In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!
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Quick post for me, though I may make it back on later tonight. All is well. We made it down to San Diego on Saturday. Checked into our timeshare here and we are RIGHT on the beach. Huge panoramic views of the Pacific. Of course, it is too cold to go in! Ack! Anaheim was PERFECT temps, but it is high 60s here. But we are still enjoying the ocean just without going in. We hit the San Diego Zoo (amazing) and the Gas Lamp district. All fun! Next up is Sea World, Coronado Island (Hotel del Coronodo), then home on Tuesday. All in all an excellent trip. I have managed to get a workout in most days.
Detailed trip report coming eventually! Just having too much fun!
Detailed trip report coming eventually! Just having too much fun!
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Day 4--Pics added!
Wow, 3 days behind—sorry!
Today was our hang out at the pool day. AH-mazing. And let me tell you, having hung out by just about all of the Disney pools, absolutely nothing compares with Grand Californian. I could go on and on, but once I get home I will do that. Let’s just say it is the best resort ever and leave it at that for now.
Jeff got in the night before, we had way too much to drink, but it was really fun. DTD is absolutely hopping at night—tons of live street musicians and all of that. Super fun. So we slept in this morning, had breakfast in our palatial estate, as we have come to call it, and Jeff and I took turns going out for a quick run. However, when Jeff got back from his run, the first thing he said was, “We have to talk about our plans for the rest of the week.” I had no idea where he was going with this, but it turns out that HE wants to stay. HERE. For the entire week! This is so unbelievable because he is the one who is always saying that we have to break away from Disney, we need to do a non-Disney vacation and all of that. So I asked what got into him…
A couple of things, but basically it boils down to the Grand Californian. As soon as he got to the resort, he got what he calls “Four Finger Fever.” (Think Mickey hands—4 fingers—get it?) Plus, the idea of being able to stay in this amazing room in this even more amazing resort was just too tempting not to at least try. I mean, check out this view!!! Yes, this is the view from our room! Holy crap!
So, we made some phone calls to see what could be done. The only thing DVC had available was the Grand Villa. Um, no, not happening. As much as I love this place there is no way I can justify a year’s worth of points for a couple of nights. So we decided that we would stay one more day, have him do the highlights of both parks with us, and then head down to San Diego. But first, it was time for DTD and our hang out day!
Like most other things in DL, DTD is smaller than World. But it has the same feel. The big difference, though, is that a lot of the shops are non-Disney, so that seemed odd to us. But I loved the choices for women’s Disney clothes here. Trendy and fun and not what you find in World. But then again, some things are the same—like the Lego store and World of Disney!
I also posted a bunch of pics here so that you can see other rooms of the GC. Some of them not only have a DTD view, but are literally IN DTD. Check out the balconies above the shops. Those are GC rooms!
And like with California Adventure, there is a special entrance to DTD from the resort. It is simply amazing.
Lunch was at the Rainforest Café which was overpriced but ok quality. Terrible service, though. When will I learn to say to NO to the kids when they beg to go? And btw, we didn’t have ADRs for anywhere, but we didn’t need them. Everything was half empty.
After lunch it was time for the pool. Mid-70s, hot in the sun, perfect. So that is where we parked ourselves from 1pm on. Just such a perfect afternoon, I can’t even tell you. Made friends with all of the poolside waiters (Disney cabana boys! Ha!). It was during this time that we got a text from the front desk about an important message. I had no idea what was going on, so went to check it out. There was some sort of problem/construction in our part of the resort and we weren’t going to be able to access our room till 3:30 of 4pm. Now, this wasn’t a problem since we were happily sipping drinks by the pool, but Disney didn’t know that. They contacted us thinking (of course) that we were in a park and just wanted to let us know. They were SO upset when they learned that this was actually our “resort day.” So what did they do??? Comped our bar bill from the pool! LOVE it. It was also at this point that Jeff decided we should add on more DVC points.
We all had an amazing day at the pool.
Evening was also downtime. Just a light dinner in the villa followed by a stroll through DTD. And we were so in love with our view, that we were happy to just sit on the balcony and watch the park go to sleep.
Wow, 3 days behind—sorry!
Today was our hang out at the pool day. AH-mazing. And let me tell you, having hung out by just about all of the Disney pools, absolutely nothing compares with Grand Californian. I could go on and on, but once I get home I will do that. Let’s just say it is the best resort ever and leave it at that for now.
