MAY 12th-19th!! THESE ARE THE MAYS OF OUR LIVES! Part 3

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Have a great weekend MAYers!!!!!

Hi Michelle!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Shelly- Did you book thru disney. I tried to price it but it wasnt doing it that far in advance. Do you know when they start giving the discounts for May.

Yes, I booked thru Disney online. The 2008 rates came out just a couple of weeks ago. No discounts as of yet, but I went ahead and booked anyway and if any specials come out I will just call and see if they can change mine! I wanted to get booked early because we are staying at CSR and all next spring the main pool at CBR is going to be under rehab so I thought that might make the other moderates book up faster.
I think it was January when the May special came out last year.

 

[seacrestpromo]

The neighborhood is awesome!!!!! First of all, when we got to the house on Thursday, there was a chilled bottle of champagne in the basement fridge with a note from the sellers saying "Welcome to your New Home!" How sweet!

Then, the baked goods started coming from all of the neighbors. We got (all from different families): An apple pie, warm out of the oven brownies, a bottle of wine, a warm out of the oven cake, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies (again, warm). I am full as a tick! Everyone smiles and waves. It's amazing.

JO

I just gained 5 pounds reading this post!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Jo, sounds like a fab neighborhood!!!


Hiya Shelly

 

[mari360]

Helly fellow Mayers

Just want to say that i wish everyone a great and safe weekend...... no matter what your plans are. will check in later.

 

[seacrestpromo]

Have a Labor Day ride on the Matterhorn Bobsleds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyL7ZoTTIk

 

[mari360]

Great Video Seacrest..... brings the memories back from disney.... keep them coming.....

 

[Disneyanajc]

Hello MAYers....it seems like years since I've been here

So long story short...I BROKE my computer and have been without one for awhile...but long story short DUDE! I got a Dell!
Now all I have to do it get use to Vista...G_d help me, it has a mind of its own.

Take care
JC

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Hi JC !! We missed you!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

The kids just left for school and it is going to be a long 3.5 hours until DS 5 is home from kindergarten!

 

[JoBird]

Shelly~

For you...


It's sooo hard.

Belle went for the first time last week. It will get better. It's only a half day. Next year, we will be commiserating again for first grade. Not looking forward to that.

Hugs, girlie,
Jo

 

[JoBird]

JC, you stinker, you!

I was thinking of you last night, and wondering how you are! We've missed you! How's Prince Charming? Tell him I said hello.

And give that handsome Grandson of yours a big hug from Jo.



Jo

 

[JoBird]

Seacrest,
Are you without power from the heat? Take care of yourself and Mrs. Seacrest.

BTW, I loved the Matterhorn video. I always wondered what that ride was like, and now I know. Thanks!

Jo

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Good morning JO! Thanks for the kind words.

I'm doing okay, just trying to keep busy this morning. . . . .

Yes, next year will be even worse I'm afraid!

 

[seacrestpromo]

Hello MAYers....it seems like years since I've been here

So long story short...I BROKE my computer and have been without one for awhile...but long story short DUDE! I got a Dell!
Now all I have to do it get use to Vista...G_d help me, it has a mind of its own.

Take care
JC

Hi JC! Cool beans about the Dell - is it a desktop or laptop? Seacrest

 

[seacrestpromo]

The kids just left for school and it is going to be a long 3.5 hours until DS 5 is home from kindergarten!

Awwwww...Shelly, you will make it! Did you take any pictures of his first day of school? How many kids are in his class?

 

[seacrestpromo]

Seacrest,
Are you without power from the heat? Take care of yourself and Mrs. Seacrest.

BTW, I loved the Matterhorn video. I always wondered what that ride was like, and now I know. Thanks!

Jo

Fortunately, we only had two short "brown outs" that lasted less than 15 seconds a piece on Thursday night around 10:30 p.m. Other than that, the power has been working fine here in Santa Monica.

It has been in the 90's since Thursday. Today it is forecast to be around 82 and then tomorrow dropping down to 73.

