On a horse with no name!

[sorul82?]

Ha U Mama! Page 6 and we ARE in a park..almost!

 

[sorul82?]

6 pages and you're NOT EVEN IN A PARK YET... Hmmmm?

Love it Love it! You have a HUGE fan club now! Look at you go, girl!!

They love me...they really love me!

 

[sorul82?]

Attention guests of the Magic Kingdom: The Loud Family has arrived. These people are not shy, and they talk non-stop to anyone and everyone! They travel in a pack of 5. The youngest, code name Mr. Clean, will summarize the surrounding sanitary conditions, and tell you what you ought to be doing….just waiting for a reason to argue with his rival pack member, the one in pink, AKA Felony, is critiquing the cuteness of your shoes, the other kid, Deep Space 9 is loudly giving a play by play of his gameboy conquests, the big kid is loudly rambling about something and is ready to jump in the settle an argument regarding monorail vs. unirail, and the pack leader is constantly counting to 3 as a form of discipline. These people are dripping with sarcasm, and will make witty comments that you may not understand right away, but you will find yourself laughing uncontrollably later in the day.

Boy, that was a weird announcement. We had best be on the look out for those people as I certainly don’t want to be involved with any sort of humor! Besides, we are on a mission. We have exactly 13 hours to see and do everything here because who knows when or if we will ever return. Arm yourself troops, we have to fight off Walt’s triple S threat: SUN, SWEAT, and SOUVENIERS. Sunblock: check, water: check, $150 worth of pre-purchased souvenirs from the Disney Store: check. Now, let’s hurry to get in line for the two-finger stretch. Ok, now let’s all jockey for position at the big doors. While standing here, a little girl announces that she wants to go in, NOW! P9 seems to have a way with little ones. He can make comments in way that doesn’t sound rude. He says to this little girl: Don’t you think all of us are ready to go in? Her mother laughs, and the little girl just stands there like OMG, someone had finally stood up to me?!?

WOO WOO,,,chukka chukka….What? Here comes the train! Now the great herd is shuffling away from the doors to see the train. Wow, now here’s some magic! Felony is sooo excited! Alice looks right at her and throws some pixie dust. Felony’s little hand goes up in the air to grab it and she throws some back. I didn’t know my heart was going to melt today….it is not on my agenda! The time is now 9:00AM, do you know where your kids are? Mine are being drug to the Haunted Mansion. Why the HM? Because it doesn’t have a fast pass. I was a little hesitant that Mr. Clean and Felony would be frightened, but we joked about the funny ghosts we would see, and all was grand! Next, we walked right onto IASM (one of Mr. Clean’s favorites because he gets to ride in a boat), then Peter Pan’s Flight. I turn my nose up at Pooh to protest the demise of Mr. Toad….plus the line was too long. It was approaching 10:00, and Ariel was a top priority, so we head to the grotto. This was the first test of our battle against the sweat…sweat won. P9 said that his breakfast was long gone, and he can’t make it ‘til lunch. I spent three weeks obsessively compulsively researching the best Disney budget tips, and we lasted an hour and a half. Oh, the guilt and shame of betraying the budget board! I found myself buying a muffin, a couple of bananas, and something else. It was a pretty kick-butt muffin! We exit the grotto, and what do we do next? I don’t remember. All this stuff is in my head, and it was 5 months ago. I’ll go think, or make up what we did next……..

 

[TwinkieMama]

yeah it is pretty lame when you put off writing your trip report and then you don't remember every little detail

do better next time

I was sooo happy to hear that you too had packed some nabs.

Awesome job on nabbing the kidsuite. Sweet! Dude! Sweet!

Now go make up what happened next!

 

[HaleyB]

He he
I think maybe you are ADHD and not just ADD. ((big grin))

 

[sorul82?]

I believe the So Askew family wandered over the Frontier Land, keeping a careful eye out for the Loud Family. It is entirely possible that P9 had already acquired…..oh wait…. how could I forget? We were so anxious to get our first fast pass that we jumped on the first machine we saw. Yep, that’s right; we are the only people who have ever used a Fast Pass for Mickey’s Philarmagic. We returned promptly at our scheduled time, and flashed our all important go the front of the line entitlements, and the CM kind of chuckled and said, there aren’t enough people in line to need those, but go on in. We loved it! I’m not a show person, but as a fellow PTA mom told me, “Anything that Disney does, they do well.” I’m starting to get that. We went in as the So Askew family, but inside we had been transformed into the Loud Family. All four kids were chatting non stop about Donald stealing the hat (Felony’s soul mate), and how long will he be stuck in the wall, maybe we need to go tell someone there is a duck stuck in the wall so they can get him out, poor ducky ducky…uh oh….pep talk time. Donald isn’t really stuck in the wall. It’s just pretend…DS9 is also Mr. Sensitive. Whew, tears averted. Meanwhile, P9 had gotten a good whiff of the collecting fever, so he wants to know what we can get FP’s for now? Well, either SM or Big Thunder Mtn. We get a FP for BTM,utilize a WRTA, and go ride. Next we acquire a FP for SM. We have some time to wait, so we check out the Country Bear Jamboree. Wasn’t there wooden backless benches way back when? CBJ wasn’t as great as I remembered, but glad to see Melvin still on the wall sans caved in snout! Ok, people back to SM….yummmm turkey legs…must resist turkey legs..stay strong, be true to the budget! That was a close one! We zippa dee doo da through the FP line, and hop right in our log. The kidlets still haven’t grasped the FP concept and certain that we are breaking in line. Everyone is all nice and wet now…loud family still running amuck….questions, questions, and more questions. It’s approaching exit time according to my mental agenda, but as per UG, we must acquire a FP for SM before we leave. The train will take us there! We are all starving, so we down the last of our beverages, and lick all the crumbs from the Nab wrappers, and enjoy venturing forth into unknown parts of the World. I believe we saw some characters on the way to SM. I have no other explanation for having Pinocchio and Meeko’s autographs. Alrighty then, SM FP’s for 7:10, so let’s head for the exit.