Jeff got in the night before, we had way too much to drink, but it was really fun. DTD is absolutely hopping at night—tons of live street musicians and all of that. Super fun. So we slept in this morning, had breakfast in our palatial estate, as we have come to call it, and Jeff and I took turns going out for a quick run. However, when Jeff got back from his run, the first thing he said was, “We have to talk about our plans for the rest of the week.” I had no idea where he was going with this, but it turns out that HE wants to stay. HERE. For the entire week! This is so unbelievable because he is the one who is always saying that we have to break away from Disney, we need to do a non-Disney vacation and all of that. So I asked what got into him…
A couple of things, but basically it boils down to the Grand Californian. As soon as he got to the resort, he got what he calls “Four Finger Fever.” (Think Mickey hands—4 fingers—get it?) Plus, the idea of being able to stay in this amazing room in this even more amazing resort was just too tempting not to at least try. I mean, check out this view!!! Yes, this is the view from our room! Holy crap!
So, we made some phone calls to see what could be done. The only thing DVC had available was the Grand Villa. Um, no, not happening. As much as I love this place there is no way I can justify a year’s worth of points for a couple of nights. So we decided that we would stay one more day, have him do the highlights of both parks with us, and then head down to San Diego. But first, it was time for DTD and our hang out day!
Like most other things in DL, DTD is smaller than World. But it has the same feel. The big difference, though, is that a lot of the shops are non-Disney, so that seemed odd to us. But I loved the choices for women’s Disney clothes here. Trendy and fun and not what you find in World. But then again, some things are the same—like the Lego store and World of Disney!
I also posted a bunch of pics here so that you can see other rooms of the GC. Some of them not only have a DTD view, but are literally IN DTD. Check out the balconies above the shops. Those are GC rooms!
And like with California Adventure, there is a special entrance to DTD from the resort. It is simply amazing.
Lunch was at the Rainforest Café which was overpriced but ok quality. Terrible service, though. When will I learn to say to NO to the kids when they beg to go? And btw, we didn’t have ADRs for anywhere, but we didn’t need them. Everything was half empty.
After lunch it was time for the pool. Mid-70s, hot in the sun, perfect. So that is where we parked ourselves from 1pm on. Just such a perfect afternoon, I can’t even tell you. Made friends with all of the poolside waiters (Disney cabana boys! Ha!). It was during this time that we got a text from the front desk about an important message. I had no idea what was going on, so went to check it out. There was some sort of problem/construction in our part of the resort and we weren’t going to be able to access our room till 3:30 of 4pm. Now, this wasn’t a problem since we were happily sipping drinks by the pool, but Disney didn’t know that. They contacted us thinking (of course) that we were in a park and just wanted to let us know. They were SO upset when they learned that this was actually our “resort day.” So what did they do??? Comped our bar bill from the pool! LOVE it. It was also at this point that Jeff decided we should add on more DVC points.
We all had an amazing day at the pool.
Evening was also downtime. Just a light dinner in the villa followed by a stroll through DTD. And we were so in love with our view, that we were happy to just sit on the balcony and watch the park go to sleep.
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Day 5
Once again, we got up and each went for a run, had breakfast in the villa and then began our day. We had to check out first, though, but it was easy. Just called Bell Services, they took all of our stuff and held onto it. We left the car with GC Valet, as our plan was to park tour for the day and then just go back to GC and hop in the car and drive to San Diego once done in the parks.
We started at CA using the private entrance, of course. Since this was Saturday, I was nervous about the crowds, having heard over and over again that these parks are heavily influenced by locals and therefore week-days were totally different than weekends.
Turns out I didn’t have to worry at 9am as again, we walked right on to Soarin’. Seriously, it is maybe 30 seconds from the resort to Soarin. Think about that from a WDW perspective. How long does it take you to get from most resorts to the park, through bag check, through the turnstyles and then across the park?? We were the ONLY ones at this entrance at 9 when the park opened. I know I keep talking about this, but seriously, for someone so used to World, it is just astounding. Even if you stay BC or BW and you are going to Epcot—this is way, way, way closer and faster.
Since the kids and I had already done this park, this was really just a “highlights” trip so that we could go back and do our favorites (with Jeff this time) and show him the new stuff that was here and not in the FL parks. After Soarin’ we did Monster’s Inc. and then WALKED ON to TSM. How often can you say that? I think I mentioned the other day that this is not a FP ride, so we were thrilled to be able to do it. Muholland Madness was up next. I took pics here because this was where our villa was and again I wanted to show how GC rooms are INSIDE both CA and DTD. Our balcony is one of those pictured here.
