Cab's are here!! - A Goody Grand Gathering. Update 5/7 Let's get this party over!

[jngwright]

 

[my2disneyboys]

How's your PTR going??

 

[jngwright]

How's your PTR going??

I am being lazy cuz I have no recent readers (except my dear friend, Kathy, of course!)...I feel like I am talking to myself

So THERE!



Carry on....



sorry to hijack..all in good fun, my friend!

 

[KatMark]

I am being lazy cuz I have no readers...I feel like I am talking to myself

So THERE!



Carry on....

Hey hey hey. You both have me as a reader (and I haven't even bugged you to come to my PTR). Now, I'm keeping mine flowing...let's go girls.

 

[jngwright]

I am being lazy cuz I have no recent readers (except my dear friend, Kathy, of course!)...I feel like I am talking to myself

So THERE!



Carry on....

Oops! Double post! I am just excited to hear about your day 6

 

[my2disneyboys]

Hey guys! Hope I still have some readers! I AM going to finish this thing soon. I am BURSTING with exciting plans for the October 5K and our Disney Cruise Trip and I can't wait to start my new Pre Trippie!!!

So back to this report.... Day 6 began with a lazy start. We decided to sleep in! We have never done this in Disney and it didn't really work. We were up and at the food court for breakfast by 8. Wayne and I took turns going for a run. I ran down to Port Orleans Riverside and back and it was a nice 20 minute run. We took the kids to the Arcade and did some laundry. It was a nice relaxing start to our day!! After lunch we hopped the bus and headed to Epcot for a fun afternoon and night in the World Showcase!

Wayne was trying to have me pose so it looked like I was holding the Epcot Ball! It didnt really work !!

Our first stop..... DUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE DUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We picked up our Kim Possible Missions- Owen was NOT happy that Myles had control of the phone. He ended up doing something and we had no sound on our mission the entire time. We ended up just doing Holly's mission with her.

I love walking around the World Showcase! It is one of my most favorite things about Disney. It was nice that it was us and only Chris and the girls. 14 people just makes things so crazy!

We ran into this princess

Myles WAS BEYOND excited to run into Donald!

Up next: Sleeping Beauty (One of Owen's favorite movies!!!) He was so in love with her. He actually wouldn't let her go! She spent so much time with the boys. She was SO SWEET. Just like a princess should be!

Marie was right there, so we said hello!

OK, now 2 YEARS IN A ROW, the same thing happens!!! We are waiting in line for the Beast and the person comes out and says "Sorry the Beast neds to leave and will be back tomorrow!" UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of them with 2 other kids, but I cut those kids right out of this picture! lol

It was getting close to dinner time and I had a reservation at Hacienda and I had also had a reservation for Via Napoli, so it worked out that Chris and the girls got stranded in Disney because they could use one of my reservations! We took Hacienda, and Chris and his girls headed off to Via Napoli. It was nice having a dinner with just my family. First and only one on the whole trip. We had lot's of fun though and the meal was really good. Actually Wayne liked mine better and I liked his better and we switched meals lol! The resturant was beautiful!

Dessert was AWESOME!

When we got out, it was dark and the Worldshowcase looked so pretty!!

Chris and his girls met us and said they LOVED Via Napoli. They were so tired and they wanted to head back to the hotel. We decided to stay. We were having lot's of fun and wanted to have a redo because I was a cranky lady during Illuminations earlier in the week.

Before Illuminations we accomplished Myles "Epcot Must Do" and rode Three Caballeros and then we did a first for us and rode Maelstrom. It was fun!

We had just enough time to see America Adventure. (Another first) and when it got out, Illuminations was about to start.

We watched it, held our family close and all got a little teary eyed. Our trip was coming to an end. We headed back to the hotel and walked past the jacuzzi and laughed when we saw Uncle Chris in there. (He would sit in there for hours each night! The girls actually wouldnt let him put on the TV in the room so he spent as much time as possible out of their room until he was ready for bed! I don't know how he spent a whole week with two teenagers and one bathroom!!)

