Hop, Skip and a Week!! A TR Full of Mayhem, Masticating and Mortification!-Updt 4/29

[gellybean]

Sorry about the lack of update last night. It took longer to get the car picked up than I thought, and my sister ended up staying for dinner. About 10pm when I would have been ready to sit down to write the report because the house was finally picked up and the boys were asleep, we realized that my sister still had the keys to Mr. I's car from when she had driven it home from the body shop. So at 10pm last night I was driving to the next suburb over to pick up the keys!!

Then this morning I get a call from Mr. I that someone broke into his car. His newly repaired, first day back at work car. Someone busted out a window and attempted to steal stuff out of the car. There wasn't a whole lot to steal, thankfully. No cd players or ipod. They popped open the glovebox to find nothing but oil change records. The only thing Mr. I can determine was taken was the change in the change holder.

I called the body shop that had just fixed the car and got a number for a mobile glass unit so the window should be fixed today, in the parking lot of Mr. I's work. So that was one good thing!

Hoping to post an update tonight, assuming something else doesn't happen!! I'm beginning to feel like the chick on Good Luck Chuck!! Just not nearly as good looking

Where's the smilie face for beating your head against a brick wall??

 

[karajeboo]

Couldn't find the beating head against wall, will this help?

That is just horrible luck you're having! Here's a little to get you through it!

 

[gellybean]

When I last left off, we were at the hotel getting ready to meet Honey and Frozone at DTD. We left FGM sleeping and headed out in Mary Poppins' mini-van. We looked at the map we had left in the car and found that DTD was a pretty straight shot from Pop Century so getting there was a breeze. We stopped and parked at parking lot 2, which we probably should have gone on down to Parking Lot 1 but I was scared we'd go too far. Why it didn't occur to me that we could just hang a u-turn and come back if we went too far is beyond me!

We found a parking spot pretty quickly, which considering how crazy it was, was LUCKY! Never in all my years of going to DTD, which would be I'm guessing about 15 or more years, have I seen it as crowded as it was. INSANE! I'm guessing because it was winter season and the parks were closing early, everyone decided to go to DTD after park close!

We got the kids out, got the stroller and away we went. I tried to distract Dash as we passed by the T-Rex restaurant. He thought it was a cool ride but didn't realize it was somewhere he could eat. The theming looked awesome and I'd love to take him there to eat next trip, after some of the newness has worn off and it's not as busy.

We walked toward the Marketplace area while trying to call Honey on her cell phone. By the time we got her, we found out she was right where we just were, in front of Fulton's so we waited for them to catch up with us. They had beaten us there by a half hour or so and had already hit up some of the shops, though I don't think they realized there were more further down.

While we waited we took these:

Dash was very impressed with the Lego sculptures which I found funny because he could have cared less on our trip in 07.

You can tell by the other feet in the background of the last picture that it was a free for all to get pictures with the Lego people. I politely waited for several other groups for Dash to get a turn. I finally gave up waiting and just had him get in with the rest of the kids. No one even realized I was trying to wait for a turn. It was chaos.

We reunited with Honey and Frozone in front of the Lego store and proceeded toward WPE for dinner. I thought I knew where it was and started second guessing myself by the time I got around to Earl of Sandwich. I thought.... Oh GREAT I just led all these people over here and we're gonna have to turn around and go back.

Thankfully, it was right around the next bend. I saw how busy it was and told Mr. I to go ahead and order and I'd go get a table. Well somehow that didn't translate to man-english. I took the boys and found a table INSIDE which on a chilly night such as it was, was PRIME eating locale. I turn to look back to see where they were in line to see them standing outside reading the menu still. Hmmmm. I guess it was taking them a while to figure out what they wanted, but there was a menu inside to read as well, while standing in a line that was quickly getting longer. Just about the time I reach for my cell phone to text Mr. I, he comes around the corner to find me, wanting to know what I was doing. Um... I'm saving a table?! What does it look like I'm doing!?

They'd been waiting on ME to go in because they didn't know what to do.


Um you go follow the masses in to a line and herd yourself like cattle up to counter to place your order and get your little number.

