What if people were only as cool as their shoes? Dec09 TR. last hours at Disney pg19 [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

disneyaddicted

12-18-2009, 02:00 PM

a sneek peek. I won an award, a baby was born, I saved a celebrity from the paparazi, ended up at the first aid center and so much more happened on this trip, you sure you want to pass this TR up? Just read on, you won't regret it.

Now to begin.........

Sometimes just picking a title for a TR is the hardest part. A title needs to encompass or pretty much give a short summary of the trip itself, but there were so many choices, a few of them are....

1. She got boogered on her first trip to Disney!
2. You're not a total yanger.
3. That's one gross turkey leg.
4. It was a smokin trip!!!
5. REALLY?!! I mean REALLY?! Dude it's Disney!!!
6. where's the dang flammet duck?

I'm still not totally thrilled with my TR title choice, but I have got to get this report going. I mean the world according to some is going to end in 2012! so with no further delay I will begin....

Meet me, Ty
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I will be the teller of this tale. It's a good tale too.
I will begin with I was born into the Disney world in April of 2006, it only took one glimpse of the castle to know that my life would never be the same. My life and everyones around me had changed, mine for the better, others not so much, they get to hear about my love for Disney constantly, every conversation, television show, song, food, whatever always somehow for me resorts back to Disney, I can create 6 degrees of separation starting with an onion and still manage to bring it back to Disney. It's a gift, don't be jealous! that's what I tell them, I would never tell anyody here on the Dis to not be jealous of my gift, because you all have the gift too. Can I get an AMEN?!

This was my 3rd trip to Disney, my dates were Dec 3-11th, my birthday being the 9th. You don't age at Disney, that is why I have celebrated 2 birthdays there!!! The other time being in Dec of 2007.

This trip came about unexpectedly, only because I could not find anybody to go with me, then when I asked my mother, (A Disney virgin) if she would like to go, she unexpectedly said yes.

Meet my Mother
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Pixie is her name, quiltting is her game, so is spoiling her grandchildren with love, and writing beautiful fart songs to Disney tunes. It's her gift, don't be jealous. :confused:
Mom, is the taller one in this picture, and very seldom do I get to say Momis the taller one, she is 5ft 2 in. I gave her an extra half inch on account of her orthodics. She is a sweet woman, a sensitive lady, very inquisitive, always ready to try something new, and most important a constant in my life. She is my wingman, not in the sense of she helps me pick up guys, that would be wrong because I am a very married lady, but she is my wingman in the sense that I find refuge in the shelter of her mothering wings, we hav our moments, we get huffy with eachother, but isn't that normal in all mom/daughter relationships, I love her, that's all I can say, even when I beotch about her I still love her. Anywhoo, back to the story, Mom said yes to DIsney and asked if she could bring her friend Janis, Janis loves Disney and hasn't been in many many moons, so I of course said yes. Janis is the other lady in this picture.

I fell in love with little Janis on this trip, I wanted to pack her in my suitcase and bring her home with me. I had only met her once before this trip, it was years ago at a quilt thing my Mom dragged me too. I didn't really remember her at all, I just knew that she was one of my mom's dearest friends. I got to know her well on this trip, she is a little spitfire and many times had me laughing to the point of pain. A sweet sweet lady with a devilish grin I should say.

So when I thought things over I didn't want to be the 3rd wheel, I had then asked my sister Bo to go, she is my OLDER sister, I am the YOUNGER sister, by 2 years I am YOUNGER and she is OLDER. My brother says that I am the funny sister who thinks she is smart and Bo is the smart sister who thinks she is funny, and it's sad, because I want to be the smart one and she wants to be the funny one. I think she's funny though. Anyway, she couldn't make it due to work and school. So I thought about who I could ask and it came to me, My BFF Maurie

Here is the story of Maurie, or as I call her Marzi,
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I will try to make this a short background update on a story that I know is going to be long.
I met Marzi in 5th grade in El Paso Tx.
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I'm on the left with the shoes on my ears, serioulsy do not question that , I have no answer for it.
we became BFF's and stayed inseparable until I moved away the summer before 8th grade. (I was an Army brat) We kept in touch for a while, but eventually we did lose track of eachother, I had moved to Michigan, then Germany, then FLorida, Germany again, Minnesota and then back to Texas, but by then she being an Army brat herself had also moved, I always wondered what had happened to her, I never had another friend as beautiful as her. I never shared a friendship so deep with anybody else either. I got married, had kids, got divorced, remarried all without my kindred spirit, I looked for her all the time, spent money on those bogus 1800 search or find a friend scams, I was sent 100's of pages of MM Jordens. One day a a couple summers ago on a whim I type her name into Myspace, 3 popped up and one of them was her, I sent an e-mail and viola, a friendship restored, we spent hours on the phone catching up, made plans to meet and they always fell through, so when I called her with the idea of meeting at DIsney I didn't get my hopes up. But she said yea, we had a few hurtles along the way, each of us battling something tryin gto prevent this trip, but we all overcame and it turned out to be a trip that only Disney magic could provide. Meeting Marzi again after 25 years was special in itself, but having Disney be the first time seeing eachother after so many years, can you imagine the magic? Plus Mom had never been to Disney, newbies kind of bring an extra magic with them.

I can't wait to tell you all about this trip.
I had a couple of Dis meets, some planned, some not. By far I will say this has been the best Disney experience yet, It was cold, it rained, I was in pain, we had lost luggage, but I will stand by my words, this was the best trip!!

Stay tuned, I have a whole lot of trip tellin for ya. And alot of pictures to share.

disneyaddicted

12-18-2009, 05:08 PM

Dec 2nd, 12 hours till departure, I am at work, an associate at Bed, Bath and Beyond, working towards being a bridal consultant but kind of stuck in customer service for the time being.

The phone rings,
Happy Holidays, Thank you for calling Bed Bath and Beyond, this is Ty, how may I direct your call?

Hi Ty, can you tell me how to get to your store.

(on a normal day I could do this with no problems, but I am suffering from major brain farts due to my upcoming Disney adventure)

I meant to ask the gentleman if he knew where the prison was, but instead I ask "Have you ever been to prison?"

He answers, "Um, no, but why should that matter?"

I correct my mistake quickly and give him directions.

Not too much later a man comes up to the desk and tells me he has a Beyond store order he would like to pay for, I go to the printer and pull it out, I verify his name

"Harry McChickenbutt?"

He replies, "It's prounced, (I'll sound it out for you) Mic hiken bute."

"Oh, my bad, sorry." I process his order and life goes on. Then my MOD asked me to price the stuffed animals in the box then put them on the shelf, no problem, I open the box and there is a stuffed Mickey Mouse, I scream, "It's Disney." The other associates laugh, "I don't think it's her pain meds causing her high."

Work is finally over, I hall butt to get to my ortho Dr. so he can give me a refill on my Hydrocodone for the trip,

(I had broken my Tibia and Fibula, tore my ACL and TCL a few months prior, I had only been back to work for 2 weeks, I knew motrin would not cover the pain that DIsney walking would induce)

SO with pain meds in hand I head home, I had a few last minute things to pack. I call Mom run down the list with her, answer all her questions, then I call Marzi.

Hey girl, are you all packed?

"No, not yet"

"What? are you kidding me? I mean Really!? What are you waiting for? I have been packed for a week now."

"Tell the truth Ty, you have been packed for months."

"Yeah, so? Now you pack too." I go over the list with her, tell her some vital airline information, she has only flown twice before in her life and never alone, I make sure to emphasize the importance of the yellow baggage tag. We hang up and I finish getting ready.
I do my nails, iron my clothes, take a bath, shave the legs, (you need to know this right?) and then I settle in for date night with my hubby Kent. The plan was to watch Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer. He fell asleep ten minutes into it. SO I got up and did my toe nails. I woke him up at 11:00pm so we could head up stairs, it was raining like a banchee, so I had him set the alrm a little earlier then planned. When it rains hard enough here, our 2 creeks on the property merge and flood the roads over, there is no getting out then. I say a quick prayer, get on the DIsboards say adios to my dispeeps and then it's lights out.

coming up later, do I make it to the airport on time? I won't leave you haning.... I did make it there on time, but I will fill you all in on that later, and my first meet up with Marzi after 25 years.

jenbear123

12-18-2009, 05:24 PM

luckylady

12-18-2009, 05:26 PM

From one army brat to another I think it's great that you were able to hook up with an old friend. I know how hard that can be when you move all over the place. Do I see your mom forgetting her yellow tag for luggage?

evildiva

12-18-2009, 07:22 PM

I am so excited that you have started your trippie! I might try and work on mine tomorrow during the snow storm. I had so much fun with you on the flight, and it really did seem like it only took 15 minutes to get there. I also enjoyed talking to you mom on the bus from Hollywood Studios (?) Can't wait for the next installment.

ILMICKEY

12-18-2009, 08:15 PM

So I see my checking daily for your trip report has paid off!! I was a little concerned you may have stayed.

McChickenButt! OMG! Do you know what Diet Pepsi does to a laptop?? I'm quite positive my buttons will stick because I spit it all over the place. TOO FUNNY!

I can't wait to hear all about EVERYTHING!! Hope you had a great birthday!!

Elevationist

12-18-2009, 08:31 PM

Yaaaay! You're back you're back you're back! I was getting worried about you! So sorry that we didn't get to meet up at MK! I can't wait to read all about how your trip went, though! :goodvibes

xoprincessmomxo

12-18-2009, 10:41 PM

YAY!!! Welcome back! :dance3:

redlight

12-18-2009, 11:11 PM

I'm in.

disneyaddicted

12-19-2009, 09:00 AM

Woot woot! :woohoo: I wondered when you were going to start! I was worried you had given up on the DIS (silly thinking I know) Going back to read now!

EDIT: McChickenButt! :lmao::rotfl2: I literally burst out laughing when I read that!!!! Oh my gosh, Ty. You are too funny. Can't wait for more!!!!Hi first poster on this here TR. I'm so happy you came here to read, I enjoyed your company on my PTR. How was your trip, I am going to use my next day off work to read yours.
Me? Give up on the Dis? No way, that's crazy talk.

From one army brat to another I think it's great that you were able to hook up with an old friend. I know how hard that can be when you move all over the place. Do I see your mom forgetting her yellow tag for luggage?
Army brats make tons of friends all over the world, but they also lose track of good friends too, I am so lucky to have found Marzi. And we picked up right where we left off, well we didn't play Barbies but you get the drift I'm sure.
Where all did you live in your Army dependant days?

I am so excited that you have started your trippie! I might try and work on mine tomorrow during the snow storm. I had so much fun with you on the flight, and it really did seem like it only took 15 minutes to get there. I also enjoyed talking to you mom on the bus from Hollywood Studios (?) Can't wait for the next installment.
I wish I could work on my TR today, I have to go to work, so far we have about 9 inches we're only expected 12, I think you all down south are supposed to get more, perfect time to start a TR. I can't wait to read yours.
SO you enjoyed talking with my Mom?:confused: She tends to treat everybody like they are her best friend, I'm surprised you didn't get to hear all about my divorce, she loves to talk about that too.
I had a great time on the flight too, Was that devine intervention or what? I mean really the odds of getting to sit next to a total Disney lover, for me, was the best thing ever.
So I see my checking daily for your trip report has paid off!! I was a little concerned you may have stayed.

McChickenButt! OMG! Do you know what Diet Pepsi does to a laptop?? I'm quite positive my buttons will stick because I spit it all over the place. TOO FUNNY!

I can't wait to hear all about EVERYTHING!! Hope you had a great birthday!!
Yes, I started writing this TR because I knew you would be waiting anxiously for it:rolleyes:, I wanted to stay in Disney, I almost got to, but that explanation will have to wait for the TR. ;)
Mr. McChickenbutt didn't think it was too funny:confused3, sorry you're going to have sticky buttons now, maybe you should stick to drinking water for the remainder of this TR. I'm not promising humor up the whazoo, but you never know.
I did have a great birthday, I wish I could celebrate every birthday at DIsney.

Yaaaay! You're back you're back you're back! I was getting worried about you! So sorry that we didn't get to meet up at MK! I can't wait to read all about how your trip went, though! :goodvibesI am sorry we missed the meet up too, but I understand it was getting late, who knows maybe someday in the future we might have the opportunity again.
The trip was great and I can't wait to share it all.

YAY!!! Welcome back! :dance3:Thank you, can't wait to really get into the meat of this TR.

I'm in.Alrighty then, glad to have you here, keep comin gback and bring your friends. I want to have this party rolling.:woohoo:

disneyaddicted

12-19-2009, 05:41 PM

Let me say, it is SNOWING like a banchee, we have 18 inches so far. Work was very sloooow. the mall closed and then security came by and told us that they issued a state of emergency and that all stores in our complex should start sending their employees home and close up for the day. Well corporate for Bed, Bath and Beyond vetoed that decision and the store is staying open as normal, 11:00pm. Can you believe it? Kent drove me into work today, then came back to get me, he was an hour and half early so he hung out with me while I worked, I had maybe 3 customers in that time, go figure!
The drive home normally takes 30 minutes, it took an hour and 20 minutes, our roads hadn't even been plowed yet.
Anywhooo, Kent is cooking me my Birthday dinner tonight since I was away for my actual birthday. I will try and update tomorrow.
Anybody getting hit with this storm, stay warm and if you have to drive go slow, be safe.

jenbear123

12-19-2009, 06:34 PM

Glad to hear you made it home safely from work. Snow is never fun. Thankfully my neighbourhood is dodging the storm :woohoo: which doesn't happen very often!!! Keep safe, stay warm, and enjoy your special b-day dinner :goodvibes

heartofdisney

12-20-2009, 12:12 AM

Millie12591

12-20-2009, 03:58 AM

Ty! Your back!!! :woohoo: I'm so glad that you had a wonderful time and I was so happy to hear that you started your new trip report! Go Tyyy! Goooo Tyyyy! It's your birthday, have a party! :woohoo:

Love the snow, but doubt we'll see a single flake of it, I guess it's the nature of living in south central Texas. I think we're hitting 70 degrees on Thursday, doesn't look like a cold Christmas let alone a white one. :sad2: Sorry you had to work through a blizzard and it took you a month to finally get home, but I'm happy to hear that your sweet hubby is cooking for you. :lovestruc Good man! Hope it was a good Birthday dinner.

praisehisname

12-20-2009, 06:53 AM

I'm in! Loving it so far!

disneyaddicted

12-22-2009, 08:33 AM

Hey Ty,
Welcome back! I was thrilled to find you stated your trip report! It already sounds like you had a wonderful time! I am so glad that you and Marzi were able to finally get together ,and your right,there is no better place for that to have happened then at Disney World!

I know what you mean about the storm. My husband plows for Penn Dot,and so he drove me into work tonight and will pick me up in the morning. I am so thankful I didn't have to drive in this mess,because I saw cars sliding all over tonight on the way in.At least the storm helped me to catch up on doing some indoor things that needed to be done for the holidays,like wrap presents and bake cookies.Now I feel less stressed about getting things done in time! haha. Anyway,be careful out there,and I will be anxiously waiting for the next part of your trip report.
Hi, I'm so glad you are here to follow along on this trip report, it really was a special time, meeting Marzi for this first time in 25 years at Disney was a drug I can not explain, I felt hight the whole trip.

Phew! Glad that snow storm is over, I made it towrk on the blizzard day, but tby the next day our country roads still had not been plowed and I wasn't able to make it to work that day. It felt awful, especially when my boss said, "Everybody else made in in today." Well Duh! Everybody else lives in town!

Ty! Your back!!! :woohoo: I'm so glad that you had a wonderful time and I was so happy to hear that you started your new trip report! Go Tyyy! Goooo Tyyyy! It's your birthday, have a party! :woohoo:

Love the snow, but doubt we'll see a single flake of it, I guess it's the nature of living in south central Texas. I think we're hitting 70 degrees on Thursday, doesn't look like a cold Christmas let alone a white one. :sad2: Sorry you had to work through a blizzard and it took you a month to finally get home, but I'm happy to hear that your sweet hubby is cooking for you. :lovestruc Good man! Hope it was a good Birthday dinner. Wow, what a great welcome back! YOu love me! you really love me!!

No white christmas for you? I'm sorry, If I could control the weather I would give everybody a white Christmas, just for the day, Cause that's all I want, once Christmas is over, the snow can be gone too. I'm not sure what were going to have this year, some stations are calling for snow, some are calling for a wintery mix.

My BIrthday dinner was awesome, Snow crab legs, steamed shrimp and fried fish. Yummo!!!!

I'm in! Loving it so far!I'm so glad you are in, I am going to start my update now. Thanks for reading.

Elevationist

12-22-2009, 08:34 AM

I am going to start my update now.Nice! I just finished an update on my TR! :goodvibes

*stalkstalkstalk*

disneyaddicted

12-22-2009, 09:47 AM

The alarm goes off at 3:00am, I can hear the rain outside, I run to the window to make sure we are not flooded in, the creek is high but hasn't over flowed it's banks yet, I wake Kent and tell him I want to leave early because of the rain. As I am walking out the bedroom door I trip over the suitcase that I had layed in the hallway and came down hard on my knee, IT must have been Disney adrenalin because I didn't feel a thing at that time.

I jump in the shower, wash the hair, jump out, you know all that morning stuff women do to get ready. I wanted to curl my hair all around, get that Farrah Fawcett look that my DH Kent loves so much, it takes forever.

I had made of pile of last minute things to throw in my suitcase, gave DH my iron to also throw into my suitcase, check my flight status again, check that I have all my travel documents, check for wallet, phone, lipgloss etc...etc... and we are out the door.....20 minutes LATE!

Kent then tells me he has to stop at the bank and stop for gas. DUUUUUUUDE! you couldn't do this last night?

Simmer down Dude, we have plenty of time. And we did, the drive to the airport was uneventful, we were ahead of traffic, and even though this was only my second time flying out of BWI, and even though Kent had been there a bazillion times, I still had to question if he knew where he was going. "Are you sure this is the right way? Don't you need that exit? It says Baltimore, you just missed it, this doesn't look familiar, are you just driving me to Disney instead of the airport? What is taking so long? Are we lost?

Dude! Simmer down, I've got this.

SO I tried to simmer down, every time I thought about seeing Marzi I would hyperventilate, and tear up some.

At the airport Kent decided to park and come inside with me, usually he just drops me at the curb, but today he said he wanted to have as much time with me as possible.:hug:

I had never flown Airtran before so I had no idea where to park the car, we decided on somewhere in the middle and hoped it wasn't too far at either end.

Well it was at the very end, it was a long walk, I had to stop a couple of times along the way. Kent had noticed I was limping, I hadn't noticed at all, my knee was a little swollen but really didn't hurt too much, so I made myself stop limping, my physical therapist said limping will only cause more problems so try not to.

We finally get to Airtran and I try to do the self checkin, I never have problems when I do this, but today I was having all kinds of trouble, so a nice airtran guy helped me, he offered an upgrade to business class for only 69 dollars, no having to pay for luggage I could check both my bags if I wanted, first one the plane, first off the plane, this all sounded so good, but I wanted to save that 69 dollars to spend at Disney, I don't mind waiting my turn to board and deboard, I don't mind carrying around a huge carryon suitcase, I don't mind any of that, I can sacrifice for the sake of more Disney dough for me. And in the long run I was happy that I didn't upgrade, but I will fill you in on that in a bit.

So all checked in now, Kent and I step out front for a smoke. (I am quitting after the new year, I swear) I had already slowed down alot, I was at 2 packs a week, so I had only brought 3 packs, I figured 1 extra as a back up, just in case. :confused:

We go back in and I am freaking out left and right. "Where's my boarding pass? Oh here it is, I'm going to put it in my pocket, wait where's my ID? Oh it's already in my pocket. Wait where's my wallet, I think I want that one in my little carryon, I should keep cash in my pocket too so I don't have to keep digging into my bag for my wallet. where's my lipgloss? crap, I repacked it by accident, found it! where's my boarding pass?

Kent yells, Dude!!! Simmer down, you act like you have never flown before.

I start tearing up, I am goin gto see Marzi in a few hours.

"Well. don't cry your make up off."

How is my make up? Hows my hair? What do you think of this outfit? Should I have worn a brighter color? Do these jeans make me look fat? well fatter?

"Stop it Ty, you are going to drive yourself nuts, Lord knows you've already driven me nuts."

We go back out front for a simmer down inhalation of fake easiness. After a bit I look at my watch. "Kent I really should go through security now just incase the line is long."

He nods in agreement. SO we head back in and say our goodbyes at security, hug, kiss, hug again kiss again longer hug, finally I step away from him, he stays at security until he can no longer see me and I can no longer see him.

I stop to grab an O.J and an Intouch magazine for the flight, I was hoping that would keep my mind occupied on the 2 hour flight down, anytime I thought of Marzi I would want to cry hard tears.

I make it to my gate, sit down for a second when they start to call "zones" for loading, I was zone 6, one of the last to board, which means I'm at the front of the plane, so I will be one of the first to deboard.

I get on the plane, my seat is 11A, now you would think that because we read from left to right that A would start on the left, right? So I sit down in what I think is 11A I get my magazine all set to go by putting it in the magazine holder on the back of the seat in front of me. Then I look over at the seats across the aisle, A actually starts on the right, so I grab up my coat and bag and head across the aisel, I had to disturb the lady who was already sitting there, "Sorry to make you have to get up."
She was so cool with it, then I remembered I left my magazine over there, so this nice lady retrieved it for me. I get all settled again, she gets resettled and we do the puff of air thing to say, well thisi s it, here we are for the next 2 hours but at least we ar all settled now.

She begins to talk, "This is a full flight."

Yea, it is.

"I'm just glad that I didn't have to sit next to a child."

Yea, their are alot of kids on this flight.

"I like kids, but you never know what might happen, it doesn't matter though since I'm going to Disney World."

I perk up. "I'm going to Disney too."

"Well I thought so since you're wearing a Tinkerbell shirt."

We chit chat a bit, she introduces herself as Katie, then she mentions the disboards.

"You're a Diser? I'm a Diser, what's your SN?

"EvilDiva."

I have seen you around on the boards, I'm Disneyaddicted.

She has seen me around, we pretty much have read alot of the same TR's so we talked about who are some of our favorite authors. (MrsTheKing) We then got into our lives, occupations, families, injuries. kids, and next thing you know the flight was over. I figured we would see eachother again since we both were staying at Pop Century. We said our goodbyes and that we would look eachother up on the boards when we got home. I head over to the bathrooms for a freshen up before Marzi's flight lands I have about 15 minutes.

So far this trip is going well, the Disney Gods saw fit that I should be seated next to a Diser on the plane, and a nice Diser at that, Katie was such an awesome girl. YOu can get a feel for a person in just a few short minutes, Katies seems to me to be a natural friend, she was just so cool and easy to talk to.

I try to freshen my makeup but figure it's all going to be cried off soon so why bother, I leave in search of US Airways, I search and search then finally I just ask for directions, and the directions I got....wow I followed them as best I could, I figured I was going to end up in Asia or somewhere, but I finally see US AIrways, I can't get back to her gate though because they have a security gate to pass through and of course I have no boarding pass for that, so I decided to just wait and I knew eventually Marzi would come down that hallway. I looked for her flight up on the boards and couldn't find it, So I decided to text her since her flight should have landed by now, I open my phone and blast!!!! I never programmed her cell phone number into my phone, so I look through all my papers, I knew I had at least written it down but I couldn't find it, right then Kent calls me, so I pick it up and tell him my delimma. He checks around the house for her number and can't find it it, but then my other line beeps in, it's her. "I'll call you back Kent, it's Marzi on the phone." I hang up with him, pick up with her.

"My flight has landed where do I go?" she sounds pissed off

"Just follow the signs to baggage claim and I will meet you as you exit security."

"Where's that?"

"Just follow the signs, you'll run right into it."

So we hang up and I call Kent back, "Kent she sounds mad."

Maybe she is just tired.

"No, she's mad, I wonder what happened?" While I'm talking to Kent I am changing out of my warm fuzzy shoes into flip flops, then I get out my brush and start brushing my hair, which had already gone straight, can you believe it? I curl my hair and it holds up for 2 days back home, but I step off the plane in FL and it is straight!!! So I'm telling Kent about my flight and meeting Katie, what a small world, Then I see her, She is gliding towards me, yes gliding, she has such a smooth walk, unlike me who teeters back and forth and my arms fly to and from. I start to shake, I drop my brush into my bag. "Kent, it's her, it's Marzi, there she is, OMG, it's her, she looks the same, my GOd, it's her, I gotta go." We run to eachother and lock up in the biggest hug ever, I was always use to bending over a bit to give her a hug, now I'm on tippy toes. We're crying and swaying back and forth while hugging and crying and hugging and saying I can't believe it, oh my Gosh." This went on for a bit. Then we stepped back and gave eachother a good lookin over.

Marzi said "Girl, I would know you anywhere."

I haven't changed too much?

"No, and like always you are brushing your hair, I wasn't one bit surprised to come out here and see you brushing your hair, just like when we were kids, always brushing the hair."

We laugh about this and then get serious. "You sounded pissed off on the phone, what's going on?"

She lets out a big sigh, rolls her eyes, shakes her head and says.......

disneyaddicted

12-22-2009, 10:18 AM

Nice! I just finished an update on my TR! :goodvibes

*stalkstalkstalk*
I just went over and started reading you TR. Keep it up lady, I'm liking it.

jenbear123

12-22-2009, 10:31 AM

evildiva

12-22-2009, 11:43 AM

I had such a great time on the plane with you too! I can't wait to see how the rest of your trip turns out. Eventhough we did see eachother at dinner. I'm so glad you go to reconnect with your friend too. That is just such a great gift!

disneyaddicted

12-22-2009, 11:57 AM

I wasn't trying to create suspense, I just thought the post was getting a little too long, so anywhoo back to the report.

I can tell Marzi is pissed by the way she is holding her mouth, she's angry enough to spit and she starts telling me the story.

Marzi's story...
I was late getting to the airport in Fayetville, I had 10 minutes to get checked in and get my boarding pass, they said it was too late to check my bag but it was small enough that I could just carry it on, so I get to the gate and a US Airways guy wanted to take my bag, I told Him it was a carryon and he said he knew that but he needed to take it from me and I would get it back after the flight, so I gave him the bag.

(Right now red flags are going up in my head, he took her bag but didn't give her any kind of ticket to claim it, even when they take your bulkier carryons they give you a claim ticket)

I get off the plane in Charlotte, and I wait for my bag, I wait till I can't wait any longer, finally I go to baggage claim and it's not there either so I ask a US airways worker about it and was told that without a ticket or receipt for the bag there wasn't anything they could do.

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At this point I start asking her questions, Did you have your adress on your bag?

No.

You didn't put your address on your bag? What did you do with the one I sent you?

She shows me her small duffel bag, it has the address tag on it.

So I ask her what did you do with the yellow baggage tag?

She said it was on the bag that is missing, I relax right away,"Marzi, it will show up, people know what that yellow tag is for, it might get in a little late, but it will get here, all your info is on the barcode of that yellow tag, it's all good, no worries."

"Still the ever optomist I see."

I giggle, "Still the forever pesimist I see?"

Marzi shrugged, "somebody has to be the party pooper"

"Well not you and not at Disney." I knew everything would be fine but I also knew that it would make Marzi feel better if I at least went through the motions of trying to get info on her bag. So we first head down to Magical express and out front for a quick breath of fresh air (We all know I meant smoke, but I want to use happier ways to say it, less nicotiney, black lungy ways to explain)

"I bet when they took your bag they made a ticket for it and sent it on as a checked bag, usually when they take your carryon you are supposed to wait and pick it up on the jetway after the plane leaves."

"I have never flown by myself before, this is all knew to me."

"Well, we will get it figured out."

We went to the lost baggage claom dept for US Airways, I explained what was going on, he got mad at me cause I kept saying Chrlotesville and instead of just Charlotte. "Whatever Dude!" He types and types, then types some more, then asks some questions, then types some more, finally he hands Marzi a piece of parer with a phone number, "Sorry Miss, no sign of your bag, but you can call this number tomorrow."

I leave the office feeling like we wasted eachothers time, but I stil felt like it was going to be ok, and Itell Marzi this, she just shakes her head, and tells me that she has important papers in that bag, she needs them incase she is called for some kind of work thing, it wasn't supposed to be a working vacation, but anything could happen and she was told to be ready, every mornin gshe had to call and see if she had to be on call that day, but without the papers she was screwed, it was really complicated and I won't even try to go into details but the girl was scared for her job at this point.

I then realize w were talking to the wrong people, so I tell Marzi let's go talk to the Magical Express guys, we head over there and tell James our delimma, James asks if there was a yellow bag tag on it, we say yes, he says, Do not worry, your bag will be waiting for you in your room by this evening. Marzi asked if he was sure, he pulled his jacket lapel to the side revealing a button that said "Trust Me!" She felt somewhat better after that. she wasn't worried about her clothes at all, she said she would do laundry every night if she had to, she just needed her work papers. I knew she would get them.

Kent called me then and said Mom had called him because her flight was in but she didn't have my cell phone number, so I tried calling her and it went to voice mail. Marzi and I no longer sit down when I see Mom walking up the way, I get up to go greet her and she is on the freakin phone, so the hugs and the hellos had to wait, she finally hangs up and says, "Dang it, that was my sister Mikki, she called at the worst time, it kind of interupted the flow of things now." I guess Mom was expecting the big happy hugging tearful reunion that I was and here it fizzeld because of a phone call. We give hugs all around, Mom couldn't believe how tall Marzi was, she was always just a little whisper of a girl.

We head over to the ME line get all situated as to where we are supposed to be, we go through the queosque sp? and we get lost...yes, we got lost in the roped lines, how we did it I still don't know but we had to do alot of retracking and climbing over, squatting under just to get to where we need to be, I am laughing and at the same time hoping I don't make such a fool of myself again, I was the planner, the one with the knwledge and I already got us lost in a line.:confused::guilty:

We are in line for like 2 minutes when we are told to follow the lady with the big white gloved hand, so we do as we're heading out I hear my name being called, Ty, Ty, I look over and it's Nic, Hiya Nic! I thought with all the running around the airport I had totally missed my chance to meet her, and even though we didn't get to sit down and chat we at least got to see eachother in person and say hi. Nic is such a cutie too! I was hoping that I might get a chance to see her again, I texted her and told her I was sorry we didn't get a proper meet up but maybe we would run into eachother at one of the parks.

So on the bus we go. Marzi and I sitting in front of Mom and Janis, the bus wasn't even half full when it headed out to take us to our resorts. Mom used the restroom on the bus, I didn't even know they had one on the bus, but mom can seek out a potty in the middle of no where. She came out of there complaining that they didn't give you much room to manuever in there and work your magic, but they had arm rails to hold onto, she thought they were there for leverage when pushing. I think they are there to hold onto when the ride gets bumpy. I start laughing as I have a visual of the bus banking a sharp left and Mom falling out of the toilet onto the floor, pants down around her ankles, :lmao: I don't tell her this though.

The ride went fast, I kept trying to keep Mom and Janis in on the coversation with Marzi and I, I didn't want Mom to feel left out. I thought Janis was a bit quiet, pretty shy maybe, (She comes out of her shell later let me tell you) Finally we see the WDW arch and the bus erupts into applause, I then realize I didn't have my camera ready, I hadn't taken a single picture yet, I have been in florida for over an hour, met up with my long lost BFF of 25 years, and I hadn't taken a single picture yet. I fifugred I'd had some major making up to do.

Pop Century was the first drop off, Yay us!!!!:dance3: I get off the bus and ask Mom to get the luggage, I give her a few dollars to tip the driver, then I reconsidered that and decided to wait with them for the luggage, I didn't care if there was a line for check in, I didn't want to totally separate yet, so we all get our carry on bags and head in, I pass the little tv room and tell Mom and Janis and Marzi to wait there while I get us checked in. Mom and Janis go to the sitting area, I tell Mom "Stay there, do not wander around, don't leave this place at all." Marzi comes with me and we wait about 15 minutes in line, it's now our turn, they get us all our stuff, birthday buttons, 1st time buttons, and a resort map followed by the tradition of drawing all over it while they tell me how to get to my room.

We go to get Mom and Janis...they are not there, I told them to stay put and they didn't listen, so I call Mom and ask her where she is and she tells me she is by the big Christmas tree at the store. I head down there and find her and Janis just milling around.

"Mom, I told you to stay there, you didn't mind me."

Mom shrugs her shoulders, "You're not the boss of me." then pretends to flick a booger at me, that's my mom. always a precious little dear woman.

We start heading to our room, I had requested the 70's, then realized way too late (like on the way to the room) I had really wanted the 60's, I wanted to be by the hippy dippy pool, and instead I was in the big wheel building, oh well, I liked that this was new to me too now, not just new to the others.

We are on the 3rd floor, around the middle of the building, we have a partial parking lot view, but it's secluded and quiet. I say "Wow, we are all the way in BFE."
Mom asks, "What's BFE?"
Janis giggles, and Marzi says you don't want to know.

"Yes, I do, what is it? What's BFE?

I rubbed her shoulder, I will tell you when you are older Mom, for now just enjoy being innocent."

We go in the room, aahhh I love and hate the smell of hotel rooms, they are starchy which means it's somewhat clean and I like that, but It smells generic, I usually bring a candle to burn but I had no extra room, for one this time.

We claim our beds, Marzi and me are closest to the bathroom, Mom and Janis by the door. I start to rearrange my park bag, I had some things that I needed to bring to the parks with me and my little bag wouldn't do, so I put everything into my big Disney tote. We all freshened up a bit, I brushed my hair while Marzi just gave me that look, I can't explain that look, but it's the look she always gave me when she thought I was riduculous.

"I'm surprised you even have hair as much as you brush it, I would have thought you'd be balled by now."

I explain the whole "This card is your life line here thing, it's your room key, your park ticket, your meal voucher all in one." Don't lose it because you can also charge things to your room using it and I have it connected to my credit card. please do not charge to the room either."

After that we head down to the buses to catch our ride to MK. It was early in the day, I want to say it was noonish. The bus wasn't full, we actually got to sit this. The ride seemed to take forever, finally we are there, MK was just waitin gfor us.
We do the bag check line, then the scan the finger line, we grab a map and then we are inside. before Mom could see the castle I told her to close her eyes, I took her by the hand and lead her to the center where she would have the most perfect view of the castle. "Now open your eyes."

She did and her face lit up with awe, she didn't speak for a few minutes and when she did she was raspy, "It's so beautiful, Ty, I never even imagined it would be so beautiful."

I tell her to suck it all in, remember that feeling remember the smell of this place, you will never get your first time back, savor this."

We get out of the mush mushy mode pretty quickly and decide we are all hungry, so we decided to go to Pecos Bill, we cut through the castle and turned left. This would be the most crowded we weould see it all week, there was alot of weaving in and out of people, Mom is a very slow walker, I am used to running around the store, Marzi is a nurse and used to running around too so we had to make an effort to remember to slow down, or to just stop and wait. It took a few days but we finally all found a happy walking medium where we weren't getting left or accidentally leaving somebody behind.

We finally make it to Pecos Bill, it's packed, I kind of expected it to be, Mom and Janis told us there order and then left to find us a table. It was fnny how Marzi and I wanted the same thing to eat, right down to choosing yogurt for dessert instead of the carrot cake. But what made it so funny is we would order at the same time and say the same exact thing, even pausing at the same time, it was like we never were apart, after 25 years we picked up where we had left off, still knowing what eachother is thinking, still finishing eachothers sentences.

We get our food and head to the table, Marzi and I go back for condiments, mayonaise for my fries, and mustard for hers, that is about the only pklace we differ, she takes more after my sister in the condiment department, mustard on fries? GROSS!!!!!!!

We all 4 had the pulled pork sandwich, Marzi and I with soda and yogurt, Mom and Janis with Milk and carrot cake, it was so good but so filling, I couldn't even finish half my sandwhich, only a quarter of my fries, but all of my yogurt.

We finsihed up and went into the bathrooms to clean up a bit before deciding to hit the rest of the park, we had about 5 hours till we had to leave, that's plenty of time to do what we wanted.

First things first though, Marzi and I pull out a map and start looking for a breathin gtreatment zone, we searched all over that map and didn't see a darn thing, I thought, hhmmm, I guess they made this park a complete no smoking zone, I thought for sure they had designated areas.

I looked at Marz, "I won't be able to wait 5 hours, I can go a few hours more but I'm gonna have to leave the park to light one up." she said that would be the plan and Mom and Janis could wait for us on main street in one of the shops. so with that decided we headed to our first ride of the trip

Haunted Mansion, it was a 10 minute wait. So into the line we went, it was in line that I remembered about my hidden Mickey book, and also remembered that I left it on my night stand at home, BLAST! the whole reason I asked my mom to get me that book was so I could look for hidden Mickeys on the ride, I had remembered about a hidden Duck, I thought it was a stuffed Donald Duck on a chair, so I told Marzi about it and told her to help me look. She was intrigued witht he whole Hidden Mickey thing and from then on always kept her eyes out for one.

we made it into the stretching room, I told Mom to look up during the lightening but she was too late, I told her she would have to ride again to see what she missed because I wasn't going to tell her.
Marzi of course was in a doom buggy with me and Mom with Janis, I nearly got my fingers broken off backwards, I forgot they close the car up a bit, so I had my fingers clasped and on my bag across my stomache, when the car closed and the bar caught my fingers bending them backwards, ow ow ow.
Marzi laughed and calle dme a dip$h!t. some things never change. (her calling me names I mean, I haven't always been a dip$h!t.)

So on the ride, we found the hidden mickey on the table in the ball room, Marzi pointed out the dead guy under the table, Huh! I have never seen that before, crazy man, crazy!

We find no more hidden mickeys and no donald duck. Dang it, we'll have to try again later.

We disembark and go outside to a find their is now a 30 minute wait for Haunted Mansion now, our hunt for the duck would have to wait, we head to fantasy land after stopping in a few shops along the way, I am really needing a breathing treatment by now, I pull the map out again and viola right in front of my eyes, designated areas, so we decide to head to tomorrowland and hit up the designated area on the way, we stop and all get waters first, then it was onto the indy speedway area for Marzi and I and a nice shaded area for Mom and Janis to wait.

I think having a designated smoking area right next to the race cars is a good idea, it became my favorite zone, I love the smell of exhaust, mix in some marlboro menthol....pure divinity. This may sound stupid to none smokers, and I am not proud to be a smoker, but when you light up after going for so long without, well I will quote Eddie Murphy, "That wadn't no regular cracker." We had to laugh about that, and this is where I will end the update.

coming up, my first disney purchase and my long waited Dis meetup with JoJo

MICKEY4EVER!

12-22-2009, 02:08 PM

Hey, Ty! I'm here!

Wow! I can see I've got some catching up to do. I can't wait to hear all about your trip. Just from the cast in the intro, I can tell I'm really gonna enjoy this! :surfweb:

redlight

12-22-2009, 08:45 PM

Funny update. So fun that you met a Diser.

luckylady

12-22-2009, 09:01 PM

Great start. I think I may have to say it's a small world. If your friend Marzi is from Fayetteville NC cause girl guess where I live!! Army brought my dad here. Have lived in Ft. Leonard Wood, overseas in a few places, here at Ft. Bragg and NY somewhere. Dad was a recruiter at the time(in NY). Waiting for more.

jenbear123

12-22-2009, 10:03 PM

Perhaps I'm out of the loop but what does BFE stand for? :blush:

Can't wait to hear about your meet up with JoJo!!!! Too bad Marzi lost her bag. Hope it turns up! Great report so far. Love it!

disneyaddicted

12-22-2009, 10:58 PM

Oh come on!!! What a cliff hanger! Don't keep me hanging! I wanna know what she said :worship:

Sounds like you banged your knee pretty hard when you tripped over your suitcase. Hope it held out for the rest of your trip.

I never meet other DISers on flights from Canada. :sad2:Honestly a cliff hanger was not planned, I didn't leave anybody hanging too long, not to say that there won't be any cliff hangers in the future....

I did bang my knee pretty hard but it didn't become a problem like I feared it would.

I had such a great time on the plane with you too! I can't wait to see how the rest of your trip turns out. Eventhough we did see eachother at dinner. I'm so glad you go to reconnect with your friend too. That is just such a great gift!
Yea we saw eachother a few times, what did you think of WCC? I loved the food but I hated having to do the Hokey Pokey for my food every 20 minutes.

Hey, Ty! I'm here!

Wow! I can see I've got some catching up to do. I can't wait to hear all about your trip. Just from the cast in the intro, I can tell I'm really gonna enjoy this! :surfweb:I hope you do enjoy this TR. It seems like without kids it's just not as cute or funny, but maybe the fact that Marzi and I are dorks will help a bit. We just have so many quirks that we laugh at and think is funny but others don't understand, I will always try my best to explain though.

Funny update. So fun that you met a Diser.
Meeting another Diser, and an unplanned meeting at that is just a great feeling.

Great start. I think I may have to say it's a small world. If your friend Marzi is from Fayetteville NC cause girl guess where I live!! Army brought my dad here. Have lived in Ft. Leonard Wood, overseas in a few places, here at Ft. Bragg and NY somewhere. Dad was a recruiter at the time(in NY). Waiting for more.Wow it is a small world, Marzi is just a little ways from Fayetville now, she is in Linden, NC. When I was first looking for her I went to classmatesdotcom and signed up under Fayetville, and where as I didn't find Marzi that way a few of my friends from Germany found me on through that site.

Perhaps I'm out of the loop but what does BFE stand for? :blush:

Can't wait to hear about your meet up with JoJo!!!! Too bad Marzi lost her bag. Hope it turns up! Great report so far. Love it!
Gosh I can't say what BFE stands for, it's a bad word,

B is for butt
F is a bad wrd rhyming with duck
E is for egypt

Basically it means being in the middle of no where.

Millie12591

12-23-2009, 12:56 AM

evildiva

12-23-2009, 06:21 AM

Yea we saw eachother a few times, what did you think of WCC? I loved the food but I hated having to do the Hokey Pokey for my food every 20 minutes.

I really enjoyed it. Didn't really mind the Hokey Pokey so much, but our waiter Gino Casino said that I was my friend's monther :scared1: I am only 5 years older. Yikes!

xoprincessmomxo

12-23-2009, 08:29 AM

Can't wait to read more! I'm so glad that my DH is only a lightweight smoker now so he didn't have to take time out from my riding time to get some fresh air, lol. He doesn't smoke in front of the kids, so the only time he got to was late at night while the girls were all in bed.
Don't worry about no kids on your trip. Your reports would be fun to read no matter who was with you, but it makes it that much cooler that your long lost friend is there with you.

And I've never seen the dead guy under the table on HM? WTH! I can't wait to go back now!

heartofdisney

12-24-2009, 03:08 AM

Still reading along and enjoying it very much...dont worry about the no kid factor,I am still laughing here at work while my coworkers think Im slightly off my rocker.They already wonder why I spend so much time on a site about Disney World,haha. Anyway,I love how you led your mom to see the castle,and I guess I must be a little naieve myself since I had no idea of what BFE meant either...lol. Thanks for the explanation. Ok,you may now continue on ....popcorn::

jenbear123

12-24-2009, 07:52 AM

Gosh I can't say what BFE stands for, it's a bad word,

B is for butt
F is a bad wrd rhyming with duck
E is for egypt

Basically it means being in the middle of no where.

Oh okay! I have never heard that expression before. Learn something new every day!

praisehisname

12-24-2009, 09:00 AM

I think having a designated smoking area right next to the race cars is a good idea, it became my favorite zone, I love the smell of exhaust, mix in some marlboro menthol....pure divinity.

All caught up again. I'm a former smoker, and still love the smell of when you first light up. When we walked by the DSA, I would alway breathe in a little deeper! :rotfl2:

JoJo1980

12-28-2009, 11:36 AM

Tyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :hug: :hug: :hug:

Sorry i'm a bit late for the trip report party, hope there is still room for me?

Now I need to go back and read everything so that I can comment :surfweb:

I just want to say that it was WONDERFUL to meet all of you!! You are such a lovely person in real life as well as here on the dis and your mum is truly as funny as you made her out to be - Den wanted to take her home because she was making him laugh that much :laughing: I'm so glad we finally got to meet!! :banana: Whenever i'm under those fans in the queue for a dole whip in the future - I will always remember the fun we had working our hair :laughing: :laughing:

disneyaddicted

12-28-2009, 06:16 PM

Awwww, Ty. This is the coolest reunion ever! I'm glad it was wonderful and I'm happy you and Marci both got back into the swing of things. :cloud9:

I too was a smoker, big time. I say was, because this January 27th, I will be smoke free for 6 yrs. :woohoo: (I remember the date because it was DH's birthday present) It's funny (funny weird) that you and Marci both ended up smokers after being apart all those years, did you two ever talk about how you both became smokers?

