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

[Lil' Grumpy]

http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/mrmerlin56/

here are my pictures

 

[NAB]

What beautiful pics. I was thinking to my self when I saw your daughter that she would make a beautiful Ariel and then I see her with her. I would die for her hair. I see she got that from you.Loved all the baby pictures of all the kids.

Did you live in a log house?

I was hoping for a now picture of your family.I get mine taken every Christmas.You are blessed with a great family and it shows in your pictures.Like I said before you are devoted family man. Thanks for sharing.

 

[HaleyB]

I am thinking after this I will be able to write your biography lil' G.

I love your TR. Rock on dude.

 

[DebIreland]

Wow LG! Thanks for sharing your photos with us. They're fabulous! That's a great looking family you've got there and so many wonderful times together! I love the old photos too - very cute. Thanks again! You're clearly a very devoted husband and father. Keep up the good work.

 

[Ready to go in Ok]

I just found this thread today, so I obviously have about a months worth of reading ahead of me. However, I just wanted to say kudos for writing your 1st tr! I have never written one, but I plan to do so following our upcoming trip. It makes me sick to see fellow Diser's being mean, when you obviously worked so hard. But you handled yourself well, and they seemed to have slunk away to parts unknown. Great job!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..i appricated the nice comments. got to say, of all
the disney sites out there, this is my favorite!
but that's because of the majority posters are sincere.

yes,,,haley you sure caught my history. it's awful how your life
can "flash by". what you "see" in the pics are the things that
gave my life meanings! and if the ladies here look carefully at our
middle one's..head circumference...will appricate my wife even
more. how she delivered him under the circumstances she did, i'll
never know..and no birth trauma! [let's just say i had some expertised
in this area early in my career,so it sorta gave a lil more insights.]

nab...we no longer live there..at the log home...we made a hugh profit
[by selllin] and built a new home...however, we started out in a tiny
apartment...and have accomplished our current status by ourselves. oh,
we built the log home too...

meeting at the dino cafe [ i can't remember its name]..and we're starving
so anything tasted good. the band reminded me of the moonman at an
orlando's mcdonalds we ate during our 2003 trip. i can remembered feeling
spooked out by these "monsters"....it just something bothersome of mechanical robots acting human. [gives me the jimmies when they come
to life]. and of course, they did while i am at the "table" by myself. when
my wife comes back, she scolded me for waving at her...ha! i never divulged
it was due to fear.


our boys were waiting on us..you can call them anything except late for
dinner...actually this apply to any meal! gobblers is an accurate for them &
i have an empty billfold to prove it!...


sorry, i know there were other details when i wrote the first account but
i can no longer remembered. . man! i hate getting forgetful!
[sometimes during our fights...my wife brings up "placing" me in the veterans
home! talk bout shivers! and i see that gleam in her eyes...jeepers/creepers
have nothing on this comment too me!].

did i ever mentioned, this was free dining week? we're breaking the disney
piggybank! afterwards,we are moving kind slow...but it stuck out how
beautiful the evening was becoming...after hottie than the devil & rain
showers all day...except there was enough wind to have noticed.
i looked at my wife and she had the same worried face....no tinker bell
flight tonight. how many times do you get to see tinker bell at disney?
so even though we have seen her many times, i knew jordan would be
disappointed. "mommie, i thought tinker bell already had the measles..
last year". is it amazing how kids memories can recall lil things you told
them years ago? the up side... were so full from eatin like lil piggys,
that we decided to "camped out our spot" for specto early. this is a
first for us...however, our boys wanted no part sittin on a curb! so
off tyhey went again..to ridespace mt. for the upteen time! even though
we were "rookies" at parade "sportating", i was well prepared from reading
these boards. and i warned my wife bout the squeezers,grabbers and
the just plain monsters. we used that info to plant ourselves on the
other side of a camouflage receptacle! the jackpot...because it's would
be impossible for others to go thru that monster...funny, never noticed
any trash can in front of the castle during the day time.
it was painted dirt brown...so we laid out all the towels i been carrying
and made ourselves comfortable. and what do we see?

scat! got to go bed!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...us ? we're a family of five covering alot of years. me, my wife,2 boys
& one daughter. we've always done disney from the mid 70's on. however,
it wasn't til recently have we done "organized" trips.

