Stop Making Me Laugh Or I'll Pee My Pants! Go Back! I Lost My Shoe! Trip Report!

[KatMark]

*******Interruption: Boss just came in from court. Be back later.

Tell the boss to GO BACK TO COURT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your pictures are great. I think our oldest is buying us a new camera so we can get better pictures.

 

[hhockman]

Lisa, you do such a good job of storytelling. I could "see" you guys everywhere you went, even though I haven't been to Universe of Energy in forever (we're going this time at some point. Christian is studying dinosaurs at school this week, so we're hitting every dinosaur-theme we can find!).

I'm glad John was better after he woke up. It's so hard to have someone mad at you at Disney. My dad was just diagnosed with Type II diabetes in May. Any time his sugars get low he gets in the same kind of mood. It usually takes a just a minute to figure out what the problem is, but sometimes he doesn't want to hear it. Hopefully we won't have this kind of thing happen ourselves.

Sorry you missed the "orange smell" but glad you got on Soarin and Mission Space so quick. I'm upset about Living with the Land being closed too. We love that ride and Will really likes it. He's going to be disappointed. At least we're lucky enough that TTA will be open again. It was supposed to open Tuesday, but now they're saying the 12th. They'd better not push it back anymore! Space Mountain and LWTL is enough to miss!

Looking forward to the rest of your day. I EPCOT!

 

[aprilisis]

Thanks for the great update!

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Good updating as usual. I am sorry John was having a bad morning but so glad it got better for him. Heather is right, Type II diabetes does sort of the same thing. When mine drop too low I break out in a cold sweat, have no idea where I am and become very incoherent. I normally keep peanut butter and crackers around. Or a snicker bar which doesn't work well but tastes really good. (just kidding).

I love Soarin. I love the front row the very best. Like you, afraid of heights but for some reason being in front I don't feel like we are so high. Also like Sunshine Seasons. I do believe everyone in my group got naps in at Ellen's show too.

 

[orangecats2]

Hi! I came over from your last TR which I liked so much. You are so entertaining and have such a great personality. This TR is shaping to be as good if not better than your last one.
All your pics of CBR are so making me want to upgrade from movies! But I'm pretty sure DH doesn't want to spend the extra money. Anyway, I actually really want to see the ASSMo so I know we will like it. But I am thinking for sure that next time we will try a mod. Now if we were somehow offered a free upgrade to another resort we would not turn it down!
I am another one who likes LWTL ride. It will still be closed while we're there (also Flights of Wonder and Space Mountain - sigh [I know, it's value season]). But I have always wanted to do the Behind The Seeds Tour. I wonder if it would be any different with the ride not going? I think we will do it anyway though since I've waited 20 years to take it.

 

[jenseib]

Wonderful update. You know when we rode Soarin' in March, I never smelt the oranges either.

 

[PixieFan]

Hey Lisa, Just another weather update for the Hot Springs area. I just wanted you to know the temps are still low, noon was 68. But we have 60 percent chance of rain everyday of the weekend. So, it probably was a good thing you didn't come up here! First football game is tomorrow night and I SO dont enjoy watching them in the rain. I'm a band mom and I just go to a band concert and a football game breaks out before and after my concert!!! My son that is 17 next Thurs,scared1 is on the drumline. I am so loving your TR. Im starting to plan our trip for spring, and it is so fun following a trip while planning one!! Dawn

 

[mommytothreeboys]

When we went in May we priced the fly suites at ASMu and the cabins and the best deal for us was TWO rooms at a value resort! Now, at your boys age you would HAVE to have adjoining rooms; which normally WDW will try very very hard (you should not have a problem) to accomadate. Just a seed to plant for you Missy on a next trip (and your boys are getting older and I know a trick to know if they leave the room at night--they used it when Dayne went with his 8th grade class to D.C. [you put a piece of duck tape on the outside of the door if they open the door there is ABSOLUTELY no way for THEM to replace the tape--needless to say the teacher NEVER had problems with the kids]

Oh yeah...I forgot about that option. It was something we considered for this past trip, but decided we could do one room at POR at least one more time! I've heard of that tape trick before..gonna have to put that one in my back pocket for when I might need it!

Wow Lisa. I just love your pictures. They are totally encouraging me to stick with my plan of getting up early to do my "running" (which I haven't done the last two days). I can't wait to see POR so early in the morning. I'll have to take my camera one day (of course Missy's pictures of POR are pretty hard to beat!)

Awww shucks..you're too sweet!!

We pull into the Epcot parking lot and our bus driver slows down in the middle of the parking lot. What the heck was he doing? We look through the window towards the bus stops and there are only three other buses letting guests out. No reason why he can't just loop on around and let us out. Does he do that? No! He stops in the middle of the parking lot, yells "Epcot!" and opens the doors. Everybody on the bus is looking around and we realize he's serious. He wants us to get off the bus and walk across the parking lot. This was a first for us. We had never been dropped off in the middle of a parking lot. That is for those people who take shuttle buses from offsite resorts/hotels. Not Disney guests!

Odd...very odd!

I have found that, if you greet the inspector/security person (or whatever they are called) and ask them how they are doing, they are much nicer to you and you get through their line quicker.

I'm always amazed at how quickly they move people through these lines! I agree that it helps if you put on a smile!

