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

[Lil' Grumpy]

...i can see you driving now., ms nab! try to keep at least one
eye on the road with all the kids.... though i haven't had time for the
cb, i still like reading them [well, mostly looking at lou pics/ which are the
best!]..and i need desparately to finish this report. however, i got to say
you are one of the most fascinating poster on these boards.
and it is self evident that your family is your primary reason for coming
here. i hope whenever your next trip is scheduled, it will be one full of
magic and special memories. * can't wait to hear about it.

just a lil reminder....i know it sometimes hard to deal when things go
astray. but most often, the right attitude will redirect you toward even
greater magic. one key is to seek assistance. i cringed reading the
recent trip where everyone got sick. what can you do? maybe not everything
will go as planned but if you regress into blaming disney, you are destroying
your recovery process. let bad things go. savory the lil things that did go
right and rebuild a new trip for the future. [ think how nice the next one
will be after that experience.] that's what our experiences have taught...
the best way to have "rescued" our disney trips!

living the good life...on one of the travel channel shows, someone claimed
a disney trip is a rite of passage? if it wasn't so darn expensive, i would've
agreed. the advantage for our daughter being our last, is where can go
every year vs. q 4years. i was really worried in 99 when my wife set up
an extended disney land/sea vacation. luckily we all went our own ways and
that decison kept us from conflicts. i think placing such a high expectation
on any vacation will over played any problems.

mer'mack?! the way she said it...as if she was a smurf authority. i didn't
mean to laughed but she caught me off guard. germany at epcot....

our epcot day? was wonderful...this was the best round tripper [circulating
thru all the kidcot stations] we ever experienced. first, at every country
the characters & princesses were out! then we had the good fortune of
catching the shows. like the jugglers /drumers/& scottish band. this time
we went backwards..from norway to canada...i hate french..& their
expensive prefumes! but at least they had the effiel tower back in place.
belle and the beast were as sweet as they come. this time outdoors.
while in cannada, the ladies gave jordan a canadian history story...in trade
for a pin, jordan showed them a lil Irish dance.

aaahhhh..supper means le celluliar..it's done in the dungeon! we kept going
the wrong way. ...naturally, our boys had no problem finding it.
we didn't ordered wine, and the table next did. worth mentioning because
it effected the service. ha! they snuck out without tipping. however, we had
no diffculities enjoying the food!

afterwards we hit soaring 2 more times. it was neat again and the people
with us were doing it for the first time..we all got front row seats.

we were over at test track and it broke down..and of course, it was our
boys' car. we started holllerin at them and everyone thought we losing it!
what that did was delayed us for getting ready for illumations
but we enjoyed them anyway at the showcase enterance.

leaving was fun too, i took some really neat movies of jordan playing
with the twinkle lights! we also enjoyed the water falls changing colors
& the monorail racing overhead. i had jordan's "waking up tink" certificate
cos it was torn form mk day. gurst services were so nice to redo it. and
with that, our epcot day ended...as always, ..all the way
home!...dwats..the walkin paths are still dark! and i know that gator is
just waiting..for plump tourist. soft & tender footed! needless to say,
i 'll let my lil miss cutie pie.

p.s.. sorry, the bus ride was routine!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...ahhh...you can tell when it's time for me to leave? [i start skipping].
anyway,on the path back to the room...i let lil miss cutie pie lead the
way..just in case one of the "tourist" gators hiding in the bushes. well,
i never claimed to be a "gentlman". have many were raised from big
families? you learn 2 things fast..don't feel sorry foryourself & you never
admitt to anything..that you could blame your sibling on?

happiness is reaching your room...& if you read the previous section,
sorta explained our routines. for whatever reasons, our maids were not
making "towel creations".....however, i noticed on their carts ..they had
some made up? the pros & cons realted to these things... i happened to
think is funny. jordan already had "milked" us out of too many dolls &
twinkets this trip... < "me - $$$$...so i figured we like most families,
the adults are more into them then the kids? but oh.boy! i was my game
this trip [ok,ok there's got to be a first time for everyone?] and i did have
my merlin's outfit [mnsshp]... . i was going wear the cool hat around
the parks but my wifey poo it! she said she was not going be seen
with a escort. but i think the real reason..would be all the attention
i'll be getting esp. from the . sweet? soooo while the
2 were back in the "powder room"-soemthing i can count on...i whipped out
2 towel creations [small ones from the ship] and decorated them with
chocolate bars...talk about


and i course "seeing" an opporturnity... ...i whispered a lil sweet
nuthin to lil miss cutie pie? where's my tip? [ i guess it's no secret that
many of you are expecting my expectation to be? or not to be?
or a lil' . for services rendered, what are the going rates?

yeah disney! [forget virgina-disney for lovers in my book!] . so that's the
moral to my story..there's more for a guy than meets the eye..if they do
a lil investing.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

* story tellers. i read both the cruise & wdw tr. i must say i prefer
the formats being used here. i think it is interesting when others devised
all kinds. i know what @ disney but the way families are doing it adds
something special. by..my book!'

