Cast:
me, thinking I am super cool, Disney know it all, perfect planner, carries touring plans everywhere (but forgets the ponchos)
dh, not too thrilled to be on this trip, thinks we are on a "vacation"
dd9, wants to send sister on TOT first, then decide if she will ride
dd7, will ride anything, Disney rides were too easy for her
dd5, if the ride is fast, high, or just looks scary she is sitting it out
Package was MYW with free dining staying at the POLY 4 day nonhoppers...this will be important later
Day 1...leaving Des Moines
at 5AM all singing zipedeedodah...packed and ready to fly. I had my flight "happy" pills and was feeling great!! Kids were excellent and dh was along for the ride. He was excited deep down...we flew American from DSM to Chicago. The flight was great(thanks to those pills) and so many people commented on that awesome Disney DVD my DD5 had! Bought this for 32 bucks at Target, thanks DIS!! We had a change flight in Chicago but we hopped off one plane right to the next!! It was magic!! There were a lot of families with smaller kids than ours, I noticed right away but EVERYONE on this plane was talking about "Mickey" and "shhhh, be good we are going to Mickey's house" "Don't cry, you want to see Mickey don't you??" Not me, no sir...my girls were angels on the flight(thanks again to DVD players and their excitement!) Once again, so many people telling dd5 how cool her TV was...smartest purchase I made in a while. She was kind of afraid to be up in the sky but the TV helped calm her fears (and my happy pills helped me deal with her fears better!) We got off the plane at 1 pm ready for ME...funny how we never saw those big white hands?? We just followed all the people and figured they knew where to go We then went down to lower level and I spotted the awesome ME busses!! They put you in lines according to resort. We were on a bus with CR and met a very friendly canandian family...the dad was telling me all about WDW. He says "they even have a halloween type party on some days" this is when my ultra know it all personality kicks in (and I get a kick in the rear from it a little later, keep reading!!) I say in a matter of fact voice "yes it is called the MNSSHP and it will be on 9-30 and there is a special hallowishes on Sept 28..." so there...I was thinking to myself...then I proceed to gloat in all my know it all glory "we have a date at CRT in the castle tomorrow!! We have ball gowns all ready to wear!!" I get a very impressed, eye raising look from the nice man and he says, "wow!" Ok so I am feeling very cool at this point. I am figuring out all the stuff, I know so much and am the best planner, right?? Keep reading folks...we check in to the GORGEOUS Polynesian hotel...our room is ready and I request a new room. We get Fiji. We change and go swimming at the volcano pool, it is 3pm!! Just two hours away from landing and we are at the volcano pool!! I want to say here that all the pictures we see here on Dis and on TV can not compare to what you will see in real life!! It is breathtaking and magical. It is like Las Vegas for families, really!! You know how the strip is just so much bigger than you imagined?? This is WDW too!
So we swim at the pool and get back to the room. My dh asks about our luggage as it is now 4:30 or so...I call the fron desk and then as the front desk lady is on hold, our luggage is delivered!! I leave her on the phone for bout 5 mins FORGETTING she is there, I was so excited. When I finally get back I appologize and she says "looks like you have pixie dust coming your way!!" awwwwww!!!! That has become a saying now in our home BTW. We dress and head to CM for dinner...it is crowded but SUPER SUPER FUN. We meet everyone and get tons of pics
it was great! Food was good too. We go back to the Poly and catch the special Halowishes from the beach. My girls then decide they want to ride the boat!!
SO knowing the boat goes right to MK, I decide that is a GREAT idea!! We have 4 day passes and this day was not included BTW...so we all get on the boat, my DH is sooooo not even aware of what is about to transpire here!! Of course seeing a glimpse of the MK, at 9PM (EMH night BTW...what???? EMH??? I had NOOO NOOO NOOO IDEA!!!!!
