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[yankeepenny]

kstarfish 82 welcome to our thread!


dont forgot to vote in the poll!

 

[NashvilleTrio]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say hi real quick.

We had a great time at Cedar Point last weekend. We were part of a coaster event called CoasterMania, and we got into the park on Friday morning at 5:30AM! Then we got to ride Millenium Force and their new coaster - Maverick - as much as we wanted from 6am to 8:30am. It was pretty cool to get off the ride then run back around and do it again with a wait of only 10 minutes or less.

Then that night after the park closed, we got to stay and ride Top Thrill Dragster, Power Tower, and Magnum from 10:30 to midnight. Even though we had gone back to the hotel to take a nap earlier in the day, we were beat after that day was over!! But it was a blast!

(marcie - we didn't try for the front seat on TTD mainly because the line was too long. we just wanted to ride it and didn't really care where we sat! it was a great experience, but very short. i don't think i'd wait more than about 45 minutes to ride it again, even though that 1st launch at 120 miles per hour is very cool!!)

And next week we'll be theme-parking again down at UO!!

See you guys later!!
melissa

 

[macraven]

Mac, my souvie to you is a surprise. You'll have to wait and see what it is in October!

empty beer can??

Ha ha ha...these are great head shaving stories.

The only thing I use is an electric razor. It's time consuming, but the end result is awesome!

Any suggestions tho??

maybe drink a 6 pack before you do the next head/hair sculptering? jk

Morning All!!!!

Thank you all for the congrats - it WAS quite a posting frenzy I had going on there, huh??

don't leave me on the food game thread alone.
last night i had to answer my own posts to continue the game

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say hi real quick.

We had a great time at Cedar Point last weekend. We were part of a coaster event called CoasterMania
And next week we'll be theme-parking again down at UO!!

See you guys later!!
melissa

so good to see melissa back with us even if it is for only a week.
are you going to be able to meet up with the other homies?

i am tempted to try cedar point.
don't want to go alone but if i could find others that would go, that would be kewl

 

[keishashadow]

finally packed a suitcase - sorta

zipper where it's locks lost the metal gizmo (crap)

picked it up by the side handle (off it came)

got them @ Macys, only used twice...grrr.

Like to just take 1 large bag pp (body bags the old man calls them/barely legal by airline standars). Called local JCPenny's; they don't have anything the same size less than $100. Wonder how flimsy the luggage is @ KMart; know WMs is some off-brand. Anyone try it out yet?

 

[macraven]

kmart sells concourse, american tourist and a couple of other brands.

i bought 3 times from them and got them for a song.

last year i bought the expandable american tourist large set for only $80.
great sale !!


have bought some items from target but they are higher priced.


walmart costs more than kmarket......

 

[bubba's mom]

hey all....just home from work...and guess what was home here waiting for me??? my new water softener (we are really good friends w/ our plumber, so we just left him a key....and i mean "friends".....i cut the family's hair, we celebrate holidays together, visit a weekend w/ them at their beachhouse every summer, etc.....) so, can't wait for THAT bill next month... (altho, i have a pretty good idea how much it will be!)

tracie...we shut off ac the other nite and have had windows open since....beautiful breeze today....i thinks dinner will be outside again tonite.....

janet...i've used the kmart and walmart luggage...it's okay. get it for now to "get you thru" and ask for a nice set for xmas.....

mac.....melissa and her DH ARE making the meet....we are expecting at least half a dozen peeps (should be a good time!)

so, really busted my hump at work today to get caught up before vacay.....nobody will do my work while i'm gone (2 wks), so, i don't want MORE when i get back......

well, off to make dinner and such.....catch y'all tonite!

 

[marciemi]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say hi real quick.

We had a great time at Cedar Point last weekend. We were part of a coaster event called CoasterMania, and we got into the park on Friday morning at 5:30AM! Then we got to ride Millenium Force and their new coaster - Maverick - as much as we wanted from 6am to 8:30am. It was pretty cool to get off the ride then run back around and do it again with a wait of only 10 minutes or less.