my story tellin..i sorta like presenting the primary topic and then add a
few related associations...think of a carousel ! with characters!

cornado springs/oct/05:

here again, we didn't recveived any towel creations..actually made it
better for setting up the lil ones i saved from the magic! actually guys,
all is needed is a couple of rubber bands and you too can create....
something. it won't matter as long you add a lil chocolates...


disney is the land of recreation delights! if things don't work out per plans,
why not make something/anything up? towel creations.....made up for a
gloomy day at epcot 02. rain & cold . we had 2 rooms adjunct at the w.
lodge. we were happy to get home! and they had made a gator towel in
which our middle son came up with croc hunter skit. that's one of my
all time favorite. it's so funny that no matter how many x we watch it,
always produced a barrel of laughs. my boys wanted those lil red fezes hats?
and his accent made the show especially when my lil miss cutie pie came
out of the powder room! "the wirly beast"...wasn't too happy being a
"surprised" guest. !

the disney"s animal kingdom day, & needless to say,a wild, wild adventure?

 

[NAB]

Lil'Grumpy- We two have been on the Magic, twice in fact. I have the towel animals in my china cabinet. Never thought of taking them with us to Disney.My kids still like looking for anything different the mousekeeping does. I like the animals my self but they are happy when they see their stuffed toys watching tv or put to bed etc. On the boat they gave out mint chocolates and the kids don't like them much so more for me. I think I brought home a whole bag of them because they would like leave 12 everynight.

We spoil our kids at Disney. My husband sometimes say no but then gives in and then I say no when he saysyes so then they get it. Especially when my daughter snuggles up and looks at us with big eyes. Got to love them. They are only young once. Plus I like things too....but would rather spend it on them.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...i have no idea where the towel creations begun..probably a mousekeeper
foolin around on breaks? .some do/some don't. funny, funny,
mentioning the magic/wonder ships--- our first was 99. to tell the truth, i
don't recall if we had any or not? it was our 2002 epcot day where this
tradition had a major impact. funny? we were saving all of ours on the magic
to take a pic at the end..but on the next to last day, our mouse*stward
gathered them up. but when we returned from castaway, he had
re-made all of them. soo we got the picture after all.

yep, your story sounded so familar...we go overboard & our kids "plays"
muscial "parents" when one of us turned them down. "only young once" is
a classic to the "way we were". safety deposit boxes holds our favorite
pics...what i liked most of this trip was using a few lil props so my lil miss
cutie pie got to relived her lil girl days! that's why i thought
was worth the most in this trip report.


now its "safari time"! @ the disney's wild & woolly animal kingdom!

nothing special on the bus over except meeting 2 "professional" pin traders.
they were loaded including wearing pins on their laynards...jordan
traded for a princess pins. they educated us a lil about their hobby. we
have a few but nothing to impress anyone....ha! jordan has made it clear,
she intend to collect every tinker bell ever made. now! i know why
they give some away in the begining. i swear mickey's ears are green!
way back in 93, we accidental brought our middle son a pluto pin..
i think it was less than a dollar.

thru the gates, there's a talking plam tree wandering around. he started
talkin to me as i was filming...let's say it must been a smarty ,
cm. he, he, that's gotta be a fun job!

what's significant on this visit, was us skipping donald's for breakfast.
since 99 ,this was how we started our ak day. we always had a good
time there but my wife was mixing up our routine. so
while we didn't go, i still highly recomend it! what i remember from our
2002 trip, was the cm telling us the construction going on was for a
new donald's.....now everest!

so where are we going honey? kinda reflected how much planning i do,
huh? we went on safari...a ride that depends on how good the "guide"
is. well that's my opinion. we rode twiced and both were pretty good.
the animals were out..but i am always paying attention to the other
trucks! so this is where my wife takes our best pictures. that's stupid
lion! he always laying down on some stupid rock! maybe if we get on a
truck where everyone wearing red? oh, that only works with bulls?
regardless, this is a very fun adventure! lil red? well i like elephants
and we got to see the lil baby & his mother. what was neat was the hippos running around in their pond! but what i am hoping for is for a "streaker"
to take off. i'll bet that would get the lion off his rock? wonder if
any one remember the streaker song...and the streaking trend? my
parents used to laugh bout that one! and isn't sorta funny how things
happening in front of you jogs a memory long forgotten? and this is
soemthing i really like about disney..their details for producing a
"special effect". so while this may not seem exciting, it was for me!

isn't this great how disney invested into conservation? we brought the pin!
and does anyone makes the connection to world show case..having
authentic reproductions to african culture?

*one of the best thing we did that day was meeting a native "africa" cast member. she explained her name and gave us insights over her homeland.
[jordan saw she was wearing a green laynard & a tinker bell pin]. what
was so neat was seeing later on during the parade. she made sure jordan
recalled our earlier meeting...i believe in preserving cultures!

bkft..was that counter service in harmube [?]...it was ggrrreeeeaa-ate!
free dining really made eating really special ! [esp. with our 2 monster
eaters!].

