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Ahhhh
here we are again. The start of a trip report for a trip beautifully planned and executed trip for my sons 5th birthday.
A family celebration with lots of friends and family.
Imaginary internet friends and Flat Friends, alike. Some family who I wish was only imaginary. Ahem.
Flat Kate. Doesn't she look oh so happy to be traveling with the brown folk.
Sounds wonderful, doesnt it?
Pfft read on, my friends. This trip was none of the above. Oh, we did celebrate Evans birthday, and we did chill with lots of family and friends and we did have F-U-N! No doubt. NOGwenStephani But the plan? You know the beautifully planned and executed plan? Yeah, I flung that thing like poo on Day 1. Just like that. Done. Finito. Adios. Oh, and for the record? Ridemax can suck it.
Quickie intros, okay?
We traveled July 30th through August 7th with my family of 6 and my brothers family of 4.
My family consists of: Myself (Tracy or T), my DH, Andy and our children Maddie (8) and Evan (now 5). Our accommodations are a studio at SSR.
Our traveling companions are my dad, the infamous Waldo the Wandering Wonder (74) and my mother, TE (73). They hopped on the WDW train and I booked them studio accommodations at SSR as well.
Also joining us for the 2nd time, was my brother Rick, and his wife Debbie and their 2 sons Michael and Maxwell. Not Max. Ahem. I also booked them studio accommodations at SSR.
Oh, I forgot the best part! We are newly christened DVC members and this was our first trip Home. Well, not exactly home, because our Home resort is actually AKV- Kidani Village. But since were staying on incentive points, it was either SSR or OKW. Whew I think Ive got the details down, right?
I thought it would be fun to use Twitter whilst on this wacky adventure, so I changed my profile name on Twitter and tweeted away. If you want to check out my Tweets Im FindingWaldo.
Ok, lets move on people!
July 30th - Traveling Day, 3 Strike and youre OUT!
We decided early in the trip planning stages, that we would take a non-stop red-eye out of LAX and thats just what we did.
I had jumped online to print out our tickets after I had gotten all our luggage and stuff together. Andy was working until around 3pm and our flight wasnt due out until 10pm, so I had plenty of time to do last minute laundry, etc.
I ran into my first snag when I went to print out our boarding passes. It happened AGAIN! My poor husband was flagged again by TSA and needed to check in at the airport. That really sucked, because now we had to stop at the counter and stand in line. Blech!
We had booked a car service to pick us up and transfer us to LAX, so we waited for him to arrive and then we all piled in for a peaceful drive to the airport. That is until we noticed the driver was going the wrong way out of our subdivision. Niiiiice. That was strike one.
Immediately after arriving at the airport, my darling daughter decides she has to pee. Fantastic. Im in a bit of a frenzy, as I tend to freak out a little bit in airports. Until Im on the plane, and the plane is heading in the right direction, Im a wreck.
Debbie sees I am about to freak out so she steps in and takes Maddie to the facilities. My mother, in crutches, decides she doesnt need wheelchair assistance and sends the attendant away.
Bladders empty and boarding passes in hand, we start to head to the security line and TE decides she better get a chair, since the gate is miles from ticketing. We pretty much left her to wait with Waldo and the rest of us made our way up to security. Everything was fine, until Waldo caught up to us and asked where TEs carry-on bag was.
Ummmm .
how the heck would we know? Frantic, Waldo ran back down to try to locate it and everyone all moved on to the gate, TE included. Well, everyone except me. I couldnt exactly leave him there to wander LAX, so I waited for him and was happy to see he had TEs carry-on bag. Strike Two.
Our flight was scheduled to depart at 10pm and we got the lovely announcement that our flight was slightly delayed due to a mechanical problem. Fantastic! We stood in line, yes, stood there like idiots. Well, my brother was the only idiot when he loudly announced to the entire terminal "We're going to be LATE!". That genius forgot to take his earbuds off before speaking. The entire area of people started busting up!
We finally boarded the most ghetto plane in United's fleet. I'm talking GHETTO ... the plane wasn't even freakin' painted, it was a primer gray. Throw some 22's spinners on that bad boy and we could cruise Crenshaw Blvd.
We blasted off into the dark sky and headed toward Florida. Or did we?
Up Next:
Why the heck is the ocean still on the left side of the plane?
A family celebration with lots of friends and family.