And here they are doing the ride--
This was the warmest day, so we did Grizzly River Rapids even though it was fairly early. A few more little rides and a visit with Pilot Goofy, and we had done everything we wanted to do here and it was only 10:30! Time to hop to DL! (Which took less than 2 minutes!) One thing we really liked about character pics here is that they all wear different clothes than in World. We saw Pilot Goofy and Pilot Minnie right outside of Soarin and that was fun.
Once in DL, we found the crowds! Yikes! It was not looking pretty. I quickly walked up to Carnation Café in order to make lunch reservations—scored the last one for 12:30. Otherwise, it was looking like CS was going to be a nightmare…and we had checked out of GC so going back to the villa for lunch was not an option today.
Even though the park looked and felt crowded, there seemed to only be a 15-30 minute wait for just about everything. I grabbed FPs for Space, we did Star Tours (15 minutes) and Buzz (10 minutes), and then headed back to Fantasyland for a few rides.
We still had time for one more thing before lunch, so we went to Adventureland to get FPs for Indiana Jones and do Haunted Mansion. Cammie really wanted to do the rides we couldn’t do the other day (either because Kel didn’t make the height requirements or because Riley didn’t want to). Sadly, it was down AGAIN. Just not in the cards this trip, I guess.
Time for lunch on Main St. And like so many other things at DL, it is only outdoor seating (with lots of umbrellas for shade). At first I wasn’t thrilled about eating outside—being so used to wanting to get inside and cool down and rest, etc. Our table was right up against the fence so that there was about 12” separating us for the Main St. foot traffic. But I have to say that I LOVED it. Adored it, actually. Just watching life on Main St. go by. And we were serenaded by the Dapper Dans for 3-4 songs! Again, so nice and fun and just oozing atmosphere.
After lunch, the girls and Jeff hit the Matterhorn while Riley and I went for nostalgia and saw Captain EO! This came out right as I was graduating from high school and I remember it SO clearly. It was really fun to experience it with Riley. They just brought it back to DL and I understand that it is coming back to FL, too.
Then we reconnected for a few last things—the Jungle Cruise, since we missed it the other day, and another spin on Mr. Toad and Buzz. Finally, it was time for our last rides. The girls and I used our FPs for Space while Riley and Jeff went off to do Pirates. At this point, it was only 3pm! And we had already done the two parks! We thought about Splash since we didn’t get to it the day before, but let me tell you, Frontierland was a DISASTER. Wall to wall people and you just couldn’t even walk through it. Suffocating. So we passed on Splash and BTMRR was down for rehab.
There was just one last thing to do…hop back to CA and do Food & Wine! Again, remember that it is only takes 2 minutes to walk from the hub of Main St. through the turnstyles of CA. We had primed the kids that this was OUR time. No rides—they would just have to be patient and follow us around for a bit. We bought them each a frozen lemonade—GREAT parent tip. These were frozen so completely and were so solid that it took over an hour for them to finish. So they were completely happy to have their treats while we had ours.
Honestly, though, not too much to report on F&W. It is, of course, much smaller than World. But this year it was even smaller than usual because of ALL of the construction going on. I swear, they are doubling the size of that park! Still, we did the Italian wine walk, the Californian wine walk, and the Belgian beer walk. Also went back to the festival showplace and shopped.
Sadly, it was time to go. But we really did do just about everything we wanted to and our vacation was only half over! Next up, San Diego!
Once again, we got up and each went for a run, had breakfast in the villa and then began our day. We had to check out first, though, but it was easy. Just called Bell Services, they took all of our stuff and held onto it. We left the car with GC Valet, as our plan was to park tour for the day and then just go back to GC and hop in the car and drive to San Diego once done in the parks.
We started at CA using the private entrance, of course. Since this was Saturday, I was nervous about the crowds, having heard over and over again that these parks are heavily influenced by locals and therefore week-days were totally different than weekends.
Turns out I didn’t have to worry at 9am as again, we walked right on to Soarin’. Seriously, it is maybe 30 seconds from the resort to Soarin. Think about that from a WDW perspective. How long does it take you to get from most resorts to the park, through bag check, through the turnstyles and then across the park?? We were the ONLY ones at this entrance at 9 when the park opened. I know I keep talking about this, but seriously, for someone so used to World, it is just astounding. Even if you stay BC or BW and you are going to Epcot—this is way, way, way closer and faster.
