How 1 trip turned to 2 and now turning into 3!! Update Pg 40 Days 3, 4 and 5!!

[newtodis]

We had an ADR for Tusker House at 8:05 this morning. We were told to be there 10-15 minutes prior-like they tell you for everything. We had a slight problem with this because there was NO ONE to let anyone in to the parking lot. Someone else had already called Disney Dining (be sure to have your cell phones and numbers with you just in case!!) and they were supposed to send someone from security to let us in. The first security person was extremely rude and said she didn't know what anyone was talking about and said she'd let someone know right away...the wait continued. The boys really did quite well until after about 15 minutes or so. Then it was a little bit harder for them.

Corbin had brough Cars with him and he was playing. Carter was having a much harder time. I have to give Corbin a lot of credit though-he was trying SO hard to keep Carter quiet. He kept giving him toys and talking to him about what we were going to see and do today. He really is a good kid.

Soon enough, someone showed up to let us in. Then it was a race to try and get the car unloaded and get through bag check and the gates. There was no problem at all with the reservation being for four and five of us actually being there.

We made our way back through the park to Tusker House. The boys and Grandma had a seat to wait while I checked in.

We only waited about five minutes before getting a table. Before being seated, we stopped for a quick picture that they would bring to our table later. We had Grandma stand with the boys. Corbin did not much want any part of this but the photographer made a deal with Corbin that he would give him a trading card if he stood there. Since I wasn't in the picture, I took a couple of my own.

We quickly sat down and got some food for the boys before the characters started coming out. Corbin was thrilled with a doughnut (he wound up eating 2 1/2!! only at Disney!) and Carter loved the fruit.

Daddy ran to get something to eat before any charactes came out. First out was Donald-Daddy did not make it back in time! Carter refers to Donald as "Don" and as soon as he spotted him he was climbing out of his highchair! Corbin was still not doing so well with characters so this was a bit of a challenge and a big person had to be with him preferably between him and the character. Thanks to another mommy sitting behind us, since Dan wasn't back, we all managed to squeeze in this picture. If you're here-THANK YOU!!

Before long, out came Mickey. This time, Grandma had gone up to get something to eat so she missed Mickey. If you're thinking about eating here, the characters come out VERY quickly! Within about half an hour of getting in the door, there were characters out and about and moving right along. There was interaction, but it was very timely and the were moving right along.

Next, out came Daisy. Carter was still in love with her and I think remembered her from the morning before at the MK. Yes that's me hiding behind Daisy in the last picture. I was touching Corbin's back so he thought I was there-I was-just trying not to be in the picture. Hopefully with a little creative cropping, it won't be as noticable.

Finally, out came "Hat"-this is what Carter calls Goofy. He immediately grabbed ahold of Hat's leg and just wouldn't let go. Poor Goofy didn't know what to do!

I took care of the bill while the boys got everything ready to head out for the day on their safari! They brought the picture package out from earlier as well. Dan and I talked while his mom was at breakfast and agreed that if it was nice, we would get it so his mom would have an "instant" picture to take with her. They managed to print the one of Corbin smiling with the three of them so it was a keeper. We were $32 lighter but when Grandma saw the picture, it was worth it! Later, when we were back in the room, I looked at the 4x6 pictures and they'd put in the little Mickey with a birthday cake picture from the photopass! Too cute! Totally worth the $32 for them.

After breakfast, Grandma took the boys and started walking towards the safari while Daddy went back to get the strollers.

The posted wait time was 20 minutes at a few minutes after 9 (park opening) but before long, we were in our vehicle and waiting for our two week safari to begin!

Up next...safari animals!

 

[newtodis]

This is one of my most favorite rides at the World! It's different every single time you ride it and we've always had a great time! Dan's mom said it'd been about 5 years since she'd even been in the AK so she'd never been on this ride. We tried to keep the kids so she could enjoy. We have always tried to get on the ride first thing so it's a short wait and we see more animals before it gets too hot. We certainly were not disappointed this time!

We managed to save the mommy elephant from the poachers. Corbin was VERY concerned about this and asked about it several more times during the day to make sure she was ok.

On our way to wonder over to Dinoland, I thought it was time for a potty break. Of course no one wanted to stop, but as soon as we did, everyone had to go. While Dan was changing Carter and Grandma was going potty, Corbin asked for his picture to be taken-that's my boy!

When Carter came out, he wanted to join in too!

On the way to Dinoland (not sure if that's the "official" name but what Corbin calls it), I saw the sign for Camp Mickey-Minnie. I'd remembered there being characters back there on our last trip. I mentioned heading back there and then over to the dino ride. Everyone was agreeable to se headed off.

On the way, Carter got to see "shishes".

Corbin's learned the fun of a drinking fountain. He spotted one and we had to stop for him to get a drink.

We told Corbin what we were going to do and he was ok while waiting in line. When we approached Donald, Carter took off right towards him like he'd done with all of the characters. Corbin, surprising all of us, went up to Donald too and interacted with him. He also stood for pictures.

When we were leaving Donald's visit, Corbin got high fives from everyone and we all told him how proud we were. He told us he was "seeing all of them" and was off to the next line.

Next up was Minnie Mouse. We were the next people in line when Minnie had to go fix her makeup. We waitied about two minutes and Minnie was back out to see us. The boys did such a good job waiting.

 

[newtodis]

I told you lots of pictures and there's no disappointing tonight-that's for sure!

Next up was Goofy. Carter was all about hugging his leg just like at breakfast.

Our last trail led to Mickey! Again, he had to go grab a bite of cheese before we could visit with him. Carter got so excited, he tripped trying to get to Mickey. Mickey scooped him right up and there were no tears at all. Hugs and smiles as usual.

Daddy and Grandma also asked for pictures with Mickey.

Corbin told Mickey goodbye and we were off to see what else we could find.

Just across the path, Koda the Bear was meeting and greeting. Corbin had already lost his courage and wanted nothing to do with him. Carter was full of love and couldn't wait for his turn to hug him!

Daddy wanted to ride TTBAB but I didn't think the boys were up for that. Corbin wanted to ride Triceratops Spin so Daddy went off on his own and we agreed to meet up after the rides. Before the ride, Grandma treated us to the frozen lemonade things. The boys loved them. Everyone loved their rides.

With the big party tonight, we decided it was time to head back to the hotel to rest before the fun began. Everyone but Mommy got to nap today. Mommy was running all over trying to find a halloween shirt for Daddy since Target didn't have one that I could get before we left. The night before, the hotel had a bunch of Halloween stuff in the shop....today, nothing of course. I wound up just getting him a general Disney shirt but it wasn't what I wanted for him by any means.

Alright up next, MNSSHP!!!!

I'm off to bed...I have to go to sleep before Desperate Housewives starts. That's my favorite show-just about the only thing I follow each and every week and dvr to make sure I don't miss it. If I start to watch it, I won't be able to go to sleep until it's done and I need to get some sleep tonight after being up late the past two nights.

Have a great night everyone!! Enjoy the updates!

 

[lmillercrew]

I enjoyed, I enjoyed! O.K., first of all you made miniature cheese cakes. Ummm... YUMMY!!! My favorite is cheese cake, except I'm a little weird when I eat it with fruit on it. I don't eat the cherries or blueberries, I just eat the sauce. I know, weirdo.
I absolutely love Corbin's dimple and his thumbs up pose. You need to frame that picture of Carter and Koda.
Looks like you had a great time at the 30-10 party. You're a great friend.
Have a good Monday morning!

 

[billysmommy]

I love the boys Cars shirts and the shirts you all are wearing at AK ~ who made them? The adult shirts are great and are actually something that my DH would wear

 

[newtodis]

Yum! Those desserts on the table look tasty!

Thanks-she's a chocolate lover so I had to go all out for her!

I enjoyed, I enjoyed! O.K., first of all you made miniature cheese cakes. Ummm... YUMMY!!! My favorite is cheese cake, except I'm a little weird when I eat it with fruit on it. I don't eat the cherries or blueberries, I just eat the sauce. I know, weirdo.
I absolutely love Corbin's dimple and his thumbs up pose. You need to frame that picture of Carter and Koda.
Looks like you had a great time at the 30-10 party. You're a great friend.
Have a good Monday morning!

Thank you! I'll make you some cheesecake! Dan was eating leftovers all day yesterday! I'm weird too because I'll eat them plain or just the sauce from the strawberries-nothing else!

