May 2009 WDW Meet. . .

[APB513]

Ken, just get it on Youtube!!

I'm ready for my close up Mr. Demille!

No problem!! I will make sure to bring the jingle next time I come and that lemonade LOVE IT! I need to look up the recipe online.



Here are a few pics, I am going to set up an album on photobucket maybe, or a slideshow with the theme song being "Where the Party At". he he seems appropriate

Andrea and her 'gloobs' lol

I have TONS of Epcot pics since I spent most of my time there

The fab 6 (Brads holding the camera) drinking around the world without our fearless leader, Tojoes you will never live this one down baby. Guess that means you have an entire year to plan for next year.

Ginger-Mangoritas or Mango-Gingeritas in Japan

The ladies drinking around the world

Doing the Kim Possible

one of my most favorite pictures of Ken doing something unexpected

I have many many more. I'm going to start uploading on photobucket now while I'm watching some baseball.

And John Eric...Mr. Tall man that was my camera you were taking castle pics with, there are a lot of good ones!

Great pics, Krista! Gloobs

It was suggested in one of the posts May 14-17, 2010



Angela..Now aren't you glad I talked you into going to JR for your birthday...you would have missed Tracy's surprise. Don't forget about our ride on Spash Mountain and your shower cap

Teresa, I am soooo glad you talked me into going to JRs!!! That was the perfect way to end my birthday celebration!!!

I could never forget SM or the shower cap

Almost done going through Wednesday night's photos, hope to start uploading them later today

So are we starting to plan for next May yet?



Hmm that's a thought - won't have to worry about my server choking on the load then

-Ken

I'm in for next May. Although I might have to bring my youngest DS with me.

It was suggested in one of the posts May 14-17, 2010



I guess I did miss that than. I hope to go but the 16th is my daughter's birthday which I have missed the last 2 yrs.
Next year is a biggie birthday so am not sure I can miss this one. I will have to see when the party is going to be.

You all may after party without me next May...

Patty

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You gotta come, Patty

Ack, guess I need to watch how I phrase things here

Although I guess it'd be hard to beat what I ended up saying to the CM the one night we were exiting through International Gateway in the downpour and heading to JR's:

CM: (pointing to plastic cup in my hand) "Sir, is that alcohol?"
Me: "No, it's walkohol"

My mind jumbled together "water" "walking" (to) "alcohol", I guess

-Ken

I'm telling you, we need to market "walkohol" as the new energy drink!

 

[nurse.darcy]

Angela, can we redo the bus ride to JRs. . .OMG girl, I think that is when I lost my voice. I am sure the bus driver never wants to see us again, though we now know we do not need to "swim" across the lagoon to get to JRs.. .lol.

For anyone who missed the May meet, may you all plan on being there next year cause we are going to threepeat next year. It was just too awesome to not plan again. And Angela, I want more partay time with you girl. May I be in full voice. . .

 

[APB513]

Angela, can we redo the bus ride to JRs. . .OMG girl, I think that is when I lost my voice. I am sure the bus driver never wants to see us again, though we now know we do not need to "swim" across the lagoon to get to JRs.. .lol.

For anyone who missed the May meet, may you all plan on being there next year cause we are going to threepeat next year. It was just too awesome to not plan again. And Angela, I want more partay time with you girl. May I be in full voice. . .

Darcy, that bus ride to JRs may have been more fun than the two monorail crawl stops I'm surprised the bus driver didn't tell us all to get off the bus just to get rid of us

I will be there next year and we will most definitely be spending more time together!!!! PARTAY

 

[feistygalkmc]

Although I guess it'd be hard to beat what I ended up saying to the CM the one night we were exiting through International Gateway in the downpour and heading to JR's:

CM: (pointing to plastic cup in my hand) "Sir, is that alcohol?"
Me: "No, it's walkohol"

My mind jumbled together "water" "walking" (to) "alcohol", I guess

I forgot about this, it was so funny!