....we're at the curb for spectro and it's a bit early. i have read how some
has had diffculties with crowds control. got to say, the trash can did
very well "shielding us from crowders". later a family with a stroller was lookin
for space..so we allowed them to get "in" with us. but what did we see?
there was a commotion further down the big circle... i couldn't believe it!
some old man pointing across and making threatening jestures at a
family across from him. next thing i know there were a group
of cast members ecorting him away. you could him hollering all over the
place. thank goodness it was before the parade started. now why would
anyone wanted to end their day on such a sour note is beyond me...i think
one of the best tips i could give is to bring a "disney attitude" with you!
if you expect just walkin thru the gates & the magic comes rushing up, is
not going to happened....to anyone. disney is a social experience if you
particiapte. jordan made a friend here and they had a blast playing in the
streets. back and forth, as the girl's family were across from
us at the circle.

as noted in the last account, it was a bit windy.[ i almost forgot]...disney
takes advantages of all situation. those lightsup carts were loaded with
twirling tinker bells. that figures since she wasn't flying, parents were forced
to compensate..us included. it's down in our basement now but its still
working. those things are pretty neat, i just wish i was in the kid role instead
of being the parent. i would've bugged my parents to death.

before the parade started there are cast members "walkin/clearin" the streets.
it's fun to engage in "small talk". one from elzabethtown,ky.. and he was telling us about the movie comin out.

the parade, spectro magic, has been our family favorite ever since it first was
called main street electrial parade. this time we got some really neat pictures
of the floats/characters. one of the walking dwarfs made over jordan by
rubbing on top her head. it's neat how the characters "works" the crowd
and this was alot of fun. the only thing, you got to twist like pretzel to
get anything on film. my wife was using her digital camera and it did a good
job.[ i know this because she was bragging on herself.]

will finish up this day, after work...

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

& gone with storm! well, i had a good time
talkin to myself.

spectro magic parade....is my favorite parade. it is so neat watching
and interacting with floats,characters and even the families around us.
here's a secret disney tippo...listening to others especially children
reactions. it creates an excitment that's haerd to beat even though
it's at the end of the day.

* in between what's going on, i can recall that awful feelin because i
didn't want this "magiacl kingdom" day to end! here we were cozy on our
pretend blankets, having a picnic with our friends [newly made]..with
the best outdoor lazer show around! use your senses..and take time
to mixed up yor ways of thinking. it's fun! sometimes i lik lookin real
close at the detailing of the costumes. the ones in this parade are some
of my favorites. then i can hear a child bursting into wonderment at one
of the floats, characters,..or getting a toy off the carts! well, i guess i
could do without the whinny/beggin but what the heck! it's disney! and
as everybody should know by now,its a package deal.

then there's the phenomal of dizzyland....making & meeting friends that
after experiencing some really good times, you say yor goodbyes and never
seeeach other ever again! [except in memeories].

we didn't moved after the parade...we were set for wishes. however, our
new friends had other plans so they left, replaced by another family. the
dyanmics are mind boogling,for sure! what to do to passed the time...
that's easy...snacking! mickey bars & all the rest!...don't know bout anybody
else but i feel like the king of the "world"...eating my mickey bars & everyone
else watchin with envy! aaahhhhhhdisney at its best...the simple pleasures.
and the kids around you start watching so i really get into it. cos i know
"here's it come!" the pointing & poohhoey..toward their parents. ahh paybacks
for those crowding in my sace....sweet revenge. of course, its a 2 way street.


then they torture you more with these lil prep calls. wishes, [description] will
begin in 15 minutes....and there still room by the big trash can around the
circle. hurry up and you can squeeze over the lil family picnicing!

