Heigh Ho! Heigh Ho! It's Off to Celebrate We Go!--LAST UPDATE!!! PG 62 ENJOY!!!!!!!!!

[MegansMom]

Okay gang.....uploading pics now........so an update will be up before the day is through! More MK magic on its' way!!!!!!


BTW, Megan brought up vacation with Tom last night, and he surprised all of us by saying that he would MUCH rather go to Disney than any beach ANYDAY.................here's to hoping there is another PTR to write when this TR is finished!

Chat with you soon!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Jen, how is Megan feeling?

How exciting that Tom said he would rather go to Disney than the beach. Sending pixie dust your way for a 2010 Disney trip!!!

 

[MegansMom]

She is doing better....still sounds a little congested and has a random cough here and there, but for the most part, doing much better.....she BEGGED me to let her go to school today!

How exciting was Tom's comment?!?!?!? I about fell off my chair.....he has been very quiet about vacation plans etc. this year, and every time Megan asks when we are going back to Mickey's House, somehow avoids the topic. So I was beginning to think he needed a break or something from it. Then the topic came up again last night, and without even blinking he quickly let us know how much he enjoys the "stuff" that we do at WDW compared to the VERY laid back atmosphere and tempo of our beach trips. It really doesn't surprise me too much....he has always been the kind to want to go and do things, so really WDW is a perfect match for him!!! Let's just see if this pans out! I have a feeling he is actually thinking about going out west to visit Disneyland though instead......he seemed to know ALOT about it last night when he brought that into the conversation as well---knew about a LOT of the rides they have there compared to the ones at WDW. This should be an interesting subplot that I hope unfolds during the course of the rest of this TR!!!!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, a Disneyland trip would be so much fun!!!

 

[lmillercrew]

My DH was in DL in May. He said it was o.k., but nothing like WDW. He said he would much rather go to WDW than DL, SO much more to do in Florida. But, either way, you would get to go!!

 

[MegansMom]

Oh, a Disneyland trip would be so much fun!!!

I want to see some of the rides that WDW doesn't have.....having said that, I know I would still MUCH rather go to WDW, but we will just have to wait and see!!!

My DH was in DL in May. He said it was o.k., but nothing like WDW. He said he would much rather go to WDW than DL, SO much more to do in Florida. But, either way, you would get to go!!

I am sure it is very difficult for it to compare.....I am trying to figure out how much more or less crowded it is than WDW....especially during the summer or typical break times for schools. I am just hoping....as we always do....that our next trip is figured out soon!


OH gang......do I have a "Woe is ME" moment......last night I spent an hour creating this most fabulous update for the next part of our "It was a Doozie" Day, and I got a little over-ambitious. There was just SO much fun stuff to share with you, that I just didn't want to stop. I knew I had way too many pics for one update so I estimated where the first 25 pictures stopped, but apparently was one over.....so of course it didn't post because I had 26! SO, I was just going to remove one that I could post with the second half, but when it went back to my edit screen.....the text was there, but there were no pictures----nothing----not even the IMG codes. I kept waiting, looking, waiting some more, but NOTHING!!!! I couldn't even fix it! AND when I went to try to fix the page, the whole update disappeared!!!! UGH!!!!! Frustrated doesn't even come close to describe how I was feeling! So alas, no update to post....I have to redo it all over again! Which I am about to do right now! So stay tuned for the next exciting chapter in "It's a Doozie!"

 

[MegansMom]

TAKE TWO!!!!!

When last we left our intrepid travelers, we were hanging by a nail off that proverbial cliff!!! Okay.........I was warm and cozy resting on my couch because I know what happened......................BUT you my dear readers, were hanging by a nail off that proverbial cliff!!!! And so, that is where we shall continue our journey!!!

So after we stored away the new license in a safe spot for keeping, we headed down to the Judge's Tent to see about rendezvousing with the fairies..........................................and we were greeted by a 90 MINUTE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I know that that is not even the highest that wait can go, but for us, it was a shock!!!! And without even having to say a word, Tom and I looked at each other and immediately decided to........................................





























PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was no way Miss Megs could handle even a 30 minute wait in that tight line, so we knew she would be a pile of messy emotional goo by the time 90 minutes passed! I felt horrible that our plans had failed, but I knew it was in her best interest not to try to stay. So we quickly turned ourselves right back around and headed out of the "tent." Luckily, she didn't even bat an eye when we told her there was way too much of a wait to see Tink right now---which STILL surprises the heck of out of me. Instead, we quickly headed directly over to The Barnstormer---one of her all-time favorites---and walked right on. Within minutes, we were loaded and on our way through the 37 seconds of twists, turns, and fun that the Barnstormer provides. As soon as we all started squealing and giggling, the foiled mess instantly melted out of my mind. All had once again returned to good! (And so I can completely lift you off of that proverbial cliff......YES, we do eventually get to meet Tink, but I'm not saying when or how....you will have to stay tuned for that!)

After our ride on "Goofy's Airplane," we decided to head up to one of our favorite sections of the park.....TOMORROWLAND!!!

We immediately walked onto Buzz, and had a blast being Space Rangers. Tom scored over 300,000 points--one of his highest scores ever--and was quite pleased! (Little did he know though that he would score much higher later in the trip!)

Our fearless and very focused Space Rangers

Maybe my score was not memorable because I was taking pictures?!??! Hmmmmmmm.......

Once we exited Buzz, we walked right on one of our family favorites---TTA!!! I know, it is not much, but we love gliding around, chit chatting about the trip together, and having fun!

We enjoyed our ride as always, but I will say that going through Space Mountain with the lights on and the ride exposed, was in a way, creepy. I can't explain it, should have taken a picture of it, but it just was......creepy. Something I think you DON'T want to see at WDW. Oh well, still enjoyed it nevertheless!

As we glided down the exit moving sidewalk of TTA, we noticed that CofP was just seating a new group, and of course there was no line, so we hopped right over and into that beloved ride....this is one of Tom and my favorites!!! What actually surprised us as we enjoyed the show this year, was Megan---she sang the song at the top of her lungs and clapped all the way around! She was so amusing (and so loud) that most of the adults around us joined in too! It was very cute, and so much fun!

Afterwards, we decided we wanted to really spend some time in Tomorrowland......Tom had acquired several sets of Buzz FPs, so we rode it 3 more times in a row with the FPs. Then Megan wanted to go drive once again, and this time, I got to ride with her----a first for us! It was "quite" the ride let me tell you----crazily crashing from one side of the track to the next, but boy did we laugh and have fun. Tom drove behind us, and said he laughed so hard around the track watching the two of us.

We then needed some more A/C reprieve, so we headed over to the Laugh Factory. We just had to wait through the pre-show, and then we were next! Megan laughed out loud so hard through the show---she began mimicking Roz, and still does this quite often at home--"I'm watching....ALWAYS watching!" Still makes her giggle!

Then we all had a temporary lapse of sanity, and as we exited the Factory, decided to give Stitch another chance.......it must have been the heat that made us think such crazy thoughts!!!! We once again sat through this, and still HATED it!!!! Luckily I remembered to give Megs some hand sanitizer to help her through the burp. It has forever cemented in our mind to avoid Stitch at all cost from now on!!!! REALLY do not enjoy this one!

By this time, we were all getting a little hungry, and decided to head for lunch at one of our favorites---Cosmic Ray's---a little early to beat the noon lunch crowds. We ate well, cooled off, and were ready to go for more!

We then headed to Astro Orbiter, which only had about a 10-15 minute wait.

And once we finished our flight and landed our rocket, we decided to go for one more trip around the TTA!

After that, we felt that we had done enough of TL, and so headed back to Toontown. Megan wanted to ride the Barnstormer again, and after about a five minute wait, we did!!!

We then hopped on the train and headed up to Main Street.....I had some business to take care of at the City Hall (I'll tell you about that on another update.) When I finished with my business, I walked back out to find Megs and Tom enjoying the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade. SO, we stopped to watch it!!! Megan had quite the seat.....on her Daddy's shoulders!

Posting this so I don't lose it again, and then I will continue on....hopefully in the next post!

 

[MegansMom]

Once the parade had passed us by, we hopped back up and on to the train---next stop....FRONTIERLAND!

