DREAMS COME TRUE! Sandy and James TR 6/18/08: 8/28 finally an update!

Quick frustration- in between day 2! I ordered 472 prints of the wedding/honeymoon from snapfish- UGH!:mad: :headache: :mad: They look like crap! The are grainy, and look like they never finished processing. i am so irritated- so I emailed them and they better fix it!
 
Wow! Were they from your own camera? I get real nervous about stuff like that? I haven't yet ordered anything as a result - I'm such a slacker :confused3

I hope you get better results from them soon!!!!!
 
Don't say that!! I just ordered 250 pics from our trip in May!! They should be here this weekend! Yikes!!

I love your pics from WL!! We so want to stay there when we go for our VR next year, but we may have 5 with us, so we may have to stay at AKL. But i definately want to try WCC and explore the grounds at WL!
 
OK back to the completion of DAY 2:

So we got to the MK:yay: and recieved a call from FSIL- her and her family had arrived safely at ASM, our first guests:cool1: The had left at like 3am to drive so her husband was going to nap and the kids swim and they were going to meet us around 6. We decided since we were full from lunch we would start slow and gather our GP-(game plan) (the kids spent have the vacation trying to figure out what GP meant- they were going with GIGGLE PLAN :laughing: )So we headed to the TTA- we enjoy it as a way to rest and cool off!
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From there we decided to go to Toontown-our last trip Goofy Barnstormer was one of DS-7's favorites--(he moved up to bigger things this trip)
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I stayed back with DS2- he's not quite ready for rollercoasters yet--

We got the call that FSIL and family were on the way- we were going to meet on Main Street by the train station so we decided to take on Philharmagic to kill a few minutes since there was hardly a wait- No wasting time hanging around, must fill every minute!
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by the end of the trip he was really mastering the 3D glasses!

We met up-their kids were so excited-it was their 1st Disney trip- so decided to head through Adventure land -pirates was closed :headache: but was due to reopen mid week and we would be back:woohoo: and on to Fronterland- I really wanted to ride Splash Mountain-it had been year and it is one of my favorites! I was preggo one trip and the next it was closed for refurbishment:mad: So we ride- I caught the wave off the boat that had just dropped and got DRENCHED!! Oh well- damp undies and on we go! We hit Big Thunder Mtn which the boys likes My DS7 now had a partner in crime his future cousin-8yo!
And on too Haunted Mansion-

FSIL and the trouble makers!
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We headed to Fantasyland next-sorry no pictures!:eek:

It was about an hour before Spectomagic so i decided to try and grab a spot on Main Street- the kids and DF family stayed and played and I got us a spot-
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all the goofy boys- sans the 2yo!
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all the kids

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I love Spectromagic- it is my favorite parade- they changed the characters in the beginning- they were those white masked guys not they are more clown like- not sure if I like that!
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After the parade we headed to Tommorrowland to get FP for Space Mountain-now a contender for best rollercoaster for DS7! It was extra magic hours so we got to ride some more stuff before we pooped out and headed home at about midnight! FSIL and family stayed until 2am- closing the joint!



Coming up-Day 3 at HS-Star Wars Weekend!
 

Wow! Were they from your own camera? I get real nervous about stuff like that? I haven't yet ordered anything as a result - I'm such a slacker :confused3

I hope you get better results from them soon!!!!!
they were from my camera and I have ordered online- usually from Kodak, but since I loaded the pix to my laptop and it is an HP the quickest way was to order from snapfish (an HP company) so I did and now I regret that! I got an email responce that they would be back to me in 48 hours-crazy!

Don't say that!! I just ordered 250 pics from our trip in May!! They should be here this weekend! Yikes!!

I love your pics from WL!! We so want to stay there when we go for our VR next year, but we may have 5 with us, so we may have to stay at AKL. But i definately want to try WCC and explore the grounds at WL!

Oh! I hope yours come out good! mine look like a digital image with all the tiny little boxes of color that need to be merged to a smooth color- does that make sense? And I know it is not the camera because I printed a couple on my printer dock at home and they are fine! It just was not cost/time effective to do it that way!

WL is awesome we really like it -we have stayed there 3 times and may stay in November too! once DS2 is 3 we too will need rooms that accommodate 5- I think the only ones at WL are deluxe rooms- at least I thought i read that they can have 5-

WCC is fun-- i think it would have been better if it was not at the end of lunch when they were more in cleanup mode for dinner-
 
Great update Sandy! Sorry about the Snapfish problems. I've only used them once for a collage poster and I was happy with what I got. I usually get my prints from shutterfly. I'm glad you emailed them, I'm sure they will try to fix them or give you a refund. Once I had a similar problem with shutterfly and they fixed my pictures for me, so it worked out in the end. Good luck and let us know what happens!
 
