~ 6 Hit the World for XMAS ~ UPDATED 06/19/08

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Let me just first say that I didn't know if sam was going to be to old for this because I had only seen little girls doing it. And when we got there she was the only one her age. But then again the CM's had a blast with her because she was older. The Photo pass person was the best. He had fun teasing her and saying that he was going to post the pictures of her on MYSPACE! I think he took well over 50 pictures of her! Then we mentioned that we were going to the Hoop-De-Doo review, He said that he was going to pick up extra hours and be there to ( he wasn't ) Sam had a blast doing it, she felt so special!
So here is my 13 year old Daughter becoming a PRINCESS !

Sam had the Crown package which was for hair nails and make-up not bad it was $49.99 and the boys had the cool dude package and the was $7.00. Sam choose the POP Princess hair design I think there are three to choose from.
Now theses are just the pictures I took! I will post Photo pass pictures maybe tonight when I get home. Off to work!

 

[scottny]

laundry =

we did BBB and the girls enjoyed it. I don't think they would do it again. Well maybe Tiny would but not Sissy. Jake would not even consider it.

 

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As promised here are the Photopass pictures from our day O beauty at the BBB!

Here is Cousin IT!!!! I think this is the picture he said he was going to put on the WEB LOL.!!!!

 

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OF course as we were waiting for Princess Samantha to be ready for the Ball Zachary's Blood sugar was Plummeting, I sent stephen (Oh by the way it is pronounced STEFFAN so we are Steph and Steph! Cheesey ,yes I know!) to get some lunch for the boys. They went to the Village Fry shoppe and had hot dogs and MC D fries mmmmm good! We joined them later and tried to get on DUMBO but line was huge HUGE! So we decided that it was time to vacate the park since it was a down day!!!
By the time we made it back to Fort wilderness people were already standing outside the door for the HOOP DE DOO review. We himmmed and hawwwd for a few minutes whether we wanted to go back to the cabin and change. We decided not to. After all we had just come from the BBB and we were set for a ball!
Up Next HOOP-DE-DOO review!!!
Will we all have a good time? will someone wet their pants??? How many trips to the bathroom can one child make??? Time will tell stay tuned!

 

[ILMICKEY]

This is so cool. I wish I had little ones (sorta) to do this with. Your little one did not look very happy AT ALL! Poor guy. He will love it when he grows up and looks at them then.

Makin memories, that's what it's all about!!

 

[scottny]

great photopass pics.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

So I was telling Dh that they are having FREE dining in September. He said that I could start planning our next trip for either September or October 2009. We want to be there for DS birthday so we are weighing birthday or free dining???

So While I enjoy my bliss can some one tell me where I can get Those wonderful DIS shirts and sweatshirts? I want to show MY PRIDE For THE DIS

 

[ILMICKEY]

No idea about the shirts, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That's the most awesome feeling EVER!

 

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ooops I forgot to add this in in the last installment, When we left the BBB and were on the boat riding back to FW there was a sky writer. I was thinking it was some romantic message maybe that My DH did for me! After all I was taking him to The Hoop DEE Doo review! I was wrong it was a religious message! Look and see!

I think it said u+ god = love and the it said something else below it! i think it was Jesus loves u

