Nikki's trip report~Finally Complete! Come read. Pg 25

You can really have fun with this one. Won't kids ever learn? You can't make bets with siblings when it also involves a parent.

Approach each kid separately, which ever kid offers you the bigger and better bribe is the kid you help win the bet. I mean after all why should you have to be the guinea pig?:confused3
That's right! I WON'T be the pawn in anybodies little game! I can probably get some dishes out of Matt. I'll have to work on Brandi.

This could be fun.
 
Tuesday, 11-27
MGM Day. (it was MGM when we were there)

We were up early again. Showers taken, breakfast in the room. It was getting a little harder to get everyone up. A lot of moaning and groaning and "do we have to's".

Yep, you do!!

From Boardwalk you can either take the boat or walk. Apparently it's a pretty short walk to MGM.

We took the boat.

Seriously, I don't know who came up with the short walk thing, but it seemed like the boat took forever to get there and I believe the walk runs parallel with the boat?? Definitely NOT a short walk.

Anyway we make it there with no complications. Our driver did a little trivia thing. He even had prizes.

Park Maps!!

I get my purse checked, fingers scanned and we are on our way.

It seemed pretty crowded here today. So much for thinking the Thanksgiving crowds were leaving. I don't think you can plan around anything anymore. Everyone loves Disney and they are coming when you are.

We were just walking along heading toward the Hat when Robby spotted my future daughter in law. He even had the guts to go ask her to get in a picture with him.:thumbsup2 That's my boy!
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Don't they make a cute couple??

First thing on the agenda was to score our fastpasses for RRC or TOT. Now Jay and I don't do the whole drop thing so we sent the boys to TOT and we went to get the RRC passes and went back to meet the boys. We went inside the dump shop and found our way into the exit area where the pictures are.

This place is a little creepy.

This woman gets off with a little boy. Dad is sitting there waiting for them. Poor little guy is bawling his eyes out. Telling his mom she is mean. Really putting the emphasis on MEAN! She keeps telling him he is brave, he keeps telling her she's mean. He won't have anything to do with her, totally clinging to dad. Of course Jay and I are staring. Pretty much because we have nothing better to do. She looks at us and smiles. I don't know if she was thinking we would thing better of her for smiling.:confused3 So I smiled back??

She did tell him he didn't have to do it again!!

The boys finally come off. We check out the pic and we are off to RRC.

Why don't all the rides have the Photopass option? I hardly ever see anyone buying them.

Oh, here's my TOT pic.
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I haven't ever rode RRC before. I really wanted to make this trip memorable for the boys, so I cowboyed up and went for it.

How freakin cool!! I LOVE this coaster. I really wish I could convince Jay to ride them. I am the biggest wimp ever, so I know he could handle it.
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We had never seen the Indy show either so we went to check out the times. There was still an hour wait. What to do? what to do?

Sounds Dangerous!

Does anyone remember when actual people got on the stage and had to keep up with the noises on the screen. This was hillarious.

Where did it go?

I have no idea what this new thing is about. Freaking you out by making you sit in total darkness?? Maybe?

There was this woman sitting in the row in front of us. I guess she got a little scared because she took her cell phone out and opened it up. Normally things like this would bother me because I would want to experience the show the way it was intended. Not this time, the light was a welcome sight. You could really see she was scared. She had her head down and she was kind of rocking.

Another thing about this show. Do they clean the headphones after it's over?? I'm betting no. This is really gross. I kept thinking about all the ear wax and possible head lice.

This is another one added to my "never do again" list.

It was almost time for Indy when we got back over there. We liked it. It didn't rock my world but after what we had just came from, it was awesome!
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After Indy, we had some lunch at Backstage something. I remember it being pretty good.

We had some company while we were eating.
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We didn't really know where we were going after we ate. This park is just really confusing. As we were walking we ran into these guys.
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Silly girl in the yellow, get the heck out of my picture. I swear she just wouldn't GO. I thought maybe she'd pick up pace, or slow down. Nope!
:headache:

I got a great pic of the Osbourne Spectacle of Lights.
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Too bad they weren't on yet!

