11 nights! 3 resorts! A goose egg at Biergarten! A 9 year old IN A STROLLER! New 8/6!

[Blessed_wth_Triplets]

I'm in!

 

[MSierra123]

I am also joining. Great TR. You crack me up. We will be at CBR in August so I look forward to hearing more about it.

 

[megveg]

im in! I read up till now and youre TR is great so far (minus the tears!)

 

[nilla]

Even though I found this TR on my own, feel free to attribute it to Laura's Referral Service as well. I think she psychically referred me to it.

Anyway, I'm in. I'll try to keep up.

 

[Moodyzblu]

The mere thought of Mission Space makes my head swirl. Thankfully my guys have NO interest in it.

LOVE The Land .. but how did you manage to stay awake during Circle of Life ?? I totally fell asleep in there.

Living with the Land is one of our families first favorites. The twins were 10 months old the first time they rode and it's been one of their favorites ever since.

Sorry about the rain .. still. But looks like you made the best of it !

 

[monymony3471]

I think the world doesn't walk as fast as I do and sometimes it feels like an evil curse.

I always get stuck behind the person or persons who thinks it is ok to just stop walking right in front of me to do nothing! Or the family that thinks its ok to stand in front of the door way to dicuss their touring plans for the day, or my favorite, the person who is walking right at you and doesn't move over to avoid the collision.

<--------Will never ride Mission: Barf EVER. I don't enjoy feeling sick for the next 20 hours after a "fun" ride.

I think I will try some of those morning, middle of the afternoon, and evening mommy beverages you spoke of. Should enhance my mommy mood tremendously this trip.

Loved the Cape May experience. Goofy is our favorite too!

 

[Adie's Mama]

Loving your TR!!

Also love your kids names! I wanted to name my little one Liam.

 

[laura74]

Even though I found this TR on my own, feel free to attribute it to Laura's Referral Service as well. I think she psychically referred me to it.

Anyway, I'm in. I'll try to keep up.

LOL. Laura's Referral Service! Think there's any money in it?

LOVE The Land .. but how did you manage to stay awake during Circle of Life ?? I totally fell asleep in there.

I know! Me too!

I think the world doesn't walk as fast as I do and sometimes it feels like an evil curse.

This is me too! Just ask my family who have to try to keep up with me. And when I try to walk slow it feels slllloooooowwwww. Totally unnatural. Everyone should just speed up.

or my favorite, the person who is walking right at you and doesn't move over to avoid the collision.

I know. It's like you're playing chicken with them.

\

 

[shan23877]

I could eat caramel too. Right this second. Do I have any? Nope.

I should have brought some back. Those caramels with sea salt and dark chocolate...Why didn't I bring any of that back with me? Sometimes I can't explain my behavior.

I'm so disappointed in myself. The caramel pretzels? and the caramel brownie? Yup, can't imagine what made me think I didn't need them.

Your LOST conversation is cracking me right up. I can't count the number of times I heard the "THUD" and then LOST comes on the screen and I'm all, what the what?? And then I'd run to some internet message board and pray that people could help me make sense of things. It really was a complicated show--so many characters, so much (overlapping) backstory, the time travel stuff, dharma, the numbers...When it aired (live) I couldn't have any distractions while it was on. Oh, no no no. So Tim would take the kids and get them ready for bed, and I'd lock myself in the bedroom and watch, with the DVR remote in hand in case I missed a line of dialogue or something.



I only watched alone, after everyone went to bed. We DVRd it so that I could rewind too.

It was the time travel stuff that really got me. I don't usually "do" sci-fi, so I was totally lost with all of that stuff. I LOVED the first season with all the back stories,that's the part that got me really hooked. Luckily my brother did all the leg work to figure out what was happening, so he could explain it to me. We do have warring theories about the last episode though. I adored it, and he was on the fence. He doesn't agree with my explaination of it.

When Boone died, I couldn't believe it. I was a wreck.

I cried. A lot.

When I watched season 1 again a couple of months ago, I cried, again, even though I obviously knew it was coming. And when he showed up in the finale, I cheered. I loved him.

Me too!!! I was watching the finale with tears in my eyes mumbling "Boone's there!" with a ridiculous grin on my face. No one else was in the room.

When Shannon got shot, Tim and I both cheered. Same with Ana Lucia.

Hated them both. And, I was always on the fence about Kate. Still not sure if I like her or not.

Juliet-took me a long time to like her-I was always afraid that she was really a baddy underneath. Now? I think she's a saint and I love her.

And, don't get me started on Hurley. He's my special favorite. I love him to bits, and the part when he was in the mental hospital? Killed me. That's the part of the show when I really started yelling at the TV and telling my brother that I hated the show and him for getting me hooked on it. I had no idea what was going on, and I was so sad for Hurley!!!!

