First timers trip report...Update pg2 #26 Pandemonium *Fixed the PICS LINK!!!!!!!*

[TLinden16]

You're off to a magical start! I'm glad you survived the flight

Thanks for posting.

 

[Disney owl]

Great reports thanks

 

[ZZUB]

We stand for a few minutes and gaze down main street, bustling with people, the castle looming in the distance, the tears welling up in my eyes. It is so indescribable, it is just like every picture I have ever seen, everything I had always envisioned in my head, it is just such a perfect moment. The tears are streaming down my face at this point and my DH hugs me and I tell him how happy I am and I just can't believe we are actually here!! Out of the front pipes up DD "So are we going to keep sitting here or what??" LOL Ok moment over!

Some of us have been so often, and have been going since we were little, that we don't realize what this moment is like for someone who has waited her entire life to go to Disney World. You did a great job of describing that for us and I'm really enjoying your report so far.

Also, tell your husband we said THANK YOU! I have tremendous respect for the men and women who fight for our country. We won't forget the sacrifices your family made on our behalf. That goes for you and your daughter as well. We understand that a soldier's family also pays a hefty price in our ongoing fight for freedom.

 

[tkd lisa]

Another big thanks to your DH for serving. I'm extemely greatful!

I had to laugh at the smoking area comment. I've mistakenly wandered into the smoking area before, and whenever I smell smoke, I always look around for the sign before I say anything, cause man would that be embarassing! But I have to say, I don't do the passive agressive thing. If someone is smoking in a non-smoking area where I have to stay (i.e. in the Japan courtyard while I'm watching the drummers), I politely say "WDW is non-smoking except in designated areas. There's a smoking section between here and France, just over to the left". I've never had anyone be nasty to me when I do it that way. Of course, sometimes they don't leave or put out the cigarette, but most times they do !!

As far as the pictures, you should probably just post them here. It's really easy, since you already have them saved on photobucket. Under each picture is a list of three types of file names. Just go to the filename that says "img", highlight the whole thing, copy (Control C), come back to your thread, and paste (control v). And they should come right up!

Can't wait for the next installment.

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoyed reading your report ~ Thanx for sharing.

 

[medicgirl_911]

OK all, I fixed the pics link!
The new and improved pics link! No password needed here, sorry about that!

Thanks for all the super nice comments! I appreciate the photo tips as well, I will have to give that a shot!

OK I have tried two times now to do another portion of our trip report, and both times my 'puter froze up on me, so I am going to try it in word and paste it LOL, I know when I have been beat.

 

[medicgirl_911]

So where were we before my job interrupted us?? After doing 12- 14 hr nights, I sleep all day til its time to do it all over again
Here we go.....

If you remember, I had just "accosted the stroller nazi" (loved that comment lol) So we leave the not-so off the beaten path smoking area and end up out on Main St. I thought Libery Square and the smoking path shortcut were mobbed, stepping out onto Main St. was probably the closest I have ever came to pandemonium in my life. Remember we are a couple of hicks from a town of 2500 people lol!
We stopped on the corner of the street, (yes one of those who stops for no reason, but it was out of fear ) Looking out onto this massive sea of people, I smell an incredible aroma and notice we are in front of Caseys Corner. MMMMMMM hotdogs, feeling a bit like Homer Simpson and checking to make sure I hadn't actually drooled. Now I understand what everyone else was raving about. I had to try one. Now, I did have the turkey leg, but as good as it was, I really couldn't get much off of it, so I was still starving. We go in, because incredibly the line wasn't that long. My DD got the corndog nuggets, DH and I both a hot dog. We come back out with our quick feast and I say to DH, TGM recommends some places to watch the fireworks (meaning Wishes, but knowing that he wouldn't know what I was talking about if I said that) Now my DD, love her to death, but she can never seem to hear me say anything about cleaning up her room, picking up toys, eating her veggies, even though I am speaking directly to her in our house, she just "claims" to not hear me. Miracle of Miracles, even though she is a bit under the weather, her hearing has miraculously improved because from the front of her stroller, while we were speaking behind her, in the crush of Main St before Wishes, she manages to hear us.
I admit, I said it. The bad word. Fireworks.
The badmom was hoping that she would have outgrown her fear of fireworks. The badmom thought the Magic of Disney would transform her. Badmom thought that she would be so taken in with the music and the effects and the castle, that she would have forgotten her fear, because badmom REALLY wants to see Wishes. I watched someones video of their Wishes via the internet, and that just made badmom want to see it more. So DD miraculously hears the word fireworks and starts to freak. I told you I dont want to watch the fireworks. She is almost crying now. I'm scared Mommy, she is telling me. The overhead announcment is stating it will begin in 5 minutes. So what can you do? SIGH We head to turn in the stroller We fight our way upstream, DH and DD enter under the train station to return her stroller and badmom waits on the castle side for them to come backout instead of going through, still hoping DD will change her mind. THE MUSIC IS STARTING!! The first fireworks begin to go off and there is DD and DH, DD is bawling at this point that she wants to leave so we go toward the exit, looking back over my shoulder, thinking to myself, "Tommorow you are mine Wishes...I know it will be fine tommorow."
We exit the gates when I notice it. People seem panicked, moving very quickly. There are even some people running. Is there a wild animal loose from the Ak running amok as I look around?? We are at a leisurly stroll, well as leisurly as one can be with a crying child with her hands over her ears. Then it hits me. That crowd. That crowd, many of whom will be trying to get on the buses. My heart quickens. I remember the stories I have read. OMG WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!! I am beginning to feel panicked as well. I grab DH arm and begin walking faster, pulling him who is carrying DD. Looking ahead for pockets in the crowd to pass through. I think he finally catches on to what is going on and I dont have to pull him quite so hard anymore. We approach number 18. The last of the stops, the last in line. The bus stop isn't too bad yet. We are somewhere in the middle, with more crowding in behind us. The bus approaches and the pack in like a sardine begins. I realize what a blessing our ride to MK was. This is insane. We are standing shoulder to shoulder, jammed in tight and we take off for our home away from home-- the POP Century.
Since I am an ER nurse and a former paramedic, I have been on my fair shre of accident calls, or taken care of the aftermath. I begin to think about what could happen if this thing should crash, ehhhh then try to think about something else. DD has calmed down and we spot some of the EPCOT Illuminations fireworks. DD is content to spot those, since she can't actually HEAR them. We get to POP and enter in. Now I will say that Disney has this marketing thing down to an exact science. When you enter, you enter through the gift shop. To get to the food court, you go through the gift shop. $$Brilliant$$ We decide to try our hand at the counter service, since the brief hotdog treat, ate while manuvering Main St only made us more hungry. I had the Parmesan Crusted Chicken Alfredo with a breadstick and a salad, DH just had the chicken and a salad, and DD had the kids Penne pasta with marinara sauce. DH and myself actually found this to be suprisingly good. DD took one bite of her pasta and was finished, as she was with her corndog bites from Caseys. I worry and feel her to check for a temp, but she is feeling cool now. Oh well too much excitement I guess. I am also glad we got there when we did, because as we were leaving, the food court had went from mildly crowded to an absolute packed mess. We head back to our room and just want to sleep. Turns out those hard beds I was worried about, wasn't an issue at all. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Stay tuned, day 2 at the MK to follow!!! Thanks to those who are reading!

 

[OhMari]

Stay tuned, day 2 at the MK to follow!!! Thanks to those who are reading!

Your welcome. Glad you are sharing your report with us. How come you didn't stay at Shades of Green? I really don't know the in/outs of the place, but I heard people talk about staying there that are in service or vets.