I scream... you scream... we all scream for DISNEY WORLD!!! May 09TR new update 9.19

[noahdove]

Keep those pictures coming

 

[racefanof88]

Great update . We will not be eating at CM in September because of how bad the service was this past trip .

 

[dd50]

Sounds like you are having a good time. Great report.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Oh my goodness! Paula Deen is the bomb! I would have love to have eaten there.

Where was that bridge at? I agree with racefanof88, I don't think I would have liked going over that bridge.

Looking forward to reading more.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Keep those pictures coming

I do have tons!!!

Great update . We will not be eating at CM in September because of how bad the service was this past trip .

I really enjoyed CM!!! the only problem we had was when our buzzer was broken, we did have to keep asking for refills, but I think we didn't really pay attention b/c it was our first day at disney!!! We were consumed with the magic lol

Sounds like you are having a good time. Great report.

We had a blast!!!

Oh my goodness! Paula Deen is the bomb! I would have love to have eaten there. Where was that bridge at? I agree with racefanof88, I don't think I would have liked going over that bridge. Looking forward to reading more.

Paula Dean's was really good!!! I think the next time we will get something off the menu vs. the buffet. The bridge was near savannah or just into FL I think, I can't remember exactly. I thought it was pretty. Mom was was freaking out however!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

So before I post an update on our trip, I want to take an... intermission if you will, and show you what has been keeping me from my TR recently...
This beautiful litte girl is our new niece Rylee Grace

Me, Rylee, and her big brother Cole (he wasn't feeling well)

DH and his new niece

And then we had our 1yr anniversary and DH got me these

He liked them b/c I said I wanted flowers for our table, but then he added 1 red rose for our 1 yr anniversary!!! He is always coming up with little surprises!!!
Then we ate our cake, and it was still as good as it was 1 yr ago

Please pardon our apperance... we'd spent the whole day at the lake, and I was VERY burnt!

So as you can see the last couple weeks have been insanely busy, but I plan on doing an update tonight... see ya real soon!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Today is Mother's Day and Mom picked to spend it in MK... I have NO complaitaints at all!!! We get up and head out... later than planned, but it's ok. We got left about 8:30. We parked on goofy today, so we had a short walk in. The monorail line was extreamly long, and there was noone for the boat. It was just pulling out, but there was one waiting to come in, so we took the boat. As we walked down mom was given a paper rose and they told her happy mother's day... disney has so many little special touches don't they!!!

DH saw this, and is now very intent that he will be finding out how to go on this boat the next time we are there lol... anyone have any ideas???

We got there shortly after rope drop. As we walked in Mom was given a pink carnation and a very genuine happy mother's day. We headed up main st

as we get to the cut through to adventureland, these guys and gal pull up, so we stopped to watch for a bit.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Then we headed to adventureland.

We do Swiss family tree house which we could have done without, but we wanted to do everything, and the plants are pretty throughout. Next we did the jungle cruise. Our driver was hilarious!!!

Do we look excited or what!!!

Our Boat

We saw some interesting things on our 2 week journey lol

And then the gorillas got to our camp before we did

And head hunter territory

Lions

And I thought this was the cutest

Next it was time for Enchanted Tiki Room to cool off a bit... Have I mentioned this week was SOOO HOOOOTTT!!!! We would talk to random cast members and they were all telling us of how it was breaking records, and they'd had several CM get sick b/c they hadn't had any hot weather to get used to the temps.

The pre-show was finishing up when we got there, but we did catch the tail end of it.

This is the only pic I got during the show, b/c I don't like to use flash even if they don't say no flash. I think it's distracting to everybody else.

After the tiki room we did POTC with no wait. We went to the right. Remember always do to the right lol For whatever reason I have no pictures of this... Hook, smee, peter and wendy were taking pictures across from POTC, but we didn't stop. DH and I didn't do any character pics this time put our Disney visa pic. we concentrated so much on character pics last trip, and we figure in the next several years we will be going back with a family of our own, and it will be all about characters about then, so we concentrated on rides this time...anywho... next we were on to frointerland

 

[Leleluvsdis]

We went and got FP for BTMRR b/c it was down and headed for SM. I was so proud of Mom this trip. She rode basically EVERY RIDE!!! And let me say... this is MAJOR progress for Mom. It did take a little "icing" the ride for her to get on, but nonetheless she kept trying them and found she really could ride them. Before this trip, she didn't want to ride anything but IASM and maybe peter pan is we're lucky. I'm getting side tracked BAD tonight... sorry...