Of course we enter because we are impulsive like that....
so seeing the MK lit up at night, the gorgeous castle in it's halloween splendor all orange and purple...it was so awesome I could not breathe for a moment (note to self: not writing a romance novel here this is a trip report!) Ok so leaving my fantasy...
It was a great night (remember we entered AFTER park hours RIGHT???) We all join hands and run through the castle (insert happy disney music here) and come upon several characters in the castle!! It was cool, we saw Launchpad Mc Duck but I was so intent on Fantasyland we hurried by the mob of people waiting for siggys...and tada...made it to the GOLDEN CAROUSEL...however my 5yo wants to ride (YOU GUESSED IT) DUMBO!! I talk her into a different ride for our first family ride and we (ok well I mean I with lots of love and force) decide on Snow White. We get up to the CM (HAPPY MUSIC still playing right???) and he asks us, "WHERE are your wristbands??"
SCREEEECHING THE DISNEY HAPPY MUSIC RIGHT NOW!!!
"WHAT THE *&*^*(^*&(, " I think to myself....how could I have forgotten after 7 months of reading and planning???? I am so mad at myself right now...he tells us we have to go to Poohs shop...ok ok, we run over there...(entered after park hours remember???) NO they tell us we have to GO BACK TO the train DEPOT!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! I want to cry but I can't because I am He.... bent on getting on these rides!! So we make a mad dash thru the castle "yeah pretty..yadayadaydada" I say... and we finally at 9:23 get our wristbands!! YEAHHH!!! I can't believe I dropped the ball on this one (if you think that is funny wait til later trip reports...to see my other "balls" drop!!"
But we are all happy and ride several FL rides as walk ons except Dumbo which was about 20 mins. We leave the park at 11 and I thank GOD we are going by boat because we are all exausted and super worn out (remember up at 5am and three girls??) OK so the boat is closed to go to the Poly for some reason (is that another thing I should have known??) and we have to get on the monorail...which was fine. No big deal, nice ride....to the Poly where we sleep and dream of day 2..
SOME WHERE SOME HOW SOME PART OF MY TRIP REPORT WAS LOST...
Anyway I threw away my dd9 pink crocs so now my little girl is shoeless in the Magic Kingdom....and then the story goes....
As I was gloating (I mean saying) before:
Jim at Tinks Treasures by the Castle felt terrbile for me...
my husband seems to think there may be another reason why I got free shoes for my DD...something about a tight pink Tinkerbelle shirt I was supposedly sporting that day??? Who knows...
I want to think that Jim was just a super nice, loving CM who did not want to see my dd go shoeless in the MK...or the possibility of a lawsuit...I choose the Pixie Dust version here of course! Not that I would have sued anyone for my own stupid mistake...
by the way, Tinkerbelle's Treasures is the cutest little shop ever, stop in and say hi to Jim for me...I have been meaning to write a thank you letter...
so the certificate is for gym shoes and he tells me to go to the Emporium (keep this in mind as we finish up our day). We go merrrily along and see all. yes all of MK that day! It is great! We actually did miss three things I can think of 1. Country Bears 2. Hall of Presidents (another childhood trip down memory lane) and 3. Pooh...you know the world has gone mad when Pooh is a longer wait than Dumbo
Thank goodness we did FL in those 2 hrs of EMH the night before! I can't believe how much we got done...
We love the Jungle Cruise and Haunted Mansion. I never really loved POTC and still don't LOVE it (I am a fairy tale girl at heart) but my dh loves POTC and my girls liked it too.
We even enjoyed Carousel of Progress "Its a great big beautiful tomoooorroow!" My dd7 (high in IQ) keeps questioning me as to WHY the SAME guy is still alive!!
Can't she relax and just enjoy?? Why is she always so, so , so, SMART?...it really gets annoying to the average. fun loving people! 