* alot of the time before writing, i read what others are reporting. i
was surprised by jamal {cookmaster] report how much fighting going
on? nor was it missed, she cited with the wives. in comparsion,
i got to admitt, my wife is one of the sweetest person you could ever want
to meet. she is an example of being lady like & an . reading others
is why i repeat certain suggestions..."dizzyland is happines is." but we have
had our disagreements...and making ups epsiodes to. one here, was me
sneaking off after bkft and not being able to sneak back... .
[ i should have gotten her 2 pieces of chocolate cake...with the dino
fastpasses? ]

for now... got to bounce off to work!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

bouncing back on ... [ , i crack myself up!].....over
the rivers and thru the woods, we were born to be wild, disney 's wild
kingdom that is!

just a lil followup? well i think it's pretty funny how many around the
disboards "adopted" call names associated to mr.grumpy? alot of
women using references like..i'm married to, livin with, ...property of
grumpy. so in that spirit , i "kuhn-fesses", ido, that lil'grumpy was indeed
suggested by a lil miss cutie pie. do women line of thinking follows a pattern?
let's jist say in my younger days, it was benefical to have read the so
call " women magazines" .

another followup....i like the carousel approach toward trip reportin.
there are 2 facets i hoped came together..ways of doing a disney vacation
& the "feelings" [good & bad] that were produced by our choices. for
emphasixes, i am trying the "smilies" to get the message/s across. the
value/s of any trip report is accuracy...and it is easy to make things up.
just like our crt day, it was the princesses that made the lil storybook
worked! remember, auroa girl blew right pass and that could've been
the rest... it was the personality of snow white that pulled that off!.
what would i have done if she hadn't? [tried something else, later on.]
why/ i have read some that i think are a lil exxagerated? i know the
parks & you just can't zipped & zagged the whole thing in 2 hours, 10x?
our college boys were given cameras...they took zero...character pictures!
we split up because their focus were much different and that's ok with us.
theirs report would be one of pin trading, eating & riding.

ha! i need a correction system! i noticed my wife digital camera dating
pics is actual off one day...so we were @ mk the day later than than the
posting! sorry! does anyone ever wondered who all the people ending
up in your pics? wouldn't be neato ,to "catched" someone famous. awhile
back, i read someone writing how the n'syn boy became outrage on
a british tourist taking his pic @ mk. it's a free country..and as long as
he was just takin pics..not touchin or worst..line jumpin,he did nothin
wrong? let me say, i wouldn't have tolerated his abuse! i think i would have
responded by informing if he didn't want to be in my picture than leave!
[darn it, if i giving up my place in line!]. i believe if you direct someone to
hurt another, than you're just as guilty.

and a wild time in the safari line! i forgot to mentioned, [actually there
have been tons of stuff leftout]. before getting onto the jungle trucks,
the quel line has a series of posts directing traffic. well you know kids
and fences...an invitation to climbing. one peticular kid was running
all over the place...under & top. next thing i know, he lost control
running full tilt at me. i tried to pulled the movie cameraout of the way,
but he hit it full force. bang! so hard it shattered the lens caps & rings!
we thought he hurt himself as it knocked him backawards. however,
his parents hollered at him so i think he was more scared of them. so
here we were worried about him and they were worried about the camera.
it was sorta funny scene....after he said he was ok.. one eye on his
parents. now here my take on similar situation....sure alot kids are excited
and not paying attention. our "disneyland", kids rules! while there are times
esp. for safety for redirecting or setting limits... i feel more toleratant
toward kids compared to adults acting out? to me, its fun watching kids
enjoying all things disney! on the ship, i happened to walk in the "game
room" and caught a young child rockin one of the machines back & forth.
of course, i interevened, he could have crushed himself! one of the things
i really enjoyed this trip..was jordan and her lil friend "playing" in front
of the castle..before spectro! now if yor askin me....that's a "disney
dream" come true...makin newfreinds & havin fun!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..where's my manners?.....our middle son is also a tigger fan!
[besides stitcher] anyhoo...my lil miss cutie pie surprised him with
a set of "tigger ears". beleive it or not, he wore them all day at a.k.
so if you saw a 6'5" "tigger", that's why. ohh the other son? he liked
on the safari hats [with pins]...sorta an indy look! together, i'm sure
others would recall if you saw them?..or if they accidentally popped
in yor pictures?

no body ? me sneakin off.....it wasn't forgiving my wifey pooh [ ]
an opportunity to have demonstrated her melting point. i happpened
to have seen a show supervisor heading toward tarzan's back door? i
explained i was at guest services to check if "jane" was going to be out.
and how for 3 years jordan been wanting to meet her. she asked when
was we going to watch the show & where to meet her.....and i even
gotthe dino fastpasses before heading back to hmmmm a "lil moi missy
grumpy'! haaaa , can't wait til later!

back at camp.. i argggghh forgotten to have packed the chocolate bars!
plan #2....beg like a and through a few for good
measures...*and a few extra promises tooo. to no avail, lil miss cutie pie
was holding pat! [to her face!]. what to do? what to do? plan
#3...find the nearest trinket cart and made this offer.... = !
hooray, for compensating skills! & the surprise intact!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

been playing hookie..reading other reports. someone was celebrating
their 30th bd. that's a reminder to me...some of the lil ones i helped into this
world are turning 30. you think they would remember me?
but it does seem ironic being trained for combat & then ended up in the
delivery room?

