Here We Go Again! A PTR Chapter 19- Some PreTrip Ramblings Updated 7/30/09

[jcc0621]

You don't like Harry Potter and you don't like UP. You do like to go against the grain Janet.

I told you Jim calls me a communist I didn't like Lord of the Rings either

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I told you Jim calls me a communist I didn't like Lord of the Rings either

 

[lazydoxy66]

Citywalk looks cool. I have to say Margaritaville would be my reason to go.

Doug loves HP. I was reluctant to watch those movies at first, but I'm a fan now. I've seen LOTR so many times. Come to think of it I need another fix. Maybe this next weekend. My BFF isn't into any of that kind of stuff or Sci Fi. (I think I'm going to force her on Star Tours this September just for the fun of it.)

To each his own. I don't like the mushy, lovey, dovey stuff. (I have never seen "Titanic".)And there are certain actors I just won't pay money to see. (Leonardo De Caprio, Tom Cruise, Ed Norton) I don't care how good the movie is.

You are not a strange duck. We all have preferences. If we all thought the same there would be no need for TRs or reviews.

 

[jcc0621]

To each his own. I don't like the mushy, lovey, dovey stuff. (I have never seen "Titanic".)]

Jim and I went to see Titanic thinking it would be mote the historical stuff! The movie took longer than actual sinking

My all time favorite moveis are Jaws, Blues Brothers and Goen With the Wind.

 

[DisneyJo]

Janet I agree with not liking Lord of the Rings but Harry Potter That's just wrong

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Whew! All caught up! Sorry, I've been MIA - but I'm BACK!

US looks like so much fun, Janet! I'll have to find a way to get over there in the next few years!

Ooh... A tribute to Bob Marley bar! I wonder if they play frisbee there?

I told you Jim calls me a communist I didn't like Lord of the Rings either

FINALLY! ITA with not liking LOTR! All the hobbits freaked me out. I think I watched about 5 mins and had to turn it off.

 

[KathyRN137]

The Red Coconut

The best description of thi splace that I have found was Rat Pack meets the Jetsons. Specialty martini's

I think this one looks interesting....

Woo-Hoo on hitting the 50 Day Marker!!


Kathy

 

[Hedy]

Have fun at City Walk.

 

[jcc0621]

Janet I agree with not liking Lord of the Rings but Harry Potter That's just wrong

I guess you all willbe going to see the new one that comesout on July 15th?

Whew! All caught up! Sorry, I've been MIA - but I'm BACK!

Yay! Does that mena Brownies is officially over?

US looks like so much fun, Janet! I'll have to find a way to get over there in the next few years!

We could plan a mini-Focker meet there...they have a Karaoke bar too!

Ooh... A tribute to Bob Marley bar! I wonder if they play frisbee there?

FINALLY! ITA with not liking LOTR! All the hobbits freaked me out. I think I watched about 5 mins and had to turn it off.

You watched 3 more minutes than I did.

I think this one looks interesting....

This is the one Jim and I both gravitated towards too. We listen to Friday with Frank on our local radios station every, well...Friday.

Have fun at City Walk.

Thanks Heather!

 

[KatGarcia]

City Walk was the only thing we did do last trip. It was boring. We went during the day, had starbucks, wandered around and left. $12 to park just for that. I think departure day for lunch is the perfect idea Janet!

 

[cmp1111]

You don't like Harry Potter and you don't like UP. You do like to go against the grain Janet.

I'm seriously beginning to question her sanity.

50 day mark​

Woohoo!

(do tasteful and touristy belong in the same sentence?).

Not so much in my mind, but hey...

You are not a strange duck.

Umm...

No, seriously, I love the HP books. The movies are OK, but not like the books. Have you read the books?

I haven't seen any LOTR, so I can't comment on your sanity there. I only ever read "The Hobbit", too - not the whole shebang.

And I've never seen "Titanic" either.

