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[teresajoy]

Next up was Mickey Mouse WOO HOO!!! We jumped up and the kids got their autographs and some pictures,

and Mickey started to walk away. I stopped him and got my picture with him as well. I mean, what is a trip to Chef MICKEY'S without a picture WITH Mickey???

I love this picture of Sawyer reaching out and touching Mickey!

We had a moment to sit before the next character.

Tell me, does this look like the face of a man who is having an awful time??

Then, along came Donald, and he was right up there with Goofy as far as fun factor!!! He didn't seem to be in a rush to run off form us, and posed for pictures without constantly waving to us that he was leaving. He even had me give him a kiss, although, I don't think anyone got a picture of that!!!

Here I am with Donald

He studied David and Corey's shirts too, looking for his picture!

We were having a good time with Donald.
I hadn't realized what a big Donald fan Lydia was!

She ran up and latched herself onto him!

Miss Cammie would have been proud!

She was so excited!



Before we could get much more chance to eat, Minnie came by and took a few pictures with us!

And then, it was Pluto!!!

Sawyer seemed ok with Pluto at first, but then got a little scared!

and wanted down, apparently!

Casey loved Pluto and gave him a big hug!!!

 

[teresajoy]

During our character intereactions, I really felt that the handlers were rushing the characters through our group. Some of the tables around us were not happy because they thought the characters were spending so much more time at our table. However, the characters spent an average of 2 minutes with our group of 15, which averages out to 8 seconds per person. It was pretty consistent with the 2 minutes at our table. Another table near us, with three people at it had character interactions ranging from 33 seconds to 2 minutes, which is between 11 seconds to 40 seconds per person. So, the tables around us were getting much more time with the characters than our table of 15 was. I know this because I studied our pictures then made a spreadsheet of the time each character spent with us as compared to the tables around us And, it's not that I am compulsive or something, but I like to be right, and I like to prove I'm right, and I'll try to beat it into your head with facts until I prove I'm right, or you just give up and tell me I'm right just to shut me up......It usually works quite well with Brian.....

And, just to further beat this into the ground, here are the timings I took from carefully observing our pictures!

Mickey with us-2:13 minutes 8.86 seconds per person (spp)
Mickey Table behind 00:33sec 11spp

minnie with table behind 2:00- 40(spp)
Minnie us 2:16- 9.06 spp

donald with us 2:00- 8 spp
Donald Table behind 1:10- 23.33 spp

Goofy with us 2:17- 9.13spp
Pluto with us 2:00- 8spp​

Oh goodness, where was I???? Oh yes, I was right.... that's all you really need to remember......



Before we left, Heather got a picture of herself with Mickey Mouse! Doesn't she look pretty!

After Pluto, we settled down to eat some more. It was Arminda's birthday and it was almost Courtney's birthday, so they brought out pins and cupcakes for them. Arminda was soon to learn how much power that button held!



On the way out, Brian stopped for a few pictures with the Big Plate.

And, everyone else used the restroom....



Mom took some of the kids to the arcade,

and Heather and I went into the gift shop and looked around for awhile. Arminda came and did some pin trading and I believe Corey did as well. We were having a nice time.



Then, it was off to the Magic Kingdom!!! Woo Hoo!!!

We stopped for a few group photos

The photographer scolded me for looking away in one of the pictures! We were staring DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN!!! How long do they expect you to do that before you have to turn away?????



We started walking over to Splash Mountain

and grabbed some Fastpasses and rode Thunder Mountain! We rode it twice!! And, I didn't have to ride alone either time!!!! I even got to ride with Tessa!!!!

I do love this ride! And, apparently so does Arminda!

I think David even rode this year!!!







