Divas, Zebra Domes, and Pixie Dust! A Week in an African Paradise! New TR Link Pg.145

[cjackearl]

Yes! Chelsea could be the pretty maid in The Lonely Goatherd in the Sound of Music!

Great pictures of your family and Wigd's family. What fun to get to meet.

 

[If U Had Wings]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the Sound of Music when they saw the picture of Chelsea and the goat. I think I'm going to have that yodeling song stuck in my head all day today.

It looks like it was a nice wrap up to your day. Glad your Dis meet went so well!

 

[WrightFamily06]

Sorry to hear that you didn't make it on Test Track this time , I'm not a thrill rider either especially if it's one the ones with the moving screen in front of you and you are stationary ! LOL I suffer from pretty bad motion sickness , so I usually make DH take the kiddies on the thrill rides . LOL However my kids are still young yet and haven't requested to ride thrill rides yet either . Great pictures of the kiddies in China , I love the one of Chelsea kissing the goat soo cute . Looks like your dis meet went really well and that you made some great WDW friends .

 

[MRYPPNS]

I feel a need now to buy that Sound of Music goat!

I love how you told Chelsea that she has a rep on the DIS boards At least it's a good one

Ummmmm......how is Charles going to handle all the DISmeets in October? Beer? Wine? Slushies?

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Nice Epcot evening update. That puppet vendor made a fortune off of us at the DisMeet I went to in February. All 32 of us met up outside of that vendor and by the end, every child in the group ended up with one of those puppets. (which meant during Illuminations the adults spent the show untangling puppets )

 

[carissanboys]

I had a bit of catching up to do! Seems like I'm always catching up these days.

Now I understand your feelings about KP. I can only imagine how annoying it would be to hear that ring tone over and over and over again.

Sounds like you got to do a lot of firsts on this trip.

You know I thought RnRC was CRAZY, but Test Track really isn't bad at all. I love it. I don't think it's scary in the least.

Yay for the DIS meet!

 

[jewels1916]

Your pics of Chelsea and Connor with the marionettes got the Pinocchio song in my head! "I've got no strings..."

Looks like y'all had fun at the Dis meet! I can understand Charles's apprehension at meeting new people. It can be stressful. (I refuse to think of my Dis friends as strangers! )

 

[MEK]

CP:

Just read your update, but I must wait until this evening to comment because I want to take full advantage of the pictures I can't see! It's so cool to read about you meeting up with shocker, wigd, and baylor because I really feel like I know everyone now from reading your TR's. Sounds like you had a wonderful evening watching Illuminations. Next trip I am going to watch. No pictures! Sorry Charles decided to to head back to the room.

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

What a wonderful day at EPCOT

 

[kschafer]

Glad chelsea was being appropriately sparkly and Connor perked up for your all important Dis-meet! Poor Charles, tough vacation! Can't wait to hear how you all enjoyed illuminations

The story of Chelsea and the ball made me laugh! Last year Patrick had his birthday party at the bowling alley for cosmic bowling. We had some glow bracelets left from Disney so I brought them for the kids. At one point, one girl came over to me and had glow stuff all around her mouth She had been chewing on it...YUCK! I told her to go get a drink and wash her face and hoped the stuff was non-toxic

 

[Jennifer48]

So many great reviews of Rose & Crown. I'm going to have to add that to my to-eat list!

I love a good DISmeet. Has anyone had a bad one?!

Charles spent a lot of time at AKL didn't he?

 

[Lady Lallie]

Oh, CP! I can't believe you chickened out on Test Track. I am sure Chelsea wasn't trying to freak you out.

Hehehe to Chelsea's sparkly reputation! Glad she was able to perk up!

Aren't Anita, Marc and Baylor the best?

How is Charles going to handle the fall with all us crazy DIS ladies?

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

So fun to have a Dis meet. The several that we have had have been great. When I see picture of Chelsea and her photo ops it reminds me of Brooklynn and the fact that she is always ready to pose for the camera. I think next year's summer trip will be in June since everyone is buying their annual passes THIS WEEKEND!!!! We will have to plan it for before they expire. Maybe our dates will overlap!

 

[manntra]

What a great day at Epcot!
For meeting up with Anita, Marc and Baylor and it so wonderful that we all speak the same language!!

