FINALLY COMPLETE! 10/3/2010- But Why is the Rum Gone? Disneyween 2007

[keahgirl8]

Those trips always go by too quickly! I can't wait to read your TR! I have to ask...I was looking at your pictures on Flickr, and I saw one with a sign that said Oklahoma. Where was that taken?

 

[as dreamers do]

And speaking of flickr... last week you said you were uploading things to Flickr and YouTube straight from WDW, but I hadn't (and still haven't) a clue what your account/s is/are. I wanna see the goods, sister!

 

[IkeandMike]

Welcome Home. I too am eagerly waiting the tr. I read last years and loved it. Way to go on the casting call.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Note to self: in the future, ALWAYS take an extra day off before going back to work!!

I spent a few hours last night sorting and resizing the first couple of days worth of pictures, so hopefully I'll actually have something to write soon!

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

Yaaay - Looking forward to it!

 

[PrincessV]

(Psssssst, someone went to Disney casting a couple of days ago!)

Okay, you've got me doing this: And a little of this: And also a smattering of this:

DISH!!!!!

 

[babieemelly]

I spent a few hours last night sorting and resizing the first couple of days worth of pictures, so hopefully I'll actually have something to write soon!

I can't wait!!!!

 

[KatGarcia]

Just got back a few hours ago. I was briefly able to meet Crystal (and the KatGarcia pair) at the Adv Club on Halloween.


Get cracking on the report

YAY! HI! It was a brief meeting but the club was F-U-N and we had never been there before!

 

[mariacj]

Darn it I have to go to work and I just read your pre trip entry.... as arnold was say "Ill be back" (I am flexing muscles in case anyone was wondering to give it the full effect of awsomeness)

 

[LouDisney]

Welcome back Crystal, can't wait to read your trip report and see pics.

 

[babieemelly]

We're all very patiently waiting...

 

[MA pigletfan]

Welcome home Crystal...soo looking forward to your report!

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Disneyween 2007 - Part 1- Oct 25, 2007-Leaving Town!

In case you’re just joining us, or your memory isn’t the sharpest, let’s start out by reviewing our cast!

Me: Your faithful trip reporter! This is my 9th trip to the World, all of which have been since 2000. Nerd, photographer, belly dancer, resort hopper, very poor speaker of very many languages.

Katie: Lives near Disney, and has thus made cameos in many trip reports over the years! Slowest text-messager you’ll ever meet (or not meet.) Not a botanist.

Sherice: Katie’s friend from LA, who is joining us for the first few days of the trip!

Kellylou- if this was Monty Python, and she were a man, we would call her “Sir Not Appearing In This Trip Report!” If you read the pre-trip, you know Kelly was supposed to come, but had to cancel. She was very missed, so I’m leaving her in the cast, anyway! (Plus, I’ll probably refer to her now and then!)

Capt Jack, Stitch, and Crocky- small stuffed trip mascots

Felecia Von Focker Crocker- Small stuffed crocodile from the Team Focker Watch croc exchange thread. In other words, she gets passed from DISer to DISer, and I get to crocsit her for part of the trip!


It’s always hard to believe a trip is really here, but this one was especially odd because not only had I been planning it for nine entire months, but I also started a brand new job just a week before leaving, so I spent the week before my trip totally exhausted, and getting very little done! I could not WAIT for the 25th, when I would finally be on the road!

Since I’ve been having problems with my Eustachian tubes all year, I made sure to book a non-stop flight, in case my ears caused problems. This mean flying Southwest out of Kansas City, MO, instead of flying from Springfield, which is much closer to where I live!

Since my flight was just after noon on Oct 26, and it takes more than 4 hours to get to KC, I decided it would be a much better idea to take the 25th off as well, and drive up that day! Let me tell you guys, I am SO glad I did!

Working 8am-4:30pm makes it IMPOSSIBLE to schedule in a doctors appointment! So before I could hit the road on the 25th, I had TWO doctors to visit! Yeep!

