A WISH for Cold Tea? Ana's aMAWzing Disney Trip! 12/1-12/7 ~Last Entry~ p.127

[petals]

Luvin the dhs update! luv luv luv sorcerer mickey pics! That's my favourite Mickey Mouse Costume

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Tim..Sorry I haven't been posting over here. I have been reading your TR and loving it. Too funny someone wanted to buy the dress. I have to sy..That is my favorite. How tall is Juliana? From that ride height..she looks like she is the same height as Kylee.

The Momma Melrose pasta looked really good. Are they expensive?

 

[fulseasmama]

We had just spent a beautiful morning and early afternoon in the Magic Kingdom and now we were on our way to Hollywood Studios. Why is it when you arrive late in the afternoon they put you in the farthest parking lot? I know the reason but come-on. There are so many open spots up close!! LOL If you have ever seen us travel to the parks you would see a stroller, purse(not mine), 2-3 bags, water bottles, jackets & sweatshirts, camera, and a camcorder. We figured jumping on the tram was a good idea, but when you are carrying all this stuff, it is easier to just keep it packed in the stroller and walk. LOL

We made it off the tram, moved to the side and piled all our 'stuff' back in there.. oh but wait, we had to take it all out again for the bag check. I think the CMs working the bag check must think we are nuts bringing all this stuff. Anyway, on the way to the bag check we saw DHS Christmas tree. I think I liked it the best out of the 3 parks we visited.

Just getting caught up with your awesome TR...this part in particular totally made me laugh. I was blown away at what it takes to get from place to place with trips from the parking lots to bag searches to finally getting into the parks. I had never been to Disneyworld before and at Disneyland we just stay across the street so you walk over and once you get through bag check you can go from park to park with out another one bag check. I totally underestimated the time it would take for us to just get somewhere. It was funny sometimes.

Your trip is so fun to follow along with...the Osborne Lights looked amazing!

 

[brookelizabeth]

How many days of this TR do you have left????

 

[eandesmom]

what a great update!!!!!!! I like the one of Ana kissing Mickey's nose the best, just adorable!

I can see where linner would have hit the spot at that point. What a fun age...when all they want to do is HUG.

 

[that's nice]

You can come hang out anytime in my thread, Marv. I try to be very friendly....

I'm sure your thread is very inviting, as long as you aren't showing those hairy feet of yours.

Wow Tim your Osborne Lights photos look like post cards. Very nice job!! I think you should use the one with all 3 of you at the lights as your Christmas card next year.

Awww thanks! That is a good idea, except they will be a year old next year.

Darn you for the food photos. I'm hungry now.

Sorry about that.

I think this pic is adorable, she's got mouse ears if you look really close.

WOW, you're right!!! I didn't notice that before.

That was so sweet of Handy Manny to hang around for a few extra mins for her.

It was very nice of him... total opposite of the 'other' CM.

You got to meet so many characters

We did see a lot of characters... and they were all wonderful towards Juliana.

you really should let her watch the Incredibles she will love it

I haven't seen the Incredibles either. I have to raid our Disney collection to see if we have it.

Did Lotso really smell like Strawberries?

I didn't get close to him but there was a slight strawberry scent in the air.

I almost cried when I saw the Osborne lights. It was so beautiful. The ambience is amazing.

I was so glad we saw them, it was awesome.

 

[that's nice]

Sooo, can we expect all of your updates to come in 3's now? Loved this one! As usual, sweet Juliana was beyond adorable.

I'm already cutting a lot of pictures out but I still have too many I want to show you! I can add less pictures and shorten my updates.

So much to comment on too. Oh, I remember our stroller days, they were both a blessing and curse (especially with trams!). I'd have hoofed it back to the car too rather than ride it again with your massive entourage!

HA! I love being able to load up the stroller and not have to carry all our stuff.

[/QUOTE]I know it's already been said but THIS is soooo cute!!

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Thank you!

I seriously think she should get paid by Disney to just walk around taking adorable pics for advertising in their parks!

HAHA!!! How about free APs and hotels? That would work!

Ugh, do you really like calamari?? Really?? I'm sorry, but even if it's deep fried, I can only see a slimy sea creature still! But vodka cream sauce is AMAZING! I wonder if you can make it into a soup!

