Colleen's Aug/Sept trip report....

[WrightFamily06]

I wasn't sure if people on here know your name so I didn't use it just in case ya wanted to keep it private. I want to see my PP pics too! I wish they'd hurry. I want to do photo books for Christmas and I'd like to include some of those.

Was it really busy when you guys went to DQ? That could be why. I've been before when it was slammed packed and it drove me crazy! Once the kids get older he'll probably enjoy it more 'cause he can do alot more stuff with them. You really need to be a certain height to enjoy the place. I had a lot more fun this time around.

I'm sure a few people on here do know my name.It's totally fine if you call me by my name on here . I don't worry about people knowing my name just the kids . LOL That sounds like a really cute idea , making photo books for Christmas . Lucky me though we don't do adult gift exchange though , everyone just buys for the kiddies including us . LOL

The last time I think DH took DS was back in 08 over Easter and the only other time they went was back in 06 . So I'm sure it was pretty busy over Easter but I don't know about the other times . I've never gone in , I usually go shopping instead , it's my Favorite ! LOL I'm thinking about the next time we go which I'm planing will be in November of 2010 over Thanksgiving we probably won't add the Water parks and DQ to save money . I'm trying to see how maybe we could work our money to take a trip to WDW twice a year instead of only once by cutting corners , suggestions welcome

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Wow. I really should keep track of what I do if I plan to write about it! On this day, the 26th I think I went to Epcot. I'm not real sure. I can see from the pictures I have that I went to AKL for lunch and O"Hana for dinner. Okay so I just looked back through my pictures. Looks like the park was Epcot but no details. Seems like once we arrived we went to Spaceship Earth and we met Danica for the first time as she was coming off the ride. Was that this day D? I only have this picture from the park visits today:

As you can see we love eating CS over at AKL. The shrimp and flat breads are yum! Oh, I tried cous cous over there for the first time. For some reason I thought the stuff was served hot. Well this one was really cold. It was so gross. (At least I tried it) I have more pics from this meal too.

Gabby had shrimp

The boys shared some chicken tenders & a flat bread pizza

Here's a pic of all of it.

Sidney had some watermelon

Dessert

I wonder if this is the day I got covered in the orange soda? They all blend together now, it's been a month! Ha ha. One thing I do remember.....our late yummy dinner over at O'Hana. I think our ressie was like 9:40 or something. It was late but we went a little early and got seated. We had this wonderful server from Hawaii. Dash asked him a million questions about the place since he was from there. He told us a lot of neat stuff. The best way to tour. Where to go. The best black sand beaches...etc. The food was good as always. The pot stickers/dumplings were a little too crispy this time around, but dip them in one of the sauces and it's all good. My favorite is the peanut sauce. I could eat anything dipped in that! Well, almost anything. We started with a yummy pineapple bread...

Some happy kids....

Dash got up and took some pictures of the grill. We were sitting pretty close to it. All of the entertainment had stopped by now. Usually they have live music or dancing with games but there was nothing tonight.

This stuff looks so yummy right now!

Dash did not want to eat at O'Hana. He said it was "gross"! Crazy kid. Gabby LOVES it there. She'd eat a whole skewer of steak by herself and the whole bowl of broccoli!

Dash ended up with this later on...

And Bolt had a...

Anyway back to O'Hana...it was dessert time and we girls were full. Sidney asked for a small single serve portion. Usually he's the one saying no to the bread pudding but not tonight. I think he was looking forward to dessert ~ what do you guys think?

We really enjoyed our meal. And now for the funny part of the night....you ready!?