Up Next: DHS and our last night in Disney!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Wonderful update! love all the character pictures!! I am in love with Duffy (I don't know why, but since he came out--I can't wait to get one when we go). you are too funny with the beast and belle

 

[jngwright]

What a lovely update Nickie!

What's that you say, 14 people is a lot to handle?? Uh oh......

I like Wayne's shirt and am proud of you for doing some running at WDW! That is when I fell off the wagon

Have a good week

 

[chicagoshannon]

Sounds like a nice relaxing day! Now I want to eat at both of those restaurants! Madeline would be hearbroken if we were in line for Beast and he LEFT. OMG I can't even imagine the hysterics that would ensue. That's our 1 must do character greeting this trip (she doesn't know abour Rupunzel)

 

[my2disneyboys]

Wonderful update! love all the character pictures!! I am in love with Duffy (I don't know why, but since he came out--I can't wait to get one when we go). you are too funny with the beast and belle

Hi Connie!! Can you believe we will be meeting in 5 months!!????? I am SOOOO excited I can't stand it. Maybe you and I will have to get apicture with Duffy together in Epcot!!

What a lovely update Nickie!

What's that you say, 14 people is a lot to handle?? Uh oh......

I like Wayne's shirt and am proud of you for doing some running at WDW! That is when I fell off the wagon

Have a good week

Hey Jill!! Happy Birthday!!!! You will look awesome running in your new sneakers!!!! I need some new sneakers too. I think mine are ten years old!

Yes 14 people- SO STRESSFUL!!! All i can say is SCHEDULE ONLY FAMILY TIME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like a nice relaxing day! Now I want to eat at both of those restaurants! Madeline would be hearbroken if we were in line for Beast and he LEFT. OMG I can't even imagine the hysterics that would ensue. That's our 1 must do character greeting this trip (she doesn't know abour Rupunzel)

Hey Shannon!! I need to get caught up in your pre trippie!! I am sorry- I will do that tonight!!!! It was tough- When we saw Tangled I had to wait 1.5 hours by MYSELF while the rest of the family went and did rides, and then when they joined me it was close to our time. ALso make sure you get all the way up on stage because then you will be one of the first to get the picture!!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Hi Connie!! Can you believe we will be meeting in 5 months!!????? I am SOOOO excited I can't stand it. Maybe you and I will have to get apicture with Duffy together in Epcot!!

I can't wait!
and that is a great idea! about Duffy

 

[jngwright]

 

[longing2Batdisney]

I am thinking you forgot about us over here (even if I myself have not been here to often lately....waiting to hear the close)

 

[my2disneyboys]

Thanks for sticking with me guys! Here is Day 7!!

Today we hit the food court at POFQ for another yummy breakfast using our snack credits. Myles now had the beignets EVERY day of this trip!! We were at the gate for DHS and had given Wayne all of our keys to the world so he could make the MAD DASH to Toy Story Mania and get us all fastpasses.

We stopped and got some autographs from these dashing guys!

Goofy grabbed me for a hug. GAWRSH!!!

We decided to try something new and try the Animation studio. OMG we all LOVED it!! It was so much fun. It is going to be a MUST do from now on.

Heading out of the studio, we jumped in the line for Lotso and waited about 20 minutes or so.... why is this always the longest line!!??

He was so awesome though and worth the wait!

The boys picked out their new favorite hat - and YES Myles has worn this to school! LOL

I know we did some other stuff but its all getting fuzzy - OH NO!!!!!!! We headed back to POFQ for lunch and all got our favorite POBOYS!

This was waiting for us back at the room- I loved our Mousekeeper!!

You will not be seeing anymore pics of Steph- she picked up a horrible bug and spent the rest of the trip in her room. POOR GIRL!!!! We all took naps and told Chris that we would meet him and Holly back at DHS later for Fantasmic! We were really excited to have a little alone time with the boys. So, the 4 of us headed back to DHS for a night of fun.

A show was just starting so we stopped in for another first and checked out the Indiana Jones Show- it was really good! Owen especially loved it!

