Hannah Montana Rules the World! TONS OF PICS, UPDATE 11/1!

[Belle's Mom Tink]

Can't wait to hear and see all about your trip. I haven't been on in about a week because of teaching but I will be checking back to catch your trip report. Happy writing!

 

[pierresgirl]

Excuse me but WHY is photobucket SO SLOW??? I'm just going to post my first installment and add the pics in later. Hmm it seems to go fastr if I do 1 or 2 pics at a time.

So where was I? Oh, the start of my trip report, finally! I have had an awesome time doing the pretrippie so hopefully you guys and MORE will stick around , ya hear me?! It'll be fun!

So Wed. night as I was madly finishing getting ready Bob calls me at 9 pm for a haircut. Um, excuse me??!! I'm busy and you better be getting your suitcase together with the s-p-e-l-l-e-d out packing list and Disney shirts I got you! He tells me it's all ready and he'll be there in 5 mins so get my clippers and scissors ready. Anyone who knows Bob knows 5 mins is really 30 mins and that his famous saying when you call and ask where the h*ll is he,. he says Lambtown but really means I-95 . Big dif. Trust. Well, he's closer to 15 but that's better than I expected so I give him a nice trim. Until he tells me he can't find the Incredibles shirt I got him. GRRRRRRR.

The kids are sleeping and I think Bella was actually nice enough to get in bed with Cooper and read him a story , all together now.... aawwwww! I fell asleep "with a little help from my friend dah, dah, dadada" Did I mention Pierre played hockey tonight? Idiot. Doesn't he know I have a schedule I'm sticking to??!! Oh, well, not my prob!

I wake up to my alarm on Thurs morning at 3:45 feeling sorry for poor Pierre who has to actually wakeup at 3 am every morning for work. Easy when you are going to Disney but NOT for work. I got the kiddies up and they ran downstairs to wakeup Grandpa. We loaded up the trunk and I had a hard time keeping the kids quiet so we didn't wakeup Mrs. C. next door. Right outta the driveway Pierre goes in the wrong direction so him and my Dad are going back and forth about the quickest way. Bob has his trusty GPS unit which BTW he does NOT need, he just likes silly toys with wires and motherboards. Like Abby's Dad Fred (HI!), he can find his way anywhere! About 45 mins later we are at the airport, we grab our bags and mosey on in.

I could not believe how fast we got through security and luggage drop off. Probably 10 mins tops! I'm leaving from here from now on! Here are the kids with the UConn husky dog and Southwest in the background.

We grabbed a bite to eat and headed down to our gate where Bella and Cooper went mental each time a plane took off . Since Coop is still 4 we got to preboard and grabbed seats together. Pierre and I were smart and sat behind the 3 of them . Eh, they were going to watch a DVD anyways.

There was a fair amount of turbulance but other than that it was a good flight and fast. We got to MCO, Bob turned his phone on and it rang immediatly. It was my sister who had her baby while we were flying!!! What an inconsiderate little bugger, I was beggin him for a week to come on Wed! Anyways, they are both doing well, his name is Dominic and he was 7lbs 8oz. We made our way over to the Magical Express where the check-in, again, was quick. Pierre's sugar seemed a little low, nothing that a bag of M&M's won't cure! We stood in our lane and the kids decided to CRAWL all over the floor like BABIES shooting a dropped M&M all over the place. I swear.... I made them come back over to us and a few mins later decided that a bathroom break would be wise. They started to follow me and Bella nearly knocked over the roping. Why, you ask? Um, maybe because she TIED her shorts drawstring to it! We finally get on the ME bus and head over to the most Magical Place on Earth.

 

[pierresgirl]

Welcome back!

So glad to hear you had such a wonderful time!

I can't wait to hear about your trip and see your photos...

welcome home!

Welcome home!

Can't wait to read all the answers to the questions!!!

Thanks for the welcome backs! Hope you liked the first installment!

Welcome back - and we're ready for all the details!

You got my first Dis shout out! You guys are doing great on your report!

Welcome home!

Can't wait to hear and see all about your trip. I haven't been on in about a week because of teaching but I will be checking back to catch your trip report. Happy writing!

Thanks guys! I'm going to try and NOT drag it out bc that drives me crazy!

 

[abbybeth]

welcome home and woohoo! it's started already

here's what I learned about uploading to photobucket ... use the "bulk uploader" option in the bottom right corner of the normal uploading box - you can upload 50 pictures in the time it takes for 3. It will make your life so much easier!

 

[pierresgirl]

Can one of the moderates please move me to the trip report section?

 

[pierresgirl]

welcome home and woohoo! it's started already

here's what I learned about uploading to photobucket ... use the "bulk uploader" option in the bottom right corner of the normal uploading box - you can upload 50 pictures in the time it takes for 3. It will make your life so much easier!

Thanks Abby! I have to go to work now but will do this tomorrow morning!

