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

[ncsjodi]

Two weeks from today, right now, I will probably be finishing up in my last park of the weekend and heading over to the busses to get back to ASMu, pick up my bags from the bell-people, and catch ME for my flight home.

Sorry. But you get there before me, right? I'm thinking I'll be at MK right now in two weeks. Or else we'll be finishing our afternoon break before heading back to MK for Wishes & Spectro.

 

[camelotcats]

Chapter 25: Homeward Bound

At 5:15 AM I was still awake and nervous about hotel check in. We had hard tickets for our flight, something I had never dealt with before. I didn't know if they would cause a problem checking in at the hotle or not. After a lot of hemming and hawing and laying awake, I finally decided I might as well jst go check in already, since it was open and all.

So I grabbed all of the checked bags as quietly as I could, hauled them out intot he hall, grabbed the ME envelope HHBG had left on the doorknob, and headed over.

Of COURSE there were no problems. Of COURSE I felt like a fool. bleh.

I got our boarding passes (No business class going home. ) and headed back to the room. I was asleep instantly.

The kids were the first ones up at a normal hour, and went immediately into the "drawer pf plenty" and grabbed the last of the pop tarts and fruit snacks for breakfast. Yep, we feed our kids HEALTHY! HHBG got up, showered, and dressed. While he headed down for some rootbeer and Pepsi goodness, I got myself out of bed. I was going to shower, but the kids were FILTHY, so I ended up popping them into a bath after they had eaten.

HHBG came back while I was in my shower. As I got out, he handed me my pepsi, and caught this gorgeous shot of me with my soda (my favorite drink....just for you, Jordan!)

Don't I look awake and perky!?!

Yeah I am NOT a morning person.

So, we sat around and let the kids watch Tv while I finished my pepsi and put on some make up and did my hair. By then, it was time for "breakfast" at WCC, and time to check out.

We dropped off our bags at bell services, checked out, and got some "breakfast" (at 10:30 am).

I will say something, breakfast at WCC was MUCH BETTER than the dinner we have, cemeting my belief that we caught WCC ona bad night and got a really bad waitress.

For breakfast, the kids both got pancakes and HHBG and I got the breakfast skillet. Yummy. There were LOTS of cheerleaders in the restaurant!! Maybe that's why it was so busy on Thursday??

Anyway, I finished my coke, and the waitress brought me a 2 liter mason jar full of coke.....which I nearly finished. Yeah, just CHUCK the good intentions out the door when face with that challenge. good thinking to fill up on caffeinated beverages before a long flight, huh??

After breakfast was finished, we made everyone go use the potty, we walked around one last time (HHBG left the camera in one of the bags we checked with bell services....dork), went potty AGAIN (darn coke!), and finally got our bags and sat down to await our ME pickup.

Some final "bench" pics:

But I don't WANT to leave, Mommy!!

The ME bus came, and we were on our way home......

Coming soon: Some final thoughts on our trip and a summary.

 

[irene_dsc]

Oh, no, you're almost done!

Glad everything went smoothly, and you got yummy breakfast. Even if it did induce multiple potty breaks later...

Oh, and B looks adorable in her dress, of course!

 

[ncsjodi]

So, you're trying to finish before you leave, right? I've given up on mine. At this point, I'll just start a new one after this trip and not let DH have anything to do with it!

We did WCC for dinner in Jan 2007 and I wasn't impressed either. We were seated in the back room, so the kids weren't told about the special stuff until we heard the antics going on. It was not gud.

 

[winkers]

I love your grumpy shirt!

 

[DisneyJo]

You're going home already?????

Love the photo of you, I bet you love HHBG for taking that

BTW thanks for all my gifts

 

[brookelizabeth]

Oh, the end is near... But, at least we all know you are going back veryyyy soon!

I hope you were able to get some sleep on the plane and the caffine didn't keep you too awake-sounds like you didn't get too much that night (er...morning).

 

[Charleston Princess]

I am not a morning person, either -- it takes several cups of coffee for me to feel human!

I hate that your TR is almost done! I will miss hearing about all of your adventures!

 

[camelotcats]

Oh, no, you're almost done!

Glad everything went smoothly, and you got yummy breakfast. Even if it did induce multiple potty breaks later...

Oh, and B looks adorable in her dress, of course!

Thanks! yep. Finishing up tonight in a few minutes, I think. leaving Friday.

So, you're trying to finish before you leave, right? I've given up on mine. At this point, I'll just start a new one after this trip and not let DH have anything to do with it!

We did WCC for dinner in Jan 2007 and I wasn't impressed either. We were seated in the back room, so the kids weren't told about the special stuff until we heard the antics going on. It was not gud.

Yep, finishing up. It's so close to done, might as well. I'm sure the three month break int he middle drove many off, and I have a few die-hard readers left. I APPRECAITE YOU GUYS!

I love your grumpy shirt!

Me too. It says:
I'M GRUMPY
which dwarf are you?

Grumpy's my second favorite character.

You're going home already?????

Love the photo of you, I bet you love HHBG for taking that

BTW thanks for all my gifts

Yep, home. we were there for 8 days. it was time. Kids were getting grumpy.

Oh, the end is near... But, at least we all know you are going back veryyyy soon!

I hope you were able to get some sleep on the plane and the caffine didn't keep you too awake-sounds like you didn't get too much that night (er...morning).

Yep. this will be our first time without the kiddos.

I never sleep on planes. Or in cars (usually). Once I even let HHBG upgrade on an overnight flight so he could sleep and I stayed in coach and watched my ipod.

I am not a morning person, either -- it takes several cups of coffee for me to feel human!

I hate that your TR is almost done! I will miss hearing about all of your adventures!

Mornings stink. Maybe I'll write a TR for this weekend coming up. it depends on whether or not I remember to take pictures. lol

 

[camelotcats]

So...my thoughts on our trip in April.

Some bad things (let's get them out of the way)

1. I don't think that removing tip from the DDP has helped service at all. maybe Disney needs to do some better staff training? maybe it's somethign else? All I know is, we had some of the best and some of the worst service we have ever had in restaurants during the course of this trip. Mad props (did I just say "mad props"??) to 50's prime time, Flying Fish (A+ 2 years running), Bistro de Paris, Chefs de France, Akershus, and BlueZoo. Big raspberries to Whispering canyon Cafe, Yak and Yeti, and Mama Melrose.

2. People need to think about what they say and do around children. Some comments and things people did, I felt like i had to do a behavior lesson for my kids on the spot to keep them from thinking what "that grown up" did/said was OK.

3. Some cab drivers suck.

4. going to WDW 2 years in a row made my kids start takign things for granted. I don't think they were as well behaved this time because they just assumed that we would come back next year (which we will not). I need to work on this sense of entitlement they are developing. I already say "no" a lot (and follow through).....hmmm.....

5. WL is kind of out of the way. It can be a bit of a pain with the boats, since some have a very small capacity, and the doubled busses took some geting used to, after staying at AKL.

Good things:

1. All o the seafood we got all trip was excellent. I love fresh seafood, and that is NEVER a concern at disney.

2. We got to go on some new rides this year. Epcot went from being kind of a waste of time to being one of our favorite parks. I still don't understand the height restriction on Space Mountain, but I guess it just gives us something to look forward to.

3. putting the kids into the clubs every night was the best idea we ever had. Yes, they probably ened up getting less sleep, but HHBG and I got some "alone" time, we didn't have to deal with kids who don't eat dinner in restaurants (They don't eat dinner ever, actually), and they got their computer and movie times.

4. I still love disney transportation. Not dealing with renting a car is awesome.

5. refillable mugs are also awesome.

OK, this summary is lousy. Basically, we had a good time, and will plan on returning probably in 2010. The kids still talk about the trip, and loved it. I am having trouble hiding from them that we are going without them this weekend.

