NMAmy's Trip Report with no catchy title--Last installment FINALLY posted - 4/12/09

[MickeysMommy]

Yummy, more pictures of Alex!

 

[AussieAngel]

I thought that was Caitlin, when I first glanced at it!! She shrank!!!

We didn't do the Great Movie Ride this time. I don't really know why - I think we just forgot all about it! Whoops!!

Glad you had fun on Rock'n'Roller Coaster - I love that ride!! Weeeeeee!!

Poor Caitlin - I hope she felt better after he sleep-in!

 

[NMAmy]

Wow, I cant belive its the last day alreayd

The TR went by so fast

I know! The trip went by so fast, too.

Sounds like fun! MGM/HS seemed to be very crowded while you were there. We'll be there in less than 2 weeks and are anticipating crazy crowds (crowd calendar says it'll be a 9). Yikes!

I've been at the MK when it was a 10. That wasn't very fun but what I liked was that we did a lot of stuff we didn't normally do. I'll bet you're excited! It's coming up soon.

Aww, I'm touched.

It's a little weird that when I think of Jane and Botox, I think of you, Hedy.

Yummy, more pictures of Alex!

Just for you, pal

I thought that was Caitlin, when I first glanced at it!! She shrank!!!

That is one tiny little CM, isn't it? I hope she didn't have to carry that sign by herself--it looks taller than she is! I think I was so distracted by the sight of her black socks with her dress!

We didn't do the Great Movie Ride this time. I don't really know why - I think we just forgot all about it! Whoops!!

Glad you had fun on Rock'n'Roller Coaster - I love that ride!! Weeeeeee!!

Poor Caitlin - I hope she felt better after he sleep-in!

I do love the Great Movie Ride and Rock n' Rollercoaster, too!

Poor Caitie. You'll see her soon--she really wasn't feeling so hot.

 

[NMAmy]

Friday - Continued

We were trying to think of something else to do and I noticed that Beauty and the Beast was just starting. Alex kindly agreed to go with me. I think he was tired after RnR. I had always wanted to see this and had never been so I was really tickled to get the chance finally.

My notes say, "Those girls had the PINKEST dresses I've ever seen. Pepto Bismol pink."

I really enjoyed it. Alex was happy to rest.

Afterward, we were able to get two more FP’s for RnR for the girls. Alex was done with fast rides for the day.

Alex and I did some shopping and then sat down by the Muppets to wait for the girls to arrive.

Ugh. Look at all the people! Stupid ESPN. On the way to the Muppets.

Wasn't this Fievel's dad in An American Tale?

So, we found a nice bench and did some people watching. There are some REALLY big strollers at WDW. I think some of them were bigger (and fancier!) than my CAR.

I just love the fountain. I mean, obviously. Since I took enough pictures of it.

I really like the way this one turned out!

Sorry these are such short entries! I keep trying to get at least part of it done before work and I've been running behind all week.

Next up--we meet the Unabomber's weirder cousin.

 

[dddisrunner]

Great updates Amy! How sweet of Alex to indulge you on both RNRC and Beauty and the Beast!!! That is one of my must do's for June and I am fully prepared to go alone if I have to! GREAT shots of the fountain! Poor Cait, Sorry to hear she wasn't feeling well! I can't get over the crowds!!

 

[MickeysMommy]

Poodle wants more pics of Aunt Amy!

 

[MagicShell]

I have been out of town and I am glad to come back to an update. I am sorry to hear that Caitlin got sick, it must be horrible to be sick at WDW. I bet MGM as REALLY busy with ESPN the weekend. I would like to see that though, I love ESPN. Beauty and the Beast is really great. It is my daughter's favorite show. I am looking forward to hearing about the end of the trip.

 

[NMAmy]

Great updates Amy! How sweet of Alex to indulge you on both RNRC and Beauty and the Beast!!! That is one of my must do's for June and I am fully prepared to go alone if I have to! GREAT shots of the fountain! Poor Cait, Sorry to hear she wasn't feeling well! I can't get over the crowds!!

I loved Beauty and the Beast. It's the Reader's Digest Condensed version but I really liked it. I'm glad you liked the fountain pictures--that little thing fascinates me.

