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Blueyed Girl

02-19-2010, 06:22 PM

(Adding chapter links to the bottom of this post!)

Hello and welcome to my CRAZY Trip Report!! For more of an explanation on the title of this TR plus more Character introductions please visit my PTR here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2329123 I think you'll find that this trip of Dis meets is just as crazy as some of my childhood vacations. :thumbsup2 I wouldn't have it any other way.

This trip we got to meet up with a bunch of other crazy Diser's!!! We were lucky enough to get to spend time with Jordan and his family and friends....Wendy & Derek and their cute kiddo's, and Kim & Alan. We also got to spend time with Winkers (Cherie) and DJay and also Rosie!!! We even met a NEW Diser one morning at DHS....."Mytallula". She was very sweet and she informed us that she saw mine and Winkers "dance pictures" on Jordan's PTR. I think I felt myself blush a little. :rotfl2:

Our trip started on February 5th with an un-eventful drive to Tallahassee. Thank goodness for that "un-eventful" part. If you've read my PTR you know that we weren't sure if our brand new Yukon would make it there or not. Yes, we are owners of a big fat black lemon!!......But hopefully not for long.

Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge, La.
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Anyway, on to happier things! We stopped at the Welcome Center when we got to Florida because it's tradition. We love stopping here and looking at the brochures, stretching our legs, and getting that tiny shot of OJ.

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I have taken a picture of DS next to these posts every year we've gone to Disney. I think for his first trip (Feb 2007) when he was about 2 weeks away from being 3 years old, he was only up to the third line from the bottom....if that much. Look how much he's grown!!!
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DH and DS in front of the Blue Angels jet.
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Comparing paw prints..
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The next day we woke at 4:00am and were on the road around 5:00am.

Getting closer.....
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Someone's getting excited...
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Ok, maybe we all are....
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What's that????!!!! :woohoo:

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We finished the drive and FINALLY found ourselves here:
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Welcome home!!!
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CONTINUED IN NEXT POST......

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CHAPTER LINKS:

AN ANNOUNCEMENT!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35515569&postcount=26)

DAY 1 PART 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35620468&postcount=158)

DAY 1 PART 2 CONTINUED (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35620487&postcount=159)

DAY 1 PART 2 CONTINUED AGAIN! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35620498&postcount=160)

DAY 1 - FINAL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35777101&postcount=255)

DAY 2 ~ FEB 7 ~ SUPERBOWL SUNDAY ~ PART 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35917861&postcount=328)

DAY 2 SUPERBOWL SUNDAY PART 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36215183&postcount=391)

DAY 2 SUPERBOWL SUNDAY PART 3- We finally watch the superbowl!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36308572&postcount=433)

DAY 2-FINAL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36395594&postcount=462)

DAY 3-PART 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36537061&postcount=490)

Day 3 - Part 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36625562&postcount=521)

DAY 3-FINAL & DAY 4 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36777080&postcount=546)

DAY 5-PART 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36869942&postcount=584)

DAY 5-PART2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36891932&postcount=595)

DAY 5 FINAL & DAY 6 PART 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36945836&postcount=610)

DAY 6 FINAL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36980910&postcount=625)

QUICK UPDATE (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37097710&postcount=640)

DAY 7-PART1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37103229&postcount=659)

DAY 7- FINAL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37164627&postcount=676)

Blueyed Girl

02-19-2010, 06:23 PM

I did not do the online check in but for the first time EVER, our room was ready when we got there!! (about 10:00am) We had room #1524 which is toward the front where we like to be. Not too far from the main house. The view this year was terrible! There was nothing but a tall wall of bamboo off our balcony. The golf course was right behind us but we couldn't see it at all. This was the worst view we've ever had at OKW. This time I put the reservations under DH's name for the first time ever. I wonder if this had anything to do with it?? Anyway, it was just a thought. I don't really care about the view......well, I didn't care about it on THIS trip. First we were too busy to enjoy the balcony, and second it was WAAAY TOO COLD to sit out there! :scared1: Yes, you read that right. It was FREEZING during our trip! The temps were in the 30's-40's but the wind was 25-30mph the entire trip. I kept getting wind advisories on my phone every day. We eventually got tired of being beat up by the wind. It really wears you out! Of course we soldiered on!! I mean come on........IT'S DISNEY WORLD!!! :woohoo:

Our first stop after checking in and unloading the bags in the room was.........EPCOT!!!
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Our first order of business was to get a fast pass for Soarin'. By this time it was around 11am. We were behind the game as far as fastpasses go! Once we secured that, we let DS choose what he wanted to ride first. Surprisingly he chose.......

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Yep!! Spaceship Earth!! Here are some pics I TRIED to take in there.....
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After this we decided to eat lunch. So we headed over to the Electric Umbrella. You may remember that we have found that DS has severe food allergies. He is allergic to peanuts and green peas (legumes). We have to carry an epi-pen. We found all of this out last summer. This is our first trip to WDW knowing about his allergies. I contacted WDW before our trip and filled out some forms at their request and sent them back. They put this information on our reservation as well as all of our ADR's. Then they sent me many .pdf files of what snacks were safe around WDW along with counter service items that should be safe too. They always say to check with a chef before ordering and that's just what I did. This did take some time and held up the line a bit. I'm not happy to report that I felt extremely uncomfortable doing that and what made it worse was all the snickering and "sigh's" coming from the people behind me. :mad:

If any of those people are reading my TR, I'd like to pause and take this moment to tell you to shove it where the sun doesn't shine!!! GET IN ANOTHER LINE!!!! THIS IS MY CHILD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!! GET A GRIP ON YOURSELVES!!!

Ok, I'm back now......;) Seriously, I couldn't believe the rudeness. And they KNEW what we were doing because the chef and manager came out with a binder full of food labels for me to read through. Let's now look at this from my perspective minus the people behind me...... I'm having to figure out what item DS wants to eat, then get told that he may not be able to have the cheese burger because of the bread. I have to look through the ingredients list for the chicken nuggets, then approve it. The cashier has to get approval from the manager. SEVERAL people checked and re-checked our order before I finally got our food. I left the counter with a tray full of food and a nervous stomach and wasn't sure if I even wanted to feed DS what was there. Good news is that he ate and was fine. The bad news is that I have at this moment realized that the 10 pages of files that Disney sent me for counter service and snacks that I printed out and made into a BOOK, were OUTDATED!!!! :headache: There was nothing at Electric umbrella that was on the papers. They have since switched brands and items and basically, the 10 pages were of no use to me AT ALL. :scared1: All I can think at this moment is....... "OMG, I've got 7 days of this". " I'm going to have a heart attack every time we go to eat and will be bald by the time we leave this place!!"

More on the food allergy situation later! Does it get better or more confusing?? :rolleyes1

Once lunch was over and my blood pressure and heart rate was back to normal, we headed over to Ellen's Energy Adventure. It was about this time that I sent a Text to Jordan because I knew he, Winkers, & DJay were in Epcot that day.

DS about to see some dinosaurs!!!
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This was DS's first time to ride EEA. He wanted to see the dinosaurs because he was thinking about riding the ride "Dinosaur" in Animal Kingdom for the first time this trip. He thought this would be a good way to build up to that. :hug:

When we left EEA, it was time for our Soarin' fastpass. I forgot to check my phone and didn't realize that Jordan sent me a text back. They were sitting outside of EEA and we totally missed each other!!! I got the text as we were about to get on Soarin'. :laughing:

I'll stop here for now. Did we get to Soar over California??? Did we ever get to meet up with Jordan, Winkers, & DJay??? Stay tuned!!! popcorn::

glennbo123

02-19-2010, 06:27 PM

Could I be first? :woohoo:

I am in!

Blueyed Girl

02-19-2010, 06:28 PM

Could I be first? :woohoo:

I am in!

You are totally first!!! Way to go!!! :thumbsup2:woohoo:

Minnie&Nana

02-19-2010, 07:13 PM

I'm ready too! Can't wait!

Trentmom

02-19-2010, 08:03 PM

Hey Blue... Just signing in

Off to read :wizard:

Trentmom

02-19-2010, 08:13 PM

wow, those temps sound cold. But like you say, It's Disney and weather can not hold you back :woohoo:

Your DS looks so much older from last year pic..They grow up so fast as I am sure you know :goodvibes

That must have been so scary ordering food for DS every time this trip since it was new.

I can't believe the nerve of the people behind you. It must have been so hard to bite your tongue :headache:

Love your SE pics up on the screen :rotfl:

Can't wait for more popcorn::

Lifelong_Dreamer

02-19-2010, 08:51 PM

I'm in! Can't wait to read all about the crazy adventures. :thumbsup2

eandesmom

02-19-2010, 08:52 PM

I know I missed the PTR but am in for the ride!!!!!!!

Blueyed Girl

02-19-2010, 08:58 PM

I'm ready too! Can't wait!

Yay!!:yay:

Hey Blue... Just signing in

Off to read :wizard:
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wow, those temps sound cold. But like you say, It's Disney and weather can not hold you back :woohoo:

Your DS looks so much older from last year pic..They grow up so fast as I am sure you know :goodvibes

That must have been so scary ordering food for DS every time this trip since it was new.

I can't believe the nerve of the people behind you. It must have been so hard to bite your tongue :headache:

Love your SE pics up on the screen :rotfl:

Can't wait for more popcorn::
Yes the kiddo is growing way too fast!!
The food thing drove me NUTS!!
I didn't even turn around to look at those people. If I would have, I wouldn't have been able to hold it in.

I'm in! Can't wait to read all about the crazy adventures. :thumbsup2
Yay! Glad you're here.

I know I missed the PTR but am in for the ride!!!!!!!

:welcome: Glad you came over!

Native NYer

02-19-2010, 09:08 PM

Joining in! Now back to read :surfweb:

MaryAz

02-19-2010, 09:10 PM

1st page? Maybe? I will be more active and less lurky this time around :)

I will have to show DD-almost 6 the pic of your son in his car seat. She is also still in a 5 point harness since she is under 4olb. 45 inches but 38lb. 80% of her friends are in a booster. She thinks she is moving at 4olb but her seat harnesses to 60lb. All it took was watching that video on YouTube.
Avery's best friend also has a severe tree nut allergy-also has the epi. I would watch her at my house and took her out a few times-it was gut wrenching. I was a wreck. Those rude people can-well ya know. HELLO, have YOU HEARD of ANAPHLACTIC REACTION??? This is LIFE or DEATH people not a PICKY kid. Acck, people are so stupid. I have a walnut allergy which was noted on our ressie and the people at the restraunt would always let me know if something contained them. I hope it got easier!

*Seanaci*

02-19-2010, 09:11 PM

On board! :D

So sorry to hear about your sons food allergies! I had a friend who had food allergies and going out to eat with him always took longer...but we totally understood! Had I been in line behind you and heard the people grumbling and getting annoyed I would have told them STFU. :D

Poolrat

02-19-2010, 09:34 PM

Welcome back and count me in!!!!

Great start on the trip report. Sorry to hear about the food situation.
I guess the good news is as you go more often, :thumbsup2 you will get better at knowing what is OK and what is potentially a problem.

that's nice

02-19-2010, 11:04 PM

I'm in for the ride!!!! Followed you over from Jordan's PTR.

My SIL cannot eat gluten so she and my brother have to check ingredients before they order. One good thing is that it seems that more people are eating gluten free food and it is becoming more common. They had good experiences eating in WDW. Sorry you had to go through that with your son... but you are right- his health is most important. Who cares about a bunch of people you don't know standing behind you! pirate:

Millie12591

02-19-2010, 11:23 PM

Blue!! Your Home!!! :yay: :yay: :yay:

I'm so happy your home, hopefully a little more rested by now and your laundry is magically done, and your report is off to a good start!!! :goodvibes
Now.... I gotta go and read. :surfweb:

mrsksomeday

02-19-2010, 11:32 PM

Looks like you had a great start! So sorry you were given outdated info. I hope you called or emailed Disney to let them know what happened so they can fix the problem of sending out outdated info :sad2:. I can't wait to read about you meeting Jordan, Winkers, Rosie, etc!!

pooh'smate

02-19-2010, 11:47 PM

I am here. Your son has gotten so big. I am glad to see he is in a 5 point harness seat. We are keeping my dd in one until she is not able to fit in it any more. It will be a while hers is good to 60 lbs. My friends keep telling me to switch her but I keep saying nope not going to happen. She is safer in that seat and she still like sit because it lifts her up so she can see out the windows. My friend thinks I am nuts even though she has seen what can happen to a child not in a 5 point harness seat. I can't wait to read about the reat of your trip.

reelmom

02-20-2010, 06:54 AM

I'm in. I have been looking forward to all of your TR's. Sorry that your trip is over but glad the TR's are starting.

PrincessCaitlin

02-20-2010, 06:59 AM

I am in!

I saw you on Jordan's PTR so I thought I would come over

I really want to drive to WDW someday just for that shot of orange juice :lmao:

Great pics of Spaceship Earth!

Sorry about the food hassle hopefully it gets easier for you

DisMomAmy

02-20-2010, 07:08 AM

Hi! I'm joining in... I've read some of your previous reports but it's been a while. I've been following Jordan so I thought it would be fun to follow along with you too.

We were dealing with food allergies (actually more intolerances in DS9's case) back during our 2006 & 2007 trips & WDW was fantastic about it! I think TS meals worked out better than CS meals though for the reasons you mentioned at Electric Umbrella. I'm sorry your information was outdated - we had up to date information so it made it a lot easier. We ordered, then the chef met us outside of the line so nobody was held up. There were several times that the chesf made special gluten free chicken nuggets for DS. :thumbsup2 I hope the food situation improved for you guys!

englishrose47

02-20-2010, 08:39 AM

Hi Blue I am subbing of course !!!

All7OfUs

02-20-2010, 09:00 AM

Joining in all the fun. Great start already!!

Blueyed Girl

02-20-2010, 12:11 PM

Joining in! Now back to read :surfweb:

:welcome:

1st page? Maybe? I will be more active and less lurky this time around

I will have to show DD-almost 6 the pic of your son in his car seat. She is also still in a 5 point harness since she is under 4olb. 45 inches but 38lb. 80% of her friends are in a booster. She thinks she is moving at 4olb but her seat harnesses to 60lb. All it took was watching that video on YouTube.
Avery's best friend also has a severe tree nut allergy-also has the epi. I would watch her at my house and took her out a few times-it was gut wrenching. I was a wreck. Those rude people can-well ya know. HELLO, have YOU HEARD of ANAPHLACTIC REACTION??? This is LIFE or DEATH people not a PICKY kid. Acck, people are so stupid. I have a walnut allergy which was noted on our ressie and the people at the restraunt would always let me know if something contained them. I hope it got easier!

I'm pretty sure he can be in a booster but the 5 point harness is much more safe. They say if they are still within the height/weight bracket for it and they will sit in it, to keep them there as long as you can. He doesn't complain about it so it works for us. That is a brand new seat. It's a high back booster that sort of grows taller. We will see how long before he starts wanting to do the seatbelt. ;)

Yeah the food allergies are very nerve wracking. Last year there was a boy in DS's class that had the peanut allergy. I got used to reading labels for cookies and cupcakes for school but sadly not every parent does. Most of the time they go with the attitude of "mine doesn't have it, so why should i bother". :sad2:

On board! :D

So sorry to hear about your sons food allergies! I had a friend who had food allergies and going out to eat with him always took longer...but we totally understood! Had I been in line behind you and heard the people grumbling and getting annoyed I would have told them STFU. :D

:welcome:

Yeah, I really wanted to tell them that. But I tried to stay focused. I knew it was going to be a long 7 days as far as food was concerned.

Welcome back and count me in!!!!

Great start on the trip report. Sorry to hear about the food situation.
I guess the good news is as you go more often, :thumbsup2 you will get better at knowing what is OK and what is potentially a problem.

:welcome:

Yes, it is all a major learning process. The foods that are ok over here where we live are not the same at WDW. They do seem to use many more products that have seeds, nuts, nut flour, etc in them. A lot of times it's hidden which makes it even more difficult.

I'm in for the ride!!!! Followed you over from Jordan's PTR.

My SIL cannot eat gluten so she and my brother have to check ingredients before they order. One good thing is that it seems that more people are eating gluten free food and it is becoming more common. They had good experiences eating in WDW. Sorry you had to go through that with your son... but you are right- his health is most important. Who cares about a bunch of people you don't know standing behind you! pirate:

:welcome:

One day when I was ordering at Columbia Harbor House there was a man next to me that had to order gluten free. He had to do the whole binder thing like I did. It's crazy but I'm not sure how else they could/would do it.

Blue!! Your Home!!! :yay: :yay: :yay:
:banana:

I'm so happy your home, hopefully a little more rested by now and your laundry is magically done, and your report is off to a good start!!! :goodvibes
Now.... I gotta go and read. :surfweb:
:rotfl2: My laundry was clean in my suitcase. I washed it all before we left Florida. HOWEVER, from this week I have a huge pile just staring at me. :headache:

Looks like you had a great start! So sorry you were given outdated info. I hope you called or emailed Disney to let them know what happened so they can fix the problem of sending out outdated info :sad2:. I can't wait to read about you meeting Jordan, Winkers, Rosie, etc!!

Hi Tracy!!:hug:
I plan on sending an email, I just haven't had time yet. Besides the outdated information, I also need to gather all of my thoughts about the entire experience before I start. While their system is fairly good, there is still much room for improvement.

