Okay, so apparantly May 19 is the day after May 10th. I know I promised an update on DHS and got kind of swamped at work but here I am.
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We left EPCOT later than we planned and I was really beginning to worry that we wouldn't get our Fastpasses to TSM but we just sort of enjoyed our morning at EPCOT.
My parents were there with my sister who had just flown in that morning (I believe I told you the story of her having to delay her trip due to a bridal shower. So, they were enjoying breakfast at Starring Rolls when we all showed up. We met her there, I collected all of the park tickets and took a walk over to TSM with DH and DS and couldn't believe what I saw.
I did get my fastpasses, but for 6:15-7:15 P.M. It was 11:30 A.M. But hey, at least we got them right?
So, after we got the passes for TSM we headed back to Starring Rolls to meet up with everyone else. They were just about finished with their coffee and we set up our game plan. We really didn't do DHS as best as we could, but we were all still getting used to being together. Nobody wanted to step on anyone else's toes by making decisions so it took us longer to tour than I had hoped and expected. We went to see the Little Mermaid, The Great Movie Ride and then headed on over to see The Muppets. When we left the Muppets, who was there? None other than Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater. Now, my son is a huge Thomas the Train fan, but if anything comes close, it's Lightning McQueen and Mater!!! We HAD to stand in line to meet them. It was so awesome to see how excited DS was to be standing next to Lightning McQueen.
After our turn with Lightning McQueen was over, DS began his first of several crying fits. He didn't understand why he couldn't stay with Lightning McQueen. So, I distracted him with the toy cart. BIG MISTAKE because all I did was create a new obsession. The Dinoco helicopter with Mater inside. It's battery operated and Mater says things like "Whooeee, I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park" and "Hey, I'm flyin'". We told DS that if he wanted it later we'd go back and buy it, but right now we had to go find Nana. He agreed, though not happily.
We met everyone at Pizza Planet for a quick lunch and mapped out the rest of our afternoon. All of those without children decided to head over to Tower of Terror to get fastpasses and they were actually able to get on with very little wait. My sis called me up and told me that some guy just handed her 2 fastpasses to Rock'n'Roller Coaster and asked if DH and I wanted to go on. Clearly, we did seeing as though this is one of DH's favorite rides so we headed over in that direction, she watched DS for us and we took a ride.
I always underestimate how much I LOVE THIS RIDE!!!!!!! I temporarily lost my earring (DH found it in the back of my shirt when we got off) and really began to have fun. I got to ride a grown up ride!
Once the non-parents got off of ToT and DH and I were finished with RnR the group split up again. My uncle, cousin, and cousin's girlfriend decided to go back to their rooms to relax for a while, my mom took my little cousin (5) to see Beauty and the Beast, and we all took our time and went to the Lights, Motors, Action, Stunt show.
We really enjoyed this show and when it was over, we really didn't have much longer of a wait before our reservations at Mama Melroses so we used this as prime opportunity to use the facilities, freshen ourselves and the little ones up.
Our reservation was at 5:45 but I needed to do some fancy finagling because my cousins reservation was for 2 at 5:55 and I was hoping they could sit us together so I wanted to get there and ask. Guess what we bump into on our way over to Mama Melrose's.......you guessed it....the toy cart near Lightning McQueen. We tried to distract DS (the helicopter is almost 2 feet long) but it didn't work.
"Mommy, can I buy the hebicopter with my money?" Now how could I say no to that? You see, before we left for our trip, I told DH that I wanted to bring some of DS's money with us so that if he wanted something that we didn't really want to get for him he could use that. Now he's 3 and we didn't have this conversation with him. He overheard the one conversation that we had, but he remembered.
So, I took out his Disney Dollars and handed them to him. We walked up to the cart, I told him to pick what he wanted and bring it to the lady. He did just that and then handed her his money. He was so happy. And, the helicoper that I expected to be around $40 because we were in Disney afterall was only $20. Apparantly on sale.
DS was so proud of his new toy. He couldn't wait to show Daddy, Nana and Papa. Mama Melrose's was just around the corner so when we got there everyone was waiting accept for my uncle and cousin and cousin's girlfriend. Now remember, I need to go and talk to the hostess, but I know that we need our entire party present so we just had to wait.
Here are some pics of us waiting...
The kids just hanging out...
DH taking a quick nap (he really was asleep)! This might explain why DS slept so much
My sister's fiance wearing DS's hat!
I'm still waiting Uncle Russell.....
Here's my cousin with his girlfriend and my mom.
So, as you can see in the previous picture, my cousin showed up with his girlfriend (and uncle). Now I can go in and use my powers of persuasion with the lovely Disney hostess at Mama Melrose's.
Will we get to sit together? Will we open and close a park on our first day? Stay tuned for more updates!
and Anastasia kept telling Drizella she looked like a rat. They were hilarious! Then, Lady Tremaine came and put them in time out! 
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An update! And, I can see all the pics!
