It Was the Best of Times & the Worst, But It Was the Best Trip Evah!

[Wicket's Mom]

Hello, I'd like to introduce myself & the rest of the crew. First is me, Doris AKA Wicket's Mom, then my Disney resistor DH, Bob. Next is my DIL Anne & our GDs Emily 8 & Kelly 5. This was the girls first visit to WDW. The dates of our trip were Sept.6 thru Sept.12 with our DIL & GDs going home Sept.10.
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I had been planning to take my GDs on their first trip to WDW since our last trip in 2009. I wanted to share my love of Disney with them & see the look on their faces when they took it all in.

The week previous to our departure were extremely busy to say the least. My DH & I are involved in historical activities, including a huge event known as The Fair at New Boston. I have a large level of responsibility, so we must attend all weekend. I was really bogged down with responsibilites.
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[stitches of laughter]

yay! I love historical events! I love PA! and I love going to Springfield, Il.

[Mombits]

Great! Can't wait to read all about your trip.

[MEK]

:cool1: Woo Hoo! You Started!!!! I can only imagine how much fun your granddaughters had during this trip. And what a nice long trip you had! Can't wait to read all about it!

[Wicket's Mom]

:cool1: Woo Hoo! You Started!!!! I can only imagine how much fun your granddaughters had during this trip. And what a nice long trip you had! Can't wait to read all about it!

I had finally stopped stalling & got started. Thanks for the link help, I really needed it! I just got started with the IPhone, so am quite teched out in my brain for now!:eek:

Glad to have you on my first page of my first TR!:banana:

[Wicket's Mom]

Labor Day was spent putting away our camp clothing & tent. I also had to finish with the packing for our trip & do the last minute details that have to be done before traveling. Our flight was leaving at 6:50AM on Tuesday .

Here is a photo of one of my usual outfits for the Fair. I have quite a few gowns, etc. for the historical interpretations that I do.

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Getting on that plane Tuesday morning was the begining of a wonderful saga "that was the best of times, the worst of times & a far better trip than I have ever done", to paraphrase Charles Dickens!

[dizneeat]

I made it to page 1!!!!!!!! I would not miss this trip report for the world!!!!!!!:thumbsup2 :hug:

[kid-at-heart]

:banana: I'm here! Page 1 even. :woohoo:

[podsnel]

I'm here too, Mother of Wicket! Can't wait for all the details!
:yay:

[jenseib]

woohoo! :cool1:

[Wicket's Mom]

I made it to page 1!!!!!!!! I would not miss this trip report for the world!!!!!!!:thumbsup2 :hug:

Welcome, so glad that you're here!

We certainly had a great time in WDW. Of course there was a little drama, thus the worst of times! :rolleyes1

[Wicket's Mom]

:banana: I'm here! Page 1 even. :woohoo:

Cool, glad that you are joining in!

[Wicket's Mom]

I'm here too, Mother of Wicket! Can't wait for all the details!
:yay:

There were some good details!;)

I will have to put a picture of Wicket up sometime!

[Wicket's Mom]

woohoo! :cool1:

Good to see you! Now to figure the multi quote thingie.

[MEK]

Labor Day was spent putting away our camp clothing & tent. I also had to finish with the packing for our trip & do the last minute details that have to be done before traveling. Our flight was leaving at 6:50AM on Tuesday .

Here is a photo of one of my usual outfits for the Fair. I have quite a few gowns, etc. for the historical interpretations that I do.

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Getting on that plane Tuesday morning was the begining of a wonderful saga "that was the best of times, the worst of times & a far better trip than I have ever done", to paraphrase Charles Dickens!

I love this costume! It's great (but it looks really hot!):laughing:

[SoonerGirl]

Hey Doris, thanks for the heads up! I'm glad you decided to write a TR, looking forward to hearing all about it :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

I love this costume! It's great (but it looks really hot!):laughing:

Well since it is silk it is lightweight, but the stays & bum roll make it hot! :rotfl:

[Wicket's Mom]

Our DIL & the GDs were flying into MCO from Tulsa. Their flight didn't get in until around noon. We were to meet up at Teppan Edo for our 5:00 ADR.

We landed at MCO at 9:30AM. Off we went to find our way to the ME waiting area. After a short wait our ME bus arrived to transport us to the Caribbean Beach Resort, our home for the coming week. There was around 10 passengers on our ME. That was a good sign as to how the crowds would be!:cool1:

I had checked in online & was pleasently suprised to learn that our room was ready! There was a little glitch however. They had put my party in adjoining rooms, uhoh, I specifically told the reservationist not to do that. I wanted to be close, not that close. No problem, we were put across the patio from DIL & GDs. We were in Barbados 1628, first floor!

We had a time crunch as we had to be in DTD at 11:30. We were in a rush, so we wanted to drop things in the room & leave. Our KTTW didn't work, back to the check in to get it fixed. We got a new key, which didn't work either!

[Wicket's Mom]

Contiued from above!

An engineer from Mousekeeping was sent to the room & decided that we needed a lock repair. We were sent on our way with assurances that th elock would work on our return.

So the two of us headed to DTD for a very special lunch! There was to be our very first Dismeet :rolleyes1

This was the begining of our many firsts on this trip!:banana:

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi Doris! Can't wait to read along!
Who did you meet up with? Don't leave us hanging too long!!!

[pollymn]

Love Caribbean Beach, can't wait to hear more :)

[Wicket's Mom]

Before we were to have our Dismeet, I was a bit worried how Bob was going to feel about meeting total strangers, especially peole that I met on he internet! :eek: So didn't tell him about the meet until we were riding the ME to CBR. Bob didn't say too much about it, so I was hoping for the best!:wizard:

We arrived at the reataurant a little early, so we ordered & got a table outside on the covered patio. I kept watching for our fellow Dis. They arrived a few minute's later. Her they are ------:cheer2:

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you may have guessed, we were dining at WPE! Another first for us!

[Wicket's Mom]

[/FONT] Our Dismeet went very well, but how could it do otherwise when it is Karin & Tom!:cool1:

As you can see by the photo, Bob was happy. He realy enjoyed meeting Tom & Karin. He's not the most social person with someone that he has just met, but he was very congenial. My resistor was actually enjoying our first Dismeet.

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[dizneeat]

:woohoo: Yeah!!!!!! We enjoyed the meet as much as you did! We were very blessed to have met you too! :hug:

[kid-at-heart]

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How wonderful to have Karin and Tom as your first Dismeet folks! I have not met them but from reading Karin's reports I certainly would like to meet them. Anyone who loves Disney and sharing their trips as much as Karin and Tom must be fun to meet with and share a meal. We also like WPE very much. I ate there solo during our last trip while Sarah (our daughter) and Rob (my spouse) were at the water parks and then I dragged them back the next night for a family dinner. It was not hard to drag them back once they tasted my leftovers. ;)

[jenseib]

Good to see you! Now to figure the multi quote thingie.


It's really easy to multiquote. See the little box next to the quote box...the one iwth a little peice of paper on it. Mover your mouse over it and it will say multi quite. Just click it on the posts you want to comment on, when you are ready , then just hit reply and all the quotes you wanted to comment on will be there waiting for you. Just reply to each persons post which will begin and end wit hteh world Quote.

Contiued from above!

An engineer from Mousekeeping was sent to the room & decided that we needed a lock repair. We were sent on our way with assurances that th elock would work on our return.

So the two of us headed to DTD for a very special lunch! There was to be our very first Dismeet :rolleyes1

This was the begining of our many firsts on this trip!:banana:

I wonder if that was the room we were to tour. I forget which section we went to, but we had a key to a first floor room and it didn't work. Our leader got a mousekeeper and he said the battery was dead and they had to fix it or put a new thing on or something like that. They weren't supposed to be booking that room. But they accidently gave us that room to tour. The curtain were open, so al lwe got to do was take a peak inside that way.

Before we were to have our Dismeet, I was a bit worried how Bob was going to feel about meeting total strangers, especially peole that I met on he internet! :eek: So didn't tell him about the meet until we were riding the ME to CBR. Bob didn't say too much about it, so I was hoping for the best!:wizard:

We arrived at the reataurant a little early, so we ordered & got a table outside on the covered patio. I kept watching for our fellow Dis. They arrived a few minute's later. Her they are ------:cheer2:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011003.jpg Tom & Karin

you may have guessed, we were dining at WPE! Another first for us!

Boy! That Tom and Karin really get around. :lmao: I wonder if they ever had time to actually go to the parks, with all their Dis meets and WPE. :rotfl2:
Aren't they great people! :love:

[Wicket's Mom]

After we sat down & after we spotted Tom & Karin a waitress came up to us. She told us that we were going to be eating with her favorite people! That was so sweet of her, she really liked Tom & Karin!;)

Bob ordered the Roast Chicken with Rosemary & Garlic mashed potatoes. I had the Harvest Pizza. The Pizza was vegetarian with broclitini, squash & mozzerella cheese. Bob had an adult beverage, Bud Lite, & I had Sprite. Our desserts were Chocolate for Bob & Creme Brulee cheesecake for me.
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The pizza was terrific, as you can see, I started eating before I remembered to take photos. I usually don't eat very much, but I ate 3/4ths of the pizza & Bob ate all of his meal! :banana:

WPE was out of Creme Brulee so I tried the Creme Brulee cheesecake. I didn't really care for it. I guess I will have to make a return visit to WPE to get Creme Brulee.

[Wicket's Mom]

Karin ordered her favorite pizza & I don't remember what Tom had ordered. You will just have to read her TTRs to find that out! :rotfl2:

We sat for awhile chatted & got to know one another. We had to leave soon to meet up with our DIL. We figured that they should be at WDW by then. So Karin & Tom gave us a ride in the rental convertible to CBR. Of course they put the top down which was lots of fun. Our Dismeet was all too short, maybe another with Tom & Karin will be in a future visit to WDW.

Karin gave me a gift that was so nice, also totally unexpected. I will certainly put it to ghttp://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/GiftfromKarinTom003.jpgood use. I especially like the Mickey pants tissue holder.

[SoonerGirl]

Sounds like a really great DISmeet!

I'm not a big fan of WPE, but to be fair, I've only eaten there once. I have a hard time turning down EoS when we're in DTD!

[Wicket's Mom]

I called my DIL to catch up with them & to plan the rest of the day. They had hit the ground running sincce check in. They were at the MK about to ride the Jungle Cruise. They had already ridden SM & climbed the SFR Treehouse. We decided to meet at Teppan Edo in Epcot for our 5:00 ADR.

We stayed at CBR to unpack & just chill for awhile. We had been up since 3:30am because of our early flight.

A couple of hours later we left for Epcot. After a mad dash to the WS we arrived a couple of minutes late. After a short wait we were seated. We shared our table with another couple about my age.
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I ordered the filet, Bob the scallops, DIL the sword fish, Emily the chicken & Kelly the chicken. We had the menu covered.LOL Bob had his Budweiser & I went for the Kirin Beer.

Our chef was pretty funny & she did a good job catching the shrimp & making the volcano. She had a thick accent , so was a little hard to understand.
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[Wicket's Mom]

The girls enjoyed their dinner & love the chef's antics. They had never had a meal like this. Bob was the one that really had a great time. He got to eat all of the leftovers. That way he got to sample most of the menu offerings! :lmao: He did declare that his scallops were his favorite & the most tasty! My filet was meh, a tad overcooked, just not as good as my first TE visit.
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It was getting late when we left TE, so we hurried to do a couple of rides. We did TT, but then DIL decided that they needed to get the GDs to bed since we will be doing EMH in the morning.

Bob & I decided to ride Soarin' before we called it a night. The crowd levels so far were pretty low, so a short wait for Soarin'.
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[Wicket's Mom]

This TR stuff is tough!!! It took me three time to type out my last posting! The stupid computer kept glitching & eating my post.:scared1:

I really admire all of you that do these things. I can see how much time that it takes. I will try to wait for each of your postings with out any complaints about how slow it is between new additiions.:worship:

Now to try to get some things done around the house that need to be done!:surfweb:

Doris

[dizneeat]

This TR stuff is tough!!! It took me three time to type out my last posting! The stupid computer kept glitching & eating my post.:scared1:

I really admire all of you that do these things. I can see how much time that it takes. I will try to wait for each of your postings with out any complaints about how slow it is between new additiions.:worship:

Now to try to get some things done around the house that need to be done!:surfweb:

Doris

Doris, I write everything out in word first, then add pics and copy from there. I just check if everything is correct and if the computer "eats it, I just repost.
I learned the hard way - long posts, all turned into pixie dust when I tried to post! :laughing:

I LOVE your TR so far - and I will wait patiently until you post an update! :hug:

[Wicket's Mom]

Karin, I may put it into Word if that is better. I've been so busy to post much lately. This is a busy time for us because we go to a lot of Fall festivals on the weekends.

Doris

[MEK]

Doris - I didn't know you were doing all these great updates. I'll be back later to check on your pictures.

I hear ya on the computer stuff - I have been having problems with photobucket and it made my update last night take three times as long. :headache: So frustrating.

That Harvest Pizza sounds delish and I can't wait to see your Teppan Edo pics! I love that place!

[jenseib]

I got that cute tissue holder too. I love it and it goes well inside my Disney Dooney! And I got a ride with the tip down too! Woo HOO! :cool1:
Dis has been having issues this past week too. Things are going slow or not loading.

