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

[micandminforever]

Get better soon. The Dane Cook Videos were great. I have really enjoyed your report and look forward to the next installment.

 

[scottny]

Hope you feel better

 

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i will be back tomorrow to reply to you guys but i just had to share something i'm SUPER excited about.

yesterday i got an e-mail with a pre-sale password for DANE COOK at phillips arena in june.

Man, Dane Cook is funny as heck. I don't care for the language though. The whole thing about the guy and the car (trying to be discreet while kids are reading hehe) is hilarious.

"man are you alright? you need to go to the hospital????" "naw I'm ok. Has anyone seen my shoes?"

The atheist one is also hilarious. Another comic that's genius is Demetri Martin.

"When I was a kid, I sucked at sports. Then I found out you could buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything!"

 

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Just wanted to post this, for everyone that's seen the movie Fireproof. If you haven't, go get it! It's an excellent movie. The main female lead that's in it, Erin Bethea, also works at the World. She does storytime with Belle:

 

[punkin413]

I am still jealous looking at your snow pics!!!!

Oh my gosh, the boogie board!! I swear, I started laughing. All I could think about was if Ray greased up the bottom really good with the non-caloric silicon-based kitchen lubricant!

i thought of that too!

awesome update!!!Your excitement is so fun to read

thanks! it was such a great night.

Oh I LOVE the lights! GREAT pics and videos!!! It's so much brighter now that they switched to LED lights. They were KC's fav part of our trip the year we went for christmas. How awesome the time you guys had running around and having a ball!

thanks! we did have a ball - good memories!

THAT WAS TERRIFIC. I WANNA GO.....

thanks! i wanna go back too!

Great ending to a wonderful day at DHS. I loved all the pictures of the lights.

thanks!

Wow, beautiful lights!!

I loved the videos too! I didn't know the lights danced, they look amazing! My next mission will be to go to Disney World at Christmas time!!

(Also, I've never seen A Christmas Story! Is that really bad!? I don't know how I haven't seen it - I love Christmas movies!)

I couldn't hear the Ewoks in the trees, but then again... I don't really know what Ewoks sound like! That's such a cute idea!

Thanks for such a big, great post!!

oh, you have to go rent a christmas story RIGHT NOW!!!!! it's SUCH a hilarious movie. on TV station here plays it for 24 hours straight from 7:00 pm christmas even to 7:00 pm christmas night every single year. it's great!

ewoks sound like they've sucked in a lot of helium!

WOW!!! This is my favorite update by far, I have been waiting and waiting for this and it did exactly what I thought it would do, MAKE ME WANT TO GO DURING OSBORNE LIGHTS! HOW COOL The pictures and videos you took were amazing!!!! What a great tip to be there after closing, I never would have thought of that and I couldn't believe the lack of crowds as your night/pictures progressed. WOW! Thanks for all of the awesome video and pics. Glad you guys got to ride Toy Story,that ride rocks! Ray sounds a lot like Tim ( I guess most guys ) with his competetiveness, he does the same thing and I NEVER beat him. I couldn't believe how right on both of your accuracy was.
LOVED how you found the Christmas Story lamp and heard the Ewoks, I couldn't agree more, gotta love those Disney touches.
I want the "peace love and Mickey" lights for my front yard
GREAT update!
Lesley

thanks! you guys really do need to go during the holidays sometime. you would absolutely love it!

Beautiful pictures! I look forward to seeing them again on our December trip, but we may wait until almost park closing time to go back there, since it worked so well for you.

It was so much more crowded when we were there on the opening night of Osborne Lights.
SO much more crowded.
We were shuffling our feet and taking about two inch strides. That was as crowded as I have ever seen it.

Thanks for the nice update. It was a good way to start this cold day. It's sleeting outside right now, so with that and your Osborne Lights pictures, I may put in a Disney Christmas CD on the way in and have hot chocolate when I get there....in my Disney World Happy Holidays mug, of course! (Normally I am already at school by this time, but with the sleet, I was waiting to see if they might call a snow/ice day at the last minute. No such luck. I'm gone.)

yeah, going there right around park closing is a good idea! but you know how they change things so much at disney. i would definitely ask as CM earlier that day if the lights stay on after closing just to make sure. so funny that you had a "disney christmas" day to make that cold, drizzly day fun! good idea.

Awwww, I am so excited about seeing the Osborne Lights now!!!! Woly moly!!!! That is so cool you saw the leg lamp!!! I love that movie!!!

But gosh, those pictures were awesome!!!!

thanks! yeah, seeing the leg lamp was hilarious because we love that movie too!

