Dis-ers, dis-ers, everywhere?? Hey, where's Waldo?? The End & Final Thoughts

[PrincessV]

LOVE the pic of you and the kidlets - beautiful!
Same thing happened to us last time we did PD, regarding other peoples' kids invading your space. I'm with you - I'm pretty tolerant until there's pain involved. Excellent use of snarkiness

 

[Al and Kate's Mom]

Does anyone else just feel the need to pinch little EEs cheeks - what a CUTIE!!!

DLM - I'm so glad to hear that Waldo has been following directions - hope he keeps it up.

 

[S.Poppins]

I'm still trying to catch up on this TR. It has been great so far. You have beautiful kids!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

I'm First on YOURS! You were first on MINE!!!!


OMGosh!!! I got a snarky cameo!!! YEA! You sounded just like me!
. That is such a good picture of you and your kids!

You all are soooo truly beautiful!

I always think it's a good plan to split up from time to time! To re-group later.

AND! We love Narnia too! I think that's what we'll be for Halloween! I'll be a plus-sized White Witch...cant wait!

I was surprised at how tiny the Lucy dress on display was (ok, it's at the Narnia attraction, I know!) She's just a little thing!

Those plantain/banana chips are good at first. Then they're weird.

Cant wait to read more, girlfriend!!!

Love that word "snarky"!
You're sooo sweet!

We somehow missed the Narnia attraction. Which really sucks cause Minnie so does love Narnia.

Ok, now stop with the "plus-size". Plus-sized, you are not. I prefer the term "curvalicious". That's how I describe myself!

LOVE the pic of you and the kidlets - beautiful!
Same thing happened to us last time we did PD, regarding other peoples' kids invading your space. I'm with you - I'm pretty tolerant until there's pain involved. Excellent use of snarkiness

Thanks! I think that is my fav picture of the whole vacation. I'm always taking the photos, so it was nice to actually be in one.

Does anyone else just feel the need to pinch little EEs cheeks - what a CUTIE!!!

DLM - I'm so glad to hear that Waldo has been following directions - hope he keeps it up.

Yup, EE is totally pinchable!
We're keeping Waldo on a short leash... but wait, he does cause some major issues on our next day....

I'm still trying to catch up on this TR. It has been great so far. You have beautiful kids!

Thank you, thank you!

Notice the multiple quotes??? Purty good, huh?

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

So we're on the bus back to our resort. It's a pretty full bus, Nini and Minnie decide to sit in the back, where the temp. is not artic-like. We arrive at the Poly and everyone starts to get off. I'm getting my strollers together and I hear Minnie crying and whimpering. I see her sitting on the bench with Joe giving her a lecture. I don't get involved... it's something Joe and I do. We back eachother up infront of the kids when it comes to discipline. When Joe is done, I see Minnie get up and apologize to him and give him a hug. I casually walk over to Joe and ask him.. what's up? He states that Minnie shoved a smaller girl on the bus while we were getting off the bus and the little girl almost fell. So, I asked did that really require a full lecture or simply an apology to the little girl? He said, well, he apologized to the girl and her father and when he confronted Minnie, she gave him the "Yeah, yeah, dad, whatever, blah, blah, blah....." Well, that is not ok with Joe. So that's what required the lecture. Minnie is at that age, where she is being influence alot by school mates, cousins, friends, etc. Well, there are consequences to that behavior at home and on vacation.
We head back to our rooms with an understanding of meeting on the beach at 9:30 for the fireworks. It's around 8:55 and Nini and Waldo call to tell us they are going to the pool and will see us on the beach at 9:30. So I start to reorganize our backpack and get things ready for our next day, when all of a sudden, I hear the *boom, boom* of fireworks. We all look at eachother and run out of the room, barefoot and all and head for the beach. There's only 1 building between our longhouse and the beach, so we're there in record time. We watch the "feautiful pireworse" from the beach, all snuggled together. I'm loving the moment... I look at my family and how happy everyone is. I can still remember the smell of the air and their hair and how I was thinking these stinky heads need shampoo and that we only have 1 more day until it all ends, and then I think... I'm ready for my cocktail! I take the kids back to the room and Joe and Waldo head to the Tambu lounge for a round of cocktails. I get the little ones bathed and into bed. Joe shows up with a Spiced Lava Flow. Hello? That thing was strong! I think he was trying to get me drunk! We finish our drinks and hit the sack, no, not like that! We let Minnie decide where we would go tomorrow... Little Ones Magic Hour, again at MK, or Epcot.....

