spilt something on them as nothing makes you wet there that I remember.. It just cracked me up for some reason :rotfl2: (hoping this is not one of your friends, if so, I apologize )
OMG.. you are in my head.. I almost put a caption under that pic saying, opos they peed lol. But as i posted i wondered the same thing! that was in muppet 3-D.. maybe the water squirters outside??
Love the smores at Prime Time Cafe...mmmmmmmm

eh.. they were aiigh.. i'd eat one now if osmeone gave it to me LOL
Great update :thumbsup2
:hug:

[inkedupmomma]

We said our goodbyes to Jophia and John said he had to go to the bathroom. Well about 10-15 mins goes by and he's still not out! I text him that we are going on character hunt! He texts back that he is having a "prime time problem" in the bathroom.. (TMI , I know..but it was hysterical!) Ok, well do what you gotta do, we out!

I wanted soooo badly to meet the Monsters Inc. crew! It was getting late, and tonight was an EMH night, but I was told the characters wouldn't be out for that. I had about 10 mins to get to where they were.. don't you know that every CM I asked gave me wrong directions!! FINALLY, we made it there and there was one couple there.. they were done though and waiting for Sully.. Uhm.. huh?? You mean the characters are staying out?? Doh'!
Whatevs, yay Mike and Sully! Jack was in heaven!

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Roz, my tender oozing blossom:
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On our way out, we noticed a CM with some pins that we wanted!! Yay for trading! Although, I can't recall what we traded at this moment!

After that we started heading back to meet up with John. I told him to meet us over by Star Tours. Of course I say I'll be there in a minute and take an hour.. but we HAD to stop to take some pics!!

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Finally we made it over back to John. We decided we would ride Star Tours..another first..kind of! Even jack got to go on!! Woot!

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During this ride I had one of those flash backs that you see in a movie. I suddenly had a VERY vivid memory of being on this ride as a child. But only it was body wars then. I do NOT remember most of my child hood, so this memory brought insta-tears to my eyes. It was very weird and emotional. Good thing so much was going on and my kids didn't notice!

After riding this, which everyone liked, we decided we would check out the dance party that was happening over at the play house disney studio! I guess they have this during EMH's? It was very cute! Jo and Goliath were there, and people making balloon animals, etc.. bubbles galore, awesome music! It was very cute!http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae136/Inkedupdisneymomma/Disney%20part%207/Disney2009firstcard764.jpg
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Then all of a sudden, Mickey and Minnie came in!! Woo hoo!

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The kids had a blast here, and I was stoked that we stayed for the EMH's! Again, one of my favorite parks!! After they were done being silly we decided to head back to CSR and get a swim in!! I lovee late night swimming and Kayla all of a sudden loves swimming! I figured what the hey! Of course we stopped at some shops on the way out and di a bit of shopping.. and guess what tattooed punk rock mom got?? That's right, disney stick people figure stickers..for the back of my mini..booo ya! Yes I am an official dork!

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*Continued in next post....

[OhioDisneyLover]

Awesome update! I was proud of myself when we hit the character jackpot....Mickey, Incredibles and UP! :woohoo:

We were so lucky that we didn't get dumped on by rain again! It started but didn't last long.

[annnewjerz]

Oh Jenn, I hate to ruin your childhood memory---but Body Wars was in the Wonders of Life pavilion in Epcot. Same type of ride, but unfortunately not the same place. :guilty:

I used to love that ride, I remember something about a splinter and you traveled through the body to get it or something. I wish they'd bring it back!!

[inkedupmomma]

When we got back to CSR, I saw a snail with a shell on the side walk. Well you owuld have thought that someone gave me a million bucks, because I was smitten! I have never seen a snail in a shell, and thought it was only in cartoons LOL. I picked that snail up by his little shell and carried him all the way back to our room! I made Kay and Jack knock on Jophia's dor too, so they could see!

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This thing was seriously coool! We loved looking for snails the rest of the trip! I forgot to mention all the green tree frogs (i think that is what they were) that we saw too! I have always seen bunnies and lizards in Disney, but these were bright lime green tree frogs everrrywhere! I saw lots of toads too! It was really awesome and it truly made the resort that much cooler for the kids!

We asked Sophia if t hey would like to join us by the pool. I figured she would say no, since she doesn't swim..LAME. But she said yes!! Woo hoo! Her mom joined us as well! Little did we know that Jeff and Weston would be by the pool too! He had called me earlier to ask if we were going, but when I called back, he didn't answer, so I assumed he was back at his room asleep, since it was on the later side. As luck would have it, he was still there and weston was having a ball!

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and the pics you all have been waiting for.... the CSR pool! but night shots, so not great detail..sawwy!

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Since Sophia was so stubborn and wouldn't swim, I asked her to take some pics!
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Poor Alice, jack truly gave this woman a heart attack! She was so afraid every time he would run, jump or just jet off! She made sure he had his life vest on lol
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and let me just tell you... he was sooo happy to be swimming in there! and I thought it was awesome how independent he was! Kayla would have NEVERRRRRRRRRR been in a vest away from the stairs without me right there at that age! But not Jack, he was loving that he could "swim"! and finally this year Kayla was swimming on her own too! Although, her confidence was not 100% at times! She still stayed close. But she was even swimming under water! I love water , so I was so excited to finally see my babies acting like their fishy momma!

See my baby under water!!
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At some point Weston fell asleep and John and Jeff went over to the hot tub..how cute is this little bubbers!
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It was getting late and it was time ot get ready to go, but not before one more pose!

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Today had been an awesome day! Definitely better than last years DHS day! We were soo beat though! Too bad we had a super early ADR tomorrow!

*Next up- where did we eat, and again, who did we meet!!

[inkedupmomma]

Awesome update! I was proud of myself when we hit the character jackpot....Mickey, Incredibles and UP! :woohoo:
Yeah, that was awesomeeee!
We were so lucky that we didn't get dumped on by rain again! It started but didn't last long.
we lucked out pretty well with rain I'd say!

Oh Jenn, I hate to ruin your childhood memory---but Body Wars was in the Wonders of Life pavilion in Epcot. Same type of ride, but unfortunately not the same place. :guilty:
Hmm... good to know. Whatever the case, it was that same feeling I suppose??
I used to love that ride, I remember something about a splinter and you traveled through the body to get it or something. I wish they'd bring it back!!
I remember thinking holy crap.. how'd they shrink us LMFAO!

[annnewjerz]

I remember thinking holy crap.. how'd they shrink us LMFAO!

I really kind of miss that "gullible" quality that I had as a kid. From Santa to Body Wars to I dunno---everything. It's such a nice feeling to just believe something even if it's completely off the wall. These days, going to WDW makes me feel that a little bit again, but not quite as completely awestruck if that makes sense.

[inkedupmomma]

6am. and another wonderful wake up call from Stitch.... Waking up was not quite as easy today! The excitement level was there though! But you know how swimming wipes you out! Well being in a hot oark all day then swimming reallly wipes you out! I decided to let jack sleep until the very last minute! No way was I trying to deal with that hot mess! Poor kid had no nap the day before and went, went went!

Kayla woke up looking a hot mess, and didn't wanna get out of bed! When she did we all laughedd at the site of her!

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We quickly got ready and headed out with Jophia's crew. Today was breakfast at Tuskerhouse and a day at DAK! We were also meeting up with Kelly and her crew! Our ressie was for 8:05, and we were there right on time!

When in Florida, your camera likes to fog up from temperature changes.. so heres the best I could do for the DAK sign:
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I took some pics along the way to Tuskerhouse
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Once we got there it seemed a bit crazy..unorganized actually. We put our name in, and were told to wait..blah blah blah.. eventually we were able to get in line and take a group pic! Kelly's mom bought this, and I forgot to ask her for a copy. It turned out really cute!

Then our name was called and we were brought to our table...wait scratch that , we were brought to our TABLES!! Grrr, again we were seated at dif tables!! It was quite annoying! Especially for me, who had two sets of friends there! I don't wanna have to pick where I sit! Fortunately enough for me, I have kids and they plopped somewhere and I took that as ok, thats where they are sitting,so I guess I betta sit next to them!

Our server was a nice guy and got all our orders in pretty quick. Good ting too, because once the characters started coming they didn't stop! the food here was excellent, and it is on our permanent list of must eats for our DAK days! Today we got to meet Mickey, Donald,Daisy, and Goofy, all in their Safari attire! It was very cute! The characters were great with everyone and took their time!

Before the characters came out, they had a little conga line type dance! the kids loved it!

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After that, the characters started coming to us!

Donald giving Alice kissies!
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A really super awesome craptastic shot of Mickey and the kids
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daisy!
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John goosing Daisy:
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Then it was time for Goofy!! Joe likes Goofy!
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This buffet is pretty ginormous! and has a great selection. I didn't take pics of the food, but i did take pics of the area so you could get an idea! the interior is really pretty as well!

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After breakfast we all decided that we would ride the safari together. Don't throw stones at me, but I could take this ride or leave it. I love looking at animals, but I would NEVER wit in a long line for this!

