A Dole Whip in my hand & my toes in the sand: CBR/Poly Split Stay – This Is The Life!

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Now that you mention it, I think you did! But if you saw my phone, you would understand how I didn't recognize it. I have not joined the smart phone club, so the pics I get in texts are about the size of my little fingernail.

I guess the heat had one positive effect - it was too hot so people stayed by their pools instead of going to the parks!

Yep - I just checked my phone and that's the pic I sent you that! I remember you saying that you couldn't see it too well.

Yeah IDK where all the people were that day but it wasn't at DHS so I didn't care!!!

Aw you are too nice! I sure missed all my dis friends while I was gone.

We do have lots of things in common, but Dinosaur ain't one of them! And just wait until you see my ride photo from RnRc! I am such a ride weenie! But seriously, that ride photo is one for the history books. When I first saw it, I thought of your picture where you look cool as a cucumber and are doing the RnR sign. Mine on the other hand, looks more like I am being chased by Freddie Cruger with a bloody chainsaw. I rode it once... I'm done!

Wow, seriously no pressure there! Well, one thing is for sure... I'm going to be honest with my review of the cruise. It was 90% off the charts fabulous, and the other 10%, well, you'll have to wait and find out.

We liked Starring Rolls. DH got the turkey sandwich and DD and I got the ham. His was way better than ours. Next time we will all get the turkey. The ham was just too bland. It didn't have any kind of sauce or dressing on it. The turkey sandwich had a really good sauce on it that made it much better. I got the famous butterfinger cupcake too. It was very good, but I don't even think the Yeti could eat a whole one. That thing was enormous and sooooooo sweet. I took about 3 bites and that was all I could handle.

We missed you too!!

I can't wait to see your RNRC picture! I bet it looks a lot like DS10's when he rode it last November. He'll never do it again.

I'm dying to know what the other 10% is.....You are making me nervous. I have been having bad dreams about cruising and am thinking about changing our 2013 plans.

The morning we were at Starring Rolls they didn't have the turkey sandwiches, just the ham. And they had some kind of nasty sauce on them.

Thanks girls!!!! I am excited...trying to get the younger two in bed--they are hyyyyped up! They are about halfway packed, we were gonna do all theirs tonight, but they are so giddy & I am tooo tired tonight for all that...and ds15 and hubby are already in bed, so we gotta get quiet!!! We will finish them up in the morning and I will do me next...then take the dog to her sitter... I am hoping for a rain free trip myself...the weather has been all over the place for our days...first time I started checking it had rain for Mon-thurs Now it's just chances for Wed and Thu...but that even changed to Thur and Frid...so I will just have to check tomorrow and see ...if I can stand it!!
Jo...don't start that TR until I get home!!!!!!

I bet you are so excited!! Good luck with the packing and have a fabulous trip!!

It's snowing here. I'm mad, so I am going shopping to cheer myself up!! Target here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Yay for Target! I will be visiting mine when we get home...but not today!!! Just don't have time,...not that I really need much from there,but I do love to roam around looking!! Got a lot done this week...my box arrived and was signed for on Wed morning! Just have my last minute things to do today!! I know it has to be cold up there for y'all...it got down in the low 30s around the lakes here last night-37 here...it's a beauuuuuuutiful morning!

 

[sjs314]

Yay for Target! I will be visiting mine when we get home...but not today!!! Just don't have time,...not that I really need much from there,but I do love to roam around looking!! Got a lot done this week...my box arrived and was signed for on Wed morning! Just have my last minute things to do today!! I know it has to be cold up there for y'all...it got down in the low 30s around the lakes here last night-37 here...it's a beauuuuuuutiful morning!

Shawna - Have a safe and wonderful trip

 

[alabamagirl]

Great TR! It's getting me excited for my December trip!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Yay for Target! I will be visiting mine when we get home...but not today!!! Just don't have time,...not that I really need much from there,but I do love to roam around looking!! Got a lot done this week...my box arrived and was signed for on Wed morning! Just have my last minute things to do today!! I know it has to be cold up there for y'all...it got down in the low 30s around the lakes here last night-37 here...it's a beauuuuuuutiful morning!

I spent 2 hours roaming Target this morning and spent an obscene amount of money.