My first stop was the ear doctor- again! You may remember that I got shots in my nose (OUCH!) several weeks ago, which are the first thing that have actually helped! If I wasn’t doing better, I was going to have to get a hole cut in my ear drum (again, OUCH!), but luckily I didn’t have to! I did, however, get another round of needles up the nose! (Say it with me now… ouch!)

My second doctor appointment is kind of funny if you know me. See, the thing is- I LOVE to fly. I love heights. I get giddy at takeoff.

But this trip, it was suggested that I pick up some Xanax. To fly with.

See, the whole ear thing? It seems that stress somehow makes it worse. So if I’m nervous about something, my ears are more likely to hurt than if I’m relaxed. And of course, wondering how my ears were going to react to flying when *driving* sometimes makes it where I can’t breathe was making me nervous. Thus, Xanax!

My regular doctor couldn’t get me in today until 3:30pm, though, and the walk-in clinic I used to go to on weekends has since closed! Luckily, I found another walk-in clinic near my ear doctor who could see me immediately! Score!!! It was kind of embarrassing to go in to a doctor I’ve never seen and ask for drugs, but I had a flight to catch, so I said goodbye to what was left of my pride, and before I knew it, I was picking up my two pills (two whole pills!) at the pharmacy on the way back home. Yay!

This is getting long for a pre-disney Day! But not half as long as the day FELT! I wanted to get going already!

A funny (but not at the time!) story about driving to Kansas City- - My mom had to drive there earlier in the month to fly to Vegas (lucky!), so I asked her to pay attention to the drive to see how hilly it is (My ears do NOT dig heels these days!). She came back and reported that it was totally flat. AWESOME!

Guess what? MY MOTHER IS INSANE! The drive was SUPER DUPER hilly! I had to stop for a break at least once an hour, despite continuously taking decongestant. NOT a fun drive! Eventually I started amusing myself by nagging her about her bad judgement- every time we went up/down a particularly hilly section, I’d ask “And just WHICH part of this drive is supposed to be flat, again?”

After what seemed like FOREVER, but was actually about 5 hours, we made it to Kansas City!!! At last!

Very blurry Capt Jack on the road!

I’ve mentioned that my mom loves slot machines, so as a result, we had a FREE hotel room at a casino waiting for us tonight! Nothing is better than free! But even better, I was thrilled to find out when we checked in that we had been upgraded to a suite-- SCORE!

My mom was off to the slot machines about thirty-five seconds after dropping off her suitcases, but I just wanted to *relax*! Also, I was starving, but way too tired and road-weary to go down to one of the restaurants, so instead, I hit the vending machines:

Mmmm, nutrition!

My eyes were bigger than my stomach, as usual, though, and I only ended up eating the Ruffles while watching the last 15 minutes of Grey’s Anatomy (Oooh, I need to catch up on it!), before falling asleep!

Tomorrow, we get to the good part!

 

[Wonders10]

Am I first? Hooray!

Sorry your ears were such a pain on the car ride...hope they don't act up on the plane for you too! And as usual you are off to a great start and I can't wait to hear how this trip turned out...especially the Disney Casting part

P.S. Love your dinner...Very well-balanced

 

[pongoperdigirl]

Wooo Hoooo
Glad you started the report

How is the job going??
Can't wait to hear about how it all unfolds!

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

You work at a hotel, right?

Sorry your ears give you such problems...
I know how painful that can be!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[IkeandMike]

Moms are great arn't they? One time (at band camp) my mom gave my dh and I directions from where we live in NY to Virginia Beach, half way through following her directions, as we hit Ohio, we realized that my mother was insane. I called her to see where she got these directions from and she said she mapped it out so that we wouldn't have to go through Washington DC traffic. Our safety was way too important and those 24 hours of extra driving time was well worth the price. Note to self, never ask mom for directions again.


How's the job going by the way. Hope all is well.

 

[Belle Amy]

Yay to the beginning of a Crystal Trip Report!!! Can't wait to see all the fun and laugh my butt off....


So when is your next trip to Disney? I know you're planning already!!!!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I'm sorry your ears were so bad. I hope they were better on the airplane!

Your dinner looks delicious!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Your dinner looked so yummy, especially that Twix bar.