ET's Pre trip and Trip report. TR pg 6 #87. New 10/14 THE END on pg 19 #271

[scrap4u]

Hey ET, bumping this back to the front page. Can't wait for more!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Glenda, Flower in the Attic? I loved that book. Pass the arsenic laced powdered swans over here please!

 

[Glendamax]

I was wondering why she hadn't added anything else - I forgot that she had to go away for her job.

 

[Glendamax]

OH hey!!!! You're baaack!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Princess V Thank you! We did have a very good time.

Al and Kates mom Thanks, I appreciate the encouragement!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Hey Glenda, how are you doing?

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Umama, Whats the surprise? I can't wait.....

Disneylandmama- It would be great to have a Tiara comeback tour! Maybe september?

Miss Michele- We had a great time and we, my family and I, are planning a return trip next September!

Lauralee- Thank you! I do wonder what they say about us after we leave sometimes....

Lan- Hey!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

S Poppins I will try to label those pictures soon!

Celery Stalker- Thank you! I love your signature picture!

scraps4u Thank you for bumping this while I was out!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

If I missed anyone, I apologize profusely! I truly appreciate all of you taking the time to come by and read my trip report. I am just now managing to get back on here, it has been a really rough week. And I am still having to do more research for my job.

But, I am posting another installment tonite! And then I'm going to try to do a quick speed read on everyone's trip reports.

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Day 6 After the tea

After all the hugging and goodbyes, we left to go on to Epcot to meet up with my friends husband, the joker and her son Donald. We talked about how much fun it was to finally meet everyone and how it was the highlight of our trip and if we hadn’t have done it, we wouldn’t have had near as much fun as we did. So we are thankful that we all did meet up.

Remember earlier, when I said the joker wanted to go back to the room a lot and not do much and how he hadn’t wanted to split up the whole time we were on this trip? Well, he decided to take his son to MGM while we were at the tea, which was frustrating to us and even to his wife. She had really wanted to see Beauty and the Beast at MGM. It was one of the only things she had mentioned wanting to really see. She asked me several times to say something to him about things he was doing, but I didn’t feel as though it were my place to do so. So we agreed to just meet up with the joker and Donald at Epcot when the tea was over. We gathered my little brood up and loaded them into the monorail for a ride to the TTC and then on to Epcot. It was already starting to get late and as we were entering the park, everyone seemed to be exiting the park. It started to worry us that we wouldn’t get to ride or see anything.

Once we had all met up we rode Spaceship Earth. I had never been on that ride and honestly didn’t know that it even existed. It was fun, but I probably won’t do it again. We then headed for the Test track to try and ride it. We arrived over there and there wasn’t anyone in line. We got right on the ride. It took us longer to go through the line than it did to actually get on the ride. My girls loved the ride!

After exiting this ride we moved as fast as we could over to the ride Soarin to see if we could do that one also. As we were walking, my daughter Snow White, was giving away glowing alien ear headbands, which look just like Mickey ears and people were just so surprised and kept asking her, “Are you sure you don’t want this?” She smiled and told them that she was going home the next day and needed to give them away. She was so good about handing things out. She handed out things on the monorail nearly every time we rode it. She made so many people smile, it was great.

We made it to Soarin and I have to say, I absolutely hate flying and heights, but I LOVED this ride! It was awesome! I was a little nervous when I saw the sign that said if you are afraid of heights, this might not be the best ride for you. (I’m paraphrasing, of course) But we got on and were on the very top. It was spectacular and I can’t wait to do it again and again! My poor little girl, Cinderella, was just about 2 inches too short to ride it. She absolutely loves to fly and was disappointed, but her dad stayed with her so we could ride. There is a funny story there. My dh was a helicopter search and rescue pilot while he was in the service, but the funny thing is, he’s absolutely afraid of heights!

I asked him how it was possible for him to fly and be afraid of heights and he said it didn’t seem like he was so high up when he was flying in a helicopter or plane. He actually likes to fly even after being in several helicopter crashes which were not his fault, they were training missions…. I just think it’s funny that he’s afraid of heights but loves to fly! So, he wasn’t too sure about riding this ride until I came back and told him how awesome it was. He knows I don’t like heights either. But I don’t like to fly at all. I had him nearly convinced to try it but he didn’t have time to ride Soarin that night, it was closing up, so we made our way around to Japan to watch the fireworks go off over the lagoon. We planned to come back to Epcot the very next day. After watching the fireworks and as we were leaving the park, my friend turns to me and says, “Isn’t this the EMH at MGM?” I answered yes I believe it is. She said, “How about we go over to MGM tonight because I really wanted to see Beauty and the Beast.” I agreed because I knew she was probably frustrated with her dh.