 

[jillyb]

Great ending to your Epcot day! I'm not much in the way of thrill rides but I LOVE Test Track! It's not scary at all. I'm with you in RnR...no way in this world will you get me on that. I don't do Tower of Terror either.

 

[Happydog]

Very nice update! How fun, a DIS meet! And who better with??!! So did you ever get to Soarin'? FT is a ride my kids like -- will do that, will NOT go on Misson Space.... not my thing! Cute kid pictures! Glad you had fun

 

[Lovemy3babes]

What a nice night you had in Epcot. I'm glad you had a fun Dis meet. My dh does not get it, at all. He doesn't understand the whole online, message board thing that we do. LOL! So, he would have done the same as Charles.

 

[IluvXU]

I think Anita and I chatted that night... I was and still am jealous.. maybe next June!

Again the kids are too cute.

 

[eandesmom]

I will definitely put the Little White House on the list. I am kicking around a couple of ideas on where to stay -- I like the look of Casa Marina and Southernmost on the Beach, but I have also thought it would be neat to do a vacation rental. Where did you stay when you went?

We stayed here
http://atlantishouse.com/

and we ate and drank here lol!
http://www.pierhouse.com/

there is another resort across from this one but I'm not sure of the name that we almost stayed our extra night at that seemed more family friendly but it is walking distance to Duvall as well. Casa Marina and Southernmost look gorgeous. There are some amazingly beautiful places to stay.

So cool! I actually looked at the Disney Key West cruise, but it was out of our price range.

ours too! even if we "could" fit in one stateroom, which we can't, it's out lol.

That Welsh Dragon looks awesome. I'm a sucker for neon drinks.

Well, alcoholic neon drinks. Gatorade just doesn't cut it.

I'm with TK on the gatorade

After our delicious dinner at Rose and Crown, and with everyone in a reasonably good mood, we wandered leisurely back towards Future World to ride Test Track and Soarin’. We love both of these rides. We decided to do Test Track first (I think our Fast Passes for TT were ready before our Soarin’ ones).

As we approached Test Track I could hear those cars whizzing around the tracks. I have done this before (lots of times before) and could do it again -- I was sure of it.

Until Chelsea opened her mouth.

awww....I actually think TT is just fast. RRC is more "scary". But the fast part of TT is so short, and outside, it's just fun!

When we reached China, the kids had to stop and play for a couple of minutes.

This is how I knew Chelsea was feeling better, when she said, “Take a picture of me with the goat kissing me.”

Soon we arrived in Italy and spotted Anita, Marc, and Baylor. Let me just say that they are as funny and nice in real life as they are on the DIS boards. We had such a great time with them! Anita had brought a lot of goodies for the kids to play with while we waited for Illuminations to start. I especially loved my pink light-up ring. We took some pictures to commemorate the event.

Here are the girls:

Here are the boys:

Connor and Baylor hit it off like they had been friends forever, and there was an awful lot of silliness going on between the two of them. Of course this was after Connor informed them all that I was a Disney Freak and then was stunned when Anita and Marc spoke the same DIS language as his own mother.

Chelsea did her fair share of giggling at the boys. The funniest part was when she was playing with a squishy ball from Anita and trying to form it into a Mickey head. Well, wouldn’t you know it, but that ball popped and Chelsea was covered with sticky goo all over her hands. Anybody remember the Spectro incident from last year when Chelsea ended up with root beer float all over her hands? I know I was suddenly remembering it. Leaving Connor with our new friends, I took Chelsea over to Tutto Italia to wash her hands. I fell in love with that restaurant and really want to eat there now.

Soon Illuminations started, and it was beautiful! I loved every minute of it! I didn’t try to take any pictures and just enjoyed it!

All too soon, it was over and we slowly made our way out of the park. Connor and Baylor were still having a grand old time chasing each other around. Near Test Track, we parted ways with them and headed back to our beautiful Animal Kingdom Lodge. Thanks for a great evening, Wigd, Shocker, and Baylor!

GREAT pictures! Puppets, masks, goats and a fabulous DISmeet! Everyone looks like they are having a blast.

 

[shannon47142]

what a fun night--so glad you met up with Anita and family, but about Charles missing the rest of the evening!