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

[mindyd2006]

Hi,

The title of your report caught my eye, My daughter is 6 and a huge Hannah Fan. I love the Hannah shirts you made her and the countdown board. I had to laugh about the Limited 2 comment I got stuck buying both Hannah Shirts for 27.50 then found them for 15.00 at other stores. Your trip plans sound fantastic and hopefully everything will go perfect.

 

[pierresgirl]

Hi,

The title of your report caught my eye, My daughter is 6 and a huge Hannah Fan. I love the Hannah shirts you made her and the countdown board. I had to laugh about the Limited 2 comment I got stuck buying both Hannah Shirts for 27.50 then found them for 15.00 at other stores. Your trip plans sound fantastic and hopefully everything will go perfect.

Thanks for reading! I did get one of the L2 shirts but returned it because of the sleeves. I work in the mall so I can sneak out between clients to check out deals. Plus all the girls I work with love Bella so they are always on the lookout too for her

 

[Hedy]

Subscribing.

 

[dismom9761]

Nice update! I have trouble making my mustdo doable also. Thanks for reminding me about watching Wishes from the Poly.We have ressies at Kona for dinner one night.

 

[rentayenta]

Oh, and HI JENNY!! How funny! I know both of you from different online places! I see you're heading to WDW soon. I thought you were gonna go for your big 4-0 in the Spring! The evil free dining gotcha, didn't it? Now what are you going to do for your big 4-0?

Hi sweetie! Fancy meeting you here. The big 4-0 trip got moved up! Free dining and $1,000 airfare for 5 RT sealed the deal.

I haven't a clue what's planned for the big 4-0. I am thinking maybe Mexico!

Any trips planned for you? How's your summer?

 

[pierresgirl]

Subscribing.

Nice update! I have trouble making my mustdo doable also. Thanks for reminding me about watching Wishes from the Poly.We have ressies at Kona for dinner one night.

I hear ya! I have rewritten my list SOOOOOO many times that I'm not sure which was the latest I did. I have the first 4 days sorted and will post them soon. I bought a little bound index card thing the other day that I will dedicate 1 day per page to.

 

[pierresgirl]

So I thought I'd write about my most recent trip to NYC since it's (kind of) disney related. We found out that Beauty and the Beast was closing on Broadway for good at the end of July. It was the first show I took Bella to and we had a wonderful time, 4th row center seats, went to Mars 2112 (FYI totally cool restaurant for kids in NYC), etc. Anyways, the girl who play Chelsea on That's so Raven was finishing out the role of Belle and the kids love that show. Me and my sister, Wendy decided to take her dd, Lauryn (who is 4 next week) and Cooper for a fun day. The day started off bad ....

It was pouring rain, Wendy who is 8 months pregnant, had a raging toothache, I hurt my neck the day before and the kids were fighting over snacks. And this was only on the train . W had taken a painkiller that made her sick 4 times over. Thank goodness the traincar had a bathroom! All of these women were offering her food, mints, water, etc but she felt much better after that. Lesson learned: do NOT take a painkiller on an empty stomach. Anyways, by the time we pulled into Grand Central the sun was shining, the kids were smiling and we felt great ! Until....

I had seen the sandwich shop on the show "Food Finds" called the Peanut Butter Company.

We had to take a taxi there so I hailed one and we jumped in . Now, most people know that NYC taxi drivers are a little crazy. No offence. Ours was a certified nutjob and we clung to the seats and laughed nervously. Until he banged into a guy on a bicycle. The biker slammed his fist onto the hood of the car and our driver yelled obcenities to him as he sped off, HELLO, there are two 4 year olds in here!!!! 3 traffic lights later I see a guy standing outside of the taxi looping up his bike lock chain (the kind with the 4 inch links) and he said something to me. Huh? I realized it was the bike guy. Next thing I knew glass had flown everywhere because he smashed his chain into the drivers window. THEN the driver starts to follow him. UMMMM, excuse me but STOP THE TAXI!!!!!! We threw money at him, got out and stared at each other. Long story short, it was very frightening but we forged ahead. This meant we had to get another taxi regardless because we were in the 20's (streets).

So we finally got to the Peanut Butter Co and it is adorable inside. Lots of old signs, cafe style tables, delicious looking menu with all types of peanut butter sandwiches (looked better than they tasted). Coop liked his Fluffernutter one.

Here are Lauryn and Cooper.