At least I got my Christmas shopping started!

Great TR! It's getting me excited for my December trip!

Glad you are enjoying the TR! I bet you are super excited about your December trip!!

 

[JoBird]

So I went to Target too today, first thing this morning. I had to go in to get a Salted Caramel Mocha coffee from Starbucks and shop and get my sniff on in the bathroom.


What???

I had to see if it still smelled like Disney, since y'all said yours doesn't.

I'm happy to report that, Yep!! Mine still does!!!!

My apologies for anyone whose Target bathroom just smells like stinky old poo, cause mine smells fiiiiiiiiiiine.

 

[marDgreen88]

How awesome that yall got on TSM right away! When I last was in Hollywood Studios at rope drop, they had a generic opening as well... no family... and that was last December. So, I'm guessing they dropped that.
However, why would they drop the volunteers for Backlot Tour? That's sad! I actually kinda wanted to do that next time... hahaha.
So far, looks like yall had a fun time at Hollywood Studios!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Sheila...thanks!! We are hoping it's fabulous!!!!
Shelly...that's why I have been avoiding Target lately...gotta focus on this vacation!! LOL!! Ya'll try not to get toooo many pages out while I am gone!!!

 

[ronnmel]

I sorta kinda fell in love with DHS this trip- it was actually one of the best days we had the whole time!






I know you are shocked.

Ok, it's kind of a spoiler for those reading my TR, but I fell in love with DHS as well this trip. It went from being the my least favorite park by a long stretch, to being neck and neck with MK and Epcot.

 

[lala3291]

Hi Shelly!
We are here in WDW! It is so beautiful! Getting ready to head out to AK! I will check in later...here is a pic from yesterday!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

So I went to Target too today, first thing this morning. I had to go in to get a Salted Caramel Mocha coffee from Starbucks and shop and get my sniff on in the bathroom.


What???

I had to see if it still smelled like Disney, since y'all said yours doesn't.

I'm happy to report that, Yep!! Mine still does!!!!

My apologies for anyone whose Target bathroom just smells like stinky old poo, cause mine smells fiiiiiiiiiiine.

How funny that we were in Target at the same time!! Our Target bathroom does smell like the WDW bathrooms. I would have never figured that out on my own, but once you mentioned it I of course had to check it out and it is true!!

How awesome that yall got on TSM right away! When I last was in Hollywood Studios at rope drop, they had a generic opening as well... no family... and that was last December. So, I'm guessing they dropped that.
However, why would they drop the volunteers for Backlot Tour? That's sad! I actually kinda wanted to do that next time... hahaha.
So far, looks like yall had a fun time at Hollywood Studios!

I heard that they dropped all the openings except for MK. That really stinks!

The Backlot Tour could have just been because the park was so empty that morning. We'll find out next time!

We had a great morning at DHS that day!

Sheila...thanks!! We are hoping it's fabulous!!!!
Shelly...that's why I have been avoiding Target lately...gotta focus on this vacation!! LOL!! Ya'll try not to get toooo many pages out while I am gone!!!

I hope you are arriving safely and on time and your vacation is off to a wonderful start!!

Last year we were meeting up on your arrival day. Wish I was there now!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Ok, it's kind of a spoiler for those reading my TR, but I fell in love with DHS as well this trip. It went from being the my least favorite park by a long stretch, to being neck and neck with MK and Epcot.

I'm so glad everyone else is finally seeing the light about DHS!!!

Hi Shelly!
We are here in WDW! It is so beautiful! Getting ready to head out to AK! I will check in later...here is a pic from yesterday!

Thanks for checking in Lauren! Maybe you and Shawna will run into each other!!

Thanks for the beautiful picture. I sure will miss not seeing WDW at Christmas time this year.

Hope you are having great weather and an awesome time!

 

[Monny2AE]

Weird about not picking an audience member for Backlot? I'll let you know if they pick someone in a few weeks while I'm there!

I think it's sad they are taking away some of the little magical things like picking a family for the rope drop show.

 

[ronnmel]

We went on Backlot tour twice on our August trip. The first time they didn't pick anyone to be an extra, but the second time they had three people as extras.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Weird about not picking an audience member for Backlot? I'll let you know if they pick someone in a few weeks while I'm there!

