Something About Nothing..........#5

[roseprincess]

Ok gang ... I just had to share these pics of the storm clouds that blew through on Friday evening ...

Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5

Kewl pics! The 2nd and 3rd pic, almost looks like a funnel cloud was forming.

 

[roseprincess]

Who? Us? Wackos???

cute

 

[turning40withMickey]

Hi All
Just sneaking back in to see what's happening on this fun thread.

I paid for this trip in stops and starts, too, to manage the pain but vacation is so worth it. We all need a change of pace.

Anyone ever venture off the amusement park path to take in a beach day?

We are also planning on doing the character breakfast at Confisco Grille. Any reviews, good or bad?

Thanks for helping the newbie out! (newbie to us/ioa and this thread) i am working hard on racking up my posts!

 

[bubba's mom]

We are also planning on doing the character breakfast at Confisco Grille. Any reviews, good or bad?

good!

(see TR for Feb 2007 in sig for link)

 

[macraven]

Yesterday I, DH, and the kids went to SixFlags Great America in Gurnee, Il.
(Somewhat close to where Mac lives). I didn't meet up with Mac unfortunately. Figured a Sat is much too crowded to meet up at G.A.
It was nuts driving there and back, on I94 Alot of construction on I94, which DH and I didn't know was going on. Left before 11:30 am from home yest and didn't get there til 2pm! We did stop at the famous blue restaurant (Culvers) for lunch b4 we went into the park . It took 1/2 hour just to get to the parking area to pay for parking :
Left G.A. around 8:45 pm, didn't get home til 10:30pm(due to construction).
We had a good time tho

yup, it is about a 2 and one half to 3 hours from where you live rose to where i live. thought i mentioned some weeks back of all the construction going on up north here.

anytime you go to a six flags in the afternoon, a 30 minute wait in the toll area for the park is typical.
glad to hear besides the traffic issues, you had a good time. wasn't that hot yesterday after all. you must have had a pleasant time with the weather then.

yea, i live 10 minutes from that park.

Hi All
Just sneaking back in to see what's happening on this fun thread.

I paid for this trip in stops and starts, too, to manage the pain but vacation is so worth it. We all need a change of pace.

Anyone ever venture off the amusement park path to take in a beach day?

We are also planning on doing the character breakfast at Confisco Grille. Any reviews, good or bad?

Thanks for helping the newbie out! (newbie to us/ioa and this thread) i am working hard on racking up my posts!

years ago i would do a beach day. i have relatives on the ocean side.
would go spend time with them at their beach homes and return in the evening. now, the beach doesn't call my name anymore.
i spend it at the parks.

we have done the spiderman breakfast before for catching the interactions with the characters. thing 1 & 2, spidey and some others will be there.

the food is okay. nothing fantastic. you are paying for the characters for the most part.

they will spend about 15 minutes with you at a time and return over and over until you are sick of them.

i shouldn't say the food is mediocre. i did like the chow. but then, any food i don't have to fix or clean up after is great for me.

you have to pay extra for orange juice at that breakfast if you order it.

stick with the buffet for getting the most out of your money.

the characters will personalize things with you. they will call you by your name and entertain the kids and adults. they have the voices and movements known for that character. great actors!

there was a thread going around actively about a month ago.
i know tricia/ RVGal posted her pics of her breakfast there with her boys.

 

[roseprincess]

Had a couple of prank phone calls earlier this afternoon . Don't know who they were I'm thinking it may have been one of the boys from Matthew's class from last school yr, but I just don't know. It was a couple of kids acting strange on the phone, but they didn't ask for my kids to get on the phone. The kids said I know who they are, but I don't. I did *69 after the calls were hung up, but it didn't register a phone #.
I guess whoever they were, they must have gotten our phone # from our school directory, as my phone # is unlisted in the printed phone book.

Quoting myself and talking to myself here . Now that I think about it, if its who I think it is that did the prank phone calls, I hope the kids or person wasn't mocking me. If mocking someone else, that's fine
Couldn't understand a thing said. The first call that I answered, sounded like one of those Darth Vader voice box things that changes your voice. I did not answer the 2nd call, DH did.
Very strange phone calls tho, whoever it was........

 

[RAPstar]

ONLY BECAUSE YOU TOLD THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I may have to kill you for that. You're going to HHN in 2009, right?

Hopefully!

Ok gang ... I just had to share these pics of the storm clouds that blew through on Friday evening ...

Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5

Ooh!! Pretty!

You're trip planning is moving right along...be here before ya know it! You really need this vacation too Money is only money...if you don't spend it having fun on vacation, you'll just blow it on something else, probably insignificant..... (ya don't haveta tell me taking a vacation is expensive....you know what our last one cost us )

Amen! On a similar note, I got part a 1/4 of my friend's part of the vacation, so I payed off my package! So if worse comes to worse, I at least have a place to sleep and my park tickets.