I'll stop now.

Ok, me too then.




I do!!!

And that's why you're my favorite.

 

[smalltowngirl504]

Love it so far <3 <3 I have laughed the entire time, cannot wait for the rest!!

 

[CatNipRules]

LOL!! I was laughing at your description of Mission Space. Mission Do Not Barf! LOL! I think I will have to call it that from now on.

The last time we rode it was before they had the Orange and Green sides. So, it was full force. Let me tell you, I discovered on that trip that the body can only go around in circles so many times before the body starts turning a sickly tint of green. I didn't realize that we were going around in circles until my wonderful DH pointed it out to me. Thank you Honey. LOL! After that, I couldn't go on it again. So, DH & DS ride it while I buy myself a bucket of popcorn and a soda. Then I wander over to the lobby and take a look at everything. I can't even do the carousel. LOL!

Quinn reminds me of my son Chris at that age. He could, and still does, fall asleep anywhere. Especially in the car. He is always contorted into some weird kind of position that would make a normal person sore for days afterwards. LOL!

Jamminators= awesome! Love sitting and watching them perform.

We have always loved Innoventions at Epcot. It's always been one of our favorite places. Especially on rainy days. We have always been big science and technology nerds so we could easily spend a few hours there.

Can't wait to read about AK and Tusker House! It's one of the places that we are most looking forward to eating on our next trip.

Sorry for being so long winded. Just really loving your trip report so far and it's making me smile and getting me excited for our trip.

 

[tyandskyesmom]

Loving your report so far!

 

[basketlacey]

Great trip report! Can't wait to hear about the rest!

 

[mirage0306]

Loving your report so far!

Thank you!!

LOL!! I was laughing at your description of Mission Space. Mission Do Not Barf! LOL! I think I will have to call it that from now on.

The last time we rode it was before they had the Orange and Green sides. So, it was full force. Let me tell you, I discovered on that trip that the body can only go around in circles so many times before the body starts turning a sickly tint of green. I didn't realize that we were going around in circles until my wonderful DH pointed it out to me. Thank you Honey. LOL! After that, I couldn't go on it again. So, DH & DS ride it while I buy myself a bucket of popcorn and a soda. Then I wander over to the lobby and take a look at everything. I can't even do the carousel. LOL!

Quinn reminds me of my son Chris at that age. He could, and still does, fall asleep anywhere. Especially in the car. He is always contorted into some weird kind of position that would make a normal person sore for days afterwards. LOL!

Jamminators= awesome! Love sitting and watching them perform.

We have always loved Innoventions at Epcot. It's always been one of our favorite places. Especially on rainy days. We have always been big science and technology nerds so we could easily spend a few hours there.

Can't wait to read about AK and Tusker House! It's one of the places that we are most looking forward to eating on our next trip.

Sorry for being so long winded. Just really loving your trip report so far and it's making me smile and getting me excited for our trip.

No, please, chat away! I love it. So glad you're enjoying the TR! It does feel good to know I'm not just talking to myself (as I appear to do so much IRL).

at the bolded. I so seriously dislike this ride.

Hopefully I'll get to the next update in not too long so you can read about the next installment. But I will tell you, we LOVE Tusker House!! We ate there last year and it was an easy decision to eat there again. It's awesome.

Doesn't it just kill you how kids can fall asleep in the craziest places/positions? In fact, on the way home from the airport, Liam fell asleep with his head hanging kind of weird, but we figured hey, he's sleeping, he must be okay. Well, he woke up P!SSED because his neck was killing him and we didn't wake him up to get him to change positions.

Oops.

Love it so far <3 <3 I have laughed the entire time, cannot wait for the rest!!

Aw, thanks!!

And that's why you're my favorite.

I am actually really interested to hear what you thought of the finale. I personally liked it, but it took me a long time of digesting things before I could come to that conclusion. In all honesty, the first time I watched it I was so wracked with tears that it was almost painful.

(I know.)

After some time passed, and I thought about it and watched the scene again, I came to terms with it and actually liked it a lot.

Hurley is the BEST. I absolutely adore Jorge Garcia. I think he's a fantastic actor. Just love him!!! Did you watch Alcatraz? So sad that they canceled it.

LOL. Laura's Referral Service! Think there's any money in it?



I know! Me too!



This is me too! Just ask my family who have to try to keep up with me. And when I try to walk slow it feels slllloooooowwwww. Totally unnatural. Everyone should just speed up.



I know. It's like you're playing chicken with them.

\

Are you from the northeast? I am, and everyone walks really fast there. Then we moved to California, and some people walked quickly but others were in a California Beach State of Mind, so they didn't, but I get that. Now here, in New Mexico, everyone drives slowly and walks slowly and talks slowly and AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! Head explodes.

Loving your TR!!

