How to make $3600 on your disney vacation! WE DID!! NEW 9/3*The Epilogue, DONE* p. 54
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GOOFYsince71
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I agree,,,,,,,,shades of Harry Potters mastermindfizz13 said:I did it, caught up againLoving the photo, you look very J K Rowling-esque,
Claire xx
figmentfan704
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Horsegirl- I really love each installment of your trip report! 
You have a 'knack' for writing! I can't wait for the next one!
thanks!
You have a 'knack' for writing! I can't wait for the next one!
thanks!
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Little confession to make. Me and Zubb are both little old ladies. I am a chicken of great proportions. That is why I loved your description of Everest.
My butt will be petrified. Much hand holding and screaming. Sky did better then I will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My butt will be petrified. Much hand holding and screaming. Sky did better then I will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
firstmickey
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Horsey......I can't believe I took so long to read this. As I was reading smugly along...I thought...at least I dont have to wait like everyone else did for the end! 
Then I get here....and I HAVE TO WAIT! 
Im not good with patience, girl...just ask Spike or Lou.
I have really enjoyed it and look forward to the next installment.
Then I get here....and I HAVE TO WAIT! Im not good with patience, girl...just ask Spike or Lou.
I have really enjoyed it and look forward to the next installment.
horsegirl
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Gosh folks, you are all too kind and really embarrassing me! Thanks so much for the kindness, but pictures lie!
It has been more than a month since I penned something for you all and you continue you to keep the faith....what can I say other than I am dumbfounded....
Some dear friends have PMed me to post or lose my audience....some of you have kindly taken the time to remember me here. Thank you! But I want to say again, this is for my kids. So I have to finish. Who knew writing a trippie would entail so much. I need to learn brevity with a touch of jocosity!
So I am locking myself in to say I will post an installment today. If I post this, then I have no way of avoiding it. There are too many distractions, so no one Dis until I am done, K?
A bientot!
It has been more than a month since I penned something for you all and you continue you to keep the faith....what can I say other than I am dumbfounded....
Some dear friends have PMed me to post or lose my audience....some of you have kindly taken the time to remember me here. Thank you! But I want to say again, this is for my kids. So I have to finish. Who knew writing a trippie would entail so much. I need to learn brevity with a touch of jocosity!
So I am locking myself in to say I will post an installment today. If I post this, then I have no way of avoiding it. There are too many distractions, so no one Dis until I am done, K?
A bientot!
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YIPPEE SKIPPEE, Horsegirl!!!! . Most likely it is raining in my fav state of Maine so you will be able to get your "trippie" installment done!!!
Off to MAINE this coming weekend for neice's h.s.
graduation and looks like the rain will be ongoing 
! Oh well, will have to pack my trusty 
. Most likely it is raining in my fav state of Maine so you will be able to get your "trippie" installment done!!!Off to MAINE this coming weekend for neice's h.s.
graduation and looks like the rain will be ongoing ! Oh well, will have to pack my trusty
horsegirl
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Due to the ridiculously long lapse in writing, I am going to go ahead and start with a recap here.
Last I left off, every bus to the Magic Kingdom neglected to stop at the Hospitality House, leaving an angry mob, who spent the morning complaining to CMs, one another and generally to whomever would listen Children were milling about, pulling flowers from the garden near the benches, and parents were subtly or not, jockeying for position planning ahead for the intended bus, to herald them off the the Magic Kingdom. We were unphased, as it was the first sunny day and it was now above 60, which when you are from the artic where 20 below is a normal occurrence in February, is like the tropics, well practically. And our children were beautifully behaved and had not wet their pants, so we were happy. Even if the bus came after we waited an hour and fifteen minutes, and little Jack refused to drop trow at the Magic Kingdom prior to our entering and spent 45 minutes there screaming at the top of his lungs and undoubtedly potentially threatening the healthy functioning of his bladder. A policeman was beckoned, no one was arrested, and we decided to heed the obvious omens and chuck our plans for a day at the Kingdom, finally riding Splash.
We ended up back at OKW, our resort, boogied to some groovy tunes, and met up with Grammy J, the mother in law, whom I spent years, courting so as to please my husband and maximize the quality of my childrens relationships with his side of the family .
