Hi Rog- I am just popping in to your report to say that you are doing a great job. Thanks for posting the photos of the inside of Tinah's 5th wheel. It sure looks nice and clean. That is good to know, as this is such a great option for folks to consider. If I had to rent accommodations at the Fort, I would so much prefer to be in a real camping loop rather than a cabin loop.
Keep up the good work on your report. It is great!
TCD
Thanks TCD...it was great to get to meet you in person, and its always a pleasure to get some "report recognition" from the Master Of Reports!!!
Wow I think we missed out not going to all of the stuff at the Fort on Halloween and the GG!
I'll tell you...it was K-R-A-Z-Y on Halloween night around there...reminded me alot of Mardi Gras in New Orleans...but, ya know....with less nudity!!!!
Thank you SO much for posting the pics of the 5er ... We're renting it in Feb/Mar and absoLUTEly cannot wait!! I've been so curious about the inside ..
We're going for my birthday ... WOOHOO w/my 20 yo son and a buddy of his (who has NEVER been to Disney) ..
The camper is a great looking as I expected!
By the way your girls are beautiful!! Y'all look like you're having so much fun! (Except for your painful Sunday.. ) But even then at least you had a place to lay down outside....
You guys are gonna have a great time in the 5er....it was so much more than I expected. And it really was as easy as driving up to our site and unloading our luggage into it. Everything was set up perfectly, Tina had contacted me while on our way down to let us know it was ready for us and to not hesitate to call her if we needed anything. On the last day, we packed up, Gina gave it her OCD clean-up routine and we drove off, very sad to leave all of our DisFriends...who I can now call REAL LIFE FRIENDS!!!!
Thanks to everyone on the compliments of my kids being attractive....I didnt have much to do with that though...I have to credit my wife with that!!
BDR - I am so glad we got to meet you, wish we had more time to spend with you. I want to thank you again for desinging our family shirt, they all loved it. Your family looks like they had such a good time, that's what the FT does. Hope we can meet up again.
Lorna...it was way cool meeting you as well...you and your husband certainly know your stuff!!!! I enjoyed talking with you and I told the guy across the street from me about the 4wheel drive carts..he seemed very interested.
Ok...its now Tuesday and Im feeling good and healthy, so we head over to Hollywood Studios by about 11am. I wanted to meet up with Frank and Denise(2goofycampers & born2fish), but they were leaving as we were getting there...thats what happens when you dont get the kids out of bed till 9am!! Light crowds, wait times are low, and we found and stalked Jim & Nicole again. Today was a landmark in time for me & Gina.....we allowed our youngest daughter to go on toy story mania without us!!!! This was the most nerve racking 15-20 minutes of our lives!!! She was with our 12 year old and Seabees kids...but it was still hard to let go. Ya know....it didnt bother or worry ME at all, I knew everything would be fine...I was only biting my nails because they were way too long and getting in my way.
Jojo the clown and the Little Einstiens were begging us to take a picture with them because they knew who I was and wanted to freeze a moment in time with the legend known as ME!!!!
The Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a nice break from the noon heat...
(Its hard to get good shots in this dark little theater)
I had a few shots of Ariel as well...but they werent family friendly since she kept flashing me her goodies and blowing kisses at me(....ok, ok....maybe all the shots were just really bad and I need to learn how to use a camera in the dark!!)
Jim pulled some strings and got us all into the front row for Beauty and the Beast...THANKS JIM!!!! The front row gives you a different perspective on this show...you get to really see the facial expressions on the performers faces...not all of these performers take this job so overly serious and seem to just be up there having a good time....OTHERS "REALLY" take this to the hilt and overplay the parts so hard that I couldnt help but laugh at them, it was mostly the male performers...ya know...the ones who have the background parts and are really trying to get noticed so that they might get a lead part one day....it was sad....FUNNY AS HELL, but sad!!!! This was my favorite viewing of this performance in all of the times Ive seen it!!!
Belle was so believably sweet and delicate, and had a glossiness in her eyes that,....well.......lets just leave it at her eyes were really glossy...I think I developed a crush on Belle....she acted so sweet and innocent, buit I think she may have been a smokin hottie undercover!!!!
The 8 of us went to check out the backlot tour...always a favorite for many folks. This time it was gonna be a little better for us....Nicole and I got to be in the Naval Attack skit that starts the tour off!!! It was a real kick to finally be chosen for something this cool at WDW. I had always thought to myself "If I ever got picked to be in something like that, I would make it look cool...I wouldnt be as dorky as some of the people they always pick!"....I was wrong!!!! I was just as dorky if not more so!!!But I had a great time doing it..Nicole was AWESOME as the Captain of the team.
Ive seen this skit numerous times..I knew the mechanic gets the wall of water and I kept thinking "Make it look cool...make it look cool", but when that gush of water rushes through and slams you like a ton of bricks...there is NO making it look cool!!!!(sorry..Gina took these pics...and well...you know how that goes...but if you cross your eyes while looking at them, I think you might be able to make them out!!)
And if the pics werent bad enough...heres some video with terrible audio for you to endure!!!!!
and the full length motion picture is
here!!!
This may very well have been the highlight of doing the parks for me..Ive never been chosen to participate in anything at Disney before...Im pretty sure the only reason they allowed me this time was because I was with Nicole...so, again...Nicole...Thanks for letting us tag along with you!!!!
The rain came down pretty hard while we were on the ride part of the backlot tour, so the grounds were pretty well soaked....I was wearing
Crocs.....Crocs dont do well on wet ground and as I left the group to go find a smoking area, I slipped....and out went the back again!!!! Not nearly as bad as on Sunday, but it was really gnawing at me..so we left HS and went to the fort.....I found my reason to get some adult beverages into my system!!!! Wow...what happened Tuesday night at the fort was a bit of a blur...but we had a great time...a safe time...and believe it or not...no one got into any trouble or caused any scenes...well....there was this one incident of someone not making it to the toilet in the ladies room and just letting loose on the floor...but Im not mentioning any names or giving any details on that.
