Wish I could go.I want to start on my cruise scrapbook. Maybe this weekend.
Isn't it hard to pack everything up and stay organized? Ugh !
First trip th the World was pretty typical for the mid-70s. Mom, Dad and three kids loaded up in the Ford Grand Torino station wagon making the trek from NJ to Orlando. We stayed at the CR for $65/night. I remember my Mom worring if they could afford it. The interesting part was what happened when we got home. To this day we sometimes ask my Mom what were they thinking.
We get home from a week at WDW. My Dad still having a few extra vacation days, decides he wants to go to Niagara Falls. Huh??? So, Mom does laundry, repacks the wagon and of we go to Niagara Falls the next day. Now it's July and we have no reservations for a hotel. We get to the NY side of the Falls an cannot find a place to stay. We cross the boarder and finally on the Canadian side they find a room at some flea bag for $80US. My Father was freaking. The next day we did the Falls which were interesting for all of 15 minutes. My Brother kept asking where the Dumbo was. By this time my Father was steaming, my Mom was furious and the three of us were wondering when we were going home. We packed up and were back in NJ the next day. Mom and Dad did not speak to each other for a few days after that.
My Mom swears she tried to stop him. Stubborn Irish!
I think one of the funniest stories from my childhood was the time my brother got back at my Mom for all of her teasing and pranks. Mom had coerced my brother into helping her do some work around the yard, planting flowers, cleaning up, etc. She noticed a hole in the dirt at the base of the foundation of the house. She asked my brother what it was, he said he didn't know. She told him to feel around the hole and see if he could figure it out. My brother wasn't very happy ... but did what he was told. All of a sudden, my brother starts screaming and saying that his hand is stuck, and something was grabbing him from inside the hole. My Mom starts freaking out and tries to grab onto my brother to keep him from getting sucked into the hole when my brother pulls his hand away from the hole and turns to my Mom. He said, "Bet you won't make me reach into any more mysterious holes will you?"
Can't tell you exact date but somewhere around the opening in 1955. I am the short one, my brother is the tall one in Adventureland.
Here is another one of the Captain Hooks pirate ship in Fantasyland. Wish that it was still there. They had a Chicken of the Sea restaurant inside that had the best tuna sandwiches.
And another one when I was about 7-8 with Mickey and Minnie.
RogerI am one of those stubborn people and I am bound a determined to read this post all the way through. I have been so far just a lurker! I just want to let you know that I am here.
So, for now, here is a little bit about my family. We will be on the EB sailing as well, we have 2 connecting category 5 cabins. It is me, DH, DS15, DD13, DS12, DD9, and DD2 (current ages). I just had to say hello!!!!! I am way too excited for a trip so far away. But it is fun slowly getting to know you all.
Now, my history: I was last on the boards the morning of booking day, and have since survived -35 degree temps with schools cancelled etc, weathered 3 nasty snowstorms (another one right now!) and tried to get caught up at work from being on a business trip to Iowa, weeklong Disney Cruise, another weeklong business trip to Canada (for those of you counting, that is 9 different countries/states and 5 different time zones and that was all in a 6 week period.) So, now that I am finally caught up at work and have the kids back in a more normal routine (as normal as it can be with 5 kids), and I want to get in on the fun!
But I have to confess, I am lost! I am so behind. I am not a cruise newbie (been on 4), I am a DIS newbie. So, I will update you as I work my way through the thread. Wish me luck! So here goes, update #1:
I am on post 555 (pg 36 I think).
(My goals is to read more posts than are added everyday! Next update in a few days!)
Poohmom
This has been floating around the net for a while but someone just resent it to me......
For those of you who have sons & those of you who are happy that you don't
DS starts potty training in a few weeks!
And you also find out interesting things when you have sons, like ...
1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
3. A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.
8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.
10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old Boy.
11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12. Super glue is forever.
13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15. VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.
21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
24. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.
25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.
I am soooo not going to post what I really wanted to
I can't remember my first trip to DL. I know we went a few times as a kid. I remember a family road trip where we visited Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, then finally DL. I remember getting so scared by the Haunted House in one of the other parks that I refused to go in the Haunted Mansion at DL. I made my mother sit outside with me while everyone else went.
I have a few pics from a different trip. My mother's boss went down for a convention. She took her son and asked my mom if she wanted to bring me (spoiled baby of the family). We stayed at the DL Hotel. I think we only went in the park 1 day.
I took my son on his first trip on his first birthday. I knew it was mostly a trip for me, not him, but hey, who cares it's Disneyland! We didn't make it back until his 3rd birthday and we've been AP holders ever since (he'll be 12 this year).
Yep!!! Had it for nearly a month and didn't know it. Of course trying to keep up with this thread has cut into my TV watching...............
for you and your family