Doris, I write everything out in word first, then add pics and copy from there. I just check if everything is correct and if the computer "eats it, I just repost.
I learned the hard way - long posts, all turned into pixie dust when I tried to post! :laughing:

I LOVE your TR so far - and I will wait patiently until you post an update! :hug:

I do the same thing. I learned the hard way. And now I usually post on a few boards, so I can just copy and paste and double check! :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

Sorry for no updates. Things have been so busy since I have a new event coming up. I will be cooking a dinner for 20 in an historic house on Oct 22,so that means meetings, & a menu to plan.:scared1:

The Dis boards have been so slow lately, especially when I want to post. I hope to get some more done Sunday.

I also fell this morning on my bum! I went to sit in a chair & as I was sitting the chair slid oput from under me. I landed flat on my back. I have a very sore bum right now.:guilty:

[MEK]

That is such a pretty picture of Epcot and I have to say that the WPE food looks amazing. I know I commented before, but I had to say it again. :rotfl:

Good luck with your menu planning. It sounds like an interesting event! Will you take pictures?

[jenseib]

I hope your bum is on the mend! :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

Jen, it kept me up last night, but isn't too bad this morning. I just have to take it easy.;)

[Wicket's Mom]

That is such a pretty picture of Epcot and I have to say that the WPE food looks amazing. I know I commented before, but I had to say it again. :rotfl:

Good luck with your menu planning. It sounds like an interesting event! Will you take pictures?

That was a nice picture, Bob took it. He likes to take the pictures which is good, but I didn't get many food pictures.

I will have to remind Bob to bring a camera. I can't take pics as I will be in historic dress.

[Wicket's Mom]

Wed. Sept.7

The decsion was made to go to Ak since they had EMH that morning. After a breakfast in oour room of an Almond Pretzel we headed off to AK!
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We arrived around 8:00 & hit theground running. Our first destination was the Safari.
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The girls really liked the safari. They like animals as do most kids.
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[Wicket's Mom]

Our DIL, Anne was a commando tourer. She didn't know if the kids would ever get to come again, so she made sure that everything was going to be ridden!:banana: In short order we rode EE, Triceratops, Dinosaur, & the Rapids!:eek: We finished up at the Big Dig. The girls were troopers about riding. EE scared them a little, but Emily said that she didn't want to ride it again! I sat out EE because of my bones, which are not the best. I took the kids on all of the rides that went around in circles. Bob & Anne can't handle any of those. LOL
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Kelly
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[Native NYer]

Joining in!
Enjoying your tr. :)

[Wicket's Mom]

It was now around 11:30 & everyone was hungry. It was decided that we would go to Beastly Bazaar to pick up some Picnicin the Park food. The Picnic consisted of a sandwich, chips, dessert & bottle of water. You got a nice green tote bag to carry it in. The bags are no longer labeled Picnic in the Park which was a bummer.

I had a ham sandwich, Bob had beef & the rest had chicken. I also had the carrot cake, Bob, the brownie, as did Anne. The girls had the krispie treat, which is enormous! We found a very nice eating area by the lake. We had it all to ourselves which was very nice.
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[Wicket's Mom]

After lucn we did a little shopping & of course we had to do some dancing!
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Now some shopping!
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Kelly loved her new ears!
It was time to leave the AK to go back to CBR for some much needed pool time!

[Wicket's Mom]

Joining in!
Enjoying your tr. :)

Welcome, so glad to have you join in!:thumbsup2

This is my first try at writing a TR, so I'm glad for the encouragment!

Doris

[jenseib]

The girls are too cute. I like that picnic in the park idea. We might have to give it a try someday.

[Wicket's Mom]

The girls are too cute. I like that picnic in the park idea. We might have to give it a try someday.

It's good for a quick nosh & is so relaxing. The meal was bettera a couple of years ago, but it's still worth doing.

[englishrose47]

Subbing will get baxck to catch up very soon!!!

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi Doris!
Just had the chance to get caught up! Looks like a great AK day. You really did get a bunch done! What brave girls to ride EE!!!

We haven't ever done the picnic. Would you do it again?

[MEK]

Your granddaughters are adorable. I love the picture of them in their raincoats.

What a lovely area for picnic in the park. I have to say - I am not even sure where that is. It's lovely, though, and looks so relaxing and peaceful.

What a great morning in AK!

[Wicket's Mom]

Hi Doris!
Just had the chance to get caught up! Looks like a great AK day. You really did get a bunch done! What brave girls to ride EE!!!

We haven't ever done the picnic. Would you do it again?

I would certainly do it again. It's just the right amount & the sandwiches are good. The tote bag is useful, also.:)

It's good if you don't want to wait to get served & want just a light lunch.

[Wicket's Mom]

Your granddaughters are adorable. I love the picture of them in their raincoats.

What a lovely area for picnic in the park. I have to say - I am not even sure where that is. It's lovely, though, and looks so relaxing and peaceful.

What a great morning in AK!


We did have a great time there, but the girls & their mom didn't make it back to AK. Bob & I went back later.

I will update tomorrow, hopefully a nice long update.

[Wicket's Mom]

This is by request from MEK! I had to attend an event this past weekend which kept me from posting in a timely manner. I had to do a hearth cooking demo for the public at the Crabill House. It was built in 1820 or so & is on a hill overlooking a lake in Springfield, Oh.
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This is me hard at work tending to my pie.
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Noodle soup, roast pork, yeast bread & apple pie were on the menu.
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[Wicket's Mom]

I was making noodles & making a comment to my DH. It was lots of fun but very tiring! It can be amusing because of some o fthe questions that the public will ask! Let's just say they don't know much about the past!:lmao:
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This event went until 8:00 pm. After dark a wake was held in the parlor, one of our members portrayed the corpse. He did a good job, no way could I lie in a coffin & not move for a couple of hours!!:scared1:
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Now back to the 21st century!

[Wicket's Mom]

After spending th emorning at the AK, we decided to visit the CBR's main pool.
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It was time for the 2:00 pool party which was held daily. The first thing that we did was to play Bingo. We were showered with Pixie Dust as Anne, me & Kelly all hit a bingo!
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Next the girls entered a dance contest. Kelly was one of the last three left standing.
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[Wicket's Mom]

We were having such a great time & the girls really love the water. There were several more games that were played. If you are planning a stay at CBR be sure to do at least one Pool Party. The CMs really know how to encourage everyone to play along.

The pool was not very crowded which made for lots of fun & not many obnoxious children running around! It was a shame that the girls didn't get back to pool again during their stay. Anne was an Uber Commando touring those parks!:rotfl2: She wanted to make sure that every ride was ridden. She dosen't know when or if they will be back. She sure would like me to buy into DVC since it can be passed on! :thumbsup2

We had to leave the pool area as we had 5:00 ADRs for Chef Mickey's.

I will have to post later in the week as we leave in the morning for the Smoky Mountains. Going to Gatlinburg & see some leaves, also chill out & of course shop at the outlets!!:cool1:

If anyone wants to see those photos, just ask & I will do a mini TR.

[dizneeat]

I would definitely LOVE to see those photos and read the mini trip report, Doris!

I loved to see the cooking demo you did! How much work went into those dishes! It's a shame we don't really remember how labour intensive those days were!

Guess what ....... we have stayed at CBR and NEVER knew about the pool party! :goodvibes Well, you never stop learning new things at WDW!

Enjoy your trip and travel safely! :hug:

[Wicket's Mom]

I would definitely LOVE to see those photos and read the mini trip report, Doris!

I loved to see the cooking demo you did! How much work went into those dishes! It's a shame we don't really remember how labour intensive those days were!

Guess what ....... we have stayed at CBR and NEVER knew about the pool party! :goodvibes Well, you never stop learning new things at WDW!

Enjoy your trip and travel safely! :hug:

I guess I will have to write about our trip to the Smokies!

It was alot of work, but I really enjoy doing it. It takes planning so that know which pots to take & the utensils. Most of my cooking things are antiques.
The pool party may have been something done in Sept.

[kid-at-heart]

I guess I will have to write about our trip to the Smokies!

It was alot of work, but I really enjoy doing it. It takes planning so that know which pots to take & the utensils. Most of my cooking things are antiques.
The pool party may have been something done in Sept.

Smokies, smokies, smokies. Yes, I am another one who would like to hear about your Smokies trip.

[jenseib]

I am probably one of those "public" people who ask dumb questions! LOL! I am amazed at the work that they did back then and am thankful I don't have to! :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

Well, I just got back from our trip to Gatlinburg. It was a very relaxing trip & the leaves were in full color in the lower elevations.

After our late afternoon arrival we stopped for dinner at Bubba Gump's. This was a first for us at this restaurant. I ordered the the Shrimp Heaven & it lived up to it's name! Bob ordered the Coconut Shrimp & a beer. I too, had an adult beverage, Mama's Blue Hawaiian. I can't get the pictures from my phone because I don't know how to do it. It's an Iphone & I got it about 3 weeks ago.

As I said the views were beautiful.
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The evening was spent walking around the town. We bought candy at the Smoky Mountain Candy store. They have the best chocolate.

We spent the days driving through the park & admiring the views. The nights were spent shopping & dining out! Gotta love that!:banana:

[Wicket's Mom]

We didn't take lots of photos of Gatlinburg as we have been going there since 1967!

More mountain views.
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We drove over to Cherokee & spent time at the farmstead that is there.
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This is a favorite spot for us to visit. Most of Cherokee is pretty tacky, but in a good sort of way.

[MEK]

Your trip to Gaitlinburg sounds wonderful. I would love to go back there in the fall. The trees and the mountains look so beautiful. I am dying to try a Bubba Gumps!

[Wicket's Mom]

This is one of the arms that had to be given up to make the Smoky Mountain National Park. It is on the Roaring Fork Nature Trail.
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Bob pretending to deface a sign. The sign said Bob Was Here, then went on to say not to deface any of the buildings,etc. as this spoils everthing. So we had to have fun with it. No disrespect intended!:rolleyes1http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Gatlingburg2011018.jpg

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This is a small waterfall on a trail at the ranger station. A very nice trail, but one had to be on the lookout for bears!:scared1:
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[Wicket's Mom]

Another view on the trail. It was so nice, but I wasn't kidding about the bears. It seems that they are showing up all over the place. One was on this trail the day after we were there. A few days before our visit a bear had broken into one of the candy stores in downtown Gatlinburg & helped himself to candy. The workers found him sitting on the counter eating candy!!:confused3 We didn't see any bears this trip, just turkeys & deer.
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We were there for three nights & the weather was warm & sunny until our last day. It rained for our trip home. One last view.

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At an old mill I'm peering out at Bob, we do this all the time. We take a picture of the other taking a picture.
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[Wicket's Mom]

Your trip to Gaitlinburg sounds wonderful. I would love to go back there in the fall. The trees and the mountains look so beautiful. I am dying to try a Bubba Gumps!

Bubba's was very good, we were seated on a balcony over the street. A great place to people watch. We went there because of Karin & Tom's reviews. Also, we found a Krispy Kreme shop & bought fresh hot KK's! They were like eating glazed air, so good!:cloud9:

You would love it there in the fall. It can be pretty crowded, that's why we go in the middle of the week. It was just what we needed after all of the busy days we had been having since Sept.

[Busymom85]

I'm enjoying your review so far. How fun to take your grandkids.

[dizneeat]

Bubba's was very good, we were seated on a balcony over the street. A great place to people watch. We went there because of Karin & Tom's reviews. Also, we found a Krispy Kreme shop & bought fresh hot KK's! They were like eating glazed air, so good!:cloud9:

I am glad you liked it ...... and I need to remember (and maybe steal ;)) the glazed air description!

I love seeing photos of your trip, what beautiful scenery and all those beautiful buildings! But BEARS ....... I mean they are cute but outside a ZOO!!!!??????????? Scary thought for an Austrian! :scared1:

[Wicket's Mom]

I am glad you liked it ...... and I need to remember (and maybe steal ;)) the glazed air description!

I love seeing photos of your trip, what beautiful scenery and all those beautiful buildings! But BEARS ....... I mean they are cute but outside a ZOO!!!!??????????? Scary thought for an Austrian! :scared1:

Steal away! I'd eaten KK's before, but to get them just out of the oven was undescribable! I love glazed donuts, but hate it when the glaze has melted. The donuts are wet & soggy when that happens.

I was very nervous thinking about the bears being that close. The population has really gotten out of hand. The bears used to be back up in the mountains & rarely seen. Not anymore, they are coming into town!:scared1:

[MEK]

Bubba's sounds great. And I missed your last update since you posted 1 minute after me. I am shocked that a bear actually broke into a candy store. That must have been a sight! :scared1:

[Beth D]

Hello Buckeye Sister! I finally made it over here.

I finally am caught up with your TR! I love your photos of the reenactments. You look so different! Do you ever go to Yankee Peddler? We love to shop at that show!:thumbsup2

Your granddaughters are too cute! Did you get to see any of the shows at AK? The Lion King show is phenomenal! So much like the Broadway play!

I also love the pics of the Smokies! We went there when i was really little. I remember Mom and Dad taking me and my brother in our pick-up truck that had a cap on top. We would open the window to the back, and crawl back in the bed and nap on blankets! No child safety seats or seat belts going up and down those mountain roads, and we turned out OK!:yay:

Did you visit the reservation?

[Wicket's Mom]

OMG Beth, we did the same thing with our boys in the mid 80's. We had a S10 pickup with a shell on it. The boys loved riding back there on a mat with pillows, blankets, etc.. We would be arrested for that today! No harm came to them & they had fun, but at least it was in the fall. Not hot nor cold. :lmao:

[Wicket's Mom]

Hello Buckeye Sister! I finally made it over here.