Ty, one thing I know and I know well.......You'll quit when your ready.
Not a day before, and don't let others tell you to do it, you have to do it for yourself and no one else.
I know because I had quit many times before and I always did it out of love, guilt or shame for others, but never quit for myself.

I love how your mom became so verklempt (twalk amongst yourselves) when she had finally seen Main St. :cloud9: It was a perfect start for your mom and your whole trip.

I'm glad you mentioned the hidden Mickey book! This will have to be something I get before our trip this time around. I think it would be fun looking for them with my family.
Thank you for the encouraging words, I want to quit smoking just for me, I have quit once before and was good for a few months then picked it back up when I statred working at BB&B, I thought it would be easy to quit again but I am having a much harder time, I have told myself that if I throw all that money from cigs into an account for Disney I could pay for a trip in about a year, (that's if I include Kents cig money too) I'm ready to quit, I just need that moment where I just do it. But congratulations to you, I want pink lungs again too!!!!!

Marzi and I never talked about how we both ended up smokers, it is wierd though.

Mom was so in awe of so many things at Disney, and Janis, God bless squeals with delight and giggles and claps her hands when she is excited, which happened alot on out trip.

The kidden Mickey book is really neat, I just wish I hadn't forgotten mine.

I really enjoyed it. Didn't really mind the Hokey Pokey so much, but our waiter Gino Casino said that I was my friend's monther :scared1: I am only 5 years older. Yikes!

I hokeyed a few times but there comes a time when I just want to eat and not dance. It was a fun place, I would probably go with kids again, but not just me and adults, maybe I was just too tired to really feel it that night?

Serioulsy, he thought you were the mother? Not cool, even if he was joking I woud be like "Oh no you din't." You don't look old enough to pass for your friends mother, honest!!!!

Can't wait to read more! I'm so glad that my DH is only a lightweight smoker now so he didn't have to take time out from my riding time to get some fresh air, lol. He doesn't smoke in front of the kids, so the only time he got to was late at night while the girls were all in bed.
Don't worry about no kids on your trip. Your reports would be fun to read no matter who was with you, but it makes it that much cooler that your long lost friend is there with you.

And I've never seen the dead guy under the table on HM? WTH! I can't wait to go back now!
On our first trip to Disney, I wasn't a smoker but my DH was, I thought he had quit because I never saw him smoke, he said he never smoked at the parks he would just go out to the car in the evenings and light up there. hopefully we will both be smoke free on our next trip.

I just think that kids included in a TR are so much cuter and funny because they are so innocent and say the darndest things.

Oh okay! I have never heard that expression before. Learn something new every day!
You've herd of FUBAR right? Cause that story is coming up soon!:lmao:

All caught up again. I'm a former smoker, and still love the smell of when you first light up. When we walked by the DSA, I would alway breathe in a little deeper! :rotfl2:I hear you on that! My Grandma who hasn't smoked for 30 years now says she still loves the smell of a ciggerette and if the surgeon general were to anounce tomorrow that smoking was safe she would be the first in line to get a pack.

Tyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :hug: :hug: :hug:

Sorry i'm a bit late for the trip report party, hope there is still room for me?

Now I need to go back and read everything so that I can comment :surfweb:

I just want to say that it was WONDERFUL to meet all of you!! You are such a lovely person in real life as well as here on the dis and your mum is truly as funny as you made her out to be - Den wanted to take her home because she was making him laugh that much :laughing: I'm so glad we finally got to meet!! :banana: Whenever i'm under those fans in the queue for a dole whip in the future - I will always remember the fun we had working our hair :laughing: :laughing:
JoooooooooJoooooooooooooooooooo:hug:, there's always room for you.
It was so great to meet you and Den, I had fun and wish we could have hung out a bit longer. Thank you so much again for all my gifts, they will pop up in the TR in a huge way.

Anytime I am in front of a fan and my hair gets to blowing, I will always remember our sexy hair days.

disneyaddicted

12-28-2009, 07:28 PM

Gosh, I forgot where I left off, I think I was heading to the speedway for some fresh air, on the way I got a text from JoJo asking if our meet up was still in the books. I text her back and let her know we are all set for it. We finished filling our lungs and then headed over to ride Buzzlight year, the wait was 40 minutes, we discussed fast passing it but wasn't sure if we would make it back in time to ride due to our ADR's later that night, so we went on the TTA instead, it was nice to sit down and I thought well at least I will get to see the inside of Space Mountain on this trip. I rode backwards and I hated it, I used to really like this ride, now I just kind of like this ride, I don't know what happened to change anything but oh well, we finish the ride and Marzi says it was the biggest waste of time, I tell her no, the biggest waste is Stitch's Great Escape, she didn't believe me. I told her I would prove it on our next MK day.

We make our way back to FantasyLand, Winnie the Pooh has a 30 minute wait, we figure we might as well wait, everything else seems to be about the same wait time and we needed something to do until it was time for the dis meet with JoJo, so in line we got. It was hot in line too, I think that is the hottest and most uncomfortable heat wise that we were the whole trip, if only I had known I would be wishing for that heat again.

The posted time for WInnie the Pooh was no lie, we got in our honey pots after a 29 minute wait, and the ride is over in like what?:confused3 90 seconds if even, we have a laugh about this, it just seems like you'll wait for anything for any amount of time as long as it's at Disney World.

The ride left us in the dump shop, we actually spent quite alot of time shopping around in here.

Marzi bought herself a keychain, Mom bought a pen and I bought some earings, I put them on right away, I have sensitive ears and knew they would start to hurt eventually but for the mean time I felt good wearing my new Disney purchase. We leave with goodies in hand (and on ears) and start making our way to Adventure land.

At this point Mom finally got out her video camera and started taping things, She really like the topiaries around the tea cups but couldn't figure out why the rabbit was wearing a bra

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09001.jpg

We figured out it was a bow tie, but really, can you see how we would think it was a bra?

along the way we pass Aloha Isle, Mom starts her panic, (an excited panic though) Is this it Ty? The dole whips you told us about?
Yup that be they, but we have to wait for JoJo and Den. Mom looked sad yet hopeful.

We got to pirates of the Caribean about 15 minutes early, so I sat Mom and Janis down in the shade (again) and Marz and I headed back to the apointed fresh air area. WE both took the time to call our respective other halfs.
Kent was missing me (glad to hear it) the dog was missing me, (that's a given) the kids hadn't asked about me once....:confused:

Marzi hangs up with her DH and tells me that he thinks her suitcase has been stolen. So I take a few minutes to assure her that it has not been stolen, but she still decided to make some calls about her paper work that she would be needing, after a few she was told that if her luggage wasn't in her room when we got back that her supervisor would try and overnight what she would need. a little better but you could tell she still had it on her mind. She was such a trooper though, trying so hard not to dwell on it, you could just tell though that it was in the back of her mind.

We head back over to POC and Mom and I are talking about something random, I can't recall it now, I just remember thinking "Wow, this is random, and where is JoJo.?"
My phone rings, it's JoJo

Jo: we're here where are you?
Ty: we're here too, where are you?
Jo: in front of POC
Ty: So am I but I don't see you.

I start looking around then JoJo says I see you, I turn around and there she is, phone to her ear, just like me, it's funny because we actually said Goodbye on the phone before we hung up, then we said hello in person, it was hugs all around. I couldn't believe it, months of conversing on the boards and finally we see eachother in person, it wasn't awkward like I though it would be, right away we both just start talking...
now let me say, JoJo is as sweet in person as she is on the boards, there is no fooling anybody, she is a nice nice girl, and really cute too, oh and Den,:rolleyes: he is really cute as well. We all just jumped into conversation.
We exchanged gifts, JoJo really did too much for me, I loved all of it, but there was so much I couldn't go through all of it right there, I do go through it at the resort and I will report on that later.
We were going to ride POC but it broke down, somebody didn't believe in George, I explained to JoJo and Den about a worker supposedly dying on this ride, (not while riding it, just maintenance I think) anyway, if you say I don't believe in George the ride will supposedly break down.
We discuss the George factor as we head over to Aloha Isle to get some scrumptious pineapple dole whips. Mom and Janis sit while the rest of us go place our orders.
It was windy in that line and the closer you get to the register the windier it gets, our hair was just flying all over the place, it was in my eyes and in my mouth, my hands were full so I couldn't use them to pull my hair back, so I start flipping my head from side to side, well that just seemed too funny to me, JoJo's hair is flying everywhere too, so I start playing it up a bit..
"Whooo, check out our sexy hair, work it girlfriends own it."

After we get our order we head over to Mom and Janis at the bench, it was then I noticed that JoJo and Den did not get the pineapple Dole whip, they got some other kind of soft serve, I mean they are allowed to order what they want but the plans said Dole whip!!! Pineapple Dole Whip, they deviated from the plans....and that is perfectly fine:hug: we all enjoyed our dessert, the soft serves we discovered are hollow inside, huh!

We finished up our frozen libation, (can soft serve ice cream be considered a libation, or is that soley reserved for icees?)

we head back to POC and it is up and running. so we get in the not even there line, that's right, no wait we just jump on and we were off, I told Marzi you get really wet on this ride, she didn't believe me at all. (She's smart, that girl) the ride was uneventful, we didn't believe in George but the ride kept going:confused3 I was most excited to find a hidden Mickey, the cat casts a mickey shadow on the wall behind him, it was super neat to see it...Finally I was always looking for that one, I could now check it off my list. (I just need that danged duck in HM)

Too soon the ride was over, we disembark and head out to the front to say our goodbye and so nice to meet yas.

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This is JoJo and I with our sexy hair, I had to do the hair whip to get it just right. I was actually disapointed in my hair, it went straight the minute I stepped off the plane and stayed that way until I went home. But anywho, I wish I would have had a picture taken with all of us in it, I wasn't thinking too clearly, BLAST!, we reluctantly said our goodbyes and headed out of the park, we passed the jungle cruise along the way and decided that we had just enough time to ride. there was a ten inute wait but it went fast, I had to keep Marzi occupied and looking in other directions then where there were spiders, the girl has a death fear of spiders, I'm talking she will pass out if she sees a spider. She did see the big spiders in cages but knew they were fake, it freaked her out but didn't cause a panic in her.

Our boat driver was on fire that night, she hit every mark, delivered each line with a punch and Janis was loving it, laughing and clapping with each joke, Mom wasn't doing anything it made me feel like I had to explain the jokes to her, she said she got it, "Then laugh please, at least fake it, do something, nobody sits straight faced through this boat ride."
she just smiles and sits back, I like to think that she was going back in her mind to her childhood, life in the cottage on the lake, taking a slow evening boat ride after dinner, just before dark, the sun is setting over the lake, the water is orange at the horizon, Mom looks peaceful, I at that moment was so happy that she came on this trip. I felt at peace too.

But then the boat ride was over and we had tohigh tail it to the entrance...so we could exit!!!!!

It's crowded but steady moving, we make it to the boat launch and are the first ones on the boat to WCC, it was a nice ride and the castle lights lit up as we were pulling away from the dock.

redlight

12-28-2009, 08:37 PM

I like your hair. I keep going back and forth between cutting my hair and letting it grow. Your's makes me think about going long again!

Millie12591

12-28-2009, 10:45 PM

I'm totally hair jealous. I wish I had hair that's good for growing long, but no go. ;) It sounds like a good time in the park, I love it when people have great reactions to the things we love about Disney. Sounds like your mom's friend would be a lot of fun to be in Disney with. :hug:
Can't wait to hear more. :woohoo:

disneyaddicted

12-29-2009, 10:18 AM

I like your hair. I keep going back and forth between cutting my hair and letting it grow. Your's makes me think about going long again!
I haven't had long hair in a long time it's always been shoulder length, I said I would cut it after Disney and I had every intentio but Kent said he likes it long and asked me to not cut it until after our next DIsney trip. I think you can do more with long hair and let me tell you I rock the messy bun like no other.

I'm totally hair jealous. I wish I had hair that's good for growing long, but no go. ;) It sounds like a good time in the park, I love it when people have great reactions to the things we love about Disney. Sounds like your mom's friend would be a lot of fun to be in Disney with. :hug:
Can't wait to hear more. :woohoo:
It was a good time in the park, all of us were so excited to be there. And Yes, Janis is a lot of fun to be in Disney with, she's easy going and just appreciates everything, even the small stuff. Everyone appreciated Disney but Janis was always so enthusiastic.

disneyaddicted

12-29-2009, 11:36 AM

[SIZE="2"]The boat ride to the wilderness lodge was nice, we froze our hind ends off, none of us thought to bring a jacket with us, we just assumed it was so warm out that we wouldn't need one, imagine our surprise, it actually can get cold in Florida.

We got off the boat and as we were walking on the dock Mom says "Ew gross, there's a slimey boogar like thing on me, I wonder if a kid wiped it on me when we were in the crowd of people."

I'm doing a litttle dry heave now, this was so gross.

I felt bad for Mom, it was her first trip to Disney World and she got boogard, I even considered this for a trip title but it still makes me sick in my stomache and I just really don't want to relive that moment every time I update and see the title.

So moving on........

we make our way to WCC, I love the wilderness lodge and hope to one day stay there, the only thing that stops me from doing so is if I did stay at the WildernessLodge I would have to make it a short trip for financial reasons, I get more bang for my buck vacationing value resort way, plus Pop Century doesn't share their buses with other resorts, no other pick ups or drops offs to and from the parks, but if I ever win the lottery I am going to stay at WL for a long time!!!!!

We walk into the big area, mom, Janis and Marzi just taking it all in, Marzi heads to the fireplace to get warm and realizes it's more for looks, she wasn't feeling any heat off of it.

We were still too early to even check in, so we went into the gift shop. Mom found a lime green hoodie with tinkerbell on it, she really wanted it but didn't want to spend that kind of money on it, even after giving her the speech of, "You might never come back to Disney again, this trip is about letting go and giving in to yourself, you won't find anything like this back in Michigan, it's so worth the money, it looks good on you. Honestly Dad isn't going to care how much you spent." Mom still didn't get it.

Janis found some lip balm, beaver butt and moose spit were 2 of the flavors, yummo! I thought about getting it for kent, but he is a plain chapstick kind of guy, anything else he consideres girly, yup, even beaver butt would be too girly for my man.

I found a bracelet I just had to have and Marzi found one similiar, I was looking at T-shirts and decided to wait, why blow all my funds the first night right? Marzi was checking out and her bill was over $40, she didn't want to buy the watch for $15, (the special) so I gave her the money to get the watch for me, then the brat puts the watch in her bag and says I can't have it till my birthday cause it's a surprise. "Dude, I say, I paid for that." She laughs, "I know and it worked out so well for me."
"Give me my watch Beotch!!!!"

We head over to WCC and I check in, I am given my buzzer,
By now we are all slap happy and that buzzer was a fun toy, it looked like something star trekyish.
"Spock give me your coordinance and I will beam you up."
"Spock, are you out of your vulking mind?"

so we all settle into the comfy couch that just sucks you down in, I'm telling you if I weren't freezing I would have fallen asleep. I called Kent but the phone just kept ringing which meant my son was online, phewey! I really need to get a second line.

Finally our buzzer goes off and I am having a hard time getting up, when I do stand my leg feels like the skin is tearing and it hurts to walk, but I make it to the podium no problem, they lead us to our table and we all take our seats, it took a long time for our server to show up and take our drink order and even longer to actually bring our drinks, that place was really busy. When she brought our drinks we were all ready to order, Mom and I got steak, Marzi got pot roast and Janis got some chicken thing.

Before too long they made us get up and do the Hokey Pokey, we all did this even though none of us wanted to, we were starting to feel our 3:00am wake up, it was now after 9:00pm, and we were getting tired, our mistake was sitting down and relaxing. I wanted to go back to the resort and go to bed, but I was also starving, food won out in the end.

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This is Marzi doing the hokey Pokey, for the first and last time.

Our food comes and it looks so good, the mash potatoes were divine, and the steak was so juicy, it was pretty fatty too, I had to do alot of cutting around but it was so good.

Kent called then, I was telling him about my great steak when the server comes over, she yells "Everybody keep it down, my bestest friend is trying to talk on the phone." I didn't know if this was part of the playing they do, or if she was trying to tell me that talking on my phone at the dinner table was rude. It was too loud to really hear Kent anyway so I told him I would call before bed.

Now all of a sudden they want to do the Hokey Pokey again, I was eating and didn't want to, the server said "Stand up," I said ummmm no, I'm eating!
I did do the motions of the hokey pokey while sitting in my chair, but honestly my leg was swelling and I just didn't want to stand up until it was time to go.

Half way through dinner I look to my right and there is Katie (EvilDiva) dining with her friend, we wave to eachother, My Mom is like, "Who is that?" So I tell her it was Katie who I met on the plane, I had already told her this story earlier, it was too cool of a story not to tell, but now Mom had a face to go with the name.

It's time for stick pony races, this really is a great place for kids and the food is really good, I might try it again sometime, I won't completely write it off for now, it was just too loud and too chaotic for me, but, it could be that I was tired and it was late, we will leave that decision for another time.

Our server comes around to get our dessert order, Marzi is not a big dessert person, she's not huge on sweets, (wierdo) I don't remember what she got, all I remember is Mom and I each got the chocolate cake,
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Of course mine came with a candle and a brithday song.
Mom and I bit into our cake at the same time, we just looked at eachother and our eyes got big, oh sweet heaven, I have tasted thee now.
That cake was soooo good, I couldn't finish all of it and that broke my heart, nothing as wonderful like that should ever go to waste. but then again I was feeling pretty good about not finishing it, one of my biggest fears was gaining back the 20 pounds I had lost before the trip, It was a double edged sword, finish it and gain {eight, don'| finish it and mt goes to waste

disneyaddicted

12-29-2009, 11:44 AM

so dinner is through, we tally up the tip and leave, I didn't want to walk and I didn't want go back out in the cold, I had no choice.

The boat was just docking as we got there so we had a small wait while they got it ready for us, I was shivering so loud, Marzi and I were huddling together to keep warm, I probably did her some good I was big enough to go around, but Marzi...not so much.
The boat didn't have an inside, we were stuck in the wind my shivering became loud and violent. I sounded like a sheep baaahing, which brought the giggle from everyone around.
We got to see the fireworks finale for MVMCP from the boat, it was spectacular, Mom loves fireworks and this just tickled her pink, she thought the whole night was special and then it got topped of with fireworks while on a boat ride. My eyes were frozen but I could hear the fireworks, they sounded cool.:confused3

We get off the boat and make the long walk to our bus stop and the line is so long for the buses. I know we will either be standing or we will not even make it on the next bus at all. I tell Marzi I don't want to stand on the bus and I will wait for the next one if that's the case, she pretty much in the nicest way possible called me an idiot,"Either way you're gonna be standing, you either stand on the bus or you stand while waiting for the next bus."
That made total sense, so when the bus showed up I plowed ahead, we were the last ones on and yea it was standing room only.
Katie and her friend were seated in the very first seat behind the driver, her firend offered her seat to Mom who offered it to me for my leg but I said no I was fine. I wasn't fine, I just don't like a big deal or even a small deal to be made about me, I like to ignore things like my health. (just in public, at home I'm a big baby)
So Mom sat next to Katie and they talked the whole ride back to Pop Century. I think Mom gave Katie her whole life story from DNA till present. Mom doesn't know a stranger.
When the ride was over we all said our goodbyes, walking back to the room Mom said she really liked katie, she was a nice girl and thought it was neat that she too got to meet a diser.

WE go up to our room, Marzi is the first one inside and she screams "It's here, my bag is here." Then she grabbed me and hugged me, "Now I can totaly relax and just have a good time."

Marzi jumped into the shower first, while she was in there I took off my shoe and sock

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My leg was a little swollen, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I popped some advil and a Hydrocodone then once Marzi was out of the shower I jumped in. I could not get the water hot enough so it was a short shower. I got on my jammies then marzi and I went out front for some fresh air, we each called our DH's talked for abit then went back in the room, Mom and Janis were already in bed, Janis wasn't feeling well and had to take some cold medicine, she had already lost her voice,
we set the alarm for 7:30am and went to sleep.

Our first day at the parks was fun, I couldn't wait for the rest. I did a bad job taking pictures but I tried to makeup for it the next day. I will try and do another update in a day or two.

MICKEY4EVER!

12-29-2009, 02:03 PM

Yay! :yay: I'm all caught up. I have so much more reading to do on other threads, but I was determined to get caught up on yours today.

First thing, poor baby! Falling on your knee before you even get to Disney! I cringed for you when I read that.

Love your meet up after twenty five years with Marzi! I swear, you brought a tear to my eye. Too funny the comment about you brushing your hair. I am that way, too!

Your mother's reaction to the castle was absolutely priceless. And soooo sweet.

How awesome! You got to meet two DISers already! Wow!

Okay, seriously - how funny is the rabbit wearing a bra? I would have never thought it looked like a bra until you pointed it out. But it does, it looks like a black bra! :rotfl:

WCC - I'm so glad that you had a good experience there. I will never eat there again, so long as I live. You'll find out why, coming up in my TR.

Well, I guess that about wraps up what I wanted to say. I'm sure there was more I wanted to comment on, but I can't remember now. Can't wait to hear the rest! This is an awesome TR. You guys are totally cracking me up over here.

ILMICKEY

12-29-2009, 02:30 PM

jenbear123

12-29-2009, 02:43 PM

Ouch. Your ankle looks to bit a bit swollen.... hope it didn't hurt as much as it looks.

WCC seems like the place to go when you're a couple days into your trip. Doing on the first day seems very tiring. Glad you enjoyed it though!

That rabbit is definitely wearing a bra. How dare they pass that off as a bowtie! :lmao:

Sounds like you and JoJo had a great time meeting up :goodvibes

redlight

12-29-2009, 07:56 PM

Ouch! I hope your ankle healed quick.

That rabbit is definitely wearing a bra. How dare they pass that off as a bowtie!

Jen's right. That's definitely a bra!

That cake was soooo good, I couldn't finish all of it and that broke my heart, nothing as wonderful like that should ever go to waste. but then again I was feeling pretty good about not finishing it, one of my biggest fears was gaining back the 20 pounds I had lost before the trip,

I love desserts of all kinds, and I hate to waste food anyway, but I also struggle with my weight.

I love the hokey pokey. One of the guys who wrote the song just recently died.

Millie12591

12-30-2009, 05:09 AM

Oh, Ty honey....I hope you took it a lot easier as the trip went on, that leg looks like it was in dire need of some TLC. Then again, my ankles look pretty swolllen the day I get off of a plane, I never have a problem with them swelling any other time but then. Go figure. Maybe that was a big part of your problem that day? :confused3
Cute picture of Marzi doing the H.P., she's a good sport for doing it. :laughing:

spasusi

12-30-2009, 07:40 AM

I accept with information:
1. She got boogered on her first trip to Disney!
2. You're not a total yanger.
3. That's one gross turkey leg.
4. It was a smokin trip!!!
5. REALLY?!! I mean REALLY?! Dude it's Disney!!!
6. where's the dang flammet duck?
:dance3:

luckylady

12-30-2009, 07:59 AM

All caught up now. Can't believe you did so much after getting upe sooooooo early. I agree WCC is loud and that cake is to die for. Great day you all had.

xoprincessmomxo

12-30-2009, 09:30 AM

Ouch! I hope your leg didn't suffer like that everyday of the trip! I agree with WCC. We loved the food, but it was way loud. The kids enjoyed it, but our server wasn't nearly as entertaining as some of them so my kids gave lots of longing glances to the tables with the servers that really got into it. Ours just acted grouchy.

disneyaddicted

12-30-2009, 04:54 PM

Wow Ty, you are just rollin along with this trip report!! I hope you had a really nice Christmas.

I loved your meeting Marzi, I had chills reading it. Sounds like you had a wonderful first day. Thanks for giving little details, feels like being there too!

Yes, more pics please!!!I'm tryin gto get this done while I still remember alot of it, I only journaled the first 5 days I was there, It was such a fun trip.

I had a great Christmas, Kent gave me a trip to Disney for January 2011, he wants to go with me, I'm so excited.

I got your Christmas card, Thank you. I plan to get my cards out this weekend, super late I know but when you take a trip to Disney in December it kind of puts all your normal Christmas routines on hold.

Yay! :yay: I'm all caught up. I have so much more reading to do on other threads, but I was determined to get caught up on yours today.

First thing, poor baby! Falling on your knee before you even get to Disney! I cringed for you when I read that.

Love your meet up after twenty five years with Marzi! I swear, you brought a tear to my eye. Too funny the comment about you brushing your hair. I am that way, too!

Okay, seriously - how funny is the rabbit wearing a bra? I would have never thought it looked like a bra until you pointed it out. But it does, it looks like a black bra! :rotfl:

WCC - I'm so glad that you had a good experience there. I will never eat there again, so long as I live. You'll find out why, coming up in my TR.
This is an awesome TR. You guys are totally cracking me up over here.
Meetin gup with Marzi and 2 disers on this trip made it so much more special, I had the best time.

A bra wearing rabbit at Disney, who knew?:confused3

I can't wait to read about your experience at WCC, I have the next 2 days off and hoping to get up on your TR. so far I am lovin git.

Ouch. Your ankle looks to bit a bit swollen.... hope it didn't hurt as much as it looks.

WCC seems like the place to go when you're a couple days into your trip. Doing on the first day seems very tiring. Glad you enjoyed it though!

That rabbit is definitely wearing a bra. How dare they pass that off as a bowtie! :lmao:

Sounds like you and JoJo had a great time meeting up :goodvibes
The ankle didn't hurt, the skin felt tight but that was about it.
If I ever try WCC again I will do it a couple days in like you said, the food was really good.
Bra wearing rabbit, the cheeky monkey.
JoJo and I did have a great meet up I really wish we would have hung out a bit longer, her and Den are great company, such a nice couple.

Ouch! I hope your ankle healed quick

I love desserts of all kinds, and I hate to waste food anyway, but I also struggle with my weight.
.I love dessert as much as the main meal, if I feel myself getting full on dinner I will quit eating just so I can enjoy dessert, it's a rule!

The ankle was ok, my knee gave me trouble mostly I just hated having a fat ankle

Oh, Ty honey....I hope you took it a lot easier as the trip went on, that leg looks like it was in dire need of some TLC. Then again, my ankles look pretty swolllen the day I get off of a plane, I never have a problem with them swelling any other time but then. Go figure. Maybe that was a big part of your problem that day? :confused3
Cute picture of Marzi doing the H.P., she's a good sport for doing it. :laughing:
I tried to take it easy on my leg, my mom kept wanting me to get a wheel chair, it became an issue and I will be posting more pictures of the leg, it actually became hilarious at one point. I did swell a little on the plane too, more so then usual.

Marzi is always a good sport about everything, that's why she's not a total yanger.

I accept with information:
1. She got boogered on her first trip to Disney!
2. You're not a total yanger.
3. That's one gross turkey leg.
4. It was a smokin trip!!!
5. REALLY?!! I mean REALLY?! Dude it's Disney!!!
6. where's the dang flammet duck?
:dance3:my TR is your first post!? That's Awesome!:woohoo:
Well I kind of explained "she got boogard to you so far, the rest of it will have to wait for the TR, it will all be explained then, thank you for reading and come on back, we're just getting started.

All caught up now. Can't believe you did so much after getting upe sooooooo early. I agree WCC is loud and that cake is to die for. Great day you all had.We did do alot for such an early to rise day, I think we were runnin gon adrenalin, we were winding down at dinner, thank god for the chocolate cake, it gave me just enough oomph to get back to the resort.

Ouch! I hope your leg didn't suffer like that everyday of the trip! I agree with WCC. We loved the food, but it was way loud. The kids enjoyed it, but our server wasn't nearly as entertaining as some of them so my kids gave lots of longing glances to the tables with the servers that really got into it. Ours just acted grouchy.The leg suffered alot, we were all trading our pain pill drugs halfway into the trip, it really was funny.
Our server at WCC was so into character, she was practically forcing us to ask for ketchup, we didn't need any though, she just kept coming back, "Need ketchup yet? you sure?"

redlight

12-30-2009, 05:00 PM

Marzi is always a good sport about everything, that's why she's not a total yanger.

Calling the tag fairy. :)

Do you still have trouble with the leg?

disneyaddicted

12-30-2009, 05:22 PM

The alarm goes off at 7:00am none of us lolly gag around, we are all up and getting our showers and what not....except for Janis, she was sick, she wouldn't be able to make it to Animal Kingdom with us today, I was trying to rework the schedule in my head so I could fit in AK again down the road for her, I had to settle for a wait and see but for the mean time we would try and go again on our last day.

I normally take my make up off before bed but was too tired the night before so I didn't notice until that morning that I had left my face wash at home, I remembered my moisturizer and make up, just not my face wash, so I had to use the Disney face bar of soap, my skin was going to hate me for this, it's bad enough that the minute my skin finds out I am crossing state lines it automatically breaks out, but now I am going to be using a foreign face wash too?!!!!!

I had blow dried my hair and just plugged in my curling iron when Marzi opened the door, the sky was gray and it was raining and a little bit windy, so I unplugged the curling iron, it would really just be a waist of time.
I also then noticed while gettin gdressed I forgot to pack tennis shoes, I only brought crocs, which is fine except for rainy days, your feet get wet, on a warm day this would be no problem but on a cold day I knew I was going to have cold feet. So I put on my crocs and I went outside with Marzi for a morning breathing treatment, we hung ourselves over the balcony and lit up. we were enjoying our fresh air when a pop cop on her stand up moped (that's what Marzi and I call them) comes wheeling by, she passes us then backs up, "Um ladies, you are not to be smoking anywhere near the buildings."

"Sorry we didn't know."

so we head down to the parking lot to stand in the cold and drizzle, smokers can't be choosers ya know. We said we would look at the map and find a better smoke spot later, we don't want to get busted by Paula Blart the pop cop ever again.

Back up to the room, Mom was ready and waiting for us. I had brought 2 jackets, why at the time I didn't know but then Marzi didn't bring a jacket at all so it was my ying working for her yang (as always) so I gave her my zipper hoodie and I wore my wind breaker I gave her a hard time about forgetting a jacket when she knows that she freezes when temps drop below 80, but she quickly reminded me, with sarcasm mind you, about the things I had left home too. "Next time I will come back for you" she;s such a sweet snotty girl.
With umbrellas in hand we left the room and sleeping Janis. I put the do not disturb sign in the key holder to ensure Janis would get the best rest ever!

WE were almost first in line for the bus to AK we knew we would at least get tto sit down, while waiting in line Katie passed by with mug in hand on her way to the pop shop I'm sure. We waved, said our good mornings. It kind of made me feel popular.

The bus ride was quiet, I kept telling myself that rain is going to be ok, we can still do everything the same, it's just rain. I then spoke it out loud, Mom said "It's not supposed to rain on my vacation."

I informed her that every other time I have been to Disney is hasn't rained so it must be her bringing this carp. She accepted that and shrugged.

We get to AK, it's not that crowded, we are there just as the rope drops, we stop and take a few pictures on the way.
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Dinner is ready, the hubby is screamin so I will try and update more later.

disneyaddicted

12-30-2009, 05:45 PM

Calling the tag fairy. :)

Do you still have trouble with the leg?
I still have some trouble, mostly during and after work, the Dr gave me compression stockings for my leg to help with the sweling, I wish I would have had them for Disney you can see in the picture from AK that my whole right leg was slightly swollen comapred to my left. I hated how my pants always felt too tight just on my right leg.

luckylady

12-30-2009, 07:38 PM

Bummer about the rain, but it looks kinda clear at AK. Hope it ws. Poor Janis I hope she felt better soon.

huumingh

12-31-2009, 03:20 AM

evildiva

12-31-2009, 05:37 AM

[SIZE="2"]WE were almost first in line for the bus to AK we knew we would at least get tto sit down, while waiting in line Katie passed by with mug in hand on her way to the pop shop I'm sure. We waved, said our good mornings. It kind of made me feel popular.

You're right! I was on soda duty that week, so that Lynn could get a little extra sleep in the morning. We originally planned to go to Magic Kingdom that morning, but when we got to the bus lines it was crazy so I changed the plan on the fly (with minimal twitching) and we went to EPCOT instead. Not sure how AK weather was but we were in some serious rain at EPCOT.

BTW, you were totally popular the entire time we were on our trip. Lynn played hidden Mickey and I played find Ty.

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:45 PM

I totally planed to update today and answer everybodys posts but we were without power most of the day, I will try to update tomorrow, this is just my shameless way of getting me back on page 1. :sad2:

I think my TR title is not bringing in the readers, I might be changing it here soon, just a heads up. Not that I'm not happy with and thankful for the readers I do have. I'm just selfish and I want more!!!!! But really thank you everyone that is reading!

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:46 PM

double post,

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:47 PM

triple post

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:49 PM

A quadruple post!! Really!? I went to bed last night with only having goofed three times, then wake up to find another duplicate post from me, Am I going crazy?:eek:

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:50 PM

:( :( another of the same post, I swear this computer is haunted, it keep sposting the same thing, even when I'm not here it keeps adding.

disneyaddicted

01-03-2010, 10:51 PM

just me, on my journey to crazy

Dizneydawn

01-04-2010, 01:45 AM

Ok - so my dog woke me up at one - let him out - checked in here and have been loyal since.

That sounds like a country song. :lmao:

Read and laughed!

Glad she got her suitcase and glad you look like you had a pretty great time!

Can't wait for the rest.

How is the daily grind at the Bed...or Bath...and what exactly is Beyond?

heartofdisney

01-04-2010, 01:51 AM

Ty,what an awesome Christmas present from your dh.A trip to Disney!!! I need to learn your secrets,cause that is what I have been hinting around for dh's and my 25th anniverssary trip in Aug 2010,and he is still being an old stubborn goat about us going to Disney. Congrats!! I love going in January,it is a great time to go.
Poor Jane getting sick while in Disney,and wow,your leg really looked swollen.I hope it didn't put a damper on your trip,but I am guessing your alot like me when in Disney....you go until there is no more go left in ya. lol. Glad to hear your reviews of Whispering Canyon too.That is one of the adr's we didn't make on my last trip.I am also glad that your mom seemed to be really enjoying herself at Disney,getting excited over the fireworks on the boat ride,I can see how that would be really special for a first timer.I think you all seemed to have a wonderful first day together,and I am anxiously waiting to read about the rest of your trip.

ILMICKEY

01-04-2010, 06:54 AM

Wow! You scored. A trip to Disney for Xmas, you lucky girl. Every present I opened, I hoped for one, nothin. I was hoping I didn't look too disappointed. I'm pretty sure the crying, kicking, screaming, throwing things (including the tree) and drinking didn't give it away.

Oh, well. I don't get my solo trip but we are talking about something right before xmas this year. Either Disney or a cruise (non disney).

You got busted, you got busted!! :rotfl:Too Funny!

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 08:59 AM

I must be going crazy, it's not as fun as I thought it would be, I always thought going crazy would be like going to Disney World because every time I do go to Disney all my friends and fam damily tell me I'm crazy. Bu tthis is nothing like crazy. nothing at all. (although I do have to say for being crazy today my hair looks pretty good)

DIZNEYDAWN: I know you posted, I saw it on my e-mail notification, I came here to read it but there is no post from you showing. :confused3
How crazy is that? is it me or is it the computer?

I have to leave for work now, I hope I can get through the day. I will try to update tonight.

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 03:34 PM

??????????????????????????????/

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 03:38 PM

I told my sister that I thought I was going crazy and it wasn't much fun, she told me that going crazy isn't fun but once you get there, "Full on crazy" it's a $hitload of fun.
Something to look forward to I guess.

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 03:51 PM

Bummer about the rain, but it looks kinda clear at AK. Hope it ws. Poor Janis I hope she felt better soon.
The rain only gto worse that day. We tried to make the best of it.

I starting to like this forum. Now if Tiger Woods can say out of trouble maybe I will get some work done.Yea, I am a little sick of hearing about TIger Woods too, he was all over the news while I was at Disney.

You're right! I was on soda duty that week, so that Lynn could get a little extra sleep in the morning. We originally planned to go to Magic Kingdom that morning, but when we got to the bus lines it was crazy so I changed the plan on the fly (with minimal twitching) and we went to EPCOT instead. Not sure how AK weather was but we were in some serious rain at EPCOT.

BTW, you were totally popular the entire time we were on our trip. Lynn played hidden Mickey and I played find Ty.You had soda duty? Marzi and I were given that job, well hot chocolate duty.
I believe you about the serious rain at Epcot, it made it's way to AK too. I like the idea of being able to change your plans on the fly, that's my goal for my next trip. Not to constantly change plans but to be able to able to change them on the fly as well.
You played find Ty, how cool. Guess what, you are the winner!:woohoo::cheer2:

Ok - so my dog woke me up at one - let him out - checked in here and have been loyal since.

That sounds like a country song. :lmao:

Read and laughed!

Glad she got her suitcase and glad you look like you had a pretty great time!

Can't wait for the rest.

How is the daily grind at the Bed...or Bath...and what exactly is Beyond?That does sound like a country song, put it to music and take it to Nashville, you got something there girl!

Ty,what an awesome Christmas present from your dh.A trip to Disney!!! I need to learn your secrets,cause that is what I have been hinting around for dh's and my 25th anniverssary trip in Aug 2010,and he is still being an old stubborn goat about us going to Disney. Congrats!! I love going in January,it is a great time to go.
Poor Jane getting sick while in Disney,and wow,your leg really looked swollen.I hope it didn't put a damper on your trip,but I am guessing your alot like me when in Disney....you go until there is no more go left in ya. lol. Glad to hear your reviews of Whispering Canyon too.That is one of the adr's we didn't make on my last trip.I am also glad that your mom seemed to be really enjoying herself at Disney,getting excited over the fireworks on the boat ride,I can see how that would be really special for a first timer.I think you all seemed to have a wonderful first day together,and I am anxiously waiting to read about the rest of your trip.Keep workin on your DH, it took me 5 years to wear my hubby down.
My leg swelled up huge at times, I will post pics as the TR goes along, but you are right I would have kept going till my leg fell off then probably still kept going.

Wow! You scored. A trip to Disney for Xmas, you lucky girl. Every present I opened, I hoped for one, nothin. I was hoping I didn't look too disappointed. I'm pretty sure the crying, kicking, screaming, throwing things (including the tree) and drinking didn't give it away.

Oh, well. I don't get my solo trip but we are talking about something right before xmas this year. Either Disney or a cruise (non disney).

You got busted, you got busted!! :rotfl:Too Funny!
Sorry there was no Disney trip under the tree for you, there's always Valentines day?:confused3 Tell the DH how much you love Disney and just what (or who):lmao: you are willing to do to get back there. ;) Maybe I should have Kent call your Hubby and give him some hints?

ILMICKEY

01-04-2010, 04:44 PM

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 05:00 PM

We first stopped to pick up a park map, 1. to know where the heck to go. 2. to know where the fresh air treatment centers are.:smokin:
Not that we needed a treatment then, it's just nice to know where.
The first thing we wanted to do was go to it's tough to be a bug, I really like this show and I had my Mom all hyped for it too, Marzi was a little nervous because I told her spiders drop down, but I do think they give you some warning first.
It was really starting to rain then, there were no dodging those rain drops, umberellas or as we call them umbershoots were a total must, I was so glad Mom had brought one for me, and Marzi was borrowing Janis's, so we were staying relatively dry.
We headed into the bowels of the tree, checking out all the carvings along the way, Marzi said her Dad would love this place, I think my Dad would really like it too, the difference is she could probably get her Dad to go, mine probably never will, if you can't fish it or hunt it, he doesn't care.
We stopped to take pictures with the big gorilla face, there was a couple there getting a pic so we waited our turn, now I don't know what the CM there was on, but she yelled at us to get out of the way of other people.
We were already off to the side and there wasn't anybody behind us. ***??:confused: <----guess you can't say W T F I got filtered
We all just looked at her like she was nuts, we might have even said she was nuts, I do know that I did NOT!!!! give her a "Thank you for adding to the magic" card with a piece of candy attatched to it, those were reserved for nice CM's, cool CM's, Happy CM's, not grumpy CM's who don't know what they are talking about, and I have to say she was the only CM like that on the whole trip. (maybe she was new and hadn't read the handbook yet) Smiling at Disney is not optional and yelling at guests for no reason is not recommended!
Mom handed out most of her thank you cards in the first 24 hours, we were running low on them , I had only made 25 so I had to start being a little stingy with them, I would have loved to have given one to everybody who I crossed happy paths with, but there were just too many great CM's.

Anywho, we took our picture and went further into the bowels of the tree, (that tree has deep bowels) We liked saying the bowels of the tree, it was fun for us, till Marzi said the tree has deep bowels and all of us in it are little $hits!
Really Marzi? I mean really? because I wasn't being literal, why did you have to go and be literal?
I tried to get a pic of Mom and me in our super cool bug goggles, I couldn't figure out my camera settings, I said I don't play with this thing enough to know how it works. Marzi said "That's what she said." She made my mother blush!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09007.jpg
it was a little dark, so I kept playing around with the camera and finally got a decent shot of Marzi and me.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09008.jpg
I should have gotten a better one of me and mom but it was time to go in.
we found our seats, we were in the second row, it was just too close for me, everything seemed blurry, last time I went I sat in the middle of the theater and had no problems so I am going to say the blurriness was because of our location and not because my eyes were old and shriveling like Marzi suggested. She is the queen of one line zingers and she was on a roll that day. What a yanger!!!!
The only thing of this show that stands out in my mind was when the spiders did drop, Marzi lets out a squeal (not of delight either) and jumped onto my lap burrying her face in my shoulder. I hugged her tight, because I'm a god friend like that. (I said "God" friend, I'm going to totally leave that typo, but really I meant good friend, I am not God!)
Once the show was over and we left the bowels of the tree, we got out the map to see what we should do next, Dinosour sounded like a good morning idea and there was a smoker zone close to it, so thats the way we headed, on the way though we saw the postings for Finding Nemo the musical, there was a show starting in 5 minutes, "C'mon Ma get a move on it I got a fish to find."
we made it in the nick of time, there was a couple in the last row who did not by Disney law move all the way to the end of the row, and when we showed up to get some seats, they made us climb over them, and the Man had the nerve to tell me to watch out for his bag on the floor. That irked me, seriouly you could hold the bag on your lap, just until I pass you by, but no, I have to hurdle this bag, what in God's name did he bring to the park that he needed a bag of such epic proportions? what was in there? Marzi and I had fun guessing, we decided it was grandma, the man was too cheap to buy her a ticket, he had to wait until the theater was dark enough before he could let her out.
I loved this show, I think it was very entertaining and well put together. I had heard it was good but really I had no idea just how good it was. I got some tears, just some little ones, they didn't even need a hanky, they were so small they just kind of absorbed back into my skin.
Mom absolutely loved this show and she felt so awful that Janis had missed it, Mom also said that Dad would enjoy that show too, but serioulsy unless he could fish it, he will never go. Poor Dad.
Marzi said she liked what she saw but had slept through most of it. she said once she got warm there was no stopping the ZZZZzzzzz's, she said her family was planning a tri for a few years down the road and she would see it then.
when we left the theater it was raining HARD!!! we decided to try dinosour then but wanted some fresh air first. So we dropped Mom off in one of the shops and went for a smoke, let me tell you I was feeling miserable, I don't mind the rain, I really don't but it was raining so hard it was coming off my umbershoot in sheets. my pant legs were wet, my feet were cold, I just wasn't feeling any Disney Magic at that time. I wasn't hating on Disney or the weather I just wasn't feeling it, ya know?
We went in the shop and found Mom, now I have to say this about mom, she doesn't shop and look just for herself she is all about noticing things that others like too and I don't mind this....too much. but every 5 seconds, Ty, come look, oh TY you have got to see this, Ty they have watches, Ty did you see the ears, Ty Ty Ty, I hate my name when I'm out shopping with my mom, I want to shop on my own too, let me shop Mom. let me look I will get to that side of the store in a minute! (rant over)
I had started out wearing my ears that I had gotten on a previous trip, on this day they were giving me a headache I was in search of ears that wouldn't hurt. I totally fell in love with these ones.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09009.jpg
How cute are these, but I didn't get them just incase I ever go to Disney in the spring I couldn't lock myself into winter ears. Marzi really liked these ears.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09010.jpg
Mom is all about Goofy and really liked these ears.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09011-1.jpg
Even though we all liked our ears none of us purchased them. Marzi found a crush plush and bought it for her niece who loves turtles, she left to go check out while Mom and I looked for something for Jazzlynn, Marzi came back to me and said the CM gave her her change like this
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09012.jpg
It's a hidden mickey, she was so excited, "Ty, it really is the small things that make the magic." She went back over and gave the CM a Thank you card.
Mom and I had no luck finding anything for Jazz, but I did find a watch set that I liked, it was a simple square face with a black mickey head in the middle but you can switch out the bands for all the seasons, all together it had seven bands, the watch was $39.99 but wow it actually is 7 interchangeable watches, I was stoked with this purchase.
After we were done shopping we headed over to ride dinosour, I wasn't sure if Mom should ride this, it is such a jerky ride and she had back surgery a year ago, so Marzi and I said we would ride it first and be the judges, we dropped Mom off in the dump shop and went to get in line, on the way I stepped in a huge puddle of water and my shoe filled with water. I had a toddler melt down at that point. I already had kind of wet feet and they were cold, now they were soaked feet and squishy and cold. We got in line and watched the movie with claire huxtable (we didn't watch it with Claire Huxtable, she wasn't sitting there watching it with us I mean, she was in the movie, glad I got that cleared up, I really don't want you thinking I am a name dropper, although I did meet John Candy back in his alive days) then we got on the ride, we were seated all the way in the back, I have always sat in the front, I was wondering if there would be much of a difference. There was. It was so violent back there, that jeep tossed my @ss all over the crestacian times, at one point point my but flew up and my feet came out to the side and I was sitting freaking sideways for a second, it was hard to hold on. At the end of the ride Marzi declared it her favorite and we both judged it to be too harsh for the delicate Mother bones!
We left the ride and found mom waiting by the dump shop door. She looked like she wasn't feeling Disney right now either, so I knew what wouldfix all of us and that was FOOD!

disneyaddicted

01-04-2010, 07:50 PM

Oh I would have been willing to do "just" about anything. Okay, hope for Valentines Day, Check!