Every five minutes the kids have to pee so when I got up to go I asked Gabby and Bolt if they needed to go. They followed me to the family restroom...the one right there by O'Hana. I let them go first, then set down myself. I get down on my covered seat and a second later he acts like he's going to leave the bathroom. I jump up to make sure he doesn't and my brand new pants (the convertible WDW pants Sidney bought me on the May trip that finally fit and this was my first time wearing them...those pants) rip! The zipper is busted! Yep. I get Gabby to block the door so I could go tinkle and then I see the damage. Grrrr! I LOVED those pants. I knew the Poly sold them, just about everyone does, so I went downstairs only to see the gates pulled down at the retail shop. The ladies were still in there so I called one over and told her what happened. She was so sweet. She went in the back and everything but could only find a small in the pants. Well those sure aren't going to fit! LOL Poor thing was in training and she felt bad for me. She offered to call around to other stores to see what they had and said she could give me a refund when they opened again. I thanked her for all of her help and headed to the car with my shirt pulled out covering the "problem". When I saw Sidney coming up to join us I just started laughing like crazy. Not sure why this kind of thing amuses me but it does. I get back to Pop and take my shower. When I came back out he had a brand new pair of pants there waiting for me. He had taken them to the Pop store and exchanged them for me. Is he a sweetie pie or what!? Good thing here: It happened at the end of the evening and now I had brand new clean pants I could wear on another day! PERFECT!

That my friends was my August 26th!

 

[ZeroToHero]

Yeah, that was the day!!!! It was so great meeting you guys!!!! We'll have to do it next August too.

And I have those pants too! Luckily, mine haven't ripped yet, but I spilled some red sauce or something (maybe it was buffalo?) on them recently.....

 

[ZeroToHero]

Oh, oh! And Lou has that jersey that Sidney has!!!!!! He loves it!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Yeah, that was the day!!!! It was so great meeting you guys!!!! We'll have to do it next August too.

And I have those pants too! Luckily, mine haven't ripped yet, but I spilled some red sauce or something (maybe it was buffalo?) on them recently.....

We have good taste! Today I got my shutterfly cards that I ordered like 5 minutes ago! Where's those darn discs!??? Arghh! I want them yesterday!

 

[Goofy22]

OK! So like I said I had no luck with cameras on this trip as you wil hear more about on 8/27! Before we left for this trip my good camera died so we brung along my cheappy HP Camera and DD's Sanyo.
Well mostly I used DD's camera don't know why but I did I don't think I have any pics but I'll post them if I do! So I was very inexperienceed with DD's camera!

So now with that said i'll start our day.

We didn't do much as we had Chef MIckey's planned for lunch at 1pm . So we decided to sleep in and I got some laundry done .
I hate having dirty laundry around and I refuse to pack dirty laundry.
We went in the pool for a few hours then went back to the room and got showered and then we were off to CHEF MICKEY's this is (well was) our must do every trip!
So we arrive at Chef Mickey's if you haven't been there since the renovations the big plate where you take your pic with Chef Mickeys is off to your right now! By the time we were done taking our photo our buzzer was going off!
We were seated all the way in the back room which was fine it wasnt far from the buffet. The characters were great! They all came around Baby DGN was scared to death of Donald and Goofy! She wanted no parts of them!
It was Hysterical! But she did eventually warm up to Minnie and Mickey .

The food was not that great this time we were really disappointed. Out of everything I wound up eating Mickey Ravioli not what I had planned.
But I must say the service was great !
They did bring Baby DGN out a Big cupcake for her 3rd bday(which we celebrated there but it wasn't until 9/23) but like I said I delted it I was really mad when this happened.
The Mickey Domes and brownies were really good!

After Chef Mickey's we headed to the monorail and we were off to Epcot!
When we arrived at the front of Epcot we stopped to have our photo taken by the photopass photographer.
While we were there we road the Seas w/Nemo and Test Track, Soarin, Figment Ride, Honey I shrunk the audience and spaceship earth the green side of course.
We had planned on eating CS at Sunshine Seasons but that didn't work out the kids didn't care for the menu so we asked if they wanted to head back to POP and eat at Everything Pop? The vote was yes! So around 7pm we were back off to POP! We arrived at Pop and went right to the foodcourt and had some dinner.
After dinner we went to our room and got our swimsuits on and went back in the pool! As you will the kids are waterbugs! So we stayed in the pool for awhile then we headed back to the room and called it a night I believe!

Well now that its like 2am I will post pics after I'm done work.
I need to go get some sleep but I wanted to catch up to Tammy.