Wayne and I grabbed a beer and the kids got an ice cream and we just walked around taking it all in. We were having such a nice and relaxing day! I swear the more you go to Disney the better because we just did not have any "i need to do this or that" pressure.

Met some pals!

Holly and Chris met us over at Pizza Planet for dinner. We had never gone there and the boys were in heaven! I had no idea it was a huge arcade!!?

Look how adorable my niece is!? I have her TOTALLY hooked on Disney!!

We had planned to see the 6:30 showing of Fantasmic but the line was RIDICULOUSLY long, and we needed to eat dinner, so we ended up at pizza planet and letting the kids play in the arcade and Wayne, Chris and Holly all wanted to go on TOT in the dark - they liked it even better!

So then I hopped in line and met lot's of nice people and waited for them to join me. They got in line right as they started letting people in - great timing!

WORD OF ADVICE! If you have a carriage- DON'T BRING IT INTO FANTASMIC! What a hassle!!!!

So this was a first for us because Myles was always so terrified of Ursula and Maleficient. We were all excited!!

People were kind of insane getting to the seats- we ended up putting the boys up on the guys shoulders to keep them safe lol

I have to say I didn't LOVE the show. It was just such a production to get seated and forget about getting out of there- OMG! I got lost from everyone! LOL here I am spending a whole year worrying about Owen because he doesnt sit in the carriage anymore and I end up getting lost!

After about 30 minutes of watching thousands of people leave the Fantasmic area I finally see them. (Oh did I mention that I had the bag that had Wayne's cell phone!?) I never thought I would see them again!!

We waited for 30 minutes or so- took a very crowded bus back to POFQ. We were all tired and feeling ready to go home but the heavy heart was also setting in and we were all pretty sad that we were going home!

 

[my2disneyboys]

WELL I MADE IT!!! DAY 8!!!! YAHOOOOOOO! It was touch and go there for a bit but a few people that actually are reading this gave me a nice little push and I am so excited to complete my trip report!

Day 8 - Our last day (insert sad face! which I do'nt want to use because I want to use all 25 pictures!!)

We were up early and excited to go have breakfast at OHANA! Holly and Chris, Me, Wayne and the boys (poor Steph hung back at the room) all hopped in our last cab (CAB'S ARE HERE!) and was brought to the Polynesian Hotel. WOW- I know we stayed here last year but it was just SO PRETTY!!!

I have to say this breakfast is always so fun and so yummy and this time was no different. What a perfect way to end our last day in Disney!

The food was amazing- and that juice which I forget the name of was so good- Myles had like 7 glasses of it! lol

Here are some pictures of our fun morning!!

Hello Yummy Bread!!!!

Here is Owen spotting Mickey- he yelled out the cutest shriek "There's MICKEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

WHAT A FUN BREAKFAST! We all had so much fun, it was relaxing, service was AWESOME, Food was AMAZING! Hmmm.... I think I am second guessing my last day choice right now for our September trip!! Maybe I will have this for our last breakfast and skip Crystal Palace lunch. WHAT do you all think??

 

[KatMark]

Great update, Nickie. I love the boys in their hats...those are really cute. That lunch at POFQ looks wonderful.

The reason you don't like Fantasmic is why we ALWAYS do the Fantasmic dinner package. We love the show and, although the seats are off to the side, it is well worth it to miss what you dealt with.

 

[my2disneyboys]

We got on the monorail and went to the MK - Chris went back to stay with Steph and Holly came with us. We were there for the rope drop ceremony and I forgot because we always get that early breakfast in the park and miss it, but this is AN AMAZING way to open a park! Total goosebumps and tears and OMG- I just love it. I love the countdown and the characters and I am so glad we saw it on this trip and on our last day!!

Heading right into Fantasyland we were greeted by Pinocchio!

We jumped right in line for Dumbo and Myles rode it alone! His first ride by himself- he was proud!

Wayne and I somehow fit into it together. LOL

After dumbo we went over to check out the NEW Winnie the Pooh area/ride! It was so fun and cute!!!

Teacups!

One last spin on the Barnstormer! (so sad to see this one go) They rode it 5 times in a row!!!