We found our way to Journey into Narnia. Okay Disney, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?? The set is really pretty with all the snow covered pine trees. But that's all. I really thought it was going to take you through different sets.

Add to list!!

Next was the Great Movie Ride. I have been reading a lot of negative comments about it. I happen to love it. I don't know why. Nostalgia?? I dunno. But I do love it.
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Isn't Emerald City beautiful??
 
Then we went to the Backlot Tour. Again, I really miss the older version. Where they had the houses of the Golden Girls and Home Improvement. Isn't this a Studios park?? I still like it though, just not as much as before.
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I want to thank the little people!
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We picked a spot on a bench and just took a little break. We weren't going back to the resort today so we just needed a breather.
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This park just isn't very exciting anymore.

We decided to go through some of the shops. I had to get some HSM stuff for my niece for Christmas. While we were in there the parade was going on. Do you know teenage boys hate parades?? I do now. I did catch Santa going by.
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Matt and I built the Disney lover potatoe head.
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We had a 5:00 ADR at...........
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Hmmmmmmm what looks good?

We were seated in a room with a bunch of elderly couples. I was kind of bummed we didn't get a TV either, but that was okay. We were hungry.

The waitress made the boys set the table. They were also instructed to keep their elbows off it.

I can't remember what the boys ordered, but I know Robby's came with greens and Matts came with root vegetable hash. So if you've ever been there you can see where this is going.

The waiter in another room came out with this boy, 10 or 11 and made him sit in between the elderly couples. I don't know what he did, but he got caught.

Then the waiter came out with a mom. She apparently was being to bossy to her family so he made her put her nose against the wall.

He was a really fun waiter. The whole room was rolling when he was in there.

The boys weren't having much luck with their vegetables. They didn't like them. I had the root hash too, but I choked it down. This chicky poo isn't getting in trouble.

Guess who did??
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She let them off the hook and said they could order desert. She was very nice.
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It was getting dark when we got out. So we wandered to the ampitheater.
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It had started to sprinkle a bit. Guess who didn't bring the ponchos??:rolleyes1

Jay!!

No, really me.

A little water wouldn't kill us right??

We found really good seats in the middle of the Ampitheater. And we sat and waited.

And waited.

You know, you get there so early to get a good seat but it takes forever for the show to start. You are surrounded my sweaty, stinky, grumpy, rude and obnoxious people.

This is what we did to pass the time.
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We decorated Matt's shoes.

The show finally started. So did the rain. It kept getting a little harder, a little more. The show was almost over it started pouring. People were running to get out. Like running is going to keep you dry??? I wasn't running so maybe it worked for them.

We made it to the boat and sqeezed in with 200 other soaking wet people.
They at least had it warm in there. I was kind of glad we were on our way back. It had been a long boring day. I was tired.

Jay and I decided to go into Kissimmee to pick up a couple things. It seems someone in the room was snoring and the rest couldn't get any sleep!!

I totally wasn't feeling the love!!

We went to Walgreens to get some breathe right strips and Diet Pepsi. I was so sick of Coke by this point.

Went back to the resort, got changed and went to bed.
 
Buzz ain't got no ear wax so you safe. :smokin:

That is gross though. Never thought about it. ...and wassup with the eternal darkness? Jus stupid. :mad:

I've never seen the movie Cars. Which one is Mater? popcorn::

50's PTC gets great reviews but wassup with your selection? :scared: Have a burger! :thumbsup2 I really need to try that place out. I heard it's a blast!

Great pix!!!!! How do you make them that small? Mine are always big and hard to download. :scratchin
 

Buzz ain't got no ear wax so you safe. :smokin:
This is really good to know! I wondered;) .
That is gross though. Never thought about it. ...and wassup with the eternal darkness? Jus stupid. :mad:
I believe it is to heighten the senses:confused3 ??? Maybe? It is really stupid. Did you ever see it before it went bad?
I've never seen the movie Cars. Which one is Mater? popcorn::
Seriously?? Mater is the truck. It is a very cute movie.
50's PTC gets great reviews but wassup with your selection? :scared: Have a burger! :thumbsup2 I really need to try that place out. I heard it's a blast!
I had a New York strip. I think Robby had chicken (he loves his chicken) and I think Matt had the NY strip too. Steak beats out burgers any day!! It was a blast. I can see you getting your nose put in the corner though, so you better mind your p's and q's. Just a warning! But if this happens, we are going to need pics.
Great pix!!!!! How do you make them that small? Mine are always big and hard to download. :scratchin
Thanks.

Big and hard to download?? Hmmmmm, let me think............................... I use shutterfly so maybe that's the difference.
 
Great update! I missed out on the whole dark show, never even heard of it. I hate that kind of anticipation. I bet Disney has some infrared (sp?) camera and they can see all the people clear as day. and the people think it's safe to do things since they are in the dark, so they pick there nose, or ear wax...and maybe eat it. I would be the one making stupid faces and crossing my eyes cause that's always fun.

I think 50's primetime gives you nasty veggies on purpose just so they can punish you when you don't eat them.

What are they calling MGM now?
 
great update! I love 50's PTC! It looks like Robbie had the same thing I did the Fried Chicken. It came with collard greens YUCK I did the safe thing and pushed them around my plate DIDN"T WORK!!! I still had to take a bite! DD had the chicken pot pie and hates peas so guess what she was feed!Hand feed by our waitress!:rotfl: :rotfl2: The table across from us had dunce caps on because they were late well the dad and grampa were late and they got the dunce caps it was funny.
 
Great update! I missed out on the whole dark show, never even heard of it. I hate that kind of anticipation. I bet Disney has some infrared (sp?) camera and they can see all the people clear as day. and the people think it's safe to do things since they are in the dark, so they pick there nose, or ear wax...and maybe eat it. I would be the one making stupid faces and crossing my eyes cause that's always fun.

Oh my! I hope not. I was actually picking Jays nose and wiping it on the guy next to me. I think the guy next to me thought it was his wife because I kept hearing her slap him and he told her to quit rubbing his leg then!!


:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2: Kidding!:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:
I think 50's primetime gives you nasty veggies on purpose just so they can punish you when you don't eat them.
You know this is true! I mean c'mon Root Vegetable hash, Collard Greens?? Yuck!!
What are they calling MGM now?
You seriously didn't hear?? It is now Disney's Least Favorite Studios.

Really, it's Disney's Hollywood Sutdio.
 
great update! I love 50's PTC! It looks like Robbie had the same thing I did the Fried Chicken. It came with collard greens YUCK I did the safe thing and pushed them around my plate DIDN"T WORK!!! I still had to take a bite! DD had the chicken pot pie and hates peas so guess what she was feed!Hand feed by our waitress!:rotfl: :rotfl2:
I was a good girl and ate my veggies. NO WAY was I gettin in trouble! I'm a good girl.
The table across from us had dunce caps on because they were late well the dad and grampa were late and they got the dunce caps it was funny.
This is funny stuff!! Have you ever been to Ed Debevocs? I went to one in Chicago. Same stuff there. It's a riot.
 
Oh yeah, I'll be in trouble for sure at PTC. :sad2:

Shutterfly eh? :scratchin I'm using Pbucket

Mater's the truck. Gotcha. ;)

I still call it MGM. :mad:
 
I refuse to make ADR's at PTC strictly because I despise most vegetables and I sure as heck am not going to be put on display because of it! :rotfl2:


Hey Buzz - I use Photobucket too... if you load the picture into your account then click on it, it will give you the option to resize. Click the one that says Message Boards and it'll automatically resize your pics to a manageable size :thumbsup2
 
I was a good girl and ate my veggies. NO WAY was I gettin in trouble! I'm a good girl.

This is funny stuff!! Have you ever been to Ed Debevocs? I went to one in Chicago. Same stuff there. It's a riot.
I like to misbehave every now and again! I did try the collard greens by myself just thought they were gross! a good thing though I know Tyler hates veggies so I ordered him fruit so I didn't have to go through any drama with him!
Ed Debevos??:confused3 don't have a clue what it is I live in the boon docks all we have is a McDonald's and I have to drive to another town for that! We have one restaurant in town and it is a mom and pop thing!
 
