"OUR BIG, FAT DISNEY VACATION!" Ch.26 NEW! 2/11 pg. 121 "And they lived happily ever&

[S.Poppins]

I do believe this TR may top TM's in length - have we gone to a park yet? You are definitely causing me to lose sleep.

 

[UtahMama]

Almost!

We went to the Magic Kingdom that first afternoon. Because we had no room and no luggage.

Soonly!

 

[TwinkieMama]

I do believe this TR may top TM's in length - have we gone to a park yet? You are definitely causing me to lose sleep.

Well let us compare.....
UM went for 10 days.... me.... 3
UM just got back..... me.... got back in June 2000
UM took careful notes me....notes on napkins that were later thrown away
UM started pretrip 43 days in advance me... not so much


so this will definately be a long one..... hopefully she will be going back next year for another 10 to 14 days so we can get another epic UtahMama trippie!!!

 

[resol37]

Just wanted to subscribe and bump. You're hilarious, UtahMama!

 

[Glendamax]

OK - I can't believe how many near misses you guys had over in Riverside.

Spring of 2007, let's see if a bunch of us can go at the same time, even if it's not September. Then maybe we can all meet up for a meal!

 

[DISUNC]

DON’T tell my boys, but Stitch needs a time-out. On his planet of origin. Forever.!

AMEN!

She punched a ba-zillion computer keys and looked up at me and said… looks like there’s a room being cleaned on the first floor of Building 14 (the one closest to the food court and bus stop- PRIME LOCATION) “Well whatduya know?” I said, but not out loud. I really said,“Oh! thank you, I appreciate you finding such a great room for us”! And I meant it!!!.!

After all the $$$$ you STILL gotta work 'um!

And she said…(I wont exaggerate or embellish at all…) “WELL, I COULD TELL YA BUT I’D GET FIRED"

She had quite a few missing teeth and the one’s she did have in her head were decayed. Her voice all flemmy like she smokes A-LOT and needs to cough (a-lot). Her hair was big and Miss Clairol brassy red, and did I mention, big. She’s seen better days.

But is she single?????

(Side Note…wouldn’t it be COOL to be a secret shopper at Disney World? That or a food critic! So I pretend to be both.)

SIDENOTES!!!!! I just make my nephew call me Mr. Disney! They dont know!

(O.Toes Norah remind you of Michelle on Full House? Hmmmm...).)

Just like both of them

Our bus came lickity split and we met our favorite “Bus Family”!!!! You are going to LOVE them!

Can't wait...It's not easy to 'LOVE' a whole Family! I have 'HATED' whole families!

ps. Seriously send your Sig picture to PepsiCo.!!!!!!!!!

 

[PrincessV]

Spring of 2007, let's see if a bunch of us can go at the same time, even if it's not September. Then maybe we can all meet up for a meal!

Ditto! I'm all over any meeting in The World that doesn't occur from July through Sept.

 

[Goofy'sMom]

Count me in! For a meeting that is. Maybe my family will feel that I'm slightly less crazy if they see that there really are other people out there as obsessed with Disney as I am. Or maybe they'll have me committed when they see what I could become!!

 

[katydidbug1]

OMG!!!!I am leaving for the world in 40 days, and came to this board to get an idea of how you guys do up your trip reports. I found yours and I am hooked. Can't wait to hear what happens next.

I hope when the time comes that mine was be almost a as yours

 

[MousekaMaddi]

where are u?????????? Not so patiently waiting...........

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Ditto! I'm all over any meeting in The World that doesn't occur from July through Sept.

Oh man... I just commited to a Grand Gathering of 11 non-dis peeps, for none other than Aug/Sept. 07. Lord help me, I'll be bald by then! I'll be hating the WHOLE family by then. Well, at least Waldo's not going.

Excuse me.... where is UM????

 

[celerystalker]

I am leaving for the world in 14 hours. When I get back, I expect your trip report to be a lot farther along!
I'm all for a meet - as long as Glenda and Utah and Twinkie and Mel Happyhaunt come. Can you imagine? I'm sure the happyhaunts wouldn't talk to us because of Mr. happyhaunt, but that'd be ok. I'd like to watch their antics from afar. Actually, I think I'd just like to see everyone's crazy antics up close. Then run and hide! Except from Glenda. She's not scary at all.
And I'd really like to know more about Twinkie's family - since she has just told us about her first son. (Hint Hint - another trip report would be great! You did let the other kids go to Disney at some point, right?)

