After 7 Trips We're Finally Staying At the BC! May 2012 PTR: New TR Started!

[mindystar]

At least if you don't get to all go to Disney, going to the BC makes up for it, right? Alex's scar is so far in his hairline that unless he goes bald on the top of his head, it won't be visible.
Whew! I'm sure it made it harder to see what was going on initially being up in hairline, but good for scars And now we've changed on you again and will be at the Poly regardless


We love our Disney nights. Getting ready to post our last couple ones here in a little bit. We only have 4 left!!! [/QUOTE]
Can not wait to see your Disney Nights--waiting for Cinderella to post ours I think we're down to three, but we also have a Baptism, Confirmations, Mother's Day and 2 Birthdays to celebrate. Not exclusive to us celebrations, but they do take up some Disney planning time So glad to have you back!!!!

 

[cinderella crazy]

At least if you don't get to all go to Disney, going to the BC makes up for it, right? Alex's scar is so far in his hairline that unless he goes bald on the top of his head, it won't be visible.
Whew! I'm sure it made it harder to see what was going on initially being up in hairline, but good for scars And now we've changed on you again and will be at the Poly regardless


We love our Disney nights. Getting ready to post our last couple ones here in a little bit. We only have 4 left!!!

Can not wait to see your Disney Nights--waiting for Cinderella to post ours I think we're down to three, but we also have a Baptism, Confirmations, Mother's Day and 2 Birthdays to celebrate. Not exclusive to us celebrations, but they do take up some Disney planning time So glad to have you back!!!![/QUOTE]

LOVE the Poly! Have you stayed there before?

 

[cinderella crazy]

Get ready y'all!!!! I've got 5 updates coming!!!

 

[cinderella crazy]

Disney Night 13 – Liberty Tree Tavern

This Mike’s last pick for Disney night. Since this will be one of the restaurants we will be trying for the first time, I had to do a little research about what they serve. (I have this sneaking suspision that I'm going to have the urge to yell "Give me liberty or give me death" when we eat here). We went with an American theme for the night. It almost felt like the 4th of July!

The Invitation:

The Table:

The Food:
Turkey Tenderloin
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Corn on the Cob
Stuffing
Rolls

Chocolate Cake

The Activities:
Coloring Pages

Word Search

Make a Wreath

Sing “America” and “Star Spangled Banner” (requirements for cub scout electives that we added in so Alex could get credit for doing them)

And once again we had fun with hats:

It was another fun night! Our next Disney night: Tangled.

 

[cinderella crazy]

Disney Night #14 – Tangled night

I am going to go ahead and predict that one of us (who am I kidding, it will be Mike) will have to stand in line for at least an hour for Lauren to get her picture taken with Rapunzel. She’s Lauren’s favorite princess right now. So I wasn’t at all surprised that she picked to have a Tangled night.

The Invitation:

The Table:

The Food:
Pascal’s Pasta
Flynn’s Fresh Salad
Braided Bread

Rapunzel’s Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

The Activities:
Coloring Pages

Make Paper Lanterns
Mike’s

Mom’s

Alex’s

Lauren’s

Mine

Watch “Tangled” (We laughed so hard at this movie)


Only one more night for Lauren to pick; but before that we will be visiting Downtown Disney and celebrating the Lego Store and T-Rex. There might be Meteor Bites in our future….

 

[cinderella crazy]

I admit y’all….
I like to make lists…
for everything…
I make lists for things I need to make lists of…
I like lists…
without them, I would forget probably 75% of the stuff I need to remember…
I could even make a list of why I like to make lists…but I won’t, instead I’ll share with you the lists I have so far for our trip.
Here they are:

To Buy For Disney List:
Sunblock
Snacks
Juice Boxes
Bananas
Cereal
Gallon Bags
Sandwich Bags
Bags for kids stuff for van Check!
Pencil/Pen/Marker containers Check!
Dry Erase Markers and Erasers
Guide to the Magic for Alex Check!
Maps
Cups for kids Check!
Notebook for my notes Check!
Handwipes
Batteries (AA and AAA)
Clothes (mostly for me)

