Our Neverending Wild Adventures

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This thread will be dedicated to what is a neverending trip planning, disboard meeting, adventure seeking, roadtrip taking group of people. It is not about Single People Looking For Love, It is not a dismates thread. It is not a thread where pot stirring will be ignored. It is dedicated to a group of people who love Disney and can put aside our personal differences all for the love of The Mouse.

With all of that now said lets start The Grand Adventure.........
This whole whacky summer of adventure actually started for me back in January 2008. I had been lurking on the singles threads for many months and finally I jumped into the disboards head first...and I literally mean head first as I bumped myself on the head coming in the door Lets start off with a few of the whacky adventurers who will join me on my adventures, feel free to add your comments and your pictures as you join me in my quest to fill my addiction for all things Disney.

First there is "me" I am a 45 year old female who lives 50 min South West of Richmond, Va. I am a preachers kid, one of 6 children, and the baby of the family.

It is neither here nor there if I am single,married, in a relationship, or singing as Donkey..."I'm all alone, nobody here beside me.....lalalalal" because my status is this..."I am in love with The Mouse" I have one son who just turned 26 years old Sept 29th. His name is Genesis and he too loves The Mouse....

My love for The Mouse began all those years ago as a little girl when my mother would read me the story about Cinderella and Snow White. Being one of 6 kids in a family funded by the meager wages of a minister I never thought there would come a day I would ever get to visit The World but the dream was always there. I had a dream and I kept it alive in my imagination. I grew up and had my wonderful miracle child. When he was little we discussed things Disney and one day going to WDW and I promised him we would go before he was 18. Years, went by, I worked and I worked getting my Degrees in Nursing and Behavioral Therapy. I spent all of my time working, raising my son and we had NEVER been on a vacation out of the state. The moments and the years were passing us by andI had made a promise , but how could I as a single mother afford a trip to Disney World, surely it would cost thousands of dollars. Then came a day that the man upstairs tapped on my shoulder and said enough is enough. I had a serious injury that made me unable to work and by this time I was hooked on the internet and in my boredom I decided to check out the Walt Disney World website. Imagine my surprise when I saw how cheaply I could book a trip to the world. So I plotted and plotted and planned a surprise trip for Genesis for his 17th birthday so in Sept 1999 "we" both had our first trip to The World and we were HOOKED... That is how this whole story began.....
(up next..how we got "here")

And for those of you who are used to the nice little links to each chapter , sorry you wont find them here because this is a continuing saga, a combined effort...we want you to read all the comments in between lol

 

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So, in January when I decide to jump on board the dis-train I am welcomed with open arms by some pretty sweet people. First and foremost was Miss Carrie...Her wit and her charm totally blew me away as I knew her sense of humor would keep me laughing.

Carrie lives in CT and is just a "youngun" compared to me, but we get along great. We bantered back and forth with Mr Innocent "Moi" also known as Tawasdave(Randy) He enjoys all the attention and so we give it to him Randy works as a firefighter in East Twas MI.

Randy's love for all things Disney is as great as ours. There is a dismeet set up for May and we are all making plans for meeting each other at that time. During the next few months special friendships start to develop.
Finally May is here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh, it felt like we waited for forever. The bags are packed, the flights are reserved and ME vouchers are in our hands and little yellow stickers on our bags. I had had a solo trip to the world a month before and met a sweet lady named Tracy from Canada, now it was my chance to meet Carrie,Teresa, GoofyDadof3, MrSmee, Cait, Mel, Sha, Charlene...the adventure was just starting... Here are just a few of the pics from the May meet....

(this one is Teresa on ToT... )

Then John decides to take us on a parking lot tour. He and Randy are telling so many "stories" that they make baby jesus cry. We run thru the downpuring rain into the Polynesian Resort where we are able to take this beautiful picture of the view..

This is where some life long friendships began.....and this is how this trip report began in my mind.........(to be cont)

 

[tawasdave]

Moi? Loves attention?...Oh please...You know better than that...

Ok, why doesn't anyone talk to me anymore?

 

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Moi? Loves attention?...Oh please...You know better than that...

Ok, why doesn't anyone talk to me anymore?

Because some of us were in meetings, some of us were busy finding pics for this and then some of us had some other things to do.....Oh my "its all about me" with you isnt it....

 

[tawasdave]

Because some of us were in meetings, some of us were busy finding pics for this and then some of us had some other things to do.....Oh my "its all about me" with you isnt it....

Um..seems to me it was not all about me when you came here to visit...now was it?

 

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Tha May trip was the beginning of many wonderful adventures this summer. it was so nice to hang out with people that "got" my fascination with The Mouse. I knew that if I said I was going on vacation I wouldnt hear..."What, you are going to Disney AGAIN! with great disdain" but I would hear..."Yay, and I am so jealous, wish I could go with you" Not only did this group I hung out with "get" my disney addiction but they are a truly special group of people.Not once has anyone in the group I hung out with been ugly to another member of the group or even to others we do not see eye to eye on. The World is a big enough place for all of us, where we can get lost in the sea of faces and just agree to disagree, agreeably from the a distance. So for May, all was peaceful in "The World" I think what is the glue that holds this group of Dis-nuts together is our sense of humor. We know that happiness is found wherever we chose to make it. Whether it was getting off of TMR to the shouts of "Lyndsey" with everyone trying to be of service and telling total strangers, hey that guy is calling for you...to parking lot tours, certain ppl who passed out on poolside chaise lounges , my first dole whip float, my first glowtini, my first time to ride what Genesis has always considered kiddie rides, yet I found out they were so much fun. To sharing the zaniness of the Adventures Club, where certain ppl emabarassed me beyond belief, to hearing about "Jesus" and Seriously....Dude.... To a certain someone who got in trouble at Prime Time for texting me during dinner...

To watching other people enjoy the thrill of the Tower of Terror for the first time in their lives and saying Never Again To fast passes and Soarin and Test Track...to all of the wonderful moments we shared...I will be forever grateful as "this group" rocks! These moments in May are why I am here...

We went home after May with the friendships we had forged...All of us suffering from huge Disney withdrawal and seriously needing our next fix...So the planning was started again..... I was able to go briefly for 2 days over Memorial Day weekend when it was our original intention to go to Myrtle Beach but I decided on a surprise to WDW for Genesis...


My next adventure was with Genesis for Star Wars Weekend....
Others had been able to go the weekend before.... We were all starting to be on a roll and making great use of our wonderful APs
Since Randy was not able to go back I decided to make a trip to MI to see him....The town he lives in is just adoreable and I had a very relaxing vacation with a wonderful friend

I came back from MI but just had to make more plans...Summer was already starting to pass us by....what to do, what to do.....Aha!!! We finally came up with a plan. We decided a July 4th road trip to Boston.... There was a wonderful and silly trip report on the Singles For the Love Of Disney Thread..If I can ever find it I will post it here but lets just say it was a wonderful time where I picked up Teresa in MD and headed to Boston to meet up with Carrie, Cait. Tracy, Tom and Mel..... Mel loved us all so much that she made about 100 (or so it seemed..lol) jello shots and brought them over on the Green Line or Red Line or whichever it was but needless to say it had to be a pain for her but she is awesome and did this for all of us....
While we were there we celebrated Carries Birthday and Johns although he was only there in spirit!

Tom was an awesome tour guide who is also a fantastic cook who brought the essence of Disney to Boston with the Disney Recipes he cooked for us.. as well as sharing his fearless "steed" Cleo with us....

The road trip to Boston and the fun we shared just made us miss each other more.....so next meet was Potomac Mills.....to be cont

 

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Um..seems to me it was not all about me when you came here to visit...now was it?

HA!!! See while you were feeling all left out I was writing about my wonderful trip to MI to see you ....

 

[Carrieannew]

Ok Ok. I am here.. Yes it is I!

Ok wicked busy day today, and my tummy is telling me to go get lunch. But I do have plenty to add to this Trippie.

First, Angy you know I love you. I think we are long lost sisters or sumthin like that. I am half crazy I am told so maybe your that other half.

Ok I have lots more to add but I will BRB , TMI, LOL hehe. A certain someone would get that joke. Maybe he will post here.