Yes, Yes, have him call. That may just be the motivation he needs. Right now we are stuck in the house ALL DAY TOGETHER! This is too much togetherness. I go back to school next week and I can't wait. But that's only a couple hours a day.

Soooooooooooooooo, why are you going crazy? What's up girl?Yes, do not give up hope, especially since there are so many important Holidays coming up, like Valentines Day of course, and ground hog day, St. Patricks day, Me and Kents wedding anniversary, I don't know how your DH would feel about giving you a present for me and Kents anniversary, but we have to try every holiday right?

What's making me go crazy is this effed up computer. I posted last night and then the same post kept popping up, then this morning it popped up again, I tried to post something else it didn't show up at all, then I come home from work and theres more of the same posts from last night plus the post I tried to do this morning.

Oh yeah and it's really cold here, I think it's freezing my brain cells and slowing down function. (if it gets much slower I will be in a coma)

xoprincessmomxo

01-04-2010, 08:43 PM

DONTMINDME

01-04-2010, 09:35 PM

We were in Epcot during the rain and did not enjoy the soaking we got. That was the day we met up with Jo and Den at Mexico for Margaritas. I wish I was back in Disney even in the rain. Dan did give me a Disney trip for my Birthday in May so I will get to go back sooner than I thought. We are going May13th thu 19th do I have a great hubby or what.:love::love:

Millie12591

01-05-2010, 02:55 AM

A quadruple post!! Really!? I went to bed last night with only having goofed three times, then wake up to find another duplicate post from me, Am I going crazy?:eek:

It's been happening to everyone. It did the same thing to me yesterday. :laughing: Although I have to say....what your seeing with the tripple posts, it doesn't show up here. :confused3 I think your the only one seeing it, so that's a good thing. The silver lining for this is that your post count goes up. :goodvibes

praisehisname

01-05-2010, 09:17 AM

We got off the boat and as we were walking on the dock Mom says "Ew gross, there's a slimey boogar like thing on me, I wonder if a kid wiped it on me when we were in the crowd of people."

Eeewww...:sick:

Janis found some lip balm, beaver butt and moose spit were 2 of the flavors, yummo!

You could pair it up with the soap I found in the Canada shop at Epcot (and didn't buy, and STILL wish I had...) :rotfl2:

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/43292/2090658130056639648S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2090658130056639648bEUyBf)

http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/36617/2947751630056639648S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2947751630056639648BmHsQJ)

I hate my name when I'm out shopping with my mom, I want to shop on my own too, let me shop Mom. let me look I will get to that side of the store in a minute! (rant over)

:guilty: I am so guilty of this! I just get so excited when I see something I have to share it with someone! :rotfl:

Mom and I had no luck finding anything for Jazz, but I did find a watch set that I liked, it was a simple square face with a black mickey head in the middle but you can switch out the bands for all the seasons, all together it had seven bands, the watch was $39.99 but wow it actually is 7 interchangeable watches, I was stoked with this purchase.

Do we get to see a picture???

I really don't want you thinking I am a name dropper, although I did meet John Candy back in his alive days)

:rotfl2: :lmao: That would be a GREAT tag!!!

disneyaddicted

01-05-2010, 12:38 PM

I'm glad it was during John Candy's alive days that you met him....:thumbsup2

Dinosaur freaked me out! I'm all for scary rides, but I was holding my six year old DD in front of me as an offering to the horrid T-Rex that tried to bite off my head.

Enjoying living vicariously through your trip, even though I am mad jealous of your Christmas present! How very cool!
I only said John Candy's alive days because I had told a friend I had met John Candy and she said "But he's dead." I never once before thought I would have to elaborate on that, but now I feel the need to.:lmao:

Good thing you had an offering for the T-Rex, I think of all those poor childless couples who have no kids to offer up.:guilty:

It is such an awesome gift to get, since he wasn't able to book it yet it was a voucher with $200 and a promise to add to it every month until we go. It works for me.

We were in Epcot during the rain and did not enjoy the soaking we got. That was the day we met up with Jo and Den at Mexico for Margaritas. I wish I was back in Disney even in the rain. Dan did give me a Disney trip for my Birthday in May so I will get to go back sooner than I thought. We are going May13th thu 19th do I have a great hubby or what.:love::love:
I really wanted to meet for Margaritas, we had our Planet Hollywood ADR's that night. I did look for you at WCC, but I had no idea what you looked like, so I kept loking around hoping you would spot me and give me a holler.
That rain was wicked that day, my feet were so water logged it was nasty.

It's been happening to everyone. It did the same thing to me yesterday. :laughing: Although I have to say....what your seeing with the tripple posts, it doesn't show up here. :confused3 I think your the only one seeing it, so that's a good thing. The silver lining for this is that your post count goes up. :goodvibesI think my triple posts don't show up because I edit it and write triple post, everytime you see triple, quadruple or what not it's because I deleted the post with the same message, does that make sense?
I like having my post count go up but it's not the same as having them go up from others postings, it's kind of like winning prom queen when you voted for yourself 10 times. I never did that, I was never prom queen, and if I was I would have never voted for myself.:rolleyes1

Eeewww...:sick:
I know, I still get the dry heaves thinking about it.

You could pair it up with the soap I found in the Canada shop at Epcot (and didn't buy, and STILL wish I had...) :rotfl2:I think I need to read that TR, it's on my list.

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/43292/2090658130056639648S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2090658130056639648bEUyBf)

http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/36617/2947751630056639648S600x600Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2947751630056639648BmHsQJ)

:guilty: I am so guilty of this! I just get so excited when I see something I have to share it with someone! :rotfl:I do the same thing too, but seriously she calls me over to show me something, I start looking and she's off somewhere else screaming for me to come look at that, it's never ending.

Do we get to see a picture???I really should take pictures of all my purchases, I would have to start a new thread, "Ty's Disney purchases" it's funny because I went to Disney with a list.
1. A disney Mug
2. An ornament
3. T-shirt
4. Hoodie
5. A towel

I didn't buy any othose things but I did buy all sorts of other things, I will get pics and post ASAP

:rotfl2: :lmao: That would be a GREAT tag!!!

I used to long for a tag, maybe some day:rolleyes:

MyMuse

01-05-2010, 02:38 PM

disneyaddicted

01-05-2010, 03:53 PM

I *finally* found you!

Great TR so far, sorry about it being a icky rainy day. I know it was raining on Friday something horrible on Dec 4th, when I got there. Holy Buckets!!! Thankfully, this was not a park day.

Were you able to buy new shoes? Putting back on wet shoes - even Crocs 0 can't be a happy thing.

Haunted Mansion is one of my favs! I don't think I ever noticed a ghost under the the ballroom scene? It's my fav part!

I also did a Hidden Mickey tour on this trip. Ooohh, so much fun!!! I would ahve told you where they were. I had my book with me. ;) :thumbsup2

Hope your ankles held up for your trip!

So glad the luggage was in the room! It's hard to relax whne you are worried!

Looking forward to more TR. popcorn::
You were so lucky to not be in a park on Dec 4th. It was bad, if it were at least warm outside I wouldn't have lost one minute of caring about the weather at all, but it was cold and we were feeling miserable for it.

I looked at shoes, it will be in the TR, I don't want to give it away. Rain and my shoes were a huge issue though.

I love haunted mansion too, more so then pirates of the Carribean, it passed it as my favorite. I had never noticed the the dead ghost under the table either until Marzi pointed it out to me, I had never even noticed that the chair was tipped over. How crazy is that? After that we kept looking for other things too.

My ankle held up great, my knee didn't fare as well, but again that's for the TR. I want to spill the beans now but I also have to keep some sort of suspense.;)

disneyaddicted

01-05-2010, 04:57 PM

Food, all of a sudden that is all that was on our minds. We pulled out the map and found Flame Tree Barbque, just seeing it on the map made my stomache growl.
Getting there was hard to do, I was trying to avoid the puddles and they seemed to be every where, I was moving pretty fast and kept leaving Mom behind, Marzi was cool and stayed behind to keep Mom company, Mom wasn't used to my fast pace of walking and Marzi and I had a hard time of going slow, I think I might have already touched on this subject, but I could tell Mom was feeling a bit annoyed at always being left behind, in my defense we always went back to get her.

Flame Tree, finally, and the lines were non existent. Only one family ahead of us. I knew right away I wanted the ribs, the same with Mom, Marzi got a sandwhich, we called Janis to see if she wanted someting from there, she said she didn't. I didn't want to order her food then anyway because it would just get cold before we got back to the resort, Mom didn't see this point and insisted on calling her anyway. But it all worked out and I'm only complaining now for the heck of it.;)
Mom left to go find us a table, and it wasn't long before our food was ready and Marzi and I went in search of Mom.

(on my soap box now) People, if you see somebody coming your way with a loaded tray of food, especially if they are climbing steps, even just a few steps, do not look them in the eye and choose that time to stop infront of them to fix whatever you need to fix in your empty stroller, take two steps to the side, I am not asking for much, but having to walk around you while loaded down with everybody's food and drinks only manages to tick me off and shoot you down with my sarcasm!!! I am not apologizing for my sarcasm either, you earned every word of my sarcastic speech)off my soap box.

"Really!? I mean really, you think this is the time to mess with your stuff, hello, step to the side or risk being covered in food."

Marzi backs me up with a REALLY!

it was the weather causing my outburst I'm sure but what was causing their stupidity?

SO we find Mom, she absolutely had to choose the table next to the Waltons, or Jon and Kate plus 8, or the table for 12 people, regardless of who they were there were tons of them. And the man of the group stood up to eat his food, which is fine but it put his @ss at my face. I could have moved but then my back would have been to the crowd and that would have caused an anxiety attack, so I chose to stay where I was and deal with the @ss. They left soon after we got there, but I am telling you the one line zingers (have to explain really quick here, I totally messed up the spelling of zingers and accidentally spelled it "zongets". of course I fixed it but thought it was funny and wanted to share)
anywho the one line zingers coming from Marzi had me and mom rolling. I should have written it down, it was funny. I know a couple times she threatened to throw a duck at the man, because the ducks pecking at her feet and the mans butt in our faces were so annoying. She couldn't find a clean napkin and the guy almost got barbque sauce wiped on his butt.
"Move it or I'll use it mister."

The ribs were a little fatty and hard to eat, what I did eat was so good, the beans were good, the cole slaw was very good, but then came time for the keylime pie. I am not akeylime pie kinda girl, but I wasn't in the mood for chocolate (again I blame the weather, I just wasn't myself) but really with that first bite of pie, I think the clouds parted and for a second I saw heaven.
"Momma try the pie RIGHT NOW!"
Mom took a bite and I think she saw heaven too, I made Marzi try a bite, she said it was ok, REALLY!? it's just ok, I wasn't going to end our new found friendship over this but if it were anybody else but Marzi, it would have been over!!!!

I gobbled my dessert down like it was the last one on earth and then just sat back and relaxed, just radiating in the memory of that delicious keylime pie. Was it better then the chocolate cake at WCC. You bet it was.:love:

While waiting for Mom and Marzi to finish eating their dessert, I looked over my purchases again, asking myself if I spent to much money too soon. looking at my watch set I amswered myself, "No way, Jose."
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/purchases002-2.jpg

Let's all take a look at my watch set now. See 7 choices here, that means I got 7 watches for $39.99, it is so worth it. I can't wait to wear my valentines watch now. I am so cool!!!!!

I got the map out again and was looking at what else we needed to do today.
"We could go on the Safari, but I know riding in that truck is going to be cold."

Mom and Marzi both said pass at the same time.

"We could go to a show, I heard Festival of the Lion King is really good."

Mom asked me what I wanted to do. "Truth is I want to go back to the resort, my feet are so cold and wet that my toes burn."

Marzi was all for that and so was mom. so we finished up our meals, well they did I drank some more of my soda and then we cleaned up our table and left.

Marzi and I were looking for a new place to smoke, we found one just outsideof the park, mom went into the shop to wait for us.

It's raining so hard now that it's hitting the ground and flying 6 inches or more back up into the air.
Marzi and I are looking at eachother like we are nuts,I tell her that only idiots stand out in a rainy mess like this to smoke.

The rain was so much that every where was a puddle, I couldn't pick and choose where to sep my feet anymore, it was horrible, my pant legs were wet up to my knees now.

We went into the store and found Mom, I found little tiny Mickey clips for my hair, they were like 60 cents each so I got 2 just for those out of control hair days, which is most days really.

Mom had found a Dumbo ornament and wanted to get it for Jazz, she kept thinking and rethinking about gettting it, this guy finally told her, "If you like it, then get it now because Dumbo ornaments are hard to find." So Mom got it, it is so cute.
I hadn't really found anything I had to have, I liked the blanket they had, it was one of those deals, spend $40 and get the blanket for like $15, Mom was spending $40, (she got something else too beside the ornament I just can't remember what) anyway I asked her if I gave her the $15 would she get me the blanket and because she loves me she said yes. SO I went over and got the blanket, they didn't have this offer when I bought my watch, all they had for the special was the tote bag, anyway as I'm getting my blanket Marzi holds up a pocket book and it was instant love, I had to have the pocket book, I had to have the cute wallet too, even though the wallet didn't match the pocket book I still had to have it. Impulse buy maybe, but I don't regret it still, so maybe not.

I no longer needed to ride piggy back on mom's purchase to get my blanket, I was spending well over $40. But mom had given me my birthday and my Christmas money plus kent had given me money, it's all good, lets spend, spend, spend!!!!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/purchases003.jpg
My lovley pocket book which I get tons of compliments when I am out with it.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/purchases004.jpg
My awesome just had to have it wallet, I keep tide to go in my pocket book in order to keep this thing looking white. it's worth it.

Marzi also bought the pocket book, but she calls it a purse, whatever!!!!

With purchses in hand we leave the store, and make our way to the bus stop, a bus was waiting for us and there were only 2 other families on the bus. One guy made a little stink about taking his baby out of her stroller before getting on the bus. The bus driver said it was the law, she couldn't stay in the stroller because all strollers had to be folded up. The guy apologized, said he didn't mean to be rude, he had just gotten the baby to sleep and really didn't want to deal with her screaming again."

The baby stayed sleeping though.
The bus was so warm, it felt so good, I wanted to take my shoes off and ring out my socks, really you do not know how hard I had to fight that temptation. I was chewing my nails to keep from doing that.
Marzi and I got out our pocket books and were giving them a good looking over, "ooohhh, it has a zipper pocket inside, yes!!! alright a place for my cell phone, yes!!!"

Then....then........ the theme to Laverne and Shirley came on the radio, :woohoo:
We had to sing and we only got louder at our favorite verse.

There is nothing we won't try
Never heard the word IMPOSSIBLE
this time, there's no stopping us.

We used to sing that all the time as kids while riding our bikes around the neighborhood. Mom was smiling so big. "I'm so happy you girls found eachother again." When my Mom smiles and means it, her cheeks are so rosey and her eyes glisten, Mom truly is happy for us, she knows how much I missed Marzi and how long I had been looking for her, Mom cried the day I told her that I found Marzi. I was so happy in that minute, wet feet, cold toes, straight stringy hair, sore knee, it didn't matter, I had Marzi again, were at Disney celebrating our reunion, and I had my Mom with me too.

DONTMINDME

01-05-2010, 07:21 PM

jenbear123

01-05-2010, 09:48 PM

I love that purse :p you got! In all my times there, I have never come across that!!! Or, I have seen it but thought it wasn't "me" so turned a blind eye. Then of course when someone else gets it, I end up liking it :rolleyes:

It's so nice that despite the rain, wet socks, and butts in your face, you were able to find happiness on the bus ride back :)

Millie12591

01-06-2010, 04:27 AM

You said you weren't gonna make us cry any more!! OK, maybe you only said that in your PTR, so I'll let is slide.....THIS TIME! ;) :laughing: I hate that the cold and rain made for a poopy day, but at least y'all had a good moment on the way back to the resort. Hope Janis was feeling better. I like your cute little purse, I love Disney purses, I don't buy them, But I love them. :confused3 Go figure. :laughing:

praisehisname

01-06-2010, 07:07 AM

(on my soap box now) People, if you see somebody coming your way with a loaded tray of food, especially if they are climbing steps, even just a few steps, do not look them in the eye and choose that time to stop infront of them to fix whatever you need to fix in your empty stroller, take two steps to the side, I am not asking for much, but having to walk around you while loaded down with everybody's food and drinks only manages to tick me off and shoot you down with my sarcasm!!! I am not apologizing for my sarcasm either, you earned every word of my sarcastic speech)off my soap box.

Especially since they don't give lids for the drinks at AK! We had the same issue at FTB and ended up dumping an entire large Coke because we were juggling the tray and trying to navigate our way to a table. :rolleyes1

Let's all take a look at my watch set now.

Love it! I so wish I had seen it when we were there!!

I liked the blanket they had, it was one of those deals, spend $40 and get the blanket for like $15

I took advantage of that deal, too, and absolutely love my blanket!!

I was so happy in that minute, wet feet, cold toes, straight stringy hair, sore knee, it didn't matter, I had Marzi again, were at Disney celebrating our reunion, and I had my Mom with me too.

I'm so glad I read this BEFORE I did my makeup for the day, since you had to go and make me cry! :rotfl:

xoprincessmomxo

01-06-2010, 07:17 AM

Love the purse! How cute! I love that you told the stroller lady what you thought. Some people are just asking to get yelled at, and it sounds like she was one of them.

Dizneydawn

01-06-2010, 08:07 AM

Ty -
I am really excited for your next Trip to Disney - all I could find is that he gave you a $200 voucher and the promise to start a vacation fund so you guys can go.

I NEED DETAILS!

Who would be going?

Any clue of when?

Where do you want to stay?

Then - I get it about the wonkie posts...I posted the other day - came back to find it - and could only get to the page before the page my post was on. It showed a post in my history - just could not see it on your page. Very frustrating indeed. Looks like it is better now.

I LOOOOVE your TR title! :lovestruc:love: It has me laughing everytime I read it. I just think the boards are a bit slow these days with everyone gone for the Holidays and now getting back to business.

Thanks for sharing that you found your Disney love in the middle of a cr@ptastic day in the rain. That was my trip too. Nothing turned out like I had thought and yet the best time was had in the weirdest places or because of the strangest things.

I wish my Mom was your Mom. Truly I do.:cloud9:

Can't wait for more!
Dawn

MICKEY4EVER!

01-06-2010, 10:21 AM

Whew! All caught up again! Poor Janis being sick on AK day. If she wasn't feeling well, though, she surely didn't need to be out in the yucky weather. What a bummer about you having to wear crocs in the rain. I know that made your poor feet miserable.

Too funny about the pop cop.

I've never done ITTBAB, but I want to. I can't drag my family on it though. Something about stink bugs...:laughing:

You and Marzi made me LOL about the butt in the face while you're eating. I can just imagine the one line zingers you came up with. :rotfl:

Dinosaur is quite a rough ride, huh? Mitchell and I love it, though. It can be a bit frightening though, huh??? Definitely not a ride for someone who's had back surgery, though...

I'm totally in love with your Disney purchases. I'm glad you got the blanket, I wanted one so bad, but I never spent forty dollars at any one place. And that purse, man oh man! I've gotta have it. And I wouldn't have left that wallet behind either. And those watches! You hit the jackpot, girl. And you've only just begin. I can't wait to see what else you come home with...

(oh, and I just had to add that you reminded me of someone, but I could never put my finger on just who you looked like to me. Now I've got it: on Nick there's a show called iCarly. You look like Sam from that show. If you don't know it, Google it. Maybe I'm wrong, but you just remind me of her so much! And that's a good thing cause she's really pretty!)

disneyaddicted

01-06-2010, 09:36 PM

I'm very happy you found Marzi and the purse. Two very worthwhile Quests and both with a happy ending, I did look for you at WCC we were in the back room and Dh wasn't feeling too good when we got done so we kinda scooted out before our server could start yelling again she gave Dan a migraine. I know what you mean about the rain we were soaked to the skin from the knees down sooo cold. I would love to meet for drinks but not margaritas I found out they don't like me very much. Anyway love the TR so far and the reason Dan is taking me back is we got a 40% off pin :cool1::banana::banana: That definitely deserves a banana dance. I was so sorry I missed you.:guilty:

I think WCC wore Janis down too. We were all starting to get headaches, it was just too much for the first day.

So you and Margaritas don't get along? That is so sad, I love Margaritas, I can only have 1, my all time favorite drink is the Long Island ice tea, 1 does it for me, it's enought o make me happy without making me drunk, there's a shot I totally love called dirty bong water, it's so yummy, ever had one?

People don't believe me when I tell them I was cold at disney, I heard it's rea;;y cold there right now. poor people!

I love that purse :p you got! In all my times there, I have never come across that!!! Or, I have seen it but thought it wasn't "me" so turned a blind eye. Then of course when someone else gets it, I end up liking it :rolleyes:

It's so nice that despite the rain, wet socks, and butts in your face, you were able to find happiness on the bus ride back :)I am so in love with my purse, aside from all the jewelry I bought, my pocket book is my favorite. I hope it holds up until my next trip and I will purchase another one, there were a few I really liked.

Nothing could stop my happiness over flow, not even butts in the face.

You said you weren't gonna make us cry any more!! OK, maybe you only said that in your PTR, so I'll let is slide.....THIS TIME! ;) :laughing: I hate that the cold and rain made for a poopy day, but at least y'all had a good moment on the way back to the resort. Hope Janis was feeling better. I like your cute little purse, I love Disney purses, I don't buy them, But I love them. :confused3 Go figure. :laughing:Should I start giving out warnings if I plan to get all sentimental? I really wish there was a way to explain the feelings I had without being all sappy, oh well.
My shopping strategy totally changed on this trip, I don't know what happen but I went hog wild on the spending.

Especially since they don't give lids for the drinks at AK! We had the same issue at FTB and ended up dumping an entire large Coke because we were juggling the tray and trying to navigate our way to a table. :rolleyes1
Yea, lids should be required, it's treacherous trying to navigate crowds with a loaded tray, and some people just don't care.

Love it! I so wish I had seen it when we were there!!I only saw it at that one store.

I took advantage of that deal, too, and absolutely love my blanket!!I ended up using my blanket at the resort, mom keeps the room so cold. I am so glad I bought it.

I'm so glad I read this BEFORE I did my makeup for the day, since you had to go and make me cry! :rotfl::lmao: Can't tell you how many times I cried my make up off while reading a TR.

Love the purse! How cute! I love that you told the stroller lady what you thought. Some people are just asking to get yelled at, and it sounds like she was one of them.Oh you know it!!! I barely remember the stroller days with my babies, but I hope I was a little more careful then she was.

Ty -
I am really excited for your next Trip to Disney - all I could find is that he gave you a $200 voucher and the promise to start a vacation fund so you guys can go.

I NEED DETAILS!

Who would be going?

Any clue of when?

Where do you want to stay?

Then - I get it about the wonkie posts...I posted the other day - came back to find it - and could only get to the page before the page my post was on. It showed a post in my history - just could not see it on your page. Very frustrating indeed. Looks like it is better now.

I LOOOOVE your TR title! :lovestruc:love: It has me laughing everytime I read it. I just think the boards are a bit slow these days with everyone gone for the Holidays and now getting back to business.

Thanks for sharing that you found your Disney love in the middle of a cr@ptastic day in the rain. That was my trip too. Nothing turned out like I had thought and yet the best time was had in the weirdest places or because of the strangest things.

I wish my Mom was your Mom. Truly I do.:cloud9:

Can't wait for more!
Dawn
Details of my next trip. It will be Jan 8th -16th 2011
Just Kent and I (he's really excited about it) We'll be staying at Pop more then likely

I'm relieved to hear that others had wonkie posts too, I really thought I was losing it.

SO you think I should keep my TR title the same, later in the TR the title gets explained, I was thingking on chaning it to "What if people were only as cool as their shoes?" they'll be an explanation of that soon too.

I think when everything go as planned on a trip it makes it hard to appreciate what you have, it's finding happiness in the midst of crap that makes me appreciate it all.

I will gladly share my Mom with you and she would most definitely welcome you with open arms.

Whew! All caught up again! Poor Janis being sick on AK day. If she wasn't feeling well, though, she surely didn't need to be out in the yucky weather. What a bummer about you having to wear crocs in the rain. I know that made your poor feet miserable.

Too funny about the pop cop.

I've never done ITTBAB, but I want to. I can't drag my family on it though. Something about stink bugs...:laughing:

You and Marzi made me LOL about the butt in the face while you're eating. I can just imagine the one line zingers you came up with. :rotfl:

Dinosaur is quite a rough ride, huh? Mitchell and I love it, though. It can be a bit frightening though, huh??? Definitely not a ride for someone who's had back surgery, though...

I'm totally in love with your Disney purchases. I'm glad you got the blanket, I wanted one so bad, but I never spent forty dollars at any one place. And that purse, man oh man! I've gotta have it. And I wouldn't have left that wallet behind either. And those watches! You hit the jackpot, girl. And you've only just begin. I can't wait to see what else you come home with...

(oh, and I just had to add that you reminded me of someone, but I could never put my finger on just who you looked like to me. Now I've got it: on Nick there's a show called iCarly. You look like Sam from that show. If you don't know it, Google it. Maybe I'm wrong, but you just remind me of her so much! And that's a good thing cause she's really pretty!)
Yea, Janis really didn't need to be out in weather like that, I think the rest really helped her alot.

We were always on the look out for pop cops after that. We didn't want to get busted again and possibley thrown into pop jail, although it propbably would have been a cool retro jail where all the pop coppers did the hustle.

Ever try and enjoy a meal while trying to ignore a butt in your face? It's not easy.

I love the Disnosour ride, it is quite violent but so cool, I wish it were a little less jerky so Mom could have ridden it, but it would take away too much of the adventure.

Yes, I did hit the Disney jackpot, I do not regret a single purchase and that's not easy for me, I always have buyers remorse, but I went home a happy girl!

I have seen iCarly, I think Sam makes the show, you're not the first person to tell me that either, I still don't see it, but thank you for the compliment, I think Sam is cutie.:cutie:

MICKEY4EVER!

01-07-2010, 12:35 PM

I have seen iCarly, I think Sam makes the show, you're not the first person to tell me that either, I still don't see it, but thank you for the compliment, I think Sam is cutie.:cutie:
That's funny I'm not the first to tell you that! That means it is true! And you're right - she does make the show. I know that show is for kids, but I still like it!

disneyaddicted

01-07-2010, 03:05 PM

We got off the bus at our resort and went into everythings pop, I wanted to get my refillable mug, we shopped around abit too, I saw a few things I wanted, a mickey shaped cookie cutter and an address book, I didn't get either of them at the time, I knew I didn't have to rush and I really should slow down my spending after all the shopping I had done that day. I then saw the cutest PJ's they were like a quilt patch pair of jammie bottoms, red white blue, with mickeys on them, I loved them so much, My Mom said she would buy them for me but I told her to wait a while.

We headed over to get our mugs, we all chose different color lids so we wouldn't get confused, Mom even bought the mickey head crazy straws for her and Janis, then we went to fill them. I got hot chocolate, Marzi got coffee, mom hot chocolate and she got hot tea for Janis.
With warm full mugs in hand we went back to our room.

Janis was awake and working on a puzzle book, she said she was feeling alot better. We told her about AK, and finding Nemo and how we wanted to get back there some time so she could see it, she said if we didn't get back there on this trip it was just an excuse to come back in the future.

Mom was sipping her hot chocolate through her crazy straw when she noticed I didn't have a straw.
WE call straws libation transfer units, I think I saw that on an episode of Sponge Bob years ago and it just stuck, now according to Mom, if the straw is straight it's called a libation transfer unit, but if it's bendy then it is a libation transfer aparatus.
She asked Marzi why she hadn't bought a libation transfer apparatus and Marzi said she prefered a "manual transfer" :lmao: I love it when people play along with the craziness. Mom chuckled, thought it was cute.

Marzi and I were getting restless so we decided to take a walk around the resort. I had worn my wolly crocs to AK and the nice warm fuzzy wool on the inside was now matted and soaking wet, so I had to go sockless and wear my gray everyday crocs with the holes in them, it was going to be a cold walk, but I can't stand laying around in a hotel room, if we were taking naps that would be a different story but Marzi and I did not want to waste a minute of togetherness, so we grabbed our umbershoots and refillable mugs and went out the door.

We headed towards the lake looking for a "fresh air zone" we crossed paths with another pop cop so we asked him where the smoke spots were and he said, all around the lake, the parking lot and basically where you don't see any people. So I asked him if I could lean off the balcony and smoke like I did before and he said as long as you don't see any other resort guests around.
So we figured smoking off the balcony infront of our room was probably a gray area and still shouldn't do it.

We called our guys and talked to them for a few minutes, Kent was heading out to reset some traps so we didn't talk long.

Marzi and I found a bench and dried it off as best we could and then sat and talked, we really hadn't had any just the two of us time to really catch up on stuff, not that there was a lot of catching up to do, I think we did all our catching up on the first phone call after we had found each other. we relived that moment and cried again, we still couldn't believe that after so many years we had found eachother, I had never given up on looking for her, it took over 20 years but we were together again. :hug:

We got up and walked all the way to the 50's by way of the lake, I really hope they do something with those new buildings across the lake, I can't wait to see it all done.

We stopped in the pop shop and got another hot chocolate and then went into the arcade, we wanted to get our pictures done in the picture booth but decided to save it for another day when we didn't look like drowned rats.

After 2 hours we went back to the room to get ready for our ADR's at PlanetHollywood. Mom told us that she was too tired to go, the rain and cold was to much tonight for her, so Marzi and I got ready on our own, I changed out of the thin green slacks I was wearing and put on some jeans hoping they would keep me warmer. I was dreading the cold feet again. Mom said she had brought an extra pair of tennis shoes and I could borrow them if I wanted, they were 7and 1/2's I knew they wouldn't work I'm an 8, mom thought if she took her orthodics out of them they might fit me cause maybe they had stretched, so she removed them and I tried them on and they fit but were too tight on my right foot, it was too swollen for them to fit comfortable in the shoe, so I had to stick to my crocs. My Mom didn't understand all the hoopla I had made about crocs before the trip, to her they hadn't been doing much for anybody, but on a warm day I explained these shoes are the bomb diggity! she said they were ugly as sin. Which reminded me of a Jimmyism, my son is always coming up with some off the wall phrase, I actually write them down in a book I call Jimmyisms.

....it was the day I had bought my new wooly crocs and I brought them home and tried them on, I was parading them around the living room in my most sexy model walk when Jim piped up with "What if people were only as cool as their shoes?" he looked at me, no expression on his face what so ever.
"Mom you would be so s c r e w e d."

SO anywhooo, Marzi and I bundle up as much as we can and head out to the bus stop.
The bus ride seemed to take forever and I kept looking at my watch I was so afraid we would be late for our ADR's then I remembered that the bus would have 2 stops and the second stop lets you off practicaly at Planet Hollywood. So I was able to relax a bit knowing that we wouldn't have to make a mad dash to get there, but my mind was on my cold feet way too much.
When we stepped off the bus at DTD, I opened my umbershoot and the wind took it and whipped it backwards, the umbrella turned inside out and was pulling me back with it, I was screaming for help and laughing while trying not to kill somebody with the pointy parts of my umbershoot (that actually sounds sick)
Marzi helped me fix my umbrella and we were off once again, we saw a couple of young guys who had fashioned rain ponchos out of shopping bags, they were the Bear Gryls of DTD.
There was no wait at PH, we got to the top of the steps and they took our picture, I didn't realize just how bad the rain had ruined my hair for the night until they brought our pictures around to us, and Marzi actually bought them:scared1:

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09.jpg

She said she was going to display it on her desk at work, ugh! let's get a better picture for that ok?

Our waiter was a little cutie, he smelled real good too, he was very attentive to us old and all disheviled woman, we had already planned to tip him good just because of his looks but we welcomed the attention any way.
Marzi and I decided to start the night out with a drink, we asked the waiter what he recommended and he said "The He!! boy, it has 7 different kinds of liquor and you can't taste any of them."
SOLD!!! that's what we ordered, he came back shortly with our drinks, and noticed my birthday button so he said he was going to tell the DeeJay to make an anouncement, and said to me "You are celebrating your 21st birthday right?"
and Marxi said "Yea for like the 17th time in her life." We bust out laughing I guess the server didn't get the joke, he didn't laugh. (maybe his math skills weren't up there?)
We both ordered the chicken fajitas, and went to town on our hell boys while waiting for our food, that drink was so delicious. and it worked fast, I got the warm fuzzies all the way down to my toes, which by the way I had put my gloves on my feet when we got to the restaraunt that is how cold I was.
AT one point the server was walking by and I wanted to grab his attention to order another drink, well he ignored me, I looked at Marzi after the blow off I got from the server and I said "HE wants me"
She winked, "They all want you babe, Cheers!" we clinked glasses and kept on drinking.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09014.jpg
Don't they look divine? OMG they were so good.
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This is Marzi enjoying her He!! boy.
Our food was so good, neither one of us could finish it all and we knew we needed to save room for dessert. Our server came around again and asked us if we wanted t see the dessert menue, we told him of course, he gave it to us and explained that because we were on the dining plan and their desserts were so big we each had to share one, now in my opinion I think this is a rip off, we each prepayed for all our meals which include dessert, nowhere on the plan does it say you might have to share a dessert, he said it was Planet Hollywood rules, that's how they've always done it. I remember back in 2007 all 4 of us each got our own dessert, what if me and marzi didn't want the same dessert, and I asked the server this, he said well one of you are gonna have to give into the other. REALLY!? At the restaraunt I didn't make an issue of this, we were so stuffed that we knew we couldn't each finish a dessert anyway, we just complained to eachother about it. I still think it's a dumb rule. We could have ordered 2 desserts but we would have to pay out of pocket for it. How rediculous is this? Has anybody else ever been told that because they are on the dining plan they have to share a dessert?

Anyway, we ordered the banannas foster. It came and it wasn't all that big like he said it would be, but Marzi and I were over it by then. The dessert was so good and even between the 2 of us we couldn't finish it all, I think if we had not had the drink first we would have been alright, but alcohol makes me feel full.
While we were eating dessert the DeeJay anounced that Ty was here celebrating her 1st birthday, that is not a typo, he said first birthday, Marzi and I got a kick out of that. Our server came by with our bill and asked if he had heard that correctly, we told him yes, it even flashed happy 1st birthday Ty on the TV monitors. He roled his eyes and said he would go correct that, I told him it wasn't necessary we were getting ready to leave now.
We settled up our bill, gave our handsome server a handsome tip and then we were off into the wet cold night.

We linked arms and tried to stay warm while fighting the rain and the crowds, I almost took a boy out with my umbrella, I did apologize but he didn't care about that.
we stopped in store after store and I found a jacket I wanted, I was going to see if Mom would buy me the jacket instead of the jammies, it was 12 dollars more I would totally pay the difference, so I didn't get it that night.
We went into Tren D's and I found a few things I liked but I talked myself out of it, I knew I would be back so I didn't feel panic about not buying it then, I was in the market for a ring, but I had yet to see one I liked, I thought Tren D' would have something I liked but they didn't.
I saw some shoes and would have bought a pair but again my leg and foot were so swollen I couldn't get the right shoe on at all, no sense in buying a shoe where only the left one fits.
WE passed once upon a toy and saw the big tinker toy construction out front, we wanted a picture of us in front of it but I didn't want to pull my camera out in the rain, we knew we'd be back and we'd get a great picture then. Tinker Toys were Marzi and me's favorite thing to play with as kids, we made tinker toy guitars and started a band.
We went into world of memories and I was shocked to see they didn't have any scrapbook stuff anymore, just scrapbooks, I didn't need a scrapbook, I had bought mine from creative memories the summer before, phewey.
We then went into the christmas store and it was packed, too much to the point that we couldn't move, so we left and headed to the bus stop. The bus was already there so we climbed aboard and after a few minutes we were on our way back to the resort.
We both were a little saddened that Janis and Mom couldn't make it to our ADR's that night, but yet we really had enjoyed our time together, I think it sunk in that night, like it truly hit me like a ton of bricks that we were finally back together.
WE got back to the resort and went to find an inhalation center and call home. Nobody answered at my house so I left a message.
Marzi was talking to her son CJ, I got tears in my eyes, when I heard his little voice, "I love you bunches and bunches mommy." Marzi also got tears, this is the first time she had ever been away from him for so long. I told her cherish these times of him missing you because my kids could care less right now whether or not I'm home, they are just loving their motherless teenage days right now.
I called my mom to tell her that we were back at the resort and asked her if she needed anything, she and Janis placed a food order with us so Marzi and I went into the pop shop to pick it up for them.
it was kind of empty so getting the food didn't take much time at all. Janis got chicken soup and mom got chicken alfredo.
We brought them their food and they dug into it like contestants on survivor who had just one a food challenge.
I got my mug while Marzi got into the shower, and I went to get some hot chocolate and call Kent. He was missing me and rightly so!!!!!
WE talked for about 30 minutes then I went back to the room and got a shower too.
My leg was even more swollen then the day before, so I took some motrin which I am not supposed to take for stomache reasons but now and then won't kill me, I took antacid in hopes that it will prevent my stomache from hurting and I took hydrocodone and because hydrocodone makes me itchy I also took a benadryl, I should sleep pretty sound I thought.
I crawl into bed, we turn out the lights and within minutes mom and Janis are snoring like banchees. I cover my ears and quitely hum till I fall asleep.
Mom and Janis talk in their sleep and it's funny because one will start to talk and then the other will answer, they carry on conversations in their sleep and don't even remember it the next day.

In my next post....
Magic Kingdom, will the rain stop, and do we find the duck at Haunted mansion. and.........who decides to ride space mountain afterall.

disneyaddicted

01-07-2010, 03:45 PM

Goin gto Disney in december put me behind on all my christmas crap, I spent the morning doing my christmas cards today, better late than never I say right anyway,

Happy
Holidays
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From, Kent, Ty, Jim and Reese

redlight

01-07-2010, 07:54 PM

I love your picture.

DONTMINDME

01-07-2010, 08:44 PM

Sounds like you survived the rain but your umbrella is a little worse for wear. Glad you and Marzi had the special alone time, and good drinks and a hot waiter don't hurt. I'm gonna have to try one of those. I didn't even get Christmas cards out this year so you are one up on me.

Millie12591

01-08-2010, 12:03 AM

Well, it looks like you had a good day after all. :love: I hate that your feet were cold and wet. By the way....you better not take out the sappy stuff, it's part of what I love reading in your TR's. :lovestruc
I'm anxious to hear about your next adventure. :banana:
I also loved the picture of the family. Do you still have up all your Christmas decorations? I actually got mine all taken down a couple of days ago, and it took me from 11:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. to finish. Geesh! I've think I've got to much decoration carp! When I look around I think I need more stuff to put out, but then I realize that may not be the case when it takes me that long to take it all down. Actually the tree is most of the work, the rest is easy to put away. We'll see what stuff I find over the next couple of years, I may have more to put out after all. ;)

ILMICKEY

01-08-2010, 07:02 AM

Great Picture Ty! You look as young as your kids.

disneyaddicted

01-09-2010, 10:42 AM

I love your picture.Thank you, I made my mother in law keep snapping them off till I found one I liked.

Sounds like you survived the rain but your umbrella is a little worse for wear. Glad you and Marzi had the special alone time, and good drinks and a hot waiter don't hurt. I'm gonna have to try one of those. I didn't even get Christmas cards out this year so you are one up on me.I can't wait to go back and have another hell boy, they were the ymmiest drink ever.
I haven't mailed out cardsin the past 2 years so I needed to do it this year, it might be the last Christmas with Jimmy for a few years depending on what he decides to do after graduation.

Well, it looks like you had a good day after all. :love: I hate that your feet were cold and wet. By the way....you better not take out the sappy stuff, it's part of what I love reading in your TR's. :lovestruc
I'm anxious to hear about your next adventure. :banana:
I also loved the picture of the family. Do you still have up all your Christmas decorations? I actually got mine all taken down a couple of days ago, and it took me from 11:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. to finish. Geesh! I've think I've got to much decoration carp! When I look around I think I need more stuff to put out, but then I realize that may not be the case when it takes me that long to take it all down. Actually the tree is most of the work, the rest is easy to put away. We'll see what stuff I find over the next couple of years, I may have more to put out after all. ;)Keep the sappy stuff?:confused3 Ok but I am going on the record now sayin gI am not responsible for any snot dripage ruinging any keyboards. Cry at your own risk.

My Tree is still up, I usually have it down the day after Christmas, I am just lazy this year, I started taking the ornaments off one of my trees. I decided that next year,(well actually it would be this year again) I'm only puttin gup my 1 small 8ft tree and doing my snowman only ornaments, I haven't done the snowman tree in years, then it will be easy to take everything down before my next trip.
I used to go all out and decorate everyroom, every shelf every wall had something Christmas on it, I have toned it down alot and only did 2 rooms and the kitchen, now I can't get motivated to take it down.

Great Picture Ty! You look as young as your kids.Awww, that tho thweet! Thank you!

disneyaddicted

01-09-2010, 11:46 AM

I felt like I had been sleeping forever, I heard Marzi moving around and asked her what time it was, right then the alarm went off, she laughed "7:00am, that was perfect timing."
I rolled out of bed to start getting ready, It was an MK day and I wasn't sure if they were taping or not but I wanted to be at rope drop just incase. When I stepped down onto the floor with my right leg I had major pain shoot up through the core of me, I sat down on the floor for a few minutes to let it pass, and then just crawled into the bathroom, I looked at my leg, it was even more swollen then the night before, how could that be, my skin looked like it had a rash on it and burned when I touched it, I called Marzi over to take a look, "Is my skin ripping?" I asked her, she looked close, it's not really ripping, it's just stretched too much too fast, it's more of like an indian burn, but it's not going to rip apart, take some motrin, it's an anti-anflamatory."

after that I took a shower and it helped a little, but once I put lotion on it burned bad, I didn't dare show my mom, I knew she would have one of those Mother freak out moments when you think your baby is hurting.

It looked like rain again so I knew it would be another day of wet feet, I put socks on anyway hoping that maybe it might keep my ankle from swelling too much more, compression might work. My wooly crocs were still wet so I had to wear the plain gray ones again. I even packed extra socks.