For whatever reason, probubly b/c we were so HOT, I don't many pictures here. We did SM, getting very VERY wet. We almost had Mom and Dad up front. Dad kept putting his finger to his lip shoshing everyone that went to say something about getting wet to her lol We only had about a 15 min wait Mom and Dad were in the front and getting ready to get on until she saw the people infront of us getting of SOAKED... she backed up and said " ooooohhhhh noooooooo I'll just not ride!!!!lol" DH and I switched with them, but they still ended up getting just as wet in the second row as we did in the first lol. We got hit with the canons. Then we rode BTMRR with FP. DH and I got really mad on this ride. We were in line and getting ready to get in. Well I don't know if the person stopping the train was new or what, but he stopped the train to early. Well this messed people up loading. It really wasn't harder than stepping back 1 row, but you know how it goes lol. Anywhoo... the part that made us mad was there were people who had already sat down before they made people back back up into the gates, and to the people already seated the CM asked, since there was a mix-up will y'all be ok to get a 2nd ride? Are you kidding me?!?! Then, the only people who didn't get on were DH and I and maybe 3 other couples, and made us get to the back of the line, b/c there was a school group that wanted to ride together Seriously... I wish I could say this isn't true, trust DH and I kept looking at eachother saying are you kidding me, this isn't happening... Yeah to say the least we were POed Anyway... we were at disney... it was all put behind us when we FINALLY got on the train!!! After BTMRR we went to country bear jamboree. It def hasn't changed, but still isn't bad. We walked in right after they started letting people in. Perfect timing!!!

After CBJ we decided to take a ride on the liberty bell. Yea I was ready to get off before we even passed tom sawyer's island lol It was miserably hot!!! I did get some good picture though

We finished FINALLY and decided to cool off with HM... it felt so good in the AC and also to rest our tootsies

After haunted mansion we made our way into fantasyland. It was PACKED!!! At mom's request we went to IASW. We waited in line for 20 minutes to ride, but it was mother's day. It was really neat, b/c we got to see the clock chime. I never knew it did this

We finished IASM and headed towards Main St to get a spot for the parade. We were all in need of sugar at this point, and we meaning I inparticular were getting grouchy from lack of sugar and air. I wanted to get ice cream and wait for the parade but I was vetoed and so we waited in the blazing sun for 20 minutes. We got an awesome spot at the hub looking straight down main st.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Now that the parade was over... we were and hour more in need of sugar, so what else can better fix this problem than a DOLE WHIP Just thinking about we were walking towards the citrus goodness made me VERY happy. Let me remind everyone, I am NOT an outdoor girl, and I despise to sweat more than ANYTHING!!!
I got pineapple only

DH got the orange and cream. he sai it was the best dreamcicle he'd ever had.

After the Dole whips we decided to head down main st as we had a 5pm ressie at Hoop-Dee-Do Revue and we had to get our tickets. On our way out we see these guys and they were awesome!!!

Then we get to the train station and see the band. They were amazing!!! I don't have many pictures of them b/c taped most of, but if you've never stopped to listen to them, def give them a few minutes.

So we headed out to the boat to FW. I got very frustrated when we were in line. Dad was determined we were supposed to go to WL and not FW, and nothing was going to change his mind. He even asked a CM and they you are in the right line. He was arguing the whole boat ride about needing to go to WL, by the time we got to FW, I had gotten so fed up, I had to look at DH and laugh and say this proves where I get my stubbornness lol

I took these going to the fort

I thought this island was intersting. It looked like there used to be something on it, you could see the where the structure of a building was still there, but that was it. DH said it's just one of Disney special little touches I love him!!! We got to the fort

 

[Leleluvsdis]