The meets were AWESOME!! :)

I am here. Your son has gotten so big. I am glad to see he is in a 5 point harness seat. We are keeping my dd in one until she is not able to fit in it any more. It will be a while hers is good to 60 lbs. My friends keep telling me to switch her but I keep saying nope not going to happen. She is safer in that seat and she still like sit because it lifts her up so she can see out the windows. My friend thinks I am nuts even though she has seen what can happen to a child not in a 5 point harness seat. I can't wait to read about the reat of your trip.
I agree about the seat. I plan on keeping him in there as long as I can. He doesn't complain about it so that makes it much easier. My friends look at me weird and ask why he's still in there too. I don't care. They can do their thing and I will do mine. :confused3

I'm in. I have been looking forward to all of your TR's. Sorry that your trip is over but glad the TR's are starting.

:welcome: Glad you're here.

I am in!

I saw you on Jordan's PTR so I thought I would come over

I really want to drive to WDW someday just for that shot of orange juice :lmao:

Great pics of Spaceship Earth!

Sorry about the food hassle hopefully it gets easier for you
:welcome: Wow, I'm getting a lot from Jordans PTR. :rotfl2: Glad you're here.

The free shot of OJ is great!! Sounds silly but we think it's fun.

Blueyed Girl

02-20-2010, 12:11 PM

Blueyed Girl

02-20-2010, 12:40 PM

I have an announcement to make!!!! I was going to wait until I get to this part on my TR but we didn't take the tour until our 2nd to last day. So, it would take a while and I'm bursting at the seams to tell you that.........

WE ARE NOW DVC OWNERS!!!!!!!:woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2::cool1:: banana:

After much thought, we decided to buy 160 points at Animal Kingdom Villas.
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(Thanks to WendyO & glennbo for the helpful info!!)

We may add more points later. But for now they matched our points for this year and we also got $15 off per point. It was a deal we just couldn't pass up. I must say it feels awesome to be "in the club". :laughing: Hopefully we will get our 1st trip booked soon. I'm waiting for our package to arrive to get all the technical stuff done but I think we may be going back this summer. We will get to try out our home resort at AKV with a savannah view! Soooo.....who else is going in June????

reyasmommy

02-20-2010, 12:43 PM

Joining in! popcorn::

I love your pictures. Your son is a cutie pie..

reelmom

02-20-2010, 02:21 PM

We are going June 4-10. We will be staying at POR.

eandesmom

02-20-2010, 02:36 PM

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! That is so exciting!

Keep them in the seat as long as you can, we certainly did it longer than most around here. 6 and 60 used to be the law but now it's 8 and 80! However the state also factors in height and provides some good tools to help you determine at what point switching makes sense.

Our 2 younger ones JUST hit 60 pounds and they are 10.5 and 9.5 so we really had to look at height, where the belt hits them, etc and it is different by car so we had different seat rules for the different cars.

I am so sorry you had to deal with impatient people, I can only imagine how difficult it must be. I really hope it got better! It is hard. Eric has a classmate with severe allergies and my nephew just went gluten free, it is so much work to be on top of the labels.

Heck I just found out my cat is allergic to wheat and that's a pain.

pooh'smate

02-20-2010, 03:02 PM

Congrats on becoming DVC owners!!!!!!!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

PrincessCaitlin

02-20-2010, 03:19 PM

Congrats on DVC!!!!!!!:woohoo:

I have heard a lot of good things about AKV through the DIS

Trentmom

02-20-2010, 04:23 PM

Congrats on on your DVC

That is so exciting :woohoo:

Blueyed Girl

02-20-2010, 04:39 PM

Joining in! popcorn::

I love your pictures. Your son is a cutie pie..

:welcome:
Thanks for joining in!
And thank you!! :hug:

We are going June 4-10. We will be staying at POR.

Awww, I think we will just miss you. We are looking at 13-19th. I think we are going to do 4 at WDW and 2 at Universal.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! That is so exciting!

Keep them in the seat as long as you can, we certainly did it longer than most around here. 6 and 60 used to be the law but now it's 8 and 80! However the state also factors in height and provides some good tools to help you determine at what point switching makes sense.

Our 2 younger ones JUST hit 60 pounds and they are 10.5 and 9.5 so we really had to look at height, where the belt hits them, etc and it is different by car so we had different seat rules for the different cars.

I am so sorry you had to deal with impatient people, I can only imagine how difficult it must be. I really hope it got better! It is hard. Eric has a classmate with severe allergies and my nephew just went gluten free, it is so much work to be on top of the labels.

Heck I just found out my cat is allergic to wheat and that's a pain.

I think DS is tall enough for the booster seat but everything says it's safer to keep him in the seat longer. So that's what I shall do! :thumbsup2

It really is a lot of work to have to remember to read every single label. I mean, you even have to read seasoning labels. Until it happened to us, I never would have thought of that.
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: You made me laugh out loud about the cat.

Congrats on becoming DVC owners!!!!!!!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

Thank you! :flower3:

Congrats on DVC!!!!!!!:woohoo:

I have heard a lot of good things about AKV through the DIS

Thank you! :flower3:
I am soooo looking forward to staying there.

Congrats on on your DVC

That is so exciting :woohoo:

Thank you!!! :hug: Yes, we are pretty darn excited about it. :dance3:

eandesmom

02-20-2010, 04:51 PM

I think DS is tall enough for the booster seat but everything says it's safer to keep him in the seat longer. So that's what I shall do! :thumbsup2

It really is a lot of work to have to remember to read every single label. I mean, you even have to read seasoning labels. Until it happened to us, I never would have thought of that.
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: You made me laugh out loud about the cat.

seasonings, I wouldn't have thought of it either!

Oh the cat thing is a mini nightmare and I feel horrible that we didn't catch it earlier. He's a picky eater, has been on the same food forever. About a week ago I noticed he was losing fur. A couple of other things had been happening so I decided to take him in.

He's been chewing it off! He hadn't lost weight like we thought, just enough fur chewed off to make him look a lot smaller than he is. Apparently either due to some skin irritation, most likely an allergy or it's psychological (which we don't think it is). Vet thought it was definitely an allergy of some sort. Vet asked about diet changes right away and I'm like, no, none.

Got home realized they'd changed the packaging on his food 2 months ago. Sure enough, "new" formula has wheat and soy, old one did not.

If your DS still fits in the seat then go for it, we did as long as we could. We had one of the boosters that had a back on it and had the back on for a long time before we went to just the booster.

So I've been boning up on cat food all week and testing grain free options.

lilpapsgirl

02-20-2010, 05:14 PM

I'm in!! I'm subbing too. That is awesome that you guys are DVC owners....i'm still trying to con my husband into saying yes to this. I might have to get some pointers on what you did to get your husband to say yes!!

Lifelong_Dreamer

02-20-2010, 05:42 PM

Congrats on your DVC purchase! I bet this will make it much easier to eat on vacation with your sons allergies.

mrsksomeday

02-20-2010, 05:56 PM

:banana: Congrats on the DVC.

Since you have extra points this year, you should think about a quick weekend trip in October, say the weekend of the 23rd for Ip Dip :goodvibes. It would be wonderful to get to meet you.

( Ip Dip, Ip Dip, I Dip, I am try to subliminally put it in your head :rolleyes1)

joy13

02-20-2010, 06:21 PM

Congrats on DVC!!! How exciting! I can't wait to hear all about your trip :cool1:

MaryAz

02-20-2010, 06:52 PM

CONGRATS on the DVC!!! We hope to be your neighbor (waiting for Disney to decide on ROFR)

glennbo123

02-20-2010, 06:58 PM

I have an announcement to make!!!! I was going to wait until I get to this part on my TR but we didn't take the tour until our 2nd to last day.

I wondered if you were waiting to weave it into your TR. :laughing:

So, it would take a while and I'm bursting at the seams to tell you that.........

WE ARE NOW DVC OWNERS!!!!!!!:woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2::cool1:: banana:

That is awesome! (I know the feeling!)

Congratulations, and welcome home neighbor!

After much thought, we decided to buy 160 points at Animal Kingdom Villas.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/ctx203/akv_sig-1.jpg
(Thanks to WendyO & glennbo for the helpful info!!)

You are most welcome. I think you made a good choice. ;) I understand the thinking of going after the home resort with the lower maint. fees, but most people recommend buying where you want to stay, and I think it makes sense.

We may add more points later. But for now they matched our points for this year and we also got $15 off per point. It was a deal we just couldn't pass up. I must say it feels awesome to be "in the club". :laughing: Hopefully we will get our 1st trip booked soon. I'm waiting for our package to arrive to get all the technical stuff done but I think we may be going back this summer. We will get to try out our home resort at AKV with a savannah view! Soooo.....who else is going in June????

Addonitis already? :laughing:

We'll be there June 12 - 20, and would love to meet up with you folks if the timing works out. FauntleroyFan07 (Dan) will be there starting a few days before that and then leaving around the 18th, I think. We're going to meet up with him and his wife at the Yehaa Bob Jackson show at POR on the 12th.

podsnel

02-20-2010, 07:23 PM

DisMomAmy

02-20-2010, 08:34 PM

Congratulations on the DVC purchase!! :banana:

englishrose47

02-20-2010, 10:48 PM

jordanyosh

02-20-2010, 11:14 PM

why hello!

I miss you guys...

I'm glad you're DVC owners. That means i'm sure we'll be traveling together again soon.

Great start to the TR

Millie12591

02-21-2010, 01:29 AM

:goodvibes Wow! DVC owners!! How awesome is that!! :woohoo: Congrats to you!!! :hug:

All7OfUs

02-21-2010, 05:05 AM

Awesome news!! So excited for you! :woohoo:

MyTalula

02-21-2010, 09:14 AM

We even met a NEW Diser one morning at DHS....."Mytallula". She was very sweet and she informed us that she saw mine and Winkers "dance pictures" on Jordan's PTR. I think I felt myself blush a little. :rotfl2:

Awww it was fun meeting you guys that morning!! :woohoo: I don't think my DH really believed me when I said "Hey I know those guys, lets go say Hi!"

Congratulations on the DVC purchase, now that is really exciting!!! Great start to your TR too! We just got home yesterday afternoon. I'm still doing Depressing Dirty Disney Laundry "DDDL" for short. :sad2:

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 09:40 AM

seasonings, I wouldn't have thought of it either!

Oh the cat thing is a mini nightmare and I feel horrible that we didn't catch it earlier. He's a picky eater, has been on the same food forever. About a week ago I noticed he was losing fur. A couple of other things had been happening so I decided to take him in.

He's been chewing it off! He hadn't lost weight like we thought, just enough fur chewed off to make him look a lot smaller than he is. Apparently either due to some skin irritation, most likely an allergy or it's psychological (which we don't think it is). Vet thought it was definitely an allergy of some sort. Vet asked about diet changes right away and I'm like, no, none.

Got home realized they'd changed the packaging on his food 2 months ago. Sure enough, "new" formula has wheat and soy, old one did not.

If your DS still fits in the seat then go for it, we did as long as we could. We had one of the boosters that had a back on it and had the back on for a long time before we went to just the booster.

So I've been boning up on cat food all week and testing grain free options.

OMG, your poor cat!! I hope the grain free stuff works. Poor thing must have been itching like crazy. :rotfl: It's funny but not funny at the same time.

I'm in!! I'm subbing too. That is awesome that you guys are DVC owners....i'm still trying to con my husband into saying yes to this. I might have to get some pointers on what you did to get your husband to say yes!!

:welcome:
:rotfl2: I've been talking on and off to my DH about it for about 3 years. I couldn't really make the numbers work for us but that's also because we were taking 2 large vacations a year. The cost of dues/taxes plus food, plane tickets, etc just didn't add up to the amount of points we could afford to buy. I finally had to realize that we don't NEED to take 2 WDW trips a year. If it happens then that's WONDERFUL but I need to be more realistic. So when I ran the numbers past him it changed things quite a bit. PLUS, we took the tour this trip. I think the tour is what REALLY got DH on board. He really liked seeing all the rooms at the different resorts. I think seeing it all in person really helped. GOOD LUCK!! :wizard:

Congrats on your DVC purchase! I bet this will make it much easier to eat on vacation with your sons allergies.
Thank you!!:hug:
:thumbsup2 Yes, it will. I think you see where we are going with this!

:banana: Congrats on the DVC.

Since you have extra points this year, you should think about a quick weekend trip in October, say the weekend of the 23rd for Ip Dip :goodvibes. It would be wonderful to get to meet you.

( Ip Dip, Ip Dip, I Dip, I am try to subliminally put it in your head :rolleyes1)

Thanks Tracy!!!!
Oh let me tell you.....when they said "welcome home" my first thought was IP-DIP!!! But there is no way we can make those dates work. DH can't get off and DS will be in school. :sad2: Really bummed out. But I saw that you and Bill were going before that and I got excited again. Then I realized we can't go then either. :sad1: I actually had a dream last night that we were walking down a hallway somewhere at WDW (have no idea where) and turned a corner and ran into you and Bill. It was GREAT!!! Big hugs all around. :grouphug: I have faith that our paths will cross one day soon. ;)

Congrats on DVC!!! How exciting! I can't wait to hear all about your trip :cool1:
Thank you. :flower3:

CONGRATS on the DVC!!! We hope to be your neighbor (waiting for Disney to decide on ROFR)
Thank you!!
Oh thats GREAT!!!!! :woohoo:

I wondered if you were waiting to weave it into your TR. :laughing:

That is awesome! (I know the feeling!)

Congratulations, and welcome home neighbor!

You are most welcome. I think you made a good choice. ;) I understand the thinking of going after the home resort with the lower maint. fees, but most people recommend buying where you want to stay, and I think it makes sense.
Addonitis already? :laughing:

We'll be there June 12 - 20, and would love to meet up with you folks if the timing works out. FauntleroyFan07 (Dan) will be there starting a few days before that and then leaving around the 18th, I think. We're going to meet up with him and his wife at the Yehaa Bob Jackson show at POR on the 12th.

I couldn't stand it anymore. I had to spill the beans!! I wanted to put one of those pretty banners in my siggie too. :rotfl:

We are very happy with the choice we made. Thanks for all the info. I agree, it feels better knowing our home resort is one that we will stay at more often and one we REALLY like.

I KNEW THERE WAS PEOPLE ON HERE GOING IN JUNE!!!!!! :yay: Everything has just been so crazy I couldn't remember who's PTR's I had read it on. That's awesome!! We are going to book June 13-19! So we will be there the same time as your family and Fauntleroy's family. Oh I wish we could do the Yehaa Bob Jackson show with you guys. But our arrival day is the 13th. We've wanted to catch this show ever since we caught the last 2 minutes of it on our last night at POR in 2008.

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 09:41 AM

Hi! I just subbed- I'm a friend of Rosie's. :goodvibes Wanted to say congratulations on your DVC!!! Isn't it SUCH a great feeling??? I am STILL excited about it and we bought AKV in 2007! :rotfl: Are you going to be at Jambo or Kidani when you go in June? We just had our first Kidani stay this past November, it was WONDERFUL, and we are going to stay Concierge (DH & I) in September (which I have been lucky enough to have done once already, last May, with the DISmoms- that's when I met our friend Rosie). I LOVE those AKV points!! :banana:

Oh- and the people behind you in line?

PIGS. Total jerks! I am ashamed of them and i don't even know who they are! :sad2:

:welcome: Hi there!!! Glad you came over. Rosie is such a sweetheart!!
Thanks about DVC. Yes, it is a wonderful feeling! I'm not sure which one to do but I'm leaning toward Kidani. You "veterans" of AKV need to tell me the pro's and con's of each! ;)

I agree about the people behind me. It actually got better the next day and worse on another day. I will tell those stories as they come. :rolleyes1

Congratulations on the DVC purchase!! :banana:

Thank you. :flower3::woohoo:

Wahooey Blue !!! I am sooo excited about this for you!!! I may be going in September for Free Dining !!!

Thanks Rosie!! :hug:
I'm so excited for you that you get to go again this year!!! :woohoo:

why hello!

I miss you guys...

I'm glad you're DVC owners. That means i'm sure we'll be traveling together again soon.

Great start to the TR

JORDAN!!!!! We miss you too!! :hug: It's funny about going with friends who live all over the country. When we got home we now feel like something is missing. It took me a couple of days to realize that I probably shouldn't text any of you and tell you where we are and what we are doing. :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Yes, we MUST all do a trip together again soon. I'm dying to know what changes you've made to Peepfest. Is it still in the summer??? Depending on the dates, we're still not sure if we will be doing the land portion or the sea portion. Even if we do the sea portion, we will still add a day or 2 of land first.

:goodvibes Wow! DVC owners!! How awesome is that!! :woohoo: Congrats to you!!! :hug:

Thanks! :flower3:

We are super excited!!:cool1:

Awesome news!! So excited for you! :woohoo:

Thank you!! :flower3:

IndianaHoosier

02-21-2010, 09:48 AM

DVC!!!!! I'm so excited for you and your family!!! I'm glad you didn't wait to tell us!!! That's awesome news!

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 09:51 AM

DVC!!!!! I'm so excited for you and your family!!! I'm glad you didn't wait to tell us!!! That's awesome news!

Thanks and :welcome:

We are excited to finally get to stay at AKV. The theming is just awesome!

jordanyosh

02-21-2010, 10:07 AM

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 10:31 AM

I gotta leave for church, but I've been thinking about keeping it in June, but perhaps a short weekend Peepfest at some other time like in Feb....or fall....it kinda depends on people's schedules.

I definitely am formulating a plan which already includes where I'll be staying etc....

