Gramma jinxed disney on spring break! PARTING THOUGHTS 06/15/09

[FauntleroyFAN07]

even when leaving disney, it is still nice to be home, especially when you lay down in your own bed for the night and ust go ahhhh, relaxing

 

[MagicShell]

Too bad Disney trips and trip reports have to end. I really enjoyed reading yours. I'll be waiting for the final thoughts.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Ohhh, poo on the smokers and poo on the invading family! Glad you had a good meal at Ruby Tuesdays, we don't have them in our area but have heard of the chain. I love your idea of a "Grumpy" t-shirt for night before leaving packing. I need one too! I'd have to wear it tonight.....

 

[MAGICFOR2]

As much as last days in the parks are hard and sad, there's also a freedom in just going with the flow. You notice things you haven't seen before. You stop and appreciate things and you usually have some good luck....The Yak and Yeti food looks good.....

Coming home=not gud.

I'm glad we went to Y&Y! It was a nice surprise! It was nice just to have a day to take it all in.

even when leaving disney, it is still nice to be home, especially when you lay down in your own bed for the night and ust go ahhhh, relaxing

Yah, that would be Jim - really happy to be home in his own bed.

Too bad Disney trips and trip reports have to end. I really enjoyed reading yours. I'll be waiting for the final thoughts.

Thanks for being here!

Ohhh, poo on the smokers and poo on the invading family! Glad you had a good meal at Ruby Tuesdays, we don't have them in our area but have heard of the chain. I love your idea of a "Grumpy" t-shirt for night before leaving packing. I need one too! I'd have to wear it tonight.....

Oh, leaving today? I'm sorry - it goes by way too fast.

 

[Disney4nonah]

Loved your TR. Fellow Oregonian...Portland speaking here!
Loved your laid back approach, we are going back in January because going with my brother we just didn't get to go slow and enjoy. NOW we are going to do just that....do all the things we didnt' get a chance to! I"m so excited!
Thanks for letting us follow your journey!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Loved your TR. Fellow Oregonian...Portland speaking here!
Loved your laid back approach, we are going back in January because going with my brother we just didn't get to go slow and enjoy. NOW we are going to do just that....do all the things we didnt' get a chance to! I"m so excited!
Thanks for letting us follow your journey!

Hi! I hope you enjoy your laid back trip! There is so much to see when you look around instead of focusing on your FP time!

Thanks for reading! I'll have to follow yours.

 

[anewmac]

NOOOOOOOOOO not over already... ok what trip is planned now for you all I need some good reads

*note to self* get a grumpy tshirt to wear on the last day cuz I too hate going home!

**2nd note to self** have E show his military ID so we can wiss through security ... it doesnt work in San Diego since were a military town but I will be sure to have him do it next time! thanks for the "tip"

Oh and what place has the clam chowder at the airport?

 

[MAGICFOR2]

NOOOOOOOOOO not over already... ok what trip is planned now for you all I need some good reads

*note to self* get a grumpy tshirt to wear on the last day cuz I too hate going home!

**2nd note to self** have E show his military ID so we can wiss through security ... it doesnt work in San Diego since were a military town but I will be sure to have him do it next time! thanks for the "tip"

Oh and what place has the clam chowder at the airport?

Well, we're taking the kids to Texas on July 4th - not sure if I'll do a TR, but maybe something. Should be fun - they're moving. LOL We're planning a HI cruise next fall for our 30th, but no date yet.

Your trip is getting SO CLOSE!!!! The boys don't know yet?

Yah, the ID thing was cool. I went in ahead of him, and then I turned around and he was waving me back - we headed for the VIP line and another guy yelled at us - the ID checker said, "I told them to go there!" We felt pretty special.

The chowder place is:
Boudin’s Bakery and Café

famous sourdough bread, sandwiches, salads and soup
Terminal 3, Boarding Area F, food court at entrance to Gates 80-90, post-security
hours: daily, 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
phone: 650.871.2515

gotta love copy and paste!

 

[anewmac]

OH NO how are you going to do with your babies moving? Were doing San Francisco for the 4th, weve never been so this should be fun.. with the boys LOL. Ill be sure to get sourdough and clam chowda from Boudin’s when I go to compair it to the Orlando Airport! thanks hun!

and HI sounds awesome! Im jealous!

Yes 2months for us.. I need to start getting in workout overtime to fit into my shorts and bathing suit LOL. Boys still dont know.. WELL P kind of does but I keep brushing it off LOL

OK off to bed now LOL tmrw is going to be killer.. got to keep remembering im not as young as I used to be and cant stay up late and get up early.. body just doesnt work the same specially since I have to actually *think* at this job not like at the one when I was in high school LMAO

 

[MAGICFOR2]

OH NO how are you going to do with your babies moving? Were doing San Francisco for the 4th, weve never been so this should be fun.. with the boys LOL. Ill be sure to get sourdough and clam chowda from Boudin’s when I go to compair it to the Orlando Airport! thanks hun!

and HI sounds awesome! Im jealous!

Yes 2months for us.. I need to start getting in workout overtime to fit into my shorts and bathing suit LOL. Boys still dont know.. WELL P kind of does but I keep brushing it off LOL

OK off to bed now LOL tmrw is going to be killer.. got to keep remembering im not as young as I used to be and cant stay up late and get up early.. body just doesnt work the same specially since I have to actually *think* at this job not like at the one when I was in high school LMAO

It will be hard to have them gone, but I know it's an awesome opportunity for DS and DDIL - I'm happy for them! And Texas will be an awesome place to visit! I told Jim I don't know what we'll do with our DVC points now

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I'm sorry I've been gone so long - I had nasty dental work last week (still on pain pills) and then met DH for the weekend and DS and DDIL had their college grad.