As it turned out, it was a good thing, that it had been cold and inhospitable up to now. As it happened, the configuration of the water play at this resort is not conducive to safely watching three young children under the age of 6. Just ask the Meanest Mother in the World, shell tell you. Parents, you need the one to one ratio if you are attempting to frolic like a dolphin with your wee ones. 1.5 to one will not do. Joyfully, a brand new water castle slide was added to the landscape at the main pool this year. It is fun indeed. However, it virtually blocks the view of the baby pool, and sand playground. It is nearly impossible, to watch your Lilliputians, if one is in the kiddie pool, one is in the hot tub, and one is in the big pool, going down the slide or swimming .and there is a lighthouse sauna, which unfortunately was never on but Jack nonetheless was insistent that it made a really cool clubhouse.
We kept Grammy Js hand full with a glass of wine, and she watched young Jack, who for some reason has an aversion to deep water, even in the tub at home it can not go above his belly button. So he was splashing in the kiddie pool with other tots. Grammy would need to occasionally chase him to the lighthouse or the playground. Oddly, no one cared that the children, some of whom must have been 5, were taking the buckets from their peanut butter and jelly lunches, filling them with sand, and tossing them in the pool. The sand was okay. It was the floating bread with peanutspread that made me want to gag. No, made me gag, and French fries. There were French fries floating in the kiddie pool too. And a shirt and towel whose they were I still cannot say. Why did my child care not about the offal afloat in this lovely spa? Have I failed to raise him in a dignified way? All I can say is I am grateful there were no tootsie rolls dispensed in the lunch pails. Also I really, really have come to believe that swimmpers do not guard against e coli How, two of the parents could bring themselves to sit in that pool, I cannot even try to comprehend. So I will admit, I quickly relegated the watching of my youngest to someone other than myself, as I was very close to vommiting several times. I did feel badly that I had pawned the task of attending to this particular body of water to Grammy, however, as the tots seemed intent on removing all the water from this now cesspool, and my childrens beloved grandmother was quickly, less than dry. Enter more chardonnay and a towel
Carson has learned to swim. He, as many active children do, has boundless energy. DJ took on keeping up with him, and they joined in lots of activities with the other kids playing ball, racing and all the things kids do in the pool. I would look over and see how my eldest child had come so far, since the first day he came to us. He was joyful, exuberant and having so much fun with his new poolmates and fellow porpoises....
Me? I got the best job of all. I got my girl for the afternoon. Sky loves hot tubs. So does Mommy. Hot water? I am there. Funny how I always end up in hot water Anyway, she and I lounged in the giant hot tubby with some neat moms and dads. One dad even bought me a cocktail. Now that was just nice. He just brought it to me and said, This may be presumptuous, but would you like this? Say no more! I was thrilled as punch, except it wasnt. It was a Vodka and OJ. Hospitality? Even the guests had it at OKW. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is the life. I got the good job on this day, Valentines day. Yup, I did.
Sky is a thrill seeker, like her mama, a danger ranger on all fronts. She was enthralled with the Sandcastle. And my tough job, was to follow her up and down it for hours. Darn, how awful life could be ..unfortunately at one point she made friends ..with a boy, who I calculated to be about 7. He was beautiful and exuberant and very polite. He was also enthralled with my little pixie. How could he not be? And how too, could she not be? I spanned out about 10 years from now, and for a moment frowned. What am I going to do? My beautiful daughter loves boys, and they love her. How, oh how will I keep her safe? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt. (no, not you leftie) I need to change that album, fastpass back to the present ..
It was an awesome afternoon in the sun, truly. Save a day of park passes. Sleep in and go to the pools at OKW. Just remember, if you have more than 2, and they are under 6, make sure you get the ratio up to one to one, nothing less will do, unless you leave the Ritalin at home that day .yours.
Last I left off, every bus to the Magic Kingdom neglected to stop at the Hospitality House, leaving an angry mob, who spent the morning complaining to CMs, one another and generally to whomever would listen Children were milling about, pulling flowers from the garden near the benches, and parents were subtly or not, jockeying for position planning ahead for the intended bus, to herald them off the the Magic Kingdom. We were unphased, as it was the first sunny day and it was now above 60, which when you are from the artic where 20 below is a normal occurrence in February, is like the tropics, well practically. And our children were beautifully behaved and had not wet their pants, so we were happy. Even if the bus came after we waited an hour and fifteen minutes, and little Jack refused to drop trow at the Magic Kingdom prior to our entering and spent 45 minutes there screaming at the top of his lungs and undoubtedly potentially threatening the healthy functioning of his bladder. A policeman was beckoned, no one was arrested, and we decided to heed the obvious omens and chuck our plans for a day at the Kingdom, finally riding Splash.
