Our Christmas Trip in PICTURES!!!! ~~Oh...and I'm obsessed with the Castle~~

[VandyFan10]

i did these pics, too! we did it first thing in the morning and my stomach was full of nothing but coffee......FUN!!!

i could've spun all day but right towards the end of the ride ray looked at me and just shook his head, so i knew it was time to stop spinning. nobody got sick, thank goodness.

GREAT spinning pics!! Both of you guys did well.....either that or you did REALLY good taking a pic of yourself

Ray must have felt like me

oh, and by the way, i don't know whether you ended up doing the intense version of mission space or not, but it's nothing like the teacups. you can't tell you're spinning....you just feel this really wierd sensation....like you can't move your body and your face is gonna go into the back of your head. it's very cool if you like that sorta thing! we never got dizzy...we were just a little wobbly when we got off. but i took dramamine before i got on it just in case.

I can't remember which day....but this will be discussed

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! ​

 

[MeMom]

Okay, I just flipped out when I pulled up your TR and the first picture I see is of punkin's man...and I wasn't quick enough (jet lag and lack of sleep even more then usual after having just gotten back last night) to put it all together, so I'm saying to myself, "What is VandyFan doing with punkin's man???"

Then, after I scrolled down to the next picture, I realized it was a reply post, so I'm unflipping out now!

Anyway, all the young people are gone for the evening - Drew and his girlfriend and buddies are all out, Trent, and Kristi are out eating supper with her dad and then heading out with friends, and Jill, John, and Brooklynn are on the road back home. I am content at home, away from the chaos. We went earlier to see a cousin's new baby and stayed there for a while, and that's all the excitement I need for the evening.

I'm going to catch up with a few trip reports and hit the sack. Chances are great that I'll be sleeping right through the dropping of the ball and all the hoopla. Everyone have a safe and happy evening!

 

[feet1]

I just found your trip report and I'm LOVING it! We were in WDW dec 11-18th and I am so sad to be home, we all miss the World so much..your pictuers are bringing back some great memories! I too am in love with the castle. It was just so breathtaking, I must have a million pictures of it, mostly blurry though, lol.

I can't wait to see more!!!

 

[pjstevens]

All caught up again. Can't wait to read more. Hope you have a great New Years!!!

 

[VandyFan10]

Okay, I just flipped out when I pulled up your TR and the first picture I see is of punkin's man...and I wasn't quick enough (jet lag and lack of sleep even more then usual after having just gotten back last night) to put it all together, so I'm saying to myself, "What is VandyFan doing with punkin's man???"

Then, after I scrolled down to the next picture, I realized it was a reply post, so I'm unflipping out now!

Anyway, all the young people are gone for the evening - Drew and his girlfriend and buddies are all out, Trent, and Kristi are out eating supper with her dad and then heading out with friends, and Jill, John, and Brooklynn are on the road back home. I am content at home, away from the chaos. We went earlier to see a cousin's new baby and stayed there for a while, and that's all the excitement I need for the evening.

I'm going to catch up with a few trip reports and hit the sack. Chances are great that I'll be sleeping right through the dropping of the ball and all the hoopla. Everyone have a safe and happy evening!

THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!! Thanks for making me laugh MeMom

I hope you had an enjoyable 'alone' evening

I just found your trip report and I'm LOVING it! We were in WDW dec 11-18th and I am so sad to be home, we all miss the World so much..your pictuers are bringing back some great memories! I too am in love with the castle. It was just so breathtaking, I must have a million pictures of it, mostly blurry though, lol.

I can't wait to see more!!!

Thank you.....I wish I could go back before they take the lights down

All caught up again. Can't wait to read more. Hope you have a great New Years!!!

Hope you do too Pj.....happy new year ....it's been good so far ....but I have to go to work tomorrow

 

[Eventer98]

Just found your TR after reading GlendaMax's! Love the castle pics~~~

 

[punkin413]

Just found your TR after reading GlendaMax's! Love the castle pics~~~

hi, tara! let me introduce you to my friend, erica (vandyfan10). she's from nashville and we bonded over being vandy fans. i met her when i was at home for thanksgiving and she's awesome....i can't wait to hang out with her again!

erica, let me introduce you to my friend, tara (eventer). tara is one of the girls in my all-girl trip from back in september that you were so jealous of! she's soooooooo sweet and she has a heart of gold!

it's so nice to say i've actually met you both in real life!!!!!!!

 

[Simba22]

Hey Erica! Great update!