Marzi and I went down to the parking lot for a smoke and told Mom and Janis we would meet them at the MK bus stop.

It was a steady drizzle, I had bought a dollar store poncho, and it worked....just like a dollar store poncho should, it covered like a dollars worth of me, this was ridiculous and I knew I would be buying a Disney poncho soon.
Marzi had a dollar store rain coat, it felt like paper, but she said it held the heat in so that's a plus.

Mom called my cell then to tell me that were waiting on us, so we made our way over to the MK stop, it was a small line, I'm thinking people were trying to avoid that park this day, I got a little anxious when I thought about it, but pushed it way out of my mind, I am going to be fine, and I knew once our ADR's were done (11:00am) we could park hop if it got too crowded.

I was so happy that Janis could make it with us today, her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke, but she said she really felt so much better. I hate to think of anybody missing out on any second of Disney because they are sick.

The ride was boring, I loved sitting down but then would always dread standing back up again, it always hurt worse then.

The bus dumped us pretty close to the entrance instead of where it normally dumps up, so the walk wasn't as long, it was still just a drizzle but so far the feet were staying dry.

We made rope drop, we actually got to see the opening ceremony out fron, I didn't think they would come out in the rain, but pluto Mickey, Minnie and the chipmunks came out to greet us and sing to us.

I had lost track of mom and Janis during the pandemonium of opening ceremoney but we met up inside the tunnel and then started making our way down main street, I stepped in ahuge puddle and my socks got wet, so I took them off and put them in a bag in my purse, I was going to save my back up pair incase it ever stopped raining.

Our plan was to head to Mickeys Philharmagic first but we got side tracked by the watch store. we were just going to have a quick glance but ended up shopping for a bit.

I was still looking for a ring. I found a few I liked, then I couldn't decide if I wanted silver or gold, there was a gold one with sparkles (didn't know if it was glass or crystals) all around it and a Mickey inside, I thought it was cute but a little too gawdy for my taste, I tried it on and Marzi tried it on,

And it just came to us, just like when we were in 5th grade, we held our arms up and touched rings,

"Twin wonder power activate.
form of...
Marzi: A waterfall.
shape of....
Ty: a tyranosarous Rex

We laughed and hugged, awww to be the kids we once were:hug:
We took the rings off and put them back, and I decided on the silver Mickey ring. I also got silver bracelets with mickey dangleys. I kept looking at the watches, there were so many I liked.
Right then Kent called
Kent: whatcha doin?
Ty: shopping
Kent: I had to aske, what did you get?
Ty: Today so far I have gotten a ring and a bracelet, I am looking at the watches and I found the new wedding ring I want, I might have to come back in a year to get it."
Kent: I'd buy it for you if I were there.
Ty: save your money then and bring me back here.
Kent: maybe I will

I paid this no mind, I knew Kent doesn't like DIsney, he was just being sweet to be sweet, but a future Disney trip with him, never gonna happen.

Mom bought a fanny pack because her pockets were weighed down with her wallet, camera, meds and all her whatnots, so now she didn't feel so heavy, but she was hot, so she took her coat off and Marzi wore it the rest of the day, along with my zipup hoodie, that girl freezes if the temp drops below 70.

Janis came out a bit later and showed us the ring she had bought, Twin wonder powers activate!!! yup she bought the gold Mickey ring, it looked nice on her, she was able to pull it off, I still wanted that ring, I would continue to think about it. But here are my purchases....
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We started making our way to fantasyland, we came across Tinkerbells treasures, Mom went in to see if they had the tinkerbell hoodie she had seen at WL, while Marzi and I looked for a clean air zone.
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Studying the map.
We found a spot right around the corner and went there for a few minutes, Marzi called CJ and talked to him for a little bit, then we went to find Mom and Janis in the store, I got to see Tinkerbell wake up, I thought they only did this once in the morning but they did it a couple times while I was in the store.

We left the store empty handed and started walking further into Fantasy land, we came across Snowwhite's scary adventure first it had a 10 minute wait so we got in line, the ride was ok, we only did it for something to do, why go to Disney if you are not going to do as much as you can.

We then wenton Peter Pans flight, I rode this with Mom and Marzi and Janis rode together. I really like this, of all the storybook rides this one is my favorite, I never knew the little car down below moved.

The ride was over way too fast, just like all of them, and we made our way to Mickeys Philharmagic, I was so excited for this one, it's my all time fav. I knew Mom would love it and couldn't wait for her to see it, I had told her so much about it and really built it up that she was busting at the seems in anticipation.
We got in line, it was a fast moving line, but Janis kept touching the rails Iwould scowled her and make her wash her hands with my anitbacteria hand soap from Victorias Secret, People, don't touch the rails, they are germy, kids put their mouths on them, men put their fingers in their noses then put their fingers on those same rails, eeeewwwwww!

We got our glasses and waited for the theater to open, we had ok spots, in the middle but too far in the back. Before too long the show started, I love tis show, have I said that already? I really do, and Janis loved it, she was laughing and clapping, just really going to town on having a good time, Mom was big smiles the whole time and a few squals with a giggle here and there, once we even got a deep down from the belly laugh out of mom, we all loved this show and said we would come back and do it again on our next MK day.
For a minute we lost Janis, "Where's Janis? Everybody look down." she is so short that half the time I thought she was missing she was standing right next to me.

We had about an hour to kill before our Crystal Palace ADR's so we thought we would try the hall of presidents, on the way I stopped into a store and bought a real poncho, it was nice, it actually went below my knees and kept me warmer, Mom bought some chocolate covered pretzels while we were in there, I ate 1 just for taste but wanted to save room for my buffet lunch coming up, we passed Haunted Mansion and it was a 5 min wait so Marzi wanted to go, this was the first time she had piped up with what she wanted, I was all about that, so we jumped in line, Janis asked why we were doing this ride again and I told her "because we can...There's no wait....it's fun....we got a duck to find...." She smiled, ok.

The CM working the doors was in character, never smiling and speaking as if her were not impressed at all with anything...doom and gloom, he didn't even smile for the picture. now remember the time is roughly a little after 10:00am

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Mom Janis and doom gloom CM, (he wasn't really miserable, he was jsut in character) as Mom and Janis were walking away from him Mom said to Janis, his suit fits him very well." The CM had a quick chuckle, he lost character for a quick minute but regained pretty fast.

In the stretching room I had to guide Mom, she can't see worth diddly when it's dark, This time she looked up when I told her too and was suprised to see the dude hanging there.
The doors opened up and we headed to our doom buffys, Marzi and I on a mission,
Marzi: I take the right , you take the left if you see anything resembling a duck tell me, I'll do the same."
We are leaning way out of our buggys for a closer look at everything, we searched each room with sherlock eyes, no duck!!! are you kidding me, we just looked at the hidden mickey book in the last store, it confirms there is a duck, we didn't see a single duck anywhere, we also didn't see the hidden Mickey by the grim reaper because we didn't see the grim reaper. We knew we had to come back.

The ride over, Marzi and I feeling beaten with out our duck sighting, we headed over to Hall of Presidents and saw that the next show was starting soon but get's out at 11:00am we had ADR's for that time and said we would come back, we then went into the Ye Ole Christmas Shoppe, it was too crowded for me so Marzi and I left to find another nicotine zone. there was one right by the river, so we stopped for a smidge of time, then we went to the bathrooms and then back over to find mom, she was talking to another lady and they were both looking at a map, Mom was trying to find out where where Marzi and I might be according to the smoke areas on the map, but we found her first.
Mom had made a purchase int eh Christmas store but the item was taped up in abox and I never got to see what it was. WE then made our way to Crystal Palace for our ADR's.

disneyaddicted

01-09-2010, 05:12 PM

So today I am flipping through the Birnbaum book and Kent comes in from setting traps. He sees what I am doing.

Kent: Really, you're that excited for our trip that is a year away?

Ty: I'm just looking to see if they have anything special going on in January, any hard ticket events, I'n not seeing anything though.

Kent: Hoping for a party?

Ty: yea, and I just am so done with everything right now, I hate getting up and going to work, I only get through it because of Disney, I've got the winter blues and looking forward to another trip helps me alot.

Kent: When else would be a good time to go?

Ty: anytime, duh!

Kent: Cause I was thinking, January is a busy month for me, I'm still trapping, and do we really want to leave Reese home to deal with the wood stove in January, and the weather could be bad, what if it snows and she is left to deal with that too?

Ty: So what are you thinking?

Kent: October, it would be warmer both for the drive down and for Reese staying here, trapping hasn't started yet so I won't be missing out there.

Ty: Hurrican season in Fl is still going on in October, we might get caught in one.

Kent: so?!

Ty: I don't want to push the trip back any further then necessary.

Kent: No, we would go this October, 2010!

Ty::idea::eek::lovestruc:banana::woohoo: OK, I can call and get a quote now, we have less time to pay for it though, less time to save, I don't see it working out.

Kent: What if, we didn't do the dining plan at all, and we didn't do park hopper and we didn't do a preferred room, would that save us a little?

Ty: yeah, that would save alot, and really I have never been able to finish a meal at Disney, so we could share any meals we get and just bring snacks from home, I will call right now, just for a quote.

I make the call get all the information, relay it to Kent and he said BOOK IT NOW!

so I did.:yay::banana:

I am going to Disney October 2nd-10th. It is going to be a basic trip, no frills, but Kent reminded me that this trip is about us being together at Disney, we don't need all the extras. We are the celebration.

I am actually excited to do Disney this way. Kent said, "no plans, we go where the wind takes us." I'm just so amped to be going back to Disney so soon, I don't care, I can make this work, I know I can. He did say that we could do MNSSHP, I really want to do that, so I will look into that when the dates are available.
9 1/2 months till Disney, I can do that with both eyes tied behind my back!:banana:

DONTMINDME

01-09-2010, 07:03 PM

disneyaddicted

01-10-2010, 11:20 AM

Paid my deposit today and booked for May, Can't wait it's my Birthday trip. Doin the happy dance now we just have to put away my bonus and income tax money and sort of scrimp a little. We are doing the scaled down plan this time too. I'm really happy you are going at halloween Dan and I talked and I want to do halloween too but he doesn't so it might turn into a mom and son trip. I could so do that he loves Disney too and is a Nightmare before Christmas fan and looks like Jack so we could have some fun. Thinkin maybe october 2011. Look at me plannin 2 trips Oh well that is what Disney nutz do isn't it.:confused3:rotfl2::rotfl2:Well congratulations on booking your next trip. I am a bit nervous about not doing dining, it's silly, I never finish a full meal so really it is better this way, I'm just fretting about having to have a budget for food.
we worked one out last night and it is doable, and with us driving we can bring alot of stuff with us, so we will probably not do the refillable mugs either, it's like this is a generic Disney trip, or the junior varsity of Disney tips more like. I am still excited to go, I can't wait to introduce hubby to all the things he missed on his first trip, like AK, he skipped that park all together, and soarin.
This is supposed to be an easy going trip so I have to work on not stressing the small stuff.

DONTMINDME

01-10-2010, 07:23 PM

evildiva

01-10-2010, 07:25 PM

Ty, remember that Disney traditionally does Free Dining through the end of September. Last year it ended October 3rd. If your vacation starts on the last day of the promotion you can get it for your entire stay. You might have to juggle a day or two around but free food it totally worth it! Plus you get to be there for the beginning of Food and Wine Festival, which you can yuse your snack credits for. YummY!

jenbear123

01-10-2010, 08:38 PM

:cheer2: Yay another trip!!!! :cheer2: So happy for you!!! Even without dining, you should be fine. I'm not sure how big of an eater you are, but just guesstimate what you'll order at each place you plan to eat. Then budget accordingly. Or, like already mentioned, free dining might be in your favour too :thumbsup2 Where are you staying?

xoprincessmomxo

01-11-2010, 07:44 AM

Oh man, we'll just miss each other at Disney! We're planning the last week of September (trying for Free Dining as my husband won't go unless we get dining.) That's so exciting for you guys! I would love to do a romantic WDW trip, but with my kids so young, that ain't happening anytime soon!
Love the family picture! Your kids are growing up so much. I love Jim's hair, it's so old school Chris Cornell.

MICKEY4EVER!

01-11-2010, 09:27 AM

I have some catching up to do, so I know I'm gonna forget everything I wanted to comment on. I always do that, don't I?

Here goes:

Planet Hollywood sounds fun. I love your picture you got there!

Bummer about your wooly crocs getting all soaked. Me and cold feet, we don't mesh very well.

You had me cringing describing your leg that night and the next morning. Poor thing. What a trooper you are, though. You just kept on going!

Loving your MK jewelry purchases. I love the silver Mickey ring. I want one now.

Loved your mom's reaction to Philhar Magic. Couldn't help but laugh when you said "Look down" to find Janis. She's such a cutie!

I love the CM in character at HM. I love it when they take their roles seriously like that. Well, not when they are loud and obnoxious, but I like the scary rides like ToT and HM. You know what I mean! Too bad you didn't find the duck on your HM ride this time. Good thing there are other opportunities. A five minute wait? Lucky you! Sounds like you've had some short wait times this morning. Hope the good luck holds out for you.

I love CP. I can't wait to hear what you thought of it.

Lastly - ANOTHER TRIP TO DISNEY!!!! Wow! :yay: :woohoo: See? My DH can't stand Disney, and I couldn't see him volunteering a trip like that. So how lucky are you? You've got yourself a keeper there, Ty. I can just tell how much that man loves you based on the way you talk about him. :love:

Congratulations!!!! I'm so excited for you!

MadilynnsMomma

01-11-2010, 02:36 PM

Hey Ty!!! I'm here! Better late than never. I am on page 3 and steadily catching up! AHHH MARZI!!! So happy you had the movie-worthy squeezing hug in the airport... BOOO to your sister for ruining the one for you and Mom - :laughing:

OUR trip was awesome! I am hoping to get MY ball rolling this week and start posting!

MyMuse

01-11-2010, 03:03 PM

How great for your future trip! :yay:

I'm hoping like the devil (or angel, whichever one will come out ahead..) for a Oct trip as well. Probably not until mid-October though.

Looking fwd to mroe of your TR...and future PTR? :goodvibes

disneyaddicted

01-11-2010, 09:56 PM

I will try and answer everybodies posts either tomorrow or Wednesday. I just wanted to update you all quick on my future trip.
We changed the date today and it dropped the price by almost $300 dollars, and we are more likely to get free dining now, the CM on the phone said to watch for that deal and then call back to have it added to our reservation.
I am super excited and not so worried now, except for rain, major rain being hurricane season and all, but at least it won't be cold.

So now we are looking at sept25th -oct3rd.

MadilynnsMomma

01-12-2010, 09:37 AM

YAY Ty!!! I am all caught up and super excited for your upcoming trip - I made one too!!! I get to take Madi solo, right after her birthday! Will you stay Pop again? That is where we plan to try.

disneyaddicted

01-12-2010, 07:06 PM

I think you are really gonna enjoy the slower pace and more romantic different perspective you get when it's just the two of you. You find yourself just taking it easy going back to the room for a quick nap if you know what I mean and just enjoying each other. That is why Dan is taking me back in May while we were there in December, My Dad ended up in the hospital and would not hear of us coming home so I spent the whole time worrying about him and not relaxing at all. We came home and he had bypass surgery and we lost him on December 16th due to an intestinal infection:littleangel:. I miss him terribly :love::love::love:he loved Disney and that is something I can share with him. Sorry I wasn't gonna tell anyone but you all are my Disney family and I wanted you all to know why I've been alittle quiet lately. You guys keep me going and give me something to look forward to everyday when I get to see what you are up to and how your families are doing. Thank you for listening.:hug:I agree with you, Disney with just Kent is going tobe slower paced, I really want him to have fun and if I rush to do everything it will spoil it for him, he keeps saying "I'm just looking forward to a vacation with you, I don't care about Disney." Naps huh? :lmao:
I am realy sorry to hear about your Dad passing away, you and your family are in my prayers. Feel free to share all the memories you want about your Dad, I would love to hear them.:hug:

Ty, remember that Disney traditionally does Free Dining through the end of September. Last year it ended October 3rd. If your vacation starts on the last day of the promotion you can get it for your entire stay. You might have to juggle a day or two around but free food it totally worth it! Plus you get to be there for the beginning of Food and Wine Festival, which you can yuse your snack credits for. YummY!Your post! This one right here is the reason I called and changed the dates, I am really hoping for free dining and I think with these new dates we will get it., now I will be missing food and wine festival but there's always next year.:rolleyes:

:cheer2: Yay another trip!!!! :cheer2: So happy for you!!! Even without dining, you should be fine. I'm not sure how big of an eater you are, but just guesstimate what you'll order at each place you plan to eat. Then budget accordingly. Or, like already mentioned, free dining might be in your favour too :thumbsup2 Where are you staying?
I'm really not a big eater, I don't do meals really, I just eat small snack like stuff throughout the day and then a simple meal at dinner, it's how I have been maintaining my weight loss, and I think my stomache shrunk from it, so I can do one meal and 2 snacks at Disney and come in way under budget, but I am still hoping for free dining because then the money we are budgeting for food will go towards souvenirs. We will be staying at Pop Century again.
Oh man, we'll just miss each other at Disney! We're planning the last week of September (trying for Free Dining as my husband won't go unless we get dining.) That's so exciting for you guys! I would love to do a romantic WDW trip, but with my kids so young, that ain't happening anytime soon!
Love the family picture! Your kids are growing up so much. I love Jim's hair, it's so old school Chris Cornell.AHA!!!! I switched my dates, we might run into eachother after all, when the time gets closer we whould see about a meet up. YAY? NAY?

I love Jim's hair in that picture too, he had just gotten 2 inches cut off though and alot of his curls went with it. But he is planning on joinin gthe military after graduation so he needs to get used to the breeze on his neck soon.

I have some catching up to do, so I know I'm gonna forget everything I wanted to comment on. I always do that, don't I?

Here goes:

Planet Hollywood sounds fun. I love your picture you got there!

Bummer about your wooly crocs getting all soaked. Me and cold feet, we don't mesh very well.

You had me cringing describing your leg that night and the next morning. Poor thing. What a trooper you are, though. You just kept on going!

Loving your MK jewelry purchases. I love the silver Mickey ring. I want one now.

Loved your mom's reaction to Philhar Magic. Couldn't help but laugh when you said "Look down" to find Janis. She's such a cutie!

I love CP. I can't wait to hear what you thought of it.

Lastly - ANOTHER TRIP TO DISNEY!!!! Wow! :yay: :woohoo: See? My DH can't stand Disney, and I couldn't see him volunteering a trip like that. So how lucky are you? You've got yourself a keeper there, Ty. I can just tell how much that man loves you based on the way you talk about him. :love:

Congratulations!!!! I'm so excited for you!All caught up? I feel so bad I am still trying to get caught up on your TR, but it's a hot ticket and moves so fast. I'll keep working at it. I am enjoying it though, and it inspired me to go buy myself a coloring book, Disney no less!

The leg was a bother to me and the pictures are only going to get more gross!

I love my Disney jewelry, I was never much of a jewelry person, but now I have so much Disney jewelry that I love to mix and match with my other jewelry, I dress up for work now because of it and it makes me feel better about myself.

We were always looking down for Janis, it became our theme. :lmao:

Kent and Disney don't mesh, but he loves me:love:, he loves to make me happy and this is so huge for him to take a trip there with me.

Hey Ty!!! I'm here! Better late than never. I am on page 3 and steadily catching up! AHHH MARZI!!! So happy you had the movie-worthy squeezing hug in the airport... BOOO to your sister for ruining the one for you and Mom - :laughing:

OUR trip was awesome! I am hoping to get MY ball rolling this week and start posting!OMG! so good to hear from you. I kept an eye out for you at the parks but obviously never saw you. I'm happy you're here now.

How great for your future trip! :yay:

I'm hoping like the devil (or angel, whichever one will come out ahead..) for a Oct trip as well. Probably not until mid-October though.

Looking fwd to mroe of your TR...and future PTR? :goodvibesWell I sure hope you get your trip too!:wizard:

YAY Ty!!! I am all caught up and super excited for your upcoming trip - I made one too!!! I get to take Madi solo, right after her birthday! Will you stay Pop again? That is where we plan to try.Another trip? and how exciting just you and Maddy, I will be staying at Pop again, I just love that place, where will you be staying?

evildiva

01-12-2010, 08:12 PM

our post! This one right here is the reason I called and changed the dates, I am really hoping for free dining and I think with these new dates we will get it., now I will be missing food and wine festival but there's always next year.:rolleyes:

Actually, you still might be able to get your original dates. Last year Free Dining went through October 4. So if you start your vacation on the 4th, you would still be entitled to Free DIning through the length of your trip. Also, Food and Wine usually starts the last weekend of September. So you're good either way! :cool1:

xoprincessmomxo

01-12-2010, 09:57 PM

AHA!!!! I switched my dates, we might run into eachother after all, when the time gets closer we whould see about a meet up. YAY? NAY?

I love Jim's hair in that picture too, he had just gotten 2 inches cut off though and alot of his curls went with it. But he is planning on joinin gthe military after graduation so he needs to get used to the breeze on his neck soon.

That would be too cool. If we end up there at the same time, that would be great! :thumbsup2

MadilynnsMomma

01-13-2010, 10:10 AM

Another trip? and how exciting just you and Maddy, I will be staying at Pop again, I just love that place, where will you be staying?

We're going to try Pop! So many of the TR I am reading now have stayed at Pop. Any suggestions or tips? Requests? Pay for Preferred?

I am so glad you & Kent get to do solo, maybe someday I can convince Shamus to do that!

disneyaddicted

01-14-2010, 02:15 PM

That would be too cool. If we end up there at the same time, that would be great! :thumbsup2That would be super great, you've been posting on my TR's since 2006, it would be great to finally be able to meet you.

We're going to try Pop! So many of the TR I am reading now have stayed at Pop. Any suggestions or tips? Requests? Pay for Preferred?

I am so glad you & Kent get to do solo, maybe someday I can convince Shamus to do that!I really like Pop, it's super Disneyfied, Maddy would really enjoy the bigger then life icons and all the bright colors, they have a kiddy pool but no slides or anything like that.
I would pay for a preffered room, the 60's by the hippy dippy pool is a great place, it's right by the pop shop and the buses. Hope it all works out for you, what are your dates?

praisehisname

01-14-2010, 03:12 PM

First of all, I love how when you talk about taking a smoke break, you call it something different every time. Either nicotine zone, inhalation treatment, fresh air, etc. :rotfl2:

I then saw the cutest PJ's they were like a quilt patch pair of jammie bottoms, red white blue, with mickeys on them

These will be making an appearance in my trip report very soon!

She asked Marzi why she hadn't bought a libation transfer apparatus and Marzi said she prefered a "manual transfer" :lmao:

And no one followed that up with a "that's what she said" comment???? :sad2:

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Yum!

My leg was even more swollen then the day before, so I took some motrin which I am not supposed to take for stomache reasons but now and then won't kill me, I took antacid in hopes that it will prevent my stomache from hurting and I took hydrocodone and because hydrocodone makes me itchy I also took a benadryl, I should sleep pretty sound I thought.

Um, yeah...it's a wonder you could wake up in the morning! I hope your leg is doing better now.

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Love the ring!!!

Bummer you didn't find the duck in HM.

That is so awesome that you're going back in September!!! :woohoo: I'll just miss you. We'll be there 10/21 - 25. Have fun planning!:woohoo:

disneyaddicted

01-14-2010, 04:38 PM

First of all, I love how when you talk about taking a smoke break, you call it something different every time. Either nicotine zone, inhalation treatment, fresh air, etc. :rotfl2:
Yea, it sounds less harsh when I give it a new name, at work we call it "The retail inhale"

These will be making an appearance in my trip report very soon!
Comfy jammies aint they?

And no one followed that up with a "that's what she said" comment???? :sad2::lmao:Surprisingly no since "That's what she said" was our constant trip one liner, even Mom got in on it.

Yum!

Um, yeah...it's a wonder you could wake up in the morning! I hope your leg is doing better now.I'd like to say I had a pill that helped to wake me up in the mornings, but I didn't, mornings were a little groggy for me.

That is so awesome that you're going back in September!!! :woohoo: I'll just miss you. We'll be there 10/21 - 25. Have fun planning!:woohoo:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
I'm so stoked for my trip in Sept, big huge bummer that we will miss eachother though, What are you goin gback for? A celebration or are you going just because you can?

disneyaddicted

01-14-2010, 05:41 PM

We went and gave our names at Crystal Palace and were told it would be just a few minutes wait before we were called, so we hung around out front and tok pictures, we were called after about 10 minutes.

Inside the place was empty except for a few stragglers left over from breakfast. Our waiters name was Gustavo, he looked like an older more mature version of Mario Lopez, dimpled smile and all. He gave us the run down on how it all works, we placed our drink orders and then went up to get some grub.

I tried new things, even the things that looked gross, some turned out to be yummy and some turned out to be caca!
The Salmon was so good, I went back for 3rd's, the smashed taters were a big hit with all of us, I also loaded up on fresh fruit, trying to make the tummy fuller before checkingout the dessert buffet.

The first character to come around was Eayore, Momand Marzi are big Eayore lovers, Mom wanted her picture with him, Marzi just settled for a picture of him.
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Mom given Eayore a little scratch under the ear.

The conversation at the table had turned to the last time Mom and I had ridden a roller coaster, I was in first grade and we were living in Worms Germany, we had gone to the Bachfish fest. That ride turned me off from rollercoasters until I was in highschool. Janis said to Mom that she might be able to handle Space Mountain, that it's practically the same as those little carnival coasters, so Mom said she would try Space Mountain with me.
I was so excited, I might get to do a thrill ride after all, I had given up the idea of coasters and whatnot for this trip because Marzi gets sick on them and Mom can't ride jerky rides, same for Janis.

Next character to come was Piglet, I love Piglet. He posed so cute for pictures.
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Piglet came up behind Marzi and Janis, I think Janis was a little startled here.

Next up, my favorite Tigger, he was a little hyper this morning, I was loving it.
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I had just told him that I wanted to take him home with me and stick him up on my shelf next to all of my other stuffies. I laughed when I saw the picture, he looks a little freaked out in it.

Last but by no means least was Pooh, Mom was all about Pooh and he was all about her, they interacted for quite a while, Mom being a character herself and all. I got lots of pictures of them hugging and patting eachother and fianlly they settled down for a nice normal picture.
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After all the characters came through, we went up for dessert, I have to be honest, I took one of each, only tiny half portions and I shared them with everyone at the table, but I was stuffed, so when Gustavo brought out my birthday cupcake there just wasn't any room left in me, I divided it into 4 pieces, and we had a little nibble, but I felt bad, then Gustavo brought me out a card signed by all the characters and himself, he really was a great waiter, we tipped him well and left him with a Thank you card.

When we stepped outside the rain had stopped so I took the time to put socks back on, it was alittle chill but nothing like it was earlier, with warm dry feet and full bellies we headed over to spaceMountain, of course Marzi and I stopped along the way at our favorite clean air outpost.

We got to SPace Mountain, it was a 20 minute wait for stand by or we could fast pas it and come back 2 hours later, we decided to wait. While we were in line Marzi and Janis both said they were going to ride it too, I was uber excited then, I gave Marzi a set of wristbands that have pressure point balls that are supposed to help with motion sickness, hopefully this would work for her.
Once we got up closer to the building Mom read the warning signs and decided to sit it out, she didn't want to take a chance with her back and undo the surgery she had, plus it would just ruin the week if she were in pain, so she said she would shop around and wait for us in the space mountain dump shop.

Once we were in the building it seemed the line moved so much faster, I like that they added games to keep us busy while we wait but too many times I got into the game and then the people behind us would yell for me to move up. That is not my bad, that bad is for Disney, they added the games, I was just doing what was expected of me and played them!

I don't like the refurb inside, I liked it before when the sky was more black and spacious, it was cooler looking. The guy behind us in line kept telling us about all the major changes and what it used to be like, I really wanted him to quit talking, he kept interupting us. Janis came to life in this line, she was people watching with us and commented on things we saw that were funny, when I say things I mean the way some of the people were dressed. There was a lady with a huge hair do, we just knew it was going to get caught on something while on the ride, we could only pray that it didn't rip her head off and it come flying back at us. That would just ruin my day ya know!

Finally we are next in line, and Janis was telling the girls already seated that the ride goes upside down so hold onto your purse extra tight, the girl believed her and starts yelling to her friend ahead of her.

Shaniqua! shaniqua! you said this ride didn't go upside down, you a liar Shaniqua, you a fat liar!

Janis told her she was just kiding but I don't know if the girl heard her or not.

It was now our turn to board, Janis took the front, Marzi in the middle and I brought up the rear. I was the @$$ of the rocket ship!

Space Mountain itself did not disapoint! Janis had her hand sup the whole time, I ducked the whole time, I always feel too tall for that ride, I could hear MArzi screaming and Janis laughing and Wahooeying, it was a blast, I really like that they now take your picture on it. We looked at ours, Janis and Marzi looked normal, I however had no neck, I don't know where my neck disappeared to for the ride, it came back whent he ride was over but I literally looked like a turtle with it's head poking a little ways out of it's shell and for that reason I didn't buy the ride picture and I forbid anyone else to buy it too.

Mom was waiting for us in the shop, she had found her Tink hoodie but hadn't purchased it, she sa a few others she liked and needed my help in deciding, I told her to go with the lime green tink, then as I was trying to shop my Mom started with her "Ty, look, Ty come see, Ty, Ty Ty,!" I wanted to change my name.
At the checkout I had to talk Mom into buying the tote they offered if you spent so much she kept saying no, finally I said if you don't get it I will, and then she bought it. I'm sure she has it stuffed to capacity with useless carp by now!
We left the shop and stopped for a potty break, and then for a fresh air treatment. It had started to rain lightly, Marzi wasn't feeling too well, I guess the wristbands didn't work for her. I told her a fountain soda would help with the queaziness. So we went to Caseyscorner and Mom and Janis went next door to shop. We got the christmas souvenir mugs filled with coke, I love my mug so much, I take it to work with me every day.
After we got our sodas we went to find Mom and Janis, the stores were so crowded because everybody had ducked into them to get out of the major rain, it was hard to move let alone find janis or mom in the sea of people. plus you have to look down to find Mom and even further down to find Janis.

Finally after what seemed days we did find them waiting outside.

We decided it was too cold to do anything more and since it was extra magic hours we would come back later if the wether turned a little nicer.

The walk to the bus stop hurt bad, it seems like while I was at the park and having fun my leg didn't bother me too much but once we left the park the pain would come. go figure!:confused3

Mom asked me if I was limping, I said no,
"Ty, it looks like oyu're limping."
"No, Mom that is just my cool swagger!"

A bus was waiting for us and it wasn't crowded, we all got seats together, Janis and Marzi were carrying on and laughing so hard they were crying, Mom and I wanted to know what was so funny but Janis said Mom couldn't hear what they were talking about because it was about her. I know that hurt Moms feelings, because my feelings were hurt for mom too. Were they making fun of her? were they laughing at her, telling jokes about her, I asked Marzi to please just tell me and she whipsered in my ear that "Janis had said Mom was innocent and didn't know what BFE was but finally told her and Mom was flabergasted, but what was so funny was Janis then said , I'm going to teach her what Fubar is."
I could see the humor in that and I told Mom after we got off the bus tha tthey weren't laughing at her, and I explained what was said.
You culd tell Mom felt better about that, "So I'm just precious and sweet and innocent?"
Yes Mom, you are!

We got up to our room and all of us just kind of collapsed onto our beds, I took my wet socks off and got out some dry ones, my leg was really looking nasty now.
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That is one groos turkey leg, I don't know who said it, but it was said. It did look gross and it stung, the skin really hurt and I was expecting it at any minute to just rip apart, but it didn't.
Marzi said it needed to be elevated and called down to housekeeping to get extra pillows, she then did some kind of massage thing and it hurt but felt good at the same time, wearing socks had kept my ankle from swelling too bad but it kind of just pushed everything up to my knee.
She worked on my leg for about 30 minutes and then did my other leg too. Marzi is so nurturing and caring, I love that girl, she is alot like my sister Bo, if Bo were there she would have done the same thing for me, and Bo and Marzi ended up having several phone conferences with eachother about my leg, both of them being in the medical field and all I guess it was only natural to want to fix me, ooh and they love me, that had alot to do with it as well.:hug:

Mom and Janis decided they didn't want to go back for Extra magic Hours, they were done for the day. Marzi and I wanted to take advantage of every minute, so we said we would head out later.
We watched some T.V. for a bit, I got out my blanket and Marzi and I snuggled up under it.
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Mom had said that it reminded her of when we were kids and would always snuggle on the floor with a blanket and watch tom and Jarry after school. Janis said we didn't look happy, we told her we were, she said you're not even smiling so we gave her a big smile!
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too big? too scary?
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Mom was dozing off but kept waking up. Janis had Marzi and I in stitches with all her funnyness. she was just on a role just telling jokes and carrying on. We got on the topic of pain meds and stuff and she pulled out a big bag of her prescription pills and said look through here and if there's anyting that will get you high take some.
I don't remeber the conversation verbatum and how we got to that point, all I remeber was it was funny and I laughed so mcuh it hurt. Of course we know she was just kidding and Marzi and I did not partake of Janis' pills, besides I had my own pills, they worked jsut fine for me, but seriously between Me, Marzi My mom and Janis we could have opened up a full pharmacy. Did we ever swap or share?
I'll never teeeeeeellllllll!

praisehisname

01-15-2010, 05:25 AM

I'm so stoked for my trip in Sept, big huge bummer that we will miss eachother though, What are you goin gback for? A celebration or are you going just because you can?

Not celebrating anything this time, just going to get away together. :love: The more of your report I read, the more I'm convinced that it would be a blast to vacation with you! :rotfl2:

Our waiters name was Gustavo, he looked like an older more mature version of Mario Lopez, dimpled smile and all.

You're hitting the jackpot with cute waiters, huh? :woohoo:

There was a lady with a huge hair do, we just knew it was going to get caught on something while on the ride, we could only pray that it didn't rip her head off and it come flying back at us. That would just ruin my day ya know!

Finally we are next in line, and Janis was telling the girls already seated that the ride goes upside down so hold onto your purse extra tight, the girl believed her and starts yelling to her friend ahead of her.

:rotfl2:

Janis then said , I'm going to teach her what Fubar is."

I just found out on Wednesday what that means! :lmao:

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Oh my gosh, no wonder the skin hurt so bad! :hug:

Can't wait to hear about EMH!

disneyaddicted

01-15-2010, 04:07 PM

Not celebrating anything this time, just going to get away together. :love: The more of your report I read, the more I'm convinced that it would be a blast to vacation with you! :rotfl2:
Well that sounds really nice, just a get away for the two of you. From reading your TR I can see that you and your hubby have a great relationship and that is awesome, I love it when couples actualy want to be together, Kent and I have some married friends and all they do is bicker and pick at eachother it's no fun hanging out with them, and then people pick at us for being so lovey with eachother, I can't get my friends to understand that not only do I love my husband bu tI like him and love hanigng out with him. I am really excited for our trip, he really is going out on a limb for me because he doesn't care for disney at all, but I know that with it being just us he will be able to enjoy the trip this time, He was a total turd on our first trip.

Ya know you and I do not live too far from eachother, I am like 40 minutes from Baltimore, maybe....someday....we might get a trip where we can all meet up and just completely own Disney!

You're hitting the jackpot with cute waiters, huh? :woohoo:[
We kept hitting the waiter jackpot all week

I just found out on Wednesday what that means! :lmao:
Poor Mom, we never did tell her about FUBAR! :lmao: she blushes so bad when we teach her a dirty word, really Mom isn't a total angel she can cuss, I have heard it, I learned from her really, but it is funny when she is clueless about something and then gets all bright red when she learns the truth.

Oh my gosh, no wonder the skin hurt so bad! :hug:

The main thing that bothered me was I couldn't wear shorts or capri's on the warm days for fear of grossing somebody out, including myself!:guilty:

disneyaddicted

01-15-2010, 05:30 PM

I am so ready to start my PTR for my september trip, but I want to finish this one first, I hate to rush through it but since I have a little time right now I am going to give another update.

Marzi and I got dressed up as warm as we could, it wasn't raining, not even drizzel, just really cold but at least I could wear socks and have warm feet, my wooly crocs were dried out by now so that was a big help too. Marzi borrowed my Mom's winter coat and gloves and brought umbershoots just incase.

The bus was pretty full when we got there and it was standing room only but we went ahead and got on that one, stand on the bus and get there sooner or stand in line and get there later, either way you are standing so whatever right?

We get to MK, go through all the hoopla of bag check and finger scan and then we are in looking at the castle, we had a mision, we wanted to find the duck, so we headed straight to haunted mansion. We saw a couple trying to get a picture of them with the castle they asked a few people who actually ignored them, so Marzi offered to take their pic and they were so grateful, then in turn they offered to take ours so we took them up on the offer.
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we headed through the castle and over to HM, it wasn't a long wait, we got on right away, and that kid from earlier, the one who posed in the picture with Janis was still working, by now it had been 11 hours, I don't know if that was straight or if he had a long break during the day, but wow that is a long time to be in one place, he was still in character though, although he did look very tired in his eyes.
Marzi and I searched and searched for the duck, we looked at every chair there was too look at, no dang duck, we didn't see the grim reaper either. so once we got off the ride we jumped back in line. While I was in line I got a text from Billie asking where I was, I told her and she said that she was leaving the park to go eat but maybe we could meet up fro Spectro Magic, I said Text me when you get back.
So on the ride again trying to find the dang duck, Where is that dang flammet duck Marzi kept repeating it over and over. We tried a 3rd time, no duck, where the EF is the duck, of course when you say the actual EF word it rhymes duck and it's more fun.:cool1:

We were going to try for a fourth time but everybody else in MK decided to get in line for HM, it was backed way out and all around, so we said we would come back later.

We then went to our favorite fresh air treatment center. We were in deep discussion about the missing duck when a lady came up to us and asked if she could buy a couple cigarettes off one of us, Marzi said no, but I will give you a couple, the girl insisted on paying for them, Marzi said she wouldn't hear of it, but in the furture pay it forward to someone else. The girl looked surprised and said she would always remember that. (umm did she not see the movie?) anywho we finished our treatment and went in look of food, we were thinking pizza maybe, then I told her we would be getting pizza for lunch the next day, then we remembered Caseys Corner from earlier, those corn dog nuggets looked good, so we went over there. The line was long, I'm thinking once everybody got off of HM they all came to Casey's Corner for some hot dogs, really, this line was astronomically long, the line was outside and winding around the building, we had nothing better to do but wait.

There were some ladies from Jersery or close to it in front of us, big hair, bighoop earings, big stelletos, let me say I am impressed with anybody who can do Magic Kingdom in stelletos, we were enjoying listening to their conversation about heya (hair) the one lady had gotten her sons heya done and the baba's , it had cala and glitta, (color and glitter) he was afraid to lay his head back in the stroller for fear of messing it up.

"It's ok bubby, lay ya head biack, don't wahreeee about the strollah, just lay ya head biack."
Then turns to her friend, "Oh my Gawd, he's so wahreed about messin up the strollah with the cala and glitta he won't lay his head biack, he keeps fawlin asleep sittin up," C'mawn Bubby, lay ya head biack."

then her friend joins in encouraging bubby to lay his head back, it was very intrigueing .

Mamma: Lay it biack
Mammas friend: Yea, c'mawn lay it biack
Mamma: It's okay, lay it biack
Mamma's friend: lay biack

Marzi and I start giggling, it was loud and uncontrollable, I so wanted to join in on that and convince bubby it was ok to lay his head biack!:lmao:

Then you know how they have the line to stand in and then the exit line, well this group came up and got in the exit line to order their food, we tried to tell them that wasn't the line but they didn't speak English and didn't understand us, they were getting so mad that everybody else was being waited on and not them.

Then the lay ya head biack ladies tried to explain to them that the line they were in was wrong.

"Youse ar in the rooung line, that's fa aftah ya get ya food, ya blawkin people from gettin eout."

after a while they must have either figured it out and went and got in line, or they just gave up and went somewhere else.

it was our turn to order now. Marzi and I didn't discuss what we wanted, and the exchange with the CM was so funny, Marzi and I always complete eachothers sentences or we say the same thing at the same time.

CM: do you want a hot dog or corndog nuggets?
Both of us: Nuggets
CM: French fries or apple sticks
Both of us: French fries
CM: Drink?
Both of us: Coke
CM: Dessert, do you want a brownie, or cracker jacks?

Marzi and I look at eachother, our eyes get huge we yell, ooooohhhhhh Cracker Jacks.

The CM just bust out laughing, Marzi and I giggle and link and arms, and again we say we can't believe we found eachother.

We get our food and actually found a table inside, we got there just as a family was leaving, table finding can get viscious, and I have learned that when you see a a family leaving a table you have to put your food down and claim it before they actually leave, I ask first if they are leaving and when they say yes, my tray goes right down on the table and I wait for them to get all dressed in their coats and what not, I even help them clear their table.

Marzi and I sat down and a girl came over and said that her family was waiting for that table, I looked at the lady who had given the table to me and she shrugged and said she didn't know about it, so I still claimed the table but told them we wouldn't be needing the other chairs if they wanted to take them they could but they didn't want them.

Marzi and I dug into our food, it was so good, I am a fan of Caseys Corner now and will visit the place on my next trip.
I dipped my fries in the cheese, and my nuggests in a ketchup mustard mix. it was so good, did I already say that?

While we were eating another table opened up and the girl grabbed it, she spread out all of her belongings to save the seats and then about 10 minutes after that her family showed up with their food. The girl starts telling her Dad how I stole the table from her, I wasn't sure if I should say something then or not, I chose not. But the family couldn't let it go, they talked about me being rude, and robbing them, and how "That girl is so lucky we found another table."
Finally I had enough, "Really!? I mean really!? Dude you're at Disney, was this table the one attraction you came to see? Do you want to switch tables now?" They shut up. Marzi giggled "I'm high fiving you with my eyes right now."

We finished up our delicious food and headed back to our favorite "zone" we called our hubbys, while I was on the phone with Kent, wishes started, and even though we didn't have a view from in front of the castle we still got to see the fireworks in all their glory. I stayed on the phone with Kent during the whole wishes display, he said he really wanted to go to DIsney with me, I laughed that off and told him not to tease me, he said really, if we could go to Disney and do the parks all relaxed like you are doing now, not really having a set plan, I would like that.
I reminded him how much he hated Disney the time he went.
He reminded me that I stormed the parks like a banchee and HAD to see everything. (which I didn't get to see everything, still haven't seen everything)
SO I said fine, maybe someday you and I can go to Disney together, maybe after Reese graduates highschool.
Kent wanted something sooner, he didn't want to wait 2 1/2 years to go.
I dropped it because I didn't want to get excited for something that would never happen.
After Wishes Marzi and I headed over to POTC and it was walk on, we were watching for hidden mickeys, didn't really see any new ones, just the same old one from the first time we rode, we didn't believe in George, we sang it, chanted it, yelled it, even danced while singin git, but George didn't care if we believed in him or not, the ride continued to work.
I had to point out to Marzi the swash buckler who yells, "Give me the red head." she loved that.
when the ride was over we played in the dump shop for a bit.
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I know, gross, bu tI didn't have any floss with me.

We decided to try and get a ride on buzzlight years ranger spin or whatever, the crowds were dying down and it was prety easy to manuever around now, but once we got to tomorrow land we figured out that people hadn't left the park, they just went to ride buzz, the standby line was a 50 minute wait, I knew we would be back so we decided to skip it.

I was getting cold and my leg was really hurting so we made the desion to head back to the resort.

We did stop for a few photo ops here and there but really wanted to wait and do the cute stuff with Mom and Janis on the last day when we would all be wearing matchin shirts.

