The Decoy Trip that turned into a Dream - The End. 7/5, Page 22.
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I just love nap time without the kids! That is what you were talking about, right???
Yes, of course...
I'd think it would absolutely fine. It was still pretty quiet and empty for us at that point. It was a little busier when we went back, and (maybe only because we were sitting at the bar), THEN it seemed more like a grown-up place.
I think you had dessert at AKL
Naps and dessert, that was it...
Did he think it was funny or that you had just gone mad
I don't think he got it at first, then he did kind of laugh. I probably looked as if I was mad, regardless...
Thanks for joining us!
Sadly, we're nearing the end... She is coming out with another "Fred the Mermaid" novel this year. They are great summer reading (or anytime!). I am on her fan list and getting emails about her books and signings (all in the midwest though.)
I am reading Charlene Harris books now and really enjoying them--you can tell that she is friends with MaryJanice.
Thanks for letting me know!
Well, remember, I planned (and paid out the nose) for it...
Another year or so and they won't want to go to the daycare type rooms and so I may not ever get time there again until they're teens! 
No alone time here. And you know what? Even if we did get alone time, I think we'd probably just have a drink and take naps! Them kids are a handful!!! Give us about 5 years and maybe alone time will be what it's supposed to be...
Yep... As I mentioned to TE, it may have been a one time phenomenon!
I had to create my own alone time by sending other people off to EMH.
Oooh, smart!
Welcome, and thanks for reading!
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Ohh sounds like your date night was a hit! I'm happy for you! Awesome! Glad your boys had fun too! Sounds like a great night to a great day. *BIG HEAVY SIGH* I'm so glad I can come to work and read your trip reports! LOL
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Ohh sounds like your date night was a hit! I'm happy for you! Awesome! Glad your boys had fun too! Sounds like a great night to a great day. *BIG HEAVY SIGH* I'm so glad I can come to work and read your trip reports! LOL
We really did all have a great evening.
Have fun at work!Disneyland_Mama
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We went to the room, and...
I'm supposed to keep this clean, according to DM...
Let's just say we had a bit of alone time in our room, showered, and headed out the door.
You did what???
At Disney??? I always tease DH that there's no panning at Disney!! 
(Panning is code for "adult napping" - it's the opposite of nap, so we call it pan - yeah, we're dorks!)
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You did what???
I LOVE the term!!! I am definitely going to be using it!
I have to explain, at least a little, that D. had been gone all but 2 days out of the 20 leading up to the vacation... We had the empty room...
Another year or so and they won't want to go to the daycare type rooms and so I may not ever get time there again until they're teens!
See this is why you bring ME with you. I can take the kids to EMH when they're too old for Simba's (or when you're too broke
) but not old enough to go alone. Just promise to be clear about time frames, so we don't come back to the room too early and traumatize your boys! Sidenote: Apparently, I can justify a trip to WDW for any occasion. Is this an offshoot of Fuzzy Disney Math? Should I put this on my resume?
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Uh, ok Tracy...I thought you meant "like" panning for gold or something......
And DM---sorry, but with the age of your kids, 5 years from now, you will still not get to pan at Disney!
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Uh, ok Tracy...I thought you meant "like" panning for gold or something......
Well, some hubbys may considering it "panning" for gold!
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See this is why you bring ME with you. I can take the kids to EMH when they're too old for Simba's (or when you're too broke
Sidenote: Apparently, I can justify a trip to WDW for any occasion. Is this an offshoot of Fuzzy Disney Math? Should I put this on my resume?
It's definitely a good skill! And, see, I hadn't considered pawning them off on family or friends! Thanks!
Uh, ok Tracy...I thought you meant "like" panning for gold or something......
And DM---sorry, but with the age of your kids, 5 years from now, you will still not get to pan at Disney!
Tracy, could Waldo & the Enabler take your kids to their room for a night, or just a nap so you could pan?
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We had made a little tradition of reading the touring plans from the UOG as the boys' "bedtime story". The night before, we hadn't gotten very far before the boys were dreaming of pixie dust. D. & I studied the plans and really weren't sure what we'd do.
We woke up a little bit later that morning - we were all just a little wiped out - but it was still early enough. We had a little bit of a hard time getting the boys out of bed, for once. Here's Woody, not having anything to do with waking up:
But, we managed to get up and enjoyed another one of our quick breakfasts in the room. This was Thursday, and our dining companions were these guys:
We were down to the bus stop by 8:35, which was a bit later, but unfortunately the bus didn't show up until 9:02. No rope drop for us! Oops. The bus for MGM from AKL also goes to Blizzard Beach, so we stopped there first and didn't get to the park until 9:20. It still wasn't very crowded, but I was kind of bummed that we didn't make 100% of our openings. Oh well...
