DISmoms 3! If the Tiara fits... 5/13-5/17/11 Complete! 11/8!

[tinytreasures]

DISmoms' Groupies
Not Stalkers (according to Wicket's Mom)

kid-at-heart - MI (also known as Kate)
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH
dvc4life - IA

Now I know there are other groupies out there who are from the midwest and from other locales. Am I right?

I'm here from Mn

 

[CRdisMom]

rocking minne soder girls!!!


I swear that on of the CM's has heard that song as they sang with us..

 

[kid-at-heart]

Notice my ticker - FIVE MORE DAYS!!! OKW, just mother and daughter. (Wonder how long it will take before daughter becomes tired of mother?)

DISmoms’ Groupies:

kid-at-heart - MI (Kate)
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH
MAGICFOR2 - OR (Pre-DISMom Groupie)
Tinytreasures - MN

Looks like we have a Mid-west and Northwest thing going on here. Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?

DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

 

[Disney before Sally]

I think I qualify. I live on the east coast. I would say NE, but these Marylanders think they are southern. I would prefer hanging out with guys. I am happy just reading about the care free fun this group of mom's had.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

That is why I have become a DisMom Groupie, they have such fun times together.

 

[dvc4life]

Notice my ticker - FIVE MORE DAYS!!! OKW, just mother and daughter. (Wonder how long it will take before daughter becomes tired of mother?)

DISmoms’ Groupies:

kid-at-heart - MI (Kate)
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH
MAGICFOR2 - OR (Pre-DISMom Groupie)
Tinytreasures - MN

Looks like we have a Mid-west and Northwest thing going on here. Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?

DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

Did I disappear?

 

[kid-at-heart]

Did I disappear?

Oh my, how did you disappear??? Did you sneak out for drinks or something?

DISmoms’ Groupies:

kid-at-heart - MI (Kate)
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH
dvc4life – IA (who somehow disappeared from the last posting. )
MAGICFOR2 - OR (Pre-DISMom Groupie)
tinytreasures – MN
Disney before Sally - MD

Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?

DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

 

[dvc4life]

Oh my, how did you disappear??? Did you sneak out for drinks or something?

DISmoms’ Groupies:

kid-at-heart - MI (Kate)
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH
dvc4life – IA (who somehow disappeared from the last posting. )
MAGICFOR2 - OR (Pre-DISMom Groupie)
tinytreasures – MN
Disney before Sally - MD

Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?

DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

Sneaking out for drinks is always a possiblity.

 

[podsnel]

Hey! It's well known and well documented here on the DIS that France has the hot female servers and Italy has the hot men...... just sayin.....

Yea...and soon it's gonna be well known and well documented that that is up for debate...FWIW, there ARE hot waiters in France...they're upstairs at the Bistro and they are a great big BUNCH of hotness!!

The house is still asleep. Thus far this morning I have emptied the dishwasher, made yogurt, washed a load of clothes and fed the four-legged child. Now it is time to sit a few minutes and catch up on the DISmoms' TR and Kara's TR. Yea, morning entertainment. But before I start reading I wanted to share, we live in a beautiful old (built 1900) money pit, ummm, house with lots and lots of woodwork, fading/pitted, in need of refurbishing woodwork. And since I spend all our spare money on Disney trips it is left up to me to strip , stain and revarnish the woodwork. I have finished stripping , staining and varnishing the attached woodwork in the bathroom and now must stop for a couple of weeks.... because, IT IS TIME TO PACK FOR DISNEY!!!! OK so we are not leaving until next Sunday but I will not have time to pack during the week and since I have started having nightmares about leaving behind my camera, tickets, suitcases... I need to start packing.

Off topic here, are any of you dealing with budget cuts in your k-12 schools? If so, would you mind dropping me a pm about what your school board is doing to reduce the budget. Thanks, and thanks dismoms for letting me use your TR to seek information.

I hope you have a FABULOUS trip!!! We'll be here when you get back!

I just had to pop on and say what a great TR you ladies have going! You can just feel the energy from all of you! There is nothing like a girl`s only trip...glad you all had such a great time and can`t wait for more updates!!!

Hi there!! Yea- we're a fun bunch- so glad you like our TR!!

Just so you know, I was TOTALLY pretending to be YOU in that photo!

 

[dizneeat]

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this thread!

I wonder if I qualify for your first International DISMom Groupie?