* ok,reminicing the old with the new always happens @ fireworks time.
back when they were only fireworks, we was trying to ride big t. one more
time! we wasn't planning on thefireworks cos back then we didn't planned
anything!
sorry-wasn't we?!....anyway it is very dark and as make it the top a burst
lite up the night! there we were,cuddling up with our two lil boys having
the whole "train" to ourselves! i not only that feeling, i can
always remember how special we felt! sometimes you don't need pictures!

pics..speakin of.. ineed to point some things out...like the paddle wheel
post card? how did the disneyland's paddle wheel get relocated to wdw?
[noticed the 2 smokstacks?]....the close up' of my wife/kids were on the
monrail..packed to thegills! funny how you can squeezed the world out!
why included our family pics? traditions! typical, the values passed onthru
gnerations..awe--some how history canrepeat itself...and the importance
of the thingswe hold dear..noticed how many home pics where our kids are
in their diseny's outfits..some are the shirts we brought at the parks!
jordan's Irish dancin pics? she was theyopungest..6 y/o..yep, all my kids
are tall...vitanims,you know! pactrick was the youngest age of all our
kids to visit...we forgot the diapers! talk bout stress that day. that's
before baby centers...he almost became the first to do disney butt naked!
infact he did..a lil but after dark! pg5. i called it behind bars..how sad he
looked...it always reminded me back to the future with marty talkin to
'joey"..you better get used to these bar,kid! then the profesional pic of
him [pg.4]..ok, tnhe ones we didn't pick were the ones they took and
made posters for advistering..it was shocking walkin in and seeing them
all blown up...that kid! pg.4, noticed how strong he was ,using his foot
against the bar to stopped & suspended the baby swing! up above that
pic., wasthe craddle he soon dismantled...so much passin it on! also on pg.4,
noticed how intense he eyeing his bottle...or how many times he trying
to eat everything he got his hands on? we had to watched him like a hawk.
no fair! our first was prefect lil think bout all the money we had to
spend on food bills...nor has he slowed down! pg4 again, he looks just like
his winnie the pooh doll. [we ahve alot pics & that doll]. note to bakers
out there, the bd cakes were from a 1950 children cookbook...i think
disney could sell one. b.d.'s are important family tradition that will never go
out of style? so are family pets...did we have a cool cat or what..our house
may be very neat but it got alot of "character"! while my boys also grewup
with smurfs/ghostbusters...jordan always been a princessgirl! well, maybe
a power puff here and there. bratz! ariel girl.. she made those outfit one
day after our trip. i just happened to look over and caught her play acting.
see? she has the "children" visiting her. on the magic, people really enjoyed
her ariel role..however, she didn't give them the full version that she
doesat home....she knows every word of part of my world. the pink minnie
ice skater was what she wanted dec. 2003 trip. later after we got home, we
saw samafter one in her christmas special...that was so funny ..how many
things we did matched up. anyways, i just think it interesting how much
our disney traditions arepart of a family values. nor do i think it is out
of the ordinary.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

traditions, traditions and disney? if mankind has any good
senses, it will always perserved these 2 things together. traditions
are defined by our feelings and helps us separate what is good & bad.
disney makes it easy to keep our family values for our children. dick&jane
stories were discarded was a terrible mistake. kids don't inherit good
parenting skills...they must be taught. , , !
what really is improtant? learning technical knowledge or being a good
mommie or daddy? w.disney is one of America greatest contribution to
the world...just becuse of one man caring attitude...while i never knew
mr.disney...i betcha that his ideas meant alot more than makin $. and
with that basic feeling, he created a legacy.

our traditions were cross-referenced with the pics...from person to
person, makin up our lil family..good times/bad times, forbetter to worst.
nuthin special here, other than common sense...funny, in my babypic...
almost 50 years ago...one can see my older brother wearing a davy
crockett's shirt? do you remember the first disny movie that stuck on you?

my was pincchio right before christmas...i felt so big being at our town
threater by ourselves. [my brothers/sisters]. why alice cooper instead of
the osmonds'brothers [i have their concert pics too]..it was when it was cool
to challenged everyday status quo. however, in time, i 've come to appricated
the comforts of "structure & traditions". [the poster he has in his hand was
inmy bedroom for years!] and so go the ways we were, our kids today will
be making the destinies of tomorrow. guidance? traditions and family values
will earned their respect thru this action.? only if we think enough to include
them in our every day lives....so if you want to have disney magic then you
must be committed toward "doing" disney right.? every time you appricate
your children reactions or help another, i beleive those are the kind of things
that would make mr. disney smile. being first in line or doing this or that are
secondary? not that you should klisten too me....cos this is just an explanation behind every trip we take as a family.