I love it when you see kids like that, they look so sweet :lovestruc totally out for the count :rotfl:

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Linz xxx :)
It was great- and it happened about every night-poor thing we had no mercy on him-wore him out !

Great report so far!!! Your kids are sooo cute!

thanks Lisa- Looking forward to yours too!
cant wait to read more! :cool1:
More to come!!!

Great update Sandy! Sorry about the Snapfish problems. I've only used them once for a collage poster and I was happy with what I got. I usually get my prints from shutterfly. I'm glad you emailed them, I'm sure they will try to fix them or give you a refund. Once I had a similar problem with shutterfly and they fixed my pictures for me, so it worked out in the end. Good luck and let us know what happens!

It is a bummer- I wanted to start and organize my stuff to get my scrapbook going-

oh well- they want me to send them back and they are going to redo them- hopefully they will get it right the second time-
 
Sandy - LOVE your TR so far! Your MK pictures are so beautiful! You looked like a fairy tale princess, and I LOVED your flowers!
 
is there any more??
sorry--lots more to come! Crazy busy--family over for the 4th and I worked the last 2 days-12hours shifts--meetings tomorrow and I will get back on it!

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading more.

Thank you!
Sandy - LOVE your TR so far! Your MK pictures are so beautiful! You looked like a fairy tale princess, and I LOVED your flowers!

Thanks Cam-you're very sweet! I felt like a princess!
 
DAY 3: CHECKING IN TO BC, DHS- STAR WARS WEEKENDS

Stitches wake up call came at 7am! We dragged out of bed too shower-letting the kids sleep a little longer, a little difficult in such a small space, but every tiny bit helps later!!!;)

It was the day we were going to the BC for the rest of our vacation:cool1: We were soo excited, we had never stayed there and we ready to go. The ASM was good but we were anticipating the little more that the BC has to offer!

The boys got dressed in their Star Wars Weekend shirts i made them!

We made a few trips to the car- this is when having a stroller comes in handy-packed it up and took everything out-we only had one bag of clothes for the couple of days and some wedding stuff to bring out! After check in we were heading to DHS, needed an early start to try and get there for opening since we anticipated it to be busy since it was star wars weekend!



We decided to stroll to the courtyard to "say goodbye", the last minute pictures:

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And :car: away we go!

It was only a few minute drive and we had arrived-
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We parked and went in, leaving all our things in the car- since it was only 8am we figured the room would not be ready and we would just come back in the afternoon before dinner and unpack.

There was no wait at the check in desk, clearly, proudly wearing my ALMOST MARRIED pin and hoping for maybe a little pixie dust- we booked a standard room- all I asked for was a full balcony- it makes nap time a little easier on the parent waiting for DS to wake up-

Much to my surprise the room was ready and she said it had a full balcony and a daybed(always a good option so the older boys dont have to share a bed)

We grabbed just our welcome party favors since they were chocolate and headed to the room, it was on the water side of the hotel, right in the area of the pool on the 4th floor which was great we went in-- the room was nice- spacious( in compared to ASM) and bright- :yay: all was great--------UNTIL I OPENED THE CURTAIN TO SEE THE VIEW-----I felt nauseous and instantly though of work. (i am a nurse) and i hate taking patients to a room in the hospital when the view is the roof below and the vents and things.

The view was the roof of the 3rd floor below was rocks on the roof and directly in front of the balcony was a architectual peak the completely obstructed the view to ANYTHING! :scared1: All you could see on the sides of the peak where some tree tops! I wish i had gotten a picture I was too upset-

DH at this point could tell I was NOT HAPPY:sad2: And kept asking "What do you want to do?" I kept saying I dont want to look at that for 9 nights!!! again, "what do you want to do?" This went on for a few minutes, when in my distress I said one of the keys doesnt work lets go back down and I'm going to see if they will change the room--we grabbed the favor box, left and were hoping not to look back!

We went back down I told the same CM that one of the keys didnt work. Then I told her that the view was awful- rocks and the back of a roof--I told her that we would like to change rooms, it did not matter if it was ready, I was willing to give up the balcony,daybed. I also asked if there was any upgraded views- which I said we would pay for--

She called whoever she needed to call to get a room change and after what seemed like forever she said she was able to get us a different room, which was also ready-convienent-and :pixidust: was an upgrade to a waterview- for no charge!! :dance3:

We apprehensively decided we better go check it out, just in case--
it also had a daybed and the view was wonderful, and the location was also great- 3rd floor right above the lobby area- which was great for the morning coffee fillup!