Glad you enjoyed the Matterhorn ride! We drove down to DL on Friday afternoon around 3:30 to meet up with some friends. Incredibly, it only took just over an hour to get there, in spite of it being the start of a holiday weekend.

I think we got into the park around 5:00 p.m. then headed over to Innoventions for our meet up. It wasn't very crowded and we were able to jump onto Space Mountain in about 15 minutes We got fastpasses for another ride later on. After that, we went over to Buzz Lightyear Spin, another short wait time! Next up was the Matterhorn - wait time was only 10 minutes or so.
I love this old ride! Next time, I will do a night time video.

We decided to head over to DCA to ride California Screamin'. By then the sun was going down and it was still quite warm, but not horrible. The wait time at Screamin' was posted for 25 minutes. Got in line and about 5 minutes later, the ride stops...power outage. It also affected the nearby Carousel too. Bummer. They told us that the ride would be closed for the rest of the day. They had to evacuate the people on the ride and it would take about hour or so, by then the park would be closing.

So we walked over and rode Mulholland Madness. My wife and I had never rode it and since the wait time was only 15 minutes we jumped on it. I loved it! It has a lot of sharp turns and some neat dips. The kids liked it too. After that we headed over to the Monster's Inc. ride since our friends had never ridden it before. They really like the ride a lot. Especially the last part of the ride with Roz.

We were a bit hungry and wanted to avoid the Electrical Parade madness at DCA, so we headed back into DL and over to Bengal BBQ. We had spicy BBQ beef skewers - yummy! While eating, Fantasmic was going on. We couldn't see the show, but we could see the firework flashes and hear the music. Since Indiana Jones is right across the way from the BBQ place we jumped on to that ride. I think we waited less than 15 minutes! I love the snake room! As we exited IJ, we walked over to POTC and virtually walked on to the ride. I think we had less than 5 minutes wait time. Got really wet on the ride for some strange reason. I never get wet on that ride. My wife said it was all the BBQ I ate and it loaded down the boat. Whatever! When we got off the ride, we showed our friends the Club 33 door. They had never seen it or even noticed it before.

It was about 10:30 p.m. and it was still warm, but comfortable and nice. We had our FP for Space Mountain and we got on the ride around 20 minutes. The line inside was a bit long. When we got off the ride, the closing announcement was made...weird...DL closing at 11:00 p.m. on a Friday night.
So we casually strolled out of the park with our friends, promising to make future plans for meet ups at DL and other fun stuff.

What a nice way to end the summer season!

Too bad I am working today! LOL! The most productive thing I have done is this post and it is almost lunch time.

 

[Disneyanajc]

Afternoon Mayers....Jo! A NEW HOME! Yea! Seacrest...now I can see your videos...YEA! and Dude Dell is a desktop...still fighting with Vista Shelly
I think it will take me months to catch up with you all ...but I'm trying I forgot how much I love smilies

I'm trying to talk the family into a June 2008 trip to WDW...we'll see

Now back to my reading and catching up
JC

 

[seacrestpromo]

Afternoon Mayers....Jo! A NEW HOME! Yea! Seacrest...now I can see your videos...YEA! and Dude Dell is a desktop...still fighting with Vista Shelly
I think it will take me months to catch up with you all ...but I'm trying I forgot how much I love smilies

I'm trying to talk the family into a June 2008 trip to WDW...we'll see

Now back to my reading and catching up
JC

Awesome news about the Dell. Glad you can now see the videos - be sure to turn up the sound, I have added music to some of them. You will get use to Vista, don't let it frustrate you. Enjoy your new !!!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Awwwww...Shelly, you will make it! Did you take any pictures of his first day of school? How many kids are in his class?

I made it through!! The kids both made it home safe and sound!
DS has 19 kids in his kindergarten class. I think 20 or less is a great number! DS 8 has 22 in his room this year.

Well, it's off to soccer tonight. And it's a hot one!
I just love how school and soccer and everything all start in the same week!