Runnin' Down a Dream...6/22 - 2 NEW-Pg 24/#356&#358 IT'S FINALLY FINAL!!!!!!

[Lauralee131]

So rather than drag the If You Choose Not to Decide pre-trip over here, I thought I’d start fresh. But I’ve spent 2 days coming up with a title…and as I write this, I’ve got nothing. So, while I stir my creative juices, I’ll do some quick introductions…actually, I’ll copy and paste them from the pre-trip, how’s that? I’ll save myself some time and hopefully get this thing posted tonight. Hmmm…maybe since the pre-trip is called If You Choose Not to Decide, I should call this one Undecided. Nah. Not much of a ring to it…

Ok, maybe by tomorrow. But anyway, without further delay, here we are…

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Lauralee131, aka LL, aka The Mominator…38…VERY soon to be (cough, cough) 39-and-holding. I’m an office manager/accountant for one of the largest construction companies in the country which keeps me super busy. I’m heading down the home stretch of my current assignment in North Carolina, due to be transferred out by the end of 2008. To where though, is anybody’s guess. I hope it’s somewhere warm though, as the Carolina weather has spoiled me! I’ve grown up Disney and am lucky enough to be married to a man who gives in to my Disney addictions and have a little boy who’s turning out to be just like his mama (much to his father’s dismay) and he loves WDW almost as much as I do.

My DH, Tony, is 49 and a great guy. He has to be, to put up with me, dontcha think? Tony works for a general contractor – on the same project as me, so we see each other fairly often during the day. Luckily we still manage to find things to talk about after being around each other all the time. Tony’s an amazingly talented carpenter and an even better father and has the patience of a saint. He loves to play golf, although he’s not as good as some people’s husbands’ on this board…ahem…Golf was a big part of the reason he agreed to buy into DVC when we toured Saratoga Springs Resort. He was thrilled at the idea of walking out of our villa and onto the golf course. Ok, it doesn’t really work like that, but hey, it worked – he signed the papers!

Our DS, Michael, is 6 and in first grade. I can’t even begin to list the traits he’s gotten from me…again, much to his father’s dismay. He’s an absolute riot and all boy. He thinks girls are gross, Transformers and Power Rangers are his reason for living and he also thinks that he’s going to marry his Mommy someday! How sweet is that?!?!? Michael’s a thrill ride junkie, again, just like me, and would go back and forth between Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Space Mountain all day if you’d let him. This trip will be his first ride on Expedition Everest and he’s beyond excited about that.

Ok, so now in the pre-trip there’s mention of other DIS’ers, but in the interest of time, there’s 2 more introductions I’ll list here and there will be some cameo appearances down the road…

First up, my very dear friend, PrincessV! V, say hello and take a bow!

Pause for applause…

V will be at the World for a few days in the beginning of our trip and we’re planning on spending some time together. Now, if you don’t know PrincessV, I don’t know how the heck you even found me. She’s got a great TR going on now called History of The World Part V. If you haven’t read it, stop right now and go read it.

Wait, you came this far. Read this and THEN go check hers out…

V is an all around awesome person and I’m very glad to have her as a friend. Real or imaginary! She’s totally together and I aspire to be half the mom that she is. I don’t know how she does it and plan on taking very good notes this week!! LY V, MI!!

V’s darling DS, Leo, will be here too. As you’ll see, Leo and Michael get along fabulously and if not for living 700+ miles apart, something tells me they, like their mamas, would probably be very close.

Leo’s an absolute doll with big brown eyes you can get lost in. V’s going to be beating the girls off her little man in a few years time.

Ok, so long story short – and again, it’s in the pre-trip, but Tony, my DH couldn’t make this trip so it’s just Michael and I, which should be interesting. I’m nervous about doing this alone, but have decided not to expose my jugular to my little man and hope it goes well. He’s actually a very cool little guy (he gets that from me) so I’m sure (hoping) we’ll be just fine.

Now this January trip will be the first of 3 trips we’ll be taking to WDW this year. We’re going again in August and then again in November. That’s 3 more chances at winning a Dream. Anything will do. Even a stinkin’ certificate. I’ll take anything. Honest! I’m not proud! I think this trip will be our fourth during the Year of a Million Dreams. No wait, it’s our 3rd. But still. So far, I’ve gotten nothing. And I’ll be honest with ya’ll, I have a hard time even getting DVC Member Services or Disney Dining to wish me a Magical Day on the phone, so I’m not holding out hope for much luck in the Theme Parks, but here’s hoping...

