~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[LISAMWDW]

Great update! That RnRC line sounds scary! I wouldn't wait either! I can't believe your friend from Lights Stunt didn't show up while you were holding the seats for at Fantasmic!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Dawn I got this email from Mickey News, FYI

"Fantasmic, which is one of Disney World's premier nighttime shows, will also be cut down dramatically. Starting this summer, the show will only be performed twice a week. For those families who are only planning one day in each Disney park, they may want to hit Disney Hollywood Studios on Mondays and Thursdays, the days when the show will mainly be running. However, if the show is not a concern, then visiting on other days may lead to smaller crowds. It seems curious that Disney would make such a drastic cut during the middle of the summer busy season, but it must make some sense from a business perspective. "

I hope they don't get rid of it before our trip. I want my kids to see it. I saw it once back in 2001, so I am praying that the kids get to see it. DS9 was only 2 when he saw and fell asleep during it.

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

All caught up on the new update.

Luke looks so comfy and content all bundled up with his own blue slush.

I was looking at the Bolt characters with Lexi this morning and she named them, do you think I can remember them now.
She got a Bolt plush at the Disney Store awhile back but was dissapointed they were sold out of the other characters. She can't wait to get the movie when it comes out at the end of the month.

Your new "Evil" tee is cute. What a great color. I think of you whenever I see a pic of her. (not too many people have her as a favorite) That doesn't sound right, I wasn't saying you are evil, you are too sweet.

Fantasmic is the best!
I see that Ray is getting his money's worth wearing the Goofy hoodie. It's fun to see him so excitted.
I told my family that Fantasmic is only on certain night now, they all GASPED, "oh no we have to see it". I'm sure during our 10 days there it won't be a problem seeing it...I hope.

 

[punkin413]

Loved the videos of the dogs in the snow and the one of Ray sliding down the driveway.

I walk to wheaton terriers and they get those snow balls all the time. As long as you let them melt off they are fine.

Thank you for telling us what snow cream is, I have never heard of.


Now the Disney part.

Great update and pics.

that long for RNRC sounded crazy.

Great pics and video

that's so funny about the doggies getting the snow balls stuck to them! poor things!!! it surprises me how many people have never heard of snow cream. it's so good! thanks for the compliments on the disney part!

Great update, as usual.

Luke does look like he is enjoying the Bolt characters. I'm not sure that Brooklynn knows much about them yet. At least, I haven't heard her say their names. Give her time, though, and she'll know all about them.

We love Fantasmic! I was thinking that my friend and I would not see it when we go, because HS is our first day, and I know we'll be zonked from a 6:30 flight. Well, she will be, I'm sure. I'd be up for staying for Fantasmic, of course, but I also want her to be able to get up and moving early the next morning, so it may not happen. We'll just have to make that call when the time comes. I may stay and watch it so I can film some for Jill and Brooklynn, even if Kay decides she needs to go on back to the room. That's the beauty of using the Disney bus system! She can go and I can stay and everyone is happy.

I confess to getting chills and a big old smile, too, when good overcomes evil! When the boat comes out and everyone is happily waving, I feel about five instead of fifty.

That's a neat Fox and the Hound picture. Love that movie, too! (Let's be honest, I love them all.) It's cute that Ray was cultivating his Disney love all that long ago.

thanks, memom! yeah, i don't know the bolt characters yet either. i'm sure i'll watch it when it comes out on DVD. speaking of which, i'm excited that pinnochio comes out next tuesday! i can't wait!

i hope you get to see fantasmic this trip. and i'm glad you're going with a friend who will let you do your own thing if you want. that's the key to having a good trip: compromise! there's so many things to do there and not everyone always wants to do the same stuff. when do you leave, by the way?

Great update! That RnRC line sounds scary! I wouldn't wait either! I can't believe your friend from Lights Stunt didn't show up while you were holding the seats for at Fantasmic!

thanks! yeah, i was worried that guy would make another appearance at fantasmic but luckily i didn't make any new "friends" that night!

Dawn I got this email from Mickey News, FYI

"Fantasmic, which is one of Disney World's premier nighttime shows, will also be cut down dramatically. Starting this summer, the show will only be performed twice a week. For those families who are only planning one day in each Disney park, they may want to hit Disney Hollywood Studios on Mondays and Thursdays, the days when the show will mainly be running. However, if the show is not a concern, then visiting on other days may lead to smaller crowds. It seems curious that Disney would make such a drastic cut during the middle of the summer busy season, but it must make some sense from a business perspective. "

I hope they don't get rid of it before our trip. I want my kids to see it. I saw it once back in 2001, so I am praying that the kids get to see it. DS9 was only 2 when he saw and fell asleep during it.

that's crazy! that show is almost packed every time i see it. are people gonna have to line up 3 hours in advance to even get in??????

