Plankton and the Mason's "Magic"-al vacation!

[Karen Mouse]

Wow there are some sad faces here.

I know, we were all trying to be cheerful but we were failing miserably.

Hi Karen I just started reading your trippie and I'm loving it already! I love all the pictures from MNSSHP, it looks like they have different/more decorations this year, they look great but they're making me want to go to Disney World right now Oh and yes I am still hummimg the "Boo to you" tune, I love it! Thanks for picking up the CD for me

Thanks for reading Cheryl - glad you liked the cd - its on in our house all the time!

 

[Karen Mouse]

NO NO NO IT CAN'T BE OVER!!!!! Oh wait I can go back to page one and start over again, whew thought I was going to have a panic attack there.
You did an awesome job Karen, thanks for sharing.

PS If you are ever in CA stop by my house, I have a Mickey Mouse waffle maker.

Its not quite over yet - I have two more days to go and then Plankys summary

Another round of great pics and story, too, Karen!

Thanks Paige

Really awesome trippie - and great pics too! Thanks for sharing!!

You're welcome - thanks for dropping in

 

[Cheryl N. WI]

Karen I just finished reading what you have here so far! You have done a FABULOUS job on your trippie. I have loved reading all of it and all of the pictures are great! I can't wait to read the rest and see more pictures, I'm glad there is still more to come and you made it beyond page 10! I must admit you are making me want to go back to WDW and on another Disney cruise right now! I hope we will be able to make KK2!

 

[Walt & Di]

Karen,

Excellent Job on the Trip Report...

Love the pictures and thanks for the memories, life lasting...

Walt

 

[cntkg1]

Great Job Karen.

I dub you "Mother Goose" of the Konked Kruisers II cruise!!

You rock Mrs. M.

 

[Dyerneeds]

After a while he headed back to the ship early

and then he bumped into Mike - aka Underdog

so Planky decided to put his outfit on too

then he left Mike cos he had an appointment with the Captain

The Captain had offered to let Planky "drive the ship"

:

how is it you had that underdog costume for planky and i (the real underdog)
never saw it? was planky leading a triple life?
seriously, where did that costume come from? it great !!
love the report karen.

 

[Karen Mouse]

Karen I just finished reading what you have here so far! You have done a FABULOUS job on your trippie. I have loved reading all of it and all of the pictures are great! I can't wait to read the rest and see more pictures, I'm glad there is still more to come and you made it beyond page 10! I must admit you are making me want to go back to WDW and on another Disney cruise right now! I hope we will be able to make KK2!

Thank you for reading Cheryl - glad you liked it....I'm not good at words like Brenda so I just thought I'd throw a load of photos at you

Karen,

Excellent Job on the Trip Report...

Love the pictures and thanks for the memories, life lasting...

Walt

Thanks Walt.....I love photos - they always bring back such wonderful memories...heres to KK2!

Great Job Karen.

I dub you "Mother Goose" of the Konked Kruisers II cruise!!

You rock Mrs. M.

No Way MG...you're the only Goose around here

how is it you had that underdog costume for planky and i (the real underdog)
never saw it? was planky leading a triple life?
seriously, where did that costume come from? it great !!
love the report karen.

Cheryl let me borrow it - its a dog costume - not sure which shop it came from but she'd be able to tell you.


I had intended getting a photo of the 2 of you together, but time just ran away with me onboard....I cant believe how quickly the days zipped by...we missed doing a lot of things....(hence KK2! ) and getting Ellis to bed at a semi reasonable time was also hard....we didnt want to leave Rockin Bar D and he didnt want to leave the kids club, but if we hadnt, it would have ruined the following day - he needs his sleep or he's real grotty and miserable - just like his Dad

 

[Karen Mouse]

Sunday 29th October - aka Rain day

Today started out very rainy....we went into Disney Quest and spent a good 3-4 hours in there! - couldnt believe the time went so quickly....It was fairly busy but plenty of things to do and of course lunch finished with some cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory outlet in there!

We went back to the hotel, did a lot of packing and then relaxed for a bit and drank some wine.

We ate at TGI's and then headed into Magic Kingdom to watch Spectro and Wishes.
Wishes is still by far my favourite display over illuminations etc. I just love it and play the cd often at home and it always brings a lump in my throat and a tar to my eye....I know - I'm soppy.

Monday 30th October - aka Magic Kingdom Day

We got up, ate the last slices of cheesecake for brekkie, showered, packed, checked out and then headed to Downtown Disney.


We were flying with Virgin and they have an offsite check in facility.

No queues for check in, bags only slighty over in weight so no excess baggage payment (phew!) and checked Ellis' onboard meal had been ordered then it was goodbye luggage - hello Magic Kingdom!





As soon as we were in the Magic Kingdom we met Mary Poppins - she was positively perfect in every way!

Ok, its time for a sing song...is everybody ready?


Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow....starting at the end of every day

Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow...and tomorrow is just a dream away

Man has a dream and thats the start, he follows his dream with mind and heart

and when it becomes a reality its a dream come true for you and me...



oh theres a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day....theres a great big beautiful tomorrow, just a dream away

and then (of course) we went on the blue train ride....again

and then Buzz

Neil really meant business

Then the haunted mansion

pirates

and big thunder railroad

Ever noticed Walts window? - it above the bakery on the corner of main street

 

[Karen Mouse]

continued...



We got to ride in the cab with the driver on the monorail

then its was on the shuttle tram one last time

Back to the car lot

Back to the car

And out of Disney

And off to the airport

We handed the car back in, went upstairs and had a wander round the shops to kill a little time...........





And that was when we heard it...."buy me"



....it was faint at first,




....."buy me"....



barely audible...




but it got louder "BUY ME"




....and louder...."BUY ME!",




we followed the sounds until we found out what was making all that noise........

A Plankton sitting in the Universal Studios shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well of course I had to buy him - I had grown rather attached to Brenda's and I wanted to keep him! - Now I have my very own Planky! - he's actually Planky number 3....Brenda has the original Planky - aka Planky 1, Nancy has Planky 2 and I now have Planky 3............and if there are any other saddo's out there in Dissland who want a Planky of their own.....there are Planky 4,5,6,7,8,9 etc all yelling "buy me!" in the Universal shop at the airport...... Go on .....you know you want a Planky

He wasnt thrilled to be flying economy class, but we made it home without any "nut incidents".

Here's the sunrise above the clouds before we came into land

and heres the plane engine

and thats Greater Manchester below us

and now we're on the tarmac waiting to get off.

Next episode - Planky's summary

 

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, last bit of the trippie............


"Thank goodnees for that" I hear you all whisper



And now for the mushy part.........

I just wanted to thank everyone of the KK'ers for making our holiday so wonderful. The WDW part was great, especially the MNSSHP, but the part we always talk about is the cruise and the lovely friends we made on there.

I joined the thread just over a year before the cruise, a few people were already chatting and they welcomed me as we did to the others that joined afterwards.......I must just say what a wonderful set of people we had on our thread, we supported each other through good times and bad times, and we watched our youngest KK'er grow up from a teeny tiny newborn to the beauty she is today at nearly a year old. It wasnt just a Disney chat site, it was a friends site....

I have made some lovely new friends who made our cruise the best and most magical cruise ever, so for that, KK'ers, I thank you.

Here come the individual thank you's

A special thank you to Jeff - my personal travel guide onboard and prior to the cruise and for organising the bracelets, his lovely wife Suz and son Logan for being our tablemates and sitting in the "nut free zone" without complaint

A huge hug and a thank you goes to Nancy - for my wonderful birthday present, my magnets for my door, my SRESIURK DEKNOK T shirt, for organising dis tag and all your hard work before the cruise and most importantly for being the loveliest and kindest person I've ever met.

A big thank you to Cass for organising our logo and helping me make my t shirts etc and for sharing her daughter with us all

A big thank you to everyone who helped on the yahoo site we set up to share info

A big thank you to all the ladies who helped me with Planky's wardrobe - I couldnt have done it without your help

A big thank you to the ladies who organised the wine tasting for us all

A big thank you to Brenda for letting me borrow her Planky

Finally
A big thank you to my hubby Neil for paying for the cruise, and putting up with me and a big thank you to my munchkin, Ellis for being a good boy (most of the time ) onboard




Now, Planky has some parting shots he wanted to share with you


Here he is writing his trippie

This was his favourite post

Hey! - I look real cool don't I!

And here he is at home

Ellis keeps trying to steal him, but he's mine!

He spends most of his days chilling out on my bed and chatting to Mickey.

So thats it folks..............THE END!


A HUGE thank you for reading and keeping my going with your lovely comments, I hope it hasnt been too painful or boring.....

I have just one more thing to say



Roll on October 2009 - Konked Kruisers 2

 

[cntkg1]

Writing this with teary eyes....

Karen, just so you know, YOU my dear, are one of the best things that ever happened to the KK's!!!

I humbly thank you for that!!


Goose

 

[cntkg1]

Snagging a teary eyed F.O!!

 

[Timon]

Karen,

Just wanted to say that it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your family! I wish we could have spent more time chatting but I was busy with a little pincess

Thanks for the entertaining trippie, we had lots of fun following along on your adventures with Planky!

Looking forward to KK2

 

[disgrits]

Kinda sad that the report is over, Karen. It was fun to read. I enjoyed chatting with you and Suz and your husbands on the beach at CC. I wish we could have done that a little more often. I feel that way about lots of the kkers actually. The time went by too fast. It's too bad we weren't all staying on for that 2nd week--I guess in the end there wouldn't have been room for all of us to stowaway in Chris' stateroom!

And I'm with you--roll on Oct 09 KK2!!

 

[minnieandmickey]

Great trippie Karen. I joined the KK group late in the game, and it was such a warm and welcoming group. Looking forward to getting to know you and everyone else more as our KK2 approaches. Thanks again for sharing, thanks for sharing to Planky (although the swimsuit was sharing a little too much)

 

[Karen Mouse]

Snagging a teary eyed F.O!!

Karen,

Just wanted to say that it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your family! I wish we could have spent more time chatting but I was busy with a little pincess

Thanks for the entertaining trippie, we had lots of fun following along on your adventures with Planky!

Looking forward to KK2

I know what you mean - the time flew by and we felt the same - so many new friends and so little time to chat

Kinda sad that the report is over, Karen. It was fun to read. I enjoyed chatting with you and Suz and your husbands on the beach at CC. I wish we could have done that a little more often. I feel that way about lots of the kkers actually. The time went by too fast.

And I'm with you--roll on Oct 09 KK2!!

I feel exactly the same - Neil and I were saying we'd have liked to spend more time with the people on late dining but it was difficult fitting it all in - oh well, theres always KK2

Great trippie Karen. I joined the KK group late in the game, and it was such a warm and welcoming group. Looking forward to getting to know you and everyone else more as our KK2 approaches. Thanks again for sharing, thanks for sharing to Planky (although the swimsuit was sharing a little too much)

Just be grateful it wasnt Jeff iin his green swimsuit and it was only Planky

 

[ktjl92]

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us. Especially loved all the pics!

 

[Cheryl N. WI]

Karen I am very sad to see your trippie end I have thoroughly enjoyed it! I too wish we would have had more time to spend chatting with you and your family and alot of other KKers too so I am really hoping we'll be able to make KK2!

 

[Karen Mouse]

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us. Especially loved all the pics!

Thanks for sticking it out to the end

Karen I am very sad to see your trippie end I have thoroughly enjoyed it! I too wish we would have had more time to spend chatting with you and your family and alot of other KKers too so I am really hoping we'll be able to make KK2!

KK2

 

[A fat english gent]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....