Family, Friends, & Celebrities- A MAGICAL Birthday TR!!! *UPDATE*8/27! Final thoughts

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

Great updates Tim!! I love how you guys take pictures of everything so you remember all the details...like the winner of monopoly! How fun!

I totally see why renting a house together would be fun and save a bunch of money and also time like you mentioned. I think it's a great idea and definitely has its advantages!

Love the DHS pictures so far and the group shot of you guys with Goofy and Pluto is awesome!

Oh my gosh - a lost kid? Don't leave us hanging for long now!

Heather

 

[KatMark]

It IS always Kat and I.... Why is that??


NO, have no idea who would pull such shenanigans on a thread?? Who me?!!

I have no idea why he "singled" us out? Are we the ones who said we were going to strap one of the women on the top of the car?

If I don't get on later, Happy Easter to everyone here who follows Tim's thread and to Tim, Mel and Princess Juliana.

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Dave refused to take a picture of me holding the money, so I had to do it myself!

It was midnight and we knew the morning would come quick. We called it a night too but I hopped on the computer to post an update on my PTR....12:11am
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=35724231&postcount=2039




Up Next.... Do you remember your 1st time? DHS, and the 1st Celebrity sighting!!!!!!

Great arrival play-by-play! I'm glad that staying off-site didn't make you lose the Disney magic. I think we may rent a house the next time we go down with our entire family. You can't beat a Mamaw's cooking!

Sarah Kate has the same Tiana PJ's as Juliana.

Love the Monopoly winner picture.

Very cool!

It was a beautiful day. It was sunny with a high of 72. It felt like Florida weather.

So glad that it warmed up for you!

Great group pic!!

The kids are so cute!

This looks about like the area that we sat in last year. Great seats!

I'm nervous for the next update - a lost kid? And very curious as to what celebrity you saw.

 

[that's nice]

It IS always Kat and I.... Why is that?

I think you ladies like to bust on me... that's OK though... I do my share of bustin too!!!

NO, have no idea who would pull such shenanigans on a thread?? Who me?!!

NO NOT YOU!!!

Nice update!

So my line about get strollers situated, diaper bags situated, etc...really rang true with you huh...

Oh yea... I'm used to getting 1 kid ready- it was a lot different trying to get three kids together.

72 degrees! PERFECT touring weather.

Playhouse Disney...I've outgrown that attraction

The weather was perfect on Sunday!!!

So ummm how many times have you seen Playhouse Disney?

Drinking lots of water is key.

You can say that again!

What a site to see early in the morning! Back in my hometown in Maine, they host a balloon festival every year. It is so cool to see them in the early morning and right before sunset.

It was so nice and peaceful watching them.

Sounds like things are going well so far, but now you have me worried with a "lost kid."

Hopefully I can get to that tonight.

Great updates Tim!! I love how you guys take pictures of everything so you remember all the details...like the winner of monopoly! How fun!

I had to take a picture to remember this night! Dave forgot that I even took the pic! LOL

I totally see why renting a house together would be fun and save a bunch of money and also time like you mentioned. I think it's a great idea and definitely has its advantages!

OH yea.. it was the best move for us to rent.

Love the DHS pictures so far and the group shot of you guys with Goofy and Pluto is awesome!

That was a good pic! We took a lot of pics... don't worry I wont show all of them to you.

Oh my gosh - a lost kid? Don't leave us hanging for long now!

Heather

I won't!

 

[that's nice]

I have no idea why he "singled" us out? Are we the ones who said we were going to strap one of the women on the top of the car?

Errrrr.... I think Dave said that..

If I don't get on later, Happy Easter to everyone here who follows Tim's thread and to Tim, Mel and Princess Juliana.

Thanks Kathy!

Happy Easter to you and Mark too!!!!

Great arrival play-by-play! I'm glad that staying off-site didn't make you lose the Disney magic. I think we may rent a house the next time we go down with our entire family. You can't beat a Mamaw's cooking!

The next time or the next next time?

Sarah Kate has the same Tiana PJ's as Juliana.

We must shop at the same store!!! Wonder which one that could be.

Love the Monopoly winner picture.