animal kingdom...is a lil bit epcot & mgic kingdom..come to life? but
for all the x we've been, we have yet to met trazan/jane. and that's
why i was late getting back and the secret. however, messing around
with my wife's plans isn't a good thing. for me! resulting in even more
loss revnues! [if you spending $$$ before lunch, than you know you're
in trouble].

ok, anyone seen the ultimate fan from travel channel? i think we matched
up most with the epcot couple. did you see right when they went to
commercial preview ...and she crying over illuminations & he sipping a beer?
and we even followed her tip on buying future park tickets... we have 20
-5days- tickets in the old safety deposit box. nor was it lost on me how
she re-worked that money saving idea toward on getting herself an extra
bonus present? his quick recovery, "we'see" had him almost a choking!
yep added 3 kids & that would've been us!

in like flik! after brunch..that's who we came across. he was pretty active
being a big blue ant! he played peek-a-boo with jordan. i asked if he had
a bug in his eye, and he chuckled.

we then went to the pocohatus's animal friends..cool how the kids are
seated up front...and simba's festival. there we seem always destined
for the lion's section. a tradition that came from default. at least we
gotten pretty good @ doing the roar! duirng pocohatus, my wife took
a really cool pic when she released a bunch of leaves. jordan was
sitting up front and she was showing her the lil papoose made in girl
scouts. this was very important to jordan and i'm glad she acknowledged
her.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Thanks for writing your report. I thought it was a very enjoyabe read. As for your english, I prefer 'danish's language'. I found it colorful.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

ha! "danish" makes me laugh....yes, i have some co workers that are
characters in their own right...but...in all fairness, even my handwriting
is atrocious!...for years many ignored my observation "notes" until
we switched to computer writing...immediately all of them converted
to my format! [this was icu].

my personal spiled for the ways iam writing:

"the human factor, regarding reality interpretation is based on what our
5 senses are tellin us & what we want. i can't stressed enough how many
lives would be saved by considering the consequences of our choices...
ahead of time..*thinking is a wondeful thing to do for a desired outcome.
if one dosen't anticipated the dangers of certain behaviors[ racing a car
100mph and/ or drinking etoh...]. while a "regret" is a feeling of wanting a
different outcome. "redo's" in life dosen't happened unless we think ahead
of time? what one have chosen becomes a personal history....well this
is something alot of us heard alot growing up? "prevention" the best cure!
"sucess" is paved by learning from our mistakes! alot of old wise tales were
lessons learned the "hard ways". the inherit nature of bulllies...they give
others "good" reasons not to have any thing to do with them? so what's
my connection to our disney trips? if you want to have a magical
disney vacation, participation & positive attitudes are requirments. the
choices a family will overcome the acting out of others. no one can
control others but you can chose your own courses!* i was so sad to read
about many inappropriate/uncouth behaviors epsecially parents hurting
their children! {on another posting site}. we spend alot $ and its for
giving our children a memory that they are going to treasured. fighting,
yelling, and intolerance will not produce that magic feeling. that's plain
reality. p.s...we are always looking for happy people while there and
we try to get away those acting inappropriate. tippo..#1 compensating
skill is to get away from those lookin for a fight/ argument. don't waste
your time and efforts on those that don't care anyhoo!

here? i think the # 1 desire is for getting the most of a disney vacation.
reality is all about...making the choices toward the desired outcome? so i
really believe everyone's trip report are very educational toward helping
others. i know i'm listening to their experiences. however, i would have
never picked up the disney spirit without our lil leading the way.

speakin of, because she made that lil papoose at girl scouts...was the
driving force for us to back to the conservation area! jordan
had to show pocohatus the one she made up close. well if it important
to our lil ..than that's it! so here we go for about upteen
x's! however, coming out of the lion show, we got stuck by the parade...
we are not parade people. which means,we don't set up ahead of time.
but as luck would have it [thistime], a nice family permitted jordan a
up front seat! can you say jimmy crickets! cos that meant me not having
to hold her up! hooray for lil favors!... and for whatever "karma" going
around, the characters/costumes people singled jordan out...and i was
able to "snaked in" for some cool movie taking. all was missing was an
armadillo crossing. sooooooo the family letting jordan up front made this
a parade to remembered! i just love this type of magic!

now if i could ever get my own kids to listened...

 

[NAB]

My kids always, well almost always listen to me on vacation. Maybe it is because I am more relaxed and able to enjoy them and what they are saying instead of telling them wait a minute I am doing something. These are times when I notice my son is growing up just by what he observes. Or he really trys to make me laugh and sit with him on rides.

The family always asks me what is on the agenda today. I am the planner but like all plans they usually change because the kids want to ride again for the unteen time or we come across something or someone.

Still enjoying your reports. Sorry I get long winded.....