Just three of us went. Snow White, my friend and I were the only ones that chose to go on to MGM. My sweet dh volunteered to take my two youngest girls back to the room and let them get some rest. My friend asked her dh to take their son back to the room so we could go over to MGM. I’m not sure how that conversation went, but the husbands went back with the children.

 

[Lan]

Good morning ET!
How are thing going?

 

[PrincessV]

Welcome back ET! Wait... am I FIRST??!!

EDIT: Darn! I would've been first if my comp hadn't froze up!

That's so funny about your DH being afraid of heights but piloting helicopters. Guess I'll have to stay tuned to see if he ever makes it into Soarin!

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Hey Lan, It's going. I'm not sure how good right now.
How are you doing? I haven't missed anything have I?

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Welcome back ET! Wait... am I FIRST??!!

EDIT: Darn! I would've been first if my comp hadn't froze up!

That's so funny about your DH being afraid of heights but piloting helicopters. Guess I'll have to stay tuned to see if he ever makes it into Soarin!

I know what that feels like! My pc or this site freezes up after I've written an essay back to someone.... Maybe it's trying to tell me to keep short!

Yes, at this point I have only one more day left so you won't have to wait long. Did he ride it or didn't he???

 

[UtahMama]

Hi ET!!!

Did he chicken out of Soarin???? He "didn't have time"??? THAT is my favorite ride and I am PETRIFIED of heights (and falling)! I hope he made it later on in the trip!

I'm so glad the DH's took the little ones back so you 3 ladies could go see Beauty and the Beast! I didnt get a chance this last trip. But I LOVE that show!!!! Especially the sign language version.

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Hey Umama, we managed to get a girls night out. I'll post the next part of this installment. Best part of the trip after the Tea of course...

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Day 6 contd. Off to MGM

I was afraid that they wouldn’t be showing any shows since it was extra magic hours, but I didn’t say anything because I knew she would be disappointed. As we arrived into the park we met up with two really funny CM’s at the front entrance. As they took our tickets and gave us a bracelet I asked them about the Beauty and the beast show. The kid at the gate, I believe his name was Jared, said that the only show that would be playing was Indiana Jones. Then after he checked he said that it had even been cancelled. I told him that the only thing that my friend had wanted to see was Beauty and the beast. I was saying how disappointed I was and couldn’t they arrange a little showing just for us? He said, “If it was up to me, I would.” So I said okay, so why don’t you just act out the show right here and now so we can say we saw it. He bust out laughing and said, “I don’t have a problem with that.” He then turns around and calls out to another young man, “Hey, Alan, they want us to act out Beauty and the Beast.” The other kid turns around and says, “Sure, but whose going to be Beauty?” To which the first replied, “You are!” The other kid comes over and says, “I don’t think so.” And the first replies, “But you more feminine.” This conversation just got better and better.

We walked away still laughing having a great time for the first time on this trip. Three girls on the loose can always get into something! I had 21 snack credits left at this point and I was determined to use them before going home the next day. So I walked into one of the little stores and asked how many rice krispie mickeys I could get on my snack credits to take home with us. The kid was new and said he didn’t know but he could only get 5 to ring up. That left me about 16 short of my goal. So I said okay, I’ll be back. We walked on down the street and my daughter started trading with CM’s and found a Boo pin for me. We call our littlest girl Boo which came from Monsters Inc. So I had been trying to find one the whole time we were on our trip. Things just seemed to be more magical this night.

We continued walking and my daughter saw the Rock n Roller coaster and begged to go on it. I finally caved and said yes. We had a small wait line, but it wasn’t bad at all. Oh, what can I say about that roller coaster? That first part will peel the paint right off of you. Then right into the upside down and around and then another upside down. The second upside down is worse than the first one. I haven’t figured that out yet. When we got off the ride my daughter started laughing at me. She said my hair was standing straight up like in the movie, “Something about Mary”

I said, “Uhhmm, thanks.” I was being a little sarcastic but she was standing there pointing at me and laughing so hard I thought she was going to hurl. Then she turns and says, “Hey mom, there’s the picture guy. Can we get a picture?” What?? Now she wants a picture of me with my hair standing straight up? This is a blackmail picture if I’ve ever heard of one. She just wants something she can hold against me if I ever pull out her naked baby pictures. I can see where this is going.

