All Aboard! A Disney and Orlando Unleashed TR!TONS of PICS! Update 1/2 pg 25

[wigdoutdismom]

Ohhhh but I have a ton of catching up to do!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

I'm really enjoying your TR. Can't wait to hear about the segways! Sounds like fun! Looks like all the kids had a great week together.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Stopping to comment...

Oh my gosh Bryan and the sunscreen.

The picture of Matthew sitting in the barber chair, gosh he looks tall!
It's hard watching them get too old for some of the stuff at Disney, we are dealing with the same thing with Baylor.

You know how fast it will go with Eric now...

Diane you look beautiful on your Ohana night. Love your outfits!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Awwww, so glad you got to meet Laura! What a sweetie!

We used to have a little neighbor boy that didn't say his "L"s .
So when he would ask so swim he would say, " can I swim in your poo"?
That would crack me up....

Floaters in the pool isn't a good thing though, no matter how you look at it!

Can't wait to read more of your adventures with the Tim and Lesley gang!

 

[dddisrunner]

ooh, the ToT thing sounds so cool!!! If only I lived closer, I could plan a one day trip to DHS!

I think they should make those enhancements permanent!

Ohhhh but I have a ton of catching up to do!

Hi Wigd! Glad you are here!!!

I'm really enjoying your TR. Can't wait to hear about the segways! Sounds like fun! Looks like all the kids had a great week together.

Thanks so much! Update coming right up!!

Stopping to comment...

Oh my gosh Bryan and the sunscreen.

The picture of Matthew sitting in the barber chair, gosh he looks tall!
It's hard watching them get too old for some of the stuff at Disney, we are dealing with the same thing with Baylor.

You know how fast it will go with Eric now...

Diane you look beautiful on your Ohana night. Love your outfits!

You are so sweet, thanks so much! Yes the sunscreen was SO FUNNY!!

Awwww, so glad you got to meet Laura! What a sweetie!

We used to have a little neighbor boy that didn't say his "L"s .
So when he would ask so swim he would say, " can I swim in your poo"?
That would crack me up....

Floaters in the pool isn't a good thing though, no matter how you look at it!

Can't wait to read more of your adventures with the Tim and Lesley gang!

Too funny about swimming in poo! Yes, it was great to meet Laura!!

 

[dddisrunner]

So this was the day that Bryan and Tim would be taking their Segway tour. Tim drove them both to Epcot. Lesley and I decided not to take a bus and drive ourselves to Epcot. We arrived at Epcot and it was HOT HOT HOT! The rope dropped and lesley was the designated fastpass runner! She headed to Soarin and I took all four kids to Test Track where we would meet up with Lesley! Eric and lauren were both in strollers on this day, it was SO HOT and Epcot is huge so they needed the strollers on this day!! WELL, I pushed Lauren and Matthew pushed Eric. As we were walking up to the 2nd rope drop in front of the fountain a CM says to Eric..."Awe, come on now buddy, you're too big for a stroller!" I was DUMBFOUNDED that a CM would have the nerve to say such a thing! I was ready to flip out on him and then I remembered that I had lesley's kids with me, so I behaved and ignored him!

We finally made it to Test Track and it smelled HORRIBLE, I had no idea why but it smelled like C-R-A_P!!

Lesley had battled the crowds to Soarin and won and met back up with us!

After our spin around the high speed loops, it was over to Mission Space! Green side baby! AFter many discussions of who would ride with who, I rode with lauren and Lesley rode with all of the boys!

After our mission to Mars, Matthew and Luke played in the space race game...

I had promised Eric he could get a bucket of soldiers in the gift shop, so we went to do that!

Lauren was playing in the play area and Lesley made a dog tag for their golden retriever Mickey! We got alot done in those few minutes!!!

Next we decided to spend some time in the misters by Test Track we knew Bryan and Tim were going to be done soon!

Before too long, I got a text from Bryan saying they were done and where were we so they could meet up!