:banana: Well, keep us updated when you can! Depending on when in Feb or fall, we MAY be able to make it work. I don't really see another Feb trip but then again I didn't see one for this year either. You just never know what doors will open up and when. :confused3 :wizard:

KristinAnne

02-21-2010, 10:36 AM

Congratulations! That's so exciting!! Can't wait to read all about your trip!

LouDisney

02-21-2010, 10:42 AM

I read your pre-TR, and I'm all caught up. Can't wait to read more. Sorry you had to deal with rude people while trying to sort things our with the chef. I should not be shocked at the rudeness of people, but I still get shocked.

I see you are from Louisiana. Lousiana is dear to my heart. Not only have I been visting there my whole life, I used to live New Orleans.

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 10:44 AM

Congratulations! That's so exciting!! Can't wait to read all about your trip!

Thank you! And a big CONGRATULATIONS to you too!!!! I see your ticker says you're expecting. That's wonderful news!!!!!! :cloud9: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/ctx203/Smilies/rollbaby.gif

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 10:47 AM

eandesmom

02-21-2010, 11:42 AM

OMG, your poor cat!! I hope the grain free stuff works. Poor thing must have been itching like crazy. :rotfl: It's funny but not funny at the same time.

:welcome:
:rotfl2: I've been talking on and off to my DH about it for about 3 years. I couldn't really make the numbers work for us but that's also because we were taking 2 large vacations a year. The cost of dues/taxes plus food, plane tickets, etc just didn't add up to the amount of points we could afford to buy. I finally had to realize that we don't NEED to take 2 WDW trips a year. If it happens then that's WONDERFUL but I need to be more realistic. So when I ran the numbers past him it changed things quite a bit. PLUS, we took the tour this trip. I think the tour is what REALLY got DH on board. He really liked seeing all the rooms at the different resorts. I think seeing it all in person really helped. GOOD LUCK!! :wizard:

We will see, he's being a good sport about trying the samples but he definitely likes the stuff that still has rice and oats in it over the full grain free and I really need him to have a weight management version so I think we will go with one that is wheat and soy free and hopefully that will take care of it. Funny thing is it is $10 less a bag than what I was buying! Go figure. Guess he isn't as picky as I thought or he realizes that food was hurting him. Vet said it will take 6-8 weeks to see if fur is growing back :sad1:

I need to get Jeff on a DVC tour this summer! We are on the every 2 year plan so I think 150 points would work for us and is doable...next year I hope!

englishrose47

02-21-2010, 12:10 PM

Hi Blue I see you have lots of Dissers subbing !!! I am sure Ellen (podsnel) will be agreat source of info !!! She is a great person and the one who talked me thru how to multi pix post!!!:banana: She also has a great sense of humor ,just ask Kara !!!!:lmao:

I am going for my interview for that Escort position !!! I will know more details after it !!!!

*Seanaci*

02-21-2010, 12:18 PM

Congrats on being DVC members. That's awesome!

I'd LOVE for our family to be DVC memebers...but it most likely won't happen for another 3-5 years (too much debt to get paid off first). :D

Can't wait to hear more about your trip!

k_reile

02-21-2010, 12:35 PM

We were also there from Feb 6-13th. I wish our trip down was uneventful. we almost did not make it due to all the snow in the ohio area. My brother and his family were supposed to fly out of Pittsburg on the 6th and thurs night their flight down was canceled. I got them on our flight out of Columbus, Ohio on the 6th. We were all going down the 5th to spend the night in Columbus and then fly out on early on the 6th. We both had just gotten into our vehicles to go to Columbus early on the 5th when southwest called to tell us our flights were cancelled for the 6th. Long story short...we ended up getting flights out of Detriot on Delta for late the 5th into Tampa and we ended up renting a van in Tampa and drove to ORlando on the 6th. We made it but barely! And it was soo cold the whole time. There was a lot we did not get to do in the MK even with 2 full days there but we just could not go to the EMH because it was too cold on Sunday night and it was way too cold Thursday morning for two kids under 3.

Congrats on DVC! I too want to make the purchase in a couple of years but I know I cannot get DH to go more than every 3 years so I do not want to buy a whole lot of points. Course this trip with a one year old and DH having to carry him all the time and it being so cold was not the Disney wake up call i wanted for him. Was the price difference enough to go through disney instead of resale? I have been looking a lot at the resales so I can decide where i want to be and I think in a couple of years BLT will be good for us. BUt who knows...a lot could change by then! LOL!

Can;t wait to see what someone else was doing at WDW the same time we were there!

KidGoofy

02-21-2010, 01:07 PM

Im here to join in on the fun...great TR so far

DisneyJo

02-21-2010, 01:27 PM

What a pain that all the food info was outdated but at least Disney take it all very seriously :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read your version of events :goodvibes

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 01:33 PM

We will see, he's being a good sport about trying the samples but he definitely likes the stuff that still has rice and oats in it over the full grain free and I really need him to have a weight management version so I think we will go with one that is wheat and soy free and hopefully that will take care of it. Funny thing is it is $10 less a bag than what I was buying! Go figure. Guess he isn't as picky as I thought or he realizes that food was hurting him. Vet said it will take 6-8 weeks to see if fur is growing back :sad1:

I need to get Jeff on a DVC tour this summer! We are on the every 2 year plan so I think 150 points would work for us and is doable...next year I hope!

Hope it all works out and he gets all his fur back. :goodvibes

You should get him to go on a tour. For some reason I guess my DH just needed the visual. Doing the tour also got us a $100 gift card.

Hi Blue I see you have lots of Dissers subbing !!! I am sure Ellen (podsnel) will be agreat source of info !!! She is a great person and the one who talked me thru how to multi pix post!!!:banana: She also has a great sense of humor ,just ask Kara !!!!:lmao:

I am going for my interview for that Escort position !!! I will know more details after it !!!!

Hi Rosie!! Yes, I have a LOT of new readers this time around. It's great to see all the old ones back too. :cloud9:

Oh I hope you get it!!! Tell us all the details after the interview!! popcorn::

Congrats on being DVC members. That's awesome!

I'd LOVE for our family to be DVC memebers...but it most likely won't happen for another 3-5 years (too much debt to get paid off first). :D

Can't wait to hear more about your trip!

Thank you! :hug:
I hear ya about the debt. Once we got ours paid off, we've been very careful to never let it build back up again.

We were also there from Feb 6-13th. I wish our trip down was uneventful. we almost did not make it due to all the snow in the ohio area. My brother and his family were supposed to fly out of Pittsburg on the 6th and thurs night their flight down was canceled. I got them on our flight out of Columbus, Ohio on the 6th. We were all going down the 5th to spend the night in Columbus and then fly out on early on the 6th. We both had just gotten into our vehicles to go to Columbus early on the 5th when southwest called to tell us our flights were cancelled for the 6th. Long story short...we ended up getting flights out of Detriot on Delta for late the 5th into Tampa and we ended up renting a van in Tampa and drove to ORlando on the 6th. We made it but barely! And it was soo cold the whole time. There was a lot we did not get to do in the MK even with 2 full days there but we just could not go to the EMH because it was too cold on Sunday night and it was way too cold Thursday morning for two kids under 3.

Congrats on DVC! I too want to make the purchase in a couple of years but I know I cannot get DH to go more than every 3 years so I do not want to buy a whole lot of points. Course this trip with a one year old and DH having to carry him all the time and it being so cold was not the Disney wake up call i wanted for him. Was the price difference enough to go through disney instead of resale? I have been looking a lot at the resales so I can decide where i want to be and I think in a couple of years BLT will be good for us. BUt who knows...a lot could change by then! LOL!

Can;t wait to see what someone else was doing at WDW the same time we were there!
Oh wow!! So we could have crossed paths many times and not even realize it! :rotfl: I agree, it was super cold!!! We are sort of glad that we won't be doing February trips much anymore. This is the 2nd year in a row where it was freezing!

The incentives that Disney has right now made it a better choice than going resale. Plus, you get your points immediately, where as if you do resale you have to wait until closing....however long that takes. We would have done it if it was the better deal, though.

Im here to join in on the fun...great TR so far
Hi there and :welcome: So glad to see so many newbies!!! FUN!!! :yay:

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 01:37 PM

What a pain that all the food info was outdated but at least Disney take it all very seriously :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read your version of events :goodvibes

Hi Jo!!:flower3: Glad you're here. Yes, they really do take it seriously and they are trying.

2xcited2sleep

02-21-2010, 02:00 PM

Climbing aboard. Can't wait to hear more!

Congratulations on your DVC purchase. I'm also a new owner. Isn't it fun (albeit expensive) to join the club?? :)

englishrose47

02-21-2010, 02:17 PM

Hi again Blue !!! I will definately tell you all about the interview !!! I have been talking to these people for a couple of years as I send a couple of my consumers on vacations with them !! I really should have brought the book with me so you could see all the wonderful trips they offer !!! Several are Disney and also a Disney Cruise !!!!!:cloud9: All I have to do is get vacation from work , which wont be hard as my BOSS wants to do it too and with me !!!:rotfl2: I will need spending money and that will be it as far as I know !!!It may be the next best thing to DVC!!!!:thumbsup2

k_reile

02-21-2010, 04:15 PM

Hi Jo!!:flower3: Glad you're here. Yes, they really do take it seriously and they are trying.

I forgot to mention about the way disney handles food illnesses. Both of my cousins daughters have celiac disease and she said disney was awesome at accomdating the girls when they were there in december.

yeah my husband says we are not going again in Feb! LOL! We are thinking Oct sometime especially when the food and wine festival is going on!

Native NYer

02-21-2010, 04:59 PM

I am so sorry you had to deal with rude people! They would want the same courtesy if it were their family member with a serious allergy.

Congrats on becoming DVC members :yay:

Sleepingbooty

02-21-2010, 05:08 PM

I made it! I'm here!......Now heading back to read....:surfweb:

glennbo123

02-21-2010, 05:35 PM

I KNEW THERE WAS PEOPLE ON HERE GOING IN JUNE!!!!!! :yay: Everything has just been so crazy I couldn't remember who's PTR's I had read it on. That's awesome!! We are going to book June 13-19! So we will be there the same time as your family and Fauntleroy's family. Oh I wish we could do the Yehaa Bob Jackson show with you guys. But our arrival day is the 13th. We've wanted to catch this show ever since we caught the last 2 minutes of it on our last night at POR in 2008.

That is great! Are you planning to be at AKL the 13-19th? We'll be at Coronado Springs until Wednesday the 16th, then switching to Kidani for the rest of the trip. We definitely need to meet up. :banana:

winkers

02-21-2010, 06:41 PM

I'm here! I'll be back after my computer charges..

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 07:29 PM

Climbing aboard. Can't wait to hear more!

Congratulations on your DVC purchase. I'm also a new owner. Isn't it fun (albeit expensive) to join the club?? :)

:welcome:
Thanks!! Congrats to you too. It is so much fun....and yes, expensive too. :lmao:

Hi again Blue !!! I will definately tell you all about the interview !!! I have been talking to these people for a couple of years as I send a couple of my consumers on vacations with them !! I really should have brought the book with me so you could see all the wonderful trips they offer !!! Several are Disney and also a Disney Cruise !!!!!:cloud9: All I have to do is get vacation from work , which wont be hard as my BOSS wants to do it too and with me !!!:rotfl2: I will need spending money and that will be it as far as I know !!!It may be the next best thing to DVC!!!!:thumbsup2

Rosie that sounds FABULOUS!!! I wish you the best of luck. Hope you get it!

I forgot to mention about the way disney handles food illnesses. Both of my cousins daughters have celiac disease and she said disney was awesome at accomdating the girls when they were there in december.

yeah my husband says we are not going again in Feb! LOL! We are thinking Oct sometime especially when the food and wine festival is going on!
The table services were definitely not as crazy as the counter service.

Oooh, I would LOVE to go during the food and wine festival.

I am so sorry you had to deal with rude people! They would want the same courtesy if it were their family member with a serious allergy.

Congrats on becoming DVC members :yay:

You are so right!!
Thank you!!! :hug:

I made it! I'm here!......Now heading back to read....:surfweb:

:welcome: Glad you made it.

That is great! Are you planning to be at AKL the 13-19th? We'll be at Coronado Springs until Wednesday the 16th, then switching to Kidani for the rest of the trip. We definitely need to meet up. :banana:

Yes, we will be there for the entire trip. I'm going to request Kidani too. :woohoo: I'm calling my guide tomorrow. He said he will assist me in getting in since it's sort of short notice. A one time perk kind of thing. Then I also need to bank the rest of those extra points. We will be stretching our extra years points over this trip and one next year too. We are hoping next year some family will come with us and we may get a 2 bedroom at OKW. If no one comes with us then we will see if we have enough points left to try out the Beach Club. I am LOVING the extra points thing. By 2012 I will have been spoiled and we will be back to our regular 160. Not sure what to do then. :rotfl2:

I've been reading your PTR but can't remember if I've ever even posted on it. If not......SORRY!! :guilty: I love the stuff your wife sells. I have these pitchers that have sort of a plunger thing in the middle to mix things up with. They are some of my favorites!!

I'm here! I'll be back after my computer charges..
Those darn batteries!!!!

Sleepingbooty

02-21-2010, 07:30 PM

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 07:33 PM

Okay, all caught up. Wow - Congrats on the DVR purchase! That is really awesome :thumbsup2 I would love to stay at Kidani someday, it just looks so mellow and peaceful. I think I could spend a whole day just hanging out there, and not even miss the parks.

While we are going to get tickets to the parks and go a little, I'm glad we had the trip in Feb so that we can do just what you said on the trip in June! I'm ready to relax and really check out everything they have to offer there at the resort.

k_reile

02-21-2010, 07:44 PM

Underdog369

02-21-2010, 08:12 PM

Hi Blue,

The problem of being the only one in the house without a computer is I end up starting on page 6 of your tr and page 50000 of Jordans. Anyway, hail, hail the gang's all here. Now the fun can really start.

:happytv:

eandesmom

02-21-2010, 09:03 PM

Hope it all works out and he gets all his fur back. :goodvibes

You should get him to go on a tour. For some reason I guess my DH just needed the visual. Doing the tour also got us a $100 gift card.

$100 gift card? He'd go on the tour to get that :goodvibes

glennbo123

02-21-2010, 09:51 PM

I am LOVING the extra points thing. By 2012 I will have been spoiled and we will be back to our regular 160. Not sure what to do then. :rotfl2:

You'll be so spoiled, you'll have to add-on. I'm sure that has occurred to the folks at DVC. :rolleyes: I'm jealous of your extra points though. We have 200 and still had to borrow some from this year's allotment for last year's trip. This year we won't be at Kidani too long, so that will help replenish the points.

Good luck on getting the reservation you want. Those guides can pull some strings. :wizard:

I've been reading your PTR but can't remember if I've ever even posted on it. If not......SORRY!! :guilty: I love the stuff your wife sells. I have these pitchers that have sort of a plunger thing in the middle to mix things up with. They are some of my favorites!!

Well sometime when you're perusing it :surfweb: go ahead and post and make it official. :)

I know the pitchers you're talking about -- they're called quick-stir pitchers. They just came out with new ones with a better plunger. (DW just had an open house today to introduce new products. :laughing:)

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 10:24 PM

Awww it was fun meeting you guys that morning!! :woohoo: I don't think my DH really believed me when I said "Hey I know those guys, lets go say Hi!"

Congratulations on the DVC purchase, now that is really exciting!!! Great start to your TR too! We just got home yesterday afternoon. I'm still doing Depressing Dirty Disney Laundry "DDDL" for short. :sad2:

AH-HA!!! There you are. You must have posted the same time as me earlier and I totally missed it. :scared1:

That is too funny about your DH :lmao: Did you see mine look at me when you said you saw my dancing pictures on Jordan's thread?? :rotfl2: Of course he already knew about it but he just gave me that look like "uh-hu, see it could have been a crazy person!" :rotfl2:

Thanks about the DVC!! We are excited!

UGH!!! I hate DDDL!! :rotfl:

Blueyed Girl

02-21-2010, 10:28 PM

we stayed at a studio at the beach club this trip! Loved it! thats why I think we need to buy DVC...it will make the deluxe's more affordable and you can;t go wrong with the extra space (well when staying in a one bedroom or more) unfortunately the studio is not any bigger than a regular room but it did have the little kitchenette that we hardly used...LOL! and the drawer space was pittiful. we used 2 drawers of DS's clothes and he is 16 mos old...so we could fit all of his clothes but we knew not much of ours would fit in there! Hopefully the other bigger villas have more space! DH and I had to live out of oursuitcases and then keep them zipped so DS did not throw clothes all over the place!
:rotfl2: Too funny about the suitcases. The 1 bedrooms have a lot more room. We usually stay at OKW. They have plenty of drawer space and closet space for all of our clothes. It's pretty nice!:thumbsup2

Hi Blue,

The problem of being the only one in the house without a computer is I end up starting on page 6 of your tr and page 50000 of Jordans. Anyway, hail, hail the gang's all here. Now the fun can really start.

:happytv:
DJAY!!!!!!!!
:rotfl2: Too funny!
Glad you're here.

$100 gift card? He'd go on the tour to get that :goodvibes

Now your thinkin'!! :thumbsup2

You'll be so spoiled, you'll have to add-on. I'm sure that has occurred to the folks at DVC. :rolleyes: I'm jealous of your extra points though. We have 200 and still had to borrow some from this year's allotment for last year's trip. This year we won't be at Kidani too long, so that will help replenish the points.

