mom2of2
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Cast:
Me, 36, planner, plotter, commando wanna be
DH, 36, doesn't believe inthe word Magical, also known as Grumpy
DS12, computer and video game wiz, also known as Dopey
DS4/5, jr video game wiz, happy to clecbrate 5th bday at the Mouse House
Up early once again!!! I keep beating the wake up call and the crew has yet to even hear one!!!
We are out the door by 7:30 to hit MGM for EE. Once we get through security and put our tickets through we head for RnR but get stopped by an Army vehicle with green army men inside. We listen to Sarge tell us about putting smiles on our faces and then we are ordered to tickle anyone who doesn't have one. I nudge DS12 since he's wearing a sour puss face today. We meet Pvt. Eyes, Pvt. Office and Pvt. Dancer and Pvt. Eyes signs the kids books Green Army Man. Ok time to hit RnR but oh no! it's down! The CM tells us that the 2 yr warranty ran out! The boys both love the skateboarding Goofy/Max game that we have for the puter so we HAVE to get Max's auto and pic!
Ok head for ToT, DS12 wants to "get this out of the way" he's a little scared of the whole thing. The line is really long.... get a FP for this. So we head over to Star Tours! It's a walk in and DS4/5 of course starts freaking out again!!!! HE likes Star Wars so I figured he'd be ok but NOOOOO!!! ok PS again! I get to go first this time and it's fun. After that we hit Muppets-cute 3D. DS4/5 takes his glasses off mid way-of course! It's FP time for ToT..go? NAH! lets EAT! so we grab some humongous muffins and a java for me and go hit this nice little shaded area for a smoke and a plan. Decide to do Backlot tour, we all enjoy this and DS4/5 loves the fact that DS12 got wet at the flood scene! Then onto Playhouse Disney where I thought DH and DS12 could take a nap! HA! Well DS4/5 loves it and is up dancing and singing...so am I as DS12 looks like he'd love to MELT into the carpet! Bubbles are flying all over and DH gets a few on his head. We all laugh at that. We head back over to RnR but the line is wayyy long and all the FP's are gone for the day! We decide to skip ToT as well and come back another day for RnR and ToT. DS12 is not happy and the "look" is attached to his face! I had sworn before we left that if I got any "looks" or trouble what so ever that I was buying Minnie ears with his name embroidered on them! I check into the price and ummmm nay, I'm not spending that on Minnie ears although the humiliation DS12 would have suffered would have been more then worth it. The threat of wearing them all day is enough to make him wipe the look off.
It's time to eat and we head for Rosie's All American so I can use our vouchers. The crew finds a table and I get in line. The line from he!! I tell ya! I get close to the front and the register goes on the fritz! crap! get out of line into another line and pple here are double lining!! one in one line, one in another! Urgh! I wait an HOUR for food! an HOUR! I order a double cheeseburger w/ extra bun, fries, RB float and an ice tea and me and DS12 split that. DH and DS4/5 split a lunch as well. This was a good deal...lunch would have cost me $29.00. Cost me $20. Works for me. DH and DS4/5 head over to WWTBAM to get into line..hey everyone else does it! and me and DS12 go get FP's for IJTOD. We run back over to WWTBAM and they are dismissing the line. DH is about 4 from the front! great! So should we wait the hour till we can try to get to get back in line? Nah cause it would interfere with our IJTOD FP. So we kill an hour back at the nice shady spot and I go do a little shopping. We meet pple from Scotland and England and they tell us how they have been here for 3 weeks!!! WOW! WDW is a bargain for them! We discuss prices of things like gas and smokes and clothes and I honestly don't know how they do it!!!!! We have one major thing in common though! We love WALMART!!!! FP time for IJTOD and we head in...boy! we have great seats! 3rd row, left front middle! I try to get DH to whoop and holler but he won't. The guy in front of us does and he gets picked! Figures! Good show but I nailed the ringer about mid way through! We decide to watch the parade and head over for a curb side seat. There is a retired CM there who strikes up a convo with DH and after learning what DH does for a living (he's a milwright/carpenter) tells him he should get a job there! Don't I wish! We all love the parade and DS4/5 is clapping and laughing and telling me whose pic to take.
We head out of MGM since this is the only night our stay that Specto is and I have to see it! Well everyone else left MGM when we did! What a mad dash to the buses!
We get back to CBR and there on the table is an autographed pic of Peter Pan to DS4/5 saying Happy Birthday!!! AWWWWW! He is just thrilled!!! But still they haven't taken the tip envelopes and our remote still doesn't work! I make a quick call to maintaince and within 5 minutes there is someone at our door with a new remote! What service!