I was a bit perplexed at this point. It didn't seem like rocket science to me but then again I'd been there before and they hadn't. So I left Mr. Incredible at the table with the boys while I explained the ordering process to the rest of his family. I stayed and ordered with them, since Mr. I had told me what he wanted. I knew what I wanted already!! The mushroom and pepperoni pizza!! Mr. I wanted the hot BBQ Beef knife and fork thing. We all ordered separately and I went back to the table to ask what he wanted to drink. I got our drinks, sat his tea down while I reached for the lids and straws, turned around and knocked his full tea on the floor everywhere. I was surrounded by about 4 other people getting drinks, plus the 'chef's table' in the kitchen and everyone walking around from the order line to the eating area. I don't know why I was surprised at this point, I'd done everything else in the world to embarass myself this trip, why not something else?!

I went up to the counter and asked for another cup, explained that it had spilled on the rubber mat so I didn't think it was a safety hazard but thought they should know anyway, got another tea for Mr. Incredible and went to sit down. When Mr. I asked me what had taken so long, I just glared at him and proceeded to feed Jack-Jack a nutragrain bar.

Our food arrived soon enough and everyone except Mr. I had ordered pizza. It was as good as I remembered and Jack-Jack agreed. I forgot to take a picture of him eating it (this time ).

Honey and Frozone had brought gifts for the boys and we had run out of opportunities for the kids to open them in front of their aunt and uncle so we brought the gifts with us to WPE. The kids opened them and had a lot of fun. Dash was super excited about his gift... I'll post a picture in a few updates because he opens it to play with it a few nights later.

Honey and Frozone decided they needed to head on back after dinner because they had to drive back to the Atlanta area the next day. We said our goodbyes and just the five of us, Mary Poppins, Mr. I, the boys and myself headed to some shops. I popped into the Christmas store while everyone else took a bathroom break outside of WPE.

We headed back toward the car. I swore I had seen where Goofy's Candy Company was back toward World of Disney. Oops! Wrong. We walked all the way to Basin, stopping in the toy shop and getting a few things along the way before I checked a directory and realized that Goofy's had been right down from WPE. *sigh* I checked out Basin, going back and forth about buying some bath bombs and ultimately decided not to, not because I didn't like the idea of it, but I really didn't find any that I liked the smell of. Any suggestions all you bath bomb lovers??

We took this picture when we walked past World of Disney WITHOUT GOING IN! That killed me!

Dash was all in the "take a picture of me" mood that night.


I had been wanting to do Goofy's since I first read about it on the Dining Plan snack credit thread. So I volunteer to leave everyone else on a bench and trek back by myself to get some treats. Well, Mr. I wanted treats too! And he didn't want me to get them for him, he wanted to pick them out himself, which I totally understood. Poor Mary Poppins was exhausted but didn't want to be parked on a bench by herself so we all head back to Goofy's.

We find it easy enough, right across from the Christmas store we had been in earlier. I was mentally kicking myself. They weren't too crazy busy but busy enough. We fill out our treat sheets and wait eagerly. I love love love Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's Monster Apples so I knew I wanted an apple, but I knew it would be hard to eat on the fly. So I decided to get pretzel rods.... ALSO! That's right baby! I got both. When on vacation.....!!! Calories don't count!

Dip, dip, dipping away.

Entertaining Jack-Jack while we wait.

I was so excited to get that little bag o goodies! Mr. I got pretzels too and Dash got a bag of cotton candy. That he proceeded to beat the youknowwhat out of while we waited for the treats to set. So when I went up to pay, the CM at the register asked if I wanted another one becuase it was broken down into little clumps. I thanked her but said it wasn't necessary since he'd been the one to beat it to death. She said it was ok and let him pick out another cotton candy and threw away the one he'd destroyed. Very nice of her.

Dash wanted another picture on the way back to the van.

We head back to T-Rex and Fulton's area to where we are parked. At this point I really was wishing we'd parked in lot 1 or A or whatever but oh well. We were tired and Jack-Jack was starting to melt down. He went from happy and cute and showing off to crying in about 2 mins. It was so crowded that it took forever to wiggle through with a stroller back to the van. Jack-Jack started full out wailing when we got in front of T-Rex so thankfully he nearly made it back to the car.