The mandatory Mickey head towels at checkin-
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The view of the room from outside-
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And from the room- a great view across to the BW-
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Much happier we decided since we were already behind our original schedule and were not going to be at DHS for opening we decided to head down to the Beach Club Marketplace for a little to eat-and the boys were driving us crazy because they were STARVING- it really is amazing how often we starve them!!:laughing:

We had breakfast sandwiches- ham, egg and cheese on croissants and a couple bakery items to share-YUM! We sat out on a patio across from the Marketplace - it was nice and quiet- we talked about the days events then finally headed over to DHS--
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We went to the lighthouse to catch the friendship boat-
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The crowds were definately pouring in, starwars music playing we were excited- the boys love star wars they were pumped:woohoo:

We were greeted by the stormtroopers-
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We decided to head directly to Toy Story since it was new we knew it would be crowded and fastpasses would run out quick-

Well the wait an hour and the fastpasses were for later in the afternoon-3:45-4:45- but at least we got them- an hour wait just is a bad option with a 2 year old!

We decided to head to the Backlot tour-
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Everyone enjoyed it - it was many years since we had been to DHS- our last big trip DS-11 had a GI bug and we missed our day there-

We then decided to try and find Darth Vader! At breakfast we decided we wanted to find him and the Disney characters dressed in their starwars stuff! This was the goal for today-

We found him right in the area the Backlot tour ride lets out- perfect- the wait to see him was about 45minutes-
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we then set out to find Jedi Mickey! We headed toward star tours- YIKES! It was soooooooooo crowded over there!
The boys pose for a picture-
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We finally found a CM who told us where we would find Jedi Mickey, still couldnt find him,
taking a break from looking -
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until we found another CM who pointed us in the right direction-and WAA-LAA! We hit pay dirt!
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Since we wanted upclose and personal with Jedi Mickey we got on line to get pictures and autographs! We meet some nice people on line and hung out a while waiting-
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After standing in line in the sun we were ready for some airconditioning so we headed over to the Great Movie ride, we had never rode it, we enjoyed it The boys really liked the Gangster area since this is where they did the little skit-

Cooled off we decided to head back to the BC to unpack and relax a little before we had to be back for our reservation at 50's prime time cafe-
 
Congrats on the wonderful pixie dust of an upgrade! Your view was fabulous :lovestruc I loved the pix of the Star Wars characters! I really need to get DH there for Star Wars weekends - he will love it!!!
 
We headed back to the BC and unpacked-this time we had lots of suitcases and stuff-
We filled the drawers and organized the rest-\

The boys goofing off on the balcony(what little there was- didnt bother them though)
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once we got everything straightened out it was time to head back for our fastpass for Toy Story and dinner-

And we're back-
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We headed straight to Toy Story- i pulled out the fastpasses and realized earlier I had looked wrong and was an hour off- I thought it was 4:45-5:45YIKES :eek: it was 5:00 and we were ow 15 minutes late for our FP time-

I though DH was going to flip--it all ended up ok- we were let in!!! And we absolutly LOVED the ride! Boy do you work out the pulling arm though!
A new family favorite!

We headed to the 50's primetime cafe for dinner, now this was already a bone of contention for me since FSIL and family were supposed to join us and decided not too and I was irritated that I had made all sorts of ADR's for people--I asked them before I made the reservations- an all trip people backed out at the last minute-

I got over it and we checked in and waited only about 5 minutes and were seated-
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Food was pretty good enjoyed it up until DS-2 decided he didnt want to sit any more and proceeded to act like a wild beast! the servers kept telling DH not to pinch him--at this point we were ready to have our check and she took a long time to get it too us- could she not see we were all getting distressed at this piont- it probably was only 10 or so minutes but 10 LONG minutes! We left and peace resumed!

We browsed some shops after dinner and searched for a Star wars weekend pin- we apparently they dont have one- WHY? there is a pin for everything!

We decided to head over to wait for Fantasmic-
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DS-2 doesnt sit still very well without entertainment -
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so I took him for a walk- there was a DP set up -had to check it out- all the DFTW planning has caused a sort of obsession and we headed over by the entrance where apparently alot of toddlers were brought to run off steam and wait for the show- DS2 had alot of fun running with the other kids--running is good! Wears them out!

We headed back right before the show started and he fell asleep-
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We enjoyed the show-
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We left after to head back BC to catch some ZZZZZZZ for the next day---


up next - Day 4:Father's Day, AK
 
congrats on the upgrade!!! Glad you were able to get a room you liked!! Love the starwars pics!! I'm sure it is very crowded during that time!!

you're so lucky to have DS fall asleep on you!! my kids won't sleep anywhere except a bed, making long trips to the parks a hassle. And WHY does it take so long to get the check when you have a screaming child??!! Even at home, it's like the servers LIKE to hear your child fussing and crying! Gesh! Just give me the check before he starts throwing things at you!!
 
Congrats on the wonderful pixie dust of an upgrade! Your view was fabulous :lovestruc I loved the pix of the Star Wars characters! I really need to get DH there for Star Wars weekends - he will love it!!!

I was so relieved to get a better view! I definately was excited for the pixie dust! The Star wars stuff was fun! We spent more time that day doing it than anything else! No regrets though! Everything else will be there next time!~
 












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