And walked to pioneer hall to get our tickets. We did take a pic but it was HORRIBLE!!! I got very burnt on this day, so i was feeling very bad, and we were soaked in sweat. This is the main reason we didn't like staying off-site as we felt we had to spend every minute the parks were open in them, and saw it to be a big hassle to go back to the condo mid afternoon then come back. HDDR was AWESOME!!! For anyone who hasn't done it, I HIGHLY suggest it. Mom picked it for her mother's day dinner. She said they wanted to come for the longest time, but never could get tickets. this was before I got involved in the planning and they new about adr's. Before I post pics, I must tell you about the best part of HDDR. For anyone who had been you'll probubly know what part I'm talking about. If not I will try to draw you a picture. In the beginning, the cast comes in and introduces themselves. After that they all go out into the audience and each picks a guest and does there act with them to find out who they are where they're from and what not. Well, in the show there is a blonde that's real flirty with everyone. She came over pulled dad back from the table, sat in his lap, crossed her legs, and wrapped her arms around his neck. It was hilarious!!! of course the batteries in my camera died and mom was laughing so hard she could get her camera out Mom kept hollering "he's gunna have a coronary!!!" It is def a memory that will not be forgotten lol

The blonde is who sat in dad's lap

Time for food!!! They must have thought mom was hungry. They sat the whole bucket in front of her.

Strawberry Shortcake time!!!

DH enjoyed playing the wash board

After we left HDDR Mom wanted to go see fantasmic as they were only showing it twice this week. I don't have any good pics of it, but it was fantastic. DH like this show the best of show in disney, so he was very happy we were going to see it. We were all way on the left side of the stage. We got there 40 minutes early even. We were about 10 rows from the bottom. It probubly would have been better if we would have been up higher, but it was good nonetheless. We got back to the condo about 10:30, go showered, and went to bed. Today was a great way to start our vacation, and mom said it was one of the best mother's day's she'd ever had. We wanted to make it special as we normally go to gatlinburg, tn with her 2 sisters and their family and my granny so they can all be together on mother's day. It's normally all about my granny, so we wanted to make it special and make it about mom.
Up next: Day 5.0 Space Shuttle launch day!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Holy Smokes! When you provide an update, you provide an update.:thumbsup

I know I am not supposed to laugh about your mother getting wet on Splash Mountain but I did giggle about it. Actually, I giggled a lot.

The pictures you took while on the riverboat are fantastic. That's one of the only reason we take the riverboat. Oh, and to get a place to rest our tootsies.

In all of the years that we have been going to WDW, I have never gotten a Dole Whip. I know. I know. What's up with that? I keep seeing everybody posting pictures of one and now it's on our "must get" list.


I really wish you could have gotten a picture of the lady sitting on your Dad's lap. How cute would that have been!

 

[leamom2princesses]

Great update Leanne! We'll have to try HDDR. I also love the new siggie. Too cute!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Holy Smokes! When you provide an update, you provide an update.:thumbsup
I know I am not supposed to laugh about your mother getting wet on Splash Mountain but I did giggle about it. Actually, I giggled a lot.
The pictures you took while on the riverboat are fantastic. That's one of the only reason we take the riverboat. Oh, and to get a place to rest our tootsies.
In all of the years that we have been going to WDW, I have never gotten a Dole Whip. I know. I know. What's up with that? I keep seeing everybody posting pictures of one and now it's on our "must get" list.
I really wish you could have gotten a picture of the lady sitting on your Dad's lap. How cute would that have been!

It's ok, Dad, DH, and I all got a HUGE laugh out of it. Mom is so prim and proper, so for her to get wet was VERY funny!!!
You MUST get a dole whip!!! They are so yummy and very refreshing on a hot day!!!
How I wish we could have gotten that pic, but as mom said, I guess this means we MUST come back again and again until it happens again lol

Great update Leanne! We'll have to try HDDR. I also love the new siggie. Too cute!