We get all buckled in and I nurse Jack-Jack while he's strapped in his carseat. AGAIN I'm just talented like that. He falls asleep on the way back as does Dash.

We arrive at Pop, click Jack-Jack out of his carseat and into his stroller, and he sleeps through the whole process. That's a lot of jostling so you know he was tired. I had to wake up Dash because the child ways 64 lbs and there was no way I could carry him.

When we got back to our room, we found a very well rested Fairy God Mother.

We dove into our goodies, let Dash play a little,

Drool worthy!! Note the bite I took BEFORE remembering to snap a picture.

Oh yeah baby! Your time will come! I had no idea how to get into this badboy with my teeth or a plastic knife. At Rocky Mountain they always volunteer to cut them for you so you can eat it by the slice! YUM!

What Dash picked out from the toy store. He loved it and Mom lucked out cus it was on clearance! That NEVER happens! There's a Captain Jack action figure behind the sail. It's his little boat he escapes in.


and then got the boys to bed! We were all pretty tired but thankfully we were planning to sleep in a bit the next morning. We had MK planned, with no ADRs during the day and the main thing we needed to cover was Tomorrowland and catch Spectro and WISHES!! Then Mr. I and I had one more date planned at Wolfgang Puck Cafe.

Will I finally get to see my favorite fireworks display ever!?!? Would Mr. I and I make it to our date!?

Dum, dum dummmmmmmmmmmmm!

Stay tuned!!

 

[faerieprincess]

Awesome update twinnie!

Holy crap @ the rotten luck with that car! Such horrible timing!!!

Your pretzel pic makes me want pretzels again! They were soooooo yummy. Your apple looks good too!

i'm really enjoying seeing your pictures again, especially since when i saw them originally i hadn't been to Disney yet. It's so cool to look at them again and i'm like... i was there! i saw that too! i stayed in a room like that!

We so have to go together.

 

[gellybean]

Couldn't find the beating head against wall, will this help?

That is just horrible luck you're having! Here's a little to get you through it!

Thanks for the pixiedust Kara!!! And the hitting the head smilie was perfect and much needed!! You rock!!

Awesome update twinnie!

Holy crap @ the rotten luck with that car! Such horrible timing!!!

Your pretzel pic makes me want pretzels again! They were soooooo yummy. Your apple looks good too!

i'm really enjoying seeing your pictures again, especially since when i saw them originally i hadn't been to Disney yet. It's so cool to look at them again and i'm like... i was there! i saw that too! i stayed in a room like that!

We so have to go together.

The car luck is definitely a hard pill to swallow. I just keep telling myself "it could be worse, it could be worse".

We do have to go and eat a ton of pretzels together!!!! I think it's awesome that Disney World is the only place you and I have both been! Apropos I think, since it's my favorite place in the world!!

On another sad note, we did end up cancelling our September Anniversary trip. With everything going on, trying to buy the house, the car in the shop, trying to do a bunch of things to the house, we can't afford to do a trip, not the trip I want to do at least. And I'd rather wait and go back later than do a trip that isn't my dream trip. Not that there's anything wrong with a budget trip. I'm hoping to get to go on a budget trip with my sister, mom and the boys in November. I'm all for doing Disney as cheap as possible. It's just not the type of trip I want to take with just hubby and I for an anniversary celebration! The hardest part about cancelling was that we lose our free dining pin usage!!

 

[princess~yo]

hate that about the car issues...knockin on wood that life is a little smoother for you after all of that!

Those pretzels really do look good...I want one of those and a mickey head treat too! And now that I've seen the apple, I'll need one of those too....guess it's a good thing disney calories don't count, huh?

 

[faerieprincess]

On another sad note, we did end up cancelling our September Anniversary trip. With everything going on, trying to buy the house, the car in the shop, trying to do a bunch of things to the house, we can't afford to do a trip, not the trip I want to do at least. And I'd rather wait and go back later than do a trip that isn't my dream trip. Not that there's anything wrong with a budget trip. I'm hoping to get to go on a budget trip with my sister, mom and the boys in November. I'm all for doing Disney as cheap as possible. It's just not the type of trip I want to take with just hubby and I for an anniversary celebration! The hardest part about cancelling was that we lose our free dining pin usage!!