I finally am caught up with your TR! I love your photos of the reenactments. You look so different! Do you ever go to Yankee Peddler? We love to shop at that show!:thumbsup2

Your granddaughters are too cute! Did you get to see any of the shows at AK? The Lion King show is phenomenal! So much like the Broadway play!

I also love the pics of the Smokies! We went there when i was really little. I remember Mom and Dad taking me and my brother in our pick-up truck that had a cap on top. We would open the window to the back, and crawl back in the bed and nap on blankets! No child safety seats or seat belts going up and down those mountain roads, and we turned out OK!:yay:

Did you visit the reservation?
We drove to Cherokee, so yes we did visit the reservation.

Glad to have you join in my TR.

We didn't get to do many shows, my DIL was a stern taskmaster. She cracked that whip a lot! LOL We didn't miss many rides.

I haven't been to the Yankee Peddler, but have heard of it.

Those reenactor clothes really do change one's appearance. We all laugh at how we don't recognize each other in our "civies".

[Wicket's Mom]

We had an ADR for 5:00 at Chef Mickey's, so after the pool party it was back to our rooms to get ready. We took the bus to the MK, then rode the Monorail to the Contemporary. We arrived early & the lobby of the restaurant was filling up. I checked in, recieved our beeper & we waited close to the front desk. I noticed that people were starting to line up. We got in the line & were close to the front. The beeper went off & we were the second party shown to a table.
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Our drink orders were taken, then we went up to the buffet. This was what I had chosen. I'm one of those people who hate to load up a plate. I figure that I can go back, so why pile everything together!
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The next thing to show up was my drink, a Key Lime Martini. It was pure pleasure in a glass. Made for a calm Chef Mickey experience.:banana:
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[Wicket's Mom]

The Characters started to arrive.
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Next up
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Everyone's favorite pup! He signs on his nose!http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011056.jpgPluto with the GDs http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011057.jpg The big cheese himself!
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This was our anniversary gift, there were candles on the top.http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011059.jpg

I can't find my pictures of Goofy. He was so funny, he signed his name in Emily's book by placing the book on her head. After he left our table, he went to the next one to repeat the drill. The funny thing was, he came back with the other child's book & put it on Emily's head! He did that several times. She was so thrilled to be singled out like that! It was really special for her.

The food was surprisingly good! I think that the thing to do was to get that first seating. Everything was clean & presented very nicely. When we left, Bob made a remark about feeling sorry for the next group of people. The buffet was getty messy by that time. He would like to eat there again. It was one of his favorites. The only thing is, he doesn't want to be bother by the "stuffed animals". MEN!:eek:

[Wicket's Mom]

They did the napkin waving, but it wasn't as entergetic as I thought it would be. We still had fun clapping & waving with the characters. Over all it was far better than I was anticipating. I would go again, but only for the first seating.

After dinner we made our way from the Contempory by way of the Monorail to the MK for a night of fun!
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Up next our night at MK & Wishes.

[MEK]

Your grand daughters are so cute and they both look so happy and excited. Who doesn't love Chef Mickey?

And that Key Lime Martini????? YUMMY! I bet that was good!

[jenseib]

Looks like a fun time a Chef Mickeys. We ate there for breakfast oncve...and it was just OK. Since then I haven't hurried to try and get it though I do look and it's always booked.

[Wicket's Mom]

The girls were so excited to see the characters. They really got into getting autographs. It was so funny how Bob didn't want to be around the characters. He would go get more to eat when they came around.

One thing that I forgot to mention was the fact that when Anne & the girls had gone to the MK the day before there were no Halloween decorations up. The next day when we went to MK after Chef Mickey's all of the Halloween things were there. They were amazed to see that!

[MEK]

One thing that I forgot to mention was the fact that when Anne & the girls had gone to the MK the day before there were no Halloween decorations up. The next day when we went to MK after Chef Mickey's all of the Halloween things were there. They were amazed to see that!

I love the magic of disney. I bet that is really fun when it happens with the Christmas decorations.

[Wicket's Mom]

I love the magic of disney. I bet that is really fun when it happens with the Christmas decorations.

I know, how cool is that, to have those decorations appear overnight!

That Key Lime Martini was so good, tasted just like key lime pie. The thing that I notice with drinks at the restaurant is that they seem weak on alcohol. The bars at the resorts, especially the pool bars seem to be much stronger. N
Love that about them!:banana:

[Beth D]

MMM that martini looks good! Definitely helps make the grandma be much more relaxed! :thumbsup2

WE did CM's for breakfast once, and it was good. It was DS's 3rd birthday, so he really got into it. I think it depends who you have in your room as for how energetic the group is. We were at 8:30 breakfast, so everyone was raring to go for the day!

[englishrose47]

Love Chef Mickey's !!I have only done dinner there, but Breakfast is on my radar !!

[MEK]

That Key Lime Martini was so good, tasted just like key lime pie. The thing that I notice with drinks at the restaurant is that they seem weak on alcohol. The bars at the resorts, especially the pool bars seem to be much stronger. N
Love that about them!:banana:

I think you are right. Nothing worse than spending good money and good calories on a drink that has next to no alcohol. What's the point? :confused3

[Wicket's Mom]

We got our first photo of many at the MK .
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http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney%20Photos/Disney2011038.jpg Grandma & Grandpa enjoying them selves!
I like this one of the two of us!
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[dizneeat]

What a wonderful set of PP photos! Love your trip report ....... so sorry I didn't post much lately, but school has been crazy! :sad2:

[Wicket's Mom]

Karin, that's ok, I've been pretty slow myself! :thumbsup2

I was trying to do an update today & only got part of it done. Photo Bucket froze up & that was the end of my updating today.:sad1:

[jenseib]

those are great PP's. I like the one of the 2 of you as well. Good picture

[Wicket's Mom]

Me taking video of my DH taking my picture.
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Making our way into the Kingdom.http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011062.jpg

Our first magic photo, as you can see it wasn't so magic!:lmao:
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We had to make a stop to purchase a balloon for Kelly. She really wanted a Princess one.
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If I had it to do over, I would have waited until we were leaving the MK to buy that balloon! It was a pain to deal with when riding!

[Wicket's Mom]

those are great PP's. I like the one of the 2 of you as well. Good picture

Thanks. I was getting as many Photopass pictures as I could. My DIL & I shared the cost of the Photopass. It was a great bargain. I want to make a Christmas card with one of the photos.

[Wicket's Mom]

Kelly's first magic photo turned out like our's was supposed to!
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Anne & the girls.
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We headed to the Haunted Mansion for our first ride of the night. We didn't need any FPs. The standby wait was about 15minutes. I really liked the interactive things in the queue. The girls had so much fun playing with the noise making stuff!

We get inside the mansion & we have that darned balloon to deal with. The CM was very nice & told us that we could leave it with them. So we were off, but I hit a snag! I had to force my Kelly onto that ride. She was crying, no I don't want to ride. She was so scared of that HM & I felt like a monster!
Her mother insisted they had to ride sobs be damned! I talked all the way through the ride telling her that it was just puppets & so on. I felt so horrible that I had to take her on that ride. Her sister was not too thrilled either, but at least she wasn't crying. If that had been my daughter instead of DIL, I would have given her what for. With a DIL one has to tread easily!:rolleyes1

[Wicket's Mom]

We decided to head over to TomorrowLand for the rest of the evening. This is terrible, but I can't remember what we did next. Anne & the girls went into Monsters Inc. floor show. We couldn't take the balloon inside, had to leave it outside the closed doors. Well after paying $9 for a balloon, I was not going to leave it there. So Bob & I waited outside until they came out. It was raining a bit by that time, but we were under a shelter & it felt good to sit for awhile. While we waited I got my first ever FP! We used it for Buzz.

They came out & Buzz Lightyear was next. The CMs kept the balloon for us & the shoot fest began. I outgunned Bob why a wide margin! It was the best I'd ever done, my score was 444,548; his was a little over 25,000! Whoo hooo!

After this we headed towards the bridge to watch Wishes.
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[Wicket's Mom]

I was starting to drag a bit, but I was not going to miss the new thing with the photos projected on the castle.
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My DH took all of these photos. I was using the video camera. We were standing right under where Tink came sliding down the wire. I didn't realize that there was a live Tinker bell that slid from the top of the castle! That was so amazing to us, we were always too far away to see her clearly.

It was time to make our way out through the masses of humanity to leave plus keep the girls close to us. There was an incident that upset Bob & he is still PO'd about today.

There was a couple that were riding mobility carts. There were no health issues as Bob had seen them earlier hopping on & off the carts doing things. The carts were loaded down with bags of purchases. They just didn't want to walk like the rest of the crowd. These two were probably around 30. Anyway the husband was trying to push his way through the crowd by nudging people out of his way with the cart!:scared1: Bob was so mad with these two, so rude. It would have been different if they were really handicapped in some way, but AFAIK they weren't!

We made back to CBR totally worn out. We were getting out early in the morning for EMH at the MK. Lots of Pixie Dust was coming our way!

[englishrose47]

Me taking video of my DH taking my picture.
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Making our way into the Kingdom.http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011062.jpg

Our first magic photo, as you can see it wasn't so magic!:lmao:
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We had to make a stop to purchase a balloon for Kelly. She really wanted a Princess one.
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If I had it to do over, I would have waited until we were leaving the MK to buy that balloon! It was a pain to deal with when riding!

Oh How well I know what A PAIN the Baloons can be and we had 2 of them !!!!:scared1:I can't tell you how many times they got tangled up as we walked around :sad2:But the Girls LOVED them !!!

[wigdoutdismom]

We have had several of those magic shots not turn out! The silliest one is the hang gliding characters at Epcot. You are posed all squatted down and looking up, pointing, and then you get the picture and you are looking and pointing at nothing...

[jenseib]

Just so you know for next time...If you are missing a magic shot or any pictures at all you can email photopass and they will find them and or add them. I have had that problem the last 3 trips and everytime it was fixed

[MEK]

:goodvibes Doris - I'll be back to read your update when I can see pics!

[Beth D]

Great pics! Although you look a little grumpy in a couple? :confused3 Mabye DH just caught you at the wrong moment?

We also loved the Haunted Mansion queue line, but you have to go the one way to get to the fun stuff...

I HATE the balloons at MK! They cost a fortune - most around $10, and unless you have a stroller to tie them to, you're stuck figuring things out in a lot of locations!

[Wicket's Mom]

Beth, I was a little tired, so I can come off as grumpy. Plus taking my DGD on a ride that she most certainly didn't want to be on was upsetting for me!

[MEK]

Beautiful PP pics. They really turned out wonderful and your shirt is probably the cutest Disney shirt I have ever seen. I love yellow! Love that shirt. I want one!

[Wicket's Mom]

Beautiful PP pics. They really turned out wonderful and your shirt is probably the cutest Disney shirt I have ever seen. I love yellow! Love that shirt. I want one!

Most of the PP pictures turned out pretty good. I didn't do much editing other than resizing them!

I got that shirt at Walmart a couple of days before we left. I got 3 different ones for $5 each. The shirts were on clearance!:banana:

[MEK]

I got that shirt at Walmart a couple of days before we left. I got 3 different ones for $5 each. The shirts were on clearance!:banana:

Whaaaaaaat? :faint: Are you serious? Walmarts in Delaware don't carry stuff like that. That is a great deal.

Maybe I will hit up a Walmart when I get to Disney in December since we will have a car.

[Wicket's Mom]

They had some really nice shirts, labeled Disney. So they are authentic licensed shirts. Walmart has a new selection now of shirts.

[englishrose47]

Great deal on the T Shirts !!Gotta check out our WalMart!!!1

[Wicket's Mom]

We were getting off to an early start for the MK, it was EMH. The girls are waiting to go wearing their Disney outfits. My little Princess & her sister DR. Jones!
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At the bus stop we met a CM who was starting a Disney trivia contest. I won one of the questions, which was when did DL open? Of course I knew this, 1955! I won a pink pirate scarf with little skulls on it!

We arrived at MK & got in line to have our photos taken by PP. The couple in front of us went in front of the entrance to have their photo taken. We were all surprised as was his girl when he got down on his knee & proceeded to propose! She said yes & the crowd let out a cheer & applauded the happy couple. That was defineatly a first for me! Anyway here are ppictures of us.
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Anne & the girls on Main St.
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Now to start the rides, first headed to Adventureland only to find it was closed!:eek: What the heck, I thought everything would be open to ride. So we headed to Fantasyland!
First up was Pooh, then Snow White, after that was Peter Pan & the carrousel. We hit every ride in Fantasyland one after another. The tea cups were next, th egirls wanted to ride them, so I had to take them. Anne & Bob can't ride anything that spins so I gave the girls the ride of their lives!:woohoo:
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Next up was the Turnpike thing. After riding the cars I remember why we rode it once back in 1975! Won't ride it again, way too hard to handle those cars!
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http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011081.jpg I was in the car ahead of him with Kelly.
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[Wicket's Mom]

After this we headed to the side of the castle round Fantasyland & came upon some special ladies!
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They were a hoot, so funny & wanting to know if we knew of some handsome prices for them to meet! http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011085.jpg This was so special as we were the only ones that were in the area, so we had time to joke with them! Girls had an up close & personal visit! Disney Magic!
We passed this statue that I thought was so nice!
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WE came upon the Sword in the Anvil, Kelly of course had to try it.
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She was tugging on the sword & Pixie Dust was sprinkled!:lovestruc
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011088.jpg My little Kelly was to become the next King of Camelot!!!
Of course Emily had to try, but no luck! I guess that there is only room for one king in our family.
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Next was the Carrousel, one of my favorites.
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Emily didn't want to ride so she watched!
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[Wicket's Mom]

After this ride we went to ride a classic! Not my favorite, but one that has to be ridden, especially when it's hot outside!

