Are you experienced?...wdw05...............

[Lil' Grumpy]

lil by lil, the things i do! ha! i learning we have developed a set pattern
of sorts...we entered the parks & begin with a ritual. [soemthing we
repeat on every trip/ eg. crt...followed by some kind of character
greetings....intermixed with bathroom/changing breaks & then the
touring "parts"...then a "quiet/nap ride"..then supper..then a few more
rides/character meetings and finally the fireworks. [shoppin is my
wife in between/ my is pictures/movies taking....see? doing a report
let you evualte the things you did?

[emergency pause---my daughter crying over a wasp sneakin her room.
where's the swatter?]

it's also funnny, even though we 've been to the parks many times,
we have to take time out to "read" the park guide...always afraid they
sneaked something new in. you too? cos i see alot of people doing this.
anyway we then went to the "new" small world...i really like the emphases
on the color white & gold...bright & cheerful are what i feel. however,
the lines were longer for this...and unfortunately the people around us
were anti-social...until we were seated. why? sometimes i make it a point to
talk a lil louder with words of encouragments...like asking questions.
i guess i am doing this because most rides are done as a "group"..so
if you can get the group into it, the better the experience? that's
just my theory but i think it has merit. i don't know if it always been
there, but they have the big window where the restaurant people..
can watched the lines/wall decorations. [ it was the first time i ever
noticed it]...and if its been there prior, it illlustrated how much one can missed.
however, in my defense...there never was any waiting before..we just got
on the boat. boy, oh boy..some couples & rhomatics need lessons. if
you want to cuddle, then postion yourselves in the back of the boat..why
do some 'grand standin" isbeyond me...children could care less..and us
mature couples [hint/children couples] are "doing" the ride with our lil
ones..whispering! i'm explorer deep inside.. so i really enjoyeed checkin
out the dolls' native dress! this ride is educational...we shared our
knowledge with our daughter. [our boys will no longer be caught dead
on this ride....however,,,,they really need to learn from their good'ole
dad....i think this is a "hotbed" for pick up chicks!] yep..youth wasted
on the wrong people! also [ i know there's very few guys in this site..and
those are propbably long gone after me traumizing this report]....

here's one of my favorite of favorites tips....i like squeezing my wife's hand
andwhispering lil sweet things just to let her know i haven't forgotten our
"dating days"...so i don't care what others say/or afraid to admitt it..i really
get a "thrill" out of a "small world". culture is grand, indeed! also i really
watched all the mechanical "workins" epseically what the dolls are
demonstrating. have you ever picked up on the messages behind some
of them?

ha! it's back to broiling! see..they really keep the shops soooo cool which
i think acts like a "guard" forcing you back into their shops. favt is: the longer
you're in, the highter the chances for buying..& i know something to do
with more time kids'whining....just stand outside and listen after the next
"group" passin thru......................oh, my wife? she in the restroom
again! "we" never took as many bathroom breaks than this one! dwats is me

jeez..it was really crowded when we finally "hit" the trail again! worst, the
crowds were heading at us?? but before proceeding..the colonial bathroom
has a brick road ..dowhill....going to a "head" this way bothers me
..also there seem to be alot more "actiivtes"-in & out this trip....who's knows
but i only mentioned this so you have the "feel" what's going on.. it's been
6mos, it's funny how this stuck on me?

oh, boy! "the haunted mansion"...next up....and today there were costumed
greeters out front! lil things are so important to set my moods. i immediately
started "wwhhooooooin" & my lil girl reacted with "mommie"..which in turns
i hear, "knock it off"! see? we have our lil ritual pending what ride we are
doing. i llike, lookin/takin in the disney's presentation..the hearse is another
favorite......[in the future, i think my new hobby will be "imagining" where
the happy haunts would be...eg..it 's easy to see lil calvin face up against
the glass & fists pounding...or melstromher..hanging out the top window..
a screamin for her "genral"...see? that's the benfits of "doing" these
boards...new "experiences". but por lil mellyman ....caught forever
in the rafters..soakin wet...weeping about house remodeling....geez, i feel
so lucky!]...any way this line is short so we son't stop until the blimking
lady is..staring..at me....can't you just "see" what she thinking? mister
quit running your "dirty" thoughts up/down my dress! dwats...she begining
to make me "feeL" i belong herer...help!!!

and out of know where, my lil miss cutie pie! [ p.s...hooray after years of
trying, i finally came up with a "cuddlin name my wife likes! soooo you
women understand..it is like hitting the 100,000 blazedlightyear's target!]
......"caught wind of my wnadering mind and "gently" slapps me
back to reality.....and then the doors opened & guess who come out?
.....a babe all dressed up like my fantaaasy girl...the "statue". c'mom,
please don't tell meeeee i am the omly one who thinks..she cute?


