Mommy...Why does Crush talk like you? Final thoughts and summary 10/15

[camelotcats]

Chapter 21: HHBG has the same taste in art as a restaurant. AKA WHAT!?! STILL no pictures!?!

Now, those of you who made it past the lifeguard incident and were paying attention to he more mundane things may have noticed that we pulled the kids out of the pool for dinner drop off, yet all went to sleep? Why did we do this? Well, we had made reservations for the kids club at 5, but we were having dinner at Artist’s Point, which is in the WL, at 7. We had originally planned on the extra 2 hours for...well...grown up time. But, with HHBG racked out on the bed, I figured that wasn’t going to happen, so I decided to let everyone catch up on some sleep, since I knew we were in for a hugely busy day the next day.

So, at 6:15, I got up, took a quick shower, got dressed for dinner, got HHBG up, and while he showered, dragged the VERY GRUMPY children out of their beds. They were ready to sleep for the night, but we knew if we cancelled dinner and did that, that they would be up at 4am, so we made them get up. Brianna wanted to wear her mermaid outfit AGAIN, but she had worn it three times already, and I was not having it, so I forcefully dressed her in something else, this led to us literally dragging her kicking and screaming to the children’s club. I’m sure people got quite an eyeful. Thank goodness we were 5 rooms and a corner away from the club.

Well, I dumped Brianna off of my shoulder onto the floor to pout, apologised to the babysitters for them having to deal with her being like that, caught Spencer as he ran off to his beloved computers, signed them in for the night, and HHBG and I were off.

We walked into Artist’s point and were immediately seated. We scored again with window seats. The restaurant was relatively crowded, but the way they set up the seating, it is still relatively private. I liked that.

After we sat down, I decided to look around, as I had heard that Artist’s point is well known for a lot of their artwork on display. I saw the art and started to snicker. Between HHBG and his twin brother, they have at least 3/4 of the same pieces as the ones on the walls at Artist’s point. BIL especially is a huge fan of Bierstadt and Moran. I am not as much a fan, but HHBG does have a few pieces.

At that point, we realized we had forgotten the camera AGAIN, so we could not take any pictures. HHBG did take one picture with his phone and try to send it to BIL, but with him being in London, it didn’t go through.

Our waitress was nice. She came over and explained the menu and the day’s offerings. We decided to start the eal with some champagne, and got a half-sparkling muscat. YUMMY! When we ordered, we also ordered paired half glasses of wine with our meals.

What we had:

Appetizer:
Me: duck confit
HHBG: Venison spring rolls

Entree:
Both: Buffalo tenderloin

Dessert: Cheese plate

Over all, we thought that the meal was solid, though not great. None of the sweet desserts caught our attention, so we just stuck with the cheese. The cheese plate was good, but after Flying Fish and Bistro, it just wasn’t up to par.

We got good service and attention during our meal. Now, this might have been due to the fact that at the table next to us, two guys, one of whom (maybe both) was a CM, and they were celebrating his birthday, so we ended up getting a lot of attention from the bus staff and others as an excuse to stop b and say hi to them. I was glad they were having a good time, though.

We finished up our diner, and went for a walk around the resort. We saw the geyser (though not erupting), and wandered down by the lake and around the walkway. Pretty quickly, though, we were ready to get the kids.

We collected our children, were informed that Brianna was fine within two minutes of our leaving, paid, and all went back tot he room to crash. Tomorrow was out last park day, and it was going to be crazy.....

Coming soon: Brianna’s favorite ride is WHAT!?!?!

 

[Tanya90210]

sounds like you all had a wonderful nap and a good dinner... good to hear she calmed down shortly therafter.... I hate lil girl tantrums when you don't want em to wear clothes for the billionth time

 

[Native NYer]

Sounds like you had a great night.
Glad to hear that Briana was ok.

Your tr convinced me to change our ADRs at Teppan Edo for Chefs de France.

 

[whogirl'smom]

What a nice grown-up evening! Everything sounds good to eat tonight. I've got two more ADRs to plan for Oct. and just can't decide. We don't arrive till about 7 p.m. the first night, and then we're having a beach day, so that's 2 "extra" TS to figure out. Decisions, decisions.

Let me guess Brianna's favorite ride was Carousel of Progress?

 

[mrsksomeday]

Kids always seem to throw tantums when the parents are around then calm right down after they are gone. It sounds like you had a good dinner, we might try there one trip.

 

[ForeverDance]

Sounds like a great relaxing evening to end a stressful day... ok except for the Brianna tantrum. I'm glad she calmed down quickly and had a good night herself.

 

[irene_dsc]

Sounds like a great relaxing evening to end a stressful day... ok except for the Brianna tantrum. I'm glad she calmed down quickly and had a good night herself.

What she said...

