We Strapped Sea Turtles to Our Feet! A Summer of Sea & Shore - 11/13 x3 FINISHED!!!!! - The DIS Discussion Forums

Happydog · 07-11-2011, 09:04 PM

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, here we are! Welcome to the latest edition of a Happy Dog Disney Trip Report! Let's hear it for SUMMER of 2011!!!

We did so many new things on this trip! I can't wait to share all the fun with you! A quick shout out to all my DISer friends, those of you who have followed me around on all these crazy trips to Disney, AND to any and everyone else who happens to stumble into my madness!!! Please make yourself known!!!

This trip spans a little over two weeks, and includes stays in FOUR different Disney locations....

We spent FIVE nights aboard the fabulous Disney Dream (my second cruise on this amazing ship)...

We spent FIVE nights at Disney's Vero Beach resort in a one bedroom villa... the first time we have every been to Vero or this resort!!!

We spent ONE very interesting and fun night at Fort Wilderness, and YES, drum roll please, we SLEPT in a TENT!!!

Finally, we spent ONE lovely evening at the Animal Kingdom Lodge in a Jambo house studio.

We have had some pretty great experiences at Disney, but this one definitely goes down in our travels to date as one of the more UNIQUE trips we have been on! UNIQUE for locations and new experiences, but also because we continue to be amazed with all that Disney has to offer before you even step into the parks. So with that quick introduction to our amazing summer trip, Lets get this BOAT out of dry dock!

Who is the Happy Dog Clan? Well.... allow me a quick introduction of the crew .... here is my DH and I, at one of our special evenings at Palo's... Sorry guys, this is a photo of my photo!!! There is a little glare, but this is DH and I on our second night of the five night cruise! Tan, relaxed, and fully fed

And then our two little pirates... Two boys, who just turned 6 and 9, and actually did have birthdays a week before we left on the ship!! They are not the best photography subjects, consequently I have a lot of candids of these two ... I have to snap quick!

First, DS6 he is quite a handful of fun, and a bundle of energy, and with too much creativity for his own good.... hence the title for this TR.... strapping sea turtles to his feet became the adventure he was seeking, a'la POTC... and though it didn't exactly materialize as he expected, we did manage something similar.... hey, if it is good enough for Jack Sparrow, it is good enough for him!

Then my older more photography-complacent child, DS9. Again too much creativity for his own good, and perhaps those fencing lessons were not the best decision we ever made, especially since he likes to "practice" on everything... and the pirate theme on this trip certainly was inspiration!!! But nevertheless, he does enjoy all our trips to Disney and especially, as of late, loves the Jack Sparrow character and the POTC movies... over and over and over again.

If you want to know more about us and the trips we have taken as a family and solo, please check out any of the links below! Otherwise I hope you have as much fun reading along as I will have writing!! This one promises to be a fun one!

shannon47142 · 07-11-2011, 09:26 PM

so excited to read about your trip

SoonerGirl · 07-11-2011, 09:52 PM

I'm here HD!!! So excited to read about your adventure!

Hey, you said DS9 watches Jack Sparrow over and over again like there is something wrong with that.......

ZFamily5 · 07-11-2011, 09:57 PM

I'm in! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Happydog · 07-11-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by shannon47142

so excited to read about your trip

Welcome! Thanks for reading!!!

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Originally Posted by SoonerGirl

I'm here HD!!! So excited to read about your adventure!

Hey, you said DS9 watches Jack Sparrow over and over again like there is something wrong with that.......

HA!!! Yes, well, you do have me there.... TRUST me... I have been known to hit that PAUSE button a few times on the Blueray machine...

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Originally Posted by ZFamily5

I'm in! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Hey thanks!!! Glad you are coming along! Should be fun, lots to share!

IluvXU · 07-11-2011, 10:05 PM

Page one hooray! Glad to catch this before we leave tomorrow. I sure hope Vero did not disappoint!

stace208 · 07-11-2011, 10:11 PM

I'm here and can't wait to read all about it!!