Oh I can't wait to go this year so I can see everything in person. 8 more months to go for me YEAH. Your picture in front of the lights for your card came out really cute. I can't wait to do that as well, putting in my head go there late.

definitely go late! but do what i told memom to do - be sure to ask a CM when you get to DHS that day if the lights stay on after closing. you know how they change things at disney without bothering to tell anyone. so i'd hate for you to show up 5 minutes before closing and not get to see very much!

Isn't Toy Story Mania so much fun?! I love Andy's nightlight! I WILL find a way to beat B/F this trip! He acts like a lil' kid on Buzz too. He'll get mad if I rotate our car around to the other side! He'll be like "HEY! I was almost getting something over there!" Boys and their games huh?!

Aw, the lights look so awesome! That peace, love, and Mickey sign was cool! I've seen a few tattoos of that and I think it's so cute! Again, Luke is free entertainment! Haha, the leg lamp..We actually found one before this past Christmas and got it for my grandpa because he is a HUGE fan of the movie! That's so funny you found it there! Did you know about it before you went? Or did you just randomly find it?

ray is so obnoxious when it comes to games. it's like.....get over yourself!!!

yeah, i knew about it before but i had no idea where it was. they move it every year. we love that movie so i had to find it!

 

[punkin413]

Wow! Great pictures! Fabulous update!

thanks!

How perfect, that after the boogie boarding/sledding pics and references to Christmas Vacation, that the first video has the theme song to that movie playing in the background. I didn't know if you noticed it or not, but I got a chuckle out of it.
I really want to go during Christmas time so that I can see the lights. They look so cool!!

seriously!!! they were playing that song as we walked into the area and ray just looked at me and said, "i can't believe they're playing this!" we both LOVE that movie!

good plan on waiting till the close, the lines for photopass were huge during hte normal hours, we did not get to use them.

next time we will use your tip

it was great going right around closing! that first photopass line took awhile but the second one was pretty much non-existant. if you do go at closing next time, be sure to ask a DHS CM earlier that day if they still keep them on after closing. i'd hate for you guys to go and not get to see them!

Dawn...I loved your snow update. It reminds me of going up north for spring break...there isn't much snow so we just sled like crazy and usually a couple of us almost end up in the lake LOL. It's too much fun but your right its good for one day and then its like bring on spring!!!

The Osborne lights look amazing. I really want to go during the holidays but I also want a summer trip? We will see. Its so cute how look is so happy, that makes it so worth it. I LOVE TSM!!! I was cracking up at what you said about Ray...I can see that ride doing that to the men. Can't wait for the next update.!!!

thanks - we had so much fun that day with the snow!

oh, i don't think i could handle the summer. heat + crowds = BLAH! of course i know some people have to go during the summer because of kids/work but i just can't deal with BOTH of those things. when we went in september i thought i was gonna DIE with the heat and i know it wasn't as bad then as it would've been in july. plus add the crowd to that and....yuck! sorry for those of you who go during the summer - i know you probably don't have a choice. i admire your will power!

Glad you all got to ride TSM, I can't wait!

I didn't know you can use fastpasses after the return time expires, is that true?

What a great idea to wait to see the Osborne Lights at closing time.
It was perfect, you could move around and Luke could run. I love it when CM's interact with the kids. Little did Luke know he would get to see real snow in the future. Way cooler!

Good old Mickey D's....always around and open all hours, gotta love it...

the CMs at the lights were GREAT! they were so playful and it was really cool to watch them having fun too.

I love Dane Cook! I'm so jealous! Have you seen his thing about Oprah? I was in tears the first time I watched it.

Great update, by the way! I love the Osborne lights. Seeing the lights when I go makes me so much more in the mood for Christmas and the holidays.

yeah, i've seen him make fun of oprah - hilarous!

thanks! i loved the lights too - i think they were my favorite part of the trip!

all caught up.

the Osborne Lights were gorgeous. You got some great video and pics. It was the highlight of my trip.

I never heard the Ewoks before but have seen the display up there.

thanks! we loved the lights, too. such a cool thing to see and be a part of! you'll have to listen for the ewoks on your next trip.

Wow, those Osborne Lights are amazing!!!! And I had no idea about the Leg Lamp!!!! We watch A Christmas Story 25-times every December so I love that, too funny! Your pics and video came out great

thanks! we love a christmas story too! the dad is my favorite character. MUNDANE NOODLE!!!!!

Awesome about Dane Cook!

I also love all your Osborne light pictures. I like the picture with the little dogs on the stoop!