But oh what I wouldn’t give to win a night in the Castle. Who am I kidding? I’d be thrilled with even a lanyard or a ride certificate. After all, it’s an honor just to be nominated, right?

So far though, the Dream Squad has eluded me and it’s my mission to make my presence known to them this trip.



OH MY GOD! I’ve got it! I’ll call this trip report “Runnin’ Down a Dream”…like the Tom Petty song!! Great! We’ve got that outta the way, what do you say we get on with the show then??

Oh and here's a link to the pre-trip for anyone that needs it....It's called If You Choose Not to Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1679061

 

[OhMari]

I think you should want to link your pre-trip to this. Keep it together, kinda thing. Otherwise it is going to get lost in cyberspace pre-trip territory.

 

[Lauralee131]

I think you should want to link your pre-trip to this. Keep it together, kinda thing. Otherwise it is going to get lost in cyberspace pre-trip territory.

I will, I'll do it tomorrow...I'm beat...going to bed. 4:30 comes TOO early...

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

You did NOT put Mominator on your stroller!

YOU ROCK!!!


ETA: I can't believe how much Michael has changed since August!!! These kids are growin' up too fast, I tell ya!

 

[MeLaNie9]

I'm on board! I have finally caught one of your TR's at the start! Yay! I am always playing major catch-up. I'm enjoying V's and I am sure I will love yours too

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The trippie has started! Can't wait!

 

[KimAshton]

I am on board. You son is so adorable heck so is PrincessV's.

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

This is what I get for signing off the DIS early, I miss the beginning of the TR. Darnit. At least I'm on page 1

Ok going back to read.

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Ok I've read!

Love the Mominator on the stroller and the fact that there are cameos.

Michael looks so grown up in the pic too. Cutie as always, I think you'll be beating girls off with a stick along with V.

Can't wait to read more.

 

[Lauralee131]

It was so hard to get through the morning at work…I was packed and ready to go by the night before and even had all the suitcases in the car. All I had to do was get through 2 hours at work. They were the worst. I kept checking the clock on my wall in my office as though the battery had died. It couldn’t possibly be right – it seemed to be stuck at 8:30.

Then of course, as could be expected, all kinds of last minute emergencies came in and before I knew it, it was 9:30 and I was rushing out the door!

I went to Michael’s school and picked him up and we were on our way out of town!! We stopped at McDonald’s for an early lunch and it turned out that we had more time than I’d anticipated so we were able to just kind of hang out and chat about all the exciting things we wanted to do.

It was a pain in the neck traveling by myself with the little guy who all of a sudden had no muscles. He was unable to help me with the 2 fully packed suitcases. Nor was he able to help me with the backpack and 3 carry on bags we had. I must’ve been quite the sight. I left the 3 carry-on’s in the truck, lugged the 2 suitcases across the parking lot and through the maze of ropes to the check-in desk, knocking over 2 stanchions on the way.

We checked our luggage and had an hour to spare. Back out to the truck to get the carry-on bags and again, Michael was unwilling/unable to help me. Great. No problem. I got it. So, I let him play in the back of the truck for a few minutes while I grabbed one last smoke break and then we headed inside to wait for our flight. And despite having taken his medication, Michael was bouncing off the walls. Luckily I’d brought a little Buzz Lightyear card game and a couple of Transformers to play with to keep us busy both here and on the plane. For some reason, I looked at my boarding pass and noticed there were no seat numbers on it.

I knew this couldn’t be right. Allegiant Air actually charges you $11.00 per person, each way to choose your seats so that you can ensure your party sits together. Ok, so we already know I’m not mother-of-the-year, but it really wasn’t a big deal to me to spend the money to be sure Michael and I could sit together. I knew that as long as we checked in early, the staff would assign us seats together. Provided there were some available, that is.

As I looked around the tiny airport of Kinston, North Carolina, I realized it was filling up quickly. Then I remembered that I’d checked on line to see if there were any seats available in case I could talk Tony into joining us for the weekend and the flight was full.

Rather than take a chance, I gathered up the carry-on bags and my whining son and went back to the check-in clerk and showed him the boarding passes missing a seat number. He looked in the computer and wrote 7A and 7C on our passes. Cool. Glad we got that squared away!!

Before we knew it, we were boarding the plane. Phew. I was already getting stressed out trying to amuse Michael to no avail. But who can blame the kid. He was going to Disney World. He’s been waiting to go back there since the day we left in August and we’d done nothing but talk about our upcoming trip for weeks so it was natural for him to be excited.