 

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So we are home from Boston...and the need for a Disney Connection kicks in so Teresa(TTester) comes up with the idea for a Potomac Mills meet (I think the reality of it all was that she was remembering all themischief she caused on our road trip..my oh my if you have read that report you know how much mischief that lady can get into... )
So we decide on a lunchdate at Famous Daves at Potomac Mills. (Now keep in mind that previously there had been a Baltimore Dismeet and was it coincidence or what that an "awning" happened to fall off of a roof and damage MouseCops Car with T being right there, and if you read my Boston trippee you realize she rode in my car to Boston and it was vandalized....Well, this is how rumors get started Since Johnfish lives in Richmond I decide to meet up with him there and let him drive HIS car just to be on the safe side as I do not need any more "accidents" It is a lovely drive to Potomac Mills with great conversation and when we arrive Teresa is waiting on us. I had ordered a cake for her birthday but WallyWorld had lost my order so I had to rush and get one quickly and the only choc one they had was not the prettiest of cakes....The thought was there however and she knows I love her Here are some pictures from that meet.....

You will have to ask Teresa WHY I would buy her blonde hair dye...

It was so nice to spend a wonderful afternoon with a sweet group of people. It was nice to finally meet Mark(MouseCop) and John(Johnfish) They are both really great guys.

We are now into Augest and Labor Day is approaching fast. I have spent every Labor Day Weekend since 2001 at WDW with my son and now this year he cannot do so....Does that stop me???????????? NO WAY!!! I have now adopted Carrie as my daughter so I book the weekend at Pop and plant the seed of hope and desire in her mind.....If nothing else this will be another solo trip for me but all of a sudden I see her "ticker" Woohoo..she is "crashing a not so solo trip" and the dates are mine so she is in like Flynn......

 

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Ok Ok. I am here.. Yes it is I!

Ok wicked busy day today, and my tummy is telling me to go get lunch. But I do have plenty to add to this Trippie.

First, Angy you know I love you. I think we are long lost sisters or sumthin like that. I am half crazy I am told so maybe your that other half.

Ok I have lots more to add but I will BRB , TMI, LOL hehe. A certain someone would get that joke. Maybe he will post here.

A certain someone should definitly post here as HE is a VERY big part of my trippees if only in Spirit. His love of Disney is great and our love of him is great as well. His humor and silly antics make any day more fun

...and it is about time you get your butt over here to what is really going to end up being just as much your thread as mine as you will probably be in on 90% of all of my vacations to Disney and yea yea yea and all I hear is blah blah blah but you DO love hugs, your birthday cake SAID so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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So, now Carrie and I are counting the Labor Day weekend cannot get here fast enough for either one of us. We are arriving within 30 minutes of each other, I get there first and trip mojo is with us as our room is ready to go. I rest for about 30 minutes until Carrie arrives and then the fun begins....
Since pictures (as well as the lack thereof) are worth a thousand words.. will let the pictures speak for themselves.....

By now we are definitly into the 'spirit' of things

Adventurers Club here we come.....

I see a girl who looks just like a friend of my sons so I make Carrie climb up on the couch at the AC to get a pic I can send to Genesis...

Of course carrie has to get closeup shots of the statues butt as well....lol

Then of course we have to do more of this...

and all of led to the continuation of this trippie........

 

[Carrieannew]

Angy my friend you have left out a very important character

This my trip reading peeps in PenQ. Why is he so important you shall ask. Well he just is, deal with it
No No. He was given to me by a good friend... and then he was penguinnapped back... and then he was given back to me.. and.. he will be our travel photo penguin in our upcoming Disney Road Trip. You will be seeing much more of PenQ.

 

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Angy my friend you have left out a very important character

This my trip reading peeps in PenQ. Why is he so important you shall ask. Well he just is, deal with it
No No. He was given to me by a good friend... and then he was penguinnapped back... and then he was given back to me.. and.. he will be our travel photo penguin in our upcoming Disney Road Trip. You will be seeing much more of PenQ.

OH MY...Bad Angy...How could I ever forget PenQ (heheheh since I named him that...and have forgotten why did I do that?????..oh thats right, I am just random that way) Well, I think PenQ should be our Trippeee Mascot from here on out. He was penknapped and threats of violence to his little feathers was forthcoming ....poor PenQ we were "askeered" for his life...but he is safe once again in his loving owners arms (or in this case desktop)

 

[Carrieannew]

So, in January when I decide to jump on board the dis-train I am welcomed with open arms by some pretty sweet people. First and foremost was Miss Carrie...Her wit and her charm totally blew me away as I knew her sense of humor would keep me laughing.