Yeah I don't know where he got the thumbs up from all of a sudden but he picked that up-I think he saw another boy doing it when we were waiting for Buzz and Woody but who knows with him.

I want to make the boys a little book of what they saw on this trip and that's one of the pictures I'll use. Carter talks about Stich all the time now! The only time he's ever seen him was at Disney when wer were just there! We may have to eat breakfast with Stich on the next trip just for Carter!

Party was great-so much fun! You have a great day too!!

I love the boys Cars shirts and the shirts you all are wearing at AK ~ who made them? The adult shirts are great and are actually something that my DH would wear

Got them from the Creative DISigns board. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the DISigners. They are my heros. I got so many compliments and people asking where we got the shirts from. Dan's mom actually told me I should have been handing out cards with my name and number on them! I told her I would if she'd bail me out of jail for selling Disney stuff!

Just pop over to the Creative DISigns board in the "Just for Fun" section of the board. If you can't find what you're looking for, start a thread and someone will gladly help you out! I used to be over there all the time trying to do something as creative as those folks but life got busy and I haven't been DISigning for awhile. I cannot wait to get back into it once I get this TR done and working on our Dec trip. We have another DISigner here too-Jill (aka Leonsmom) does AMAZING work! She's got a link in her signature of her super cool stuff!

Happy DISign hunting!


Have a great Monday everyone! I'm off to do some investigating into adoption and what it would entale trying to do it in two different states. I've also got to acually do some work today and Dan's leaving for two weeks on Sunday morning so I've got lots of laundry and packing to do for him.

My goal is to have MNSSHP up and done by Friday...I might have to do it in bits and pieces since I've got a lot of pictures from it!

 

[newtodis]

Ok, the dining plan decision....since we need to pay the remainder of the trip off this month and we're trying to save up for a few other things, I think we're going to leave dining as it stands right now. When we take care of a couple of other things, then we'll "upgrade" to the deluxe dining I think...I need to make some tough choices in the next couple of weeks on what we're going to do. I'm stuck on my credits because we're doing CRT which is two credits so that only leaves me 2 other TS credits to use and I want to do at least one or two more character meals. I know we'll use the CS and snack credits-I have no worries there. Just to ease my mind, we'll probably end up upgrading just not right now...

Now, to get an "official" list of what we're going to do and where we're going to eat while we're there. Right now we've got a TS every day: Sci-Fi (I want to try their burgers and hopefully a milkshake if I don't get too sick from it!), CRT (which is 2 credits and I know the food's not great-I just want to eat in the castle once), Akerhaus (I think that's how you spell it....the princess breakfast in EPCOT although I'm still debating...I may move this to 1900 PF and cancel the GFC lunch we've got scheduled), GFC (might get ditched for a princess breakfast, although I did love their steaks!!). I want to fit Tusker House back in as well-the food and character interaction was VERY good! I'd also like to get back to CM's if possible. Cape May looks like another fun one to try out for breakfast maybe??? I'm also debating about eating with Stich at the Poly due to Carter's new love for Stich. That would be the only person he would know there though so I'm not too sure on that one. I liked CR too if we're on the dining plan just the atmosphere was so cool. If we could get another awesome table, I would do it again for sure! It sounds like all we're going to be doing on this trip is eating! (nothing wrong with that at all of course!!)

I want to try and devote a "day" (day's worth of time) to each park if possible. That way we can look for characters if we want, don't feel so bad about waiting in line for things, aren't in such a rush and will have a good idea of what we do and don't want to do while we're there again. For us, half a day in each park works out well so we'll split it up I'm sure.

We're also doing MVMCP which will give us a night in MK. If it's anything like the MNSSHP, we'll be able to get on a bunch of rides and stuff. My plan for the Christmas party is the total opposite of MNSSHP-we're going to ride rides until the kids cannot stay awake. Then, we'll sit down and watch Wishes and the parade. (I'll tape it for the boys to watch later!) Then whatever else we want to go on, we'll be able to. I'm sure the boys will crash by then so we'll either have to take turns going on things or take them on sleeping! They'll never know the difference. If our friends go like they're talking about, we can always split up too and have the boys take the kids for awhile and the girls take them for awhile so we can both do stuff. I cannot wait to see the characters dressed up in the holiday stuff-too cute!