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...no, no, no! nab, you're not long winded. i don't know if you ever
written a trip report but if you did or/ planned on, i know it will
be something really special! i have very "keen" observations cos
it's how i make my living [lots of practice]. one of my favorites
hobby , is "trying out" different ways of thinking...not surprising,when
you think about that's where the core values come from different
cultures? [and i've always been a fan of culture/history]. well you
are very percise! which others can easily skipped over....however,
while you're presentation is quite simple, your "merits" are strong as
concrete. i know iam older, but your thinking is just as accomplished.
you remind me of "melly girl" [happyhaunts]...she hides by "covering"
everything with humor....but if you "see" what she making references
too, there's alot of maturity & family ties to her stories.

so you been on disney cruises too....wish you would write a trip report?
we trying to get ready for the 11-day wonder, i 'm been little help.

what do i pounded into my kids every day? think! think! and think!


i am no disney expert. to me, disney is a family vacation...but our many
trips has been having some effect. especially toward socialization &
culture. exposure depends on developing your observations skills! and
pickin and doing the many activities being offered. sometimes, it is the
people around you. why give others "reasons" to be offended or hurt by
your choices when it is easier to help them? this is my experience talking;
i have amazing adventures all through life just by being kind to others.

reality is: i wasn't doing for others as much as i was doing for myself!
that's a value system i am trying to instill with my children. children are
people, and parents have the need to recognized they can't control them.
what we can do ? influenced them with postive coping skills so they can
think for themselves...with a lil prompting. for all the fads that comes
and go, family values are essential to vitamins for all of our children's growth
and development. i never saw any "values" in a disney vacation until we
started experiencing its people [cast members & characters & its guests].


it opened up a whole new world where people have good reasons to
be nice to one another! it also fun for me [as a hobby ] to put my
disney experiences under an "analysis". the disney idea came from a person
caring about preserving family values. today, it isn't far fetch [from my ways
of thinking] that wdw/dcl have the makings of a subculture. welcoming all
cultures @ [redirecting] getting along..even if it just for a lil while. and
it does so in avery neat/unique way..stressing their good things from each/
different country. and just like that, i've become a dizzyland nut!
[p.s..i even have the red hair!]


sooooooo even though i'm no writer and i despise proper english; and
truly i am all things written in "danish" and can go in circles for days,
my primary objective was to write a report supporting the disney's
subculture...because first, i am a believer of family values and i really
enjoyed disney's values to culture! overall, i think the majority on these
boards are trying to support the same goals. [minus the attention seekers
and manipulators]. and i think they're doing a great job promoting disney
core values.

* those that have read my ramblings, i do appricate every input...even
when i was trying to set it up. and i hope some of the tips [we have
learned] helps makes the magic a reality when your family visits! the
results can been seen from our pics. anyway, that's what our disney
trip has meant to me..and why i write the things i do....

pg.2, [on pg. 10 of this report]....it seem so ironic that the best pic i
took on thecruise was the one where i was sic as old salty dog?! see?
that's must be tink's pixie dust! now if you are paying atention , you
can imagined how great dale was with jordan..that's her really gooey/
sticky fingers atteached to a gummy worm! one that had been in &
outof her mouth prior to his arrival! [i didn't have the heart to spilled the
beans]...& jordan kept that lil gummy worm all day! pg.1..did you noticed
jordan's lil fishy net? boy! did i get into trouble over that one! she cried
on the fairy god mother 's shoulders. she asked jordan why it was so
important for her to catch tinker bell? "daddy told me if i did, she grant
me a wish". [that's when my wife giving me her anger "eyes"!]..then she
asked jordan what her wish was..." i want to make sure every girl &
boy get a christmas present this year!" we had no idea, and even the
people behind us went "ahhhhhhhh". it broke my heart! the lil ways disney
inspired children is what it is about!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

some of the craziest things makes the best movies. me
popping my camera out of the parade line,"sure to get holller at" ,
is all part of reliving the disney experience....then there's our newest
tradition of redoing pics we missed or didn't come out. however, the
point is: even if you areat the same spot , it isn't the same as before!
disney is that dynamic! remember our crt day, we were in early but
after 8am...it was light out, but all our main street pics were sorta
in twlight. well even the professional one done by their photographer,
was even darker. the castle in fact was outlined in black! my pics
followed my line of thinking..i'm going after "feelings"...like the one
my wife just got done feeding our middle son? do you see how both
lokked worn out? that's what i go after..so often i take pics in a
series [more than one]. kind like when i caught him playing with his mother
lipstick! it was hard to hold the camera straight. or jordan making
her own ariel costume..and then lining up her stuffed "characters"? so
i asked her and she told me that's what ariel does. so here's one of
my favorites..befoe crt..taking different sequences from going backwards
to a close up. standing on the star! one of our biggest disapointment was
from our 99 cruise. the "snow white" on the ship, was the same on the video.
she spent alot of time interacting with jordan, and was soooooo into her
character that she even had me believing... however, another guest
stuck their behind into our shutter pic. and cos of that we didn't get it.
now with today stuff, we could have him erased. why? mentioned pics...
i just happened to think they make up an important part of any family's
traditions.