Happydog · 07-11-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by IluvXU

Page one hooray! Glad to catch this before we leave tomorrow. I sure hope Vero did not disappoint!

Hello! Oh NO! Not at all, it was more than we expected and so much FUN!!!

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Originally Posted by stace208

I'm here and can't wait to read all about it!!

Glad you made it! I am looking forward to sharing!!!

ariel1025 · 07-11-2011, 10:53 PM

Definitely jumping on board for this one - I cannot wait to cruise on the Dream or go to Vero Beach

So excited to hear your experiences

2xcited2sleep · 07-12-2011, 04:24 AM

Sign me up! Can't wait to hear more! By the way, love the new ticker. I see you are another proud grad of the Miss Anita Wigd School of Enabling.

Charleston Princess · 07-12-2011, 05:56 AM

Did I make it on the first page??? You know I am going to follow along on your latest adventure!!!

That picture of DS6 really captures that energy, doesn't it? It looks like he is about to bound out of the seat as soon as he can.

MeMom · 07-12-2011, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Happydog

We spent FIVE nights at Disney's Vero Beach resort in a one bedroom villa... the first time we have every been to Vero or this resort!!!

I'm very interested to hear and see all about this. We are hoping to get over there for a visit for the day, possibly even one overnight, on next summer's trip.

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Originally Posted by 2xcited2sleep

Sign me up! Can't wait to hear more! By the way, love the new ticker. I see you are another proud grad of the Miss Anita Wigd School of Enabling.

If she charged for this school, she'd be making a killing!
She could even finance more DVC points with her profit.

Happydog · 07-12-2011, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ariel1025

Definitely jumping on board for this one - I cannot wait to cruise on the Dream or go to Vero Beach

So excited to hear your experiences

Thanks!!! Glad you are here! I learned a lot about Vero, and have many ideas to share about that trip and the cruise! It was great fun!!! Welcome!

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Originally Posted by 2xcited2sleep

Sign me up! Can't wait to hear more! By the way, love the new ticker. I see you are another proud grad of the Miss Anita Wigd School of Enabling.

HA HA HA.... Well, she knows I have been thinking about it!!!!

Just couldn't swing it over Memorial day last year. WAY too expensive! So October was a good bet with the finances and the DH!

This TR will be fun to write. Lots of really silly stories and fun!

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Originally Posted by Charleston Princess

Did I make it on the first page??? You know I am going to follow along on your latest adventure!!!

That picture of DS6 really captures that energy, doesn't it? It looks like he is about to bound out of the seat as soon as he can.

Hey!!!! You DID!!! It was a great adventure for certain!! I can't wait to go live it again!!!

He is a ball of energy that one! Always on the move!!!

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Originally Posted by MeMom

I'm very interested to hear and see all about this. We are hoping to get over there for a visit for the day, possibly even one overnight, on next summer's trip.

If she charged for this school, she'd be making a killing!
She could even finance more DVC points with her profit.

OH, she is quite convincing!!! MeMom, Vero was amazing. Really so much Disney Magic there!!! We had a blast.

AND I just posted on your TR!!!!!

So we must have been thinking about eachother!!!

Native NYer · 07-12-2011, 06:49 AM

Yay!!! You started!

I can't wait to read about all of the fun!

Dugette · 07-12-2011, 06:58 AM

I'm here and can't wait to hear about another Happydog adventure! Sounds like it was a great trip!