When I first read that someone was yelling "LUUUUUUKE!," it immediately made me think of a Red Sox game when people yell for Kevin Youkilis (I'm not sure how to spell his name)..."YOUUUUUUK!"

thanks! so funny about youkilis!!!

I loved your update, great pictures. We have seen the Osborne lights twice. The first time we saw them it was so crowded we literally could not move. The second time was at closing and it was SO much better. The lights really put you in the Christmas mood. I know that I am probably the only one who feels this way, but it doesn't feel like Christmas to me at Disney World. The decorations are really pretty but I guess the weather just keeps me from feeling like it is Christmas time. But, the Osborne lights sure do feel "Christmasy" to me.

thanks! i'm so glad we got to see them. i know what you mean about being in florida at christmas time. i'm glad we went when we did - about 2 weeks before christmas. it did put me in the christmas mood but i don't think i'd like to be there during actual christmas - it's just not the same as being at home. i LOVE disney world with all my heart but i need to be either in georgia or tennessee for christmas!

Great Osborne Lights pics and videos Dawn! You did a really good job with them and everything is so beautiful.

And OMGGG...I LOVE DANE COOK! I've liked him since his earlier stuff from 5 or 6 yrs ago too. I have his first 2 CDs and I used to listen to them in the car and a red lights people would be staring at me because I was hysterically laughing! My BF and I saw him in November of 07 in the Rough Around the Edges tour and he is soooooo funny I can't even deal. And I love when Vicious Circle is on HBO. I could go on for days about how much I love him but I'll stop here. Anyway, I'm sure jealous!! I have to start looking for tickets for BF and I when hes up here in NY!

thanks! hope you guys get go see dane cook - sounds like you're a big fan!

My kids LOVE Dane Cook!!! They would be so jealous that you get to go! Enjoy

we LOVE dane cook!!!! "NO cookies rrrrrr" is my fav!!!!! Nice score on the tix!

TIM AND I ARE HUGE Dane Cook Fans!!!! I am so jealous. I got the same email and was SO bummed he isn't coming here again this time. I have all his cd's an die each time I hear them, I listen to him in the car all the time and drive down the road laughing until I cry. He is actually in Orlando when we're there and I brought it up to Tim - but with kids, not gonna happen, hopefully we get to see him live someday.
Here's my favorite Dane cook clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MkUpzfsfk

(there's language in it, so don't view with kids around)

OMG Dawn! I'm jealous! B/F and I LOVE Dane Cook!!!!

yes, we are VERY excited to see dane cook!!! we got decent seats. we are in the front row of our section. now i just have to wait until the end of june!

lesley - great video!!!

 

[punkin413]

You have some really great pictures of the lights! I can't wait to see them! Awesome about Dane Cook too. I'm going to have to start checking out if he's going to be in our area. Feel better!!

thanks! they were really a highlight of our trip.

Feel better dawn!!!!!!!!!!!
(love the last updates..the Osborne lights were a HUGE hilight of our trip as well...they are AMAZING!!!)

thanks! we really enjoyed the lights - so cool!

Wow Dawn I'm definitely going to go and see the Osborne lights at closing, when I was there you couldn't move!!!! Love all the photos and Lukes face is just adorable!

I've never heard of hearing the Ewoks before I'll definitely be adding that to my to do list

Hope you feel better soon

going there at closing was great! be sure to ask a CM though if they still keep them on after closing just in case disney decides (like they tend to do) to change things up! thanks!

Dawn those videos were great. I never heard of him but he's really funny, I have been laughing out loud and my kids keep coming in the room asking me what is so funny.

Get some rest, I second that nice one day yuck the next.

he's hilarious! he uses a lot of language though so it's kind of hard to watch in front of the kids.

Man, Dane Cook is funny as heck. I don't care for the language though. The whole thing about the guy and the car (trying to be discreet while kids are reading hehe) is hilarious.

"man are you alright? you need to go to the hospital????" "naw I'm ok. Has anyone seen my shoes?"

The atheist one is also hilarious. Another comic that's genius is Demetri Martin.

"When I was a kid, I sucked at sports. Then I found out you could buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything!"

yeah, i don't like the language either. but you have to admit he's dang funny! he does a routine about messed up teeth that has me crying with laughter every time i hear it!

so funny about the trophies!!!

Just wanted to post this, for everyone that's seen the movie Fireproof. If you haven't, go get it! It's an excellent movie. The main female lead that's in it, Erin Bethea, also works at the World. She does storytime with Belle:

very cool!!! she's so pretty.

Get some rest sister!! That's the only thing that's going to work. Don't worry about DISing. It'll be here when you're well.

Feel better.....