Alright...I really should be getting back to work today!

 

[newtodis]

Alright...I think we left off riding the dino ride at AK.

After that we headed back to the hotel to rest-they rested while I went on a Halloween t-shirt hunt.

By the time I got back, we had about half an hour before having to be back at MK for Corbin's BBB appointment. Corbin loves the monorail and we try to ride it as much as possible when we're there. While we were walking up, the monorail was leaving and we were just about the only family there. I knew this was my chance!

I walked over with a big smile on my face and asked the CM working there if there was any way the boys could drive the monorail. He directed me to another CM who let them drive. He kindly explained that only four could ride up front at once. I let him know that was totally fine and I would take the strollers and sit in the first "car" while the rest of the group drove. Dan's mom and I got into a brief argument at this point about if she was going to ride with them or not. She insisted that I ride with them and I insisted that I did on the last trip and would be back with them before she would and she should ride with them.

She finally listened to me and I loaded the strollers onto the monorail. It was a nice quiet ride with a nice little break for me!

***I've got pictures someplace-I've got to find them!

We got to the MK and were ready to PARTY! I gave Corbin a hard time about his driving for a little while. We kind of wandered around a little bit and before too long it was time to head off to Corbin's appointment.

I took Corbin to the castle for his appointment while the rest of the gang headed off to hang out (I never really did find out what they did). Corbin was totally excited with the entire experience until all of the FGITs started making a fuss about him since he was the only little boy in the place.

He immediately became shy about the entire process. We sat and waited for a few minutes until it was our turn to go back and have our hair done. As we sat and waited, Corbin watched little girls pick out their princess dresses, shoes, crowns, etc and began to think. I could see it-I really could. He looked over at me and said with his most sternest voice and meanest look he could muster and said "I'm not wearing a princess dress. I'm not."

It was all I could do to keep it together at that point. I explained that no one was going to make him wear a princess dress-as cute as he would be. We went back to quietly waiting for our turn to be called.

He clearly wasn't buying my story at all because he kept telling the girl that came to get us he was NOT wearing a princess dress and she couldn't make him.

We got to our chair and he refused to sit alone. So, in an attempt to get this done, I sat down and he sat on my lap facing me. The FGIT was not very helpful with the situation at all at this point...she was trying to engage him but was not doing well at all. She kept trying to get him to talk to her and he wasn't having any part of it at all.

I helped him pick out the colors for his hair gel and she set to work on making spikey hair. Corbin is in love with spikey hair. There's a fire fighter that told Corbin he could take our fire truck home (kidding of course!) one night when I'd brought him to my fire station. Corbin was still learning names at that point of all of the new fire fighters since we hadn't been here that long. Corbin lovingly calls him Captain Spikey Hair when he talks about him. The guys love that name for him!

So, we were on our way to turning Corbin into Captain Spikey Hair. Now I'd read a thread before I left about having a hard time with this because the child's hair was too long. We had this problem and Corbin's hair is really not that long-it's VERY thick.

The only thing she did to make it stand up was hair spray it and run her fingers through his hair. I could have told her this wouldn't last long at all. None the less, she went ahead and put the color in his hair.

He picked out his favorite colors for the Mickey head on the back of his head. He was amazed when she held up the mirror for him to actually see the back.

Mind you, the entire time he's on my lap so it's VERY challenging to take pictures. The photopass person came around a couple of times but really I was unimpressed overall. There are a few pictures on our photopass but I wouldn't do it again by myself.

Once all the painting was done, the FGIT got her "treasure" back from Corbin (who'd been holding it for her) and she put a good handful on his hair. We left a trail for hours of fallen treausure. (Corbin later thought it was HILLARIOUS to shake his head out the front of the stroller to see how much treasure came out)

After the color had been put on his hair and his Mickey head was in place, the FGIT got out her pixie dust. She was careful about covering up my camera but it's still donning some pixie dust today!

So, with me covering Corbin's eyes and the FGIT saying "Bipity Bopity Boo!" she sprinkled pixie dust on Coribn....then on me! That's when the tears started. I think I'd really done the whole castle thing for me-not so much for Corbin and maybe the FGIT sensed that or something.

She was kind enough to give me a tissue and, of course, at that point Dan came in to check on us. He could not figure out why I was crying and I didn't want to explain it at that point.