I hope your all enjoying this TR so far .
Sometime after 5pm thats like another 13 hrs
i'll check through my pics I may have some pics I'm not sure.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

then we were off to CHEF MICKEY's this is (well was) our must do every trip!

Same feeling here. I will go back but during breakfast, not dinner. Ya know I've never been to CM for breakfast. How can someone mess that up though!? I mean really.

Is this the day I was at Sunshine Seasons and had the extra chocolate cake? No wait, maybe that was on our GG day. Yeah, it was the day before Ashley came. Okay girly, we're all caught up and on the same day. We'd have some pics if the photopass was here!

You guys stick around because Colleen and I are about to get into the BEST part of all. The Grand Gathering stuff.

 

[ZeroToHero]

We have good taste! Today I got my shutterfly cards that I ordered like 5 minutes ago! Where's those darn discs!??? Arghh! I want them yesterday!

Wow, that was fast! Did I tell you I ordered some of the photos I took? They'll be here tomorrow.

I broke it up into two orders, and I'm holding off on the second order until the Photopass gets here...... which is taking foreverrrrrr!!!!!

I keep having to refrain from texting you, asking you if they're here yet.... hahaha. That's what I do when I'm waiting for a package at my house.

Same feeling here. I will go back but during breakfast, not dinner. Ya know I've never been to CM for breakfast. How can someone mess that up though!? I mean really.

Is this the day I was at Sunshine Seasons and had the extra chocolate cake? No wait, maybe that was on our GG day. Yeah, it was the day before Ashley came. Okay girly, we're all caught up and on the same day. We'd have some pics if the photopass was here!

You guys stick around because Colleen and I are about to get into the BEST part of all. The Grand Gathering stuff.

I really want to hear about all that stuff, it sounds awesome! I was looking things up online about the different options.




Colleen - you really do have awful luck with cameras... I hope you are able to find a few pictures from that day.

 

[29apr00]

Aw! He bought you new pants!?!?!?! Seriously, what a great guy! My dh would have laughed his "donkey" off then prompty laid down and gone to sleep.

We're excited for our Ohana dinner in december! My kids LOVE shrimp so i'm hoping they enjoy the meal!

 

[WrightFamily06]

Tammy- looks like a lot of great food was consumed on this day , will have to try AKL CS next time we go the food looks very good . Ohana's dinner looks so yummy , I would love to eat there but I don't think we ever will w/ DD food allergies , I know they would make her something special but I don't like make a big deal out of it , so most of the time we just eat at places she can have what we are having or pretty close . Oh no your pants to funny at least Sidney came to your rescue though , how sweet

Colleen- sorry to hear that you were also disappointed w/ your Chef Mickey's dinner , sounds like there dinner menu has took a turn for the bad No Sunshine Seasons we tried that for the first time on our last trip and absolutely love it including the kiddies , can't wait to eat there again ! Sorry to hear that you had so much camera trouble , I have no luck w/ electronics myself lately , there so disposable anymore , what happened to the nice ones that lasted you 5 years or more ?

Can't wait to hear more about both your adventures !

 

[teekee2]

Me too! I have some cute ideas in my noggin but I could never make them.

I was considering a trip up there to do the apple thing but I don't think we can work it into our schedule. We have another Disney trip coming up and that Christmas Carol thing we plan to do in Charleston on the 23rd. You hear that Tiana? I keep forgetting to say something.
What Christmas Carol thing? I haven't heard anything about this. Wonder where I have been...lol

Broadway is probably the most fun place to trick or treat. It's really busy though. My kids asked last year if they could just go to neighborhoods. (They say the candy is better and there's not so many people...) They figure this stuff out quick don't they? We'll meet up with you guys though and hang out. They will enjoy that! If we get all of this mess done and come into some $$$ I might do a double train tour.

I'm going to put up the Pirate bed for sale on Facebook too. I wish I could find someone to buy all of the kids clothes that are too small. Gabs is in a size 8/10 now and all the other stuff needs to go. She has the cutest stuff. I was thinking about doing $6 on bottoms, $5 on Tops, $8 on sweaters/coats. Not to mention shoes...OMGosh this child has the shoes! Her feet grow like weeds too. Do you think that's asking too much? Everything is Gymboree, Baby Gap/Old Navy, or Disney.

