Small Po-taaaaa-toes! My 09/11 TR & Pics from 02/12!

[HilJoy14]

Wow - after reading your PTR, I finally thought to look for your trip report (and Jenn's) just last week. Oops! I'm all caught up now. Sounds fun other than the heat! And mousekeeping!

We're actually thinking of being at Disney the exact dates you mentioned in February! It's the week between my birthday and my daughter's, so I thought it would be the best week to go. Plus it won't be hot.

 

[dizneeat]

Merry Christmas!!! ​

 

[KatMark]

Merry Christmas to you and Joe.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

We aren't going anywhere...I promise.

still here... and certainly understand busy so no worries!!!

Take your time, Sophia!
We all know how it is sometimes, real life takes over and that's it.

I am sure all your readers will still be here when you are ready to update!

Thanks guys for sticking with me.

Wow - after reading your PTR, I finally thought to look for your trip report (and Jenn's) just last week. Oops! I'm all caught up now. Sounds fun other than the heat! And mousekeeping!


We're actually thinking of being at Disney the exact dates you mentioned in February! It's the week between my birthday and my daughter's, so I thought it would be the best week to go. Plus it won't be hot.

Hi, glad you are here! Love February at Disney. The weather is great!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Merry Christmas!!! ​

Merry Christmas to you and Joe.

Thanks for the Christmas wishes! I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas too!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Hello there! Remember me?

I have the week off....well technically I do, but I am working a bit from home as well.

Anywho, I figured that I really needed to get back to the DIS and to my subscribed threads. I started to catch up this morning and thought I'd do an update or two or ten here too.


New Year's News

Woot! I an sooooooo excited. Jenn and her family are coming for a visit this week and they will be here for New Year's. I cannot wait to see them. I hate that we live so dang far away. If we didn't, I'd be invading her space on a daily basis.

February Trip News

I am bummed...totally bummed. Our friends E&B cannot go to Disney in February due to work commitments. Joe and I have non-refundable airline tickets so we will be going. I was so bummed out that I didn't even change any adr's until recently. I have to cancel their ressie too and I just can't get myself to do it...but I have to.

Soooo, I am now replanning our Feb trip. It is going to be really, really odd since Joe and I have not been to Disney alone in years.

Me News

Well, it is official. I MUST go on a diet and pronto. Thanks to my legs going numb when I am on my feet too long, I have not been able to exercise at all...and I mean at all. I am challenging myself in the new year to work on a new, healthier me. While I cannot change the fact that I have arthritis in my spine, I can work on a healthier me in 2012.

I am uploading pics now of Christmas that I wanted to share as part of my "life update." Once that's done, I'm back to my TR!

To those of you still with me....thanks bunches.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Before I get on with my TR, I'd like to share some Christmas pictures with everyone. As usual, our decoration was Disney themed again this year.

I was so happy that my brother came home for Christmas, but he didn't stay long enough this time. He wasn't able to come over Thanksgiving so we were sort of hoping he could stay a while this trip. One good thing though is the Southwest is going to have service home from his airport soon so maybe he will be able to come home more often.

The week before Christmas we had a celebration with our niece. We went to a Christmas light display too which was a lot of fun. They had hot chocolate and cookies afterwards as well.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Next came Christmas Day. We had a really great day as a family. Here are some of our pictures.

My mom made this Steeler's afghan for Joe. She's so talented.

We had to put the gifts in my office instead of under the tree because the "boys" unwrapped every single one of them! Darn cats!

 

[KatMark]

Sophia.

I'm sorry your friends cannot go with you to Disney...I know you were looking forward to it. But you and Joe will have a great time just the two of you; Mark and I have had some great trips just the two of us.

Sorry about the health thing with the arthritis, but hopefully better eating will help with the situation with your legs.

I love all of your Christmas decorations and glad your brother got to come home. Sorry it wasn't for a very long visit (that was our situation with Markie...home at 6 p.m. on Christmas, left to go back home the next day at 2 p.m.).

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

 

[KatMark]

More great photos -- love the Family photos.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

According to my pictures, after we let the Muppets we considered meeting Phineas and Ferb. Honestly, that was on my must do list before we left for Florida but after seeing the line....no way. I am hoping that they will be there in Feb and that we can meet them then.

I did snap a few pics though

We stopped at the Writer's Shop for a bit before heading over to the other side of the park. This was the first year that we took advantage of the comfy sofa in the Writer's Shop. If I remember correctly, the guys got snacks there too.

After leaving the Writer's Shop, we went over to the Art of Animation. We looked around before getting in line to draw a character. OMG, I can't even remember who we drew. That's sad, isn't it?

Stef and Dave had FP's for TSMM so Joe and I went to One Man's Dream. I love, love, love it there. I could spend hours and hours just looking at everything.

We met up with Stef and Dave and headed back to the other side of the park...and then this happened...big time!

OMG the rain............

We waited under the umbrella tables but got soaking wet anyway. After it let up, we made our way to see Beauty and the Beast. I absolutely love this show and never, ever get sick of seeing it. I drive my family crazy insisting that we see it every time we are at DHS.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

We had an ADR with the Fantasmic package at Mama Melrose that evening. The restaurant was packed to say the least. I mean, super, duper packed. We waited what seemed like forever for our table. I think everyone just piled in early due to the rain or something. We were getting a bit frustrated with the crowd.

Once we were seated the service was a bit slow, from what I remembered. It seems that every time I go there, I get the same thing, but that was okay with me because I enjoyed it. If I remember correctly, I think we all enjoyed our meals there....Stef and Dave, correct me if I am wrong.

After dinner we mosied on over to the Theater area for Fantasmic.

What I can't remember is if anyone rode ToT or RNRC before we entered the theater. I can remember this though.....it was POURING...when I say POURING, I mean like holy crap pouring. Somewhere along the way I also got run over by a stroller. I can't even remember when or where but it was somwhere along the way.

Stef and I got drenched as the guys went to get us ponchos. Yes, I had 50 back at the room but what good were they gonna do me now.

We had planned to get those little dessert trays for F! however with the rain, all of our plans went out the window. We were just hoping that the show would go on.

The show did go on but I wasn't able to get one single picture due to the rain. Ugh, I was so bummed.

After Fantasmic we headed back to the car and dropped Stef and Dave off at the Poly. We were happy that we were able to spend the day with them, even if the weather was not so nice.

 

[KatMark]

Sophia, you are an updating machine today (I no sooner respond to one post, and there's another one up ).

I'm with you...I love Beauty & The Beast and I'm determined to see it with the girls next month as I've missed it the last two visits (not enough time at the Studios).

I think you are probably right...the rain brought the people to Mama Melrose earlier than they should have been there.

I'm so sorry about all the rain, but glad you had a great day with Stefy and Dave.

 

[dizneeat]

My oh my .............. all those updates. You are spoiling me!

I love the Christmas updates, and had to when I read about your kitties. Ours is trying to bite off as many twigs as she can - she is getting good at it. Needless to say there are loads of needles on the floor. She has also tried to climb up the tree, but is a little to "big" for it.

All those family pics are wonderful - I love to see all of your family again.

So sorry to hear that your friends are not going to make it to WDW.

Your WDW updates are wonderful ..... they really get me in the mood

a) for updates

and

b) for our February trip!

 

[annmarieda]

I love all the updates! And the best part? They came when I was getting caught up, so I am not behind and didn't miss them!!!

Your Christmas photos are beautiful! How nice to spend that time with your family.

I am sorry your friends can no longer go on the trip. I think sharing the joy and magic of Disney with other people help to make your trip just that much better.

I hear you on losing weight. This has not been an easy year for me... gained more weight than I wanted to before the trip and then some more during it. Needless to say... some weight has to come off or I will be at that point where it becomes harder and harder to take it off very soon. Course... all those yummy gummies and jelly beans that we brought back are calling to me... not to mention all the pies I made for Christmas and the leftovers from dinner itself.

BATB is something I have to do each and every trip. I am not sure why as it is not the most elaborate show, but it is something that causes an emotional stirring in me every time I watch the show.

I saw "One man's dream" for the first time this trip and LOVED it. Sadly, I did not make it to the animation studio. Someday, I hope to.

And... like you, I hoped to meet Phin and Ferb...but the line was horrific. again...someday.

 

[Stefy]

Happy New Year!!!

Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas celebration with the family, look at all that yummy food

Man that rain was a downer, was funny though that we thought those umbrellas would keep us all nice and dry Didn't we have a curious squirrel come over to us too? We had a great day at DHS with you guys, despite the rain, was our first ever Fantasmic too and we loved it

 

[Synndy]

Loving all the updates!

It looks like you had an awesome Christmas with your family.

I'm looking forward to seeing your New Years Pics with Jenn & family. I love the friendship you guys have, its too cute.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Your Christmas decorations are all fabulous! I love the houses!

It sounds like a lovely rest of the day in DHS! I think Mama Melrose is always crowded on Fantasmic days! DH and I dined there last month and we weren't even going to Fantasmic that night, it was CRAZY busy and people were getting very cranky!

Boo to all the rain! Glad it didn't ruin your fun!

 

[Teri1]

Love your updates! Your tree was beautiful, love the Belle ornament! I need one of those for my tree! I buy a Disney ornament each time I visit WDW, and when I visit the Disney store in Columbus at Christmas time. Your pics of the Beauty and the Beast show are great too! Thanks for sharing.