So when we last left off we were trying to decide if we had time to go back to the cabin and change. We decided not to change because we wanted to go right in and let DH soak it all in after all this was his Christmas present! I was psyched because we had gotten a category 1 so my genius self says we will be right up close and personal. NOT we were as far back as we could be! I think the next table over was a tier 2 or maybe a tier 3. I had better seats for another show which we will talk about later and that was a tier 2. So of course this isn't your typical DISNEY Magical Dining! Typical disney fare but not Dining. I know because I ate here over 26 years ago and I still remember some of it! LOL! God if I still can remember it I must be old! YIKES!
Ok back to the Hoop Dee Doo Review. So when we sit we are grumpily greeted by our server forgot her name. OOPS! We order our drinks and out comes the salad and corn bread mmm I could live on just corn bread ! so on with the show the show starts and my DM say hmmm it is the same show from 26 years ago! HMMM I remember the hall and the food just not the show. So as we are total immersed into the show and all of a sudden there is this Loud LOUD bang and a screech which I know the SCREECH it is my DD'S screech I turn and look and there is our waitress along with every other server putting down our buckets of Chicken and ribs and corn and potatoes. If you haven't eaten here let me fill you in. Plates are old plates which are made of some type of metal and the buckets are made of the same metal when they hit they make this clank sound but when put down with enough force they BANG! Sam was so startled that she screeched and almost wet her pants in fact she asked to go the the bathroom, Which is conveniently located outside of the restaurant. So on with the show, which they preform while you eat. Which is good because they kids don't realize that they are eating all their food. think Zac's blood sugar must have been HIGH because I wear that kid made about thirty trips to the bathroom! Or it just could have been the fact that the bathroom was OUTSIDE!
here are some Pictures!

Towards the end of the show they hand out wash boards and encourage people to clank on their plates and bowls and what have you to make as much NOISE AS POSSIBLE this is just up my kids alley!!!! The freedom to act up in a restaurant and not get punished!!! So here are my kids doing the very best they can to make NOISE!!!

The food is great if you are into Fried Chicken and Ribs which we are! Of course the Corn bread I wanted to stuff into my purse but I only had enough room in my purse for my KEY TO THE WORLD. Oh the the dessert MMMM GOOD Homemade strawberry short cake! They offer of course all the soda milk chocolate milk and Sangria I think beer was offered to as a drink but not sure!
So we had a great time Dh LOVED it. It was also great that we were close to the cabin and it was just a short bus ride to it! We were all going to have a good night sleep and we were heading to UNIVERSAL studio's the next day! If we can get there!

 

[scottny]

that is great you had a good time. the pics look great.

sorry the bathroom was outside.

I wanted to go but it is a no go.

 

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So this morning we had decided this would be the day to go to Universal, We had boughten a one day ticket for both parks. So we got up late of course it would be 9 by the time we get to the boat. Years back I have a Picture of Zac and I standing on the dock so we tried to recreate it. It is very hard to hold a 7 year old little boy who weight 70 pounds. LOL. So of course the other Kids wanted a Picture to

Finally what seemed like 45 minutes the boat came. Still at this point in time we had NO idea how to get there other than someone said to take the City BUS.
So as the boat arrived Grandma said oh look the sign says Wait for your Host or Hostess and the boat is yellow and white it must be a TWINKIE. Ty said TWINKIE TWINKIE I'm a Twinkie I'm a TWINKIE CALL ME A TWINKIE! Now from this point on he says this EVERY Time he sees the boat! Even now!

So We took the boat over to MK and then took the monorail to the Transport ticket area. From there we asked were we could get the City Bus that would take us to UNIVERSAL, not a question that one should ask a DISNEY CM! He was good and heckled us a bit and then told us that it was around the corner. So we found the Bus stop and Waited and waited and waited Finally at 10:00 the bus showed up. Then it made about forty more stops around the Disney Property and Finally we headed out for Universal. We get to this Really REALLY busy intersection and he tells us this is where we get off and we have to cross the road and go down about a quarter of a mile and wait for another bus. We had asked when we got on the bus for a ticket transfer pass so we didn't need to pay again for another bus to universal. Well I was excited about where the next bus stop was because it was right outside SEA WORLD.

So AGAIN WE WERE WAITING! It was now almost 11:00 and our ticket transfer tickets expired at 11:20. At 11:15 still no bus. We had been people watching the whole time watching people drive who aren't from central Fl and others who are it reminded me of being home in BOSTON! Now 1130 transfer tickets have expired, and still NO BUS insight. I see plenty of taxi's pulling out of sea world I have cell phone in hand and I am calling for one any second just waiting to see if that dreaded bus will be coming. All of a sudden we hear some guy YELLING from a van that has some company name on it asking us if we were headed to UNIVERSAL. We said yes and he said he would bring us for $2 per person. So we said sure! WE got into this van and headed right for universal. FINALLY AT 12:00 NOON we finally arrived at our destination. The very nice gentleman that rescued us from the side of the road said that they also do pick-up and will bring us right to our hotel. But the latest that they do a return is 9:00 p.m.. and we have to call a number to make sure there is enough room. So slip in hand that he gave us we were off.