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Anne eating her first Mickey Bar, also Emily had one & Kelly had a strawberry fruit bar. They were eaten with much gusto!:banana:

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In the midst of this I got a call from my neighbor telling me the mail & paper was not stopped. They were leaving for vacation so I had to call son to have him drive by to pick up mail & paper. Sheesh, what a pain!

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You would think that Bob would have better things to take pictures of!

Now it was off to Adventureland to another of my favorite places! YoHoHo!

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Then we rode BTRR & SM, after that it was time to eat lunch. So we headed for Pecos Bill's. I wanted to go to Harbour House, but Anne didn't see anything that she liked, so Pecos Bill here we come.

I wasn't impressed with PB at all. Burger was dry & fries were just ok. Atmosphere was way too noisy. I did try the electronic order system which was trying at the start, but we figured it out. It was a great way to place our order. The lines were busy, but this was so fast as no one was using it.
After lunch we had an appointment to meet Ariel.

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While waiting for Ariel I went to get my first Dole Whip Float! My that sure was a tasty & refreshing!

Some pictures of the Ariel meet & greet!
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[Wicket's Mom]

After Ariel we headed to the Haunted Mansion. The girls weren't scared this time. They enjoyed the ride this time around, thank goodness!

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Finally finished riding, got a FP for the Princess meet & greet. Emily was acting so non interested in the Princesses, but the look on her face was priceless. She couldn't hide the thrill she got from this!http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney%20Photos/Disney2011135.jpg

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[Wicket's Mom]

This meet & greet was so nice. The Princesses were so nice to all of the little girls. This is why Disney has such an excellent reputation!

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Cinderella is Kelly's favorite Princess.

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This is what Bob finds to photograph, I think that it was along Main St. Compare the size of these things!!:scared1:

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It was around 2:00 so time to leave MK and head for HS. We managed to get most of MK's rides ridden this day & last night. I missed a couple, but I could do them another time. This was just half of the day, so off we were to end the day at HS.

[Wicket's Mom]

Thanks to ME for helping figure out how to get the photos off of my iPhone. So here are my photos of our stop at Bubba Gump's in Gatlingurg. I had the Shrimp Heaven & it was! :littleangel:

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This was my drink, Mama's Blue Hawaiian.

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Bob dining on the upstairs patio.

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Me on the same patio.

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I will be back to finish the third day of our trip! :woohoo:

[kid-at-heart]

I LOVE the wicked stepsisters and stepmother. I have only experienced them at 1900 Park Fare and they are a hoot. My favorites of all characters. I was not aware they also were in Magic Kingdom.

:goodvibes
kate

[kid-at-heart]

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I have spent much time in FL since my mother is from there and we would visit my grandmother and aunt a couple of times a year but I have never seen a lizard that large in FL. It is scary!

[MEK]

Holy Mega Update Doris!!!!! Wow - that was great. Great pictures. Your granddaughters just get cuter and cuter and I love their outfits for the day - so different, but so great. Great pics with the characters. And Yeah for pixie dust with the sword!!!! I love when that happens.

Yum - that Bubba Gumps shrimp looks delish (and the drink looks pretty good, too)

[Beth D]

The girls look so cute in their costumes! I'm glad the pictures just caught you at a moment, and i saw you were smiling more in the later ones!

[dizneeat]

Wow! So many updates to catch up on!

Great photos of your granddaughters, they are really cute young ladies!

And thanks for making me crave Bubba Gump's! :rotfl2: Glad you liked it too!

[Wicket's Mom]

Kid at Heart, my mother was from Florida also. She graduated from Miami High School in 1944. I have her year book which is so interesting. I lived in Miami when I was a tot & my sister lives west of Gainseville. Mom lived there too until she passed away a year ago last July.

[Wicket's Mom]

The girls look so cute in their costumes! I'm glad the pictures just caught you at a moment, and i saw you were smiling more in the later ones!Glad that I was smiliing in some photos. In my next update was not so good of a time. I didn't smile much at dinner!:rolleyes1

[Wicket's Mom]

Holy Mega Update Doris!!!!! Wow - that was great. Great pictures. Your granddaughters just get cuter and cuter and I love their outfits for the day - so different, but so great. Great pics with the characters. And Yeah for pixie dust with the sword!!!! I love when that happens.

Yum - that Bubba Gumps shrimp looks delish (and the drink looks pretty good, too)

Bubba's was very good, but a little pricey!

Anne makes the dresses, coming up are the cutest outfits. They got quite a few compliments from the CMs on those dresses.

Kelley went into a store close by & was sprinkled with Pixie Dust. I tried to get Bob to go in for some, but he was adamant, no way!:laughing:

[Wicket's Mom]

Wow! So many updates to catch up on!

Great photos of your granddaughters, they are really cute young ladies!

And thanks for making me crave Bubba Gump's! :rotfl2: Glad you liked it too!

Karin, Bubba's was very good, but that was a lot of shrimp!

I miss my girls as they live 800 miles away in Oklahoma! It was fun to take them for their first visit to WDW!:cheer2:

[jenseib]

You've been an updating fool. I have yet to go to morning EMH at MK. I love evening ones for the same reason though. We get so much done in so little time.

[wigdoutdismom]

I'm so impressed that the sword moved! I have never seen that happen....
Maybe next time.

The girls really did look adorable in their outfits. I can't wait to see what they wore next and hear about your dinner.

[Wicket's Mom]

I'm so impressed that the sword moved! I have never seen that happen....
Maybe next time.

The girls really did look adorable in their outfits. I can't wait to see what they wore next and hear about your dinner.

I had never seen the sword move either. I had read in another TR where it did, I thought that was so cool, so was hoping to see it happen. I was so shocked when the sword started to slide upwards. Her sister tried hard to get the sword to pull out, but couldn't do it.

Their dresses were really cute on Thursday.

[Beth D]

I've only ever stayed on site once, and that was only for 2 nights before we moved over to the timeshare condo for the week. So EMH is not in my range...

I'm definitely in the get there early crowd though!

[Wicket's Mom]

I hope to post an update tomorrow, Photobucket wasn't cooperating today.

[MEK]

I hope to post an update tomorrow, Photobucket wasn't cooperating today.

Bummer. I guess I'll have to wait until photobucket decides to work!

[Wicket's Mom]

After our Princess meet & greet we left the MK to travel to HS. We had an ADR for 5:00 at 50's Prime Time Cafe, so decided to spend the rest of our day & evening at HS!:cool1:

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First up was a stop at the Indiana Jones Stunt show. As you might be able to tell, my GD, Emily just loves Indy! She was wearing her intepretation of his clothing. She even has a soft replica bullwhip!;)

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More pictures of Indy & crew!

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The girls really liked this show, it was lots of fun & loud!

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We enjoyed the show, left to do a little shopping at the Indy outpost that is next to the theater. I bought a set of finger cymbals to use with my new belly dancer outfit! :rolleyes1

I have all sorts of different ethnic & historic clothing! I love collecting that sort of thing, at least that's my story & I'm sticking with it!!:rotfl2:

[Wicket's Mom]

After killing time at the Indy shop, it was time to head for 50's PT. We arrived a couple of minutes early, but didn't have much wait time. We were seated very quickly. We had one of the TV tables which was fun! I sure do miss some of the shows that were on tv! I'm now showing my age.:scared1:

Bob & I paid OOP for our meal, since we were going to a sig restaurant later in the week. I wasn't very hungry so I got a bowl of chicken noodle soup which was pretty good. Not as good as mine, but acceptable. Bob got the same thing. We didn't get a dessert as we didn't have much of an appetite. I did get one of the light up drinks. It really hit the spot, Bob had his usual beer.

The girls got chicken nuggets & smores for dessert.

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This wasn't a very good photo, but was all that I could manage. Anne had some sort fish, I can't remember what she ordered. She got the brownie ice cream thingie. None of us liked it, not much flavor & too sweet.

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We got some interaction with the CM. She was an older woman, very nice, but just not as much fun. She did tell us to keep our elbows off the table, but she seemed rushed. I would eat here again, but would hope that I was hungry.

We headed for Star Tours & to get Emily registered for the Jedi training. The training classes were filled for the rest of the day, so we would be back in the morning. Now on to Star Tours! The new ST was a blast, it felt so real & there are I think 6 versions.

Anne & the girls had gotten into the pin trading fun. I had a couple of pins from an earlier visit that were included in our package. So, I decided that I was going to trade also. We hung around the pin shop by the Hat & I got a lanyard, the 40th Anniversary Lanyard hanger & some pins to trade. I will post pix of my WDW purchases at the TR wrap up.

Emily was getting tired or waiting!:sad2:

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Had to stop for a Photo wit a little Stitch magic!

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We decided to check into the TOT hotel! Emily didn't want to ride it, so said that she wasn't feeling well. I said that I would sit this out with her, Anne told her ok, but she WAS going to ride it later! Ah me the trails of being the MIL & keeping my mouth shut!:rolleyes:

It was time to go to Fantasmic. I'd never done this show & had no idea what it was like. It's terrible that I'd missed this during our other trips!!:worship:
Fantasmic was more than I could have ever imagined! all of us loved it!

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We stopped on our way out for some more PP pictures.

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Now back to our rooms to rest up for another commando run at HS & Epcot!

[dizneeat]

I thought I had posted here earlier, but it looks like I didn't! ;)

Great photos and fun updates is all I may add! :thumbsup2

Your granddaughters look like they are having a whole lot of fun! You are amazing grandparents and a wonderful MIL! :hug:

[MEK]

Great PP Pics! Love the Indian Jones pictures. They turned out great. I just adore Emily's outfit! She does look like a mini Indian Jones. So cute!

So glad you enjoyed Fantasmic. It is a fun show! :thumbsup2

[Beth D]

OK. Star Wars and Indiana Jones?!? I don't know how I ever kept DS away from this park for so long. We've visited all the others since I knew they were designed for a younger crowd, and wanted him to be able to enjoy them when he was age appropriate.

It has to go on the list for next trip though! Love the girls costumes, especially your young Indy! I can just hear the music going now...

Love the thought of finger cymbals for your "outfit"!:rotfl:

[wigdoutdismom]

We haven't seen Fantasmic in years. Seems like since they've limited the days of the shows the lines and crowds have been awful so we've skipped it. Maybe over Spring Break or next summer....
I'd like to see it again, I love the music!

[ortholablady]

Just found your TR and have very much enjoyed so far. I have a trip coming up soon and may just have to try doing my own when I get back.
Glad to hear the girls wound up liking the HM. It really is hard when they don't want to go but you're pretty sure once they do they'll love it. We can't get my 9 year old nephew on splash mountain and he rides much scarier things.
Congratulations to Kelly for pulling the sword! I had no idea that actually moved.

[jenseib]

Great fun...I have to admit...I have never seen Fantasmic...and I really don't have a desire too. :rolleyes1...but I suppose someday I will.

[Wicket's Mom]

Just found your TR and have very much enjoyed so far. I have a trip coming up soon and may just have to try doing my own when I get back.
Glad to hear the girls wound up liking the HM. It really is hard when they don't want to go but you're pretty sure once they do they'll love it. We can't get my 9 year old nephew on splash mountain and he rides much scarier things.
Congratulations to Kelly for pulling the sword! I had no idea that actually moved.

I didn't know that the sword would move until I read Nilla's TR. His daughter was able to pull it up also. So, I made it a point to have the girl's try it.

Welcome to this TR. :banana:

You really should write a TR, this is my first. I just soldiered up & got one started!:thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

Great fun...I have to admit...I have never seen Fantasmic...and I really don't have a desire too. :rolleyes1...but I suppose someday I will.

I didn't have any wish to see Fantasmic either. I really didn't know anything about the show. I was so glad that I saw it. It was really amazing! The crowds when trying to get out of the stadium, not so much!:scared1:

[Wicket's Mom]

When Emily & I sat out the Tower of Terror, we were looking around the gift shop. I happened to notice this little boy run through the shop, looked like he was about four years old. He seemed a little agitated. He started looking around frantically, then started to cry.

I was thinking that maybe he was separated from his parents, when he ran out the door. I started out the door after him & said something to the CM about the boy. The CM went running out the door, caught up with the boy & brought him back into the shop. No one could communicate with him as he spoke a foreign language. A couple of minutes later Papa came out of the ride area, spotted the boy & all was well! :woohoo:

That was such a scary thing & people should keep a better eye out for their children. Thank goodness this had a happy ending.:hug:

[MEK]

I am glad the little boy was happily reunited with his father. Scary, indeed, especially with the language barrier!

[jenseib]

Wow, how scaryu. Thanks goodness his family found him

[Wicket's Mom]

This was Friday & Anne & the DGD's last full day at WDW. We left in a hurry to get back to HS so that Emily could register for the Star Wars Jedi Academy program.

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The girls were wearing their new dresses that Anne made for them. Emily's was of the Frog Princess & Kelly had several princesses on her dress. They received many compliments from CM that we passed in the parks.