As we got to the font of the park Spectro Magic was starting, I asked Marzi if we could watch for a bit, I always wanted to see it and this would be my only chance, she said sure, so we watched, it wasn't as glamorous and cool and awe inspiring as I thought it would be, there was way too much time in between floats, then I saw someone I never expected to see at Disney, the ex husbands wife!!! Even though she had died her hair and it wasn't purple (she claims it's auborn) I recognized her right away and pointed her out to Marzi.
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Ok so it wasn't really the ex's new wife, but it does look exactly like her, don't think of me as being bitter, really I am not, I actually came out ahead once I dropped that loser, I am just a little ticked off that while I was with the loser I had to maintain a certain weight or he would leave me, I would starve myself to stay skinny, I dieted through my pregnancy with Reese to the point of being sick, and then he goes and marries a woman of ample weight and proceds to tell me that love is blind.
REALLY!!!!!??????????
Alright I am over that now and moving on.
We didn't stay for all of Spectro, it was too cold and the parade was taking too long, I mean long minutes of nothing to look at while waiting for the next float, so we just left and I can say I have seen spectro, not all of it, but who is really paying attention to details anyway?

Gotta go now, but I will update again in a day or so, what do you have to look forward to?
there was a fight on the bus, security was called.

jenbear123

01-15-2010, 06:25 PM

I hope you did eventually find Donald duck on HM. It's on the chair to the left of that long hallway with the floating candles. It doesn't look like a traditional Donald. More of an Aztec Donald :laughing:

Sounds scary about the fight on the bus... I'm eager to hear about that one!

I agree about the changes to Space Mountain. Not really sure why they had to cover up the ceiling but whatever.

I wish I had the guts to talk back to people when they are blatantly talking about you Re: the table fiasco. Good on you girl :thumbsup2

xoprincessmomxo

01-15-2010, 10:07 PM

Glad you told the rude family off! I'm not usually the type that will, but when I was at Disney I screamed at a woman at Hollywood studios. She was with her husband and son, who was about seven, in the baby care station just hanging out. Enjoying the ac, I guess. Well, my actual BABY was getting her diaper changed. She proceeded to say extremely loudly in her British accent "It smells like dirty knickers in here!" I was all ready having a rough day, and I screamed "Really? Dirty diapers in a BABY CENTER? You've got to be kidding me? What the ef do you think would be going on in a BABY CENTER!" Disney is not the place to piss me off. I called her a few choice words that I've never said in front of my girls and hope they were to imersed in the Disney magic to hear me.....:rolleyes1

I love the castle pic! I bet that is just amazing in person!

disneyaddicted

01-15-2010, 10:53 PM

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Sounds scary about the fight on the bus... I'm eager to hear about that one!

I agree about the changes to Space Mountain. Not really sure why they had to cover up the ceiling but whatever.

I wish I had the guts to talk back to people when they are blatantly talking about you Re: the table fiasco. Good on you girl :thumbsup2The fight on the bus scared me too, only because I was so wound up I about jumped into the middle of it, Marzi held me back.

I have a hard time keeping quiet when I think people are going over the top with their comments, it was obvious those people wanted me to know they were talking about me, if you're gonna say something loud enough for me to hear, then expect me to say something back. Kent doesn't like that I can be confrontational, but really I know my limit, I also know how to choose my battles wisely. A few years ago Kent and I were at WalMart, I wanted to cross over an aisle, there was a lady with a cart and I was waiting for her to pass but she kept stopping to look at stuff so I just crossed infront of her then, well she at the same exact time started moving again and nearly hit me with her cart, I said nothing, but she waited until I was about 30 feet away from her and yelled, "Excuse you!" I was livid, I turned around and went back towards her saying, "No, excuse you, you nearly hit me with your cart have some courtesy." Kent was grabbing my arm and pulling me back the lady is walking towards me telling me I was rude to cut her off.
"Dude!, you need to pay attention to whats infront of you, I waited for you to move your @$$, I couldn't wait for ever."

This woman starts cussing me like no other, making no sense at all with her cuss words, I started laughing then and just walked away. but Kent just hates that I will confront a-holes everytime.

Glad you told the rude family off! I'm not usually the type that will, but when I was at Disney I screamed at a woman at Hollywood studios. She was with her husband and son, who was about seven, in the baby care station just hanging out. Enjoying the ac, I guess. Well, my actual BABY was getting her diaper changed. She proceeded to say extremely loudly in her British accent "It smells like dirty knickers in here!" I was all ready having a rough day, and I screamed "Really? Dirty diapers in a BABY CENTER? You've got to be kidding me? What the ef do you think would be going on in a BABY CENTER!" Disney is not the place to piss me off. I called her a few choice words that I've never said in front of my girls and hope they were to imersed in the Disney magic to hear me.....:rolleyes1

I love the castle pic! I bet that is just amazing in person!
You go girl! That would have ticked me off too, I mean seriously what are you supposed to do? let your baby sit in a dirty diaper until they decide to leave the place? I probably would have commented her back with , you think it smells like $h!t in here? could be your breath backing up on you!:confused3

The castle is amazing, and the pictures don't really show just how wonderful it is, it's pretty to look at but being there and seeing it brings out emotions, it's so majestic.

praisehisname

01-16-2010, 03:54 PM

OMG, I loved your account of the Jersey girls at Casey's! :rotfl2: And that table-obssessed family behind you...:sad2:

Gotta go now, but I will update again in a day or so, what do you have to look forward to?
there was a fight on the bus, security was called.

Can't wait to hear all about it!

MadilynnsMomma

01-16-2010, 08:42 PM

OMG I would have loved to have been your 5th wheel!!! You guys sound like a blast to hang out with! I loved the bit about the "biack" - I said it in my head just as it would be pronounced while reading! And... eww that leg. It had to have hurt you, cause my leg hurt for yours just looking at it!

I really like Pop, it's super Disneyfied, Maddy would really enjoy the bigger then life icons and all the bright colors, they have a kiddy pool but no slides or anything like that.
I would pay for a preffered room, the 60's by the hippy dippy pool is a great place, it's right by the pop shop and the buses. Hope it all works out for you, what are your dates?

We're going Sept 13-18! :thumbsup2 What are your dates? Little nervous for it being hurricane season, but - eh! :rolleyes:

Muppet_Girl

01-17-2010, 11:37 AM

I had Gustavo at Crystal Palace last March!! He was awesome and it was my sister's b-day. He brought out the cupcake and b-day card!!

About 3 days before our trip, I injured my leg. Thought nothing of it. It turned out I tore part of my calf muscle. I walked on it all week in Disney and it looked like a balloon. I'm reading your TR and feeling your pain. I remember how awful it was. I completely agree that I didn't notice it much at all when I was in the park, but the to and from the bus walks were murder.

We also stayed at POP!!

Our trips match up a lot!! :)

ILMICKEY

01-18-2010, 08:18 AM

You are just crankin out the chapters girlie!

OMG! I think I know your ex's wife. How weird is that?

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED your rendition of the Jersey girls talking! And, I kept up.

I am so happy you said something to that rude family. I am high fiving you right now too! You go girl! My husband hates it when I do stuff like that too. They don't care what they say so why should I?

I can't wait to hear about the bus fight. Sounds fun.

disneyaddicted

01-18-2010, 11:37 AM

OMG, I loved your account of the Jersey girls at Casey's! :rotfl2: And that table-obssessed family behind you...:sad2:
Can't wait to hear all about it!Those Jersey girls were awesome, Marzi and I kept the accent going through the rest of our trip

OMG I would have loved to have been your 5th wheel!!! You guys sound like a blast to hang out with! I loved the bit about the "biack" - I said it in my head just as it would be pronounced while reading! And... eww that leg. It had to have hurt you, cause my leg hurt for yours just looking at it!

We're going Sept 13-18! :thumbsup2 What are your dates? Little nervous for it being hurricane season, but - eh! :rolleyes:
We would have welcomed you as the 5th wheel too.
My leg...I don't even have words, it was just wierd.

My Disney dates now are sept25th-Oct3rd. I'm nervous for hurrican season too, I don't mind the rain, I just don't want major winds that pick me up and send me flying.

I had Gustavo at Crystal Palace last March!! He was awesome and it was my sister's b-day. He brought out the cupcake and b-day card!!

About 3 days before our trip, I injured my leg. Thought nothing of it. It turned out I tore part of my calf muscle. I walked on it all week in Disney and it looked like a balloon. I'm reading your TR and feeling your pain. I remember how awful it was. I completely agree that I didn't notice it much at all when I was in the park, but the to and from the bus walks were murder.

We also stayed at POP!!

Our trips match up a lot!! :)
I really liked Gustavo, he was super friendly and took the time to talk to us about our vacation and what not.

YOu tore part of your calf muscle and thought nothing of it?! You must have a high tolerance for pain cause that had to hurt bad. But I guess it must be true that Disney has some medicinal power. The amount of walking we did I hardly ever felt pain. Too bad that power doesn't carry over to the buses though;) It's funny, you never see people lomping and dragging their feet in the parks, just only to the buses or back to their rooms.

You are just crankin out the chapters girlie!

OMG! I think I know your ex's wife. How weird is that?

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED your rendition of the Jersey girls talking! And, I kept up.

I am so happy you said something to that rude family. I am high fiving you right now too! You go girl! My husband hates it when I do stuff like that too. They don't care what they say so why should I?

I can't wait to hear about the bus fight. Sounds fun.
I am trying to get this TR done, there's so much to report on, it only gets better from here on out.
I can't wait to start my PTR for me and Kents trip, I don't know why tough, PTR's are never as good as a TR, I mean how many times can you get excited over buying new undies for a trip and reporting about it to all of the dis to read?

YOu know the ex's wife? I feel for you, I really do.

The Jersery Girls made made that line move faster, and then the restof the night/trip Marzi and I were all about the Jersey accent. "Hey Mahzi, griab the mustad."

Rude people! I have always defended myself to rude people! But do you know how hard it is to keep my mouth shut at work, I'm outgoing so customer service is a good job for me, but I can't stand rude people, I'm not allowed to "confront" rude customers either. But a few days before Christmas this lady came into the store and she was miserable, she looked constipated:headache:
Well one of the girls messed up on the gift card and accidentally put it in as cash, it would would have thrown her till of by $50 bucks, so I went over to show her how to do a tender exchange, not being a keyholder myself I had to then call a sup over to key turn it, the whole time this woman is going on and on about how incompetant and stupid we were, I finally told her to "stand there and shut up, not another word from you lady."
She tells me she had gone to 5 stores that day and had trouble at all 5 stores, so I told her it sounded like a personal problem.
Well she reported me to a manager, and I told the MOD , there isn't a job in the world that could pay me enough money to stand there and take the insults this woman was spewing. The MOD backed me and said we prefer our customers to not verbally attack our associates, their job is hard enough."

I was floored cause I thought for sure I was gettin fired that day. OK so then after work I run to walmart for a few last minute Christmas items, in line I realize I am behind that same woman from my store, and I knew she was going to give the cashier a hard time, and she did. I told that nasty lady "Obviously something is making your life suck and you feel the need to share it with everybody so you should do yourself and the rest of the world a favor and get some counseling."

disneyaddicted

01-18-2010, 12:21 PM

So Marzi and I are leaving to headback to the resort, I honestly thought tht since there was another hour left of EMH the buses wouldn't be too crowded, I was soooooo wrong, we start making our way to our bus stop and the line is wrapped and intertwining way past the queoe. There's a CM standing there telling us to get in <---this line for Pop Century, it's not the bus stop for POP so we ask him if he is sure POP goes <----here, and he said they've had to open up another queo for pop cause it's so crowded, so we hop in that line, it's much shorter then the other line , buses keep pulling up and filling up and the line keeps getting longer behind us, the couple behind us was not happy with the situation at all, too many people, too long of a line, not enough buses etc...etc... I on the other hand thought they were doing an excellent job of getting people out of there, Pop buses were showing up left and right.
SO we finally get to the fron of the line, we were first to board the next bus coming, we would gt to sit. Well the bus pulls up and the lady behind me said "This is wrong, that bus says Pop Century." The doors open, Marzi and I get on and grab the first seats behind the driver, that way when there was standing room only we wouldn't have butts and crotches on our faces, or get smacked in the head with diaper bags, (we had time while in line to think this through)
We're getting all situated and then realize nobdy else has gottenon the bus yet, that couple was holding them up while arguing with the bus driver, who let me tell you was just a little tiny gray hair old man, he was definatiley somebodies papa, he had that papa look, and I hate to see anybody's papa getting yeled at.

The conversation went as follows

Angry guy: Why does this bus say POP?

Bus dude: Because it's going to POP.

Angry guys wife: No it's not, that's not what we were told.

Bus Dude: I apologize you were given the wrong information, where is it you need to go.

Angry guy: Carribean beach resort

Bus Dude: that would be that line right there.

Angry guy: They told us to come here for Caribean

Bus Dude: Well this bus is going to POP

Angry guy: We waited a long time in this line, now we have to go wait in that long line, it's not fair, we were told to come here.

Bus Dude: you're right ,it's not fair, but I can't do anything about that, I have to get these people to their resort

Angry guy: No you need to get me to my resort.

Bus Dude: I can't, this bus is going to POP

Angry guys wife: We're not waiting in another long line, we're getting on this bus and you're taking us to our resort.

Bus Dude: You can get on this bus, but I guarantee you, you will not be going to your resort unless your resort is Pop Century, now either get on the bus or move out of the way so the others can board

Angry guy: You need to settle down man before I make you settle down.

This ticked me off, I jumped up and start heading for the door, Marzi grabs my jacket and pulls me back, I'm yelling "You settle down" Well nobdy can hear me over the comotion going on outside

Bus Dude calls for security, they come over and he tells them that this couple won't alow the others to board the bus

Angry guy and his wife are now yelling at security that they were given the wrong information by some stupid CM who didn't know what he was doing and now they had lost their place in the other line. Security was awesome, they told the couple that "you know Disney tries to accomodate, all you had to do was tell somebody calmly what happened and more then likely you wouldhave been put on the next bus to your resort, there is no need to cause a scene."

Angry guy: I aint causing no scene, I just want to go back to the resort, I'm tired, I've been here all day.

Bus dude: So has everybody else here and they all waited for a bus as long as you did.

Angry guy: Shut up old man this doesn't concern you.

People behind the angry couple are now voicing there opinions, "move out of the way, quit being a jerk, let us on the bus. quit wasting time. The angry guys wife starts yelling at all the people to mind their own business, she even starts swinging her purse at them, so security grabbed her, then the angry guy pushed security, more seurity was called and the couple was threatened with something, I couldn't hear very well but I did hear "Sir this is your only warning, step out of line now or jumble jumble mumble."

The angry couple stepped aside and the crowd cheered, the wife cussed the cheering crowd.

The bus filled up quick and we were off, the topic on the bus was the angry couple. It's amazing how some people act you know, Yes I would have been upset about being given the wrong information and wasting all that time waiting on a bus that would do me no good, but I also know that yelling and being angry and demanding especially in a situation like that will get you know where.

We get back to our room and Mom and Janis are asleep, so we get ready for bed as quiet as we can.

The alarm is set for 7:00am for DHS the next day

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DHS is going to be an awesome update, so much happened this day, I can't wait to tell you all about it, and it's such a busy day It will have to come in several installments, but I did take lots of pics onthis day.
I will try to update again soon.

evildiva

01-18-2010, 01:45 PM

disneyaddicted

01-18-2010, 06:20 PM

We were up before the alarm, 6:30am to be exact and we were out the door by 8:00am, we did pretty good all week, 4 woamn and 1 bathroom, we didn't have a system either, it just all kin dof fell into place.

The sun was out, the predicter said it was going to be high 70's so I didn't bring a jacket, I wanted everyone to see my cool Kermit shirt I had painted.

Marzi and I had gone through the parking lot so we could light one up, Mom and Janis took the long way around and went through Everything Pop, they got to the bus stop and Mom called me telling me that we need to stick together, the DHS bus had just left and now we had to wait. I asured Ma we had plenty of time to get to DHS and we were going to be stuck at rope drop anyway. We stomped out our little breathing sticks and headed over to the buses. Mom and Janis were in line and there were about 8 people behind them, Mom motioned for us to come up next to them, I told her we would stay back, we'd still make it on the same bus, we just wouldn't be sitting together, I didn't want to cut infront of other people.

the bus shows up in just a few short minutes, we all make it on the bus and we all end up sitting together, Mom was getting tired of being seperated for all my fresh air breaks, what could I say? OK I will quit right now, If I couldhave backed those words up I would have said it, but I knew I wouldn't be able to quit, and mom can't be around smoke at all because of her COPD, so we would both have to suffer.

We get to DHS and like I had said we were sstuck waiting for rope drop, I had one thing on my mind, TSM! I wanted to high tail it there and either ride it or get fast passes for it. While we were waiting it got a little cloudy and I got cold, then the goose bumps came out, I was full on shivering, I thought that as soon as the rop drops I will grab a long sleeve T shirt, that should get me through the day. The rope drops and we head into our first shop, we get so caught up in shopping all concept of time flew out the window and I forgot about TSM. I found the most gorgeous necklace but decided to wait incase I find it at Epcot on my birthday, I would just use my B-day card to get it. I saw al kinds of earings too. We left that shop empty handed, I couldn't find a shirt I liked, so we head into the next shop, I am looking for shirts but nothing suits me, I can afford to be picky though, I don't want to get a shirt just for the sake of warmth I want it to be something I really like too. Then I saw the jacket that I had seen at DTD on our first full day, I decided that I would get the jacket instead of a shirt, this is something I will wear always, Mom wanted the blanket deal, so she bought the blanket off my $40 dollar spendage.
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This is the jacket I bought, I love it, I should have gotten it a size smaller, but I was thinking I could wear it over layers, which I do and it is super warm, but when I am not wearing layers it really does look too big for me. But anyway, I put the jacket on immediately and Mom had her blanket sent back to the resort.

We stepped out into the street and didn't really have a plan, my plan for running to TSM fell through, so I said alright, we will head to Tower of Terror, Janis and Marzi didn't want to go, they went off in search of coffee and said they would meet us at the exit. so it was Mom and I off to tame the tower together.

Mom really liked the theming on the way up to ToT, the music seemed a little erie to her, she liked all the plants and wondered if the pond was supposed to have water in it or it was just empty and sad looking as part o fthe theming, it has never had water in it everyother time I have been, I just assume it's supposed to look sad and empty.
Walkingitno the building Mom told me to sanp some pictures of the lobby, "Next time your Dad complains about me not doing a good enough job dusting, I will just show him a picture of this and let him know it could be so worse."
Mom and I try and get a picture of us together.
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I love this picture of us, Mom looks like a kid in this picture, it makes me giggle.
Before too long we are in the library watching Rod on the TV tell us the whole storm and people disapearing fiasco. Then we head into the boiler room, Mom was surprised at how fast the line was moving, I asked her if she was scared, she said a little nervous but not scared, I told her to give me her best "I'm scared look"
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How's that for acting?
within minutes Mom and I were on the elevator, second row on the left, I smashed up against the wall, I didn't like being smashed up against the wall at all, I put my bag on the floor and stepped on it, Mom strappe dherself in as tight as she could, "Where's the O $h!t bar?" I showed her the handles on the side, she grabbed them with a death grip and said she was ready, the CM checked everybodys belts and then closed the door, the ride starts and I am all excited for Mom, I knew she would do well on this ride. First she is ooohing and aaawing, then she can feel us moving up, "We're going up now," she anounces it to everybody, like we didn't know, we stop at the top, the doors open we get a quick glance at the park before we are sucked back down, then it shoots us back up again, and then sucks us down again, this goes on quite a while, I actually got a little bored, Mom is screaming and laughing her deep from the gut laugh, finally it stops and we are safe to disembark, we went and looked at our ride picture, I am flying out of my seat, so are most o fthe people around us, Mom on the other had looked like she had melted down into her seat, she was holding onto the handles and pulling herself down into the seat, she looked like a woman on a mission, the look of determination on her face was hilarious, it read, "My @ss is staying put!!!" I love the free fall feeling I get, for a few seconds you're almost weightless, Mom never got to experience that feeling.
We laughed at the picture and then went to have a look in the shop, Mom was telling me how her stomache was flying up and down but nothing else on her did. "Really? not even your McGuffeys? That's one heck of a bra."
I was looking at pins, I was really getting into pins by this point in our trip, I wasn't ready to start trading but I was ready to start purchasing a few. I was getting ready to leave when a group of people came through and pinned me into a corner, I tried to relax and each time I would take a step to get out of my trappped position a whole new set of people would be there, they just kept coming and coming, panic mode set in, my hands fly up next to my head and my fingers start flexing, this is the beginning of a melt down, it always happens this way when I get stuck in a crowd of people and feel trapped in on all sides, tears start to flow down my cheeks and I start yelling "Let me out, let me out." within seconds my Mom is there, she steps infront of me and shields me from all the people while they pass, Mom has bailed me out of panic crowd melt downs time after time, she knows what to do. "You're ok Ty, I'm here." I grab onto her elbows and she leads me out of the store, nothing is more embarassing then losing control like that in a crowd, people just think I'm crazy when I start freaking out like that, last thing I want to do is draw attention to myself but really I lose control, I can't keep it together I really get a fear like my life is in danger, I wish I could handle the crowds, but I can't.

Once we are outside we look for Janis and Marzi, they aren't there, I try calling them and they don't pick up, so I told Mom to wait at the exit and I will go to the entrance, Marzi wasn't there but a smoke zone was, so I lit one up and used the time to calm down, my heart was still racing.

After a while Marzi called and said they were walking towards ToT so we went to meet them at the entrance, they said they got caught in the high school musical crowd and then lost all direction of where they needed to be. silly girls.

We eventually meet up and decide to hit up a few more shops. On the way to one of the shops we came across one of those street shows, Talula Fruity was the actress, she was playing out a death scene (died from bunyanitis no less) she gracefully falls to the ground and her legs fly up in there air showing the world her bloomers in all their pink lacey glory, mom commented that she liked her panties, Talula sat up and pointed at Mom, "You get paid extra for that."
Mom really enjoyed that show, the whole show, not just the panties. We start heading towards the shops again, mom said she would love to be a street actress at DHS, I think she would do well, once in Macinac Island she demonstrated how to eat fudge properly, as she was a fudge expert. to me it looked like she was having an orgasm, can I say that here? I guess I'll find out if it gets filtered or not.
We looked in the villians shop and the candy shop, we didn't really buy anything, then we headed over towards where we planned to eat lunch Toy Story Pizza Planet, yummo!
On the way I found this cute little hat.
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Isn't it just dear?
I decided to leave it right where it was though for everyone else to enjoy.

disneyaddicted

01-20-2010, 12:58 PM

You know what is so funny? We totally had the same park schedule without even realizing it. Sorry to hear about your jerky guy. I totally would have jumped up to the bus driver's defense too. I take "grandparents" very seriously and they way some people treat those older than them is just astounding. Good for you! Can't wait to hear about MGM! When Lynn and I went there she made me ride Tower fo Terror! I had never been on before and was so scared that I almost pee'd myself the first time. Of course as soon as we got off I insisted that we do it again. After a potty break.Wow, that is funny, I am surprised that I didn't run into you more often.

I really can't believe that people could be so rude and disrespectful and not to mention threatening to our older generation.

So is ToT one of your favorites now or just a ride you would do again but could live without? I remember talking on the plane you said you had never ridden it before, I was wondering if you would ride it on that trip. Good for you. It's not as scary as it seems now huh?;) Mom was afraid she would pee her pants too, but then once it was over she said it wasn't pee your pants scary but it did upset her equalibrium for a bit.

evildiva

01-20-2010, 05:21 PM

disneyaddicted

01-21-2010, 11:50 AM

Oh its definitely a favorite now! Rock and Roller Coaster is still my ultimate fave, but ToT is right up there. Lucky for me they are right next to eachother. It's top on my list of things to do in April.I can't decide which I like best. they're both awesome for different reasons. I didn't get to do Rockn rollercoaster this past time, I am so looking forward to riding it this Sept.

kbheap

01-21-2010, 01:31 PM

You write a great TR! Can't wait for more.

disneyaddicted

01-21-2010, 11:57 PM

You write a great TR! Can't wait for more.
Oh thank you, I'm glad to have you reading. I will be getting another update up hopefully tomorrow.

All7OfUs

01-23-2010, 08:07 AM

All7OfUs

01-23-2010, 08:28 AM

Your first day is shaping up to be a super fun one. I must say I'm not very happy at Marzi's luggage situation, and hope it shows up soon!! :eek:

Someday, I know you'll find the hidden Donald! ;)

disneyaddicted

01-23-2010, 02:58 PM

Hi There!!

As promised, I made it over :)

In fact, I read a lot of your pre-trippie last night, then got thru the first few posts over here tonight.

The story of you finding and re-connecting with Marzi is amazing and so touching. How cool after all those years.

So, you had a last minute packer, eh?? That would STRESS me out!!! :scared1:

As would breaking my leg when I knew I had a trip coming up to Disney!!! I hope this doesn't become a touring menace to you!! I'll read more in a bit!

Glad to be aboard :)
I'm so glad you came over to read, this TR was starting to collect dust.

I am still amazed that I was able to find Marzi and meet and Disney, I was on the verge of happy tears the whole trip.

Your first day is shaping up to be a super fun one. I must say I'm not very happy at Marzi's luggage situation, and hope it shows up soon!! :eek:

Someday, I know you'll find the hidden Donald! ;)
I just love that first day of Disney feel, the missing luggage only put a small damper on things, we powered through it and had a great first day.

disneyaddicted

01-23-2010, 04:02 PM

Slowly we are making our way to Toy Story Pizza planet, I had eaten here on my second trip in Dec 07. I loved it so I was super excited. It was still pretty early for lunch so the place was almost empty. Mom and Janis grabbed us a seat outside in the sun, we so welcomed that sun and wanted to take advantage of it as much as possible.
Marzi and I went in to order our food. We both got the pepperoni pizza, cause we are twins and share brain waves and just think alike. Mom got a veggie pizza and janis just got plain ole cheese, not that theres anything wrong with plain ole cheese, it's just...plain:confused3

I got a rice crispie treat for dessert. so did Marz, (the whole sharing brain waves thing again) I think Mom and Janis got the cookies.

I love this place because the pizza is so good and the salads are super fresh. a couple times while we were eating the sun dipped behind the clouds and it got chilly for a sec but it always came back out again.

I ate almost all my pizza, even the crust, although I dip the crust in ranch dressing. I was to full at the end of lunch for my crispy treat so I packed it in my buxton bag for later.
I have to say at this point I was about done with that buxton bag, it was falling apart left and right, 2 of the zippers broke on it, I was no longer happy and impressed with this bag. I rate this bag a LOSER!

We finished up eating (Janis gave me her cookie so I packed that in my loser bag too) and we headed over to catch the Muppets 3-D. I really like this show, I love the muppets, Kermit is my boyfriend, Miss Piggy is so jealous of me.:snooty:
There was a line for the show...When did lines start happening for this show, I have never had to wait in line for this show.
I checked under the rug for the key, either it was gone or it blended in too well with the carpet to see, it was a little dark in there so I could have just missed it.
After waiting about 20 minutes we get to go in and find our seats, the theater did not fill up, there were lots of empty seats left non in our row though or I would have moved, the guy in front of us was wearing a baseball cap and everytime he moved his head sideways it blocked our view, it also interfered with the 3-Dness of the show for my Mom, she only sees with one eye at a time, this is stemming from an eye surgery she had as a child to fix her crossed eyes. so when something is close to her she focuses on that first and his hat was a big distraction, she enjoyed the show itself though, she just wasn't able to get much of the 3-D effects.
When the show was over we left and went into the muppet shop to...what else? shop!
I really wish they had more muppet stuff to offer then whats there, I wanted a kermit mug so bad, all they had were the old hecklers mug, it was cute though, it said "Old...it's better then dead" I thought about getting it for Kent, he loves the hecklers, but he isn't a coffee drinker, so I passed it up. I called my sister Bo to see if there was something she wanted from there, I kept sending her pictures on her phone, she would nay at everything. My sister was home from work the whole week I was at Disney, she was lucky enough to get a hysterectomy, so she was resting and I loved being able to call her all day.
We didn't find anything she wanted so I just hung up with her and shopped for myself, I was so stoked when I found a yingyang necklace that said BFF, the white side had a black Mickey head, the black side had a white Mickey head, I grabbed that thing up and purchased it right away, this was so perfect for Marzi and I, as kids we were the yingyang gang.
As we were putting on our necklaces Janis asked which one of us was the ying and which was the yang. I told her "I am the Ying, but I've been known to yang."
She laughed, but it's true, and Marzi is the yang, but she can ying too, she's not a total yanger!
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Mom was busy shopping and yelling my name every 2 seconds, I wanted to leave the store and wait outside, I had made my purchase, I was done, I didn't want to shop in there any more, I was leaving when my phone rang, it was Bo, I thought she had changed her mind about something she wanted, but no she told me that Matt our brother had just called and Lola our sis-in-law was in labor. I was so excited, I told Mom right away and she was excited, too excited, "What are they going to name her, do they have the middle name picked out yet, call your brother and see what they have decided." I know she was just excited and nervous that she couldn't be there, (Lola got pregnant after we planned this trip) she just wasn't thinking straight. "Mom, he's with his wife who is in labor, I am not calling him, let them have there time together."
"Oh yea, right, right."
I could tell she was in major thinking mood, I could see she wasn't with us anymore.
It took some time for Mom to settle down a bit and come back to Disney, we had started walking aimlessly, we didn't have much of a plan now, we ended up on the streets of (is it America or New York) we were in the streets is all I know.
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Can you see my Kermit shirt I painted? JoJo had gotten me a Kermit pin and it looks just like my shirt, I now have that pin on my apron at work, we aren't really supposed to have flare on our aprons, but nobody has said anything to me yet, sooooo........:rolleyes1
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We had fun walking around and taking pictures, I had never really spent much time here on my past trips so this was nice, I had joked with my mom and pointed to a corner street, "Hay Ma, that looks just like the corner I work back home."
I don't really work a corner, I am by no means a "lady of the night" but working the corner is an inside joke within our family, it all started one day when I was at my grandmas house, she had just gotten her electric bill and said "Egads! (yes Grandma says Egads!) any way "Egads!, I'm going to have to get my old corner back"
Mom laughed and had to explain to Janis that No, Ty is not a hooker!
WE just kept walking and then came upon the back lot tour. I had never done this but always wanted to. So we jumped in line. I loved watching the making of Pearl Harbor, that's such a good movie. Watching that made the time go by quickly and soon we were headed off to the next part of the tour, the water part o fit, they said they couldn't really give us the full effect because it wasn't warm enough but they gave us the jist of it. SO I don't really know what is supposed to happen there. Then we took a long walk through the props building, a long brisk walk, I wanted to take pictures but it was like everybody was running and I didn't want to get left behind.
We boarded our tram, Janis, Mom, Me and Marzi, please don't flame me, but this was boring, I expected to see more, I was hoping to be dazzled by Hollywood, I was let down, oooo a Mickey shrub, yay! an old plane, half a Herbie, a pretend fruit market just sittin grandomly in the open.
Catastrophe Canyon was cool though, it made up for everything else, but way too soon it was over and...oooo the back side of the Mickey shrub, the other side of the plane...etc...etc...
Not soon enough the ride was over and we disembarked into the dump shop, of course we had to look around, that's what we do.
Then Marzi presented me with this.
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It was the worlds greatest friend award.
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OMG! I never expected to win this, I don't have a speech prepared, I mean really I didn't even think I had the smallest chance of winning, but you like me! You really like me. Ok I need to thank GOd first and formost, he had a hand in Marzi and I being friends, he brought us together, I'd like to thank our mothers for giving birth to us and our fathers for their military careers that broughtus both to El Paso Tx, at the same time. In a round about sort of way I have to Thank Sandra Bainers for shunning me and getting the whole 6th grade class to ignore me, that's how I discovered that Marzi was a nice girl, and last but certainly not least, not ever... My BFF Marzi, I love you girl, and this award is for you too, you deserve it as much as me and......right then Kanye West jumped up and grabbed my award holding it high above his head, he said "I'm gonna let you finish baby girl, I promise, but I just need to say that Beyonce is the worlds greatest BFF" :rolleyes1

I took it too far didn't I? Kanye really didn't do that, he wasn't even there, but I really wanted my speech to be memorable, I wanted you all to be talking about this around the cooler at work tomorrow, "Did you hear that Kanye totally dissed Ty?":hyper2:

We left the shop empty handed and headed towards TSM, I was thirty so I got an elxtra large bottle of soda.
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Thats big huh?

I have to go for now, I will be back to update some more hopefully tonight,

disneyaddicted

01-23-2010, 05:55 PM

We headed down towards TSM, when we got there the standby was 105 minutes and all the fast passes for the day were already distributed, they had roped off the FP machines.
I knew we'd be back, so now worries. I kept calling BO all day to see if she had any new updates about Matt and Lola. I was so excited for this baby to come.
We went to the little mermaid, the next show was in 15 minutes so we just sort of dilly dallied around, checked a shop or two, looked at some pins, more then likely stopped for some fresh air.

I know I mention alot in this story about the smoke breaks, I only mention it because it becomes pertinant to the story later, I am going to start skipping the smoke breaks unless it is important to the story, just kno wthat we stopped for one about every hour. (I know, that's alot)

Finally it was time to go see the little mermaid, this show made me think of Lola, she lovesmermaid and she told me that when she was little she used to pretend that she was Ariel, and I think that's so cute because my brother MAtt loved the little mermaid and used to pretend he was Eric, I remember him jumpingoff the side of the coach yelling, "I've lost her once and I'm not gonna lose her again." Sweet kids I tell ya.

Again Mom and I were behind a man in a hat, I layed my head on moms shoulder so I could see around the guy and I ended up drifting off to sleep, It felt so good, it was a good sleep, I even drooled on moms sweater, I didn't tell her though.
After that we went to ride TGMR, the line wasn't real long, we waited about 10 minutes, I like this ride, it's so neat. I told Mom to get her video camera out and tape some of this but she didn't want to, she wanted to just enjoy it, I can't blame her for that.
We had a lady gangster who hijacked our ride vehicle, she was not convincing at all, her acting was so bad I felt embarrased for her. I made up this whole story in my head, that it was her first day, she really did an awesome job at her lady gangster audition, but now her nerves are getting the best of her and that's stopping her award winning debut. She will get better with time, it just aint gonna happen during my time.:confused3

Loving the ride, always do, Mom sings along with everything, or quotes the line, you'd think she had done this ride before, but now she is a movie and song buff. I can't watch a movie without her telling me who the lead man is married to and who he has a child with and what show that child is starring in right now and who that child is dating and has another child outof wed lock to which actress, Really I don't get to watch movies with mom, I just get a hollywood update from her inquiring mind. So anyway, we get to the wizard of Oz scene and Mom is mad now, "Ty, why didn't you tell me they had the wizard of Oz in here, I would have taped that, shoot, I really wanted that too."
I told her we would go again and she forget it she didn't want to waste the time doing something we already did."
She was mad, and this made me mad, I am not in charge of her camera, I reminded her about her camera alot but she was always so immersed in Disney she didn't bother with the camera. I started crying, just a few tears, it was just a bundle of being tired, excited for the baby and hungry mixed in with Mom blamingme for her missing the "shot" Marzi put her arm around me and I rested my head on her. She got it.

The ride was over and we made our way to Star Tours, Mom seemed to be over her upset at missing out on recording the wizard of Oz. I however had to go itno a bathroom and fix my eye make up as best I could,

Star Tours was walkon, Janis loved the whole theming going up to the ride, she kept touching the rails again though and I had to make her wash her hands, I was super hungry I dug out the cookie from earlier and had a few holdme over until dinner bites.

The ride was awesome, we were in the very front seat, any other time I go on this ride if I am not in the fron row I get queasy, so this was perfect. Mom and Janis squaled and clapped through the whole ride, Mom was really loving it, "It's so neat, Ty it's so neat"
We left the ride and shopped the dump shop, we left empty handed and started making our way to Sci-Fi. We were 20 minutes early for our ADR, I could at least put my name in, I found an empty bench instructed Mom an dJanis to sit and save a sit for Marzi and I while I check in. At the podium I was told that they were running about 15 minutes behind, so we wer looking at a 35 minute wait, It's free dining so I have to expect this.
I head over to the bench and it's full, Mom said she tried to save me a seat but the people just plopped down, I told her it would be about half an hour wait, I needed to sit down so I am goin gto go outside, call me on my cell when they call us for our ADR.
So Marzi and I go outside and find an empty bench where we can see the front door of the sci-fi. Not even 10 minutes laterMom is waving her hands for us to come over, so we go. Mom said "They called our names but youweren't here so they took somebody else instead.

Dinner is ready now, gotta go, but tune back in for Me and Moms very public argument.

disneyaddicted

01-23-2010, 11:39 PM

I just wasn't feeling that title anymore, so I changed it.

Now I left off with Mom and I at Sci-Fi. She was sure we had lost our place at the restaraunt now.

TY: Are you sure they called us, they're running behind, it's not even our ADR time yet.

Ma: They called us, I tried to find you and I couldn't so the lady took a different party.

TY: I'll go check

Ma: They just took another family in now, we missed it, we missed our reservation.

Ty: We didn't miss anything, calm down.

So I go up to the desk and start to explain to him when Mom comes up and says "Tell him we were here before alot of these other people and they keep getting called in before us, we lost our reservation because you weren't here."

Ty: Stop saying that and calm down (I was the one raising my voice here)

Ma: Why couldn't you just stay here, you're always leaving me.

Ty: You didn't save me a seat, I needed to sit down.

Ma: You could have taken my seat.

Ty: You didn't offer

Ma: I didn't know you needed to sit

Ty: I told you I needed to sit and that is why I went outside.

Ma: Well you left and we missed our reservation, I heard them call Michele Coyler

Ty: Mom, my name is Ty, why would I put it under Michele? And my last name is Colyer! not Coyler.

Ma: I thought maybe you put it under your sisters name and that they just mispronounced your last name.

Ty: I woiuldn't do that.

The CM confirms that we have not been called, it will be about another 15 minutes, so I told Mom I was going to go right out front and wait.

I stepped out front an called Kent, I had a good talk with him, he calmed me down. My name, Colyer was called, not Coyler. They took us in and gave us our car for the night.

I love Sc-Fi, to me it never gets old, they have the same movie reels playing each time and the menu basically stays the same, but this place is great.

It wasn't long before our waiter came over, he was super nice and easy on the eyes.
He offered to snap a pictue of us with my camera
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He went over a few things with us, made some recomendations to us and then took our drink order, he came back shortly with our drinks and then took our food order. I got the chicken breast sandwhich with bruchetta. Mom got steak, that's all I remember.

I wanted to apologize to Mom for getting snotty with her, but it just seemed akward to turn around in my car and apologize to mom in the dark, so I waited till later for that.

Our food was brought out and I asked for some Mayonaise. Mr waiter asked if it was for my fires. I told him yes, and he said in his 1 and a half year that he's been working there I was the only one he came across that also likes mayo on their fries. We discussed the deliciousness of fries and Mayo and how we came to love it before it took off on the quest for my Mayo.

My phone rang (actually it sang to me, "Tears don't fall" by Bullet for my Valentine) it was my brother so I got up and left the table.

Matt: You're an Aunt again.

Ty::woohoo::yay::cheer2: Is she healthy?

Matt: Yes, very healthy.

Ty: Hows Lola?

Matt: Very tired.

Ty: You need to call Mom.

Matt: I will, I'm sending you a picture of the baby as soon as we hang up.

Ty: What is her full name?

Matt: Addalyn Belle

Ty: I like that, Addybell!

Matt: Can you just tell Mom the baby is here and she's healthy, I'm going to go be with Lola now.

Ty: Yea, love you.

We said our goodbyes. I decided to wait and tell Mom once I had the picture from Matt. A few Minutes later my phone jingled. The picture pops up and she is beautiful, I got giggly and teary and I showed Marzi, she huged me.

I passed the phone back to Mom and said, "Here's Addalyn Belle."

Mom got all happy and anounced to the restaraunt that she is a Grandma again, People clapped and then our server said let's sing happy birthday, so we did.
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This Picture is From christmas, Addalyn isn't quite a month old here.
Jazz is almost 2 years old, she is such a happy girl, and with all the struggles she went through to stay on this earth, the Chemo, fighting for every breath. Her little body covered in tape and tubes, I was so thankful to God that this baby was born healthy, that Matt and Lola could relax and enjoy their new baby without all the worries, they are a perfect little family. Lola is such a good Mom, she does an amazing job with Jazzalyn who is a special needs child and she is just as awesome a mom with Addalyn.
My brother is such a Daddy and tells me all the time "I love my girls, all 3 of them." He is so proud of Lola.

Any whoo, we finish up dinner and head outside, ready to go to the Osborne lights, Mom and Janis saw a store they wanted to go into so Marzi and I pointed to where we would be.

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I'll update more tomorrow. I leave you with this question to ponder.
Which Celebrity did I meet? One hint... he's not a Celebrity of Disney,

All7OfUs

01-24-2010, 12:22 AM

Hey, Ty,

Wanted to post a few comments on the latest update before I went back to read some more.

GMR. Love it!! I think I've seen every movie that they show at the end. We are huge old movie freaks- my kids can actually tell the difference between Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper!! :thumbsup2

We did the Sci-Fi last trip too, and it was fun! I don't think I'd need to do it again, but the food was good, and we were bustin' a gut over the old reels. Fun stuff!

I was sad that tempers were short, but I think you are working up to an apology. It's hard to keep from getting testy when it's hot, you're hungry, emotions are running high, and all that! Hope no one stays too angry for too long. ;)

And a new baby!! WOOT!! New babies are always the best kind of news!! Congratulations! I think it's super cool that they sang happy birthday there at the restaurant! :thumbsup2

Backlot was kind of meh to me too. I think my favorite part was the costuming dept. We got some total jerk-off guys who did our Pearl Harbor pre-show stuff. They ruined the whole thing with their college doofus shenanigans. :sad2:

Anyway, great update :)

xoprincessmomxo

01-24-2010, 08:21 AM

Congratulations! What a beautiful girl and what a beautiful family! So glad that she was healthy!
I agree with you about Catastrophe Canyon. BORING!
Too bad about the fight with your mom, I'm sure you guys were able to forgive and forget, though.
We're planning a Sci Fi meal this trip, and it's all because of your first TR! You made it sound so fun.
I'm hoping the lines for TSM are shorter by the time we go! We went right after it opened and never got to ride it. FP's were out before we got there and the Standby was always at least two hours. Not doable with a 1 year old. This time she'll be almost 4 so I am hoping she'll be willing to experience so much more.

disneyaddicted

01-24-2010, 09:56 PM

Hey, Ty,

I was sad that tempers were short, but I think you are working up to an apology. It's hard to keep from getting testy when it's hot, you're hungry, emotions are running high, and all that! Hope no one stays too angry for too long. ;)

And a new baby!! WOOT!! New babies are always the best kind of news!! Congratulations! I think it's super cool that they sang happy birthday there at the restaurant! :thumbsup2

Backlot was kind of meh to me too. I think my favorite part was the costuming dept. We got some total jerk-off guys who did our Pearl Harbor pre-show stuff. They ruined the whole thing with their college doofus shenanigans. :sad2:

Anyway, great update :)

Unfortunately when Mom and I spend consecutive days with eachother tempers always flare, I get mad at Mom because she always sweats the small stuff and jumps the gun too soon, but we always hug and make up too.
YES a new baby! :banana: I am hoping to fly to Texas this spring and see her plus catch up on my hugs and kisses with Jazz.
We didn't get college doofus shenanigans, we got nothing, just alot of "This would be so cool to show if the weather were nicer, but we can't show you so try and imagine." What was I supposed to imagine? They didn't tell me what to do:confused3
Congratulations! What a beautiful girl and what a beautiful family! So glad that she was healthy!
I agree with you about Catastrophe Canyon. BORING!
Too bad about the fight with your mom, I'm sure you guys were able to forgive and forget, though.
We're planning a Sci Fi meal this trip, and it's all because of your first TR! You made it sound so fun.
I'm hoping the lines for TSM are shorter by the time we go! We went right after it opened and never got to ride it. FP's were out before we got there and the Standby was always at least two hours. Not doable with a 1 year old. This time she'll be almost 4 so I am hoping she'll be willing to experience so much more.
My first TR is the reason bhind your Sci-Fi ADR?:woohoo: I feel like such a winner, I hope Sci-fi doesn't disappoint, some people think it's just ok, but really I love it, everybody should try it at least once. I like the lunch selection better then the dinner selection though.
I found Sci-Fi to be super relaxing, I think because it's so dark and people talk with their library voices.

MyMuse

01-25-2010, 11:43 AM

disneyaddicted

01-25-2010, 07:16 PM

Loving the TR, Ty!