Also love your kids names! I wanted to name my little one Liam.

Oh, thank you!! Despite the fact that the name has skyrocketed in popularity, we still love it, and it suits him very well.

I think the world doesn't walk as fast as I do and sometimes it feels like an evil curse.

I always get stuck behind the person or persons who thinks it is ok to just stop walking right in front of me to do nothing! Or the family that thinks its ok to stand in front of the door way to dicuss their touring plans for the day, or my favorite, the person who is walking right at you and doesn't move over to avoid the collision.

<--------Will never ride Mission: Barf EVER. I don't enjoy feeling sick for the next 20 hours after a "fun" ride.

I think I will try some of those morning, middle of the afternoon, and evening mommy beverages you spoke of. Should enhance my mommy mood tremendously this trip.

Loved the Cape May experience. Goofy is our favorite too!

Drinks with a bit of a kick do a phenomenal job of improving one's outlook. I highly recommend it. Just don't have so much that you rethink your position on Mission: Don't Barf.

So happy to find another kindred spirit regarding walking behind people that don't move too fast. Seriously, I get that at Disney we won't be moving at warp speed like I do in real life. No problem. I just can't stand people creeping along. AT LEAST PICK UP YOUR FEET.

There is a facebook group I joined long ago that is, by now, surely defunct, but I loved it. Okay, I just loved the name: "I Want To Punch Slow-Walking People in the Back of the Head."

The mere thought of Mission Space makes my head swirl. Thankfully my guys have NO interest in it.

LOVE The Land .. but how did you manage to stay awake during Circle of Life ?? I totally fell asleep in there.

Living with the Land is one of our families first favorites. The twins were 10 months old the first time they rode and it's been one of their favorites ever since.

Sorry about the rain .. still. But looks like you made the best of it !

Oh, how adorable that your twins rode it so young and now it's one of their favorites. I love it!! We all enjoy the ride so much that we actually did the Behind the Seeds tour later on (more on that later, of course!). It's really fascinating stuff. And who doesn't love seeing enormous vegetables?

About the Circle of Life--I think some sort of massive guilt kicked in that wouldn't allow me to sleep until I was made to fully realize the horrid selfishness of the human race.

That, or Timon's voice kept me up.

Even though I found this TR on my own, feel free to attribute it to Laura's Referral Service as well. I think she psychically referred me to it.

Anyway, I'm in. I'll try to keep up.

Hey there, welcome!

I haven't known Laura long, but I agree that she has a strong psychic pull. Fortunately she appears to use it for good, not evil.

im in! I read up till now and youre TR is great so far (minus the tears!)

Hi, and thanks!! Yeah...I wish the vacation was 100% magical and everything, but not this time. It had some wonderful, wonderful moments. And the kids had a blast (most important thing, right?). And we will go back at some point. But it's just hard to do so much planning, and dang, spend so much money, and have things go poorly. It's just depressing!

I am also joining. Great TR. You crack me up. We will be at CBR in August so I look forward to hearing more about it.

Thank you!! There should be more on CBR to come, I'd imagine--we didn't switch resorts until that Sunday, and I haven't even done Friday yet.

Goodness, these TRs do take a bit of time.

I'm in!

Welcome!!

darn. nebo has owed me a grand marnier slushie for a few trips now, and I was bound and determined to get one next trip.. now you have me rethinking.....

Do you like orange-y flavored stuff? Creamsicles? Because if you do, I bet you'd love it. I am more of a citrus gal, so the grey goose one really hit the spot for me. But the grand marnier one wasn't *bad*! Just sweet in a way that didn't quite make me say ooooh la la.

I am loving your report. On our last trip I had a good cry on Tom Sawyers Island also. We were travelling with a large group of people who did not see a need to plan anything and it started raining and I lost it. So my dh decided then and there that the next time we go to WDW, we are not telling anybody. We are going alone.

We love Epcot also. Your pictures from Cape May were great. I need to put them on my ADR list.

We really did like it there! An all around nice experience.

I can only imagine how frustrated you were, traveling with people who didn't think they needed to plan anything. My ILs joined us for part of this trip--more coming up on that later. All was well, but traveling with others sure can make things more difficult. And when they don't plan, and it affects you...I'd cry, too.

 

[mirage0306]

Great trip report! Can't wait to hear about the rest!

Thank you so much!

 

[PennyLane1084]

Love you report so far. Your boys have beautiful names. It must be so tough to try and juggle all those food restrictions. Sucks that your first day in the park was pretty crappy. At least your Epcot day turned out good. Except for your view of the fireworks

This is our view.

Note the tree. And the leaves.

<------Idiot.

this made me laugh so hard!

I'm glad you let your kids explore Innoventions. My mom never let us explore it when we were kids because she thought it was a waste of time. I plan on making up for lost time on my Disneymoon next year.

