Been There, Done That and ThenSome:Timandlesley Do Disneyfor18days!11/2 TR IS UP!pg79

[Charleston Princess]

I am still giggling over your "stalking" of Diane and the boys at Chef Mickey's -- that's a classic trip moment right there!

Those crowds look insane!!! I can't stand being in big crowds, and I just know I would have been freaking out! I would have hightailed it back to the resort for sure!

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Just wanted to say that you've done a great job with your tr! Wow...I can't believe you got to be in Disney on vacation for that long!! I read another one of your tr's awhile back where you were at Wilderness Lodge. You are a wonderful writer! I just had to comment on this picture because it made me laugh. That's me in the background with the black pants and white top. I'm an elementary school teacher so I teach during the year and spend my summers as a hostess at Chef Mickey's! Little did I know I would be part of your tr! Great report...keep up the good work!

 

[aldisneygrl]

Funny PJ, I thought that was you, and was going to point that out!

Now those crowds are even MORE INSANE!!! I think you made the right choice.

Looks like you had fun at the Boardwalk - minus losing Lauren - poor baby!

Glad Lauren found a CM to help her out. I know you were relieved when you finally found her.

I want to know what movie Tim saw too.

Love that the blind man was so kind to the children and took the time out of his day to explain. Cool!!!

 

[alice325]

Can't believe Lauren got lost again this year! So scary! Glad she was easily found and looked very happy with her giant lollipop.

Another great day. Nice to have a non-park day. The crowds looked crazy! Swimming and Chef Mickey's and the Boardwalk and friends. What could be better?! We love walking around the Boardwalk. Love the atmosphere. This year we did a surrey bike. There's a tough hill to get up when you're coming back around, over by the Swan and Dolphin. Makes your legs feel like jello! It was on Sophie's wish list for the trip. Since we didn't end up getting to see Fantasmic we had to do the surrey bike.

Sounds like the kids had a great time with the whoopee cushion. What is it about those things? And I'm with you - don't care much for arcades.

Looking forward to the next installment. Are you going to have time to finish the TR before school starts? I'm thinking it's got to be soon that you go back. My poor girls start tomorrow. I'm still in denial right now, but I guess it'll all be a reality tomorrow morning.

 

[tiggrbaby]

How scary to lose Lauren! But she is a smart cookie and knew just what to do!

 

[mylag1rl]

Great pool day. Chef Mickey's looked like fun. I love all the pics of yours and Diane's families. The whoopie cushion story is great ... kids are so funny. The story about the seeing eye dog was really neat. I am always amazed how dogs can be trained to do that.

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Look at those crowds!!! The first year we took our kids was over July 4th. It was insane!! Looks like another great day though! Fun with Chef Mickey!!!

 

[stacikristine]

First of all, I love your shirt, Leslie! I think it might be the cutest Disney shirt I've ever seen! Did you get it at the Disney store? I think I remember it from your PTR, but don't remember where you got it...

It looks like your family had SUCH a great time at Chef Mickey's And that is hilarious that Luke kept getting new whoopie cushions! Sorry you lost Lauren. But thank goodness it was at Disney and they have the greatest CMs ever that know how to handle things like that.

 

[Poolrat]

Long time lurker here. Just wanted to say how much I enjoy all your reports. I love how you are able to capture all the details and how the whole famlily has so much fun.

 

[disneyfan61]

Looks like it was a great pool day. I also love your shirt. Very cute!! The whoopee cushion episode is hilarious!! Lauren was very brave to go & ask for another one. Sorry she got lost again!! I love being on the boardwalk at night. Another great update.

 

[cherokeemamma]

Another great installment.

I love the idea of lounging around the pool all day and then going to dinner at Chef Mickey's...what fun! We love Chef Mickey's! My DD said you should know that Mickey is her man (mouse). You definately have some competition.... she plans on marrying Mickey someday.

I love the whoopee cushion story...how funny. Kudos to Luke for asking for another and for convincing his sister to do it too!

Sorry to hear Lauren got lost. How scary... Thankfully she wasn't lost for long.

Leslie...I really love your t-shirt. Where did you get it? It is very cute!

Thanks for sharing! Darlene

 

[brookelizabeth]

The crowds at DHS were unreal!! Seems like you were still able to get quite a bit done, despite all the people-except RnRC!

I'm glad to hear they might have made some improvements at Chef Mickey's. We loved the character interaction there, but the food was only "meh". Maybe we'll try it again sometime! I laughed how you guys texted her-she must have been SO surprised!