Imaginary internet friends and Flat Friends, alike. Some family who I wish was only imaginary. Ahem.
Flat Kate. Doesn't she look oh so happy to be traveling with the brown folk.
Sounds wonderful, doesnt it?
Pfft read on, my friends. This trip was none of the above. Oh, we did celebrate Evans birthday, and we did chill with lots of family and friends and we did have F-U-N! No doubt. NOGwenStephani But the plan? You know the beautifully planned and executed plan? Yeah, I flung that thing like poo on Day 1. Just like that. Done. Finito. Adios. Oh, and for the record? Ridemax can suck it.
Quickie intros, okay?
We traveled July 30th through August 7th with my family of 6 and my brothers family of 4.
My family consists of: Myself (Tracy or T), my DH, Andy and our children Maddie (8) and Evan (now 5). Our accommodations are a studio at SSR.
Our traveling companions are my dad, the infamous Waldo the Wandering Wonder (74) and my mother, TE (73). They hopped on the WDW train and I booked them studio accommodations at SSR as well.
Also joining us for the 2nd time, was my brother Rick, and his wife Debbie and their 2 sons Michael and Maxwell. Not Max. Ahem. I also booked them studio accommodations at SSR.
Oh, I forgot the best part! We are newly christened DVC members and this was our first trip Home. Well, not exactly home, because our Home resort is actually AKV- Kidani Village. But since were staying on incentive points, it was either SSR or OKW. Whew I think Ive got the details down, right?
I thought it would be fun to use Twitter whilst on this wacky adventure, so I changed my profile name on Twitter and tweeted away. If you want to check out my Tweets Im FindingWaldo.
Ok, lets move on people!
July 30th - Traveling Day, 3 Strike and youre OUT!
We decided early in the trip planning stages, that we would take a non-stop red-eye out of LAX and thats just what we did.
I had jumped online to print out our tickets after I had gotten all our luggage and stuff together. Andy was working until around 3pm and our flight wasnt due out until 10pm, so I had plenty of time to do last minute laundry, etc.
I ran into my first snag when I went to print out our boarding passes. It happened AGAIN! My poor husband was flagged again by TSA and needed to check in at the airport. That really sucked, because now we had to stop at the counter and stand in line. Blech!
We had booked a car service to pick us up and transfer us to LAX, so we waited for him to arrive and then we all piled in for a peaceful drive to the airport. That is until we noticed the driver was going the wrong way out of our subdivision. Niiiiice. That was strike one.
Immediately after arriving at the airport, my darling daughter decides she has to pee. Fantastic. Im in a bit of a frenzy, as I tend to freak out a little bit in airports. Until Im on the plane, and the plane is heading in the right direction, Im a wreck.
Debbie sees I am about to freak out so she steps in and takes Maddie to the facilities. My mother, in crutches, decides she doesnt need wheelchair assistance and sends the attendant away.Bladders empty and boarding passes in hand, we start to head to the security line and TE decides she better get a chair, since the gate is miles from ticketing. We pretty much left her to wait with Waldo and the rest of us made our way up to security. Everything was fine, until Waldo caught up to us and asked where TEs carry-on bag was.
Ummmm .
how the heck would we know? Frantic, Waldo ran back down to try to locate it and everyone all moved on to the gate, TE included. Well, everyone except me. I couldnt exactly leave him there to wander LAX, so I waited for him and was happy to see he had TEs carry-on bag. Strike Two.
Our flight was scheduled to depart at 10pm and we got the lovely announcement that our flight was slightly delayed due to a mechanical problem. Fantastic! We stood in line, yes, stood there like idiots. Well, my brother was the only idiot when he loudly announced to the entire terminal "We're going to be LATE!". That genius forgot to take his earbuds off before speaking. The entire area of people started busting up!
We finally boarded the most ghetto plane in United's fleet. I'm talking GHETTO ... the plane wasn't even freakin' painted, it was a primer gray. Throw some 22's spinners on that bad boy and we could cruise Crenshaw Blvd.
We blasted off into the dark sky and headed toward Florida. Or did we?
Up Next:
Why the heck is the ocean still on the left side of the plane?
I didn't know about that part!
I can totally see this!
And happier still that I am now Evan's puppet 
Hi T! Your off to a great start...well, eh, sort of. Can't wait to read more.
I will give it another go next year. 