Disney To Do List:
Get change for pressed pennies
Get change for pressed quarters
Put cereal in gallon bag
Make packing list
Finalize items for Daisy for doggie daycare
Get VBS (vacation bible school) info
Clean inside of van
Clean outside of van
Organize van bag
Check tire pressure in van
Put paper towels/rug cleaner/brush in van
Fix headphones in van
Transfer Disney reward points to card
Organize DVDs/CDs/iPod
Download iPad games
Check iPad settings
Program addresses into GPS
Charge Phones/Cameras/iPod/iPad
Get Money for tolls
Set DVR to record shows
Look up lunch places on the way down and back
Mike haircut
Set up cat care


To Make For Disney List:
Activity folders for the kids
Trip Journals for us and the kids
Travel folders for Mom and us
- Schedule
- Resort Info
- Resort Map
Dry Erase Board for kids Check!
Incentive clips for sun visor Check!
License Plate game and laminate
Lacing game and laminate
Pirate Ship game and laminate
Travel Bingo and laminate
Scavenger Hunt and laminate
Trash Bag for van


I also made a To Buy In Disney List and Photos To Take In Disney List but I haven’t had a chance to actually put anything on them. And we also made a ride list for each park but I’m saving that for another post…

 

[cinderella crazy]

Day 5 - May 28th -Jambo, Ni hao and Hola!

That’s probably what we’ll be saying all day on day 5 (May 28th) since we’ll be heading to both AK and Epcot. We’ll start our day at AK. I don’t know about y’all, but when I walk into AK and see the Tree of Life I have the uncontrollable urge to sing “It’s the circle of life!”

Maybe that’s just my musical background coming out…

Before I go any further let me confer with Mike about our plan of attack. Maybe you should hum the Jeopardy theme while I’m gone…































Okay! After discussing our options we’ve decided that we are going to go to Safari first. We’ll have a fun time watching the animals and then we’ll send Mike across the park to Everest for fastpasses. We’ll meet up with him somewhere, maybe go on a ride like Triceratop Spin, or Dinosaur, maybe watch “A Bug’s Life”, one of those options and then we’ll ALL go ride Everest. ALL (unless Alex changes his mind. In that case he and Mom will probably sit out).

Our lunch plans are for Flame Tree Barbecue. It’s been awhile since we’ve eaten there and the last time I didn’t even eat their food. I got a Turkey leg. Some people may think the turkey legs are yummy…I’m not one of them. So I’m excited about eating at Flame Tree this time!

After lunch we may ride a couple of rides and then we’ll head back to the resort for some pool time. We won’t have far to go for dinner since it’s at San Angel Inn. Some people don’t like the food here but we love it. We’ve gone to this restaurant on almost every trip. There have only been 2 trips that we didn’t eat here and it was very much missed both times.

After eating we’ll walk around WS and probably go on Spaceship Earth. I’m going to have to do a whole post soon about Spaceship Earth. We have some funny pictures and video from it. If you’re ever on the ride and you hear a woman laughing hysterically on it, it’s probably me. Not on the first part, but on the part where you watch the video about your future.

Perhaps we’ll ride Nemo, but I’m willing to bet money we’ll head into Mousegears. Momma needs to do some shopping!

So that’s our rough plans for day 5. Day 6 will have more Epcot fun and a dinner with a Pooh Bear.

 

[cinderella crazy]

Shhh....Do you hear that? It's the sound of some crazy lady laughing on Spaceship Earth. Who would do that???!!!


That would be me…unless there’s some other crazy lady who laughs on Spaceship Earth. Really, can there be more than one of us?

I promise you that I do not laugh at the beginning or middle of the ride. I find those parts very relaxing and I love listening to the narration. It’s when we get to the section where you get to see your future. What’s so funny about it? For most people, probably nothing. But you see, way at the beginning of the ride, they take your picture. We go on this ride multiple times every trip and we were getting a little tired of taking a normal picture. So someone, I think it was Alex, came up with the idea to make a funny, mad, sad, angry, whatever face for our pictures. When our future selves popped up on the screen, I lost it. It was sooooooo funny. It was sooooooo funny I started filming them. And upon rewatching them I noticed that I have been laughing, hysterically while watching them. Laughing so hard I have cried while on this ride. I don’t suppose this was the original intent of the redesign of Spaceship Earth, but I don’t care. It’s funny and I like it!