 

[MATTERHORN]

Yeah, Ken inadvertantly (or not) stumbled across a good one. My guess though is if his "server" does get choked up, it would take more than the Heimlich maneuver or Andrea's.. um.. appreciative attentions to resolve itself.

OMG, I am at work and I am LMAO! A tip isn't the only way to show a waiter he's doing a wonderful job, right???

No, he really was great. Hopefully we'll be welcome back next year!!

Andrea

 

[buena vista]

OMG, I am at work and I am LMAO! A tip isn't the only way to show a waiter he's doing a wonderful job, right???

No, he really was great. Hopefully we'll be welcome back next year!!

Andrea

I'm sure he was the envy of all the waiters that night. Funny though that he didn't re-appear for about 20 minutes after that.

 

[MATTERHORN]

I'm sure he was the envy of all the waiters that night. Funny though that he didn't re-appear for about 20 minutes after that.

He was probably just composing himself after my man-handling!! You can't take me anywhere.

Andrea

 

[buena vista]

RoseAnne and I had a wonderful trip and we have many of you to thank for that. As she's already posted, it meant a lot to both of us that she was made to feel welcome by you, especially those of you who had already embraced me and one another from previous trips and gatherings. The people I've been fortunate to come to know from the DIS are among the best people I know and I'm blessed to have you in my life.

Our trip began on Friday. After checking in at POP, our day began with lunch at the SSR Turf Club where we were joined by Angy, Mel, Carrie, & Bart. Having lunch only steps away from the clubhouse at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course tested my discipline a bit (I have a DVC golf membership that’s almost as vocal as my AP) but I resisted the temptation and we enjoyed a pleasant welcome to the World meal with good friends. Afterwards, we ran into Teresa and Sha which was a really nice surprise!

We made it back to POP for some pool time where we met up with Andrea, Darcy, Patty, Robin, Ken, and Corrina.. It wasn’t long before we organized a synchronized swimming team, and I thought we did a commendable job for not having much time to rehearse. Amy joined us after a short while and as she’s already reported, I couldn't resist giving her a big soggy hug! – Amy, I’m only a little sorry for getting you all chlorinated after you’d already showered and changed, but now that you know me you know to expect those kinds of things .

Later on we arrived at the Poly and walked around the resort before having drinks at the Tambu Lounge where we met up with Carrie and Mel and were entertained by some dude who sounded like he’d been chain-drinking all day. That was followed by dinner at Kona with Tracy and her intimate gang of ..how many? 17? . Anyway, what a fabulous meal and a fun time! Best memory of that evening was what I’ll call the Kona word game with Andrea. Those of you who know Andrea know that she has an amazing talent for word play, and well, the combination of that and Kona’s use of exotic words for its food and drink, like “lapu lapu” and “authentic poke” made for some hilarious group banter. Big thanks go out to Tracy for putting it all together and for tolerating my public shout out to you for organizing this gathering!

The next morning, we were determined to find a local Starbucks for some good coffee to start the day. So Carrie joined us on what turned out to be a frustrating search along Rte 192. We ended up at a McDonald’s where the breakfast sandwiches were fine, but as in trips past they managed to screw up my iced coffee order - not once, but twice! (is it really that difficult to fill a plastic cup with ice and pour black coffee over it?! LOL). Anyway, armed with coffee and food, we headed to AK for rope drop to begin what would be one of the best days I’ve ever experienced at WDW, and this despite a brief snafu at guest relations with our passes (eventually they replaced both my AP and RoseAnne’s unexpired park hopper ticket with 2 days remaining on it). The 3 of us made it to the rope and counted down to make our ways into Asia and Africa, with RoseAnne getting FP’s at Kilimanjaro Safari while Carrie and I went to EE where we would meet up with Mel and Charlene, and then saw Augie and corralled him for a group ride on EE. Then we joined Angy for a second turn on EE, and headed over to KS to meet up with RoseAnne for a beautiful 2-week trip through Harambe. We later joined up with Darcy, Patty, Bart, Andrea, Jerry, Corrina, and Ken for Lion King (did I miss anyone?..we were a formidable herd of elephants!). Love that show! ..brings out my inner tumble monkey LOL. Next, we managed to get RoseAnne onto EE and she loved it!! (thanks Augie for the FP’s!) After lunch at Flame Tree, we took a second trip to Harambe before converting RoseAnne’s park ticket into an AP and then we returned to POP for some relaxing pool time where Tracy and Andrea made fun of my skittishness over some menacing clouds overhead! (they were menacing I tell you! lol). Dinner at Citricos that evening was a delight. Jerry, Andrea, Corrina, and Amy joined us for a memorable meal and great conversation. Andrea was kind enough to thank our friendly and attentive waiter on behalf of the group and in her own appreciative way.