We paid for our BBB experience while I tried to get it together. I'm not sure why because Dan walked out and announced that he found me in there crying. Sometimes I want to punch him in the face.

Grandma was very impressed with the hairdo and we were all trying to avoid Corbin's wet head.

We headed over around the castle and back down towards the front (entrance/exit) of MK to find Tony's. We stopped at the Wishing Well and I was able to get a couple more pictures of the "Cool Dude".

Here's a quick shot of the castle that I took on our way to dinner:

We managed to find Tony's (it was in front of our face the entire time-DUH!!) and I checked in for dinner. Again, we had no problem checking in for 5 instead of 4 thank goodness.

I've got a picture of the boys watching Lady and the Tramp while we were waiting for our names to be called.

***Find another picture (get it together Lynn!!)

We didn't wait more than a few minutes before our name was called and we got taken to a table. The waitress seemed on top of her game, going over exactly what was included in the dining plan and everything.

The boys got the raspberry lemonade "special" drink with the light up Captain Hook on it. While we were waiting, she also brought out some bread.

I must say, I love this restrauant. The themeing was pretty nice and it wasn't overly loud-a nice change in our meals.

Corbin didn't want "nothing" so Dan and I just ordered a cheeseburger calzone and spagetti and meatballs from the children's menu for them and agreed we'd decide when it got there who would get what.

Dan and I ordered the steak-it was ok, a close second for me to GFC. Dan preferred this one over GFC. Dan's mom got chicken parmesan (sp?) and loved it. Corbin ended up choosing the spagetti. I tried a little bit of it and loved it. You could really taste the garlic-which, of course, my kid is allergic to! Thankfully no problems which is good. Carter enjoyed the cheeseburger calzone-it looked really good but I didn't try any. The potatos with our dinner were AMAZING!! I could have eaten an entire plate of them! Overall, a nice dinner.

It had to be good if Corbin's got a dirty face!

Soon enough the waitress came back to get our dessert orders. Again, a mini-fight with DMIL. She didn't want dessert (not understanding the dining plan) thinking we'd be paying for it. After explaining it's included, she agreed to order something. The adults all ordered the "bomb"-chocolate ice cream inside vanilla ice cream inside a chocolate shell on top of chocolate sauce and a like pound cake. The kids chose fruit-good kids!

We finally waited, and waited, and waited for the waitress to come back with the bill. She could not figure out how to ring anything up and had to get a manager. I finally sent the rest of the group out to get strollers and whatnot while I tried to wrap this up.

About ten minutes later, she finally brought the correct bill and my room card but no tables in wonderland card. I had to wait for her to find that-I was not going to pay the $25 to get a new one-without so much as an apology for wasting all that time. What a terrible way to end a nice meal.

I finally finished and found the group outside looking at a duck in the grass. Carter doesn't discriminate-it was a "bird".

 

[newtodis]

This is only the beginning of the Halloween party-I don't think I'll be able to finish all of it tonight...I'm going to try though.

Right after dinner, we headed over to show our tickets to get our purple wrist bands. It took a few minutes because we'd bought our tickets on line and printed them off. The scanner thingy was having a hard time reading them but in the end they worked.

Now that we were officially "party ready" we headed off. I had a meeting with a fellow diser at 6 to have a "Dole Whip for Bawb" (a podcast board thing). On our way back to the Dole Whip stand, we saw Rafki and Timon with only one other family waiting for them. We took advantage of the opprotunity (Sorry Tammy!!) and let the boys meet them. Corbin wasn't having much of it but Carter was all about it!

After our meet 'n' greet, we headed on to the Dole Whip stand. I'd never had a Dole Whip (not much of a pineapple person and with all of my stomach problems, wasn't up for actually eating it). I didn't see Tammy right away but she spotted me and came right over.

Tammy and I bonded over the Hanna scare since she lives near me-would have never known if not for the DIS! We quickly got in line, she got an official Dole Whip and I got a pineapple float (it's what Dan agreed to eating prior to our meeting). I'm newer to the podcast board so hopefully the float wasn't disrespectful to Bob. We had Tammy's friend take our picture and we said our goodbyes. Before leaving, Tammy gave the boys some green glow bracelets-too sweet! (they loved them Tammy!!)