I thought I'd just finish with best and worst of our trip, and what I wish we'd done differently:

Best meal - WL WCC
Worst meal - Tangeriene Cafe in Morocco
Best special effects - Wishes piped in to Ohana
Best drink - Lapu Lapu at Ohana
Best ride - Has to be Mission Space (even the baby side )
Worst ride - El Rio de Tiempo - what?

Best dessert - Banana Bread Pudding at Ohana

Best character experience - Santa at AK!

Biggest surprise - getting spilled on at WWS!

Biggest "must do" for another day - stay at VWL!

Most relaxing - glass of wine on the deck at WL

Okay - for what I'm most glad we did, it would have to be the car rental. We felt so much more free and so much less frustrated in the car - it made the difference in our vacay for us!

2. I'm glad I had the best parks to visit info from TGM

What I wish we would have done differently:

1. TGM was a double edged sword - I loved knowing which park to be at, but trying to do everything according to his plan was stressful. Stress doesn't work for us on vacation. We had already figured out how to "do disney" without the step by step instructions.

2. Not knowing when to have common sense about riding TSM stand-by and FP at the same time. You have to make some choices at DHS.

3. Trying to do a half day at DHS. Not possible if you want to do the rides.

- Next time I would plan for a whole day there as before, and schedule in a pool day. I would plan to ride everything only once with FP - or else skip - no 70 min RNR stand-by again!

4. I think staying so far off property was a downer. SOG offered a "overflow" rate at POR - I wish we would have taken it, even for a few extra dollars, although I did like our suite - just didn't like the neighborhood, and I would have liked to spend more time in DTD.

**When will we be back? Sometime next year before July 31st. We have some points to use - I'm tempted to do Vero Beach, but I'm sure we'll decide to to a villa at the World!

This Dec we'll be going to Texas for Christmas -I think Christmas at the beach near Corpus Cristi, then New Year's with DS and DDIL in San Antonio!****

Thanks for reading, everyone! I enjoyed re-living the experience, and sharing it with my DIS friends!

 

[anewmac]

Well thank you for sharing it all with us. It has given me lots of tips and tricks. Debating on renting a car now when we go.

I think you should do mini trip reports LOL You have to update us at least on how the grandbabies are.. I feel like we know them LOL

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I completely agree about TGM. Nice to have the info, but stressful to follow all of it!

And I absolutely agree about DHS. I always want to ride RnRC and ToT more than once and I waste SO much time in the stand-by lines. Those lines are always so long!

Your Christmas plans sound very nice!

 

[morgtroy]

I like your closing thoughts. WCC is one of our favorite meals too. We've done the skillet thing there which was good, this last trip we had steaks and they were really great!
Had to at the Santa at AKL...
I've been working on my photobook of our March trip. Now that I'm organized, I may try to do a TR of it. The car bump up on the way home from the trip put a dark cloud at the end of a great, great trip, looking back at the pics, I'm excited to share it now.

I agree on TGM, I didn't really follow his plans, but I did look at the best days for the parks and enjoyed alot of his tips.

Thanks so much for sharing your trip. You have cracked me up several times. I hate we missed each other at AKL. We'll have to meet up on another disney trip.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Well thank you for sharing it all with us. It has given me lots of tips and tricks. Debating on renting a car now when we go.

I think you should do mini trip reports LOL You have to update us at least on how the grandbabies are.. I feel like we know them LOL

I'm glad you liked my tips I'll be in touch - maybe I'll do a little mini TR of Texas so I can share pics.

I completely agree about TGM. Nice to have the info, but stressful to follow all of it!

And I absolutely agree about DHS. I always want to ride RnRC and ToT more than once and I waste SO much time in the stand-by lines. Those lines are always so long!

Your Christmas plans sound very nice!

Wouldn't it be nice to have enough time on vacation to do absolutely everthing!

I like your closing thoughts. WCC is one of our favorite meals too. We've done the skillet thing there which was good, this last trip we had steaks and they were really great!
Had to at the Santa at AKL...
I've been working on my photobook of our March trip. Now that I'm organized, I may try to do a TR of it. The car bump up on the way home from the trip put a dark cloud at the end of a great, great trip, looking back at the pics, I'm excited to share it now.

I agree on TGM, I didn't really follow his plans, but I did look at the best days for the parks and enjoyed alot of his tips.

Thanks so much for sharing your trip. You have cracked me up several times. I hate we missed each other at AKL. We'll have to meet up on another disney trip.

Thanks for reading, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I would love to see a TR. Again, I'm so sorry your trip ended with that accident. And it would be great to meet up another time! Let's watch for each other on the DIS!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

great wrap up, i need to do that on mynext TR, ohh and i finally got to work on the puzzle, i did the MK one, i think i am going to frame them and hang them on the wall, but not sure then i wont be able to do them again the future.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

great wrap up, i need to do that on mynext TR, ohh and i finally got to work on the puzzle, i did the MK one, i think i am going to frame them and hang them on the wall, but not sure then i wont be able to do them again the future.

I'm glad you're enjoying the puzzles. How big is each one when finished? I may wish I bought one for us

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

I'm glad you're enjoying the puzzles. How big is each one when finished? I may wish I bought one for us

they are 9x11 each

 

[MagicShell]

I really enjoyed your report. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[podsnel]

I'm so sad it's over!!! Another great TR!! Pods & I are trying Vero for the weekend this September- Lonnie & Mike are meeting us, I'll let you know how it goes!!!