Good luck on getting the reservation you want. Those guides can pull some strings. :wizard:

Well sometime when you're perusing it :surfweb: go ahead and post and make it official. :)

I know the pitchers you're talking about -- they're called quick-stir pitchers. They just came out with new ones with a better plunger. (DW just had an open house today to introduce new products. :laughing:)

I'm too excited to sleep! I want to call and book and bank. It's driving me nuts right now. :rolleyes1

Oh nice!! New pitchers!! And just in time for spring/summer. :thumbsup2

kmpprg

02-21-2010, 10:43 PM

that's nice

02-21-2010, 10:45 PM

Congrats on the DVC!!!! :cheer2::cheer2:

Maybe some day in the FAR future we'll think about that. ;)

All7OfUs

02-21-2010, 11:02 PM

Hey Blue!

Wanted to add my congrats to the DVC buy in!! Must be a fun feeling to know you'll be going back EVERY year!! :banana:

I doubt we'd ever do it, but it does sound enticing! I think if I were to choose, I'd AKV!!! :thumbsup2

englishrose47

02-21-2010, 11:38 PM

scottny

02-22-2010, 12:06 AM

I am here too. I will try to keep up. Congrats on the DVC purchase.

GreatBiscuit

02-22-2010, 12:22 AM

Subbing to complete the Peeps TR tetrathalon. Great start so far! Congrats on the DVC purchase! Can't wait to read more.

winkers

02-22-2010, 12:35 AM

YaY!! you did it! :banana::banana::banana: I think we may have to give in and take the dvc tour next visit.....

I know it wasn't funny, but your comments to the people behind you in line as sunshine seasons made me laugh....I could imagine your cute accent while you kicked some butt.:thumbsup2

englishrose47

02-22-2010, 12:40 AM

carissanboys

02-22-2010, 07:09 AM

Oops! How did I miss the start of your TR? :confused3 Well, I'm here now! :woohoo:

LouDisney

02-22-2010, 07:11 AM

Congrats on your DVC!!! How exciting. :)

carissanboys

02-22-2010, 07:16 AM

Sorry to hear you had such an ordeal trying to order something safe for your son to eat. :hug: Hoping it goes more smoothly the rest of the trip.

And congrats on being DVC owners! :banana:

Blueyed Girl

02-22-2010, 09:27 AM

Hello again, I just caught up and am excited for you on your DVC purchase. AKL is so neat, I hope you have many years of wonderful family vacations there. I own a barbeque restaurant and am always glad to help people with their allergy questions. Mostly they are cylliacs (sp?) related, but anyone who works with food should know what is in the food and know how to relate the ingredients to their customers, sorry for all your trouble. My family is going to the world in June, but we will be traveling June 7th to June 13th so we will just miss you-bummer! We are then going to the beach for my daughters graduation trip because I won't let her go to senior week. She was glad for the compromise though because we are taking her friend with us. My children are 19, 17, 15 , and I am so excited that they all are excited to go on this trip since they are older and cooler! Ha ha! The last time we all went was in 2006, and usually I go in October for a week with my boyfriend of 12 years. So I love reading all these trip reports to get tips for our trip. Thanks again for sharing your family's experiences.popcorn::

Mmmmmm, BBQ!!!! :goodvibes
Oh bummer that we will miss each other!! We are doing 6 nights. I wish we could add one more night on to that. Wait.....did I just say that out loud? :rolleyes1 No really, I'm EXTREMELY happy with the fact that we get to go twice this year. Even if we could only do 3 days instead of 6. :thumbsup2

That's awesome about your daughter. Yeah, I'd much rather do what you're doing than let my kid go to senior week.

Congrats on the DVC!!!! :cheer2:

Maybe some day in the FAR future we'll think about that. ;)

Thanks!! :hug:

Hey Blue!

Wanted to add my congrats to the DVC buy in!! Must be a fun feeling to know you'll be going back EVERY year!! :banana:

I doubt we'd ever do it, but it does sound enticing! I think if I were to choose, I'd AKV!!! :thumbsup2

Thanks!!:hug: Yes it is!!
I'm excited about AKV. I can't wait to read Jordans review of it.

OOOOH The Enabler is here !!!!:lmao:
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I am here too. I will try to keep up. Congrats on the DVC purchase.
:hug: SCOTT!!!!!!!
I'm so glad you came over.
Thanks about DVC. We are excited.

Subbing to complete the Peeps TR tetrathalon. Great start so far! Congrats on the DVC purchase! Can't wait to read more.
:lmao:
Thanks.
More coming soon...

YaY!! you did it! :banana::banana::banana: I think we may have to give in and take the dvc tour next visit.....

I know it wasn't funny, but your comments to the people behind you in line as sunshine seasons made me laugh....I could imagine your cute accent while you kicked some butt.:thumbsup2

YES WE DID!!!:banana:
You should take the tour! It's fun and we made $100. But be warned....if you want the incentives they tell you about you only have a very SHORT time to decide and buy in before you lose the incentives.

:rotfl2: I didn't actually say that, it's just what I was thinking! But you KNOW I wanted too. ;) Now, let's kick his.....:idea: Butt!!...yeah, butt. That's what I was thinking. :rolleyes1

Blueyed Girl

02-22-2010, 09:28 AM

Oh Yea !! Blue can kick her some BUTT!!! I loved it !!!:lmao:
:rotfl2::lmao:

Oops! How did I miss the start of your TR? :confused3 Well, I'm here now! :woohoo:
YAY!!! Glad you're here. :yay:

Congrats on your DVC!!! How exciting. :)

Thank you :flower3:

Sorry to hear you had such an ordeal trying to order something safe for your son to eat. :hug: Hoping it goes more smoothly the rest of the trip.

And congrats on being DVC owners! :banana:

Thanks about the food stuff. As for the rest of the trip......well.....

Thanks about DVC. We are super excited!:cheer2:

MyTalula

02-22-2010, 10:09 AM

AH-HA!!! There you are. You must have posted the same time as me earlier and I totally missed it. :scared1:

That is too funny about your DH :lmao: Did you see mine look at me when you said you saw my dancing pictures on Jordan's thread?? :rotfl2: Of course he already knew about it but he just gave me that look like "uh-hu, see it could have been a crazy person!" :rotfl2:

Thanks about the DVC!! We are excited!

UGH!!! I hate DDDL!! :rotfl:

Well I thought your eyes got kind of large when I told you about us laughing at your dance pictures at work!! :lmao: I've enjoyed reading all of your ptr's these last 9-10 months, I couldn't not come up and say Hi... even if I did feel like a geek doing so! :rolleyes1

kde175

02-22-2010, 10:16 AM

Again, late as usual, but count me in. Looking forward to reading all about your trip.

FauntleroyFAN07

02-22-2010, 11:09 AM

I KNEW THERE WAS PEOPLE ON HERE GOING IN JUNE!!!!!! :yay: Everything has just been so crazy I couldn't remember who's PTR's I had read it on. That's awesome!! We are going to book June 13-19! So we will be there the same time as your family and Fauntleroy's family. Oh I wish we could do the Yehaa Bob Jackson show with you guys. But our arrival day is the 13th. We've wanted to catch this show ever since we caught the last 2 minutes of it on our last night at POR in 2008.
i think our dates are the 6th to the 17th

we are pumped to meet upwith glenn and his family on the 12th, you can add another day on the front end and meet up with us, its just points.
:thumbsup2

i think the 16th is our MK day when we might meet upwith glenn again there.

mickeystoontown

02-22-2010, 11:10 AM

I saw your link over on Rosie's trip report and thought I'd come over for a read! Now, I gotta go back and read all the details.

glennbo123

02-22-2010, 11:29 AM

we are pumped to meet upwith glenn and his family on the 12th, you can add another day on the front end and meet up with us, its just points.
:thumbsup2

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time! :lmao:

But yeah, what about it Blue?

vamassey1

02-22-2010, 01:57 PM

We just got back last night. I'm all caught up on your TR. I loved the picture of the bridge. If you're ever in town we have to meet.

I'm so sorry you had so much trouble with food. I hope things got better as the trip went on.

Congrats on DVC. I'm so jealous! First you get to see Drew Brees and then you buy into DVC.

KatGarcia

02-22-2010, 02:07 PM

I'm finally get caught up on TRs I have been meaning to read...here I am.

I'm glad the chefs took ti seriously but jeez I can't believe they sent you outdated stuff. I hope it doesn't become too dramatic!

mickeyfan71

02-22-2010, 02:25 PM

I came over to keep up with ya and see how your trip was! Can't wait to hear all about it!
And Congrats on the DVC!!!

KristinAnne

02-22-2010, 03:28 PM

Thank you! And a big CONGRATULATIONS to you too!!!! I see your ticker says you're expecting. That's wonderful news!!!!!! :cloud9: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/ctx203/Smilies/rollbaby.gif

Thanks so much! We're still cautiously optimistic, but very excited.

englishrose47

02-22-2010, 03:32 PM

Blue I am official an ESCORT!!!:banana: Now before anyone has any weird ideas ( as on Jordan's thread:lmao:) I will be ESCORTING people with Disabilities on vactions !! Many of which are DISNEY!!!:banana: Yes I get to go to Disney for FREE!! :cloud9:That is my pay!!! When I get definated dates I will posr !! But right now it looks like a Pennsylavania Dutch Vacation in May and a DISNEY trip in October !!!:):)

glennbo123

02-22-2010, 03:47 PM

Did you see mine look at me when you said you saw my dancing pictures on Jordan's thread?? :rotfl2: Of course he already knew about it but he just gave me that look like "uh-hu, see it could have been a crazy person!" :rotfl2:

That's hilarious!

:crazy:

Khill

02-22-2010, 03:53 PM

Just made it in under the wire!!! Great start cannot wait for more.

Looks like ya'll are in the Baton Rouge area, what was your total driving time from there to Tallehassee?

MyTalula

02-22-2010, 04:09 PM

Alright I started my own, 2nd ever trip report. However, I put a link in my signature, but it's an ugly url how do I change it to a title like yours instead of an URL? I looked around FAQ's and such quickly but figured I'd ask someone who's done it. :confused:

TIA

Ooops never mind I finally found it on the Tech Board, I was missing a bracket.

Blueyed Girl

02-22-2010, 05:19 PM

Well I thought your eyes got kind of large when I told you about us laughing at your dance pictures at work!! :lmao: I've enjoyed reading all of your ptr's these last 9-10 months, I couldn't not come up and say Hi... even if I did feel like a geek doing so! :rolleyes1

That is too funny!! Yes, I was a little shocked that I was recognized. I've been on the Dis for a few years and have never been recognized until now. But then again......I've never posted pictures of myself doing the Q-tip dance before either. :rolleyes1 It was fun to meet you. Wish we could have visted a little longer in a less crowded spot! There was a man that kept pushing his way in between me and DH. I thought he was strange. Anyway, I was sort of keeping an eye on him out of the corner of my eye and I totally forgot to get a picture of you with all of us with MY camera!! :sad2: So if you have one, feel free to share!!

Blueyed Girl

02-22-2010, 05:39 PM

Again, late as usual, but count me in. Looking forward to reading all about your trip.

:welcome: You're not late. We're just getting started! :thumbsup2

i think our dates are the 6th to the 17th

we are pumped to meet upwith glenn and his family on the 12th, you can add another day on the front end and meet up with us, its just points.
:thumbsup2

i think the 16th is our MK day when we might meet upwith glenn again there.
:rotfl2: Just points, huh? I've actually thought about it since we have extra points but the main plan was to bank those extras so we have extras next summer when we might be bringing family. We should have just enough to do a 2 bedroom at OKW in June 2011. :woohoo:

I haven't even begun to start planning our days out yet. I officially got us booked today! I think we were going to do 4 days at WDW and 2 at Universal. (but stay at AKV the entire 6) Anyway, I'm sure I can tweak our schedule for a meet!

I saw your link over on Rosie's trip report and thought I'd come over for a read! Now, I gotta go back and read all the details.
Hi there and :welcome:

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time! :lmao:

But yeah, what about it Blue?
:rotfl2: See above.

We just got back last night. I'm all caught up on your TR. I loved the picture of the bridge. If you're ever in town we have to meet.

I'm so sorry you had so much trouble with food. I hope things got better as the trip went on.

Congrats on DVC. I'm so jealous! First you get to see Drew Brees and then you buy into DVC.

OMG, I can't believe you're back already!!!! Good grief has it been that long since I was there??? :confused3

The food issue is an ongoing thing. I think I need to think outside the box for our next trip.

Thanks about DVC!! At least the Drew Brees thing was free!! :lmao:

I'm finally get caught up on TRs I have been meaning to read...here I am.

I'm glad the chefs took ti seriously but jeez I can't believe they sent you outdated stuff. I hope it doesn't become too dramatic!

KAT!!!! Glad you're here!
Yeah, I really need to start typing that letter about the outdated info.

I came over to keep up with ya and see how your trip was! Can't wait to hear all about it!
And Congrats on the DVC!!!

:welcome: Thanks for coming over.
Thanks about DVC!

Thanks so much! We're still cautiously optimistic, but very excited.

Well I will be sending lots of prayers, positive thoughts, and pixie dust your way!! :lovestruc

Blue I am official an ESCORT!!!:banana: Now before anyone has any weird ideas ( as on Jordan's thread:lmao:) I will be ESCORTING people with Disabilities on vactions !! Many of which are DISNEY!!!:banana: Yes I get to go to Disney for FREE!! :cloud9:That is my pay!!! When I get definated dates I will posr !! But right now it looks like a Pennsylavania Dutch Vacation in May and a DISNEY trip in October !!!:):)
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: Rosie's an Escort!!!! That just sounds hilarious.
I'm so excited for you! That's wonderful news. They will be lucky to have you as a tour guide!! :wizard:

That's hilarious!

:crazy:
:rotfl2: In June when we meet, you should mess up your hair and put some of those gross "billy bob" teeth in before you meet my DH. That'll teach him!!

Blueyed Girl

02-22-2010, 05:40 PM

Just made it in under the wire!!! Great start cannot wait for more.

Looks like ya'll are in the Baton Rouge area, what was your total driving time from there to Tallehassee?

:welcome: Thanks for coming!

It takes us about 9 hours to get to Tallahassee. We just take it slow since all we are going to do when we get there is eat dinner and sleep.

Alright I started my own, 2nd ever trip report. However, I put a link in my signature, but it's an ugly url how do I change it to a title like yours instead of an URL? I looked around FAQ's and such quickly but figured I'd ask someone who's done it. :confused:

TIA

Ooops never mind I finally found it on the Tech Board, I was missing a bracket.
:yay::yay::yay: I'm on my way over now!!!

Those darn brackets!! :headache:

englishrose47

02-22-2010, 05:52 PM

Evening Blue !! I think I took pix of that chance DHS Meet !! I have to hand over the laptop to Steph in a few so will search later !!!!!!

k_reile

02-22-2010, 06:18 PM

MyTalula

02-22-2010, 06:42 PM

That is too funny!! Yes, I was a little shocked that I was recognized. I've been on the Dis for a few years and have never been recognized until now. But then again......I've never posted pictures of myself doing the Q-tip dance before either. :rolleyes1 It was fun to meet you. Wish we could have visted a little longer in a less crowded spot! There was a man that kept pushing his way in between me and DH. I thought he was strange. Anyway, I was sort of keeping an eye on him out of the corner of my eye and I totally forgot to get a picture of you with all of us with MY camera!! :sad2: So if you have one, feel free to share!!

We encountered the weirdest people who would try to push their way between the 3 of us this trip. I was going through a turnstile with DD behind me and DH behind her. This 50's something man comes up and tries to push between me and DD! I had to reach back and grab her and pull her through behind me! I was like WTH buddy??? :confused3

I do have a couple pictures, of you guys, I was uploading to photobucket before I left my office for the day, and it was taking sooooooooo long I gave up on it. I think somebody took one with us and Jordan, with Jordan's camera maybe?? It's already starting to blur in my head. :lmao:

I wish we'd had time to sit down and enjoy a :drinking1 and some conversation!! Next time ;)

englishrose47

02-22-2010, 07:04 PM

I have to say for the most time I found people courteous !!!Of course in line you get those who cut in front of you !!! But evene that was minmal this time !!! I think they were all following BLUE!!!!!

glennbo123

02-22-2010, 07:06 PM

:rotfl2: In June when we meet, you should mess up your hair and put some of those gross "billy bob" teeth in before you meet my DH. That'll teach him!!

Um, I look like that all the time. Now I'm offended.

:lmao:

englishrose47

02-23-2010, 08:29 AM

Morning Blue !!!

Klashy

02-23-2010, 03:20 PM

Just found your TR. I'm enjoying it so far, can't wait to hear more!

Blueyed Girl

02-23-2010, 07:46 PM

Evening Blue !! I think I took pix of that chance DHS Meet !! I have to hand over the laptop to Steph in a few so will search later !!!!!!

Yay!!! Glad you got a pic. :banana:

i was wondering what escort was when you said something about it before! Now it makes more sense! :rotfl:
:rotfl2:

We encountered the weirdest people who would try to push their way between the 3 of us this trip. I was going through a turnstile with DD behind me and DH behind her. This 50's something man comes up and tries to push between me and DD! I had to reach back and grab her and pull her through behind me! I was like WTH buddy??? :confused3

I do have a couple pictures, of you guys, I was uploading to photobucket before I left my office for the day, and it was taking sooooooooo long I gave up on it. I think somebody took one with us and Jordan, with Jordan's camera maybe?? It's already starting to blur in my head. :lmao:

I wish we'd had time to sit down and enjoy a :drinking1 and some conversation!! Next time ;)

We actually have that happen to us a lot. I don't know what people are thinking. :confused3 People will also look right at DS and walk right over him like he's not even there. And that is while I'm holding his hand! Makes me so mad.