 

[donaldduck352]

Quoting myself and talking to myself here . Now that I think about it, if its who I think it is that did the prank phone calls, I hope the kids or person wasn't mocking me. If mocking someone else, that's fine
Couldn't understand a thing said. The first call that I answered, sounded like one of those Darth Vader voice box things that changes your voice. I did not answer the 2nd call, DH did.
Very strange phone calls tho, whoever it was........

Maybe it was Bart trying to call Moe

 

[roseprincess]

yup, it is about a 2 and one half to 3 hours from where you live rose to where i live. thought i mentioned some weeks back of all the construction going on up north here.

anytime you go to a six flags in the afternoon, a 30 minute wait in the toll area for the park is typical.
glad to hear besides the traffic issues, you had a good time. wasn't that hot yesterday after all. you must have had a pleasant time with the weather then.

yea, i live 10 minutes from that park.

I forgot you talked about that some time ago. I didn't pick up about the construction on I94 I suppose My bad
Last yr we went on a Sat at the end of July and the traffic wasn't bad at all and it was a breeze to go thu the parking. Left about the same time from our house as last yr. No wonder G.A. dropped the prices of the tickets, from all the gas you guzzle going thru construction and waiting for the parking toll We had the 2 free admission tickets for the kids, from the Reading for Success program at school. If we didn't have those, we probably wouldn't have bothered to go to G.A. this yr.

I would love to meet up for a Meet with you Mac and Marcie sometime, but this construction on I94 needs to finish first. Too much sitting in traffic going 10 mi/hr for about 20 miles(or seems like for 20 miles)
We should do a small Dismeet sometime again, someday

 

[roseprincess]

Maybe it was Bart trying to call Moe

Maybe

 

[donaldduck352]

Hey we did BG Tampa yesterday.Man was it crowded.It took 1hr to get on Gwazi,and that was at 9:30AM...

They have express queos now that cost $30 per,well worth it on days like yesterday..

Plus they got food passes for around$30 per,and the turckey legs will give the mouse a run for the taste(great smokey flavor)..

I got some kool pics I'll post tommorrow of the coasters.My legs are tired and so am I..

Needless to say if your a coaster junkie,BG is the tops in central FLA..

Catch ya'll in the morning

 

[jillybeene71]

I bought my tickets yesterday also...saved me a whopping 15.00. Only bought 1 day passes though. I'll use the 15 on a volcaaaanooo at Rainforest Cafe.

hey mac did you ever decide which day your going to MNNSHP?

going to bed...nite yall.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Quoting myself and talking to myself here

Welcome to the club - I talk to myself all the time ... it's the most intelligent conversation I can have with anyone (shhhh don't tell DH tho )

 

[keishashadow]

No she wanted to talk to you all but she had to go to work at 5 am and is still there now and doesn't think any of you are wackos cause I am the only one she thinks is a wacko

then we r in good company

bonny - great pics

mac - u pay for ur trip before u go? heck, half the fun is trying to figure out how to pay off the CCs once they start rolling in...ala Xmas

rose - weird stuff? sorry re the ride issue

day #2 trippie (vegas & Hoover Dam posted) Grand Canyon next http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=26682053#post26682053
think im just going to link them in the Universal trippie site.

catch ya all tomorow!

 

[macraven]

Quoting myself and talking to myself here . Now that I think about it, if its who I think it is that did the prank phone calls, I hope the kids or person wasn't mocking me. If mocking someone else, that's fine
Couldn't understand a thing said. The first call that I answered, sounded like one of those Darth Vader voice box things that changes your voice. I did not answer the 2nd call, DH did.
Very strange phone calls tho, whoever it was........

teens and pre teens do that type of pranking all the time.
i was lucky as mine never got caught doing it, well caught one time but that was the only time they got caught...

it's a kid thing, summer time, something to do for entertainment.

Maybe it was Bart trying to call Moe

I

I would love to meet up for a Meet with you Mac and Marcie sometime, but this construction on I94 needs to finish first. Too much sitting in traffic going 10 mi/hr for about 20 miles(or seems like for 20 miles)

We should do a small Dismeet sometime again, someday

you and marci work out the details and let me know the when, where and time for it.

I bought my tickets yesterday also...saved me a whopping 15.00. Only bought 1 day passes though. I'll use the 15 on a volcaaaanooo at Rainforest Cafe.

hey mac did you ever decide which day your going to MNNSHP?

going to bed...nite yall.

i didn't.
which day are you going?
i think either the sunday, oct 5 or tuesday the oct 7 would be good.
should i flip a coin or go when you are going?

Welcome to the club - I talk to myself all the time ... it's the most intelligent conversation I can have with anyone (shhhh don't tell DH tho )

smart women never tell the man of the house our secrets like that......

my mother taught me that when i was just a kid......

 

[coastermom]

Hello from the DARKSIDE ....

Went to USF today and well it was so nice to not have to wait in line. We did almost everything except Sherk because we did other stuff twice. All I have to say today is thank goodness for the express . Lines were crazy . Forget getting food today that took us the longest . We did make the meal deal mistake . It would have been great but the lines to get the food never moved and made it hard to enjoy. We are not getting it at IOA .

Getting a better feeling for the RPR . We were not here long today but getting use to the place.

BTW DS just misses Mummy by a hair . There was a man on line telling us to put napkins in his shoes ... I really thought of it too but didn't do it . DH wants to do it but we will see.

Everyone loved the Simpsons rode it twice and then we had three great MIB rides . Also if anyone books through AAA I wanted to say I got a great suprise I didn't know was coming . When I got my tickets at Guest Services I was handed two extra ticket looking things . One is a AAA free 5x7 at certain attractions . WE got ours at MIB since we were the only ones in the car and the photo was cute . Also got a pass for 15 min. before show time priority seating at certain shows . Which I guess is good if you are not staying on site .

Off to IOA in the morning and we are going to try to visit Darkie at his ride. A little birdie told me where to go and visit ...Can't say where though I know Darkie likes keeping us guessing .

We are eating at Mythos too .

See everyone soon . Don't know if we are going to have internet on Monday so I may not be back till Wed or Thurs.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

Well, today was chock full of "Interestation" (to quote a former coworker).

-I was expecting a visit from coastermom & family all day. They never showed. But as is Established, they'll be looking for me tomorrow.

-I still picked My VIP Family of the Day. The dad in the group was so pleased, he tried to tip me. Not this profession, plz. The LMT profession, yes. I randomly VIP because I like making people's day *that* much more awesome. And reducing a 90 min wait to 5 mins definitely does that.

-My friend and I wanted to see the Dark Knight in Imax. It was sold out, all showings. We ended up getting tix for Hellboy and eating at Johnny Rockets. Both proved to be Smart Choices.

-I did encounter a Damper, a potentially large one at that, but I'm going to let the Universe control the Situation.

 

[macraven]

damper???

 

[Tinker-tude]

yesterday i bought my disney passes from a link using for mousesavers members. it tied into undercover tourist.

today those same tickets would have cost me $41 more plus tax.


so far i have paid one night on my disney room, one night on my hrh room,
bought the disney hoppers, hhn tix, and express for that, money aside for rip whenever it comes out, plane paid back in march, think that is it for now.

putting my order for csw hat, polo and club tshirt in the mail tomorrow.

Sounds great! I have a night at HRH paid for, plan to buy an AP and 7 day passes in two weeks, and just ordered Blue Man Group t-shirts and Floppie the Banjo Clown hands for the concert. The daily planning and anticipation is so addictive. By the time we go, I'll probably have three weeks of appropriate US/IoA/HRH t-shirts, and we'll only be there for five days. But that's okay, I'll enjoy all of them before and after we go. And I'll probably end up buying MORE t-shirts while I'm there. 'Cuz that's my chosen wardrobe.

Ok gang ... I just had to share these pics of the storm clouds that blew through on Friday evening ...

Those are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
I love big storms. We get some really fantastic thunder and lightening storms here in MS. Brent likes them, Jared doesn't think anything at all about them, Jonathan thinks they're neat if I'm holding him and making happy sounds, Rock (dog) doesn't care, and Brodie (dog) is terrified. I'm not showing the pictures to Brodie.

Hi All
We are also planning on doing the character breakfast at Confisco Grille. Any reviews, good or bad?

If anyone in the fam is a Spidey fan, it's a must. The food is typical buffet food (not fabulous, but yummy), but the characters are wonderful. Spider-Man was so convincing and knew his part so well that it was difficult to remember he was a guy in a costume. The Seuss characters were great with both of my kids, and knew how to make both a 7 and a 2 y/o laugh and talk to them. If no one is really into Spider-Man or Seuss, you could skip it. It's a must for us.

Welcome to the club - I talk to myself all the time ... it's the most intelligent conversation I can have with anyone (shhhh don't tell DH tho )

The voices in my head say it's okay, too. They should know.

you and marci work out the details and let me know the when, where and time for it.

Why don't you all just center your lives around MEEEEEEEEE?!?!? You need to be in Orlando January 7-13. Quit you jobs and rob banks for a living. Lots of money and you can work on your own (my) schedule. As every teenager on t.v. says, "You can do anything you put your mind to."

Well, today was chock full of "Interestation" (to quote a former coworker).

I nominate this as the word of the day.

I really like your VIP thing. Very cool to make someone's day like that.


On a personal note, we've decided to try homeschooling.
Wish me luck trying to find the best curriculum/plan for DS7 and getting the state paperwork done correctly.
I'm about to become very busy....

Tamieteachernator

 

[macraven]

tamietututeacher, home schooler is tough.
i did it for 3 years for son during high school days.

it's a lot of work but can be done if it is necessary.

let me give you a heads up.

don't wait 2 more weeks to buy the 7 day promo tickets.
i don't know how much longer they will hold for that price.

in fact, this is the first year i have seen a 7 day 2 park multi pass ticket before.
in the past years, there were only 5 days passes.

disney increased all their tickets and ap's today.

when that happens, other parks tend to follow suit......

i don't know if universal plans to increase their tickets but would not be shocked if they did.

over the years, they have raised prices when disney has.