Since the kids and I had already done this park, this was really just a “highlights” trip so that we could go back and do our favorites (with Jeff this time) and show him the new stuff that was here and not in the FL parks. After Soarin’ we did Monster’s Inc. and then WALKED ON to TSM. How often can you say that? I think I mentioned the other day that this is not a FP ride, so we were thrilled to be able to do it. Muholland Madness was up next. I took pics here because this was where our villa was and again I wanted to show how GC rooms are INSIDE both CA and DTD. Our balcony is one of those pictured here.
And here they are doing the ride--
This was the warmest day, so we did Grizzly River Rapids even though it was fairly early. A few more little rides and a visit with Pilot Goofy, and we had done everything we wanted to do here and it was only 10:30! Time to hop to DL! (Which took less than 2 minutes!) One thing we really liked about character pics here is that they all wear different clothes than in World. We saw Pilot Goofy and Pilot Minnie right outside of Soarin and that was fun.
Once in DL, we found the crowds! Yikes! It was not looking pretty. I quickly walked up to Carnation Café in order to make lunch reservations—scored the last one for 12:30. Otherwise, it was looking like CS was going to be a nightmare…and we had checked out of GC so going back to the villa for lunch was not an option today.
Even though the park looked and felt crowded, there seemed to only be a 15-30 minute wait for just about everything. I grabbed FPs for Space, we did Star Tours (15 minutes) and Buzz (10 minutes), and then headed back to Fantasyland for a few rides.
We still had time for one more thing before lunch, so we went to Adventureland to get FPs for Indiana Jones and do Haunted Mansion. Cammie really wanted to do the rides we couldn’t do the other day (either because Kel didn’t make the height requirements or because Riley didn’t want to). Sadly, it was down AGAIN. Just not in the cards this trip, I guess.
Time for lunch on Main St. And like so many other things at DL, it is only outdoor seating (with lots of umbrellas for shade). At first I wasn’t thrilled about eating outside—being so used to wanting to get inside and cool down and rest, etc. Our table was right up against the fence so that there was about 12” separating us for the Main St. foot traffic. But I have to say that I LOVED it. Adored it, actually. Just watching life on Main St. go by. And we were serenaded by the Dapper Dans for 3-4 songs! Again, so nice and fun and just oozing atmosphere.
After lunch, the girls and Jeff hit the Matterhorn while Riley and I went for nostalgia and saw Captain EO! This came out right as I was graduating from high school and I remember it SO clearly. It was really fun to experience it with Riley. They just brought it back to DL and I understand that it is coming back to FL, too.
Then we reconnected for a few last things—the Jungle Cruise, since we missed it the other day, and another spin on Mr. Toad and Buzz. Finally, it was time for our last rides. The girls and I used our FPs for Space while Riley and Jeff went off to do Pirates. At this point, it was only 3pm! And we had already done the two parks! We thought about Splash since we didn’t get to it the day before, but let me tell you, Frontierland was a DISASTER. Wall to wall people and you just couldn’t even walk through it. Suffocating. So we passed on Splash and BTMRR was down for rehab.
There was just one last thing to do…hop back to CA and do Food & Wine! Again, remember that it is only takes 2 minutes to walk from the hub of Main St. through the turnstyles of CA. We had primed the kids that this was OUR time. No rides—they would just have to be patient and follow us around for a bit. We bought them each a frozen lemonade—GREAT parent tip. These were frozen so completely and were so solid that it took over an hour for them to finish. So they were completely happy to have their treats while we had ours.
Honestly, though, not too much to report on F&W. It is, of course, much smaller than World. But this year it was even smaller than usual because of ALL of the construction going on. I swear, they are doubling the size of that park! Still, we did the Italian wine walk, the Californian wine walk, and the Belgian beer walk. Also went back to the festival showplace and shopped.
Sadly, it was time to go. But we really did do just about everything we wanted to and our vacation was only half over! Next up, San Diego!
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Happy Monday All
Great TR Erika!!!!
Meg, how are things? I can't count how many times DH and I had a fight when we were dating, I swear, we broke up 100 times. (that was 14 years ago this month)
Great TR Erika!!!!
Meg, how are things? I can't count how many times DH and I had a fight when we were dating, I swear, we broke up 100 times. (that was 14 years ago this month)
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Morning ladies. Happy Monday?
Jo- we still haven't talked. I know our fight was a stupid one and I left him a voicemail while he was at work saying sorry. I guess I'll have to wait till he wakes up this afternoon to resolve it. (he works the 12-8 shift.) I just keep reminding myself a fight doesn't mean a break up.
Jo- we still haven't talked. I know our fight was a stupid one and I left him a voicemail while he was at work saying sorry. I guess I'll have to wait till he wakes up this afternoon to resolve it. (he works the 12-8 shift.) I just keep reminding myself a fight doesn't mean a break up.
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Meg
I know that when DH works midnights, he is an a@@ about EVERYTHING
we fight ALL THE TIME, until he is back on days.
I know that when DH works midnights, he is an a@@ about EVERYTHING
we fight ALL THE TIME, until he is back on days.
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Jo I know it's to be expected that we have these disagreements and I guess it makes sense it was after he worked three nights of double shifts. I just still haven't heard from him and I'm that paranoid type who thinks this will be the end of it. I'm working on reminding myself that he often isn't awake till 2 or 3 after a double shift. So I really shouldn't get worked up... Yet
How are things with you today?
How are things with you today?
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Meg. He could be asleep. His phone could be dead. I'm a high communicator, and if you don't call me I think you hate me. So I GET this.
Erika - GREAT pics! I totally see how close it all is!!!
Kelly, you have less than a stone to lose!
Nancy, any tracking is better than none!
So I GET this.Erika - GREAT pics! I totally see how close it all is!!!
Kelly, you have less than a stone to lose!
Nancy, any tracking is better than none!
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I guess so!
Good for you Megan!
DVC, HOW I LOVE THEE!!!!!
Nice Paula!
Good for you Jo for not just giving in.
Wooohoo! I just weighed myself this morning, and I have reached my first big goal. I've lost 20 pounds!
Congratulations!
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SO SORRY I missed all this Kat. But I saw it on FB! Loved hearing about it all.
remember when I threw down on TSM with E?<sigh> good times.
I'm sorry - neither of you has SEEN a real throwdown.
God WILL give me money to actually enter a park one day. Word.
Well at least the pressure is off, Jo.
17 hours till I leave for the airport. 20 hours till wheels up! Oh yeah, it's on!
Got my ritual pre-trip pedicure today and am just doing the last little packing things. I *may* actually get to bed at a decent hour tonight. Though not likely. I have about 2 hours total of job-related work to do, and am plowing through that now. Then maybe just an hour or two of last minute trip planning things. So I am hoping to be in bed by 11-ish. Yeah, right. I know.Heck, it's a LONG flight, I can sleep on the plane, right?
I've never had a pedicure. Yes, I'm whining. So what of it?
Heaven.
Good for you for still staying half focused and not throwing everything out. It's the little bits Jo.
So sorry I missed the bold!!!
finally catching up after a long day.
Seth comes home tomorrow!I can't wait to see him. Ask me Friday though. I may be sick of him by then
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Yeah on the bold. Not the grocery bill - SETH!!
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Well he broke up with me.... Via text. I'm apparently the Taylor Swift to his Joe Jonas. Here is the text, it's all a bit confusing because Saturday he said he loved me and couldn't wait to meet my parents especially my dad so they could talk legal talk. (my dads a lawyer, he works for the sheriff department)
hey.....srry i havent gotten back to you ive been doing alot of thinking lately...hey meg i honestly dont want to contunie this relationship...ur a wicked nice girl but i think we both moved way too fast and just the past couple of times weve hung out
theres also some family problems that are going on that sucks and its taking a huge impact on me....my grandmother isnt doing well either and my dad is*actually really sick too
hey.....srry i havent gotten back to you ive been doing alot of thinking lately...hey meg i honestly dont want to contunie this relationship...ur a wicked nice girl but i think we both moved way too fast and just the past couple of times weve hung out
theres also some family problems that are going on that sucks and its taking a huge impact on me....my grandmother isnt doing well either and my dad is*actually really sick too
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Oh, Meg, I am so sorry. What a jerk to do it over a text. How are you? I know it sucks now, but you will feel better in a few days.
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Nice.
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Oh, SO CUTE. Loving the TR Erika.
KAT!!!
Can I just say this was the funniest part of catching up.
I laughed and laughed and laughed. You are truly gifted with your words.
Standard Jambo is much better - guaranteed pool view and a lovely one.
