Let's get this party started!!! 2 weeks of food, pics, and fun!!! **UPDATE 2/20**

Cant wait for the WWE Smackdown!

WDW is magical. Where else can kids play like they do at Disney!:thumbsup2

LOL... The Smackdown... That is exactly what I told my Mom when I called to make sure she would wire my bail money should I get arrested... :laughing:

WDW IS magical!!! Tailor kept calling those girls her new BFF's...:goodvibes
 
Just wanted to come out of Lurkdom to say that we are loving your trip report. We are fellow Oregonians and Beaver fans too! Can't wait for more updates.

Yay! More Oregonians!!! And Beaver fans too :lovestruc

What did you think of the Civil War game???

Great TR so far!!! :) It's one of my favorites. (ok, i'm a newbie and have read about 4 or 5 and they've all been good :rotfl:)

Your pics are amazing and you seem like a fun family. :hippie:

I like that the WDW fastpasses have that little tray to collect the fastpass as it comes out of the machine. I'm not always the most coordinated (yes, clumsy) and it's stressful trying to not let the fastpass fly away at DL. (i think y'all call it DLR?)

Welcome!! Thank you for the compliment on the pics! Hubby spent a lot of time learning how to use his camera, so I can't take any of the credit, that is all him! We do try to have fun, we enjoy each other... We can laugh at each other too, especially when I trip over things, mixed 2 words together when I try and talk to fast, try to cook the Christmas Turkey in the lid of the roasting pan :rolleyes1

I wonder what the person taking the pictures are thinking with the tongue and power fist pose......:rotfl2:

I know, huh! I asked Terry after I saw the Photopass ones and he said they just kinda looked at him funny... He said he didn't care though since he wouldn't see them again!
 
I love what they did with your window!

Tailor and her new friends are so cute.

Untill cameras are banned at disney water parks you will not see me at one.
 
Alec is one brave kid:thumbsup2 When we were at Blizzard beach I just couldn't get the courage up to do it....to high for me. The pictures of the fireworks are excellent, (tho, i must say i have come to expect that from you now:rotfl:) Can't wait to hear about the "smackdown"

Happy New Year!
 

I love what they did with your window!

Tailor and her new friends are so cute.

Untill cameras are banned at disney water parks you will not see me at one.

i feel the same way you do about the camera/waterpark issue... I took one for the team once during the trip cause the kids wanted me to... I told Terry that everyone will think the mistakenly went to Sea World and I was Shamu... :rolleyes:

Alec is one brave kid:thumbsup2 When we were at Blizzard beach I just couldn't get the courage up to do it....to high for me. The pictures of the fireworks are excellent, (tho, i must say i have come to expect that from you now:rotfl:) Can't wait to hear about the "smackdown"

Happy New Year!

He is brave!!! I couldn't even watch him do it... I didn't want him to do it honestly, but never told him that, I knew he needed to prove to himself he could...

I told Terry the same thing on the pictures... I expect only perfection... Anything less, is failure... :snooty: :laughing:
 
Okay so I am completely bummed right now, and only my DIS friends will understand...

I had to take down my 2009 Disney World calendar... :sad1:

And I forgot to pick up a 2010 when I was there in September... :sad2:

Terry picked me up one that same island scenes on it, but it just isn't the same... :guilty:

I guess it is better than the 2008 one I used from the AOCE for giving them money monthly... It was just pictures of prisons from different states... how depressing it that??? :confused3
 
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Amazing shots! I need a new camera...:rolleyes1


And of course the obligatory Jordan pose...

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Holy moly, that is a long way down...

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DH did this back in 2007. There is no way he could talk me into it! :eek:


We made our way to the Nemo show... This was a new one for us...

Fabulous pictures!
 
Day 11 Part 3

On the way to the parade, we found those wood paintings that the kids put their head through the open hole to get a picture... They were at the DVC booth... They are such goofballs...

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On to the parade!

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That is Alec and Tailor getting a "high five" in the bottom...

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Toni's commentary will be BLUE

Okay, so we were standing right behind the rope that the CM's put up for the parade... At the very last second some lady starts shoving her way up to the front with her daughter... They end up pushing us over to get a front spot, I just let it go and moved us over as much as I could... She has her daughter get her pen and autograph book out and tells her to be aggressive and make the characters stop for signatures and pictures... She also tells her to go under the rope and join the characters during the parade! :eek: Terry lets the CM know of her plans and she tells the lady to put the pen and book away and they have to stay behind the rope... Parade starts and the Mom is shoving her daughter into the rope as far as she can and screaming at her to smile and laugh and pose for all these pictures that her Mom is trying to get. Then she started yelling at her for not being as involved in the parade as she should have been and not getting the characters attention and having them all stop the parade to see her... The little girl was about 8 or so... Little girl tries to go stand with Dad who is far enough away video taping that he has no clue what is going on... Well, the Mom got very angry that the daughter wanted to be with her Dad, so she PUNCHES her daughter in the head!!!! :headache: I did a double take and swung her head so fast to Terry to make sure I actually just saw that... He was busy taking pictures so he didn't see it, but Alec had swung his head towards me just as fast cause he did see it!!! He was totally freaked... The little girl is crying and wanting her Dad, I am trying to get a CM's attention, but she couldn't hear me... I am filling Terry in on what happened, and Alec yells, "MOM!" I turn my head back to them and the lady punches her kid in the head AGAIN!!!! OH HECK NO!!!!!! I yell, "HEY!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM???? YOU WANNA HIT SOMEBODY, COME HIT ME!!!" By this time the parade is ending, I scream for a CM, she comes over and I give her the quick version, she gets management, and I tell them, they get security... The little girl is being comforted by her Dad, has a red mark on the side of her head/forehead area... The Mom is telling the Dad how awful HIS daughter was during the parade and she is never bringing her to Disney World again... The Disney people promise they will take care of it, they want to shadow her for a bit and see if they can catch her in the act of anything else...