I really like Sci-Fi as well. It was the only repeat in my trip. :goodvibes

I love that necklace as well; hmm...gonna have to look for it next time. My BFF would love it. :thumbsup2

As for the fights, ahh...well. It's a disappointment that some people must act like that at all, but in Disney? Shame. :sad2: I'm from Jersey, but I don't have an accent like that. Thank god for Catholic school. :rotfl:

Thank you about the smoking, for us non-smokers. :grouphug:

CONGRATS about the baby!!!! :yay:
I'm glad you like the TR. I seemed to have lost alot of readers, I was thinking this TR was just a little too boring.

The necklace...I get more compliments from that necklace then I do any others, it's my favorite.

Fighting in Disney is just wrong, I've never understood how people can get so upset when really everybody else is in the same situation, (waiting for a bus at park closing)

I will be a non smoker some day, I went all day yesterday without one but gave in to temptation on my drive home from work, I will be smoke free hopefully for my next trip.

I am still stoked about Addy's birth, I so can't wait to meet the girl and maybe some day I will be taking her to Disney, we'll eat at the Sc-Fi and I will tell her this is where I was when you were born. Cheesey I know.

disneyaddicted

01-25-2010, 07:46 PM

So I left off with Mom and Janis heading into a store and Marzi and I heading over to a "zone" we had just gotten there when this frazzled looking man come sup to us, he was maybe in his late 20's early 30's, he kept looking over his shoulder, then he acted like he was trying to hide behind a bush when he beckoned us over to him.

He asked us for 2 favors and said he would understand if we said no, 1. Can I bum one from you, and 2. Can you kind of shield me from people.

I gave him one, that's not a problem I asked him if he needed shielding because he wasn't supposed to be smoking.

He said no, that wasn't the reason, people were after him.

Who's after you?

People who want my picture.

We all 3 sat down on the bench, he kept looking towards the Osborne lights and ducking like he saw somebody coming.

I asked if it was family members who were camera happy and he was sick of posing with everything they came across.

No, it's the papparazi.

I laughed thinking he was making a joke about his family crazy picture taking.

He told me he was serious about avoiding them and then started making small talk about where we were from.

He said he was from California but had just bought his Grandmother a house in Orlando, she wanted to go to Disney for Christmas so he also booked them for 2 weeks at the Grand Floridian.

"Did you ditch your Grandma?"

"No, she ditched me, she doesn't like being seen with me because of the paparazzi."

So you're famous?

Yea, TMZ has been trying to get my picture all week."

Who are you?

I'd rather not say.

"I really don't care, I'm not going to ask for your autograph or take a picture of you cause I have no idea who you are.

"You don't recognize me?

"No, Marzi, do you know this guy.?" She shook her head no

"Seriously dude who are you."

He answers, "Mike Jones."

:scared1:I freak out, Really Mike jones?:confused::lmao: I start laughing, "I still have no idea."

"That's not my real name, I made that up."

"You need a better one, what are you famous for?"

"I'm on a T.V. show."

Which one?

"Desperate Housewives."

Who do you play?

(I have never seen an episode of Desperate Housewives, so I have no idea at this point if this guy is for real)

"I play the guy that so-n-so (can't remember the name) is cheating on her husband with."

"I still have no idea, I've never seen Desperate Housewives."

"consider yourself lucky then."

"You don't like the show?"

"It's a paycheck."

"Alright well, you're gonna have to find someone else to hide you from the Papz, I got some lights to see.

"No, please just 10 more minutes, I've been trying to avoid them all day, this is the first chance I had to sit down."

My Mom and Janis had come over by then and Mom was none to pleased to see me talking to this guy. I told the guy goodbye and good luck.

I told my Mom the whole deal, she and Janis thought it was fishy yet funny. Marzi had never seen housewives either so we were all just left wondering if this guy was for real.

So we head over to the Osborne lights, and we are walking and taking pictures when who do I see posing for pictures with some young girl? Yup housewife marriage wrecker "Mike Jones" he see's me watching him and turns red, I ask is this your Grandma? he turned tail and ran dragging that poor girl behind him.:lmao:

I will update about the lights and everybodys reaction tomorrow.

NancyLuvsMickey

01-25-2010, 07:55 PM

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 01:31 AM

Ty, I think you have more readers than you think you do... Take me for example... I'm just hanging out stalking your thread, laughing my butt off because your trip is funnier than blazes... :rotfl2:

We (DH, DD14, DS11 and DS18months) were at Disney the same week as you... And also stayed at Pop but in the 50's...

So please continue your trip report... I'm not going anywhere until it's over... popcorn:::hyper:

Thank you so much for posting, I really do appreciate the encouraging words, I always so, "It doesn't matter if anybody reads this, it's more for myself." But really it's not, I like when other people read my Tr and have fun, but then I take it personal when it seems I've lost readers..."Do I O fend?" then I start questioning things I've written, did I say too much? not enough? I thought I was done with these feelings once I left high school.
I just need to feel accepted:guilty:

But really, thank you so much for posting.:flower3:

Jasperann

01-26-2010, 07:59 AM

:hyper:

Thank you so much for posting, I really do appreciate the encouraging words, I always so, "It doesn't matter if anybody reads this, it's more for myself." But really it's not, I like when other people read my Tr and have fun, but then I take it personal when it seems I've lost readers..."Do I O fend?" then I start questioning things I've written, did I say too much? not enough? I thought I was done with these feelings once I left high school.
I just need to feel accepted:guilty:

But really, thank you so much for posting.:flower3:

Well I hate for anyone to feel that way... so I will come out of lurking too. :goodvibes I love your TR! I found it from you posting on Dawns TR. I loved the necklace that you guys bought. My daughter (13 year old) seen it too and she was like, we should get that necklace for us when we go. :love: My oldest daughter can be so sweet when she wants to be. We will have to look for it when we go.

I think your acceptance speech was awesome. :lmao: I wish I had a friend like you guys to goof off with. Reminds me of being a kid. :upsidedow

DONTMINDME

01-26-2010, 08:28 AM

You haven't lost us I just needed to show was classic. I've never done Sci-fi gonna have to try it. Keep making us laugh girl it gets me thru the day.:thumbsup2

All7OfUs

01-26-2010, 08:50 AM

Funny story about Mike! :lmao: What a hoot!

I think the boards in general have been slow the last few days. It really seems like I've lost a LOT of readers over the last few weeks. I wonder if a ginormous thread like mine might scare some folks off. Honestly, it shouldn't!!! Most of it is just me talking to myself. :lmao::lmao::lmao: And if you look at the views vs. posts, I know that there must be tons of readers who are too shy, don't know what to say, don't have time... whatever.

Don't be discouraged!! Keep up the good work. Part of what you're doing is therapeutic in a way :)

Venusleo1

01-26-2010, 11:17 AM

Ty I am another lurker and have been hanging on your every word! I love your TR and I get so excited when I get an e-mail that your thread was updated! I run to the computer to check if it's your next instalment.
Keep up the great report I cant wait to hear what happens next!

So was that guy just full of it I assume? What a weirdo!

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 01:27 PM

Well I hate for anyone to feel that way... so I will come out of lurking too. :goodvibes I love your TR! I found it from you posting on Dawns TR. I loved the necklace that you guys bought. My daughter (13 year old) seen it too and she was like, we should get that necklace for us when we go. :love: My oldest daughter can be so sweet when she wants to be. We will have to look for it when we go.

I think your acceptance speech was awesome. :lmao: I wish I had a friend like you guys to goof off with. Reminds me of being a kid. :upsidedowThank you for coming out of lurkdom, I love having people to chat with.

I saw the necklace at the muppets store by Muppets 3-D and I saw it at Pop Centurys store. I think it's really sweet that your DD wants to get them for the both of you. When my DD was 12 she had bought us BFF bracelets and we wore them all summer, then she turned 13 and told me it just wasn't cool anymore but we could still be friends. YEa, she broke up with me.:guilty:

I felt like such a kid when I was with Marzi, sometimes I gotta just let the hair down and be me.

You haven't lost us I just needed to show was classic. I've never done Sci-fi gonna have to try it. Keep making us laugh girl it gets me thru the day.:thumbsup2Hey how have you been?:flower3: I haven't seen you in a while, I know you must have alot going on still. I really pray that you and your family are doing ok.

Sci-Fi is a must do at least once, the food isn't over the top but it is good, I just love the atmosphere of the place.

Funny story about Mike! :lmao: What a hoot!

I think the boards in general have been slow the last few days. It really seems like I've lost a LOT of readers over the last few weeks. I wonder if a ginormous thread like mine might scare some folks off. Honestly, it shouldn't!!! Most of it is just me talking to myself. :lmao::lmao::lmao: And if you look at the views vs. posts, I know that there must be tons of readers who are too shy, don't know what to say, don't have time... whatever.

Don't be discouraged!! Keep up the good work. Part of what you're doing is therapeutic in a way :)
Never in my life has anybody tried the "I'm a celebrity" pick up line on me, I don't really think he was trying to pick me up, I mean really! I'm pushing 40 years with an extra 40 pounds on me. The only guys that hit on me now are the ones who are about as sexy as Don Knotts! I honestly think the guy was either full of himself and thought Marzi and I would swoon over the T.V star, or he had a low self esteem, or both:confused3

The whole non reader thing really had me for a while, and I thought all those views were from me checking constantly for any readers or posters. I was just afraid that my TR was offensive and so people quit reading, I am trying to clean up my language.

Your ginormous thread did not scare me off, I just held my breath and jumped in head first, of course it's a busy thread so I am treading water and barely keeping afloat, but it's a funny thread, I never thought of it as "Talking" to yourself, but I guess that's what it is.

Ty I am another lurker and have been hanging on your every word! I love your TR and I get so excited when I get an e-mail that your thread was updated! I run to the computer to check if it's your next instalment.
Keep up the great report I cant wait to hear what happens next!

So was that guy just full of it I assume? What a weirdo!Oh Bless you! I'm holding my head higher since you said that. Thank you so much for that boost of confidence.

Yeah, Mike was a weirdo, but it's a great story to look back on, I did tune in to watch a re run of Desperate Housewives and didn't see him.

nutmegg

01-26-2010, 01:39 PM

:hyper:

Thank you so much for posting, I really do appreciate the encouraging words, I always so, "It doesn't matter if anybody reads this, it's more for myself." But really it's not, I like when other people read my Tr and have fun, but then I take it personal when it seems I've lost readers..."Do I O fend?" then I start questioning things I've written, did I say too much? not enough? I thought I was done with these feelings once I left high school.
I just need to feel accepted:guilty:

But really, thank you so much for posting.:flower3:

Hi Ty! Another lurker for you! Sorry I don't tend to post much but I am really enjoying reading your TR - keep it coming!

Oh, was the "celebrity" Jesse Metcalf?

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt156/mnunge1/jessemetcalf.jpg

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 02:00 PM

The Osborne lights! :woohoo: I love this, it's so amazing. Mom loves Christmas lights, well really Mom loves color, she takes an annual color drive up to the UP every fall, she makes gorgeous colorful quilts, and as kids Mom always went driving around the neighborhood with us to take in all the Christmas lights. So for Mom to se the Osborne lights she was just in heaven. She stood for quite abit then turned in a circle, Feliz Navidad started to play and the lights began dancing, Mom's smile took over her face, her eyes filled with tears, "Ty, never in my life, this is just so spectacular, I guess that's why it's called spectacle of lights."

We all sang with the music, yes, we all knew every word to Feliz Navidad, Marzi and I were in choir together and Feliz Navidd was one of our songs, we linked arms and hopped and bopped down the ride, stopping to take pictures and video.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09049.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09048.jpg
It wasn't too crowded but it was full, we didn't have alot of trouble manuevering around, but as we were making our way to the other side of the lights it's was really starting to get packed, we had spent about an hour watching the lights, Marzi and I catching snowflakes on our tongue, which I don't recomend doing that, I thought it was just shaved ice but it had a soapy taste and kind of burned my tongue. Blech!
We slowly started to head out when I remembered that it was EMH, Mom and Janis were tired and didn't want to stay for it, but Marzi and I weren't done for the day, so Mom and Janis left to go back to the resort and Marzi and I hung out at the lights for a bit longer.

When we saw this it brought back childhoold memories again, we lived on our bikes, In elementry school I would ride my bike to her house and then we would both ride on to school, after school she would ride back to my house and then I would feel bad that she had to go home alone, so I would ride to her house with her and then she'd feel bad for me so she would ride back with me and we would keep doing this till finally we would agree to seperate at the halfway point.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09051.jpg

We left and headed toward TSM,
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09052.jpg
I got a picture of scrooge with her Christmas card,
And of course I am the flame that lights up her life.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09053.jpg
I told Marzi about me being her flame, she rolled her eyes, but I could tell she was rolling them out of love.:rolleyes:
We stopped and got a soda, TSM had opened up it's FP Machine again but we decided we wanted to wait and ride it with Mom and Janis on our next DHS day, so we just found a place to sit and people watch. Kent called me a few minutes in to my people watching venture, I told him about Mike Jones, I thought he would laugh but no he was upset that I would even talk to the guy. Kent and I have this conversation alot, "Ty, you're too trusting, you're too friendly, you're too open, yoo're too flirty."
I am not a flirt, even thought in 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade and my junior year I was voted class flirt, I just think I am a friendly person. In his defense I wasn't that cheerful outgoing person when he met me, I was years into my abusive marriage and basically was afraid to speak or have an opinion about anything, it took me years to get back to being myself" He thinks I have changed, and I have changed but not into a new person, I have changed into the person I used to be, it scares Kent.
Anywho we decide not to argue about the same old thing while on my trip, instead we get mushy, I love you! I love you more! No I do.! No, I love you to the moon and back! I love you to the moon and back infinity!
(anybody getting sick yet?)
Do you miss me Kent?
You know I do.
But you don't miss my cooking!
No, that I don't miss.
Are you keeping the house clean?
As much as I can, but I stink!
You stink? Why?
I can't wash a thing cause you packed the sink!

AAwwwww Kent:cloud9: you do love me, you read my PTR.

I was missing you so I thought if I read your PTR I would feel closer to you, I try to imagine your voice when I read it.

(To the music, Part of your world, From the little mermaid)

Look at my bag, what do you think?
I’ve gone down the list
Now my packing’s complete
So now when I go to the world
I will have everything.

You can’t bring it all, that’s what I’ve been told.
But nobody knows what my suitcase can hold.
Cause I am determined to bring
Just about everything.

I’ve packed, shampoo, my hairbrush and irons
Lotions and lip gloss galore
Sun glasses? I’ve packed twenty
That’s not much, not enough,
I’ll pack more.

I’m going to bring all the crocs that I own
I’m going to need them for all the walking
Standing in lines and let’s not forget major shopping.

A cell phones required for calling home
To tell my husband how much I miss him
No, really I’m calling to just…rub it all in

That I’m in the World
I’m one lucky girl
Too bad you had to stay home and work,
And how you must stink
You can’t wash a thing
Cause I packed the sink.

This is what Kent was referring to when he said "You packed the sink"

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 02:02 PM

Hi Ty! Another lurker for you! Sorry I don't tend to post much but I am really enjoying reading your TR - keep it coming!

Oh, was the "celebrity" Jesse Metcalf?

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt156/mnunge1/jessemetcalf.jpg

Hey welcome! thanks for coming out of lurkdom.

No, it wasn't Jesse Metcalf, but now I can see he was trying to pass himself off as him.

kbheap

01-26-2010, 02:40 PM

Your TR is going great! I love the packing poem. That so sounds like me! I feel like I am prepared for anything when I dig into my suitcase.

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 03:03 PM

Your TR is going great! I love the packing poem. That so sounds like me! I feel like I am prepared for anything when I dig into my suitcase.
Thank you for reading.
I do pack alot, but this trip I forgot alot too.

disneyaddicted

01-26-2010, 03:55 PM

So Marzi and I are now just putzin around and we come across one mans dream, I told her that I had heard it was something that everybody should try, I had never been so we decided to check it out.

there were only 4 of us in the theater. I thought I might be catching afew ZZZzzzz's here but, I loved this show. To see Walt come from meager beginnings to creating such a magical place is just mind blowing, to just be inside his mind for one day would be so awesome. We loved this show, it was great and I will definitely take that in on my next trip, Maybe Kent will see that Walt Disney wasn't a money hungry man that just built a place for his own greed. (feel free to flame Kent, but not me) I think Walt was an amazing person, husband, the average family man, and what would life be like today if he didn't share his dreams with us?

SO the show is over and we keep on walking and come across what we thought was the meet n greet for UP. Marzi and I hopped in line for that, we saw there was a no camera no video sign and I thought that's wierd, we can't record or take pictures of this greet, why?

We get lead into a small studio and take our seats, the narrator comes out and introduces Mushu. I figured out then that we had messed up somewhere, bu tthis was really interesting so we stayed, I laughed alot, it was just so funny, then when it was over we followed crowd down the hall, we gotinto another line and I thought ok this is the character meet, so I told Marzi and she pointed to something else and said no that's the character meet.
:confused3 What am I in line for?
We decided to wait and see what was behind the door. They opened it and we all pile in, there were drawing desks, so we grabbed seats in the back. I asked the lady next to me what this was and she said we are going to learn how to draw a Disney character.
:woohoo: I was so excited,
The guy starts talking and he said he wasn't going to tell us who he was drawing just yet, so we started with the circle, then made the cross like thing through it, I guess to get the eyes and nose where it needs to be, before long we figured out we were drawinf Dopey. Marzi was so excited, she loves Dopey.
The drawing thing was fun, I could really have a futre in this....as long as sombody walked me through it step by step.
Drawings done, we headed out front, I think I found a new favorite at DHS, I had the time of life in there, it was the greatest feeling.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09055.jpg
This of course is Marzi's
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09054.jpg
And this was mine, I wasn't too critical of it, I think it turned out ok, I just wish I would have centered it.
Here's a close up
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09056.jpg
We decided we were going to head back to the resort then and maybe drink hot chocolate by the pool so we start making our way towards the front. There was a DJ playing songs, we stopped to watch a family dance to the cotton eye joe, they looked like they were having a blast. I was telling Marzi that in my cheerleading coach days whenever we would go to a competition, once it was done and the judges were tallying up the scores they would play all kinds of music for the girls to dance to, it was always things like "the cottoneye joe, or soldia boy, but my favorite was the cupid shuffel. Just then like they had heard me the DJ plays the cupid shuffel, so i get all excited and grab Marzi, "c'mon we're dancing" I taught her the steps which are so super easy and we did the cupid shuffel to our hearts content! Gosh it was so much fun, I was dancing at Disney with my BFF. The last time we were at a dance together was in 7th grade, it was our junior high valentiens dance, it was Marzi me and believe it or not my exhusband, he didn't go tomy school, he was a sophomore in highschool at the time and the principal foudn this out so we got kicked out of the dance. The next day we had to wake up at 4:00am to go to Aspendale New Mexico for snow tubing with the youth group, so leaving early wasn't a bad thing, just gettin gkicked out was little embarassing.
The song was over too fast and we were out of breath but we giggled all the way to the bus stop.
We stopped for some pictures on the way out.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/alldis09058.jpg
the line was super long, uber long, I have never in my life seen a line for the busses so so long.
It never fails, there is always a cry baby in the bunch when it comes to long bus lines, we got in line behind a grump who didn't feel he should have to wait,"This is crazy, I want to speak to somebody in charge." So he stepped out of line and said he was waiting until sombody got there.
Really! I mean really? Dude it's Disney!
The wait was about 45 minutes, they were slow getting the buses to come, but the time passed quickly for us, finally it's our turn to board, the guy that was complaining finally got to speak to a man and charge and he was apologized to for the wait and allowed to board the next bus coming first, which actually put him right where he would have been in the first place, infront of us on this very bus. He acted like he had some huge victory at this point until he saw that really his complaining and Disney's offer to make it right really didn't get him any further ahead. HAHAHAHA!

Marzi an I were super tired, we laughed alot on the bus ride back, it was the slap happy kind of silliness.

jenbear123

01-26-2010, 04:13 PM

Just wanted to pipe up about your readership and cult followers on your TR before I read your update. Honestly, Ty. I love your TR. I check nearly every hour or as often as I can to see if you've updated. I agree with All7OfUs about the boards being a bit quiet the last couple of days. It felt like nobody was talking on any of my subscribed threads. Of course the one time I have hours to spend talking Disney with people, nobody is around :confused: Oh well. I really enjoy your TR and please don't think for a moment nobody is reading. You're doing a great job!

Alright I'm going to read the latest update :goodvibes

Oh, that guy you randomly met sounds like a creeper. Just sayin'.

redlight

01-26-2010, 05:31 PM

Good drawings of Dopey. I think he's hard to draw. I also liked your packing poem.

heartofdisney

01-27-2010, 01:25 AM

I am still here,and still reading and still laughing...and still loving your trip report Ty. I love the pictures that looks like you are holding things in your hand,I will have to give that a try on my next trip. I also love the pictures with you and Marzi together,I am sure you will cherish these pictures.You all seemed to be having a great time together,even if tempers were lost occassionally.It's one thing when someone in your own party grumbles and complains due to lack of patience or whatever,but I really hate when someone at Disney seems to feel thier presence being there is so much more important then anyone else's.You seemed to have run into that alot on your trip,and I commend you on not letting the irritating people ruin your good time. Congrats on your new little neice too. She is beautiful,as well as the rest of her family.I hope some day you do get to take her to Disney...that would be so much fun to be there with a little one! I dream of the day when I can do that with my grandchildren...although not too soon...haha.
Anyway,keep writting,and we'll keep reading! :thumbsup2

Jasperann

01-27-2010, 07:17 AM

Your Dopeys are pretty good. I'm not sure I could draw even with help. :lmao: However, my daughters would LOVE to learn to draw a Disney Character. They are always checking out learn to draw books from the library. I'll have to look for that when we go. About how long do you think the class is?

NancyLuvsMickey

01-27-2010, 08:01 AM

All7OfUs

01-27-2010, 08:15 AM

Hy Ty!!

Good Morning!

Wanted to let you know I've read all the updates, but need to go back and comment. Didn't want you to think I've dropped the ball here!

:goodvibes

NancyLuvsMickey

01-27-2010, 08:19 AM

I like the Mushu show... We saw it 2 years ago and DS11 was given the Mickey that the CM that drawn during the show... It's now framed in his bedroom!!! Way cool!!! :banana:

Great drawings of Dopey!!! We never took the time to do it but it'll be on our list to do the next time we're down there!!!

There's so much to do and see that it's hard to do it all in one, two and even three trips!!!

Don't forget to tell Kent about how Disney is helping out the White Rhino population!!! Disney is more than just the theme parks... It's sooooo much more!!! :thumbsup2

xoprincessmomxo

01-27-2010, 08:19 AM

Oh, the animation tour! Love the Dopey drawings. I remember back when guests actually toured the "animation" building. :sad1: I believe they were working on Little Mermaid once when I was there with my family.
Love the Osborne lights pictures. The Holiday period is way too busy for us to go, but I love living vicariously through you! :thumbsup2

NancyLuvsMickey

01-27-2010, 08:59 AM

Here's the link to the article on Disney's baby White Rhino that was born on Sunday (1/17/10)...

http://land.allears.net/blogs/dnews/2010/01/disneys_animal_kingdom_welcome_4.html

Enjoy!!! :goodvibes

disneyaddicted

01-28-2010, 06:27 AM

Oh, that guy you randomly met sounds like a creeper. Just sayin'.Total creeper! I wish I knew what his game was.

Good drawings of Dopey. I think he's hard to draw. I also liked your packing poem.
Dopey wasn't the easiest to draw but the instructor really helped alot with hints and tips. The key is to draw lightly until you are satified then after adding all the extras go back and darken and shade things.

I am still here,and still reading and still laughing...and still loving your trip report Ty. I love the pictures that looks like you are holding things in your hand,I will have to give that a try on my next trip. I also love the pictures with you and Marzi together,I am sure you will cherish these pictures.You all seemed to be having a great time together,even if tempers were lost occassionally.It's one thing when someone in your own party grumbles and complains due to lack of patience or whatever,but I really hate when someone at Disney seems to feel thier presence being there is so much more important then anyone else's.You seemed to have run into that alot on your trip,and I commend you on not letting the irritating people ruin your good time. Congrats on your new little neice too. She is beautiful,as well as the rest of her family.I hope some day you do get to take her to Disney...that would be so much fun to be there with a little one! I dream of the day when I can do that with my grandchildren...although not too soon...haha.
Anyway,keep writting,and we'll keep reading! :thumbsup2Hi Lisa, glad you're still here.
The pictures of me holding things was fun to do, I tried different things throughout the trip, just thought it would be neat to have a different picture of the hat and stuff for my album.
I love the pictures of Marzi and me too but I totally regret not buying a Disney frame to put them in.
I understand that people get tired and cranky on vacation, but the majority of the people are in the same boat, so I agree with you why do people feel they need special treatment over anybody else?

Your Dopeys are pretty good. I'm not sure I could draw even with help. :lmao: However, my daughters would LOVE to learn to draw a Disney Character. They are always checking out learn to draw books from the library. I'll have to look for that when we go. About how long do you think the class is?
I bet you could draw, they make it so easy and you really come out of there feeling like you are good! Your daughters would really enjoy that class on drawing, I'd say the class is less then 20 minutes, if you go twards closing or early in the day then the wait time is practically nothing.

I love the Osborne Lights!!! :love: We spent about an hour walking around trying to find all the hidden Mickeys...

And I agree, the "snowflakes" are really "soapflakes" and taste nasty... :eek:There's hidden Mickeys in the Osborne Lights? Bummer I wish I had known that would have been fun to look for.
Yup, I learned the hard way that it's not really snow/ice.:lmao:

Hy Ty!!

Good Morning!

Wanted to let you know I've read all the updates, but need to go back and comment. Didn't want you to think I've dropped the ball here!

:goodvibesOh I know you wouldn't drop the ball;)

I like the Mushu show... We saw it 2 years ago and DS11 was given the Mickey that the CM that drawn during the show... It's now framed in his bedroom!!! Way cool!!! :banana:

Great drawings of Dopey!!! We never took the time to do it but it'll be on our list to do the next time we're down there!!!

There's so much to do and see that it's hard to do it all in one, two and even three trips!!!

Don't forget to tell Kent about how Disney is helping out the White Rhino population!!! Disney is more than just the theme parks... It's sooooo much more!!! :thumbsup2There is so much to do and see, I have been to Disney World 3 times now and still haven't seen it all, the animaters was the first time I had done it and I wish I had tried it earlier because it really is so much fun, I say definitely make it a point to go.

So cool though that you got the drawing of Mickey, that is special, did the guy sign it?

So I did tell Kent about the white Rhino population and he was impressed, giving back to nature is important to him, he is a trapper, which I know seems harsh considering I said he believes in giving back to nature, but he is all about preserving wildlife, he hates when animals are put on the threat of extinction, but also over population is a big problem too, he follows all the protocol when trapping and goes a step above what he has to do, like his trap chains all have swivels on them, it keeps the animal from twisting up and breaking a leg, I have a friend who says "So what if it breaks it leg, you're going to kill it anyway" but Kent does not want an animal to lay in pain.

Oh, the animation tour! Love the Dopey drawings. I remember back when guests actually toured the "animation" building. :sad1: I believe they were working on Little Mermaid once when I was there with my family.
Love the Osborne lights pictures. The Holiday period is way too busy for us to go, but I love living vicariously through you! :thumbsup2Oh wow, I would have loved to have seen a DIsney cartoon in the making, I bet when you watch the little mermaid it brings back memories.
Please live vicariously through me, I know I do the same on others TR's. Give and take that's what it's about;)

Here's the link to the article on Disney's baby White Rhino that was born on Sunday (1/17/10)...

http://land.allears.net/blogs/dnews/2010/01/disneys_animal_kingdom_welcome_4.html

Enjoy!!! :goodvibes
Thanks for the link, I just think it's great what Disney is doing, I sent the link on to my sister Bo, I haven't heard back from her yet but I know she will be impressed too.

disneyaddicted

01-28-2010, 12:10 PM

We get back to the resort and go to our room, Mom and Janis were in bed asleep, so we used the lights from our cell phones to find our way around the room. Mom had bought my Mickey jammies that I had wanted so I was excited to put them on. They looked huge when I held them up, so when tried them on I wasn't a bit surprised that they didn't fit me, they wouldn't fit even after a shrink in the wash, so I had to wake Mom and get the receipt from her, she had it still thank goodness. Marzi and I got our mugs and head back to Everythings Pop to exhchange for a smaller size and then get some hot chocolate.

I got down there and first got in line to ask the CM if I could exchange them and he said noproblem, so I went and picked out a smaller size (still to big but super comfy) as he was excchanging them out for me I started making small talk with him, I can't remember where exactly he was from, either Brazil or the ominican Republic, but I asked him how he liked Florida in comparison.

He said Fl. was nice, but his home had more beautiful Biches!

I was like excuse me, more beautiful what?

Biches, Fl. has nice biches bu the biches in my country are so much better.

I wasn't sure if I was hearing him right. Marzi was smothering a laugh.

Then he tells me, the biches in my country have white sand and blue, blue water.

I start laughing OOooooo, Beaches!

Yes, biches, what is so funny.

The way you say it, I thought you were saying something else, and I went on to explain that what he was saying sounded like a dirty word in English.

So he asked me to teach him how to say it correctly.

Ty: Beeeeches

CM: Biiiiichesss

Ty: No, Beeeeeches

CM: Beeeeiiiiiches

Ty: Bee

CM: Bee

Ty: Ches

CM: Ches

Ty: Beaches

CM: Biches:)

He really was cute and kept trying to say it even after I got my new jammies and left.

Marzi and I got our hot chocolate,
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I always add a few chunks of ice to mine and drink it with a tiny straw, (libation transfer unit)

Marzi said I was a wuss. We went and sat close to the pool and I started sipping at my chocolate which was nice and cooled off from the ice Marzi however just dove right into hers
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She immediatley spit it out because it was too hot.
HA! I might be a wus, but I still have my tastebuds intact.

We called our husbands and kids then, my DH wasn't home so I told the kids if he gets home before 10:30 have him call me.

SO after our calls and chats we went back to the room, Mom woke up and so I showed her my drawing of Dopey, she said it sounded like it was so much fun and she wanted to do it on our next DHS day. I was up for that.

I took off that days war paint, brushed my teeth, all of them, even the ones in the way back and then I crawled into bed, it was almost 11:00pm we had just shut the lights off when my phone rang, it scared everybody to death, my ring tone is "Tears Don't Fall" by Bullet for my Valentine, and it starts out with a scream, so we all screamed, I jumped up and grabbed my phne, it was Kent, I told him I could talk for a few minutes, I took the phone outside and sat in front of the door, we ended up talking almost an hour.

When I went in all 3 of my roomies were snoring, so I got Moms white noise maker and plugged in the ear buds, I went down the choices, babbling brook sounded like somebody peeing off a bridge so no to that one.
Ocean waves was nice till the screaming seagullls start screeching so no to that
chirping crickets, sounded like mice, so no to that
rain showers, this was nice so I turned it up as loud as it would go I could still hear Mom snoring but mixed with the rain showers it kind of just sounded like distant rumbling thunder.

I fell asleep farely quickly, the next day was our Epcot day, our early morning breakfast ADR's at Akershus and soarin!

Zookeeperof4

01-28-2010, 12:16 PM

Not too much later a man comes up to the desk and tells me he has a Beyond store order he would like to pay for, I go to the printer and pull it out, I verify his name

"Harry McChickenbutt?"

He replies, "It's prounced, (I'll sound it out for you) Mic hiken bute."

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OMG I am so cracking up, I wish I could be the person nearby to have heard that....my computer screen is covered in ice cold coffee I have been sipping but that was so worth the mess!!!!!!:rotfl2:

All7OfUs

01-28-2010, 12:20 PM

Millie12591

01-28-2010, 01:50 PM

Ty~

Too funny! Loved how you tried to help the poor CM learn a new word. :rotfl: So cute! I did that with an exchange student when I was in high school, she loved all the new slang and wanted to write them all down and their meanings. She was from Spain, and her name is Chus Jesus Velore. Isn't that a great name?!? :laughing: My name is Camille and of course anyone I know who is from Mexico, South America....or Spain, :laughing: will take my name and turn it into the spanish version....Camilla. Which sounds so cool when they say it.......unless it's being yelled all the way across the lunch commons in school! :scared: Yes, yes, she saw me all the way across the lunch hall and yelled my name as if I wouldn't see her without her screaming it!

Camilla! Camilla! Camilla! Over here Camilla!

:eek: Chus! You crazy Spainard! Shuuuuush! :ssst: As loud as one can whisper yell! :laughing: She was a lot of fun, and had the most intense, amazing green eyes I've ever seen on anyone until I met my daughter. There was one other girl in our school from Spain, Usa and she and Chus could drink any man under the table and then some. :drinking1 Needless to say, they became fast friends and were stuck to one another like glue their entire stay in the states.

LOL! I loved your description of how your phone went off, sounds like you needed a different song on there while you were in WDW. LOL! I wish I could put a song on mine, but we have to have the data package in order to put songs or that sort of thing on there. Stupid.
Your a great writer to read from, Ty. I have fun reading your TR, and I always look forward to your next installment. :banana: Keep up the good work and keep us in stitches.

Venusleo1

01-28-2010, 05:13 PM

Ohh Ty I hope you get to your Epcot installment before tomorrow!!! Im leaving for Epcot tomorrow night and we'll be there all day on Saturday and I sooo wanted to read about your Epcot day before I went and did my Epcot day... I'll keep my figers crossed but if not I'll get to read it when I get home. :goodvibes

praisehisname

01-28-2010, 05:48 PM

Holy crap, girl! I was way behind!

The angry couple stepped aside and the crowd cheered, the wife cussed the cheering crowd.

What is up with the sense of entitlement and superiority??? You can get a lot further by being nice! :rolleyes1

This is the jacket I bought

Love the jacket!

I told her to give me her best "I'm scared look"

Great scared face!

she only sees with one eye at a time, this is stemming from an eye surgery she had as a child to fix her crossed eyes.

I had the same surgery when I was five and cannot see a lot of 3D stuff either. I always feel left out in those shows! :confused3

I was so stoked when I found a yingyang necklace that said BFF, the white side had a black Mickey head, the black side had a white Mickey head.

Love the necklace!!!

she had just gotten her electric bill and said "Egads! (yes Grandma says Egads!) any way "Egads!, I'm going to have to get my old corner back"

OMG!!! I have GOT to remember this! Tom will flip! :rotfl2:

It wasn't long before our waiter came over, he was super nice and easy on the eyes.

Again with the cute waiter...:rolleyes1

Matt: Addalyn Belle

Awww, congratulations! :lovestruc

He answers, "Mike Jones."

Idiot...:sad2:

before long we figured out we were drawinf Dopey.

Your pictures turned out fantastic!

Biches, Fl. has nice biches bu the biches in my country are so much better.

:rotfl2: :lmao:

jenbear123

01-28-2010, 06:31 PM

Your mom's snoring like "distant thunder" :rotfl2: I'm excited to hear about your breakfast at Akershus. I'm hoping to get some chillaxing time at the resort in February. Your nights seem so laid back, drinking hot chocolate by the pool :cloud9:

mjaure

01-28-2010, 06:37 PM

Hello! I've finally caught up on your trip report! Sounds like you had a great time! I can't wait to read more.

DH and I will be taking his parents to Disney on Sept 25 thru Oct 3. We will be staying at CSR. It's his parents first trip, we are taking them to celebrate their 40th anniversary. It will be our 10th anniversary as well. I am looking forward to an adults only vacation. My son will be a freshman in high school by then and I don't want to take him out of school. I'll be sure to subscribe to your new PTR since we will be there at the same time.

--Mary

disneyaddicted

01-29-2010, 12:14 AM

Hi Again!

I could have sworn I came back here last night and posted about the Lights, your Animator's Studio drawings and everything. Dang skippy- not there!

Your photos of Marzi and her cocoa are funny. Hope she could taste her Akershus breakfast the next AM. :lmao:

Biches. :rotfl2: Yeah, I know what you're talking about here.

I'll be interested to see if you could get up the next day. Sounds like you were up pretty late.
Marzi recovered quick from her burned tongue, I don't think it gave her any trouble, but who was the smart on ehere? Somebody say it!;)

Biches, he really was a precious guy, he pops up in the story again later.

Ty~

Too funny! Loved how you tried to help the poor CM learn a new word. :rotfl: So cute! I did that with an exchange student when I was in high school, she loved all the new slang and wanted to write them all down and their meanings. She was from Spain, and her name is Chus Jesus Velore. Isn't that a great name?!? :laughing: My name is Camille and of course anyone I know who is from Mexico, South America....or Spain, :laughing: will take my name and turn it into the spanish version....Camilla. Which sounds so cool when they say it.......unless it's being yelled all the way across the lunch commons in school! :scared: Yes, yes, she saw me all the way across the lunch hall and yelled my name as if I wouldn't see her without her screaming it!

Camilla! Camilla! Camilla! Over here Camilla!

:eek: Chus! You crazy Spainard! Shuuuuush! :ssst: As loud as one can whisper yell! :laughing: She was a lot of fun, and had the most intense, amazing green eyes I've ever seen on anyone until I met my daughter. There was one other girl in our school from Spain, Usa and she and Chus could drink any man under the table and then some. :drinking1 Needless to say, they became fast friends and were stuck to one another like glue their entire stay in the states.
Cute story about your friend, she sounds like fun, are you two still in touch?

I named my daughter Marrisa, it's pronounced Mareesa, hence the nickname Reese, but everybody would call her Marisa except for people of spanish decent, we even changed the spelling of her name to Mareesa just so people would get it right and a few still mispronounce her name, even her biological father who is Mexican misprounces her name. :confused3 go figure.

LOL! I loved your description of how your phone went off, sounds like you needed a different song on there while you were in WDW. LOL! I wish I could put a song on mine, but we have to have the data package in order to put songs or that sort of thing on there. Stupid.
Your a great writer to read from, Ty. I have fun reading your TR, and I always look forward to your next installment. :banana: Keep up the good work and keep us in stitches.
I tried switching my ring tone to somthing a little more subtle but then I never heard it ring, I need the scream to draw me out of a daze.
Thank you so much for compliment, I love to write and tell my story I just have a hard time relaying it from the mind to the computer, so many people here on the Dis have such an awesome way of turning a phrase.

Ohh Ty I hope you get to your Epcot installment before tomorrow!!! Im leaving for Epcot tomorrow night and we'll be there all day on Saturday and I sooo wanted to read about your Epcot day before I went and did my Epcot day... I'll keep my figers crossed but if not I'll get to read it when I get home. :goodvibesI will try and get it out by tommorow sometime, I wanted to get the Epcot update started today but stuff always happens and life gets in the way.

Have a great time on your vacation, will you be doing a TR? If so send me the link I will gladly read.

Holy crap, girl! I was way behind!It happens, no worries, I'm glad to have you back though:hug:

What is up with the sense of entitlement and superiority??? You can get a lot further by being nice! :rolleyes1
I know right, he probably thinks his poop don't stink!

Love the jacket!
I love it too and hope to get another one in a different color, they had black which is meh, and they had hunter green which is my favorite color.

Great scared face!
She did well in the scary face competition.

I had the same surgery when I was five and cannot see a lot of 3D stuff either. I always feel left out in those shows! :confused3
3-D must have gotten better over the years, before it didn't work for my Mom at all, now she can see some 3-D stuff depending on the quality of the show. Philharmig was the best 3-D show for mom. I think she would have done ok at the muppets show too if it weren't for that guy and his hat. Her eye automatically focuses on the nearest think and that happened to be his hat.

Love the necklace!!!
I'm going to get another one for my sister when I go back, she is my other BFF and then I will kepp the black side this time, cause even the I am the ying, I have been known to yang.

OMG!!! I have GOT to remember this! Tom will flip! :rotfl2:
Yea, Kent flipped the first time I said it to him, it's just so much funnier when you hear a 96 year old woman say it.:lmao: My grandma is a little spitfire.

Again with the cute waiter...:rolleyes1
I know I had such good luck with the hottie hot waiters, well just good luck in the sense that I got to have a nice looking man serve me, but that is where the good luck ends, not that I tried anything to further my luck...not that I wanted to further my luck...Is this cool? You get me right?

Awww, congratulations! :lovestruc
Thank you, I love my sweet Addy niece, I can't wait to meet her, and see Jazz again.

Your mom's snoring like "distant thunder" :rotfl2: I'm excited to hear about your breakfast at Akershus. I'm hoping to get some chillaxing time at the resort in February. Your nights seem so laid back, drinking hot chocolate by the pool :cloud9:

that's the best way to describ my Mom's snoring, it horrendous, we had gone on a trip up north one year and I forgot to bring my fan for white noise, I didn't sleep a wink, by 3;00am my eyes were jittery and I was crying. She snores worse then my husband, his snore sounds like an old man yelling "WAAAAAIIIIIIITTTTT!"

I loved our laid back nights, I think I slept better because of them, having time to just simmer down from the day was great. Try hot chocolate by the pool on your next trip, you'll see what I mean.

Hello! I've finally caught up on your trip report! Sounds like you had a great time! I can't wait to read more.

DH and I will be taking his parents to Disney on Sept 25 thru Oct 3. We will be staying at CSR. It's his parents first trip, we are taking them to celebrate their 40th anniversary. It will be our 10th anniversary as well. I am looking forward to an adults only vacation. My son will be a freshman in high school by then and I don't want to take him out of school. I'll be sure to subscribe to your new PTR since we will be there at the same time.

--Mary
AWESOME! we have the same travel dates, I can just look at your ticker and know how many more days till my trip, really only 7 months and 28 days? I thought it was longer then that? Yay us!:woohoo:

We will be celebrating our anniversary as well, together for 15 years and married for 12.

Adults only vacations rock. My daughter will be a junior in high school and is looking forward to staying home alone, hahahah( I have plans for grandma to come over every day) My son will either still be in bootcamp or will be at his next duty station by then, he graduates HS this year and is going into the Coast Guard.

I will be starting a PTR soon, will you be doing one? Maybe we'll have an accidental meet up, or maybe oooo I like this idea...maybe we could have a small meet up and grab a margarita in celebration of our anniversarys? What do ya think? I mean I know we just met and I'm already planning a double date here, but hey we've got 7 months and 28 days to mull this over.:goodvibes

Millie12591

01-29-2010, 01:05 AM

Cute story about your friend, she sounds like fun, are you two still in touch?

I named my daughter Marrisa, it's pronounced Mareesa, hence the nickname Reese, but everybody would call her Marisa except for people of spanish decent, we even changed the spelling of her name to Mareesa just so people would get it right and a few still mispronounce her name, even her biological father who is Mexican misprounces her name. go figure.
Actually no, I haven't seen her since the party for her return home back in '89. My bestfriend from high school was the host family for Usa and got to see both of them when she went in return to Spain to stay there for a while. Usa was from serious money, so my friend was pretty overwhelmed by this fact, she woke up and couldn't find the clothes she dropped on the floor when crawling in bed with jet lag, but then awoke again later to find her clothes being put down on the chair in the room by a complete stranger who happened to be the maid.

LOL! I loved your description of how your phone went off, sounds like you needed a different song on there while you were in WDW. LOL! I wish I could put a song on mine, but we have to have the data package in order to put songs or that sort of thing on there. Stupid.
Your a great writer to read from, Ty. I have fun reading your TR, and I always look forward to your next installment. Keep up the good work and keep us in stitches.

I tried switching my ring tone to somthing a little more subtle but then I never heard it ring, I need the scream to draw me out of a daze.
Thank you so much for compliment, I love to write and tell my story I just have a hard time relaying it from the mind to the computer, so many people here on the Dis have such an awesome way of turning a phrase.

I don't think anyone on here has anything on you. Your a lot of fun to read! I've seen some people on here who don't even speak english well and still have lots of people reading them. I think it's all in the way your you that makes it fun for the readers. Seriously. I was hooked from second one when I started reading your PTR, still am! :thumbsup2

disneyaddicted

01-29-2010, 01:54 AM

I dedicate this segment to venusleo1

The arlarm goes off early, too early for me today, this was really the only day that I did not want to get out of bed, everybody else got up and got showered and were ready before I even got out of bed. I was dreading putting my foot down for the first time, I could feel the tightness in the skin and it hurt.