YAY for pictures!!! Oh goody, I'm glad SOMEONE got a pic of ALL of us! :woohoo:

Yeah, that would have been fun. Assuming it wasn't outside in the WIND!! BRRRRR!!

I have to say for the most time I found people courteous !!!Of course in line you get those who cut in front of you !!! But evene that was minmal this time !!! I think they were all following BLUE!!!!!

:rotfl2: Probably.

Um, I look like that all the time. Now I'm offended.

:lmao:

Yeah, right! I've seen your pictures. :rotfl:

So you're sayin' you look like this all the time......

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4383800432_3102542b49_m.jpg

Morning Blue !!!

Evening Rosie! :hug:

Just found your TR. I'm enjoying it so far, can't wait to hear more!
:welcome:
Thanks for coming over.

glennbo123

02-23-2010, 08:22 PM

Yeah, right! I've seen your pictures. :rotfl:

So you're sayin' you look like this all the time......

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4383800432_3102542b49_m.jpg

I floss my teeth with a rope. :rotfl2:

englishrose47

02-23-2010, 10:25 PM

Evening Blue !!! While Steph was usoing the Laptop I was reading all the Free trips I could go on!!! Alaska , Australia Rio !!! And I just kept looking at teh Disney ones !!!Now that is TRUE ADDICTION!!!!!!

Blueyed Girl

02-23-2010, 10:44 PM

I floss my teeth with a rope. :rotfl2:

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Evening Blue !!! While Steph was usoing the Laptop I was reading all the Free trips I could go on!!! Alaska , Australia Rio !!! And I just kept looking at teh Disney ones !!!Now that is TRUE ADDICTION!!!!!!

Rosie you are too funny!! :rotfl:

glennbo123

02-23-2010, 10:59 PM

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:lmao::rotfl:

Purty!

Blueyed Girl

02-23-2010, 11:19 PM

:lmao::rotfl:

Purty!

Thought you'd like that. ;) :lmao:

englishrose47

02-23-2010, 11:49 PM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Rosie you are too funny!! :rotfl:

I 'm FUNNY!!!!:lmao:

Blue the pix of our Meet at DHS didn't upload !! I have to check my memory card I was sure I had one !!!!

All7OfUs

02-23-2010, 11:57 PM

You guys are crackin' me up!! So far this morning I"ve read about flossing with rope and "flossing" with a thong. Seems to be a sick pattern going here. :eek::rotfl2:

*Seanaci*

02-24-2010, 10:28 AM

Lol.. Between threads (Jordan, Winkers, Rosie, and yours) I'm laughing my butt off this morning (which is a good thing...I could stand to lose some of this butt)!

englishrose47

02-24-2010, 11:10 AM

Lol.. Between threads (Jordan, Winkers, Rosie, and yours) I'm laughing my butt off this morning (which is a good thing...I could stand to lose some of this butt)!

I hear ya !!! Laughter is the best medicine soooo we must ALL be Healthy!!!:lmao:

MyTalula

02-24-2010, 12:28 PM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Blueyed Girl

02-24-2010, 06:00 PM

I 'm FUNNY!!!!:lmao:

Blue the pix of our Meet at DHS didn't upload !! I have to check my memory card I was sure I had one !!!!

You're funny because of how you're working so hard for your addiction. :lmao:

I think you did take one if I remember right.

You guys are crackin' me up!! So far this morning I"ve read about flossing with rope and "flossing" with a thong. Seems to be a sick pattern going here. :eek::rotfl2:
:rotfl2: There is no telling what will come up on the 4 of these TR's.

Lol.. Between threads (Jordan, Winkers, Rosie, and yours) I'm laughing my butt off this morning (which is a good thing...I could stand to lose some of this butt)!
:rotfl2: I love laughing some butt off! Maybe some tummy too!

I hear ya !!! Laughter is the best medicine soooo we must ALL be Healthy!!!:lmao:

:rotfl2: So True!

:laughing::laughing::laughing:
:lmao:
The twists and turns that all these conversations take never ceases to amaze me! :surfweb:

winkers

02-24-2010, 07:32 PM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Blueyed Girl

02-24-2010, 09:15 PM

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

What the heck was I thinking?? I should have brought my teeth with me to WDW!! :rolleyes1

englishrose47

02-24-2010, 10:49 PM

What the heck was I thinking?? I should have brought my teeth with me to WDW!! :rolleyes1

Theywould have been perfect while you werre talking to the Chef at The Wave !!!!:lmao:

All7OfUs

02-24-2010, 11:33 PM

Theywould have been perfect while you werre talking to the Chef at The Wave !!!!:lmao:

OMGosh!! That would have been the bomb!!!! I"m so picking me up a set!!! :lmao::lmao::lmao:

jordanyosh

02-24-2010, 11:51 PM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Millie12591

02-24-2010, 11:56 PM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Daarlin! You sure do look purtier than a new set of snow tires! <said in my best back woods red-neck voice>

:rotfl:

englishrose47

02-25-2010, 09:01 AM

Daarlin! You sure do look purtier than a new set of snow tires! <said in my best back woods red-neck voice>

:rotfl:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

*Seanaci*

02-25-2010, 09:21 AM

I hear ya !!! Laughter is the best medicine soooo we must ALL be Healthy!!!:lmao:

It truly is the best medicine! Especially after being on the phone for 2 hours with credit collectors and debt settlement companies and crying your eyeballs out. :D

:rotfl2: I love laughing some butt off! Maybe some tummy too!

I didn't workout yesterday because I figured all the laughing I did was enough for the day. lol

Blueyed Girl

02-25-2010, 10:23 AM

Theywould have been perfect while you werre talking to the Chef at The Wave !!!!:lmao:

Oh no, that's serious business. Not the teeth........maybe just the big 80's glasses. :laughing:

OMGosh!! That would have been the bomb!!!! I"m so picking me up a set!!! :lmao::lmao::lmao:
:rotfl2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

That's my big 'ol glasses from the 80's. I do believe I've seen another Diser who had a pair of those. :rolleyes1

Daarlin! You sure do look purtier than a new set of snow tires! <said in my best back woods red-neck voice>

:rotfl:
:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
:lmao: That was funny!

It truly is the best medicine! Especially after being on the phone for 2 hours with credit collectors and debt settlement companies and crying your eyeballs out. :D

I didn't workout yesterday because I figured all the laughing I did was enough for the day. lol

:rotfl2: There ya go!!

joy13

02-25-2010, 10:36 AM

Hey, I resent that!!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4383052039_ca48001880_m.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

That is a great look on you! ;) :rotfl2:

serrotak

02-25-2010, 11:12 AM

I finally caught up and am definitely joining in. :thumbsup2

We were there right after you and it was still cold. Living in LA like we do, we don't have tons of cold weather clothes, so we had to wear lots of layers!!! I didn't go to FL for this!!! But it was still so much fun.

glennbo123

02-25-2010, 11:29 AM

That's my big 'ol glasses from the 80's. I do believe I've seen another Diser who had a pair of those. :rolleyes1

:lmao:

Blueyed Girl

02-25-2010, 04:30 PM

That is a great look on you! ;) :rotfl2:
:lmao: Thanks!

I finally caught up and am definitely joining in. :thumbsup2

We were there right after you and it was still cold. Living in LA like we do, we don't have tons of cold weather clothes, so we had to wear lots of layers!!! I didn't go to FL for this!!! But it was still so much fun.

:welcome: Thanks for coming over! Glad to hear you had a great time. I totally understand about the COLD!! We were really tired after 7 days of being beat up by the wind too.

:lmao:

;)

Sooze

02-25-2010, 08:04 PM

WE ARE NOW DVC OWNERS!!!!!!!:woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2::cool1:: banana:

Welcome to the club, girl!!!:cool1::cool1: You're going to love it!!

mrsksomeday

02-25-2010, 09:36 PM

popcorn::popcorn::

Blueyed Girl

02-26-2010, 01:07 PM

Welcome to the club, girl!!!:cool1::cool1: You're going to love it!!

Thanks!!! :hug:

popcorn::popcorn::

I know, I'm getting behind!!! TGIF!! I'm hoping to update tonight. :banana:

FauntleroyFAN07

02-26-2010, 03:11 PM

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time! :lmao:

But yeah, what about it Blue?
:laughing:

:rotfl2: Just points, huh? I've actually thought about it since we have extra points but the main plan was to bank those extras so we have extras next summer when we might be bringing family. We should have just enough to do a 2 bedroom at OKW in June 2011. :woohoo:

I haven't even begun to start planning our days out yet. I officially got us booked today! I think we were going to do 4 days at WDW and 2 at Universal. (but stay at AKV the entire 6) Anyway, I'm sure I can tweak our schedule for a meet!

i gotcha and understand, but you know our schedule so if you make yours different we will know that it is because you dont want to meet glenn.:lmao:

j/k

:laughing:

englishrose47

02-26-2010, 04:37 PM

Evening Blue !!!

winkers

02-26-2010, 05:14 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one going slow....Rosie makes me feel like a slacker!

glennbo123

02-26-2010, 05:17 PM

:laughing:

i gotcha and understand, but you know our schedule so if you make yours different we will know that it is because you dont want to meet glenn.:lmao:

j/k

:laughing:

:lmao:

I wish I'd thought of that.

englishrose47

02-26-2010, 05:43 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one going slow....Rosie makes me feel like a slacker!

If the Shoe Fits !!!!!!:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

haven_alise1997

02-26-2010, 11:03 PM

Isn't it weird how how the strange people you don't know come on and comment and sub and stalk your TR...oh wait I'm officially one of those strange people. So...started at Rosies then to Winkers and now to you. This story is way too good think I'll have to check out Jordan's next.

Congrats on the DVC and can't wait to read more. popcorn::

All7OfUs

02-27-2010, 04:24 AM

Morning, Blue!! Just checking to see what I missed :)

Look forward to you next post- when you can. ;)

englishrose47

02-27-2010, 07:52 AM

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 10:11 AM

:laughing:

i gotcha and understand, but you know our schedule so if you make yours different we will know that it is because you dont want to meet glenn.:lmao:

j/k

:laughing:
:rotfl2::rotfl2: That was too funny!

At the moment we are re-thinking our June plans. We were to do 4 at WDW and 2 at US/IOA. However, that would actually cost us more than doing a 6 night MYW ticket w/hoppers + 1 day ticket to waterpark. Soooo, I think we are going to save US/IOA for next year. Since we've already gone on a vacation once this year(out of pocket), we need to keep the costs down on this one. :thumbsup2 Now I get to start re-figuring our day to day plans.

Evening Blue !!!
:hug:

I'm glad I'm not the only one going slow....Rosie makes me feel like a slacker!
:rotfl: I know, me too!! She's lightning fast this time around!

:lmao:

I wish I'd thought of that.
:lmao:

If the Shoe Fits !!!!!!:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
:rotfl:

Isn't it weird how how the strange people you don't know come on and comment and sub and stalk your TR...oh wait I'm officially one of those strange people. So...started at Rosies then to Winkers and now to you. This story is way too good think I'll have to check out Jordan's next.

Congrats on the DVC and can't wait to read more. popcorn::

:welcome: Not weird at all! We all start out somewhere. Oh boy, if you are going over to Jordans you better get crackin'!! His PTR/TR is a doozie!! Don't let that stop you, though! It is a must read! :thumbsup2

Morning, Blue!! Just checking to see what I missed :)

Look forward to you next post- when you can. ;)

Good morning! :flower3:

I'm about to start on an update. We shall see if I get interrupted or not before I finish!! It is Saturday, everyone is busy doing their own things at the moment. Maybe.....just maybe, I can get an update done!! :tiptoe:

Stalk away we love it !!!

:rotfl:

All7OfUs

02-27-2010, 10:31 AM

[QUOTE=Blueyed Girl;35618565

I'm about to start on an update. We shall see if I get interrupted or not before I finish!! It is Saturday, everyone is busy doing their own things at the moment. Maybe.....just maybe, I can get an update done!! :tiptoe:

:rotfl:[/QUOTE]

HA! If it's anything like my house, Blue, forget it!! :lmao::lmao: best of luck though- the posting gods may be on your side. :rotfl2:

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 11:33 AM

HA! If it's anything like my house, Blue, forget it!! :lmao::lmao: best of luck though- the posting gods may be on your side. :rotfl2:

:rotfl2: You are so right! I thought right after I posted that, that I'd get to start. Here it is an hour later and I'm back and attempting to START again since I didn't get to an hour ago. :rolleyes1

All7OfUs

02-27-2010, 12:10 PM

:rotfl2: You are so right! I thought right after I posted that, that I'd get to start. Here it is an hour later and I'm back and attempting to START again since I didn't get to an hour ago. :rolleyes1

See... Told ya' so! :rotfl2::lmao::rotfl2:

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 12:54 PM

When I left you we were about to ride Soarin' with our fastpasses from earlier. :banana: We head down the line and only had about a 5-10 minute wait. Did I mention that the park was CROWDED this day?? It wasn't at summer time capacity but to me it was close. Definitely not like the usual February crowds.

Anyway, it is almost our turn. We have our "line number" and we are waiting and watching the pre-video. The mom in front of me turns to me and asks if we've ridden this before. She asks if it's scary and if her kids will freak out. I give her a quick run down on it and tell her the lies that I told my son when we first rode it......"it just FEELS like you are up high but your really not" ( :rolleyes1 ) We have a quick giggle and now it's time to board. We head to our row (ROW 1, BY THE WAY!!! SCORE!!!). We are strapping the kids in and realize there are 2 of us standing there and only one seat left. :confused3 Ok, so the CM mis-counted for the line. Another CM came over to see why we weren't seated yet. They see what the problem is and since myself, DH and DS are the last 3 on the row they apologize and ask us if we would please wait for the next ride. We say "sure, no problem" and I start to unbuckle DS from the seat. That's when I hear the lady who was so sweet and nice to me in the line only 2 minutes ago say "WELL SHE SHOULD LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RIDDEN IT BEFORE!!!" Her husband tells her to quiet down and she say's "I DON'T CARE". I just look over my shoulder at her and smile as I walked away. She knew she made an idiot of herself. I didn't have to say a word. Besides, yes we've ridden the ride before and yes, we are WDW veterans. You know what that means?? That means that I KNOW that we are going to receive a little pixie dust for the mistake. ;) And in true Disney style that's EXACTLY what happened. When it was our turn to ride, we got front row again (of course) and we were also given a fast pass voucher to any ride in the park that we wanted to use it on!! :woohoo: This means that we WOULD get to ride DS's favorite ride at Epcot......TEST TRACK before dinner! :yay: We were beginning to think that wasn't going to happen.

Fast pass voucher! Sorry it's blurry. I was trying to walk and take a pic at the same time.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4392735604_b23775c963.jpg

As we were leaving Soarin' I got a text from Jordan saying they had just found Nemo! We started to walk out of the land pavillion and who should we run right into?? JORDAN, WINKERS & DJAY!!!!! :dance3: We had a nice chat and shared some laughs. I told them about what had just happened on Soarin' and showed them our handy dandy voucher. Why we didn't take any pictures during this time is beyond me. I was so excited to see everyone again the thought didn't even cross my mind. :rolleyes1 Besides, this night was to be our dinner at The Wave anyway. We knew we were all meeting up in a few short hours. :thumbsup2

When we left the group we headed over to Test Track and got our first ride on!! It was a ton of fun as usual. Here is our photo pass picture. (quick comment about the photo pass CD. I wasn't going to get one this trip but I finally caved after receiving the email coupon after our trip!)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4392787368_831f51cded.jpg
I wonder if one of the guys in the back seat could pass for Rosie's "hot italian".

DS in front of "Bumblebee" as he calls it. (he loves Transformers!)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4371626766_c7f390a04e.jpg

After Test Track we left Epcot and headed back to OKW to freshen up and get ready for dinner at The Wave! I had brought gifts for everyone and had to gather them all up before we left. I gave each person a pretty Disney ink pen and also a "themed" gift. I based each theme off of the contents of their PTR's. :rolleyes1

At about 5:30 we arrived at The Wave inside the Contemporary resort.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4370893425_c35bb6d1a8.jpg
It was a really nice restaurant. The first person to arrive was Rosie!! :yay: We gave each other a big hug and sat in the waiting area for about 2 minutes when our buzzer went off. Our table was ready!!! WOW, that was FAST!! I sent out a text to Winkers and Jordan (i think) telling them that we already have a table. I think they grabbed a cab to get there a little faster. Jordan said that his cousin Wendy (WendyO from his TR's) and her family had arrived! :cool1: They were actually staying at The Contemporary in Bay Lake Tower! As they got settled into the room, we had dinner. Here is a picture of the gang! Sorry mine is a little blurry. I brought my little point and shoot to dinner rather than lugging the bigger camera. I never learn! :sad2: Anyway, our poor server actually stood there and took a picture with each of our cameras!! :rotfl: She was a really good sport.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4371641546_cab16edc12.jpg

We started by catching up a bit and letting everyone get their drink orders in. Then it was time to exchange some gifts!! I have been debating on whether I should post about the gifts that I got each of them or just let them do it. I have decided that I can post about it and when they post on their TR's they can let us in on what they were thinking when they got the gifts. :lmao:

As I mentioned before, I themed the gifts from their own PTR's. Let me first apologize for not having taken ANY photo's of them actually receiving their gifts!! :eek: I know, I know....BAD DISER!!

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST.......