I think.....
I think Philharmagic is my favorite thing at MK. I think the salmon at CP is super good. I think DLR needs to revamp ToT. I think we needed to spend more time at MGM. I think my Minnie is growing up and getting mouthy. I think I'll cry when it's time to go home.

Where's Waldo count: 1
Where's Joe count: 1

 

[UtahMama]

What I 'm firstest again!?

Oh, dont you just hate when you're almost out of days?

Sorry your little princess is getting lippy! Soooo looking foreward to THAT funness! NOT!

What a sentimental time watching the fireworks!
Bet you get sad when you think of that "almost done time"!!!

 

[PrincessV]

Rats. I'm never first.

NO - you just can't be at the only-one-day-left point yet! I still want to play Where's Waldo?, and see the precious looks on Minnie and EE's faces, and live vicariously thorugh your yummy adult-beverages.... ((sigh)) Okay, I'm done with my tantrum. Bring on the...sniff...last...sniff....day.

 

[DebIreland]

First of all, how are you going to say anything to Waldo, who is hard of hearing, during the ride when ppl are yelling and screaming and second, how are you going to cover his eyes if he's a foot taller than you. This, my friends, is my gene pool.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Rats. I'm never first.

NO - you just can't be at the only-one-day-left point yet! I still want to play Where's Waldo?, and see the precious looks on Minnie and EE's faces, and live vicariously thorugh your yummy adult-beverages.... ((sigh)) Okay, I'm done with my tantrum. Bring on the...sniff...last...sniff....day.

Don't dispair, my friend. The last day is the BEST Waldo day, ever! Not to be missed!

 

[MomPlanner22]

I managed to miss the entire installment about you all at MGM. How did that happen?

LOVED the picture of you, EE and Minnie at PHD. We are really looking forward to that as my kids are PHD junkies! You guys look gorgeous and I am really enjoying your report! I wish you were able to post the ToT pix with Waldo, Nini and the eyes. I sounds like a riot!

Looking forward to your last day!

 

[DisneyObsession]

Can't wait to read the last day...only, that means it will all come to an end and I'll have to get hooked by another TR!
(No worries...there are plenty to read up on!)

Post soon!.................Please?!?

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

I think Umama has trip report radar. I am loving your TR and can't wait to hear the rest.
Yeah, I loved the part about the kids hair. You lovingly snuggle up to your kids and then you say, "Good grief! You need a bath!" "Disney heat makes you stink!" Thankfully at this point my older kids can bathe and wash their own hair and my oldest even volunteers to bathe and wash baby sisters hair cause she thinks it's fun .... Hey, I take what I can get. It leaves me a little more time for other things...

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

OMGoodness! I had Day 5 all typed up and beautiful... I added the pics and with one quick swipe of the keyboard, the devils spawn deleted it ALL!
I had to laugh, otherwise I'd go !
I am now typing on Word. No more chances! I don't have time for this.... I'm falling behind on my reading TR's and now writing.... I need a Tambu lounge cocktail!!!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

We woke up all bright eyed and bushy tailed at 7:30am. Minnie annouced to all that we would be spending the day at Epcot. That was fine with the rest of us, except Walt, who being an typical wanted to go to AK and conquer EE again. Sorry, Walt, we veto that idea. AK is way too hot for today! We got ready and headed to the Kona Koffee bar for our usual fix. I wanted to tell our friend behind the counter that today was our last day with her and thank her for her service. Well, low and behold, our friend was gone and a complete stranger was there to take our order. She didn't know our *usual*. So we had to verse her in the Disneyland Family morning ritual. She did just fine and we headed over to the seating area to eat our psuedo breakfast of coffee and paistries. We finished up and met Nini and Waldo at the monorail line. They had to eat/drink on the way to Epcot. I wait for no one!
We make it over to Epcot around 9:15 am and no one is there. It's empty, and it's Sunday??? Ok... I'm loving off season.
We head over to the Living Seas and on the way we are seduced by a very empty Character Connection. We stop for Minnie, who wants to socialize with her buddies.

We make it out of there and head for the LS again. Of course we must stop for a quick photo op.