* break time! [..i need to check up on my lil miss cutie pie]

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

....on with the show! ..haunted mansion is a ride that i think will
never go out of stlye. it's loaded with so much "entertainment" that iam
always finding new stuff. this time, the bulging doors has my attention...
and my daughter/wife. they're in the booth in front of me and i can hear
them gasping with laughter. jordan pretty brave as long as her mother
besides her. she is also begining to pick up stuff on her own and it's
neat to hear her pointin hidden mickeys to her mother. me? there are
certain places where my car "catches" up. that gave me the
chance to join in on their ride. at the end, we like to interact with the
hitch-hikin ghosts. "hey jordan, what is that ghost doing with you hair?"
lil thingy like ghat. this trip was the first time we ever got stuck inside...
wwwhhhooo..."daddy i know its you! and if you don't stop i 'm tellin
my ghost to bop your ears!"... [oh, i forgot..we sorta adopt a mickey
dialect on every trip].

here' a tip...you can create more enthusiasm by
"disneyasizing" your adventure. we not only try to match our clothin but
also with the "park" or activity. and that included mickey's talk. if you
are wearing crazy outfits and/or laynards, i'm sure to peep!
or even throw a few lil comments your ways! ok, ok..i just love meeting
new friends..especially those into real disneyasizing! so if you "see" a
grumpy & decorated , don't be alarmed! p.sssst i like it when
someone greetin us. [hint! hint!]

sammy brown..i think her best shows are those about disney...deep inside
it seem to bring out her personality best? do you think she make a neat
lil disney girl? [i'll let her escort our family]....here's something funny...we
were there right after she did christmas pecial and we came very close
"doing" the same route! i even took close up of the mickey [chocolate] that
she placed on the carousel....it was sooooooo after we saw this
at home. sammy is right..father with strollers are a dangerous breed!

why? mentioned these thingys..i think it sad when some families spend
so much $ and are disppointed. i thinmk the people on this board are great
at showing the ways to capture the magic.....it dosen't haven't to be
the prefect plan or buying a certain item...for workin the magic. on all our
trips, it has been the unplanned and strangers that made me
for joys! we have stumble alot but oh, boy! we have had some adventures!
where i think some go wrong is placing tooo much significance on one element. where as i believe, the key to the kingdom is a "set"...thingys
lik participation, dress, apprication, and attitude versus expectations
"come together" into discovery your very own special magic. why? my
wife has a friend @ work...& her family just got back. they went to
magic kingdom..did a few rides..left @ 4pm, bored to death! then my wife
shared her adventures...she wanting to go with us on our next trip.

outside the mansion, jordan was so tickled ...she had find the ring [on
her own] and of course, we gave her our praises. i remember people walkin
right on by with sour looks as if we were "blockin" them. they didn't say
anything. i thought, why are they in such a rush? almost lik a race. that
isn't the way i would want to do disney....i was sorta hoping someone
would have reacted to jordan's delight! [over the ring]...the most we got
were a few glances. oh, well can't win them all! then she went ovwer to the
pet cemetery..and pointed things i never seen. i think jordan like doing this
better than the ride itself. me? i really like the sittin down part...and tellin
those wearing goofy hats how good they looked! then we do it all over again.
this time i actually get to see the hangin man...i then try to sneak & ride
with my wife..finally jordan realized what happening..nothing doing...she
ain't riding by herself! [i think everyone heard her screaming at me].
that's jordan..she knows what she wants..ever since she started walkin.

* which reminds me..want to know what heaven is....doing disney without
a stroller.

haunted mansion? you think some make into a lovers mansion? who's know
when we ever find out..but remember the crt surprise..my wife was still
holding my hand in between the rides and bathrooms!

we then rode splash first because there were no lines compared to btm.
which we did second....jordan, for some reason had became a lil daredevil
and was insistin ridin in front! that was cool for some neat pics..at btm ,
when we got near the top stagin area... our boys were in the coaster
going up and then down the hill.....ahh got their pics! [but they're not in
the front row].*jordan didn't missed the chance to point that out we we
got the pics done!......funny , how more people "chickened" out on splash
then btm? maybe it was the electricity in the air? what i don't understand
is how they go all the way through ..got into the boat..and then right
back out? i think the next time i'm going to take movies cos it's pretty funny
seeing those left behind verssus those hightailing it? here's a secret....
splash mt. water is wet! very wet! wtter in the front if you have bigger
people in the back..sadly i missed thehidden mickey's bobblers again!
since 99 when my boys discovered them, i am now theonly one who hasn't
seen them!