All caught up on the new update.

Luke looks so comfy and content all bundled up with his own blue slush.

I was looking at the Bolt characters with Lexi this morning and she named them, do you think I can remember them now.
She got a Bolt plush at the Disney Store awhile back but was dissapointed they were sold out of the other characters. She can't wait to get the movie when it comes out at the end of the month.

Your new "Evil" tee is cute. What a great color. I think of you whenever I see a pic of her. (not too many people have her as a favorite) That doesn't sound right, I wasn't saying you are evil, you are too sweet.

Fantasmic is the best!
I see that Ray is getting his money's worth wearing the Goofy hoodie. It's fun to see him so excitted.
I told my family that Fantasmic is only on certain night now, they all GASPED, "oh no we have to see it". I'm sure during our 10 days there it won't be a problem seeing it...I hope.

i'm sure i will watch bolt when it comes out on DVD. i can borrow it from luke! oh, i knew what you meant about thinking of me when you see maleficent and i take it as a compliment! it's funny - ray only wears that at disney but yes, he is getting good use out of it. i wear my tink hoodie everywhere but he doesn't water the goofy one unless we're at disney world. just plan ahead and i'm sure you guys will see fantasmic on your trip!

 

[englishrose47]

Hi Dawn !! Had internet problems so have to go back and catch up!!! I am sad about Fantasmic !!!

 

[englishrose47]

Caught up !! Great pix of Fantasmic !!!I hope we can get in to see it in Sept. I am sure I will in May !!!

 

[punkin413]

so i'm finally back with day 2 of our snow fun! sorry it took me so long. i had to wait on anna's pics to post. between the two of us we took LOTS so enjoy!

by the way, i cannot believe that tomorrow will be a week ago that it snowed 7 inches here!!!! today it was 70 degrees and tomorrow the high is supposed to be 76!!!!!!!

anna took this picture sunday night when it was snowing....so pretty!

and these were taken monday morning.....

all the rest of these pictures and video were taken on monday. it was so pretty when we woke up that morning!

this is maddyx, my neighbor's little girl. she was SO CUTE in her little red coat. she looked like little red riding hood!

ray and i and some of our neighbors headed towards anna's house. she lives next to the lake in our neighborhood and there are some good hills in that area. we were going sledding!!!! it's only about 3 blocks so it was a nice walk.

this is a house in the distance i thought was pretty.

looking down anna's street at the lake....

when i got there, luke showed me how to make snow angels!

me and anna in front of her house....

some of the boys were lazy and hitched a ride, my husband included!

ray decided to make himself comfortable once we got to the top of the hill.

we had SO MUCH FUN that day! i will just let the pictures do most of the talking.

little red riding hood again....

that's anna!

me hoping i'm not about to break my neck!

ray decided to use our boogie board and it was AWESOME - so fast!!!! this is ray going down the hill on it....

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[punkin413]

anna made hot cocoa for everyone. she's such a domestic goddess!!!

that's luke with evelyn and lex, anna's neighbor's kids.

while ray was sitting on the ground i sat next to him and anna told us to pose!

we got a little carried away.

a snowball fight gone bad!

anna and luke....

okay....my crazy husband convinced me to lay on top of him while we went sledding down the hill on the boogie board. i don't know why i agreed, but i did. luckily we didn't die! but i do admit that i did bail out right before we went into the big dip at the bottom (which you will see ray fall into later in a video) and in the process got snow all down my shirt!

coming back up the hill.....such a good workout!

anna and chris tried it too. i got video of them which will be below!

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[punkin413]

for some unknown reason the kids made a REALLY BIG snow ball and wanted to push it down the hill into the lake. this is the adults trying to push it up to the top of the hill. you will see video of them trying to get it down!

ray had brought our car back when he went home to get the boogie board, so some of our neighbors hitched a ride back home when we were done!

here are all the videos. i will describe each one. some of them are really funny!

luke's first time sledding. watch chris fall in front of the sled to stop him! luke doesn't like to be laughed at so he turns around and says, "that wasn't funny, you stupid kooks!" i still don't know what a kook is. he's in a phase where everything's stupid or dumb. thank you, spongebob squarepants! anyway, we told him we were laughing at his daddy falling and not him.



anna going on the boogie board. that thing will FLY! look how far she goes.



me on the boogie board. i followed anna's path but ray stopped filming before i was done. i had to drag my feet when i got close to the lake!



ray's turn! he goes right into a big hole near the bottom of the hill. this is the one where i bailed out before we hit it when we went together.



chris's turn! he almost hits the tree.



here are chris and anna going together. i wish someone would've filmed me and ray. it was so fun!



luke and eveyln going together. chris had to fall in front of them again to stop them!



here are some of the guys (and anna eventually) trying to roll that big snowball down the hill. it took them forever to get it down there! i actually took like 7 videos of this before they got it in the lake but i'm not posting all of them.







such a fun day!