We ended up back at OKW, our resort, boogied to some groovy tunes, and met up with Grammy J, the mother in law, whom I spent years, courting so as to please my husband and maximize the quality of my childrens relationships with his side of the family .
As it turned out, it was a good thing, that it had been cold and inhospitable up to now. As it happened, the configuration of the water play at this resort is not conducive to safely watching three young children under the age of 6. Just ask the Meanest Mother in the World, shell tell you. Parents, you need the one to one ratio if you are attempting to frolic like a dolphin with your wee ones. 1.5 to one will not do. Joyfully, a brand new water castle slide was added to the landscape at the main pool this year. It is fun indeed. However, it virtually blocks the view of the baby pool, and sand playground. It is nearly impossible, to watch your Lilliputians, if one is in the kiddie pool, one is in the hot tub, and one is in the big pool, going down the slide or swimming .and there is a lighthouse sauna, which unfortunately was never on but Jack nonetheless was insistent that it made a really cool clubhouse.
We kept Grammy Js hand full with a glass of wine, and she watched young Jack, who for some reason has an aversion to deep water, even in the tub at home it can not go above his belly button. So he was splashing in the kiddie pool with other tots. Grammy would need to occasionally chase him to the lighthouse or the playground. Oddly, no one cared that the children, some of whom must have been 5, were taking the buckets from their peanut butter and jelly lunches, filling them with sand, and tossing them in the pool. The sand was okay. It was the floating bread with peanutspread that made me want to gag. No, made me gag, and French fries. There were French fries floating in the kiddie pool too. And a shirt and towel whose they were I still cannot say. Why did my child care not about the offal afloat in this lovely spa? Have I failed to raise him in a dignified way? All I can say is I am grateful there were no tootsie rolls dispensed in the lunch pails. Also I really, really have come to believe that swimmpers do not guard against e coli How, two of the parents could bring themselves to sit in that pool, I cannot even try to comprehend. So I will admit, I quickly relegated the watching of my youngest to someone other than myself, as I was very close to vommiting several times. I did feel badly that I had pawned the task of attending to this particular body of water to Grammy, however, as the tots seemed intent on removing all the water from this now cesspool, and my childrens beloved grandmother was quickly, less than dry. Enter more chardonnay and a towel
Carson has learned to swim. He, as many active children do, has boundless energy. DJ took on keeping up with him, and they joined in lots of activities with the other kids playing ball, racing and all the things kids do in the pool. I would look over and see how my eldest child had come so far, since the first day he came to us. He was joyful, exuberant and having so much fun with his new poolmates and fellow porpoises....
Me? I got the best job of all. I got my girl for the afternoon. Sky loves hot tubs. So does Mommy. Hot water? I am there. Funny how I always end up in hot water Anyway, she and I lounged in the giant hot tubby with some neat moms and dads. One dad even bought me a cocktail. Now that was just nice. He just brought it to me and said, This may be presumptuous, but would you like this? Say no more! I was thrilled as punch, except it wasnt. It was a Vodka and OJ. Hospitality? Even the guests had it at OKW. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is the life. I got the good job on this day, Valentines day. Yup, I did.
Sky is a thrill seeker, like her mama, a danger ranger on all fronts. She was enthralled with the Sandcastle. And my tough job, was to follow her up and down it for hours. Darn, how awful life could be ..unfortunately at one point she made friends ..with a boy, who I calculated to be about 7. He was beautiful and exuberant and very polite. He was also enthralled with my little pixie. How could he not be? And how too, could she not be? I spanned out about 10 years from now, and for a moment frowned. What am I going to do? My beautiful daughter loves boys, and they love her. How, oh how will I keep her safe? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt. (no, not you leftie) I need to change that album, fastpass back to the present ..
It was an awesome afternoon in the sun, truly. Save a day of park passes. Sleep in and go to the pools at OKW. Just remember, if you have more than 2, and they are under 6, make sure you get the ratio up to one to one, nothing less will do, unless you leave the Ritalin at home that day .yours.
sheridac
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Hey Sis!!
This is just so I'm first.