 

[NAB]

You are definetly the family man and one that loves his wife. I like when a family can have fun and enjoy themselves instead of running for the next ride.
And thank you for your kind words over at the other thread. Seems you can say to much, who know.
Looking forward to the rest of your trip report.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..yep, you're so right..things are so clear in your mind but putting it
down on a slate takes a lil revision. i'm a "work" in progress! p.s..
but writing this has been more fun than i thought! horsey/pony girl
is some one very dear..& the malestormers are a special group....
but i wasn't sure if you felt discouraged so i was glad tooo help.
please don't give up!

ahh..rereading, i noticed i repeating some "observations"...fyi..must
have left a lastin impression? sorry. and i didn't realized i was pickin
up so much on how disney are promoting "sales"....probably because
how we spend too much..certain stores just caught my attention
more than others....but have you noticed how easy they try to make
spending your money??? flashback tooo "99.. i retold how we "lost"
our ariel pics..well what iforgot to mentioned..we had brought belle
doll in the christmas series..however, for a reason i can't recall, they
refused to send back to our room.......that's why we left our 35mm camera
in a carry bag as we rode the carousel one more time...it was costly
experience!

and while i know this tr is a real "challenge"..if it helps just one person
to get a lil more magic..i'll be happy! again, i 've tried to been as accurate
as possible and report the feelings i was expeirencing!

...what i remember was "doing" splash mt..several times & having
some biggums' n the rear causing a water down effect. iam dripping
& waiting for our pics to show on the screen...some guests are walking
by,dry as a bone..lookin at us! my wife "heads" tooo the bathroom?
surely you didn't think she missed one? you guys ever noticed others
checkin you out....any way i got to talkin to a group all dressed in
the same outfit..ha..they made fun of me..& i retruend the favor! they
were from cannada..i like cannadians , our friends up north [now, i'm
not takin woody hayes reference-he,he!] ..p.s. they're women went
to restrrooms to! boy, if i could ever draw women like that! got to be
somthing in there but how to figure it out without being killed???

ok,"home" time out...my lilterror son just sold me his hugh tigeer &
mickkey..i think again!!! [soemthing he wants for his truck}.........
i'm going have to start gwetting a receipt..cos my memory is so
fuzzy anymore!

ha! now here's a tipppy poo!! [see? just a modest way to sneak in
a lil bragg?].. bathroom has paper towels but in my rollin "truck"
i have wasp cloths! used them as lil towels..boy was my wife mad
at me cos i didn't tell her until she came out.....[& then they're already
a lil wet! [he,he,] her's another tip...after gettin wet, dry off, then you'll
need more sun scream! ....yep learn the hard ways!

now i can't have my lil miss cutie pie in a moody blue..so? remember?
do ya? i whipped oout one of my secret chocolate bars! speakin of..
my rollin truck has more disney junk than one of their after ride shops!
but the glasses really put it over my limit.....whew, havin to check
it for breakage..and remember the rides aren't so smooothie. another
challenge are keeping any type of chocolate from melting...some
pieces do better than others... that i have learn over the years. one
time [even though it was a christmas trip],the darn thing became a
hugh ball. i never did get all the chocolate out & threw the pack away!
ha man! it became known as the "disney unwrapped" epsiode....i
think i left a trail on ever ride!

after getting all dry off..using blower and all.....we are headin toward
adventure land...short cuts. you got to be careful because of the "off
ramps" are just deversions of the same areas your in...most leads back
to the store. and things look different in going in reverse..left to right
[counterclock wised] what i started noticing... if a large group are
coming from a pecticular section, it most likely area to area..so that's
the way to go! hooray to me!! i finally gettin into "workin" a park!
before i just moan/groan as i followed my wife. and getting on the right
trail to adventure land was a lil tricky....then it started to rain...
break for cover meant getting across to the outposts...dwatting all
the way....cos we ran into a "roadblock"..the dream parade..and on the
wrong side. figures! what to do?

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

hang on ms. debIreland girl, i planned on putting some
pics on as soon as i can get them together..than you can see
how motley crew we really are...

 

[Grammyof2]

Hey Lil Grumpy. Still here and still reading. Figure out those pics and get them up. Would love to see your little princess.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

every time i read your "name" gammy, iam thinking about you &
your husband..and how everyone depends on you. wow......
i noticed you "filled" the same type of role over on the malestormers
site..the ladies over there really look up too you! u'know i am
just a lil bit older than you...? iam very plain & simple..but if
there's a lesson i can teach: is how amazing one can live life
by folllowing the bible as a guide. [i did it without being aware of
because others were guiding me]...you could literally write a
"book"..by dividing my life into every "fours' [years]...when i turned
40, i remember the "game" plan was to slowww down..oh, contary!
now i don't make no plans! you cannot imagine some of the sweetest
stories i can tell....what so funny? was lookin how things happening
years-years before, came into "play". as you know, you become what
you practice...chosing wisely..is simple caring bout others will
produced blessings beyond your wildest dream! ..me?
iam livin proof!!!

onto the winding road....but caught in the rain! dwats, parades!
ok, we are not parades people nor do we include them in our plannin ..[me doing my part as my wife puts everything together].*
flashback ..93..we get up tooo the castle & got caught in some
kind of show... me started all over the place but then all the
cool characters came out besides us?? yeah! so let your yeahs be yeah!
that taught me to Go with it!....so here we are at the cross roads from
frontie to adverse land [ get it?]....where the dreamland parade going by!! well we would never chose this spot to watch a parade but let me
tell you, it went really neat!! even with the light drixxed made it speical
[except i had to come up with a made up rain jacket for the cameras...
some of the characters came over ans interacted with jordan...and we
got some coool shots....however, i can't remember exactly butt a guy
acted annoyed with us!!!..i think he was jealous bout the characters
kept interacting qwith jordan..instead of his older boys?? or it didn't
lik the characters blocking his view . you can mess with
me,,,but make any negative attempt toward my lil princess & i'll
will "show" how i can be a monster!!! [ i'm soo doscile & meek
lookin that it seem i'll be the last person to ever stand up...but remember
my family background..nd growing up near our grandfather's farm/
paperboy so forth....underneath, i have a body of steel. ] to me, it
doesn't matter even if your a woman..i'm a parent! therfore, i'am an
educator "annie" a "protector" . he stopped right there!


gangs do not impressed me...once there was gang at our local pool
that made the mistake of crowding in front of my boys.....i stopped
them rigght there!! the leader tried to intimidated me..[i'm a parent]..
i pointed at him..you'll be the first to fly off this 30 feet platform".

even at disney..you come across bullies! but what a parade experience
we had & we never even expected it too be soooo cool! what we did
in adventure lab....priates..i hollered some stupid ghost name ..i think
"george" but all i got was stares from the others? how wmbrassing! but
my wife ..at me! darn it!!!, we never get stuck on pirates. i can't
get the pics cos there isn't a line....ooohhh you know it's comin though?
we have a "redhead"....jordan just love that part & so do we! the cast memeber at the end did asked me if i was acast member..regarding
george or henry or whatever...seee lil miss cutiepie? but dwats she
already up the incline...ignoring me but, still ......wait! we did
get a lil stuck near the doggie..cos i try to pet him..or made lik i was!!
but i was i on the wroond side of the treasure room. torture! all i could
think of.....what grreatt souvineers they make..wonder why dosen't
disney offered replicas??? her's a tip....to disney...if i was the big shot
in marketin? i'll reproduced pictures from the rides different scenes
on tees! my lil girl would love the red head version? [ i mean exact
copies!]......by the way,,why isn't there's a crazy piriate running up and
down the place? talk about missin the boat! p.s. a lil chlorine would
great improve the water smells! and then ther's the parrot??
you won't belive this but he peep my name!! wife > however,
shouldn't every boat has its own parrot "on a perch" escort?
disney needs more people lik us takin charge? ..ok, i been called "crackers"
more than once]....there's always seem a sword fight is always going
on at the store. < me posing in front of the mirrow!

a big line for junglebook? well we redirected to the birdie room
..tiki, man! but first the has us all dying for coolness...so we
deicided mickey bars all aorund! something happened here at the bench
with some lady but i can't remember the details... nothin major but "weird".
as me & jordan waited on miss lil cutie pie for ice cream.* i think it
jogged my synapses because the "ladyman" kept lookin back at me- than
jordan as if she was trying to fidured something out? [i'll tel why it bothered
me..either she couldn't believe jordan was mine and/or our relationship..as
if i was the grandfather or something but as soon as my wife
came, she took off...jordan was playing at the spitting totempoles...and..
so here i was watchin her , watchin me as i try to filtered
things out....she just game me a bad feeling so i never took my eyes off
jordan. of, course my wife called me crazy butt i still get the whilllies!


maybe iam jut gettin senile and feeble mind? after my wife blew me off..
..we just ate ice cream & people watch. he,he, he, i got down
first and sneaked a pic of them stuffin their place..one i'll never post
cos i like living tooooo much! we call those type of pics "family"..they're
never to be shown to outsiders!

enough! i'm afraid......of.... and even
..butt mostly wearin u'all out!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

pictures?..ok, what i think will best explained alot of my
references will be by creating a lil album..or at least that
the "game plan"....dwats what i been doing, selecting
those that sorta went with the xtories..including our
visits from 93...my wife always get teary eye seeing
our "monster" bouys so young and cute. warning, you
may have trouble tellin the differences between the baby
pics..[oh, my1] where has the time gone! some will
illustrate the orneryness...of our children..wonder
where dwat came from...

*p.s.. don't pay any attention tooo me...i don't take
goood pics.

 

[NAB]

We all have "family" pics don't we. Most are the ones with me in them. They are also called black mail pictures for when the kids bring home dates.....just kidding or am I. Hope you post pic. I love looking at them don't like been in them. I do a family pic every Christmas so the kids can remember us then.God for bid anything happen to one of us, they would have something.

Love your report ....

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..that's where i've been lately...putting together a pic album
from our "leftovers"....i've around 250..i don't know if they all can
be processed but i'll try. [well , we are talikin 25 years..]these are not our
best as i'm a lil afraid takin what we have in our safety deposit box....

nab? soooo is yor son first name natinel? ...i really enjoy the input you
give on the fastpass site.....good for you for staytin..and good for the
fastpassers.....i'm soo busy its hard too keep up..and kind like "hiding
in the bushes" sorta speak...

jeez did i ever get a rough start from the begining....clicks seem to
hapened everywhere, so i set my goal to be myself and to encourage
others. the way i see it, disney isa business and if you gotthemoney
to spend is their # 1priority. soooooooo if i make myself a fool hewre,
who's cares? not disney! i love my wife and the adventures we have
had. when we started out in the early 80's, going to disney was only
once in 4years....now we can go anytime we want....disney must be
a business inoreder toexist...sooo i alwaysfelt, it was up to "us" to
work the magic by participating......maybe my report is laoded with
technical diffcultes.underneatyh are some good family tipos..as
thru our learning expreiences.............

oh, my goodness......i do think overall this is a great site......!!
it's because of people lik nab-by lane, gammy & her fan club, and
many others......that's why i try to be accurate in my reporting!

fyi..i really don't know exactly what i going to write.....i mentioned this
because alot of things i had forgotten until doing this trip report....[lik
the lady staring over in adventure land {lab} ..he,he,he........and while
my report has beenstruggle.....it does reveal how "we do" our disney
trips. and what we are getting out of them. i'm sure everyone has a
differnt stories to tell..and that's what makes all of them interesting
reading. that's my point!

 

[NAB]

Lil'Grumpy my son's name is Nicholas Andrew. He is our mircle baby. Waited 9 long years for him to come along. Now he is a very loud, jokester boy. Always trying to trick me,dances around and makes faces.
We have tons of photos too. I love pics. My security box is family everyone gets pictures all the time. So God forbid anything happened at home they would have copies. Besides Grandma's love pics too.

I will keep an eye out for your next installment.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...he sounds like "all" boy. what a wonderful blessin that
obviously was much deserved! right from your begining post, i could
tell you possessed an apprication for makin walt's dream [ a reality].
doing this allows me to reflect on my own perspectives....you can never
make your children young again or even redo a disney trip. [especially
since most are separated by years.] photos i think, have been our most
cherrish mementos. therefore, a safety deposit box is worth every penny!

woow, lookin at some of the photos also allowed me to pick up hidden
things in the background...one lady was wearing the same outfit as my
wife at disney. one of middle son. he is in his crib lookin so sad..as if
behind "bars". seein how big his noggin was..revealed the great job my
wife did! [our dr. screwed up and my wife was in a very perilously position.]
theclose ups [black/white] were on the monorail....which was packed to
the gills! .."havin a baby"..from my experiences of workin ob...
is never an easy job! in time, have made my feelings deeper & deeper
for my wife. when you "see"the pics ofmy sis & me..its probably a good
thing my wife [girlfreind then] didn't..cos yor see the similaries of our
children..and the warnings of the labor to come! my wife is a
again!!!..everyone/anyone every meeting her will like her for their
friend..think bout it.

i'm glad i scared off some as my "thinkin uses alot of imgination". that's
me! i can be "professional" in presentation but why when disney is
family and havin fun! now i always known that! however, i am no planner
extraordinaire', nor does it matters if others are not impressed..i just think
trip reports should be accurate for content and feelings added?

dear nicholas' mother..ahh! the name you chose..family? it does show
a value of great importance. great for you not giving up on your dream!
underneath the humor on the fastpass boards..there are some heart
warming stories from ashcan-disn/michell--georg--la/la--melly--all
the too zzub....i know there were some "loose references to sexuality"..
her's my take..sex/sexuality are not dirty words unless they're made into!
what i thought was neat during those exchanges where some of the women
were ading their "fun parts." it isn't right where women are forced "not"
to enjoy their sexuality...is bull! nor does it invite liberties...it need to be
embraced to produced well adjusted parents ..to raised lil ones in a
happy environment! [not shame]...and...the stuggles lik grammy/not so Ap.
..let's me say this....if one has to put down others [directly], in order
to feel better..that's a mental issue... but makin fun of some dressin
and awkard behaviors...is the wrong kind of attention seekin and people
will react...lik wearin athong that you got makesureeveryone is seeing???
esp. with wt. issues..my ife isn't no thin goddness....but she has such
a great style in dressin that is just plain beautiful ..too me!! you
could have knock my dad over with a feather..what a gem!!! too many
young people go for "image" that they miss the values underneath..goes
a long way why marriages don't last....more than anything else, my wife
has been a partner...and oh,boy! we have had some absoulte blessins..
so that'swhat iwant this album to be...from scratch too finish...an Irish
blessin..our lil trip down memory lane. [each pic is a stitch in time.]

well, my trip report ?? this goes together in tellin how we did disney
and what happened to us! in that spirit..i'll share one of my family
secrets....on the day my children was born..i went wround takin
pics so they cansee their special day!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

we did the tiki room...something we hadn't done since the boys
were babies....the largo's edition..it's hard to compare as i'm getting soo
"mature". ....but i think in the begining, you was requires to "sit"
on the floor. either way, i don't think the changes were bad...my
daughter like it! this is wher we went to "call" the boys on the
walkie talkie....however, i can't find it! great! my wife
remmebers leaving it on the crt table..so now we got to detour......
to the castle!

we go in [crt] and it's like a ghost town..no body around..except
cindyerlla! hooray!! so as the server attempted to finf our lil missin
tyalkie..we interactin with" cindywella"...[hint,hint...whe iwas 3 i sufferd
thru a firey incident where i had to learn newspeech..sooo i had to
adapt i sorta new style. sooooooo funny when i lived in coccoa beach..

[wasted too much time lookin for cpt. nelson's house & genie]

the girls i met thought it was a southern accent..needlessto say i used
it to my advasntage... ] why mentioned this cyndalla,hemp??
bacause she was sooooooooooo sweet....and she was not the typical
skinny version. i can't tell how much i prefered "attitude over loooks!!!
she was sooooo interseted in jordan as a person..she still makin me
smile!! unfortunatley our movie camera "door" acted up..dawtty! the
pressure to fix it! thenthe boys showed up.they found the talkie.
they been riding space mt. like20 times..yep no imagination ..just
ridesomething to death!! also they showed off their new pin tradin
treassures! our discuaasion was about "wherer too eat"..since we
ending up near tommorrow land we decided on the cafeteria..
with the sino band!...and just like that..they're off again!! we stop
at the cindy fountain..and across i saw the castle show going on..
i just waved for fun but wouldn't you know it, they waved back!!!
my wife?.."qiut makin aspectacle of yourself..and us too!"' ....ok,kok..
i tried to "minic" the prince .... kissin the princesses..she ,
my lil miss cutie pie didn't go for it...or ppricated my "actin"..can
you beleive it..she thinkin i had alternative motives?...after all the
years! [ok,maybe she had a lil merit].

 

[NAB]

Lil'Grumpy,

When I first read your posts on the other thread sometimes it was hard to understand. But I do understand every word here.

I too like to hold the pictures in my hands and look at everything, we have a digital camera but I won't let my husband leave them in the computer. My fridge is coated with them and of course the kids drawings. I also have a beautiful little girl who is 6 and her name is Hannah. It only took three years of trying with her. Three years after that one it was suppose to be one more but that one was not meant to be and lost it at 12 weeks. We are older parents. Maybe that is why we have more patience with them and just want to see though there eyes.

Great report ....

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

nab! boy,ohboy! you sure have some sweet insights! i can't
wait to get our pics processed so you can"see" our lil family! [i'm
still workin on them...]. today's society has evolved into such a self
serving buisines..that the knowledge for preserving families tradiitons
is almost a lost art. [ my defintion for art is how mankind decorates
the world]. "feelings" of well being comes from loving families where
parents are involved with teaching their childen. look at what
society rewarding...those makin monies versus accomplishin
self realization? but shallow people often have shattered lives.famous
or not! being "good" is a personal choice, takin alot of commitment &
resisting temptations [that others are embracing] society does not
placed a high value on children so it's up to their parents!

from our family pics, one can look at what we thought was important for
our children to have! it's more than designer clothes or becoming
a cheerleader..instead it's our heritage and the value of doing things/
people right! my ways of thinking came from a variety experiences but
my core values were a "gift" from my parents upbringing. no one is born
smart though one's processing capablities are effected by genetic/physical
factors. it is sad some of the poor prenatal and delivery care i ve heard
from co-workers.therfore, ther's something to celebrate, havin a healthy
baby! but if you think bout it, some of the mistakes being missed explained
diffculties some children must over come. then there's mental health...
being loved and growing up within a caring family will overcome so much!
physical health is how long you live & mental is how much happpiness it will
produced. culture adds a lil decoration to one's character...

i like disney cos it has a family background. but the ways it produces
an positive experience will depend on the choices a family make separate
and together....we don't stop being a family when we leave the gates!
here's a secret that shouldn't be..your rights end! when your words and/
actions [choices] beging to hurt others! ..on the bus, the driver was trying
to take away our "disney time" ..i just redirected him with a limit setting...
the last thing i want to do is to have a confrontation at disney..i'm there
for relaxation, fun & family....

nab, i'm so glad to hear your family news! [boy!/girl!]....it is so evident you
are a person of great strength and insights! under the malestormers jokes are
strong family values..and that's why i support them!

why? sorry to bored any reader..but im' no disney expert and this is "my" ways
of doing disney!!!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..back to the happy trails!!! ok,we had another crt magical experience
without the meal! do you all see the new contest bout staying at the castle?
wellllll that's sorta described my feelings when we came back ...to pick
up the w/talkies...it was in between dinner times..and no one was there but
us...cyndwella/fairygodmother tooo. and i admitt...fession..that before
99 & the lil girl on our wildness lodge boat [remember ?ariel story?], itook
the characters for granted!... [ps..back in 2003, we had some really,really
special interctions with universal]....they are people doing a wonderful
job and are.deserving of our respect! each experience has made this feeling
grow!...these experiences have provided many insights how significant
family values they give...i just love seeing all of your pics! [i read where
some have tormented the flowers guy..for being a nice person??? well
i think it's neat! eps. compared to so many out to hurt others! phooey!]
just in comparsion..my job require intereventions on some of the most
dangerous people you can imagined....there's nothin cool being cruel
to others! i respect those with enough self confidence to care about
helping others..and the rest, we deal with. ..at work!

characters..god loves them!so do i!...and i appricated how much disney
put into them...which i think more than anything else keeps walt's
dream alive! we are a family, and we do disney! yep.that's us.....walkin
around the left side of the castle, down mainstreet! fianlly! a chance
to look up the windows...we stopped to take in the barber shop singers?
[oh,boy! some of them could used a hair cut!]....we peep inside the barber
store & they look tired out..nope, don't think iam going let them cut my
hair!....sorta popped in at the expo store....that brings memories of a
previous trip..when the boys were lil [patrick was a baby]...it was one
heck of a thunderstorm & we ducked in out of the rain..and so was pluto..by
ourselves! don't you like running into your old memories? but this day,
the sun was hot! however, we did get prince john! there were
others...and of course, i'm in the middle..talkin and interactin with all
the kids![ my daughter dosen't like it!! nope..not one lil bit!!] oh, she
pays attention when i'm not givin her my attentions!!!


our gang plan? takin the train around the circle whil gettin a lil napper!!
well, this is my reprt & naps to me is an activity...which makes it a
verb!

* here's one of my prime secrets..i dropped off my video's batteries at
their camera shop...so after riding they're be good & charged for
wishes!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

& just like that another report bite the dust!
[in reality, i have written bout 10 updates that went poof..
no wonder i can't get done!!!!]


* p.s....at the end of i remember..lookin at my pics had our mk
day on oct.,3..not the 4th..heck, i'm all mixed up! anyway maybe
some will see themselves when i get the pics up??

ok....another redo.....train station , we sitting around lookin all the
junk! fyi....tipo..the train chugging up to the station makes a good
pic.! also since i doing another tippo...the battery recharging requires
more than one so you can pick up later...and still take movies!
how important can this be? on our last trip we caught the good
night kiss....it's more like a "whole program", and i was able to get
it all because...my batteries were charged! [normally they would
been dead].

back to what i remember.....for late afternoon, the train station
sure was crowded! lazy people!...good thingy there lots of seats.
the train ride is soooo neat! i highly recomend it.first stop is splash
area....& a good view inside at the paddle boat!! of course, i waving
and holllering at the passin boats!! my wife [lil miss cutie pie..yes!
it's important to alwaus include the "lil" part. ]....is doing her
favorite thingy..hollerin at me! too settle down!....well iam
surprised most got off here!!! guess i'm the lazy person?

my favorite train "area" is between splashie & mickey's land....especially
the ariel's song they do and phonchatus' village! and just like magic,
i "catch" my daughter getting into the ride story..and singing softly,
playing make beleive and all the those thingys! what a 'lil cool movie
this turned out too beee! then on theflip side is great for getting great
shots of tommorrow land into the castle!

around we go again! this time there weren't too many waiting at the
train station. now iam lookin the other way watching the monorail...which
remeinded me..we ran into one when we made the turn toward home!
[station].....disney is about using your senses for pickin up lil
surprises. something i learned thru experienced.

around & around we go ....until our second stop at downtown mickey's lane.
we did the barnstormer..jordan of course, wanted front seat!..wheezing!
& its over! ok? if i was in charge..i would have made the track circling arond
the whole complex then the barn. as we got off, there are some characters
greeting near the train station..so as my lil cutie + jordan meets the characters..i got the train reappearing down the track.

this was a shortie round as we planned on redoing this area during mnsshp.
naturally we make a pit stop at pete's garage!