Then, we headed over to Splash Mountain. It was time for our Fastpasses, so we went up to the line, and we all gave the guy our passes. Unfortunately, Heather's tickets had not worked when she got the passes, so one of her Fastpasses was a "Not a Fastpass"! So, out of 13 Fastpasses, one was a no good, so the CM would not let her in, no matter how much begging we did! He told her that she would have to talk to someone over at the Fastpasses. The rest of us waited for her at the Fastpass entrance. She was gone quite awhile. While she was gone, another group came up and told the CM that their ticket would not work in the Fastpass machine, so he pulled a Fastpass out of his pocket and handed it to them, and they went on in!!! I was flabbergasted and hoppin mad! Why he coulnd't have just handed Heather one of those Fastpasses he had in his pocket, when he saw that the rest of us had ours is beyond me! But no, he made our group of 13 (Henry and Sawyer were in the playland) wait! Apparently, Heather was not having much luck at the Fastpass machine either, because the CM had told her that she would just have to get another Fastpass which would not be good for another hour!!! I think he did eventually end up giving her a Fastpass, but it really took quite some time!



When Heather came back, we told the CM that we all had our passes now. So, he went ahead and let a few other families in ahead of us! I then jumped into the line, and another guest told us that their passes had just become good, and they had been waiting. I told him that we had been waiting longer, and I stayed put in front of them. I was mighty peeved that the CM hadn't told the other families that we had been waiting, or take charge of the situation. It was irritating! But, at least we were on our way, although we could hear the other family grumbling about us the entire wait!



As you know, Lydia had been waiting to go on this ride, and she was very excited to ride!!! She chose to go with her Daddy.

Here is the back of Brian's head for yah

I rode by Heather, who suddenly realized that light colored khaki pants and water might not be a good mix! She was very worried about the translucency factor of her pants! I being the caring loving sister that I am, just laughed! We did get fairly drenched too! But, just between you and me, her pants were not see through when they got wet, although she was rather convinced that they were!



Splash Mountain is right up there with one of my all time favorite rides, and it is definetely Lydia's favorite. The ride picture turned out pretty cute!!! Here is half of our gang, with Brian and Lydia right up front.

Look how excited she is!

The pictures of me with Lydia usually involve me leaning over her so that she will not fly out. As you can see, Brian has none of these fears...

 

[Disney Brat]

Great update! The girls look soooo cute in their shirts!! I loved seeing the pics from Chef Mickeys of Casey and Arminda when they were 3!!! That was sooo cute! Thanks for sharing that with us!! Great ride pics! Can't wait to read more!

 

[teresajoy]

Great update! The girls look soooo cute in their shirts!! I loved seeing the pics from Chef Mickeys of Casey and Arminda when they were 3!!! That was sooo cute! Thanks for sharing that with us!! Can't wait to read more!

You are fast! I'm not even done posting yet!!!! cool!!!

 

[teresajoy]

We went to collect Henry and Sawyer fromthe playarea, and the kids played a bit.

Look, it's the Laughin Place!

Apparently though, it is not Henry's Laugin Place!

But, it was Sawyer's!

It was hot, so Arminda and Corey decided they needed some ice cream and took off together in search of a cart. When they came back, Arminda was giddy with excitement!!! They had not made her pay for her ice cream, since she was wearing her birthday pin! And, a CM had told her that she should wear the pin for her entire trip! I tell you, this is a very clever thing that Disney does, because if ONE child is getting ice cream, a parent is SO much more inclined to purchase each child an ice cream! So, as a result where we normally buy one ice cream per person the entire trip, this time we were buying at LEAST one every day!!! They made so much money off of us by giving Arminda free ice cream, it's not even funny!



So, of course we all decided that we needed ice cream, and settled onto the boardwalk to eat it while watching the parade.

As you can see, Tessa really needed a little break with a popsicle!

It was a nice little break in the day. Even though, most of us stated we weren't even really hungry yet!

Sawyer wanted Uncle Brian to hold him for awihle.

We were heading over to Tomorrow Land, but on the way, we stopped at It's a Small World. When we got to the front of the line, we told the CM we had 15, and she said that they didn't have room for 15 in one boat, and waved us up to another CM, and we had to wait for another boat. We looked at the boat that we had not been able to get into,and it looked like there was more than enough room for 15, so we asked the CM helping us if we would be riding in one boat. He told us no. We asked if he was kidding, and he didn't answer us. We were definetely not feeling the magic in this line! Both CMs seemed upset that we had so many people with us! But,we would't let them ruin our ride!