We said our goodbyes and we headed off to ride more rides. Dan wanted to take the boys on the pirate ride and since one of the rules was you had to try it once, we were all going on it.

I didn't take any pictures on the actual ride I don't think since it was so dark and didn't really want to "ruin" it for others...it was alright but Corbin was NOT loving the ride and Dan had blue and green paint smeared ALL OVER the side of his shirt when the ride was done thanks to Corbin's head being smashed against him during the ride.

Next we were off on the Jungle Cruise. We hadn't done this before and they were minutes from closing it because the party was going to be starting soon. We hopped on the last cruise for the night. Not something I'll be going on again unless we just need a break for a few minutes, but Dan enjoyed it I think.

After our cruise, Dan ran up and got our trick or treat bags since the Jungle Cruise had turned into a candy pick up point. The kids in front of us kept reaching in the bucket and taking more and more candy. Finally the mom (I think) stepped in and got them, but it was a little disrespectful to the CM since he was telling them they could have all the candy they wanted, they just had to keep coming back.

Finally it was our turn and Corbin reached in to grab his own since he'd seen the other kids doing it. We had a brief talk about it and let him know just because they did it did not make it ok.

We headed off to the carpets since there was no wait for them! After the first ride, we just stayed on one more time since there still wasn't anyone in line. Corbin and I had fun trying to get the carpet in just the right spot to get Daddy and Carter wet from the spitting camel! Grandma sat this one out and tried to take some pictures.

We headed back over the bride towards the castle. Dan wanted to sit the boys down for the first parade so they could see it and see what they thought about it. I was against this idea and wanted to wear them out on the rides and just tape the parade for them (selfish maybe but they were having fun on the rides!).

On the way, I took a couple of pictures of the decorations.

Corbin couldn't take it any more and had to have some candy!

While we were sitting and waiting, a lady came out and made the boys balloon swords which kept them busy for a few minutes.

I LOVE the lights on the castle at night.

Before long, there was the announcement for the headless horseman. (the first picture needs to be zoomed in but I haven't edited anything yet)

Dan was so very excited by this. The sparks from the horse's shoes were spooky. Corbin could NOT figure out how come he didn't have a head and how you can ride a horse without a head. Just Disney magic I guess!

Then we sat and waited for the parade. I walked across the street to Casey's to get a few drinks while we were waiting for the parade to start.

 

[newtodis]

A little while later (probably about half an hour-I don't wear a watch), we saw this:

The parade was finally starting. This was our first ever Disney parade-Dan and I had seen Spectro on the last trip partially from a distance not knowing what it was. We were pretty impressed with it.

Carter got "5" from Pooh-made his night!!!-but somehow I didn't push the button fast enough!!

These guys literally fell into Dan's lap!

****I've got to find the rest of the pictures!

 

[newtodis]

I had to leave more space in the last post for more parade pictures and probably will here too once I get them on here.

More parade pictures!!

She stopped and posed for a picture for me!!

Here are some Wishes pictures-I probably won't have enough space here to add more, maybe I'll put some posts at the end for pictures I didn't include anywhere else!

*************I have to add them to the next post-too many pictures in this one!! Sorry guys!!!

Anyways, after the parade and Wishes, I took Dan's mom's cell phone and they took the boys back. Dan and I agreed to meet at 11 back at Casey's to do whatever we could do in the hour that we'd have left.

So I headed off into the darkness. Before I started too far into my journey, I asked for directions to Cinderella's carriage-this was a MUST SEE for me. The first CM I got directions from lost me so I had to ask again and it just happened to be a member of the Dream Team. No dream for me, she said they'd just come from the carriage. She gave me directions and I was able to find it no problem at all. I got in the line for the photopass and waited my turn. It wasn't too bad with the wait and was cool to see in person.

With that done, I had to decide if I was off to get more pictures or try and hit some rides. I decided to hit Peter Pan's flight and Small World since both were walk on rides.

Once done with those, I headed back to Mickey's Toon Town to try and see Mickey and Minnie in their costumes.

On my way back, I saw Tigger and Piglet dressed up. The line wasn't too long for them so I waited and called Dan while I was in line to see if he was coming back or not since it was about 10:45. He was just getting back into the parking lot and was going to meet me back by Mickey's house since I was back there.