Finally I want to finish with a giant "thank you!"

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for following along as I relived our trip in writing. Thank you for sharing in our fun,a nd for putting up with me while I disappeared for a while to get my life in order after everything blew up in our faces. I never would have gotten this done without all of you, and I apprecaite your following along.

See you soon! Thanks!

-Angela
camelotcats

 

[beckanoah]

Have fun on your IpDipTrip! LOL!

 

[Hedy]

Looking forward to reading your ip dip report.

 

[ncsjodi]

Angela,

I can't wait to meet you this weekend!!!! I'm so excited!!!! I have a funny feeling that Davis and Eric are going to get to talking tech/WoW/finance and we'll have to entertain ourselves... I'm thinking Grey Goose slushie....

 

[Charleston Princess]

Have a great time this weekend and just know that even without pictures, I would read a TR!

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! Quick question based on your final thoughts -- did you like AKL better than WL?

 

[brookelizabeth]

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! Quick question based on your final thoughts -- did you like AKL better than WL?

CP! You have a sickness!!!


Angela, great report, I really enjoyed re-experiencing it with you! Have fun on your IpDip Trip!!!!!!

 

[camelotcats]

Have a great time this weekend and just know that even without pictures, I would read a TR!

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! Quick question based on your final thoughts -- did you like AKL better than WL?

We did like AKL better. After savannah view AKL, WL felt like AKL lite to us. Others, I know, love WL. We jsut preferred AKL

 

[mrsksomeday]

Jodi said Grey Goose Slushie!! I am in!!

I can't wait to meet you and Davis, although I worry about what he will think of all of us, especially Buzz .

 

[irene_dsc]

So...my thoughts on our trip in April.

Some bad things (let's get them out of the way)

4. going to WDW 2 years in a row made my kids start takign things for granted. I don't think they were as well behaved this time because they just assumed that we would come back next year (which we will not). I need to work on this sense of entitlement they are developing. I already say "no" a lot (and follow through).....hmmm.....

Good things:

3. putting the kids into the clubs every night was the best idea we ever had. Yes, they probably ened up getting less sleep, but HHBG and I got some "alone" time, we didn't have to deal with kids who don't eat dinner in restaurants (They don't eat dinner ever, actually), and they got their computer and movie times.

OK, this summary is lousy. Basically, we had a good time, and will plan on returning probably in 2010. The kids still talk about the trip, and loved it. I am having trouble hiding from them that we are going without them this weekend.

Finally I want to finish with a giant "thank you!"

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for following along as I relived our trip in writing. Thank you for sharing in our fun,a nd for putting up with me while I disappeared for a while to get my life in order after everything blew up in our faces. I never would have gotten this done without all of you, and I apprecaite your following along.

See you soon! Thanks!

-Angela
camelotcats

Thanks for confirming my idea of waiting until 2010 to return, as well. Fortunately, dd is relatively easy to distract. We just got back from a long weekend visiting my FIL in LA (nope, no side trip to DL!), and on the ride home from the airport, she asked if we could go to WDW on Sunday! I appeased her by mentioning that in 2 weeks we'd be going to a Hallowe'en party, lol.

And maybe next time we'll try out the kids clubs. I hear you on the no eating dinner thing. We went to a Greek restaurant on our weekend trip, and dd had a roll and ice cream for dinner. I was very happy I hadn't tried to find something on the menu for her! (No kids menu whatsoever, not even smaller portions of the regular items, and she had already said she wasn't hungry.)

It's been a pleasure getting to know you and follow along! I hope you guys get everything straightened out.

 

[Charleston Princess]

CP! You have a sickness!!!

You so busted me, Brooke!

We did like AKL better. After savannah view AKL, WL felt like AKL lite to us. Others, I know, love WL. We jsut preferred AKL

Oh, the dilemma! I think AKL is my true love though.

 

[DisneyJo]

Thanks for a lovely TR Angela, we're returning in 2010 too but it'll be in August!

Have a fantastic time at ipdip