Noooooooooo i'm sorry

 

[brookelizabeth]

Oh my! That is awful about the car! And TERRIBLE about having to cancel your anniversary trip!!!!!!! But, I know what you mean-this was a trip you wanted to splurge on, not think about the dollars and just ENJOY to the fullest extent--it just wouldn't be the same as a budget trip. You'll get to do it again--maybe next year!!!!!

Love the update! I could relate to the pics you were trying to do in DTD with Dash. Back in November I took Henry into the big shark (can't remember his name?) at the Nemo ride, so we could lay in there and take a pic. A father actually pushed his children in front of us. I tried to wait and wait, but parents kept shoving their kids in front of us. It was chaos! I was so annoyed, I finally gave up on getting that shot.

All the pics of Dash are adorable. I think it's funny that kids get in that "take a picture of me!" mood--and with the digital cameras of course they want to see every-single-picture you took too!

Sounds like a fun...but exhausting...night at DTD. I love WPE too, so YUMMY!

And Goofy's.... I love those pretzel rods!! I'm going to have to try the apple next time, it looks delish. I could eat it for breakfast the next day. Apples=fruit, chocolate has milk in it....good enough!

Dash's toy looks awesome! And score on it being on clearance!

 

[lazydoxy66]

Nice update. What is it with men??!!! They do come from a completely different angle on things.

Your treats looked divine. I got the peanut butter oreo slathered with calorie induced goodness. YUM!

I'm sorry to hear about your anniversary trip being canceled I know exactly how you feel. I want to do it my way for the next trip with my DH. Even if it means waiting an extra year.

I'm hoping that your bad luck is behind you now.

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Isn't Goofy's Candy Company just to die for? Yum. So many combinations, so little time. I think they will cut the apple for you too. I remember hearing a couple behind me asking. What treats are on the dining plan? I need to remember this for our next trip! I'm sorry you had to cancel your anniversary trip. What a bummer.

 

[kschafer]

What treats are on the dining plan? I need to remember this for our next trip!

Here is a link you might find helpful:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2067447

It is a running list (in the first post) of all the confirmed snacks on the DDP

 

[gellybean]

hate that about the car issues...knockin on wood that life is a little smoother for you after all of that!

Those pretzels really do look good...I want one of those and a mickey head treat too! And now that I've seen the apple, I'll need one of those too....guess it's a good thing disney calories don't count, huh?

So far the car luck has smoothed out a bit! I keep waiting for that next phone call ya know?? We did have a glich with the house closing though. UGH
Apparently when the current owners bought the house back in 06, the deed was filed incorrectly. The house is showing to be on lot 15, when in fact it's on lot 25. So technically the original owners don't even own the lot the house is on. LOVELY! They are in the process of trying to get the deed refiled correctly in time for closing by April 27th. It's always something!!

The pretzels were amazing, though I think I may go more classic flavors and less candy next time. I've been tempted to buy the stuff to make them at home, but I know there'd be no way I'd stop eating them until all the fixin's were GONE!

It's a GREAT thing Disney calories don't count. I gained those five pounds over that week on airport food.

Noooooooooo i'm sorry

I know but it's ok. Really. It wasn't just a financial decision. I don't know if Jack-Jack will be ready to be away from me for 6 nights and the thought of being so far away and not being able to get back easily if something were to happen like him being inconsolable is hard for me to bear. Plus if we did have to come back early and lose out on our tickets etc. I'd be crushed. And FGM is willing to keep him but she doesn't handle unhappy babies easy, so she's stressing about keeping him while he's so young and such a momma's boy. So it's best if we wait to take such a faraway long trip til Jack-Jack is a little older and less attached to me! And me to him!