Just look at Mom's face in this picture!!!

She is raising her purse up in the air, beccause she hooked her camera to it.



I actually kind of like It's a Small World

and, I KNOW Tessa does!

Corey and Uncle David

Lydia was very excited to see that they were wearing PETTISKIRTS!!!

Heather was having the TIME OF HER LIFE!!

Sawyer and the girls were taking it all in

Hmmm, a secret door!

 

[teresajoy]

We headed over and got some Fastpasses for the Pooh Ride next, again Heather's ticket was not working to give the Fastpass so she had to get a CM to help her out.

As we were going by one of the booths, the kids stopped to look at some of the spinny light up toys. The CM working there was really friendly and started chatting with us. He then gave us some fireworks viewing tips. He said we should view them in the balcony of the train station, and we would have a nice view, and then we wouldn't have to try to rush so much to get out, since we would be right there before most people got to the end of Main Street.





Then,it was off to the teacups! Now, Tessa and Lydia have had a plan brewing that they were going to spin the teacup so fast they were going to make Corey sick! So, they were mighty excited about this!

David, Casey, Arminda

Corey, Courtney, Lydia, Tessa

Heather and I are not real big fans of spinning rides. Heather once rode on the teacups at the mall with Corey, and he spun it so fast she was sick the rest of the day. So, we just sat, watched and chatted while they spun, round and round and round. Uck, makes me sick just thinking about it! I think we were having WAY more fun than them!!



When the ride stopped, Lydia and Tessa were REALLY mad! Apparently, not only had Corey NOT become sick, he had taken over the spinning!!!!

Mom had decided to take Sawyer on the ride while the other kids were still on, so she was getting on when they got off. I quickly convinced Corey to let the girls have another try at making him sick, and he agreed, so they hopped right back on again! Ugggh...



David sat this one out and so did Casey and Barbara

This time when the girls got off the ride, they were giddy with excitement!! They had done it!!! They made Corey sick!!!! Corey is a very good sport!





We then decided to head over to Mickey's Philharmagic. But, first, we decided to go on the Snow White ride again!

OOH, there's going to be some smoochin!

We had gotten Bonus Fastpasses with the Pooh Fastpasses, but we quickly realized they were unnecessary, and were able to walk right in. I think this is one of the best 3D movies around, mostly becasue I love the smell of apple pie!!



As you can see, other people were putting on their glasses, but I knew better, and was feeling mighty superior for following directions!

Sawyer looked pretty cute!

Our Fastpasses for the Pooh ride were up, so we went over there to ride. I always try to see the picture of Mr.Toad handing the dead to Owl, but I never see it! When we got off Corey told me HE had found it though! So, at least I knew where to look the next time! Pictures from the Pooh ride sort of ruin the magic, so view the following images at your own risk





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As we were exiting Pooh, we stopped at the gift shop. Heather and Tessa decided to buy Arminda a birthday present, since it was her birthday. Arminda was torn between a baby Eeyore and a baby Dumbo. They are both two of my favorite characters, so she came over to ask my opinion. Since we don't see too many Dumbos in our non-Disney Store part of Michigan, I suggested she get that one. Amazingly, she did NOT put Dumbo back, which is what usually would have happened in this situation! She was really excited to have a baby Dumbo all her own!



It was hot, so I headed next door to get us some ice waters. While getting the ice waters, the CM gave me a large ice cream sundae for Arminda! They offered one to Courtney as well, but she didn't want one. Weird....





So, we headed back over to Tomorrowland, and I'm going to say we got Fastpasses for Space Mountain, because I know we rode the People Mover about this time. I rode in one people mover with Arminda, Tessa, Lydia and Barbara, and Heather and Henry rode ALONE in one behind us!!! I told Tessa that her parents were probably going to be KISSING back there!! She was giggling like crazy at the thought of that! I love the People Mover (what, that's not what you call it?? Too bad...) it's relaxing, and there is never a line! You get to go through Space Mountain, and that's just fun! And they are always paging Mr.Morrow, Mr.Tom Morrow, I wonder why he never comes? And, if you are riding, don't forget to wave at the other People Movers as they go by!