After we ate we got yet another cab back up to Times Square and took them to the Toys R Us where they have an indoor ferris wheel. Here they are waiting to go on.

And here's them on the ride with Wendy.

More in the next post.

 

[pierresgirl]

We didn't have time to look around after the ride since it was nearly time for the show to start. We're nice, huh, we take two 4 year olds into the biggest toy store in NYC and drag them out without looking at any toys. The Lunt Fontaine theater is right across the street so we walked over and went right inside. Now, we bought our tickets late so I figured they wouldn't be the greatest since the show is closing but I didn't think my nose would be POURING blood the whole time, LOL! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we had the mutha of all nosebleed seats! THE very back row of the balcony. No harm, though, we could still see fine. Once I got past the wooziness . The show was once again great but I kind of like the costumes better at the MGM production of it.

The kids got free posters that had lots of cool facts about the show on it.

When we left here we DID take them back into TRU. We split up since one wanted to look at Barbie stuff and the other wanted Power Ranger/Ninja Turtle/Star Wars stuff.

About 15 minutes later I heard this awful screaming noise and realized it was coming out of Lauryn's mouth and didn't stop for a good 15 minutes. She wanted some cheerleader thing and Wendy wouldn't get it for her. She musta thought she was with her grandparents. After she calmed down we hit the Candyland section.

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Next stop angel: and the angels were heard singing ) Sephora, then the Hello Kitty Store (yes, there is a Sanrio on 42nd) and we decided to get something to eat before we went back to the train station. this could have possibly saved our lives.

More in the next post.

 

[pierresgirl]

So we stopped in the pizza shop next to Sanrio and had just sat down to eat when I heard a loooong screeching noise like a car slamming on it's brakes but there was no impact noise. Very weird and I kep thinking about it while we ate. I called Pierre and told him we were leaving after we ate since it was already 6. He was on his way to drop off Bella at my Dad's pizza shop because he had a hockey game. By this time we were hearing sirens, ALOT of them so I figured it must have been a bad crash. We walked outside and I heard someone saying "Oh my gosh, look at all the smoke!" I turned to my left and saw smoke up to the top of the buildings. NYC buildings. Very tall buildings. Here's one of the Chrysler Building.

We started walking towards it since Grand Central was that way and we wanted outta there! People were stopped on the streets staring and not it a good way. If I can say it, in a 9-11 kind of way. I called Pierre and he wasn't home so I called the pizza shop and told my Dad to go to cnn.com. I won't say how many times I repeated that. Somatimes, the language, not so good. No speaka de english. He FINALLY got it and put Pierre on the phone who I could talk to. They said what CNN was reporting and we were a little panicky since no one really knew at first. THEY were probably more worried since they weren't with us. We got to Grand Central and it was closed off so we REALLY didn't know what to do. My dad was going to drive in and get us (about 2 1/2 hour ride). We went to Bryant Park and hung out while we tried to figure things out. BTW- Hannah Montana had her Good Morning America concert there the week before so I took this pic there for Bella.

Here's Wendy on the phone. Note the stroller. It's hers. I didn't have one. FYI it sucks to carry a 45 pounder for 20 NY blocks.

Cooper is ready to hit the road.

About 2 hours after the whole fiasco started we found an entrance to the train station that was open and collapsed onto the train. When we got home we found out it was the steam pipe explosion. Very scary and made for an exhausting day. Geez between that and our crazy cab driver ....

 

[rentayenta]

I love NYC, it's the most alive place I have ever been! The pics are great. That Toys R Us is insane too! I went to NYC a few years back with a g/f. One day I need to take DH and the kids but I am afraid he'll want to live there. He's much more metropolitan that I am.

 

[pierresgirl]

I love NYC, it's the most alive place I have ever been! The pics are great. That Toys R Us is insane too! I went to NYC a few years back with a g/f. One day I need to take DH and the kids but I am afraid he'll want to live there. He's much more metropolitan that I am.

I love going in too but only for a day or 2. You guys should all go there, you'll have a blast!

 

[abbybeth]

Hello! I read your pre-TR all the way through last night, but didn't get a chance to post. I love how into sports your DD is - that was definitely me growing up!

I'm a tad jealous that you got to go see BATB before it closed (for the second time no less!) BATB is my fave Disney movie of all time and I always wanted to see it on Broadway, but never had the opportunity. I've actually yet to travel to NYC, it's on the list of places to go some time in my life. How scary though about the pipe and the taxi cab driver ... the cab drivers on SATC were never like that!