So here’s some pics we’ve taken of our funny, mad, silly faces. I promise I will include a video on my TR of us on this ride so you can hear me and my crazy laugh.

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

LOVE the Spaceship Earth pics!!

And yummmmmmmmy...Flame Tree BBQ!! So ready to go...RIGHT NOW!!

 

[cinderella crazy]

LOVE the Spaceship Earth pics!!

And yummmmmmmmy...Flame Tree BBQ!! So ready to go...RIGHT NOW!!

I'm ready to go too! Woohoo!

 

[cinderella crazy]

Well looky at what my countdown ticker and calendar say today:

30 DAYS!!!​

I have so much I need to do!!! Better get busy!

 

[homeatssr]

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE your lists!!

 

[mindystar]

Can not wait to see your Disney Nights--waiting for Cinderella to post ours I think we're down to three, but we also have a Baptism, Confirmations, Mother's Day and 2 Birthdays to celebrate. Not exclusive to us celebrations, but they do take up some Disney planning time So glad to have you back!!!!

LOVE the Poly! Have you stayed there before?[/QUOTE]

Yes I have. Oh, my! I had to check my siggie real quick--this will my 5th time there Just love the whole resort!!! Though I have not done the luau, but have gone to one in Hawaii

 

[mindystar]

Disney Night 13 – Liberty Tree Tavern

This Mike’s last pick for Disney night. Since this will be one of the restaurants we will be trying for the first time, I had to do a little research about what they serve. (I have this sneaking suspision that I'm going to have the urge to yell "Give me liberty or give me death" when we eat here). We went with an American theme for the night. It almost felt like the 4th of July!

Love that place for dinner, though I do miss the characters It's now a tradition to eat there on our last night. I think I love it so much just because it reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner--yum yum!

I know I should just multi-quote, but I'm multitasking and don't want to forget what I was going to say for each post

 

[cinderella crazy]

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE your lists!!

Thank you!

 

[mindystar]

Disney Night #14 – Tangled night

The Table:

Rapunzel’s Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

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See I already forgot what I was going to say about your LTT post. . .love the hats
Sad, but I have not watched Tangled yet. My nieces have the movie, so I'll have to go over and sit down and watch it with them one night
LOVE Mickey's hair And those brownies look to die for--yummers!!

 

[cinderella crazy]

LOVE the Poly! Have you stayed there before?

Yes I have. Oh, my! I had to check my siggie real quick--this will my 5th time there Just love the whole resort!!! Though I have not done the luau, but have gone to one in Hawaii [/QUOTE]

5 times? That's wonderful! I think the luau in Hawaii should count for something.

Love that place for dinner, though I do miss the characters It's now a tradition to eat there on our last night. I think I love it so much just because it reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner--yum yum!

I know I should just multi-quote, but I'm multitasking and don't want to forget what I was going to say for each post

You can't go wrong with Thanksgiving dinner! It's just so yummy! I've been doing a lot of multitasking myself.

 

[mindystar]

I admit y’all….
I like to make lists…
for everything…


To Buy For Disney List:

Notebook for my notes Check!


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LOVE it!!! I enjoy the list making too--but sometimes I make one too many notes and they don't all get transferred over to the "main" list and then I've forgotten something. But it's ok, because it's now the first thing on my new main list!
I need to transfer points too, but I'm going to wait until this next statement. It will include the points from my final payoff for the trip Come on souvenir monies!!!
I'd love to see your photos to take in WDW list
Thanks for sharing your list so far

 

[mindystar]

We’ll start our day at AK.
After discussing our options we’ve decided that we are going to go to Safari first.
Our lunch plans are for Flame Tree Barbecue. I

We'll be at AK in the AM on Monday too
Mom, Dad and baby sister plan on eating at FTB, while the rest of us are going to try Restaurantosaurus for the first time ever. I'm looking forward to that veggie subosaurus myself

 

[mindystar]

30 Days?!!! Hot Dog

We'll be at Epcot Future World side on Tuesday. . .so we may see you there too Love your funny faces on Spaceship Earth--hilarious