You know I love you, even if you do end up being crazy.

 

[debraW76]

Hey all. Before I get to my take on CityWalk...let me just say that today is the

50 day mark​

Ahem.

CityWalk - The official definitaion of City Walk from the book Beyond Disneytm is a shopping, dining and enteratinment venue that doubles as the entrance to Universal Studios and Islands of Advneture theme parks.

Congrats on the 50 day mark and




DH still wants to cancel!!! I so want to go to Citywalk again!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

I've never seen a Harry Potter movie

 

[puggymom]

OK smart a$$, I saw that comment a few pages back about pickingme up off the floor

Second, I can't wait to try out the new rides, Simpsons and Rip Ride Rockit should be open for both our trips.

V - if you are interested, not sure when Leo is at his Dad's. I'm at US 9/12-13. My plane lands at MCO @9:40 am on 9/12 and I am staying at HRH that night. If you are interested, let me know. Could be a girls weekend.

 

[PrincessV]

CityWalk is (was) Universal's answer to Pleasure Island, when Pleasure Island was cool....and open

Well said!

Jim wasnt to eat at Margaritaville and we will check out the shops, but we will probably do it during the day when the club crows is not hanging out, KWIM?

I'm hoping US's is the "family" version of Margaritaville. 'Cause the Key West version ain't for the faint of heart! I've never been so drunk, nor seen so many others drunker than I, in my life as I did there.

I told you Jim calls me a communist I didn't like Lord of the Rings either

FINALLY! ITA with not liking LOTR! All the hobbits freaked me out. I think I watched about 5 mins and had to turn it off.

I've never seen a Harry Potter movie

Are you people trying to kill me here?!

No, seriously, I love the HP books. The movies are OK, but not like the books.

I haven't seen any LOTR, so I can't comment on your sanity there. I only ever read "The Hobbit", too - not the whole shebang.

Again, Those are must-reads.

My all time favorite moveis are Jaws, Blues Brothers and Goen With the Wind.

Phew, I was starting to worry!

V - if you are interested, not sure when Leo is at his Dad's. I'm at US 9/12-13. My plane lands at MCO @9:40 am on 9/12 and I am staying at HRH that night. If you are interested, let me know. Could be a girls weekend.

Ooo, ooo, ooo, I'll have to check the schedule!

 

[jcc0621]

You know I love you, even if you do end up being crazy.

Thanks CE

DH still wants to cancel!!! I so want to go to Citywalk again!!!

Can't talk him into it!

I've never seen a Harry Potter movie

See, someone is on my side

OK smart a$$, I saw that comment a few pages back about pickingme up off the floor

LY Mo

Second, I can't wait to try out the new rides, Simpsons and Rip Ride Rockit should be open for both our trips.

From what I'm reading they are running into some technical difficulties with RRR, so I don't know if it will be open when we are there

Well said![/QUOTE

Thanks you

I'm hoping US's is the "family" version of Margaritaville. 'Cause the Key West version ain't for the faint of heart! I've never been so drunk, nor seen so many others drunker than I, in my life as I did there.

This is another reason we are thinking lunch on our departure day. It shouldn't be too crazy with drunks at 11:00am...right

 

[lisalonglash]

The HP books are great reading Both my oldest son and I have read all of them - he's read them more than once The movies are good, but no movie is ever as good as the book

I've read the LOTR series, but it was so long ago that I don't remember anything about the books

The only sit-down restaurant we went to at City Walk was Margaritaville. It was great fun There weren't any soused fools in sight and our experience was fantastic (the whole family group had dinner there - 8 adults and 4 children 9yo and under). The servers were friendly and made sure we were all enjoying our dinner - and the music was great too! I can recommend Margaritaville for a family dinner

And your new countdown deserves "the happy dude dance"!

 

[jordanyosh]

I don't know what all the fuss is about Twilight either. I don't even know what it's about really...vampires....?