Notice Little EE is not in the shot? Well that's because he refuses to leave his stroller. The little darling! Grrrrr!! We enter the LS and are told by a CM that Turtle Talk was just about to start. So we figure, it must be empty, right? Wrong, it's packed, so enter, then make a quick exit. We've seen it enough times at DCA, we can skip it today. Minnie finds the Kidcot station, so we sit and color a shark and the others go upstairs to check out the aquariums. Minnie and I head upstairs and find the others looking at the sea turtles being fed. They are truely beautiful creatures. Walt is so excited because he found a hidden Mickey on the sandy bottom of the aquarium. I'm thinking... it's about time, kid, we've only been here for 5 days and this is your first one. I'm crabby, cause I haven't had enough caffiene. We'll fix that soon. We "find" Nemo and check out all the fish and head back downstairs for a great photo. Fish are friends, not food.

We walk over to The Land, only to find the boats are not working. We hadn't planned on riding Soarin', since we do it all the time at home, but Minnie asked to ride and since she hadn't really experienced much, we agreed. We grabbed a baby swap. Minnie rode with Nini, Waldo and Walt, while Joe and I stayed with EE.
We took EE over to the Sunshine Seasons eatery and got him a little snack of strawberries with whipped cream and Mama got a HUGE coke with lots of ice, so I could put my angry eyes away. We grabbed a table and enjoyed the time alone with EE. I introduced him to whipped cream and it was pure nirvana! He loved it! Who wouldn't? He was really cute eating his "Bewies and cweam."

The others meet up with us and now it our turn to ride. We know it's the same ride as home, but we still enjoy it. We point to the Hidden Mickey on the golf ball, just like always and the fireworks over Disneyland make us miss home. When we exit the ride, we find Waldo waiting for us. He says Little EE is acting like the devils spawn, so they took him outside. I know he's tired and cranky. We head over to Imagination! and convince Minnie that the little red cars ride is not scary and that this is a kiddie ride. She gets on and both kids love it. After the ride we check out the lab and all the computer stuff and decide to hit the other side of the park. Little EE falls asleep in his stroller, thank heaven!
We decide to hit M:S next. Joe and Nini opt out and stay with the kidlets. We park them in the shade and Waldo, Walt and I head for M:S. We decide to be on the Green Chicken Team, just to try it out. We love the ride, but feel the green side is a little too mild, but we're too chicken to do the orange side. We decide to grab some FP's for TT for later and we get the "bonus" FP for M:S. We're not sure we want to ride M:S so we hang on to them just in case. We find Joe and Nini and we are all ready for lunch, so we head to Electric Umbrella. Joe has his usual burger, Minnie order the chicken strips and I try the hot roast beef with provolone sammy. Our food is quite good. We all start talking about Disneyland's food and comparing the CS to WDW. WDW has much better CS. We hate the CS at DLR and DCA. Most of it is terrible... it tastes old and dried out. A few exceptions are Taste Pilots in DCA and Cafe Orleans in DLR.
With full tummys we are ready to continue. Joe and I are going to ride TT while the others stay with the kids. Minnie still won't ride TT, although, now that we're home, see regrets it. Sure, Minnie, sure! We exit and find Minnie at the Kidcot station in TT again. We swap the kids and the others ride TT and Joe and I take the kids to Club Cool. We forgot about this the other day and wanted to make sure we checked it out. If anything, it's a great spot to cool off in.
Now, I knew about Beverly and couldn't wait to trick Joe. When we first entered, we couldn't find Beverly. So we just went about trying the other drinks. We liked the lemon-lime drink, I think it was from Israel??? I could be wrong. We make our way to the Build-a-Cup and low and behold... there it is... Beverly. I take out my camera and pretend to take photos of the kids, and tell Joe, hey try this one. Muahahahaha! I got him! The perfect photo!

The others meet up with us at Club Cool and I get Walt to try Beverly, too! Double Muahahaha!

We're all ready to hit WS and I count heads. Oh man, where's Waldo? I guess Waldo had to pishy and went in search of a restroom. Ok, does anyone know which restroom? Great... we sit outside of Club Cool for 30 mins. I'm just about to when all of a sudden, Nini yells out "I see him waaaaaay over there!" Pointing to the beginning of WS. All I see is a red shirt. We gather our stuff and start heading in the general direction and *poof* he's gone again. I'm really getting at this point and so is Nini. We decide to blow him off and get on the Friendship boat to Morocco. As we're getting in line for the boat, Walt spots Waldo heading toward Canada. He shoots off to catch him yelling "Waldo! Hey Waldo!" Of course you know Waldo has shot hearing, so Walts efforts are in vain. Everyone else is turning around, but Waldo. It's classic! Again, this is my gene pool. I'm a lucky girl! Walt finally catches Waldo and escorts him to the boat. We give Waldo the and the "You're in trouble" look. Nini starts giving Waldo the 3rd degree about wandering and how we're wasting time looking for him. The rest of us are all and I have to take a photo of Nini with her angry eyes on. (Of course, I know they are behind the sunglasses!) Trust me, the faces says it all!

