Its located near innoventions west!!!
Well, did everyone get their siggies figured out?My poor Woody was diminished to just a head!
Tom helped me tinker with the whole thing and got it to fit in the new regulated area. I hope this means it is acceptable!
Man, it has been quiet here today!!! I didn't do an update today but I did play with my report a bit. I figured out how to link my updates in the first post! (Insert pat on the back here!) I hope this makes it easier for readers to get to them if they don't want to read the banter. Personally, I enjoy that just as much as the actual updates but I realize everyone else may not. SO... my pre-trippie is now very user-friendly!
I should be able to get another update written and posted tomorrow... so look out for that!
mine barely got jacked up. I just had to move a few things up. looking forward to the next update. 
UNCLE JOHN SAYS:
You must add to the list at Epcot:
The Coca Cola store with the free samples of coke from around the world...
Tell A, E & O I said they have to try all of them....even the stinky ones!!!
Good places to eat:
All along Appopka Vineland Road, near the downtown disney hotels (Grosevenor, Hilton, Holiday Inn)
Our favorite is: Joe's Crab Shack- lots of stuff going on there....Uno's was good, I think there is a TGI Fridays, etc.
The best Icee's in all of Disney are at the Goofey Candy Co. store in DTD. They have about 10 flavors and will mix them all up for you!!! Standard clear cup is about $4, the cups with the heads and feet (mix & match) are about $8ea. (they are larger cups than you get in any of the parks)
Your getting closer!!!
And you know your nephews would not eat at Joe's Crab Shack! 
We've been to that Fridays though. Owen had barely eaten a thing up until we went there and then he inhaled a huge bowl of piping hot mac and cheese! We kept telling him to wait until it cooled off but the poor thing was starving! To this day I've never seen him eat like that! 
hey there! Sorry I haven't been around much. It's been quite a hecktic week. But I'm back now. For a little while at least
Your siggie looks great. That stinks that the new space origionally cut woody's head off
That's good that you got the links to your updates figured out
Hey! Glad you're back! It's okay... I know how busy you've been! Now how about that pic I asked for?
Picture? I must have missed something.
it's okay you can laugh at me
*and I was laughing at myself*
UPDATE HERE!
Day 3, Nov. 23 AKA ARRIVAL DAY!!!
It is a one and a half hour drive from Grammas to WDW. We will rise and shine, eat breakfast, tell Gramma well see her in a couple days and hit the road. Im hoping by 9 am, but if its later than that, no worries. I dont want this day to be a rushed day. The whole point of leaving two days early is to get to WDW raring to go not exhausted like we would have been if we had driven down this day. Im looking forward to seeing the Mickey utility pole along the way! Maybe Carla could post her pic of it on here? (I dont want to just swipe it from her!)
We cannot check into the condo until 4pm. Ill probably call when we get closer and see if that is just a guideline or etched in stone.
The sole purpose of today is getting to Epcot! I expect it to still be busy with folks there for Thanksgiving. A CM told me that the crowds would lessen considerably on Sunday.
Things we MUST do in FW include:
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Nemo and Friends/Turtle talk
Soarin
Living with the Land
Honey I Shrunk the Audience
Ice Station Cool (anyone want some Beverly?)
Things we MAY do:
Mission: Space
Ellens Energy Adventure
Innoventions
Where we eat dinner and how late we stay will be dependent on whether or not we can check in early at the condo. Or maybe well leave, check in and go back and spend the evening and watch Illuminations? Just not sure.
One thing Ive been doing to prepare for the trip is collecting little tidbits of info that I want to remember when we get to each park. You read so much and then you get there and forget!
The things I have listed to do or look for in FW are:
1. The shooting water fountains.
2. The talking water fountains.
3. The sidewalks that twinkle at night.
4. Ice Station Cool
5. The pathway between Imagination and Ice Station Cool that plays music when you step on it.
6. Something good to know: the Fountain View restaurant has good frozen juice drinks. (My kids love icees!)
7. At Finding Nemo, the sea gulls by the sign chirp mine, mine! if you stand in front of them long enough.
8. I have also noted to check the times guide for Mickeys Tree Lighting Ceremony.
While I am sharing my organizational skills) that I have been keeping lots of important stuff in!
