Ahhh, a meltdown at EPCOT, been there, done that, embarrassed myself, my DD and my BFF. We were in France when a cast member came up to us and said Belle and Beast will be out in 3 minutes, stand right here and you will be first in line to see them
Belle is my FAVORITE princess, I love her attitude. So there we stand (the other 2 couldn't care less, but they humoured me) when all of a sudden 3 kids stand right in front of us. I politely say to them "Darlings, the line is right behind us and Belle and Beast should be right out. So they move behind us.....7 seconds later they stand in front of us again and my DD who was 12 at the time elbows me and points. Ok, now the mommy is with them, so again, politely I say the lineup is behind us, she proceeds to point her index finger in my face and says "Are blind, we were here first". After I picked my jaw up off the floor, shushed DD, because now I just think is this really worth it I'm at the happiest place on earth.....well, no all of a sudden I'm 5 years old again and darn it, we were here first. They won't move, so my DD says well mom, they aren't playing by the rules (pointing at the children) and I say....gosh I'm so embarrassed as I type this...."Well you can't fault the children when their mother is clearly an idiot"...yup that's right completely lost my mind!!!! At least you had your moment with your own family
Okay, I love this story! I would have been tempted to say the exact same thing in your situation! I don't like people not following rules and cutting in lines, so I would have been absolutely fuming!
about Connor at the storm attraction. At least he was takin' care of you!
And I think your diva moment was justified. Tired+hungry+no one willing to work with you? Not a good combination for anyone, plus throw in a few hundred other people and some good ol' Florida heat, and that's enough to make anyone snap!
I'm glad you got to rest a bit after that, and am curious to find out if Connor ever makes it to Japan for his next mission.
Can't wait to read more!
Yes, Connor was watching out for me with Storm Struck. Sweet child that he is most of the time.
I can promise you the KP saga is not over my a long shot!
Oh, CP, I understand all too well! This sounds
just like my own little OTP meltdown moment on the last Aunt Rae trip... in fact, I think my exact words were, "I Quit!"
I am so glad to hear I am not the only one that does that -- sometimes the whole "Disney is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth" experience just becomes too overwhelming.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the heads up on the KP repeat missions tidbit!
You know how rigid Billy can be, you may have saved us from our own meltdown! Not to mention two pouty teenage girls!
I appreciate that most DISers are not spilling the beans about the missions... that's so very thoughtful... but little factoids like that are so good to know!!
Glad you got a chance to refresh yourself after all that... looking forward to the next chapter!!
If my experience with Connor and KP can help just one parent, then it makes it all worthwhile in my opinion!
The missions, themselves, are sooo neat -- I know you will enjoy doing it. I think even Tricia and her cousin will get a kick out of them. Chelsea wasn't too interested in the beginning but got sucked right into them.
ETA: Forgot to mention how funny that was that Connor thought the safari animals were AAs!!
I really just died laughing when he said that -- he was so serious and certain they were all fakes.
It's so interesting to get every ones different takes on Kim Possible. I actually have come to dread those two little words....
What about that little tune they played at the beginning of every new clue. It still haunts my nightmares.
I'm thinking Charles must have LOVED AKL. He seemed to relish quiet time soaking up the resort.
He did really love relaxing at AKL and as the week went on, I just gave up trying to entice him out for more than a couple of hours at a time.
Don't you just love the planning and obsessing just to let it go right down the drain?
Not to mention I don't deal well with changes.
I wish you had heard your phone you were very near to meet and greet spot... not to rub salt in the wound but we had Minnie, Mickey and Goofy.
I know -- I saw the Photopass pictures.
Can't wait to see who that DIS meet was with!
I wonder...
your update maddee me laugh out loud
I am sorry that you had a slight meltdown--it happens to everyone I'm sure!!!
Yes, I can look back on it all and just laugh now!
So sorry about your Epcot day. As someone else said...the heat and the people and then being hungry...so easy to unravel. We call it "temper tummy" when we start to get hungry and need to find a quick remedy before we come undone!
Tracy
I like that term "temper tummy." I think I will use it from now on!
Well Jackie, you never let us down with your updates!
I aim to keep my readers happy.
I will also go ahead and say it..........Charles bears some of the responsibility for your meltdown!! There, it is out there, I have said it!! Bask in it, enjoy it, it may or may not last long?? I know he is my new Buddy, but hey we have to man up, when we can. Surely my new Buddy won't be too offended when I point out our faults, since I am certainly willing to point out y'alls!!
Dropping phone.....well, it was an accident........deciding to hang back another morning........well.......ummmmmmm........welllllllll.....showing up and then not going along with the plan already in place.........ummmmmm.......well.......ummmmmmmmm.....I knew this was going to be a rocky, slippery slope when I signed on to give the "other" side's view!!
Hold on...let me pick my jaw up off the floor...