07-11-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
Happydog DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,956	We Strapped Sea Turtles to Our Feet! A Summer of Sea & Shore - 11/13 x3 FINISHED!!!!! HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, here we are! Welcome to the latest edition of a Happy Dog Disney Trip Report! Let's hear it for SUMMER of 2011!!! We did so many new things on this trip! I can't wait to share all the fun with you! A quick shout out to all my DISer friends, those of you who have followed me around on all these crazy trips to Disney, AND to any and everyone else who happens to stumble into my madness!!! Please make yourself known!!! This trip spans a little over two weeks, and includes stays in FOUR different Disney locations.... We spent FIVE nights aboard the fabulous Disney Dream (my second cruise on this amazing ship)... We spent FIVE nights at Disney's Vero Beach resort in a one bedroom villa... the first time we have every been to Vero or this resort!!! We spent ONE very interesting and fun night at Fort Wilderness, and YES, drum roll please, we SLEPT in a TENT!!! Finally, we spent ONE lovely evening at the Animal Kingdom Lodge in a Jambo house studio. We have had some pretty great experiences at Disney, but this one definitely goes down in our travels to date as one of the more UNIQUE trips we have been on! UNIQUE for locations and new experiences, but also because we continue to be amazed with all that Disney has to offer before you even step into the parks. So with that quick introduction to our amazing summer trip, Lets get this BOAT out of dry dock! Who is the Happy Dog Clan? Well.... allow me a quick introduction of the crew .... here is my DH and I, at one of our special evenings at Palo's... Sorry guys, this is a photo of my photo!!! There is a little glare, but this is DH and I on our second night of the five night cruise! Tan, relaxed, and fully fed And then our two little pirates... Two boys, who just turned 6 and 9, and actually did have birthdays a week before we left on the ship!! They are not the best photography subjects, consequently I have a lot of candids of these two ... I have to snap quick! First, DS6 he is quite a handful of fun, and a bundle of energy, and with too much creativity for his own good.... hence the title for this TR.... strapping sea turtles to his feet became the adventure he was seeking, a'la POTC... and though it didn't exactly materialize as he expected, we did manage something similar.... hey, if it is good enough for Jack Sparrow, it is good enough for him! Then my older more photography-complacent child, DS9. Again too much creativity for his own good, and perhaps those fencing lessons were not the best decision we ever made, especially since he likes to "practice" on everything... and the pirate theme on this trip certainly was inspiration!!! But nevertheless, he does enjoy all our trips to Disney and especially, as of late, loves the Jack Sparrow character and the POTC movies... over and over and over again. If you want to know more about us and the trips we have taken as a family and solo, please check out any of the links below! Otherwise I hope you have as much fun reading along as I will have writing!! This one promises to be a fun one! __________________ Twas the Night BEFORE Christmas 09?!PTR! Ho Ho Ho!Away we go!A WDW Christmas 09 TR! All aboard a WONDERful TR! Boo to YOU! Sept 09 TR WDW 4th of July 09 PTR!I Want to Ride the Cotton Ball! July 4th 09 TR!Snow, Savannah, & NO School! Feb '10 TR Christmas fix MVMCP 2010 TR One Family, One Year - a June '10 PTR The Ingredients for Pixie Dust - June '10 TR Disney-Landing Halloween - a Halloween '10 PTR/TR Dream for two - Feb '11 TRSummer of Sea and Shore - June '11 PTR Strapping Turtles on our Feet! - June/July '11 TR MY MAGICal Black Friday Thanksgiving Cruise - Nov '11 PTR/TR Oct 2000 - Disney Magic 7 night cruise * Oct '03 - Contemporary * Oct '05 - WLV * Nov '08 - SSR * June/July '09 - OKW * Sept '09 - CBR * Dec '09 - BCV * Feb '10 - AKL * Feb '10 - Disney Wonder 3 night Cruise/Disney HH * June '10 - BLT/BCV * Oct '10 - Grand Californian * Dec '10 AKV - Kidani * February '11 - Disney Dream 4 night cruise/BLT * June '11 - Disney Dream 5 night cruise/Disney's Vero Beach/Ft. Wilderness/AKL Jambo * Oct '11 - WLV/SSR * Nov '11 Disney Magic 7 night cruise * February '12 - Disney Dream 4 night cruise/AKL Jambo * June/July '12 - BCV/WLV * Nov '11 Disney Fantasy 7 night cruise * Last edited by Happydog; 11-13-2011 at 09:23 AM.