After Tigger and Piglet, I headed to Mickey's house. The line really wasn't nearly as bad as I'd expected.

About this time, Dan met up with me when I was headed into Minnie's house. We got our pictures with Minnie and after the first one, Minnie stole a kiss from my husband!

 

[Grace and Mickey]

Wonderful picturesI think I might talk to my family about attending the party when we are there in Sept, my oldest daughter love Halloween. i will remember about riding up fromt for the monrail, will just take turns up front everyone gets a chance. I like the cool dude!! I would have cried too with the pixie dust I have been thinking about getting grandson haircut at MK when we are there. We ate at Tony's on our Sept 2006 trip and it was nice and quite too, I dont like Itatain food but I enjoyed my meal here. I love all your character pictures. I need to go back and reread as I 'm sure I missed something. Looking forward to more.

 

[newtodis]

******ETA HalloWishes pictures!! Sorry they're not in order guys....Heopfully the Dec TR will be better!!!

SORRY GUYS...that's all that will fit here!

Wonderful pictures I think I might talk to my family about attending the party when we are there in Sept, my oldest daughter love Halloween. i will remember about riding up fromt for the monrail, will just take turns up front everyone gets a chance. I like the cool dude!! I would have cried too with the pixie dust I have been thinking about getting grandson haircut at MK when we are there. We ate at Tony's on our Sept 2006 trip and it was nice and quite too, I dont like Itatain food but I enjoyed my meal here. I love all your character pictures. I need to go back and reread as I 'm sure I missed something. Looking forward to more.

Yeah the party was very cool-if someone's getting tired, having them take the kiddo (and anyone else who's tired) back to the hotel while the rest party! It was so much more enjoyable that way. The best part-I didn't feel guilty about being there without the kids since they were sleeping!

They got cute little monorail driver's license things (they're in my bag of stuff to put in my scrapbook) when they got off-very cute! Splitting up is a good idea to ride up there!

You can do the cool dude at BBB or the barber shop. BBB takes appointments, the barbershop does NOT. That's why I went with the BBB-I'm not a very patient person.

Thanks so much for the sweet words! Have a great night!!

 

[bluecinderellaeyes]

Awsdome Now find those other pictures! Ur boys are 2 cute for words!

 

[lmillercrew]

Sorry that you had to have Corbin sit on your lap. His spikey hair was cute. Love the painted Mickey on the back of his head. I love the pix of Corbin winking on the Aladdin ride. I like the Jungle Cruise. It's cheesy, yes, but it's a classic.
I'm glad to see pictures of the parade. Last year when DH and I were there, my camera battery died, and the Kodak store at Mk didn't have a charger or battery for me so I bought a disposable one. Only 2/3 of my entire roll of 28 (or whatever) turned out. And they didn't even turn out nicely. They're not clear, kinda foggy. I was so mad when I got them back from being developed. That parade was SO cool! Don't know if I'll ever get back there during Halloween. P**#ed me off.
Are you going through with the adoption for yourselves? Happy for you if you are. My sister was getting ready to submit adoption papers a couple of years ago, and she found out she was pregnant. Good luck. Fill me in on whatever you find out.
I should be making my hotel ressie, for June, this week. POR here we come!
Great update and I hope you find those other pictures to post

 

[newtodis]

Awsdome Now find those other pictures! Ur boys are 2 cute for words!

Thanks so much! Yeah I'm going to have to see what happened to them. I'm thinking maybe some are on my little point and shoot camera and I just didn't get the pictures off?? I've got to do some digging. My fear is that I took them off the camera and some were lost with the computer problems...I certainly hope that's not the case at al.

Sorry that you had to have Corbin sit on your lap. His spikey hair was cute. Love the painted Mickey on the back of his head. I love the pix of Corbin winking on the Aladdin ride. I like the Jungle Cruise. It's cheesy, yes, but it's a classic.
I'm glad to see pictures of the parade. Last year when DH and I were there, my camera battery died, and the Kodak store at Mk didn't have a charger or battery for me so I bought a disposable one. Only 2/3 of my entire roll of 28 (or whatever) turned out. And they didn't even turn out nicely. They're not clear, kinda foggy. I was so mad when I got them back from being developed. That parade was SO cool! Don't know if I'll ever get back there during Halloween. P**#ed me off.
Are you going through with the adoption for yourselves? Happy for you if you are. My sister was getting ready to submit adoption papers a couple of years ago, and she found out she was pregnant. Good luck. Fill me in on whatever you find out.
I should be making my hotel ressie, for June, this week. POR here we come!
Great update and I hope you find those other pictures to post

Well, just for you I'll dig out more parade pictures and post them! Feel free to borrow some if you'd like!