Amy covered the rest of the night really well in a previous post, so I won’t go into detail here. Just a few highlights - lawnchair sandwich, Wishes from the beach, goofy pics on the pier, “what happens in the front of the monorail, stays in the front of the monorail”, Spectromagic – up close and personal, and Splash Mt. at midnight. What a memorable day!

*to be continued with Part II*

 

[buena vista]

You can't take me anywhere.

Andrea

I have to think there were a number of places he wanted to take you after that!

 

[MATTERHORN]

I have to think there were a number of places he wanted to take you after that!

Har Har!! Just for that, you're so gonna get it next year at lawn chair sandwich time! Right girls?

Andrea

 

[MATTERHORN]

BTW, love the trip report so far. Felt like I was back in that night as I sit at my desk! So much fun! Can't wait to read the rest!

Andrea

 

[sand2270]

RoseAnne and I had a wonderful trip and we have many of you to thank for that. As she's already posted, it meant a lot to both of us that she was made to feel welcome by you, especially those of you who had already embraced me and one another from previous trips and gatherings. The people I've been fortunate to come to know from the DIS are among the best people I know and I'm blessed to have you in my life.

Our trip began on Friday. After checking in at POP, our day began with lunch at the SSR Turf Club where we were joined by Angy, Mel, Carrie, & Bart. Having lunch only steps away from the clubhouse at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course tested my discipline a bit (I have a DVC golf membership that’s almost as vocal as my AP) but I resisted the temptation and we enjoyed a pleasant welcome to the World meal with good friends. Afterwards, we ran into Teresa and Sha which was a really nice surprise!

We made it back to POP for some pool time where we met up with Andrea, Darcy, Patty, Robin, Ken, and Corrina.. It wasn’t long before we organized a synchronized swimming team, and I thought we did a commendable job for not having much time to rehearse. Amy joined us after a short while and as she’s already reported, I couldn't resist giving her a big soggy hug! – Amy, I’m only a little sorry for getting you all chlorinated after you’d already showered and changed, but now that you know me you know to expect those kinds of things .

Later on we arrived at the Poly and walked around the resort before having drinks at the Tambu Lounge where we met up with Carrie and Mel and were entertained by some dude who sounded like he’d been chain-drinking all day. That was followed by dinner at Kona with Tracy and her intimate gang of ..how many? 17? . Anyway, what a fabulous meal and a fun time! Best memory of that evening was what I’ll call the Kona word game with Andrea. Those of you who know Andrea know that she has an amazing talent for word play, and well, the combination of that and Kona’s use of exotic words for its food and drink, like “lapu lapu” and “authentic poke” made for some hilarious group banter. Big thanks go out to Tracy for putting it all together and for tolerating my public shout out to you for organizing this gathering!