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Okay, I heard there was a new installment coming out, so I am parking my derriere,(pronounced dairy-air) right here until I get to read it! Hey someone call to have pizza delivered in!

 

[NewOrleansLady]

You are absolutely killing me here! I love love love love love love your TR!

I know what you mean about the breastfeeding poopie diapers. I have an 8 month old and we have lots of those around here

Not so patiently waiting for the next installment

 

[mikayla73]

just hangin' out .. waitin'

thank goodnees for all this popcorn

 

[MomPlanner22]

All in favor of chipping in so we can buy UtahMama a TiVo, raise your hand.

You know she is supposed to be working on her TR but I bet she is watching Survivor and the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy instead.

 

[Eeyore's Tiara]

Actually she said something about a PTA meeting! So she should be home by now!

 

[luvmyboys]

Ummm? UtahMama? You should know that a PTA meeting comes in a verrryyy diiiiisssstaannnt 2nd to trip reporting! Or didn't you get that memo?

I leave in 2 more days & need another laugh to get me through the packing!

 

[UtahMama]

Have you ever kind of bonded with another family on a bus? Not because you have standing room only. Not the normal chitchat you make to pass the time…although that’s how it started. I wish these pictures came with hug-o-vision because they were the nicest family ever! (THIS pic was taken later that night, but you need to see them now): Cutie Patooties-

They are not stalkers but our schedules co-incided often our bus-stop times and our park days! The little boy sucked his thumb when he was tired at the end of the day, which he tried to hide from me. The rest of the time he’d excitedly tell me about this or that experience with eyes as big as saucers! His older sister was my buddy! After a short time she’d approach us in the parks or at the bus stops with her family right beside her and offer tid bits about something she found wonderful! OH! These kids were so delightful! The mom and dad, as it turns out were just as exuberant . We even talked about the DISboards and invited them to come play with us! I gave them my treats daily because of my lack of DIS sightings!

The first bus trip is when we very first met up with them. I told them about my getting almost told off by a rotten-toothed Bell Services CM. They laughed! So, in a way, I tried out a lot of my Trip Report “material” out on them!

Both of our families were so excited to spend the afternoon at the Magic Kingdom. The dad had a hurt leg and had stood on a previous bus to allow a lady with a baby to sit. Well, that bus driver had halted abruptly causing him intense pain! So, this day he was still suffering. I told him to rent a scooter and have fun! His wife said, “SEE? I told you that’s what you need to do!” So because I seconded the motion, he rented scooters during their park time. I should use my powers for good more often!

We parted ways temporarily when we pulled up to the Magic Kingdom bus stop. We reassembled the stroller (which I HATE to do!) and walked rapido to the security tables.
Mr. Checkerman barely checked our bags, purse, cooler etc. BUT, I noticed he checked VERY thoroughly the possessions of an “ethnic” family, which I thought, was profiling! Bad Form!!!

Now, you need to know that DH and I have been up since 4:00 AM on Monday, Sept. 4th, with maybe 1 hour of sleep in 5 minute intervals on the plane. So after 32 hours of packing and repacking, airplane, monorail, and the dreaded check in, then the lovely bus ride to the MK. We are tired, exhausted even, but the adrenaline is pumping like Christmas morning.

Do you hear THAT? The piped in music! The Choo-Choo! "DING-DING-DING" and “HOOOOT-HOOOT!”…
I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry! But at long last, we are THERE!

(*Paused for dramatic effect*)

We buy our misty fans that are displayed in a metal tub filled with ice...to the tune of $25.00 (well spent, remember my Walmart ones didnt even make it home from Walmart they were so flimsy!) THESE one's ended up being replaced numerous times on this vacation!

The Sing a-long song from my kids’ DVD titled “We’re Walkin’ Right Down The Middle Of Main Street U.S.A.” is playing in my head giving me more bounce in my “giddy-up” as I take it all in. Do you SMELL that???? What is that? It’s like a combination cotton-candy and bubble gum (I know they don’t sell gum…BUT you take a nice long wiff and tell me it isn’t bubble gum you smell!).
I’m trying to figure out the concept of forced perspective, but it truly is an optical illusion! I wonder about all the names on the windows. Planners? Imagineers? I DO have to put the Inside Tour of the Magic Kingdom on my “to-do” list before I die! That, and ride a bull named Foo-Man-Choo! (Hee-Hee!)