We are going to get to go away though. We're looking at a four night over night stay in San Antonio. It's where we went for our honeymoon so it has some nostalgia factor for us, and it's only an hour and half away so no plane tickets and if we need to come back early it's not nearly as big of a deal. They have plenty of great hotels and restaurants, so while it won't be WDW it'll still be a nice anniversary getaway.

Oh my! That is awful about the car! And TERRIBLE about having to cancel your anniversary trip!!!!!!! But, I know what you mean-this was a trip you wanted to splurge on, not think about the dollars and just ENJOY to the fullest extent--it just wouldn't be the same as a budget trip. You'll get to do it again--maybe next year!!!!!


That's what I keep telling myself. Maybe next year! And it'll still give us something to look forward to!! and to PLAN ! We are still tenatively planning a trip in November with my sister and FGM. No Mr. I. But it would be more the budget kinda trip and I'd have the boys with me so no worry of how they are doing at home with Mom.


Love the update! I could relate to the pics you were trying to do in DTD with Dash. Back in November I took Henry into the big shark (can't remember his name?) at the Nemo ride, so we could lay in there and take a pic. A father actually pushed his children in front of us. I tried to wait and wait, but parents kept shoving their kids in front of us. It was chaos! I was so annoyed, I finally gave up on getting that shot.

Don't you just hate that? I try to think that they are oblivious and not just being rude. At least to give them the benefit of the doubt but seriously? ? Look around you, people! There are others that have been waiting longer than you! And honestly, if they'd wait, their pictures would be better too!

All the pics of Dash are adorable. I think it's funny that kids get in that "take a picture of me!" mood--and with the digital cameras of course they want to see every-single-picture you took too!

Exactly! I had to let him see every picture. There were other days he was so over pictures. It's just gonna get worse as he gets older and hormonal!

Sounds like a fun...but exhausting...night at DTD. I love WPE too, so YUMMY!

And Goofy's.... I love those pretzel rods!! I'm going to have to try the apple next time, it looks delish. I could eat it for breakfast the next day. Apples=fruit, chocolate has milk in it....good enough!

I totally agree about the apple for breakfast. And lunch or dinner!! I first discovered them Halloween of 06 and try to limit myself to one every 6 mths or so. If I let myself I'd be down to our local outlet mall weekly, where they make them at Rocky Mountain Candy Factory! It was an exhausting night, and it was an exhausting day that had followed another exhausting day. Those were our two busiest days for sure!

Dash's toy looks awesome! And score on it being on clearance!


I know! I was super excited. Dash takes after me and seems to always pick out something that isn't on sale. I always like the full priced items in a store, even before I look at the cost. It's a curse I tell ya!

Nice update. What is it with men??!!! They do come from a completely different angle on things.

Your treats looked divine. I got the peanut butter oreo slathered with calorie induced goodness. YUM!

I'm sorry to hear about your anniversary trip being canceled I know exactly how you feel. I want to do it my way for the next trip with my DH. Even if it means waiting an extra year.

I'm hoping that your bad luck is behind you now.

Men are men. I know the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus thing is prolly nonsense but I swear sometimes it's true! They speak a different language, and certainly hear a different language that comes out of women's mouths!! The treats were YUMMY ! I 'd kill for some right now but alas they'd be a whole day's worth of WW points if not MORE!

Thanks for the condolences regarding our anniversary trip! I'm not quite as as I was when I called to cancel. That call was PAINFUL! But it'll be worth the wait to have the trip I want to have. And there's nothing wrong with celebrating a 6th anniversary!

Thanks for the pixie dust!! It was really needed and seems to be helping!

Isn't Goofy's Candy Company just to die for? Yum. So many combinations, so little time. I think they will cut the apple for you too. I remember hearing a couple behind me asking. What treats are on the dining plan? I need to remember this for our next trip! I'm sorry you had to cancel your anniversary trip. What a bummer.

I could kick myself for not realizing Goofy's was so cool years ago. To think of all the pretzel rods and apples I've missed over the years!

I should have asked them to cut the apple but by that time, after everything that day I was ready to just go! She didn't offer, I didn't see a knife so it never occured to me to ask. But don't worry. We eat it...eventually!