Thanks! I am a WINNER!!!

I'm nervous for the next update - a lost kid? And very curious as to what celebrity you saw.

A lost kid and a Celebrity.. doesn't sound like it should go together now does it?

 

[MaryAz]

Great update. I hope the girls still like PHD this trip. Great job packing everyone and everything in the car!

 

[jenseib]

Yay! I'm all caught up. So glad you aren't going to fast, or I would never be able to catch up. Looks like a great start.
Yay for Photopass arriving already!

 

[logansmummy]

Everyone looks so excited to be there! There is nothing like seeing the excitement on the kids faces, it gets us adults excited too! Can't wait to hear more!

 

[Millie12591]

Y'all!

 

[that's nice]

Great update. I hope the girls still like PHD this trip. Great job packing everyone and everything in the car!

I hope your girls still like it too. It is really sad how fast they grow up.

Yay! I'm all caught up. So glad you aren't going to fast, or I would never be able to catch up. Looks like a great start.
Yay for Photopass arriving already!

I'm trying to get 1 update every 2-3 days.

The photopass pics came at the perfect time!!!!

Everyone looks so excited to be there! There is nothing like seeing the excitement on the kids faces, it gets us adults excited too! Can't wait to hear more!

ITA!! Seeing the kids gets us adults even more excited too!!! (Not that I wasn't already excited! LOL)

Y'all!

THANKS!!!!!! Happy Easter to you too!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Errrrr.... I think Dave said that..

I think maybe he was still mad about losing Monopoly.

 

[that's nice]

We were leaving Animation Courtyard still trying to decide what to do. Juliana wanted to go to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. I didn't think this was a bright idea. It was already 11:15 and we have only seen 1 attraction so far. All Juliana wanted to do was go to that playground. I gave in- like any Dad would- and we headed over there.

The kids were playing and having a blast!

I was trying to find a HM in the playground by using the HM which Kathy (Katmark) sent to us. (Thanks again Kathy!!! ) I was looking everywhere and I couldn't find it. I CM saw me looking around and asked me if I wanted help finding it. I agreed and she led me to this.

Don't see it?

After she helped me find the HM, she had a surprise for me. She brought me to a corner of the playground and showed me this little princess.

She explained to me that when they were building the playground, a worker placed the charm into the wet concrete. If you weren't looking for it you probably wouldn't see it. It is near the exit to the spider web right next to the green grass.

I thanked her for showing me and walked back over to where the kids were playing.

In the middle of the playground there is a 'dirt' mound with 3 different slides. After each kid went down about 10 times they wanted to go over to the 'film' slide. To get to the film slide you have to climb up another 'dirt' mound that attaches to a bunch of tunnels. We watched Juliana climb the stairs that led to the slide. We moved over to the bottom of the slide to wait for her. Well Mel and I kept waiting and waiting... Juliana never came down. I went up to see what was taking her so long and she wasn't there!

Melody went into full panic mode and I started crawling through tunnels trying to find her. I'm calling for Juliana while I'm crawling through these tiny tunnels that were not meant for an adult to be in. I come out and tell Mel that I still can't find her. We are frantically looking for her and a CM comes over and asks us if we need help. Just then, Juliana comes walking down the stars on the opposite side of where the slide was. I don't think she thought she was lost. We grabbed her and hugged & kissed her- then scolded her. The whole ordeal lasted about 2 minutes but it felt like 20. We were just very relieved that Juliana was OK.

She did end up going on the slide. (upset that we yelled at her)

Now that the crisis had been averted, we brought the kids over to see the characters from Monster's INC.

I like this photopass pic

Meeting Mike Wazowski.

A few more pics.

It was noon and the kids were asking for snacks. We walked down the Streets of America and headed over towards ABC Commissary. We found a table outside and had our ham & cheese sandwiches that the wives made back at the house.

We came up with a plan while we were eating. We were gonna check out the Muppets then Dave & I would go to Lights, Motors, Action while the girls and the kids did some shopping, then we would meet up after the show.