In no time at all, we are told to go to line 3. Every time we have ever ridden Soarin', we've been in line 1 which means we have been lifted to the very top of the building. Line 3 meant we would be closer to the ground. I have to say that I handled Soarin' much better when in line 3. Soon, we were soaring above the ocean, the mountains and the rivers and then the orange groves (okay, so I don't know for sure that that's the exact order but you get my drift...pun intended. weak, I know.). Wait a minute!!!!! Where's the orange smell? Hey Mister hang glider man, where's my orange smell? When we got off the ride, John asked one of the castmembers why didn't we smell oranges and he said we were the first flight on this concourse and he didn't know why there was no smell. He'd have to check it out. Darn it....I wanted my orange smell first thing in the morning.

What?? No orange smell?? UGH! Did you smell the pine trees in the forest scene?

I leaned over to tell John and that's when he got the first phone call of the day on his cell phone. Can't we go anywhere without somebody calling him?

This is exactly why Jeff is not allowed to bring his work phone to Disney. I know he can't NOT answer it or check his email or voicemail....we give his assistant and his boss my cell number and his phone stays at home. It works like a charm!

Oh wait....I forgot to post that the Living With The Land ride was down for refurbishment. Darn it! We love that attraction. It may be boring to some but we really enjoy it.

One of my favorites!! I'd be disappointed if it was down too.

For those of you who watch Jon and Kate Plus 8, do you remember the episode where Jon gets really pissed at Kate because she was yelling in the toy store? He says that she was yelling at him in public and it embarrassed him. And, he gets really mad and doesn't talk to her.

Yep... I remember it well.

The best way to approach the matter is to just sit back and shut my mouth. Most of you know me well enough by now to know that keeping my mouth shut is pretty darn hard. I tried to talk with him a little but he was having nothing of it. All he said was "You yelled at me like I was a little kid and I hate that." The kids started to say something but I just gave them the "he's not feeling good" look and they backed off

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This is a tough one for me too...sitting back and keeping my mouth shut is not my strong suit! Good for you for being able to do so!

*******Interruption: Boss just came in from court. Be back later.

Go back and object or something.....Can't you see Lisa is updating!

 

[Angies1274]

Yay!! Another update!!

That was very strange that you were let out in the middle of the parking lot.

You didn't smell the oranges? Ahhh...I love that part!!

So sad the Living with the Land was down.We were so disappointed that we weren't able to ride it this time too.

Looking forward to more.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Another great update! You must have a great memory, your details are so great that I feel like I am right there with you.

I totally understand about your DH and the meds. My DH is on 2 different medications daily for seizures. After years and years of changing meds I think we are on the right track now.

Can't wait to hear about Electric Umbrella. Hope it wasn't quite as eventful as last year!

 

[MadilynnsMomma]

Oh Lisa - God love you for having the strength and willpower to handle such an uncontrollable condition in the man you love. (I loved the John & Lisa Plus 2 comment!)

I have to say that I see 100% you in Lacey and that Hunter is that perfect 50/50 child that has a little bit of both!

Glad to hear the update end on a happy note with a happy John!

 

[Pikester]

Still here and enjoying your report!

 

[wdwgirl03]

WHAT?! The bus driver just let you off in the middle of the parking lot??? That is so strange!

Soarin is such an awesome ride. My mom, who normally isn't a thrill ride type of person loves it. Bummer you didn't get the orange smell! We were also surprised that Living with the Land was closed...we did not see that on the WDW website at all under refurbs.

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Hope you have a super weekend Lisa. I'm doing nothing and liking it that way. Football tonite. Did you ever get Hunter fixed for a team? I hope so. There is nothing like watching those kids play.

Ginny

 

[shordiebecka]

I totally hear you about men taking forever! my dbf does the same exact thing- every morning- in the same order and if i try to hurry him up he gets all discombobulated and says that i'm runing his routine! I just prepare for it now and make him get up before me since he takes way longer!

 

[Beka]

I'm with you on Soarin. It was all I could do to not scream when we were being lifted, and I was white-knuckled thought the entire ride, but it sure was beautiful! Made me miss Palm Springs soooo much!

 

[DominicaAnne]

But I have always wanted to do the Behind The Seeds Tour. I wonder if it would be any different with the ride not going? I think we will do it anyway though since I've waited 20 years to take it.

Hi Orangecats2, I just wanted to tell you that the Behind the Seeds tour shouldn't be any different with the ride closed, because you don't interact with the boats at all. DH and I have done this twice because it's his very favorite thing to do at Disney (he's done it 4 times in his life). You'll love it, it's really interesting and your guide is actually one of the scientists there, so that part is really cool.

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[Born 2B a Princess]

Subscribing!

I love your TR, Lisa. I read your last one, too, as a lurker. Your family is beautiful and I love all of your pictures. We stayed at CBR for the first time in July and loved it -- can't wait to stay there again. We would be staying there next month for MNNSHP but they didn't have rooms available for the two nights we needed.

I was a paralegal for 12 years -- and you are totally right -- it's not the way it looks on TV! I hated, hated, hated billing time. Ugh.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know I'm enjoying your TR!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm going to come back and post replies later but wanted to try to get an installment up even if it's short. John's parents are coming over in a little while and we are going out to eat. I sooooo don't want to go but I'm gonna buck up and do it. We get along okay right now but you just never know when that side of the family is going to have some kind of blow up.

Anyway, we have decided to go to Canton, Texas tomorrow to the super huge flea market. My mom is going to come along with us.

So, let me get on to the installment.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

really quick let me wish ya'll a fun safe road trip!
and have a great dinner tonight...enjoy yourself
we are not doing much this weekend and we are going to eat at my parents house tonight...
later have a great weekend!