*sorry,bout repeating and choppin all this up..dwatties...i can't recall how
many parts were totally lost, some several xxx.

don't waste a single disney minute! ok, after wishes, there goes the crowds
toward the exits! what a mob scene! what in the world could be fun with this?
well, main street is all lite up. the stores are all bustlin with buyers. people
are re-living their day and the kids are cranky but thrilled! for some weird
reason, it easy to read the "windows" than during the day. everyone seem
happy cos wishes have that effect. i'am bumping into other "packed mulies"
& we just laughed at our predicments together. [ melly girl came up with
the observation of "disney smells"--and she right! i can't tell how much i
enjoy reading people here recount their disny experiences...i find it very
interesting what others think is important...and things i never knew. like
melly and her paint brush experience...who would ever though finding an
old used brush could make someone so excited? { maybe i'll packed one
of my own & surprise the lil miss cutie pie?}].

outside, i always like spending a lil time takin in the train station all lite
up. and then just like ,there's mickey waving. i reacted and
everyone around immediately turend around! [ made you look!, genie style]
think of that drawing power..that's mickey! he's is the #1 world celebrity!
[even itook all my clothes off..i wouldn't get that kind of attention..
maybe a few boos or chuckles!]

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

and it is! i did some figuring, and i've lost more than 20
reporting. nor was this written with any notes. our trip was oct.
2005, after a magic cruise. we are a family of 5. me, my wife,2 boys
and our lil girl. "tearing up" dizzy land! yep, gang style that my kids
refered to "fighin" around the world [russell crowe skit]. though there's
been alot left out, it's been pretty accurate.

ha! here's a secret..that we learned after spectro....it seem more
characters were lookin toward the inside of the circle..so it would have
been better off for pics if we had "picniced" from that postion.

back outside the park, the mobs were everywhere........with the biggest
lined up [for the buses], were the pop hotels. aaaahhhhh... the cornado had
the fewest. back on the bus. that crazy noodle-doodle song!
[glad my daughter decided she didn't cared for that show! however, just
once was enough to do the damage..of leaving a memory one can do
without.]

pal^mickey? almost forgotten buddy of my...except when there were "down
times" or waiting..for rides,buses, so forth. as soon as i squeezed his belly,
my daughter had to have him.

dwats [out of respect to mickey, i try to avoid using his "slang" name]! no
fighting to report or any naughty stuff. and the driver was polite and
avoided the scenic routes! lookin good, until my daughter hollered, "where
the bathroom?"....i don't know why but almost everyone laughed at that
one..so we weren't the only ones making increased pit stops? and as luck
would have it...we were the first stop [#4]...
there didn't seem no certain pattern all week..so i'm thinking it might
depended on the driver you get. here' a tip: i think the cornado has less
children and therefore, quieter times on the bus, in the stores and the
pepper's market...so if you lookin to avoid kids....

me? i lik what "kids" bring to wdw..and the cruises...partying? fun has more
than one definition. pg., 2 of the pics..with the hercules cast, i have my
calvin& hobbes tie on. we were lucky enough to have gotten
it before the writer stopped the selling. what i enjoyed most of his books were the parents' side of the lil "monster". some kids are just
more active...and therfore,harder to raised. our local authorities lacked
a sense of humor. . funny thing, the hercules photo came out
good, though i was sick as a dog [salty dog!]. my wife met one of the flying
tinker bells at her hosptial....it was interested in hearing how she makes
ms. bell flies! the splash's flume...look how far they were down?..if you been
around the area, you know it isn't possible to "see" your party before comin
down. i just used my gut feeling when i thought they should been comin &
they were! stuff lik that is fun to me.

see? the daisy in our druise pic? at cc , she planted a big kiss on me @ the
post office..it's lil outta the oridinary things that can leave a lastin
impression. traditions? to my boys, it all bout eatin & packin away the disney
food pantry away! oh, did i mentioned they're good @ it?