We-just last night actually-got an adoption profile from one set of friends we'd talked to about it. I sent that on to my friend for her foster daughter to consider. Dan and I also agreed that we would be considered as well. Dan's talking to our other friends today to see if they're interested in submitting something for her to review and be considered. Now only time will tell. I made it very clear to my friend that we'd be happy with whatever she chose-it does not have to be us. So now we're waiting. She goes next week to find out what she's having and shared that the father has red hair so the baby probably will as well. So I guess we're in the mix but no "official" word as of yet. She's not due until the end of February so we've got quite a wait ahead of us yet. With our other friends, they're already in the same state so it could be a lot less confusing and less hassle if they're chosen. I've also never really looked into adoption before so I'm not 100% sure what I'm getting us into at this point. Lots of prayers have been said and only time will tell what will unfold. Thanks for thinking of us!

 

[southernbelle5672]

I am really loving the trip report and thanks for posting all the pictures!!

 

[newtodis]

I am really loving the trip report and thanks for posting all the pictures!!

Thanks! I love taking them and it's super fun to share them!

 

[Grace and Mickey]

Hi Hope that this works My computer is being weird tonite, Things just keep disapearing This is the 3rd time I tried to post
I went back and reread some things from the tusker house breakfast and the halloween party. Now I have some ????
what time was your ADR for Tusker House, I really want to this on our trip. I would love to get to eat with Donald. I think I heard about a special juice here?
The pictures from the safair are beautiful, did you use a zoom or
where the animals that close? By the way what kind of camera are you using? My daughter is looking for a new one.
The picture of the statue of Minnie with the pumpkin, is this in frount of the castle, do the statue change according to season? Where did you sit for the parade? Are there special shows at the party?
Hope that this makes sense, and sorry about the spelling.

 

[newtodis]

Hi Hope that this works My computer is being weird tonite, Things just keep disapearing This is the 3rd time I tried to post
I went back and reread some things from the tusker house breakfast and the halloween party. Now I have some ????
what time was your ADR for Tusker House, I really want to this on our trip. I would love to get to eat with Donald. I think I heard about a special juice here?
The pictures from the safair are beautiful, did you use a zoom or
where the animals that close? By the way what kind of camera are you using? My daughter is looking for a new one.
The picture of the statue of Minnie with the pumpkin, is this in frount of the castle, do the statue change according to season? Where did you sit for the parade? Are there special shows at the party?
Hope that this makes sense, and sorry about the spelling.

Good Morning Sunshine!

TH breakfast-LOVED this and thinking about gonig back in December. Our reservations were for 8:05 (before the park opened!!!) so we'd be able to eat and not miss any park time. The "jungle juice" here is awesome! I wasn't too sure but had read such great things about it that I tried it. It was very good-even the kids liked it when they tried it!

Pictures from the safari-some were that close yes-I don't think I really used a zoom on any of those. The majority were taken with my Nikon D60 (it cost me about $1000 for the body and two lenses but I'm sure you can watch for deals now that's it's the "holiday" season). The other pictures (the Dumbo ones I know for sure) are from my Kodak 710 (I think). It was on sale the day after Thanksgiving last year really cheap and I would up getting my mother in law one for Christmas. I picked the Nikon earlier this year because Dan's cousin is getting married next year and I want to be able to get some good pictures. I also love to take pictures and the Nikon is very fast!

Yes the statues were in front of the castle. Honestly I don't remember if they changed them for the party or if they were always like that-I specifically saw those during the party-I have a couple pictures of some others that I'll post later. As for changing with the holidays, I don't know-I can let you know in December! I'll also try and remember to check during the party and during "regular" hours to see if there's a difference.

Special shows at the party-there's a villian's show that I never made it to watch, some "dance parties" with various characters in different spots. I'll have to look at my papers at home to see if there's anything else that I'm forgetting.

Have a super day!