Here are their post tour expressions.....

They LOVED the tour! Bryan said there were only 3 of them on the tour. He said they spent some time learning how to use the Segway and then got to go into the World Showcase and really get those puppies up to the big speed of 6 MPH! He said there instructor was like a drill sergant and at one point kind of yelled at the teenager that was with them! They had a blast though and the instructor named Lamont became another point of jokes and laughter!

Here is a video of Bryan and Tim! (just click on the image)




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[dddisrunner]

After our reunion, everybody was feeling like they wanted a snack so after asking a bunch of CM's where the nearest ice cream cart was, we finally found one! WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE! Keep in mind that it is Hotter than you know what outside and the line formed in the sun! The poor foreign CM moved SO SLOW! He took forever....he would take a break from helping us to stack pickles and then he had to change the register tape...UGH. I asked him to turn on the fan and he looked at me like he had NO CLUE what I said! FInally after about 20 minutes, we had our snacks!!

After our bellies were satisfied, we headed over to Soarin to use our fastpasses from that morning! Lesley and I both decided to let the dads ride with the kids!

Lesley spotted a Mickey garden Gnome that she had her eye on during our girls trip and I went to use the ladies room and freshen up!

After the boys and Lauren rode over California, we decided to eat lunch right there at Sunshine Seasons!

We had a delicious lunch and I finally tried the butterfinger cheesecake YUM!!

The boys did some pin trading!

Bryan showed me a pin he and Tim got from doing the segway tour!

After we ate our yummy lunch and we had cooled off, we decided to head into the World Showcase! Lesley got a times guide and we were happy to see that the french chair acrobats would be out soon, we really wanted our families to see them!

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[dddisrunner]

The boys really wanted to do a Kim Possible mission but there ws some confusion about what country we wanted to start in, so Bryan took the kids to the International Gateway to exchange there phones...

It turns out our mission was in China so we had to walk around the whole of World Showcase anyway! Bryan took Matthew and I took Eric....

Bryan and matthew had finished and left China which I had no clue about! We had seen Tim and Lauren finish up there mission so Lauren helped Eric! I LOVE these pictures, they are just precious!!!

Eric and I went into the gift shop after the mission and he purchased his chinese Zodiac t-shirt! The year of the snake!!! You will see it in the next update!

After some confusion we found out that Bryan and Matthew were waiting for all of us at Test Track...we had fastpassed it earlier! So that is where we went!

Goofy shots...

Lesley and I being the intelligent women that we are, decided to let the kids all ride with there dads and we went alone in our own car!!!

We had a great ride! After our ride, it was time to head back to the beautiful AKL for some rest before our dinner at Teppan Edo!



Coming up:

Beach Club parking
Paradise
Trivia

 

[cherbear]

I REALLY enjoy reading both sides of your shared adventures with Lesley, Tim, Lauren and Luke.

Then I forget where I am sometimes. So don't get mad if I accidentally call you Lesley. LOL

That segway video was great. It was so calm! I guess I expected one of them to fall or something. Loved the wave from Bryan at the end.

 

[praisehisname]

As we were walking up to the 2nd rope drop in front of the fountain a CM says to Eric..."Awe, come on now buddy, you're too big for a stroller!"

That's awful! Did it make Eric feel bad, or did he (hopefully) not really hear?

They LOVED the tour!

DH still talks about how great it was!

Lesley and I being the intelligent women that we are, decided to let the kids all ride with there dads and we went alone in our own car!!!

So glad you all had such a great day so far!

 

[mylag1rl]

Sounds like the segway tour was a huge hit. I love the pin they gave Bryan and Tim. Those pics of Lauren and Eric are precious. All and all looks like a great Epcot day !

 

[micandminforever]

The Segway video was great. My DH tried the segway tour at Ft Wilderness in June and enjoyed the all terrain segway. It was the 8:30 tour and he was the only one to show up so it was DH and two guides. He has done the segway tour at EPCOT before so the training was very short. They just reviewed then started the tour, so he felt he was able to spend more time touring and got to do more on the segway.

