"Hello? I'm in the Carousel of Progress.."*UD1/13pg74"All Good Things...*

[xoktenox]

Yesss that is definitely the money shot right there! I didn't realize that LMA only shows a few times a day and my BF was sooo disappointed that we missed it! I promised him next time we go back we'll see it and I'm excited now!

We didn't stop to watch the parade as we were heading over to B&tB at that time. I wonder if you went over to B&tB at that time. If so, we watched the same show again!

 

[nu2wdisneyw]

Hey Missy!
I am all caught up again...I missed a couple of days. Great pictures with the Chacater meet & greet.

I would definitely say that you got the money shot! WAY TO GO!!! I think that my boys would really enjoy that show as well.

OH NO...cell phone tragedy?!?! Can't wait to find out who it was!!!

 

[Planning fanatic mom]

Just got home today and got all caught up. Great updates!!! I didn't know that about TSM either. I thought you had to let go in between each pull.

Hijack alert!!
2 things happened that made me think of you while on my trip.

1. We were in Carousel of Progress and a cell phone rang. I couldn't believe it. I started to laugh really hard. Which of course got the attention of my family. They had no idea why I was laughing. (Rest assured I was quiet). Then, no lie, he says, "I'm in the Carousel of Progress." I couldn't believe it. I was laughing so hard at this time. Now I will tell you that this gentleman was trying to be quiet and got off very fast. I hope he didn't realize why I was laughing. My family asked me after we got out what was making me laugh. I told them, but they didn't think it was at all funny. What are the odds?

2. In all the talk about Wishes and seeing Tinkerbell, it never occurred to me that Tinkerbell was a real person. What did I think it was?? A light? an animitronic Tinkerbell?? I had seen the wire, and it just never thought about it being a real person. I was amazed and full of tears. My whole family was amazed.

Anyway thanks for letting me hijack a little.

Can't wait to hear more!

 

[KathyRN137]

Lights Motors Action Extreme Stunt Show...Now remember, I have 3 boys and a wonderful husband so this show is NOT optional...it is a MUST SEE!


Absolutely!!


We chose a spot just between the Sounds Dangerous theater and the American Idol Experience. There is a little wall and an area called “the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame” with busts of TV and movie personalities.


Will have to remember this...

Awww... you never forget those little girl crushes!


Here they are chillin’ with their lemonades, trying to act like they didn’t know us!

So funny.... and so true to form!!

Love all your pix.... I'm really excited for Block Party Bash now!

Hmmm... sounds like a bit 'o trouble coming up....


Kathy

 

[mommytothreeboys]

LMA is not my favorite but you did get a great shot. We had a bad view of the parade last time, so I hope to see it again in a better spot next time. Your pictures of the parade were really good. I love BTB, hope you get to see it.

I'm glad we asked about the parade..I would have been disappointed if we had a bad spot! Ours was great!

Great update Missy....

We have yet to see LMA...it has just never worked out for us. I read in the UG 09 book that rumor has it in a few yrs they may change it to a more Cars fun version for more appeal...


Hmm...I missed that in the UG. I'll have to go back and look. Not sure how I feel about that one.

It's hard to catch w/ only 2 showings practically a day...but glad to see your great pic's and others' on their TR's.

I didn't know it was only showing twice a day till we got to DHS. I'm glad it worked into our schedule. The boys (all four of them) would have been disappointed!

We saw the BPB in 08 and sweated thru it, maybe seeing in cooler Nov. weather we'll have a different feeling...but we got frozen lemonades too from Doc Min's while we waited.

It's definitely hot standing out in the sun on that hot pavement. I think all the mid-day parades are like that! Those frozen lemonade's really hit the spot!

Great dancin' Jonah!

That boy can bust a move!

Oh BTW...the last parade that DH, my DMom and I saw before seeing BPB at DHS/MGM was the Aladdin parade in '94....

LOL! I don't even remember there being a parade when I visited in 1992!

now I'm dating myself...

Join the club!

2 guesses on who lost their cell phone.....

Any ideas?? Hint...Jeff was not permitted (by me!) to bring his as it's his work phone and he gets email etc. It would have been too tempting for him to work. That leaves me, Isaiah, or Dan.

Great pics!

Love LMA! My 11 yr old is a total car fanatic so I took his pic watching LMA in addition to pics of the show!

Love Jonah's dance move ~ my 7 year old does it too!

ROFL @ your older two chillin' (and probably checking out the girls!)

Such a good idea to capture his face! Good job Mom!

I think every 6-10 year old knows that move!

Oh dear...I am so not ready for the "checking out the girls" stage. I fear it's upon me though.

Yesss that is definitely the money shot right there! I didn't realize that LMA only shows a few times a day and my BF was sooo disappointed that we missed it! I promised him next time we go back we'll see it and I'm excited now!