How cute is this, buddies waiting for the next bus
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Hungry Hungry Hippos...
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Giraffe:
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you can't tell great from this pic, but this Island is a hidden mickey!
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Rhino:
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Ostrich!
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Ok ok okok.. are you bored yet?? Sorry I am!! After the safari we said goodbye to Kelly's fam and went our own way. Traveling in a large group is just TOO hard! BUT it is awesome to be able to do some rides together and then eat meals together! I am definitely looking forward to future group activities! Once the kids get older, this will be easier as well!

AT this point we decided we would go see Festival of the Lion King! We missed this show last year! and I was heart broken over it!!

*continued in next post...

[Trentmom]

I was going to say something funny about them peeing themselves, but then stopped myself in case they were the legs of your friends :laughing:

[Trentmom]

Really enjoying all your photos


I love Sully. I really need to try and get a pic with him this year

That umbrella is so cool:thumbsup2


The pool at CSR looks awesome. So nice you all were able to swim together. Looks like everyone had a blast


I am with you on Safari, it is fun to see the animals, but not going to wait a long time


Not sure how you feel, but I could take or leave AK. Really does not do a lot for my family.

But, Trent is excited to try Everest, so we will heading there to at least conquer that Yeti :woohoo:

[inkedupmomma]

I was going to say something funny about them peeing themselves, but then stopped myself in case they were the legs of your friends :laughing:
you are much nicer than i am .. I woulda said something anyway lol.
Really enjoying all your photos
:hug:

I love Sully. I really need to try and get a pic with him this year
Jack was ecstatic to see them!
That umbrella is so cool:thumbsup2

Iwas happy to finally get that pic!
The pool at CSR looks awesome. So nice you all were able to swim together. Looks like everyone had a blast

I loveddddd that pool!
I am with you on Safari, it is fun to see the animals, but not going to wait a long time

great minds??
Not sure how you feel, but I could take or leave AK. Really does not do a lot for my family.
I love AK.. but I think I would love it a whole lot more in cooler weather!
But, Trent is excited to try Everest, so we will heading there to at least conquer that Yeti :woohoo:
It was fun!!! soo soo fun!

[Beka]

I love how Kayla poses from H2T (if you watch Top Model, you totally know what I mean). She's so cute!

[gellybean]

Just sat and read the whole thing!! Really enjoyin' your TR and all your pics!! Can't wait for more!!

[MrsSpratt]

Hi, InkedUpMomma!

Please don't EVER say your pics are craptacular - 'cause they ROCK! (Just like you!)

Loving it -

Mrs. Spratt

[HeatherBelle614]

Maybe it's just the shot on my computer, but Frozone (that's his name, right?) looks like he's wearing a bra in the picture where's he's posing. Hmmm...

[strmtroopr96]

What morning were you having breakfast at Tusker House? We were there on the 16th.

I think we may have seen you guys (or at least your kids in the stroller) on the Monorail just before it pulled out of the Contemporary one night. I think it was the 17th because that was the night we had been at the MK all day and found the bus lines crazier than usual for some reason after closing. :confused3

I refused to stand in the line (not that you could even find...like I said, I had never seen it that bad even for Pop), so the 4 of us split up and made it a race to see who got home first. My DH and older DD stayed and waited for a bus while I took younger DD and found a different route. LOL We walked over to the Contemp, hopped on the monorail to the TTC and then took the monorail to Epcot before boarding a bus to Pop. Woo Hoo...Avery and I won! LOL :cool1:

But anyway, I thought I saw your kids just before the monorail doors closed at the Contemp. We had just missed that one. :goodvibes

[englishrose47]

Greatupdate Jenn !!

[inkedupmomma]

I love how Kayla poses from H2T (if you watch Top Model, you totally know what I mean). She's so cute!
Funny, I wastched ANTM tonight.. head to toe ;) and Kayla is a HAM..always has been!

Just sat and read the whole thing!! Really enjoyin' your TR and all your pics!! Can't wait for more!!
Yay!! Thanks!
Hi, InkedUpMomma!

Please don't EVER say your pics are craptacular - 'cause they ROCK! (Just like you!)

Loving it -

Mrs. Spratt
Well thank you kindly!! Glad you are enjoying them!

Maybe it's just the shot on my computer, but Frozone (that's his name, right?) looks like he's wearing a bra in the picture where's he's posing. Hmmm...
Hahahah.. I'm gonna have to go back and look now..maybe it's supposed to be man **** muscles?

What morning were you having breakfast at Tusker House? We were there on the 16th.
we were there on the 15
I think we may have seen you guys (or at least your kids in the stroller) on the Monorail just before it pulled out of the Contemporary one night. I think it was the 17th because that was the night we had been at the MK all day and found the bus lines crazier than usual for some reason after closing. :confused3
could be! I can not for the life of me recall that night though..well the mode of transport part anyway!
I refused to stand in the line (not that you could even find...like I said, I had never seen it that bad even for Pop), so the 4 of us split up and made it a race to see who got home first. My DH and older DD stayed and waited for a bus while I took younger DD and found a different route. LOL We walked over to the Contemp, hopped on the monorail to the TTC and then took the monorail to Epcot before boarding a bus to Pop. Woo Hoo...Avery and I won! LOL :cool1:
there were a couple nights where I was like ***FFF.. but I bet they are being extra cautious with everything that has happened lately!
But anyway, I thought I saw your kids just before the monorail doors closed at the Contemp. We had just missed that one. :goodvibes
were they stunningly beautiful children?? if so then yes, prolly mine:lmao: I may be biased:rolleyes1
Greatupdate Jenn !!
Thanks Rosie :) :hug:

[inkedupmomma]

Wow..sorry about the continued in next post and then nothing! As soon as I submitted that, jack woke up from his nap..and he had an accident in his bed. Sooooo..yeah TR had to be put on hold!

Where were we?? Yes, heading to Festival of the Lion King!

Some pics along the way...
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We got there and didn't wait long at all before we were seated. We were in the Elephant section. I have to say, this show makes me soo emotional! I can remember seeing it with Kayla for the first time in 2005 like it was yesterday.. of course I teared up a few times! I'm an emo mess sometimes!

The show was brilliant as always!

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This show alone is worth the price of admission to the park! and i think it is wonderful that Disney offers this show! I am lucky enough to live near two major cities Philadelphia and New York. My kids will always be able to see broadway shows and local shows. But not every one is that fortunate, so I think it is nice that Disney offers something larger than life like FotLK and Nemo!!

After the show Jophia decided they were gonna head back to the resort soon, so we parted ways.

After we left them we winded up hitting the character jack pot again!

*continued in next post..fer real this time ;)

[inkedupmomma]

First we saw these guys and there were only a couple people in line!! Score!

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Kayla LOVES Chip and Dale! So she was super happy!
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All the characters were out right about now. Luckily we had met a good amount at breakfast, so we just skipped them! We decided to head towards Kayla's all time favorite ride Kali River Rapids! On our way out of Camp Minnie Mickey we saw Pocahontas standing all by her lonesome!! Score again!

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She was not as good as the Pocahontas we met in 2005 looks wise, but she was SOOO sweet! That was a nice surprise character!

Now we were on our way to Kali for real! We got there and YAY,Jack was tall enough to ride this year! He was soooo excited! SO were we! We all LOVE this ride, but especially Kayla. I don;t know the exact reason why it is her fav, but I think it is because she was so scared of it in 2005, and she went on anyway and conquered her fear. After that ride she was more open to trying new "scary" rides! So yay her! Since this is a water ride, I have no pics..sawwy! I took some pics while we walked through the ine though!! Again, a walk on!!

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After the ride..for some reason John thought this sign on the gate was hilarious and MADE the kids take a pic next to it...

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After KRR, I decided it was time for Kayla to finally try Expedition Everest..wait, it was my first time too! I was sooo nervous!! Sowas Kayla... the backwards riding, the yeti..eek! But we went anyway! We got there and I picked up fast passes so her and John could return later. We got in the stand by line, since teh wait was only 20 mins. John had the camera, so again no pics...although I have a few mobile ones of the stuff along the line. The wait was def a full 20 mins.. now here comes the hahhaha funny but TMI part. I had not gone potty since we got to Florida.. not sure why, but I hadn't. WELL, we were next to board on the coaster when all of a sudden I had to GO! Like really go! I grabbed Kayla and ran out of the line... Found the nearest bathroom and all was better in the world! Kayla was pissed..she pulled a total mommy moment. She was all, you waited til we got all the way up there to decide you couldn't hold it anymore?? I nodded my head sympathetically and promised I would get us back on without waiting. Sure enough the lady at the fast pass line remembered me running out and let me walk right back on!! Woot! There was no one waiting in FP at all so we were able to get right on! I LOVED this ride, and couldn't believe how nervous I had let myself get! Kayla liked it to..although she says she didn't love it... She's full of it! She def liked it!

While we were doing all this, John and Jack were busy doing this...
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Apparently, john thought it would be an ok idea to let Jack get SOAKING wet, knowing full well that we had a lunch ADR with Kelly and her crew very soon! and Of course I never packed that extra outfit that I kept saying I was going to!

By the time we met back up, it was time for our lunch ADR with Kelly and the crew.
I'm too tired to post any further, but will make a new post in the am finishing up our day!