Here I am bright eyed & bushy tailed to start another day of commando touring!

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On our way into HS, as you can see the crowd level was pretty light!

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Here comes Emily bringing up the rear as usual. That child was always lagging behind us, we had to keep turning around to make sure that she was still with us.

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We were heading over to the registration for the Star Wars thing & Bob took this shot, also no people!

We had some time to fill before Emily had to be at the Padwan School, so for a couple of rides!

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This was the first time that I'd ridden this ride. I really had never spent much time in this area of HS. I thought that it was for small children.

I really liked the props, they brought back a lot of memories from mine & my kids childhoods!

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Next ride up was this one, The Movie Ride at Grauman's Chinese Theater!

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I love this ride, it helps that I've seen just about every movie that they show clips of! I really love old movies! We got the gangsters this time, we've got the cowboys on previous trips. The next attraction was to be the Back Lot tour, but it was closed that day. That was a disappointment.

It was off to Star Tours for another great ride! We got a different scenario than our last ride which made the ride even better. Say hello to CP30!

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Outside of Star Tours there is this speed racer to pose for photos with. So we took advantage of it.

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Emily was getting ready for her appearance at the Padwan school, so we were taking photos of Kelly.

While waiting for Emily to come onstage, Kelly wanted to get her face painted. So off went to accomplish that.

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Here is the finished product on one very happy little girl!

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This lasted all day, it did cause some problems. Kelly got upset about something & was crying. She started crying harder when told that her face paint would wash off if she didn't stop! It worked out ok, but it was trying for me!! :rotfl:

A happy grandmama & her little flower!

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Next up the Jedi Training with Emily!

[dizneeat]

Fun update!

Your granddaughter's face painting looks really neat! Good to hear that it did stay on and not come off too easily.
Can't wait for the adventure to continue! :thumbsup2

[Beth D]

Too cute! The face painting matches her dress and is just enough to brighten her face! I can't wait to see the young Jedi!

[MEK]

Just realized I missed your last update. Those dresses are just adorable! Really, really cute. The girls look beautiful and so does the face painting!

[Wicket's Mom]

Kelly really loved her face painting session. I think that it was a pretty good job for $10. The paint lasted all day which was pretty good for the really hot weather!

I loved those dresses, Anne makes really cute dresses. She likes the girls to be tom boys, but she does dress them in great dresses! :lovestruc

The CM's made quite a few comment about the dresses.

[jenseib]

I love the face painting...so cute

[jenseib]

I love the face painting...so cute

[Wicket's Mom]

I hope to get an update in tomorrow.;)

[Wicket's Mom]

It was time for the Jedi School to begin,so it was on to gather in front of the stage. Here is our little Padwan now.

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She is reciting the Jedi Knight oath.

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Learning to use the light saber, one need's to pay close attention to the Jedi Master.

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My brave Jedi warrior in training in her Princess dress wearing the matching butterfly earrings! Who says one can't be feminine & feisty at the same time?!

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I'd say that she is having a great time.This girl is getting her bedroom madeover with Star Wars stuff for Christmas!

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This was the Jedi Master, he was a real hoot, quite funny. Emily is getting ready to do battle with her nemisis, Darth Vadar! OOOHHH, scary!

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[Wicket's Mom]

At last, face to face with the ultimate villian, old Darth himself!

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Hit him low with the light saber.

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Aim high this time!

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Duck down when Darth swings his light saber! Don'twantyour head cut off!:scared1:

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The last swish in their duel,she sent Lord Vader packing!

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The young Padwan has become a full fledged Jedi Knight. As such she is receiving her diploma. Congratulations young Jedi!:yay:

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After her battle, Emily had her turn on the Racer.

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On our way I decided to have my first ever Mickey Bar! Wow am I ever mad:eek: those things are the best ever! I loved every bite & had two more before the end of our vacation!:dance3:

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We decided to have lunch before we left HS. Since it was close to us & seemed a likely place, we stopped at Fairfax Fare. Never again will we eat there! The food was okay, salads & sandwiches, but the service was the worst in the entire WDW. Bob was so appalled that management allowed such slow service. The CMs would take the order then fill it one item at a time. This would mean walking across the kitchen to get one item, them back across to get another. There were more than a few angry peole in that line I can tell you!

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After our lunch we decided that it was time to leave. We wanted to do a bit of shopping in HS on the wasy out. Kelly & Emily decided that shopping was not for them. So they each got a bag of gummy worms with their snack credit.

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They looked cute & lady like sitting there enjoying their snacks.

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Now that Vader has been vanquished, it is time to begin our way out, but first some shopping.

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We decided to go to Downtown Disney for a couple of hours before we had to be at the Coral Reef for dinner.

Anne & Emily on the bus, I'm in the back with Kelly having a chat!

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Next stop DD! The Lego Store was our destination!

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These things fascinate me, I'm lucky to build a box with Legos, let alone one of these statues!

Bob & I decided that we were going to eat lunch here after Anne & the girls went home. We like to laze around & dine by watersides on our vacations.

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We were now going to Epcot for our 5:30 ADR at Coral Reef. This was to be another first for us. It would also be the scene of Grandmama's meltdown!


You will have to wait for my next update, unwrapped Christmas gifts are calling me at the moment!

[wigdoutdismom]

So glad Darth was defeated by that cute little Jedi!
We have never eaten at Fairfax, we stick to Starring Rolls.

Can't wait to hear about your meltdown....

[dizneeat]

What a cute Jedi!!!
Sounds like such a fun day at DHS and DTD.

...... meltdown? .......... can't wait to hear all about it! :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

Yeah, it was not pretty, but was s resolved quickly!:thumbsup2

It's hard being a mother in law at times!:rolleyes1

[jenseib]

the jedi training pictures are wonderful. It looks like she was in heaven.

I can't believe you left us with a cliffhanger! :scared1:

[Wicket's Mom]

Well went out today to finish up some Christmas things, when sitting at a traffic light, Kabam! We were rear ended. The woman that hit us was going pretty fast & that was a big bang. Our heads snapped back, thank God for headrests. I had a headache that lasted well over an hour! The woman was elderly & quite confused & since she hit our pick up her car sustained more damage. At least no real bodily harm was done. Our poor dog was with us, scared the crap out of him.

Want to wish all my readers & all the Disers a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!

Doris

[dizneeat]

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Merry Christmas!!! :hug:

[kid-at-heart]

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Happy New Year's, and for all, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

:goodvibes kate

[englishrose47]

To all my Dis Friends

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[Beth D]

Wow, i must have missed an update! Love the Jedi training and the lego store! Star Wars and Legos. Two of me and DS's favorite things.

I'm glad you were OK after the accident. I hope it didn't spoil your holiday too much!

Santa was very good to me, hope he was as good to you! :santa:

Happy Festivus to everyone! :)

[dizneeat]

Wow! I missed your real life update about the accident!
Thank god you were all okay. Hope the headache didn't return and you were able to enjoy the holidays! :hug:

[MEK]

Hi Doris -

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. I was just stopping by to see what I had missed.

I did take some cell phone pictures when I toured the historic houses in Odessa Delaware before Christmas. When I get a chance I'll have to post some for you to see.

This really was a little treasure literally right in my backyard (5 miles away) and I can't believe I haven't toured the houses in well over 10 years. It was lovely and the best part - Picture were allowed! :cool1:

Some of the houses are private residences (including one house owned by my old neighbor - that was fun) and others are owned by Winterthur. It was a lovely day. I thought about you a lot during my tour! :goodvibes

[jenseib]

Wow, how awful about the rear ender. I hope everything was fixed easily and you aren'ttoo sore. I was rear ended once and thought nothing of it and the next day I could barely move.

[Wicket's Mom]

A quick update about our accident, we are being inudated by calls & mail from lawyers & chiropractors.:scared1: It seems that they troll the daily accident reports & start calling. The police report stated that there might be an injury, so the feeding frenzy is on!! A real eye opener for sure.

I thought that I would post a picture Wicket of whom I am mother of! He was wearing his Santa hat & beard.

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I will be updating real soon, life has been quite hectic of late.;)

[jenseib]

Wicket is so cute. He /she looks very festive!

[MEK]

Wicket is too cute!

Sorry to hear about the accident. But I am glad everyone is OK.

[dizneeat]

Oh my, Wicket is so cute!

[ortholablady]

There must be something in the air. I was sitting at a light on my way home from work Tuesday night and also got rearended. Nobody got hurt. 19 year old kid, he kept apologizing. He seemed like a good kid. His mom called me not long after I got home and has been very nice too. She's paying for the damage out of pocket. She already called the body shop with a credit card to pay to order the parts so things are going smoothly so far. Hope they do for you too.
Looking forward to you next trip update.

[Beth D]

Adorable photo of Santa Wicket! You just wonder what he's thinking though...:rolleyes1

[Wicket's Mom]

Wicket is probably thinking take this stupid stuff off of me!!:lmao:

We got a check today for the repair of the truck. Things are done differently now. We were told not to get estimates, the adjuster just tells you how much it should be, cuts a check, then you take the vehicle to get fixed. It's up to the body shop to try to get more money from the insurance company.

I will update Sun. or Mon. I'm making a new gown for Twelveth Night this Sat. & I'm working as fast as I can!

[Wicket's Mom]

OK, I’m back & am trying the cut & paste thing in Word. I hope that this works for me!

I’ve been quite busy since Christmas sewing my gown for my group’s Twelfths Night party. Since I’ve been asked to post pictures of my new gown here goes!

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This gown is called a Chemise ala Reine. It was popularized by Marie Antionette around 1787 & became the fashion until 1800.

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The gown is made entirely of silk & I’m wearing undergarments that are also correct for the dress. I try to have the correct hair & jewelry for the period also.

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I hope that all have liked to see something of what I do as a hobby. We have a lot of fun & do a lot of teaching the public about our early history. Pictures of me are in family albums around the world. There are usually foreigners attending our public events & they do like to take our pictures in these funny clothes!

Now to get back to work on my TR! & WOOT WOOT, I learned something new today!:dance3:

[Wicket's Mom]

We headed over to Epcot from DTD to our dinner at Coral Seas. Since we were early we had some time to get our PP in front of SE.

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There was a run in with another visitor to Epcot!

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He sure knows how to upset little girls!

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We decided to ride SE as it was in front of us. While riding up the bill hill Emily wanted to know if it was going to be a large drop ahead! She was so used to all of the coaster type rides so far that she thought doom was ahead!
That ride was a nice surprise for Emily & Kelly.

We were off to TT, another thrill ride for the kids, but it was one that they liked!

It was still a little early for our ADR, but we decided to go to CR anyway. I was hoping that we could get a seat by the aquarium, besides after we arrived, the skies opened in a big way. We were called to our table after 30 minute wait & were led to a booth that faced just across from the tank window.:woohoo:

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These were the only pictures that we managed to take at CR.
After the tension taking pictures were the last thing on anyone's mind.:eek:

[Wicket's Mom]

This was our first time at Coral Reef, it was pretty nice in there & our CM was very good. He was extremely helpful, especially later!

Emily ordered the child’s chicken breast & ice cream for dessert, Anne, Bob & I ordered the strip steak. Bob ordered his usual adult beverage, beer. I know that I got some sort of drink, but I’ve forgotten what it was! Kelly wanted pizza & ice cream. Anne told her that she couldn’t get the ice cream with pizza as it didn’t come with it. Anne placed their orders & I heard her order 2 chickens for the girls. I wondered if Kelly had changed her mind, but didn’t say anything about it.

Our dinners came in short order, but when Kelly saw hers, she was upset. She wanted pizza! Anne said, no you wanted ice cream & it was not available with pizza. Kelly started to sob that she wanted pizza! Well, Anne decided to take Kelly out to administer a punishment for her arguing about the chicken. I was getting upset about all of this, after this was Disney! If she wanted ice cream with her pizza, they would give it to her. I kept my mouth shut as I don’t want to alienate the DIL, she is my only access to these girls. Emily sat there & told us Kelly wanted pizza, I heard her say that to Mom. I was getting more upset by the minute.

Well, they came back to the table Kelly slid into her seat, picked up her fork & started to take a bite of that chicken. A silent tear was sliding down her face as she did so, I couldn’t take that (I’m tearing up writing about it) so I burst out with a sob choked voice, she wanted the pizza! Anne paid attention to that I can tell you! I don’t normally show my emotions, but her wanting the pizza & not getting it reminded me of all the terrible times that my mother made us eat things that we didn’t want really got to me at that moment!:furious:

The CM came over & Anne asked if she could have pizza instead of the chicken. He didn’t bat an eye & said of course she could! I mean this is Disney, the happy place, they are going to make a child happy!!! After that everything settled down & we finished dinner. All was well again. I don’t usually like it when kids cause problems at dinner, they should be taken out so as not to disturb others, but she just wanted what she asked for. Anne is not used to restaurants although she has eaten out quite a bit. She is one that thinks menus are set in stone & can’t be changed. Fortuneatly the rest of our vacation with Anne & the girls went well!:grouphug:

After dinner the rain had stopped, so we rode on the Nemo ( actually the former Living Seas), no one was too impressed by that. It has been changed too much, was better before Nemo.

Next up was MS, that was a fun ride, then another trip on TT. We were off to Soarin’ next.
None of the lines were very long, however we did get a FP for Soarin’ & TT.