It's like the planners that did BWV and BCV retired. There are so many "off" parts to new DVCs.
I do LOVE the water play area at Kidani though. The water guns and such. I haven't stayed there yet though. Just at Jambo a couple of times.
Loved your pros and cons. LOVED IT!!!
I can "feel" this post! LOVELY. ENVIOUS.
My brother lives only 30/40 minutes from DL and my old guide is head of sales at DL now. I should have told you to harass him for me. He's a hoot.
PLEASE PLEASE DO when you come home! Pretty please.
Love it!
Improvement?
Eeeek. Better probably, eh?
Thanks Amiee
Nancy, I am sorry to hear about the teenage drama stuff. But if it makes you feel better you can laugh at me now, cuz I have 2 girls only 2 years apart in school. Yes in about 8ish years from now I will need some form of medication. Or and IV Drip of Tequila.
run was good, I have not done that in a while 2 miles, ran most of it.
I have a 5K walk tomorrow with pushing the girls in the stroller. And I hope to run again on Sunday, but we will see.
Got a meatloaf in the crockpot, Apple Pie in the oven, and now it time to do some work. I don't want to!!!
on the run JO!
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Megan. LOVE TO YOU! Huge hugs and love. I'm so incredibly sorry.
I know this DOES NOT help at all and I should just shut up but having a relationship with someone whose way of dealing with conflict is to shut down. HORRID LIFE. HORRID. Keep that in your head when the pain comes, okay? Because I know this is painful.
I'm so incredibly sorry Megan.
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OMG. SO funny Kat!
The boo I mean.
OMG, 6:30 am here and I am up! Yuck. Just couldn't sleep, no other reason, really.
Yesterday was wonderful and so relaxing. You can't beat the GC for a hang out by the pool and drink day, really.
Today we were SUPPOSED to get up and head down to San Diego. But then my husband arrived. And as he put it, he got the "four fingered fever."
Did I mention that HE is the one who suggested we add on more DVC points?!?!?
Trip is fabulous! I am going to go and try and add pics to yesterday's TR.
So happy about the bold. Yeah more DVC points. Call me cutie - but hello want all the details!
All of them! Where?
Love this picture. And LOVE how they ADORE the characters!
Home alone!
Yeah!
And DL so quaint. I've only been twice and it's been years but so quaint.
Hi Everyone!
Just a fly-by from me, I seem to be so busy lately!
E/Kat - Love your TR's
Jo - Sorry you are having drama
Paula - NY sounds like a great day, even if it was for work! (I would love to say I have to go into NY for work!
Nancy, EE, Meg, Ronda, Sunny, Jess, Liz, LisaV (if you are lurking!), anyone I have missed - Hi
Im a samer this week. Same old story, blah blah blah, not enough water, blah blah blah. No one to blame but me so Im over it and back on!
I got fitted again (for the 800th time) for my bridesmaid dress (scary bride-to-be!
Pity party over. Back on. Going for a glass of water
Have a great Sunday everyone
On the bold - what the he!! did I miss? Is this BIL pregant married one?
iOKay I hope this picture is the one I laughed out loud about!
Look at Kelly! Look at her! Any agents yet?
And Cammie - she looks so pretty Erika.
<sigh>
Busy times for me as well. I've become a slave to committments that I really wish I hadn't made
Last week I said my goal was to improve upon my lack-luster journalling performance. So, instead of the lame-o TWO journal entries, this week I think I have sky rocketed all the way up to THREE!Well, it will be 4 if I get my act together and write down today's stuff.
Hello perfectionist. That's all - hello.
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This TR IS KILLING ME!!!!!
Tijuana, anyone?
I will never ever forget WALIKING through a turnstile and VOILA I'm in another country. NEVER.
Day 4--Pics added!
OMG.
I would die for this view. It's like the peace of staring at Christmas lights in the dark. (ummm someone else does that, right? )THIS TR has to stop NOW!!!
Day 5
Once again, we got up and each went for a run, had breakfast in the villa and then began our day. We had to check out first, though, but it was easy. Just called Bell Services, they took all of our stuff and held onto it. We left the car with GC Valet, as our plan was to park tour for the day and then just go back to GC and hop in the car and drive to San Diego once done in the parks.
We started at CA using the private entrance, of course. Since this was Saturday, I was nervous about the crowds, having heard over and over again that these parks are heavily influenced by locals and therefore week-days were totally different than weekends.