It has our personalized maps, MVMCP tix, park tix, sea world map and tix, condo info, that list on stuff at each exit... All very good stuff!
Hopefully we will have a good first day!
Hopefully the fast passes wont be all gone by the time we mosey on in!
The next day will be spent at MGM!
I'm so jealous at how organized you are. How did you come up with the idea for the index cards? That is brilliant!!
I am for sure snabbing up some of your ideas for my next trip. Only if that's okay with you
where does your grandmother live? Mine lives in Lake Placid which is south of the utility pole which is why we got to see it on the way to my g'ma's house.
Gramma is my mom - my kids gramma! She lives north of Tampa in a little town called Odessa... we will be coming from there.
So we just kind of wandered. I remember we ate lunch at Pizza Planet and we got our picture taken at Als Toy Barn. I think we saw a parade. Not very memorable, as you can tell. 
I used the handy dandy calculator and made note of when I could call. The days came and went. I thought
Were going when its not busy! Whats the rush? Have I not been paying attention?!?!?! Apparently not because I waited until about a month ago! I couldve called in MAY, people! I digress. So I called to get ressies for Sci-Fi for dinner and guess what? I couldnt get one! Not even a sucky one! See
those Thanksgiving week folks
they are all going to still be there. 
But I have learned a thing or two
so I ask, How about lunch? The CM says, 2:55. I said, As in 5 minutes to 3:00? The CM, Uhhhh, yes. She was thinking moron but she refrained. I begrudgingly took that time slot and vowed to re-work my entire week to get a better time. Its not pretty. So do we risk that? Do we tell him, Sorry you are hungry, you must wait until 2:55, as in 5 minutes to 3:00? I dont think so. 
I was looking at food reports! (Did you know there were food reports? Like trip reports, only just about the food! Its uncanny!) So Im reading about this family that ate lunch at Sci-Fi and the atmosphere was great... but the food was awful, except for dessert. Did you hear me??? EXCEPT FOR DESSERT! Ding-dong the witch is dead, we will eat CS for a lightish lunch and have an afternoon treat at Sci-Fi
at 2:55, as in 5 minutes to 3:00! I posted and told the OP she had changed my life. 
Feel free to use any ideas! I like to share! Lots of people on the thread I was talking about came up with the same idea. Some folks were talking about lamination and everything!
My grandmother lives in "The Home" in Michigan!!!
And thank you for the picture!!! I can't wait to see it and snap my own!
Update coming up... just have to move it from Word and add smilies!
thanks for the permission! Lamination sounds like a good idea too ....although im too lazy to do things like that ill be doing good to actually make those cards but I have about 10 and a half months until my next trip so i have plenty of time sorry for the mix up there on grandmothers. I know where Odessa is. My Grandmother lives in Lake Placid (if you know where that's at). If I remember correctly driving from disney towards tampa on I-4 the utility tower is on the right side so if you will only be driving on I-4 on the way towards disney make sure to look to the left (on the drivers side) for it. i have so many of those pics. we snap one every time we go down to visit my g'mother woohoo for another update!!
I gave taken so many notes over the last couple of months. Now I need to organize them! Been there, done that, almost threw up!
Thanks for the update! I need to write this stuff down! I think I'll remember to look under the mat at Muppets, but I'll get got up in the moment! I wrote down the icee tip today!
Have you seen Fantasmic before? You gotta see it at least once! It's a can't be missed for us!
I'm with ya on TOT
Not gonna happen! 
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Happy Friday!!! I DO! *Insert sappy-ness here* I miss my family... A LOT!... including Uncle John... and having him here is really nice for me... it's a connection to home and it makes me happy! *Sappy-ness over* 
(where is there a stick your tongue out smilie when you need one?)
What they are building next to Star Tours is probably Toy Story Mania!
So this is a not-to-be-missed attraction for us! I have read that wearing a bright color and/or making a sign that says "Pick Me" or "The Force Is Strong in Me" or something like that might help get them picked to participate!
WOW! Kimmy is the first person I've come across that said the food is good at Sci-Fi! I am sure it all depends on who is working, cooking, etc. No matter, we looking forward to it... especially Owen who insists he sit in the driver's seat!