We were in the queue for Soarin’ when I realized that we could be in the front row center. When the doors opened, woot, woot, we were to sit dead center in the front row!! This was the first time ever for us & we had ridden Soarin’ many times. It is Bob’s favorite ride!:banana:

It was starting to get late, but we had EMH at Epcot that night. It was also Anne & the Girls last night at WDW. We decided to do a Kimpossible adventure, but it had no more adventures open for the evening. We did a little shopping at WS & then it was time for Illuminations.
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After Illuminations we headed to the exit & stopped for some more PPs.

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We were coming back in the morning so the girls could do a Kimpossible adventure before they had to leave for Tulsa. It had been a very busy day & a very tiring one. It all ended happily after a little air clearing!

[dizneeat]

Wow! What a beautiful dress! Thanks for sharing!

The photopass pics are really cute - love the girls with Stitch! :thumbsup2

And now I am waiting for drama at Coral Reef to unfold! popcorn::

[dizneeat]

Caught up!

Well done getting poor Kelly her pizza - you are right - this IS Disney and they WILL go out of their way to make their guests happy, especially a little one! :thumbsup2

[kid-at-heart]

I am really enjoying your report. How awesome for you and your husband to take your granddaughters to Disney. I bet they will never forget what an awesome time they had with their grandparents. Your daughter-in-law though, makes me sad. Perhaps I should not say this, but does she not remember what it is like to be a child? I am glad you said something about the pizza. And if I am out-of-line with my comment about your daughter-in-law, just let me know and I will delete this posting.

:hug: Kate

[Wicket's Mom]

No Kate, I'm not offended. My DIL I don't think was ever a child in the normal sense. We love her, but she really is not good with small children. She wants them to behave like they are much older. I just bite my tongue & try to slip in some hints.:rolleyes1

[Beth D]

Well done! And your GD will love you more because Gramma got her the pizza she wanted!:love::love:

There's times when you can just say it's because I'm Gramma and I said so! Sometimes my mom does that with DS, and we just kind of roll our eyes and let her do it, because they have such a special bond.

The whole thing just doesn't make sense. Why didn't she try to find out what was more important, the pizza or the ice cream!

[Wicket's Mom]

Beth, that is just Anne, sometimes she just doesn't have a clue.:confused3

I know that I could play the Grandma card, but I don't want to interfere with another's parenting. This just was too much for me.:sad2:

[MEK]

Doris - your dress is beautiful. What a gorgeous job you did making it. I am so impressed.

Oh my - your story about Kelly and the chicken choked me up. What a shame. I'm so glad that it got fixed and I'm sure Kelly forgot about it quickly. Isn't it funny how certain things evoke such strong childhood memories.

The girls dresses are adorable. They both always look so cute. And yeah :cool1: for being up close and personal with the fish tank!

[jenseib]

I love the dress, it's fabulous! You did such a nice job on it...I wish I could learn to sew.

It sounds like Anne is kind of strict on a few things that are not a big deal, but I understand about not stepping on her toes too much as well. My sister sometimes gets that way...and I think...where we really raised in the same family? LOL

[Wicket's Mom]

Jen, Anne seems to want the girls to be older than they are. Overall she is a good mother, we just have differing parenting skills.

[jenseib]

Jen, Anne seems to want the girls to be older than they are. Overall she is a good mother, we just have differing parenting skills.

I totally understand that.

[Beth D]

Doris - How did you (or Anne) sign the GD up to participate in the Jedi Training Academy?

I just found out that there's a possibility we may get to go to HS the day before our cruise, and wanted to register DS. I was on the webpage for the park, and it told about the opportunity, but there was no info or link there to register? :confused3

Thanks!

[Wicket's Mom]

Doris - How did you (or Anne) sign the GD up to participate in the Jedi Training Academy?

I just found out that there's a possibility we may get to go to HS the day before our cruise, and wanted to register DS. I was on the webpage for the park, and it told about the opportunity, but there was no info or link there to register? :confused3

Thanks!

You have to register in person on the day that you want to participate. We got there first thing in the morning so as not to miss the opportunity. The registration is in the area of the ABC studios. You walk that narrow area with the pictures of ABC programs that are on the buildiings. The registration center is open at 9:00 I believe. It is iin one of those oofice type buildings. Just ask where it is & a CM will be able to tell you. Remember registration has to be in person.They have several times a day to choose to participate.

[Wicket's Mom]

Well, it is now Saturday morning, the last day of Anne & the girls’ trip to WDW with Grandma& Grandpa. It was such a nice morning that I decided to sit outside on the patio. I’d eaten my breakfast of half a Sweet Almond pretzel from the Norway bakery.

Anne sent Emily out to eat her breakfast while she got Kelly dressed & start packing.

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Emily was enjoying her cheese & crackers while she waited.

We were having a very nice chat which we don’t get to do very often.

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It was fun to listen to her ideas of things & her impressions of WDW. I do know that she wants to come back to WDW, but of course who doesn’t!

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Kelly came out to eat her breakfast so that Anne could finish the packing. They wanted to get over to Epcot to do a Kim Possible mission. Their ME was picking them up at 1:00 which didn’t leave them a lot of time to spare!

We were checking out a very small lizard for something to do.

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Kelly & I are having our one on one moment together. Bob took Emily to feed the ducks at the beach. Anne is still packing! That room was pretty cluttered with all of their things! Anne does not travel lightly! LOL!

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I brought out my little pup that the MK had made. This was the first animal that we ever had made for us at WDW! I was hoping that one would be done for us. It was the first of several!

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I think that Bob was going for a peek a boo shot! That man!

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Continued….

[Wicket's Mom]

Emily was enjoying the ducks along with Grandpa! Bob likes to play with the wildlife when he goes on vacation.

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She was getting a lot of attention from those birds!

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The beaches are so nice first thing in the morning, no footprints & nicely raked.

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Anne finally got the packing finished & here they are waiting for the Epcot bus. I think that the time was around 9:00am.

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A quick shot of the fountains shooting up in the air as we pass by on our way to WS.

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Not too many people are going to WS at this hour which was good for us. We had a mission to accomplish!

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Bob was taking a shot across the fountains at SE. He likes to shoot in Epcot!

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Somehow we got ahead of them, but we are all on the way to see Kim!

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Here I am so alone in WS, this is why we like early September!

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More of empty WS!

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La Hacienda fountain….

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[Wicket's Mom]

I will be back to continue on, but I need to get Wicket out & the Dis is running really slow right now!:confused3

Thanks so much Jen, as you can see your help was put to good use!:hug:

[MEK]

Doris, I'm so glad you updated. What beautiful pictures of CBR and of Epcot. Last days are so sad. So sorry the girls are leaving. I hope they had a wonderful time and made lots of memories.

Early September is a wonderful time for the crowd levels. You're right - the world showcase is like a ghost town!

[jenseib]

Ugh, I keep trying to post and it tells me the server is busy. Your husband cracked me up with his peek a boo shot. That is exactly what my Dh would do. He can't take a picture to save his life, except those shots. :rotfl2:

[englishrose47]

Such an empty WS !!I love it !~!

[Wicket's Mom]

All of us made it to the Kim Possible check in station & received our Kimmunicators. We did request a country that was fairly close as we didn’t have much time. Bob & I got Mexico & Anne & the girls got Norway. If you can please do this game, it is so much fun. The Kimmunicators are specially enabled cell phones that give you the clues & directions where you are to search. Lots of fun! Sorry no pictures as all of us were to busy saving the world!

After the missions, we strolled around the WS to shop & also to see some characters. The girls had a nice meet with Princess Mulan.

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Having a nice chat!

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Mulan was such a sweet woman. The great thing about early morning in WS is that the kids had such a nice meet & greet!

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Mulan was the last character meeting for the girls. There wasn’t anymore of them out at that time of morning. Later Bob & I saw quite a few of them, Chip & Dale, Jasmine & her prince & a few others. I was surprised to see them in the WS.

The girls chose TT for their last ride at WDW, they really loved that ride!

After some last minute shopping by Anne at Mouse Gear, it was decided they wanted lunch before the flight. So we stopped at Electric Umbrella. Bob & I didn’t have lunch since we had an ADR at Le Cellier for a 2:50 lunch.

Anne got the Caesar salad, the girls got a hamburger with grapes & fruit cup for dessert. It was starting to get late & Bob was getting antsy. About that time he got a phone call so he was out of the mix for a few minutes at least!

We had put their luggage in our room so we decided to go on ahead & meet them at the ME pickup stop. We hurried to get a CBR bus, luckily one was there so we made it back fairly quickly. Bob was obsessing about Anne missing ME & her flight! Frankly he was driving me nuts! I was anxious myself so I didn’t need to hear his griping.

[Wicket's Mom]

Crap! I just went to post the rest of the story & it all disappeared!:scared1:

I will have to do this later, my neck is killing me. That was a couple of hours work! Aaarrrggghhh! Sometimes I just hate computers!!

[dizneeat]

What a fun last day you had with your granddaughters. Playing Kim Possible is so much fun ..... can you tell we have done it too? ;) :lmao:

It's amazing how empty WS was that day, but how sad you had to say goodbye to your GDs. Hope you enjoyed your meal at LeCellier though! :thumbsup2

[Wicket's Mom]

We made it back to our room with a little time to spare. We grabbed their luggage & headed out to meet Anne & the girls at the ME pickup. Bob was so worried that they would miss ME & their flight. We hadn’t seen any CBR buses pulling in when we left Epcot. Well, as we turned the corner from our room, Anne was there hurrying to help with the bags. It seems when they went to get a bus none was there. She saw a bus waiting that had no destination written on the front. Anne went to the driver & asked where he was to be going. He asked her where she needed to go, she answered CBR. He said get in that’s where we are going! Sorely needed Pixie Dust was sprinkled!!

Our little train straggled to the station to hop aboard ME. That was such a sad bunch! The girls & Anne did not want to leave, but girls had to get back to school.

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After many hugs & kisses & sad goodbyes ME was boarded for MCO & their flight home in Tulsa, Ok. We will take them back to WDW in the future. I really do think that every child should have the opportunity to visit WDW. It is such a magical place for adults & children alike! I know that is such a cliché, but I truly believe it with all my heart! Bob is not a big Disney lover, but he did admit with the girls along, he had a great time!

We had a bus to catch back to Epcot because we had a 2:50 ADR for Le Cellier. It was around 2:00 when we arrived back at Epcot & I sorely needed an adult beverage. It was so hot, so I new exactly what I wanted. This is before my first sip!

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See how much better I felt after my first sip! I did get some serious brain freeze with that drink, but it was so worth it! Loved that Grand Marnier slushie!

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Now, on our way to Le Cellier. Passed these guys on the way, I love Off Kilter! You haven’t lived until you have heard Johnny B Good played on a bagpipe!

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[Wicket's Mom]

After our adult beverages we headed to Le Cellier for our lunch. This was our first time eating here. The bad thing was that we weren’t hungry as we were tired & so hot. We had been on the run the entire time that Anne & the GDs were with us.

We arrived a little early so we had to wait, after about 15 minutes we were shown to our table. It is so dark in there, but that’s part of the atmosphere. I didn’t care for our table, it was on of those small two tops. Those tables get so crowded when the food is served. The pretzel bread was served with butter. I’m a sucker for good bread & known to eat bread instead of my meal!

We both ordered the Filet/w mushroom sauce. I switched out the rice for mashed potatoes, Bob likes rice. I just don’t like mushrooms & figured that I could scrape the sauce off the potatoes. The food was alright, but nothing special. We just weren’t feeling the love here. It could have been we weren’t very hungry.

We both had dessert, Bob had the Chocolate Moose, which he liked. I had the Maple Crème Brulee, which was meh. I didn’t like the strong maple flavor. I felt like I needed a pancake with it. My search for a good crème brulee was to end in failure this trip!

Bob did have a beer with lunch, but all I needed was water.

We headed out to tour the WS the rest of the afternoon. Along the way we stopped for a look into the caramel shop. OMG, I loved this place! I just had to have a couple of those strawberries.

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Not a pretty picture, but I was in my happy place!

On our way around we had another picture taken by PP.

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After this we decided to have some pool time so we went back to CBR. It was around 5:00. We got back, changed into our swimsuits, went to the main pool.

We found a couple of loungers & settled in with a couple of drinks, a mojito for me & a bud light draft for him!

[Wicket's Mom]

There were quite a few people at the pool, but as it got later they started leaving. I wanted to use the hot tub, so I went in. As usual parents let their children go into it unsupervised. There were a few parents with their kids, but they were all foreign. The water in that thing was 106 degrees, a sign was posted stating that!

The main pool at CBR is a walk in & there are many play spaces for children, why do they need to be swimming in the hot tub? As I was sitting there this little girl decides to jump into the tub with a big splash that goes into my face! Well don’t awake the sleeping bear in this grandma! I snapped at her that this area was not for swimming, go to the pool for that! They knew enough English to understand that! All of them got out & went to the pool. You should have seen all of the adults that got in after that group left. I think that I must have made some new friends!

As it got later we decided that we must eat something, but we still were not hungry. We had CSs that we were going to use, decided to use them later. Our dinner that night was Mickey Bars! Great dinner, Mickey Bars, Mojitos & Beer!

We were in bed by 9:00 for some much needed rest & relaxation.

I’m sorry that there were no pictures at this stage of our vacation. We just didn’t feel like taking any. We were so tired, hot & sad that the kids had left. We spent the rest of that day decompressing so that we could enjoy the two days that we had left of our WDW vacation.

[Beth D]

Great updates! It sounds as if another trip is around the corner!

That slushy looks like heaven in a glass.