from the parade flashback, we now over at the conservation station. here's
a tippo..don't pass on ant train ride. they're all neat and relaxing! another
secret is the back car of the monorail..i like the different views and bringing
up the "rear".

remember we are here cos of jordan's papoose? well pocohatus is out
for the day sick! didn't she know jordan brought her lil doll all the way
from the shawnee nation? this made what phocohatus did over at her
show very important. [someone no crying rule was kept intact!].
lucky for us, ratfiki and stanley were on their game! as an added bonus
they pointed out secret mickeys hidden in the vines.... that made some
really cute pics.! nothing like sharing a lil secret to make a special
memory. how much you want to bet that the next time we go, jordan
will be pointing them out? but for all the pics i took, i still didn't good
one of stanley fish buddy. dwats, another reason we'll be going back!

i don't know why but hauling my camera around brings back the memory
of when i given my first bottle of pop... i remember what kind..frostie's
root beer... i must been 2or3 ..thinking wow! got this "neverending"
amount of pop..and its all my! until i droppped it! yep, i been having the
same problem with cameras ever since. and because of that, i am forbidden
to handle my wife's digital..ever! she reminds me of my sister having a
candy bar and me not! big families learn quickly how life isn't fair. but
at disney, it seem everthing is fair even if it different to all! i just hope
when things don't go as planned that you overlook the alternatives..
sometimes they become a memory to hold onto!

* i tell what's never fair, work!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

....on with the show!

sorry, stanley's fish buddy has a name, "dennis". i think he is some
sort of gold fish. probably one that jump out of the box?
ok, we watch too many disney shows in this family.

...before writing, i always check what's happening on the cruise boards.
then i read some of the trip reports. been running across alot of complaints
involving guests. and a few cast members too. i don't think everyone
understand the values from doing a disney vacation right? [nor is this
suggesting our "ways" are all inclusive]. i must say, listening to others on
these boards have been indeed very helpful! like anthing else, the more one
put into something, the more one will obtain...if one treats their disney visit
like a themed park then it is very similar to kings island. the other reason
i "lectured" about culture, is the oppturnity meeting people all over the world.
great for american & world peace. kuddos disney! for embracing kindness
and respecting dignity. my suggestion? i think it would be neat to pass
out translators just saying "hello/goodbye"?

i want to thank everyone here "suffering" thru my writings. obviously, i'm
no speller or an english major. and our keyboard is warped!
plus i have included tibits from our other trips...but since i'm spending
"my" time here, it was important to divulged what tips i know [very little]
and reflected accuracy...like the gators entering disney's property. please
be safe! nothing is made up even my "reflections".

just in case it was missed, i 'm repeating the tips on pre-recording disney's
commcericals on front of our dvd's before our trip. just a lil nice way to
dated the trip since we are making yearly ones. and i really like the
"lady & tramp one..& their lil puppies walking toward the castle."

back at camp, we have just returned from the conservation train ride.
hottier than a firecracker, but no rain! don't worry, my lil miss cutie pie
has snuck her water bottles in my backpack--again! and she still visiting
every "rest stop" in the world! kink+ klank, off to work i go...afterall,
i'm the mulie! no apprication at all! it's wonder that others are not taking
my picture as a joke or for their scrapebook? well you know what they
say about payback..sometimes you can catch a few guests whose
mothers didn't dressed them? [should have]. part of our fun is to
dressed for the park...i.e/ animal kingdom+ jungle outfits. here's a tip,
if you find something your family likes doing & is fun then it's a good
thing for a tradition. p.s.. we go for "comfort clothes".

and we do ran into..our african girl from before! she got new pins, and
we still got traders. however, she has no stitch that my middle son has
been trying for 2 years. it's a series they started. [laynard]. no matter,
she still gave us alot attention especially jordan.

here's one of our "funny" tradition. even though my wife has the entire day
on scheduled, we always seem to stop and re-read the guide map?
[i even taken pics of her "digesting" its meanings].

ok, we do it's a bug life. interseting as we round the line corner,we hear
the "ride" has been broken. this area crosses the "let out" section. i told
my wife let's wait to see if the boys are responsible. sure enough, they
come walking out from the last showing...they didn't see us until we
"jumped them". boy,did we surprised them and everyone else.
what are you guys doing? breaking every ride in disney world! kind
of funny how we are having a family reunion between the enterance/exit
paths! so what is the topics? we heard about their pin trading & we caught
'em up on our adventures. they got to see miss vine lady. did you take
her pics? nope! wasyour camera full or broken? nope! giv'e me them back!
why? "idon't want no pics with some weed lookin girl!......just wanta strangle
them. for the last 4years,they alwayscome across hewr but we don't!!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

no matter, no worries? while some are trying to crossed paths, for me
and my trip report, will include all of my affections. those who write
negative reports always follow a predictable pattern. which is:
slammed those writing with feelings? and they show no imagination
at all! however, their behaviors surely gives them away, of the type
we are trying to avoid! what they failed to realized, it would be easy to
rake 'em over the coals. run,run from ride to ride, gobble down your
food, and ignored every other family doing disneyworld, will produced
the same out come, over and over. in reality, you become what you
practiced. i don't know why someone doing wdw would waste time
comparing it to disnyland? when in rome....& "i" personally, enjoyed all
the lil workins that make visiting a magical memories for our family......