We get off at Morocco and Waldo is walking next to me. He tells me "Your mother is mad at me...." Poor Waldo, but you think he'd learn after all this time. He's a tough pill to swallow, Nini deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor for dealing with this for 50+ years. But, he's my dad and I love him. His antics make us laugh everyday and my son adores him! They truely are best friends.
Nini is so mad at him, she tells me, she is going to go off by herself to do some shopping and she will meet us back at the Poly. I tell her ok and make sure she knows how to get back and I make sure she has her cell phone with her. I tell her to call me if she's lost or needs me. She's off. I got a pic of her taking off.... yellow shirt, black shorts, infront of Rose and Crown...

Epcot is so beautiful. I really, really love it here.

We go into France, so Minnie can get her mask stamped and colored. Waldo and Joe check out the Patisserie and thank heavens, they don't buy anything! Walt is hiding out in some corner talking to his girlfriend. Oh brother! I think he misses his friends and girlfriend. I mean how cool can it be to hang out with your Aunt, Uncle, baby cousins and grandparents at WDW? Minnie states she needs to stop at the UK kidcot station. We enter the toy store and tah dah! Trains... not just any trains... Thomas the Train. This is EE's world... his life... his joy. Joe takes EE out of the stroller before I can stop him. Now, I know this is a mistake of EPIC porportions! I just turn around and help Minnie color her mask. It's time to move on and little EE throws a HUGE tantrum... he screams, he cries, he does the limp noodle move, you know, everything I said my kids don't do. Yeah, egg in my face! I walk and watch Joe try to handle the situation. Finally, out of sheer sympathy, I go to EE, pick him up from the floor and leave the store. He cries and whimpers all the way to Canada, "Tawmus twain!" Joe and Waldo are in need of adult beverages. They hit the beer stand in UK and we make our way back to the Monorail. Good-bye Epcot. See you next year, I hope!

Up next: Does Nini find her way back to the Poly.... Dinner at Boma where I spy a disser... and getting Waldo out of the dog house.

 

[jonestavern]

More priceless pics! Thank you!

Your Minnie & EE are so vibrant! Love the Little EE & his strawberries & cream.

Okay, the Beverly Joe & Walt pics are super, especialy the Joe pic, he should be the symbol of the Beverly drink!

(My cooking must have really injured our family's tastebuds over the years, we thought Beverly was okay )

Oooh, can't wait to find out if Nini makes it back to the Poly without the aid of cellphone guidance & which DISer you encountered at Boma!

I'm first! I'm first!

Jean

 

[S.Poppins]

Okay I hate to ask, but I give up. What is BBB? Is this one of those upper class abbreviations like GF or DVC that I can't afford anyway but it is nice to dream about?

And what is a Beverly? I am not sure how I missed this last year. Is it near TT and MS?

Love your TR, I hate it is coming to an end.

I guess it is a good thing that Umama's looks like it will last us until our Jan. trip.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Okay I hate to ask, but I give up. What is BBB? Is this one of those upper class abbreviations like GF or DVC that I can't afford anyway but it is nice to dream about?

And what is a Beverly? I am not sure how I missed this last year. Is it near TT and MS?

Love your TR, I hate it is coming to an end.

I guess it is a good thing that Umama's looks like it will last us until our Jan. trip.

BBB is Bibbity Bobbity Boutique. It's the salon I took Minnie to to get her hair and all dressed up. If you have DD's I highly recommend it.

At Club Cool, they have different type of CocaCola products from all over the world and you can sample them. Well, Beverly is a Coke product from Italy. It's super bitter. Thus the squished face pick of Joe.

Umama shall keep us entertained for years to come!

 

[Foladar]

Great report, where is Club Cool? I want to get the family to try out Beverly! LOL

 

[PrincessV]

Oh no - as if Where's Waldo? wasn't enough fun, it looks like your family's about to start playing Where's Nini?! I'd like to take this moment to say you must have the patience of a saint to have made it to this point without freaking out. You rock!

 

[PrincessV]

Oh, and EE's first taste of bewies & cweam is too cute!