I think it's sad they are taking away some of the little magical things like picking a family for the rope drop show.

We thought it was weird, but we really didn't mind since we had seen it several times before. We felt bad for the newbies though!

I was really surprised to read that they were dropping all the opening shows except for MK.

We went on Backlot tour twice on our August trip. The first time they didn't pick anyone to be an extra, but the second time they had three people as extras.

Well that's interesting.......Must just depend on the crowds...

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Wow I give you props for being some of the first TSM people!!! That takes some skill.
I can't wait to see what you got for lunch!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Wow I give you props for being some of the first TSM people!!! That takes some skill.
I can't wait to see what you got for lunch!

Thanks!! We got there around the same time as we did last year but this time we were in the front of the pack instead of the back!

The lunch update is coming up soon!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

After we were done messing around and taking all of our Streets of America pics DH and I wanted to see Muppet Vision 3D. The kids were getting grumpy and didn't want to see it! I couldn't believe it, they always love this show. They grumped as we waited about 5 minutes to be let into the theater, but then were laughing and having a blast one the show started!

When we came out of there Phineas & Ferb were doing a meet & greet. The line was huge! I offered to wait in it because the kids just love that show, but they weren't interested in waiting.

The night before when DS12 was talking to my dad on the phone my dad told him that Jack's (our puppy) puppet (that he LOVED) had seen better days!! So DS wanted to go into the Muppet store thinking they might have puppets in there. No such luck.

But we decided to get him this oven mitt instead!! (It is pretty much destroyed now!)

It was about 11:00 and we were all getting hungry. I hadn't had any breakfast and DH and the kids had just had cereal bars early that morning. With limited CS choices in DHS we opted to give Starring Rolls a try. So we made our way over there.

And we had finally made it! It was crowded. All the seating is outside. So we stood there and waited for someone to leave so we could grab a table. We had the kids sit there and save the table while DH and I went in and got our lunch.

Sorry for the lack of pictures here, but it was so crowded in there that you could barely move. It's very small. We weren't impressed. We couldn't even get to the cupcake display case it was so crowded. The whole experience was unpleasant. It was confusing as to what was in a meal on the DDP. I ended up just telling the CM to do whatever, I didn't care!! Charge it as meals or snacks or both – I just wanted to get out of there!

And this is what we ended up with ~

DH and I got ham sandwiches. He had planned to get the turkey, but they didn't have any that morning. The ham was okay but there was some kind of dressing on them that was so nasty it made me gag. We got croissants for the kids, they were okay. And we got cookies, a banana, and an apple. I think we ended up getting charged for 3 CS meals and one snack credit.

Rating: Gross!
Total Bill: not sure, around $34



Up Next: More DHS

 

[JoBird]

Do--Over!! I demand a Do-Over!!!

Yep that about sums it up.




Sorry your Starring Rolls experience wasn't good. It sounded miserable- the crowds and sandwich and waiting for a table and, and.... and.....!!!! All of it. Sounds sorta like you and I switched places on this trip--- my bad experiences in that park happened to you and your good ones happened to me. Ah, the hardships one endures in being my friend....

The croissants looked good at least. I saw that plain one and wondered if it was for the littlest stinker? Belle discovered croissants at the CL breakfast one morning and she STILL talks about going back to get one of them. Which I don't understand at all b/c she's had them before but for whatever reason, the ones at the GF are the BEST.

DHS looked like it was filling in a bit more in that pic of the hat-- still not terrible.

Poor Jack, his people went to WDW and all he got was an oven mitt...
I'm sure he had a fun time with it.

We didn't see the Muppet Vision this time. My kids don't care for it---
Did you see the key under the mat?????


Great update----- looking forward to more DHS!!!!

 

[sjs314]

I love Muppet Vision 2 D and we missed it last trip since Ddil had her panic attack due to the crowds and we had to leave DHS I am so looking forward to seeing it in March.

I am thinking now about making an ADR for 50's now maybe or trying to change our F! pkg to lunch instead of dinner. I wanted to try starring rolls for a quick bite but two things DH and I hate about CS is waiting in line for the food and then having to hunt for a place to sit down.

Poor Jack no puppet just an oven mitt

enjoyed the update and review!