Oh, and I'll have to look up those artists. I am sooo out of the art scene - the only original art I have is by people I know personally. I have to admit, the very idea of buying a painting just because I like it has become rather odd to me!

 

[jennifer.myers]

About the lifeguard incident. Im glad it worked out and Yes, I too would have thrown her phone in the pool and tell her to say that! .

You should NOT get any flames for the kids running ahead. All kids do it. One of mine did when we went out to eat. He was 5 and wanted to get into the restaurant quickly. I could not grab him fast enough and ran out in front of a car. Thank god the man driving the car slamed on his brakes before hitting DS. I will never forget it and the look the man gave me. The look was a mixture of disbelief and how can I let my kid run out in the parking lot.

Your kids life is more important than any phone call. The lifegaurd should have figured that one. Did dhe atleast apologise to you?

 

[brookelizabeth]

Sounds like you had a very nice evening! DH and I liked the private feeling of Artist's Point as well. They serve my favorite dessert-'Coffee Two Ways' which I will have to order in November and bring to my room since we aren't eating at the actual restaurant.

I just read the lifeguard incident as well. The fact that she just shrugged when the woman chewed her out and then turned her back and went back to her cell phone made my jaw DROP. I really hope she was fired. But overall, I'm glad your kids are both okay!!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

Chapter 19: Why Adults ride Dumbo....

Day Six started with the wailing of HHBG’s alarm clock. Our mission: To make it to the rope drop at MK for our second day. We were on a mission. Dumbo was our goal. WHY were we going back on Dumbo??? Well, it’s Spencer’s favorite movie, and Iw as informed by my children that we HAD to go on it.

We got the kiddos dressed, showered ourselves, dressed, got the remaining sun block out of the triple locked secure area and put it on the kids, and ourselves, and we were off.

We got to the line for the boats nice and early....along with everyone else. Woah, there were a lot of people waiting for that boat? Was it a sign of things to come??

Waititng for the boat:

The first boat that showed up was the little one. We didn’t make it onto it....so much for rope drop. 15 minutes later, the big boat showed up, and we all piled onto it. As the boat rounded the curve, and we got the visual of the front of the MK, we were greeted by a HUGE MASS OF PEOPLE!!! Where did they all come from!? This was going to be a rough day....

Woah...

Now, if you recall from my PTR, the UoG rated this day an 8, as opposed to the rest of the days we were in WDW which were mostly 5s and 6s. I have NO IDEA why a Thursday would be so crowded, but it certainly was. Wow. I will never go to WDW during 10 days if I can help it.

The boat landed and we all piled out and headed to the turnstiles. As the boat was docking, we had heard the end of rope drop, so we were still pretty early. They were letting people in the CM turnstiles, so we hopped on a short line and got into the park.

I just thought these pics were cute....

We got into the already relatively long line for Dumbo. Behind us in line was an older lady and her friend. No kids with them. Now, I don’t have any problems with people who ride Dumbo as adults, but it always seems to me that, there are so many other rides in the park, why bother with a little ride that goes in little circles and always has a huge line to get onto it??

Well, my kids were being cute, and they ended up starting a conversation with these ladies. It turns out that the one lady had been to the Magic kingdom the day it opened with her father, and he had taken her on Dumbo. He had died a few months earlier, and she wanted to ride Dumbo in memory of her father. Well, I was blown away. Her friend was not planning on riding, just was there in line with her, because she was so emotional about the whole trip to WDW.

We kept her distracted with stories about the parks and our trips, and her friend had a nice conversation with the kids about their outfits, and how I had made them. Finally, we were up, she gave the kiddos big hugs, and went off to her elephant. We didn’t see her again, but I still think about her sometimes.

After Dumbo, Brianna wanted to ride “the horsies”, so we went over to the carousel. While we were riding, I saw a little girl in a Cinderella mouse-made dress, and thought “hey maybe her mom is on the disoutique”....but I was too shy to say anything to her. Both Brianna and the little girl smiled and waved at each other, and both of us mothers complimented the other on the dress, but we never said anythign about the DIS. Later, I found out that the mom HAD been a dISBoutiquer. Bleh. That’ll learn me.

After the carousel, we went to Philharmagic, which I always enjoy. Then Peter Pan and Small World. The kids didn’t want to go on Winnie the Pooh, so we skipped it. There were a lot of people in the park at that point, so we asked the kids what they wanted to do. They immediately piped up that they wanted to go to the “log ride!”

We walked over and got fast passes for Splash, then got into the stand-by line, which was about a 30 minute wait at that point. It took nearly the whole thirty minutes to get onto Splash, and we rode...and AGAIN, Mommy got all wet. It didn’t matter WHERE I sat ont hat ride, the splash always landed on ME.