 

[Abby's Dad]

Like Abby's Dad Fred (HI!), he can find his way anywhere!

Thanks for noticing me ...... and wires and motherboards are good I almost bought a portable GPS for our trip when I found out that there was WDW software specific for it - you always have the directions for the nearest restroom!

 

[jordanyosh]

We have lift off

It was a little lonely around here while you were gone.....

jordan

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Hi! We just got home and I wanted to stop in and say HI!! I will catch up on your TR tommrrow! I am going to start mine tommrrow or Monday--I have to upload a ton of pics first though

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Great start! I can't wait to read more!

So funny that Bella's shorts were tied to the rope!

 

[kindakrazy2]

Poor Bella! Tied to a rope when you are trying so hard to go see Mickey!

 

[dismom9761]

Great first installment! I know photobucket is soo slow. I just upload pic while I am doing housework. Congrats on the new baby in the family! The pics are adorable.Looking forward to more...

 

[pierresgirl]

Thanks for noticing me ...... and wires and motherboards are good I almost bought a portable GPS for our trip when I found out that there was WDW software specific for it - you always have the directions for the nearest restroom!

I bought it for him for Christmas but the guy does NOT need it. He called me up when he was in bed and told me the GPS unit knew where he was

We have lift off

It was a little lonely around here while you were gone.....

jordan

Awww, thanks!

Hi! We just got home and I wanted to stop in and say HI!! I will catch up on your TR tommrrow! I am going to start mine tommrrow or Monday--I have to upload a ton of pics first though

I just saw that you were getting home so I need to pop back over and check your report!

Great start! I can't wait to read more!

So funny that Bella's shorts were tied to the rope!

Thanks! She's a piece of work, that kid!

Poor Bella! Tied to a rope when you are trying so hard to go see Mickey!

She's a goof!

Great first installment! I know photobucket is soo slow. I just upload pic while I am doing housework. Congrats on the new baby in the family! The pics are adorable.Looking forward to more...

Thanks
Amy, I'm going to try the bulk uploader like Abby suggested. The baby is really cute and SO tiny. You forget how light they are, it was like holding a feather!

Off to work on my next installment!

 

[pierresgirl]

Why is the volume so LOW on the video they show on the bus? You can't even hear the thing! So annoying! Anyways, the Caribbean Beach Resort is the first stop and we jump off the bus and into the Florida HEAT! Wowzers is it ever muggy! I feel sorry for the people sitting on the benches because they are going HOME and I'm NOT! I go inside to the checkin desk and get through pretty quickly and Bob checked in right after me with the same lady. Just like seeing Beauty and the Beast in NYC we had the mutha of all buildings, number 39 in Trindad South, ladies and gentlemen. She gave him a first timers pin and we decided to use our first cs credit and grab a bite to eat at Old Port Royale since it was about noon and the room wasn't ready.

We hopped on the internal resort bus and got off at OPR. As soon as we walked in we heard the Calypso music and saw a bunch of people doing the limbo and dancing, SO cool!!! They tried to get Bella and Cooper to join in but they were all set. not havin' any part of that action thankyouverymuch! We grabbed seats and headed over to the food. The kids want pizza but I find out they cannot have that on the dining plan. HUH???!!! Now that is just plain stupid, everyone knows that pizza is a food group for kids! Grilled cheese will have to do for them. I got a turkey BLT that was awesome ecept for the mushy tomato, loved the grainy bread it came on. Pierre got an oriental chicken salad that he really enjoyed as well as finishing Bella's grilled cheese since she hated it. By that time she had spotted the pool outside and was pretty much foaming at the mouth. She ran back and forth to the door about a hundred times so I agreed to let her go for a swim because I know how to pick my battles.

She's in the red suit and Bob is there checkin' out the action. What a cool pool! We stayed about 45 minutes, sweating our butts off before heading over to Trinidad South (TS). Back on the internal shuttle. #$^$%^$%&$%. The grounds of the resort are really pretty, very lush groundscape and there were always people working on them to make them even prettier. I loved the orange flowers there.

Since our room STILL wasn't ready we went to the pool at TS and let Bella get back in the water. Bob crashed on a lounger, well at least I told him to because my plans for the afternoon included alot of walking around Epcot, but he kept playing with his darn phone . He ended up going for a dip in the pool with Bella and that woke him up. Cooper was pouting and miserable by this point which was causing my Donald to come out... especially since I was mad about not having a room. It started to sprinkle a bit so we shoved our stuff under the table umbrella just in time. It was POURING within minutes! Good old Florida weather ! I snapped a pic of an uncooperative child (he saw me and kept putting the umbrella in front of his face so it took about 10 pics to get this one, notice the furrowed brow. That comes from Bob, we all have it)

Once it stoped raining I took Cooper for a little walk down to the beach and he cheers up right away. We found a ton of fish in the water so we chased them and he played on the playscape.