It comes time to get my dd7'S shoes from the Emporium...I know something big is going to happen...something...something...Ah yeah, I say WISHES at 9! It is about 7:30 when we enter the Emporium (lovely store!! must see) DD7 is very picky about clothing and "fashion" so she is concerned with what shoes would be fit for her. They had a bit of selection for small girls but she wears a girls 2 and there really was not much in that size so I have her try on a womans 5 white tennis shoe with Minnie, very cute...I think I could be Cinderella's wicked step sister and pull those things on MY own feet (a womans 7 is VERY close to a 5 after all...) they are too big but really it was all they had for shoes except flip flops (which are not good park shoes IMO) So she buys the shoes with the voucher (THANKS JIM!!) and my DH is soooo impressed at this point by the magic of Disney...(yesterday I was mad and he asked why I left my Pixie Dust back in WDW??) I think he liked me better as a person down there, man I was happy...oh so happy....
back to the story...
Here is where all these months of planning explode in my face (remember I do KNOW IT ALL right??) I keep saying, "I know something is going to happen!" But I can't grasp what...so I ask the lady in the shop (YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS ONE!)
"WHERE is that music coming from, is there something going on right now?"
she says to me,
"Oh yeah, some kind of parade..."
LIKE DUUUHHH....not some kind of parade THE PARADE...The Grand Daddy of them all Parades and it is running right down Main Street as we exit the Emporium!!
FOR ALL YOU NEWBIES:
BIG MISTAKE!!! Do not get caught inside a store and expect to EXIT during the parade and then WATCH the parade!! I can not believe how incredibly unprepared I was for this MASSIVE amount of people sitting there watching these twinkling floats! You would have thought it was the second coming or something... seriously!!!
We try to exit the store and get told by about 30 CM's to keep moving down...OK fine except for (I kid you not) there was NOWHERE to go and I did not want to get all the way down Main Street knowing Wishes and park closing were next so we find a little corner somewhere and all 5 of us stand there, two in the stroller and my oldest standing up...ANOTHER HUGE MISTAKE HERE...
My dd9 asks me if she can step up a bit to see, I say sure!! WRONG ANSWER...what was I thinking?? Did this look like Iowa to me??? So she moves away from me and I bend down for a SPLIT second to check my other girls (can't recall where DH was...OH YEAH...really ENJOYING the Spectromagic Parade!!!) We stood there in a corner by a stand for about 6 mins when someone of another party (on the other side of our corner) was told to move...well he threw a HUGE FIT and came over to our family and started SCREAMING at us and the CM's WHY the %%#$% do they get to sit there...$%$#% %#%$#% $%#%!!!!! O K !!! WOW...welcome to the HAPPIEST and yet most VIOLENT place on Earth...this guy was acting like there was a famine or something and we were supposed to challenge him for food...
Yes, we were once again told we had to move (yes I know there are strings up to show boundaries but FOR REAL people...we got caught in this becuase I was unprepared (and either scatter brained or had too much to drink, however, being at MK we know what really happened...not even I can blame the drinks on this ball dropping!) The CM was flicking his lighted stick thing at us and yelling (it was loud and crazy there...)and yelling at us to move(this was his job and he did just get ripped a new one by that mobster like impersonator) so he was miffed already...ZIP E DEE DOO DAHH...I was merrily humming along...until...
GASP.... "Where is DD9???"
I couldn't see her
I could not yell for her...
I was FREAKING OUT right about now... we were getting pushed away from the spot where my dd9 was (and where she thought we were!) And I tried to go back to find her but kept getting evil looks like I was trying to cut to see the spectro parade!! I finally yelled as I was standing in direct view of about 10 or 20 peoples parade view "I LOST MY DAUGHTER!!" I was in the street by now, freaking out and crying like a mad woman (sorry if I blocked anyones view the night of Sept 29...) and ONE guy stands up and says "how old is she? What is she wearing??" If one of you Dis guys helped out a freaking lunatic that night, thanks!! Right as he was trying to help me a CM comes RUNNING AT ME as fast as a sprinter doing the 100 m dash at the Olypics (I did not realize Jackie Joyner Cursey was a Disney employee!!) comes wresting me off of the street,
"YOU CAN NOT BE HERE!!" as she is forcing me onto the sidewalk and onto and on top of many parents and their very innocent, and very entertained kids...