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 12:55 PM

So, let's start with Rosie.....I knew she was on the hunt for that HOT ITALIAN so I told her that I found something that might help her out.....
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4391931755_cc64b18b2e.jpg

Then we moved on to Jordan. I remember him posting about how he admired this guy he saw on one of his previous trips that was wearing a kilt! :rolleyes1 As much as I would have LOVED to buy this man a kilt, I had no idea how expensive those things were until I started scouring the internet!! :scared1: So, I got the next best thing...... A Kilt coozie for his drink. :lmao:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/4392702086_ff48d66123.jpg

Last but not least was Winkers (Cherie')! I knew from reading her last TR and her PTR that she'd been having some "issues" with MIL. I told her that I had brought her a gift straight from Louisiana to help her out. Sometimes you just need a little New Orleans voodoo! So I brought her a MIL voodoo doll....:lmao:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4392702100_c1d3afd250_o.jpg

I'm still wondering if she's been putting that thing to use. Her kitchen does seem to be coming along a lot faster since she's gotten home from the trip. I'm just sayin'. :rolleyes1

Winkers and DJay told us that they had something for us too but that it was too big to bring to dinner. :scared1: Ok, now I"m skeered!! :rotfl2:

Rosie gave us a goodie bag filled with stuff!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4392736016_bb28603de6.jpg
Inside, I found a magnet from Niagra Falls where she lives, a yummy chocolate caramel heart candy, some wet wipes (thanks to Jordan's PTR):lmao:, and a ziplock bag with two types of toilet paper.....one "folded" and one "scrunched". :lmao::lmao::lmao: (You would have had to read Jordan and Winkers PTR's to get that one. ) She also included an English silver three penny bit!! They do not make these anymore. I thought that was very nice of her to include. :hug:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4391965725_1ecd313fc1.jpg
Thank you, Rosie!!

Here is a pic of my new magnet on my fridge along with my other Disney magnets! I try to get one from each trip.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4391966117_fffc9f83b3.jpg

Now on to dinner.........

This was our first table meal so I wasn't sure exactly how the food allergy thing would work just yet. I'm happy to say that I didn't even have to ask for the Chef. He was at our table right after we were seated!! :cloud9: At this particular meal, we were told that he was concerned about the bread in the buns for the hamburgers. I can't for the life of me remember what he said about the pasta marinara or if he said anything about it. He said that the cheese pizza will be okay and so that's what we got for DS. He also got the carrot sticks and the strawberry yogurt without the granola on top. This meal turned out to be very stress free for us. It was fantastic!!! :wizard:

Now to remember what myself and DH got.....let me check the menu.....

Ah yes, I had the beef tenderloin but with the fingerling potato salad and avacado mousse on the side. Those didn't come with the beef tenderloin, they actually came with another dish (i think the flat iron steak) but they said I could mix it up like that so I did. :thumbsup2 I wanted to try the beef but I was intrigued by the sound of the avacado mousse.
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The meal was good but not overly impressive. I am partial to my DH's steaks, though! What can I say... the man can GRILL!! :goodvibes I'm happy to say that the avacado mousse was a nice treat. I really enjoyed it.

I believe DH got the beef tenderloin too but had different sides. He didn't really care for his. I don't know why he continues to order grilled anything when he KNOWS he won't like it as well as his own. :rolleyes: I keep telling him to branch out more. :rotfl:

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST (YES, AGAIN!)

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 12:56 PM

Jordan taking a food porn picture of his food. :lmao:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4371640418_8402e40737.jpg

Fun and giggles at dinner....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4371651198_6a85fd666f.jpg

Now, time for desert!! I think most of us ordered the same thing. :rotfl2: We'll have to wait and see on everyone else's TR's. Here is the description:
Creamy Indulgence - Cheesecake with Raspberry Coulis, Coconut Panna Cotta with Passion Fruit Drizzle, Chocolate-Passion Fruit Mousse with Pecan-Olive Brittle
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4370892315_300a134dca.jpg

It was pretty good. The one in the middle was better if you sort of scraped some of the fruit juice from the top and ate the desert at the bottom. :laughing:

This dinner was GREAT!! It was a wonderful restaurant at a wonderful resort at a table filled with wonderful friends and family! At one moment I thought to myself.....I WISH EVERY TRIP WAS LIKE THIS. We really loved being able to meet up with some friends on this trip.

Next up.........Wendy & Derek are semi-settled into their villa in Bay Lake Tower. Should we take a peek???

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:01 PM

See... Told ya' so! :rotfl2::lmao::rotfl2:
:lmao::lmao::lmao:

I finally got it this time!!!

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 01:16 PM

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:20 PM

ahhhh.....great memories!!!!

I was such a bad DISer! No gifts for my good friends....Does it help to say that I thought about it;)

I can't believe that lady said that, but I'm the drunk magnet and you must be the rude lady magnet......:rotfl2:;) But hey, who cares when you get a use anywhere FP!

The Wave was mos def one of my favorite restaurants.

Aww, you're not a bad Diser. My gifts were mostly gag gifts and not real "presents".

:rotfl2: I think I am the rude lady magnet. It always happens!! Remember stinky foot lady from the past trip?? (oh yeah, we talked about her this trip. I just remembered. :rotfl2:)

I wish I could have gotten another FP out of the "other" incident 2 days later. :rolleyes1

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:22 PM

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 01:24 PM

Aww, you're not a bad Diser. My gifts were mostly gag gifts and not real "presents".

:rotfl2: I think I am the rude lady magnet. It always happens!! Remember stinky foot lady from the past trip?? (oh yeah, we talked about her this trip. I just remembered. :rotfl2:)

I wish I could have gotten another FP out of the "other" incident 2 days later. :rolleyes1

Perhaps I should try some "miracle grow" or get a tattoo to make myself look "tough" so I don't get picked on anymore. :confused3
:rotfl2:

Thanks Blue for trying to cheer me up with the No presents debacle.:hug:

I'm just gonna say--you hold your own with the rude people pretty well....not in a rude way, but just in a "I'm gonna protect my own" kinda way":thumbsup2

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:32 PM

Thanks Blue for trying to cheer me up with the No presents debacle.:hug:

I'm just gonna say--you hold your own with the rude people pretty well....not in a rude way, but just in a "I'm gonna protect my own" kinda way":thumbsup2

Thanks for saying that! :hug: I always feel sort of embarrassed afterward. "sort of" because I don't like when it happens but at the same time I'm not going to let someone push me or my family around like that. :rolleyes1

Anyhoo....that one at the parade really had me at my limit. That's why I just chose to ignore her. Nothing good would have come of it if I kept talking to her.

Bottom line, I just hate that I would have to "protect my own" at all in WDW.

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 01:34 PM

Thanks for saying that! :hug: I always feel sort of embarrassed afterward. "sort of" because I don't like when it happens but at the same time I'm not going to let someone push me or my family around like that. :rolleyes1

Anyhoo....that one at the parade really had me at my limit. That's why I just chose to ignore her. Nothing good would have come of it if I kept talking to her.

Bottom line, I just hate that I would have to "protect my own" at all in WDW.

I know, but you're a good mama so you do what you need to do:hug:

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:41 PM

I know, but you're a good mama so you do what you need to do:hug:

Awwww!!!! :hug: Now you're gonna make me cry. :goodvibes

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 01:42 PM

Awwww!!!! :hug: Now you're gonna make me cry. :goodvibes

Just speaking the truth!

Miss you guys.

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:49 PM

Just speaking the truth!

Miss you guys.

We miss you too!!

It was depressing when we got home and had no one to text and say "meet us at such and such ride" or whatever. :rotfl: It took a while to realize that none of my friends over here care if I'm "getting a late start today". :lmao:

Seriously, it was great getting to spend time with all of you! DS had a good time with Wendy's kiddo's too. It was fun getting to ride rides with other people sometimes too. We haven't done that in years!! :rotfl:

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 01:51 PM

We miss you too!!

It was depressing when we got home and had no one to text and say "meet us at such and such ride" or whatever. :rotfl: It took a while to realize that none of my friends over here care if I'm "getting a late start today". :lmao:

Seriously, it was great getting to spend time with all of you! DS had a good time with Wendy's kiddo's too. It was fun getting to ride rides with other people sometimes too. We haven't done that in years!! :rotfl:

I think it's DJay and my goal next time to get DS to hang out with us so you and DH can ride a ride together...It may help to have Erin and Dylan around....

Trentmom

02-27-2010, 01:51 PM

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 01:55 PM

wow...I can not believe how rude she was after you helped her only 5 minutes before

Glad you got something good out of it :woohoo:

Love all your gag gifts :rotfl2:

The entrance into wave looks so cool:wizard:

I know!! She was flaky.
Me too!
Gag gifts are fun. I was cracking up every day while shopping around pre-trip.
The entrance is really neat as well as the waiting area. It's dark with couches and tables and the only lights are blue/black lights so it glows. Really cool.

carissanboys

02-27-2010, 02:54 PM

Yay! An update! :cool1:

I can't believe that lady said that?? :confused3 There was just no reason to since you guys were getting up anyway. Some people. :sad2:

What thoughtful gifts you all handed out. Love the kilt koozie! :rotfl:

glennbo123

02-27-2010, 03:02 PM

What was the deal with that woman on Soarin'? :confused3 I don't see why she felt the need to comment at all. People!

Thanks for this picture:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4371640418_8402e40737.jpg
so we can see Jordan's food porn technique.

Oh, meant to add...I liked the gifts, particularly the kilt koozie.

Glad to hear good reviews for The Wave. We have a reservation there in June (date night!).

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 03:03 PM

What was the deal with that woman on Soarin'? :confused3 I don't see why she felt the need to comment at all. People!

Thanks for this picture:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4371640418_8402e40737.jpg
so we can see Jordan's food porn technique.

It was much easier to pull a shot off with everyone taking pix too. Harder to do solo.

laura74

02-27-2010, 03:25 PM

You guys all seem like such fun! I'm enjoying your TR so far and look forward to reading updates. Like another poster said, I feel like I'm crashing a party. I hope it's ok to join the fun!

Laura

eandesmom

02-27-2010, 03:37 PM

What a great update!!!

I can't believe the woman on soaring but the FP karma paid off and you handled it beautifully!

The Wave sounds, and looks, like a blast. I LOVE the gifts you got for everyone and that dining was stress free for the food allergies. What a wonderful evening.

kmpprg

02-27-2010, 04:40 PM

Hi Cherie, what a great first day! We like the wave, but feel the same about the food-good but not great. Fun presents and what fun that you all could enjoy the time together. You are like the cool club on the Dis! For Jordans bday trip the reports will take over the entire site! Thanks for the update.

*Seanaci*

02-27-2010, 05:25 PM

Wow. What a woman she was. Polite to ask if you'd ever ridden it before and knew what to expect. Then WHAM! Quick to point out you guys had already ridden it so of course you should get off. I would have had a hard time not saying anything to her. Glad you just smiled and let her come out the idiot. :D

Yay for the fastpass for any ride! Gotta love the pixie dust. :D

Mmmm...you guys are all going to make me hungry for the food. And make it hard to decide where to dine when we go next year. :D

Loved the gifts as well. Too fun!

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 05:40 PM

I think it's DJay and my goal next time to get DS to hang out with us so you and DH can ride a ride together...It may help to have Erin and Dylan around....
:rotfl2: Good luck with that!! I've scared him enough about stranger danger that he most likely will not. But even if that worked, it would be hard for mama to let go that much too. ;)

It's really not a big deal. He is getting bigger and starting to ride more rides. It's not too bad having to take turns. It was just nice to get to ride with friends this trip. :thumbsup2

Yay! An update! :cool1:

I can't believe that lady said that?? :confused3 There was just no reason to since you guys were getting up anyway. Some people. :sad2:

What thoughtful gifts you all handed out. Love the kilt koozie! :rotfl:

Yeah, she really had no reason. Oh well. We ended up with good stuff anyway. :thumbsup2

kilt koozie cracked me up!

What was the deal with that woman on Soarin'? :confused3 I don't see why she felt the need to comment at all. People!

Thanks for this picture:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4371640418_8402e40737.jpg
so we can see Jordan's food porn technique.

Oh, meant to add...I liked the gifts, particularly the kilt koozie.

Glad to hear good reviews for The Wave. We have a reservation there in June (date night!).

Yeah she had no reason but still felt the need. I guess she was just nervous or something. Who knows. :confused3
:rotfl2: his "technique".
Yeah the kilt koozie is cool! I never did get to see it on a drink though. ;)
The Wave was good. I would definitely go there again. This time I'll order something different, though.

It was much easier to pull a shot off with everyone taking pix too. Harder to do solo.

It was! On another day I wasn't thinking and started taking pictures during dinner and then looked up and noticed many people staring at me. :confused3

You guys all seem like such fun! I'm enjoying your TR so far and look forward to reading updates. Like another poster said, I feel like I'm crashing a party. I hope it's ok to join the fun!

Laura

:welcome: Glad you're here. Nah, you're not crashing a party. Everyone is invited. :thumbsup2 Stick around, it's going to get better and better! Be sure to visit Winkers, Rosie, and Jordans TR's too.

What a great update!!!

I can't believe the woman on soaring but the FP karma paid off and you handled it beautifully!

The Wave sounds, and looks, like a blast. I LOVE the gifts you got for everyone and that dining was stress free for the food allergies. What a wonderful evening.

Thanks :goodvibes
yeah we got total good fp karma on that one!
The Wave was nice. We really did like it. And stress free is a huge plus!

Hi Cherie, what a great first day! We like the wave, but feel the same about the food-good but not great. Fun presents and what fun that you all could enjoy the time together. You are like the cool club on the Dis! For Jordans bday trip the reports will take over the entire site! Thanks for the update.

Hi there!
Yeah it was good not super. I'd go again. I'd like to try a couple of other things on the menu.
:rotfl2: The "cool club"?? That's AWESOME!! I've never been in the COOL club in my life!! :cool1:
I agree, the big trip of 2012 is going to be insane!!! They should just close the parks down to the general public. :thumbsup2

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 05:43 PM

It was! On another day I wasn't thinking and started taking pictures during dinner and then looked up and noticed many people staring at me. :confused3

Exactly!

Kilt K is sitting right next to me right now.:thumbsup2

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 05:48 PM

Exactly!

Kilt K is sitting right next to me right now.:thumbsup2

:rotfl2::rotfl2: AWESOME!!!!

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 05:49 PM

WAVE WARNING IN HAWAII HAS JUST BEEN LIFTED!!!!

Which is good since there are TOURISTS on the beaches taking pictures!!!!!:rolleyes:

So glad no one was injured.

jordanyosh

02-27-2010, 05:50 PM

:rotfl2::rotfl2: AWESOME!!!!

My roommate is trying to think of good photo ops with the kilt.

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 06:14 PM

My roommate is trying to think of good photo ops with the kilt.

:thumbsup2 I love that your roommate is slowly crossing over to the dark side. :lmao:

Sunset Cliffs

02-27-2010, 07:51 PM

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 08:01 PM

Hi there! I have seen you over on Jordan's TR & jumped over here. I'm excited to get to read about your trip from different perspectives. Your first day sounds amazing!! How fun to get to have a Dis meet on your first night at a good restaurant. Is there anything better than that?

On a side note, I might have missed this info....how did you figure out your son's food allergies? My son is almost 2 1/2 & we have been fortunate to not have any allergies yet. I thought we were in the clear. Did you have any indications when he was younger, or did it just start all of a sudden? I can imagine how scary it must have been to order at all of the different restaurants. I can't believe how rude people can be, especially when it seems like it would be obvious what you were looking for!!

First off :welcome: Thanks for coming over!!

As far as the peanut allergy we had no idea or indication. I can't remember what the age was that you are supposed to wait to introduce peanuts or peanut butter but I waited another year and a half. I was paranoid. But when introduced, nothing happened. He never was a big peanut or peanut butter eater but he has had it a few times a year. Last August he ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch (at my suggestion because he never eats that) and he just started getting welts all over around his mouth and chin. I knew this was an allergic reaction because he had the same reaction years earlier to green peas. He was never "formally" diagnosed as being allergic to the sweet peas. The pediatrician just said to wait another year then try them again. Needless to say after the peanut reaction last August I went to an allergist to have him tested. He is allergic to pea's and peanuts which are both legumes. We have to be very careful with legumes. I'm still learning all the beans and peas that are considered legumes. It is hard and confusing. There are some that he is not allergic to like soy. And that just makes it even more complicated when you are trying to explain it to someone on the spot who is preparing his food. It's a mess, I tell ya! I think I will be cooking in the room for our June trip. :rolleyes1

eandesmom

02-27-2010, 08:09 PM

:thumbsup2 I love that your roommate is slowly crossing over to the dark side. :lmao:

Me too! Wow, from picture taking without eye rolling to actually plotting kilt kozy moments!

Cherie, where did you get that kozy? I must get a set for the kilt wearing men in my family.

:thumbsup2

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 08:12 PM

Me too! Wow, from picture taking without eye rolling to actually plotting kilt kozy moments!

Cherie, where did you get that kozy? I must get a set for the kilt wearing men in my family.

:thumbsup2

:rotfl2:

I found it on Ebay!!! There is someone on there that has a whole kilt shop.

eandesmom

02-27-2010, 08:22 PM

:rotfl2:

I found it on Ebay!!! There is someone on there that has a whole kilt shop.

I have to check it out. We have kilts (and yes, it's like buying a tux...not a suit but a tux!), but no kilt kozy. Did you just search "kilt" and it came up?

That would be the bomb for fathers day....