 

[luvfigment]

The crowds were crazy! I will have to remember to never go the week of the 4th...DH hates really big crowds like that. You night at Chef Mickey's looked great and that you had good character interaction. The whole whoopie cushion part is hilarious! It's really neat that your family and Diane's get along so well...just adds to the Disney fun.

So you guys are staying at Bay Lake Towers in Oct? I think I totally missed that part. Those rooms look amazing and the views look even better! I will def. be waiting for a TR on that one with tons of pictures!

 

[cherbear]

What a great non-park day! I got a kick out of the whoopie cushion episodes. That was a good choice on Luke's part...and going back for 2 new ones...

Poor Lauren...I'm so glad she found a CM and that it wasn't but a few minutes that she was away from y'all.

 

[Lil'DisneyMom]

Another great update!! Reading your TR really makes me miss WDW!! I love Chef Mickey's. Just so much fun. So sorry for Lauren getting lost again. At least she knows to find a CM right away, and not try to find you!

 

[Sooze]

then Tim and Luke will get together to report on their morning, so stay tuned for that!

Oooooo... I wouldn't miss THAT for the world!

I

t was corny as always but Lauren and I left singing “In the Tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room, in the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room…………..” (you know the rest).

Actually, I don't know the rest! I have NEVER seen it! Do you tink Ty or Shae would like it? I know Matt would HATE it!!

so we busted out these beauties (sorry Sooze):FONT=Century

Oh, Lesley...

On our way there we ran into this AWESOME talking garbage can, I’d never seen it before. It would wheel around and talk to kids, say “thank you” when they put trash in”.

This is another Disney gem I have yet to see in person! I'm going to hunt him down like I did Devine!

Did you see the CM doing the talking? He's usually dressed in plainclothes and has a bag with the sound equipment in it. Then he casually talks into his hand. I saw this a few years ago with another 'talking' display like that!

 

[Sooze]

Buying a dress from Disneyshopping.com for 29.99 compared to the 149.99 they wanted for dresses there was a no brainer.

I totally agree! We got Shaelyn a $16.99 one from Wal-mart!

So pretty! (my little girl is growing up so fast, so I’m so glad we were able to do this when she is young and WANTS to do it, because I know those days will be gone all too soon!)

She is SO beautiful!!

Luke was great this year and complimented her as well (good big brother!:

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Aww... don't you just LOVE that?!

Oh no... not Tim, too!?!!

She told him that the bears were here babies and she takes care of them and puts more fur on top of them and dresses them and she actually refused to show him one of them in the bag because it “wasn’t dressed yet”. WOW!

Ok, that's just weird. I can't wait to hear more about it!

 

[Sooze]

Then he told her that we were excited for her to come over because we thought she was Ariel, this was her reaction:

That is adorable! What a fun character to play!

Looks like you guys had a wonderful time at Park Fare. We have not done this meal, either. Looks like we'll need to add it to our wish list!

 

[Sooze]

Ok, I am not as blessed in the writing department as my wife

Ok, Tim... thanks for making us think that this update was going to be terrible... give yourself more credit! It was GREAT!!

We saw this and both of our mouths dropped and Luke said “Dad we are so screwed, we should have brought the ponchos like mom said.”

Luke, that's EXACTLY what I would've thought!

I turned on my charm, my sex appeal, freshened my breath, and sucked in my gut to impress the ladies inside, but I got a dude so that was out the window.

I don't know, Tim... many of the dudes that work at Disney would've loved the sex appeal!

we should have brought those DARN ponchos!!!

Wow.. the person in that Mike Wazowski costume has to be SUPER short!!

Glad you boys got to spend a special day together. It sure was fun getting to hear both sides of the morning! ... as wet as they both were!

 

[Sooze]

I wanted to see the Velcro Show “What’s Your Problem!?”

I have NEVER heard of this!! Which Innoventions is it in? The one by Mission Space, or the one by Soarin'? (I don't know East/West!)

The good thing about this show though is all the kids are “winners” and won a sticker, so all the kids were happy

Looks like such a fun time. I need to check that out with Tyson!

After this Lauren spotted the Velcro station where you can make your own Velcro creature and keep it, so she had fun there:

Ok, never heard of THIS, either!

Then we had the BEST time at the put yourself in a video game section. This was SO cool! You went to a station and did motions that they told you to do:

WHHAAATTT?!!? Ok.. I have GOT to slow down and really see what is in that Innoventions place. Tyson and I always end up doing the same things!