But this was different. It was just me. Tony stayed behind and I had no back-up. No wing man. And I just know the kid can smell fear. I was screwed.

Nonetheless, I put on a happy face and managed to get my kid and all our crap into our assigned seats and let out a giant sigh. I chatted with a woman in the seat just behind and across from me, whom I’d talked to earlier. Then I heard it.

A witchy voice, demanding my boarding pass. I turned and looked and there was an older couple in the aisle, the man closest to me with his pass in hand. He was sort of blushing and said “I think you’re in our seats”. With that the wife, in a tone just short of a yell, said “You’re in our seats. Let me see your boarding pass.”

Grrrrrrrrr….

“No,” I said showing my boarding pass to her husband in a way that she couldn’t see it, “we are in OUR seats”. The husband showed me his passes and sure enough, our seat numbers were hand written on their boarding passes too. Sorry, Charlie. I ain’t moving. I was first at the check-in desk, I was first with my AIS (that’s for you, T!) and I’m not moving my child and all our crap. With that she got into a huff and refused to move until the situation got straightened out.

Now the aisle was backed up with people and the flight attendant was in a tizzy to get the plane loaded so she asked the couple to sit in the row in front of us until they got the situation resolved. Much to my amusement, as soon as they sat down, the people who were actually assigned those seats showed up.

It was a cluster. They finally were given seats in the back of the plane and just about everyone was loaded. Then they shuffled around a couple of people so that a little boy could sit with his family and I thought we were ready to go.

The last passenger walked on the plane and stopped dead in her tracks at the front row of seats. She had an interesting look on her face…one of fury and confusion all in one. Then she started waving around her boarding pass and loudly asking what sounded to me like a rhetorical question…”Is this some kind of JOKE?!?!”

Nothing. No answer.

Then I heard her say “Are you guys KIDDING ME with this?” Again, waving the pass around like she was fanning the face of someone who was about 2 feet taller than her.

Turns out the people that checked her in, also hand-wrote her seat number. Row 4, Seat A (I think it may have been A, but it was definitely Row 4). So what’s the problem, you ask?

There is no Row 4. The seats start in Row 5!!

So they whisked the lady off the plane to straighten things out and we sat…waiting…

The lady I’d talked to earlier had told me that this happened to someone else on last week’s flight and they sat until 8pm until they resolved it. Apparently, according to her friend who was on the plane, they not only screwed up seat numbers, but over booked the plane.

Luckily for us though, we took off not too much later and we were in the air in no time.

We finally landed at Sanford and it was time to struggle with the luggage again. We went to the Enterprise counter, got our keys and went to get the luggage at baggage claim. Sadly, Michael STILL had no muscles and couldn’t help me carry and drag the 5 bags (and yeah, and his booster seat) out of the airport and into the parking garage to get the car.

We finally found the car and were on our way.

Directly into Friday rush hour traffic…arghhh

It took almost an hour and a half, but we finally made it to our home for the evening…Port Orleans Riverside.

We went inside and Michael parked himself in front of the television while I checked us in. Oh, and by the way, the CM asked to see my annual pass to give me the AP rate…just in case any of you were wondering if they ever do that...

Anyway, we were given our map, KTTW cards and welcome packet and were on our way. Alligator Bayou, Room 3551. By looking at the map it looked kind of far to walk back to get something to eat so I tried to get something closer to the front, but they were all full. We stayed there and hit the food court for a quick dinner rather than come back out. Michael got the kids’ macaroni and cheese and I ordered from the pasta bar. If you haven’t tried it, I recommend it! I ordered fettucini with shrimp, mushrooms and prosciutto in an alfredo sauce and it was YUMMY. I watched them make it right in front of me and it was put into a shorter, wider version of a Chinese takeout container with a bunch of grated cheese.

We grabbed a table by the water wheel and ate some dinner and Michael was really digging the place and was already asking to come back during the daytime. “We’ll see. We have to check in to OKW tomorrow and head to Epcot so you’ll have to get up early, Buddy.”

We went and found our building – it was out there. Boy I’m glad we ate first. I was already starting to feel tired having been up at 4:30am and traveling just knocks me out. I looked around a bit before I lugged our stuff out of the car and the first thing I found, or didn’t find, was an elevator…Oh crap.

Now if you all recall, I re-packed my suitcases so that I’d only have to bring one in for the first couple of nights. Well thank God for that! No freakin’ elevator?? Are ya kidding me? Even All Star Sports had an elevator. Granted this building only has 2 floors, but seriously. This sucked.

Now, I’m gonna have to go back and look at my little resort map, but seriously, I couldn’t find an elevator anywhere. So…not only did Michael’s little muscles not work to help me carry anything, but now they were tired and he could barely get himself up the stairs. I did what any loving mother would do, I told him I’d bring him a blanket and pillow and he could sleep there on the stairs because there was no way I could carry him up after lugging everything else up and into the room.

So after he filed that little moment away to save for future therapy he suddenly was able to not only walk, but carry a bag. Funny how that works, eh?

Now the plan was to hit Epcot that night – they had EMH – could way to start our vacation right? Head over there, pick up my AP/DDE cards and enjoy a couple of hours rather than waste a whole night, right? Well, I was more tired than I thought as I bagged the whole thing. I decided that we’d relax and get a good night’s sleep and hit it hard tomorrow.

So, off we went to find a couple of soda’s and some ice so we could settle in for the night. Well, let me tell ya, the soda machine we found looked antique and…it was empty. Great. It was one of those old ones that were ½ candy on top and ½ soda on the bottom. Nothing.

So, off we went to the downstairs one. Luckily we found a soda machine from this century and for a mere $2.50 I was able to get a soda. Luckily I had my own Jack! We got some ice and headed back to our room. I figured I’d get Michael in the tub and I’d settle in with a cocktail whilst he played for a bit. I went to put my soda in the fridge and found the fridge wasn’t working. It was plugged in, but…nothin’.

Great. And there was some kind of sticker, almost like the ones on the back of a Bic lighter half stuck to the door and half peeled off. If you look really closely (Tracy's probably already noticed it with her eagle eyes!) you can see a little white "something". That's the sticker. But anyway, with that, I decided to take a closer look around.

There were food crumbs on the carpet.

On the table were 2 papers…one was a bounceback offer for 30% off your next stay if you booked and put a deposit down while you were staying there. The other was a letter dated January 10th regarding the marathon. Hello? This is the 18th. Eeewwwww.

Well, I’ll tell ya what…I wish I could take that Bounceback offer and bounce back in time to about 2 weeks ago and book Carribean Beach instead of Port Orleans!!

It only got worse…I walked into the bathroom and looked in the tub. It looked like someone had gotten their hair cut…a bunch of short, dark hairs (but thankfully straight and not curly!) littered the tub. When I pulled the door away from the wall, there was a dust-bunny-ball of a bunch of hair and stuff that looked like dryer lint. Now the pictures of the inside of the tub didn't really come out well, but here's about as close as you wanted to get to the tub in this room...

The bathroom sinks…looked clean from oh, say...back here.

But one of them had a broken piece of the drain plug just lying in the sink.

Now by this time I was simply too tired to even attempt to try and get moved to another hotel. I already knew this one was full. The last thing I wanted was to have to wait for someone to come and clean this place so I did the best I could to clean it. I certainly wasn’t going to let my child sit in that bathtub.

I tore the beds apart and they at least appeared clean. One thing was for sure, I’d have no problem checking out of this joint tomorrow. It’s too bad…really. The room, at first glance looked nice. It really did. The theme was cute and I would have liked to have seen it in the daytime, but I was really disgusted and discouraged by the room. I couldn’t believe I was in a Disney hotel. It was something I’d expect from a Motel 6 or gasp, even worse, a Knights Inn. But not Disney.

Moderate classification aside, this condition shouldn’t exist in a Value resort nor a Deluxe resort. But, obviously, there wasn’t much I could do about it, but suffer through it for the night. I put Michael to bed and made another drink and went outside in search of a DSA, which should have been right outside, right? Nope.

Luckily, we were right next to the pool, which had 2 of those “butt stop” things there so I sat and thought about calling Tony. I looked at the clock by the pool and was shocked at how late it was. 2am!! Yikes! Then I looked at my phone. The clock was wrong. Actually the clock was dead. It never moved. I went to put my cigarette out and noticed that the butt stop thing was full. Not just full, but overflowing full. Well, didn’t want to risk a fire so stamped it out on the ground in the parking lot and threw the butt in the trash and called it a night.

No big surprise, I was up early the next morning…4:40am to be exact. I made myself some coffee and decided to take a walk outside and look around. I got outside and it was really foggy out. It was eery. Bullfrogs and other swamp creatures that I couldn’t see were making noises. It was a trip. Like something out of a movie. Swamp Thing. Or maybe the bayou where Waterboy lived with his mama. It was kind of creepy. I giggled to myself that I should grab my camera and make my own little Blair Witch Project movie, heh heh…but I looked like crap so that wasn’t gonna happen. So anyway, the resort theme was right on. But I was ready to go.

Go where? To Old Key West! Our 2nd of 3 resorts in 7 days…by 7:15 I’d cleaned the shower (twice) and we’d been dressed, and on our way to OKW to check in. I was afraid of what we’d find at OKW, being it’s an older resort and honestly, the pictures I’d seen on Allears didn’t impress me. I’m not big into the peachy/pink/green-ish colors of seaside resorts. Now I'm going to be taking some family members to WDW in November and my plan is to book OKW, so this would be a perfect time to scope it out. So here's hoping we like it....

Ok, I’m not big on seaside motels and that’s what I was afraid of walking into. But – I was hopeful that after POR, things could only get better.

Or would they???

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Wooohooo!!! I'm first!!!

OMG was that lady on the plane channeling Tony!!

Ok POR is really skerring me. Is it that other people who praise it so much not look closely?

For me OKW was ok, I still like SSR over it. Can't wait to see what you think.

 

[TheDISneyFamily]

Hey LL! Welcome Home! I'm so excited to read all about your trip with Michael. Love the title you came up with! Now I'm going to hear that song playing in my head all day. LOL! Michael is getting so big! I bet he had a great time with you. I know what you mean about having no one to help cart the luggage around - you kinda take it for granted when the DH is with. I had Jordan with me when we just went on our mother/daughter Vegas trip, but it was still weird having to juggle it all ourselves. Sorry about the plane fiasco. It figures, doesn't it? POR is kinda scary - I think I've read more negative reviews than positive. It's a shame. I really hope OKW was better! >insert fingers crossed smilie<

Can't wait for more, my friend!
-Michelle

 

[cmp1111]

But this was different. It was just me. Tony stayed behind and I had no back-up. No wing man. And I just know the kid can smell fear. I was screwed.

I'm sorry, but I know exactly what you mean.

With that the wife, in a tone just short of a yell, said “You’re in our seats. Let me see your boarding pass.”

Grrrrrrrrr….

I mean, I get grumpy traveling, too, but does it hurt to be polite?

Turns out the people that checked her in, also hand-wrote her seat number. Row 4, Seat A (I think it may have been A, but it was definitely Row 4). So what’s the problem, you ask?

There is no Row 4. The seats start in Row 5!!

Now, really...

I did what any loving mother would do, I told him I’d bring him a blanket and pillow and he could sleep there on the stairs because there was no way I could carry him up after lugging everything else up and into the room.

So after he filed that little moment away to save for future therapy he suddenly was able to not only walk, but carry a bag. Funny how that works, eh?

Isn't it, though?

It looks really cute from there!

On the table were 2 papers…one was a bounceback offer for 30% off your next stay if you booked and put a deposit down while you were staying there. The other was a letter dated January 10th regarding the marathon. Hello? This is the 18th. Eeewwwww.

a bunch of short, dark hairs (but thankfully straight and not curly!) littered the tub.

Moderate classification aside, this condition shouldn’t exist in a Value resort nor a Deluxe resort.

This shouldn't exist anywhere in WDW.

O

r would they???

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

You've started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's high time...it's not like you've only been home two days or anything

So, I can't get over the over booking of that flight! And to think your ride home was worse than that?!?! I guess because they fly you for a lot less they think they can yank you around. How long will it take you to drive in August?

We were at POR in December. 26 bldg. It was clean-ish. I just think that place needs a MAJOR overhaul. But all that hair in the tub...

All I can do is hope it got better.

 

[jcc0621]

See, I go to bed early and I miss everything

Ok, so long story short – and again, it’s in the pre-trip, but Tony, my DH couldn’t make this trip so it’s just Michael and I, which should be interesting. I’m nervous about doing this alone, but have decided not to expose my jugular to my little man and hope it goes well. He’s actually a very cool little guy (he gets that from me) so I’m sure (hoping) we’ll be just fine.

I know exactly how you feel. I hate to go to the grocery store alone with Jimmy

But oh what I wouldn’t give to win a night in the Castle. Who am I kidding? I’d be thrilled with even a lanyard or a ride certificate. After all, it’s an honor just to be nominated, right?

WOuldn't be awesome to win

It was so hard to get through the morning at work…I was packed and ready to go by the night before and even had all the suitcases in the car. All I had to do was get through 2 hours at work. They were the worst. I kept checking the clock on my wall in my office as though the battery had died. It couldn’t possibly be right – it seemed to be stuck at 8:30.

This is why I refuse to work on the day we are leaving!

Then of course, as could be expected, all kinds of last minute emergencies came in and before I knew it, it was 9:30 and I was rushing out the door!

My luck the emergency would have kept me there later than I wanted to be

But this was different. It was just me. Tony stayed behind and I had no back-up. No wing man. And I just know the kid can smell fear. I was screwed.

There is no Row 4. The seats start in Row 5!!

I am beginning to think it might be a good thing Allegiant doesn't fly out of Philly

So after he filed that little moment away to save for future therapy he suddenly was able to not only walk, but carry a bag. Funny how that works, eh?

Now by this time I was simply too tired to even attempt to try and get moved to another hotel. I already knew this one was full. The last thing I wanted was to have to wait for someone to come and clean this place so I did the best I could to clean it. I certainly wasn’t going to let my child sit in that bathtub.

I tore the beds apart and they at least appeared clean. One thing was for sure, I’d have no problem checking out of this joint tomorrow. It’s too bad…really. The room, at first glance looked nice. It really did. The theme was cute and I would have liked to have seen it in the daytime, but I was really disgusted and discouraged by the room. I couldn’t believe I was in a Disney hotel. It was something I’d expect from a Motel 6 or gasp, even worse, a Knights Inn. But not Disney.

Moderate classification aside, this condition shouldn’t exist in a Value resort nor a Deluxe resort. But, obviously, there wasn’t much I could do about it, but suffer through it for the night. I put Michael to bed and made another drink and went outside in search of a DSA, which should have been right outside, right? Nope.

Luckily, we were right next to the pool, which had 2 of those “butt stop” things there so I sat and thought about calling Tony. I looked at the clock by the pool and was shocked at how late it was. 2am!! Yikes! Then I looked at my phone. The clock was wrong. Actually the clock was dead. It never moved. I went to put my cigarette out and noticed that the butt stop thing was full. Not just full, but overflowing full. Well, didn’t want to risk a fire so stamped it out on the ground in the parking lot and threw the butt in the trash and called it a night.

Or would they???

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Oh my gosh LL, what a bad start to the trip what with the plane fiasco and then the dirty disgusting room. I hope that OKW turns out better for you.

 

[OhMari]

Wow, I know if my dh was with me and the room was dirty, he would of been out of there in a flash and demanded our room money back. We stayed at POR last april, but in the Mansion section. I wonder if you got a room that doesn't get booked often and the maid thought she could get away with not cleaning it right. I hope you got some compensation, that is just gross.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Hmmmm.... sounds like they just transferred the dust bunnies and hair balls from out FQ room to you POR room.

From the pics, the room looks cute - actually way better than the FQ themeing, IMO. But YICKES! I wouldn't have let my kids in that tub either!
What's up with that?

 

[PrincessV]

I can't believe you started without me!

First up, my very dear friend, PrincessV! V, say hello and take a bow!

Hello! 30 Focker points to anyone who can correctly name the person on the other end of the phone. Winner to be announced later in LL's TR.

She’s totally together

WOW, have I got you fooled!

It was a pain in the neck traveling by myself with the little guy who all of a sudden had no muscles.

I know all about that sudden loss of a musculoskeletory system in 5-6 year old boys!

But this was different. It was just me. Tony stayed behind and I had no back-up. No wing man. And I just know the kid can smell fear. I was screwed.

NEVER let them see the fear LL!

It was a cluster. They finally were given seats in the back of the plane and just about everyone was loaded. Then they shuffled around a couple of people so that a little boy could sit with his family and I thought we were ready to go.

Okay, I don't get this new airline trend at all... how is this system more efficient than just assigning everyone a seat in the first place???

Directly into Friday rush hour traffic…arghhh

Whoops. I seem to have forgotten to prepare you for that one. Sorry!

Now I'm going to be taking some family members to WDW in November and my plan is to book OKW, so this would be a perfect time to scope it out. So here's hoping we like it....

Love the title you came up with! Now I'm going to hear that song playing in my head all day.

Michelle, I'm actually typing in rhythm to it!

 

[DisneyJo]

I'm here, I'm here Got to cook the roast but I'll be back to read

 

[jcc0621]

Hello! 30 Focker points to anyone who can correctly name the person on the other end of the phone. Winner to be announced later in LL's TR.

It was T