Bummer yes but sometimes ya gotta roll with it. This isn't our first trip we've had to cancel because of timing or money or whatever. We had to cancel a Vegas trip in September 06 and were able to go in March 07 so things work out!

Here is a link you might find helpful:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2067447

It is a running list (in the first post) of all the confirmed snacks on the DDP

Thanks for posting that link ! That's the exact thread that I found my lovely pretzel rods on! I poured over that thread for hours, determined to get the most out of my snack credits and then ended up not doing the DDP. Go figure!!


Ok all you lovely people! I'm going to try to get pictures uploaded for the next update. Hoping to post it this afternoon or tonight, depending on kids and hubby! But soon!

Thanks for hanging in there!

 

[gellybean]

We last left off with exhausted people turning in for bed Sunday night, after saying goodbye to Honey and Frozone. I had told the moms that I had us planned to sleep in the next day and they were both relieved to get some much needed shut eye. The only things we needed to cover at MK were Tomorrowland and Spectro and Wishes, with some Main Street shopping thrown in. Dash wanted to ride Splash Mountain again but I wasn't making any promises. For one thing it had warmed up considerably by then so I was guessing the wait was going to be much longer and for another it was at the opposite end of the park where we had plans to be. I made no promises.

We headed down for a late breakfast, and left Mary Poppins in the room to get ready. We brought her back a to go breakfast of bacon and a boiled egg and found that our room had already been cleaned.

These guys were waiting on the beds when we got back to the room:

This little guy Jack-Jack had grabbed off of a display at the toy store the night before. Ironically enough I had already been eyeing him as a potential Jack-Jack souvie in every gift shop I had been since the first day we had arrived. Jack-Jack apparently agreed because he helped himself to him!

Dash's boo bear all snug in his bed! Dash had done the same thing that Jack-Jack had done with baby Simba. He plucked him right off of a rack at Babies R Us when he was about 10 months old. He's lost him like 1500 times and I swear I get more upset than Dash does. But he always seems to show back up.

We also found this in the window and balloons floating around in the room. Another birthday surprise that I had not planned on!

We headed out to the parks arriving a little after noon Disney time. Told ya we took our time that morning.


We stopped for some pictures that we were too in a hurry to take the first MK day:

The sun was bright that day!

Notice the matching shirts the g-ma's had on. I had them made for each of them for Christmas with just such a picture in mind!

We made our way in to the park, picking up Dash's stroller along the way.

First glimpse down Main Street.

We were greeted with the marching band. At this point Jack-Jack had fallen asleep in his stroller. SCORE! We'd had all the time in the world to shop and take our time and let Jack-Jack sleep. Except when I leaned over to lay his stroller down I smelled *IT*. He was in need of a diaper change in the worst way. And no matter how tempted I was to let him sleep, with his fair skin I knew better. I just couldn't leave him stinky. So we headed to the bathrooms by the fire station and woke Jack-Jack up for a diaper change. Foolishly I thought that he'd go back to sleep once back in his stroller. WRONG! He was cranky but wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon!

I had already decided to skip getting Jack-Jack's haircut. I think my babies grow their hair quicker than most people. Most first hair cut stories that I've read here on the DIS are on older toddlers and this momma wasn't feeling like letting her baby grow up so soon on this trip. He had just turned 1! It wouldn't hurt for him to have shaggy hair for a bit longer. Plus I had been the first one to cut Dash's hair and was feeling weird now that it was upon me to let someone else give Jack-Jack his first haircut.

So we headed down the shops on the left side of Main Street, passing right by the barber shop. I love these shops and love how you can connect between the two the whole way down! We stopped to try on some hats and ended up making a few purchases.

Tried on but didn't buy it-though he was pretty stinking cute in it if I say so myself. BUT he already had the POC Mickey Ears and I just couldn't justify the pirate ones too.

Just trying them on...

and purchased them ! They were too cute to not get! Course he wouldn't leave them on his head but oh well! A memory right? They are currently hanging in his room.

I tried on several headbands with Minnie Ears before I found these puppies:

Me posing for what would be several more twinnie pictures.