To Be Continued... Up next.. Can we stick to the plan? & Celebrities

 

[All7OfUs]

That's so fun that there were games like "Find the Hidden Mickey" for the adults to play too!! At first when she showed you that princess pin, I thought, before I read the whole paragraph, that she was giving you a pin for looking for HMs or something. But this was just as cool! A "hidden princess". Did you show it to Juliana??

PANIC!! Yikes!! I would have loved to have seen you rummaging around in the tunnels though. I had to do that once in a McDonalds playplace.
Gag me, it REEKED in there of sweaty kids and dirty feet!!

I hope I can catch some Pixar characters this time around. I was so lost in that park last time, I couldn't find them to save my EAster basket!

 

[that's nice]

I think maybe he was still mad about losing Monopoly.

Or mad that he would be joined by a slight hangover on his first park day!

That's so fun that there were games like "Find the Hidden Mickey" for the adults to play too!! At first when she showed you that princess pin, I thought, before I read the whole paragraph, that she was giving you a pin for looking for HMs or something. But this was just as cool! A "hidden princess". Did you show it to Juliana??

It was neat. I did show Juliana but she couldn't understand why it was there.

PANIC!! Yikes!! I would have loved to have seen you rummaging around in the tunnels though. I had to do that once in a McDonalds playplace.
Gag me, it REEKED in there of sweaty kids and dirty feet!!

I feel like we really keep an eye on her and never let her out of our sight. She just pulled the slip on us!

The tunnels didn't smell great, I'll tell you that much.

I hope I can catch some Pixar characters this time around. I was so lost in that park last time, I couldn't find them to save my EAster basket!

There are some right across from TSM and the Monsters Inc are across from the Studio Catering Company- behind the gift shop.

 

[All7OfUs]

There are some right across from TSM and the Monsters Inc are across from the Studio Catering Company- behind the gift shop.

You just gave me an idea for the one of the "empty spots" on my DHS Day Touring Journal page- the location(s) of all Pixar characters. Incredibles, Monsters, Cars, UP, etc.... THANKS!

 

[FreezinRafiki]

We were leaving Animation Courtyard still trying to decide what to do. Juliana wanted to go to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. I didn't think this was a bright idea. It was already 11:15 and we have only seen 1 attraction so far. All Juliana wanted to do was go to that playground. I gave in- like any Dad would- and we headed over there.

I'm with you here. Our local zoo has a little playground that my kids just love. Of course we can't play at the park directly across the street for free - we have to pay zoo admission, look at 3 animals, then spend the rest of the time at the playground.

After each kid went down about 10 times they wanted to go over to the 'film' slide.

Does she have any idea what "film" is?

Melody went into full panic mode and I started crawling through tunnels trying to find her.

Yup, that would be my family too if (ok, when) we've lost one of our kids. Although I wouldn't say she was lost - more like misplaced.

I can't wait to see what Stopher does with this pic after the ribbing he gave me for squatting next to Tiana & Naveen in my TR.

To Be Continued... Up next.. Can we stick to the plan? & Celebrities [/SIZE]

Hey - you used the celebrity tease at the end of your last update. This has better be someone big (like Chuck Norris!) to warrant being teased twice. If its some C-lister like CarrotTop or anyone from a reality show, I swear I'm going to unsubscribe from this trip report!

 

[carissanboys]

Ahhhhh - the lost child in the HISTK play area. Been there done that numerous times. But, like you alluded to, it's not the kids that are lost - it's the parents. The kids know where they are at all times.

 

[Emma's Dad]

What a scare! Fortunately, we have not had this experience yet with our DD. I only lose backpacks!

Awwww... this is the first picture I can remember seeing where DD isn't smiling You meanie!

She did end up going on the slide. (upset that we yelled at her)

 

[stopher1]

I can't wait to see what Stopher does with this pic after the ribbing he gave me for squatting next to Tiana & Naveen in my TR.

Well - actually - I thought about saying something, but then realized, wait, he's just trying to get down to Mike's level - so Tim's bending down makes sense.

Nice pictures and update Tim!

 

[dvczerfs]

nice update tim!!! we have a pic when our dd was about 3 going down that slide with me first!!! i didnt put my feet down at the end and ended up on my butt!!! dd is 17 and she still remembers that everytime we walk by the play ground.