We got off, and had another 10 minutes for our fast passes. We just stood by the fast pass entrance,a dn the CM took pity on us and let us in.

After riding Splash again, we got off to a complete MOB scene. You could barely walk. We had to pick the kids up, because we were so scared we were going to lose them. We decided to stop and get some ice cream and see if the crowds dispersed some.

The crowds did not lighted up, and the kids requested going back to the hotel and going inthe pool, so we walked over to the boat and went back to Wilderness Lodge.

Coming soon: Another guest goes off on a Lifeguard so Mommy doesn’t have to.

The pictures are fantastic and the story about the lady....true Disney story for sure.

 

[jordanyosh]

Chapter 20: Another guest goes off on a lifeguard so Mommy doesn’t have to.

This chapter begins with HHBG taking yet another nap. We SAID we were going to go back to the resort to go in the pool, but once we hi the room, he immediately laid down and went to sleep. The kids and I got changed, and the kids watched Stacy for a while, but soon they wanted him UP (I cannot take care of both of them in a pool....they go in different directions). After sleepign through being jumped on for a while, HHBG got up and changed, we tossed everything into our pool bag and we were off.

We grabbed towels and again, there were no free loungers at the pool, so I ended up just dumping our stuff in a corner. There wasn’t much of value in the bag, so I wasn’t too worried about it. HHBG had his room key card in the picket of his board shorts/swimsuit. If thieves REALLY wanted our crocs and flip flops, coverups, and a half-empty tube of sunblock, they were welcome to them.

Again, we ended up looking all over the place for the place to sign out life vests. Wilderness lodge needs to do a better job of this. They supposedly have a place to sign out life vests, but there was NEVER anyone there, and the guy at the bar wouldn’t go over there, nor call the person who was supposedly supposed to be signing out the life vests. The entire two days we were in the pool, we saw ONE kid with a Disney Life vest. If they’re going to advertise that they provide life vests, it would be nice to have them available. This will come into play later....

Now, our kids can swim. They cannot swim WELL or for very long, but if they had made all fo the parents step away from the slide and wait for the kids at the other end of the pool by the wall, our kids would have been fine, even without life vests, so we let them go on the slide. HHBG and I waited at the bottom and got them, along with all of the other parents who were all also griping about there being no one there to sign life vests out from.

After about 3 million times down the slide, the kids needed a break, so we walked them over to the baby pool. Now, the baby pool is on the opposite side of the pool complex from the steps for the slide, just letting you know. (NOOOOooooo, no foreshadowing here)

Soon, the kids were begging to go back on the slide. We said that was fine, and they took off, going the long way around the pool. Well, we yelled at them to stop running, which they did, but we just moseyed behind them, since we could see them, and we could see the line at the top fo the pool,s o we knew we had plenty of time to get there.

Until I saw something that stopped my heart.

The way the kids had taken off is past the “deep end” of the pool, where the water is about 6 feet deep instead of the usual 3-4 feet. BOTH of my kids NOT wearing lifevests climbed into the pool at the deep part!!!

WHY!?!?!?!?! They’re trying to kill me, I swear.

We were abotu 50 yards away from them at this point. I took off like a mad woman to get to them. Yes, all of the guests sunning themselves on that side of the pool got an eyeful of a fat, extremely busty woman in swimsuit running full tilt.


I saw the kids go under water and pop up. Then they went under again. They went under a third time, and my son was NOT coming back up.

Since time slowed down to a crawl, I can tell you what I was observing during my mad 10 second sprint:

1. A lady on the loungers had noticed my little non-lifevest wearing kids jumping into the deep end, and my son having problems,a nd my daughter starting to have problems. She was about ready to jump in herself, but was keeping her eye out for the parents....

2. A lifeguard was standing at the other end of the pool, CHATTING ON HER CELL PHONE, and kept turning her back on the pool while talking. She spared a glance for my kids a few times, but ignored their obvious distress.

By now, I was close eonough for a running leap. I leaped into the pool, got myself under the water, and LAUNCHED my kids heads up and out of the water. Here I was, stupidly thinking at least the lifeguard would have noticed the huge fat woman sprinting across the pool area and into the water, and would help get my kids out, but NO.

I got the kids up to the side of the pool, and HHBG had run over and helped me haul them out of the water. The lifeguard NEVER EVEN CAME OVER TO CHECK. Honestly, she never even got off of her cell phone.

While I hauled my hacking and gasping self out of the water, and HHBG and I frantically checked to make sure the kids were OK, the lady who had been about to jump in and save my kids went over and started screaming at the life guard. She pointed out that two very young children had jumped in, even SHE had noticed them having problems, and that the lifeguard had better hang up her D**N phone and start doing her job, or she was going to go have her fired. Another lady stormed off of her lounger and disappeared, I later found out she had gone DIRECTLY to the front desk to report the lifeguard.