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:29 PM

This trip we got to meet up with a bunch of other crazy Diser's!!! We were lucky enough to get to spend time with Jordan and his family and friends....Wendy & Derek and their cute kiddo's, and Kim & Alan. We also got to spend time with Winkers (Cherie) and DJay and also Rosie!!! We even met a NEW Diser one morning at DHS....."Mytallula".
Can't wait to hear all about your meets and see pictures of the fun times! Sure hope I can participate in one of these DisMeet extravaganzas sometime!

If you've read my PTR you know that we weren't sure if our brand new Yukon would make it there or not.
So glad you made it there safely and that the lemon lasted for the trip!

I have taken a picture of DS next to these posts every year we've gone to Disney.
Great idea!:thumbsup2

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4371610046_f45c5debc4.jpg

Oh my gosh... I can smell the Disney air when I see this! LOVE Old Key West! Just LOVE it!!

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:35 PM

I did not do the online check in but for the first time EVER, our room was ready when we got there!! (about 10:00am)
:banana: Don't you LOVE that feeling!? I always have all of my fingers and toes crossed that our room will be ready so we can unload the car before heading to the parks. Sometimes, it actually works!

This time I put the reservations under DH's name for the first time ever. I wonder if this had anything to do with it??
Well, OF COURSE it did!! You know the wife's golden rule: It's ALWAYS the husband's fault!
;)

We eventually got tired of being beat up by the wind. It really wears you out! Of course we soldiered on!! I mean come on........IT'S DISNEY WORLD!!! :woohoo:
I don't know what's worse... being exhausted by cold and wind, or heat and humidity!:confused3

You may remember that we have found that DS has severe food allergies. He is allergic to peanuts and green peas (legumes). We have to carry an epi-pen.
Wow... I sure hope this doesn't become a source of drama for the whole trip. I hope Disney was able to make this a non-issue most of the time!

If any of those people are reading my TR, I'd like to pause and take this moment to tell you to shove it where the sun doesn't shine!!! GET IN ANOTHER LINE!!!! THIS IS MY CHILD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!! GET A GRIP ON YOURSELVES!!!
:rotfl::rotfl:Preach it, girl!!:rotfl::rotfl:

This was DS's first time to ride EEA. He wanted to see the dinosaurs because he was thinking about riding the ride "Dinosaur" in Animal Kingdom for the first time this trip. He thought this would be a good way to build up to that. :hug:
What did he think of it? Tyson was bored to tears. After the initial "oooooo" of the dinosaur scene... it was "is this almost over?" after that! Just wondering what your little guy thought.

They were sitting outside of EEA and we totally missed each other!!!
:headache:DOH!

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 08:39 PM

I have to check it out. We have kilts (and yes, it's like buying a tux...not a suit but a tux!), but no kilt kozy. Did you just search "kilt" and it came up?

That would be the bomb for fathers day....

Here is a link to the person I bought it from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Scottish-Irish-Beer-Bottle-Kilt-Koozie-St-Patricks-Day_W0QQitemZ330407709583QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?var=&hash=item7dba90dc36#ht_3511wt_1165

Can't wait to hear all about your meets and see pictures of the fun times! Sure hope I can participate in one of these DisMeet extravaganzas sometime!

So glad you made it there safely and that the lemon lasted for the trip!

Great idea!:thumbsup2
Oh my gosh... I can smell the Disney air when I see this! LOVE Old Key West! Just LOVE it!!

I hope we get to meet you sometime too!!
I'm so glad the car lasted.
I love OKW too. We are excited to get to try out AKV but OKW feels like home to us because we've been there every trip since 2007.

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:41 PM

It wasn't at summer time capacity but to me it was close. Definitely not like the usual February crowds.
Whoever is marketing the 'off' seasons is doing a dang fine job! We went in November during an 'off' season and it was SO crowded, too! What gives?!:confused3

That's when I hear the lady who was so sweet and nice to me in the line only 2 minutes ago say "WELL SHE SHOULD LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RIDDEN IT BEFORE!!!"
What the?!?:sad2: Ridiculous!

When it was our turn to ride, we got front row again (of course) and we were also given a fast pass voucher to any ride in the park that we wanted to use it on!! :woohoo: This means that we WOULD get to ride DS's favorite ride at Epcot......TEST TRACK before dinner! :yay:
Ah... sweet vengance!

I had brought gifts for everyone and had to gather them all up before we left.
And you did this on top of all of the stuff you were doing for DS's school and teachers?!?! :worship: You are awesome!

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:46 PM

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4391931755_cc64b18b2e.jpg
:rotfl:I Love it!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/4392702086_ff48d66123.jpg

:rotfl::rotfl:I REALLY love it!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4392702100_c1d3afd250_o.jpg
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I SO TOTALLY LOVE it!!

I'm still wondering if she's been putting that thing to use. Her kitchen does seem to be coming along a lot faster since she's gotten home from the trip. I'm just sayin'.
:rotfl::rotfl:You are on a roll, Cherie!!

It sounds like you all had a wonderful meal together! How did DS do with all of those adults? Loved the gift exchange... what a great idea!

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:50 PM

I was such a bad DISer! No gifts for my good friends....Does it help to say that I thought about it;)
Aw, Jordan... I'm sure nobody thought ill of you! Your sense of humor is gift enough, I'm sure!

I can't believe that lady said that, but I'm the drunk magnet and you must be the rude lady magnet......:rotfl2:;) But hey, who cares when you get a use anywhere FP!

Rude lady magnet!:lmao: Remember the feet lady at Playhouse Disney?!:lmao:

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 08:51 PM

:banana: Don't you LOVE that feeling!? I always have all of my fingers and toes crossed that our room will be ready so we can unload the car before heading to the parks. Sometimes, it actually works!

:rotfl2: I will have to try the fingers and toes crossing next time!

Well, OF COURSE it did!! You know the wife's golden rule: It's ALWAYS the husband's fault!
;)

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:Ok, I just choked on my drink!! That is too funny.

I don't know what's worse... being exhausted by cold and wind, or heat and humidity!:confused3
Hmmmm, right now I say cold & wind. But ask me again after my June trip! :thumbsup2

Wow... I sure hope this doesn't become a source of drama for the whole trip. I hope Disney was able to make this a non-issue most of the time!

:rotfl::rotfl:Preach it, girl!!:rotfl::rotfl:

:lmao: They irritated me. It was hard to ignore them.

What did he think of it? Tyson was bored to tears. After the initial "oooooo" of the dinosaur scene... it was "is this almost over?" after that! Just wondering what your little guy thought.
He liked it but I think the last part of it he was jsut waiting to see more dinosaurs. He didn't realize there weren't any more. :rotfl:

:headache:DOH!

:rotfl:

Sooze

02-27-2010, 08:51 PM

Boy, I'm racking up the post counts on this trip report, aren't I?:goodvibes

Just wanted to finish up by saying... your banter with Jordan about missing each other when you got home was so sweet. It's so amazing and pretty awesome that your cross-country, long-distance, web-inspired friendship is so strong! Warms the heart, it does!:hug:

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 08:53 PM

Whoever is marketing the 'off' seasons is doing a dang fine job! We went in November during an 'off' season and it was SO crowded, too! What gives?!:confused3

I totally agree!! I'm not sure if there IS a slow season anymore.
What the?!?:sad2: Ridiculous!

:confused3
Ah... sweet vengance!
:thumbsup2

And you did this on top of all of the stuff you were doing for DS's school and teachers?!?! :worship: You are awesome!
Awesome? I don't know. Exhausted? YES!! :rotfl2:

Sunset Cliffs

02-27-2010, 08:57 PM

First off :welcome: Thanks for coming over!!

As far as the peanut allergy we had no idea or indication. I can't remember what the age was that you are supposed to wait to introduce peanuts or peanut butter but I waited another year and a half. I was paranoid. But when introduced, nothing happened. He never was a big peanut or peanut butter eater but he has had it a few times a year. Last August he ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch (at my suggestion because he never eats that) and he just started getting welts all over around his mouth and chin. I knew this was an allergic reaction because he had the same reaction years earlier to green peas. He was never "formally" diagnosed as being allergic to the sweet peas. The pediatrician just said to wait another year then try them again. Needless to say after the peanut reaction last August I went to an allergist to have him tested. He is allergic to pea's and peanuts which are both legumes. We have to be very careful with legumes. I'm still learning all the beans and peas that are considered legumes. It is hard and confusing. There are some that he is not allergic to like soy. And that just makes it even more complicated when you are trying to explain it to someone on the spot who is preparing his food. It's a mess, I tell ya! I think I will be cooking in the room for our June trip. :rolleyes1

Thank you for the info. I think that I have gotten a little forgetful about allergies since we haven't had to deal with them yet. My son eats peanut butter all the time and we have had no problems (thank goodness!), but I guess I didn't realize that other things can pop up later in life. Thanks again.

eandesmom

02-27-2010, 08:57 PM

Here is a link to the person I bought it from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Scottish-Irish-Beer-Bottle-Kilt-Koozie-St-Patricks-Day_W0QQitemZ330407709583QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?var=&hash=item7dba90dc36#ht_3511wt_1165

Thank you so much! They have our tartan on their list but only 3 in stock, emailed to see if he'll do a deal on 6! It might have to be for St. Patricks Day, not sure I can wait until Fathers Day :)

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 09:02 PM

:rotfl:I Love it!

:rotfl::rotfl:I REALLY love it!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I SO TOTALLY LOVE it!!

:rotfl::rotfl:You are on a roll, Cherie!!

It sounds like you all had a wonderful meal together! How did DS do with all of those adults? Loved the gift exchange... what a great idea!

:rotfl2: You're cracking me up! Glad you liked the corny gifts. I had fun getting them.

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 09:10 PM

Aw, Jordan... I'm sure nobody thought ill of you! Your sense of humor is gift enough, I'm sure!

Rude lady magnet!:lmao: Remember the feet lady at Playhouse Disney?!:lmao:

We had a good laugh about the stinky foot lady this time. She got brought up after ANOTHER rude incident happened. Stay tuned for that one. It's the worst one of the trip. :sad2:

Boy, I'm racking up the post counts on this trip report, aren't I?:goodvibes

Just wanted to finish up by saying... your banter with Jordan about missing each other when you got home was so sweet. It's so amazing and pretty awesome that your cross-country, long-distance, web-inspired friendship is so strong! Warms the heart, it does!:hug:

I love that you're racking up the post count! I'm so glad you're here. I can't believe that I almost didn't get to go on this trip AND that I almost didn't do a PTR. :scared1:

I hope that we can meet one day too!! I'm hoping to get to meet all of my TR veterans. :thumbsup2

Thank you for the info. I think that I have gotten a little forgetful about allergies since we haven't had to deal with them yet. My son eats peanut butter all the time and we have had no problems (thank goodness!), but I guess I didn't realize that other things can pop up later in life. Thanks again.

You're welcome!
It was explained to me that it can happen at any time in your life. In other words it could happen to me tomorrow and I have had no idea my entire life. :confused3 Kind of scary. But you can't live in fear of it either.

Thank you so much! They have our tartan on their list but only 3 in stock, emailed to see if he'll do a deal on 6! It might have to be for St. Patricks Day, not sure I can wait until Fathers Day :)

How awesome that they have your tartan! I hope you get a deal. He has 100% positive and he was SUPER nice during the entire transaction. He sent a business card with the coozie. So I'm sure he has more of them than just 3. He runs a business besides the ebay thing.

GeminiAngel

02-27-2010, 10:04 PM

englishrose47

02-27-2010, 10:31 PM

GeminiAngel

02-27-2010, 10:37 PM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

All the gifts are great!! I LOVE the Voo Doo Doll :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

joy13

02-27-2010, 10:51 PM

Looks like a fun and good dinner!

That woman at Soarin' was lame - you were getting up anyway - why say anything?

Blueyed Girl

02-27-2010, 11:16 PM

:banana::banana:
So happy to have found this little gem of a report!

I had a really crappy view in my OKW room last February.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff231/GeminiAngel/WDW%202-10-09%20HomeBound/PictureTESTING703.jpg

Oh wow that IS a crappy view!! :rotfl: Last February we had the best view we've ever had. All of our other trips had decent views so I'm not complaining too much about the crappy one this time. Plus, like I said it was FREEZING and we never went out there.

Blue Thank you again for my great gift !!! I also got a pen !! For some reasdon I don't have pix of the gifts !! Iwill share the Threepenny bit story!!! Many years ago when it was still legal tender !! At christmas MOMS would put a few of them in the Plum pudding on Christmas day !! If you got one in your pudding it was a good luck charm !!! After they were no longer minted they were saved from year to year !! I had quite a few of them from my youth and decided to share with my special IMAGINARY FRIENDS!!!!

Rosie!! Thanks for sharing the Three penny bit story again. I just love it!!! Thank you so much for sharing something so special with us. I will keep it always and will also keep a note with it telling this story and who it came from, so that it can be passed down to DS later. :hug:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

All the gifts are great!! I LOVE the Voo Doo Doll :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
:rotfl2: When I saw that thing I thought now THAT is the perfect gag gift to get Winkers!!

Looks like a fun and good dinner!

That woman at Soarin' was lame - you were getting up anyway - why say anything?

Dinner was awesome!!! I wish we could do it every year.

She WAS lame! You are so right. :confused3

mrsksomeday

02-27-2010, 11:21 PM

MaryAz

02-27-2010, 11:43 PM

Good for you for not letting that rude woman get to you. Great gifts. Looks like dinner was lots of fun.

Blueyed Girl

02-28-2010, 11:56 AM

Cherie your Epcot day sounded great even if you had the rude lady on Soarin'. I really enjoy reading about you getting to see Rosie, Cherie, D Jay, and Jordan. It sounded like so much fun. I loved your gifts for them, they were so cute. I can't wait to read more.

Thanks! :goodvibes We did have a really good time. I'm still hoping to get to meet up with you and Bill one day too!

Good for you for not letting that rude woman get to you. Great gifts. Looks like dinner was lots of fun.
Thanks. :goodvibes
Dinner was GREAT!!!

MyTalula

02-28-2010, 12:30 PM

2xcited2sleep

02-28-2010, 12:54 PM

Yeesh, that lady from Soarin' was rude! :scared: What the heck was her problem? And after you'd been so nice to her too! But score on the FP!

The Wave is definitely on my "must try" list!

vamassey1

02-28-2010, 01:47 PM

Sorry about the rude lady, but you know what they say "What goes around, comes around". I'm sure at some point it will come back. And since you took the high road you got pixie dust!

I love the gifts! What a great idea, they are perfect!

How wonderful that so many of ya'll were able to meet up and enjoy each others company. The perfect ending to your day!

glennbo123

02-28-2010, 01:55 PM

Blue Thank you again for my great gift !!! I also got a pen !! For some reasdon I don't have pix of the gifts !! Iwill share the Threepenny bit story!!! Many years ago when it was still legal tender !! At christmas MOMS would put a few of them in the Plum pudding on Christmas day !! If you got one in your pudding it was a good luck charm !!! After they were no longer minted they were saved from year to year !! I had quite a few of them from my youth and decided to share with my special IMAGINARY FRIENDS!!!!

This made me think of a great scene in the Charlie Chaplin move "The Great Dictator". In the scene he's a jew in one of the slums and they need a volunteer for a suicide mission. They give each man a pudding and announce that one of them has a coin in it and whoever gets the coin is the person for the mission. Well, somewhere back in the baking of the puddings, all of them got a coin put in them. While they're eating there's a bunch of switching puddings when people aren't looking and Charlie ends up swallowing a bunch of coins rather than announce he has the coin. When he finally gets up he rattles with all of the change in his stomach. :rotfl:

englishrose47

02-28-2010, 02:03 PM

This made me think of a great scene in the Charlie Chaplin move "The Great Dictator". In the scene he's a jew in one of the slums and they need a volunteer for a suicide mission. They give each man a pudding and announce that one of them has a coin in it and whoever gets the coin is the person for the mission. Well, somewhere back in the baking of the puddings, all of them got a coin put in them. While they're eating there's a bunch of switching puddings when people aren't looking and Charlie ends up swallowing a bunch of coins rather than announce he has the coin. When he finally gets up he rattles with all of the change in his stomach. :rotfl:

Made me laugh:laughing: As one year My "MUM" said she had put X number in the pudding and we were short one !! Turns out Dad had it all along and was stashing it in his mouth to have us all going !!:lmao:

DisneyJo

02-28-2010, 02:07 PM

What a strange thing for that lady to say, especially after you'd been so nice. What did she think that because you'd ridden before you shouldn't ride again? Doubt Disney would want that happening as they'd have no guests left :rotfl:

Oh I absolutely love the gifts you gave out, they're perfect :thumbsup2

FauntleroyFAN07

03-01-2010, 10:12 AM

:lmao:

I wish I'd thought of that.

:rotfl2::rotfl2: That was too funny!

At the moment we are re-thinking our June plans. We were to do 4 at WDW and 2 at US/IOA. However, that would actually cost us more than doing a 6 night MYW ticket w/hoppers + 1 day ticket to waterpark. Soooo, I think we are going to save US/IOA for next year. Since we've already gone on a vacation once this year(out of pocket), we need to keep the costs down on this one. :thumbsup2 Now I get to start re-figuring our day to day plans.

im a little quicker on the draw.
:laughing:
rethinking, meaning retooling them to come a day early:)

great update, my parents were scheduled for the wave with parker when candi and i go to the luau but they are now going to cape may i think?

all i know is i get my luau drink on them meet glenn that night.
:yay:

GreatBiscuit

03-01-2010, 12:51 PM

Great update Blue! Loved the gifts! Jordan's koozie was cracking me up! The rude woman in Soarin was totally :eek: but at least you got some nifty consolation prizes. The Wave looked aewsome. And I loved the "Behind the scense of Jordan's TR" photo! Can't wait to hear all about your encounter with Wendy and crew.

jordanyosh

03-01-2010, 12:56 PM

All7OfUs

03-01-2010, 01:05 PM

My roommate is trying to think of good photo ops with the kilt.