Then that night after the park closed, we got to stay and ride Top Thrill Dragster, Power Tower, and Magnum from 10:30 to midnight. Even though we had gone back to the hotel to take a nap earlier in the day, we were beat after that day was over!! But it was a blast!

(marcie - we didn't try for the front seat on TTD mainly because the line was too long. we just wanted to ride it and didn't really care where we sat! it was a great experience, but very short. i don't think i'd wait more than about 45 minutes to ride it again, even though that 1st launch at 120 miles per hour is very cool!!)

And next week we'll be theme-parking again down at UO!!

See you guys later!!
melissa

Melissa - sounds like a blast! We always saw the CoasterMania folks and were even there that weekend some years and checked out the website, but we never bothered joining because in the past I thought it was always earlier in June and the kids were always in school and we couldn't pull them (usually about a week before they got out or the last day or whatever!). I don't remember the early morning stuff as much as the late stuff -we always camped at the campground and you can hear the coasters going until midnight! Didn't you have a little guy? What did he think of TTD? I agree that it's a "wow" coaster, but we'd never ride it unless we got into the park first thing and avoided the lines - Force I'd actually wait for!

 

[roseprincess]

Hi all-

kstarfish82- cool pic of your brother's head

nashville trio- Sounded like you had a great time at Cedar Point
Never been there, but hope to in the next yr or so.
Drove very near Sandusky, OH on the way to and from Hershey Park last week

All of you talking about luggage, I have no clue what anyone should buy at what store DH and I have old luggage we got from our wedding shower or a wedding gift, back in 1993(new luggage at that time). We still use it. Doesn't have the pull up handle on them like luggage does today. Pretty much old fashion luggage from the early 90's. Tho they are still in pretty good condition. I think my parents bought the luggage for us for a wedding gift, bought at JC Penney's.

Played outside with the kids today. Played a board game outside with DS while DD wanted to stay inside for some reason She doesn't like flies or bugs of any kind

 

[roseprincess]

Glad all of you are enjoying my Hershey TR!!

Ok, where am I on this Hershey TR. Oh yeah, Day 6- last Thurs June 14.
OK, so I recovered from my heat sickess the day before. My body cannot really tolerate being in the sun for more than 2 hrs, esp getting sunburned at any waterpark. I got pretty sunburned at the Boardwalk area. I am peeling as of now.
Anyways, on Thurs, we just did stuff around Hershey, PA for the day. This was our last full day before we were leaving Friday for our trip home. the temp last Thurs was only in hte lower 60's for the day.
We went to the Hershey Outlet Mall and walked around there for about 45 min. We were hoping there would be some kind of souvenier store(like at DTD), but there isn't any there at the outlet mall Oh well.
Then we tried to find the movie theater complex called Coco Plex to see Shreck 3 to go to the 12:20pm showing. couldn't find the place, as it is hard to find, even with the directions the hotel gave us. Then I noticed the entrance to the Hershey Lodge. I told DH, "please let's go there, I really want to see the place". He's like, " ugh... ok" So we checked out Hershey Lodge and walked around. My only time I have actually stepped into a Hershey owned hotel! We walked around and went into their souvenier/gift shop and bought a couple of things from the shop. Then we were getting hungry and I had mentioned to DH "let's eat at the Bear's Den". So we ate lunch at the Bears Den. It was kinda empty, maybe 3 other families there at the time. The Bear's Den is a sports bar/ family type of restaurant. Had a good lunch there. Then we left Hershey Lodge and drove back to find the Coco Plex movie theater and we found it! So we saw the afternoon showing of Shreck 3 and loved it! Then we went back to our hotel room after the movie. I cannot even remember what we did for dinner. Maybe DH picked up Burger King? That was it for Day 6.

