Wow - I'm so flattered!
Hey guys, thanks so much - I can hardly believe that so many of you find my life this interesting. The problem is, I feel I have to write back to each of you who took the time to respond. This takes time, but I'm gonna try and do this quickly.
MagicAddict2178 - Wow, cool photos! I was in shock and didn't get my camera out in time. You really must have been on at the same time because the lights went right back off. I wonder why they do this. Does anyone know? Anywho, thanks for the photos. Spooky, huh? What'd I tell ya?
VanniGirl, sammielynn, 2diamonds&a~gem, Cynt, and tinkbellfan - Thanks for tuning in and responding. I honestly did this for memories. I never expected everyone to enjoy it so much! I'm tickled.
Al and Kate's Mom - you gotta love those 4 year olds.
OhMari - I totally understand. We are very old fashioned parents who are finding it extremely difficult to try and raise good kids when there are some nutty parents everywhere. My sons are appalled at the cutters. My 6 year old thinks they should be arrested!
applechips - CRY? You definitely are not a New Yorker. And yes, this is exactly the kind of people you will see. I could go into more detail, but everyone has been so kind - I don't want to start getting flamed. Just try to make the best of it. Play the game and try and spot them coming, it's alot of fun.
Ms. Belle - when you are having that good of a time - never look around at others! Who cares what they think? You keep dancing and never let anyone ruin your party - especially not "sour seniors"!
On with my story........
We wake up on our last day at Disney a little sad that it's almost over, but not totally. We have no plans and decide to discuss it at breakfast......Can you guess where? Yup, back to Boatwrights for those pancakes. I didn't mention this before, but I had the sunrise platter all week. It was melon with plain yogurt and cinnamon/granola. It really was good. Our new friends welcome us and show us right to our seat. We discuss it and decide we are going to enjoy the resort and do Magic Kingdom before our reservations at Whispering Canyon at 9:00. (I know, very late - but I booked this trip so late and trying to get reservations while dining was free was HELL!) After breakfast we rent that damn surrey bike. What the hell were we thinking? We've done it before and swore we wouldn't again. But what the heck, the kids really want to do it. So it was 115 degrees (ok, so maybe 85 degrees, but it felt like 115). We did, however make fun out of it. We end up passing by one family, then 2 young girls, and teasing them the whole time. Well it ended up in a competition. We were racing, which I'm sure is not allowed. As we were biking my husband says to me, "I can't wait to go home, this vacation is killing me." I laughed so hard. As we are passing people walking I'm whispering, "Don't rent the bikes". They thought it was pretty funny. We stop by our room so I can run in and drop off our leftover food (which we always had since they give you so much). When I come out my family informs me that the two girls passed us, heckling the whole time. Well I jumped back on the bike and we took off! The kids were squeeling and I could see the girls on the other side of the river laughing at us. They beat us, but it was all in good fun. We go back to our rooms and put on our bathing suits and head (gulp) once again back to the scene of the chair stealing crime - the main pool. Now I was nervous going over there, but happy when we got there. The pool was practically empty. We got chairs all together and relaxed. We all went in the pool - I never ventured far and kept one eye on my chair the whole time. What an awesome time! We even got my daughter to go down the slide. We knew she really wanted to go, but was too afraid. So my husband asked her to show him where the slide entrance was. While up there, he just put her on and pushed. It was all planned out and I was waiting at the bottom. How funny she is! She was mad that she was duped, so she didn't want to seem like she enjoyed it. She came down with a grim look rolling her eyes. She is so funny. But she went right back up again and again - never cracking a smile because that would mean she was having fun. At one point my sons wanted to try the playground. So I took them over giving my husband a little nap time. They were the only kids there and I got to kind of sit back and really watch them. I hate to get corny, but my heart was so happy watching them. Just seeing my two boys help their little sister and care for her - when usually my two little ones are fighting. I was sitting there, basking in the wonderful parent I must be, when a bird crapped on my head. Snap back to reality. Someone up there really didn't want me to fully enjoy this vacation. I grab the kids and as I am running to the bathroom, a bird divebombs my little guy. I wash up and we go back to pool for a bit. Now I've had about 2 or 3 cocktails by now and I'm thinking we should go get lunch. We head over to "our" food court once again as there are no crowds. We have yet another awesome lunch. I try to cram another piece of that chocolate cake in my 6 lb. heavier body and we head back to our room to change for MK. Along the way a man yells over to us, "Hey I saw you guys on the bike before, you guys were flying!" We get showered, changed and hop on the bus. Me and my kids squeeze into a 2 seater and my husband stands next to us. Right as we are pulling into MK, my 6 year old climbs up on my lap and says he has a headache. Now he did this once before at an extremely inopportune time. After years of bugging my husband, I finally got him to get us tickets to the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. Since 9/11, he doesn't feel comfortable in the city anymore. This is December of 2003, when that terrible flu was killing children all over. About 10 minutes into this very expensive show with orchestra seats - he crawls into my lap claiming to have a headache. I feel him and he's burning up. Well I did what any good mother would do, I reached into my pocketbook and pulled out the children's motrin - never leave home without it. About 40 minutes later - good as new. But I had the sick feeling the rest of the show about this flu epidemic. As soon as the show was over we went home. Well guess what? My husband and I caught it and we ended up having the flu that went into pneumonia for 2 weeks before Christmas. I was never so sick! Back to my story. I feel his head and sure enough, he has a fever! On our last night in Disney!!! So I did what any good mother would do - we went into MK and went right to the baby care center right next to Crytal Palace. They were incredible. They took his temperature (102) and gave him motrin and a big bottle of gatorade. The magical part - THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME A DIME! We kept waiting for it, but it never came. We met a wonderful family from UK while in there. One of the boys had a bloody nose that wouldn't stop. We sat with his brothers and sister and they were just the sweetest kids. With the fever gone, we decide to stay away from any rides that he could spread his germs on. We do one last trip on the "relaxing ride" and ride it 2 more times. We then go into my favorite COP. They make this big deal in the beginning over not filming or photographing in there. Do you think they would send out the mickey police if you filmed it? With the rumors that they may be cancelling this, it it tempting. Who thinks I filmed it?
OK, I have to end here as I still have much to tell you about this night but I don't have time. I live in a very school spirited town and its homecoming night and my little football players want to watch the big guys play in the nightime. But I'll be back. Thanks for tuning in.
I think you just coined a new name for the DIS.
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