* warning..noticed the big shoppin area before getting in line at the
inside greets? hmmmmm...remember my begining? that's mickey sure loves
collecting pictures of dead presidents....what president would make a
"great"addition to the mansion? rigth now, i'm thinking my would make
a great corpse. tongue hanging out.. and i've really neat "green" eyes.

stitch the ride! we didn't mind it. i think those disappointed were expecting
a different approach? *flashback to aliens..my boys liked it ! so did i but i
think it would have worked better at mgm. why? it was pretty intense
for magic kingdom. i saw on the travel channel show where they talked
about how expensive seats. they're not going throw them away!...stitch
would been much better if they used a track system...like dino..where
stitch comes poppin out! [stiticher is more cute than scary?] and if they
had went full throttle? maybe a soaring system and us chasin stitch?
chasing the guests..back and forth ending at the castle? the big gun could have been at the begining..makin it significant different than soaring?
where to used the fancy seats question. why not re-locate them to mgm
at the drew c. show? maybe if they combine the two where the alien
eats drew? i'll go for that or even its a race bewtween mimi /drew &
the loser gets eaten? can you see the bodyparts a flying around or
a headless drew or mimi being marched over to the haunted mansion?
mgm & aliens were made for each other..not mk! snow white scary
adventures is appropriate for introducxing lil ones to dark rides. and
forthose jumping up for the mansion...well, it is in its selcuded area and
its saving grace is the happy ending....its prefect for mk too.


whATEVER, huh? the line for stitch was pretty long for being a lame
presentation...while one of my favorites was bare? buzz gallery/galaxy
is just so cool even though i never get a high score! by chance,this
ride will always beconnected in my mind with aliens. have you ever
connected 2 rides into one experience? or is just me? who's know/
who cares! ha! it's my report....[hopeful you all cansee improvments
as i go along?]]]] what happened the very first time...i rode by myself
on the buzzmobile...and didn't realized how "twirlin" the tunnel could be.
that's darn joystick..which was my time using one. so i know it's a sorry
story..getting sick as a dog on buzz but true! it took a great effort
just making it to the bench! do you think my boys waited on me to
do aliens??? so when they got done, i was feeling batter..and their
excitment got me interested. they made it clear it wasn't something
jordan would tolerated...[she was 3]....so lil cutie pie & her redid
buzz with the boys. this left me by myself doing aliens. and as fate
would have it....with 2 smartie teenagers. they made fun all during
thwe preshow. what i failed to realized? it was also their first time &
they were nervous about the unknown. by golley when the alien jumped
down our necks, the boys lost it! they spent the next few minutes
trying to tear their seats apart...crying/screaming all the way! what
a ride! and i will always tied the 2 together..buzz really set me up for
one wild experience.

ok? i'm not checkin for mistakes ..!!!!!i sick of losing reports..and actual
we should be over at wishes where the first "one" ended! sorry!!

 

[NAB]

You will have to write Disney with your suggestions. We do that to if this was this way .....

Thanks for the tip on the battery thing. Never thought of that one.

I to am getting tired of typing things ten times and wondering if it got sumitted too. But like you said to me don't give up.

 

[OhMari]

Grumpy,
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[Lil' Grumpy]

..thanks, ohmari..dwats...i wish i knew this before! by chance
would all the others still be there? combined both things..having to
keep lookin at the keyboard [sometimes it dosen't processed the "letter"
and re-wirting the post is why it has taken so long!

ha! the recharging of the batteries were so cool..as on previous trips, we
lost alot..[cos i sometimes left the camera on/so forth.] i peeped around
the counter & they had all kind of chargers. ! when i recorded the
goodnight kiss show..i had no ideas what it was about...my wife was
shopping, so the rest of us were hanging out!! (04)..wondering what made
me thought of it? i knew from 99...they used to rent video camers...and
since they came with chargers,i figured they're be left over and they were!

..i running behind because i made a photosite...that i am
hoping to add. i sorta got carried away and included our family pics...
which can be skipped over...but most were refernced into the begining of
the story. some are of jordan's Irish dance recital.


what i am realizing, is how much we were in our "lil own world" doing disney
... there are just certain things havin more of a priority for us than
others. it's funny because no matter what my wife plans, we seem to
go astray. and that's where some of my favorites memories have come from.
therefore, the ways we do disneyworld would be best described as
"dizzyland".

here's one example, the carousel of progress. jordan just adored it so much,
that she had to have the "trading pin". [my hinney,trading? it cost something
like $12.50.] geez, my second report forgot to mentioned how
much the "stitich" ride cost me! lame? they sure had some really neat tye
dye shirts ... but the carousel ride was worth it! listening to jordan's
excitment over the ride, reminded me when our boys were little. it was so
neat to listened to all her wonderment, picking out lil things i have forgotten.
[mostly feelings/observations]. i wonder if others relived past trips when their
kids were very young/or not even around...while on their current journey?
now the boys are doing the parks mostly on their own. one thing hasn't
changed was when we called them up... "i'm hungry." so was the
rest of us and with that input, we deicided on finding the closest eatery...
the one with the dino band!


p.s... ...did anyone saw the guy that was attacked by
the gator? bitten on top of his head..probably one the guys from the
cornado getting a closer look! [ just a 5 footer gator ]
i''m not surprised!