 

[mermaid764]

Another great update!

That's awesome that they enjoyed the segway tour so much...it sounds like a really neat tour to take.

Lunch at sunshine seasons looked really good and that butterfinger cheesecake looks delicious

 

[luvfigment]

What a great looking day! I can't believe the CM said that to Eric. Did he hear? Glad that Bryan had a good time on the Segway Tour. How luck that there was only 1 other person in the tour with them.

That stinks about the confusion of the Kim Possible Missions but at least you were able to do them. The pictures of Eric and Lauren are adorable! Looking forward to dinner at Teppan Edo...YUMMY!

 

[TheThomsLuvDisney]

Great update! Segway Tour looks fun, have you been on any other tours? I thought about doing the backstage tour in February.

 

[Trentmom]

I cant believe that CM said that to Eric. Hope he did not get upset


Other than that, sounds like you all had such a great day

Love the pics of Eric and Lauren doing the mission. THey are so sweet


Glad the guys had fun on the segway

 

[dddisrunner]

I REALLY enjoy reading both sides of your shared adventures with Lesley, Tim, Lauren and Luke.

Then I forget where I am sometimes. So don't get mad if I accidentally call you Lesley. LOL

That segway video was great. It was so calm! I guess I expected one of them to fall or something. Loved the wave from Bryan at the end.

No problem! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for reading/posting!

That's awful! Did it make Eric feel bad, or did he (hopefully) not really hear?

Eric did hear the CM say that but I think he just blew it off because it didn't become a big deal!




DH still talks about how great it was!

They really had a great time!






So glad you all had such a great day so far!

We really did, thanks!!

 

[dddisrunner]

Sounds like the segway tour was a huge hit. I love the pin they gave Bryan and Tim. Those pics of Lauren and Eric are precious. All and all looks like a great Epcot day !

The segway was a huge hit, thanks! I LOVE those pics of Eric and Lauren too!

The Segway video was great. My DH tried the segway tour at Ft Wilderness in June and enjoyed the all terrain segway. It was the 8:30 tour and he was the only one to show up so it was DH and two guides. He has done the segway tour at EPCOT before so the training was very short. They just reviewed then started the tour, so he felt he was able to spend more time touring and got to do more on the segway.

The all terrain segway tour sounds GREAT! We'll have to give that a try!

Another great update!

That's awesome that they enjoyed the segway tour so much...it sounds like a really neat tour to take.

Lunch at sunshine seasons looked really good and that butterfinger cheesecake looks delicious

Thanks so much! You have to try the Butterfinger cheesecake it is AWESOME!!

What a great looking day! I can't believe the CM said that to Eric. Did he hear? Glad that Bryan had a good time on the Segway Tour. How luck that there was only 1 other person in the tour with them.

That stinks about the confusion of the Kim Possible Missions but at least you were able to do them. The pictures of Eric and Lauren are adorable! Looking forward to dinner at Teppan Edo...YUMMY!

Thanks!! I think Eric did hear but it didn't bother him, the kim possible thing was a pain because it was so hot!!

Great update! Segway Tour looks fun, have you been on any other tours? I thought about doing the backstage tour in February.

Thanks! No, we haven't been on any other tours, but would love to try them!

I cant believe that CM said that to Eric. Hope he did not get upset


Other than that, sounds like you all had such a great day

Love the pics of Eric and Lauren doing the mission. THey are so sweet


Glad the guys had fun on the segway

Thanks, I think Eric did hear but just blew it off! Thanks about the pics of Eric and lauren, I love them too!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Looks like the Segway tour was a success!

That dessert is making my mouth water...I need to go eat something! LOL

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Great update! I LOVE Test Track! Can't wait to be riding it! Glad they enjoyed the segways, that sure does look like fun!