Love them!! I can't do headbands much because I get a headache but these babies just clip in on the sides of the head. This picture was supposed to be a twinnie picture that Sare (faerieprincess) was going to try to match exactly so we could show how much we do favor. She didn't get to take any of our matching pictures though. Maybe next trip!! She and Jess did pick up the ears though so I'm glad they got to find them early enough in the trip to have a bunch of pictures in them!

We exited the stores at the back by Casey's and headed across the street to Tomorrowland via Noodle Terrace.

We stopped for more photo ops! I was determined to make up for what I perceived as not having enough pictures taken at this point in the trip.

Dash being a dork! I'm his mother and I'm a dork so I can say that.

Pretty castle angle

Dash getting his handsome model pose on.

Another twinnie pic. My whole idea was to make it fun for Sare to find the spots I had taking the pictures so I was going for not obvious locations. I may have done too good of a job!

We made our way over to Tomorrowland, grabbed FPs for Buzz Lightyear and headed over to Carousel of Progress after parking the strollers.

The CoP sign... this ride is one of my faves from waaaaaay back.

We got on the ride and away we went around. Sure enough, the sitting down in a dark room made Jack-Jack fussy... probably really tired after falling asleep and then being so rudely woken up for something as trivial as a poopy diaper change! I had prepared, I thought for this, because we were sitting in the very back left hand corner with Mr. I sitting to my right and the g-ma's and Dash in front of us. I had a blanket. I was covered. So I popped out the goods. I finally broke down and did it. No one could see me, and seriously it IS a normal natural part of life right?? I still felt kinda icky popping the girls out in the middle of a ride at Disney but if it was what I had to do to get Jack-Jack to make it through the ride so I could enjoy it then so be it.

Except Jack-Jack was having none of it. He was squirming and trying to get off my lap. I tried feeding him a bottle instead but no go. So, not wanting to distract any of the other riders, (there were maybe 10 people in our theater other than us) I told Mr. I was stepping out with Jack-Jack and would meet him on a bench in front when it was over.

I had been on the ride enough to know that the ride was not going to be advancing any time soon. And it's not like it spins quickly or anything. The Exit sign did not say Emergency. So I carefully opened the door and quickly stepped across the threshold. No big deal. Or so I thought.

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[gellybean]

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Jack-Jack was pacified immediately being outside. We were taking our time walking slowly around the walkway on the back half of CoP. There was no need to hurry because we would have to wait for them to finish their journey through time anyway. About halfway around the circle I hear someone running around the bend. I look up to see a CM running, red faced and out of breath. He panted "Are you ok?" And I'm like "Yeah 'course. He just got fussy." He goes "Oh" and then says "We have to get you back to the front of the ride, this area is restricted."

Um ok...

I follow him, picking up the speed and I start putting two and two together. I hadn't seen the ride move around since I had left.

Stupidly I blurt out "OMG did I just make the ride stop?" The CM says "Yes M'am. The ride goes on emergency shut down anytime the doors are opened. It's very dangerous because people could be crushed if the walls move when they are stepping out."

I try to explain to him that I hadn't known it was an emergency exit, that there was no sign that said EMERGENCY exit, and that I had ridden enough time to know I was in no danger. He had radioed ahead earlier that he "had me and that everything is ok" but the ride had still not resumed. I ask him how they get it to start again and he says "Oh I have to get back around and put this little red pull card back in the machine."

Well what the heck are you doing strolling lazily around with me!! Get back to the machine and get it started again!

I basically said exactly that. I was mortified. YET AGAIN. I had managed to stop the entire Carousel of Progress for probably about 10 mins.

Honest to God I didn't know. I just saw the Exit sign and stepped out. So if any of you were on the ride that day, I'm truly sorry!!

Jack-Jack and I waited on a bench for our family to meet up with us, after retrieving his stroller from the stroller park.

As the people started to exit in waves, I'm quite sure I looked appropriately sheepish and was failing miserably in pretending it hadn't been me that had stopped the ride!

Mr. I informed me that the loud speaker had only come on about 20 times saying "Please remain in your seats. Please do not use the Exit doors unless it is an emergency" or something like that. And all the lights came up, the music stopped etc. I wanted to go hide somewhere.

