Wow. That was a an amazing update, Cynthia. (And welcome back to the mainland, by the way.) The first pictures you posted of everyone getting ready to get on the boat, and then the Photopass pics, really just showed how much you seemed to all be enjoying spending time with eachother. Everyone looks incredibly relaxed and happy.
And coming up with the pizza and the wine, not to mention surprising everyone with the ride itself...you seem to have a secret stash of Pixie dust somewhere.
Not sure about the secret stash (though that would be cool!) but things really did work out with a minimum amount of stress amazingly enough. It was just a great day.
And I completely agree that there isn't much better in this world then walking hand in hand (or slushie in hand
) with your love around World Showcase at night. World Showcase at night is a completely magical place for me. OK, its pretty darn magical in the daylight, too, but those torches really seem to add something.
It is magical at night. And....more so without kids to be honest. Not that I don't LOVE my kids (and inlaws lol) but it was really special, just the two of us.
Great idea to get pizza, glad you ran into that photopass photographer, he got some really good shots. I have always wanted to go a fireworks cruise but we keep getting conflicting information as to whether Bill could stay in his wheelchair for it. I will just have to go up to one of the boats and see the opening for myself one day .
Good question Tracy, I'm not sure how big that opening is and if there is a place for the chair. I don't recall it as being that big but I honestly have no idea. If you know the width you'd need I can peek at the Marina on our girls trip this weekend. Just let me know, I'd be happy to check! I bet the folks at the little marina office would know off the top of their heads but the boats are right there and I'll be right there so....
It was wonderful you got to have a mini date night, I love grey goose slushies!! Can't wait to hear more of your adventures!
It was a lovely date!!!
I was a a little bit behind and I thank you for the links it makes it so much easier to catch up. What a great idea to have pizza on the boat and it even fixed all your dining credits. Glad to hear you had fun in Hawaii. What a great morning you had with the E's in MK. My dd loved the tree house. We had the whole thing to ourselves for about 30 min when we were there and she had so much fun on it. We never did get over to the island and I know she would love that too.
I'm behind on my linking but will clean stuff up for sure when we get back. How very cool you had the treehouse to yourself! She would love TSI, it was so much fun.
Great day!! It worked out so well for you in the end - that must have felt good after the chaos with the dining etc. I could totally go for some pizza and wine tonight!
I'm glad that your camera battery died - not because I didn't want to see pictures (I agree, mine never turn out!), but because you got to truly enjoy yourself and that is worth a thousand pictures!
I was glad it died too! And, the early fiasco seemed fortuitous at the end, for sure.
Looking forward to your family's take on WWoHP etc. My DD10 just started reading the HP books and now wants to go there. I told her she'd have to read them all first!
She doesn't do much in the way of thrill rides, and I don't want to spend all that much $ if she doesn't get more out of it than one little area of the park.
You'll get our take on it for sure, and given we had so many ages, a lot of different viewpoints. Reading all the books is a good idea. So, honestly, is seeing all the movies. Only 3 of us had but it did really add to our experience compared to the others. I'm looking forward to talking about it finally! But..we still have a day and half before that starts however I'm hoping once I get back, to get back to some more timely updates. I'd like to finish this in time to do a cruise PTR after all.
Glad your Hawaii trip was so wonderful - I am so jealous!!! and now the next trip is just around the corner! Have a great time!!
It is TONIGHT! I'm on the red eye. Packed and ready to go, boarding pass printed! Just a lot of work to do first. real work though, not trip work lol. Hawaii was fabulous.
The cruise sounds like so much fun and wow! My family would have been happy with that meal, as well!
(And now, I have Jimmy Buffett in my head, as well, making for a great Friday afternoon!)
DING DING DING someone recognized it! I LOVE that song. I have a whole "beach music" playlist on my ipod that we listened to a LOT in Hawaii. I love that song.
Even though we didn't go on a boat, I figured it worked since we were sitting on our lanai looking at boats, listing to some Jimmy, and drinking rum and coke. Which counts as a boat drink in my book.
I agree, it's a fine song to have stuck in your head on a Friday afternoon.