I took some pictures of Heather and Henry, much to the delight of Tessa and the girls! Tessa was PRETTY sure they would start "smoochin"!

 

[Disney Brat]

You are fast! I'm not even done posting yet!!!! cool!!!

I have been not so patiently waiting for your update!! lol I am totally addicted to your guys's TRs!!! They are fantastic!!

 

[teresajoy]

Next up, Space Mountain! Lydia has told us that she wants to be an astronaut from the time she was two. So, she was absolutelly THRILLED to be going on Space Mountain!!! (although, I'm pretty sure she rode it last year too.) We hopped into line, and were quickly separated by another group of people. I'm still not sure how that happened! We hinted for awhile that perhaps those people would let Heather pass so she could be with us, but they didn't get the hint, or more likely just didn't hear us. So, I asked them to let Hether through, and they did. Brian took Lydia with him, so I didn't get to hear her reaction to the ride, but when we got off, I saw her standing there jumping up and down with excitement saying "I'm an astronaut!!!" Tessa was crying though. She wanted to get back on and ride again!



We then rode on the escalator and saw all sorts of things from the future!!! OOHH AHHH!!! We even saw our OWN picture on the TV screen!!! WOWZA!!! What sort of technology is this!!!??!!! It was almost scary how high tech it all was!!!



We then headed on over to Buzz Lightyear. Sawyer was fast asleep at this point,

Isn't he like a little angel!!!

Mom volunteered to wait with Sawyer while we road the ride. So, we were off to fight us some bad guys! and zap some Zs!!! As much as I love the Buzz Lightyear ride, I can't help but feel a bit of longing for, "If You had wings" had wings had wings...... everytime I ride this ride! Especially as you are going through the final part in the domed room. I use to love how it felt like you were really flying as you went through there! (Ok, I just spent a good half hour at least looking up websites about that old ride! Is it any wonder it takes me so long to write this report?)



And, here are some loverly pictures

Lydia hugging this Buzz Lightyear wanna be thing:

and then, this!

I am pretty sure Brian was watching her....



Then! The girls were captured by evil Emperor Zurg!!! (Or, mabye they were captured WITH Zurg???)

And, we took some more pictures to help us remember the numbers...

Dad

Mom and Tessa

Brian and Lydia

When we got off, Mom told us that some of the rest of us had just gotten on, so part of our group got back on again. I could see that Mom really wanted to ride too, so I told her to go ahead and go, and I'd watch Sawyer.



While she was gone, I decided to have some Doritos and I'm pretty sure I had a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich, because I remember that Tessa thought it looked good, so I gave her one too. Where did Tessa come from, you ask? Beats me, it's been awhile, but I'm pretty sure that she and I sat there for awhile alone just chatting a bit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, my neices and nephew are almost as dear to my heart as my very own chilren. Love love love





None of us had been to the Laugh Floor, so we decided to go in there next. I'm not a big "joke" person. The kids though, LOVED it!! They were laughing so hard! Partly , I think because the said we couldn't get out until the laugh container was filled! We all had a nice time in here. It isn't one of my favorite attractions, but it was cute and the kids enjoyed it so much, it was fun watching them!



Heather and Henry decided that they needed to go get something to eat, so they went to some restaurant there that seems like it was called noodles or pasta planet or some such thing!!! Brian and I had our sandwiches, so we didn't need anything. But, we joined the rest of the group as they ate. We had a really nice time laughing around and taking pictures and such!

Arminda wandered up to the counter and received this:

(Man, Casey wasn't looking so good, was she?)



Corey was extremely jealous of all these things Arminda was getting at this point! Even though he does not want to celebrate birthdays anymore! And, truth be told Arminda had decided she was done celebrating them too, but as she told me, "It's just so hard when people keep giving you free stuff!" So, in her own time, I'm sure she will decide what she wants to do.



Arminda was hot, so she put a cool cloth on her head, and walked around like that for quite some time...

Me and Barbara

Me and Brian

Get over HERE right NOW!

And, they did!

Bunch of nuts!

We even got a group shot

And, I believe Tessa might have taken this one of Mom

 

[teresajoy]

It was starting to get dark, so we figured we would start walking towards the fireworks viewing spot.

Heather had to change Sawyer though, so Mom and I walked outside the restaurant and looked towards the castle.



That's when Mom spotted it!



The wire that helps guide Tinker Bell from the castle!!

It was right there!!!

So, we quickly changed our fireworks viewing plans, and decided to park it right where we were! There was hardly anyone else in this spot either, so we were pretty excited! We also decided that we would stick around for awhile after the fireworks. We were hoping to view the elusive "Kiss good night" that we had heard about!



When Heather came out, we told her about our changed plans, and we all staked out our spots to watch Wishes. Heather had never seen Wishes before, so I was quite excited for her to view them! She was pretty excited too!

Can you feel the love tonight....

While we were waiting, Arminda spotted BABY DUCKS!!!!!! She was beyond herslef with excitement!! Arminda is a lot like her Aunt Heather, she is definetely an animal person!!! When Heather was little, instead of baby dolls, she had stuffed animals. Lots and lots of stuffed animals! She always told us that she wanted to be a veterinarian. But, one day she found out that veterinarians have to give animals shots, so she changed her mind! She just couldn't stand the thought of hurting an animal for any reason!!! Arminda is so much like her that way!



So, Arminda and the kids all watched the Momma and the baby ducks for awhile. Arminda later told me that seeing the baby ducks was one of her very favorite parts of the WHOLE trip! That, and free ice cream......



After a short wait, we heard the opening of Wishes!!! Oh, it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it!!!





Then, before we knew it, Tinker Bell was flying RIGHT TOWARDS US!!!

It was pretty cool!! Although, being able to see her that well, is a little strange!



Wishes has got to be the all time best fireworks show in the world!! The music, the castle, the fireworks. Who DOESN'T cry watching this????

Isn't Heather beautiful!!!!




When it was over Heather and I both had tears in her eyes. Heather had decided that they wanted to head on home, so I wished her luck, and we settled in to enjoy the park "after hours".



I have only done it a few times, but there is just something extra magical about being in the park after it has officially closed! It's a different atmosphere and I just love it. We went back up to the restaurant and took some seats on the balcony to enjoy the castle. Dad was mighty anxious to be going, and it took some conincing to get him to settle down and just enjoy watching the castle change color and talking to each other for awhile. I'm sure he was convinced that we really weren't suppose to be there, and that we were about to get kicked out.

After watching the castle and chatting awhile, we went to find ourselves a Photopass photographer and get some pictures in front of the castle.



The photographer didn't try to rush us, and let us all get pictures together.

While Mom and Dad were getting his picture, he called me over and asked me to get David for a special shot!

It was lots of fun!!!!

 

[teresajoy]

The park was pretty well deserted by now, so Mom and Dad decided to take off. We bid them adoo and decided to stay a bit longer to enjoy some time together with just our family.



I sent Corey into the Photopass line to hold our spot while I sat with Lydia and Brian nearby for a moment. I looked over at Corey, and he was standing off to the side of the line. I went over to him and asked if he was in line or not, and told him that he might confuse people who were trying to get in line. The people ahead of him in line assured me that he was in line, and jokingly told me that he could get into their picture with them if he wanted! I stayed with Corey, and we chatted with the people for awhile. There seemed to be one family of three at the front of the line that was taking an extemely long time to get the "perfect" picture! I'm not sure what they were doing, but there was a lot of discussion about whether or not their son could hold his toy sword in the picture or not...