I hope you get to enjoy the last couple days.

I found more info on the academy. I'm not telling DS as we might not make it. Our flight lands at MCO at 8:30 AM. We have to get breakfast, luggage, and pick up the rental car, so I'm guessing by the time we get to HS that they will be out of reservations. I just don't want him counting on anything...

[dizneeat]

So sad when part of your party is leaving! :hug:

I felt pretty much the same about our last dinner at LeCellier - didn't feel the love!
But I like your dinner - Mickey Bar and an adult beverage - you are my kind of girl! ;) :laughing:
Don't blame you for having an early night either, we have been known to do that too! ;)

Can't wait for the rest of your trip report! popcorn::

[jenseib]

A mickey bar for dinner sounds wonderful!
I'm glad I could help you and it's working for you.
Sounds like you had a nice relaxing evening for the most part. Claire loves the hot tub too, but we do tell her it is for sitting. Now if we are in by ourselves we left her move around a bit, but I know the feeling about kids who swim in it. We've gone places where kids are in unsupervised and they are using it like a regular pool.

[MEK]

I bet it was so sad to see your DIL and GD's go home, but what a wonderful time you all had and I hope you get to do it again.

Did you get transported from Epcot to AK and back all in the same day? :rotfl: Your outfits are so cute. I'm glad you enjoyed Le Cellier. too bad you didn't love the creme brulee.

Yeah for adult beverages AND for Mickey bars with mojitos!

[Wicket's Mom]

I bet it was so sad to see your DIL and GD's go home, but what a wonderful time you all had and I hope you get to do it again.

Did you get transported from Epcot to AK and back all in the same day? :rotfl: Your outfits are so cute. I'm glad you enjoyed Le Cellier. too bad you didn't love the creme brulee.

Yeah for adult beverages AND for Mickey bars with mojitos!

Some how the wrong photo appeared. I guess that gremlins were at work. I was going to edit it, but the Dis was running so slow I gave up! :confused3

[Wicket's Mom]

A mickey bar for dinner sounds wonderful!
I'm glad I could help you and it's working for you.
Sounds like you had a nice relaxing evening for the most part. Claire loves the hot tub too, but we do tell her it is for sitting. Now if we are in by ourselves we left her move around a bit, but I know the feeling about kids who swim in it. We've gone places where kids are in unsupervised and they are using it like a regular pool.

That dinner was wonderful, yay for Mickey Bars!:banana:

Bob hates hotel hot tubs because of the kid factor. If parents made their kids behave like you do, it wouldn't be a problem.

Anyway we have a hot tub at home, but I was needing some warm water for my tired legs!

[Wicket's Mom]

So sad when part of your party is leaving! :hug:

I felt pretty much the same about our last dinner at LeCellier - didn't feel the love!
But I like your dinner - Mickey Bar and an adult beverage - you are my kind of girl! ;) :laughing:
Don't blame you for having an early night either, we have been known to do that too! ;)

Can't wait for the rest of your trip report! popcorn::

We used to close down the parks every night, but it was just too much for us this last tiime.

It was fun seeing WDW through children's eyes again. It has been a long time since that has happened.

[Wicket's Mom]

Goodness, I've been such a slacker lately, but it's been terribly busy here. I will try to update soon. We are getting ready to leave for Florida soon, not a Disney trip.:sad2:

[jenseib]

Take your time, I've been behind and busy too...totally understand.

[crazycatlady]

I've really enjoyed your trip report so far! I am looking forward to reading more.

I love history and have really enjoyed hearing a little bit about your hobby. Your dress is beautiful!

[Wicket's Mom]

Well I’m back after too long a time! The Dis had been running so slowly, plus things around here were very busy. I’m getting ready to leave Tuesday for Florida for 3 weeks. I will pass through Orlando, but will have to settle for waving at WDW as we pass by it!

When I left off Anne & the GDs left WDW to go home to Tulsa. I had finished that day so now am doing Sunday September 11. This was our next to the last day.

We had decided to go back to AK as we hadn’t got to do some of the things that we enjoy.

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I love the entrance to AK. The crowds were fairly low as it was around 9:30.

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Our picture with a character of bad reputation!

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We decided to do another safari, hoping that the animals would be more active.

The infamous bobab tree! Looks like the birds are enjoying it even though it’s concrete!

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The cattle with the huge horns!

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As you can see they were pretty laid back as were all of the animals!

Favorites of ours the giraffes. Bob got some pretty good shots for once!

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Isn’t that such a sweet face? I like the eyelashes!

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Of course we needed a photo of the elephants before the poachers got to them!

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We were trying to get a picture of the baby elephant. It was so small & it was hidden by the foliage.

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Now for the big ugly rhinos! It’s a shame that they are being hunted out of existence. On Antiques Roadshow last week this lady had a horn that had been made into a cup in 1600. Her DH bought it at a yard sale about 30 years ago for $1. It was worth $400,000 or more!

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Now on to the ostrich it wasn’t doing much either!

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The fish that are in the river along the trail.

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The meerkats are my favorites, especially since that program Meerkat Manor. It’s kind of hard to see them as they blend into the surrounding so well.

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You can see a bit better in this photo. One is laying stretched out & the other is sitting up.

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[Wicket's Mom]

I don't know what happened, some sort of computer glitch! Here are the pics that are supposed to be there!

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[Wicket's Mom]

I've really enjoyed your trip report so far! I am looking forward to reading more.

I love history and have really enjoyed hearing a little bit about your hobby. Your dress is beautiful!

Glad that you are enjoying it so far.

I, too love history & our hobby is so much fun. I have to do a museum thing in March. It is a Night at the Museum. We have so many historical figures being portrayed. I do the wife of Governor Bushnel who was from Springfield Ohio. We have late 1770's up through 1940's represented. The event takes place in the eveniing after the museum is closed. It has been a sucess for us & the museum.

[Wicket's Mom]

Our next to last day continued….

After the Safari we walked all of the trails as that is another of our favorites. It was hotter than Hades, but we still enjoyed the walk. I love the tigers, the bats not so much, nor the gorillas. I will have to say the baby gorilla was so cute in an ugly sort of way!

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Bob likes to take my picture, which I’m not fond of, but I guess it shows how he feels. Most of the pictures of me end up being his desk top photo. He changes them around from time to time.

Bob liked to hang around this guy & take pictures. The main reason is that he is a hobbyist blacksmith & wanted a closer look at his tool. He did talk to him some, but the CM was not too talky.

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I felt a little guilty for being at WDW since it was the tenth anniversary of 9-11. I was so glad to see this on the way in & we took a photo on our way out of AK.

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That made us feel so good that Disney did that. They could have ignored the whole day, but didn’t. I made time to look at the rest of the park flags & they were all at half staff.

We decided to stop for lunch & knew where we wanted to go. Grabbed a bus to the Yacht Club to get to DTD. EOS here we come. We spotted an eating area when we had been to DTD earlier with Anne & the GDs. It was along the lake. We love eating at places like that!

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I ordered the Earl’s Club with some jello salad, Bob got the Original 1762 beef sandwich with potato salad. Of course he had a beer & I had a Sprite.

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After lunch we decided to head for the boardwalk. We strolled for awhile, but it was getting too hot to enjoy.

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I think that we took a bus to the Boardwalk, but we rode the boat to HD.

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We spent some time at HD, rode TofT, saw the Walt Disney museum, which was very nice. That was our fist time in there. We just walked around soaking up the atmosphere.

We headed back to CBR to rest & get ready for our 6:00 ADR at Narcossee’s.

I spied this when I turned the corner to our room.

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As we got closer I was so excited to see this. I took these animals because folks on the Dis said that the MK would do this sort of thing.

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I guess it doesn’t take much to excite me, but everything Disney has that effect on me!

Now it was time to get over to the GF for our ADR at Narcossee’s.

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I was a little worried about the food as I wanted lobster & kept seeing theses bad reviews. We had a wonderful dinner, got a personal menu with our name at the top. I didn’t even notice that touch until Bob pointed it out to me!

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Don’t ask why I’m looking this was cause I don’t know. Just some more of Bob’s stealth photos!

I had the whole Maine lobster & Bob had the Surf & Turf. I had the Crème Brule Duo & Bob had the Almond Crusted Cheesecake. He loved his dessert, while mine was just meh!

He didn’t care for the press pot coffee & I couldn’t tell you anything about it as I’m not allowed to drink coffee. All in all it was a delightful meal. Our CM was very good did everything she was supposed to with no muss or fuss.

After dinner we decided to go to the MK by boat. In those clouds on the left of the photo was a spectacular lightning show.

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I was getting a little worried waiting on the boat since the lightning seemed so close. We did ride it after all & it was such a lovely night with the full moon!

When we made it over to MK it was a mad house since people were leaving & also arriving for EMH. We decided to head back to CBR since it was so crowded.

We arrived back to CBR to find the travel arrangements on the door. I hate to see that because it’s absolute that we will be leaving tomorrow!

[MEK]

You really had a busy last full day! Lots of traveling around. I love EOS and I love those little tables down by the water.

You window looked so cute on arrival to your room. What a warm welcome. Love that.

Your dress is very pretty. Sounds like you had an absolutely lovely last evening at dinner and those pictures from the restaurant are gorgeous! What a beautiful time of night.

I really enjoyed reading about your trip. It sounds like it was near perfect. I'm sure you are anxious to wrap it up before you leave for Florida. Have a lovely time and soak up a little sun for me, will you please? :goodvibes

[Wicket's Mom]

You really had a busy last full day! Lots of traveling around. I love EOS and I love those little tables down by the water.

You window looked so cute on arrival to your room. What a warm welcome. Love that.

Your dress is very pretty. Sounds like you had an absolutely lovely last evening at dinner and those pictures from the restaurant are gorgeous! What a beautiful time of night.

I really enjoyed reading about your trip. It sounds like it was near perfect. I'm sure you are anxious to wrap it up before you leave for Florida. Have a lovely time and soak up a little sun for me, will you please? :goodvibes

It was a great trip. I don't think that I will finish before I leave since that is the day after tomorrow.

Thanks for the dress compliment. It was a Chaps from Kohls, most of my clothes are Chaps or American Living.

Bob is finding beaches & a cute hotel that he wants to see at Cedar Key. He's really getting into this trip, thank goodness, because I've had to fight for this for a year!:headache:

He was asking me if we need to cancel the car since I'm a little under the weather. I think that my RA remission is over, God I hope not. Anyway we are going no matter what!!!:cool1:

[Beth D]

Great pics as always. I love the ones of the storm with the moon.

Safe travels to Fla! The sun always makes me feel better!

[Wicket's Mom]

Great pics as always. I love the ones of the storm with the moon.

Safe travels to Fla! The sun always makes me feel better!

The moon was just gorgeous! It was really a romantic evening, especially with the boat ride!

I'm really looking forward to the morning, got the car all packed & am rarin' to go! We are taking the dog & I swear he has more stuff than us!:dogdance:

[jenseib]

I love that dress too. I might have to take a trip to Kohls and see if spring clothes are out yet. I need a nice sundress..one that fits and isn't so short. I swear anything I like now a days is way to short for me.

[Wicket's Mom]

I'm still in Florida,will be heading home in a few days. I got the notice for free dining & couldn't resist booking a trip for Sept.:banana:

When I get home I will finish this TR & need to start planning the new trip. So far we are booked for PO Riverside. We have never stayed there, so don't really know much about that resort.

The Dis is so slow, painfully so!:confused: I'm giving up after trying many times to connect.

[MEK]

Congrats on booking free dining. POR is lovely. I can't imagine you not loving it. I do!

Enjoy your last few days in Florida!

[jenseib]

yay for free dining

[Wicket's Mom]

The weather has been so wonderful these past three weeks. I really hate to be leaving for the cold weather!

I'm not sure about Riverside as I don't want one of those rooms that have the stick furniture. Does anyone know about that?

I need to figure out where to eat as I have to do my ADRs Monday when we return! I don't have much time to choose!:surfweb:

[dizneeat]

The weather has been so wonderful these past three weeks. I really hate to be leaving for the cold weather!

I'm not sure about Riverside as I don't want one of those rooms that have the stick furniture. Does anyone know about that?

I need to figure out where to eat as I have to do my ADRs Monday when we return! I don't have much time to choose!:surfweb:

The stick furniture is in Alligator Bayoo - request Magnolia Bend, that is where the Mansion Houses are!

Making ADRs was a pain yesterday - I had to call - it would not let me do it online, so be prepared for that.

When will you arrive at WDW? Will we be able to meet with you? We should be neighbours "resort-wise", as we are staying down the road at OKW. :goodvibes

[Wicket's Mom]

Karin, we will arrive Sept.10, leave on the 15th. I really hope that we will be able to have a Dismeet. We had such a good time with you & Tom.

Thanks for the info about the room. That is what I needed to know!

[dizneeat]

Karin, we will arrive Sept.10, leave on the 15th. I really hope that we will be able to have a Dismeet. We had such a good time with you & Tom.

Thanks for the info about the room. That is what I needed to know!

Oh NO!!!!!!!! We will leave on the 9th! What a shame to miss you by one day!!!!! :scared1:

[Wicket's Mom]

Oh NO!!!!!!!! We will leave on the 9th! What a shame to miss you by one day!!!!! :scared1:

Oh RATS, I really wanted to meet again!

[nrod]

Hi Doris!