Tyler LOVED the moving sidewalks.. He said he was riding the CURL

One of the people on the bus told us that we should do Islands of adventure first. So that is we we headed.
So while I was getting a kid transporter (carriage) The kids found one of there all time FAV's Spiderman

So as we walked in we got our map and decided that we would start over in Dr. Suess ville.
But of course we were in AWWWEEE of the HULK ROLLAR COASTER

Oh yeah we are supposed to be heading for WHOVILLE!

Kids are now getting hungry. We found green eggs and ham but it was closed. So we headed up the hill and OH OH OH I see a WHO!

I thought that was soo cool to see a who.
Kids are really complaining that they were hungry! So we went to Circus McGurkus Cafe Stoo-pendous.

the kids thought this was cool because there was a ride that went through the restaurant and it had a real person playing the organ and singing Christmas carols

So what to do NOW! Lets go hit some rides! We were trying to find the entrance to the ride that went through the restaurant and we found a little play area, so the kids took off and PLAYED! ALL THE KIDS

If you see what I'm talking about ALL THE KIDS!

So I was the MEAN MOmmy that said it was time to go if we wanted to see anything else.
OOOOH OOOH WHO"S (As you can tell I am a HUGE fan of who's. Mr. Grinch and the Christmas story are my favorite christmas programs.)

Picture OP!

So now with having seen the WHO'S we decided to go on the Caro-Suess-el

Note: If you are heading To universal from Disney the shuttle that we took was Magic City National transportation shuttle service. Their number is (407)345-5555 It is only $6.00 per person round trip min of 4 people.

 

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So we went on the High In the Sky Suess trolley Train ride oh what a disappointment that was! We stood in line for well over 45 minutes and it was a quick short little ride through the restaurant and over Suess landing. So not worth the wait.
Then we saw a sign that said see the GRINCH! we got in line to him. And the wait was not that bad. We all had separate pictures for some reason.

But we got to see the Grinch! As you can see all the work Tyler had made with characters went right out the window when he saw the Grinch.

So we moved on to the Lost Continent

Samantha saw the Dueling Dragons and said she HAD TO GO ON IT!

So No one else wanted to go on it so I said I would go with her! It was a 70 minute wait! But well worth it. Let me just say We had the very last seat which wasn't the greatest but it was another forty minute wait for the front seat, which the next time we go there I will wait. The ride was AWESOME!
So as we were riding the kids played with the The Mystic Fountain.

By the time we got off the ride the boys were soaked
The boys and I decided to do a little roller coaster action that was suited for them (DH included) and we rode the Flying unicorn. That was fun fast and lots of curves. This is were DM saw some celebrity who she can't for the life of her remember who it is! Just knows that he had an entourage with him and VIP tour guides. And she couldn't get a picture!
Up Next Jurassic park and we didn't think we were going to have time to do much because we still had the other park to do as well so we just walked through most of the area's, we ran through some!
So here are some pictures of Jurassic Park

We moved on to Toon Lagoon. DM and I and Kids decided that we needed to get wet... NOT! But we decided to ride Dudley Doo-Rights Rip Saw Falls. We spent an hour in line when we got in line it was light out and when we got off the ride it was just getting Dark! Dh said he wasn't going to join us because he didn't want to get wet. What a party pooper!

 

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So after we got SOAKED, yes soaked wet right down to our skin. I bought a towel for us all to dry off with and everyone put our matching jackets on because it was chilly out and we were WET!. We needed to eat but wanted to see the other park so we walked towards the entrance. I snapped some pictures as we walked through Super Hero Island.