for me, i don't have any diffculties with those needing wheelchairs and
cars..and i a'm grateful i don't. stitch may not be my favorite but it
didn't make me sick. here's a secret....those tye dye shirts are some
of the coolest on disney properties. some seem to lack coping skills and
therfore, attack others. i hope others do continue to write with their
feelings cos those experiences "arrgh" the funniest to read!

hittin the bonanza! it happened at flame tree getting a late lunch! i
forget what made us asked the manager a question but he was happpy to
help! jordan nailed him on pin trading and he responded by giving her
a few pins and bringing out some more! he also gave each of us
a special stitch trading pins. kind like a recognition for being top traders.
neat,huh? that made lunch tasted even better! then we even got free
enterainment from a lil boy trying to catch the birds..who was trying to
catch a free lunch. what we like about the counter service was how
the patio isolated us from the crowd! like always, the food was really
good! [though the ribs were messy}.

ok, here's another tippo...because he was so nice, we took his picture.
we always like writing the company and giving us suggestions too! i
think i read somewhere an "alice" was hoping someone would find a
pic.of her from the 60's. it would be so neat if she gets her pic! [didn't
she sounded like a really special alice?! i really think others should
reframed from writing negative observations of any character unless
they did something wrong--then they should just let guest services know].

here's a tippo for grumblers..you know? u can't find happines by being
mean?

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

....late, late, for a very important date....all of our trips seem to follow a
similar pattern. they're far,far away -then- bang! it's time to head out
to the airport! one time!!, i like to be ready the night before! does anyone
do "test-runs?" well here's a lil tippo, aimed at trip planning...what i did
when i arrived back from this trip? i made me a "packing list", on all the
stuff i used on this trip. by george, i just came across it! won't my lil
miss cutie pie be surprised this time!

* and just so those knows, i peeped around our mountain of
luggage to catch your snickering! wait until next time!

key word to packers..."underwear"! next would be your favorites hygiene
products....and third, shoes! add film & cmaeras..i'm done! my agenda
is simple..have fun with "whatever" plans that were devised by "cutie pie'.
from years past, i've come to accept this is #1 thing to do!

another thingy, trip reports...i've seen "our" family experiencing simlar
situations throughout!...reading different types have enlightened me at
so many things we've been missin. cool! buses seem to be one subject
repeating bad experiences....therefore, i felt those lessons are worth
using. thinking ahead will likely prevent a rude encounter from
escalating into an "ugly" experience? bus time is important because they
are the way we begin & end our disney days!

*pick up a bus schedule. my way of thinking....don't be a gungo ho! be a
disney family! extending yourself will create rewards from the most unlikely
sources! for the record, i'm leaving out tons of stories where we
crossed paths with cast members...just looking to make your vacations special!

wow! that's was one of the best pin trading experience we ever had...
at the flame tree eatery of all places. couldn't tell if my boys dwooling were
over the food or the pins. one of new traditions at the end of the day was
created by pin trading...listening to our boys'adventures of finding new
pins. what good are they? the lil memories and getting to meet cast members
their age. that's and comparing how many rides they broken down for
the day, those 2 topics were part of our debriefing,every evening.

sorry about my wandering around, but animal kingdom has become our last
park to do, on every trip! ..then boma! if your adding up, then yes!,we're eating like lil piggys'.!!!

walking over to tarzan! animal kingdom would be a great place to bring
your "flower/birds" book? we liked tarzan and have enjoyed many shows
there. i tried to get his autograph over at the "great movie" ride but all
he did was holler. ..still i was a big fan of the late 60's series.
later chucky ealy? had some kind of game show..name that tune?...
well, we made a mistake here! we sat in the reserve seats until a cast
memeber asked us to move. great! how could you honey???
so here we were late in time and the place being packed...but as we were
leaving toward the back, the "manager"-i snuck off earlier & met, redirected
us back to the same seats! can you say , " i told you so" & i'm waiting
lil miss cutie pie? at the end,turk bent over & hugged jordan. wow! mom,
thanks alot! .again she did no correcting... including any
corrective measures from the lil tanturm...that cost me $$$. [well i'm
not including a lil later- ]. ok, afterwards, we met an
older cm and i asked where to go to meet the cast??? "we don't do that!"
what? ..if we came clear across the park...then we saw the cast manager
waving at us. saved again! let's just say that this was one wonderful
experience....worth the 3years attempts! tarxan was nice as he can be,
& a lil shy....probably because my lil cutie pie was being awful friendly?
jane was grest too..and they're were interested in jordan irish dancing,
ballet & her guinea pigs [hopefully not for dinner, but i did see a gleam
in tarzan eyes!] we will miss the tarzan show! p.s. his muscles
are real according to my wife....i used to work out, a lil

now, that's an experience to wirte home to..the family pets! clouding up
and its emh? [exztra magic hours]...so we makeit over to another family
tradition...riding the water tube over and over. the kali river rapids..
we just did white water rapids over at ohioplye, penn. and had an
adventure all right! [pulling college kids out!]...anyhoo..we always seem
to end our ak day here and because of that, we get to ride & ride.
i mentioned this because we also seem to meet the niciest family on
the ride. and we spend the time becoming friends.
isn't it neat to share?!