Now its pretty darn

The window for our Buzz Lightyear Ranger Spin FP was open, so Mr. I and I went over to get SM FPs first. They were good in about another hour or so, so we knew we needed to stay in Tomorrowland. No problem. We had FPs for Rangerspin and I kinda wanted to try Cosmic Ray's for a late lunch.

When we got back to where we had parked everyone, Dash has made friends with a CM that was going to culinary school in Orlando and on a work program with WDW. She gave Dash a pin even though he didn't have a lanyard or any pins to trade.

I think her name was Jessica. (HA It helps to read her nametag !!)She was awesome!!

We decided we would go ride Toy Story after that, but Mary Poppins didn't feel like riding so we left her parked with Jack-Jack trying to get him to sleep in his stroller again.

The four of us went on the ride. Dash loved it and we got lots of pictures in the queue and after the ride.

Dash was back in a picture mood!

Dash and FGM showing off her MeMaw shirt!

Dash and FGM in the car in front of Mr. I and I!

Posing with Zurg! After waiting and waiting for people to realize we were waiting to take a picture!

Up next.... a late lunch, losing my cool and a sleeping baby. PLUS the moment we've all been waiting for.... Would I finally get to see Wishes?!!


Stay tuned!!

 

[faerieprincess]

OMG you didn't tell me about stopping the Carousel of Progress. too funny.

i'm SORRY i didn't get any twinnie pics!!! i couldn't find places, i couldn't motivate my photographer... it just was a bust and it's all my fault i'm sorry

awesome update twinnie!!!!!

 

[Lovemy3babes]

I can't stop laughing about you stopping the COP. I know it was probably mortifying but it's still hilarious. I would totally do something like that. Now don't shoot me but I have never done the COP. Where is it at exactly?

 

[lazydoxy66]

It looked like a gorgeous day for MK. I liked your Minnie Ears. I also liked the Grandma's t-shirts.

I can't believe you stopped the CoP. I would have just died.

 

[brookelizabeth]

We also found this in the window and balloons floating around in the room. Another birthday surprise that I had not planned on!

So cute! What a wonderful surprise!

Love it!

The scarf, Mickey ears hat and Minnie ears are really cute too!

Don't feel bad about "popping out the goods"-YES, it's a very natural thing and it's best for your little man! Henry never nursed nicely, so I pumped for MONTHS AND MONTHS! You were very modest about it-don't worry!

And oh my word...that is HILARIOUS about stopping CoP! Scary about it possibly CRUSHING you though!!!! This so sounds like something I would have done. I'm going to have to remember to look on that ride in December to see if they have added "Emergency" to the sign!

I reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hope you got to see Wishes!!!!!

 

[gellybean]

I hope to be back on the DIS soon everyone.

Jack-Jack caught the stomach flu last week and gave it to everyone in the family except Dash.

Dash got a cold-like virus and it's been complicated by a pneumococcal infection in his eyes, ears, and lungs-basically pneumonia with a secondary infrection in his eyes and both ears.

And now Jack-Jack is starting to show the same symptoms that Dash started out with last week.

So it's kinda hairy around here.

I hope to get an update out as soon as both boys start feeling better. That's assuming of course I don't catch the cold-like virus in addition to the stomach flu!!



Thanks for hanging in there! I'm almost done!!!

 

[faerieprincess]

I hope to be back on the DIS soon everyone.

Jack-Jack caught the stomach flu last week and gave it to everyone in the family except Dash.

Dash got a cold-like virus and it's been complicated by a pneumococcal infection in his eyes, ears, and lungs-basically pneumonia with a secondary infrection in his eyes and both ears.

And now Jack-Jack is starting to show the same symptoms that Dash started out with last week.

So it's kinda hairy around here.

I hope to get an update out as soon as both boys start feeling better. That's assuming of course I don't catch the cold-like virus in addition to the stomach flu!!



Thanks for hanging in there! I'm almost done!!!

Holy crap, that's a dose and a half of crappiness i hope all of you are feeling much better very very soon!!!!