Celebrating My Inner Ninja WDW Style with Disney Friends!

[Pluto0809]

Whew! I'm all caught up. I was like 20 updates behind thanks to work so I'm not even going to try to comment on anything. I am enjoying your report and should be able to stay caught up now. Work is finally slowing down a bit.

 

[cheekypoppins]

Whew! I'm all caught up. I was like 20 updates behind thanks to work so I'm not even going to try to comment on anything. I am enjoying your report and should be able to stay caught up now. Work is finally slowing down a bit.

Yay welcome back lol

 

[oopsiDAISY]

How did I miss all the updates??? And you didn't even PM me to let me know. Ah well...there's a picture of miss Hailey with Daisy, so there's that!

Another Disney confession here...I have never been on Tom Sawyer Island. We have talked about it recently, and we all agree we need to explore it next time...whenever that may be.

So much happiness to behold in your pictures of MK...I miss my happy place!!!

 

[cheekypoppins]

How did I miss all the updates??? And you didn't even PM me to let me know. Ah well...there's a picture of miss Hailey with Daisy, so there's that!

Another Disney confession here...I have never been on Tom Sawyer Island. We have talked about it recently, and we all agree we need to explore it next time...whenever that may be.

So much happiness to behold in your pictures of MK...I miss my happy place!!!

I can't wait to talk to you!!!!!! so much news!!!!!!

 

[teekathepony]

Watching the parade from the boat is a great idea! I might have to try that.

 

[cheekypoppins]

Watching the parade from the boat is a great idea! I might have to try that.

depending on where theres room to stand you may or may not have an obstructed view but for me n H it was perfect because I often miss parades,I'm too claustrophobic and for that reason personal space is a huge issue for me

 

[cheekypoppins]

By now we were pretty over heated and in desperate need of a drink,I don't usually allow my kids pop but we were on vacay so whatevs and I figured we could have a drink on the porch while we waited to see the next show............



This was my first time seeing it so I took a bunch of pics,Let that be your warning if you're not a fan you can skip this section



we had a few quick sips each and then it was time to mosy on in





okay those heads on the wall made me seriously crave some Montanas do you guys have those in your area?They are awesome!! ( this could be some foreshadowing)

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I had a few good giggles through the show but the very best part was when Hailey saw these next performers and said"WHAT? They have manlady bears here?" The whole theatre was laughing so hard and I could hear other people telling their company what she said which of course was followed by more laughing,oh geez she's so funny sometimes!





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[cheekypoppins]

I know it gets alot of flack but i really enjoyed The Country Bears and can't wait to take Ry I know she'll love it too.It was getting close to our meeting time with our friends that live in Florida so we headed out by train to the front of the park



we never did go check out this area but thats ok I'll leave that for ry



aew man we forgot to ride these babies!!



we left mk n hopped the monorail to the Poly



It's beautiful



oh heres my chocolate covered pineapple that i had to get before I left Mk I also grabbed cookies and treats for my florida fam <3



the question was where was I going was it here?



or here?



If you guessed Kona ding ding ding you win!!!

Here's H and Z -aka my Bff lol when we went to the world in 2011 my friend Beth n her fam joined us for the first days ,that was the first time we had met in person and Z instantly became my little BFF,she's such a doll and i love this little princess as if she was my own.



here's a pic of Beth,L and hubby Doug,who u may see me refer to as fresh which is half of his nickname that I've known since 2009 when I met them on a game i used to play online.



Beth's drink that she ordered for the glow cube after I ordered a cube for mycherry coke because H likes to play with them in the pool



in the pic on the menu it was purple not pink but ok

and my cherry coke with glow cube



all of a sudden I could hear angels singing n a cool breeze swept across me as a man arrived at out table in a loin cloth and a perfect smile....okay not really but he did bring something to me that was just that heavenly ........tadahhhhhh



If you have never had that bread then you haven't lived I think you should call n book an adr TODAY!!!!