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...though we just got off the bus dosen't mean we were
near the room. it's a pretty good jaunt from the "stop" to our front
door.the path is curvey but to go off and do a straight line has
hidden dangers. disney into landscapin. there are smalll bushes
everywhere and the lil path lights leaves you the dark. no thank you,
though its tempting, we're staying on the long,curvey & paved road!
cos who's say the gators are always in the lake? at night, my guess
they're exploring.....i can't wonder if that lack of knowledge was a
factor where the 3 ladies were eaten? and how bout snakes? florida
craxy like grass would make it easy for crawlin things to hide & attack.
[and the way we've been eatin had to make us look lik walkin/jiucy
morsels.] remember ? there were frogs all over the walk the other night.
and the lil creature that kept poppin his snout out was in a bunch of
the bushes that came out near the path way..sure don't want to make
the news.

finally we make it home... our boys done beat us and already left for dtd.
nice, we're all alone. then jordan came bouncy out
of the bathroom...remember her hollerin on the bus? what a sweetie....
room time? i'll like to talk a lil what we do to wind down a disney day?
[i read others trip report but few talk bout room time...unless they're
caught naked or something wrong]....

*
i also was going to throw some comparsions in the mix but this report has
went too long... to our 1988 guide & all the changes. maybe next time.
one of my favorites disney memorabile item is a 1959 guide book..it's almost
a historical document.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

::cop: ..onward dude or i've you arrested!....[i'll bet you can tell
i was the kid that drew all over his homework?]......

, i need that to get back into the spirit. where's a
happyhaunter when you need one? so anyhoo , we are to
the room. wet frogs and all. i hate it when you can't see well on
the sidewalk ...cos the stick laying there could be a real snake! i
don't see too well any how so that adds to the imagination. like
i told one stick," i bet you think you're smart- pretending being
a snake?!"

what a relief makin it thru the front door?! and though i was first,
jordan flies to the bathroom...then my wife is takin dibs on seconds.
the boys, somehow have come & went..leaving a note.

roomtime. first the tv is turned on. and since the bathroom is all taken
up...i do the next best thing..and jump on the bed! what's on? oh,boy
kristen, the disney girl & her top 7.wonder if it changed from in the morning?
there all kinds of good disney shows on the travel channel, but they're
never seem to be on at disney. maybe the coffee any good from
this morning? noooooo! that means a jaunt over the foodcourt...and the
clock tickin down! at least the path ways are better lighted than to the
bus stop. of course, you know iam looking for one of those golf carts...
which i see clear across the complex. need exercise. [nothing that can't be
rationizes,really.] howqever, it was a beautiful night from the storm clouds
creating different colors of darkness. i do make it right as they're closing
down. old ,stale coffee, never tasted better. back in the room,they're still
not finished? with the bathroom. and can you believe it? kristen is still on!
i sneaked the channel over the football games, that caused a reaction!

what we do is relive a lil of the day events and "see" what everyone
thinking. what's amazing..to me... is how much other stuff going on even
though we were a group. a good example is waiting at the counters where
my wife went got snacks & me/jordan were by ourselves. any where you
go, there're things happpening. i'll tell you what is hard to find at disney..someone good at giving directions or a person that actual knows
the place you're trying to go to. i told my wife bout the lady near the
jungle cruise. she informed me about the recent story of predators near
disney. but more than any thing else was crt & the surprise. honey, i
noticed that you never once "corrected" the impression on who made the
scrapebook? esp. when the princess ladies were braggin to jordan how
wonderful to have such a caring mother? hmmmmmm? my wife response?
let's talk bout tommorrow & epcot, ok?

hey! what jordan sound asleep in my bed? new arrangment...i guess it's
not as terrible of having someone where you can take up 99.9999% of
the bed?

why drink coffee so late..when you are really tired from excitment, coffee
wears you out so its easier to fall alseep... at least it does me.

why review our next day schedules? that's cos they are my wife and the rest
of us has no idea what going on. "lil miss cutie pie...kristen said something
being new over at epcot...& with that, i gave her my trip contribution." yeah,
its sad more dads not getting in the planning phases? so all you husbands
should be listening up! look at me!.. for what u shouldn't be doing! and i know
i shouldn't have asked my wife, esp..after all day treking across dizzyland..
but icouldn't resist..."why don't we follow kristen's recomendations?" my
lil misscutie pie was on me like a cat on a mouse! [no mickey intended!]
but eatin around the world did look like a goodie of a plan? so if you were
in the room besides us and heard a lil hollerin, that's why!