 

[MeMom]

Fun pictures! Luke wasn't happy with you people, was he? Did he go any more, or was that enough for him?

It's so nice that you guys were able to have a big snow like that and have such a great time with it. That's a rare thing in the south, so it's fun when it happens.

I'll have to see how I'm holding up as far as Fantasmic goes. I think I'll be fine to go, but it depends on how bad my leg is swelling and how much my knee hurts. It's been giving me a lot of grief lately, and I'm fighting off going to the doctor. Trent went and got me some stuff at GNC for joint pain, so I'm going to try that first and hope for the best. Fantasmic is showing twice the night we'll be there and with it being cut back so much, it does make me want to see it while I can. If not, though, we've got ten days this summer, so I'm sure we can get it in then.

We're leaving early Wednesday (18th) and returning Sunday evening.

 

[kschafer]

OK, I must admit, your snow day looks like a lot of fun!

Your neighborhood is beautiful. I wish we had something like that around here. We are looking at new homes in the (hopefully) near future and would love to find one with mature trees, a lake and large lots (though the hills might be a bit of a stretch here in Iowa )

 

[KristinAnne]

Your day looks so fun!! It really is nice to see people appreciate it! Is it all gone now? We got about a foot from that storm, but today was around 60 so a lot of it melted, and there are some grassy spots again. Some schools around here (not mine thanfully!) have to add 45 minutes on their school days and are going until the end of June because of the ice storm back in December. I love your house by the way. I can't remember if I said that back during Christmas with the pictures of lights, but it's beautiful!

 

[AussieAngel]

Wow!!! Definitely a fun day!! I wish we had snow like that every once in a while!!

Such beautiful photos of the houses and lakes... And great videos too!! Poor Luke in that first video. I chuckled when he said, "That wasn't funny, you stupid kooks!" and you stopped laughing and said, "Oh!"

Also, what an awesome idea to use the boogie board!! I had to show Conan how fast it went! It made me think of Chevy Chase in the Christmas Vacation movie, when he puts some sort of oil fluid on his silver metal sled to go ridiculously fast.

Thanks for posting all your great photos and videos, Dawn!

 

[scottny]

nice to see all of you having fun in the snow.

the videos were great.

How nice of Anna to make the hot chocolate.

Chris looks like he got one workout that day, up and down the hill.

Too bad no video of you and Ray going down.

Eli did not want to join in the fun?

Your community looks so nice.

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

I had so much fun watching everyone enjoying the snow. So glad you could have that experience together. What a great day!

So thoughtful of Anna to make hot chocolate, Yumm!

Your so lucky to live in a beautiful area, I'm sure it so lovely in spring/summer. A wonderful place to walk.

Luke was so cute in his rubber boots making a snow angel.

I was wondering what you would sled with. I thought a piece of cardboard but a boogie board is genius! I will need to try that here. We have these things called snow racers (has a seat with a steering wheel and a little ski), flying carpets, blow up tires and toboggans. My neighbour made Lexi a beautiful hand carved sled for Xmas one year. Talk about fast, that thing can fly. We can't take it to the snow hill because the other parents are afraid of injuries if she runs into another kid. Being wood it would hurt more than plastic could. I agree.

The videos are too fun, I'm glad no one flew into the lake or hit a tree.

I guess I shouldn't take our snow for granted. I can remember how weird it was when I moved to the south.

I was just saying yesterday, I'm ready for it to melt away. I'm over it for this winter. Bring on SPRING!

 

[troobabiee7]

I love all the snow pictures, that looks like so much fun!

 

[dawz1026]

what fun! very nice neighborhood you have and fun neighbors! I would kill for a hill to go down on a sled! Its sooo flat in my town lol

 

[DisneyJo]

Wow that body board really did go, I'll have to try that when it snows here again, so about 3 years

 

[MaceysMom]

That looked like such an awesome time. All of our snow here was so hard and icy we couldn't really sled on it without getting hurt so we didn't go. You guys were flying down that hill!

My four year old Macey doesn't quite understand the Disboards and I am a hairstylist and she said " That girl is pretty how do know her? Do you cut her hair?" It was funny. I tried to explain to her that you live far away but she said "No she doesn't she is right there." pointing to your picture with Tink. Glad you guys had such a fun time can't wait for the next update.

 

[xoktenox]

Love the snow pics and videos Dawn! We had so much snow here, I wish we would have taken advantage of it like you guys did.