Shamelessly stealing from the Best Writers Ever Trip Report NEW 4/7/07 PHOTOS ADDED!

[Libade]

DISCLAIMER: I am addicted. To trip reports. I’ve decided to try to compete. I mean share. This trip is from April 2005. I had written a trip report for another board that I was obsessed with, but now I am trying to funny it up. In order to do that, I will have to steal. Yes, STEAL.

From the following esteemed writers of THE BEST trip reports ever, I will steal:

1000thhappyhaunts use of periods – I love this method of writing. I hope it is not copyrighted. Will you sue? Me?

ZZUB - any reference to puking – although I don’t think there were any during this trip. Oh, I know. Since we didn’t ZZUB, I’ll use his DMVC references. We bought into the vacation club too. I will also steal his reference to acid wash jeans.

HaleyB – lengthy asides or digressions, if you will.

Hucifer - although I cannot steal her attention seeking behavior without simply cutting and pasting her trip report into mine, I wish that I could. Me, DH, and DD8 are more of the “blend into the background” type of people. DD6, on the other hand, loves attention. Maybe I will make up some escapades for her.

Vettechick and AmyBennet – tales of excessive drinking. Actually not. Maybe once. But not excessive. Just trying to drink my share of soda from my length of stay vacation mug. At that time I did not know I was buying into the DMVC. So, the cheapskate that I am, was determined to drink $14 worth of Caffeine Free Diet Coke. With my friend. The Captain. I was also trying to get DH to drink his $14 worth of soda too. With the Captain. Without the diet. Without the Caffeine Free. Just Coke. And the Captain. Of course.

Vettechick - I will also steal Vacation Math

KPK8 - good mommyness. Although I would like to think I am a mean mommy in the KPK8 sense. I’m just mean. And a mom. But for this trip report, I will be the best mom. In the world. For this trip. Only.

Mommy Poppins, Patrokls, Busymom, horsegirl, LaLa – hysterical musings. I will try to be funny. With a little help from my friends. OK not friends. I don’t even know you. Well I kind of do. But you don’t know me. And you won’t after this trip, because I writing about you. All of you.

 

[horsegirl]

Not because you mentioned me and many of my pals, but because there are hints of cleverness, I will be waiting. Do it for you, sista!

 

[hucifer]

Well, you got my attention.

Hilarious start, girl. And not just because I'm on THE LIST.

 

[jamal]

Ooohh, this looks good! I'm in, lib!
Jami

 

[Libade]

I’m dragging this out. You now must meet my family, and wade thru the condensed trip reports of Christmas past. I mean trips past. It’s important. To me.

This may offend people who do not like Walt Disney World to be referred to as Disney or the world. Sorry, but when I say Disney, I do not mean the man. Walt. I mean the World. Of Disney. Not the show. The place. Walt Disney World.

CAST:

ME – 39 – Love all things Disney. It is my ‘happy place’. DH thinks I need an intervention. I think he is wrong. Ya know those people who don’t love all things Disney? They make inappropriate remarks like, “you must be trying to make up for your less than magical childhood”? I am that of which they speak. They are correct. About me.

DH – 43 – Does not love all things Disney. He likes Disney. He likes it a lot. Is anyone old enough to remember the CVS commercial where the boy is trying to pick out a card for his girlfriend? He is trying to say, “I LOVE YOU”, but it keeps coming out as, “I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIKE YOU…….I LIKE YOU A LOT”. That commercial pretty much defined our first year of dating. When he finally broke down and told me he loved me on April 3rd, 1989 at 9:16pm, I was thrilled. He was scared. He did not say it again until May 19th, 1989 at 7:09am. He had issues. But not anymore. I fixed him.

Where was I? Oh yeah…DH….…..He is happy to go to my happy place. For me. And, for the girls. No, not those girls. The princesses. No, not those princesses. Our princesses. He is my very sweet manly man, and worth every minute that I waited. For him. To say I love you. Again.

DD8 – Our sweet loving kind daughter. She loves everyone and everything. Except walking. And being wet. In clothes. Bathing suit wet is OK. Splash Mountain Wet is not OK. If it were up to her, she would have a stroller. Always. Not just in Disney. And a change of clothes. That we would carry. For her. Always. Not just in Disney.

DD6 – The entitled one. She is funny, clever, and entitled. The world revolves around her. And only her. Or it should. She thinks. If it were up to her, she would have an entourage. To fulfill her every wish. And need. Although I think I do a pretty good job of that. She does not. Think I am capable. Of fulfilling her every wish. And need.

A Brief Trip History…..

Age 12 – Went to the World with my sisters (age 14), my aunt and uncle. We stayed in Daytona and made a day trip to the Magic Kingdom. The only memory I have is spending the entire day with my sisters searching for my aunt and uncle. We were supposed to meet them in front of the Castle. Exactly whose brilliant idea was that? Finally found them HOURS later. They weren’t even worried. Maybe age 12 and 14 is fine to wander the MK alone, but not in my world. I grew up in a tiny little town. And I mean TINY. No joke. 1 square mile, a bar on every corner and no traffic light tiny.

Age 13 – Went back to the World with one sister (age 15) and the same aunt and uncle. They didn’t get rid of us the first time, they were going to try again. I don’t remember much about Magic Kingdom, but I know we did go. I have my ticket book. The E tickets are gone. Actually, I don’t remember much. About the trip. About my childhood. But I have a few pictures. Of my trip. One of me smoking a cigarette. No, I didn’t smoke. Yet. One of me drinking. Wine. No, I wasn’t drinking. Yet. Only at the World. With my guardians. I guess the plan to get rid of us changed. From losing us at Magic Kingdom. To killing us with alcohol and cigarettes. At a young age. They failed. Again. I’m guessing that WDW was not my happy place. Yet.

Age 22 – Now I’m traveling with people who actually might like to keep me around. My best friend. And her sister. Their family has turned into the family that I always wanted. But never had. My biggest memory of this trip, is just not understanding EPCOT. I think it was called EPCOT Center. Back then. It was pretty new. Everyone was saying how big it was. The golf ball. I couldn’t understand how all those countries could fit. In the golf ball. People tried to explain. I couldn’t understand. I tried. Finally, I get to EPCOT Center. I see. I understand. The golf ball. Is a ride. EPCOT Center is not in the golf ball.

Note to self. If anyone has a hard time understanding the concept of the golf ball in Epcot, I will say, “The golf ball is to Epcot what the Castle is to Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom is not inside the castle. Epcot is not inside the golf ball.”

If they need further explanation, I will say, “The golf ball is to Epcot what the big tree is to Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom is not inside the big tree. Epcot is not inside the golf ball.”

If that is not enough, I will have to tell them, “The golf ball is to Epcot what the big hat is to MGM. MGM is not inside the hat. Epcot is not inside the golf ball.”

They will understand. I will make them understand.

The other major event of this trip, was a kiss from Belinda. At Sea World. I was not faithful to Disney. Yet. Those days are over. Only Disney. For me. I got picked for the whale show. Not the big guy. Shamu. Not him. The little whale. In comparison. To Shamu. Belinda is a beluga whale. And she kissed me. On the cheek.

Age 25 – This trip was with DH. He wasn’t DH yet – he was DBF. And he loved me. So he agreed to go to Disney with me. He’s never been. But he owed me. We went to the Smithsonian the year before. He loved it. I did not. The Smithsonian. Not Disney.

We went to Magic Kingdom, Epcot (he had no trouble imagining the golf ball – I must have explained it well. Or maybe he didn’t care.), and MGM was newish. What I remember most about this trip was how good I looked in my acid wash jean shorts and my white sunglasses. And he married me. Anyway.

Now we have kids, so the trip count starts at 1….

TRIP #1 – DD3 and DD5 – We just wandered around the park in awe and saw what we saw with no plan at all. (does that rhyme?) The research I did consisted of reading an article in Family Fun. They advised me to start our day at the far end of the park. Everyone else starts on Main Street. They tour the park front to back. OK – we are SET. I know the SECRET!!!! The focus of that trip was autographs. We collected plenty. We waited in line. Plenty. We didn’t know better. The Family Fun article was wrong.

TRIP #2 – DD5 and DD7. This trip was courtesy of DH. When we got home from TRIP #1, a timeshare place called. Offered DH a vacation package that he could not pass up. You know the drill. So, we have this vacation that must be used within 2 years, and our time is up. We book the trip, get to Orlando and find out if we see the timeshare presentation, we will be UPGRADED. To the Comfort Suites. If we don’t agree to see the presentation, we will stay in a rat infested motel. In the shady part of town. We took the upgrade.

So for the record, I am happy to go back to the world, but it was his doing – not mine.

I have studied. I have learned. I have gone from a casual tourist to a TOUR GUIDE NAZI. I have found websites. Guidebooks. I have written every detail I think I need in my handy dandy notebook. None of these details consisted of starting from the back. Of the park. We followed the touring plans in the Unofficial guide. They work very well. To avoid lines. But. I was stressed. I needed to stay on plan. I was not nice. I was one of those. Moms.

TRIP #3 – DD6 and DD8. Finally, we are at the trip of which I speak. Or write.

Again. This trip is DH’s fault. When we saw the timeshare presentation at Orange Lake last year, we didn’t fall for it. I mean we didn’t buy. But once again, they offered DH (they know not to talk to the cheapskate here) an offer that he couldn’t refuse. A week at Orange Lake for the low low price of $5 gamillion dollars. But that’s not all. We got towels. 2 of them. Can’t you see why he couldn’t say no? So, again, we wait until the last possible moment to take advantage of the swell deal that DH managed to finagle. And, we not only got the low low price of $5 gamillion dollars, we now get to sit thru the SHORTENED timeshare presentation. Yes. Shortened. It was 9 hours. Last time was 1.5 days. But I had a plan. I told them we had priority seatings. We had to go. They laughed. At me. And held us prisoner. .

I need to get back to my wifely duties. No, not those wifely duties. Napping and relaxing on a lazy Sunday afternoon, while DH is doing yard work.

Next up. Travel Day. I cannot think of anything clever. Or a cliffhanger. Sorry.

 

[GrumpeyMom]

What I remember most about this trip was how good I looked in my acid wash jean shorts and my white sunglasses. And he married me. Anyway.

Ok - this sentence alone had me spurting water out my nose. I have to ask - did you have the big permed hair with wings too??? Great start - can't wait to read more.

 

[disneyplease]

Great start. Hope the towels were plush.

 

[MommyPoppins]

Well, I'm in!

 

[sheridac]

DD6 – The entitled one. She is funny, clever, and entitled. The world revolves around her. And only her. Or it should. She thinks. If it were up to her, she would have an entourage. To fulfill her every wish. And need. Although I think I do a pretty good job of that. She does not. Think I am capable. Of fulfilling her every wish. And need. =

Ahhh. My kind of woman. Did she start exhibit this behavior from birth?? 'Cause I did. And do. And am.

 

[2infinity&B-ond]

I need to get back to my wifely duties. No, not those wifely duties. Napping and relaxing on a lazy Sunday afternoon, while DH is doing yard work.

Ha! This made me laugh out loud. I think I may show it to MY DH, who was complaining that I never seem to get the laundry done anymore, now that I spend so much time DISing.

Great report so far, even without the cliffhanger!

Can't wait for more!

 

[Mr_P_Bear]

With a title like this all I can say is
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[pongoperdigirl]

I'm hooked. Already.
I can't wait to hear more.

 

[goofymom23]

Great so far. I like the writing style. Hooked.

 

[Libade]

I have to ask - did you have the big permed hair with wings too???

My hair was big, yes. Permed, no. I was cursed, I mean blessed, with big curly hair. This was a good thing. In the 80's.

Did she start exhibit this behavior from birth??

I'm going to say, yes, it started at birth. I remember taking her home from the hospital thinking, "boy, she doesn't seem to know that SHE is the NEW one here"

Hope the towels were plush.

No, I'm afraid the towels were not plush. $5 gamillion was not enough for FREE and PLUSH!

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

What is wrong with your punctuation. It is. Terrible.

Can't follow. It.

But... I'm in anyway. Heh, heh.

BTW... I ALSO think you copied the acid-wash from ZZUB.

Roll Tide.

Mel.

 

[TLinden16]

Just a friendly reminder that this is a board for Disney World trip reports. We're thrilled that when people want to share their vacation stories on the trip report board, but if you have other stories to share, please take it to private message or post it on the community board.

If you have any questions about the trip reports, please PM a moderator.

Thank you.

 

[Libade]

BTW...I ALSO think you copied the acid-wash from ZZUB.

Roll Tide.

Mel.

I've heard of this type of thing happening. To actual authors. I will add another 'steal' to my intro. Thanks for looking out for me.

I'm glad you are not mad (or are you?) about copying your use of periods. It is my favorite. I think. I used to overuse the hyphen or dash. But no more. Until you copyright.


TLinden16 - Sorry about that. I have edited the post.

 

[HaleyB]

I've heard of this type of thing happening. To actual authors. I will add another 'steal' to my intro. Thanks for looking out for me.

I'm glad you are not mad (or are you?) about copying your use of periods. It is my favorite. I think. I used to overuse the hyphen or dash. But no more. Until you copyright.


TLinden16 - Sorry about that. I have edited the post.

Hey look the gang is all here. Excellent.

Also there is a place. Here. On the DIS. Where you can tell off-topic stories. It is the Community Board.

Your childhood Disney trips remind me of my own. I don't remember much about them either. Except my Mom got sick on some ride in Tomorrowland and laid on a bench. For a long time. In front of everyone. We died. And pretended not to know who she was.

 

[MommyPoppins]

I've heard of this type of thing happening. To actual authors. I will add another 'steal' to my intro. Thanks for looking out for me.

I'm glad you are not mad (or are you?) about copying your use of periods. It is my favorite. I think. I used to overuse the hyphen or dash. But no more. Until you copyright.


TLinden16 - Sorry about that. I have edited the post.

Clearly, if your going to steal things from others, you should go all the way. It's favourite. Sorry 'bout the little mishap, hope you post again soon. We're all here and waiting.

 

[kpk89]

Hey, Libade, I've never had anyone want to rip off anything of mine before, so I gotta say thanks! For that.

Enjoying the report so far. Thanks.