Day 7- Friday June 15- packed up our stuff to leave Hershey
When we were packing our things, my DH took his foot and swept it under one of the beds and a Picachu stuffed toy came out! We already had one of our Picachus DD brought with us. This one was a little smaller and it was a Burger King toy- not the toy from the night before. The kids were so thrilled!
They love anything Pokemon! I thought it was cool an unknown Picachu showed up My kids and DH thought maybe hte family before us accidently left it there under the bed, which was possible. I thought maybe housekeeping may have put it there when they cleaned our room the day before. who knows? It was magical for the kids, as they were so ecstatic about this new found Pichachu stuffed toy! I told Dh, let's give housekeeping a tip, as maybe they did leave Pickachu in the room for us. So we left housekeeping a tip-we never tip housekeeping before.
Left Hershey and drove off to Boston hts, OH. Stayed at Boston Hts, OH Friday night, same Comfort Inn as before. Came home Sat. night.
End of TR!
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask
I will try to post pics later, not sure when yet.
I will have some closing thoughts of the vacay later, as dinner is ready and I'm ready to eat.

 

[KStarfish82]

Rosemarie...

Great TR, I might be heading to Hershey in the beginning of Sept.bb

As for your Pokemon stuff for the kids...I have lots that we put up on Craigslist. If you are interested, send me a PM.

 

[keishashadow]

I made the rounds of the discount stores, decided I'd just rig a lock/strap/chain & hope for the best. We travel alot must be hard on luggage have had several low-end sets. I've got my eye on a couple gigantic ones of those new roller wheel type - they handle sweeeeeeeet!

barb - that really sux, hope you got the family & friends deal. off to get my hairs cut & colored tomorrow, got a pic of carmen electra & lindsey lohan (just want the hair color but; i'll take the body too if she can swing it ).

rose - i am humbled by such a great TR, i'm afraid to post one now. I've still got a closet full of pokemon 'everything' pack rat kid cannot part with his goodies. Paid a bundle for a charmander card - wonder what that's worth now.

mac - i knew you would know about the luggage - smart cookie!

melissa - if i were you i wouldn't unpack the suitcases.

 

[bubba's mom]

I made the rounds of the discount stores, decided I'd just rig a lock/strap/chain & hope for the best. We travel alot must be hard on luggage have had several low-end sets. I've got my eye on a couple gigantic ones of those new roller wheel type - they handle sweeeeeeeet!

hope it works for you....i hope i don't read a TR that starts off ..."Okay, so the "rigged" suitcase wasn't such a good idea....my big girl panties were all over the place for everyone to see"

barb - that really sux, hope you got the family & friends deal. off to get my hairs cut & colored tomorrow, got a pic of carmen electra & lindsey lohan (just want the hair color but; i'll take the body too if she can swing it ).

nah...no discount.... I don't give them discounts, they don't give us discounts. because this is our living, we each pay full price. However, it's a "trust" thing...well, for us. We know he won't rip us off and tell us we need something we don't just to make money, or inflate the price...I don't mind paying full price, knowing i'm getting service and NOT ripped!

I hope you get the color you want....tell them your friend you're meeting on vacay is a stylist and is going to scrutinize your color...so, she'd better get it right!

rose - i am humbled by such a great TR, i'm afraid to post one now.

i know you are going to post a TR AND pix!

mac - i knew you would know about the luggage - smart cookie!

be careful shopping for new luggage....we have a huge suitcase and IT alone weighs about 20 pounds! You can only add another 30 pounds before you reach max weight for airlines

melissa - if i were you i wouldn't unpack the suitcases.

uh...at least wash the clothes please!!!

 

[bubba's mom]

Morning all!!! HAPPY FIRST FULL DAY OF SUMMER!!!

Off to do that "work" thing today....I have lots of margaritas to buy next week....

Cya's later.....

 

[keishashadow]

drive by see 'ya later, gators - in case i don't get back to check in

barb i did have luggage go missing once (really long story); once it was located a month later; all that was missing was my underwear & disposable camera. ewwww, what kinda sicko wants grannie panties?

 

[roseprincess]

Good morning!

Keishashadow- Awww, you don't need to be humbled by my TR
I've never done one of these before on the DIS, until now.

Have a great trip!

Kstarfish- Glad you are enjoying the TR. We have some Pokemon stuffed characters. We have a few Picachus, Togepe, one small Bulbazar. Trading cards, a Pokemon board game, a few Pokemon DVDs. I think my DD loves Pokemon so much because their characters squeal and make strange noises She loves the Pokemon tv shows, the old shows and newer shows. DS used to be a big fan of Pokemon, but not so much now.
Kstarfish, if you happen to have the DVD "Totally Togepe", let me know. DD wants this DVD. I don't know if it's an old or newer DVD.
If ever there is a Pokemon-themed amusement park in the USA, we defintely need to check it out. I think one is being built in Korea or Japan.


Hi to all

 

[roseprincess]

My final, closing thoughts of Hershey Park:
First, want to thank you all for praying for our safety in our travels. The trip up there was a little challenging, but it all worked out.
The magic number there was 8. $8 to park at the Hershey Park parking lot everyday. After paying the $13 for the locker at the Boardwalk area, we got
the $5 deposit back, which left actually $8 for the locker.
Hershey Park is a nice and clean park. A little too hilly for me, but a nice park overall. DH and I were a little disappointed with trying to find the shows and the times of the shows.(Bubba's mom, we forgot to bring the show list with us to the park, had left it that day at our hotel room). When we found some of where the shows were, they were either cancelled at certain times, which I thought was a little strange
They also are supposed to have a traveling beach band. Actually we saw one vehicle drive and stop very close to us and some guitar guy came out, but he took off, so no music Were we supposed to chase after him, like chasing after the Beatles?
The staff at the Comfort Inn at the Park in Hershey were nice and helpful.

I almost did wish Hershey would have had some kind Million Dreams thing, like Disney, b/c they are celebrating 100 yrs of Hershey Park this yr. Maybe they should have done 100 Days of Dreams or something like that? Just my idea, I suppose. We did our own magic, or finding the stuffed Picachu was magic enough
When driving in PA, you can use the IPass(our Illinois toll pass system) going thru tolls on the PA turnpike. I guess in PA, it's called EZ pass. Can use our IPass thru the PA EZPass. That was cool for us, as DH brought our IPass with us

 

[bubba's mom]

rose...yes..it's called EZ Pass....just like Fla. is "Sun Pass" Glad you had an overall good trip experience at Hersheypark....it is a nice, clean, family place.

janet.... have a GREAT time....cya Friday!!!!! (wait'll everyone sees the "funny surprise" I'm bringing....but be forewarned, if you attend the meet, you WILL be sworn to secrecy till I get home so we can share with all the homies (btw...i DO want to hear that luggage story..... )

well, just had a second homes....check ya's tonite when i get home (brought laptop to work w/ me in case i had a free minute....i'm likin this laptop thing....and, oddly enuf, I was the one who told DH "we don't need a laptop" whoops! )

 

[bubba's mom]

well homies.....ran my errands and got my oil changed in my car this morning and then i worked one job from 10:15am-1:00pm and the other job from 1:30pm-9:15pm and I am beat! (yep...appx 11 hour workday) I am hittin the hay, as i have to be back to work by 7:45am for another day!!!

hope everyone had a good day....the homies are starting their way to the motherland...

nite all! catch you Saturday!

 

[bubba's mom]

well....morning and happy Saturday.

I'm off to work ......again!

I think we should change the name of this thread to the "Bubba's Mom posts to herself"

Well, have good day everyone......check w/ ya's this afternoon!

Off to earn more dollars for margaritas!

 

[damo]

well....morning and happy Saturday.

I'm off to work ......again!

I think we should change the name of this thread to the "Bubba's Mom posts to herself"

Well, have good day everyone......check w/ ya's this afternoon!

Off to earn more dollars for margaritas!

Poor lonely Bubba's mom.

Tutoring for the year is finally over. I am so sick of Calculus and kids who decide to study for their finals the day before their finals!!!

So, it is now time to read this thread to see what's been going on with everyone!!!