*Up next- where did we eat lunch, what else did we do in DAK and a sleepy time dinner!

[inkedupmomma]

When I last left off, we were heading towards our ADR to meet up with Kelly and company, and Jack was soaking wet!

I had been looking forward to this ADR for a long time! Now might be a good time to mention where this ADR was.. Yak and Yeti. Most of the reviews I had read were mostly good..some bad! But after reading Alan Renfroe's TR, I was confident in going and actually really excited.

We all got there and I put our name in. Was told it would be a 15 minute wait. 30 minutes later they were ready for us, but if we wanted to sit together then we would have to wait longer. I was aggravated at this point and got snippy with the lady. I said, you had 90 days to figure this out, I don't see why we have to wait any longer. I didn't mean to get snippy, but she was being non caring, and honestly, I think they forgot about our table and that's why they messed up the seating. Whatevs...

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Luckily we were seated right next to each other! Kelly and her fam sat with each other and my fam sat together! Some pics while we waited
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Since my fam was on the DxDP we were able to get apps. I got the seared pork won tons and John got the fried green beans:

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These were out of this world!!

For our entrees John got the ribs, and I got the steak with shrimp (I'm lazy today and forget the exact names.. I may put in exact names later..if not go to allears.net ;)

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Ok, I don't know if I was full from breakfast, hot or just pissed from the seating thing, but I did NOT love this! The flavor of the steak was very off to me... and the shrimp was mushy and bland :( kelly's husband had the same dish and LOVED it though.. so who knows?? It certainly was presented lovely! Kayla and Jack split the kids hamburger with apple sauce and fries. No pic, sorry! It was good according to them ,and a nice size!

For Dessert John and I both had the Cream Cheese Won Tons with Pneapple:

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I LOVED this dessert! john liked it, but didn't love it. This place wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. I would go back for apps and dessert any day! But prolly not next year LOL!! Also, Kelly and her fam enjoyed their meals, but said it wasn't amazing.

What really annoyed me, was the 3 something they charged me for Jack's choc. milk, since he wasn't on the dining plan... NO other place has ever charged us for his milk. I was annoyed. But whatevs.

We are going on a family pumpkin picking outing, so I can not do a full update like I intended, but I wanted to give you a lil' sometghing something :)

Happy Sunday everyone!

*Up next- where did we go, who did we meet and the very sleepy dinner!

[Trentmom]

That is a riot about Kayla having a mommy moment about waiting to go til last moment :lmao:


Jack was soaded indeed. Was it cold in restaurant?


Festival of Lion King looks awesome. Trent asked me other day if we could go to the circus one day. I see them doing acrobats in your pictures. Is the whole show like that? If so, I could tell him that was Disney version of a circus and satsify him :rotfl2:

[inkedupmomma]

That is a riot about Kayla having a mommy moment about waiting to go til last moment :lmao:

I know! and what could I say?? she was right!! I just apologized:sad2:
Jack was soaded indeed. Was it cold in restaurant?
YES! and this happened last year, so I was extra pissed that john didn't think! He lived though lol

Festival of Lion King looks awesome. Trent asked me other day if we could go to the circus one day. I see them doing acrobats in your pictures. Is the whole show like that? If so, I could tell him that was Disney version of a circus and satsify him :rotfl2:

You could totally get away with saying this is a circus! they do a lot of acrobatic, and fun circus stuff! It is truly a beautiful show! Not to be missed! He will def be in awe!

[mchelle77]

I'm impressed that her mani stayed intact!!

[HeatherBelle614]

Did you check out Frozone's bra? :rotfl:

I'm glad you loved EE!!! It's one of our favs! I wish the Yeti still worked, though. Maybe one day they'll fix him and he'll move around again. (He used to come down towards the cars; but, from what I've read, he was too heavy for the podium he's on, so it started to crack. They've turned him off so he won't keep moving and cracking the podium even more.)

I've heared iffy reports about Yak & Yeti, so I'm happy with my choice not to go there. Maybe on a future trip when we've hit all of our #1 places already, but not this time.

That face paint on your friend's little girl is GORGEOUS!!!!

Hope you have a great fall-themed day! I wish we had that more around here; it's in the 70s/80s here now, which is about as fall as we'll get for quite some time. (Almost 90 one day this week.) Plus, it never really looks like fall. It just goes from green, starting to turn to fall colors, then dead.

I finally have good cake story news!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!! You'll have to get on your g-chat quickly some point tomorrow so I can fill you in!

[englishrose47]

Jenn I had the same meal at Yak & Yeti !! I lved the shrimp but the steak wa too wellcooked for me I am a Rare gal!!! Now that dessert was awesome !!!! What ay wereu there !! We went on the Wednesday (16th?) Lion King is inspiring !!!

[AlohaPolynesian]

Yay for Kayla being hula hoop champ! Glad you guys stopped being crabby and went to bed happy!! I'm surprised you like the DHS hat...isn't that the one everyone complains about? I think it's cool! TSM...I gotta try it after reading about how much you like it!!

Kayla's bathing suit is AWESOMEEEE!! So cute!

And I will probably cry at Festival of the Lion King b/c I cry at the real Broadway show lol so you're not the only one!

[inkedupmomma]

I'm impressed that her mani stayed intact!!
I was too! lol
Did you check out Frozone's bra? :rotfl:
YES..and I almost peed!
I'm glad you loved EE!!! It's one of our favs! I wish the Yeti still worked, though. Maybe one day they'll fix him and he'll move around again. (He used to come down towards the cars; but, from what I've read, he was too heavy for the podium he's on, so it started to crack. They've turned him off so he won't keep moving and cracking the podium even more.)
Im kinda glad it didn't work. I think that owuldhave killed Kayla..as of now she likes it.
I've heared iffy reports about Yak & Yeti, so I'm happy with my choice not to go there. Maybe on a future trip when we've hit all of our #1 places already, but not this time.
It is good to try at some point, but def hit up other places first!
That face paint on your friend's little girl is GORGEOUS!!!!
I know right! gahhhhh.. I loveee that little princess!
Hope you have a great fall-themed day! I wish we had that more around here; it's in the 70s/80s here now, which is about as fall as we'll get for quite some time. (Almost 90 one day this week.) Plus, it never really looks like fall. It just goes from green, starting to turn to fall colors, then dead.
we actually had warm weather today too! and this past week for the most part! it does look like fall here though!
I finally have good cake story news!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!! You'll have to get on your g-chat quickly some point tomorrow so I can fill you in!
will sign on in the am!

Jenn I had the same meal at Yak & Yeti !! I lved the shrimp but the steak wa too wellcooked for me I am a Rare gal!!! Now that dessert was awesome !!!! What ay wereu there !! We went on the Wednesday (16th?) Lion King is inspiring !!!
we were there tuesday the 15. I agree, too well cooked!Lion king is amazinggg

Yay for Kayla being hula hoop champ! Glad you guys stopped being crabby and went to bed happy!! I'm surprised you like the DHS hat...isn't that the one everyone complains about? I think it's cool! TSM...I gotta try it after reading about how much you like it!!
yes, many people hate it :( I love it! and omg you haven't done tsm??
Kayla's bathing suit is AWESOMEEEE!! So cute!
awe thank you!
And I will probably cry at Festival of the Lion King b/c I cry at the real Broadway show lol so you're not the only one!

yeah i cry at everything lol

[inkedupmomma]

Good evening everyone! Pumpkin picking was a success today! Pics soon! I appreciate how life throws all these fun things in while I wait for my next trip to Disney! Sure makes the time fly!

Enough on my day and back to my real TR. I left you off at Yak and Yeti. Once we were done there we decided it would be best if we toured DAK alone. Everyone was hot and sort of grumpy, and well, as I said earlier, it is hard to tour with a big group!

We said our good byes and decided to go and see It's tough to be a bug! I lovee this show and also missed it last year!

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When we got there, there was a 10 minute wait. Basically had to wait til the show that was going was done. I took some more pics to pass the time!

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The show was great! Jack didn't even get scared! Whew.. It kinda scurred Kayla in 2005, so I was worried it would scare Jack!

*continued in next post...

[inkedupmomma]

After watching ITTBAB we took some pics on our walk over to Dinoland. This was another part of DAK that we missed last year! Actually DAK was mostly a bust last year! SOOO hot! I can not believe how tolerable the weather was at DAK today! It started off super hot then kind of just was hot but ok lol.

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Omg.. how beautiful is the tree of life?? I just needed to mention that! I absolutely adore it, and really need to spend more time next year exploring it!

Once we got into Dinoland, it was pretty much dead. Almost felt like we weren't in Disney but an old cheesy amusement park. I kind of liked that though!
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We decided to check out Triceratops spin..I think that is the name. It is basically a dinosaur Dumbo ride LOL Jack liked it quite a bit! I thought it was cute.

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Jack may be picking his nose?? lol
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Pretty view
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After this, Kayla and John wanted to go on Primeval whirl. My belly was hurting bad since the whole EE thing and I just couldn't handle whirlin anywhere..back to the potty with me..and Jack..

After we finished up in the potty, Jack and I walked around aimlessly until we noticed this guy out without a crowd!