next up..epcot all the ways....[there's used to be brownsville station's record
to this effect..but i can't quite recall...the name

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

... is greeting us the next morning. you think after yesterday,
today would be a let down? ahhhhh we going to epcot! i think the
more times you visit disney, the more the other parks grows on you?
anyways, we really enjoying epcot & animal k. on our last 2 visits.

we skipped the pepper food court today! meaning us, getting to the
bus stop earlier. however, it seem like every ecv was waiting with us.
[no quickie today!]. also after on the way back to our room [am coffee],
me and another guest had an armadillo passed between us..we just look
at each other & laughed. isn't funny the things that can happened to you?
fighting at the bus stop or on the bus..nope! maybe i should have provoke
someone? nah i like boring!

2 tippos' here: pb makes a great breakfast food. protien is sustaining and
gets you thinking. it goes with about everything including celery. if you
want to get kids to eat eggs...crunched crackers in. crackers & milk,in a
bowl.... i love native eating! oh, the second tippo, if you sit near the front
seat on the bus..you can take some pretty good pics outside the bus door.
ha! i 've never heard sammy talked about that! oh, she wouldn't riding the
bus? i still remmeber sammy saying her father never took her & her sister
to disney..cos they're bad...well she would fit right in our family. can
you tell i like watching her shows.

epcot day! wow! i always like how the bus stop is near the tree line...i like
the big golf ball..i like running into all the characters....this is a great park!
walt knew what he was doing! [napoleon dyamite had nuthin on him!]....

soaring....first....!! we beelined liked 2 million others...even through all
the characters they used to slowed people down. well my wife only had to
holler at me once, maybe twiced! i had a father who used to preach,
it's better to have a character than to be one?! well i was trying to add to
my collection. we were following a crowd, so i asked my wife if she thought
they knew where they're going? she replied, "hope they do!'. after all that,
we finally make it into some sort of line? while catching our breaths, guess
what? the people in front of us were from our neck ofthe woods! we had
a great time talking too!....before you know it, its our turn! we also in front,
dead center! what a ride! we loved it! [even in our bare stockings].
afterwards, it wasn't crowded so we rode it again and again!

then it was onto test track/mission space X2...i guess mission space can
make people sick? we have never had a problems and jordan loves it! i
think we rode it 3x in arow cos there were no lines?

what a great start! making us happy,happy happy. that's = hungier than old
grizzy bear! so we used our free dining at sunshine rest.. while a few years
ago, it was terrible for breakfast... for lunch it was great!

test travk....i was surprised how much my junk were flying around at the
bottom of the car. i won't bore anyone with all the details, but it's a ride
with alot distractions going on including noises. just wondering, does anyone
else imagined their mother -in-law doing the mallot test? ker-bloomer!!!! ?
..or messing with the dummies....they reminded me the vince/larry
toys my boys used to play with. they even have a set in the package cos
kenner was forced to ceased production. again, i think my mother-in-law
would have been a great replacement.

*later we finished up here. and this was were we got together. however, as
we made it to the loading area...we saw our boys off to the side. yep, they
had broken another ride....suddenly we begin to realize a pattern developing
of breaking rides. on top of that, they got to ride again as we waited. i
told my wife to included this trend onour next trip..for us to do rides before
them!

next is sea world..and sea weed, the character!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

in the making. if you look at our pics, one can see she has
that "look". ha, she has the background too! in fact, there are family
castles registered on the historical site. history, is something worth
remembering. [ i crack up cos good things goes better with humor ].

* i keep reading some are requesting good "english"..iam out of school.
fyi..@ work they have given my stlye a name...."danish's language".
however, i gotta to say, other than omitting things, this has been
a pretty accurate account..including my"feelings". funny, i thought
i would have trouble recalling them but writing one thing have lead
to another memory. whew!

last night on the old shows channel, they showed rozzanne & olsons'
twins visiting dizzland! ha! we had the boys down there too and it was
cool seeing the park's older versions. & . in alot
of ways, a disney trip is never the same twiced. those shows represented
the times we just sling it. no plans, no schedules, just alot of wondering.
[ both ways..walkin/thinking...& "wonder what that is"?]