I wanted to order something tropical ish but I was craving steak remember? So I got the teryaki steak with pineapple and a;lthough i'm not typi=cally a teryaki fan this was the best steak I've ever eaten in my life and I'm not kidding it was amazing( oh my god do I ever wish I could be eating that now instead of sitting here in agony eating applesauce cause i had 2 big molars pulled yesterday yuck)



after our dinner we walked around a bit to take some pics before we went back to the resort for the night





then I saw this n had a drool attack



H n Z being dolphins



my lil munchkins



while we were there I had to go and get my nephew a pair of light up drumsticks,he had been there just 2 weeks before us with his highschool band n bought a pair but they were stolen from his room ,he has assburgers syndrome which is another form of autism so he got upset like any kid would but he tends to take things like harder than most and was obsessing over it ever since.I had to get him new ones,i don't like seeing anyone upset especially kids. When i bought them Beth's son L saw them n wanted a pair instantly so he went in the shop ,grabbed them n brought them out to show his dad,who was like OMG u stole those lets go back n pay n it was kinda funny cause L is so not like that ,it turns out he actually thought the whole top floor was one big shop with restaurants in it,so it was an accident but they went n paid for them n all was right in the world n they lived happily ever...ok u get the point so we saw this statue tiki guy n got a pic



and holy cow longest back story ever leading up to a picture ever LOL



we hopped in their car and were on our way to the resort for a swim Oopsy i might've snuck them in SHHHHH!!!! but on the way we got lost n for 2 whole minutes I was actually Disney property AGGGGHHHHH holy heart failure get me back to my mouse!!! Before we knew it we were at the resort n ready for a dip



I had the girls with me while Beth had left her camera back in my room



her n L rejoined us while Fresh took a nap in my room

up until this point I had gone to the other pools but I was saving the cars one for when L would be with us since we were staying in an ariel room I wanted there to be something for him aswell



now H saw that pic n took off running ,while I was asking what she was doing she said "I got a good idea get the camera ready mumma"

I don't know how from that far back she had this plan but this is my silly girl for ya

 

[cheekypoppins]

So Beths kids got in on the action too and H's face was priceless too bad this pic is blurry WEndy wu Can u fix this somehow? you know since you're a photomagician and all?









I found that in the nemo and cars section the theming was amazing and you really felt like you were in the actual movie,the entire resort is awesome n blows all values out of the water but I just wish they had put more effort into the lion king area too

Anyways moving along to the cosy cone motel....

Luigi





the girls needed their own cone and they were pretending it was their mermaid house





so awesome!!




we had a pretty goodnight until H said she needed the little girls room n vomitted on the way,so swim time was over n we went back to go to bed.

 

[cheekypoppins]

the next morning our friends magically appeared in our room LOL and we got ready to start our day...L came with me to check my baggage n H stayed in the room with beth n her fam,then we filled our mugs one last time n decided fresh needed to see the cars section,plus there were a few I hadn't taken pics ewith the night before so that i could get daytime shots too









OOPS I guess that can only mean one thing "I read the rules before I broke em"

AHHH darn sideways pic again







this has got to be my fave pic of the entire trip





Beth and I bought the same dress but I haven't worn mine yet hopefully on my next trip

Doug was sittin here n we were all like oh thats a good pose n then he said he wasn't tryin to he was just kinda there but it made a good pic anyways



the pool in daylight

 

[cheekypoppins]

we were done n went to hop in the car for our morning at DTD



Hailey found her inner ninja








oh oops I just found something from the previous night I'll insert that before i continue on

 

[cheekypoppins]

Okay Tren D I had to see what cute little tops and dresses they had in there,and I set my eye on one that I didn't buy n am now kicking myself for so hopefully in december it'll still be there.anyways I had to take this pic.....because i feel like everyone takes this pic



then H tried on this hat,and she wasn't sure how she felt about it



and I was distracted by the minnie mouse overload



then H found a hat she adored and if she hadn't broken the bank by now I totally would've bought it for her,but she was already $60 over her spending limit.Anyway here are her n Z trying them on



she needed to show that in came in other colours lol



I fell in love with these........



we continued on

Oh Hey woody!! I'm a married spud I'm a married spud



and so the ninja -ing yep thats a word now well it continued



can we just do this to my living room wall



Duffy awe <3

 

[cheekypoppins]

My mom wanted me to pick up a mad hatter duffy costume ,but I never found one whomp whomp whomp



Okay so I came across this n took a pic because I have to remember to try this next time



THen it happened you see my friends son L wanted to go to the Lego store and although i knew it was there I never payed it much attention,that was until this day of course this was the day that began an insane lego obsession not only for my kids but for me too



H had little knowledge about Lego at this point and is now insanely obsessed



Lego Friends



the build a mini station with Beth ,she's explaining to Hailey how you build the people and this was her gift to her,you make 3 minifigures for 9.99 and each one gets legs or a dress piece,chest with arms,head,accessory,and either a hat or a hair (these minifigures are at least $4 each at home so it's a tiny discount)Beth said H could make 3 for herself n I stepped in to say she should make 2 for her n 1 to bring home to Riley,and we all agreed that was a good plan



and I saw something that caught my eye so yeah um I dunno





bad pic quality but heres H building away



there weren't many girlish things to choose from for accessories so H chose an axe then I noticed brown hair in a braid an had a great idea I had H change the hair to the brown braid because we watch the show switched at birth and Riley n I are hooked completely on it,so in the show this girl "Bay" creates street art aka grafitti and it's always of this angry girl with an axe,so we had to make her that so here's her Bay



and h's other 2 characters ,one of which has a boys face but we didnt catch on at the time so ohwell



that same day Beth bought me a little summer scene and I decided I was going to build a beach of lego stuff so I began collecting n couldn't stop n the girls now are collecting too and we love lego so much that we now stay up past 1 am playing lego on the weekends,and we never get bored of it.It might seem silly to you that a grown woman plays lego but I'm 5 on the inside and I also colour in colouring books n I don't care because one day my kids will be telling stories about how fun their mom was instead of wishing I would've played with them more,because I do all the time n we have a blast together

also when I was 5 my stepbrother had a lego astronaut that I thought was the coolest thing ever n he never let me play with it,my mom wouldn't buy me my own legos because he had so many so now I buy them myself

our next adventure was team mickey



didn't find much in there

the plan was to eat n then do Disney Quest i loved this art

 

[cheekypoppins]

we ate here ,my first time and it was really good I wanna go back again for sure





heres my food after h stole almost all my shrimp



n Z has found her inner ninja aswell now



so we were supposed to go to Disney Quest ,or at least that was the plan all along n then some people decided they'd rather see a movie n H had a meltdown and I didn't know what to do with her so I just figured it was best to take her back to the resort so we said our goodbyes to our florida fam and parted ways.and as I walked to the busses I took some pics





and one from the bus



then to AOA



she's seriously unhappy as she draws



she said she was making a hippie vinylmation



then we bought some snacks to try now n some for the journey home



I didn't buy this but omg my munks!!!!






a snack I still want to try



I got the cheesecake sampler n h picked out krispies for daddy n Ry



all she wanted was to colour at the gift shop



then before she got halfway through she wanted a sandwhich so back to the foodcourt area



got some pics

 

[cheekypoppins]

Then we went outside to await the now "un-magical express"









H wanted a pic of her luggage tag grandma made her



finished "vinylmation"





ON the Bus BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[cheekypoppins]

stopped at pop to pick up more people



pics along the way



OMG my fave mickey toon was on I love Mickey and the seal




but If I had to guess judging by this next scene I'd say ariana bagel nana you might be such a fan



oops sorry you had to see that ...........teehee hee LOl I'm sorry i'm evil!

YUCK



but then I got happy again



n then we were here



and I don't know how or why but the "other people" from the start of the trip had taken a bus 2 hours before us????? Um okay don't listen to me I only go everyyear but hey yeah u wanna sit there longer than ya have to be my guest!



OMg I gotta remember this for ry she loves Hello kitty way too much



and guess what I finally got???? OMG yummo!!!



then i ate at the gate but the funny thing was my DME thingy didn't say my returning flight # n at the hotel earlier in the day they said it was wrong so it might have changed so I checked the boards right away and was going to sit by the proper gate when the other people told me i was wrong so I asked at the SW desk n the guy said I was right n the flight number had been changed,so I went back to tell them eventhough they didn't deserve it n I was snarled at n grumpy gils grandmother of that group didn't believe me n had to go ask too then they moved to the other gate n jumped up to board the plane before I could blink an eye and I haven't seen or heard of them since n it's been wonderful LOL







H waving bye to our home away from home



so I spotted this cloud that looked like a cruise ship



let me zoom in



do ya see it?

we had this on our way





I spy buffalo



we had a smooth flight i was glad to not see or hear the grumpies on the plane or after we landed but when we did I had the cutest surprise ever waiting for me n I started to cry uncontrollably,I missed Ry so much and it felt like an eternity since i'd seen her I just could not catch my breath I held her n cried n held her more and kept kissing her n smelling her hair,I was so so happy to be home with her,4 days felt like forever I really don't understand how some people do it any longer than that because I don't think I could and she made a cute little sign and it was perfect



the trip wasn't always great it had it's ups and downs,but it was definately a learning experience.There are some people I just can't do Disney with at all.I also learned that I left to H decide the pace because when she has a good day she goes to town but on some days she needs to be in turtle mode n thats okay too.I didn't really eat any food that wasn't good this time so that was a plus and I loved AOA so much if you're thinking about a stay there stop thinking n just book it really! It was nice to reconnect with some old friends and to this day I have not yet met a diser so here's hoping!! Also if anyone is interested in seeing my snacklist I'm going to post that in my PTR right now .Thankyou to any readers I have left and I look forward to any questions or comments you may have.........see ya real soon xo

 

[oopsiDAISY]

Awww~ can't believe it's over!!