At this point, I was taking my place in a very long line to meet Flynn Ryder and Rapanzul! Holly and I were SO excited to get our picture with them!! They ended up spending the time in toontown and I was amazed looking at the pictures later that they went and checked out all the Princesses!

She remembered us from Epcot!!!! How special!!!!!

The boys came back and it was just about time to go in! All the kids colored around the table for a bit...

For all of you that haven't gone before to this- you can see me in the back- this is where you want to stand!!!! You will be first and then you can get right out of there instead of waiting for all the other kids to take pictures!

and that was the last picture of the trip! My battery died!!

We ended up heading to lunch at Pecos- it was great and then the big debate about me going on Splash Mountain. Myles really wanted me to. I DID NOT! He talked me into it and it was AWFUL. I had a panic attack on it and I wanted to get off.... the kids then started crying, and we were a hot mess! I was waving my arms up yelling for them to stop the ride- LOL I am SO CRAZY!!!!! But we did it. The picture was hysterical. You can see Wayne and my niece laughing... and me and the boys were all hiding and you couldnt even tell we were on the ride. When we got to the bottom, the boys said, that wasn't bad!

I then said I was done for thrill rides and they all went on Big Thunder and loved it. The sun was shining and it was HOT! Now if you remember at home it was snowing since we left. So this was SO AMAZING and made it that much harder to say goodbye.

We went back to POFQ with very heavy hearts and got Chris and Steph and went out to Magical Express. Myles LOST it. I have never in my life seen him so sad. He was hysterical. A woman came by and said, "hey he is just expressing what we are all feeling!" It was crazy- every person there waiting for Magical Express had the same sad feeling- we were all in tears. We rode the bus to the airport- Myles had everyone crying most of the way. Got to the airport and had a HORRIBLE flight home. Actually remembering it is making me sick thinking I need to get on a plane again in 4 months. It was so bumpy and kept dipping and just so scary. We did end up making it home in one piece, hopped in a cab which let us out to a very snowed in house. We were in sandals - what the heck were we thinking and our feet froze walking through the snow to our house. We couldnt even get the fence open because it was FROZEN! Boy did we already miss Disney. It was then that we really thought about booking our trip for October and doing the 5K and Half Marathon. And I am pleased to announce that in 4 months, we will be going back to our beloved Disney and have an AWESOME trip planned!!!! We will be meeting some VERY SPECIAL DIS FRIENDS!!!!! Running in the 5K and Wayne will do the Half Marathon and we are all going to MNSSHP!!! AND Uncle Chris and Holly are joining us!!!!!


Well, I hope you all enjoyed reading along! Watch our for my next Trip Report coming sometime in early October!!!

Oh and here is what we came back with! I think we went a little overboard! Thank goodness the next trip is only for 4 days!

 

[KatMark]

Great job, Nickie. I really enjoyed your TR.

I love the opening show at the MK.

You really freaked out on Splash Mountain? I'm glad the kids thought it wasn't "so bad" at the end.

You didn't buy too many souvenirs, did you?

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Great wrap up! sounds like an awesome last two days and that is my kind of po-boy very little on the gravy....here it is DRENCHED!! in gravy, they even have what they call a debris po-boy of gravy and the bits in the gravy....yummy!

WOW! you really did have an anxiety attack! I do not like drop rides like Splash; I keep telling Danny I will ride but it he sits with Ashton; who is going to ride with me???

Myles' ME reaction is so heartbreaking! I bet he did have all in tears; I would be in tears with out the extra push....

Thanks! for sharing!!! I have once again enjoyed traveling along with you and your family and am so excited to finally get to meet you and the guys!

 

[jngwright]

Holy wow! I am laughing my BUTT off at that stash of souvies And hearing the Splash story again..ahhh you made my night!!

I really love the family pic with Lotso, BTW! And where did you get those cute pastel Mickeys??

Sorry your niece got sick! I don't think I knew that! Is she the one who will be along in the fall??

Well, twin-GREAT TR! Love you and can't wait to spend the next 4 months planning