Ringing in 2010, 6 months til we'll be back again

[nowellsl]

All the time I've spent at POP and I've never seen a sandhill crane there. They are huge!

 

[hlrababy]

For those in Georgia who visit Arbor Place Mall, the Disney store is closing on Sunday. Not what I wanted to hear or see. Everything is an additional 40% off. Not much to chose from, mostly stuffed animals.

I am so sad about that!! I meant to go there about 3 weeks ago and stock up, but didn't make it. The one I will have to go to now is Town Center..ugh! I always went to Arbor for black friday shopping!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Those sandhill cranes are hilarious! I would have been giggling right along with Brooklyn!

I can see those thoughts of french fries in Bella's eyes as she gazes adoringly at the Potato Heads.

 

[Happy Elf]

Great updates....I'm so far behind. Can't seem to make it to the computer much these days. Luckily I can do FB from my ipod, but DIS doesn't do so well on it. Have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!

 

[lmillercrew]

What a cute picture of Brooklyn getting ready to knock somebody's block off!

 

[reelmom]

I am so sad about that!! I meant to go there about 3 weeks ago and stock up, but didn't make it. The one I will have to go to now is Town Center..ugh! I always went to Arbor for black friday shopping!

Discover Mills and North Point have Disney stores also. Not sure if they are closing.

The CM(are they called CM's at the store?) at the Disney Store told me that the lease was up at Arbor Place and Disney did not want to renew. She said that Disney requires a 3 million dollars a year profit on their stores. They weren't coming anywhere near that. Seems like a lot to ask of a mall store.

 

[sunny_stace]

I love the pictures of Bankrobber Bellarie and Little Boxer Girl Brooklyn!! Sooooo cute! I have to say I don't think I've ever seen those cranes outside of Animal Kingdom! I've seen them during the Safari before. I've seen a bunch of them in Palmetto, FL before though. Maybe they wanted a WDW vacation and they were looking for good value at the Pop! A place to rest their weary wings after a long day at the parks...

 

[punkin413]

However, there were some feathered friends who were new to us.

no comment.

I bet Bella is thinking that big potato could produce a heck of a lot of French fries!

 

[micandminforever]

The last time we were at Pop Century those birds were outside of our room playing and making a lot of noise.

The girls looked like they were enjoying their morning walk. One of my favorite activities in the morning is just walk around PC and enjoy the sounds and smells. Everything at PC smells and sounds better than they do at home.

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

So while MeMom and the girls were hanging out at Pop me and the guys had headed to DHS for some Toy Story Mania and Tower of "Tara".

Trent was super excited to be up and going to rope drop.

The masses headed toward Pixar Place.

Headed inside

After TSM we headed down to Tower of "Tara". We had to wait in line for about 25 minutes. When we got into the room Trent decided to stand right under the TV like a nerd. That is the top of his head at the bottom screen.

As we left the preshow area there was a group behind us 3 teenage girls with a mom and dad. Apparently the girls had never ridden before and they were standing together holding hands and talking about how they were scared and about to cry. For those of you who don't know Trent, he loves to goof off with people he knows and people he doesn't know. This poor family was adopted by our group. We got up to the elevator and they asked how many in our group Trent told them 9. That led to some confusion since they didn't know we had adopted them for the ride. We finally got them situated on their spots. I sat in the back with Trent and Jarvis, John sat on the middle row with the parents, and we managed to convince the girls to take the front row. We started to go up and in the darkness Trent screamed which of course made the girls scream and shriek. Here is our little adopted family.

On our way out Trent's streetmosphere girlfriend from earlier in the month was out and so he stopped to say hi. You can check out the videos on my facebook page since photobucket is being uncooperative.

Here they are together. I definitely think he traded up when he switched from this lovely lady to Jamie!

We loaded the bus and headed back to Pop.

The time was now.

 

[praisehisname]

Those birds are huge! I'm not generally afraid of birds, but I would have been a little freaked out to see them in my path!

 

[praisehisname]

The time was now.

You made great time!

 

[tinkgurl]

Oooh MeMom, your pics are getting me more and more excited!

 

[arkie]

My most favorite ride ever......Man I would have loved to have been on it with your group.

 

[MaryAz]

Those birds are huge! I'm not generally afraid of birds, but I would have been a little freaked out to see them in my path!

Um, POP is now OUT ACK!!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Those are some brave birds! I laughed out loud at Bella's expression at those giant Taters. and your comment made me laugh even louder!!!

You guys did make great time getting back on the bus! We were on a bus to Epcot at that time!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Trent cracked me up adopting that family!

 

[MeMom]

All the time I've spent at POP and I've never seen a sandhill crane there. They are huge!

It was so neat to see them, especially so close. They walked up to us and then around us a little with no fear at all. I guess they figured since we had no food, they'd try the people in the room.

I am so sad about that!! I meant to go there about 3 weeks ago and stock up, but didn't make it. The one I will have to go to now is Town Center..ugh! I always went to Arbor for black friday shopping!

Just hope you keep the ones you have left. Seems like there is a huge Disney axe swinging around the stores these days!

Those sandhill cranes are hilarious! I would have been giggling right along with Brooklyn!

I can see those thoughts of french fries in Bella's eyes as she gazes adoringly at the Potato Heads.

Yeah, she's already got Mr. Potato Head fried and salted in her mind!

Great updates....I'm so far behind. Can't seem to make it to the computer much these days. Luckily I can do FB from my ipod, but DIS doesn't do so well on it. Have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!

The girls will be at my school this afternoon, so it will be a great day and weekend for me.

What a cute picture of Brooklyn getting ready to knock somebody's block off!

She's exhausted after punching hard for about 38 seconds.

Discover Mills and North Point have Disney stores also. Not sure if they are closing.

The CM(are they called CM's at the store?) at the Disney Store told me that the lease was up at Arbor Place and Disney did not want to renew. She said that Disney requires a 3 million dollars a year profit on their stores. They weren't coming anywhere near that. Seems like a lot to ask of a mall store.

Gosh, I thought I spent close to three million at ours last year.

I love the pictures of Bankrobber Bellarie and Little Boxer Girl Brooklyn!! Sooooo cute! I have to say I don't think I've ever seen those cranes outside of Animal Kingdom! I've seen them during the Safari before. I've seen a bunch of them in Palmetto, FL before though. Maybe they wanted a WDW vacation and they were looking for good value at the Pop! A place to rest their weary wings after a long day at the parks...

The birds seemed to be looking for a hand-out, and we had nothing to offer. They weren't hateful about it, though; they just moved on to the next people.

no comment.

I almost entitled that group of pictures Dawn's Worst Nightmare.

The last time we were at Pop Century those birds were outside of our room playing and making a lot of noise.

The girls looked like they were enjoying their morning walk. One of my favorite activities in the morning is just walk around PC and enjoy the sounds and smells. Everything at PC smells and sounds better than they do at home.

You know I love morning walks around Pop. It's fun to watch it go from totally quiet, except for the CM's doing their work, to seeing a few people pop out of rooms to smoke or go get coffee, then to families heading toward bus stops, then to a busy food court and lively pool during the day.

Those birds are huge! I'm not generally afraid of birds, but I would have been a little freaked out to see them in my path!

They were not a bit aggressive. Just walked up to us, said hello, saw that we had no food, and walked on.

You made great time!

This family does not play when it comes to making rope drop and getting in the rides!

Oooh MeMom, your pics are getting me more and more excited!

You just have about three weeks left.

My most favorite ride ever......Man I would have loved to have been on it with your group.

We'll do it someday.

Um, POP is now OUT ACK!!

It's just part of the refurb - bigger, better birds!

Those are some brave birds! I laughed out loud at Bella's expression at those giant Taters. and your comment made me laugh even louder!!!

You guys did make great time getting back on the bus! We were on a bus to Epcot at that time!

You can do so much so quickly in the mornings.

Trent cracked me up adopting that family!

Anyone who ends up in a line with him and reveals that they are new to Disney or expresses any emotion of fear - they will become part of our family before the ride starts. This is not our first adopted family!

If you have seen the Disney trip planning video from a few years ago where everyone gets invited into the picture...that would be Trent!

 

[k_reile]

actually memom...dawn has F.O.B. fear of birds...learned that fact during flights of wonder and thought of her. LOL!

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

Those are the coolest birds! I love how the animals at WDW just come around you without any fear.

They probably look at us like "we are the weird creatures"

It must have been very special for you to have had that morning stroll with your two princesses!

Poor Bella...she will never live the "fries" down....

I love that they adopted the other family, Trent is such a nice guy!

Have fun with all the girls today!