I give you props that you actually went on Mission Space. I wouldn't touch that ride with a ten foot pole.

Also I have to say I'm learning a lot of useful tips from your report.

Great Tip #1:

I'll have to get myself some of these. I'm also a bit of a coffee connoisseur.

Great Tip #2:

Holy Guacamole! I have to have one of these.
This is the first thing I thought of when I saw that:

Can't wait to hear more about your trip! Great job on your first TR!! I'm enjoying every minute.

 

[mirage0306]

Love you report so far. Your boys have beautiful names. It must be so tough to try and juggle all those food restrictions. Sucks that your first day in the park was pretty crappy. At least your Epcot day turned out good. Except for your view of the fireworks

this made me laugh so hard!

I'm glad you let your kids explore Innoventions. My mom never let us explore it when we were kids because she thought it was a waste of time. I plan on making up for lost time on my Disneymoon next year.

I give you props that you actually went on Mission Space. I wouldn't touch that ride with a ten foot pole.

Also I have to say I'm learning a lot of useful tips from your report.

Great Tip #1:

I'll have to get myself some of these. I'm also a bit of a coffee connoisseur.

Great Tip #2:

Holy Guacamole! I have to have one of these.
This is the first thing I thought of when I saw that:

Can't wait to hear more about your trip! Great job on your first TR!! I'm enjoying every minute.

Thank you so much!! Oh yeah, that waffle sandwich was SO AMAZING. I love waffles, love nutella (oh yes, just give me the jar and a spoon), and of course fresh fruit. Absolutely delicious! The coffee pods were really pretty good, too. I had a cup of the regular stuff they put in the room at one point and it really did taste like dishwater. So glad we brought some better stuff with us. it's not spectacular, but it was light years better than the coffee Disney leaves for you!

Disneymoon!! You are getting married? Congratulations!! How exciting!! Are you having fun making plans?

I'm really sorry that you never got to explore Innoventions as a kid. It has some pretty neat things inside, and we all enjoyed the exhibits. I didn't do Sum of All Thrills, but Tim and Liam really enjoyed it (actually, Liam LOVED it!). It's fun--I hope you enjoy the area!

Believe me, no one was laughing harder than I was at the pics I took of our Illuminations viewing spot. Seriously, half empty park and we pick a viewing location UNDER A TREE. Live and learn, right?

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

[laura74]

No, please, chat away! I love it. So glad you're enjoying the TR! It does feel good to know I'm not just talking to myself (as I appear to do so much IRL).

Definitely part of the fun of report writing especially when the conversation veers in unexpected ways.

Are you from the northeast? I am, and everyone walks really fast there. Then we moved to California, and some people walked quickly but others were in a California Beach State of Mind, so they didn't, but I get that. Now here, in New Mexico, everyone drives slowly and walks slowly and talks slowly and AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! Head explodes.

We're in New Jersey but I walk fast for here too!

There is a facebook group I joined long ago that is, by now, surely defunct, but I loved it. Okay, I just loved the name: "I Want To Punch Slow-Walking People in the Back of the Head.".

That is priceless! Why does it have to be defunct?

I haven't known Laura long, but I agree that she has a strong psychic pull. Fortunately she appears to use it for good, not evil.

Yes, and thank you for doing a great job with your report and not making me look like an *ss.

 

[monymony3471]

Click here to read post 145 to see deep puddle pictures!

I just copied the link to my TR that I spoke about with the almost knee deep puddles.

Just easier to do it this way. Go to post 145.

I posted it already, but I don't see it, oh well.

It's an old report that is now locked.

 

[RGirl]

Hey, you can only do so many TS restaurants. We canceled a couple of them this trip, too. But do keep it in mind for future visits! The character interaction was really good, the food was not bad at all, and it's in such a bright, sunny location. We liked it a lot!

Good luck in the future regarding the orange team. I strongly urge you to prepare your arguments now.

I too am looking forward to the part of the TR where we switch over to the BWI, because while CBR is nice and all, the BWI is where I was really, really excited to stay.

The rain thing--in all honesty, it was hard. I don't mind a drizzle too much, but the actual storms were hard on our outlook. The kids didn't seem to mind (exhibit A: child asleep in stroller) but it took a lot of positive thinking on our part to keep our spirits up. I just wish I'd been more prepared for the type of rain we got initially. I honestly thought it was just going to be the typical afternoon thunderstorms.

I am so glad we were in Epcot this day, though. I think it made all the difference. Yay, another reason Epcot rocks!!

Oh, I hope you enjoyed BWI as much as you were expecting!

It really seems like you made the best of the rain. I fear I would have had at least a few meltdowns over it. I really hate getting rained on. Although I guess if I have to get rained on, I'd rather by at WDW than here!