 

[jcc0621]

The only sit-down restaurant we went to at City Walk was Margaritaville. It was great fun There weren't any soused fools in sight and our experience was fantastic (the whole family group had dinner there - 8 adults and 4 children 9yo and under). The servers were friendly and made sure we were all enjoying our dinner - and the music was great too! I can recommend Margaritaville for a family dinner

Good to know! Thanks!

I don't know what all the fuss is about Twilight either. I don't even know what it's about really...vampires....?

I haven't read them either...shhh don't tell anyone!

 

[jcc0621]

While Jim and I "celebrate" the milestones in our lives, we very rarely buy BIG gifts for each other. We are of the mind if we need or want something and we are able to afford it let's just get it. Lot's of times for our anniversary we will get a "house" gift. One year it was a new TV, another new computer...you get the picture.

So when birthdays and fathers/mothers days roll around we usually do something samll and then do something as a family. Go to the zoo, Sesame Place, Lancaster, etc. Something that doesn't necessarily cost alot of $$, but lets us enjoy our time together and with Jimmy.

This year Jim's birthday and Father's day fell a week apart. It also happened that every weekend in June Jimmy was invited to a birthday party. I love that he has friends, etc...but do they all have to be born in the same month and a half period

Anyway as these two events got closer and closer I started thinking about what to get him.

The first thing I found was a Higlander T-Shirt. If you have never seen the movies or TV show here is a brief synopsis from Wikipedia

Highlander is a 1986 fantasy action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. It stars Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown and Roxanne Hart. The film has inspired a franchise that includes film sequels and television spin-offs.

The original movie was good, and I really like the TV series with Adrian Paul

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Anyway, I got him this shirt:

He is wearing it the last day of school on Thursday

Next I was reading Jaimie's (Tiggerbelle) she was showingoff this cool new gadget she got for her camera. It allows the picture taker to be in the picture and not just their nostrils. She lovingly called it the "steek". I thought this was agreat idea since when it is just the 3 of us we very rarley get shots of the 3 of us together (unless there is a photopass photog around). I emailed Jaime and she gave me all the info on it. I checked out at Amazon and this is what I got.

XShot is the essential travel accessory. Every compact digitial camera owner can benefit from it! Whether you're traveling, on the beach with a loved one, hiking in the mountains, rock climbing, on a cruise, or just around the house with the family, now you can be in the picture too! XShot is a great accessory for taking cool videos too! Just spin around with the XShot and you'll get an awesome 3D like video. Order now and get your best shots with XShot!

He received both of these things for Father's Day and he loved them both!

I was still in a pickle about his birthday...what to do, what to do?

THe night before his birthday (yeah I know last minute) I ran to radio shack to see if anything floated my boat. I walked in and almost wlaked out because there was a line out the door. Then I becasue I realized that line was for all the people who didn't think that their TV's would REALLY stop working when the conversion to digital signal occurred. Radio Shack made a mint that night on those converter boxes

As I was in there the idea came to me. We are renting a car when we go to WDW. My mother would meet us at the airport and lead us in so we wouldn't get lost, but she won't have to now. For his birthday Jim got Tom-Tom

GPS - we can get from MCO to Pop Century and then from WDW to USF with no problem. Not that I'd really have a problem, I 4 takes you anywhere you want to go! I was really stuck on what to get him On the plus side we don't have to rent one from Avis at $15.00 per day

Let me tell you he LOVES this thing. He uses it to drive to work (where has been going for the last 8 years), he uses it go to CVS (Which is literally around the corner), he even used it to get to Jimmy's Tball game on Saturday

He's been online and downloaded points of intrest (including WDW, USF, and POP Century). He also downloaded voices. I now have to listen to John Cleese tell me how to get to CVS

There you have it. How I combined Jim's Birthday, Father's Day and our trip all into one.

Next up...Crap, my mother is coming home next week and I haven't shopped for the trip stuff