Tate would love a stylin' one like that!!! :rolleyes1

Blue--

See? I tease you about an update, then I can't even respond until 2 days later!! :lmao: Ah well...

I'd take a FiP for a rude comment. ;)

Glad you had such a wonderful time at dinner. You gifts had me stifling loud snort laughing tonight! Too hilarious!

jordanyosh

03-01-2010, 01:19 PM

Tate would love a stylin' one like that!!! :rolleyes1

Blue--

See? I tease you about an update, then I can't even respond until 2 days later!! :lmao: Ah well...

I'd take a FiP for a rude comment. ;)

Glad you had such a wonderful time at dinner. You gifts had me stifling loud snort laughing tonight! Too hilarious!

The scrunched and folded TP was the best.

GreatBiscuit

03-01-2010, 01:45 PM

The scrunched and folded TP was the best.That was pretty funny. Hopefully you didn't require it during the trip.

coteau_chick

03-01-2010, 02:13 PM

I am all caught up here too. My stupid computer broke. Now I am back on Disboards. I am loving your report so far. The gifts were so funny. It looks like you had a good first day.

haven_alise1997

03-01-2010, 04:08 PM

I totally hate rude people like the lady at Soarin and the ones at the restaurants that I know you endured...but it sounds like this trip was
a good one especially getting to meet all of your DIS friends! The more the merrier right!

hlrababy

03-01-2010, 08:18 PM

Hey girl!!

I am all caught up now!!

Okay, that lady at Soarin......oooh!! I am so proud of you for just smiling your cute smile and walking away!! That would have made me so mad!! Ugh!!!

LOL!! Those gifts were too cute!!!!! Now, about that MIL voodoo doll.....:rolleyes1 I seriously need one of those! :lmao:

Sleepingbooty

03-01-2010, 09:17 PM

Great gifts! How creative you are :thumbsup2

What a bizarre woman at Soarin'! Strange, rude, and entirely unnecessary comment as you were getting up anyway. Whatever!

The dessert at the Wave looked really good. I love little samplers like that. I'm always torn between several different desserts and that solves the dilemma.

englishrose47

03-01-2010, 10:04 PM

The scrunched and folded TP was the best.

I was looking for mini chonies but couldn't find any or a Pole for Cherie to dance around !!:lmao::lmao:

2012 is gonna be easy with thwe special celebrations !!!;)

Millie12591

03-02-2010, 01:25 AM

Perhaps I should try some "miracle grow" or get a tattoo to make myself look "tough" so I don't get picked on anymore. :confused3
:rotfl2:

No girl, all you need is a set of them fine purty teeth and then you won't be bothered no mo!

:rotfl:

Blue, your a sweet lady, and there are just nasty people out in the world looking out for them and them only, don't even give those rude people a second thought. :goodvibes
When your heart is golden, you end up getting the blessings. Stay true. :thumbsup2

PrincessCaitlin

03-02-2010, 06:29 AM

winkers

03-02-2010, 10:30 AM

sheesh, can't a woman take a little nyquil and not be 6 pages behind when she wakes up?;)

Seeing all the pictures of me is encouraging me to diet....I'm tired of playing count the chins when I see me in a picture.

The crazy lady at soarin just blows my mind...I don't understand people like that.

englishrose47

03-02-2010, 11:33 PM

Hi Blue!!

All7OfUs

03-02-2010, 11:52 PM

That was pretty funny. Hopefully you didn't require it during the trip.

If so, I'm sure we'll hear all about it! :rotfl2:

Blueyed Girl

03-04-2010, 01:42 PM

Great updates Blue!!

We have power back and have moved back home this morning, now starting to catch up on my reading between loads of laundry. :sad2:

Score on the anytime fast pass... that lady was a real gem... maybe she is related to my Publix lady?:confused3 Seems to be an abundance of instability around there. ;)

The Wave dinner looks like soooo much fun. What a hoot those gifts were, good job hitting the nails on the head so to speak. :rotfl:

Thanks!
Yay for having the power back!! :yay:
:rotfl2: I bet she IS related to Publix lady!!!! :lmao:
I had fun shopping around for those little gifts.

Yeesh, that lady from Soarin' was rude! :scared: What the heck was her problem? And after you'd been so nice to her too! But score on the FP!

The Wave is definitely on my "must try" list!

Yeah she was! Who knows what her problem was. Maybe it was first time at disney stress. :rotfl:
The Wave was pretty good. I'd like to go back.

Sorry about the rude lady, but you know what they say "What goes around, comes around". I'm sure at some point it will come back. And since you took the high road you got pixie dust!

I love the gifts! What a great idea, they are perfect!

How wonderful that so many of ya'll were able to meet up and enjoy each others company. The perfect ending to your day!

Blueyed Girl

03-04-2010, 01:43 PM

I think it did come around. We saw her on our last day. It was raining and she was trying to force past some people in the crowd which put her face to face with my DH. She put her head down and went past him. He turned and looked at me and smiled. I said "was that...?" And he said "YEP!!" We both started laughing. Who knows what was going on with her on that day but maybe it really was "coming back around". ;)

This made me think of a great scene in the Charlie Chaplin move "The Great Dictator". In the scene he's a jew in one of the slums and they need a volunteer for a suicide mission. They give each man a pudding and announce that one of them has a coin in it and whoever gets the coin is the person for the mission. Well, somewhere back in the baking of the puddings, all of them got a coin put in them. While they're eating there's a bunch of switching puddings when people aren't looking and Charlie ends up swallowing a bunch of coins rather than announce he has the coin. When he finally gets up he rattles with all of the change in his stomach. :rotfl:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: That's a great story!! Love it.

Made me laugh:laughing: As one year My "MUM" said she had put X number in the pudding and we were short one !! Turns out Dad had it all along and was stashing it in his mouth to have us all going !!:lmao:

:lmao::lmao::lmao: too funny!

What a strange thing for that lady to say, especially after you'd been so nice. What did she think that because you'd ridden before you shouldn't ride again? Doubt Disney would want that happening as they'd have no guests left :rotfl:

Oh I absolutely love the gifts you gave out, they're perfect :thumbsup2

Yeah, I thought it was strange too but I wasn't about to let her ruin our magic! :wizard:

im a little quicker on the draw.
:laughing:
rethinking, meaning retooling them to come a day early:)

great update, my parents were scheduled for the wave with parker when candi and i go to the luau but they are now going to cape may i think?

all i know is i get my luau drink on them meet glenn that night.
:yay:

Ooooh we've been thinking about doing the luau one day. Not sure if we'd do it this time. But I can't wait to see both sets of pics when we all get back!

Great update Blue! Loved the gifts! Jordan's koozie was cracking me up! The rude woman in Soarin was totally :eek: but at least you got some nifty consolation prizes. The Wave looked aewsome. And I loved the "Behind the scense of Jordan's TR" photo! Can't wait to hear all about your encounter with Wendy and crew.

Thanks! :goodvibes
The koozie made me laugh out loud when I first saw it. I knew I had to get it.
I love consolation prizes! :thumbsup2
Hopefully I will get an update done in the near future!

I have to koozie right next to me right now.

:rotfl2: Awesome!!

Blueyed Girl

03-04-2010, 01:46 PM

Tate would love a stylin' one like that!!! :rolleyes1

Blue--

See? I tease you about an update, then I can't even respond until 2 days later!! Ah well...

I'd take a FiP for a rude comment. ;)

Glad you had such a wonderful time at dinner. You gifts had me stifling loud snort laughing tonight! Too hilarious!

:rotfl2: Hey at least you're here right??
Yeah, I thought I came out ahead in that whole ordeal.

The scrunched and folded TP was the best.

:rotfl2: TRUE!

That was pretty funny. Hopefully you didn't require it during the trip.

:lmao::lmao:
I am all caught up here too. My stupid computer broke. Now I am back on Disboards. I am loving your report so far. The gifts were so funny. It looks like you had a good first day.

LAURA!!!! :hug: So glad you are here.

I totally hate rude people like the lady at Soarin and the ones at the restaurants that I know you endured...but it sounds like this trip was
a good one especially getting to meet all of your DIS friends! The more the merrier right!

Hi there!!
Yes, the trip was GREAT!!!!! It was so much fun having a group there.

Hey girl!!

I am all caught up now!!

Okay, that lady at Soarin......oooh!! I am so proud of you for just smiling your cute smile and walking away!! That would have made me so mad!! Ugh!!!

LOL!! Those gifts were too cute!!!!! Now, about that MIL voodoo doll.....:rolleyes1 I seriously need one of those!

HEATHER!!! :hug:
How are you feeling??? Hope all is well in baby-making land! :rotfl:
It didn't make me mad really. I knew she was an idiot when she started yelling that out. Now, another lady about 2 days later......that's a different story. This was was nothing compared to THAT ONE!! Just wait. :rolleyes1

:lmao::lmao: OMG, that is too funny!! Yes, you MAY need one of those dolls for WWOTW.

Great gifts! How creative you are :thumbsup2

What a bizarre woman at Soarin'! Strange, rude, and entirely unnecessary comment as you were getting up anyway. Whatever!

The dessert at the Wave looked really good. I love little samplers like that. I'm always torn between several different desserts and that solves the dilemma.

Thanks! :laughing:
Yeah she was unnecessary for sure.
I like the samplers too!! YUMMY!!! :goodvibes

I was looking for mini chonies but couldn't find any or a Pole for Cherie to dance around !!:lmao:

2012 is gonna be easy with thwe special celebrations !!!;)
:rotfl2:

No girl, all you need is a set of them fine purty teeth and then you won't be bothered no mo!

:rotfl:

Blue, your a sweet lady, and there are just nasty people out in the world looking out for them and them only, don't even give those rude people a second thought. :goodvibes
When your heart is golden, you end up getting the blessings. Stay true. :thumbsup2

OMGosh I just laughed so loud that DH came running in!!! :rotfl2::rotfl2: My teeth are purty fine, huh??

I try. Really I do. But, the next lady I encountered didn't get a sweet smile from me. I can assure you. :guilty: I did stop while I was ahead so that's good I suppose. You'll see what I mean when I get to day 3.

Blueyed Girl

03-04-2010, 01:46 PM

Sorry about the rude woman on Soarin':sad2:

Awesome little pixie dust with the ride anything fast pass!

I am glad to hear you all had fun at dinner!

The food looks soo good!

Also great gift ideas!

Thanks!
Yep, Pixie Dust came our way!!
Dinner was great.

sheesh, can't a woman take a little nyquil and not be 6 pages behind when she wakes up?;)

Seeing all the pictures of me is encouraging me to diet....I'm tired of playing count the chins when I see me in a picture.

The crazy lady at soarin just blows my mind...I don't understand people like that.
:rotfl2: Were you asleep for several days?? Mine is not nearly as fast as Jordans!

Girl, you need to stop!! You are BEAUTIFUL!! Look at your wonderful smile in those pictures. :goodvibes

Crazy lady was crazy but not as crazy as crazy lady on parade day. :rolleyes1
Hi Blue!!

Hi Rosie!!

If so, I'm sure we'll hear all about it! :rotfl2:

:laughing:

Blueyed Girl

03-04-2010, 01:51 PM

QUICK UPDATE ON "REAL" LIFE....
I've been planning and shopping and cleaning for DS's b-day party this Saturday!! That's why I haven't been around much. SORRY!! I'm sure once the party is done, I will be able to get an update in. I thought maybe Saturday night but now I've been invited to this new thing here in town called "painting with a twist". You gather some friends and go to this place with your own wine and/or appetizers and they provide everything else to teach you how to draw and paint the painting of the night. It's laid back with plenty of time for socializing. Sounds like a lot of fun so I said "I'm in!!" I will have to post pictures from that when it's all done. Soooo, please forgive me for not being here much the past few days. I promise to be back to posting soon!

englishrose47

03-04-2010, 02:09 PM

The painting with a Twist sounds fun!!! Make sure we get lots of pix !!! Happy Birthday to DS and yes lots of pix there too !!!

Sooze

03-04-2010, 06:15 PM

Don't you worry, Cherie! We know you have a life! The painting night sounds AWESOME! I wonder if they do any of that around Indy? Right up my alley!

Come back when you can.. we will be here!:surfweb:

Underdog369

03-04-2010, 06:58 PM

I think it's DJay and my goal next time to get DS to hang out with us so you and DH can ride a ride together...It may help to have Erin and Dylan around....

Amen bruthuh!

No girl, all you need is a set of them fine purty teeth and then you won't be bothered no mo!

:rotfl:

Blue, your a sweet lady, and there are just nasty people out in the world looking out for them and them only, don't even give those rude people a second thought. :goodvibes
When your heart is golden, you end up getting the blessings. Stay true. :thumbsup2

I can just imagine the look on the rude ladys face as you smile at her in the goofiest way with those teeth.:lmao::lmao::lmao: She wouldn't be able to see the soarin' film. Just feel the movements. That's Justice...:rotfl2::rotfl2:

punkin413

03-06-2010, 08:27 PM

i'm just getting time to get caught up on my many TRs and pre-TRs and i started thinking to myself, "ya know, i haven't seen blue's TR on my subbed threads in awhile." well, duh!!!!! because you have a new thread!!!! off to play catch-up now. :surfweb:

punkin413

03-06-2010, 08:30 PM

punkin413

03-06-2010, 08:36 PM

You may remember that we have found that DS has severe food allergies. He is allergic to peanuts and green peas (legumes). We have to carry an epi-pen. We found all of this out last summer. This is our first trip to WDW knowing about his allergies. I contacted WDW before our trip and filled out some forms at their request and sent them back. They put this information on our reservation as well as all of our ADR's. Then they sent me many .pdf files of what snacks were safe around WDW along with counter service items that should be safe too. They always say to check with a chef before ordering and that's just what I did. This did take some time and held up the line a bit. I'm not happy to report that I felt extremely uncomfortable doing that and what made it worse was all the snickering and "sigh's" coming from the people behind me. :mad:

If any of those people are reading my TR, I'd like to pause and take this moment to tell you to shove it where the sun doesn't shine!!! GET IN ANOTHER LINE!!!! THIS IS MY CHILD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!! GET A GRIP ON YOURSELVES!!!

Ok, I'm back now......;) Seriously, I couldn't believe the rudeness. And they KNEW what we were doing because the chef and manager came out with a binder full of food labels for me to read through. Let's now look at this from my perspective minus the people behind me...... I'm having to figure out what item DS wants to eat, then get told that he may not be able to have the cheese burger because of the bread. I have to look through the ingredients list for the chicken nuggets, then approve it. The cashier has to get approval from the manager. SEVERAL people checked and re-checked our order before I finally got our food. I left the counter with a tray full of food and a nervous stomach and wasn't sure if I even wanted to feed DS what was there. Good news is that he ate and was fine. The bad news is that I have at this moment realized that the 10 pages of files that Disney sent me for counter service and snacks that I printed out and made into a BOOK, were OUTDATED!!!! :headache: There was nothing at Electric umbrella that was on the papers. They have since switched brands and items and basically, the 10 pages were of no use to me AT ALL. :scared1: All I can think at this moment is....... "OMG, I've got 7 days of this". " I'm going to have a heart attack every time we go to eat and will be bald by the time we leave this place!!"

More on the food allergy situation later! Does it get better or more confusing?? :rolleyes1

what a nightmare! :scared1: i'm really curious how this plays out because my best friend's little boy has severe peanut allergies. he's 3 now and i'm sure they will go back to WDW in the next few years. they went when he was like 9 months old but back then they didn't know about his allergies and of course he wasn't eating a whole lot of disney food anyway, mostly baby food and breast milk. anyway, can't wait to see if it gets better!

punkin413

03-06-2010, 08:44 PM

We are strapping the kids in and realize there are 2 of us standing there and only one seat left. :confused3 Ok, so the CM mis-counted for the line. Another CM came over to see why we weren't seated yet. They see what the problem is and since myself, DH and DS are the last 3 on the row they apologize and ask us if we would please wait for the next ride. We say "sure, no problem" and I start to unbuckle DS from the seat. That's when I hear the lady who was so sweet and nice to me in the line only 2 minutes ago say "WELL SHE SHOULD LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RIDDEN IT BEFORE!!!" Her husband tells her to quiet down and she say's "I DON'T CARE". I just look over my shoulder at her and smile as I walked away. She knew she made an idiot of herself. I didn't have to say a word. Besides, yes we've ridden the ride before and yes, we are WDW veterans. You know what that means?? That means that I KNOW that we are going to receive a little pixie dust for the mistake. ;) And in true Disney style that's EXACTLY what happened. When it was our turn to ride, we got front row again (of course) and we were also given a fast pass voucher to any ride in the park that we wanted to use it on!! :woohoo: This means that we WOULD get to ride DS's favorite ride at Epcot......TEST TRACK before dinner! :yay: We were beginning to think that wasn't going to happen.

what the french, toast???? :sad2: people never cease to amaze me.

Why we didn't take any pictures during this time is beyond me. I was so excited to see everyone again the thought didn't even cross my mind. :rolleyes1

this happened to me the first time i met winkers! we were at casey's and randomly ran into each other. then after we talked and each went and ate with our families/friends, i went back out to where they were sitting and told her i had totally forgotten to get a picture and she said she had, too! i think it's just the excitement of seeing friends that makes us forget about getting that ever-important kodak moment! :laughing: