Sometimes the Best Plan is to Forget the Plan!!

[princess_momma]

KIMMY!!!!! I"M HERE, lol!! Sorry it took me forever to get the heck over here. I have just been so busy with school, running, and life in general.

So loving this TR!! Oh I agree with you on California Grill. I don't think it's all that great. I did have the ravioli like your dad and the filet like your mom did and I thought they were really good, but we won't be going back. It was nice to experience once.

Aww Landon was afraid of Tigger. Poor kid. I'm glad the other characters didn't bother him though. Love the pictures, cute!!

I love his first haircut!! haha al the mickey stickers on him crack me up! aww and his little mickey ears, sooooo cute!!!!!!

LYNN!!! HI!!! I'm so glad you're here!! I understand you're being busy, don't worry about it!!! Thats awesome. How is the school and running going? I'm sure I can find out by going to your ptr. I'll head over there next!

Cali Grill is a definite one time thing...though I may be tempted to go back for some delicious ostrich. I would definitely go earlier though. I think the fireworks crowd kills the mood. I've heard sunset there is so nice!!

Landon didn't even know what to do with himself and all those stickers!! He got stickered up everyday in the park. I thought it was hilarious. There must be MILLIONS of those stickers in the park, because I'm sure Landon got like a thousand. CMs would stick one on him and then hand us a stack. I'm not even kidding...that was the most he had on him at any one time though!

And I meant to ask you on facebook this morning...are you so excited for the re-release of Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3d?! I just thought of you when I heard about that for some reason!!!! I can't wait. Its going to be SO AWESOME!!

 

[Lynn5700]

Hey!! sorry I re posted the same message, lol.... don't know why that happened????

Yeah the sunset is really pretty up there!

Anyway yeah school is great and so is my running!!! I'm getting so excited! I get to make ADRS Oct 4th!!!! That's coming up!!!

OMG yeah I'm so excited for the re release of Toy Story!!! I can't wait to buy them on Blu ray!!!! OOh and when you see it in the theater you get to see a preview of toy story 3!!! Tim and I can't wait to see it.

 

[princess_momma]

Oh wow I can't believe how quick its coming up that you get to make your adr's!! That'll be a great weekend, since thats the weekend Toy Story is re-released! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!! I can't wait for the preview! I'm so excited!!

I'm glad school and running are going well!! I bet these next couple of months will just fly by between all that and also the holidays!! Then you will be in Disney!

I don't think we are going back again until either November or December of next year.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

I could always try to take longer with posting updates so the anticipation can kill you, if you want!

no no no, keep your updating the same,

even before the hair cut, he looked so grown up.

i think you said you followed along on my TR, if you want to see new pics of parker, they are on the active link in my sig. i think it says summer time fun or something like that

 

[MouseKTeer]

Back for more of your TR and really enjoying your photos.

What a nice memory of Landon's first haircut. What I remember from that first one (admittedly, not in a magical place ) was the squirming. Worked out much better for you!

Did you ever find out what was going on with all the rides not going during the parade?

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I love that Halloween border!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Love that your little guy got his first hair cut on Main St, super sweet pictures.

 

[ibedancin824]

Heyy just so you know u can call the photopass people on the phone and they will put the balloons in ur pic! They forgot mine too

 

[Dancegrl624]

I love your photopass pics (especially the jumping one!) and the Halloween border is so pretty. Fall is my favorite season, so I love all the different colored leaves.

Isn't the barber shop amazing? We went in January for my "baby's" first haircut too. Yes, she was 6 yrs old and had never even had a trim. And, that's all I let them do...just a little trim! Even though she was a big kid, they still gave us the ears, certificate, etc. She even got red and pink hair gel with tons of pixie dust. It was a great experience.

 

[Vallie]

Omg! I feel so so special to be mentioned in ur TR!! Lol

Yay for jumping pics!!! Ur the only one I've seen with one besides me!! So let's let it be known we are the starters of this soon to be trend!! Lol

Great updates!! I think u need to move to toronto so we can be pals lady! <3

 

[Vallie]

Lol oh and funny story u reminded me of!! Lol

We took a couple other jumping pics too and the first photopass guy who did it was like that is such a cute idea! And I was like see craig let's take more.. We should take one at every park icon! Lol

And he's all like val that's a bit much!even people on the disboards will think ur crazy!! Lol So we only did it at mk and epcot lol

But I thought it was funny seeing ur goal to get one at each park icon! Hehe I knew I'm not the only crazy lady!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

I think the jumping pics are adorable! GREAT idea!

 

[princess_momma]

no no no, keep your updating the same,

even before the hair cut, he looked so grown up.

i think you said you followed along on my TR, if you want to see new pics of parker, they are on the active link in my sig. i think it says summer time fun or something like that

I will have to look at the new pics of Parker!! How old is he now?? I think I'm going to have to go through your old tr and look at pics from his birthday for inspiration!! Landon's is just over a month away!!

Back for more of your TR and really enjoying your photos.

What a nice memory of Landon's first haircut. What I remember from that first one (admittedly, not in a magical place ) was the squirming. Worked out much better for you!

Did you ever find out what was going on with all the rides not going during the parade?

Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it!!

I don't know why all the rides happened to be down. Splash did start working sometime during the parade though...I have a funny story about it in my next update!

I love that Halloween border!

Love that your little guy got his first hair cut on Main St, super sweet pictures.

Thanks!! I love that border too. I wish they had a Photo Pass guy in there so I could've added borders lol!

Heyy just so you know u can call the photopass people on the phone and they will put the balloons in ur pic! They forgot mine too

I was going to call...I think its too late now though since I already ordered the cd.

I love your photopass pics (especially the jumping one!) and the Halloween border is so pretty. Fall is my favorite season, so I love all the different colored leaves.

Isn't the barber shop amazing? We went in January for my "baby's" first haircut too. Yes, she was 6 yrs old and had never even had a trim. And, that's all I let them do...just a little trim! Even though she was a big kid, they still gave us the ears, certificate, etc. She even got red and pink hair gel with tons of pixie dust. It was a great experience.

Thats so awesome!! You have a tr for that, right? I'll have to look it up!! I'm glad they still did all the stuff for her!! Thats awesome! Its a great place for a first haircut!! And its completely understandable for a girl to go that many years without even a trim!! With a boy, that would be a long time. Isn't it Kate Hudson's son who has seriously long hair? I always thought he was a girl...he has such pretty hair! LOL

Omg! I feel so so special to be mentioned in ur TR!! Lol

Yay for jumping pics!!! Ur the only one I've seen with one besides me!! So let's let it be known we are the starters of this soon to be trend!! Lol

Great updates!! I think u need to move to toronto so we can be pals lady! <3

HAHA!! Yay!! Of course I mentioned you, I totally thought about you when I did!! Its just so FUN!! I'm totally down with being trendsetters!!

How about we both move to Florida instead? Maybe they'll rent us a few rooms in the castle!!

Lol oh and funny story u reminded me of!! Lol

We took a couple other jumping pics too and the first photopass guy who did it was like that is such a cute idea! And I was like see craig let's take more.. We should take one at every park icon! Lol

And he's all like val that's a bit much!even people on the disboards will think ur crazy!! Lol So we only did it at mk and epcot lol

But I thought it was funny seeing ur goal to get one at each park icon! Hehe I knew I'm not the only crazy lady!

SEE?! We're SO MUCH ALIKE!! I wish I had thought of doing it at every icon sooner!! We totally need to schedule our next trips together and do it and be crazy together!!

 

[princess_momma]

I think the jumping pics are adorable! GREAT idea!

You always post the same time as me!! How funny!! But thank you...I highly recommend jumping...its just so fun!!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

You always post the same time as me!! How funny!! But thank you...I highly recommend jumping...its just so fun!!

ha, ha - you look much cuter jumping than I would! A lot of things MOVE when I jump.

 

[princess_momma]

ha, ha - you look much cuter jumping than I would! A lot of things MOVE when I jump.

Oh hogwash!! Don't you know Disney has pixie dust and every picture looks magically perfect and anyone can jump high while looking cute?
No but seriously...I just don't have certain females parts that move when most woman jump and it makes me sad. Even when I was pregnant, they were so small!! So I often wish I had that problem. Instead the problems I have at Disney are terrible hair and squinty eyes! LOL

 

[princess_momma]

So when I left off, we were waiting for the parade. And waiting. Oh and I failed to mention that it started raining. Perhaps that made the wait seem even longer. It was ridiculous. Never sit at the end of the parade!! I’m sure you are all well aware of that, but for the record, I hadn’t even been planning on watching but everything was down and I didn’t want to keep looking for something! My parents even wandered back to Adventureland and back before the parade got to us!!
And then finally!!

Can I just say that I LOVE the parade people…especially the ones in the above picture. I mean, I know its their job and they are *supposed* to be happy and jolly and all that, but they just look for real. I mean I don’t know how I would handle slowly walking all that distance, holding a banner and stopping so often to wait for the rest of the parade and the little dances and all that. They seem to be genuinely enjoying themselves, singing along and smiling and waving if they catch the eye of someone. I just loved them lol.

This was the front ribbon dancer girl. She was great too. And she loved Landon. (Notice how the rain messed up his cute new haircut. *tear*)

And some float pictures for you all. Enjoy!

Sure Aladdin, just cut off your meet and greets so that you can be in a parade!!

If I were in the parade, I’d be somewhere on this float…with a VERY handsome prince!

My favorite

Is it just me or does her parade dress seem a bit nicer and sparklier than her meet and greet one, even though it’s the same dress? I guess I understand…I wouldn’t want the kids pulling on my sparkliest, fanciest number!


Oh and I saw Jafar before Aladdin’s float. He was headed in our direction and I, without thinking, blurt out “EW, JAFAR!” and he hears me and totally turns his back on me!! And then he comes back and makes this gesture, like “come on, I know I’m a bad guy, but what’d I ever do to you?” It was great!

Now throughout the whole waiting and parade, there was this family next to us. They were all talking about how much they wanted to go on Splash Mountain, even the about 11 year old daughter. But they had a son who had to be like 16 or 17 and he was TERRIFIED of Splash for some reason!! If you recall, the ride had been down and before they opened it up for people again, they were running empty logs. The little sister kept begging to go ride it and her brother would see the empty logs and be like “No way am I going on that!” Now, if you’ve been on Splash, you know there’s that little area where you go where you can see pretty much the same view as the big drop, but it’s a while before the big drop. Well the guy would see people going in that area but empty logs were still coming down and he was like “See?! They aren’t coming out alive!! I won’t ever go on it!” It was just pure hilarity. He cracked me up because he was so much older and so scared!!

And after the parade, my dad and I finally go to go on Splash again!! My mom went shopping with Landon while we did that and when we came back, he looked like this:

All together now: “AWWW!!!”

Then we went back to Adventureland and guess who was back?!?! Aladdin and Jasmine!! But no Genie. *tear* Oh well, we quickly got in line! I think they closed it about 2 or 3 families after us!! Lucky we got in this time!! I also noticed how quickly Aladdin changed back into his "street-rat" attire. Apparently, like Belle, he doesn't wear his finest to the meet and greets!!

The wait was pretty long. There were probably about half a dozen groups in front of us and they were really taking their time with people—especially this one little girl in a Jasmine costume. It was the cutest thing ever. When we moved up in the line and were about 3 or 4 families back, guess who showed up?!











GENIE!!!!!!!!!!!! SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!
At this point, I thought of Lynn, because I remember her collecting the Vinylmation pins. You know how they have all sorts of Vinylmation stuff now? Well this lady had this blank, plush Vinylmation thing and was having the characters sign it! It was pretty cool and a very neat idea!!

Finally it was our turn!!

(Clearly, checking out a princess is better than taking a good picture…just ask Landon.)

Then my girl, Jas, and I took some “princess-only” pics!

After that, my dad and I rode the Jungle Cruise. My mom wanted to shop some more so that’s what she did. It was slow, relaxing and funny to people like me. I love those kinds of jokes they make! (Then again, I’m the kind of person who finds most popsicle stick jokes funny…)

After that, we made our way back out to my castle. I mean, Cinderella’s castle. Maybe Disney is going to surprise me and make it my castle with the new Fantasyland overhaul. Isn’t Cinderella getting a “chateau” or something? She doesn’t need both…

And, as promised, I took more jumping pics. This Photo Pass person had me play around with different kinds of jumps.

This one is my favorite. It’s the only one of the day without my hair blocking my face. Even though, apparently, I make goofy faces when jumping.

This Photo Pass lady LOVED me. (I think it was this one...) She asked if I was a cast member and stuff and told me that I had the personality of one and should be!! Aw!!

And then, we ran smack dab into something “accidently on-purpose”. It was something I fully intended on doing and had planned on doing, but flat out forgot about. Yet somehow, it worked out perfectly that we got to see it.

However…I was gravely disappointed. Stay tuned. I’ll try to get it up this afternoon!

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

The parade looks like so much fun! I love how one of the CMs from the parade came up to Landon and talked to him - so cute!

Yay for meeting Aladdin, Jasmine and the Genie! It made me laugh seeing Landon checking Jasmine out... such a typical boy!

I'm so curious to hear about what you ran into accidentally-on purpose!

 

[tinkgurl]

Okay...thanks for leaving us hanging! I want to know what you ran into "accidently on purpose"!

I love the parade. I know what you mean, they all seem so happy and cheerful all the time. I'd be tired doing all of that dancing and stuff the whole parade.

Oh my gosh, your pic with Jasmine just reminded me of the time when Sis and I were younger and we were getting our picture with her and Dad HAD to be in the pic with us because he liked her. Oh it's an oldie pic...Sis had on an 'NSYNC shirt on!

 

[princess_momma]

The parade looks like so much fun! I love how one of the CMs from the parade came up to Landon and talked to him - so cute!

Yay for meeting Aladdin, Jasmine and the Genie! It made me laugh seeing Landon checking Jasmine out... such a typical boy!

I'm so curious to hear about what you ran into accidentally-on purpose!

Landon is such a typical boy. He loves wheels, food and pretty girls. I don't think that will ever change!

Okay...thanks for leaving us hanging! I want to know what you ran into "accidently on purpose"!

I love the parade. I know what you mean, they all seem so happy and cheerful all the time. I'd be tired doing all of that dancing and stuff the whole parade.

Oh my gosh, your pic with Jasmine just reminded me of the time when Sis and I were younger and we were getting our picture with her and Dad HAD to be in the pic with us because he liked her. Oh it's an oldie pic...Sis had on an 'NSYNC shirt on!

At least the dancers have something to do!! Can you imagine JUST standing there holding a banner? I would probably look bored and impatient. But they look so happy!

Thats so funny about your Dad having to get in the pic. My mom later admitted that she thought Aladdin was a "hottie". Also, love that your sister had a 'NSYNC shirt on!! Ahh the good ol' days of boy bands.