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Then we decided to go into the gift shop in Dinoland..sorry forget the name ;/ but it was really cool in here! I loved the decor!!

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When they were done on the ride we decided to go over to Dinosaur! I was excited to ride this ride! Sadly Jack was not tall enough, so him and John waited outside while Kayla and I rode. I was scared that she would be scared..but she liked it! When I was done with her she went on with john! John and Kaylawere taking a bit and it was getting late. I texted John and told him to meet us over at the Boneyard! I love this area! Reminds me of my skin and bones Kayla! Also, Kayla loved loved lovedd this place in 2005! I took a pic of her in her bikini there in 2005 and i swear she was as skinny as the bones they had in a display there LOL! I'll have to look for that p ic!

Once john and Kayla were done they came over and played for about 10 mins, and then it was time to go because it was 5pm! We spent the WHOLE day at DAK! I was pleased with that!

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On our way out we met a nice military couple and started chatting with them for a bit! In he 10 or 15 mins we chatted I was able to open their eyes to a whole new Disney world! There was so much they had n clue about! I was stoked to let them in on some magic! We also caught a closing park show as we were leaving! I had no clue they did one! That was a nice way to close the DAK day out!

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Jack made friends with a cutey CM and kept squirting him in the face with his spray fan.. the guy thought Jack was Hilarious!!

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Once we were finally out of the park, it was time to walk back to the car.. we had walked alll day, and for some reason my feet started killing me in that last little stretch! Luckily we got there at butt crack o dawn and were parked super close!

*continued in next post...

[inkedupmomma]

We got back to CSR and were all pretty beat! BUT we had another ADR to still go to!! I know I know! But there were so many places I wanted to try! We were supposed to try to swim after dinner tonight, but it started raining just as we pulled into the resort..Kayla was bummed.. I was secretly relieved LOL. Tonight we had ressies at Maya Grille. Jophia had eaten there a couple nights prior and loved it, so I was stoked to try it! I remeber liking the menu at home.

While everyone was getting ready i took some snap shots of my window again!

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Notice anything??

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That's right! Green tree frogs!! They were evrrywhereeee! We loved stalking them lol!http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae136/Inkedupdisneymomma/Disney%20part%207/Disney%20part%208/Disney%20part%209/Disney%20part%2010/Disney%20part%2011/Disney2009firstcard1503.jpg
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Finally it was time for our ressie. We walked over to El Centro, which seemed to take a hot minute..especially in the drizzly annoying rain! But man, that place is beautifullll!! Honestly, everywhere you look you are surrounded by beauty..no pics cause of the rain though :( sawwy!

I never could find many reviews or pics of Maya Grille so I took as many pics as I could!

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The restaurant was pretty much empty when we were seated. I was surprised to be honest! But definitely ok with it! The lighting in there is dark, and a nice relaxing atmosphere is just what we needed! Our waiter was also super nice and great with explaining and suggesting ! I have to make a big mention about this, the kids menu!! It was awesomeeee! They had mozz stick or nachos as an app, and steak and other good meals as entrees!! on the kids menu!! Kayla felt like a grown up and really liked this menu!

For an app I had the pork empenada (sp?) this was delicious!
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Kayla has the mozz sticks:
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John had the Ceaser salad, it was wayyyy over dressed!

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We also were given bread at the beginning of our meal. It had some sort of oil dip with something in it...sorry I suck with descriptions tonight!!
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All was going well, and we were really enjoying our food! then all of a sudden as I'm trying to feed Jack, he falls asleep!! Like dead asleep! At first I thought he was joking! But then I really couldn't wake him up!

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Poor baby was SOOOo tired! he had been running running running for the past 2 days and it finally caught up with him! Good thing he's my chubber lover or I would have been sad that he wasn't eating..but the extra meat on his bones would get him through the night I trusted:rotfl:

All in all apps were good! Although John's salad was a complete miss for me!

Then our entrees came out.

I had the portebello and steak skewers with a Parmesan potato. OMG.. that potato was amazinnnnnng! The steak...not so much.
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John had the steak shoulder with Parmesan potato. He liked his quite a bit!!
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Kayla had the steak with steak fries. hers was dry as all get out and she had some of my steak. She liked it!

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Since Jack had fallen asleep John left right after dinner and ran back to the room to get the van..no way we could carry his dead weight that far back to hotel! In the mean time I texted Sophia and asked if she would like to join me for some shopping at Panchitos. She said yes, and John offered to drive her over! While John left Kayla and I ordered dessert. I had the Churros dish and it was yummy..not mind blowing, but good enough! I forget what Kayla had.. John had the camera and I wasn't able to get pics. I ordered John something chocolate to go!

Eventually I got the text that they were here and I headed toward Panchitos. Poor John looked so silly carrying his dessert and a very dead asleep Jack! I was excited to go shopping in here! this was supposed to be my chill out night..but good grief we were tiredddd! Next year no late night adr if we have lunch!

In panchitos I bought some stuff. I mainly remember buying a Coronado springs resort pin! We also went over to Cafe Rix I think it was to get my free mugs. I was able to get 3 since we were on the Dxdp. I kept 2 and gave one to Sophia. We didn't really need them and why not spread the wealth!

After we were done with our adventures there it was time to head back to our rooms! I was sooo tired! I think we were all sooo tired!

Today was an awesomeeee day and my heart was super happy! I felt like we accomplished all we set out to do with the exception of seeing Nemo. But hey, there is always next year!

*Next up- Meeting my favorite princess for the first time, and fun in the future!

[Trentmom]

Looks like you had a great day at AK

Never made it back to Dinoland or whatever it is called

Have to put that on our list just to see what it is all about it

AK is hottest park, which is why we never really enjoy ourselves

Hopefully by going in December, we will be able to see more not having to deal with that heat

Jack look so cute all tuckered out at Dinner :goodvibes

[inkedupmomma]

Looks like you had a great day at AK

Never made it back to Dinoland or whatever it is called

Have to put that on our list just to see what it is all about it

AK is hottest park, which is why we never really enjoy ourselves

Hopefully by going in December, we will be able to see more not having to deal with that heat

Jack look so cute all tuckered out at Dinner :goodvibes

OMG.. I think going in December owuld make ALLLLL the difference in te world! I would LOVE DAK 100 x more in non 90 degree weather! You guys will fall in love I'm sure!

Definitely check out Dinoland! It is cute!

I love when he falls asleep at a table.. he looks..so innocent?

[KatMark]

Great update. I just love the pictures of your son sleeping at the table--so sweet. :hug:

Maya Grill seems to get a mix of reviews. Believe it or not, in eight stays we have only eaten breakfast there once. Next year, we are adding breakfast and doing one dinner.

[inkedupmomma]

Great update. I just love the pictures of your son sleeping at the table--so sweet. :hug:

Maya Grill seems to get a mix of reviews. Believe it or not, in eight stays we have only eaten breakfast there once. Next year, we are adding breakfast and doing one dinner.

I would also like to try breakfast there! think I will next trip! Dinner wasn't terrible. I think I was just over food at that point??

[tinkgurl]

Whoa, I missed a few updates! :eek: Just wanted to let you know I'm catching up..can't comment on it all! :laughing:

[Vility]

great thread looks like you had a great time!

[annnewjerz]

Great updates! Did you do any meals at the Maya Grill other than that dinner? We were thinking about maybe getting breakfast there on our last morning in October, but could just as easily bring home some goodies from the MK the night before to eat.

[englishrose47]

Jen , Sandi and I love Dinasaur , the others don't !! I love AK too but my heart belongs to Epcot!!!!!

[29apr00]

great update (s)!!

How cute is he sleeping at the table!?!?!?! :love: if only mine would do that instead of screaming. :laughing:

[princess_momma]

Hey I just got all caught up! Our trips overlapped a little! Your kids are so cute!! And I love the voice you put into your writing! Awesome!! My son just completely passed out sometimes too! They get heavier when they're asleep!

[inkedupmomma]

Whoa, I missed a few updates! :eek: Just wanted to let you know I'm catching up..can't comment on it all! :laughing:
All good! Hoping to keep you entertained til you can start a ptr!
great thread looks like you had a great time!
Hey neighbor!! We live in new hope..not far from philly! our trip was great!

Great updates! Did you do any meals at the Maya Grill other than that dinner? We were thinking about maybe getting breakfast there on our last morning in October, but could just as easily bring home some goodies from the MK the night before to eat.
We only did dinner. I hear breakfast is yum though! love how your meals went from one to all LOL!

Jen , Sandi and I love Dinasaur , the others don't !! I love AK too but my heart belongs to Epcot!!!!!
it was a fun ride! especially since it was a walk on lol

great update (s)!!

How cute is he sleeping at the table!?!?!?! :love: if only mine would do that instead of screaming. :laughing:
Ohhhh.. that is what he usually does! this was a rarity!

Hey I just got all caught up! Our trips overlapped a little! Your kids are so cute!! And I love the voice you put into your writing! Awesome!! My son just completely passed out sometimes too! They get heavier when they're asleep!

Hi, bummer we didn't know before hand..coulda had a Dis meet ;)

[AlohaPolynesian]

I think Maya Grill was updated recently because when I stayed there in 07 it didn't look like that!