I was very thankful for that woman, because I would have been a lot less nice, and probably would have ended up paying for a new cell phone after I broke the one she had been talking on over the rocks, then threw the pieces into the pool.

NOW, BEFORE anyone flames me:

I am aware that this situation was partially my and HHBG’s fault. Yes, we had two children who are weak swimmers in a pool situation without life vests. Yes, we let them get away from us. There is no excuse for us thinking “well, they wouldn’t jump into water over their heads”, we should have anticipated it and not let them out of our reach. No, it is not the lifeguard’s job to jump in and help a child just because he/she seems liek they might be a little bit young for the pool.

HOWEVER, if a child is obviously having problems, OR if a child seems kind of young for an area of a pool that is OBVIOUSLY way over their heads, you could at least PAY ATTENTION to them, and/or hover there in case you are needed. Heck, even if older people are in the pool, at least PAY ATTENTION. It’s your job!!

HHBG at that point convinced me to let the kids go one the slide a few more times so I could calm down. After about 10 times up and down, we were ready to go inside and get ready for dinner. We ended up going in the side door,a nd got separated. Spencer and I got lost, because I am directionally challenged.

Once we figured out how to get back tot the lobby, I decided to speak to the front desk about the lifeguard. I was VERY calm and basically stated that I was upset that the lifeguard didn’t even seem to care about what was going on in her area, and was more concerned about the phone conversation she was having. I also said it was not her responsibility to watch my children and keep them from getitng into the pool, as she doesn’t know their swimming abilities, BUT it IS her job to keep an eye on them. I also stated that, as a parent, when child is in visible distress, I would prefer a lifeguard jumping int o help a child who is NOT having problems than NOT jump in to help a child who is. We saw this a few times over at the slide where a lifeguard jumped in to help a kid who ended up OK. No one was upset about that.

That was when I was informed buyt he manager that I was not the first person coming over to speak to him about this incident, and that they would definitely address it. I thanked him for allowing me to share my concerns, and I was pleased that he seemed to take me seriously, and Spencer and I went back to our room.....

....to a sleeping HHBG and Brianna. Oh well, we had an hour before dinner. Spencer and I decided to join them.......

Coming soon: A Restaurant has similar taste in art as HHBG

That was very DISNEY like that others jumped in to speak for you!!!!!!!!! Lifeguard=not gud. Not very Disney like.

 

[lazydoxy66]

I think it's great that you scheduled some adult time while you were there. Everybody needs a break once in awhile.

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

Great TR!!

 

[winkers]

The story about the lady riding Dumbo made me cry!

I can't believe you got yelled at for the picture of Spencer on Goofy! I have a similar one.............

I"m not sure what I would have done about the lifeguard...........but I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty!

 

[DisneyJo]

Sounds like a lovely evening even if you didn't get any adult time

 

[teresajoy]

I just got myself all caught up on your TR! I'm really enjoying it!!! I really hope that lifeguard got fired!!! Geesh!

Can't wait to read more!!!!

 

[whogirl'smom]

The story about the lady riding Dumbo made me cry!

I can't believe you got yelled at for the picture of Spencer on Goofy! I have a similar one.............

I"m not sure what I would have done about the lifeguard...........but I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty!

OT: Cherie, where'd you get that cute pink Mickey shirt? Love it!

 

[Stretchy Shorts]

 

[camelotcats]

sounds like you all had a wonderful nap and a good dinner... good to hear she calmed down shortly therafter.... I hate lil girl tantrums when you don't want em to wear clothes for the billionth time

She had a long week. Lots of tantrums. She gets like that when she's overwhelmed, adn we were trying to find a balance for her to not throw tantrums but still do what she was told. I think we failed.

Sounds like you had a great night.
Glad to hear that Briana was ok.

Your tr convinced me to change our ADRs at Teppan Edo for Chefs de France.

SWEET!! I have never been to Teppan Edo, but Chefs was great.

What a nice grown-up evening! Everything sounds good to eat tonight. I've got two more ADRs to plan for Oct. and just can't decide. We don't arrive till about 7 p.m. the first night, and then we're having a beach day, so that's 2 "extra" TS to figure out. Decisions, decisions.

Let me guess Brianna's favorite ride was Carousel of Progress?

Good luck making your decision! We had a bunch of restaurants that we didn't make it too. I just keep telling HHBG, Oh well, I guess we'll have to go back.

Kids always seem to throw tantums when the parents are around then calm right down after they are gone. It sounds like you had a good dinner, we might try there one trip.

I think she knew that with me not there, what she was throwing the fit over wasn't going ot be changed, so she went back to buttering up the babysitters.

 

[ncsjodi]

Hi Angela! Stretchy Shorts and I have missed you!

Do you realize that we're under 90 days now???