Turns out I didn’t have to worry at 9am as again, we walked right on to Soarin’. Seriously, it is maybe 30 seconds from the resort to Soarin. Think about that from a WDW perspective. How long does it take you to get from most resorts to the park, through bag check, through the turnstyles and then across the park?? We were the ONLY ones at this entrance at 9 when the park opened. I know I keep talking about this, but seriously, for someone so used to World, it is just astounding. Even if you stay BC or BW and you are going to Epcot—this is way, way, way closer and faster.
Since the kids and I had already done this park, this was really just a “highlights” trip so that we could go back and do our favorites (with Jeff this time) and show him the new stuff that was here and not in the FL parks. After Soarin’ we did Monster’s Inc. and then WALKED ON to TSM. How often can you say that? I think I mentioned the other day that this is not a FP ride, so we were thrilled to be able to do it. Muholland Madness was up next. I took pics here because this was where our villa was and again I wanted to show how GC rooms are INSIDE both CA and DTD. Our balcony is one of those pictured here.
And here they are doing the ride--
This was the warmest day, so we did Grizzly River Rapids even though it was fairly early. A few more little rides and a visit with Pilot Goofy, and we had done everything we wanted to do here and it was only 10:30! Time to hop to DL! (Which took less than 2 minutes!) One thing we really liked about character pics here is that they all wear different clothes than in World. We saw Pilot Goofy and Pilot Minnie right outside of Soarin and that was fun.
Once in DL, we found the crowds! Yikes! It was not looking pretty. I quickly walked up to Carnation Café in order to make lunch reservations—scored the last one for 12:30. Otherwise, it was looking like CS was going to be a nightmare…and we had checked out of GC so going back to the villa for lunch was not an option today.
Even though the park looked and felt crowded, there seemed to only be a 15-30 minute wait for just about everything. I grabbed FPs for Space, we did Star Tours (15 minutes) and Buzz (10 minutes), and then headed back to Fantasyland for a few rides.
We still had time for one more thing before lunch, so we went to Adventureland to get FPs for Indiana Jones and do Haunted Mansion. Cammie really wanted to do the rides we couldn’t do the other day (either because Kel didn’t make the height requirements or because Riley didn’t want to). Sadly, it was down AGAIN. Just not in the cards this trip, I guess.
Time for lunch on Main St. And like so many other things at DL, it is only outdoor seating (with lots of umbrellas for shade). At first I wasn’t thrilled about eating outside—being so used to wanting to get inside and cool down and rest, etc. Our table was right up against the fence so that there was about 12” separating us for the Main St. foot traffic. But I have to say that I LOVED it. Adored it, actually. Just watching life on Main St. go by. And we were serenaded by the Dapper Dans for 3-4 songs! Again, so nice and fun and just oozing atmosphere.
After lunch, the girls and Jeff hit the Matterhorn while Riley and I went for nostalgia and saw Captain EO! This came out right as I was graduating from high school and I remember it SO clearly. It was really fun to experience it with Riley. They just brought it back to DL and I understand that it is coming back to FL, too.
Then we reconnected for a few last things—the Jungle Cruise, since we missed it the other day, and another spin on Mr. Toad and Buzz. Finally, it was time for our last rides. The girls and I used our FPs for Space while Riley and Jeff went off to do Pirates. At this point, it was only 3pm! And we had already done the two parks! We thought about Splash since we didn’t get to it the day before, but let me tell you, Frontierland was a DISASTER. Wall to wall people and you just couldn’t even walk through it. Suffocating. So we passed on Splash and BTMRR was down for rehab.
There was just one last thing to do…hop back to CA and do Food & Wine! Again, remember that it is only takes 2 minutes to walk from the hub of Main St. through the turnstyles of CA. We had primed the kids that this was OUR time. No rides—they would just have to be patient and follow us around for a bit. We bought them each a frozen lemonade—GREAT parent tip. These were frozen so completely and were so solid that it took over an hour for them to finish. So they were completely happy to have their treats while we had ours.
Honestly, though, not too much to report on F&W. It is, of course, much smaller than World. But this year it was even smaller than usual because of ALL of the construction going on. I swear, they are doubling the size of that park! Still, we did the Italian wine walk, the Californian wine walk, and the Belgian beer walk. Also went back to the festival showplace and shopped.
Sadly, it was time to go. But we really did do just about everything we wanted to and our vacation was only half over! Next up, San Diego!