Poodle wants more pics of Aunt Amy!

Poor Poodle. There are no more pictures of Auntie Amy! Maybe at the end I'll dig a couple of old photos out of me.

I have been out of town and I am glad to come back to an update. I am sorry to hear that Caitlin got sick, it must be horrible to be sick at WDW. I bet MGM as REALLY busy with ESPN the weekend. I would like to see that though, I love ESPN. Beauty and the Beast is really great. It is my daughter's favorite show. I am looking forward to hearing about the end of the trip.

ESPN was mystifying to us. Since Alex is British, he has no knowledge of nor interest in American sports. (Caitlin and I spent quite a while trying to explain baseball to him once. He didn't get it. That was okay because he and his brother tried to explain cricket to me once--talk about a mystery! ) Caitlin actually knows more than the rest of us but even she had no clue who all those famous people were. ESPN weekend is totally wasted on us.

Thanks so much for reading along, Magic Shell!

 

[MickeysMommy]

Here's a pic of Poodle for Auntie Amy...

 

[kid-at-heart]

Here's a pic of Poodle for Auntie Amy...

Ahhh, so cute and I am not even a cat person.

 

[MickeysMommy]

Ahhh, so cute and I am not even a cat person.

Thanks, he really is a cutie!

Amy...sorry to hijack!

 

[NMAmy]

Here's a pic of Poodle for Auntie Amy...

How sweet is Mickey? He looks like the most angelic cat ever! That cat would never, ever sit on your table.

Ahhh, so cute and I am not even a cat person.

HEY!!! I know you!!! I'm so glad you found me here, Kate! I hope I sound the same here as I do in real life.

Thanks, he really is a cutie!

Amy...sorry to hijack!

Mickey can always hijack my threads!

 

[NMAmy]

Friday - Continued -

Caitlin had called and that was when I discovered that she was actually really not feeling well—her cough had turned into a sore throat. But she and Jen still arrived in time and were waiting in the car outside Sci-Fi when we walked over there. (The car was gone on Wednesday and back on Friday—what do they do with it?) This seems to happen every time we're there!

Poor Cait looks miserable here, doesn't she?

As busy as the park was, the restaurant was half empty. It was really weird. CS were mobbed, though.

Once we got inside the restaurant, she perked up a bit. She and I sang the Blob trailer song which we both love. We told Jen about the Mystery Science Theater 3000 dvd's I got for Christmas and what a blast Cait and I had watching them.

Feeling better now!

Then the Unabomber's weirder cousin arrived.

We were seated with a “hitchhiker” who absolutely fit the stereotype. Our server came to the car and the hitchhiker told him immediately, “I want a hamburger, fries and a small Coke and my bill.” Our server leaned over to me and said, "Is it ok if I come back in a minute to get your drink order?" I told him, "YES" hoping he would rush this guy's order.

Our hitchhiker then kept talking to himself—it was creepy. The girls had no clue what was going on but the guy was talking to himself quite urgently but in a voice that was too quiet to actually make out the words.

Our server, bless his heart, got the guy in and out fairly quickly and Alex said he’d been sitting there thinking, "DON'T BRING HIM A STEAK KNIFE!!!" Now I know why my parents were always so adamant about not picking up hitchikers! Don’t pick up strangers and take them to the drive-in with you. Just a word to the wise.

The girls both ordered a turkey sandwich, I got a Rueben, and Alex got a burger and fries. Cait, Jen, and I all got the sci-fi cup with a glow cube. The cubes flash different colors now—red, blue, green. So cool. Cait got cheesecake for dessert and Jen got a fruit plate. Health freak.

Here's my family waiting after I took a pit stop. Cait looks cranky again, doesn't she?

After lunch, nothing is more fun than being flung upside down at 60 mph. Or dropped up and down an elevator shaft repeatedly. Cait and Jen did RnR while Alex and I waited. After they were done, Jen and I did the ToT.

Caitlin is terrified of the ToT. She refuses to ride it and I actually prefer when she doesn't ride it because it makes her really cranky. I'd found out that Jen really wanted to ride it and so I volunteered to go on it with her.