I HATE the teacups! And any similar ride in any amusement park! I can do Mission Space with NO problem...I think it's not so much the spinning that bothers me, but the VISUAL you get while spinning...you know, everything behind you blurring and the people across from you laughing so hard that you feel you've been warped into one of those TV nightmares where people's heads are just floating around you laughing uncontrollably at your humiliation and ultimate demise....

When we went in October, my brother and my boyfriend (stupid boys!) wanted to ride the teacups. I wanted to get in line to meet Rabbit. The boys won. I lost. I was feeling sick for the rest of the day. From now on: Characters = Good. Teacups = Bad.

 

[VandyFan10]

Just found your TR after reading GlendaMax's! Love the castle pics~~~

hi, tara! let me introduce you to my friend, erica (vandyfan10). she's from nashville and we bonded over being vandy fans.

erica, let me introduce you to my friend, tara (eventer). tara is one of the girls in my all-girl trip from back in september that you were so jealous of! she's soooooooo sweet and she has a heart of gold!

it's so nice to say i've actually met you both in real life!!!!!!!

COOL!!!! Tara ....I'm excited to have a formal introduction!! ....and yes I am jealous

i met her when i was at home for thanksgiving and she's awesome....i can't wait to hang out with her again!

Ditto missy!!! And we are DEFINITELY hanging out again....I guess we are going to just have to set a date .....when are you coming back to see the fam?? And how far are you from Chattanooga?? That could be a possibility

Oh....and sorry but I am cheering for the DAWGS.....GO SEC!!!!!!

 

[VandyFan10]

but the VISUAL you get while spinning...you know, everything behind you blurring and the people across from you laughing so hard that you feel you've been warped into one of those TV nightmares where people's heads are just floating around you laughing uncontrollably at your humiliation and ultimate demise....

....that was hilarious!!

I like the tea cups I just asked for my crazy 2-3min spinning trip.....I had told Matt I wanted to go as fast as we could go....he took it as a personal challenge

 

[punkin413]

Ditto missy!!! And we are DEFINITELY hanging out again....I guess we are going to just have to set a date .....when are you coming back to see the fam?? And how far are you from Chattanooga?? That could be a possibility

Oh....and sorry but I am cheering for the DAWGS.....GO SEC!!!!!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEC or not, i refuse to cheer for georgia. it's sacreligious. of course they're going to win. it's like 31 to 3 or something right now. but i'm still sitting here with my "hang loose" sign and screaming, "GO HAWAII!!!!!!!"

oh, and i'm thinking i'm coming up there the sunday of MLK weekend and coming back home that tuesday. i'll let ya know for sure! i'm about 2 1/2 hours from chattanooga, give or take.

 

[VandyFan10]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEC or not, i refuse to cheer for georgia. it's sacreligious. of course they're going to win. it's like 31 to 3 or something right now. but i'm still sitting here with my "hang loose" sign and screaming, "GO HAWAII!!!!!!!"

oh, and i'm thinking i'm coming up there the sunday of MLK weekend and coming back home that tuesday. i'll let ya know for sure! i'm about 2 1/2 hours from chattanooga, give or take.

37-3 GO SEC!!!

Cool ....do you think Ray will be coming with you?

about 2 1/2hrs for me too.....might just be perfect

 

[VandyFan10]

OK....so now we are on to Tuesday Morning 12-11-07

Matt was going bright and early to play golf and I was going to swim with the Dolphins

He played at Lake Buena Vista which is really close to POFQ so he just drove there.....and I think he was the first one being his tee time was 7:05 I think

I think he had a wonderful time playing.....he got paired with a guy that was staying at one of the All-star resorts and was also a lefty, and from what I hear in the golf world that can be really odd to have more than one lefty in your group ....and he is definitely not a PGA player....but I think he was very happy with what he shot....and only lost a few balls in ALL that water!!!!

Here's several pics he took:

Now.....for all you golf fanatics....I hope you enjoyed that.....no pics of anyone swinging any clubs.....no faces....just pretty grass....I think to golfers that means something

Now....I headed off to Epcot for my Dolphins in Depth tour.....it was AWESOME!!!

I had gone to swim with the dolphins in the bay/ocean at PCB but I had never been this close

This is Kyper and he was very sweet....the tour was very exciting....it's about a 3 1/2 hr tour and you only spend about 45mins in the water, but the CM's that were the guides were GREAT!! And it's always neat seeing 'beind the scenes' at WDW!

There are no more pics because we weren't allowed to bring camera's or anything really except ourselves, but if you've never had interaction with dolphins, and love them as much as I do.....definitely consider doing this tour....but book early....they only do it M-F once a day and only 8 people are on the tour.....so unlike the dolphins at Sea world/discovery cove that might be over-stimulated.....these dolphins I think really LOVE the attention they get, b/c they are such loveable creatures anyway.