Everything in the world seems to be going around at school. We've run the whole gamut of illnesses. I started with a fever, added a sore throat, and now am in the part where I'm yo-yoing between stuffy nose and runny nose. I'm just glad it's been going on during this past week instead of next week.

Hope you feel better as the weekend wears on. Get your work behind you and then just chill out the rest of the time.
Wish you were closer - I'd bring you a box of tissues and a bowl of chicken soup.

Uggh - being sick is the worst! Feel better quickly!

Aww, get better soon Dawn!!

You should stick some tissues up your nose, lie on the couch with a blanket and watch some daytime tv!!

Hope you feel better soon, Dawn! Here's some PD for you!

Feel better soon, Dawn!!!

I hope you feel better soon! :

Get better soon. The Dane Cook Videos were great. I have really enjoyed your report and look forward to the next installment.

Hope you feel better

thanks for all the well wishes, guys! i'm still feeling icky but better. i just can't breathe easily and it's very annoying!!! it's this stupid weather. two weekends ago it snows, last weekend it was 80 degrees, this past weekend it was cold and drizzly and we're supposed to be back up until the 70's tomorrow!!!!

being sick has put me REALLY behind in my mountain of work. i've been doing some work but just not as much as i would normally. so i'm behind. thus, no updates for a little while. i've got my pictures picked out for the next one - just have to put them in order and upload them, so it shouldn't be too terribly long. be back hopefully sometime in the next few days!

 

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he does a routine about messed up teeth that has me crying with laughter every time i hear it!

One of my favorites is the B&E.

*whispering* "we're gonna go do a b&e! What's that, bacon & eggs? No a breaking and entering!"

"I kicked down the door and it was the closet!"

 

[punkin413]

One of my favorites is the B&E.

*whispering* "we're gonna go do a b&e! What's that, bacon & eggs? No a breaking and entering!"

"I kicked down the door and it was the closet!"

the only place i could find the teeth skit was on myspace so i don't know if this link will work or not here. again, he uses the F word so don't listen with your kids around!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2035217679

"don't brush me.....i'm yellow"

 

[xoktenox]

OMG all these Dane references are making me want to see him even more! He's on Long Island on May 3 and the cheapest tickets I found (nosebleed seats of course) were $112 each! The atheist one that you posted is probably one of my favorite ones but the B&E one gets me everytime too.

 

[punkin413]

OMG all these Dane references are making me want to see him even more! He's on Long Island on May 3 and the cheapest tickets I found (nosebleed seats of course) were $112 each! The atheist one that you posted is probably one of my favorite ones but the B&E one gets me everytime too.

i won't tell you how much we paid for our decent seats because it will make you sick! let's just say it was cheaper than that!

 

[punkin413]

i just finished typing a HUGE transcript so i figured i'd celebrate by getting an update up. it will be a short one though. better than nothin!

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on to day 3! a bittersweet day because this means that we're over halfway through our trip. remember we only had 4 days this trip because it was a "bonus" trip and we couldn't take much time off.

this was saturday, december 13th and today was to be our MK day. now, i had been reading since october about the new tink/fairies area in toontown. you have to understand how excited i was about this.....i have a been a tink fan since i was a very small child. peter pan has always been one of my favorite movies. i never, ever thought i'd have the chance to meet tink! when i heard she was in the pirate & princess party parade i was SO EXCITED! now i can actually meet her? i was all over it!

i knew that the best strategy for meeting her and not having to wait 2 hours to do it was to get there for rope drop. i also knew that i didn't want to force my entire party to do that since you have to get up pretty early to do so. so anna and i talked about it on friday night and she said she knew luke would love meeting her. so they decided to come with me. since we had 2 cars, we had the option of just meeting them later. i also told ray he was welcome to sleep in since one of the things he hates to do on vacation is get up early. he told me he might get up - just to ask him in the morning.

we woke up saturday morning bright and early and the tinker fairies had visited luke yet again!!!!

one of the things he got that day was a kaliedoscope and he couldn't figure out how to close one eye to look into it, so chris helped!

i woke ray up around 7:45 to see if he wanted to come with us and he just moaned, so i took that as a no. i left him his park ticket, the car keys and $20 in his wallet for parking and off we went!

because i had been in the back seat the other 2 days, i hadn't gotten this picture yet!

it was kinda cold that morning but nothing like the day before. i had on a long-sleeved t-shirt, a polo and a light jacket and i was okay. i do remember though that i had some coffee in a paper cup walking through the parking lot and on the tram to the monorail station. by the time i got to the monorail, the coffee was ice cold. so it was rather chilly!