So we left Islands of Adventure and were on the city walk and we heard Lips of an Angel could it be Hinder?? I don't know and we didn't stop to find out if it was them playing LIVE but I took a picture anyhow. If it was them then I had the Picture!

Here are the guys with Dale Jr.'s Car

You can tell what BIG fans we are of JR'S

It's hard to see us but in order to fit in all of our driver I had to zoom out!

We started to walk towards Universal studio's and it is now 730 p.m we have an hour and half to get back to the shuttle. So we need to eat and shop and ride Rides but wait the lines are 60 - 90 minutes We don't have any time to ride. So we ate at Beverly Hills Boulangerie, we all had subs or sandwiches. That was in the Beverly hills area of the studio's

Then we hit the Silver Screen Collectibles and shopped!
Then we decided it was time to leave because we weren't sure how long it would take us to get the carriage back and to get to the parking area where the shuttle would pick us up. So we were EARLY by about 20 minutes so we watched all the people walk by. I was very disappointed that we didn't get to see all the stuff we wanted and I didn't get to go to Margaritaville. The kids were mad because we didn't see spongebob and Dora. So the next time I know to start off in the studio's. We took the shuttle back with the same people that rode with us they were from England I love that accent. The guy was good on his word and dropped us off right at the outpost. We were tired and still wet from Dudley doo-right, we got back to the Cabin and showered and went to bed!

Up next MGM or is it Hollywood studio's?

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

the pics look really nice.

sorry u did not get to do all you wanted but it leaves it as an excuse to go back.

the shuttle sounds like a good alternative to get there.

 

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So as I had said that we tried to recreate a shot that we took 7 years ago. Here it is
May of 2001

December of 2007

Samantha with the Indian on main st. in May of 2001 almost age 7

Zachary December 2007 age 7

The CREW on Dec 22, 2007

 

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We off to see our SUPERHERO'S
THE POWER RANGERS​

So when we get to MGM we decided that some one has to run and get fast-passes, So of course I was nominated. I ran to RnRC and grabbed our fast passes there and we were all to meet up at ToT.

So I waited patiently at ToT but no one arrived, So I started walking and calling FINALLY there they are. We ride TOT, (sorry No pictures) This was Stephen's, Zac and Ty's first time riding, Zac LOVED it Ty wasn't so sure and Steph said I have rode it once and that is all you'll get me on it! what a party pooper!
So we walked back down I think it was Hollywood Blvd. and took some pictures.

I was VERY disappointed in this store! I thought there would be a better choice of VILLAN merchandise here. I wanted something for an EVIL STEP MOTHER for myself.

the boys collect Hess trucks and we thought it was neat that they had a Hess sign (yes I know there are hess stations every where down there there aren't any here)

So we left for the Streets of America. Here is New york!

Where we were looking for Mater and Lightning but we Heard this loud Music and who what it but Our Hero's instead YEAH.

Streets of San Francisco

Finally we get to meet our HERO'S
We all stood in lines and had the kids run from line to line so that we got to see each before they went in. We got to see all of them except the boys favorite the RED POWER RANGER!

Off to Star Wars tours .... and the only thing that I got from this ride was a HUGE bruise on my butt and very nauseous I think this was worse than Mission Space.

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

sorry you did not like Star Tours, one of my favorite but needs to be refurbished.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

great update and pics.

sorry you did not like Star Tours, one of my favorite but needs to be refurbished.

Thanks Scott!

I know that your a Huge star wars fan! I wasn't.... I was a girlie girl who played with barbies! I think the closest thing that got me to star wars was I could do the princess Leaha(sp) hair do!

 

[scottny]

Thanks Scott!

I know that your a Huge star wars fan! I wasn't.... I was a girlie girl who played with barbies! I think the closest thing that got me to star wars was I could do the princess Leaha(sp) hair do!

and it was such an attractive hair style

 

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Oh my mother prided herself on doing my hair like that I think I even tried it with my daughter when she was little!