[MaryAz]

I am way late to the party: but very happy to be here. Have seen you around on other reports and always love a new one to dive into! Going back to read......

[inkedupmomma]

I think Maya Grill was updated recently because when I stayed there in 07 it didn't look like that!
I could not answer that question to be honest ;/
I am way late to the party: but very happy to be here. Have seen you around on other reports and always love a new one to dive into! Going back to read......

Welcome and thanks for joining in! Hope you enjoy!

[Echo queen]

Great update love your TR style.:thumbsup2 Looking forward to CSR in Dec/Jan.:banana:

[inkedupmomma]

Wed. September 16, 2009- Know what today is?? The trips is half over day :( BOOOO!

Today was also another SUPER EARLY wake up! Sophia, I know we can sleep when we are dead..but what about when we feel dead?/ Can't we sleep in then too?? Obviously today was a rough wake up day! But 6 am rolled around, the call from stitch came and I was up and at em! Any guesses where we were going to be today?? My faithful PTR followers should know my sched by heart! For you newbies, today was our first day in Epcot! Future World to be precise. We were also having breakfast with both crews at Akeshu's! We got to Epcot right around 7:30,and John was annoyed that we got there so early..oops. Little did he remember the hike it is from the front of the park to Norway! Plus, has he met me?? I stop every 2 feet to take pictures! Speaking of pics....

Parking lot: lol
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Aweeee, loverssss:
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As you can see, it was a great idea that we got to Epcot early!!! Not to mention how many people that were NOT there! I love empty park pics! Kelly got there a bit later than we did, but on time. While we wiated guess what I did...??

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Anyone remember our experience with Belle last year? yeah, we didn't like her. Well guess what?? We got the same Belle this year!! LOL. She was much friendlier this year! Since we had such a big group we were able to get 3 separate pics!
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and hey..guess what happened again?? seated at separate tables! But the tables were at least next to each other again. Our waiter was very tall and very thin..and kinda flaming ;) Norwegians have awesomeeeeee skin! and beautiful eyes. I am jealous of every Norwegian girl I see! Anywho, moving on!

*Continued in next post....

[burly]

Awesome. all caught up. good reading.popcorn::

[inkedupmomma]

I am a big fan of this breakfast.. I like the cold buffet! I love the salami and cheese lol That sounds kind of ghetto... ;) I also love the cheesy potato thing theyy give you with the hot plated food! I'm not sure if everyone else liked their meal, but I sure did! I also LOVE the decor in here!

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So not only was breakfast awesome as usual, but the princess line up was amazing!!! The first to stop by was Aurora! Kelly's mom was smitten! She is one of her favorite princesses! Lily was loving it!


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Then it happened! The moment I had been waiting for since I was a little girl. Their she was in all her beautiful radiance, Snow White! everyone knew I was hoping to meet her, and as soon as I saw her, I turned red. Tears came to my eyes..Kelly's mom was teasing me at first (jokingly) and then she realized I was really tearing and for real overwhelmed.. I feel like a queer sharing this with all of you... I always think it is weird to see adults obsessed with the characters, and here I was this little girl all over again! and good grief, she was SPOT ON! John said she was sent there just for me seeing as how perfect she was! So there ya go, another first! Btw, jack knows how much I love Snow White, and he kept saying, lok mommy you favorite..mawweeee!

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Excuse my smile the size of Disney World:
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So we go from having this awesome snow white to what in the world Ariel:
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Uhm.. who hired this chick to play the part of Ariel.. seriously??

After Ariel came Cinderella.. not the first time we met her. She was a good Cinderella though!

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Needless to say, my life felt complete after this breakfast!! Yay for fulfillment! After breakfast we all decided we would head to Future World. I had a plan for Epcot and I was sticking to it..mostly!

*Up next- no, really he's not tall enough, ok I get it..ok already..

[inkedupmomma]

Great update love your TR style.:thumbsup2 Looking forward to CSR in Dec/Jan.:banana:
Glad you are enjoying it! You will def like CSR! I don't see what's not to like actually lol. Although beware, in case you don't know, it is a BIG place! But gorgeous!
Awesome. all caught up. good reading.popcorn::

Look for more tomorrow!

[MaryAz]

All caught up. Really nice pics-what kind of camera do you have? I just a got a new DSLR-early CHristmas gift. Looks like you had a great mix of people to meet up with. I want to do Akherus in May-but that Ariel:rolleyes1 We are going to do Tusker House-my small DD is terrified of Tigger but loves Minnie. Great writing style.

[Trentmom]

Aww....That was an awesome Snow White. She is my favorite, too :lovestruc


You are right, what was up with Ariel :confused3 Maybe it was eyebrows....:sad2:


Your close up shots of the BALL are so cool :wizard:

[inkedupmomma]

All caught up. Really nice pics-what kind of camera do you have? I just a got a new DSLR-early CHristmas gift. Looks like you had a great mix of people to meet up with. I want to do Akherus in May-but that Ariel:rolleyes1 We are going to do Tusker House-my small DD is terrified of Tigger but loves Minnie. Great writing style.
We bought a canon rebel xsi a few months ago! I lOVE it! Although I would love to upgrdae my lens soon! and I need to take a class because I haveno clue how to *really* use the camera!

I would definitely do akershu's! and tusker house! I really enjoyed both of them! Idk who normally is at tusker house, but minnie and tigger were not there for our meal.
Aww....That was an awesome Snow White. She is my favorite, too :lovestruc

we are twinsies!
You are right, what was up with Ariel :confused3 Maybe it was eyebrows....:sad2:

the nose too!
Your close up shots of the BALL are so cool :wizard:

Thanks! one ofmy fav shots! love that ball!

[inkedupmomma]

Dreams do come true.. that was how I felt after meeting Snow White :) Just thought I would mention it again..in case you didn't get that the first time ;)

Me still beaming:
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Anyone remember the Viking ship?? Did anyone else love it as much as we do/did?? Yeah well here is what has become of it:
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Say what?? We were bummed to see it was really gone.. Not like I didn;t know before I went, but I was hoping it was all a big joke. It wasn't, it's gone. For real for real.

As we were nearing Future World I saw Marie from Aristocats !! and NO line! I do not recall seeing her in many pics or trip reports, so I was STOKED! So was Kayla! I made her get up and run like a wild woman over there, to assure we got there before anyone else LOL How cute is Marie??

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While we were getting the autographs and pics with Marie the water fountain started shooting awesome water everywhere..and they had Yanni playing in the background. Yes I am soo lame for knowing that! But I heart Yanni every now and again! Especially the song they were playing! Turns out they were having a little ceremony thing for a bunch of new CM's! It was their first day! They looked so happy! I was kind of jealous..but not really, cause that would mean i was working and not playing LOL!

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After all that excitement it was time to walk over to Test Track. I was crossing everything I could cross on my body that jack was tall enough to ride this ride...BUT no dice... he was not tall enough. Apparently the CM was really hoping he could ride too, cause she sat there a could 10 mins measuring him! Lily was also measured and couldn't ride and apparently threw a fit and they left.. In all of the excitement of Jack being measured for so long, I missed them leave. So we were down to my and Sophia's group!

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As you can see he was not tall enough lol Poor kid was beside himself with saddness! He wanted sooo badly to ride this ride! I told john to go on with Kayla, seeing as I had gone on EE and ToT with her. Also, he is an auto mechanic, so cars are kinda his thing! I told them I would wait with Jack. OOOOF... he was NOT happy. He was just having a total melt down.. we got a few dozen looks as he freaked his business! OOOOH! look Jack, a shiny monorail..
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He enjoyed that..for a second. LOL! Finally everyone came back from the ride. They enjoyed it ;) We decided to check out innoventions next. We were hot again, and it was air conditioned and along the route I had planned..planned in my mind that is! I was excited to go here after reading Tinkgirl's TR! Unfortunately, the paper making station was not going today :( At least not when we were there! I was bummed. After I read about it in her TR, I was excited for Kayla and I to make paper! There was a TON of other cool stuff to do though!

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We all decided to play the think green game. It was a carbon foot print station. Right up Kayla's alley! She loves being green, and really enjoyed finding out ways that we can be more green at home! Plus it was really cool to play all these games as a family team! Kayla named our team... we were team lover buns:rotfl:
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We tried really hard to do well on this game..but jack wasn't much help during many of the games! I'll be curious to see how we do next year. If he will get games better??

*Continued in next post

[lisalonglash]

Oh, Jenn - you're so awesome at posting updates that I'm so far behind I'm ahead! :rotfl:


Wed. September 16, 2009- Know what today is?? The trips is half over day :( BOOOO!

Boo! :sad2:

Today was also another SUPER EARLY wake up! Sophia, I know we can sleep when we are dead..but what about when we feel dead?/ Can't we sleep in then too?? Obviously today was a rough wake up day! But 6 am rolled around, the call from stitch came and I was up and at em! Any guesses where we were going to be today?? My faithful PTR followers should know my sched by heart!

Nope, not even when you feel dead! :laughing:

For you newbies, today was our first day in Epcot! Future World to be precise. We were also having breakfast with both crews at Akeshu's! We got to Epcot right around 7:30,and John was annoyed that we got there so early..oops. Little did he remember the hike it is from the front of the park to Norway! Plus, has he met me?? I stop every 2 feet to take pictures! Speaking of pics....