These CROCS are made for walkin’ and they are walkin’ to ADVENTURELAND! Breaking our Space Mountain First ritual! Pirates VS. Droids! The internal battle that lasted 3 seconds! Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow -My Dream Man, and “Freebie” (What is a “freebie” you were about to ask? It’s the free sin I get to commit with him if the occasion ever arrises! DH’s is the younger Meg Ryan, LIKE THAT’LL EVER HAPPEN!!! )


With blinders on we arrive right in front of Pirates…disappointed the actor who looks just like JD is not out front to entertain and delight me and make me giggle like a school girl! Whatever, let’s GO! As ye might be guessin’, there be no wait! Here’s me in my gotta pee pose (thinking DH would ZOOM or something creative) and my baby girl!

An interesting conversation commences between me and my DS17( Jordan, to save you the referencing time!) He quoted P.O.C., “Dead men tell no LIES” (I KNOW!)and I said, “Don’t you mean,"Dead men tell no tales?’” “NO!!!” so on and on this went until the quote was actually on the WALL! (DOH!) I am not often right in these exchanges so I took this moment to gloat like any good mother of a smarty-pants seventeen year old would do!

Don’t you LOVE the musty smell of this ride? It’s better in Disneyland but it’s enough to bring you back to your childhood! It’s Chicken Soup for The Sleep Deprived Nostalgic Mama’s Soul!

Why do I find it necessary on a NO WAIT line to go back and forth and back and forth through the line when I could easily and nimbly “go under”? So I did, go under that is. At last the wait is over and the UtahMama fam-dam-a-lama commandeer a whole boat all to ourselves like we’re some VIP’s or DISboards-Royalty or stinky or something!

DH wants to film it all so he’s in the middle with the boys, and the good smelling ones sit smack dab in the front! Here’s a spoiler picture of Davey Jones. It’s blurry so it doesn’t count as a real spoiler: It’s projected on a smoke screen that looks like water. Very Cool!

Who says you cant (or shouldn’t) bring a toddler on this ride? It turns out, my DD2, Norah, likes what she sees! “Pretty” and “Ohhhh” are coming out of her normally snarky mouth! The boys are a itty bitty bit scared but are trying to look brave. Jordan, just wants to take a picture of Jack Sparrow on his cell phone for Sarah, his girlfriend back home.

Have you heard this ride is haunted by a former employee who had a terrible accident when this attraction was being built? His name was George and the CM’s have to say Good Night to him each night or the ride will break down the next day, the story goes!
And…if you mutter the words, “I don’t believe in George” out loud while on the ride, it’ll break down, EVERY time! And it DID because someone in the front of the boat muttered those fateful words! My kids all freaked, “Stop It Mom!!! George will stop the ride!”

It did. Break down I mean. We heard, “We wants the Redhead” a dozen times in the auction scene before it jerked back into motion. I later made anther comment about George and our boat again stopped in the best scene of the ride! The last scene when Johnny is talking to his parrot in the riches room. I apologized to George for not believing in him and the boat again jerked forward…into the next boat HARD! Ok, I can take the HINT!

Extreme Spoiler of Riches Room!(Dont view if you have dial up, 8.5MP) The one good thing about it breaking down HERE is the good video and BAD singing! Can you hear me say something Naughty at the end?:



Now that was a blast from the past mixed with some “I see dead people” creepiness!

Try this urban legend next time YOU ride P.O.C. (I double dog DARE you!)


Next time.... UtahMama takes over the Jungle Cruise!
(Why am I referring to myself in the third person again???)

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Hi, U-Ma! 32 pages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was 32 exclamation points, BTW.

I'm here and have started reading. I have already read much of your fine writing on Twinkie's TR. So you will not have to chide me further. Over there. On M2.

But it might take me a couple days to get caught up.

But I will - I'm a pretty fast reader. But I only read in the evenings and on weekends. No reading the DIS at work for me. :sad2

So don't go too fast. 'k?