Feel free to ask me questions.....I will remember things along the way and will post....but for now I'm off to bed....it's almost midnight .....you would think staying up til midnight last night would have been enough

Hope everyone had a happy and safe new year!!!

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[scottny]

the golf course looks really pretty. I remember staying at OKW and waking up and going out on the balcony and having the golf course as my view.

The dolphin pic is great. I would love to swim with the dolphins.

I did have a happy and safe. Thank you.

 

[Eventer98]

Thanks for the intro Dawn...now that I think about it I recall seeing Erica (with the pink writing!!) on your TR!

But I don't know about a "heart of gold!" This pregnancy brings out the sailor mouth in me...esp. when I am driving!!

 

[punkin413]

Cool ....do you think Ray will be coming with you?

i'm not sure yet but i don't think so. see, i was gonna come up there for the weekend of MLK day. but then i remembered that "clover field" comes out on 1.18.08 and ray's been DYING to see that. he's not much into movies so when he wants to see something in the theater it's a big deal. i promised i'd go with him. so i'm thinking what i'll do is leave saturday night (1.19) and come back here tuesday. if that's what happens then he can't go because he has to work on tuesday. but brooke (my sister) asked me if i wouldn't mind letting jon (her boyfriend who lives in marietta) ride with me if i come up there. so i'll have company in the car at least! i'll let you know for sure when i know. i've gotta go by the office and check out the calendar for that tuesday to see if we're busy or not.

Now....I headed off to Epcot for my Dolphins in Depth tour.....it was AWESOME!!!

i'm so going to look up more info on this RIGHT NOW! if it's not too expensive it may be something i'll want to do on one of the mornings that i'm letting ray sleep in. i LOVE dolphins.....have since i was a kid!

Thanks for the intro Dawn...now that I think about it I recall seeing Erica (with the pink writing!!) on your TR!

But I don't know about a "heart of gold!" This pregnancy brings out the sailor mouth in me...esp. when I am driving!!

just because you have a potty mouth doesn't mean you don't have a heart of gold!

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

Wow! You got to swim with the dolphins! That's cool. That's such a cute pic, too. The golf course looks pretty, too. Not that I would know anything about golf.

 

[VandyFan10]

the golf course looks really pretty. I remember staying at OKW and waking up and going out on the balcony and having the golf course as my view.

The dolphin pic is great. I would love to swim with the dolphins.

I did have a happy and safe. Thank you.

That should be LBV that you were looking at.....dolphins are wonderful creatures!!!

Thanks for the intro Dawn...now that I think about it I recall seeing Erica (with the pink writing!!) on your TR!

But I don't know about a "heart of gold!" This pregnancy brings out the sailor mouth in me...esp. when I am driving!!

Thats how everyone knows me

OH...and I meant to tell you CONGRATS!!!!! You'll be having a little disney baby soon

i'm not sure yet but i don't think so. see, i was gonna come up there for the weekend of MLK day. but then i remembered that "clover field" comes out on 1.18.08 and ray's been DYING to see that. he's not much into movies so when he wants to see something in the theater it's a big deal. i promised i'd go with him. so i'm thinking what i'll do is leave saturday night (1.19) and come back here tuesday. if that's what happens then he can't go because he has to work on tuesday. but brooke (my sister) asked me if i wouldn't mind letting jon (her boyfriend who lives in marietta) ride with me if i come up there. so i'll have company in the car at least! i'll let you know for sure when i know. i've gotta go by the office and check out the calendar for that tuesday to see if we're busy or not.

i'm so going to look up more info on this RIGHT NOW! if it's not too expensive it may be something i'll want to do on one of the mornings that i'm letting ray sleep in. i LOVE dolphins.....have since i was a kid!

Definitely let me know, but glad to know you might not be alone....that would be much better!!

As for the tour I hope you can do it....it was great....your AP might give you discounts on tours....but if not....get you a visa (which you need anyway!!) and you'll get 20% off

Wow! You got to swim with the dolphins! That's cool. That's such a cute pic, too. The golf course looks pretty, too. Not that I would know anything about golf.

The dolphins were really neat....we got to do hand signals with them to do different tricks....that was REALLY cool....and as far as the golf thing....me either ....but I'm thinking I better start learning so we can play together

 

[Simba22]

aww I want to swim with the dolphins! I can't believe in 3.5 hours you only spend 45 minutes actually in the water. What the heck did you do the rest of the time??

 

[VandyFan10]

What is up with these stupid double posts!!

But hey....I got my e-mail notices back!!!!!