Thanks for sharing, and I'm looking forward to more!

and I can neither confirm nor deny that I think Hannah Montana is kinda cool ...

 

[disney100666]

this is great your daughter is too cute! she remindes me of when I was her age, I would only wear sweatpants and t shirts. oh has that changed, now I am always wearing dresses and skirts and jeans and capped tees. Her Hannah Montana obsession reminds me of my Zac Efron/ High School Musical obsession.

 

[dismom9761]

Loved the trip within the trip report. I want to go to NYC sooo badly.

 

[DangerMouse]

Is that you Callie? Keep on reading

Yep, Leyla, it's me. Like my dangerous screenname? Doesn't it just yell "conservative Christian homeschooling mother of 3?" I'll keep reading to hear about all your plans.

Hi sweetie! Fancy meeting you here. The big 4-0 trip got moved up! Free dining and $1,000 airfare for 5 RT sealed the deal.

I haven't a clue what's planned for the big 4-0. I am thinking maybe Mexico!

Any trips planned for you? How's your summer?

Hey Jenny! We're heading back to the LAND the week after Thanksgiving for our annual Christmas trip. Oh, you don't wanna know about my summer. I'll just say 110 degrees and 60% humidity today. Nuf' said.

I thought about posting a hello on your pre-trip report thread, but that monster is a runaway freight train! I hope you have a super fabulous time next month, and how fab that Keith is joining you!

Gotta run!

 

[pierresgirl]

Hello! I read your pre-TR all the way through last night, but didn't get a chance to post. I love how into sports your DD is - that was definitely me growing up!

I'm a tad jealous that you got to go see BATB before it closed (for the second time no less!) BATB is my fave Disney movie of all time and I always wanted to see it on Broadway, but never had the opportunity. I've actually yet to travel to NYC, it's on the list of places to go some time in my life. How scary though about the pipe and the taxi cab driver ... the cab drivers on SATC were never like that!

Thanks for sharing, and I'm looking forward to more!

and I can neither confirm nor deny that I think Hannah Montana is kinda cool ...

It is a great show but is being replaced with The Little Mermaid. I SATC! I totally want to do the SATC tour in NYC one day! Yeah- HM ranks the highest in this house! Stay tuned!!!

this is great your daughter is too cute! she remindes me of when I was her age, I would only wear sweatpants and t shirts. oh has that changed, now I am always wearing dresses and skirts and jeans and capped tees. Her Hannah Montana obsession reminds me of my Zac Efron/ High School Musical obsession.

You know it drives me crazy sometimes, like when I have to return half of what I buy her BUT it saves me money for things like DISNEY! I bet I know what you are doing Fri. night... HSM2!

Loved the trip within the trip report. I want to go to NYC sooo badly.

I love going in so thankfully it's not too long of a trip! I'm going to do another mini next week!

Yep, Leyla, it's me. Like my dangerous screenname? Doesn't it just yell "conservative Christian homeschooling mother of 3?" I'll keep reading to hear about all your plans.



Hey Jenny! We're heading back to the LAND the week after Thanksgiving for our annual Christmas trip. Oh, you don't wanna know about my summer. I'll just say 110 degrees and 60% humidity today. Nuf' said.

I thought about posting a hello on your pre-trip report thread, but that monster is a runaway freight train! I hope you have a super fabulous time next month, and how fab that Keith is joining you!

Gotta run!

HI CALLIE!!! I had to go by the location, certainly not the screen name and had it narrowed down to 2 peeps. Of course you ARE the Disneyland Goddess so that made it easy! I'm trying to work my way up to Jenny's caliber I gotta get the rest of the gang over here to read!

 

[pierresgirl]

This is Bella. I like disney world ! I am excited to go.I like hannah montana.I am going to school in 1 1/2 weeks I want to ride tower of terror

 

[Nurse_Mommy4]

I Love, Love , Love this picture of Bella!!!!!!!! I'm only on pg 1; back to reading.

 

[pierresgirl]

I Love, Love , Love this picture of Bella!!!!!!!! I'm only on pg 1; back to reading.

thanks Tasha! She does that 'peace out' thing in practically every pic I take My Dad thinks she looks like Steven Segal in it. Enjoy!

 

[pierresgirl]

36 days!!!!!!