Just found your report tonight and I really enjoyed it. I think I have a future grandson-in-law for your granddaughter. He too is an Indy nut and loves Star Wars. He was Indy last year for Halloween and even talked his brother into being Short Round. Loved your granddaughter's Indy-inspired outfit. My two dress like him all the time. Did she find the "real" Indy hats at the gift shop? My James almost had me talked into buying him one! They know I have trouble saying no at Disney. ;)

Anyway, I'm glad you had such a wonderful trip. Both your granddaughters are beautiful and how special that you were able to introduce them to Disney. My first trip was with my neighbors (who were like grandparents to me) and I have never forgotten it. 32 years later and I still remember where we ate each night. I'm sure it will be the same for your granddaughters. Thank you for sharing your trip!

[Wicket's Mom]

Nancy, welcome aboard! Your grandson sounds perfect for my granddaughter! She just had her bedroom decorated with Star Wars decor, very cute!

She got her Indy hat at the Disney store in Oklahoma. She got lots of compliments on her outfit. Her favorite thing at Disney was doing the Jedi training.

I wanted girly girls since I had four sons, but I love them anyway!:love:

[nrod]

I was telling my son about Emily yesterday at dinner and he said "sounds like my kind of girl!" :rotfl2: So cute.

Well I have two boys and am a pretty girly girl myself. My SIL told me I could borrow my niece, but she's not really girly either. And my younger niece is not looking too girly either. :sad2: I'm hoping that I will be blessed with some granddaughters in the future...way in the future!! By then though, I probably won't know what to do with a girl! ;) At least my son's like Disney!!!

[MEK]

Hey Doris - are you home? If so, welcome back and I hope you had a fab time in Florida! :goodvibes

[Wicket's Mom]

Hey Doris - are you home? If so, welcome back and I hope you had a fab time in Florida! :goodvibes

We got back Sat. afternoon. The trip was wonderful, but the first week was a time of great illness!:sick: for both of us, had a mean virus!

Went boating on the intercoastal, had dolphins swimming along side of us. Watched manatees in a little cove as they came up every 15 minutes for air. That was a wonderful experience. Will post some pictures if you like & will try to wind up this TR soon.

[MEK]

We got back Sat. afternoon. The trip was wonderful, but the first week was a time of great illness!:sick: for both of us, had a mean virus!

Went boating on the intercoastal, had dolphins swimming along side of us. Watched manatees in a little cove as they came up every 15 minutes for air. That was a wonderful experience. Will post some pictures if you like & will try to wind up this TR soon.

Sounds lovely. Well, except for the virus part.

Of course you MUST post pictures! Was there ever any question?

[kid-at-heart]

I agree. Please post photos.
:goodvibes
kate

[Wicket's Mom]

I will post some photos soon. I've been trying to catch up with things here at home since we've been back from Florida. Being away for 3 weeks means lots to do when returning.

I managed to get my ADRs this morning for the Sept. trip. The online reservation site was not working, kept getting can't find your ressie, please call. Finally called & got what I wanted. Fulton's, Olivia's, Rainforest Cafe & Boatwright's, trying something new this time. Our first night will be CS at Wolfgang's.

Yesterday at 5:30 Air Force One flew over my house as it was coming in for a landing at WPAFB. Obama was visiting the NCAA basketball game. It was cool seeing that plane.;)

[englishrose47]

Looking forward to the pix !!

[jenseib]

I can't wait to see the pictures.
I know what you mean about being behind. I can't keep up here at all, and I desperately need to clean my house.

[Wicket's Mom]

It’s our last day at WDW, which is usually not a happy one! I mean who is ever ready to go back to real life? We arise early which is our habit of late.

I’m in pack mode & get busy getting all of our things ready to take to the lobby. It didn’t take too long because when it comes to packing I’m really organized! Besides we wanted to get our Disney on during the time we have left. ME isn’t picking us up until 6:30p.m., so we have plenty of time for fun.

Before we check out we head to Port Royal for a little breakfast. We have some snack credits left which we use for our food.

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I get the banana nut bread & Bob gets the fruit yogurt with granola. It was pretty good & only 2 snack credits were used.

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As you can see we had an uninvited guest. These birds can be a real pest if you don’t watch out.

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We made our way back to our room, grabbed our luggage & checked out of CBR. Stowed our carry-ons with bell services, then went to the bus stop. We decided to spend our day at Epcot. At least that was to be our first park of the day.

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Our PP was a really nice guy. He said that we reminded him of his parents. A few years ago that would have been insulting, but now it was sweet.

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He especially wanted us to pose for this photo, so to oblige we did! I thought it was a special picture to have. Although when my youngest GD saw it she was puzzeled as to why we were kissing!

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This was our last PP of the trip. It was our first time using this service & I liked it very much! Don’t know if I would get the CD again, but it was great with the GDs.

Our first ride was SSE, which we do like, besides its fun! Then we headed to the land & the boat ride, which is a favorite, at least on this trip!

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Bob tried to get a photo of the sturgeon, was partially successful.

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I would really like to grow my tomatoes like this, but don’t have that kind of luck!

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We headed out to the Cool Zone, had to taste some different types of soft drinks. I made a surprising discovery! Bob had a sip of the Beverly which he did not like at all! I poured myself a sample & guess what! I really LIKED IT! I had a couple of glasses, thought it was quite refreshing. Of course by this time I could have been delusional as I was starting to get overheated! Anyway the CM told me that 1 in 10 people liked Beverly.

By this time I had to stop at Mouse Gear to buy a new hat. I had packed my Minnie hat & the sun was merciless. I bought one of those cute bucket hats. It was a godsend.

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It was on to TT, Soarin’ & MS, which were fun as usual!

Next stop was to save the world, so we needed to get our Kimmunicator. Our country was Norway which we did manage to save.

By this time we were getting pooped. It was so hot & all of that black top at Epcot was taking its toll. I needed some wet refreshment. Bob had beer, but I couldn’t decide what I wanted. I should have had another slushie, but I chose a Sultan’s Colada from the Morocco Coffee & Pastry kiosk. It was terrible, certainly didn’t help my thirst at all.

We were tired & hot, so we sat on a shaded bench overlooking the World Lagoon. I called a friend & spoke to her for 20 minutes. Bob napped a little. I felt so bad because I wanted to go to my room & lie down. However no more room, I felt a little homeless!

After sitting for about an hour, we decided it was time to find a place to eat. We had 2 CS credits left so we went checking all the places. We wanted to eat outside, but the food that we wanted had no shady place to sit. I felt bad every time that we walked past the Japanese kiosk. Those poor Japanese CM girls would snap to attention & try to serve us. We were just looking, but I felt like we were snubbing them when we did not choose their place to eat. We really did want to eat there, but there was no place to sit close by.

Finally I couldn’t take it anymore, off to Sunshine Seasons I said! It was nice & cool in there & not busy. It was around 4:00 by then. I still wasn’t hungry, but I needed to eat something. I ordered the Mongolian beef with no beef just the noodles. My side was the cucumber salad & jello for dessert. Bob got the Mongolian Beef & Rice, with carrot cake.
The large Sprite was about the only thing I put away. That baby was so cold mainly wet! I had gone too long in that heat without drinking. I do that too many times & I need to stop doing that.

The last picture of our trip! Epcot is so photogenic, we love this park. Really love them all & our favorite seems to change each time that we visit!

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z366/wicketsmom/Disney2011291.jpg

After eating very little myself, Bob ate the rest of mine, we headed to the exit & the bus back to CBR. We had about an hour to wait for the ME. We sat in the lobby & watched vintage Disney cartoons, which was a perfect ending for me of our vacation!

ME came right time, our flight was right on time & we were home at 11:30p.m. I do love that nonstop flight from here to MCO.

I do have some further thoughts to add.

Continued…..

[Wicket's Mom]

I will post pictures of Florida after my final thoughts. I have to get the photos downloaded to Photobucket. The Dis has been so slow lately so I wanted to get going on my TR.

More to come! :)

[dizneeat]

Oh, I hate to see your trip coming to an end.
Thanks for all the fun photos - I loved them all!
Your last day sounds pretty nice - it's such a nice treat when your flight back home is a late one!
I really hate that we will miss you this summer! :sad2:

[Wicket's Mom]

I was so hoping that we would meet again, but I had to do a later date because of the dog. If we went the day after Labor Day we would have to put the dog in the kennel on Sat.morning & he would be there for 3 nights before we left due to the holiday. Bob really doesn't like leaving him that long.

I'm not done with my report yet, I will be posting some final thoughts & some pictures of our Florida trip.

[jenseib]

I can totally relate to that heat. I felt it in August too. It made it harder to keep going. Sometimes I wish I could sprout wings and fly.

[MEK]

Oh Doris - I know how that feels when you literally can't stand the heat anymore. When we went in June of 09 and we didn't have a flight until 6pm I felt the same way. I told Denny I could not go in a park or a pool. I needed to be in AC until we left for the airport.

You really got some beautiful pictures in Epcot and I love that pic of you and DH smooching in front of Spaceship earth.

Cute shirt, too!!!!

[Wicket's Mom]

I just changed my reservation this afternoon! We will be staying at the AKL in Sept. :dance3: This is our first Deluxe.

I was so worried about getting stuck at Alligator Bayou in one of those rooms with the stick decor. That certainly was not for me. I hated thethought of staying there!

I'm so excited & thanks MEH for the recommendation!:banana:

Now I'll have to change my ticker!

[Wicket's Mom]

I have some last thoughts on our vacation.

It was a blast taking Anne, Emily & Kelly. We had so much fun, maybe a little too much for Grandmama & Grandpa, but still fun! DH & I are used to much simpler trips to WDW. We like more relax time at the resorts, gotta’ hang at the pool & enjoy those adult beverages after mornings at the parks.

I need to take many more pictures if I do anymore TRs, especially food pictures. It was hard to remember pictures when dealing with Anne & the girls. Since this was our only time with them until next summer, we tended to forget about the camera. All I can say is thank goodness for PP, it was a lifesaver. We have some lovely pictures to go along with our memories of WDW.

We bought a few things for the girls, Emily got a light saber & Kelley had her face painted, also got a Princess balloon. I also gave the girls each a $50 gift to spend on whatever they wanted. They really got into the pin trading. Anne made lanyards for them & scored big time at the Disney Store on pin sets. I think she got Princess pin sets at $6.99 on clearance. That was an amazing deal as each girls started off with 6 pins or so to trade. They had a blast doing the trading!

Anne & I also got into the trading with gusto! I really scored with getting a Headless Horseman from a CM. I also bought a 40th anniversary pin & dangle set (not sure what to call it). Pin trading is something that I will stick with when going to WDW!

I found two cute shirts, one was from AK, brown with tan Mickey head outlines, the other was a blue Eeyore with bows sewn around the neck & on the front. I also bought a black sundress with leopard print Mickeys on it at AK.

One thing that I did was have free money for most of the tips, drinks & stuff! Got a Disney Visa, which paid me $200 for opening, had 74 points on another Disney Visa & $25 for a DVC response. Sure would like to find some more deals like that!

One of the best things that we ever did was have the DisMeet with Karin & Tom! I would encourage all to do a DisMeet. The people on this board are some of the nicest people in the world, I really mean that!

I would like to take another trip with Emily & Kelley, but not sure when to swing that again. It won’t be too far in the future. I hope!

Well, I hope that my first Trip Report wasn’t too boring. Maybe I will do another after our next vacation which is in September.

I was able to get free dining & made a ressie at POR, but after some deep thinking……I switched the ressie to AKL!! Our first deluxe & I’m so excited!

[Wicket's Mom]

In a couple of days I will be posting some of my pictures of our Florida vacation. I will be back as soon as I can!:surfweb:

[MEK]

Great recap on the trip! You did a great job with your TR. I loved it and I enjoyed meeting your lovely family.

Wow - score on the $200 visa gift card. I think mine was only $100 when I opened it. Nice!

Also score on the clearance prices on the pin sets! And getting a headless horseman pin. Oh - I would love that.

Also congrats and your upcoming trip, which is going to be fabulous.

Looking forward to your Florida pictures!

[jenseib]

I loved your TR. I think you did a fantastic job. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to read your next one! :love:

[Wicket's Mom]

Great recap on the trip! You did a great job with your TR. I loved it and I enjoyed meeting your lovely family.

Wow - score on the $200 visa gift card. I think mine was only $100 when I opened it. Nice!

Also score on the clearance prices on the pin sets! And getting a headless horseman pin. Oh - I would love that.

Also congrats and your upcoming trip, which is going to be fabulous.

Looking forward to your Florida pictures!

Thank you for the compliments. I was so nervous starting the TR, but it went better than I thought. I'm looking forward to doing another!

The Headless Horseman pin has a swing action head, it's really cute! I happened to notice it at the last minute on the CM's lanyard, score!

[Wicket's Mom]

I loved your TR. I think you did a fantastic job. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to read your next one! :love:

Thanks so much! You were such a help to me getting the ins & outs of the posting down!

Now, it's a lot easier for me! I'm defineatly doing another!

[Wicket's Mom]

Saturday night I spotted the new Sears Outlet near us was open. So of course being the ultimate shopper I had to check it out.

I found four really nice Disney shirts for our newest trip. An Eeyore, a Pooh, a Tinker Bell & a Minnie shirt. The original price was $36 the new price was $5! :cool1:

I will be going back!

I know that I promised pictures of Florida trip, will get to them soon. It's hard to spend time online with a retired husband!:eek:

[kid-at-heart]

... It's hard to spend time online with a retired husband!:eek:

:rotfl2: Funny lady!