I hate about the accident with the phone.........but one can survive at Disney without it..........I did!!! Tracy carries one (being cheap, I see no need for me to carry one) and only once did it really create an issue for us at Disney!! We had a "Monday" at Disney the day we were going to AK!! In the days leading up to that morning, I had been running for Fast Passes and had blisters the size of New Jersey on both of my feet.........being the sweet wife she is, she offered to run and get us FP for Everest as we entered the park. We had other friends already in the park, but because we were having a "Monday" at Disney we had arrived "late"!! Anyway, she called them on her cell phone, turned to me as she dashed off in the other direction and yelled they are at Discovery Island and into the crowd she disappeared. Now, Discovery Island isn't a destination, it's a SECTION of the park!! My first thought was, "well this isn't good"!! There was no way to chase her down with my two girls in tow. I figured if I headed that direction, she would have gotten the FP and moved toward Discovery Island before I got my two girls even over to Everest. So, I decide, with the 100,000 other people there that day, to move with the crowd. I even stopped and let the girls get Lilo and Stitch's autographs along the way!!
As we meandered around Discovery Island, I did start to panic a little!! I thought, there is no way, I am going to find Tracy or the other family!! Then I decided the best thing to do was to stay on the main path and just be still and watch the THOUSANDS of people passing in front of me. We had our own Kim
IMPossible Mission. I told the girls to be on the lookout for Momma or our friends. Poor things, there was no way they could see over the crowds. Believe it or not, just as I was getting ready to start asking total strangers if I could borrow their cell phones to call my wife, I saw her darting by.........by then she was a good piece on up the path, but I yelled as loud as I could over the crowd and she actually heard me!!! So, see you can survive Disney without a cell phone........especially if you can holler loud!!
See, this is why I panic at the thought of not having a phone -- you were lucky enough to find Tracy, but I can promise you, because it was my family (and we tend to be unlucky), we would have been looking for each other all day long. LOL!
I think Connor is certainly a fine young man, he is already looking out for his mother!! You should be very proud of him, thinking about you and protecting you from the storms!! You know, you really can't blame him either, for thinking the animals on the safari weren't real.......Disney is pretty amazing at some of the things they are able to pull off!!
Connor is a fine young man when he isn't obsessed with a new KP mission. LOL!
I messed up when we went to Epcot, after spending our morning riding everything in Future World (and I mean EVERYTHING....), we moved toward the World Showcase. We did try to eat lunch early each day, as to beat the crowds at the CS places. So we stopped in Mexico and grabbed a bite to eat. While sitting there looking out over the water and enjoying the BIRDS, I mentioned to my girls what World Showcase was. I didn't want them after having ridden everything (and I mean EVERYTHING...) at DHS, almost everything (just some of the "smaller" rides left that we had yet to ride) at MK, as well as having ridden everything (and I mean EVERYTHING...) at AK to be disappointed walking around the World Showcase, since we had spent our morning riding EVERYHING in Future World. Big mistake on my part. They opted to save it for another time!! I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't want them to have a meltdown. I know they would have loved the World Showcase and enjoyed it very much, but my frame of mind was........I don't want them to think there are a lot of rides back here, like we have been doing for the past 4 days and then be upset!! As I read yours and other's trip reports (who have been more than once) and see where y'all are doing certain rides and shows in the parks for the first time (we hit the parks commando style), I am truly amazed at what all we did.......but when it comes to World Showcase, that is where I dropped the ball........well, as they say, you can't do it all in one trip and it gives you a reason to go back!! I guess World Showcase is our Number ONE reason!!
It is hard to fit it all in on any trip -- I am impressed that you did cover as much ground as you did. Just think, on the next trip, you can entice your girls into World Showcase with passports, masks, and KP missions!
We missed one of Anita's calls too when we were there. Hummmmmm?? Oh, wait she did leave you a message, huh?? Hummmmmm?? She would have loved to have been around for the "meltdown"......I think that is another one of her favorite Disney traditions......to watch others have meltdowns at the Happiest Place on Earth!!
Maybe Wigd can do take pictures of meltdowns on the next trip!
Well, I hate you had a "moment", but you are entitled to it and yes we all have them!! I was glad to hear that Charles took it all in stride and figured out he needed to make the rest of the day better for you!! I like everyone else look forward to your next installment and hope that the food, the rest, a break from the crowds and some cool air made everything right with the World!!
Food, rest, and a break almost make everything right with the World, but be forewarned -- the evil temptress, Kim Possible, is still lurking in the shadows. LOL!
All caught up! Great report! Sorry about your diva meltdown!
It happens to us all!
Can't wait for more!
Thank you! Yes, I guess we all have our moments.
Jackie, you are so sweet - your meltdown was just a tiny one - I'm sure no one else even noticed. You're allowed a moment like that, especially when the family isn't appreciating your planning efforts!
Thank you -- I feel so much better about my meltdown now that I have "confessed" it on the DIS and found everyone has their moments.
I'm sorry about your phone. That stinks to have a half working/not working phone a WDW. I'm glad you got a new one though.
I needed a new one and I love it -- it has a full keyboard so texting is so much easier now.
I wish my DD were a little older so we could to the KP stuff. She just wouldn't get it.
You would have fun doing it though -- I saw lots of adults completing the missions as well.
Been there, done that with the Diva meltdown. I think I even used your same wording as far as planning the trip out and then on a whim having the entire day changed. Like you, I don't work well when I am hungry. I'm also so type A that when the plan in my head (for the perfect day) gets changed I just get so annoyed.
I'm glad you were able to rest, can't wait to hear about the rest of the day.
Me too! Changes and hunger are both bad, bad, bad in my book!
That did not mesh well with my need to control.
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