The next morning, we were determined to find a local Starbucks for some good coffee to start the day. So Carrie joined us on what turned out to be a frustrating search along Rte 192. We ended up at a McDonald’s where the breakfast sandwiches were fine, but as in trips past they managed to screw up my iced coffee order - not once, but twice! (is it really that difficult to fill a plastic cup with ice and pour black coffee over it?! LOL). Anyway, armed with coffee and food, we headed to AK for rope drop to begin what would be one of the best days I’ve ever experienced at WDW, and this despite a brief snafu at guest relations with our passes (eventually they replaced both my AP and RoseAnne’s unexpired park hopper ticket with 2 days remaining on it). The 3 of us made it to the rope and counted down to make our ways into Asia and Africa, with RoseAnne getting FP’s at Kilimanjaro Safari while Carrie and I went to EE where we would meet up with Mel and Charlene, and then saw Augie and corralled him for a group ride on EE. Then we joined Angy for a second turn on EE, and headed over to KS to meet up with RoseAnne for a beautiful 2-week trip through Harambe. We later joined up with Darcy, Patty, Bart, Andrea, Jerry, Corrina, and Ken for Lion King (did I miss anyone?..we were a formidable herd of elephants!). Love that show! ..brings out my inner tumble monkey LOL. Next, we managed to get RoseAnne onto EE and she loved it!! (thanks Augie for the FP’s!) After lunch at Flame Tree, we took a second trip to Harambe before converting RoseAnne’s park ticket into an AP and then we returned to POP for some relaxing pool time where Tracy and Andrea made fun of my skittishness over some menacing clouds overhead! (they were menacing I tell you! lol). Dinner at Citricos that evening was a delight. Jerry, Andrea, Corrina, and Amy joined us for a memorable meal and great conversation. Andrea was kind enough to thank our friendly and attentive waiter on behalf of the group and in her own appreciative way.

Amy covered the rest of the night really well in a previous post, so I won’t go into detail here. Just a few highlights - lawnchair sandwich, Wishes from the beach, goofy pics on the pier, “what happens in the front of the monorail, stays in the front of the monorail”, Spectromagic – up close and personal, and Splash Mt. at midnight. What a memorable day!

*to be continued with Part II*

Great recap Tom...and I loved my wet pool hug!

I thought the toast you made at dinner was wonderful. Who knew a year ago I would take a trip to DisneyWorld with a bunch of people I met online. Who knew I would talk almost everyday to one of those people (Matterhorn).

You are a great group of people...fun, caring, welcoming and kind of crazy which I like.

 

[dismem98]

Har Har!! Just for that, you're so gonna get it next year at lawn chair sandwich time! Right girls?

Andrea

I think he might like that....

 

[Sha]

RoseAnne and I had a wonderful trip and we have many of you to thank for that. As she's already posted, it meant a lot to both of us that she was made to feel welcome by you, especially those of you who had already embraced me and one another from previous trips and gatherings. The people I've been fortunate to come to know from the DIS are among the best people I know and I'm blessed to have you in my life.

Our trip began on Friday. After checking in at POP, our day began with lunch at the SSR Turf Club where we were joined by Angy, Mel, Carrie, & Bart. Having lunch only steps away from the clubhouse at Lake Buena Vista Golf Course tested my discipline a bit (I have a DVC golf membership that’s almost as vocal as my AP) but I resisted the temptation and we enjoyed a pleasant welcome to the World meal with good friends. Afterwards, we ran into Teresa and Sha which was a really nice surprise!

We made it back to POP for some pool time where we met up with Andrea, Darcy, Patty, Robin, Ken, and Corrina.. It wasn’t long before we organized a synchronized swimming team, and I thought we did a commendable job for not having much time to rehearse. Amy joined us after a short while and as she’s already reported, I couldn't resist giving her a big soggy hug! – Amy, I’m only a little sorry for getting you all chlorinated after you’d already showered and changed, but now that you know me you know to expect those kinds of things .

Later on we arrived at the Poly and walked around the resort before having drinks at the Tambu Lounge where we met up with Carrie and Mel and were entertained by some dude who sounded like he’d been chain-drinking all day. That was followed by dinner at Kona with Tracy and her intimate gang of ..how many? 17? . Anyway, what a fabulous meal and a fun time! Best memory of that evening was what I’ll call the Kona word game with Andrea. Those of you who know Andrea know that she has an amazing talent for word play, and well, the combination of that and Kona’s use of exotic words for its food and drink, like “lapu lapu” and “authentic poke” made for some hilarious group banter. Big thanks go out to Tracy for putting it all together and for tolerating my public shout out to you for organizing this gathering!