I finally had no choice but to get up and as soon a I stood my leg gave out, I sat on the floor for a few minutes, and then tried again, much better, so I went and took 4 advil and started getting ready, I couldn't even shave my leg because it felt so raw, and when I put lotion on it burned so bad, like stepping into the ocean right after you've shaved your legs, this rots my socks!

I get dressed but can't wear socks, they are too tight so I just wear some ankle socks. Before long we were out the door and headed to the bus stop, I opted to take the long way just to avoid the stairs, flexing my ankle up or down brought so much pain.

The wait for the bus was long, I was worried about making uor ADR's I always worry about making our ADR's but I was told if we were late or missed this one my credit card would be charged, but before I was able to start a panic an Epcot bus showed up. We boarded and had seats together. Mom kept asking me what was wrong and I told her I was tired but once I got some breakfast in me I'd be good to go.

We make it through back check and finger scans no problem, there's still 10 minutes till rope drop, we picked up a couple maps and I told Mom and Janis to go check us in at Akershus while Marzi and I go get us fast passes, Mom wanted to stick together but when I showed mom the distance she would have to walk and how fast she would have to walk just so we could make our ADR's she decided that checking us in was the best idea. So we separate, Marzi and I waiting with the thousands of other people who all had the same mission as us, Soarin, I wa slooking around at everybody, I was seeing determination, there were speeches among groups, "We are not losers! we have to be on the first run of Soarin this morning, Mercy is for the week."

Each man for themselves, if you lose a commrade on the mad rush to Soarin...LEAVE HIM!

People were stretching, like they were getting ready to run a marathon, Mothers were strapping their children into their strollers extra tight, "Just hold on with both hands baby."

I looked at Marzi, she was so innocent, is she really ready for this, I wanted to give her a little pep talk, but what came out was "This is going to suck more then anything has ever sucked before." (props to Beavis and Butthead for that line)

The rope drops and everybody takes off, Marzi and I are doing well, I will not run to a ride, but I brisk walk my hind end off. Eventually we start to lose spped and we are getting passed up rather quickly, I tell myself no need to panic, we are just getting fast passes, they won't run out before we get there.

The place was a mad house, people acted like they had to evacuate and the only way out was this hanglider!
We get in the fast pass line, Marzi has Janis' card and I have Moms, we separate, not on purpose, it just happend, the guy in front ofme had 2 cards, cool this won't take long, then yells to his freind, "Yo Ronnie, gimme ya cards" so Ronnie comes over with a gazillion cards and he starts feeding them into the machine, Marzi sees me waiting and she is next up to her machine so I gave her my 2 cards, which in a way is cutting in line, weather I feed the cards myself or I give them to Marzi it was still cutting, I still have a little guilt.:guilty: But we had our FP's with a return time of 10:30, can you believe it? The park had been open maybe 10 minutes and the FP return was already and hour and a half away.

Finally FP's in hand we make our way out of there and over to WS, we make it to Akershus farely quick, Mom was so happy to see me, "I'm glad you're here, they just called in the lady that was right before me, so we're next."

"It doesn't neccessarily mean we're next Mom, she could have an earlier ADR then us, we've gone over this before."

The next group was called, it wasn't us, neither was the next or the next or the next, Mom started to worry, "Maybe she didn't understand me, maybe you should go up and make sure that I gave the correct information."

"Mom, did you tell them Ty Colyer, or did you tell them Michele Coyler?"

"Ty Colyer."

"Then it's fine, lets not worry yet ok?

"OK" she smiles big.

The wait was getting a little ridiculous, they were running a bit behind, I could feel my leg swelling, I swore at any minute it was going to bust open, I am not lying when I tell you my calf looked pregnant.

They called us 10 minutes after our ADR time, but the way they have it set up to get us in there really works, they are on their game. We got ready for our picture with Belle, it shouldn't have been so dificult but somehow we made it out to be. We were not working well together, thank goodness for the CM who jumped in and sorted out our mess.
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After our ociture with Belle we were seated, it was nice inside, not as Royal as Ithought it would be, I expected it to look more like a castle inside, but it was still super nice.
Our server came over and A small wimper could be heard from the group of us woman, he was suh-weet! I am not into blond hair and blue eyes on guys, but this guy was man pretty! Marzi said she would like to have him and some melted butter. OKAAAAY! I didn't ask her to elaborate and she didn't tell. But her eyes and evil grin gave her away.

We went up to start filling our plates, I will say that Akershus has excellent fresh fruit, the red and black raspberries were so huge, and super juicy and really sweet, they had a huge assortment of breakfast breads with different spreads, yogurt was offered as well as muffins, I mostly grabbed fruit and yogurt, I wanted to ave room for the actual food. It wasn't too long before they brought it out, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and some potato dish that we all loved, it was family style and they said we could order more, we really thought that we would be ordering more of the potato's but we filled up pretty fast.
The first princess to come through was Aurora, She didn't do much, she said Hi, are you enjoying your breakfast? We said yes, I went to reach for camera but she had moved onto the next table, oh well!
Next to come around was Cinderella, She actually stayed with us for quite some time, talking to us about where we were from, Then she said Oh My that is a very long carriage ride. "Mom said yea, one of the horses died on the way." cinderella wasn't sure how to take that, she lookes heart broken, Mom had to tell her she was kidding. Cinderella was absolutley flawless, how does anybody get their skin so perfect, I was so jealous. And she also looke dexactly like my sons girlfriend Chelsea, it was unbelievable. We had our picture taken with her bu tit didn't turn out because of a glare from the sun, she had already walked away by the time I had seen it wasn't a keeper but I didn't want to call her back for a retake, I think that might be against disney rules anyway.

The next princess up was Sleeping Beauty, she was the only princess that I still needed a picture of so I was happy to see her. She talked with us for a while and told us that apples were her favorite fruit. We warned her not to take any apple from strangers, and she asked us "What is a stranger?" She was to cute, we got our picture and I hated it, I actually hated all the pictures of me that day, I was feeling yucky, it's not easy going without your daily face wash and giving my self facials, Disney's bar of face soap was not helping me at all.

The next princess was Ariel, she was fun, she told us how much she loved her new legs, I don't know if she was wearing contacts but her eyes were so blue, they had to of been contacts, but I couldn't tell, normally I can tell who has contacts. Mom and I posed for a picture with her.
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Marzi and Janis were'nt all into getting their pics with the characters, every once in a while they would.

Breakfast for us was over in abour 40 minutes, we didn't linger too long, I took a hydrocodone, and then we left.

We were walking towards Soarin when Mom said she had forggoten to take her pills at breakfast, "Hello, did you not see me take mine? Dis that not remind you to take yours? Go take them now!, there's a fountain righ tthere."

Mom went over and took all her pills, when she came back she said she mixed her pills up and had taken her night time pills instead, I was so ticked off at her, she had spent quite a few days picking at me (not in a mean way) about being forgetful and losing stuff and what not, bu there she brought the wrong pills to the park, among those pills were sleep aids, and she had just downed one this morning, I was expecting our day to be shot, there was no way she was going to have fun when she is fighting to stay awake.

We make it over to Soarin and our FP says we can ride now, so we get in line and just keep walking, we never had to stop and weight, when we got up to the front they sent us across to the other side. we were given our row to stand on, that's when I realized we would have a front row, no feet in our view, I have always had the foot view and it was still an awesome ride so now without the foot view it's going to be even awesomer.

We take our seats, I remove my crocs cause I love to soar in my stocking feet. We get all buckled in and the ride lifts up, the movie starts and we begin to soar, Mom ia laughing and squealing, "Oh Ty, this is so wonderful, I lov eit, I love it."
Janis is leaning way over to look down, she's looking up, to the sides, she is taking it all in, she starts clapping her hand and then she leans across my Mom and grabs my arm, "Ty this is so special, thank you for planning this trip, I am having such a good time."

Now I always get happy tears when I ride Soarin and now seeing how much everybody else is loving it only adds to the happy tears. I spent so much time building this ride up to Mom, I kept telling her that describing it wasn't enough, she knew it sounded like a fun ride but she didn't know just ho much it makes you feel.
When we soared over the pine trees, mom is excitedly saying to Janis, can you smell the pine, then the orange groves came, (or vice versa) and Mom was all about those too. Janis had a cold and couldn't really smell anything, she was a bit diaspointed but it didn't ruin the experience too much for her.

We pointed our toes to try and dip them in the river as we flew over, we screamed when we thought we wee gonna be clocked by the golf ball, and we picked our feet up when we got too close to the ocean.

Finally at the end of the ride we are soaring over the castle with the fireworks going and then Tinkebell comes out, Mom was so happy, so so happy.

We disembark the ride and go get fast passes for later, the return time is now 5:45pm.

We then decide that test Track sounds like a good next ride, so we casully make our way over there, standby is 60 minutes, so we grab fast passes and head into a store, Mousegears, my all time favorite place to shop, I would be getting my gift card in 2 days, so I was making a mental note, I had that card mentally spent in just a few minutes. We spent close to an hour in here, I know Mom made a few purchases, I just don't remember what they were, I'm thinking she bought some pins.

We made it over to test track then and pretty much it was walkon for us, I saw a guy spit while we were waiting to get in our cars, right on the ground there, he spit, Nasty!!!

Mom and I sat in front and Janis and Marzi were behind us. Mom got a case of the nervous giggles, the guy that was next to her leaned over, "First time riding test track?"
Mom gave him a big smile, "First time at Disney World ever!"
He smiled and said hold on tight to your belongings, this ride gets fast."

Mom wa sloving this ride too, I was so happy because I really thought Mom wouldn't be able to do many thrill rides and here she did ToT with me and now was riding test track, which really isn't a major thrill ride, but for Mom it is, I was so proud of her for doing new things. I was worried that this ride does get a bit bumpy but if you think about it, it's no worse then the Michigan roads and Mom drives those every day."

It get's to the part where we are outside and at our maximum speed, mom is screaming her laugh, it was so nice to hear it, and then I forgot about about the dips in the roa, like little bunny hops on a coaster, I loved it.

We got off the ride and and went to check out our picture, it was hilarious, my hair was so wild in that picture, and all of us had our mouths wide open.

After test track I wasn't sure what to do, I had planned that this be ur WS day, but I didn't know if they wanted to continue with rides or what, so I asked them and Janis said she would like to pick a pearl..
That's a fantastic idea, I took out the map to see if we would be better of walking to Japan or taking a boat, the boat was our best bet, when I was looking at the ap I saw they had a first aid station so I told my peeps to just hangout and I will meet them over by the boats.
Marzi came with me to 1st aid station, the only person in there was a nurse, so I explained to her about my leg injury from months before and how it was giving me trouble, she looked at my leg and said, you shouldn't be walking on it, I can get you a wheel chair, I declined the wheel chair and asked for a bandage wrap, so she got me that and asked if I needed help, righ tthen another lady was brought in, she had hit her head earlier that morning and now she was vomitting, Marzi told the nurse to help the other lady and since Marzi is a nurse she wrapped my leg for me, A few minutes later after the nurse had gotten the lady a bed in the back, she came out with an ice back for me and a sock like thing to hold the ice in place. I stayed there for another few minutes then left after filling out a card saying how helpful dorothy (the nurse ) was.

Mom and Janis were sitting on a bench eating ice cream, aboat was on it's way to the launch so they finsihed up their ice cream and we mosied over to the boat.
My sister called me then and we talked for most of the boat ride. Again it was nice being able to talk to her so much, we talk every day, sometimes 2 or more times a day, I feel like I have lost or misplaced somthing and am empty if I don't get to talk to my sister at least once a day. so once we docked I said my goodbyes to her and then the 4 of us headed to Germany.

We looked around, Me and Mom have lived in Germany, and Marzi's husband is German so they have gone to Germany to visit relatives, both Mom an dMarzi were amazed that it felt like we were actually there in Germany again.

We went into a shop and looked over all the goodies, I always load up on chocolate here for my kids, I didn't that day becuse I knew I would be back and I would just get it later.

I had to get a picture of Marzi holding Marzipan, I mean that's how she got the nickname from me back in 5th grade. Her name being Maurie always reminded me of Marzipan, so I started calling her that, and then she would cll me Tyzipan, which I would tell her makes no sense, there isn't any Tyzipan, but there is Marzi pan, over time Marzipan got cut short to Marzi.
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We left Germany empty handed only because weknew we'd be back, we went straight to Japan, we stopped to watch them play the drums, wow that was amazing and what a work out those girls do, it's a long show and they never lose fuel they just keep going and going, the muscles in their arms were unbelievable, that's what I need to do to get rid of my underarm flab.

We went into the store and Janis went and got her number for pick a pearl, Marzi and I shopped around abit, they had Muncheechee's I used to collect them when I lived in Germany I wanted one so bad, but really what would I do with it? I still have one of My Muncheechee's frmt 1st grade, I had named him chaka from land of the lost cause I thought he looke dlike him. I need to find that little guy, he's somewere in my attic. Maybe he will be my next trip mascot.
Janis's number was called so we gathered around her to watch, she chose a very ugly oyster and was hoping to get a pink pearl, if she got a pink one she was goingt oget a ring made, if she got anything else she said she would probably just put it with her other ones and do nothing with it.
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SO the lady doing the pick a pearl was so great, "OK, you count wis me now, fy, fo, sree, tu and a one, oh look dis a my favorite, I show you, see isa pinka pear. I bang on my drum for you because I am so happy." She starts beating the drum and doing a dance, then she showed everybody else the pearl. It was pretty, not super pink but a hin tof ink and a nice size too, as I stood watching this all my toes go numb and my shoe gets too tight, plus the ice was starting to melt and drip into my shoe, so Marzi me and Mom head outside to sit on abench while Janis gets a ring made, she came out and said it would be 20 minutes we told her we would wait for her right there.

I couldn't take it any more and I asked Marzi to take my shoe and sock off. When I saw my foot I went into histarics, I was laughing so hard I was wheezing, my foot was so grotesques, the wrap had managed to bring the swelling down in my leg but now my foot was all swollen, Marzi told me my toes looked like little sausages. Mom didn't see the hunor in this, she's my mom and it's her job to worry about me, but really who could not laugh at my cartoon looking foot?
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Tell me that is not ridiculously funny!:lmao:

Marzi said she would wrap the foot for me and it would probably push the swelling back up into my leg, gross! you mean I ave all this fluid that is just going to roam around my body? Gross! But it's all I could really do, so I had her wrap my foot, And I will say again, t' nice having a nurse as a BFF, she was so good at keeping me strong.
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See her doing a great job and she didn't even charge me for this.

Janis eventually came out with her ring, they told her not to wear it for 24 hours so that it can properly set, but she showed us the ring and it was nice, I kind of wanted to do this now, but decided I would wait when I was back for my birthday.

We started to head out towards America, and I will fisnish this update another day, it's late and I have to work tomorrow, although it's the closing shift and I can sleep in, I just don't want to sleep all day.

evildiva

01-29-2010, 05:36 AM

Well it looks like your EPCOT day was much drier than mine was. I'm glad you guys are having such a good time! I have done the "Pick a Pear" three different times and two times I have gotten twins. The seacret is to look in all the tanks for the dirtiest, ugliest oyster you can. That is the one who will have the best pearl(s) in it. Can't wait to hear more!

mjaure

01-29-2010, 05:57 AM

AWESOME! we have the same travel dates, I can just look at your ticker and know how many more days till my trip, really only 7 months and 28 days? I thought it was longer then that? Yay us!:woohoo:

We will be celebrating our anniversary as well, together for 15 years and married for 12.

Adults only vacations rock. My daughter will be a junior in high school and is looking forward to staying home alone, hahahah( I have plans for grandma to come over every day) My son will either still be in bootcamp or will be at his next duty station by then, he graduates HS this year and is going into the Coast Guard.

I will be starting a PTR soon, will you be doing one? Maybe we'll have an accidental meet up, or maybe oooo I like this idea...maybe we could have a small meet up and grab a margarita in celebration of our anniversarys? What do ya think? I mean I know we just met and I'm already planning a double date here, but hey we've got 7 months and 28 days to mull this over.:goodvibes

Sounds good! I would love to meet you! We have plenty of time to plan something. I have been thinking of doing a PTR. I have never done one before. It's almost time to make ADRs (3/29)! :woohoo: I really hope free dinning comes out before then. I have the deluxe dinning plan on my reservations (2 rooms) and it is way expensive.

Ok, back to this trip report! :rotfl:

--Mary

xoprincessmomxo

01-29-2010, 08:42 AM

I want to pick a pearl! That sounds fun! I promised myself I would do it last visit, but I got so stingy with my money, I ended up with only two purchases for myself: a Pirates shot glass and a Mickey Ornament. I am still kicking myself for buying all the stuffed animals for the kids that now sit at the bottom of the toy box untouched.
Love your cell phone ring. My tattoo artist has Ozzy's Crazy Train, so in the middle of tattooing I usually hear a big Ozzy scream "All aboard" every 15 minutes. I literally jump. Luckily, he has very steady hands and hasn't screwed up on me yet when I freak out over his phone.
I, too, thought Akershus would be more royal inside, but the princesses were all so nice! Much nicer than at the CRT. My husband was in heaven with all the pretty blonde waitresses. The boys were just too man pretty for me. :)

All7OfUs

01-29-2010, 09:21 AM

I love the way you describe your mom and Janis having so much fun on Soarin'. You really bring in the emotion for us to all feel with you all! So great!

I hope to do a pearl too, and get a ring made. My DH got me a strand of pearls last year, and I really want a ring to match it.

Your ankle looks horrible!! You really probably shouldn't have been on it!

I'ts great your mom is enjoying everything- even TT!!

We didn't enjoy Akershus at all. The princesses were all rushed- a quick hi how ya doing, and on they went. It was like we were a bother to them to even get a picture with them We were there for lunch, and the food was really only so-so. We had gone in 2000 and the food was really authentic and so-so good!! Ah well, there's other places to try.

jenbear123

01-29-2010, 09:54 AM

Your poor leg :sad2: Hope the swelling went down as the day went on. Looks like you had a more memorable experience at Akershus than we did in July. I will have to give that place another try. Bubba felt so sick that day that we had to leave even before any of the princesses came to our table. I only got one photo with Snow White, right before we left. Thank goodness for Marzi and helping get you all fixed up!

Venusleo1

01-29-2010, 09:59 AM

Yay thank's Ty! I'm even more excited about my trip now after reading your last installment! I loved reading your Soarin experience. I'm so excited to go check it out. We were there on the 1st and by the time we went to pick up fast passes at about noon they were all gone and the line was crazy. I had taken my two younger sisters up with me 15 and 12 and my friend Curt brought along his 10 year old daughter we did alot of kid stuff and there were lots of things that Curt and I wanted to do (like drink..lol) without the kids so as soon as I got back I decided I wanted to go back and do an adults only trip so my friend Curt and I are going back tonight. We're staying at CSR tonight and tomorrow night we have Epcot planned for tomorrow and MK for Sunday. We only live about 2 1/2 hours south of Disney so it's not far. Previous to my past trip at the begining of the month I hadn't been to disney since I was a kid. I'm 27 now so it had been about 15 years. We stayed at Pop this past trip and we liked it but wanted to try something different this time.
I'm soo sorry about you leg it looks just awful. I hope it's doing better now, I feel your pain though because I remember when I tore all the ligaments in my ankle I was out of commission for 3 months, so I have NO idea how you're doing all of this walking. You are a trooper and good thing Marzi's nurse too! Score! lol

I'm thinking about doing a two trip combined TR. From my trip with the kids the 1st-3rd and then this upcomming trip. I just have to figure out how to use photobucket and import photos. If I start one I'll send you the link!

praisehisname

01-29-2010, 10:12 AM

I was just getting ready to ask you about your leg and then I saw this update. I would have passed out if I saw my foot looking like that; I can't believe you were able to put any weight on it!

Then she said Oh My that is a very long carriage ride. "Mom said yea, one of the horses died on the way."

Oh. My. Gosh. I about peed myself at this! :rotfl2:

overthemoon4mickey

01-29-2010, 11:02 AM

Just found your trip...I'm hooked...Going to go back and catch up.

DONTMINDME

01-29-2010, 12:28 PM

I know it's called Disneydetermination good word for stubborn, huh? It sounds like you really had a great time on soarin, I've yet to try it maybe next time. I love the pick-a-pearl, Dan went a little crazy he just loves to see what you get so I ended up with 5 pearl and had a beautiful pair of earrings made out of two matched ones. I wear them every day now I love them, He wants to get me more when we go for my birthday. I love your TR keep the fun coming we're reading as fast as we can!!!:surfweb:

Jasperann

01-30-2010, 08:20 AM

Each man for themselves, if you lose a commrade on the mad rush to Soarin...LEAVE HIM!

People were stretching, like they were getting ready to run a marathon, Mothers were strapping their children into their strollers extra tight, "Just hold on with both hands baby."

:lmao: This is so going to be our family when we get there. :rotfl2: So so funny!

It is great that you are so close to your sister. :hug: My sister was my best friend. She passed away three years ago to cervical cancer. :sad1: No one will ever be able to take her place. We did everything together and I miss her so much. But it is awesome when I hear someone else talk about how much their sister means to them. It's one of the best relationships you will ever have. A lot of people miss out on that.

Lifelong_Dreamer

01-31-2010, 10:24 AM

Hi Ty!

I know I am late finding your report, sorry about that. :guilty:

I have read through everything so far and you are doing great. A very humorous report and I love how you were able to take this trip with your BFF, very special. :goodvibes

disneyaddicted

01-31-2010, 04:46 PM

she woke up and couldn't find the clothes she dropped on the floor when crawling in bed with jet lag, but then awoke again later to find her clothes being put down on the chair in the room by a complete stranger who happened to be the maid. That would be overwhelming for me too, my mom never even picked up my clothes let alone a maid

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[QUOTE=evildiva;35209715]Well it looks like your EPCOT day was much drier than mine was. I'm glad you guys are having such a good time! I have done the "Pick a Pear" three different times and two times I have gotten twins. The seacret is to look in all the tanks for the dirtiest, ugliest oyster you can. That is the one who will have the best pearl(s) in it. Can't wait to hear more!
Our weather for Epcot was amazing, I couldn't have asked for a better day.

We saw a lady pick a pearly and she got twins, I would love to get twins. I think Janis did a good job picking out an ugly oyster, she cancased the tank for quite some time until she found one ugly enough for her.

Sounds good! I would love to meet you! We have plenty of time to plan something. I have been thinking of doing a PTR. I have never done one before. It's almost time to make ADRs (3/29)! :woohoo: I really hope free dinning comes out before then. I have the deluxe dinning plan on my reservations (2 rooms) and it is way expensive.

Ok, back to this trip report! :rotfl:

--MaryOh yea, a dismeet in the works:woohoo: that will be so much fun. We'll make for sure plans once we get closer to the time and have a pretty good idea of our parks schedule, more then likely I will work around your schedule.

In my small knowledge of Disney I think they always offer free dinin gin september, I am holding on to the hope that they offer it again, so far I don't have any dining plans on my reservation and unless they offer it Dh and I will be paying OOP, per his request. We always said we would try the DXDP some day, but even on the rregular TS meal plan it's still too much food for me. But that is a good idea for when we want to take a trip someday just to experience the food.

I want to pick a pearl! That sounds fun! I promised myself I would do it last visit, but I got so stingy with my money, I ended up with only two purchases for myself: a Pirates shot glass and a Mickey Ornament. I am still kicking myself for buying all the stuffed animals for the kids that now sit at the bottom of the toy box untouched.
Love your cell phone ring. My tattoo artist has Ozzy's Crazy Train, so in the middle of tattooing I usually hear a big Ozzy scream "All aboard" every 15 minutes. I literally jump. Luckily, he has very steady hands and hasn't screwed up on me yet when I freak out over his phone.
I, too, thought Akershus would be more royal inside, but the princesses were all so nice! Much nicer than at the CRT. My husband was in heaven with all the pretty blonde waitresses. The boys were just too man pretty for me. :)
Pick a pearl is fun, I ended up getting stingy with my money too and never went back to do it, but DH said we will do it this time, he won't let me get stingy with my money, I wouldn't even say I got stingy, I just bought so much already that I thought I should wait on a few things.
I love my ring tone too, I used to have different ringtones for each person that called me, like my son's was Black dog, my DD was Beyonce's "work it out." My sisters was "girls just wanna have fun." My Mom's was "Free bird" and my Dad's was the theme from Sanford and son, because Sanford is my maiden name. But I switched from verizon to T-Mobile and didn't want to pay for all the extra ringtones again so I chose my favorite song at the time and that is what it has been since. (wow that was long winded)

Akershus boys! Yes, too man pretty, I like some ruggedness to my men.

I love the way you describe your mom and Janis having so much fun on Soarin'. You really bring in the emotion for us to all feel with you all! So great!

I hope to do a pearl too, and get a ring made. My DH got me a strand of pearls last year, and I really want a ring to match it.

Your ankle looks horrible!! You really probably shouldn't have been on it!

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I think soarin is where it actually hit my mom and Janis just how magical Disney really is, I mean they go above and beyond in the imagination department and we don't really have to imagine much at all since they do it for us.

My sister got me pearl earings when I was in her wedding, so I would love to have a necklace and ring to match it as well.

My ankle, phwessh! It just looked ugly, as long as I could walk without biting holes through my cheek I didn't let it bother me too much.

Your poor leg :sad2: Hope the swelling went down as the day went on. Looks like you had a more memorable experience at Akershus than we did in July. I will have to give that place another try. Bubba felt so sick that day that we had to leave even before any of the princesses came to our table. I only got one photo with Snow White, right before we left. Thank goodness for Marzi and helping get you all fixed up!The swelling didn't go down in my leg until after I had been home for a week, the Dr. gave me a shot and sexy compression stockings and it's all good now.

I did like Akershus, the breakfast was nice but I would probably never do it again unless I was with my nieces. It was nice to experience once and that is something I can cross off my list now.

Yay thank's Ty! I'm even more excited about my trip now after reading your last installment! I loved reading your Soarin experience. I'm so excited to go check it out.

so as soon as I got back I decided I wanted to go back and do an adults only trip so my friend Curt and I are going back tonight. We're staying at CSR tonight and tomorrow night we have Epcot planned for tomorrow and MK for Sunday. We only live about 2 1/2 hours south of Disney so it's not far. Previous to my past trip at the begining of the month I hadn't been to disney since I was a kid. I'm 27 now so it had been about 15 years. We stayed at Pop this past trip and we liked it but wanted to try something different this time.
I'm soo sorry about you leg it looks just awful. I hope it's doing better now, I feel your pain though because I remember when I tore all the ligaments in my ankle I was out of commission for 3 months, so I have NO idea how you're doing all of this walking. You are a trooper and good thing Marzi's nurse too! Score! lol

I'm thinking about doing a two trip combined TR. From my trip with the kids the 1st-3rd and then this upcomming trip. I just have to figure out how to use photobucket and import photos. If I start one I'll send you the link!
I hope you got to soar your little heart out at Epcot, the parks are fun with or without kids, but both very different experiences.

Yo're so lucky to live so close to Disney, I wonder how often I would go if I lived that close?

Torn ligaments in the ankle? That is awful, my broken bones healed pretty quick, it's the ligaments that take so long, but it had been 4 months since I broke my leg and tore the ACL and TCL, that's what's still holding me up now, but it gets better everyday. Do you hurt more in cold damp weather, like can you tell from how your ankle feels weather or not it's going to rain? It seems I have most my pain on cold wet days.

Definitley send me the link if you start a report, I will be a faithful reader. and photobucket is farely easy to figure out, I am so computer dumb but I found photobucket to be easy.

I was just getting ready to ask you about your leg and then I saw this update. I would have passed out if I saw my foot looking like that; I can't believe you were able to put any weight on it!
Yea I almost passed out from laughing, honestly it wasn't super painful, just more annoying because my shoes would get tight and my skin would burn.

Oh. My. Gosh. I about peed myself at this! :rotfl2:
I'm sure Cinderella about peed herself too. Mom is a nut job!

Just found your trip...I'm hooked...Going to go back and catch up.
Thank you for reading and welcome aboard, we still have about half the journey left, so glad to have you hear.

I know it's called Disneydetermination good word for stubborn, huh? It sounds like you really had a great time on soarin, I've yet to try it maybe next time. I love the pick-a-pearl, Dan went a little crazy he just loves to see what you get so I ended up with 5 pearl and had a beautiful pair of earrings made out of two matched ones. I wear them every day now I love them, He wants to get me more when we go for my birthday. I love your TR keep the fun coming we're reading as fast as we can!!!:surfweb:5 pearls? Holy cow!
You've never tried soarin:scared1: girl you have not lived! The magic is going to smack you, I promise it doesn't hurt though.

Each man for themselves, if you lose a commrade on the mad rush to Soarin...LEAVE HIM!

People were stretching, like they were getting ready to run a marathon, Mothers were strapping their children into their strollers extra tight, "Just hold on with both hands baby."

:lmao: This is so going to be our family when we get there. :rotfl2: So so funny!

It is great that you are so close to your sister. :hug: My sister was my best friend. She passed away three years ago to cervical cancer. :sad1: No one will ever be able to take her place. We did everything together and I miss her so much. But it is awesome when I hear someone else talk about how much their sister means to them. It's one of the best relationships you will ever have. A lot of people miss out on that.
Soarin iis so unbelievable awesome, I can understand the anticipation of getting ready to ride.

I am sorry to read that you have lost your sister, my heart goes out to you. Sistership is the best friendship ever, I hold my sister so dear to me I don't know what I would do without her, God bless you, I hope you are filled with tons of happy memories. :hug:

Hi Ty!

I know I am late finding your report, sorry about that. :guilty:

I have read through everything so far and you are doing great. A very humorous report and I love how you were able to take this trip with your BFF, very special. :goodvibes
Late to my TR, never! there is no late, just slightly delayed and I am so happy to have you here, I have been reading your land and sea adventure, I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind, I am still on your land part, but I am getting there. I think I haven't commented since the summer.

All7OfUs

02-01-2010, 12:34 PM

Wanted to make sure you didn't get lost in the switch over- We put up our 2nd part to our PTR and NEED you there!!

Follow the link:

HERE! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2386737)

mtdevine615

02-01-2010, 12:47 PM

Finally got through all the pages, I think the TR is great TY and I'm glad to hear that the leg and foot are better now. Keep going I'll check back a little later.

Diamondintheruff

02-01-2010, 10:21 PM

Took me a couple of days to read through but I finally caught up.

Love the ying/yang necklaces. I used to "wonder twin activate" all the time with my BFF growing up too.

Your foot looks awful. Reminds me of mine when I had toxemia in the last stage of one of my pregnancies.

I've done the couples only trip to WDW with a hubby that is humouring me and my love for Disney before. Might I second the opinion that afternoon naps *ahem* are the way to go. I was happy just being at WDW and Dh was happy because he was ... let's say "well rested".

ILMICKEY

02-02-2010, 07:28 PM

Oh my goodness, I am soooooooo behind. I'm sorry I've neglected you!

I just love your ying yang neclaces. How freaking cool! I am going to have to get them when I GO IN DECEMBER! Yep, you heard correct. We are going. All 5 of us! I am so excited. But this isn't about me, it is your report.

Back to the show.

I was getting all teary eyed reading how your mother reacted to Soarin. First timers are great, specially when it's your mom!

Your poor leg, oh my goodness. When I saw it I felt bad for you. Then I laughed, uncontrollably. Just because you did!! I swear I was there with you listening to you laugh your head off.

I will try to keep up!! I'm not slacking, just busy with school!!

MadilynnsMomma

02-04-2010, 01:08 PM

Hey Ty! I have fallen behind on my DIS'ing. I decided it was high time I got my butt (and the rest of me) back to school. So with school, work & family life, the DIS has been on the back burner. I am caught up and still laughing and loving my way thru your report!

KrazyKat4DIS

02-04-2010, 01:12 PM

I am really enjoying your TR! Can't wait for more! popcorn:::surfweb:

Jasperann

02-04-2010, 05:44 PM

Just wanted to mention that I love your new trip title. The other one was good, but it kinda reminded me of high school... The boys use to some how squirt saliva out of their mouth and they called it yanging... :lmao: It was gross, well it would be gross now too, so not much has changed. But every time I read the old one I would think of that. Even though I knew that wasn't what you were talking about.

Looking forward to reading more. popcorn::

All7OfUs

02-06-2010, 04:18 AM

Everything OK, Ty?? Just wondering what's going on in your world...

jenbear123

02-06-2010, 08:08 AM

I'm with Liesa. What's happening Ty? I want more TR! :worship:

DONTMINDME

02-06-2010, 06:15 PM

Hey sweetie we got a ton of snow and no power, it's finally back on and I'm getting warm. We got Dan a snowblower this time he's been out trying to dig out the whole neighborhood and having a blast, boys and their toys!!!:rotfl2: Hope your not buryed we got right at 30 inches:scared1: and I am definitely not going to work on Sunday they haven't plowed our street yet and once they do we will have to dig out again:eek:. I miss FLORIDA and DISNEY:love::love:!!!!!

disneyaddicted

02-07-2010, 01:34 PM

Finally got through all the pages, I think the TR is great TY and I'm glad to hear that the leg and foot are better now. Keep going I'll check back a little later.Thank you for reading, and I'm glad you are liking it. Yes, the leg is so much better now.

I've done the couples only trip to WDW with a hubby that is humouring me and my love for Disney before. Might I second the opinion that afternoon naps *ahem* are the way to go. I was happy just being at WDW and Dh was happy because he was ... let's say "well rested".Well rested? That's what we're calling it now? I remember back in the day when it was called "doing the taxes" :lmao:

Oh my goodness, I am soooooooo behind. I'm sorry I've neglected you!

I just love your ying yang neclaces. How freaking cool! I am going to have to get them when I GO IN DECEMBER! Yep, you heard correct. We are going. All 5 of us! I am so excited. But this isn't about me, it is your report.

Back to the show.

I was getting all teary eyed reading how your mother reacted to Soarin. First timers are great, specially when it's your mom!

Your poor leg, oh my goodness. When I saw it I felt bad for you. Then I laughed, uncontrollably. Just because you did!! I swear I was there with you listening to you laugh your head off.

I will try to keep up!! I'm not slacking, just busy with school!!I know you're not neglecting me, school is very important.

DECEMBER? YOu get to go in december? Awesome! are you going to go to MVMCP? I want t o change my trip dates and go in Dec just so I can finally meet you. Are you going to do a PTR? or at least a TR when you get back?

Mom really loved soarin, she wants to go back in 2012, we're looking at January, it's a ways off but Mom said all she can do is think about Disney, I told her this would happen, she didn't believe me, but we both have addictive personalities, I knew 1 trip would not be enough for her, actually I was banking on that!:rolleyes1.

I still laugh when I look at that picture of my foot, :lmao: it just looks like a cartoon foot or something.

Hey Ty! I have fallen behind on my DIS'ing. I decided it was high time I got my butt (and the rest of me) back to school. So with school, work & family life, the DIS has been on the back burner. I am caught up and still laughing and loving my way thru your report! Back in school? Way awesome! What are you studying? I plan to go back once Reese graduates, she's a sophomore so I have some time yet.

I am really enjoying your TR! Can't wait for more! popcorn:::surfweb:Thank you, I will be updating soon.

Just wanted to mention that I love your new trip title. The other one was good, but it kinda reminded me of high school... The boys use to some how squirt saliva out of their mouth and they called it yanging... :lmao: It was gross, well it would be gross now too, so not much has changed. But every time I read the old one I would think of that. Even though I knew that wasn't what you were talking about.

Looking forward to reading more. popcorn::
Yea, I wasn't feeling my old TR title, it needed to change. I never knew the spitting that the boys did was called yanging, back in my day they called it gleaking. I know, boys!:confused3

Everything OK, Ty?? Just wondering what's going on in your world...
All is well in Ty's world! I just had a case of the winter blues, didn't feel like doing much of anything, funny how a snow storm can bring me out of the blues though huh?

I'm with Liesa. What's happening Ty? I want more TR! :worship:I will be updating super soon. Thanks for hanging in there.

Hey sweetie we got a ton of snow and no power, it's finally back on and I'm getting warm. We got Dan a snowblower this time he's been out trying to dig out the whole neighborhood and having a blast, boys and their toys!!!:rotfl2: Hope your not buryed we got right at 30 inches:scared1: and I am definitely not going to work on Sunday they haven't plowed our street yet and once they do we will have to dig out again:eek:. I miss FLORIDA and DISNEY:love::love:!!!!!
We got about 30 inches too, we are pretty much dug out, the farmers plowed this road but it's still pretty nasty. My car is still buried but I won't need it till Tuesday so I'm not all that worried about it.
A snowblower would have been nice, Kent just shoveled for hours, but he likes being outside so he never complains.

disneyaddicted

02-07-2010, 02:53 PM

I think I left off somewhere around the swollen foot fiasco.

After I was all bandaged up and Janis had her ring, we decided to continue on with our exploration of the countries.

Before I left Japan I went into one o fthere little shops outside and I bought some candy, it was kind of like starburst but it had little gummy like balls in it and once you bit into it it would release some fizzy stuff, there was alot going on for just one little piece of candy, I knew I needed to get more for the kids before I left Disney for good.

We slowly made our way to America, we stopped in for the show, I had seen it on my last trip and loved it. Mom is a big Us History buff, so I knew she would like it too.

We had a few minute wait, the singers were just wrapping up there show and we got to hear a little of it, we said we would come back again on our next Epcot day just to hear them.

We got seats roughly in the middle and settled in to watch the show, right before it started a tall dude wearing a hat came and sat right infront of me, I had no luck in this departement the whole week, if there was going to be a hat wearing dude, he was going to sit right infront of me, story of my life. It's rude to not take your hat off in doors anyway, didn't his mother teach him anything?

I leaned over and rested my head on mom's shoulder I could see better now.

Did I mention I love this show? and the music with it is so pretty, I fell asleep once, it was just so relaxing but I didn't sleep through much.

When it was over we exited, (duh!) and decided to save the rest of the countries for our next Epcot day, we still walked all around but we didn't stop to look in any shops anymore.

I called Kent and asked if he wanted to keep me company while I walked the rest of the way around the world, he was up for it. Marzi called Mario (her DH) and they did the same, everytime I would cross into another country Kent would say "That was quick."

By the time we made it to Canada I was ready to leave and go back to the resort, I didn't say anything to anybody, they all seemed to be having a great time, but I was so tired.

We gathered and regroupled and tried to come up with a plan, I had pretty much thrown my plans out the window andhad been winging this trip since day 2, so I suggested maybe we go see Honey I shrunk the audience, they were up for that.

we headed over and the next show wasn't going to be ready for another 15 minutes so we went to Figments imagination ride, it was cute, if I had kids I would do that ride again, but I was a little bored with it.

When it was over the kodak place was super busy every little attraction they had was covered in kids so we didn't stay long even though I wanted to create a musical masterpiece!:confused:

We then went next door, the place was fillingup and people were laying and sitting on the floor, I knew they were going to tell everybody to stand so I didn't even bother trying to sit down, there was a family behind us, I'm not sure where they were from but they didn't speak any English, the parents let their kids run wild in that place, the little girls maybe 8 and 9 were doing summersaults on the floor and crashing into people, I stepped to the side to avoid being hit, but sure enough a few minutes later one kid came crashing into my leg, my bad leg, I was pissed and it hurt like crazy! I glared at teh parents and told them to hold onto their kids, of course they didn't understand me but they did say something to their girls, they quit doing summersaults but then started jumping up in the air and trying to mess up their dads hair, we all know that the holding room for us before going into the actual show is on a slant, so every time the girls would jump up they would come down and stumble forward and crash into me or somebody else, the paretns didn't care, so I finally moved behind them, you'd think we would be save there, but no, the dad kept picking one o fthe girls up and swinging her around, she ended up kicking my mother in the arm, I had had enough of it by then so I yelled at the parents, "That is enough, no more!!!" They looked at me like I was crazy.

My patience was super thin by now and I just wanted to leave, I didn't even want to stay for the show, and I was ticked off that the damn Kodak commercial seemed to be going on for hours. Fianlly we get to go into the theater, we got nice seats in the middle and close to the front, but best of all, we were no where near that family.

The show was fun, it made me laugh in all the right places and scream at all the other right places, the show is a bit out dated but still fun. Mom and Janis really liked it too.

When the show was over we only had an hour to kill before we could use our fastpasses for soarin. We were hungry and had decided to go find something to eat, Electric Umbrella sounded good to everybody, but we also decided that once we ate we wanted to leave, we were all tired, so we looked for a family to give our fastpasses to. I just love it when you pass the magic to somebody and they are so excited and happy, well the people we found to give our fastpasses to were not like that, we are like, "Here's some fast passes for Soarin."
They took it and looked at it and said very nonchalant, cool! and kept walking. Now I don't need to be made a big deal over, I don't even need to be thanked (although it would be nice) but I really wanted to see somebody get all excited about there fast pass fortune for Soarin. If somebody gave me a fast pass for soaring I would be dancing happy and crazy,
:dance3::woohoo::cool1: "I got a fast pass, yea, yeah, yeah , yeah.....YEAH!"

Oh well, we headed over to the Electric Umbrella, of course Mom called it the Electric Umbershoot.

The place was empty, we had it all to ourselves, no line to wait in and order our food, but yet it still took us a long time, when there are 4 woman waiting to order food, we all say out loud what we want to eat, then we hear what the other is having so we change our mind cause their food sounds like more fun, then we all change our minds on dessert, so I had to send Mom and Janis to sit down, I had their order and this way we would not all be changing our minds.

We got hamburgers, chicken strips, fries and strawberry shortcake for dessert. I like this place, the food is pretty good for being a quick service place, and I like that we have quite a few choices on the menu, but not enough to make it too hard to decide what I want.

We eat slow, we linger on dessert and sip the soda like we had all the time in the world, which really we did, we had no place to be at all, we had done alot already, it was time to just go relax.

With late lunch early dinner over we tossed our trash and left the Electric Umbershoot.

On our way out I saw this little ball.
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It was so cute, dontcha think? I played with it a bit, tossed it up in the air, kicked it around for a while, then put it back where I found it.

There wasn't a line at all for the buses, we did wait about 15 minutes for a bus, but at least it wouldn't be crowded.

On the bus Mom talked about going to the pool, But Marzi didn't bring a swim suit and I wasn't about to let my leg be seen by innocent people. That could have scarred somebody for life, Kids would be running to their mothers crying, people shouting, "It's a monster, ruuuuunnnn!!":scared1:

So the pool idea was out, I did say I would go down and sit by the pool with Mom if she wanted to swim, but she changed her mind and decided a nap sounded better.

Once we were back to Pop we had to go through the gift shop, we always had to go through the gift shop, it was mandatory for us! I saw a lot of things I wanted to buy, but kept putting it off, I was getting good at that.

We left empty handed and went to our room, oh, it felt so good to lay down,
I didn't want to sleep, I just wanted to rest. So Marzi and I just made small talk while Janis did a puzzle book and Mom rearranged the stuff in her suitcase. I have no idea how we even got on the topic of full moons, but that's what we were talking about when Marzi looked up and saw Mom bent over, "Talk about a full moon, Mom is showing hers to everybody."

Mom stands up quick, "Are you talking about my butt? are you saying it's big?"

Marzi is laughing, "No, just full."

Mom pretended to act hurt, "well, I never."

Janis is laughing now, "Oh I'm sure you have."

Mom said, let's get the topic off my butt and onto something else."

I asked why it was called a full moon anyway? Janis said probably because a butt is big and round like a full moon, Well Marzi starts laughing really hard, and says, "Then mine is a new moon, there's nothing there at all."

Mom finished up her organizing and sat on the bed and the conversation went from one thing to the next, for a bit inspecter Gadget was the topic, so was snow tubing, baby rabbits, cemeteries and playing marbles with gumballs at the mall. it was a random evening.

Around 7ish I got a shower and put on my jammies, then waited for Marzi, we then went down to the pop shop for our evening hot chocolate by the pool, we also went through the gift shop again, I found a Penn State mickeymouse pin, so I bought it, Kent loves Penn state and now I had found the perfect souvenir for him, I called him and told him what I got for him and he said he would wear it on his hat when we took our trip to Disney. He brought our trip up alot, I was starting to believe it would happen.

Marzi and I sat by the pool sipping our hot chocolate, her mom called her so they talked a bit and then Marzi handed the phone to me, I talked to her mom for a few minutes, she was so excited for me and Marzi, and she told me how Marzi was always trying to find me, and the day that I had found Marzi she had called her mom and cried, and the ironic thing is that same day one of Marzi's moms friend from highschool had found her, it's like it was find your BFF day. I hung up with her Mom and Marzi and I just continued on with catching up, just when we thought we had said it all there was more to say.