 

[stinksmom]

I'm just getting caught up since - just got back from a DW trip followed by 4 nights on the dream I wanted to thank you ladies for recommending the jalapeño marg at the Ditch. I like a little spicy and DH loves lots of spicy. He thought I was crazy for ordering the jalapeño and he ordered the original (and their original margs are SO good too) but I told him they came highly recommended (and we'd already had a couple originals on this trip ) so I wanted to try something different. You ladies ROCK I now have a new favorite drink at the Ditch!

And I'm only on page 5 so maybe you mention this somewhere but I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone stopped at the pizza window for a sangria on the way to Epcot. Once we discovered those sangrias we had to get one each time we walked to Epcot.... Because it is such a looooooong walk, it was pretty hot and we didn't want to get parched along the way!

Back to catching up!

 

[Beth D]

DISmoms’ Groupies:

Kate – kid-at-heart - MI
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH

Looks like we have a mid-west thing going on here. Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?
DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

I have to confess, I'm addicted! Sign another Buckeye Sister up!

 

[Mysteria]

All caught up after being away for a week. Love the view from the room!

 

[podsnel]

I can't believe that for the 2nd year in a row I was at WDW at the same time as a DISmoms event and never got to cross paths with you! At least this time we weren't staying at the same resort, literally under each other's noses.

Loving your report so far...can't wait for more!

So impressed you were able to get the 2Bdrm BWV with the view at the 7 month mark. Now that is why I love travelling to WDW in May!

I'm sooooo SAD!!!! We were in Epcot when you were on the 13th- How did we miss each other??? The next time I will be there is Nov 9-14th. And then May 4-6 before the Dream cruise May 6-10. Just to be clear. So this NEVER happens AGAIN!!!

And I love going there in May, too- it's perfect!

By the way- very excited you are buying DVC- it's vacation insurance. You will ALWAYS get to go back- that's the #1 reason I LOVE my DVC!!!

OMG! I think I am a Dismom groupie too! Maybe we need dismom group pins

As always loving this trip report. The pix of BWV are making me sad as my March trip is long over and I have a long way to wait until Dec. I need these updates to keep my sanity. Looking forward to reading. Sounds like you had a great trip (not that I am surprised).

That's how I feel!! I have a looooong time until November!! Usually I get a mini fix in the summer by going to HHI and staying at the Disney resort, but this summer instead of taking a 14 hour drive to our vacation, we are taking a 30 minute drive to Bayonne and getting on a big cruise ship for 9 nights. But I am REALLY sad about HHI-REALLY sad.... So happy you like our adventures!! Thanks for reading!!

DISmoms’ Groupies:

Kate – kid-at-heart - MI
Wicket’s Mom - OH
Disneybuckeye – OH

Looks like we have a mid-west thing going on here. Are there other DISmoms’ groupies out there?
DISmom’s Groupies - “NotDISMomsButStillCool” ladies (or men).

OMG!! You are all too funny!!! We LOVE our Groupies!!! You're the BEST!!!

 

[mckryan]

I'm sooooo SAD!!!! We were in Epcot when you were on the 13th- How did we miss each other??? The next time I will be there is Nov 9-14th. And then May 4-6 before the Dream cruise May 6-10. Just to be clear. So this NEVER happens AGAIN!!!

Missed you in Epcot on the 13th, too! I was hoping to catch you somewhere since we didn't leave until Sunday morning, but I guess it wasn't meant to be! Even spent a long time in La Cava that afternoon/evening whining about no crab tostadas! LOL

 

[podsnel]

Sorry for the loooong hiatus, Tyler was graduating from 8th grade, and between that and 3000 things a PTA President has to speak at or attend in June, I fell a little behind. But school is out, our 25th anniversary has been celebrated (three times- although once was in an ER, but I'll explain that later) and I can do a little update before 75 people arrive for a memorial service in a few hours (I'll explain that later, too-). Sooo.....

We DISmoms, all SIX of us, walked back to Epcot-

And over to Italy for our dinner at Tutto Italia (you know- for the hot waiters Kara said would be there. ). On the way, we visited with a pretty new friend-

We checked in, and waited to be seated-

Of course, at a table with only the HOTTEST waiters... Right, KARA?????? Very quickly, we were given these-

And then we all studied the menu-

Some studied harder than others....

And admired this-

Well, you know we had to have the-Grand Antipasto Misto - Selection of various appetizers and specialities, generous platter served family-style. - $29.00

And Lonnie had Insalata Mista - Made with endive, arugula and radicchio salad with citrus vinaigrette. - $12.00 This was a yummy salad, the dressing was very good.