Soon to come: Crash and Burn.

 

[princesslibby]

Ok, people back to SM….yummmm turkey legs…must resist turkey legs..stay strong, be true to the budget! That was a close one! We zippa dee doo da through the FP line, and hop right in our log. The kidlets still haven’t grasped the FP concept and certain that we are breaking in line. Everyone is all nice and wet now…loud family still running amuck….questions, questions, and more questions.
Soon to come: Crash and Burn.

The first couple of bites of a TL(turkey leg) are the best. The last couple of bites not so much.

Cutters! You CUT in line.

 

[UtahMama]

S'late! Goodie! You made it to the Magic Kingdom! Sheeez it's about time sister!

I think for me the most emotional part of our whole wdw vacation is the first 10 minutes at the park. The sound of the choo-choo is like chicken soup for the disney lover's soul. When you walk on through main street, the sights and cotton candy smells and piped in music are like a welcome home party. Then you look down at your kids' faces and the "magic" hits you where it counts most. The lump forms...tears well up... put on your sunglasses so no one sees your private drama. (what-ev-er!)


Are Nabs like Cheez its? (silly southerners)

Good job! Love your techniqe! Write a little...get a snack...write a little more!

Love-
UtahMama

 

[Sirius.Lee.Askew]

Are Nabs like Cheez its? (silly southerners)

6-pack of crackers like: Nip-Chee or Any of the Lance crackers, or Austin Crackers... I don't know if you've heard the Lance Crackers radio spots with Adam Carolla formerly of Love-Line and the Man Show.

SO might would put in Her 2 cents but she is trying to be domestic. She is cooking at the moment...


DON'T PANIC


p.s. I might be...

 

[sorul82?]

I thought I should see what kind of rumors Sirius is spreading about me being all domesticky and stuff. I need to make sure that you don't believe a word about me vacuuming stairs, doing four loads of laundry, and cooking. None of it is true. Is something burning?

 

[sorul82?]

We high-tail it out of the park as it is getting close to the time that the “common” Disney patrons are allowed to wander agenda-less through the world. As CA gov’na would say: We’ll be back. Again, we don’t know that the tram is for us, so we lose another battle with sun and sweat as we endure that mile hike back to our car in what is supposed to be exclusive upclose AAA diamond parking. We see that a few 1000 other cars have joined our lonely minivan. All loaded up and to the HINB we go! I won’t spend another whole page on the speed bumps, so just bouncy bounce in your chairs. Again, where are your shoes? Let’s go people, move it! Swim? Are you kidding me? Swimming is not on the agenda for today. It’s time for lunch, nap and WRTA’s. Seriously, you can swim tomorrow! Shortly thereafter, everyone, but me, is snoozing. About 5:00 we all get up and head to the HINB Sunday Seafood Buffet. Let me just say that it was the worst $70 I have ever spent! Mama just lost some love points. We take our less than stuffed bellies to the vanmobile and make the short drive back to our exclusive front door parking. Again, hike a mile and hop on the unirail and away we go. It’s not quite time for SM, so I’m pretty certain that we took a high speed spin on the Indy Speedway. Mr. Clean wants to stay and go round and round again. After some careful wheeling and dealing (negotiations can be tricky with a 6 year old), we mosey (yeah right) towards SM. You won’t believe what happened next! Right there in the middle of tomorrow land for the whole budget complying world to see….it happened.....

 

[byoung]

I'm joining your trip report.

 

[sorul82?]

I'm joining your trip report.

Welcome byoung!

 

[UtahMama]

WHAT HAPPENED???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[scrap4u]

Oh my goodness! I can't believe you just left us hanging all night!!!! Of course, I only started reading this thread this morning so I haven't been hanging all night.

Great report, bless your heart! I can't wait for the next chapter!

 

[MyTalula]

We exit the grotto, and what do we do next? I don’t remember. All this stuff is in my head, and it was 5 months ago. I’ll go think, or make up what we did next……..

Make it up we'll be and loving it! Also I'd like to point out (shamless plug to 2nd installment back) that I'm loving your TR!!

Write on!

 

[TwinkieMama]

Good work soareyoulatealso! I loved the part about the children not understanding the FP concept and the sudden need to collect them!

PrincessLibby: you are so right- you CUT in line! When you CARRY someone that means to drive them somewhere and when you TOTE something that means you are carrying it.....

UMama-There was detailed description of Nabs in my trip report so you really should know better. Do you want me to send you some for your upcoming trip?

 

[sorul82?]

Hmmm how long should I keep you waiting?

Not long, I wouldn't do that to any fellow impatientners!

 

[UtahMama]

Hmmm how long should I keep you waiting?

Not long, I wouldn't do that to any fellow impatientners!

NOW would be good. We WANTS more!

 

[UtahMama]

Ok, I remember the whole Nabisco Nabs thing. We have no Nabs. Want Nabs.