It's time to head to MK for Spectro and we head to the bus stop. Well everyone else has the same idea that we have and the MK bus is packed!!! Totally packed! After waiting about 10 min for another not so packed bus we see 1 more just go on by. Ok now what? We decide that we need a down night so we will go to OPR, eat, swim whatever. When we walk back towards our room a couple from Canada stop us to ask about the bus situation and we are told about the grenade attack in Kuwait. Now we hadn't heard from my brother or my sister in law in about 3 weeks and had no idea where they are so I run back up to the room!
Grab my cell and head back outside to call home and talk to Mom. She tells me that it wasn't Air Force first of all and that they had gotten an email from my brother the day before and they are in Saudi. WHEW! ok feeling very relieved but also guilty since we are in WDW and my brother is eating MRE's and dealing with sand and stress and lord knows what else! This war is VERY close to my family! Too close. Anyway I am determined not to let this interfere with our plans. We have been dealing with the war since way before it began in December when we got custody of the 3 kids. I think I said in my pre trip that they are staying with Mom while we are gone. ENOUGH of that!
We head to the pool and the boys decide to hit the arcade. DH and I go to the food court where DS12 gets the bucket of chicken fingers DS4/5 gets the PB&J box, I get a ruebin and DH gets a burger. We eat out by the pool. Then we take a dip and I try out the hot tub. Now I'm a Mom and I firmly believe that a hot tub is for aduts only. Agree or disagree but that is my opinion! It even states that under 12 needs to be supervised by an adult. Well there are about 8 kids under the age of 8 swimming around bumping into me, stepping on me and splashing me and not a parent in sight!! Oh that makes me mad! I won't let my kids in the hot tub regardless of whether I'm sitting in there or not. It's simply NOT for children. Ok climbing off my witch ladder! So I retreat to the "cold" pool and we swim around a little, DH goes down the slide and we all enjoy ourselves. We then hear a loud boom! Of course with the war being on my mind that's my first thought...but NO!!! it's Illuminations!!!! Cool! we walk over to the beach area and sit and watch the show. The boys aren't interested so they go back to the arcade and me and DH get to sit, arm in arm and enjoy!
Tomorrow is a big day! It's DS4/5 5th birthday and we are finally hitting MK!!!!
I set the alarm for 6:32 and with our new remote in hand I climb into bed watching CNN....feeling horrible for the Marines that lost their lives and so happy that my Air Forcers are ok.
Me, 36, planner, plotter, commando wanna be
DH, 36, doesn't believe inthe word Magical, also known as Grumpy
DS12, computer and video game wiz, also known as Dopey
DS4/5, jr video game wiz, happy to clecbrate 5th bday at the Mouse House
Up early once again!!! I keep beating the wake up call and the crew has yet to even hear one!!!
We are out the door by 7:30 to hit MGM for EE. Once we get through security and put our tickets through we head for RnR but get stopped by an Army vehicle with green army men inside. We listen to Sarge tell us about putting smiles on our faces and then we are ordered to tickle anyone who doesn't have one. I nudge DS12 since he's wearing a sour puss face today. We meet Pvt. Eyes, Pvt. Office and Pvt. Dancer and Pvt. Eyes signs the kids books Green Army Man. Ok time to hit RnR but oh no! it's down! The CM tells us that the 2 yr warranty ran out! The boys both love the skateboarding Goofy/Max game that we have for the puter so we HAVE to get Max's auto and pic!
Ok head for ToT, DS12 wants to "get this out of the way" he's a little scared of the whole thing. The line is really long.... get a FP for this. So we head over to Star Tours! It's a walk in and DS4/5 of course starts freaking out again!!!! HE likes Star Wars so I figured he'd be ok but NOOOOO!!! ok PS again! I get to go first this time and it's fun. After that we hit Muppets-cute 3D. DS4/5 takes his glasses off mid way-of course! It's FP time for ToT..go? NAH! lets EAT! so we grab some humongous muffins and a java for me and go hit this nice little shaded area for a smoke and a plan. Decide to do Backlot tour, we all enjoy this and DS4/5 loves the fact that DS12 got wet at the flood scene! Then onto Playhouse Disney where I thought DH and DS12 could take a nap! HA! Well DS4/5 loves it and is up dancing and singing...so am I as DS12 looks like he'd love to MELT into the carpet! Bubbles are flying all over and DH gets a few on his head. We all laugh at that. We head back over to RnR but the line is wayyy long and all the FP's are gone for the day! We decide to skip ToT as well and come back another day for RnR and ToT. DS12 is not happy and the "look" is attached to his face! I had sworn before we left that if I got any "looks" or trouble what so ever that I was buying Minnie ears with his name embroidered on them! I check into the price and ummmm nay, I'm not spending that on Minnie ears although the humiliation DS12 would have suffered would have been more then worth it. The threat of wearing them all day is enough to make him wipe the look off.
It's time to eat and we head for Rosie's All American so I can use our vouchers. The crew finds a table and I get in line. The line from he!! I tell ya! I get close to the front and the register goes on the fritz! crap! get out of line into another line and pple here are double lining!! one in one line, one in another! Urgh! I wait an HOUR for food! an HOUR! I order a double cheeseburger w/ extra bun, fries, RB float and an ice tea and me and DS12 split that. DH and DS4/5 split a lunch as well. This was a good deal...lunch would have cost me $29.00. Cost me $20. Works for me. DH and DS4/5 head over to WWTBAM to get into line..hey everyone else does it! and me and DS12 go get FP's for IJTOD. We run back over to WWTBAM and they are dismissing the line. DH is about 4 from the front! great! So should we wait the hour till we can try to get to get back in line? Nah cause it would interfere with our IJTOD FP. So we kill an hour back at the nice shady spot and I go do a little shopping. We meet pple from Scotland and England and they tell us how they have been here for 3 weeks!!! WOW! WDW is a bargain for them! We discuss prices of things like gas and smokes and clothes and I honestly don't know how they do it!!!!! We have one major thing in common though! We love WALMART!!!! FP time for IJTOD and we head in...boy! we have great seats! 3rd row, left front middle! I try to get DH to whoop and holler but he won't. The guy in front of us does and he gets picked! Figures! Good show but I nailed the ringer about mid way through! We decide to watch the parade and head over for a curb side seat. There is a retired CM there who strikes up a convo with DH and after learning what DH does for a living (he's a milwright/carpenter) tells him he should get a job there! Don't I wish! We all love the parade and DS4/5 is clapping and laughing and telling me whose pic to take.
We head out of MGM since this is the only night our stay that Specto is and I have to see it! Well everyone else left MGM when we did! What a mad dash to the buses!
We get back to CBR and there on the table is an autographed pic of Peter Pan to DS4/5 saying Happy Birthday!!! AWWWWW! He is just thrilled!!! But still they haven't taken the tip envelopes and our remote still doesn't work! I make a quick call to maintaince and within 5 minutes there is someone at our door with a new remote! What service!
It's time to head to MK for Spectro and we head to the bus stop. Well everyone else has the same idea that we have and the MK bus is packed!!! Totally packed! After waiting about 10 min for another not so packed bus we see 1 more just go on by. Ok now what? We decide that we need a down night so we will go to OPR, eat, swim whatever. When we walk back towards our room a couple from Canada stop us to ask about the bus situation and we are told about the grenade attack in Kuwait. Now we hadn't heard from my brother or my sister in law in about 3 weeks and had no idea where they are so I run back up to the room!
Grab my cell and head back outside to call home and talk to Mom. She tells me that it wasn't Air Force first of all and that they had gotten an email from my brother the day before and they are in Saudi. WHEW! ok feeling very relieved but also guilty since we are in WDW and my brother is eating MRE's and dealing with sand and stress and lord knows what else! This war is VERY close to my family! Too close. Anyway I am determined not to let this interfere with our plans. We have been dealing with the war since way before it began in December when we got custody of the 3 kids. I think I said in my pre trip that they are staying with Mom while we are gone. ENOUGH of that!
We head to the pool and the boys decide to hit the arcade. DH and I go to the food court where DS12 gets the bucket of chicken fingers DS4/5 gets the PB&J box, I get a ruebin and DH gets a burger. We eat out by the pool. Then we take a dip and I try out the hot tub. Now I'm a Mom and I firmly believe that a hot tub is for aduts only. Agree or disagree but that is my opinion! It even states that under 12 needs to be supervised by an adult. Well there are about 8 kids under the age of 8 swimming around bumping into me, stepping on me and splashing me and not a parent in sight!! Oh that makes me mad! I won't let my kids in the hot tub regardless of whether I'm sitting in there or not. It's simply NOT for children. Ok climbing off my witch ladder! So I retreat to the "cold" pool and we swim around a little, DH goes down the slide and we all enjoy ourselves. We then hear a loud boom! Of course with the war being on my mind that's my first thought...but NO!!! it's Illuminations!!!! Cool! we walk over to the beach area and sit and watch the show. The boys aren't interested so they go back to the arcade and me and DH get to sit, arm in arm and enjoy!
Tomorrow is a big day! It's DS4/5 5th birthday and we are finally hitting MK!!!!
I set the alarm for 6:32 and with our new remote in hand I climb into bed watching CNN....feeling horrible for the Marines that lost their lives and so happy that my Air Forcers are ok.