I think the prices are very reasonible. What size shoes do you have? I doubt anything else would fit b/c our girls are about the same size right?

 

[starrzone]

Tammy- love, LOVE your TRs! They are always really well-written and hilarious; you guys remind me of the Griswolds in the "National Lampoons" movies (the Chevy Chase ones, not the raunchy ones lol!). That's what my parents used to say about our family vacations; there was one especially memorable chain of events 4 years ago when we were coming back from Disney, coincidentally. Maybe these events will stop when we all stop traveling together

I love reading about your experiences with Disney Dining; the last time I was even at WDW was in March 2005, and the only sit-down restaurant I've ever eaten at was Beirgarten. I'd love to experience more, particularly Teppan Edo, per your review. Those pics...yum!

Oh... and please tell Gabby for me that I think she's an awesome photographer; she seems to have a real eye for pictures for someone of such a young age .

 

[jenseib]

I have somewonderful news I am just bursting to tell someone!..No not a Disney trip, but even more exciting...can that possilby even be?


My sister can't have children and her DD, who is 5 is adopted. My sister went back on the list to adopt almost 2 years ago and called me today. She was on her way home form the hospital with a brand new baby girl! She was born on Sat, and my sisters been at the hospital since then and the papers were signed today. I am the proud new Aunt to Abby Lynn! I am just so excited to go visit (and do a little shopping for her beforehand) tomorrow!

 

[Goofy22]

I have somewonderful news I am just bursting to tell someone!..No not a Disney trip, but even more exciting...can that possilby even be?


My sister can't have children and her DD, who is 5 is adopted. My sister went back on the list to adopt almost 2 years ago and called me today. She was on her way home form the hospital with a brand new baby girl! She was born on Sat, and my sisters been at the hospital since then and the papers were signed today. I am the proud new Aunt to Abby Lynn! I am just so excited to go visit (and do a little shopping for her beforehand) tomorrow!

Awwhh! Awesome Jenn! I'm glad it worked out for her!

 

[hlrababy]

Whew....I am finally caught back up!!

Tammy, you need to post a picture of what these pants look like!!

Man, can you ladies believe we have less than 2 months to go!!!!

 

[MaryAz]

All caught up. Great updates. LOL about all the spills. My girls are forever spilling something!

 

[Maureenmouse]

Tammy,
I seem to be able to break the zippers on my shorts in Disney too. Unfortunately, when they're not bought there, I just went and bought a new pair. Disney is so good about replacing things that are defected. We ended up getting a new hair bow for amanda due to the one breaking. The cashier just replaced it without any questions. I don't think it was even from this trip.
The food pics look great. Some day we'll have to go to O'Hana's. Love Gabbies bear with the WDW shirt. She's just like my girls loving her dolls and animals.

 

[Me&3]

I have somewonderful news I am just bursting to tell someone!..No not a Disney trip, but even more exciting...can that possilby even be?


My sister can't have children and her DD, who is 5 is adopted. My sister went back on the list to adopt almost 2 years ago and called me today. She was on her way home form the hospital with a brand new baby girl! She was born on Sat, and my sisters been at the hospital since then and the papers were signed today. I am the proud new Aunt to Abby Lynn! I am just so excited to go visit (and do a little shopping for her beforehand) tomorrow!

CONGRATULATIONS To you and your family

 

[teekee2]

I have somewonderful news I am just bursting to tell someone!..No not a Disney trip, but even more exciting...can that possilby even be?


My sister can't have children and her DD, who is 5 is adopted. My sister went back on the list to adopt almost 2 years ago and called me today. She was on her way home form the hospital with a brand new baby girl! She was born on Sat, and my sisters been at the hospital since then and the papers were signed today. I am the proud new Aunt to Abby Lynn! I am just so excited to go visit (and do a little shopping for her beforehand) tomorrow!

That IS awesome news Jenseib. Congrats on being a new Aunt to Abby Lynn!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

PHOTOPASS ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!