We love calamari! Even Juliana likes it! The pasta was very good.

Awww, this one made me a tad teary-eyed, it's soooo sweet! Love it, love it love it! You can see that she's smiling.

I agree... it sums up our trip.

I am sooooo glad you had much better experiences with the CM's at HS. It almost makes up for that nasty crack CM at MK, almost.

The Osbourne lights look incredible! Wow, I'd love to see them someday, it's spectacular!

I hear it is going to be beautiful in December 2011!!!

Awesome update, love all of the character meet and greets sweet Juliana was able to do! Sometimes it's those little things, isn't it? Not just rushing around to shows and attractions. And I think it's so adorable how in many of the pics over your last few updates Juliana is hanging onto you or leaning into you. Is she a Daddy's girl? I was!

I skipped my favorite ride in all of WDW (RnRC) but this trip was about her. We wanted Ana to have the best experience possible.

She is a daddy's girl as much as she is a mommy's girl. She likes hanging on both of us.

There is a bit of a secret to that. I was going to spill it here but I just realized I am alomost up to that part over on my TR so ...... I'll wait.

Hummmmmm.... I guess I should show my face over there huh?

Looks like Juliana got some really good character interaction. I love the fact that the Cast Member with Handy Manny told him to stay behind to say hi to Juliana. That was so sweet.

All the characters were great! We met so many... they really made Juliana feel special.

I haven't eaten at Mama Melrose's in a long time, but your meals looked really good! I think it's going to have to be on my list for a future date.

It was good and reasonably priced. I think the menu has changed since we ate there though. I don't see the penne ala vodka on there..

 

[KatMark]

One of my favorite pics of the entire trip.

I can see why it is one of your favorites -- great picture!

We were still waiting so I took Juliana over to see the snowman.

Did you take this one becasue the snowman is cute or to remind you of the snow at home?

How about some fried calamari?

Love the calamari at MM (although I could do without the peppers in it).

I didn't do to well this time but at least I didn't get the beaver!

You guys and your "I didn't do too well this time." It's just a game.

We continued down the hall and found that something smelled like strawberries! It was Lotso! We got in the short line to see him.

We also saw Chip & Dale...

Juliana was giving out all kinds of hugs.

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Great photos with the characters. Ana was certainly in a hugging mood this day.

After seeing Chip & Dale we walked over to the Sorcerer Mickey line. There was about 7 families in front of us. I'm not sure if we just got in line because of what had happened earlier in MK, but we felt we could wait a few minutes. We were two families from meeting Mickey, when Mickey had to go have some cheese. So we were talking with the families next to us and the CM saw Juliana's GAC and the GKTW button. She 'yelled' at us (asked us) why we were waiting in line- we should of got her attention and we could of skipped the line. We told her we didn't mind waiting. We had a nice conversation with her and she also told us that we volunteers at GKTW. She was very nice and the total opposite of the MK CM.

Mickey was done with his snack and soon it was our turn.

The CM asked us if we wanted to get in the picture and asked me for the camera. She ended up taking about 10 pictures with my camera. Here are a few shots from the photopass.

Mickey really took his time with Juliana and it was a great character interaction.

We walked back out to the Animation Courtyard and Juliana spotted Quincy and June from the Little Einstein's.

More hugs.

Juliana really wanted to see Handy Manny since she was on a Handy Manny kick at the time. We finished up pictures with the Little Einstein's and went to see Handy Manny except he started to leave. Juliana ran over to him and the CM told her sorry HM had to go... until he noticed her GKTW button. He whispered to HM and he gave her a big hug and posed for a few pictures.

I thanked the CM. I really appreciated what he did for us.

It is really neat how they fit Wish kids in. There was a side door that we slipped in with only 1 family being able to see us 'cut' the line. We were quick with Woody & Buzz and said thank you to the family that was next.

It was 7 and Juliana was starting to get tired. There was one MAJOR attraction we HAD to see before we left. The Osbourne Lights! This was the main reason we chose to come to DHS in the first place....




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THIS is how the CM's should act. Bravo to both of them! And the pictures of Ana with Mickey are just wonderful (you don't look too bad either, Tim.

We continued over to the Streets of America. If any of you are ever in Disney during Christmas, you HAVE to see the Osbourne Lights!! It is absolutely amazing!!!!! There are hundreds of thousands of lights and every 3 or so songs, the lights start blinking in time to the music.

