Kate.
Your time will come Kate. I have adopted the “her dad is crazy” approach to boys. Worked so far. I am actually thinking about the senior prom. Her school is full of smart geeks and she is not interested in them at all. Maybe she will go stag with all her friends.
She's good.
Seventeen years of practice.
Perfect timing. I'll be at BCV in less than a month. Yum.
I love bright and festive. Ice cream I can take or leave but love B&C.
Have a great time. Storm-along-bay and B&C are great things about BCV. Expect a full report.
Sorry I got here a bit late for the Pre Trip, Report and the Trip Report
I was at Disney the same week you were and have not been on the boards too much over the summer.
Thanks for the link to the Festival of the Lion King videos...they really brightened my evening
Glad to see that you are on the mend from the spring!
Better late than ever. Hope you trip was as fun as our was. Have nothing planned in the near future and I am starting to get withdrawals. Thanks for the thoughts on the “recovery.”
You and me both... sometimes I stand there second guessing myself trying to decide which line to get in, knowing that whatever I pick will be wrong.
If you see me in a line, get in another one.
That must have been an incredible evening! I would love to be able to experience something like that.
It was an unbelievable evening. At the time (it still may be true) it was the only time they served alcohol at the Magic Kingdom. Don’t know if they serve drinks at after hour parties or not.
I don't consider that to be cheating. That is just some excellent planning and good use of time.
Me too. Great minds think alike.
That's a shame. I've never eaten in the castle, and quite frankly, at the price they charge, I don't have much desire to do so. Maybe one of these days if we have our own princess...
It is a shame that they keep charging more and giving less. Thankfully, when my princess was young it was a better deal.
I'm sure she'd do very well as a Disney princess! She should have plenty of experience from observing them.
She already thinks she is royalty some time. She may go to Central Florida for college and may do the college program. We actually laughed about what Princess she would be. Cindy, NO, Snow, a somewhat no, Ariel, YES, and Belle yes. Actually she admitted if she could be any Princess, she would do it.
You should have said it. I'm sure if nothing else it would have made for an interesting interaction with her.
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I am sure she would have handled it like Snow White and would all the time be dragging me so I would be in the picture.
I know what you mean... on both points.
On the Princess discussion she said Jasmine would be cool but I nixed that.
Yea, grades are in, students did well which means I did well. (memememe)
I am not one of those professors who thinks a 2.5 is average. I think if I have a 2.5 average in my class I am not getting the information to the students and I need to reformat my course. Now for three weeks of freedom. Not really because school breaks are when I prep for the next semester’s class. BUT during this break we are going to visit a certain mouse for nine whole days!
The last time we ate at Beaches and Cream, a couple of years ago, a group of 30 or so young folks (in their twenties) were having a “kitchen sink” contest with 4 or 5 of their group at each kitchen sink. It was a blast watching them. It was late, we were tired having just arrived in Florida and just wanted to eat – anywhere. BC was close and they said we could sit at the counter as they had a large group coming in. We had just gotten our order when all CMs started doing a mad dash in building the sinks. At first we had no idea of what was happening but a nice young lady sitting beside us recording the contest told us about the contest. She said once a year this group comes in and has their contest (not sponsored by BC). The group sitting behind us won. As soon as they finished they stood up and started singing (not very well), “We are the champions of the….” . It was a great way to start our vacation.
Your princess looks like a princess regards of her garb. By the way, that is a very cute outfit.
So where is the picture of your sword? Yea for Miss Snow for making you stand and having your photo made.
Congratulations on molding the minds of America’s youth. Good attitude on the teaching profession. If you don’t mind asking Professor, what do you teach? Great story on the contest. Must have been fun to watch but I can only imagine the rushing around by the wait staff trying to get them all together. Have fun on the trip (or if you are there, I hope you are having fun). Post of a sword pic after the next dive trip.
Thanks for the kind words about the “kid.” She has a royal attitude at times and she has the princess wave down. Not a big fan of pictures of myself, but how could I turn down that sweet high pitched voice.