At this time, Corey and I noticed a balloon that was loosely wrapped around the fence. It was quite windy, so I was worried it might blow away. So, I watched the balloon a bit longer, and then noticed that it was definetely about to come undone! So, I ran (really, I did) over to the balloon and caught it before it took flight! I then tied it to the fence so that it wouldn't blow away!



Phew!!!! Crisis averted!!!

When I got back in line Corey was laughing becasue he was wondering if the family would be confused as to how their balloon became tied to the fence! I told him that I had just saved their entire vacation! Because had that balloon blown away, there would have been one very upset little girl, who would probably mourn the loss of her balloon for the entire trip! Thankfully, Corey has the same stupid sense of humor that I do, so he thought that was pretty funny!



We finally reached the front of the line, and got our picture taken.

Corey decided that he wanted to take some pictures of us too, so he set up his monster pod on a trash can and set the timer.



Family picture

Me and Arminda

I think some of these turned out pretty good!

Just me and Corey

and the family

Then, he got me in front of the Crystal Palace!!

Weird, huh?



We then heard someone saying good night and thanks for coming, so we figured that it was time to head on out.

As we were leaving, we were bid goodnight by Minnie Mouse who was standing on the balcony of the train station!



Brian and I decided that we were really glad we had stayed, it had been a fun way to end the day.

Next UP: We meet Steph!! And Arminda makes some big plans.

 

[DisneyMom5]

Excellent! Nice, long, satisfying update!

(psst...in the spirit of telling a friend her slip is showing, a couple of your pics aren't what you said they were. They seem to be duplicates of ones in the same post. I realize this is due to being sleep deprived when you posted this. Hope that helps!)

I'm amazed your kids were still going at the closing! Wow, little Energizer bunnies they are! LOL

Looking forward to more!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Love the update...Kinda creepy that you turn into a ghost after hours though!!! Or maybe you're one of those character from Kingdom Keepers...if you haven't read this book...you need to check it out. It's technically a "young adult" book but trust me...you'll never look at IASW the same ever again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_Keepers

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Another great installment. I have never seen Chef Mcikey's so crowded! We always go at 7 am and there is no one there! They really should have given ya'll some more time with the characters.

DD4 was looking at the girls riding on the monorail and said "They look like movie stars!" She is so funny!

I want to comment on more but I am operating on 1 1/2 hours of sleep and I have to go back to work in 15 minutes.

 

[minnie2]

Don't blame, ahem, I mean credit me with his knowledge. He just absorbs info like that from all kinds of sources.
At 6 years old we realized he could read more than Fat Cat Sat when he suddenly was telling us all the character names in the old Star Wars movies,
and all their backstories, and odd and obscure Star Wars facts,
and it was because he had memorized all of Daddy's Star Wars Encyclopedia.
And the day he argued with me that there was indeed such a thing as a tree kangaroo. And then proved it with an animal book we had.

So, no, I am not a biology genius. Apparently, the secret to boys is to give them books that THEY think are interesting.

So cool about the Wall-E dress. She will be stylin'!

Our boys would get along so well! My 5 yr old ( almost 6) LOVEs Star wars!

You are very right about letting them pick what interests them to read. Right now he is reading the kids guide to WDW.

Teresa, Thanks for letting me know what patterns you used. The outfit was so cute. I added them to my little wish list

I loved how cute the girls looked in their matching shorts and your mom of course. Then you and brian and Corey matching was great!

Oh and all the pics by the castle! Love them I have been saying since we decided to go back that s the one thing WE HAVE to do is have lots of pictures by the castle! There is just something about the castle that chokes me up.

Great TR!

 

[HeatherSue]

I wanna know what Henry said in the elevator! It's not often he makes a funny!

OH MY GOSH!!!!! How cute are Casey and Arminda when they were 3?!

Do you see that adorable girl in the pink Minnie dress in the background in the Donald pictures? She got ALL SORTS of time with Minnie Mouse!

I think you are mistaken! Donald kissed ME!! I refuse to believe that he not only kissed Tessa and Arminda, but that he kissed you too. I'm not listening- lalalalalalala...

I love how you got all mathematical with the character interaction times!! Henry never says I'm right, he just rolls his eyes and says "Yes, Dear." It's INFURIATING!!!

I HAVE to show Henry that picture of Sawyer carrying the two balls. I just KNOW he'll love that one.

I'm so glad you took the "incident with the pants" so seriously.

"Apparently it is not Henry's laughing place."

How funny that you remembered that sweet CM that told us about a place to watch the fireworks, too. That just goes to show how rare it was to find a friendly CM while we were there!

I've got bad news for you. Arminda didn't just suddenly decide to take her mom's advice on purchasing Baby Dumbo over Baby Eeyore. She asked her "favorite Aunt Heather" and I told her that I LOVED the Dumbo.

I love you, DisneyBrat!!! You're always right there, ready to read our TRs!!

I don't remember how you ended up sitting with Tessa and Sawyer, either! How sweet that you had a special moment with Tessa, though.

Mom bought you and Brian food at the Noodle Station, too. I remember because she even gave you her credit card!!

After the TR says "tinkerbell was flying right towards us", there is a picture of mom cheesing for the camera! LOL!

I REALLY don't like that "ghost picture" of you. I FREAKS me out!!

I wish we had the energy to stay that late at the parks! Maybe someday!!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

DS6 walked up as I was looking at your pictures of the kids with Zurg...he was very concernec that anyone would lock thier children up with Zurg! I mean he is the bad guy!

I love the late night pictures! They are all sooo sweet and you all look so happy. So wonderful! What a great family you have!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Teresa awesome update. I totally agree that you should get equal time with the characters as a person, not as a group. Loved all the family pictures too. That's awesome that all of you can go together. I could never go with my SIL (she would drive me nuts), my brother yes but not his wife (boy I hope she never reads, shhh I won't tell her).

 

[Cherlynn25]

What a great magic kingdom day! I LOVE those pictures of you in front of the castle at night. I am going to try to remember to do some of those. What a sweet family you have. =)

 

[raraloveseeyore]

You have to tell me, what is the "Kiss Goodnight" you wrote about. We always stay after the fireworks but I've never heard of this. Also, where do you see Mr. Toad giving the deed to Owl? I look but haven't seen it. Thanks for the info and love your trip report!

 

[jham]

I love the picture of Tessa and Lydia on the monorail! Lily is on my lap telling me she wants mouse ears like Lydia's. Wow you can twirl napkins and take photos simultaneously! You are talented girl! I love the photo of Brian and Henry having fun.

During our character intereactions, I really felt that the handlers were rushing the characters through our group. Some of the tables around us were not happy because they thought the characters were spending so much more time at our table. However, the characters spent an average of 2 minutes with our group of 15, which averages out to 8 seconds per person. It was pretty consistent with the 2 minutes at our table. Another table near us, with three people at it had character interactions ranging from 33 seconds to 2 minutes, which is between 11 seconds to 40 seconds per person. So, the tables around us were getting much more time with the characters than our table of 15 was. I know this because I studied our pictures then made a spreadsheet of the time each character spent with us as compared to the tables around us And, it's not that I am compulsive or something, but I like to be right, and I like to prove I'm right, and I'll try to beat it into your head with facts until I prove I'm right, or you just give up and tell me I'm right just to shut me up......It usually works quite well with Brian.....

you never cease to cracky me up! I love big thunder mountain! So when I go to Disneyworld for my birthday in February, does that mean I can wear a birthday pin for my whole trip? Tessa looks like she's getting brain freeze from her popsicle. That is so sweet that Corey let the girls "make him sick" I love the pictures of the family acting silly. We have lots of pictures like that too. One time we were driving to Disneyland and we ran out of gas in the Nevada desert. My dad had to hitchhike to Vegas so while we were waiting we took a ton of "dying of thirst in the desert" photos I have never done the "park after hours" that is so cool! The pictures are great! I love the kissy ones, although David kissing Barbara in his Goofy hat makes me laugh. I absolutely love the photos of you, Brian and the kids!