on our way to MK, my favorite place in the world!!!!

i had read that sometimes they open toontown at 9:15 and sometimes at 9:45. i wanted to be there early in case they did the former of the two. thus we had our game plan worked out that i would walk ahead and they would meet me at toontown. so most of the rest of these pictures were taken by anna since i had gone on ahead.

when we got off the monorail, the opening show had just finished and the mobs were heading in. so i said goodbye to my friends and made my way into the sea of people while anna, luke and chris took their time.

i love this one - the GF in the background is so pretty!

i really didn't take too much time to look around MK when i came in - i just kept over to the right side and tried to nicely walk around people, then walked through the noodle station, through tomorrowland and past the tea cups to toontown. but it still didn't make being at MK in the morning any less magical. i just love it! i was glad i had all day to look at the christmas decorations i had sort of rushed by though!

more of anna's pics on their way in....

i got over at toontown at exactly 9:10!

there were only 2 other men there with strollers. it was so funny - neither of them really knew what they were doing there. their wives had sent them over to hold their spot in line!

9:15 came and went and no rope drop. so i figured it would be 9:45. oh, well! at least i was already there and knew i was gonna get in early.

anna and chris showed up around 15 minutes later and by that time there were about 20 more people in line. they passed these guys on the way....

they must trade out every 30 minutes or so because this was only around 9:30 in the morning! i thought the christmas tree lot setting was just so cute and festive!

we talked for a little while, then they took luke back to meet uncle scrooge. i struck up a conversation with a woman who had been to MVMCP the thursday night before that. she said it was AWFUL - so crowded you couldn't ride anything or even walk comfortably. i was like GREAT! i was hoping the next night, when we were going to the party, wouldn't be that way!

here are the pics of anna, chris and luke meeting uncle scrooge. i didn't go because i knew ray wanted to meet him and we'd do that later in the day.

i think he's giving him a high-five here.

so cute! i knew that we'd be meeting him later and i was excited! so was ray. for some reason when i told him uncle scrooge was at MK for christmas he thought that was so cool.

well, i will stop here because the next installment will be rather lengthy since we'll be meeting FAIRIES!!!! plus i've gotta upload the video.

 

[hlrababy]

Yea!!!!!! I can't wait to finally see your Tink pictures!!!!! She is the best!!!!!!

I love the pics with Scrooge McDuck!! I just love him!!!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Great update! I didn't even notice it was short! I love Luke's excitement as he's walking up with Chris! The decoration and castle pics you got are great, and how fun the ducks were there all dressed for the holidays!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I can't believe I'll see this in 5 DAYS!!!

 

[AussieAngel]

Yay, another update!! Good job on finishing your work early!!

Luke's pyjamas are very cute!!

The MK Christmas decorations are just so pretty. You're really making me want to visit WDW at Christmas-time now. I showed Conan some photos too, and he said, "Maybe Christmas, 2012!" Woohoooo!! 2012 it is!!

Can't wait to hear about your Tink meet!!

 

[timandlesley]

Great update Dawn It's funny, when they announced about the meet and greet with the fairies FIRST I got excited for Lauren (who is a huge Tink fan) and then you instantly popped into my head, I knew you would be thrilled and couldn't wait to read about your first encounter with them Loved the Scrooge pics, another character I just didn't think of that you can only see at Christmas time, ANOTHER reason to convince Tim to go at Christmas. Can't wait for more, thanks for the update, great way to start my day today
Lesley

 

[DisnLuvr]

It is an excellent and exciting thread.. You have given a great re production of your experience. We can see all the excitements you have had from your eyes.. Every post you posted here speaks volume about the entertainment you have had..

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Little by little I am catching up. Love all the new pics! I can't wait to see those OL again. That was my favorite Holiday thing at Disney! I'm going earlier this time though to avoid the crowds. Not that it was bad the week I went but that last night...OMG, never again!

The snow pics are GREAT! Looks like ya'll had a lot of fun! Maybe next year we can get to the Mtns and play in some snow. I'd prefer not to get it here at home. It's bad for my palms. They all look so bad right now.

I can't wait to hear your Tink story! I am SO GLAD they brought her out for a meet and greet! They should have done it years ago!

 

[heatherlizz602]

I really wish we didn't have to go during the summer. I hate the humidity and heat also. But we can't afford to go this winter and next summer is the only chance we have. My sister graduates from college, my other sister from HS, and I leave for Navy boot camp in June. So my parents really want a vacation before we are all gone. At this point I will go whenever!!!

I can't wait to see the Fairies!!! There is always a benefit to waking up early at Disney Hope you are feeling better.