Now, this is where I am no longer in the running for Mother of the Year...
We went over to ToT. The boys are both tall enough, no question. I had ridden it in 2000, but D. had never even been to MGM, and so it was all on me. I thought the boys could handle the drops, considering how they did on Splash Mtn. and so forth, and I didn't remember that anything was actually scary during the ride.
The boys took one look and balked. Big time. So, we didn't worry about it much and just got FPs, figuring we could come back later, or D. & I could each go twice.
So, we walked all the way across the park to the ride that the boys had been asking for since the trip was announced: Star Tours!
There was no wait for ST, so we walked right through the queue. I started noticing Buzz doing the "potty" dance, but we were nearly loaded. Hmmm. This is a back story - Buzz is a camel, or something. He often will not go to the bathroom unless you remind him (but he doesn't have accidents), and sometimes will go many, many, many hours. I had forgotten to TELL him to go in the hotel room, so the child hadn't gone to the bathroom since 11:35 or so the previous night.
He pretty much refused to acknowledge that he needed to go, so onto the ride we went.
The boys LOVED it, commented through the whole thing, "Hey, there's Endor! This is Darth Vader's music! Captain Rex is SO silly!" It was a huge hit. We exited through the dump shop, where they really wanted to look around, but I felt that it was very necessary to find a restroom. I got Buzz out, he was fine, and we met back up at the photo op area for the little hover scooter things from Return of the Jedi.
Woody:
Buzz:
We were heading towards the Muppets when we ran across Woody (the character, not my kid! )
We then headed over to the Muppets. The boys had gotten the first season of "The Muppet Show" on DVD last year and really love it, so we've been collecting the movies and watching the show a lot. They really liked this 3-D show - score!
It was now time for our return to ToT. Woody was actually very willing, but Buzz had gotten a little freaked out again. We finally asked the right question, "Why don't you want to go?" The answer, "I don't have my pixie dust."
We had rescued his pixie dust from that first night from the short pockets, but the shorts he wore most days didn't have pockets, including the ones this day. Darn! So, we had a talk about how even though he didn't have it WITH him, he still had it, and it still worked. He finally agreed, and off we went.
I still can't believe I thought it was a good idea to talk my 5 year olds onto ToT. It seemed fine at the time, though...
We had no wait in the FP return line, and got pretty much right on our elevator. We were in the front row, Woody next to me and Buzz with D.
Woody was completely freaked out by the ghosts in the stops pre-drop. Whoops. Apparently, so was Buzz. The drops started, and I was having a ball, but Woody just kind of sat. He didn't scream, he didn't cry, he just looked big eyed and solemn. He is more than tall enough, but he just doesn't weigh that much, so he was rising pretty far out of his seat. D. reports that there was an older girl, 12 or so, behind him just sobbing, but that Buzz did about what Woody did. Buzz asked him, at the end, "Is it over now" and D., not having done it before, had to say, "I just don't know!"
So, we got off, Woody looked at me and said, "I do not want to do that again." You got it, buddy. They still, when talking on the phone to my mom just two days ago, are saying things like, "I liked everything, but I did not like ToT." Whoops. I asked them yesterday if they'd try it when they are older. "No, mama, I am never going on that again."
They were OK, really, though, and we got this picture to show how brave they had been:
I grabbed the adults' KTTW cards and ran to get RnR FPs. (Side note: I only realized later that I should have taken the boys, too, and D. & I could have each gone twice. Sigh.)
The boys decided they were hungry, so we headed BACK across the park. Another thing they were very excited for at MGM was Pizza Planet. We got in line and it was pretty quiet there, so we all waited. I reached into my Baggalini to get my card ready, and had D.'s and the boys. I said to D., "Oh, I must have given you back the wrong card after I got the FPs, 'cause I have yours."
D., "You didn't give me back a card."
I figured out pretty quickly that I had probably left it in the RnR FP machine. We were ready to order by then, so I asked the CM what she suggested. She figured my best bet was Guest Relations, so I had D. order lunch for himself and the boys, and headed back out to see what could be done. I, of course, had put charging privileges on the card, so it was a little more important to retrieve quickly...
I started toward the entrance area, but then thought about it. There is always a CM near the FP machines, so maybe it would still be in that area. So, I more or less RAN back all the way across the park (again) to RnR. I went up to the FP CM and explained. She asked if it was a day ticket or a KTTW, looked in a handy dandy cabinet disguised as a roadie case, and ...
pulled it right out.
Pshew!