Love ya!
edited to add:
now that I read it, I just have to say. Thanks. For the shout~out. Lilliputians?? You meant me, didn't you? I know you did.
Good job sis, on pins and needles for more. Don't make me wait another month. I'll come up there. You know I will!!
This is just so I'm first.
Love ya!
edited to add:
now that I read it, I just have to say. Thanks. For the shout~out. Lilliputians?? You meant me, didn't you? I know you did.
Good job sis, on pins and needles for more. Don't make me wait another month. I'll come up there. You know I will!!
Love reading about your trip. We just got back form OKW on Sun. and boy do I agree with you about the pool. When we went the slide had just closed so we told ours that they could not go past the bridge. Keep up the reports.Hope this does not post several times and the server has been busy awhile now
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Horsey -
Thanks for the heads-up on the pool situation. I will keep that in mind. Thank goodnes our ratio is, for the most part, going to be 2:1 (two adults for each child!)
It looks like my 2nd oldest niece will be joining us in October also! 13 - but LOVES her little cousins (and her Grammy, and her Mamie (me) and Uncle B a bit too!)
Thanks for the heads-up on the pool situation. I will keep that in mind. Thank goodnes our ratio is, for the most part, going to be 2:1 (two adults for each child!)
It looks like my 2nd oldest niece will be joining us in October also! 13 - but LOVES her little cousins (and her Grammy, and her Mamie (me) and Uncle B a bit too!)
polyprincess2
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I abaolutely adore your trip report! Thanks for taking the time to post and write such a masterpiece! And I will remember the ratio at the pool next time...and hire a babysitter. Because I enjoy catching some zzzz's and 
while at the pool!! Guess I can put dh to worh, huh??
thanks again!
while at the pool!! Guess I can put dh to worh, huh??thanks again!
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horsegirl said:
Ain't it the truth
horsegirl,
I've enjoyed your posts very much. I was SO hoping that you'd get to the $3600 part today, since my family is flying out early tomorrow for Hawaii and there are interisland and return flights in our future. As someone suggested, I suspect you were bumped again, but was hoping for tips. Our last flight home apparently has no empty seats. Four bumps would be lovely!
Thanks for taking the time to entertain us all with your report.
Sheila
I've enjoyed your posts very much. I was SO hoping that you'd get to the $3600 part today, since my family is flying out early tomorrow for Hawaii and there are interisland and return flights in our future. As someone suggested, I suspect you were bumped again, but was hoping for tips. Our last flight home apparently has no empty seats. Four bumps would be lovely!
Thanks for taking the time to entertain us all with your report.
Sheila
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I am stunned. An actual parent who supervises their children??? WOW!!
We had such an awful time when we went to Orlando. So many kids running around the pool without any parents nearby and acting unsafely. I told one kid that I was going to go talk to his mother since he was going to break his neck and others on the slide and he said she was sleeping in the room. He was 8!! Sorry, got carried away.
We had such an awful time when we went to Orlando. So many kids running around the pool without any parents nearby and acting unsafely. I told one kid that I was going to go talk to his mother since he was going to break his neck and others on the slide and he said she was sleeping in the room. He was 8!! Sorry, got carried away.
firstmickey
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Horsey!
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I'm so glad you are back. Was loving your report and had missed it tons!
Can't wait for more! BRAVO!
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horsegirl said:
So you're saying the zone defense won't work? Thanks coach.
horsegirl said:
Ah, so the secret is, keep the old lady liquored up. Now that's useful advice.
horsegirl said:
Would this fall in the category of pulling a pre-Zzub? LaLa? Can we get a ruling on this?
horsegirl said:
That's actually very lovely. Why is it that people can't be nice like this when they aren't on vacation? I'd love it if someone would walk into my office on some random Wednesday and offer me a drink.
Very nice installment. Do you think you can get the next one done before the seasons change? I'm just asking.
HaleyB
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Loved the update.
Glad to see I am not the only one that takes her sweet time.
Kiddie pools are gross every where.
I need to go to bed. I am brain dead right now. But I love the trippie, dear.
How did Sheridac get her first, did you PM her a heads up?
Glad to see I am not the only one that takes her sweet time.
Kiddie pools are gross every where.
I need to go to bed. I am brain dead right now. But I love the trippie, dear.
How did Sheridac get her first, did you PM her a heads up?
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