funny, our current trips are not much different... i think that's because
any family can have magical experiences wherever your wonderings
takes you. . i believe the #1 mistake is having a plan that is
full of "must do's". i'll never forget our psb breakfast..it was december..and
a chilly morning...we sorta was hurrying so to get inside for warmth. that's
when the norway's administrator came & sit beside jordan. i turned to my
wife and asked, "what that dude in painted shorts talkin to jordan?".
she clobbered me over the head with jordan's disney barbie. sheesk alives,
woman, why gots you over reactin..she whispered something about a
cermony. whatever, it made jordan excited! but after that, there were a
steady stream of women going to the podium, while we were shivering!
crepes! [ i'm freezing in florida!] i noticed these women caused they kept
making ugly faces @ jordan. nuthin get my attention than hostile intentions.
worst, they seated us at a table that was elevated up. and because we
were first, those women walking past kept their ugly looks toward jordan.
however, she never paid them attention, and when they gave her this
sequined robe/hat, jordan knew exactly how to play act the princess role!
in our pics, you can see her ordering her brothers around...they were not
impressed. most of all was how she waved the wand around. that's was
so funny and cute. lady like!, m'lady and all those sweet lil things she does
at home, she did that morning. finally during one of her play acting,she noticed one of the ugly looks... jordan, "off with her head"! time to go!
my boys loved that one, though.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...nab*her, i hope you're still reading. from the begining i could tell you
something special and really understand the disney insights. in fact,
i really like all our canadians friends on the fastpass site...
[i wish i could be more like you..say very lil but with alot of insights.]
me? i always been easily distracted..........

* trip reports are my favorite though i can't keep up...it is so neat
how many are sharing their experiences...! but with so many topics
flying around, one can see why this site would contained the toughest
challenges for moderators...overall, i think they are doing a great job
just based on how great these reports have been. and the fact they
were willing to redo certain things, is even more impressive too me!
their dedication & commitments toward quality assurance!

where are we? epcot!! of ,course..!!! what a great park!!! back to sea
world section! ok? ...we separated as i dropped off batteries to recharge!
no turtle talk?!!!! bummed!!! they just got it up but i guessed they had
to fixed something else in the same building?? ..however, we like
lookin at the fish tank. does anyone mind wondered to all the fish sandwiches
floating by? or, the manatees? what gives? my lil missy cutie pie pointed
out that these fellas sure are hugh just by eating lettuce?

outside is a lil nemo frozen in time..or holding his breath, just to take a few
human pictures? i knok [tapping] on his noggin to see if he would blink.
now if you think i am going to post a pic of me huggin a big orange fish,
you're !!! do you know thisnemo moves on wheels? i learned this
when he almost ran over me! next was a sea weed character...and he was
great! he tickle jordan and that scared her, so it made getting
her near alot harder and funny. he loked just like something a hurricane
just blew in and was all corlorful. things roled out and he was good at doing
tricks. my wife wasn't impressed and she almost yanked a coral off his
face. luckily for him, she couldn't find it!....

for some reasons only my lil missy cutie pie can answered, she had a lil melt
down...so here we were hollerin at each other. [we were standing apart
from the walk way] wasn't that funny? arguing by shouting across the
walkway? i'll bet we look like 2 ..ha, never fear! i knew exactly
what to do! whipped out one of my secret chocolate bars and before you
can say , we were all again. see? what maturity &
experience cando for you?

disney world, dizzland...is not for fightin...! i'll bet any forgieners were
as went from this to that, holding

* my lil miss cutie pie..is all lady..and does not [repeat] show any
affection in public..so a lil hug has alot of meanings!
got to say again, i loved the way the princesses bragged on her to my
daughter...and she deserved every lil bit even though i set it up.

next'her up is..world show case & the mermack smurf!

 

[Grammyof2]

Lil Grumpy - my buddy. I have not been good about keeping up. I am attempting to catch up now. I have just found your pictures. Your descriptions of your children are dead on. Thanks so much for linking the faces to the story.

Your princess is truely a and I am sure those boys of yours can eat their weight in gold.