I called D., they were still very much eating, so I RAN back across the park (this is the 5th time across for me) and got my own lunch, and ate. Pizza Planet was great on the DDP as there are no kids' choices, so we all had combo meals of individual pizzas and salads. The salads were nice and fresh and quite large, and the pizzas were yummy. D. & I had the Junkyard with lots of toppings, Buzz had the Woody combo, and Woody had the Buzz. The kids had more than they could eat (they do like salads, thankfully, too) and with the DDP you get the dessert. We had skipped our dessert at some of the QS places - Tusker House, for example - but D. had gotten cookies for himself and the boys, and I got the Mickey Krispie treat, and we tucked them all in my bag for later!
Lunch is a good stopping point! Up next, what happened at RnR???
We woke up a little bit later that morning - we were all just a little wiped out - but it was still early enough. We had a little bit of a hard time getting the boys out of bed, for once. Here's Woody, not having anything to do with waking up:
But, we managed to get up and enjoyed another one of our quick breakfasts in the room. This was Thursday, and our dining companions were these guys:
We were down to the bus stop by 8:35, which was a bit later, but unfortunately the bus didn't show up until 9:02. No rope drop for us! Oops. The bus for MGM from AKL also goes to Blizzard Beach, so we stopped there first and didn't get to the park until 9:20. It still wasn't very crowded, but I was kind of bummed that we didn't make 100% of our openings. Oh well...
Now, this is where I am no longer in the running for Mother of the Year...
We went over to ToT. The boys are both tall enough, no question. I had ridden it in 2000, but D. had never even been to MGM, and so it was all on me. I thought the boys could handle the drops, considering how they did on Splash Mtn. and so forth, and I didn't remember that anything was actually scary during the ride.
The boys took one look and balked. Big time. So, we didn't worry about it much and just got FPs, figuring we could come back later, or D. & I could each go twice.
So, we walked all the way across the park to the ride that the boys had been asking for since the trip was announced: Star Tours!
There was no wait for ST, so we walked right through the queue. I started noticing Buzz doing the "potty" dance, but we were nearly loaded. Hmmm. This is a back story - Buzz is a camel, or something. He often will not go to the bathroom unless you remind him (but he doesn't have accidents), and sometimes will go many, many, many hours. I had forgotten to TELL him to go in the hotel room, so the child hadn't gone to the bathroom since 11:35 or so the previous night.
He pretty much refused to acknowledge that he needed to go, so onto the ride we went.
The boys LOVED it, commented through the whole thing, "Hey, there's Endor! This is Darth Vader's music! Captain Rex is SO silly!" It was a huge hit. We exited through the dump shop, where they really wanted to look around, but I felt that it was very necessary to find a restroom. I got Buzz out, he was fine, and we met back up at the photo op area for the little hover scooter things from Return of the Jedi.
Woody:
Buzz:
We were heading towards the Muppets when we ran across Woody (the character, not my kid!
)
We then headed over to the Muppets. The boys had gotten the first season of "The Muppet Show" on DVD last year and really love it, so we've been collecting the movies and watching the show a lot. They really liked this 3-D show - score!
It was now time for our return to ToT.
Woody was actually very willing, but Buzz had gotten a little freaked out again. We finally asked the right question, "Why don't you want to go?" The answer, "I don't have my pixie dust." We had rescued his pixie dust from that first night from the short pockets, but the shorts he wore most days didn't have pockets, including the ones this day. Darn! So, we had a talk about how even though he didn't have it WITH him, he still had it, and it still worked. He finally agreed, and off we went.
I still can't believe I thought it was a good idea to talk my 5 year olds onto ToT. It seemed fine at the time, though...
We had no wait in the FP return line, and got pretty much right on our elevator. We were in the front row, Woody next to me and Buzz with D.
Woody was completely freaked out by the ghosts in the stops pre-drop. Whoops. Apparently, so was Buzz. The drops started, and I was having a ball, but Woody just kind of sat. He didn't scream, he didn't cry, he just looked big eyed and solemn. He is more than tall enough, but he just doesn't weigh that much, so he was rising pretty far out of his seat. D. reports that there was an older girl, 12 or so, behind him just sobbing, but that Buzz did about what Woody did. Buzz asked him, at the end, "Is it over now" and D., not having done it before, had to say, "I just don't know!"
So, we got off, Woody looked at me and said, "I do not want to do that again." You got it, buddy.
They still, when talking on the phone to my mom just two days ago, are saying things like, "I liked everything, but I did not like ToT." Whoops. I asked them yesterday if they'd try it when they are older. "No, mama, I am never going on that again." They were OK, really, though, and we got this picture to show how brave they had been:
I grabbed the adults' KTTW cards and ran to get RnR FPs. (Side note: I only realized later that I should have taken the boys, too, and D. & I could have each gone twice. Sigh.)