"Like I am going to let myself be run over by a GLOWING sea witch and a dancing butterfly," I say....YES I really did say that...
I lost my daughter!!!
It is right at that very moment, either Pixie Dust or God...or both...decided to give me a hand...and my eyes just DIRECTLY went to my dd sitting there, happily clapping along (with another family)...and singing...just magically after being moved by force about 50 feet away from her...coming back to that very spot (remember there are thousands and thousands of people in this area (all very intent on REALLY enjoying this parade btw) and I happen to be able to SEE her sitting there....it really was a gift.
I taught my kids to find a CM if they get lost, I gave them cards with our names and numbers...so I am sure she would have been OK, right??? I will never have to find out...
All I could think about was everyone leaving the park and me not finding her...
get back to the other family members...with dd that I was either going to KILL or smother to death with hugs and kisses (actually I was more upset with myself at this point)...my dh says to me...
"HONEY!! Did you see those pretty lighted butterflies??? Boy that King Triton was cool!! Ursula was REAAALLLY scary don't you think???"
WHAT??? what just happened here...TO this day I can not fathom...my DH was captivated by the Powers of the World, (did I mention he is a softy?? did I also mention I plan on getting him back by telling all of you that he CRIED after Wishes and Beauty and the Beast at MGM?? Did I also mention I have a pic and am going to send copies to all of his Monday Night Football friends??? ENLARGED?? Real tears everyone, REAL BIG tears!!) he was so over taken by the glory of it all, he figured the 9 yo would EVENTUALLY find us...after all who wants anyone ELSES child at WDW," he says...
MEN... (who love parades too much)
So we get done seeing the Spectronightmare parade...I am sure it is a LOVELY parade...I am sure it is splendid!! I am sure it is not to be missed BUT BE THERE 30 MIN EARLY AT LEAST to get a SEAT!!!! do this do this do this!! My family never wanted to get anywhere early for anything and that (combined with my over worked planning mind...) made a bad combination!! We would have been like flies on a swatter if we had been there during a "busy" time!!
We all calm down and I take a vallium (no just kidding) and we actually SIT for 30 mins and wait for wishes!! DH can not sit for long (he has adult ADD IMO...) and decides to go get ice cream for all of us...NICE THOUGHT...It was good ice cream but I was so sick to my stomach after this I could not eat it...of course DH is no slouch in the ice cream eating dept either...and he finishes it up for me!! The kids love the ice cream and I go to give our little Pixie
(she was Tink for lunch at the Castle BTW...when Cindy told her she was a pixie not a princess.. yeah she really did say that...
my 5yo looks at her and says "TINK is the PRINCESS of ALL fairies!!" LIKE DUUUUHH...don't you know that you silly, dumb blonde???? 
and she is SOUND ASLEEP in the Disney Deluxe camper...I mean stroller...built for two, or three
and poor thing misses the flight of Tink...
none of had or have the heart to tell her...
she is still mad that she never actually "saw" Tink at WDW...
(why can't she just like snow white or a larger character for goodness sake??)
Wishes was beautiful and it surely did put the pixie dust back in our party!! Really it was amazing, an unforgettable experience...I loved it...I cried, I laughed, it was a part of me
back to the Poly, did I mention those wonderful beds??? for a good nights sleep...for tomorrow is EPCOT
and day 3:what do you mean, boats take you across the World Showcase Lagoon?? Oh yeah, I knew that, I just wanted to loose the 5 pounds I probably gained from free dining and RUN from Cananda to Japan in 5 mins...
REALLY NOT THE TITLE but had to keep it interesting
me, thinking I am super cool, Disney know it all, perfect planner, carries touring plans everywhere (but forgets the ponchos)
dh, not too thrilled to be on this trip, thinks we are on a "vacation"
dd9, wants to send sister on TOT first, then decide if she will ride
dd7, will ride anything, Disney rides were too easy for her
dd5, if the ride is fast, high, or just looks scary she is sitting it out
Package was MYW with free dining staying at the POLY 4 day nonhoppers...this will be important later
Day 1...leaving Des Moines
at 5AM all singing zipedeedodah...packed and ready to fly. I had my flight "happy" pills and was feeling great!! Kids were excellent and dh was along for the ride. He was excited deep down...we flew American from DSM to Chicago. The flight was great(thanks to those pills) and so many people commented on that awesome Disney DVD my DD5 had! Bought this for 32 bucks at Target, thanks DIS!! We had a change flight in Chicago but we hopped off one plane right to the next!! It was magic!! There were a lot of families with smaller kids than ours, I noticed right away but EVERYONE on this plane was talking about "Mickey" and "shhhh, be good we are going to Mickey's house" "Don't cry, you want to see Mickey don't you??" Not me, no sir...my girls were angels on the flight(thanks again to DVD players and their excitement!) Once again, so many people telling dd5 how cool her TV was...smartest purchase I made in a while. She was kind of afraid to be up in the sky but the TV helped calm her fears (and my happy pills helped me deal with her fears better!) We got off the plane at 1 pm ready for ME...funny how we never saw those big white hands?? We just followed all the people and figured they knew where to go We then went down to lower level and I spotted the awesome ME busses!! They put you in lines according to resort. We were on a bus with CR and met a very friendly canandian family...the dad was telling me all about WDW. He says "they even have a halloween type party on some days" this is when my ultra know it all personality kicks in (and I get a kick in the rear from it a little later, keep reading!!) I say in a matter of fact voice "yes it is called the MNSSHP and it will be on 9-30 and there is a special hallowishes on Sept 28..." so there...I was thinking to myself...then I proceed to gloat in all my know it all glory "we have a date at CRT in the castle tomorrow!! We have ball gowns all ready to wear!!" I get a very impressed, eye raising look from the nice man and he says, "wow!" Ok so I am feeling very cool at this point. I am figuring out all the stuff, I know so much and am the best planner, right?? Keep reading folks...we check in to the GORGEOUS Polynesian hotel...our room is ready and I request a new room. We get Fiji. We change and go swimming at the volcano pool, it is 3pm!! Just two hours away from landing and we are at the volcano pool!! I want to say here that all the pictures we see here on Dis and on TV can not compare to what you will see in real life!! It is breathtaking and magical. It is like Las Vegas for families, really!! You know how the strip is just so much bigger than you imagined?? This is WDW too!
So we swim at the pool and get back to the room. My dh asks about our luggage as it is now 4:30 or so...I call the fron desk and then as the front desk lady is on hold, our luggage is delivered!! I leave her on the phone for bout 5 mins FORGETTING she is there, I was so excited. When I finally get back I appologize and she says "looks like you have pixie dust coming your way!!" awwwwww!!!! That has become a saying now in our home BTW. We dress and head to CM for dinner...it is crowded but SUPER SUPER FUN. We meet everyone and get tons of pics
it was great! Food was good too. We go back to the Poly and catch the special Halowishes from the beach. My girls then decide they want to ride the boat!!
SO knowing the boat goes right to MK, I decide that is a GREAT idea!! We have 4 day passes and this day was not included BTW...so we all get on the boat, my DH is sooooo not even aware of what is about to transpire here!! Of course seeing a glimpse of the MK, at 9PM (EMH night BTW...what???? EMH??? I had NOOO NOOO NOOO IDEA!!!!!
Of course we enter because we are impulsive like that....
so seeing the MK lit up at night, the gorgeous castle in it's halloween splendor all orange and purple...it was so awesome I could not breathe for a moment (note to self: not writing a romance novel here this is a trip report!) Ok so leaving my fantasy...
It was a great night (remember we entered AFTER park hours RIGHT???) We all join hands and run through the castle (insert happy disney music here) and come upon several characters in the castle!! It was cool, we saw Launchpad Mc Duck but I was so intent on Fantasyland we hurried by the mob of people waiting for siggys...and tada...made it to the GOLDEN CAROUSEL...however my 5yo wants to ride (YOU GUESSED IT) DUMBO!! I talk her into a different ride for our first family ride and we (ok well I mean I with lots of love and force) decide on Snow White. We get up to the CM (HAPPY MUSIC still playing right???) and he asks us, "WHERE are your wristbands??"
SCREEEECHING THE DISNEY HAPPY MUSIC RIGHT NOW!!!
"WHAT THE *&*^*(^*&(, " I think to myself....how could I have forgotten after 7 months of reading and planning???? I am so mad at myself right now...he tells us we have to go to Poohs shop...ok ok, we run over there...(entered after park hours remember???) NO they tell us we have to GO BACK TO the train DEPOT!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! I want to cry but I can't because I am He.... bent on getting on these rides!! So we make a mad dash thru the castle "yeah pretty..yadayadaydada" I say... and we finally at 9:23 get our wristbands!! YEAHHH!!! I can't believe I dropped the ball on this one (if you think that is funny wait til later trip reports...to see my other "balls" drop!!"
But we are all happy and ride several FL rides as walk ons except Dumbo which was about 20 mins. We leave the park at 11 and I thank GOD we are going by boat because we are all exausted and super worn out (remember up at 5am and three girls??) OK so the boat is closed to go to the Poly for some reason (is that another thing I should have known??) and we have to get on the monorail...which was fine. No big deal, nice ride....to the Poly where we sleep and dream of day 2..
SOME WHERE SOME HOW SOME PART OF MY TRIP REPORT WAS LOST...
Anyway I threw away my dd9 pink crocs so now my little girl is shoeless in the Magic Kingdom....and then the story goes....
As I was gloating (I mean saying) before:
Jim at Tinks Treasures by the Castle felt terrbile for me...
my husband seems to think there may be another reason why I got free shoes for my DD...something about a tight pink Tinkerbelle shirt I was supposedly sporting that day??? Who knows...
I want to think that Jim was just a super nice, loving CM who did not want to see my dd go shoeless in the MK...or the possibility of a lawsuit...I choose the Pixie Dust version here of course! Not that I would have sued anyone for my own stupid mistake...
by the way, Tinkerbelle's Treasures is the cutest little shop ever, stop in and say hi to Jim for me...I have been meaning to write a thank you letter...
so the certificate is for gym shoes and he tells me to go to the Emporium (keep this in mind as we finish up our day). We go merrrily along and see all. yes all of MK that day! It is great! We actually did miss three things I can think of 1. Country Bears 2. Hall of Presidents (another childhood trip down memory lane) and 3. Pooh...you know the world has gone mad when Pooh is a longer wait than Dumbo
Thank goodness we did FL in those 2 hrs of EMH the night before! I can't believe how much we got done...We love the Jungle Cruise and Haunted Mansion. I never really loved POTC and still don't LOVE it (I am a fairy tale girl at heart) but my dh loves POTC and my girls liked it too.
We even enjoyed Carousel of Progress "Its a great big beautiful tomoooorroow!" My dd7 (high in IQ) keeps questioning me as to WHY the SAME guy is still alive!!
Can't she relax and just enjoy?? Why is she always so, so , so, SMART?...it really gets annoying to the average. fun loving people! It comes time to get my dd7'S shoes from the Emporium...I know something big is going to happen...something...something...Ah yeah, I say WISHES at 9! It is about 7:30 when we enter the Emporium (lovely store!! must see) DD7 is very picky about clothing and "fashion" so she is concerned with what shoes would be fit for her. They had a bit of selection for small girls but she wears a girls 2 and there really was not much in that size so I have her try on a womans 5 white tennis shoe with Minnie, very cute...I think I could be Cinderella's wicked step sister and pull those things on MY own feet (a womans 7 is VERY close to a 5 after all...) they are too big but really it was all they had for shoes except flip flops (which are not good park shoes IMO) So she buys the shoes with the voucher (THANKS JIM!!) and my DH is soooo impressed at this point by the magic of Disney...(yesterday I was mad and he asked why I left my Pixie Dust back in WDW??) I think he liked me better as a person down there, man I was happy...oh so happy....
back to the story...
Here is where all these months of planning explode in my face (remember I do KNOW IT ALL right??) I keep saying, "I know something is going to happen!" But I can't grasp what...so I ask the lady in the shop (YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS ONE!)
"WHERE is that music coming from, is there something going on right now?"
she says to me,
"Oh yeah, some kind of parade..."
LIKE DUUUHHH....not some kind of parade THE PARADE...The Grand Daddy of them all Parades and it is running right down Main Street as we exit the Emporium!!
FOR ALL YOU NEWBIES:
BIG MISTAKE!!! Do not get caught inside a store and expect to EXIT during the parade and then WATCH the parade!! I can not believe how incredibly unprepared I was for this MASSIVE amount of people sitting there watching these twinkling floats! You would have thought it was the second coming or something... seriously!!!
We try to exit the store and get told by about 30 CM's to keep moving down...OK fine except for (I kid you not) there was NOWHERE to go and I did not want to get all the way down Main Street knowing Wishes and park closing were next so we find a little corner somewhere and all 5 of us stand there, two in the stroller and my oldest standing up...ANOTHER HUGE MISTAKE HERE...
My dd9 asks me if she can step up a bit to see, I say sure!! WRONG ANSWER...what was I thinking?? Did this look like Iowa to me??? So she moves away from me and I bend down for a SPLIT second to check my other girls (can't recall where DH was...OH YEAH...really ENJOYING the Spectromagic Parade!!!) We stood there in a corner by a stand for about 6 mins when someone of another party (on the other side of our corner) was told to move...well he threw a HUGE FIT and came over to our family and started SCREAMING at us and the CM's WHY the %%#$% do they get to sit there...$%$#% %#%$#% $%#%!!!!! O K !!! WOW...welcome to the HAPPIEST and yet most VIOLENT place on Earth...this guy was acting like there was a famine or something and we were supposed to challenge him for food...
Yes, we were once again told we had to move (yes I know there are strings up to show boundaries but FOR REAL people...we got caught in this becuase I was unprepared (and either scatter brained or had too much to drink, however, being at MK we know what really happened...not even I can blame the drinks on this ball dropping!) The CM was flicking his lighted stick thing at us and yelling (it was loud and crazy there...)and yelling at us to move(this was his job and he did just get ripped a new one by that mobster like impersonator) so he was miffed already...ZIP E DEE DOO DAHH...I was merrily humming along...until...
GASP.... "Where is DD9???"
I couldn't see her
I could not yell for her...
I was FREAKING OUT right about now... we were getting pushed away from the spot where my dd9 was (and where she thought we were!) And I tried to go back to find her but kept getting evil looks like I was trying to cut to see the spectro parade!! I finally yelled as I was standing in direct view of about 10 or 20 peoples parade view "I LOST MY DAUGHTER!!" I was in the street by now, freaking out and crying like a mad woman (sorry if I blocked anyones view the night of Sept 29...) and ONE guy stands up and says "how old is she? What is she wearing??" If one of you Dis guys helped out a freaking lunatic that night, thanks!! Right as he was trying to help me a CM comes RUNNING AT ME as fast as a sprinter doing the 100 m dash at the Olypics (I did not realize Jackie Joyner Cursey was a Disney employee!!) comes wresting me off of the street,
"YOU CAN NOT BE HERE!!" as she is forcing me onto the sidewalk and onto and on top of many parents and their very innocent, and very entertained kids...
"Like I am going to let myself be run over by a GLOWING sea witch and a dancing butterfly," I say....YES I really did say that...
I lost my daughter!!!
It is right at that very moment, either Pixie Dust or God...or both...decided to give me a hand...and my eyes just DIRECTLY went to my dd sitting there, happily clapping along (with another family)...and singing...just magically after being moved by force about 50 feet away from her...coming back to that very spot (remember there are thousands and thousands of people in this area (all very intent on REALLY enjoying this parade btw) and I happen to be able to SEE her sitting there....it really was a gift.
I taught my kids to find a CM if they get lost, I gave them cards with our names and numbers...so I am sure she would have been OK, right??? I will never have to find out...
All I could think about was everyone leaving the park and me not finding her...
get back to the other family members...with dd that I was either going to KILL or smother to death with hugs and kisses (actually I was more upset with myself at this point)...my dh says to me...
"HONEY!! Did you see those pretty lighted butterflies??? Boy that King Triton was cool!! Ursula was REAAALLLY scary don't you think???"
WHAT??? what just happened here...TO this day I can not fathom...my DH was captivated by the Powers of the World, (did I mention he is a softy?? did I also mention I plan on getting him back by telling all of you that he CRIED after Wishes and Beauty and the Beast at MGM?? Did I also mention I have a pic and am going to send copies to all of his Monday Night Football friends??? ENLARGED?? Real tears everyone, REAL BIG tears!!) he was so over taken by the glory of it all, he figured the 9 yo would EVENTUALLY find us...after all who wants anyone ELSES child at WDW," he says...
MEN... (who love parades too much)
So we get done seeing the Spectronightmare parade...I am sure it is a LOVELY parade...I am sure it is splendid!! I am sure it is not to be missed BUT BE THERE 30 MIN EARLY AT LEAST to get a SEAT!!!! do this do this do this!! My family never wanted to get anywhere early for anything and that (combined with my over worked planning mind...) made a bad combination!! We would have been like flies on a swatter if we had been there during a "busy" time!!
We all calm down and I take a vallium (no just kidding) and we actually SIT for 30 mins and wait for wishes!! DH can not sit for long (he has adult ADD IMO...) and decides to go get ice cream for all of us...NICE THOUGHT...It was good ice cream but I was so sick to my stomach after this I could not eat it...of course DH is no slouch in the ice cream eating dept either...and he finishes it up for me!! The kids love the ice cream and I go to give our little Pixie
(she was Tink for lunch at the Castle BTW...when Cindy told her she was a pixie not a princess.. yeah she really did say that...
my 5yo looks at her and says "TINK is the PRINCESS of ALL fairies!!" LIKE DUUUUHH...don't you know that you silly, dumb blonde????
and she is SOUND ASLEEP in the Disney Deluxe camper...I mean stroller...built for two, or three
and poor thing misses the flight of Tink...
none of had or have the heart to tell her...
she is still mad that she never actually "saw" Tink at WDW...
(why can't she just like snow white or a larger character for goodness sake??)
Wishes was beautiful and it surely did put the pixie dust back in our party!! Really it was amazing, an unforgettable experience...I loved it...I cried, I laughed, it was a part of me
back to the Poly, did I mention those wonderful beds??? for a good nights sleep...for tomorrow is EPCOT
and day 3:what do you mean, boats take you across the World Showcase Lagoon?? Oh yeah, I knew that, I just wanted to loose the 5 pounds I probably gained from free dining and RUN from Cananda to Japan in 5 mins...
REALLY NOT THE TITLE but had to keep it interesting
Can't sit still to save my life!
I am bumping this thread so that I can continue my rantings and ravings for more installments...
Now my family has me completely jacked up and I have no wireless internet connection here with me at Epcot so I can not post a message to the Dis asking for advice. I can't post a message like
We see the Lion King movie there and it is cute!! 
