Please note I added more pictures to days 1-10 if you would like to check them out:0)
O.K. here goes...
DEPARTURE DAY - SEPTEMBER 1
Well, here it was the day we were all dreading...the day we had to go back into the real world. Our flight was at 5:30pm so we had to be ready for ME at 3:00pm so I wanted to make the most of it. I had packed up most of our things the night before. I had brought an empty suitcase which I filled with souvenirs annual HCOE photo album, HCOE mouse pad, HCOE CD, 2007 calendar, 20 new pins, Mickey picture frames, magnets, Mickey chocolates, light up necklaces from Spectro, our Splash Mountain ride photo, Chef Mickey photo, 2006 HCOE Christmas ornaments, & a Mickey backscratcher! As I put all of these things in the suitcase I looked back on our time at Disney. I thought about the moment we stepped into the BC & the excitement of getting to stay there for the first time. And of meeting such wonderful people at the BC, like Teena, Art, & Vilma who made our trip so extra magical. I thought about my DIS meeting & how cool it was to meet Beth (Bethbuchall) & Bernadette (lovesdumbo) & the surprise present from Paula (kc10family). I thought of our funny moment at Beaches & Cream where the whole place thought we were nuts. I saw my childs faces & heard their squealing as they slide down the kiddie slide at SAB. And the look on Sophies face when she saw June & Quincy and Daniels face when he rode Mission Space for the first time...and Katie face when she was on Splash. Mountain and DHs face when he got his first look at his Spaten in Biergarten!
All good memories now.
Now that all our things were packed & ready to go, we went down to Cape May for our last character meal of the trip. Goofy, Minnie, Chip, & Dale were all there in their beach attire. The food was delicious! We had eggs, Mickey waffles, fresh fruit, yogurt, bacon, sausages, biscuits & gravy. I loved the cherry danish! Yum! Cape May was bustling at 9am. First Minnie stopped by in her beach wear.
Then Chip & Dale came by for a picture.
Goofy had come by once before but he came around a 2nd time to see Sophie drawing a picture of him on the (paper) tablecloth. She showed him her drawing & he hugged her. Goofy was so much fun at this breakfast. After seeing Sophies artwork, he came over & sat with the girls & pretended that he was tired so he wanted to take a nap! They giggled & Goofy spent more time with my kids than any other character during our stay. They absolutely loved the attention. I was so glad I had booked this breakfast! (& Goofy IS my favorite!)
After breakfast we called bell service to take the luggage & went to flight check in downstairs to get our boarding pass for the flight home. We did not have any more park days on our tickets so the plan was to do some more swimming before we had to go. We got into our swimsuits, sprayed on the sunscreen & said goodbye to our lovely room. Off to the pool. It was sunny, hot & beautiful. The pool was not crowded. There was a gentleman (BC staff) who made sandcastles with the kids, played volleyball, & Marco Polo with them. They had a great time! There was going to be a treasure hunt at 3pm which he encouraged the kids to join however by then we would be on ME heading back to the airport.
I knew getting the kids out of the pool (& getting me out of the pool for that matter!) was not going to be easy, Fortunately it started to pour like crazy about 15 minutes before we had to get out & they closed the pool due to lightening...hey that was easy! I ran the kids into the bathroom to change into their clothes & put all the wet bathing suits in a big ziploc. We grabbed some lunch at the marketplace since we had some CS left over. Turkey wraps & diet Pepsi. We also had to eat a couple of Mickey bars to use up our snack credits. (oh that was so difficult! 
) Anyway the bus was outside & so we shoved some more Mickey bars in out mouth, gathered our carry ons, & went to the bus. As we exited, I turned around to get my last look at the BC lobby. The bus wasnt a ME bus but rather a Mears bus. 
The driver didnt turn on the movie for the ride or talk. Not as magical as when we were coming to Disney thats for sure. Back to the real world!!! We boarded & were on our way. As we passed the gates of the Disney property we all knew the vacation was over, but what a great vacation we had!! I took time to thank God for my beautiful, healthy, & loud 
family & for the time with them on this magical Disney vacation. Especially for my wonderful DH 
who listens (or pretends he is listening! 
) when I talked about which rides to do & in what order, the art of using FP, went on endlessly about what everyone says on the DIS & TGM, & specifics about ride capacities & when they were updated last.
He also humors me & says "When we come next year..." Gotta love that man!!!!
Well the kids started school a few days after we got home but we are still on a Disney high. Every night we listen to the music from our HCOE cd & talk alittle about our trip. Hopefully we will get to go again next summer.
Thank you all for reading my report. I had fun doing it & it forced me to remember more details than I had for any trip before.
Now, with my report completed I have to...
O.K. here goes...
DEPARTURE DAY - SEPTEMBER 1
Well, here it was the day we were all dreading...the day we had to go back into the real world. Our flight was at 5:30pm so we had to be ready for ME at 3:00pm so I wanted to make the most of it. I had packed up most of our things the night before. I had brought an empty suitcase which I filled with souvenirs annual HCOE photo album, HCOE mouse pad, HCOE CD, 2007 calendar, 20 new pins, Mickey picture frames, magnets, Mickey chocolates, light up necklaces from Spectro, our Splash Mountain ride photo, Chef Mickey photo, 2006 HCOE Christmas ornaments, & a Mickey backscratcher! As I put all of these things in the suitcase I looked back on our time at Disney. I thought about the moment we stepped into the BC & the excitement of getting to stay there for the first time. And of meeting such wonderful people at the BC, like Teena, Art, & Vilma who made our trip so extra magical. I thought about my DIS meeting & how cool it was to meet Beth (Bethbuchall) & Bernadette (lovesdumbo) & the surprise present from Paula (kc10family). I thought of our funny moment at Beaches & Cream where the whole place thought we were nuts. I saw my childs faces & heard their squealing as they slide down the kiddie slide at SAB. And the look on Sophies face when she saw June & Quincy and Daniels face when he rode Mission Space for the first time...and Katie face when she was on Splash. Mountain and DHs face when he got his first look at his Spaten in Biergarten!
All good memories now.Now that all our things were packed & ready to go, we went down to Cape May for our last character meal of the trip. Goofy, Minnie, Chip, & Dale were all there in their beach attire. The food was delicious! We had eggs, Mickey waffles, fresh fruit, yogurt, bacon, sausages, biscuits & gravy. I loved the cherry danish! Yum! Cape May was bustling at 9am. First Minnie stopped by in her beach wear.
Then Chip & Dale came by for a picture.
Goofy had come by once before but he came around a 2nd time to see Sophie drawing a picture of him on the (paper) tablecloth. She showed him her drawing & he hugged her. Goofy was so much fun at this breakfast. After seeing Sophies artwork, he came over & sat with the girls & pretended that he was tired so he wanted to take a nap! They giggled & Goofy spent more time with my kids than any other character during our stay. They absolutely loved the attention. I was so glad I had booked this breakfast! (& Goofy IS my favorite!)
After breakfast we called bell service to take the luggage & went to flight check in downstairs to get our boarding pass for the flight home. We did not have any more park days on our tickets so the plan was to do some more swimming before we had to go. We got into our swimsuits, sprayed on the sunscreen & said goodbye to our lovely room. Off to the pool. It was sunny, hot & beautiful. The pool was not crowded. There was a gentleman (BC staff) who made sandcastles with the kids, played volleyball, & Marco Polo with them. They had a great time! There was going to be a treasure hunt at 3pm which he encouraged the kids to join however by then we would be on ME heading back to the airport.
I knew getting the kids out of the pool (& getting me out of the pool for that matter!) was not going to be easy, Fortunately it started to pour like crazy about 15 minutes before we had to get out & they closed the pool due to lightening...hey that was easy! I ran the kids into the bathroom to change into their clothes & put all the wet bathing suits in a big ziploc. We grabbed some lunch at the marketplace since we had some CS left over. Turkey wraps & diet Pepsi. We also had to eat a couple of Mickey bars to use up our snack credits. (oh that was so difficult! ) Anyway the bus was outside & so we shoved some more Mickey bars in out mouth, gathered our carry ons, & went to the bus. As we exited, I turned around to get my last look at the BC lobby. The bus wasnt a ME bus but rather a Mears bus. The driver didnt turn on the movie for the ride or talk. Not as magical as when we were coming to Disney thats for sure. Back to the real world!!! We boarded & were on our way. As we passed the gates of the Disney property we all knew the vacation was over, but what a great vacation we had!! I took time to thank God for my beautiful, healthy, & loud family & for the time with them on this magical Disney vacation. Especially for my wonderful DH who listens (or pretends he is listening! ) when I talked about which rides to do & in what order, the art of using FP, went on endlessly about what everyone says on the DIS & TGM, & specifics about ride capacities & when they were updated last. He also humors me & says "When we come next year..." Gotta love that man!!!!
Well the kids started school a few days after we got home but we are still on a Disney high. Every night we listen to the music from our HCOE cd & talk alittle about our trip. Hopefully we will get to go again next summer.
Thank you all for reading my report. I had fun doing it & it forced me to remember more details than I had for any trip before.
Now, with my report completed I have to...
I have really enjoyed the stories and we are 
I had to scan each picture in, save it to my pictures, upload to photobucket, resize it, & then copy to my post. It's got be to easier with a digital...right? 