Okay,"manlady bears"?!?!!! I so cannot wait to just hang out with you and your girls sometime!!!

I NEED to get to Trend D and find a cute dress for the cruise next year. I am DETERMINED to have at least one Disney dress for that cruise!

So, where in DTD do they have the Cozy Cone snacks??? We may just have to give that a try for lunch on our DTD day. Although I do still want to try WPE...and also Earl... oy, Disney food choices are the hardest!!!

I absolutely LOVE Hailey's hippie vinyl! So cute!! And her with the scowl while she draws? Just like a moody artist!

That picture of Riley with her Goofy shirt on, holding that sign put THE. BIGGEST. SMILE on my face! That was so precious! You are one lucky Cheekymama, my friend!

Such a great TR, Cheeky! I hope beyond hopes that you will have a mini-TR to do of a little Nashville getaway next spring!!! DH and I are already making plans...

 

[cheekypoppins]

Awww~ can't believe it's over!!

Okay,"manlady bears"?!?!!! I so cannot wait to just hang out with you and your girls sometime!!!

I NEED to get to Trend D and find a cute dress for the cruise next year. I am DETERMINED to have at least one Disney dress for that cruise!

So, where in DTD do they have the Cozy Cone snacks??? We may just have to give that a try for lunch on our DTD day. Although I do still want to try WPE...and also Earl... oy, Disney food choices are the hardest!!!

I absolutely LOVE Hailey's hippie vinyl! So cute!! And her with the scowl while she draws? Just like a moody artist!

That picture of Riley with her Goofy shirt on, holding that sign put THE. BIGGEST. SMILE on my face! That was so precious! You are one lucky Cheekymama, my friend!

Such a great TR, Cheeky! I hope beyond hopes that you will have a mini-TR to do of a little Nashville getaway next spring!!! DH and I are already making plans...

I honestly don't even remember where I saw the cones all I remember is somewhere along the water in Marketplace but i couldn't say what store it was close to cause i do not remember at all,I'm getting old ya know LOL. I can't wait to come see you!!!!yeah hailey's a hoot with the things she comes out with sometimes lol,and my sweet Riley omg I have never cried happy tears as hard as I did when I came around the corner to see her there like that,and the sweetest thing was that she had gone to the Disney store with grandma to buy Hailey THe nana stuffie to her peter Pan collection and Hailey was so excited it was just cute!

 

[Pluto0809]

All caught up!

Country Bears are my favorite! Well along with many other rides/shows at Disney. Glad you got to experience it. But you missed a picture of my favorite bear, Big Al. Ok, now I'm going to be singing "Blood on the Saddle" all day!

That teryaki steak at Kona is the same dish I got in 2010! I so wanted to go back there in October but DH shot it down. Not sure why he didn't want to eat there, he's weird about his restaurant choices.

I loved all the pictures from the Cars section! I so want to stay at AOA and will probably do so on my next solo trip! I really want to stay in the Lion King section but can't afford a suite all for myself. I wish they would have done at least a handful of rooms in each section that are not suites.

Tren-D is such a dangeous store for me! I want to buy everything in there!

So funny about the Legos obsession! I never liked them because they always frustrated me. Don't know why, I love puzzles so you would think I would like them.

I can't wait to try Wolfgang Puck in October. DH and I are definitely going to eat there whether he wants to or not! But I am going to take him to Disney Quest after so hopefully that will make him happy. He loves video games.

I love that Mickey & the Seal video! Yes, Pluto gets a little beat up but it's funny any way!

Glad you had a mostly good trip, I enjoyed reading about it!

 

[cheekypoppins]

When is your next solo trip? How long do you go when you go alone? I've been hoping to find someone to go with sometime without kids............a few years ago hubby went away for 2 nights on a football trip to california so I always say he owes me a solo trip for 2 nights (meaning he stays with the kidlets)So if you are ever interested I could totally split on a suite with you n if you stay longer than my 2 nights thats okay too but I definately am all for it!