Baby and the Tramp...and a Pop (half) Century! Where Did It Go???

[Glendamax]

I love the "ghost" shot at Pirates! It's really weird!

Your night shots turned out really well. If I go to any night shows, I'll try to take better shots!

And congrats on the October trip! It's nice having something to look forward to!

 

[declansdad]

good update MeMom. I love the "ghost" shot.

 

[tinkgurl]

We walked the quiet path to and from ToonTown.

Seems like no matter how busy the park is, you'll see maybe one or two people on the path!

Brooklynn behind bars...

I think just about everyone has had their pic taken there!

and outside of bars. It is also here at Pirates that we discover John is really a ghost. You can see right through his head in the picture!

Freaky!

One of John's brothers, I guess.

HAHA! You are so nice! [/QUOTE]

 

[scottny]

Just found this and read it. Great report and pics

 

[twob4him]

I am awarding you "photographer of the year" ....just love all of your pics....brings back such memories! Little Brooklynn is so cute...she really looks like she is enjoying herself and is inquisitive about everything!

 

[MeMom]

I can't wait to see your TR and pics of MNSSHP. You have great commentary and excellent pics in this TR. I don't know if I will ever get to MNSSHP as the 1st week in November is DH's deer hunt...same for the last 10years or more now...apparently this is a very serious event...starts planning the first cool day in September...this year August as we have had some lovely but cool weather over the last week ...DS(4) is very serious about this as well...not at all upset about Bambi's mom...can you believe that?

So, like many other's here on the Dis I will live vicariously through the TR's until I myself can make it there

Thanks for the compliments. I'm not real talkative in person, but in writing, I can get too wordy. I'm trying to make this be more about the pictures and less about the comments, because that way everyone gets to re-live their own special moments at the places they've already been, along with sharing in what we did while we were there. Like with the pictures at Chef Mickey's. Anyone who has ever been there immediately can feel themselves back in their own special moments when they see our pictures. I tried to take pictures that would capture the clattering of the silverware, the music in the background, the smell of the bacon, the oohs and aahs of little children, the color of the surroundings. When I took my pictures, I was in my happiest place in the world, and I wanted to be able to be there again and again every time I looked at the pictures. I love looking at the pictures others take on their trips and being able to say that I've been in that exact spot! Or, if I've never been in that spot, I make plans to get there on one of my trips.

 

[MeMom]

Fellow Diser snowbell is in Disney World now. We'll look forward to hearing about her good times soon.

punkin413 - We'll write a mini-report, since it'll be a mini-trip. I'm not doing as well on this one as I had hoped to. I wanted to recapture every conversation and be all witty and draw in many readers and such, but when I started actually writing it, it just seemed more appropriate to share the pictures and tell briefly about what we did, then let everyone have their own thoughts about things. They could remember times they were riding that same ride or seeing that show, etc., or if they had not done that yet, they could put it on their list of things to do on the next trip. Instead of the trip report being totally focused on what we did and said, it just felt better to me to bring home the gift of Disney to those who are between trips. So, I hope everyone is enjoying being there through the pictures, however odd some of mine are!

SwansLoveDisney - Your Hawaii pictures are beautiful! I know it's hard to be back in this world of concrete and metal after being over there with the beautiful waterfalls and beaches and all that greenery. Yes, I'm loving this spur of the moment trip. We've just booked it, and we were already this weekend able to say "one month from today, we'll be....." That's pretty fun!

Avivasmom - Belated Happy Birthday! I guess I missed that your last trip was a birthday trip. I would've left you a card at your resort.

Gmax - We got a few good night pictures, but most of them were throwaways, to be honest. Lots of fuzzy ones and dark ones. Drew wants to get a very expensive camera that would take awesome shots, but that's going to have to wait. Maybe that would be a good Christmas present for him that would benefit me on our Disney trips! I've found the secret to a happy life, by the way....always have a Disney trip in the works! (Or two, or three, or four!) Your trip is almost here! Jill and John really want to hear your reviews on AKL Villas.

declansdad and pooksma and Declan - I'm enjoying your trip report and your nice pictures. I did think of you guys while you were there and just knew you were having a great time. I'm looking forward to hearing your views of the Poly, now that you're high class deluxe people!

tinkgurl - That was a very peaceful walk. Much better than being in the crowds, and it was crowded! I'm glad not everyone knows about that path. Of course, me coming on here and showing the world may not be the best idea. Maybe I should've kept it secret!

scottny - Great to have you along. I hope you'll continue to enjoy our trip with us. I love your POR picture. That's another quiet, peaceful place I like to visit. I hope to stay there some day. Jill and John have stayed there before and really liked it.

twob4him - Thank you so much. I really made an effort this time to get into the pictures, and I loved it! Wait until you see the ones I took at World Showcase when I went there alone on my birthday morning. Those are among my favorites. Of course, every picture of Brooklynn would be among my favorites, too!

Okay, I've got to face the rest of the work week. Sometime four day weeks seem longer than regular weeks, because we try to cram in so much material. Have a great day, everyone! By the way..."One month from TODAY, I'll be in Disney World, with Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at night!" Yay, me! Well, yay us!

P.S. Today is Trent's birthday. Happy Birthday, my loving, wonderful oldest son. I love you so much!!!

 

[declansdad]

declansdad and pooksma and Declan - I'm enjoying your trip report and your nice pictures. I did think of you guys while you were there and just knew you were having a great time. I'm looking forward to hearing your views of the Poly, now that you're high class deluxe people!


P.S. Today is Trent's birthday. Happy Birthday, my loving, wonderful oldest son. I love you so much!!!

Oh you have no idea just how high class deluxe people we've become.

Wish Trent happy Birthday from all of us.

 

[snowbell]

Those pictures were great memom.

I just got back from my mini trip to Disney. Dbf and I had the best time ever. We actually stopped to smell the roses this time (since we have a long trip planned for the end of November)

So Excited - I got my official co-pilot license sititng in the front row of the monorail... It is the little things that make me happy

Happy Birthday Trent!!

 

[MeMom]

It was so very nice today to get the mail and find an envelope from Lake Buena Vista. We got our Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party tickets today! October 4th we shall see the Headless Horseman make his famous ride!

The rest of this very short trip is, in part:

October 4th - Magic Kingdom and MNSSHP

October 5th - Tonga toast and macadamia pancakes at Poly for breakfast

whatever Jill wants to do for her birthday

possibly meet some Disers at 3:45 at Liberty Tree Tavern,
before they go eat and we get booted out of the park, since
our tickets aren't for that night

head to Epcot for the evening

October 6th - probably morning EMH at MGM

evening - either Downtown Disney or Fort Wilderness or
resort hopping of some kind

October 7th - breakfast, last minute pictures, and leaving...and pouting
because we have to leave...and lots of driving....and planning
for our Christmas trip!

We're going to try to get in several of the things we didn't do on our summer trip. We're especially looking forward to riding the new and improved haunted Mansion. So, if anyone has any good past Haunted Mansion pictures they'd like to share to get us all ready for the spooks, feel free to put them on here.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I can't believe you are going so soon! LUCKY!!!

Your plans sound GREAT.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Hello, MeMom and BrooklynnsMommy! I have been reading your trip report for the last week or so and loving it. Brooklynn is a doll!!!

It caught my eye because I am going to WDW and staying at Pop in 2 1/2 weeks and I also hit that half-century milestone this summer

I was at Pop with four of my girlfriends in January to celebrate our 50th birthday year. We had connecting rooms and it was a blast. Our whole trip had a Red Hat theme. This time, my hubby is joinning me and I'm going to be meeting some DISers and WISH Peeps (including Punkin, who I noticed has also posted here), so I have really been enjoying seeing your photos as I get ready to go

 

[Glendamax]

We're going to try to get in several of the things we didn't do on our summer trip. We're especially looking forward to riding the new and improved haunted Mansion. So, if anyone has any good past Haunted Mansion pictures they'd like to share to get us all ready for the spooks, feel free to put them on here.

See . . . this is the benefit of having 2 trips in a year - there's less pressure on the first trip to be perfect, and to see everything because you get a DO-OVER!

Haunted Mansion opens the day before I come back home, so I'll try to get some pics. Also, I will let you all know how Animal Kingdom Villas was!

 

[MeMom]

July 28th - While the others slept in, having no real agenda, Jill and I (and Brooklynn, of course) couldn't see just hanging out when there were so many things to see and do. We didn't get up and out the door way early, but mid-morning we headed to Old Key West. Neither of us had ever been there before, and it looks so pretty in pictures, so we wanted to check it out.

Brooklynn became an expert at waiting at the bus stop.

We found Old Key West to be as beautiful as we thought. It definitely gave us the feeling of a vacation spot. We looked around in the gift shop for some kind of inexpensive souvenir, but nothing really spoke to us, so we didn't purchase anything. We got a cheeseburger and a turkey sandwich at Good's and sat out by the water to eat.

We forgot the sippy cup, so....

The view from where we were sitting.

The surroundings were very nice, and I would love to stay there sometime for several days. Maybe I liked it so much because it reminded me of what it was like when I lived in St. Pete. I don't know, but there was something about it that I was really impressed with.

We took pictures of Brooklynn by the sandcastle, and we let her dip her sweet little feet in the kiddie pool.

No one was there but us, and we didn't figure anyone would much mind her kiddie pool hopping if it was only her tootsies. She had sand on her legs and arms, so Jill went into the gift shop and bought some baby powder, which easily rubbed it all away before we got onto the bus.

We headed back to Pop Century and picked up packages from the day before. We wandered around taking a few pictures, and by then John was ready to head out with us to MGM.

 

[scottny]

great update.



I stayed at OKW in 2000 and thought it was ok. I LOVE POR so much more.

Can't wait for the next installment.

 

[tinkgurl]

Brooklynn became an expert at waiting at the bus stop.

These pictures are just adorable!

Isn't it fun just going to another resort and exploring it? We love to do that!

 

[carrieannie]

Hello MeMom and Brooklynsmom!
Just Wanted to say how much I`m enjoying your TR! I`m still on page 16 so I guess its your PRE-TR for me! Your family is wonderful! And Thank-You for sharing them with us. Brooklyn is the cutest baby Ive ever seen! Very happy! And I`ve had 3! I`m going to go back to reading now.I`m considering your report as my summer novel Carrie From R.I
BTW: I was wondering how far apart you all live from each other?

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Once again, ADORABLE pics of Brooklynn!

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

Hello MeMom and Brooklynsmom!
Just Wanted to say how much I`m enjoying your TR! I`m still on page 16 so I guess its your PRE-TR for me! Your family is wonderful! And Thank-You for sharing them with us. Brooklyn is the cutest baby Ive ever seen! Very happy! And I`ve had 3! I`m going to go back to reading now.I`m considering your report as my summer novel Carrie From R.I
BTW: I was wondering how far apart you all live from each other?

From my driveway in Alabama to MeMom's driveway in Tennessee it is about an hour and 45 minutes and Interstate almost the whole way. Of course that also depends on Nashville traffic! It isn't a bad drive and there is a mall that is about an hour from me and 45 minutes from her that we can meet at to just eat lunch and shop on a Saturday.

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

THis past weekend while in Nashville I went to the Disney Store (imagine that!) and bought Brooklynn's halloween costume. Last year she was a very tiny Tinkerbell. THis year she will be Alice in Wonderland complete with wig. I will try to post a picture on here soon from last year and then one from this year.