We also found LOADS of these guys all week and it became a big game for the kids.

By this time it was 3 and no room yet. Donald was just sca-reamin! That was the absolute latest that I wanted to get to the park but Pierre only had a long sleeve shirt on and wanted his stuff. After listening to me hem and haw he told me to go on with Bob, Bella and Cooper and he'd meet us there. Darn right I was going to go over there! #$%#$%^$& room! It ended up not being ready till 5 pm, how annoying is that?!

Up next, Epcot baybee!

 

[pierresgirl]

The four of us headed over to the bus stop and waited for the Epcot bus. It was usually about 15 mins between buses per location and they all seemed to come in quick succession once they got there. Cooper spotted the La Nouba sign on the bus and ended up sitting under it whenever he could. We got to Epcot a little after 3:30 and walked right on in.

Of course Bella wants to stop at EVERY store we pass but I'm on a mission (as becomes the weeks theme) to get me some fast passes. I left them at Innovations since I have NO interest whatsoever in going in there and headed on over to The Land to get some Soarin' FP's. I wanted to do this ride SO bad after hearing about it but was a little worried because I get nervous on ferris wheels. Sad but true. I went back to Inno. and grabbed the gang so we could do Nemo since there was no wait. Cool! I was worried about all the FP being gone and LONG lines for stuff because we got there late. Nope, didn't happen! These seagulls...mine, mine, mine!

We walked on Nemo, how cool is it to practically RUN through the non-existant line and get immediately onto our clamshell??!! I snapped a pic of Bob and Cooper, no flames, this was as soon as they sat down.

Halfway through I heard a voice say "I don't like this ride, it's scary" Oh great! And he's with Grandpa who likes to baby and encourage annoying behavior. As soon as he gets off the ride he declares it was AWESOME, this is also a reoccuring theme. We headed over to Turtle Talk and I prep them to get in front and ask questions, etc. Bella looks at me like I have 3 heads and says NO WAY! We wait about 5 mins and shove, I mean, sit them in front and we get a front bench too. The guy who started the show seemed totally bored but that was ok because Crush caught his wave and got things going. How cute is this show?! Bob kept nodding off despite my nudging so I left him. As long as he didn't snore I was good with it. Crush wasn't though. He told everyone to raise their flipper and noticed Bob didn't so he said something about the dude in the green shirt catchin' some zzz's, man. After he said it twice I hit Bob and Crush thanked me and everyone had a giggle over it. Poor guy was ready to collapse and was in desperate need of coffee when we left but we couldn't find one so they each had an icecream and he perked up after that.

We were chillin for a few and Pierre called at 5 to say he was heading over having just gotten into the room. He sounded panicky and was complaining that we only got 2 beds. Um, ye-ah, what did he think we were getting a suite or something? He repeated it a couple of times but we got cut off (or maybe I hung up on him, can't remember). We waited for him by Innovations and saw him right away. He wanted to know where my Dad was going to sleep. How about his own room? Confusion solved. Pierre thought we were all sharing a room which he was NOT going to do.

We headed over to The Land to use our FP for Soarin' Since I had only gotten 4 we couldn't all go on together and decided it would be me, Bella and Bob to check it out. I wasn't really sure what Cooper would be able to handle after not wanting to go on much in our town's fair. Pierre sat in the food court area (Bob ended up getting his coffee here but didn't like it) and we hit Soarin' OH. MY. GOSH. This ride is incredible, I cannot say enough good things about it. I almost cried it was just so beautiful and the music, ooohhh, the breeze, the smells. What an experience! I floated off the ride and got more FP's straight away for all of us. Cooper had fallen asleep so we woke him up to head over to the World Showcase for our dinner ressies in Morocco. We hit up Club Cool on the way over and I nearly busted my butt trying to get the video camera out for Beverly. Can you believe they gave nearly no reaction? What is wrong with these people?! Don't they know I'm trying to document everything?

Stopped to make a quick call (don't know why this keeps coming out sideways even though on photobucket it isn't)

Took this pic because the name of my salon is on it

Our first official drink in Epcot for Jordan. The flozen Lemon thing in France! Totally Yummy! Notice the shirt, after 5 hours our luggage still hadn't arrived.

Up next... FOOD!

 

[Hedy]

I love Bob falling asleep in TT...might need to remember to bring something to poke Mamakat with.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Poor Pierre wearing a long sleeved shirt Florida in September!

I haven't been on Soarin' yet and I can't wait to go on it!

 

[kindakrazy2]

Loving the report! Too funny about Bob snoozing with Crush!

 

[KimAshton]

Cannot wait to read more. Such a beautiful family.

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

all caught up now!! I know those seagulls were sooo funny--MINE MINE MINE!!! after a while I was alittle annoyed by them LOL
Poor Piere! That blows that he had to wear that long sleeved shirt! Hope he gets changed soon