Around 10:00pm we went back to the room, Mom and Janis were asleep, we brushed our teeth and climbed into bed, a few minutes later all hell broke lose.

We heard the neighbors door slam and things being thrown around, then plain as day, like they were in the same room as us we heard a man yell, "Don't you ever undermine me infron of your parents again."

And the woman yells, "Don't you ever grab onto me like that in front of my parents again."

"I didn't GRAB onto you, I held onto your elbow to stop you from walking away from me."

"Why did you have sto stop me at all?

"Because I knew you were going to spend more money, you are spending way too much and it's only our first day here."

"We budgeted for this, what is the problem?

"You made me look like a schmuck in front of your dad."

"No, you did that all on your own."

Then we hear somebody else banging and shouting to shutup in there, so the people quit yelling but were still talking pretty loud, they fought for quite some time, he was pissed that she even invited her parents to go on this trip, she was pissed that he was acting like an @ss. HE said she spends too much money and he feels all he does is work for it and all she does is spend it the minute he makes it, she then told him to leave, he said fine he would but he is taking the car and going back to Georgia and she would have to find her own way home. She said she had her credit card, and he must have taken it from her because we heard her screaming give it back, the he said he paid for the trip and if anybody was going to leave it would be her, and he through her out of the room, her paretns room was on the other side of our room, we were in a family argument sandwhich, her parents let her into their room and we could hear her telling her paretns what happened and she embelished alot, she said he wqas cussing her and calling her names, but we never heard that. The her husband comes banging on the door, when they answer he yells, here's your stuff, the girls Dad tried to calm then down and it only got worse. "
I told Marzi this was the saddes thing, here they are at Disney world, the happiest place on earth and they are both so unhappy, I couldn't listen anymore, Marzi covered her head with her pillow and tried to go to sleep, I got my mug and went down to the pop shop for some hotchocolate, I changedmy mind when I got there and got a soda instead, then I went out by the pool and called Kent, we talked till midnight then I decided things should be quiter by now so I went back to the room. The neighbors lights were still on and I could hear them talking just low murmurs I couldn't hear what they were saying so I was guessing they were finally calm and working it out.

I just can't imagine having a fight like that while on vacation, especially at Disney, unfortunately that was not the last time they fought.

I crawled into bed and plugged into the rain white noise maker, sleep came fast and easy.

Lifelong_Dreamer

02-07-2010, 03:41 PM

I can't even imagine having to listen to that argument. It would have made me very uncomfortable. :sad2:

disneyaddicted

02-07-2010, 03:49 PM

I can't even imagine having to listen to that argument. It would have made me very uncomfortable. :sad2:
It was uncomfortable, I know the walls are thin, before they got there we could hear the other neighbors, they had a little toddler and he was spry! but this new set of neighbors either didn't know that the walls are paper thin, or they didn't care, but I felt bad for them and when I saw them the next day I couldn't even look at them in their face because I felt like I knew personal stuff about them that I shouldn't know.

jenbear123

02-07-2010, 10:02 PM

DONTMINDME

02-07-2010, 10:11 PM

I'm one that hurts for people like that and hate to hear it cause it upsets me, I want to fix it but know I can't and it will bother me. Then there are the parents who don't control their kids and let them hurt others, good for you saying something I don't understand people who have no consideration for others, and hat guy would have heard it from me that is just plain rude. Keep up the updates really enjoying the walk around epcot brings back great memories thank you!!!

Millie12591

02-08-2010, 01:20 AM

All is well in Ty's world! I just had a case of the winter blues, didn't feel like doing much of anything, funny how a snow storm can bring me out of the blues though huh?[/SIZE]

I know just what you mean. I've been feeling the same way lately. Feb through most of March I fight feeling this way. At least I have Disney to focus on to keep my mind busy, with all the planning I'm bound to have something good to think about.
It really bummed me out and mad me happy all at the same time to see flowers out for our garden the other day in Costco....I mean really....why tempt us when we can't put them out yet. :confused3 Good prices too. :rolleyes:

Sorry you had to hear the arguing, we had noisy neighbors the third night we were at the POP. They got in late and were tired but wired because it was their first night in Disney. :goodvibes I was very happy when we didn't hear them the rest of the trip. They probably stayed in a cheaper place first night since they got in late, (which makes sense) and then moved to a mod or delux the rest of the trip.
I'm glad your doing OK, I wondered how you were fairing with the snow, good to know your use to it and aren't worried about it. :hug:

Thanky you for the update, can't wait to hear more!!! :woohoo:

xoprincessmomxo

02-08-2010, 06:49 AM

:( Hearing stories like that make me all the more thankful for my relationship. So sad, for them and for you guys who had to listen to it.
Other than the argument, it sounds like a great night in the room! Those are the best conversations, the random silly school girl stuff. Love it.
I just found out my trip crew is expanding, as my brother and his wife and possibly my dad are going to go to. It's exciting, but stressfull having to change my plans now. But, it will be fun.
So glad to have another update from you! :goodvibes

All7OfUs

02-08-2010, 07:12 AM

I love your quiet private times where you snuck out by yourself to get a hot cocoa to sit by the pool. I can't think of a better place to slip away and just think. :thumbsup2

I am sick that you had to hear that! You know they knew everyone could hear them, but regardless, it's sad that people fight that way at all. If they were arguing there, I can't help but to think they must be fighting a lot at home in normal circumstances too. After a while it must just be habit.

Hope you are getting some good rest on that leg this evening!! I know you had a lot more planned for hte next day :)

Cinderella2004

02-08-2010, 09:26 AM

Between last night and tonight, I've read your whole report!!! Sounds like you had a great trip, making awesome memories!!!

I can't wait to read the rest, and hear how your birthday went!

zil0902

02-09-2010, 10:13 AM

Hi Ty I've been following your trip report, very entertaining! I've been a lurker for some time now on these boards so I decided to come out of hiding and send some support your way :hippie:

Keep updating, can't wait to hear more of your adventure!

All7OfUs

02-09-2010, 11:25 AM

zil0902!

Welcome and congrats on your very first post!! It's great to have you here with all of us!! Post often, and we'll see you here!! :thumbsup2

xoprincessmomxo

02-09-2010, 01:17 PM

ILMICKEY

02-09-2010, 08:10 PM

Yes I have (sorta) started a pretrip report. We will see how good I do keeping up on it.

Don't go changing your plans just in case things don't go my way. Though I would LOVE to meet you too. It's on my bucket list.

I doubt we will do the party. I think by that time they are doing the party parade anyway. This is a serious budget trip!! I'm packing bologna!! No bread!

Or maybe just bread, no bologna. Growing tomatoes this summer to make the ketsup.

disneyaddicted

02-10-2010, 08:20 PM

Where's Al Gore now?
I've got 10 feet of global warming in my yard!

NancyLuvsMickey

02-11-2010, 08:52 AM

Where's Al Gore now?
I've got 10 feet of global warming in my yard!

:eek:

I'm so over winter and this snow thing... Bring on Spring!!! :cool1:

disneyaddicted

02-11-2010, 01:00 PM

I sure wouldn't want to be part of that family!! Too bad you had to sit through the whole argument. Those walls sure are thin :sad2:

It happens to the best of us. Even on one of my trips with my older stepsister and stepdad came with us. My stepsister spent most of the time complaining about her relationships and how she doesn't have any money. Then, when we were at the Poly Luau of all places, my sister (aka Bubba) had had enough. She left the table during our meal, tears streaming down her face. She just couldn't take it anymore. Looking back, I feel terrible for her. At the time, I had sided with my stepsister. :sad2: Nobody should cry or be upset in Disney! It's just not the time or place. The trip just wasn't the same after that. At least now I know who NOT to travel with!I couldn't help but think of that couple every now and then, they had so much anger at eachother.

I agree with you nobody should cry or be upset at Disney.

I'm one that hurts for people like that and hate to hear it cause it upsets me, I want to fix it but know I can't and it will bother me. Then there are the parents who don't control their kids and let them hurt others, good for you saying something I don't understand people who have no consideration for others, and hat guy would have heard it from me that is just plain rude. Keep up the updates really enjoying the walk around epcot brings back great memories thank you!!!
Yeah, I am the type that cries over other peoples spilled milk, I want to be able to fix it too, but then again I need to mind my own business, it was just a shok how loud they were actually yelling at eachother.
The whole not taking care of your kids thing really gets to me, I shouldn't have to say something to the parents of bad behaving kids, it's just not cool.

I know just what you mean. I've been feeling the same way lately. Feb through most of March I fight feeling this way. At least I have Disney to focus on to keep my mind busy, with all the planning I'm bound to have something good to think about.
It really bummed me out and mad me happy all at the same time to see flowers out for our garden the other day in Costco....I mean really....why tempt us when we can't put them out yet. :confused3 Good prices too. :rolleyes:
Thanky you for the update, can't wait to hear more!!! :woohoo:I always get the winter blues, and then the store is slow so they cut hours and I'm home alone and that makes it worse, but I know it's only temporary, the sun will come out and the snow will be gone, just February seems like the longest month even though it's really the shortest.

:( Hearing stories like that make me all the more thankful for my relationship. So sad, for them and for you guys who had to listen to it.
Other than the argument, it sounds like a great night in the room! Those are the best conversations, the random silly school girl stuff. Love it.
I just found out my trip crew is expanding, as my brother and his wife and possibly my dad are going to go to. It's exciting, but stressfull having to change my plans now. But, it will be fun.
So glad to have another update from you! :goodvibesI know, how can you not feel bad for the couples who can't get along at Disney? Kent and I had a melt down our first trip but we never had the outburst that people had, and it wasn't the last fight we heard either.

It was a great night in the room, I felt 13 again.
Good luck with changing your plans, it'll keep you busy though.:surfweb:

I love your quiet private times where you snuck out by yourself to get a hot cocoa to sit by the pool. I can't think of a better place to slip away and just think. :thumbsup2

I am sick that you had to hear that! You know they knew everyone could hear them, but regardless, it's sad that people fight that way at all. If they were arguing there, I can't help but to think they must be fighting a lot at home in normal circumstances too. After a while it must just be habit.

Hope you are getting some good rest on that leg this evening!! I know you had a lot more planned for hte next day :)
My quiet times alone were some of my favorite, even though I loved having my BFF and mom there, the hot chocolate by the pool and me alone with my thoughts just relaxed me so much.

I agree, they knew they could be heard but I guess they didn't care, from the other fights I have heard I came to realize that they are most comfortable when they are fighting.

Between last night and tonight, I've read your whole report!!! Sounds like you had a great trip, making awesome memories!!!

I can't wait to read the rest, and hear how your birthday went!thank you for reading, I have a few more updates before I get to my birthday, it was a good day I will say that, but it had it's moments too.

Hi Ty I've been following your trip report, very entertaining! I've been a lurker for some time now on these boards so I decided to come out of hiding and send some support your way :hippie:

Keep updating, can't wait to hear more of your adventure!
Thank you for coming out of lurkdom, I love to hear from everybody, welcome and thank you for making your first post on my TR, :flower3: I will be updating soon.

zil0902!

Welcome and congrats on your very first post!! It's great to have you here with all of us!! Post often, and we'll see you here!! :thumbsup2
Yes congrats!:cheer2:

Welcome!
You picked a great TR for your first post!!! :cool1:
Thank you xoprincessmomxo:hug:

Yes I have (sorta) started a pretrip report. We will see how good I do keeping up on it.

Don't go changing your plans just in case things don't go my way. Though I would LOVE to meet you too. It's on my bucket list.

I doubt we will do the party. I think by that time they are doing the party parade anyway. This is a serious budget trip!! I'm packing bologna!! No bread!

Or maybe just bread, no bologna. Growing tomatoes this summer to make the ketsup.As you know already I have gone to your PTR, I love your title.

We will meet someday, I am coming to Mi. this summer and don't forget your invite to my sisters Halloween party,

We are all about the budget trip, we're packing leftovers!!! unless they come out with free dining, then we are good to go.

We make our own ketchup every year too, I swear we're related! We gotta be.

:eek:

I'm so over winter and this snow thing... Bring on Spring!!! :cool1:Amen sista friend! No mo sno!

praisehisname

02-11-2010, 01:29 PM

there was alot going on for just one little piece of candy, I knew I needed to get more for the kids before I left Disney for good.

Did you ever make it back to get some?

I leaned over and rested my head on mom's shoulder I could see better now.

That's so sweet; didn't you do that in the Muppet show, too?

Hey, I just heard we're supposed to get 6 - 10 more inches Monday night...:rolleyes1

Denise

disneyaddicted

02-11-2010, 02:43 PM

We had said that today was going to be a sleepin day but we were still up by 7:00am, so we all just started getting ready, except for Janis, she was tired and still a bit under the weather so she decided to stay and rest and maybe meet us later for our ADR at 50's Primetime.

While Mom and Marzi were finishing getting ready I went down to the parking lot to check the weather, (it's hard to gage it from just stepping outside the door, we were in the shade) so down in the parkin glot I could tell it was going to be a warm day, yay! I wouldn't even need a jacket, I calle my sister and talked to her for a few minutes gave her the update and told her about our plans, she asked that I text her through out the day and send pictures so she could kind of feel like she was there with us. Bo is a very active person always on the go so for her to have to take it easy after her surgery was starting to get to her. We said our goodbyes and I headed back up to the room, as I was headed there the argument lady from the night before came out of her parents room, I guess she had stayed there all night, she went to her own room and opened the door, I didn't linger outside too long but I did hear her say to her husband that they were going to MK that day and she would like for him to go too. I thought nice, they'll kiss and make up now.

Mom and Marzi wee ready to go so we gathered up our park bags, which I should have mentioned earlier, my buxton bag that I had bought for the trip had by now fallen apart, all the zippers had broken and the strap was startingto split from the bag, luckily I had the Kermit purse from JoJo and it was the perfect park bag for me, I didn't have to go buy one, which really would not have been a sin or the end of my life, but why buy one when I already had one, and it was Kermit so that is a huge plus.

We got to the DHS bus stop and a bus was waiting for us, we climbed on and waited for more people to show up, nobody did so we pulled out with a bus that was only half full, this must mean that DHS won't be crowded I told Mom and Marzi.

We get to DHS and it looks empty, we go through the bag check,

"Have ya biags awf ya shouldas and awn the table with it open!"

We go through the finger scan no problems, and then we head in to wait for the rope to drop. We spent some time taking pictures, the place wasn't too full of people yet.
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doesn't it look like Mom is wearing a hat?
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Once the rope dropped we went into one of the shops, Mom had seen something last time we were at DHS and wanted to get it, I can't remember what it was but it must have been important. While shopping I found a Minnie pin, she was in a nurses uniform so I bought for Marzi to give to her at Christmas. I also found a necklace that I had not seen anywhere else and I had to have it. it's a gold heart with little crystals around it and inside the heart is a crystal Mickey head, it was so awesome, then I got some gold mickey earings to match.
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We left the store happy with our purchases and headed straight to animation studio, Mom had wanted to exoerience the drawing portion, Marzi and I were all set for this we really enjoyed it the night we drew Dopey. there was a line but it wasn't long and they said it would be about 10 minutes.

I had gottent he worse case of hicups, I hate the hicups for me they are so painful and I get mad when I have them because they will last for an hour go away for a little bit and then come back, it will stay that way for at least 24 hours, so I'm in line getting grumpier and grumper with each hicup, I've tried all the home remedies, holding my breath, trying to swallow 3 gulps of air, standing on one foot and thinking of everything except purple elephants, nothing was working, then all of a sudden there is a tap on my shoulders, "Mam, I'm sorry you're going to have to exit the park, we do not allow hicups here." It was a CM and he had me buffaloed to the point that my hicups were gone. I was like "Are you serious?"
"Yes Mam, we find hicups a huge distraction, you're going to have to leave."

"You're joking right?"

"No, I'm not, sorry to have to do this to you."

:confused::guilty:

Then he said, "Oh, but it looks like your hicups are gone now, so you can stay."

I had to think for a minute, they were gone, wow! then I got it. "Oh, you're good, nobody can get rid of my hicups but you did, you're good."

He winked and walked away.

side story

One time I had the hicups real bad and I was beothing about, it, my DD is getting mad at me by now, "Why are you so mad?"
"I've got the hicups."

"No you don't"

"Yes I do"

Alright, prove it, hicup for me right now."

And as hard as I tried I could not produce a hicup, but these kinds of things only work once.

Anyway that CM was brilliant, I wonder how many times he's used that to get rid of hicups.

We were let in to watch the show with Mushu, Mom loved this and laughed alot, then we beelined for the animation part of it, they were letting a class in as we got there, we got seats in the middle, I was all excited to see who we were drawing today.

The artist flipped through his book and said here's a good one, we are just introducing him to the works, it's ray the lightening bug from The Princess and the Frog.
There were alot of groans and OMG's that looks hard, but he assured us that we would be able to do it and it's really easy since we start out with simple shapes, so we got started, he went a little faster then the guy from the other night, I had to keep playing catch up. But in the end I think I drew a pretty good Ray, Mom's and Marzi's turned out nice too, but I will be honest, I liked mine best.
Mom did say that my Dad would probably have fun at this but she knows he would never go to Disney. That's such a shame too, I would love to experience Disney with my Dad, I know once he got there he would have such a great time.

We left the studio with our drawings, and I took a picture with my phone to send to my sister, she texted me back and asked if I lit his butt up, I was clueless till she explained that he says that in the movie. "Don't make me light my butt up.":confused3

I asked my Mom if she wanted to do ToT again and she said no, once was enough, I got a bit bummed, but then Marzi said she wanted to try it, I was floored. I didn't want her to get sick, especially so early in the day so I said no you don't have to, but she insisted, so we started heading over there, Mom said she wanted to check out some more shops but she would meet us at the ToT dump shop.
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So Marzi and I head over, she wanted to stop and "relax" before going on the ride, so we foudn a "spot" and did that, she could hear thescreams coming from the ride and kept looking at me like she was unsure. I told her again she didn't have to go but she still insisted that she wanted to try it.
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We went and got in the short line, once we were in the library and the lights went off a couple people got really loud, like they had to speak up cause it was dark and they couldn't be heard. We couldn't hear Rod telling the story, I was a bit mad at this because I wanted Marzi to have the full experience, she said she got some bits and peices of it, so once we were in line for our elevator I filled her in on what she missed.

We were on the elevator in minutes, we got seats in the middle and upfront, we strapped ourselves in and the doors closed. Marzi was likin git at first but once it started bouncing us up and down it got to be to much for her, she said she couldn't take much more of this, lukily it stopped right after she said that. She tol dme one more bounce and she would have heaved.
I thought this ride was different from any other time I've ridden ToT, it seemed like the sequence changed, I know that the number of times they bounce you changes but this was different in the fact that they brought us down and showed us the missing people again and then took us back up again, normally we only see the missing people once. Oh well, go figure!

We exited the ride, took a look at our picture, I had my arms up, Marzi had her eyes closed, it was cute but nothing we had to have.

We went into the dump shop ans Mom wasn't there, so we went outside, no mom, went to the front, no Mom, so I just called her, she picked up and said she was coming out of the Villians shop and on her way to ToT, so I said we would start walking towards her, just walk the middle of the road and we will bump into eachother, right then she starts talking to somebody about a hiden Mickey so I hung up.
We walked to almost the Villian shop and didn't see Mom so we back tracked and still didn't find her, I saw a shop I wanted to go in so instead of looking for Mom I went in the shop and called her, she said she was headed for ToT and was right by Beauty and the Beast, so I told her to turn around and head back the other way. I went to the door of the shop and could see her so I told her to keep going and then I just went out to meet her. We went into the shop and I was looking at more jewlery when Mom started telling me about an encounter she had with a street actor, he was a policeman,

I will stop here because I need to call Mom and get the story again, it was cute.

MyMuse

02-11-2010, 02:58 PM

disneyaddicted

02-11-2010, 03:02 PM

Did you ever make it back to get some?Yup, I did.:) And the kids love dit, I put it in their stockings.

That's so sweet; didn't you do that in the Muppet show, too?yea, either the Muppet show or the little Mermaid

Hey, I just heard we're supposed to get 6 - 10 more inches Monday night...:rolleyes1[
DeniseI heard the same, I am so tired of the sno, all of us here in the Hollow have cabin fever, I'm out of cigarettes, it's a good time to quit I guess. Our roads have not ben plowed and al the drifiting is going to make it hard to get out of here, My DH is talking about walking 3 miles to the Brogue store to get "supplies" Our neighbor who lives in back of us came over with a bottle of Jack Daniels about 10:00pm last night and the 3 of us emptied it. It's crazy, but luckily I leave for Texas this Saturday and will be away from the snow for a week.

disneyaddicted

02-11-2010, 03:12 PM

Hey Ty!

I am all caught up! :yay:

Re: Pop
I'm enjoying reading about your POP stay. I just booked a trip in a few weeks and went with POP. I hope I don't regret it! I got a ticket for D23's 1st anniversary party, so.....I'm a-goin'! ;)

Re: Animation Academy
I love it!! The last time though, I didn't like the animator running the class. He went super fast and didn't seem overly happy to be there. I felt like saying, "buddy, you wanna switch jobs?" :laughing:

Re: Akershus
I really liked it. I thought the inside was beautiful and interaction was great, good food. I did Royal Table and I think Akershus was better.

Re: Soarin'
Don't you LOVE it? I think I went on the ride 5x times during my trip. I think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. My ultimate favorite ride. Did you see the hidden mickeys?

Re: leg
I'm so sorry about your leg? We seemed to be in sympatico, but mine never hurt. It swelled up, looked disguisting with red splochy marks, but never hurt me, thankfully. I don't wear shorts or capris because of my stupid cankles. :scared:

Looking forward to more! popcorn::
You won't regret Pop, at least I don't think you will. I love it, it's so Disney.

the first guy at the animators studio went slow and was friendly, the second guy acted like he wanted us out of there ASAP.

Akershus had great food, I have never done CRT so I have nothing to compare it to, but it was nice.

Soarin is my favorite. I would rank it #1 in my book.

I would have loved to have worn capris but my leg was sick looking, I hope I don't have that problem in September, it still swells when I'm onit for more then a few hours.

praisehisname

02-11-2010, 03:18 PM

I also found a necklace that I had not seen anywhere else and I had to have it.

I hope you can figure out what's wrong with Photobucket, because I want to see the jewelry!!!

"Mam, I'm sorry you're going to have to exit the park, we do not allow hicups here."

Genuis!!! Glad it worked! :thumbsup2

it's ray the lightening bug from The Princess and the Frog

So jealous! Can't wait to see your pictures!

I'm out of cigarettes, it's a good time to quit I guess.

When you already are going crazy from cabin fever? Doesn't sound like a good time to quit to me! :rolleyes1 :rotfl2:

Denise

dydo2424

02-11-2010, 07:43 PM

Hey Ty. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing. I've spent most of the afternoon reading your TR from beginning until now. I have to say that I did laugh at the picture of your foot (i'm sorry) :) But I was laughing and saying OMG at the same time. I don't know how you walked around like that. You're a WDW super trooper. And then I had the thought that you had to walk to the POP bus stops from each park:scared:. I've stayed at POP a few times and it seemed it was always the furthest from the gates (except DHS). I can't wait to hear the rest of the story. I've laughed and teared up several times this afternoon.....

disneyaddicted

02-12-2010, 12:02 AM

I hope you can figure out what's wrong with Photobucket, because I want to see the jewelry!!!
I did finally figure it out, it was simple too.

Genuis!!! Glad it worked! :thumbsup2
I know it was totally genius.

So jealous! Can't wait to see your pictures!
I didn't put my picture of Ray on photobucket, but next time I am transfering from my camera onto my desk top I will include Ray. He was fun to draw.

When you already are going crazy from cabin fever? Doesn't sound like a good time to quit to me! :rolleyes1 :rotfl2:

Denise
No really, it's not the best time to quit, but what else can I do?:confused3
Actually a neighbor who lives down the road stopped in to see us and she had cigs and let me buy a pack off her. BB&B called me to see if I could come into work, I would have loved to have gotten out of the house, but us country folk are stuck!

Hey Ty. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing. I've spent most of the afternoon reading your TR from beginning until now. I have to say that I did laugh at the picture of your foot (i'm sorry) :) But I was laughing and saying OMG at the same time. I don't know how you walked around like that. You're a WDW super trooper. And then I had the thought that you had to walk to the POP bus stops from each park:scared:. I've stayed at POP a few times and it seemed it was always the furthest from the gates (except DHS). I can't wait to hear the rest of the story. I've laughed and teared up several times this afternoon.....Thanks for reading, now worries about laughing at the picture of my foot, it was hilarious then and it's hilarious now, it didn't even look like a human foot if you ask me.
Pop is always the longest walk, it's a value resort, you get what you pay for, but really it very seldom pained me to walk on it, it was just uncomfortable because mt shoe felt tight.
I am so happy that you are enjoying my retelling of this fun vacation, I laugh and tear up as I write it.

All7OfUs

02-13-2010, 08:31 AM

mornin', Ty! Just checking in to say howdy :)

NancyLuvsMickey

02-17-2010, 02:55 PM

Hi Ty...

Just wanted to let you know I'm still here and loving your trip report!!! It rocks!!! :thumbsup2

But you leg didn't look too good in some of those pictures... :eek: I hope it's getting better!!!

Love the necklace... :love: Very pretty!!!

Nancy...

Millie12591

02-19-2010, 02:34 AM

Hey girlie, you doing OK? You surviving the weather? Or are you quitting smoking and don't want to talk with anyone for fear flames will come out at everyone?? :laughing: Hope your well, let us know. :hug:

disneyaddicted

02-19-2010, 10:11 PM

mornin', Ty! Just checking in to say howdy :)howdy right back at ya. I will be back home on Saturday and then I work Sunday but hopefully will get a chance to update Monday

Hi Ty...

Just wanted to let you know I'm still here and loving your trip report!!! It rocks!!! :thumbsup2

But you leg didn't look too good in some of those pictures... :eek: I hope it's getting better!!!

Love the necklace... :love: Very pretty!!!

Nancy...Hi, thank you for still reasding, I know I've been MIa for a while but I will be back soon. The leg is doing ok, the cold weather and my traveling has it acting up a bit but really all is well.
I love that necklace too, the gold one right? it's my favorite fancy Disney lecklace.

Hey girlie, you doing OK? You surviving the weather? Or are you quitting smoking and don't want to talk with anyone for fear flames will come out at everyone?? :laughing: Hope your well, let us know. :hug:

I'm doing great, Ive been in Texas for the past week, I fly home tomorrow. I havn't quit smoking yet, I keep coming up with excuses, but the want to quit is there and getting stronger.

All7OfUs

02-20-2010, 09:25 AM

Yay!! Another update coming up soon!!! :rotfl:

Millie12591

02-21-2010, 01:41 AM

Oh gosh, I totally forgot you were coming here! :yay: I hope your trip went well, and you got some good sugars in with your neices during your visit. :goodvibes I always wonder what people think when they come to Texas who aren't use to being here. You'll have to let us know. Miss hearing from you. :hug:

disneyaddicted

02-23-2010, 11:09 PM

Yay!! Another update coming up soon!!! :rotfl:well....soon...ish:confused3

Oh gosh, I totally forgot you were coming here! :yay: I hope your trip went well, and you got some good sugars in with your neices during your visit. :goodvibes I always wonder what people think when they come to Texas who aren't use to being here. You'll have to let us know. Miss hearing from you. :hug:
The trip went great, I didn't think I could love Jazzlynn anymore then I already did, but she worked her baby magic and I fell deeper in love with her.
Addalynn is a cutie patootie, I got there at a good time, Matt and Lola said that for the longest time she just cried and slept, but mostly cried, now she is learning to explore her world and has several happy no crying hours a day, I even took her for a night so Matt and Lola could get some rest, Addy and I bonded, she is just so dear, I will try and get some pictures uploaded for ya.

Texas was nice, I was hoping it would have been a little warmer, I lived in El Paso for several years so I kind of had an idea of Texas, it was nice being there, very busy, not at all like my small town.

Guess what peeps? The airline lost my luggage on the way back, and then when they recovered it they took it to my work place, it was my day off, so I drove into work to get it and guess what? It wasn't my luggage:lmao:
So I had to haul this big piece of stranger luggage back to my house, I call the airline and explain it to them, they said they would get ahold of the driver who was on his way to Philly at the time, he finally did get me the right luggage and I got a free airline ticket out of it, but the funny thing is, the ticket I used to fly to Texas in the first place was also a freebie due to an airline poopoo when I was coming back from Disney, (It'll all be in the TR, ya'll are just gonna have to wait for that dirt) so anywho, for $164.00 the cost of my original ticket to Disney, I have gotten altogether 3 flights out if it. Not too shabby huh?

disneyaddicted

02-24-2010, 12:20 AM

So I left off somewhere when I was looking for Mom. or maybe I had just found her, can't remember, but anyway when we met up she started telling me about her encounter with a street actor, a police man one, she approached him and said she wanted to report a missing mickey, she thought maybe he might even be hiding, the kind officer told her that Mickey has been known to be hidden, as of right now there was a report of a hidden Mickey on the water tower and crews were working to get him down, Mom told the officer to call her once the hidden mickey had been found safely,

the story was much longer and more detailed but that is the jist of it, Mom was just so excited to have been "in" on a little Disney skit. I really wish I had been there to see it.

We stopped into quite a few shops ansd it was really starting to get crowded, a parade was on it's way, the block party thing, not really a parade, but people were lining up on the streets and it was getting hard to manuever around, I went into a shop to buy a strap for my camera, I had seen several people with them and just had to have one for myself, there was one lady in front of me in line, my goal was to get the camera strap and then beat it out of dodge before I got stuck in the crowd, didn't seem like it would be too difficult, I mean really, only one person in line ahead of me, she said all she needed was a camera battery, but then it turned into checking prices, then it turned into "hmmmm, honey, should we get another memory card for the camera, how much memory do we want, think we'll need that much, how much more is this then that, hmmmm, honey is it worth it, think we'll use it?" Just when I thought she was going to make the purchase, "Hmmmm honey, blah blah blah blah? blah blah blah!!! hmmmmm, I'm so blah blah torn."

I lost it here, I looked out the door, saw the crowd and went into panic mode, I put the strap back and could not get out of the store fast enough, then I couldn't find a break in the crowd to get across the road before the block party started, it was not a good scene, there were many curses under my breath, and several "Reallys?" shouted everytime somebody backed up without looking and nearly caused me to @ssend them. This was my weakest moment at Disney, I was seconds away from totally losing it, too many people in one place and I could not see my surroundings, that is not good, I finally hurdled a couple sitting down on the curb, I did give a "heads up" warning, I dashed across the street and behind the buildings, it was quiet there, I waited for Mom and Marzi to catch up, then we all went and got a frozen lemonade and just sat and vegged on a bench for almost 40 minutes, we didn't talk, we just sat and sucked our drinks down, well my drink was very bitter, it made my tongue hurt so after a few sucks on it I tossed it and bought a water, but I had taken in enough bitter lemon to give me heartburn.
I had the powder packets of tums and let me tell you, THEY WORK!!!!! it was better then my prescription antacids, I haven't refilled that script either, no need now, I found something that works fast and only cost a dollar for a box at the dollar tree.

We called Janis to see if she wanted to meet us at 50's Prime time for dinner, but she said she was doing fine and didn't want to get up and get dressed, so just the 3 of us went and checked in. They said they were running behind by 20 minutes, story of my life, so we found a couch to sit on and waited, we waited a long time, I about fell asleep, Mom of course thought they called our name and we didn't hear them, so I got up and checked, no, they didn't call us, simmer down mama!

When we did get called I was so hungry I could have eaten the @ss of a skunk and called it steak.

I was extremely happy with where we got seated, we even had our own T.V. I didn't get that last time, our kitchenette eating area was the bomb!
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We get seated and not too much later a man comes over and says "Kids, how ya been? You remember your Uncle Tim right?"

I'd been here before, I know the deal, so I play along, "Uncle Tim, how ya been?"

He threw the menus down infront of Mom. "well, if anybody would ever call me or write you would know how I've been, what do you want to drink you free loaders?"

We all give our orders, Marzi and I get some Rasberry smoothie thing, I can't remember what Mom got, but anyway Uncle Tim walks away in a huff, Mom leans over to me, "I don't like him, he's rude."

"He's in character Mom, he's the disgruntled brother of yours."

A light goes on in mom's head, she knows there is fun to be had here.

So When Uncle Tim comes back with our drink orders he says to Mom, "What has my older sister been up to lately?

Mom says, "Oh you know, just livin gmy life, I grew up after all and moved out on my own, I see you're still living at home with Mother."

Uncle Tim didn't miss a beat, "Well, Mother always did like me best."
The he says to Marzi, "What would you like to eat miss elbows?" yup, Marzi had her elbows on the table.
She ordered the post roast, I got the meatloaf, and let me say I had read about the meatloaf on the boards here, wonderful raves of it, and not a single lie, that meat loaf is heaven, totally would die for that meatloaf again. I don't remember what Mom got, I think I always remember what Marzi got because it would be a big discussion between us every time.

Our food comes, we dig in and I say "OMG, this is so good." Uncle Tim caught me talking with my mouth full and I got a stern look and he pointed at me and shook his head, then he said I see you're still no "Miss Manners".

Marzi and I totally loved the atmosphere here, we played it up good, the squabbling sisters, "Mom, tell her to quit looking at me."

"Tell her to stop kicking me under the table."

"She put her nasty finger in my drink."

Mom tells us to both be quiet or we would have to go to bed with no T.V.
(I remember those days, having to miss the muppet show because I wouldn't eat my brussel sprouts, who's idea was brussel sprouts anyway?)

we finish up and Uncle Tim gets our dessert orders, while we were waiting Marzi sends me a picture message on my phone, I open it up, she had taken a picture of my crotch under the table, I broke out into hysterics, so I send her one of me flipping her the bird under the table, she sent one back to me and in all caps it said F U ! but of course the whole word spelled out.

So then I said "What Ever Major Loser!" but I did the whole 5th grade thing of making the W and the E, M and L with my fingers, Marzi spewed her drink, the whole texting war went on for quite a bit and then uncle Tim came back and made a comment about our neat walkie Talkies, but we shouldn't be playing with toys at the dinner table.

Marzi and I had ordered the s'mores to split and Mom got the Boston cream pie, when he presented Mom with her dessert I was in awe, this wasn't just a dessert, it was art.

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It was really tasty too, we all shared eachothers desserts, they were yummy, but we were so full we couldn't finish, Uncle Tim did not like that we were being wasteful, but he was pleased that we did finish our meals and that I loved the meat loaf, he brought us the bill, we settled up and as we were leaving he told us to not wait so long in btween visits but also next time call first before coming over, it's rude to just drop in like that.

We left the restaraunt, took some pictures for a while, and then on the way out I stopped to get my camera strap, it took a total of 30 seconds. I should have never tried to go in that store when a parade was on it's way, live and learn.

The bus ride back was uneventful, except for the people that cut in line, we Marzi and I knew we'd still get a seat on the bus so we didn't say anything.

We called Janis when we got back to Pop to see if she was hungry, she asked that we bring her some soup, so Mom went and got what Janis needed, and we all went up to the room, Marzi and I got our mugs and went down for hot coco, we were tired so we didn't stay long.

Back in the room we got on our jammies and crawled into bed, even though we were tired we weren't ready to sleep, so we filled Janis in on the day, we watched a little bit of T.V. and then after an hour we finally turned out the lights and went to sleep.

My screamin gphone woke me, I'm sure I jumped out of bed answered the phone and stepped outside in a matter of seconds, it was Kent, I was still too tired to go down to the pop shop or pool to talk so I just sat outside the door and talked to him for a while, we said our goodnights after about 20 minutes. I go back in the room using my cell phone for light, I no longer get settled into bed when I hear the neighbors door slam and the yelling began.

Woman: We almost had a good day, but NOOOooooo, you had to ruin it.

Man: How did I ruin it?

Woman: By opening your sarcastic mouth, we went the whole day having fun with no arguments, but you can't let me have one day of peace can you?

Man: And you can't go ten minutes without spending money.

Woman: so this is about money? you didn't complain once all day, I thought you were mad at the crowds at the bus stop.

Man: that was the fuel to the fire, I was livid about the money you kept dropping.

At this point I plugged i the noise maker, turned it up as loud as it would go and buried my head under the pillow. I wanted to cry, I really did, they just weren't happy, even at Disney, no happiness for them.

coming up next, Mom's night full of nightmares.

All7OfUs

02-24-2010, 03:24 AM

xoprincessmomxo

02-24-2010, 07:44 AM

I loved PTC! My 7 year old is still talking about the "kitchen restaurant, where they act like your aunt". I have some great pictures of my husband in an Ariel bib. Our server had so much fun embarassing him.
Glad you had a good time in Texas with your nieces! :thumbsup2

disneyaddicted

02-25-2010, 12:32 PM

That was such a fun lunch to read about! I love that you got a server that was soooo into it!

I avoid ALL parade routes, including shops within 50 miles during parade times!! Those areas are always a zoo!!! Maddeningly so, in fact. Thanks for the reminder!!!

Yeah, I always pick me lines like that one you got too. Blah, blah,blah.... can't make up my mind,,, blah, I need 4 more hours to decide, blah...
(Walmart before the trip, people..psst. it's cheaper, too).

I feel so, so sorry for those people who can't seem to get along AT.ALL. So sad. And worse that they bring the entire Western World into their private business!

You didn't mention your leg in this installment, so I hope it wasn't bugging you too badly this day!
We did have an awesome server at Prime time, he made the meal worth it. I didn't have such a great server last time and I only booked this TS meal again because I thought Mom would really enjoy it.

For the most part I am good at avoiding crowds, I was just having an off day and no thinking when I got stuck in that mess. And I always end up in the long lines, I tend over think which line to get into as well, sometimes I will see a short line but purposely won't get into it thinking that with my luck it will be the longest wait and then it ends up being a good line that I missed out on, I have no luck when it comes to lines.

The fighting couple was a downer, at least I never saw them at any parks, I myself though if I had a bone to pick with my DH would not yell, yelling gets ya no where, we learned that early on in our marriage, we have a promise that we will never go to bed angry at eachother but the key to solving anything is to talk it out not yell over eachother like my neighbors at Pop did. it was sad, really sad. And do you seriously want people to know your business?

I loved PTC! My 7 year old is still talking about the "kitchen restaurant, where they act like your aunt". I have some great pictures of my husband in an Ariel bib. Our server had so much fun embarassing him.
Glad you had a good time in Texas with your nieces! :thumbsup2I have heard it a million times on the board and it is true, a good server can make or break your meal experience, I'm glad you guys had a good server, ours was so much into character I actually started to believe that Mom and Uncle Tim were siblings who fought for thier Mothers attention.

I can't imagine my DH ever wearing a bib, let alone an ariel bib, your DH is a good sport, I bet that just made it all the more memorable for your child.

I did have a great time with my nieces, I can't wait to take them to Disney.

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02-25-2010, 01:13 PM

I had gone to bed with my noisemaker set as loud as possible and a pillow over my head, I'm not sure how long I was asleep when I heard my mom start to moan, I knew she was about to have a bad dream, Mom has alot of nightmares and they always seem to be demonic, she is sensitive to stuff like that, so when I hear her moaning I wait to see if maybe she was just going to talk in her sleep or actually have a nightmare, but when she started calling my name I knew. Have you ever had a bad dream and you try to call for help, you're screaming with all your might but it comes out a whisper? Well that is what Mom was doing, it's kind of scary to hear it, "Ty, ty, help me."

"Mom, wake up your having a bad dream."

"Ty.!"

so I get out of bed and go over to her, "Mom, wake up you're having a bad dream."

Mom woke up and said thankyou for waking me, I asked if she was ok and she said yes, so I went back to my bed, a little while later she is calling for me again, "Ty, wake me up please, ty, wake me up."

SO I call out for her again but she won't wake up, I get up and go over to her bed again, "Mom."

Her voice was quivery, "The demons want to sacrifce me."

"Wake up Mom."

"I can't."

So I gently shake her, "Mom you have to wake up."

She wakes up and tells me she was having a horrible dream, I told her to lay on her side instead of her back, so she rolls over and falls asleep right away, I waited for about 5 minutes then went back to my bed I listened for a long time for her, she was quiet, I had just started to fall asleep when she started calling for me again, so I go back to her bed and wake her up again, this time I make her sit up and I get her some orange juice to drink, I thought maybe if she was awake and alert then once she went back to sleep she wouldn't be in the same dream, I also prayed for her, I asked God to get into her dreams and send angels to do whatever battle needed to be fought in order for Mom to get a restful sleep.

I went back to my bed and fell asleep thinking Mom's dream was done, but it wasn't shortly there after she started whimpering then calling for me again,

"Mom, wake up."
"I'm trying"
"Wake up Mom," I hear nothing, "Are you awake?"

"Yes."

"I prayed, so no more bad dreams, ok?"

"Ok."

I fall asleep and after a while I hear Mom whimpering again and calling for help.
I get up and go back over to her and wake her up. "Mom, I bind all evil spirits away from you in the name of the Father." I went and got her bible and gave it to her, she hugged it to her and fell back asleep. I got back into bed and thought if this happens again I will make her get dressed and we will go for a walk by the lake, but Mom did fall into a sound sleep and she didn't whimper or call out for me anymore.

This whole thing happened over 3 hours during the night. I wasn't able to fully sleep because I was waiting for mom and afraid if I slept too hard I wouldn't hear her, I woke up at every sound, anytime somebody rolled over or coughed it woke me, I was grateful when the alarm went off I could at least get up and start my day.

As we were getting ready I asked Mom if she remembered her nightmare and she said yes it was a bad one and she didn't know what brought it on. there must be spiritual battle going on that she isn't aware of.

Today is my birthday, I go and get my present for Mom out of my suitcase, even though it is my birthday, it was mom's "labor" day. I had painted her an Eyore T-Shirt, she loved it and wore it that day.

I was stoked for my birthday, it was going to be an Epcot day, we had ADR's for Coral Reef and I would be getting my brithday girft card from Disney. How could this day not be awesome? I'm at Disney with my Mom and BFF, and Janis was fast becoming part of my family, what a great way to celebrate.

I'm 38, don't feel a day over 25, I really don't think I look 38 either, so that's a plus.

We were heading out to the bus stop when Bo called, this is our tradition, I answer my phone

"Hello?" all smiles here cause I know what's coming

"YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, DA NA NA NA NA NA
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOO
YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY DA NA NA NA NA NA
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME."

Then I say, "uuummm, who is this?"

and Bo says "Ty?"

"You must have the wrong number."

"Ty, don't scare me like that you nerd. So do you feel 38, what's it like to turn 38 in Disneyworld? Do you have birthday plans?"

I fill her in and promise to keep her included with text messages and phone calls. We hang up and a bus is pulling up for Epcot, :woohoo:

We are one of the first on and grab seats towards the back. we chit chat all the way to Epcot, when we got off the bus Janis handed me $30 and said "Happy Birthday, sorry I don't have a card for you." I was so surprised, I gave her a hug and said thank you so much.

Once the rop dropped we headed to guest relations, it was a long wait, Janis and Marzi waited outside and Mom and I went in, once we got to the front the CM gave me all the birthday options and the gift card was the best option for me, she went over a few rules and sidenotes, then she gave me a new birthday button and she gave mom and "I'm celebrating" button, we didn't think to ask for one for Marzi and Janis until we got outside, we went back in bu tthe line was so long we decided to just forget it for now.

With gift card in hand we headed to Mousegears, my all time favorite Disney store. We spent an hour in there.
My most favorite purchase of the day was this
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg196/dizmama/purchases006.jpg
Isn't it grand? I also bought more earings and a keychain, I think I also bought a pin but I don't remember what of, when I checked out I still had 5 dollars left on my card, it wouldn't go to waste, I would find something to buy eventually.

Marzi bought her son CJ a pair of Disney crocs, Mom got herself a castle watch, it was gorgeous and I ask that should she ever tire of it please consider me to take over of the wearing of that watch, she promised.

I will sign off for now, I have tons of pictures for this day and I need to get things in order, it was a busy day. I meet a diser this day.:banana: not just a diser but a moderator:woohoo::yay: