BRAND NEW CORONADO SPRINGS FAQ THREAD w/ PHOTOS (PART IV)

[JPTexan82]

Will they give you a parking pass for online check in packet or do I need to ask for one?

 

[disneynuts777]

Kathy. I lost my dad 10 years ago, and there are still days that I find myself reaching for the phone to talk to him. And I do hear his advice in my head when I'm facing a difficult problem. It does get easier, but he's still missed.

Same here.
I am glad that you were able to have the day off.
My sisters and I always take my Dad's B-day off and go to the restaurant that he took us to every year when we went shopping for my Mom's Christmas gift.

 

[jlcd]

Will they give you a parking pass for online check in packet or do I need to ask for one?

Our parking pass was in our on line check in packet.




Kathy, hang in there. Thoughts are with you.

 

[KatMark]

I am sorry Kathy.

Kathy

I'm so sorry. I lost my dad several years ago, and I still miss him every day. It does get easier though, and I can see him in my children.

Kathy I hope your feeling comfort from your family being around you. The first year seems to last a lifetime. My thoughts are with you.

Kathy, you've been in my thoughts all day I'm glad you felt your dad near - I feel it is such a help.

Hugs for you Kathy My thoughts are with you and your family.

Kathy. I lost my dad 10 years ago, and there are still days that I find myself reaching for the phone to talk to him. And I do hear his advice in my head when I'm facing a difficult problem. It does get easier, but he's still missed.

Same here.
I am glad that you were able to have the day off.
My sisters and I always take my Dad's B-day off and go to the restaurant that he took us to every year when we went shopping for my Mom's Christmas gift.

Our parking pass was in our on line check in packet.




Kathy, hang in there. Thoughts are with you.

I don't care what anyone says. My "CSR Family" is the best of the DIS! Thank you all for your warm thoughts and kind words and your never ending support.

 

[aubriee]

Sorry I haven't been around today, guys. Today would have been my dad's 83rd birthday, and I took the day off from work to do some things around the house that I could hear him in the back of my head telling me that I'd been neglecting. Well, I made it through the day with crying only once. Mark and I decided to clean the basement and I found my dad's high school yearbooks and that's when I started to cry. But other than that, I've held it together. One more major day to get through during this first year without dad and that is in August and the day my dad died. We've made it through all the holidays and his birthday. I still miss him a lot but each day does seem to get a tad easier.

I'm so sorry. I lost my dad several years ago, and I still miss him every day. It does get easier though, and I can see him in my children.

Kathy I am so sorry and I hope you are right that every day gets easier. After a long battle with Alzheimers, cancer, and kidney problems we lost my dad March 10th. It hasn't been quite two months yet and my mom seems like a lost soul. She lives with me, because he has been in the nursing home for the last five years, but she went to the home every Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun to see him. She was always as regular as clockwork, leaving the house at 10:00am. Her life revolved around him and that nursing home. It's been almost two months now, but some days she will still start a conversation with, "I need to go to the nursing home to see Warren", then she'll stop and say she just can't believe he is gone. It's like he's still with us and neither of us can shake that feeling. He was 78 y/o. Anyway, my point is that I can empathize with you. Due to the horrible year he had this year and all he went through, I wouldn't wish him back for anything, but I sure miss him. He hasn't known us for the last several years, but he was still my dad.

 

[1stTimeDisneyer]

Kathy You are in my thoughts.

 

[1stTimeDisneyer]

We also arrive on Sunday. Hopefully we will be there by 11am. I will have a lightblue book bag with a lime green Mickey on it. If you see me please stop and say Hi.

Also is anyone interested in getting together at CSR for drinks?

 

[KatMark]

Kathy You are in my thoughts.

Thank you!

 

[KatMark]

Kathy I am so sorry and I hope you are right that every day gets easier. After a long battle with Alzheimers, cancer, and kidney problems we lost my dad March 10th. It hasn't been quite two months yet and my mom seems like a lost soul. She lives with me, because he has been in the nursing home for the last five years, but she went to the home every Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun to see him. She was always as regular as clockwork, leaving the house at 10:00am. Her life revolved around him and that nursing home. It's been almost two months now, but some days she will still start a conversation with, "I need to go to the nursing home to see Warren", then she'll stop and say she just can't believe he is gone. It's like he's still with us and neither of us can shake that feeling. He was 78 y/o. Anyway, my point is that I can empathize with you. Due to the horrible year he had this year and all he went through, I wouldn't wish him back for anything, but I sure miss him. He hasn't known us for the last several years, but he was still my dad.

My dear Aubriee. I am so, so sorry. It is painful enough to lose a parent, but it is like you lost your dad twice. Please know that I send you a big and that you are in my thoughts and prayers, as is your Mom.

Like your mom, I still find myself wanting to "call my dad." After our youngest, Mark, has a win at a wrestling tournament, I find myself picking up my cell phone and starting to call dad to give him the score.

I understand your not wanting your dad back after the year he had, I feel the same way about my dad. They suffered enough.

And you will continue to miss him. But as the time has gone by, I've found it a little easier each day and not quite so painful. But I've come to realize I will always miss him...I'll always be his little girl.

 

[aim]

Ok - I have been reading about Glen (the gator) and everyone seems to agree that he is small and harmless BUT my question is . . . . where are Glen's parents??? We'll be there in September and hope to see him!

 

[TooBoyz4us]

(((((((Kathy))))))

Sorry I haven't been around today, guys. Today would have been my dad's 83rd birthday, and I took the day off from work to do some things around the house that I could hear him in the back of my head telling me that I'd been neglecting. Well, I made it through the day with crying only once. Mark and I decided to clean the basement and I found my dad's high school yearbooks and that's when I started to cry. But other than that, I've held it together. One more major day to get through during this first year without dad and that is in August and the day my dad died. We've made it through all the holidays and his birthday. I still miss him a lot but each day does seem to get a tad easier.

I think everyone's questions that I missed today have been answered. If not, post again and I'll try to get back to you.

 

[cpayne1997]

Ok - I have been reading about Glen (the gator) and everyone seems to agree that he is small and harmless BUT my question is . . . . where are Glen's parents??? We'll be there in September and hope to see him!

HA! That is so funny that you asked this question! My DD9 was looking at pictures of him a couple of days ago and said that he was "such a cutie pie" but then asked about his Mommy! I could not answer nor did I ever think about that!

 

[TooBoyz4us]

WOW! I've been offline for several days and boy ya'll have been talkative! I had 4 or 5 pages to catch up on.

My dinosaur of a PC finally went kaput, so I had to break down and spend for a new one. I also splurged for a super size monitor! I can't wait to go look at the CSR picture thread with a whole new perspective now

Chris

 

[thumperjr9]

Ok - I have been reading about Glen (the gator) and everyone seems to agree that he is small and harmless BUT my question is . . . . where are Glen's parents??? We'll be there in September and hope to see him!

We kept a lookout for Glen when we were there last week. We really wanted to see him....but not up close!! My DS9 would have got a kick out of seeing him. However, we never did spot him (or his parents)

 

[snykymom]

Kathy I am so sorry and I hope you are right that every day gets easier. After a long battle with Alzheimers, cancer, and kidney problems we lost my dad March 10th. It hasn't been quite two months yet and my mom seems like a lost soul. She lives with me, because he has been in the nursing home for the last five years, but she went to the home every Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun to see him. She was always as regular as clockwork, leaving the house at 10:00am. Her life revolved around him and that nursing home. It's been almost two months now, but some days she will still start a conversation with, "I need to go to the nursing home to see Warren", then she'll stop and say she just can't believe he is gone. It's like he's still with us and neither of us can shake that feeling. He was 78 y/o. Anyway, my point is that I can empathize with you. Due to the horrible year he had this year and all he went through, I wouldn't wish him back for anything, but I sure miss him. He hasn't known us for the last several years, but he was still my dad.

Sending you the same I sent to Kathy. My dad's death was quick & unexpected (heart attack), so it was a different kind of "hard" - not saying goodbye. Just remember the dad you knew, and think about how he would want you to go on. Honor his memory with your life.

Ok - I have been reading about Glen (the gator) and everyone seems to agree that he is small and harmless BUT my question is . . . . where are Glen's parents??? We'll be there in September and hope to see him!

I seem to remember JamesLynn posting that the alligators are relocated once they get bigger, so I'm sure Mom & Dad aren't around CSR anymore!

 

[EstherS]

To all those that have lost a love one.

We didn't see "Glen" last week either and I kept looking for him.

 

[aubriee]

My dear Aubriee. I am so, so sorry. It is painful enough to lose a parent, but it is like you lost your dad twice. Please know that I send you a big and that you are in my thoughts and prayers, as is your Mom.

Like your mom, I still find myself wanting to "call my dad." After our youngest, Mark, has a win at a wrestling tournament, I find myself picking up my cell phone and starting to call dad to give him the score.

I understand your not wanting your dad back after the year he had, I feel the same way about my dad. They suffered enough.

And you will continue to miss him. But as the time has gone by, I've found it a little easier each day and not quite so painful. But I've come to realize I will always miss him...I'll always be his little girl.

Sending you the same I sent to Kathy. My dad's death was quick & unexpected (heart attack), so it was a different kind of "hard" - not saying goodbye. Just remember the dad you knew, and think about how he would want you to go on. Honor his memory with your life.


I seem to remember JamesLynn posting that the alligators are relocated once they get bigger, so I'm sure Mom & Dad aren't around CSR anymore!

Thanks guys! You know I PM'd a couple of my regular DIS Board buddies right after my dad died, because they had met my mom when we were all down there together last Sept and my mom had told them about my dad, so they knew he had been sick. However, this is the first time I've ever mentioned it on the boards. Reading KatMark's post just made me miss him. Thanks so much for the hugs! Alzheimers is a terrible disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone. You truly do lose them twice and when they are sick they have no idea what is going on, so it makes things like cancer, renal failure, and fractured hips even worse. I know I'll always be his little girl though and that even though he didn't know us the last several years, that he loved us more than anything in this world.

As far as Allie/Bill, I wonder why they didn't go ahead and remove him when they took his parents? Poor little fella is an orphan (and no Kathy I don't want to adopt him).lol

 

[KatMark]

Thanks guys! You know I PM'd a couple of my regular DIS Board buddies right after my dad died, because they had met my mom when we were all down there together last Sept and my mom had told them about my dad, so they knew he had been sick. However, this is the first time I've ever mentioned it on the boards. Reading KatMark's post just made me miss him. Thanks so much for the hugs! Alzheimers is a terrible disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone. You truly do lose them twice and when they are sick they have no idea what is going on, so it makes things like cancer, renal failure, and fractured hips even worse. I know I'll always be his little girl though and that even though he didn't know us the last several years, that he loved us more than anything in this world.

As far as Allie/Bill, I wonder why they didn't go ahead and remove him when they took his parents? Poor little fella is an orphan (and no Kathy I don't want to adopt him).lol

Okay...you mean GLEN! And I think you would be perfect as his adoptive mom!

 

[momma2kiddos]

Glen usually could be spotted early mornings swimming around El Centro. When we were there, there was an event where he reared his head in the early evening for all the guests there. He was showing off for the guests by the Laguna Bar. They were throwing him all kinds of goodies. I wouldn't go near there but my daughter got a kick out of it!

 

[rosiep]

Thought I'd post my picture of Glen taken October 2008: