Hey All,
I am back from Neverland
We had a great show and big audiences the second weekend and had a balst doing it and are exhausted from it!!!
A couple of quick replies to some of the MANY thigns I missed the past two weeks:
Brandie: I have seen many people wearing dress uniforms on formal night. I think there were a dozen or so on the Tran Atlantic alone.
Crissi: Wonderfully sweet photo. Thank you for sharing.
Kimberly: My short form take on Palo is we would actaully be skipping dinner entirely at this point were it not for the fact that we love the chance to dine with friends we are not otherwise dining with. I always miss my regular servers and have never gotten "better" service in Palo and the food does not apeal much to either of us (I am very picky and this comes as no surprise but Dave is not picky and it is surprising he does not care for it). The pizza and souflee are wonderful though (but now we can make the soufle ourselves so that has lost some appeal). It is lovely there and I do think it is at least something you should try once. Like Erik and Jason, we were totally unimpressed with the brunch and have no desire to do that again at all. Dave is generally not a froo froo kinda guy but he agrees with me that tea is delightful and I am hoping we can snag a ressie for that this trip.
My Disney memories (I have narrowed it to three which is the best I can do) in no order:
1.The transatlantic cruise last May. Wow. I just can't describe how completely magical this trip was from start to finish. A perfect trip with perfect people. It is really a BUNCH of top notch memories all strung together into one amzing, perfect, never to be duplicated vacation:
Dancing at 80s night with Chris and Rob and Sandi and Darrel and Deanna and Greg and Cindy
The pirate party with Erik and Jason
Watching the kids turn it ON for HSM karaoke
Pictionary with Sandi and Darrell
Rio and Erik winning Mickey Mania by a landslide (the photo of them holding up their medals afterwards is one of my all time favourites and hangs on our dinig room wall amid the best family photos)
Winning two Don "Ducky" Williams sketches between the four of us
and on, and on and on. I made my best friends on this trip (and so did Marika--she considers Abby to be one of her two very best friends).
2. Many years ago, when we had Annual passes to WDW Nestle had made their corporate lounge in the Land Pavillion available to annual passholders to use. It was a quiet and cool place to escape on a hot day. Located above the Garden Grill it contained many comfy couches, free fountain sodas, several TVs and some board games. It was gret palce to take the kids and just chill out. One day we were in there and the kids were playing Chutes and Ladders (they were probably 3 and 5 at the time). Chip and Dale came up from their rounds at the Garden Grill and sat down and started playing with the kids (on the floor). Chip only stayed a moment (As I expected) but Dale played with Rio and Marika for about 20 minutes.
It was just so sweet and unscripted and fun. Nothing like standing in line for autographs. I loved that time for the kids (who were still little enough to believe) just getting to PLAY with Dale.
3. Last September. We were at the Comedy Wharehouse's first show of the night. The audience was only about 1/2 full and we were all the way down front. During one of the games Rio was pulled up on stage and drawn into the action. He was told by the comedian playiong a crook to pretend he was said man's son. The girl playing the police officer asked Rio "What's his name?" It was clear she was expecting Rio to say he didn't know and then "capture" the crook red handed, etc. (sorry I know I am not being clear here). Rio--my little performer--threw his arm around the man;' shoulders and said "I just call him DAD" while fluttering his insanely long lashes. The girl nearly broke character and the otehr people on the edge of the stage as well as the audience, lost it. I know I am a mom, but it really was funny and he was so natural up there and it was fun to see that. They ended up keeping him up there about 3 or 4 minutes and ahnding him a mike. I truly think he did a good job of rolling with the punches nad being funny without upstagine anyone or just being a "cute kid". Taht is something I could never do. Needless to say Comdey Wharehouse (along with Adventurer's Club) is high on Rio;s list of must visit agains.
all in preparation for the cruise. I can't believe we are almost in the double digits.
So.....this may not work as well for my planned itinerary. 
Counting down til midnight!!