Bahahahaha, come on, John, really! :rotfl2: Great pics, Jenn!

Aweeee, loverssss:
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:goodvibes

As you can see, it was a great idea that we got to Epcot early!!! Not to mention how many people that were NOT there! I love empty park pics! Kelly got there a bit later than we did, but on time. While we wiated guess what I did...??

Love an empty park! :woohoo:

Anyone remember our experience with Belle last year? yeah, we didn't like her. Well guess what?? We got the same Belle this year!! LOL. She was much friendlier this year! Since we had such a big group we were able to get 3 separate pics!

Woohooo for Belle being good and for getting three separate pictures! :thumbsup2

I am a big fan of this breakfast.. I like the cold buffet! I love the salami and cheese lol That sounds kind of ghetto... ;) I also love the cheesy potato thing theyy give you with the hot plated food! I'm not sure if everyone else liked their meal, but I sure did! I also LOVE the decor in here!

Sounds yummy to me!

Then it happened! The moment I had been waiting for since I was a little girl. Their she was in all her beautiful radiance, Snow White! everyone knew I was hoping to meet her, and as soon as I saw her, I turned red. Tears came to my eyes..Kelly's mom was teasing me at first (jokingly) and then she realized I was really tearing and for real overwhelmed.. I feel like a queer sharing this with all of you... I always think it is weird to see adults obsessed with the characters, and here I was this little girl all over again! and good grief, she was SPOT ON! John said she was sent there just for me seeing as how perfect she was! So there ya go, another first! Btw, jack knows how much I love Snow White, and he kept saying, lok mommy you favorite..mawweeee!

Soo happy you were able to meet her :hug:

Excuse my smile the size of Disney World:
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GREAT picture!!! :dance3:

Uhm.. who hired this chick to play the part of Ariel.. seriously??

I agree! :eek:

Needless to say, my life felt complete after this breakfast!! Yay for fulfillment! After breakfast we all decided we would head to Future World. I had a plan for Epcot and I was sticking to it..mostly!

*Up next- no, really he's not tall enough, ok I get it..ok already..

:hug:

Dreams do come true.. that was how I felt after meeting Snow White :) Just thought I would mention it again..in case you didn't get that the first time ;)

Me still beaming:
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So :goodvibes for you!!

As we were nearing Future World I saw Marie from Aristocats !! and NO line! I do not recall seeing her in many pics or trip reports, so I was STOKED! So was Kayla! I made her get up and run like a wild woman over there, to assure we got there before anyone else LOL How cute is Marie??

Adorable pictures!!

While we were getting the autographs and pics with Marie the water fountain started shooting awesome water everywhere..and they had Yanni playing in the background. Yes I am soo lame for knowing that! But I heart Yanni every now and again! Especially the song they were playing! Turns out they were having a little ceremony thing for a bunch of new CM's! It was their first day! They looked so happy! I was kind of jealous..but not really, cause that would mean i was working and not playing LOL!

I love the fountain show too - so pretty!

After all that excitement it was time to walk over to Test Track. I was crossing everything I could cross on my body that jack was tall enough to ride this ride...BUT no dice... he was not tall enough. Apparently the CM was really hoping he could ride too, cause she sat there a could 10 mins measuring him! Lily was also measured and couldn't ride and apparently threw a fit and they left.. In all of the excitement of Jack being measured for so long, I missed them leave. So we were down to my and Sophia's group!

Sorry that Jack and Lily weren't able to ride :sad2:

He enjoyed that..for a second. LOL! Finally everyone came back from the ride. They enjoyed it ;) We decided to check out innoventions next. We were hot again, and it was air conditioned and along the route I had planned..planned in my mind that is! I was excited to go here after reading Tinkgirl's TR! Unfortunately, the paper making station was not going today :( At least not when we were there! I was bummed. After I read about it in her TR, I was excited for Kayla and I to make paper! There was a TON of other cool stuff to do though!

See now, I had no idea about a paper-making station! We must spend more time at Innoventions next time! :upsidedow

We all decided to play the think green game. It was a carbon foot print station. Right up Kayla's alley! She loves being green, and really enjoyed finding out ways that we can be more green at home! Plus it was really cool to play all these games as a family team! Kayla named our team... we were team lover buns:rotfl:

Well, Team Lover Buns, you did a great job!

[inkedupmomma]

After that Sophia and I decided to go get a drink. While we left, Kayla did a station..
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High Fives!
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After that John decided to take the kids on the severe weather station..Idk why I didn't go in it??http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae136/Inkedupdisneymomma/Disney%20part%2012/Disney2009firstcard1681.jpg

While we were waiting, there was a family siting down and they were all sleeping. I had to take a pic of the girl...
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PASSSSSED out! How do you fall asleep in public like that? Her whole family at that! So odd lol. But hey, if you're tired, you're tired!

Hey, how about another pic of the Big "golf" ball! Can never get enough of these!

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Next up, was another first... and omg, don;'t hit me.. yes i said first!

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Yup.. we had never done spaceship earth..whoops!

Some neat pics from inside the ride,So futuristic.. lolllloolololll!
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Us in the future:
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I am stylin in the future!
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I really enjoyed that ride! So did Kayla and Jack! Jack's is still talking about it actually!

After that we decided to hit up the other innoventions! What's that you say.. you would like to see more shooting water pics?? Why certainly!

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I couldn't get enough of the shooting water!!

*Up next- Innoventions continued, and what else did we get done that day!

[KatMark]

Awesome updates. And great pictures too. I couldn't possibly put that many pictures in...I'm going stir crazy enough just doing a report (something I've never done).

Looking forward to the next installment.

[inkedupmomma]

Oh, Jenn - you're so awesome at posting updates that I'm so far behind I'm ahead! :rotfl:

:lmao:

Boo! :sad2:


I know right :(
Nope, not even when you feel dead! :laughing:

LOL

Bahahahaha, come on, John, really! :rotfl2: Great pics, Jenn!
one day he'll get it!


:goodvibes


:lovestruc
Love an empty park! :woohoo:

it is great fr photo ops!

Woohooo for Belle being good and for getting three separate pictures! :thumbsup2

lucky for her...

Sounds yummy to me!

it is!

Soo happy you were able to meet her :hug:


:cutie::love:
GREAT picture!!! :dance3:

thanks!

I agree! :eek:



:hug:



So :goodvibes for you!!



Adorable pictures!!



I love the fountain show too - so pretty!



Sorry that Jack and Lily weren't able to ride :sad2:



See now, I had no idea about a paper-making station! We must spend more time at Innoventions next time! :upsidedow

I hope it is up for you! it looked really awesome!

Well, Team Lover Buns, you did a great job!

thank you! it was SOOOO fun!

[inkedupmomma]

Awesome updates. And great pictures too. I couldn't possibly put that many pictures in...I'm going stir crazy enough just doing a report (something I've never done).

Looking forward to the next installment.

Thank you!!! I figured I took almost 4,000 pics I better use them! I will try to update some more tonight! The good stuff is yet to come!!

[englishrose47]

Well now I have to add Akerhaus to the list for breakfast !! I looked at the lunch and dinner menu and Na!!!Not the gangs style !!!1900 was okay but the buffet at supper was not as good as CP!!However the UGLIES were hysterical!!! Wait till you read about it in my TR!!!!!

[Beka]

I wanna go back to Epcot! *insert tiny tantrum here*

[AlohaPolynesian]

Awesome update! What was with those princesses? The only one that resembled the real one was Snow White! I'm so glad you finally got to meet her :) Don't be sorry you've never done Spaceship Earth before...it was SO BORING!!

And, I died laughing at the picture of the sleeping girl. That is hilarious - I could never fall asleep like that! Can't believe they were all asleep!

[Trentmom]

Yay!!!

You are moving right along :woohoo:

That totally stinks Jack was too short for Test Track. :headache:

Innoventions looks like a lot of fun. Have not been in there in years. That is a must do on our list this year :thumbsup2

Glad you finally made it on Spaceship Earth. Such a classic :woohoo:


Love pic of sleeping girl:lmao:

[inkedupmomma]

Yay!!!

You are moving right along :woohoo:

That totally stinks Jack was too short for Test Track. :headache:
ugh..it was the end of the world... thank god he will be tall enough next year! well unless for some weird reason he doesn't grow lol
Innoventions looks like a lot of fun. Have not been in there in years. That is a must do on our list this year :thumbsup2
yesss! such fun family time!
Glad you finally made it on Spaceship Earth. Such a classic :woohoo:
i really enjoyed it!

Love pic of sleeping girl:lmao:
omg.. i felt bad posting it..but zomg
I wanna go back to Epcot! *insert tiny tantrum here*
one day...seriously.
Well now I have to add Akerhaus to the list for breakfast !! I looked at the lunch and dinner menu and Na!!!Not the gangs style !!!1900 was okay but the buffet at supper was not as good as CP!!However the UGLIES were hysterical!!! Wait till you read about it in my TR!!!!!

breakfast in my opinion is the best meal!i may have to try cp dinner at some point! looking forward now to the uglies:lmao:

[praisehisname]

Phew, I'm finally caught up! You're on a roll, girl!