I like to misbehave every now and again! I did try the collard greens by myself just thought they were gross! a good thing though I know Tyler hates veggies so I ordered him fruit so I didn't have to go through any drama with him!
The mischief is part of the fun. The boys had no idea what was going to happen to them. I didn't want to give away, just wanted them to get in trouble. I'm mean like that!!
I live in the boon docks all we have is a McDonald's and I have to drive to another town for that! We have one restaurant in town and it is a mom and pop thing!
I think I would DIE if I had to cook every single night. You can't even order pizza?? $5 Hot and Ready's are such a life saver on a sports night!
 
Did you happen to notice the Tigers won last night?? They are now 1-7. Woohoo!

Matt had his first JV baseball game last night. Poor kid was so nervous for some reason (he's been playing since he was 4). He got an in the park home run!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so exciting.
 
Matt had his first JV baseball game last night. Poor kid was so nervous for some reason (he's been playing since he was 4). He got an in the park home run!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so exciting.

Congrats! Matt!:cool1: :yay: :woohoo:
My boys are getting a strong arm on them maybe it is time to put them in to t-ball:confused:
 
Congrats! Matt!:cool1: :yay: :woohoo:
My boys are getting a strong arm on them maybe it is time to put them in to t-ball:confused:
Most definitely!! Matt started when he was 4. It was t-ball, but they start learning the fundamentals and those are more important than hitting the ball. It is so much fun for the parents too. DO IT!!


For anyone that is still reading this report, I quit smoking today. This has been the hardest day EVER!!

Wish me luck.
 
For anyone that is still reading this report, I quit smoking today. This has been the hardest day EVER!!

Wish me luck.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Good Job Nikki:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
Keep up the good work, It is hard! I know I tried and quit for 5 years and then went back to it and then quit after three months only to take it back up again6 years later for another 5 months. ( I am a chicken and hate the COLD so I won't smoke if it is cold out). Then I found out that I had cancer and I said I would never touch another one again, even though I crave one every now and again. I have been true to my word!
keep up the good work!:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
 
You know, you'd think it would be easier to have 2 boys verses girls as far as getting around. I am here to tell you boys primp just as much as girls.

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MICK said:
We get out and suddenly feel like The Clampetts. We totally felt outclassed by this place.

That's zackly why I have no desire to go there :lmao:

MICK said:
Nikki did NOT like the cookie! Yucky!

It really was gross. The boys didn't like it either. Jay doesn't do samples so he will never know.

:lmao: That's funny!


I really like shopping around in here. They have some really neat things, like Sombreros and morraccas and drums.

The girls and I really love shopping there too!

MICK said:
After we were done in France I was ready to go. Illuminations had started and I wasn't feeling very good. I really think it was the Margarita. It wasn't settling very well.

Ohhh nooo :guilty:



That's my boy!
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Don't they make a cute couple??

::yes::

MICK said:
How freakin cool!! I LOVE this coaster. I really wish I could convince Jay to ride them. I am the biggest wimp ever, so I know he could handle it.

Good to know! I working on getting DH to try it this summer :thumbsup2

MICK said:
Another thing about this show. Do they clean the headphones after it's over?? I'm betting no. This is really gross. I kept thinking about all the ear wax and possible head lice.

Ewwwwwwwww :sick:
I hope so!

MICK said:
We found our way to Journey into Narnia. Okay Disney, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?? The set is really pretty with all the snow covered pine trees. But that's all. I really thought it was going to take you through different sets.

Add to list!!

Gud to know, I haven't been and wanted to see it.


MICK said:
The waitress made the boys set the table. They were also instructed to keep their elbows off it.

The waiter in another room came out with this boy, 10 or 11 and made him sit in between the elderly couples. I don't know what he did, but he got caught.

Then the waiter came out with a mom. She apparently was being to bossy to her family so he made her put her nose against the wall.

OMGosh...I had this on my list of ADR's and changed it - thank goodness. Doesn't sound like our kinda place.

MICK said:
We made it to the boat and sqeezed in with 200 other soaking wet people.
They at least had it warm in there. I was kind of glad we were on our way back. It had been a long boring day. I was tired.

Ugh...being cold and wet made it worse I'm sure :(



Finally caught up!!!

I loved your photopass pictures :thumbsup2
 












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