My head hurts - I can't even remember WT F I wanted to say on this update.
EDIT: okay - I've regained my composure. The rooms. I can not believe how close the rooms are. And a separate entrance. This place is seeming like a dream!!!! It seems like living a kid's dream they made up. LOVELY.
Meg. He could be asleep. His phone could be dead. I'm a high communicator, and if you don't call me I think you hate me.
Erika - GREAT pics! I totally see how close it all is!!!
Kelly, you have less than a stone to lose!
Nancy, any tracking is better than none!
LIZ!!!!! Hi.
. Did I miss an email from you? Really, no sarcasm. I was bothering you about the mail. Anything? Email me about it. Yes, Liz and I are high communicators. Our POOR POOR loved ones.
lisaviolet
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Me - I'm struggling with sanity right now.
Please save your money. I might need bail. Seriuosly, I'm about to knife some assessment teams at a certain hospital. I know - I know not lovely thoughts but they're coming nonetheless.
I have been released onto the next phase.
So somehow I redid and suddenly passed 24 hour urine. Why tell you about the test? Because Cutie loved the story.
I couldn't go downtown for the retest. Had to do it here. So my jug - how did I get it to the lab? I SHOVED the sucker into my small pink and purple girly basket on my bike and pedaled across town. In you go big jug.
I saw some guys on the way. And in my head I said, "hey I'm sexy - you have no idea - I have twenty four hours of urine in my little basket!!!"
Priceless.
Anyway they are driving me INSANE - I have no strength right now to explain - and my next set of appointments don't until end of June. Insert grouchy face.
And I'm so off. Wanting to eat and eat and eat and eat.
And Jayvyan - Nathan's son ( I know I didn't decide on the spelling) is just five and has been now diagnosed with type I diabetes . Whoever named two completely different diseases with one name should be shot - they are not the same - at all. Of course, type II is awful. But not the same.
Okay - enough venting......
Please save your money. I might need bail.
Seriuosly, I'm about to knife some assessment teams at a certain hospital. I know - I know not lovely thoughts but they're coming nonetheless.I have been released onto the next phase.
So somehow I redid and suddenly passed 24 hour urine. Why tell you about the test? Because Cutie loved the story.
I couldn't go downtown for the retest. Had to do it here. So my jug - how did I get it to the lab? I SHOVED the sucker into my small pink and purple girly basket on my bike and pedaled across town.
In you go big jug. I saw some guys on the way. And in my head I said, "hey I'm sexy - you have no idea - I have twenty four hours of urine in my little basket!!!"
Priceless.
Anyway they are driving me INSANE - I have no strength right now to explain - and my next set of appointments don't until end of June. Insert grouchy face.
And I'm so off. Wanting to eat and eat and eat and eat.
And Jayvyan - Nathan's son ( I know I didn't decide on the spelling) is just five and has been now diagnosed with type I diabetes . Whoever named two completely different diseases with one name should be shot - they are not the same - at all. Of course, type II is awful. But not the same.
Okay - enough venting......
lisaviolet
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Megan - still thinking and thinking. to you.
to you.cantwaitvaca09
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Me - I'm struggling with sanity right now.
Please save your money. I might need bail.
I have been released onto the next phase.
So somehow I redid and suddenly passed 24 hour urine. Why tell you about the test? Because Cutie loved the story.
I couldn't go downtown for the retest. Had to do it here. So my jug - how did I get it to the lab? I SHOVED the sucker into my small pink and purple girly basket on my bike and pedaled across town.
I saw some guys on the way. And in my head I said, "hey I'm sexy - you have no idea - I have twenty four hours of urine in my little basket!!!"
Priceless.
Anyway they are driving me INSANE - I have no strength right now to explain - and my next set of appointments don't until end of June. Insert grouchy face.
And I'm so off. Wanting to eat and eat and eat and eat.
And Jayvyan - Nathan's son ( I know I didn't decide on the spelling) is just five and has been now diagnosed with type I diabetes . Whoever named two completely different diseases with one name should be shot - they are not the same - at all. Of course, type II is awful. But not the same.
Okay - enough venting......
Hi Lisa,
Sorry about the 5year old. That sucks. Sorry about all your testing and stuff. I hope is ends soon. Missed you on the thread. Nice to see you back!!
And incase you were wondering, DH and I had a blow out again today. I guess the issue is, he does not think he gets ********* enough. UGG MEN!
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