Thanks Leanne!!! HDDR was honestly the BEST show I've been to at disney!! Your girls would LOVE it I'm sure!!!
Thanks about the siggie... I was ready for something new

 

[castmemberb4]

Enjoying your TR so far !
What a great parade spot you had on Main St, you got good pictures, I was excited to see them I hadn't seen any of that parade. If it had been me I'd have gone and gotten ice cream while the family held my spot, but I'm just bossy that way, At least you got Dole Whip afterwards.

I suspect that the speed boat you saw on your way in was castmembers, doing......something.... I'm not sure what, but I looked here:
http://allears.net/btp/beyond.htm
to see if I could figure out if it was a fishing excursiuon, but it dosen't look like they still do them on that lake. I think they still do parasailing there though, that would be fun. My favorite boat is the Breathless over at Yacht Club, it's an Illuminations cruise, and they take you down the canal toward DHS first then by Boardwalk before they get to the spot where you watch Illuminations.

The island you passed on the way to FW was originally called Treasure Island then Discovery Island. It was a nice oasis of walking paths, a little beach and it was an animal sanctuary. I remember seeing a bird show there back in the 70s. You can read about it here:
http://allears.net/tp/di.htm
no pictures though I was hoping to find some.
Bet my Mom had some old 8mm movies of it, you're way too young to know what those are, remembering Treasure Island makes me feel old.

Keep up the great job
Lynn

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Enjoying your TR so far !What a great parade spot you had on Main St, you got good pictures, I was excited to see them I hadn't seen any of that parade. If it had been me I'd have gone and gotten ice cream while the family held my spot, but I'm just bossy that way, At least you got Dole Whip afterwards.I suspect that the speed boat you saw on your way in was castmembers, doing......something.... I'm not sure what, but I looked here:http://allears.net/btp/beyond.htm
to see if I could figure out if it was a fishing excursiuon, but it dosen't look like they still do them on that lake. I think they still do parasailing there though, that would be fun. My favorite boat is the Breathless over at Yacht Club, it's an Illuminations cruise, and they take you down the canal toward DHS first then by Boardwalk before they get to the spot where you watch Illuminations.The island you passed on the way to FW was originally called Treasure Island then Discovery Island. It was a nice oasis of walking paths, a little beach and it was an animal sanctuary. I remember seeing a bird show there back in the 70s. You can read about it here:http://allears.net/tp/di.htmno pictures though I was hoping to find some.
Bet my Mom had some old 8mm movies of it, you're way too young to know what those are, remembering Treasure Island makes me feel old.
Keep up the great job
Lynn

Thanks for the info, and thanks for joining in!!!

We have thought about doing a fireworks cruise, just haven't gotten to it yet.

When we were at the boardwalk we were looking at the sign of the different things they have and they showed nitro bass boat fishing tours. We were going to ask the people at the booth, but there was a family in front of us renting the jet boats, and they were taking FOREVER, and it was hot, and we really wanted to get to the kitchen sink !!!

 

[racefanof88]

I absolutely love your pictures. They remind me of my first trip to Disney for some reason. I have got to call my ex-husband and see if he still has the pictures and see if I can get a copy of them. It looks like y'all are having so much fun!!

OH BTW, your niece is beautiful .

 

[Leleluvsdis]

I absolutely love your pictures. They remind me of my first trip to Disney for some reason. I have got to call my ex-husband and see if he still has the pictures and see if I can get a copy of them. It looks like y'all are having so much fun!!

OH BTW, your niece is beautiful .

We had an absolute blast!!! I think this trip was more fun then the last trip, and last trip was when DH proposed in the castle with the slipper!!! That was a different kind of trip though. This was much more relaxing. Thanks about Rylee!!! She is definetly precious!

Sorry everyone I haven't been very attentive to my TR, summer's seem to be crazy and to top it off I'm changing jobs, so I'm still working my current job, and also training at my new job, still working my MK business, and still cleaning for my BIL construction company... whewww... I'm ready to go back to bed just thinking about everything I've been doing lol Hopefully in the next week or so things will start to slow down a bit!!! Hopefully I can get an update in tomarrow or this w/e!

 

[Villainess]

I'm joining in - great report so far!

 

[oregonmommyof2]

How did I not know you had this going on??? I am here now and all caught up... Loved your review of HDDMR, I am still trying to talk DH into it...