Tom immediately got FP for Splash Mountain as we unboarded, and then we decided to head over to take a ride on the BTMRR!!! We only waited about 20mins--which isn't bad--but definitely the longest we have ever waited in this line to ride. We had fun watching the train whip around the mountain, and before we knew it, we were boarding ourselves! And of course, we loved every minute of our ride!!! We ALWAYS do!

We then felt adventurous....wanted to try something new, something different (an homage to our beloved TK!) So we decided to head over to Tom Sawyer's Island....something we have never done before! We had a blast climbing around the island---going through the caves, and over the barrel bridge, and going all around! The only bad part was that we couldn't go over the suspension bridge to Fort Langhorn because they had it closed. After our exploring was finished, we decided to find a nice, quiet spot to relax and watch the "World" go by!!!

We sat in the rocking chairs, and relaxed for quite a bit!!! That was a great way to take a little breather on our very "busy" day! Too bad Aunt Polly's wasn't serving up any frozen treats....that would have hit the spot!

After our adventures on Tom's Island, we headed back to Adventureland for what else???? MORE ADVENTURE!!!

We first visited a brood of pirates that we all couldn't wait to see! Megan singing "Yo Ho" through the entire ride, made it even that much more special!! Then we headed back to Frontierland very briefly so that we could use our FP for Splash Mountain. Do I even need to tell you how much I love that ride?!?!?! There are NO words my friends, no words!!!! My favorite ride there, and it never gets old----better with each time I get to experience it!!!

We then visited the beloved Tiki Birds....although I would love them even more if they would just go back to the old show.....oh HOW I miss them!!!

Then we ALL walked right on to take a trip on a carpet!!! YEP, Tom "braved" this rough flight!!

Our trusty "driver" in flight!

After that flight, we started a trailblaze of rides together........

---First Haunted Mansion AGAIN, per request of one new HM LOVER---MEGAN!!!!! (I will just say now that it has not replace BTMRR, but definitely comes in as a close second for her, and all she ever asks me when talking about WDW is when are we going back so I can ride the HM?!?!?) We walked right in---no better way to do it than that!!! We got stopped in the spot that I love the most---the stairwell room with all the different ascending/descending stairs with the vanishing footprints on it! OH HOW WE LOVED THIS!!!! I think we all could have stayed in there all night just looking around!

---Then we headed over to Philharmagic to use another FP for it---always a crowd pleaser...at least this crowd!

---Then we frolicked with our old pals---Tigger and Pooh, again with our FPs!

---Then we took another beloved flight with our pals Peter and Wendy--also from FPs!

---AND THEN, after all that fun, we decided to find a great spot in front of LTT (our dinner destination) to enjoy the Spectromagic parade!!!


And that my dears, is where I will stop for today.....yes, that is right.......a third chapter of our "It's a doozie" day is still yet to come!!! And yes, IT'S A DOOZIE!!!!!!!!

 

[skippyman111]

First time poster here.

Looks like Megan is having a great time ! Glad you guys got so much done. It really WAS a Doozie !

 

[jenjolt]

Got to love a girl who's WDW questions is when can I get back to ride HM...tell Megs I ask myself that all of the time oh yes I do!!

Love that you guys had such a great time that day at MK! You can tell just by the delighted look on her face Megs was having the time of her life!!!

Can't wait for more updates!

 

[MegansMom]

First time poster here.

Looks like Megan is having a great time ! Glad you guys got so much done. It really WAS a Doozie !

Glad you posted!!! Welcome, welcome!!! We all had such a great time....I seriously don't know when Megs doesn't enjoy her time there! Thanks to my FP Master, we achieved quite the agenda that day---a doozie indeed!

Got to love a girl who's WDW questions is when can I get back to ride HM...tell Megs I ask myself that all of the time oh yes I do!!

Love that you guys had such a great time that day at MK! You can tell just by the delighted look on her face Megs was having the time of her life!!!

Can't wait for more updates!

I knew you would love that.....the entire time we were there, and she was talking about HM, I just kept thinking in my head, "Boy would Jen be proud!" I was so hoping that if we did find each other, that we could all ride HM just once so you could experience that joy for yourself!!! Maybe another time!!!

 

[MegansMom]

Okay...no snow today.....expecting white death tomorrow.....sounds like another snow day on the way!!!!! What to do!!!! What to do!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Wow!!! It was definitely a doozie of a day! You just went, went, went!

I would have been an emotional gooey mess if I had to wait ninety minutes to see Tink, so I don't blame you for skipping it.

What a great time you had in all the lands, but I had to laugh about Megan's Roz imitation -- Connor does that all the time, too! He loves to mimic that dry, monotone voice of hers.

You did lose your mind to try Stitch again. Sadly, I have to endure it every trip since Connor enjoys it so much. Maybe one day he will outgrow it.

Can't wait to read what happens in the third installment of this day!

 

[praisehisname]

2. There is a good possibility that I will be re-entering the world of teaching since she will now be at school all day. This is going to make vacationing whenever that much harder.

I hear ya! After homeschooling my kiddos from Kindergarten on, they are now all in school. I'm in the interviewing process of going back to work to help out with finances. It's going to be a rough transition, 'cause I've been home since 1996.

Awesome Magic Kingdom update! I'm looking forward to reading the rest!

 

[lmillercrew]

You did all of that and you didn't even have to go back to the room to rest! Impressive!!!

 

[MegansMom]

Wow!!! It was definitely a doozie of a day! You just went, went, went!

I would have been an emotional gooey mess if I had to wait ninety minutes to see Tink, so I don't blame you for skipping it.

What a great time you had in all the lands, but I had to laugh about Megan's Roz imitation -- Connor does that all the time, too! He loves to mimic that dry, monotone voice of hers.

You did lose your mind to try Stitch again. Sadly, I have to endure it every trip since Connor enjoys it so much. Maybe one day he will outgrow it.

Can't wait to read what happens in the third installment of this day!

We were just like the Energizer bunny....just kept on going!!! But, we really didn't even feel that rushed or get too tired from it all!!! It was a fun day!

I can't tell you how many times the dialogue from the Laugh Factory is replayed over and over here in our home!!! It has left an indellible mark on Megs for sure!

I feel so badly for you that you have to sit through the torture that is Stitch.........I guess we wanted to like it this time, but you know we just couldn't!!!!

I hear ya! After homeschooling my kiddos from Kindergarten on, they are now all in school. I'm in the interviewing process of going back to work to help out with finances. It's going to be a rough transition, 'cause I've been home since 1996.

Awesome Magic Kingdom update! I'm looking forward to reading the rest!

WOW!!! '96! You are brave!!! I am sure you will do just splendidly!!! I was surprised the other day when my sister made me realize that I have been out as long as I taught before having Megs.....my how time flies!!!!

You did all of that and you didn't even have to go back to the room to rest! Impressive!!!

I know! Can you believe it?!?!?! I think it was the good balance we maintained between outdoor things and A/C things.....that and our love for TTA!!! That really can help you relax and recuperate from a "hard" day of Disney touring!

 

[Charleston Princess]

I feel so badly for you that you have to sit through the torture that is Stitch.........I guess we wanted to like it this time, but you know we just couldn't!!!!

I manage to survive it . I just tell myself it is someplace air-conditioned where I can sit for a few minutes.

 

[MegansMom]

You are one brave Mommy---love the way you look at it though!!!! If the burp is too much for you next time--you can always try Megan's hand sanitizer/lotion trick! Works like a charm!!!!!!!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Okay...no snow today.....expecting white death tomorrow.....sounds like another snow day on the way!!!!! What to do!!!! What to do!

LOL well never have heard snow referred to as white death before but I'm liking it LOL!!!!!!!! So is snow on its way today>>>>>

 

[MegansMom]

Jen....I'm glad I could make you chuckle!!!! "White Death" is the term Tom and I have come up with---many others use it too---to describe every snow storm we get. For whatever reason---like there is NOTHING else going on in the world---our news channels go into hyper mode everytime any accumulating snow is predicted----they act if literally the end of the world is coming, and we should all duck and cover!!!! It never fails---they always feel it is necessary to do actual news stories about how people are "flocking" to the stores to stock up on food and supplies. It really is quite funny!!!! We have a prediction of only 4-6" for today/tomorrow, but you would think a blizzard was on its' way by the tone of their stories!!!! Yes, my dear, WHITE DEATH is on its' way-----not seen much of it yet though!!!