When did they cut it to 2 shows?? I remember it showing more often when we were there in 2007. I was surprised!

We didn't stop to watch the parade as we were heading over to B&tB at that time. I wonder if you went over to B&tB at that time. If so, we watched the same show again!

We were shooting for the 4:00 B&B show....did we make it?? Stay tuned!

Hey Missy!
I am all caught up again...I missed a couple of days. Great pictures with the Chacater meet & greet.

I would definitely say that you got the money shot! WAY TO GO!!! I think that my boys would really enjoy that show as well.

OH NO...cell phone tragedy?!?! Can't wait to find out who it was!!!

My guess is that they will LOVE it! It does only show 2 times per day so be sure to work it into your schedule at the beginning of the day!

Just got home today and got all caught up. Great updates!!! I didn't know that about TSM either. I thought you had to let go in between each pull.

Hijack alert!!
2 things happened that made me think of you while on my trip.

1. We were in Carousel of Progress and a cell phone rang. I couldn't believe it. I started to laugh really hard. Which of course got the attention of my family. They had no idea why I was laughing. (Rest assured I was quiet). Then, no lie, he says, "I'm in the Carousel of Progress." I couldn't believe it. I was laughing so hard at this time. Now I will tell you that this gentleman was trying to be quiet and got off very fast. I hope he didn't realize why I was laughing. My family asked me after we got out what was making me laugh. I told them, but they didn't think it was at all funny. What are the odds?

OH MY GOSH.....TOO FUNNY! My guy was definitely not trying to hurry off, but that is so crazy that you had a similar experience! Your family didn't think that was funny...what's wrong with them!!

2. In all the talk about Wishes and seeing Tinkerbell, it never occurred to me that Tinkerbell was a real person. What did I think it was?? A light? an animitronic Tinkerbell?? I had seen the wire, and it just never thought about it being a real person. I was amazed and full of tears. My whole family was amazed.

SO cool! Glad you were able to see her! It's so awesome!

Anyway thanks for letting me hijack a little.

Can't wait to hear more!

Hijack anytime! Can't wait to hear all about your trip! Happy unpacking!

Love all your pix.... I'm really excited for Block Party Bash now!

Hmmm... sounds like a bit 'o trouble coming up....


Kathy

Just a little bit!

 

[PrincessEeyore]

You've made me so excited to see the Block Party now! Great pictures. And uh-oh, that cell phone comment doesn't sound too good.

 

[penguintux]

Had to catch up from your past couple updates.. The Block Party Parade sounds interesting.. I haven't even heard of it until now! Last I knew, the MGM parade was the Stars & Motorcars one.

Even though you didn't stop in the Animation.. drawing place (can't remember the name right now!), it is a really cool thing to do. Even though I'm definitely not an artist, the way the animator guy who leads the session explains everything and walks you through it is really helpful. Also, it helps that you're using a pencil and paper, unlike the drawing experience at Disney Quest where you use a touch screen computer and a stylus-like tool.

Hope your cell phone mishap wasn't too awful.. Is it horrible that I look forward to hearing what happened?

 

[carissanboys]

Hey - lookie here! One update posted and I'm already posting my response!

Awesome money shot! That's the great thing about seeing things more than once - you start to anticipate when those good shots will be.

Michael Landon! I've never seen those busts.

Cool dance moves Jonah!

Looks like you had fun at the Block Party. That Sulley sure is tall, isn't he??

Here's hoping you got to see Beauty and the Beast.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

You've made me so excited to see the Block Party now! Great pictures. And uh-oh, that cell phone comment doesn't sound too good.

The guide you pick up as you enter the park has a parade route on it. It shows you where the parade stops so that is helpful when trying to figure out where to sit!

Had to catch up from your past couple updates.. The Block Party Parade sounds interesting.. I haven't even heard of it until now! Last I knew, the MGM parade was the Stars & Motorcars one.

Even though you didn't stop in the Animation.. drawing place (can't remember the name right now!), it is a really cool thing to do. Even though I'm definitely not an artist, the way the animator guy who leads the session explains everything and walks you through it is really helpful. Also, it helps that you're using a pencil and paper, unlike the drawing experience at Disney Quest where you use a touch screen computer and a stylus-like tool.

Hope your cell phone mishap wasn't too awful.. Is it horrible that I look forward to hearing what happened?

I hope one of the boys tries the drawing class next time. It sounds like fun and that would be a cool souvenir to bring home.

Not horrible at all....that's why I wrote it!! LOL!

Hey - lookie here! One update posted and I'm already posting my response!

Wow Carissa! Impressive! Have things settled into a more normal routine for you?

Awesome money shot! That's the great thing about seeing things more than once - you start to anticipate when those good shots will be.

That definitely helped! I had my camera poised and ready to go!

Michael Landon! I've never seen those busts.

I hadn't seen them before either. Pretty cool!