I was fading a little bit (that first day with the early morning flight gets a little rough around dinner time) so I ordered one of these-

Espresso Coffee Martini - $12.00 The drink that multi-tasks...it wakes you up AND knocks you out! Cheers!

Sorry about this one- I couldn't get my shadow out-

Then came our entrees. I had Cannelloni al Forno - baked with spinach, ricotta, bechamel and parmesan cheese $25

It was good, but very rich and heavy on the nutmeg. Someone else had this shrimp risotto, which I can't find on any online menu-

Here's Farfalle - bowtie pasta, Italian prosciutto ham, peas, parmesan cream $23

And Penne Caprese - with crushed tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil $24

And i know Evie had Arrosto Di Vitello In Porchetta - veal roast, mushrooms, potatoes $29

I have to say, I thought her's was the most yummy- I wish I would have ordered it.

Wow, i must have REALLY liked it- I took 3 photos of it!

Cont'd next post-

 

[podsnel]

Lonnie ordered Salmon, but this is the closest I got to that.

After our entrees, it was time for some Lonnie humiliation! We always make her wear the Birthday button, and she HATES being the center of attention, so yea- it's pretty fun for all of us watching her crawl under the table at every restaurant! The hot waiter sang to her-

And left pretty quickly-

I guess he didn't want to get us too hot & bothered, LOL!! Well, for all her complaining about that Birthday button, guess what? She loved that dessert so much, she didn't share a BITE!

We paid the bill using my TIW, and went back outside....the pizza window was open at Via Napoli, and was drawing a HUGE crowd-

Evie took off after some unsuspecting tourist-

And we stopped to admire the pretty caramel in the window-

We were heading over to TT, it really, REALLy was time for a ride. On the way, it was getting dark-

Up next- Laura has a little issue on TT...or not....

 

[podsnel]

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this thread!

I wonder if I qualify for your first International DISMom Groupie?

Seriously!! You Groupies are crackin' me up!!!

I'm just getting caught up since - just got back from a DW trip followed by 4 nights on the dream I wanted to thank you ladies for recommending the jalapeño marg at the Ditch. I like a little spicy and DH loves lots of spicy. He thought I was crazy for ordering the jalapeño and he ordered the original (and their original margs are SO good too) but I told him they came highly recommended (and we'd already had a couple originals on this trip ) so I wanted to try something different. You ladies ROCK I now have a new favorite drink at the Ditch!

And I'm only on page 5 so maybe you mention this somewhere but I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone stopped at the pizza window for a sangria on the way to Epcot. Once we discovered those sangrias we had to get one each time we walked to Epcot.... Because it is such a looooooong walk, it was pretty hot and we didn't want to get parched along the way!

Back to catching up!

I'm so glad you liked that one- we have made them at home and people REALLY can't believe it's a Disney drink!

And i had NO IDEA about the sangrai at the window!!! OMG!!! What a colossol screw-up on our part!! See, we really needed Cammie- she's the BWV expert, she would certainly have had us at that window. Wow...now we need to go back for a do-over on every walk to EPCOT!

I have to confess, I'm addicted! Sign another Buckeye Sister up!

Totally crackin' me up!!

All caught up after being away for a week. Love the view from the room!

I'm so glad yu had a nice trip home. How often do you get to go?

Missed you in Epcot on the 13th, too! I was hoping to catch you somewhere since we didn't leave until Sunday morning, but I guess it wasn't meant to be! Even spent a long time in La Cava that afternoon/evening whining about no crab tostadas! LOL

We literally must have just missed each other- I'm so SAD!!! AGAIN!!!!

 

[MEK]

Great update Ellen. Love the....

1. Group shots
2. The cute waiters
3. that coffee martini whatchamacallit.
4. Lonnie's dessert
5. All the food - we had many of the same entrees! but your pix turned out better than mine so I might have to "borrow" yours.
6. TT in the dark!!!!!

for the end of school

 

[tinytreasures]

Great update.
I should know by now not to read your threads when I am hungry and there is nothing in the house.

So is it bad of me to be looking into your nov dates. Then finding out that the kids have friday off of school that week. Grr we are looking at renting points to see if we really want to buy into DVC when our christian (his non adoption put us in the hole $20 grand and we didn't even get a court date) loan is paid off. Only 1 more yr to pay on him