two thingys...next to my seat were two people that left after the first
trip. i didn't tighten up the slack on the belt....[ he wasjust a small child].
before the big drop, we were halted suddenly and i came real close being
thrown out! whew! and my wife let me have it too! . so make
sure your belts are tight! #2..we have ridden this ride many times and
as you go up the first hill ..there's low growling lion. well after dropping
down the top, you can look backwards and see the cliffs are shaped
in the "form" of a lion!

from over the water falls gang!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

, i hope i didn't bored everyone to death, commenting on
other trip reports? and i can hardly belive how this report has been
going..i never knew i was so windy. disney to me, has become something
to do right. for instance, do you really think people "doing" stitch are
so offended? i'm so excited [these days], that i am always looking for
the good things in everything disney? it's exciting interacting with
the cast memmbers..alot are very young adults...and it is obvious that
many are into their "training" & doing a good job! but when those we
meet are experiencing a bad day or a lil burnt out...our coping skill is to
move on. we hoped our encouragments turned around their bad day or
restored a lil faith...in oops! i meant [ ]

and we really have enjoyed meeting others trying to "do
disney right" too! [ i didn't interacted with the young father at tinker
bell treasures, but i thought it was neat when he helped his lil boy
wake tinker]. or the young family @ crystal palace whose girls were dressed
in the cutest minnie costumes...

"it sucks!" i am not going to let that type of thinking permeate our "disney
days" if i can help it. i read on another site where a person [fergpeg?]told
how some teenagers cut in line, and pick up her quarter. the cm did nothing,
probably due to their training?....but where was the other guests? i think
if another had comforted her and asked for a supervisor, the inappropriate
behavior would have been given a corrective measure. why? get involved,
by together, guests can improve quality assurance. i thought she handled
it the best way she could've, but i would also suggest her writing to guest
services? but if others would have called them on it..i think is the best way
for all of us to stop "roughnecks" ruining the disney spirit.

"talking trash and throwing trash around"..guests need to take their responsbilites seriously if they expected to entered a "magic kingdom"? i
don't get it , blaming disney?


sorrrie, again!...well after leaving the rapid, we were totally soaked.
i think we went 10x...not a record for us, but enough times to be drenched!
good enough as it was getting ready to pour. emh...this is where we met
stitch & lilo for pics. see? the big flowers vase...it has rats [fake] crawling
down. we just gotten dry off, when the clouds bursted! ..so that why
those pics were moved under covered instead in front of the wodden gate.
cute, just like "toystory!".

ok, its pouring rain now. so what to do? well, we were already in one of
the outposts store so we went shopping.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

"what we going to do today?!"..that pal mickey was a real buddy...
and wondeful companion. i snuck & reviewed our dvd and it was
really neat "hearing" pal mickey. jordan kept us advised on whatever
he was telling her....

* if you're still reading gammy, i thought your pictures were so
and family oriented. God bless...& i hope your troubles are
gone!

watching the dvd, reminded me how much i have left out! i talked
alot about cornado's flowers...i also took alot pics @ aninmal k.. caught
some neat lil wildwife interacting with each other. since the flik's show was
broken earlier [by our boys, no less]..we head back over after the keli.
in one of the tree ledges was a cute lil lizard making a home...isn't amazing
how far artifical tree have come? in the 60's we have one of those silver
tree. plus color wheel which we still have. we have been doing the tree of
life since 99, and have alwaysenjoyed it. one of traditions between my
cutie pie, is to compare as many in-laws with the tree's carvings! love the
movie posters painted on the walls...ok? it didn't take jordan to find a
new friend at the waiting area. the cuddled in a cut out beam, and i
got a neat pic. of them. hooray! cos it was awful dark! so cutee.
but???? i don't know if this is aregular thingy but they were making insects'
shadows "crawling" on the ceiling. hey, honey...look at that bug on that
lady! ha, every woman in front of me checked their back!
[my wife pinched me, but also snickered....i love getting the crowd into "it".

here's a tippo..ieven interacted with the "characters" even when we were
just passing by..like, "hi- stitcher, we'll catch you later!.


..me coming off work!

 

[horsegirl]

Hay Lil G- It has been a while and I am all caught up. My PC was slow on the pix, so I only caught a few, but luckily caught the very first little sailor shot. awwwww.....

I did not like the Tarzan show, but will miss him! If you get my drift.

I continue to enjoy your uniqueness. Peace out....


Nicker Nicker! Horsey

 

[UtahMama]

Hey! you're getting good at this!!! Love your simple style and your photos, especially of the red-haired "Ariel"! Keep up the good work.