Looks like your family is having the best time ever!

Denise

[inkedupmomma]

Phew, I'm finally caught up! You're on a roll, girl!

Looks like your family is having the best time ever!

Denise

I was on a roll.. now life is all in the way LOL! More to come very soon! promise!

[princess_momma]

Loving your Epcot Day!! It looks like they never have a full lineup of good princesses at Akershus! We had a very pretty Ariel but a bad Snow White. Our Sleeping Beauty's both were kinda...eh (but different ones) and Cinderella's were both pretty and may even be the same from when I went! I can't tell...

I wish we could've met Marie from the Aristocats! My mom would've died! That's like her favorite movie! Do they ever have the boy cats out? I almost like those ones better (but I still lover her too!)

When we went to Innoventions they hardly had anything going! Looked like your family had a good time in there though!

[tinkgurl]

Wow! Epcot was pretty empty!

I love walking under SE and looking up. It's crazy!

I've never had breakfast there, so thanks for sharing the pics. Ew...Ariel was not looking to hot. I've read somewhere that this restaurant always gets the bad princesses. :rotfl:

Aw, poor guy couldn't ride TT!

I can't believe the paper making place was closed! :eek: But, thanks for remembering me and looking for it! Makes me feel special. :)

[tink771]

Great trip report. I'm a little late but all caught up. Looks like you guys had a blast! Oh yeah, Delco Pa girl here, props to P.A.! Subbing.:thumbsup2

[inkedupmomma]

Loving your Epcot Day!! It looks like they never have a full lineup of good princesses at Akershus! We had a very pretty Ariel but a bad Snow White. Our Sleeping Beauty's both were kinda...eh (but different ones) and Cinderella's were both pretty and may even be the same from when I went! I can't tell...
when we went in 2005, the princesses were awesome! Idk what is going on now a days!
I wish we could've met Marie from the Aristocats! My mom would've died! That's like her favorite movie! Do they ever have the boy cats out? I almost like those ones better (but I still lover her too!)
Idk who they have out! we were definitely not expecting to meet her!
When we went to Innoventions they hardly had anything going! Looked like your family had a good time in there though!
we had a blast!! my kayla is a bit nerdy, so this was right up her alley!

Wow! Epcot was pretty empty!
it truly was!
I love walking under SE and looking up. It's crazy!
it's def a cool disney moment!
I've never had breakfast there, so thanks for sharing the pics. Ew...Ariel was not looking to hot. I've read somewhere that this restaurant always gets the bad princesses. :rotfl:
aweeee.. that is mean :( lol. Most times the princesses are great!
Aw, poor guy couldn't ride TT!
ope..NEXT year though!!!
I can't believe the paper making place was closed! :eek: But, thanks for remembering me and looking for it! Makes me feel special. :)
you totally inspired us going to innoventions! I am truly hopeing it is open next year!

Great trip report. I'm a little late but all caught up. Looks like you guys had a blast! Oh yeah, Delco Pa girl here, props to P.A.! Subbing.:thumbsup2

woot, another PAer in the hizouse! thanks for coming along!

[inkedupmomma]

You guys still with me?? Sorry I was on such an awesome roll and then life got in the way..work, soccer games, going back to te gym..and most importantly, we found a pre-school for Jack! He starts MONDAY:scared1::sad1: Uhm..when did my baby grow up on me?? and what's worse, is that it dawned on me, he will be a Kindergartner this time 2 years from now! Bollocks~! Worse than that, the year he goes in K, Kayla will be starting 5th grade!!! Him starting pre-school has really made me think about this stuff!

Ok..sorry..back to the scheduled program!!

I left you all off at Innoventions and heading to the other innoventions..ones east, ones west.. not sure which we started at ...and too lazy to check ;)


When we walked in, we saw a really cool fire safety station, but bypassed that and headed straight down. I forget where John was, but he met us there. We all played video games for a bit. Joe seemed to love that! Then John spotted the test a segaway station and instantly decided he must do it! He has been dying to try one of these things for a longgggg time! I said what the heck and signed myself up too! Pardon how FAT I look.. these pics are the reason I am going back to the gym... I swear I don't really look like that in real life... I mean I guess I must somewhat.. but good grief... scary pics!
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John went first!

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Then it was my turn!

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WOW!!!! these things are supeeerrrr fun!! I really really enjoyed this station! Poor Jack was totally jealous that he couldn't go on! and scaredy pants Sophia and her mom would NOT go on!! (love you Soph!)

After this we saw the piggy bank station..not sure of the technical name lol Basically it is a station that teaches kids and adults how to save money through a series of games! This thing was SOOOO fun! I highly suggest it for a great family activity! They even give you this cute lil pig that you bring from station to station, and with each thing you do you earn money and he gets all filled up! If you earn enough you can reach the goal you set in the beginning! Kayla and I chose to save for a room make over!

John and Jack playing
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Jophia playing:
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Kayla playing ( she was SO into it!)
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After this we went back to the Wheres the fire? station and played that!
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This is another activity that I highly recommend !! You go in, and get flash lights, and you need to find fire safety hazards. You point the flash light at spots that you think aren't safe and that makes the problem stop. For instance in the bathroom, there was a curling iron on a towel. We would have to click on that as a fire safety! Also, you are broken into teams, the red team and blue team. Who ever stops more hazards wins. I forget what color we were, but our teams won!! It was so much fun! and made the kids think about things!

After this Sophia graciously invited us to join her to her special Visa character meet and greet! The character meet and greet started at 1. We got in line about 15 mins before that and waited about 30 mins to go in. Cool hing is, it is all hidden, so you don't know what characters you will get to meet! Today we lucked out and met Minnie,Mickey and Goofy in their regular clothes! I was stoked!

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The good pics of this were on the photo pass card. Sophia will email me those as soon as she gets those!

After this meet and greet Sophia said she was going to go get some grub and then head back to CSR for a break before our ADR tonight. We said our goodbyes and then headed towards the land. On our way over we saw a CM with some cool pins and chatted with her for a bit! She was an awesome lady and the kids had a ball trading with her!

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She let them wear her cool Mickey glove too!
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These little magical moments are what make Disney World the happiest place on earth! At least for us!

Dinner calls, and we have fire safety night at the fire department tonight to see the fire trucks and learn about not starting fires LOL! But I wanted to give you something! I WILL update tonight and stay tuned! The biggest surprise of the trip is yet to come!

*Next up- what else did we get to ride, where did we snack, and the BIGGEST surprise yet!

[OhioDisneyLover]

Gee, what's the surprise????

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

[Trentmom]

Looks like you all had a blast at innoventions.

Fire Safety one sounds fun :thumbsup2


That's great you got Jack into a pre-school!!

Is he excited ? :teacher:

[tinkgurl]

:laughing: I see you're wearing Kayla's ears. :cutie:

Innoventions is really fun. So many people just skip out on it. There's so many things you can do and learn together as a family.

[englishrose47]

Yay Jen !!! I went on SE for the first time in May and loed it !!! So of course I told the family to do it !! Actually I did it with Sandi and the thers did it later , but all enjoyed it!!!We never sem to have timefor inoventions and I amsure they would love it ! But it is really a family thing as opposed to a solo !!!

[princess_momma]

What a great update!! I can't wait for the surprise!

[burly]

ooooooooooohhhhh I loooooveee surprises...popcorn::

[KatMark]

Patiently (NOT) waiting for the surprise....

[inkedupmomma]

Gee, what's the surprise????

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
shush you!
Looks like you all had a blast at innoventions.

Fire Safety one sounds fun :thumbsup2


That's great you got Jack into a pre-school!!

Is he excited ? :teacher:
he is very excited..but I think he is going to cry when it comes down to it! I know I am!!
:laughing: I see you're wearing Kayla's ears. :cutie:
she wore them one day and then said here can you hold these?? they were mine after that! jkept my hair in place perfectly! I bought a new pair today for next year ;)
Innoventions is really fun. So many people just skip out on it. There's so many things you can do and learn together as a family.
it is my new fav thing to do!

Yay Jen !!! I went on SE for the first time in May and loed it !!! So of course I told the family to do it !! Actually I did it with Sandi and the thers did it later , but all enjoyed it!!!We never sem to have timefor inoventions and I amsure they would love it ! But it is really a family thing as opposed to a solo !!!
you HAVE to try innoventions on the next trip! seriously!
What a great update!! I can't wait for the surprise!

ooooooooooohhhhh I loooooveee surprises...popcorn::

Patiently (NOT) waiting for the surprise....

It's coming! It's a good one too, I promiseee!

[inkedupmomma]

After trading some awesome pins and having a sweet talk with an awesome CM it was time to head towards the rides we hadn't ridden yet.

We went towards the Seas.i LOVE that area!