The next morning, we were determined to find a local Starbucks for some good coffee to start the day. So Carrie joined us on what turned out to be a frustrating search along Rte 192. We ended up at a McDonald’s where the breakfast sandwiches were fine, but as in trips past they managed to screw up my iced coffee order - not once, but twice! (is it really that difficult to fill a plastic cup with ice and pour black coffee over it?! LOL). Anyway, armed with coffee and food, we headed to AK for rope drop to begin what would be one of the best days I’ve ever experienced at WDW, and this despite a brief snafu at guest relations with our passes (eventually they replaced both my AP and RoseAnne’s unexpired park hopper ticket with 2 days remaining on it). The 3 of us made it to the rope and counted down to make our ways into Asia and Africa, with RoseAnne getting FP’s at Kilimanjaro Safari while Carrie and I went to EE where we would meet up with Mel and Charlene, and then saw Augie and corralled him for a group ride on EE. Then we joined Angy for a second turn on EE, and headed over to KS to meet up with RoseAnne for a beautiful 2-week trip through Harambe. We later joined up with Darcy, Patty, Bart, Andrea, Jerry, Corrina, and Ken for Lion King (did I miss anyone?..we were a formidable herd of elephants!). Love that show! ..brings out my inner tumble monkey LOL. Next, we managed to get RoseAnne onto EE and she loved it!! (thanks Augie for the FP’s!) After lunch at Flame Tree, we took a second trip to Harambe before converting RoseAnne’s park ticket into an AP and then we returned to POP for some relaxing pool time where Tracy and Andrea made fun of my skittishness over some menacing clouds overhead! (they were menacing I tell you! lol). Dinner at Citricos that evening was a delight. Jerry, Andrea, Corrina, and Amy joined us for a memorable meal and great conversation. Andrea was kind enough to thank our friendly and attentive waiter on behalf of the group and in her own appreciative way.

Amy covered the rest of the night really well in a previous post, so I won’t go into detail here. Just a few highlights - lawnchair sandwich, Wishes from the beach, goofy pics on the pier, “what happens in the front of the monorail, stays in the front of the monorail”, Spectromagic – up close and personal, and Splash Mt. at midnight. What a memorable day!

*to be continued with Part II*

Was wonderful to finally meet you both too! And such an attractive couple you make! Cait said everyone would love Roseanne and she was right about that! Was a surprise to meet up with you all at SSR to see Teresa. If I hadnt had seen Mel, I wouldnt have realized you all were there.

 

[buena vista]

I think he might like that....

Yeah Patty.. what are the odds of THAT, huh?!

 

[buena vista]

Was wonderful to finally meet you both too! And such an attractive couple you make! Cait said everyone would love Roseanne and she was right about that! Was a surprise to meet up with you all at SSR to see Teresa. If I hadnt had seen Mel, I wouldnt have realized you all were there.

Thanks Sha, that's so nice! It was a pleasure to meet you finally! As much as we all visit WDW and have DVC's, I'm surprised it hadn't happened sooner!

 

[wdwstevenb]

I will be at the WDW resort on a solo escape Saturday and Sunday May 30/31. Who am I? Just some mid 30's guy who used to be a cast member who never grew out of the place. Plans are "pretty firm" at this point... So let me know if anyone will be around.

 

[sand2270]

I will be at the WDW resort on a solo escape Saturday and Sunday May 30/31. Who am I? Just some mid 30's guy who used to be a cast member who never grew out of the place. Plans are "pretty firm" at this point... So let me know if anyone will be around.

I will be there. Heading back on the 29th with my daughter.

 

[wdwstevenb]

Spectacular... Staying the weekend? longer? shorter?

 

[sand2270]

Spectacular... Staying the weekend? longer? shorter?

Get in on the 29th, staying at Pop through June 1st.

June 1st thru June 8th will be at Beach Club.