The standby was only 20 minutes but I'd picked up a fast pass for the two of us earlier. Jen asked me on the way in, “Is it really scary?” ;-) She and I both laughed the whole time—it was great.

Cait asked us to wait while they rode RnR for the last time and then they’d head back with us. By the time they got back, they’d changed their minds and decided to stay so we headed back on our own. We caught the ducks taking a nap by the boat dock.

The boat ride back:

And there's our room--in the red building, second floor:

It was 3:00 by then and we were both beat. I’d hoped to go to the MK in the afternoon but it just wasn’t going to happen. Instead, we rested for a bit and then I did some packing. The girls got back around dinner time so we went down to the BW.

Oh, I forgot--Caitlin had been nagging me incessantly about getting one of those bizarre Yoda backpacks. At lunchtime today, we'd finally made a deal and I told her she could get one. She told me when they got off the boat at the BW, she could hear everyone whispering about her. "Look at her backpack!" "That's hilarious!" "See the girl with the Yoda backpack?"

So, of course, I had to take some pictures. Sorry they're a bit dark--I'd turned the flash off earlier and forgot to turn it back on.

Alex & Yoda watching tv:

A little creepy, eh?

Hitchhiker theme today:

Yikes, too many pictures!

 

[NMAmy]

I wasn’t all that hungry and they all wanted pizza so we had a nice meal at an outdoor table and they had Spoodles pizza. IThe Boardwalk in the evening:

We saw the moon and Venus winking at us:

It's not WDW until Caitlin makes this face in a picture!

I've told her that as expensive as that Yoda backpack was, she needs to use it as her bag for the prom. She was all for it but he weirds out Cait's boyfriend.

The girls headed off to Epcot to try to get on Test Track and Alex and I went back to the room. We took some pictures on the way back.

The only thing scarier than the clown pool in the daytime is the clown pool at night.

One last time for relaxing on the balcony:

We watched some tv and I fell asleep waiting for the girls to come back. I had to get up at 3:30 AM for our 5:20 ME pick up.

 

[MickeysMommy]

Oh, Amy...great pics of Alex... I mean, the duck! I loved the duck sleeping so cute. As always, I love your TR's!

 

[MagicShell]

That was one spooky update; the hitchhiker, yoda, and the clown pool! Too bad your trip is ending. I have really been enjoying it.

 

[hucifer]

Yay! I'm so glad I found your TR, Amy! Now I'm going to have to go to page 7 and start reading...

And BTW, I'm all about math, too.

 

[kid-at-heart]

OK Miss Amy,
You have done it now, Sarah wants a Yoda backpack. I told her she could have Caitlin's when she discards it.

Now I understand why my students have clown phobias. That is one scary night shot. Could you imagine the impact if you were on mind-altering drugs and saw that clown?

Yes Amy, you are just as nice and sweet in your dis-life as you are in person. And that is why we all hang around your desk and get you in trouble. Snap at us occasionally and we would leave you alone...

I am glad I found your trip report. It is a great story.

 

[hucifer]

I finished! I can't believe how much you are on top of writing this TR. I am so BAD about keeping on mine...ugh...imagine how bad I will be when Patrick interrupts me at home afterward.

First of all, your daughter is GORGEOUS.

Second, you are high-larious! You keep cracking me up throughout the report, but because I'm so far behind I didn't quote anything and now I've forgotten most of what made me laugh.

And yes, your grandfather really does look like Walt.

My favorite quote so far in your TR: "It's been five days since I peed my pants." Pretty soon I'll be able to relate to that line.

I love all the pictures, but girl...I want to see more family pictures and less WDW pictures. Family shots are the best. Even better than upside-down palm tree and winking planets.

I've always wanted to stay at an Epcot resort for the very same reason you like it (walking distance to my favorite park). But I'm too cheap to fork out that kind of dough. Next time we go (when Patrick is around 4 1/2), we'll probably stay off-site at one of those Air Force Vacation Club condos that cost $329/week. Like you, I like the idea of having an occasional meal at our room, and I love the idea of not having room service every day. And I looooooooove the price.