Carrie lives in CT and is just a "youngun" compared to me, but we get along great.

Yes. Hello. Thats me!! Hi Everyone. So nice to meet ya'll.

There is a dismeet set up for May and we are all making plans for meeting each other at that time. During the next few months special friendships start to develop.
Finally May is here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh, it felt like we waited for forever. The bags are packed, the flights are reserved and ME vouchers are in our hands and little yellow stickers on our bags. I had had a solo trip to the world a month before and met a sweet lady named Tracy from Canada, now it was my chance to meet Carrie,Teresa, GoofyDadof3, MrSmee, Cait, Mel, Sha, Charlene...the adventure was just starting... Here are just a few of the pics from the May meet....

(this one is Teresa on ToT... )

Then John decides to take us on a parking lot tour. He and Randy are telling so many "stories" that they make baby jesus cry. We run thru the downpuring rain into the Polynesian Resort where we are able to take this beautiful picture of the view..

This is where some life long friendships began.....and this is how this trip report began in my mind.........(to be cont)

I heart our May Trip. Such good times. Great people. Too much to drink... crazy roommates... too much to drink... you get the picture. Memories we will keep forever. I am sure I have some more pics but they are on my laptop at home. *insert extra photo here*

 

[Carrieannew]

OH MY...Bad Angy...How could I ever forget PenQ (heheheh since I named him that...and have forgotten why did I do that?????..oh thats right, I am just random that way) Well, I think PenQ should be our Trippeee Mascot from here on out. He was penknapped and threats of violence to his little feathers was forthcoming ....poor PenQ we were "askeered" for his life...but he is safe once again in his loving owners arms (or in this case desktop)

I agree PenQ is our Trippeeee Mascot. We will take plenty of photos of him on the road trip down.

And for that matter he whole stole him shall remain nameless......

 

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so where was I.....oh yes....
so we meet more interesting people at AC

This lady was flirting via text with Genesis while her husband looked on....

Todd was a regular who showed us his MM tatt

Then I think there may have been some more of this.....just maybe..kinda...sorta.....but then again I could be wrong...

....but then again that could be why we ended up over at Mannequinns and on the Revolving Dancefloor.... Carrie and I made a new dance called the Princess Wave.....we made fun of some poor girl(who was not Carrie) who was passed out(and I do mean passed out as in she could not stand up) on the side of the dance floor while her friends said "Oh shes fine..."
and then there was a cute Cuban named Angel....ohlala....

and MAYBE a little of this....... (hehe look at the look at the girls face in the background as it is my favorite....)

but in the end I went "home" alone....

but prior to going home there was more of this....

........to be cont.....

 

[Carrieannew]

Tha May trip was the beginning of many wonderful adventures this summer. it was so nice to hang out with people that "got" my fascination with The Mouse. I knew that if I said I was going on vacation I wouldnt hear..."What, you are going to Disney AGAIN! with great disdain" but I would hear..."Yay, and I am so jealous, wish I could go with you" Not only did this group I hung out with "get" my disney addiction but they are a truly special group of people.Not once has anyone in the group I hung out with been ugly to another member of the group or even to others we do not see eye to eye on. The World is a big enough place for all of us, where we can get lost in the sea of faces and just agree to disagree, agreeably from the a distance. So for May, all was peaceful in "The World" I think what is the glue that holds this group of Dis-nuts together is our sense of humor. We know that happiness is found wherever we chose to make it. Whether it was getting off of TMR to the shouts of "Lyndsey" with everyone trying to be of service and telling total strangers, hey that guy is calling for you...to parking lot tours, certain ppl who passed out on poolside chaise lounges , my first dole whip float, my first glowtini, my first time to ride what Genesis has always considered kiddie rides, yet I found out they were so much fun. To sharing the zaniness of the Adventures Club, where certain ppl emabarassed me beyond belief, to hearing about "Jesus" and Seriously....Dude.... To a certain someone who got in trouble at Prime Time for texting me during dinner...

Ok Ok I must interupt this lovely story right here.
Ya... Lyndsey.. I still don't know who she is.. I am starting to think she never was his friend.. or someone he knew.. ya know what I mean..

Parking Lot tours... yeah those go without sayin... crazy.. I saw things at POP I had never seen before... (that goes for many things actually)

Glowtini = Love them. I made have had several on that trip.

AC... I have to say some of the best times I have had in the past 6 months where at the AC. I am still in mourning.

Jesus... ya this is what I have to say about him

Oh and the comment about the poolside chaise.. I have no comment.. None. I started my day today with hearing about that. Listen a girl falls asleep (not passed out thank you very much) once in a pool chair.. and she gets lableled.. what up with dat!?!?!

Ok continue...

To watching other people enjoy the thrill of the Tower of Terror for the first time in their lives and saying Never Again To fast passes and Soarin and Test Track...to all of the wonderful moments we shared...I will be forever grateful as "this group" rocks! These moments in May are why I am here...

We went home after May with the friendships we had forged...All of us suffering from huge Disney withdrawal and seriously needing our next fix...So the planning was started again..... I was able to go briefly for 2 days over Memorial Day weekend when it was our original intention to go to Myrtle Beach but I decided on a surprise to WDW for Genesis...


My next adventure was with Genesis for Star Wars Weekend....
Others had been able to go the weekend before....

Ok Need to pause again.. This is me... I think I went the weekend before.. Or something.. I think my roomie and I went back the first weekend in June... he is a huge... I repeat huge star wars fan.. moi... never seen the movie Yeah.. Again *insert photos here* I have pics at home I shall share later on. Ahh good times.. More drinking.. more AC.. more drinking.. making it back to my room each night.. ahh memories

I came back from MI but just had to make more plans...Summer was already starting to pass us by....what to do, what to do.....Aha!!! We finally came up with a plan. We decided a July 4th road trip to Boston.... There was a wonderful and silly trip report on the Singles For the Love Of Disney Thread..If I can ever find it I will post it here but lets just say it was a wonderful time where I picked up Teresa in MD and headed to Boston to meet up with Carrie, Cait. Tracy, Tom and Mel..... Mel loved us all so much that she made about 100 (or so it seemed..lol) jello shots and brought them over on the Green Line or Red Line or whichever it was but needless to say it had to be a pain for her but she is awesome and did this for all of us....
While we were there we celebrated Carries Birthday and Johns although he was only there in spirit!

Tom was an awesome tour guide who is also a fantastic cook who brought the essence of Disney to Boston with the Disney Recipes he cooked for us.. as well as sharing his fearless "steed" Cleo with us....

The road trip to Boston and the fun we shared just made us miss each other more.....so next meet was Potomac Mills.....to be cont

Ok I heart our Boston trip also. For many many reasons. Hoping Mel, Cait, Tom, TT or Tracy will chime in here also. Good Good times with great friends. Tom was a great hostness with the mostess. And the Jello shots... OMG Mel.. you rock.

 

[Carrieannew]

So, now Carrie and I are counting the Labor Day weekend cannot get here fast enough for either one of us. We are arriving within 30 minutes of each other, I get there first and trip mojo is with us as our room is ready to go. I rest for about 30 minutes until Carrie arrives and then the fun begins....
Since pictures (as well as the lack thereof) are worth a thousand words.. will let the pictures speak for themselves.....

By now we are definitly into the 'spirit' of things

Adventurers Club here we come.....

I see a girl who looks just like a friend of my sons so I make Carrie climb up on the couch at the AC to get a pic I can send to Genesis...

Of course carrie has to get closeup shots of the statues butt as well....lol

Then of course we have to do more of this...

and all of led to the continuation of this trippie........

Awww Labor Day
Yet another fantastic trip.

Lets see... there as drinking.... and umm dancin.. and umm drinking. (see why I didnt start this trip report people)

I have more pics at home. I will add.

Great great times.

 

[Carrieannew]

Well PenQ heard Angy talking about being our Trippppee Mascot and it went right to his head....

He tried to drink my Starbucks.

 

[tawasdave]

Awww Labor Day
Yet another fantastic trip.

Lets see... there as drinking.... and umm dancin.. and umm drinking. (see why I didnt start this trip report people)

I have more pics at home. I will add.

Great great times.

...and she wonders why she "fell asleep" in the pool lounger...GEEZ...I mean

DUDE

SERIOUSLY!!!

DUDE....

Lyndsey? Lyndsey...is that you?

DUDE


Oh and I see my back turns for just a minute and Ang is cheatin on me...typical woman...lol