Something About Nothing..........#11

[tink1957]

Robbie's going back...I knew you couldn't resist the lure of the darkside.

Fast pass+ worked OK for us but I worry about my phone battery dying as it usually does when I'm at the parks. I liked the old system much better and am not too crazy about the 3 pass limit. Hope it improves by the time our trip comes around.

Carole...I'm drooling over the sound of that pizza and the lush cheesecake.

 

[keishashadow]

only thing I have nice to say about FP+ is we didn't have the system go down (that we noticed) our three days. We were able to switch stuff around as long as it was done before the existing res window of time. Problem was lines were so long for FP+ return times we bailed a couple of times. I'm not the type to wait over an hour for anything with a 3 y.o. in hand.

some pics from trip

GD not afraid of any of the rides. Lost count of how many times she drenched me on one fish, two fish



minion family


our balcony on DCL Dream



cabin

50 degrees, she was only kid in the water



never get tired of seeing that view



or these ones




rainbow over castaway cay, took the sting over somebody swiping something from our spot on beach that day...first time we've ever had a problem there.

 

[keishashadow]

spent a lot of time at the kiddie areas at Atlantis, didn't know they had them lol It did get to do the not-so-lazy river. everybody won at the casino but me



ok, squint....look in middle window panel between ladder & bars


see the hidden mickey? if not, drink a few cold ones and try again



in Orlando speak it was cold, had to buy GD hat & gloves, found a two-fer!



we were last ones in for character greet in epcot, they spend over 10 minutes with us!



we were very disappointed there were no character meals available at Universal or onsite hotels our dates. were told the contracts hadn't been extended.



have a pic somewhere from pirate night on the cruise. will post when I find it haha we drink the kook aid.
thanks for looking!

 

[tink1957]

Great pics Janet...I feel warmer already.

Your granddaughter is just adorable.

Hope to go on a Disney cruise someday...it sounds like a great vacation.

 

[keishashadow]

Thanks Vicki! DCL cruises are nice for the vibe but crazy over-priced. we can only swing shorter cruises with them off season. We've sailed other cruise lines and appreciate their itineraries/service/value.

 

[Mrs bluer101]

Great pics Janet. Looks like you guys had a great time. Your pictures make DH and I want to go on a cruise.

 

[macraven]

beautiful pictures of your family janet!

you son looks so much like you.

also the mini me.......

the Bluers and us saw a minionion during breakfast at jakes.
todd had a banana and the character was excited......

 

[keishashadow]

beautiful pictures of your family janet!

you son looks so much like you.

also the mini me.......

the Bluers and us saw a minionion during breakfast at jakes.
todd had a banana and the character was excited......

nwahaha

we had tried to book the one @ jakes that was held on Sundays by calling in, were told it wasn't being offered after December. Called back to check less than a week before we left home and told the same. Also checked with concierge when we arrived at PBH and told nothing scheduled.

 

[keishashadow]

Great pics Janet. Looks like you guys had a great time. Your pictures make DH and I want to go on a cruise.

you should go for it! I always see such great last minute FLA resident rates. RCCL has dreamworks characters onboard many of the ships. I was very apprehensive my 1st cruise but am such a fan now.

 

[RAPstar]

Great pics, Janet! Your GD is a cutie!!

 

[macraven]

nwahaha

we had tried to book the one @ jakes that was held on Sundays by calling in, were told it wasn't being offered after December. Called back to check less than a week before we left home and told the same. Also checked with concierge when we arrived at PBH and told nothing scheduled.

we all were there on a sunday.
since island dining room was closed due to brazil voz, the breakfast buffet was moved to jakes.

and the minionion and handler appeared for the guests that morning.
i think you left that morning to catch the boat.

 

[macraven]

only the third time for this to happen but chgo ps are closed on monday now. they never close but the weather up here is not very good this coming week.
i doubt tuesday will be any better weatherwise.


i needed to return a purchase to Ace hardware yesterday and just remembered it.

i don't wanna go outside tomorrow for anything........
or drive anywhere.

 

[Lynne G]

Oh Mac, I know we have some single digit days coming up, but I hope some warmer termps come your way. My DM didn't want to go out yesterday, as the ice just stays in place with the cool temps. We're to get more snow tomorrow. Ugh.

Kids are really excited and want to know if the new HP area will be open when we go at the end of August. I think so, but I warned them the crowds will be bonkers. And, on a side note, we are doing the motherland too, but because of military tickets, only our first set of back to back tickets can reserve FP's in advance. Oh well, I am hoping more kinks will be worked out by the end of this summer. I think we will be having more pool time.


Andy/Robbie, that's great, another trip. AP use in the dark side is always a good thing.

And Keisha, the pictures of the little GD are so cute. She looks like she had alot of fun. We enjoyed a 3 night cruise before our on land stay over the holidays. We liked the Dream.


Happy Monday all!

 

[orlandonewstarts]

Today is the day! Plane leaves in a few hours 6 months fo waiting and its finally here

 

[keishashadow]

mac - we were going to delay our departure and book the 8 am breakfast. maybe the Brazilian takeover was reason nobody knew the minions would be active that day? was my understanding it's usually in islands. There was no character dinner in La trattoria on Friday. We ate there Saturday night when mama dellas was running 45 minutes behind on our reservation. Asked the server who said they haven't had it there for some time.

lynne - yes the dream is a great ship, how nice to be able to use the military tix

andy - thanks. noticed u are skipping POP this year. Other than wanting to try Cabanas & work that AP, any other reason you're ready for a change? Have never stayed there. It and sports (many love it, just not our thing with large groups of semi-adults running around) were the only values available under AP promo our dates. booked a standard room @ POP requesting 70's building B to be near bus and hoping no pool in that section more quiet...I hope haha. Any thoughts?

 

[Cielei]

great pictures! It looks so warm in most of them!!

We have another day off from school since you can apparently get frost bite in less than a minute on unexposed skin thanks to -50 with windchill. Tomorrow morning looks to be even colder; so I might as well plan on having no school then too. Something cool called a sun dog in the morning sky all my friends from our old neighborhood got to see in the Chicago area this morning - I did not take this picture, but thought I would share. (photographer credit is on the image I think - it's a friend of a friend)

 

[schumigirl]

Janet........beautiful pics and a beautiful GD you have there......a real cutie
Tom wants to go on a cruise one day.......either Norwegian fiords (too cold for me) or a Caribbean cruise.........I am the stop sign with that idea.........I hate the idea of being on a ship and don't really know why ........can I blame The Poseidon Adventure totally irrational I know.
We have been on boats that cross the channel to France and over to Holland but a real cruise .......told Tom he would have to go on his own.......
But I have to admit yours did look nice

mac.......hope you're having a nice day......inside

Orlandonewstarts.........have a great trip

Cielei..........gorgeous pic too



Got 2 days on my own tomorrow and Wednesday..........not sure what to do..........

Hope everyone's good

 

[RAPstar]

mac - we were going to delay our departure and book the 8 am breakfast. maybe the Brazilian takeover was reason nobody knew the minions would be active that day? was my understanding it's usually in islands. There was no character dinner in La trattoria on Friday. We ate there Saturday night when mama dellas was running 45 minutes behind on our reservation. Asked the server who said they haven't had it there for some time.

lynne - yes the dream is a great ship, how nice to be able to use the military tix

andy - thanks. noticed u are skipping POP this year. Other than wanting to try Cabanas & work that AP, any other reason you're ready for a change? Have never stayed there. It and sports (many love it, just not our thing with large groups of semi-adults running around) were the only values available under AP promo our dates. booked a standard room @ POP requesting 70's building B to be near bus and hoping no pool in that section more quiet...I hope haha. Any thoughts?

I love Pop, I really do. But I've stayed there 3 or 4 times now, I just need/want something different. Otherwise I would totally go again. I stayed in the 70's my first trip and loved it. They play disco music during the day time (after everyone's is presumably awake, lol). You may also want to ask about getting a room on the top floor (unless you don't like stairs, but there's still the elevators in the middle of the building), since then you don't have to worry about people above you stomping around, lol.

 

[keishashadow]

Cielei - I've never seen anything like that! we had something new here after high winds last night - snow rollers

http://www.wtae.com/news/local/arms...lay/-/10927448/24140234/-/xqhbnt/-/index.html

carole couldn't sleep the night before we left last trip. 600 channels and I wound up watching the crappy remake of that movie...how could I turn off Kurt Russell? You should consider trying a short cruise in connection with RPH stay some day.

andy - thanks, was afraid something was amiss at POP. Nothing like somebody's little darlings leaping off the bed on floor above you at the values, least you don't have to worry about setting a wakeup call there.

 

[macraven]

i checked out your snow rollers.
interesting, first time i have viewed one.

school closed again here and chicago on tuesday.
looks like tomorrow will be worse than today.

since i didn't do errands today, tomorrow i will need to.

keisha, did you have Demetrious Ivory as a weather guy in your area?
he is at wgn in chgo and mentioned pittsburg sometime back.
think that is where he had his last weather job.

i just looked up orlando temps and it is the place to be.
i'll get the car warmed up and pick up some of youse homies.
who's in?
who's in charge of the snacks for our long drive?