Cool dance moves Jonah!

Go Jonah, Go Jonah, GO,GO, GO Jonah!

Looks like you had fun at the Block Party. That Sulley sure is tall, isn't he??

He is HUGE! We did a meet and greet with him last trip...YIKES! It's a good thing my boys aren't skittish at all about characters...he could be intimidating!

Here's hoping you got to see Beauty and the Beast.

Thanks..we're on our way!

 

[carissanboys]

Things have definitely settled down around here. Thank goodness! More time for DISing (although that's not always a good thing because it makes me wish I didn't say we aren't going back for a while )!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Love the picture of you and Mikey! I agree with a pp, you look giddy! Such a cute pose...

I am not a fan of LMA. I was bored the whole time and couldn't wait to get out of there. I saw it in 2006 and haven't been back yet! Of course, now that DS is older, I might just have to suck it up and see it again. Great pics you got, though!

I was so disappointed when we went in March and on our very last day, the Block Party was going on and Buzz, Woody & the Green Army men were stopped about where we were standing. DS4 and I LOOOVVVEEE these guys! But my family doesn't really stop for the parades since they've been so many times, and it was our last day, so we only caught a few glimpses of this one. Seeing your pics just brings back that disappointment. But, at the same time, it makes me all the more determined to see it when we go back! They can move along if they want, but Mel and DS4 are seeing the parade!!!! (standing firm!)

Really cute pics of the boys here, too. Love your little one dancing in the street. The two older ones standing off to the side looking "cool" is so cute, too. I dread the day when DS4 is too cool to be seen with his parents.

Anyhoo, looking forward to the next installment! You do such a great job with these and you keep us in suspense wondering what will happen next.

 

[hhockman]

I got those shirts for everyone at Christmas time at the Disney Store online. They were really cheap...like $3 per shirt...I got a great deal!




I'm not sure how relaxed he is, but that boy can sure take advantage of the Power Nap!

Glad you liked the underarm photo...it's a family favorite!!

I only purchased one print from our PhotoPass account in 2007, so I wasn't sure what would happen on this trip. I made a conscious effort to get more Photopass pics taken...especially with the whole family. When I got home, after looking at what we had, it made more financial sense to order the whole CD than to pay $15 per picture to download or print. There were enough good ones that I would have wanted....therefore...we now have the CD! Thanks for the compliments!

Okay, I'm quoting this, just so you know where I am in the TR. I'm slowly but surely getting through it, in between writing my own PTR and reading a couple other ones. Surrounded by Disney Magic.

Anyway, I've been trying to wait until I finished to comment, but I just HAD to comment here because I am so excited. I TOTALLY did NOT know that they had Photopass at Blizzard Beach. I always bring a waterproof camera to the waterparks, but this is just cool. Do they have it at Typhoon Lagoon too (remember, I'm only halfway through the TR)?

Great Photopass pics! I Photopass because otherwise I'm never in the picture. I've already pre-ordered the CD (did it on our last trip too). It is so worth it.

Thanks again...back to the TR!

 

[PrincessEeyore]

The guide you pick up as you enter the park has a parade route on it. It shows you where the parade stops so that is helpful when trying to figure out where to sit!

Thanks! I'll be sure to grab one as I'm walking in.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Today was my boys' last day of school! WHEW!!

Bring on SUMMER VACATION!!
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They got off the bus today to the tune of "What Time Is It?" from HSM2...what a perfect song to rock out to on the last day of school! "It's Summer Time!" They danced right along with me...such good sports!

Happy Summer Everyone!​

Now to the task of keeping them from killing each other until fall! LOL!

 

[hhockman]

Wow. I'm posting again right after I posted. I'm caught up WOOHOO!!!

And to your boys being out of school. Even though it seems crazy to me. My DS7's last day of school was May 29th. DS4 who is in preschool finished May 22nd. Of course DS7 goes back on August 3rd too. Interesting how schedules are different (we start early because we get a Fall Break...which is when we are going to DISNEY, so it's all good!).

I have so many comments (although I already made one of them three posts up), but I have to go get my walk in before taking the boys to a swim party. Then a possible baseball scrimmage tonight. Ahh, life with boys. You know how it is.

I'm really excited to see that new Block Party parade now. I was disappointed about Stars and Motorcars because my boys are BIG Star Wars fans and they even like looking at the pictures from our last trip of Darth Vader and R2D2 (they don't really remember the trip much, they were 5 and 2). But this looks way cool.

I had so many other comments, but I can't remember them all now. I'll just have to comment from here on out. Have fun with your boys for the rest of the summer!

 

[khertz]

They invited all the kids to come out onto the street and dance with them. This is the one and only dance move Jonah knows! LOL!! Oh...and notice he STILL has the sword!

This is a GREAT picture!! This is the only dance move my DH knows too. lol Jonah seems like a funny kid!