Terry and I take the kids and go on about our day, but Alec didn't understand why a Mom would hit her child like that... So we got to explain that there are some parents who think it is alright to beat their kids... And that there is a fine line between discipline and beating...

Terry took Alec and Tailor to It's Tough to be a Bug, I did a bit of shopping, and guess who I saw being escorted to the security office??? (At least that is where I think they were headed) 2 security dudes and 3 CM's in the business suits were telling the lady that she was being taken to meet with sheriff's and the Dad and little girl was behind them... So apparently she wasn't done with just punching her! The Dad looked really irritated with his wife and was holding the little girl and not yelling at his wife but I was using a stern voice with her... I felt so bad for that little girl!

After the parade was over, we decided to leave and head over to the Boardwalk... We wanted to get a bite to eat at Big River Grille....

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Back to the hotel for a good night sleep before we start our 2nd to last park day :sad1:
 
I love those picture boards...my family groans anytime I find some.:thumbsup2 great pics from the boardwalk
 
It must've been all you could do not to take that woman down!! OMG, I think my head would've come off! Good for you for notifying someone, and keep that little girl in your prayers!
 
OMG - I can't believe you actually saw something like that in the park, in front of all those people!!!

If that is what that woman is doing in a crowded public place, imagine what she is doing when she has her daughter alone. That is heartbreaking!:sad1:

And that is awful that your son had to witness that. Bad enough seeing that anywhere, but in a place like WDW:sad2:

Good for you for standing up to her and for involving Disney security. I did not believe that they would have been able to do anything, thinking the mom wouldn't be so dumb as to do it again, but it sounds like they must have witnessed another incident. Hopefully this knocks some sense into her!

Otherwise, great update!:goodvibes
 
I'm glad she got taken to meet with the Sheriff's! I can't believe she did it in front of people. Makes you wonder what happens at home.

BEAUTIFUL pix of the Boardwalk.
 
I can't belive some people are aloud to be parents. Hopefully something happened to that women.
 
I think that it is wonderful that you said something to someone about the abuse that woman was inflicting on the child. I bet that your son was very proud of you too. That she behaved like that in public makes you wonder what the child is exposed to at home.

The pictures are beautiful! last trip we spent 2 days at AK and didn't get to see the parade on either day:sad1: I hope to rectify that in 2 weeks!
 
I finally got a chance to come over here and read about your trip. Loving the commentary so far! (Minus the part about that crazy mom! That is so sad.) The pictures are unbelieveable!! Definitely makes me realize that I need a new camera...
 
The AK parade looks really fun; we've never had a chance to see it.

I got sick to my stomach and wanted to cry just reading about that mom near you at the parade. It's just not right that some kids have to grow up in homes like that...:sad2:
 
Day 12... Part 1

We woke up early for our breakfast ADR for Ohana... This was a favorite in 2008 so we were really looking forward to this one! We got in the bus line at 7:00, saw no sign of a bus, so we finally gave up and took a bus to Epcot, then took the monorail to the TTC and from there we walked to the Poly... Now, I am not sure if you remember but a few days prior I was in a great deal of pain with a kidney infection... Well, a constant flow of Tylenol had kept me going, but this morning, I knew my streak was over, I could hardly walk, I was in so much pain... We finally arrived, almost an hour late to breakfast, but we had called dining and they said they noted the account... I got on the phone with our doctor's office back here in Oregon, which takes forever to get through because the office was closed so I was dealing with after hours emergency nurses... Terry deals with getting us into our ressie and tells the lady that I am sick and we may need to get to a hospital, but we would let her know if we were going to leave... I get ahold of someone and answer all of their questions, he calls the on call doctor and they decide it's time for a ER visit... :guilty: Great... I go to the front desk and ask them where the nearest hospitals are and ways to get there... Then after giving those names to our clinic they inform me that none of them are "in network" and I will have to pay for 100% of the visit today, and I can file forms for reimbursement when I get home... Double great... :rolleyes:

I go back up to Terry and the kids and fill him in just as our names are called to be seated, he looks at me and I decide, if I am spending the day at the hospital, I am eating good food before I go!!! :rolleyes1 Our waitress could tell that I was not doing well, and asked if she could get me anything... I said only if you have straight cranberry juice... She says SURE! :confused: What wait??? I thought they didn't have that on property!!! She explains that the resorts have it because they have bars!!! I just had to ask the bar! :flower3: Thank you Ohana lady! :lovestruc She brings me the juice, and I start chuggin! :laughing: She laughs and says hang on... Comes back with a pitcher!!!! :hug: Let me tell you, by the time we were done eating, I was already feeling a little better... I won't tell you how many times I went tinkle during our breakfast... :rolleyes1

So here are the pics from Ohana, now that I have filled you all in on the status of my bladder. :rotfl:

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I nearly fainted from shock when I saw you updated! You really shouldn't sneak up on me that way.


sooo, how's things with the oregonfamily?
 












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