September '09, 22nd anniversary at Pop. FINAL THOUGHTS DECEMBER 3RD

[3princesses+aprince]

I can't wait to see your pictures!!! Glad you had a nice time. And that is terrible about the monorail crash.

 

[racefanof88]

Gee, that would make you wonder. I am interested to find out what happened. I have never seen any ever come remotely close to each other. They always stop way before the stations. I feel so sorry for his family.

I watched the video on youtube and it was horrible. I pray for his family.

I can't wait to see your pictures!!! Glad you had a nice time. And that is terrible about the monorail crash.

We had a very wonderful time, it was hot, but we handled it. I can't wait to hear the report on the monorail crash so I will know if I ever want to ride it again.

OK time to start uploading pictures and a video or two.

 

[racefanof88]

I posted the start of the trip report, but I didn't have any pix uploaded yet so here are the catch up of the pix.


This is about 2 hours into the drive down.

The Crew for this trip.

This was up the street from us. I forgot to take a picture of the hotel sign where we stayed.

The start of the report mentioned we got there at 1:30 pm and our room wasn't ready so off to DHS we went.

Niko's day camp........lol. This kennel was as nice as the TTC kennel and one of the workers was at the TTC kennel in May, she remembered Niko.

Niko at his day camp.

So after we dropped Niko off we headed into DHS and of course I had to take a few pictures.

The last time I took a picture like this Dallas was much shorter than the Coke man.

This was from 2006

The picture I wasn't able to get in May due to all the rain.

We ate at the Backlot Express

I didn't take any pictures of the food. Dale and I had the hamburger and French fries and Dallas had a hot dog and French fries. I took the above picture after we ate. We went over to Star Tours as it said it was only going to be a 20 minute wait, but I think it was WAY off. We got out of line because it got so hot and we headed to the Back Lot Tour because we didn't get to ride it in May.


I am a HUGE Coke fan.

I guess you can see how hot it is by Dale's face. We were in line for BLT here.

This is a wondrous plane, without it there would be no Disney World

The streets of New York.

Dallas wetting his feet.

Dallas wanted an ice cream so he got the strawberry bar, but I ended up eating it because of the strawberry chunks. He didn't like them at all, but it was yummy and so refreshing. We walked around DHS a little longer and decided we were too hot to stay any longer so we headed to the kennel to walk Niko then back to the room for a cold shower and rest before we headed over to the MK for the fireworks.
We only rode the one ride, but it was fun to feel like we were not in a rush.

More to come later.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm so glad you have started your mini-trip report. My how tall your son has gotten since the last picture with the Coke guy. I bet it was hotter than heck! But it was hotter than heck at home too and I'd much rather be hot at Disney than at home.

 

[bouncycat]

Looks like fun dude, it has been HOT HOT HOT!!! Glad it wasn't raining for you tho!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Yay!!!!!!! Nice pictures. Oh, I wanna be back there so bad!!!! Boy, it does look hot. We were going to eat at Backlot Express when we were there in May, but didn't end up going back for dinner. Next Year.

Niko is so adorable!!!! Ok, can't wait to hear more

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Great update!! NIko is so cute he actually looks excited to be there, also.
Dallas has grown quite a bit...I love the growth chart!!!
We missed the backlot tour last May also...can't wait to do it next year...
lucky you; you get to do it again in SEpt.

 

[racefanof88]

I'm so glad you have started your mini-trip report. My how tall your son has gotten since the last picture with the Coke guy. I bet it was hotter than heck! But it was hotter than heck at home too and I'd much rather be hot at Disney than at home.

It was actually hotter here than at Disney. And I am like you, hot at Disney is a different type hot. Dallas is tall for his age, he is taller than me now.

Looks like fun dude, it has been HOT HOT HOT!!! Glad it wasn't raining for you tho!

There was that one little shower Saturday afternoon but then it was sunshine and humidity the rest of the time.....lol. I had more fun in the two days we were there than I did in May.

Yay!!!!!!! Nice pictures. Oh, I wanna be back there so bad!!!! Boy, it does look hot. We were going to eat at Backlot Express when we were there in May, but didn't end up going back for dinner. Next Year.

Niko is so adorable!!!! Ok, can't wait to hear more

I wouldn't pick July as a time to go, but both times we have went in July it was spur of the moment trips. Hey, that is fine with me. We just took it slow and stayed hydrated. We did the A/C stuff during the day.

Niko KNOWS he's cute......... But I will say thank you for him. He is so rotten.

Great update!! NIko is so cute he actually looks excited to be there, also.
Dallas has grown quite a bit...I love the growth chart!!!
We missed the backlot tour last May also...can't wait to do it next year...
lucky you; you get to do it again in SEpt.

He actually acted right this time. It is likely the fact that we took him back to the room each night.
I love that growth chart too. I told Dallas I wanted to compare how much he has grown in 3 years.
I do feel really lucky. I will try to buy APs from now on because it wasn't a bad trip at all. The drive home actually wouldn't have taken as long had we not had to take the detour.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

I do feel really lucky. I will try to buy APs from now on because it wasn't a bad trip at all. .

Danny would NEVER do APs. I am soooo lucky that we are going back next year. The next trip will probably be 5-7 yrs after that. Although, if we go in Sep and not Dec; he will either have to give in for 2011 Dec or Ashton and I will have to go alone. I will see Disney for Christmas. But, in all honesty there are too many other places we want to start seeing now that the older kids will be out of the house and Ashton will be old enough to leave or take along and not be a baby to tend to 24 hrs (if you know what I mean).

 

[racefanof88]

Danny would NEVER do APs. I am soooo lucky that we are going back next year. The next trip will probably be 5-7 yrs after that. Although, if we go in Sep and not Dec; he will either have to give in for 2011 Dec or Ashton and I will have to go alone. I will see Disney for Christmas. But, in all honesty there are too many other places we want to start seeing now that the older kids will be out of the house and Ashton will be old enough to leave or take along and not be a baby to tend to 24 hrs (if you know what I mean).

I want to see Disney at Christmas too. I have been looking at some of the off property hotels for a long weekend like we just did, but in November or December. I have to work Thanksgiving this year, but I am off Christmas. I may see if someone wants to swap and I would work Christmas for them if they work my Thanksgiving. It really all depends on Dale's schedule. I don't know what it is, but we really can't think of any other places we want to go but to Disney . I am scared of heights so the mountains are out, neither of us are real outdoorsy types so that just doesn't appeal to us. I don't fly so going to another country is out too. We go to the beach all the time anyway. We do want to go to the Florida Keys and I would like to see New York one time as that is where my father was from. Other than that, it is Disney all the way .

 

[bouncycat]

FL keys are the BOMB baby!! Go to key west during fantasy fest, look it up. LOL New york was okay....when I was in the CG I was stationed there at Governors Island, it's closed now, but it was right off manhattan. I LOVED FAO schwartz, but I think that's gone now. there was a wing place in the village called down the hatch, that had THE BEST wings, until I got here and tried a little place called Dogs r us. So there's good and bad to all places, but the keys are definedly a must do. I agree, disney all the way! LOL Chris got a call from Universal today asking what time that incident took place, so they're working something on it. Not sure what, maybe I got someone fired? That would suck.

 

[racefanof88]

I hate posting this kind of stuff, but my friends who follow me on facebook have read this already.

I may be hit and miss for the next several days as I received some bad news this morning. My oldest sister passed away this morning. She has been sick for quite sometime and she was tired so she went home. I'm not good at this kind of thing so please bare with me and pray for my family.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I hate posting this kind of stuff, but my friends who follow me on facebook have read this already.

I may be hit and miss for the next several days as I received some bad news this morning. My oldest sister passed away this morning. She has been sick for quite sometime and she was tired so she went home. I'm not good at this kind of thing so please bare with me and pray for my family.

Oh Dana, I am so very sorry. I know how hard it can be. My dad was sick for a very long time and when he died it was hard but a relief. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Peace be with you.

Lisa

 

[bouncycat]

Lots of prayers going out to ya Dana....I know it's hard....if ya need anything, again...I'm here for ya, even if you just need to call and vent or let it out or something!!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Again, I send hugs and thoughts and prayers to you and your family, Dana. May your sister find the peace she was seeking
Connie

 

[racefanof88]

Oh Dana, I am so very sorry. I know how hard it can be. My dad was sick for a very long time and when he died it was hard but a relief. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Peace be with you.

Lisa

Thanks Lisa. The viewing was tonight and it was hard, but I know she isn't in pain anymore so that helps some.

Lots of prayers going out to ya Dana....I know it's hard....if ya need anything, again...I'm here for ya, even if you just need to call and vent or let it out or something!!

Thank you Christie . It is really good to know I have such wonderful friends.

Again, I send hugs and thoughts and prayers to you and your family, Dana. May your sister find the peace she was seeking
Connie

Thank you Connie. They had a really nice slide show and a collage of pictures. I am glad she is in a much better place now and she isn't in pain anymore.

 

[Villainess]

I'm so sorry about your sister. Prayers are with you and your family!

 

[racefanof88]

I'm so sorry about your sister. Prayers are with you and your family!

Thank you. Your prayers are very much appreciated.

 

[racefanof88]

Thanks to all my friend's and family's prayers we all seem to be doing OK. Yesterday was the funeral and it was hard. Seeing my nephews (her 4 sons) as sad as they were was really hard. It was a nice Catholic service and the Priest said some very comforting things that we seem to forget when we are focusing on our loss.

I just want to again say Thank You to all of my wonderful friends here for your prayers and for letting me vent.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Glad to hear ya'll are home...and doing OK! hope things start to fall back into place for you... sometimes priest can peg things just the right way for you...glad your's was able to do this for ya'll