Apparently the sun was directly in theoir eyes and made them make really weird faces lol:
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We were able to walk right on the Nemo ride! I know a lot of people don't care for that ride, but I love it! We all love it actually! It is visually appealing as well!
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After that we decided to visit our good friend Bruce and take some pics! This is one of those must do pic spots! Unfortunately my pics didn't turn out great, because every idiot ever born was there trying to get pics of their kids..and were being rude as heck! or just letting their kids walk in front of the camera..ugh! So I have a couple crappy shots!
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Then we got schooled on some shark bits

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Then we did another first!! Turtle talk with Crush! I really enjoyed this, but would have liked it more if we had gotten there early and got a good spot! It was cute though!
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Then we walked around a bit and enjoyed the fishies and all around aquatic theming!

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Unicorn fish!!
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After this it was time to head to the Land! We wanted to ride Soarin and were getting a bit hungry!
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Can you believe we got all that food for snack credits! I mean I can believe it, but it was cool to do so! That corn chowder was awesome by the way!
The kids found a kid cot station after that and decided they wanted to do one! it was from the guy in the hat that we found out about the refurb on Fantasy land! I found out more about it when we got home! still not sure how I feel about it ;/ Also, living with the land was down for refurb :( I was truly bummed about that!

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After kidcot it was time for Kayla and I to use our Soarin Fast passes! While we did that, John and Jack watched the lion king movie. After that it was time for us to do the last few things we wanted to see. We had never done Journey or Honey I shrunk the Audience. Ok, to be perfectly honest, I am glad we did these rides, but they will not ever be a priority.... Jack almost crapped during some parts of honey i shrunk the audience!! Honey i shrunk the kids will always have a special place in my heart though!

At this point, it was time to head towards Germany for our ADR at Biergarten.

*Continued in next post....

[inkedupmomma]

Although the menu at Biergarten didn't appeal to me much,I knew John, Joe and Jeff would like it! Plus Germany = Beer in all their minds LOL! John was stoked about this adr fer sure! I was excited to have dinner with our whole group again!
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We checked in and it seemed VERY unorganized there! We were all hot,antsy, tired and hungry and winded up having way longer than we anticipated! Finally after what seemed like forever we were seated..separately..of course..! At my table was John, Sophia and ALice.. everyone else sat at the table behind us. The way they seat here is family style, so there was another family seated with us...and omg, I still swear it was a dad with his 2 kids and mom..but John said it was his wife... they were a miserable bunch! They did not say ONE word to us!! I really enjoyed the theming in this restaurant! It was very pretty, but dark!
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Then the show started! I loved it!!

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Kelly's hubs is a super fun carefree guy and got up with all the kids to dance a bit!
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he was dancing with them so funny that I couldn't even breathe! the kids loved it! I loved it too! It was super queer, but a great time! and I have to admit, the food wasn't that bad! They had pretzel bread! So that was a plus! Unfortunately I have no pics of the food ;/ or the GIANT size beers all the boys drank!!

After dinner was over, we said good bye to Kelly and her family and went into a German shop with the hopes of finding a Stein for joe that Sophia had seen back in May. No dice..we could not find it anywhere!! I had asked John to distract Joe so we could look, and they all decided to go get a spot for Illumintaions. After not finding the stein I decided we needed school bread!! I had not had any at all yet!! It was time! Sophia started to go with me, but then stayed back to get our camera's fire work ready. Kayla and i booked it back to Norway!

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Finally I got back and handed out all the Norwegian yumminess! Apparently while I was gone, Jack gave the group quite a scare by running away..fast! Luckily someone saw him and brought him back...Jack was sitting in time out and a hot crying tired mess! FUN!! Oh well, I had school bread LOL!! I took a few bites and then decided I was too full from dinner to reallly enjoy it ;) I sat down next to jack and Kayla who were both misy at this point. John unbuckled Jack from his stroller and all of a sudden he was passed out..guess that explains all the misery!

*continued in next post...

[inkedupmomma]

All of a sudden John gets all sweet and asks for me to stand with him to watch fireworks... but i didn't feel like getting up. I was tired, and annoyed at this point from the kiddie fits. He kept asking and I said one minute..then all of a sudden Joe and Sophia start harping on me to get up, so they could get a picture of us..all the while Sophia has the dopiest grin on her face... that should have been my first clue..but no, Joe started threatening me to get up!! Good grief, what is with you people?? Reluctantly I got up, and John hugged me and we turned around to look at the water.

All of a sudden I turn around and see John down on one knee:scared1:

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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!! Yes, he prorposed to me! Well, re-proposed. He originally proposed in November of 2005, but we split for a hot second and I gave him back the ring and told him I wasn;t sure. We got back together, but I told him I wanted the ring back when he was sure he wanted to really get married and not just because we were having a baby ( I was prego when he proposed originally). I had given up on ever getting that ring back! Everything clicked with Sophia and Joe and John all wanting me to get up so bad!!

I have to say, I do not really remember the specifics as I was like holy crap get Up now John.. I hate being the center of attention! And all these people were pointing and smiling and ahhhhhhh! All I can remember is saying omg, I'm gonna kill you, get up get up get up.. Apparently I handed him the wrong hand as well! You can see so in the first pic lol! Obviously I said yes, and everyone clapped and all that jazz!

Even more back story, apparently John gave Joe the ring, the day we pulled up to CSR and they had it with them for 5 days before John decided to do it!! Poor Sophia had the responsibility of my ring all those days lol! Thanks again:lovestruc

So was the surprise worth the wait?? I hope so! It was so sweet of him to ask me to marry him in my favorite place n the world! It is truly a moment I will cherish forever!

After this we watched one of the best Illuminations I have seen to date! Not just cause of the proposal, but we had an awesome spot lol!

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Then the show was over! It was truly beautiful and may have to be my new fav! Although I am quite partial to wishes... hallowishes really! point is, I enjoyed illuminations more than I ever have before and it now has a special place in my heart!

It was pretty packed their so we took our time leaving and took some picson the way out!

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[inkedupmomma]

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When we finally got back to the resort we stopped at Sophia's room and shot the shtuff for a bit. She handed me a huge box and said, we got you a "little" present. Everything is just a little present with her! It was a Mickey and Minnie bobble-head statues that have magnetic noses and hold hands and kiss! So cute.. I'll have to take a pic for you guys.

We said our good nights and I went back to my room. We were allll super sleepy and had happy hearts!

*Next up- Jophia's anniversary!! and MORE SURPRISES!!!

[Trentmom]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!



THAT IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




:love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

[mchelle77]

Wow, congratulations!! What a great place to be proposed to :goodvibes

[inkedupmomma]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!



THAT IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




:love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

Thank you!! Hope it was worth the wait :hug:

[Trentmom]

What an awesome day!!

We have yet to try Turtle Talk. Really need to give that shot

I love figment. Trent hates the part with the smells, especially skunk one :rotfl2:


Glad you enjoyed Germany. Bummer your tables mates were real sticks in the mud. I don't understand why people can't talk to strangers in situations like that :confused3 Same as in the elevator..no one wants to make eye contact or say a thing. Just don't get it :sad2:

Anywho.....CONGRATS again. That is so exciting. When is the big day? :lovestruc


The pictures of Illuminations are great. We missed them the last two trips. Not this time :wizard:

Kayleigh and Jack were so tuckered out..poor babies :goodvibes

[inkedupmomma]

Wow, congratulations!! What a great place to be proposed to :goodvibes

Thank you! I am so proud of him! He finally gets it! Well is starting to get it lol!

[inkedupmomma]

What an awesome day!!
I know right! my heart was super happy!
We have yet to try Turtle Talk. Really need to give that shot
It was really cute!
I love figment. Trent hates the part with the smells, especially skunk one :rotfl2:

I kinda hated the ride.. I know I know I know...
Glad you enjoyed Germany. Bummer your tables mates were real sticks in the mud. I don't understand why people can't talk to strangers in situations like that :confused3 Same as in the elevator..no one wants to make eye contact or say a thing. Just don't get it :sad2:
I don't get it either..then again, I am obnoxiously social in a socially awkward kind of way!
Anywho.....CONGRATS again. That is so exciting. When is the big day? :lovestruc
pssh.. who knows! won't be a big thing! Every time I have even tried to plan a wedding I have panic attacks.. so I have decided to just avoid the big deal..kinda sad, but i'll thank myself later!

The pictures of Illuminations are great. We missed them the last two trips. Not this time :wizard:
I enjoy it! especially when I have a good spot lol
Kayla and Jack were so tuckered out..poor babies :goodvibes

don;t let Kayla know I posted that pic.. she threatened me not to!

[OhioDisneyLover]

You have NO FREAKING CLUE how hard it was for me to have the ring all along!!!!!!!!!!!!! I kept asking John..."so, when is the big day." Secretly I was hoping that you'd get engaged on mine and Joe's anniversary... :rolleyes1

[Trentmom]

don;t let Kayla know I posted that pic.. she threatened me not to!

My lips are sealed :laughing:


You could do one of those small disney weddings for like 8 people.....that be fun :lovestruc

[annnewjerz]

OMFG that was so exciting! Congratulations on the engagement---what a surprise, definitely worth the wait! :hug:

[KatMark]

What a wonderful surprise -- well worth the wait. Congratulations! :jumping1::dancer:

[FortWildernessLoopy]

CONGRATULATIONS!! So...um....Disney Wedding in the works?:bride::earsboy:

[Echo queen]

That's so wonderful, and at the happiest place on earth:sad1: happy tears.