Looking forward to the next installment!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Tell your boys congrats on completing another school year! Our kids have been out of school since the third week of May. When do your boys start back next term?

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Things have definitely settled down around here. Thank goodness! More time for DISing (although that's not always a good thing because it makes me wish I didn't say we aren't going back for a while )!

I'm glad things are settling for you...that's a big change to go through! And homeschooling starts soon, right? You go girl!

I feel your pain! The boys are convinced we are going back in 2 years (2011), but Jeff and I are not so sure when it will actually happen.

Love the picture of you and Mikey! I agree with a pp, you look giddy! Such a cute pose...

Ahhh..Michael!

I am not a fan of LMA. I was bored the whole time and couldn't wait to get out of there. I saw it in 2006 and haven't been back yet! Of course, now that DS is older, I might just have to suck it up and see it again. Great pics you got, though!

LOL! You may not be able to avoid it much longer!

I was so disappointed when we went in March and on our very last day, the Block Party was going on and Buzz, Woody & the Green Army men were stopped about where we were standing. DS4 and I LOOOVVVEEE these guys! But my family doesn't really stop for the parades since they've been so many times, and it was our last day, so we only caught a few glimpses of this one. Seeing your pics just brings back that disappointment. But, at the same time, it makes me all the more determined to see it when we go back! They can move along if they want, but Mel and DS4 are seeing the parade!!!! (standing firm!)

Stick to your guns, sister!

Really cute pics of the boys here, too. Love your little one dancing in the street. The two older ones standing off to the side looking "cool" is so cute, too. I dread the day when DS4 is too cool to be seen with his parents.

Oh man...it comes so much quicker than you think.


Anyhoo, looking forward to the next installment! You do such a great job with these and you keep us in suspense wondering what will happen next.

Thanks so much! Keep reading!

Okay, I'm quoting this, just so you know where I am in the TR. I'm slowly but surely getting through it, in between writing my own PTR and reading a couple other ones. Surrounded by Disney Magic.

Anyway, I've been trying to wait until I finished to comment, but I just HAD to comment here because I am so excited. I TOTALLY did NOT know that they had Photopass at Blizzard Beach. I always bring a waterproof camera to the waterparks, but this is just cool. Do they have it at Typhoon Lagoon too (remember, I'm only halfway through the TR)?

Great Photopass pics! I Photopass because otherwise I'm never in the picture. I've already pre-ordered the CD (did it on our last trip too). It is so worth it.

Thanks again...back to the TR!

I haven't made it to the TL day yet, but yes, they have PP photogs there as well.

So you finished the whole PTR?? Good for you and welcome to my TR!

Thanks! I'll be sure to grab one as I'm walking in.

Awesome!

Wow. I'm posting again right after I posted. I'm caught up WOOHOO!!!

And to your boys being out of school. Even though it seems crazy to me. My DS7's last day of school was May 29th. DS4 who is in preschool finished May 22nd. Of course DS7 goes back on August 3rd too. Interesting how schedules are different (we start early because we get a Fall Break...which is when we are going to DISNEY, so it's all good!).

No fall break here. No real break of any length until Christmas. A day or two here and there, but not long enough to get to WDW.

I have so many comments (although I already made one of them three posts up), but I have to go get my walk in before taking the boys to a swim party. Then a possible baseball scrimmage tonight. Ahh, life with boys. You know how it is.

Do I ever!

I'm really excited to see that new Block Party parade now. I was disappointed about Stars and Motorcars because my boys are BIG Star Wars fans and they even like looking at the pictures from our last trip of Darth Vader and R2D2 (they don't really remember the trip much, they were 5 and 2). But this looks way cool.

Oh right...I forgot about the Star Wars characters being in that parade.

I had so many other comments, but I can't remember them all now. I'll just have to comment from here on out. Have fun with your boys for the rest of the summer!

Thanks...don't be a stranger on my TR. I LOVE to chat!

This is a GREAT picture!! This is the only dance move my DH knows too. lol Jonah seems like a funny kid!

Looking forward to the next installment!!

Picturing your DH doing that dance is cracking me up!!

Tell your boys congrats on completing another school year! Our kids have been out of school since the third week of May. When do your boys start back next term?

They go back to school on the Wednesday after Labor Day. So they get all of July and August off plus a week in June and a week in September.

They were so excited to be done today!

 

[DisMomAmy]

Yay for no school!! Alex got out yesterday. They have a talent show at the end of the day and he doesn't like sitting through it all so I picked him up a bit early. Zach has already started camp (3 mornings a week) so I had some alone time with Alex today - which is rare... Alex starts his summer school/camp program after the 4th.

I have to keep my boys busy with camps, etc. or they would definitely kill each other. I found Zach whacking Alex with a stick this afternoon...

 

[tlenzendorf]

Ok, I'm all caught up, more please!