The boys decided they were hungry, so we headed BACK across the park. Another thing they were very excited for at MGM was Pizza Planet. We got in line and it was pretty quiet there, so we all waited. I reached into my Baggalini to get my card ready, and had D.'s and the boys. I said to D., "Oh, I must have given you back the wrong card after I got the FPs, 'cause I have yours."
D., "You didn't give me back a card."
I figured out pretty quickly that I had probably left it in the RnR FP machine. We were ready to order by then, so I asked the CM what she suggested. She figured my best bet was Guest Relations, so I had D. order lunch for himself and the boys, and headed back out to see what could be done. I, of course, had put charging privileges on the card, so it was a little more important to retrieve quickly...
I started toward the entrance area, but then thought about it. There is always a CM near the FP machines, so maybe it would still be in that area. So, I more or less RAN back all the way across the park (again) to RnR. I went up to the FP CM and explained. She asked if it was a day ticket or a KTTW, looked in a handy dandy cabinet disguised as a roadie case, and ...
pulled it right out.
Pshew!I called D., they were still very much eating, so I RAN back across the park (this is the 5th time across for me) and got my own lunch, and ate. Pizza Planet was great on the DDP as there are no kids' choices, so we all had combo meals of individual pizzas and salads. The salads were nice and fresh and quite large, and the pizzas were yummy. D. & I had the Junkyard with lots of toppings, Buzz had the Woody combo, and Woody had the Buzz.
The kids had more than they could eat (they do like salads, thankfully, too) and with the DDP you get the dessert. We had skipped our dessert at some of the QS places - Tusker House, for example - but D. had gotten cookies for himself and the boys, and I got the Mickey Krispie treat, and we tucked them all in my bag for later! Lunch is a good stopping point! Up next, what happened at RnR???
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Mother of the Year!!! Yeee-haw! I'm sorry they didn't like ToT. I would have taken my boys on it if they were apprehensive too. Both my boys want to go on it and Evan already has and absolutely LOVED it. He was mad when it ended.
Psst...my cousin actually wins for mother of the year. Her son fell off a bench at AK and hit his head on the cement. The next day he was very tired and not wanting to get out of bed. She still got him out of bed and took him to the MK where he proceeded to throw up in the parking lot. She still took him in the park thinking he was just a little worn out and would get over it. When he didn't get over it she decided to take him to Celebration urgent care and found out he had a concussion. Great huh?
Psst...my cousin actually wins for mother of the year. Her son fell off a bench at AK and hit his head on the cement. The next day he was very tired and not wanting to get out of bed. She still got him out of bed and took him to the MK where he proceeded to throw up in the parking lot. She still took him in the park thinking he was just a little worn out and would get over it. When he didn't get over it she decided to take him to Celebration urgent care and found out he had a concussion. Great huh?
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Mother of the Year!!! Yeee-haw! I'm sorry they didn't like ToT. I would have taken my boys on it if they were apprehensive too. Both my boys want to go on it and Evan already has and absolutely LOVED it. He was mad when it ended.
Psst...my cousin actually wins for mother of the year. Her son fell off a bench at AK and hit his head on the cement. The next day he was very tired and not wanting to get out of bed. She still got him out of bed and took him to the MK where he proceeded to throw up in the parking lot. She still took him in the park thinking he was just a little worn out and would get over it. When he didn't get over it she decided to take him to Celebration urgent care and found out he had a concussion. Great huh?
OH, NO!!!
The thing is, I could see it. "You're just getting worn out from the parks. You just ate too much sugar..." Poor little guy! Poor cousin, who probably still feels guilty... 
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That was a long wait
OK we must have sat in the wrong place or maybe we were just spoilt by Philarmagic but we thought it wasn't very goodThey really liked this 3-D show - score!
Awww so sweet"I don't have my pixie dust."
Ummm whoops
Lucky and you got some extra exercise toopulled it right out.
Buzz had the Woody combo, and Woody had the Buzz.
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That was a long wait
Yes, we were pleased with the busses except for the previous evening and this morning. Ah, well.
OK we must have sat in the wrong place or maybe we were just spoilt by Philarmagic but we thought it wasn't very good
Hating to spoil anything upcoming, but we didn't ever get to Philharmagic!
Lucky and you got some extra exercise too
I certainly worked off my morning granola bar!
I did feel that there was a touch of magic on finding it so quickly and easily!
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i leave in 25 days and I was going to write a report when I return. I have enough card memory for over 3000 pics but I could not write it good like you or others on here.
my humor is a little dark for disney boards.
I still may just to share my good times (hopefully none bad) and pics.
Love your report.
my humor is a little dark for disney boards.
I still may just to share my good times (hopefully none bad) and pics.
Love your report.
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Well, thanks for the compliments! I will definitely read your report, dark humour is fun!
Got any NYC tips for me, before you go?
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