I think we could of stayed there watching for hours but it was very, very busy. Trying to navigate through this sea of people with a stroller was not fun. After walking through, we went back across the park to stop at the candy store next Starring Rolls (I forgot the name) to buy a few goodies. We were thinking of getting the chocolate covered pretzel sticks but after finding out that 1 stick was $3.95, we opted for the chocolate covered marshmallows. I thought about going on either RnRC or ToT but Juliana was running out of steam. The funny part was we were standing directly in front of RnRC and we just decided not to do it.

She is getting close.

We made our way towards the exit. It is funny, Juliana doesn't look to tired in this picture! LOL

We walked out of the studios and we walked right past the tram. There was no way I was getting back on that thing again. We just walked and jogged to the car. Once again we piled all of our stuff back in the car.

I was debating stopping in DTD because there was a big DIS Dad meet going on at Ghirardelli's.. decisions, decisions.... Unfortunately, my decision was made for me. Juliana was passed out in the back seat by the time we were out of the parking lot. She was totally beat.

We took the drive back to GKTW and when we got back, there was a little gift left for Juliana.

WOW! Great Osbourne Light photos. One of these days we will get there for the holiday season.

Another gift? How adorable.

I'm having a very hard time keeping up with your updates lately. Any specific reason we are doing so many at one time?

 

[that's nice]

Someone that I work with is going to be in the greater Orlando area this weekend and has absolutely no plans whatsoever for Disney, except to show up at MK on one of the busiest weekends of the year! I had to tell her to get there early, or she will be seriously dissapointed. She mentioned meeting up for breakfast and I just didn't have the heart to try and explain Disney's crazy ADR system and how you really, truly cannot expect to just walk up to TS place in Disney.

I hope she is able to find some place to sitdown and have a meal. At least she will have a few decent options in MK for CS.

And that picture of Mickey with Juliana just brought tears to my eyes...there was something in that picture, an expression between the two of them. That picture really captured the magic!

Thanks Tina!!!! I know you probably aren't reading this since you are in WDW!!!!

Loved all the pix !!!We had sooooo much Fun with Buzz and Woody in 2009 when the family went !!They were awesome !!!The Lights are BEAUTIFUL!!! I have to go for the Christmas season one year !!! Between you and Marv you have sold me !!!

Thanks!!!!! Once again, pictures don't do this justice. When you are standing in the middle of the street looking at thousands of lights, it is breath-taking.

So you are saying that Marv and I convinced you to do something? I hope you are reading this Marv make a note!!

I think TRIPS should come in threes! Anyone with me on that one???

That would be great!

You payin'?

And here I am again, finally, getting caught up (or so I thought... you are a posting maniac!) - on posts you added days/weeks ago. Life has been so very busy the past few weeks, and both you and Barry have been posting, posting, posting, and it's just not that easy to keep up

Don't worry about it! I know you have a lot going on.

Wow - I had considered taking my DD to this Tea for our Daddy-Daughter Adventure in September, but am glad I didn't. Both the cost and the fact that I would not have fit in at all. I need to send my DW and DD on a girls trip and let them do this kind of thing.

I would of done the party with them, but I thought it would be nice for them to have the time together since I am with Juliana more than Melody is. If I went to Disney with just Ana and she wanted to do the party, I would of done it with her. I don't think you would feel uncomfortable.

Sad that Juliana slipped and hurt her head, but nice to see that Disney was on top of it quickly.

It was like they called the S.W.A.T. team or something, but I'm glad they covered all the bases to make sure she wasn't seriously hurt.

What a beautiful girl she is!

Thank you.

 

[that's nice]

Great picture of Ana in front of the Muppet fountain, but I think the sweetest is the one where she is nose to uh, forehead with Mickey; the one from the side. It is great she was in a really good "huggy" mode; made for some wonderful character pics!

The photopass photographers really got some great shots of Juliana. She was hugging each character... numerous times!

Wow, you got to meet Lotso! It was really interesting when we were there to see so many people picking up the stuffed Lotso's in the stores, sniffing them and saying "He does smell like strawberries!" (I can't remember HOW many times I did that.....

Hummm, so did you buy one to smell at home to remind you of Disney?

I don't remember even seeing Lotso dolls anywhere.

Where did you find Buzz and Woody together? That looks like a really neat place to meet them with all the attempts to make it appear you are actually on the bed in Andy's room!

They were across from the TSM fastpass entrance. It was an indoor meet & greet. The theming behind Buzz & Woody was great.

The Osborne Lights ARE incredible, aren't they!!! You got some really great pictures. Glad Ana was able to hang in there for so much of a very long, but fun day! And another great little touch to end the day when you got back to GKTW!!!

The lights were amazing. I'm glad we got to see them.

It was a long day but we really had fun. We were beat though. I think even Melody fell asleep on the ride back to GKTW.

That picture is amazing. Does the girl who made it make them to sell? I can't remember who sent it to her, but if she sells on etsy or ebay I would love her seller name.

Her name is ellenbenny. She is on Etsy too- id: ellenben but she only has a few shirts on there now. You should PM her.

I think it's so funny about that lady wanting to buy it. And then later in the day the dress is no longer on Juliana. So did you sell it? LOL!!

HAHA! After dinner we changed her into long pants because it was starting to get cool.

Tim not a bad idea! I do love Christmas, and it wouldn't be freezing out like it would be here in Chicago.

I am full of good information!!!! I don't even charge for it!

Luvin the dhs update! luv luv luv sorcerer mickey pics! That's my favourite Mickey Mouse Costume

I like him too. That was our first time seeing Sorcerer Mickey. I have seen so many people with this picture and I am glad we found him!

 

[that's nice]

Tim..Sorry I haven't been posting over here. I have been reading your TR and loving it. Too funny someone wanted to buy the dress. I have to sy..That is my favorite. How tall is Juliana? From that ride height..she looks like she is the same height as Kylee.

The Momma Melrose pasta looked really good. Are they expensive?

It's ok... I know you have a crazy last few weeks. Juliana is about 42''. Did you ever find a backpack?

Mama Melrose wasn't too expensive.. here is the menu with the prices.

http://allears.net/menu/menu_mm.htm

Just getting caught up with your awesome TR...this part in particular totally made me laugh. I was blown away at what it takes to get from place to place with trips from the parking lots to bag searches to finally getting into the parks. I had never been to Disneyworld before and at Disneyland we just stay across the street so you walk over and once you get through bag check you can go from park to park with out another one bag check. I totally underestimated the time it would take for us to just get somewhere. It was funny sometimes.

Your trip is so fun to follow along with...the Osborne Lights looked amazing!

While the parks aren't far from each other, it does take some time to get from on park to the next with parking, trams, bag checks, etc.... That is why park hopping is hard to do sometimes, especially with kids.

How many days of this TR do you have left????

3 days to go... 2 days should take too long to update and 1 more longer one. You getting antsy for me to end this thing or something?

what a great update!!!!!!! I like the one of Ana kissing Mickey's nose the best, just adorable!

Thank you!! That is another favorite!

I can see where linner would have hit the spot at that point. What a fun age...when all they want to do is HUG.

Ooooh, I see you know the Linner lingo too!

It was time to eat something, I was pretty hungry by that point.

I can see why it is one of your favorites -- great picture!

Isn't it?

Did you take this one because the snowman is cute or to remind you of the snow at home?

At that point we hadn't had much snow at all. If I knew what this winter had in store, we might of skipped this picture!

Love the calamari at MM (although I could do without the peppers in it).

We liked the peppers. It seems like you would be able to order it without the peppers.

Great photos with the characters. Ana was certainly in a hugging mood this day.

I think each character received a hug when she walked over and then another one when she walked away.

THIS is how the CM's should act. Bravo to both of them! And the pictures of Ana with Mickey are just wonderful (you don't look too bad either, Tim.

Those CMs were great! It made up for what we dealt with earlier.

I like to get in a picture every now and then to prove I was there too!

WOW! Great Osbourne Light photos. One of these days we will get there for the holiday season.

So book it! So should see it!

I'm having a very hard time keeping up with your updates lately. Any specific reason we are doing so many at one time?

I figure if I do a lot of updates, I can keep a few people from breathing down my neck!!!!

 

[that's nice]

Thanks to everyone for posting!!! I wanted to let you all know that on Friday (25th) Juliana has her 6 month scans scheduled. I can't believe it has already been 6 months since her last scans and bloodwork. If you have time to say a little prayer for her that everything will be fine, we would appreciate it. I'm sure it will be, there has been no indication otherwise. After this clinic visit she only has 3 more to go before she is considered cured!!!!

 

[blessedmom4]

Thanks to everyone for posting!!! I wanted to let you all know that on Friday (25th) Juliana has her 6 month scans scheduled. I can't believe it has already been 6 months since her last scans and bloodwork. If you have time to say a little prayer for her that everything will be fine, we would appreciate it. I'm sure it will be, there has been no indication otherwise. After this clinic visit she only has 3 more to go before she is considered cured!!!!

God Bless all of you Tim, That will be top priority for me on Friday (Starting NOW)!! :

 

[3prettyprincesses]

Has it been six months already? Your baby girl is growing so fast! And of course I will pray for completely clear, excellent results! Consider it done Tim and it would be my pleasure to do so. I'm going to start praying tonight for Juliana. You really do have a sweet, beautiful girl.

Will they move her scans to yearly after this next one (which is going to be completely clear by the way)? And WOW, only 3 more visits to be declared cancer free!!! That's going to be an amazing day for you, Mel and Juliana.

Keep us posted on the results too!

 

[Moira222]

I am all caught up and have just loved reading about your fantastic trip. A friend went on a MAW trip last spring with their family for their youngest daughter's MAW and they were also at GKTW -what an amazing place.

I didn't comment on everything but thanks for sharing and I am looking forward to reading the rest of your story!

I will absolutely keep Juliana in my prayers for clear tests all the way around.

 

[that's nice]

God Bless all of you Tim, That will be top priority for me on Friday (Starting NOW)!! :

Thank you so much.

Has it been six months already? Your baby girl is growing so fast! And of course I will pray for completely clear, excellent results! Consider it done Tim and it would be my pleasure to do so. I'm going to start praying tonight for Juliana. You really do have a sweet, beautiful girl.

Thank you... I'm sure everything will be ok, but you can't take these test for granted.

Will they move her scans to yearly after this next one (which is going to be completely clear by the way)? And WOW, only 3 more visits to be declared cancer free!!! That's going to be an amazing day for you, Mel and Juliana.

After this one she has tests 8/11, 2/12, and the BIG ONE 8/12. One 8/12 she will be 5 years off treatment. After the 8/12 she will go to yearly appointments.

Keep us posted on the results too!

Once I know something, I'll let you all know.

I am all caught up and have just loved reading about your fantastic trip. A friend went on a MAW trip last spring with their family for their youngest daughter's MAW and they were also at GKTW -what an amazing place.

Thanks for coming back!

GKTW is amazing. I'm sure you heard some great stories about GKTW.

I will absolutely keep Juliana in my prayers for clear tests all the way around.

Thank you.

 

[KatMark]

Thanks to everyone for posting!!! I wanted to let you all know that on Friday (25th) Juliana has her 6 month scans scheduled. I can't believe it has already been 6 months since her last scans and bloodwork. If you have time to say a little prayer for her that everything will be fine, we would appreciate it. I'm sure it will be, there has been no indication otherwise. After this clinic visit she only has 3 more to go before she is considered cured!!!!

Well, you know that there will be MANY, MANY prayers for Princess Ana all over the country this coming Friday, including more than you can imagine in Chicago. I know everything is going to be perfect!!! And I plan on being in CT to celebrate that momentus day!

 

[englishrose47]

Add my prayers for the 25th !!!

 

[Must C Mickey]

Having never seen Lotso in the parks, I am a lil disturbed by the pics of him w/ Juliana... Where are his LEGS!?!?!

Sending my prayers for Juliana on the 25th!!!

 

[afwdwfan]

Thanks to everyone for posting!!! I wanted to let you all know that on Friday (25th) Juliana has her 6 month scans scheduled. I can't believe it has already been 6 months since her last scans and bloodwork. If you have time to say a little prayer for her that everything will be fine, we would appreciate it. I'm sure it will be, there has been no indication otherwise. After this clinic visit she only has 3 more to go before she is considered cured!!!!

Definitely keeping her in my prayers. I hope it goes well.