Oh, but look at me blabber on. I'll shut up now.

 

[NMAmy]

Oh, Amy...great pics of Alex... I mean, the duck! I loved the duck sleeping so cute. As always, I love your TR's!

Isn't that duck the cutest? I'd forgotten about this but Caitlin called me later from the boat launch. She was VERRYYY upset because the other ducks were picking on this one poor duck. I'd seen him earlier--a lot of his feathers had been pulled out, poor thing. She said they were all ganging up on him and wanted to know, "WHY, MOM??? WHY would they pick on him?" I thought for sure she'd be rescuing him and I'd be trying to figure out how to fly a duck home with me. Maybe I could just stick a leash out the window and lead him back to Detroit?

That was one spooky update; the hitchhiker, yoda, and the clown pool! Too bad your trip is ending. I have really been enjoying it.

Now that you mention it, it WAS kind of a creepy day! I'm so glad you enjoyed the trip report--I wish our trips were longer, too, and only partially because I could write longer trip reports! It's been a pleasure getting to know you.

Yay! I'm so glad I found your TR, Amy! Now I'm going to have to go to page 7 and start reading...

And BTW, I'm all about math, too.

HUCIFER!!! I'm so glad you made it!

OK Miss Amy,
You have done it now, Sarah wants a Yoda backpack. I told her she could have Caitlin's when she discards it.

Now I understand why my students have clown phobias. That is one scary night shot. Could you imagine the impact if you were on mind-altering drugs and saw that clown?

Yes Amy, you are just as nice and sweet in your dis-life as you are in person. And that is why we all hang around your desk and get you in trouble. Snap at us occasionally and we would leave you alone...

I am glad I found your trip report. It is a great story.

Hiya, Kate! Well, the Yoda backpack may be available after Caitlin's prom so I will definitely snag it for my friend, Sarah, if Caitlin decides she's done with it! She told me the other night that she'd gotten something red on his nose and I told her she'd best be looking for a brown marker to fix him.

I love it when you all hang around my desk--that's my favorite part of working there! I'm glad I didn't create an alternate persona for the DIS boards. That would have been hard to explain to a psychologist.

I'm glad you found me here, Kate!

I finished! I can't believe how much you are on top of writing this TR. I am so BAD about keeping on mine...ugh...imagine how bad I will be when Patrick interrupts me at home afterward.

First of all, your daughter is GORGEOUS.

Second, you are high-larious! You keep cracking me up throughout the report, but because I'm so far behind I didn't quote anything and now I've forgotten most of what made me laugh.

And yes, your grandfather really does look like Walt.

My favorite quote so far in your TR: "It's been five days since I peed my pants." Pretty soon I'll be able to relate to that line.

I love all the pictures, but girl...I want to see more family pictures and less WDW pictures. Family shots are the best. Even better than upside-down palm tree and winking planets.

I've always wanted to stay at an Epcot resort for the very same reason you like it (walking distance to my favorite park). But I'm too cheap to fork out that kind of dough. Next time we go (when Patrick is around 4 1/2), we'll probably stay off-site at one of those Air Force Vacation Club condos that cost $329/week. Like you, I like the idea of having an occasional meal at our room, and I love the idea of not having room service every day. And I looooooooove the price.

Oh, but look at me blabber on. I'll shut up now.

I love it when you blabber on, Wendy! If anyone wants to read a truly hilarious and so touching it will make you cry trip report, check out hucifer's last one. It was fabulous and had such a happy ending. Thank you for all the sweet compliments.

We are always sorely lacking in the family picture department. I'm scanning old pictures to make a dvd for Cait's graduation. There are a few of the two of us from years gone by so I'll try to post them on here before I finish up with the story of our real last day--the boring travel day. Going home is always such a bummer.

Oddly, I think it will be easier to stay off-site at WDW if you have a little one. One reason we fork out the dough is because Caitlin and Jen can go anywhere they want and we don't have to drive them. At least you know that when Patrick is 4 and a half, he's not going to be wanting to go to MGM on his own. I know you'll love having a kitchen.

So how much longer until Patrick is 4 and a half? I'm jonesing for another trip report from you!