I run my finger through my hair and say, “Okay, fine.” I did a pretty good job with just my fingers and no comb or brush!

We then proceed past the TOT and my daughter shakes her head and said, Not again. I laughed at that because I had warned her what it would feel like. We walked back past the little store and this time I sat outside and let my daughter go in with our card and try to get more snacks. She came out laughing and handed me a sack full of mickey heads. I asked her how she had managed that and she said it was the same guy and he just shook his head and rang them up. She is so cute when she’s being charming and a smidgen sneaky. Not that I would like to encourage her in that area, except when it comes to taking lime green mickey heads from home depot…. I do have to say her sarcastic wit is getting better. But she only uses it around family. We do not try to hurt other people’s feelings. Sisters on the other hand are fair game, along with mom and dad.

After the mickey snack credit heist we were off to the hotel. On the way out of the park they started playing some good music and we started acting silly and dancing around and the photopass guy laughed at us. I looked at the girls and said, “Want a picture?” And they agreed. As we walked up closer to the guy I said something about how late it was and he said yes that he was tired and ready to go home since he had been there since around 7am that morning. I said, “Well, you don’t smell like you’ve been here all day, you smell really nice.” He smiled real big and said, “I know how to please the ladies.” Whoooooohoooo. I haven’t flirted in so long I forgot what it felt like. And he was a very cute young man. Anybody have a fan I can borrow??? We laughed and bantered back and forth while we got our picture taken and then we left to go back to the hotel.

As we excited the front gate, my daughter Snow White looks at me and says, “Mom, you were flirting with that guy. And he was flirting with you.” I said, “I know, wasn’t it great?” She just shook her head and mumbled something about being me too old. HUMMPH! Then she looked at my friend and said, “He was flirting with you too.” She just laughed and said yes. Then my daughter pops off with, “Well what if I tell dad?” I said, “Go right ahead, he’d just laugh about it.” She shook her head again and said, “What’s wrong with these adults nowadays?”

We didn’t stop laughing until we were nearly back to the hotel. We were talking about all the crazy things that had happened that night and then this lady in front of us on the bus sneezed and we said Bless you. She turned around and started a conversation with us. It turns out she was by herself and staying at the same hotel we were at. We had a good conversation with her all the way back to the hotel and into the lobby.

I had decided to stop and ask about what time we needed to be at the hotel for the Magical express the next day. She went and found The Envelope of Doom for us and brought it back to the front. I smiled at her and said thank you. Then I said, “I would also like to thank you for moving us into a different room when we arrived and didn’t have hot water.” She stared at me. She said, “You didn’t have hot water?” And we said no we didn’t. She said, “That’s not right. Let me see what I can do for you.” I said, “No, you don’t have to do anything. You moved us to a room with hot water and it was a better room and we just wanted to say thank you.” She said, “You don’t understand. Nobody ever comes to us and says Thank You. It’s not fair that only the rude people get taken care of.” I protested again, “But I only wanted to say thank you.” She said, “Nice people deserve compensation too. I am giving you both a $100 room credit.” I didn’t know what to say. I just said “Thank you” again and we went to our room. I couldn’t believe that just a simple thank you would do something like that. It was very special.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

How sweet! Sounds like *girlie time* was fun for all! I love Snow White's sense of humor!
Love the innocent *flirting*. You still got it, girl!

I have loved reading your TR! Keep it coming, even though, the Envelope of Doom is upon us..........

 

[cherokeemamma]

Hey ET,

Glad to hear from you! How was the trip? We have had a crazy, busy, insane week but we are all good. Your oldest DD is very cute and looks so much like you.

I must go to bed now but I had to say Howdy!!!

Cherokeemamma

 

[Glendamax]

ET! you mean you actually rode Rockin Rollar Coaster and you do NOT have a ride photo to post!!!! I would LOVE to see that! (Aren't we DISers sooooo demanding?!)