This is for you

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

,hey grammy of 2...hoping everything ...i'm a lil
spent...our local was a wild ride & that's just talkin bout the adultsthisyear!
and of course, our cruise window came on the same weekend...[sept.17,wonder].
reading zzub's post bout some-kook made me regretted
postin pics...he brought so much positive jibes to the stormers...but
what he made reference to, is scary. that's loubon is a true artist...it
is dangerous to read his posts and drink coffee at the same time. &
melly girl....she has been all over the place...she is like a rubber ball,
so full of life. but i had no idea that doing a tr required so much redoing.
however, it also been lot fun. i've compared the two sites and i think
the wdw is better because the writers provide more family insights.

i don't know why but when i hear your name, it reminds me of old spice!
,oh that's me trying to be...

our lil pics..i really like the waking up tinker bell one. and the young father
jumpin in helping his lil boy "hit tink's box." see jordan lil mermaid pretending
pics? those stuff animals were some of boys when they went...a long time
ago. at the talent show,,, i didn't realized some were taklin her pics..hopeful
not meaning anything. one of my all time favorite is the boys'sdanta pic and
my lil miss cutie pie & her brother on santa's lap...traditions, i like! isn't
a tradition something fun to pass on?

 

[Grammyof2]

Lil Grumpy - Seeing my name and thinking of Old Spice is an Ok thing. I love that smell.

Till the next time

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...old spice was something my father wore. boy! you know
you're getting old/ler when you have a history & passing things on?
once upon a time, i was a paper boy out in the country. what was
passed onto me were secrets to sucess. there's something to be said
for listening skills. that's has been my experience., time & time again!

our pics were selected as an illustration on how we done disney over the
years...and does not even begin to tell the adventures we have been in.
quality in life begins with particiaption & seeking positive outcomes. of
all the tips i have presented, interacting with others is #1 for discovering
the magic everyone here talking about.

epcot, oh,boy! oh, boy!...we likey this park for so many reasons. first it's
not crowded together like mgm! and while the focus is on the future, it
also redirect us to our roots. everything is well done! nor have they have
forgotten disney roots...the kiddies! you will be surprised how many
characters greetings there are. the kidcot stations have been so much
fun & educational. and while there is beautiful landscaping everywwhere...
it isn't overgrown like ak...and that makes the walking easier! food!
our very first character meal..was the graden grill..and we'll never forget it!


however, we have a tradition that i like to forget. getting
lost! it seem for whatever reason..we always get separated in
world show case. this year it had to do with the minature trains. one
second i was watching them, the next second, they were gone! i went
back and forth to the nearby cpuntries until i see them sitting....right next
to the minature trains? somehow, it was my faught again
this is alot more funnier now than it was back then. it seems alot
of our family outings have this phenomenal to them.

* needless to say, the old chocolate bar trick got me out of the
house! is anyone keeping track how many?


germany..has some lil smurfs figures. while looking at them, a lady asked me
if i knew what garmel's cat name was? well my kids grew up with the smurfs
but my mind went blanked! i told her i couldn't recall his name and she
answered, " mer mack!" ...with authority. i look at her
...and answered..." i can't think of his name but it certainly not mer mack!"
i felt so bad cos my reaction hurt her feelings. she gave me
the looks & left. mer mack? wasn't that where alf came
from. and where's my lil miss cutie pie when i needed her? i told
her the story and of course, she knew right away...garmel's cat was named
"azrael"!...speakin of..just once didn't you wish he caught up brainy smurf?
you know? "the friend to all the animals". i looked for her but never saw her
again.

american adventure...hooray, they had a quiz booth and i answered the
question right! won? some more mickey stickers..the elborate ones!

norway..we were eating at the canadian resturant, but we wanted to get
a pic with ariel [with feet]. well the manger was plain rude and refused.
however, ariel saw jordan and came out to talk. i was able to get her on
movies before the mager ran her off! geeks! they get a lil too greedy
sometimes! oh, well, this ariel sure was nice to bend the rules a lil, and jordan
just loved her!

speaking of a bad feeling...work.

 

[NAB]

I'm still here and enjoy your report. Got alittle behind but am caught up now. Summer is going to be busy. The kids have three days of school left. Then it will be my job of driving to swimming lessons, gymnastics etc. And of course we are planning on Disney at the end of August. At least that is what we are hoping for. But for now I will relive it with you if that is okay.