This from a Disney Blog on the Kitchen Sink contents:
The legendary Kitchen Sink dessert at Beaches and Cream at Disney’s Beach Club Resort is a gargantuan bowl, er, kitchen sink, overflowing with sugary treats. Here’s the list of what’s included:
½ cup fudge topping, warmed
½ cup butterscotch topping, warmed
½ cup peanut butter topping, warmed
1 medium banana, sliced in 1/2 –inch slices
1 cinnamon spice cupcake (2 ½ x 1 ¼-inch), quartered
1 angel food cupcake (3 x 1 ½-inch), quartered
2 4-oz. scoops vanilla ice cream
2 4-oz. scoops chocolate ice cream
2 4-oz. scoops strawberry ice cream
1 4-oz. scoop mint chocolate chip ice cream
1 4-oz. scoop coffee ice cream
3 tablespoons chocolate syrup
¼ cup marshmallow crème
¼ cup strawberry topping
¼ cup pineapple topping
1 14-oz can dairy whipped topping
1 brownie (6-inch x 6-inch), quartered
1 regular-sized (2 ounce) candy bar, quartered
4 chocolate cookies with cream filling
1 tablespoon sliced toasted almonds
1 tablespoon dark and white chocolate shavings
1 tablespoon chocolate cookies with cream filling, crushed
1 tablespoon chopped jellied orange slices (approximately 2 large slices)
1 tablespoon milk chocolate chip morsels
1 tablespoon peanut butter chip morsels
1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
1 tablespoon rainbow sprinkles
½ cup drained maraschino cherries
Nice shots of your Princess! So now you order entrees there? When I went they brought you some of everything and replenished each dish as requested. For the price they charge they should be serving caviar with breakfast. (Although, I'm not sure I would enjoy that, but it's the point!)
You used to be able to order the regular breakfast or the yogurt granola thing. The regular breakfast they would serve you of plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and the stuffed french toast. If you wanted more of anything all you had to do was ask. Same now except that they separated the stuffed french toast into another breakfast selection. I would imagine if I asked for it, they would have brought it. Didn’t want to bother but should have. The french toast was the best thing on the menu.
I'm glad I can say I've eaten there because I'm not sure I'll be back.
Not sure if I will go back for a while. The only reason we did it this time was DD wanted to do it.
OT but looking at your early morning picture of the MK and your princess, I remember what you said about getting up early for rope drop when we take our DGD to WDW. Not knowing IF that will ever come to pass ( for all kinds of reasons), I knew I could do one thing with her. My DH and I took her to
Disneyland last weekend to watch the Disneyland All American College Band. Our push stroller was denied entry and my DH took it back to the car. I carried my DGD (20 months old) into the park to wait for him and put her down in Town Square to watch the kids. She took my hand and we walked down Main Street toward the castle, exactly what I had wanted to do with her. It was just the memory I wanted, hand in hand with her pointing at the castle. Not quite 2 years old but knowing exactly where she wanted to go.
I'm going to confess here...we haven't ever gone to a character meal at WDW.
I'm so enjoying your TR, just might have to visit Cindy's with my DGD.
Great memory. I did that with my daughter and hopefully will do it with her kids many years from now. Good for her knowing where to go. You can tell she was brought up the right way. NO CHARACTER MEAL? That will change soon.
Although I guess the sign says $2/inch and judging from the picture it looks like they probably gave you a little break on the price.
... professor of psychology. I was trained to be a researcher, teaching was supposed to be one of those unpleasant things you had to do when working in academia in order to do your research. My first job after graduation was at a university and I found out I like to teach, I like to interact with the students. I did not enjoy the research aspect of the job so I started looking for a gig where I could focus on teaching. I now teach at an inner city community college and it is a great job, a bit challenging at times and the school is located in an area where I would not want to have car trouble at night or very early in the morning but otherwise I think I have one of the best jobs on earth.