07-11-2011, 09:52 PM	#3
SoonerGirl DIS Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,853	I'm here HD!!! So excited to read about your adventure! Hey, you said DS9 watches Jack Sparrow over and over again like there is something wrong with that....... __________________ Michelle (Me), Don, Justin (16) & Jared (12) CurrentTR: Grumpless in Orlando Sept 2012 PTR Leaving the Grump at Home June 2011 TRCould the Dream Turn the Grump into a Believer?June 2011 PTRGrump is taking me on a DREAM vacationMay 2010 TRFlowers, Segways & DIS Meets, Oh My! May 2010 PTR Flowers & Firsts Christmas 2009 TR The Disney Grump & Family Take on the World August 2008 TR Our Very Own California Adventure!

07-11-2011, 09:57 PM	#4
ZFamily5 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 831	I'm in! Can't wait to hear all about it! __________________ - Dad - Mom - Thing1 (Me! 16) - Thing2 (12) - Thing3 (8) 2011 TR: 12 Days of Disney = 1 Happy Family! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2750029 2013 Disneyland Paris PTR: Pixie Dust in Paris! http://www.disboards.com/showthread....2#post47067772

07-11-2011, 10:11 PM	#7
stace208 DIS Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,216	I'm here and can't wait to read all about it!! __________________ Stacy DH: DS 12 DD 10

07-11-2011, 10:53 PM	#9
ariel1025 DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 992	Definitely jumping on board for this one - I cannot wait to cruise on the Dream or go to Vero Beach So excited to hear your experiences __________________ 2009: WDW "Dateaversary" & Good, Bad, Cancelled & Surprising-Deluxe Dining 2010:Land & Sea Anniversary 2012: James' First Trip

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shannon47142 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 944	so excited to read about your trip

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07-11-2011, 10:05 PM	#6
IluvXU DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,471	Page one hooray! Glad to catch this before we leave tomorrow. I sure hope Vero did not disappoint!

07-12-2011, 04:24 AM	#10
2xcited2sleep DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7,116	Sign me up! Can't wait to hear more! By the way, love the new ticker. I see you are another proud grad of the Miss Anita Wigd School of Enabling. __________________ Christine

07-12-2011, 05:56 AM	#11
Charleston Princess DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 21,603	Did I make it on the first page??? You know I am going to follow along on your latest adventure!!! That picture of DS6 really captures that energy, doesn't it? It looks like he is about to bound out of the seat as soon as he can. __________________ Me (Jackie), Charles, Chelsea (15), Connor (13) 2012 TR: A Fourth of Pixie-Dust!2012 PTR: Does Pixie Dust Help with Decision-Making? May 2011 PTR: Sensing Pixie Dust I Am! July 2010 TR: Where Pixie-Dusted Birthday Dreams Come True! October 2009 TR: Shaken, Not Stirred, With a Twist of Pixie Dust! A Food and Wine Trip Report!June 2009 TR: Divas, Zebra Domes, and Pixie Dust! A Week in an African Paradise!

07-12-2011, 06:49 AM	#14
Native NYer DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 7,953	Yay!!! You started! I can't wait to read about all of the fun! __________________ Jennifer

07-12-2011, 06:58 AM	#15
Dugette DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,506	I'm here and can't wait to hear about another Happydog adventure! Sounds like it was a great trip! __________________ Me (36) DH (35) DD (born 9/20/12) Bailey Kitty Dec. 7-14, 2013: Polynesian ("We're Doing Disney Again Someday...Plus One!") PTR In Progress! \| Oct. 5-12, 2011: Pop Century ("Poor Unfortunate Souls: So Wet, So Full") TR (slowly) In Progress! Dec. 10-19, 2010: Poly Club! ("How the Other Half Lives") \| Nov. 10-14, 2010: Pop/BCV ("100 Eats & Drinks in 3.5 Days!") Aug. 20-22, 2010: ASMu ("The Last-Minute Super-Bargain Bonus Trip") \| June 3-7, 2010: Pop/AKL ("Star Wars Nightastically Delicious!") Jan. 16-25, 2010: Poly/WL/POR ("The Magic and The Misery") \| Sept. 9-14, 2009: Pop Century ("The Prequel") \| March 10-17, 1990: Offsite ("A Disney Walk Back in Time...on Four Paws")

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