DIS Dads The Dis Dad's Club II

[DisneyDaddy-O]

At the home stretch now, 2 days to go. Got most of my work done, been camped out at the office for a few days now. Exhausted, but nothing a certain mouse can't fix. DW did some packing this weekend, the weather looks decent, maybe some rain, but mid 70's during the day, down to 50's/60's at night. Going down to Miami the night before, after work to see my sister (what do you give a coma patient for Christmas?), then back to WPB for a couple hours sleep before hitting the road. CD's & iPod fully loaded for three trecherous hours of "She hit me" & "Are we there yet?". Oral surgery from a few weeks back is healed, I can chew again, and since the little one is just a bit too small to ride on anything, she and I will be eating our way through MK, while DW & DD1 ride stuff. Will try to post from inside. Then MAYBE I'll do a TR......

Have a great trip, we expect a full report when you get back. None of this MAYBE business will be tolerated.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

WE DID IT! Finally pulled the trigger on our 4/27 trip to WDW! Officially 126 days, baby!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

CAPTAIN, did i read somewere you got your wife a new vac. cleaner for christams? YOUR THE MAN!!!

Yes, along with a bathroom scale, a leaf blower and a frozen smoothie maker, as suggested by the fine dads here!

Just kidding...I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Our couch does not make for a comfortable night's sleep.

 

[dvczerfs]

Yes, along with a bathroom scale, a leaf blower and a frozen smoothie maker, as suggested by the fine dads here!

Just kidding...I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Our couch does not make for a comfortable night's sleep.

bathroom scale, i didnt think of that one!!!

 

[dvczerfs]

Yes, along with a bathroom scale, a leaf blower and a frozen smoothie maker, as suggested by the fine dads here!

Just kidding...I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Our couch does not make for a comfortable night's sleep.

i got dw a new croc-pot. but she asked for it so it dont count, she really wanted a croc pot. were 44 and married for 25 all most 26 years, you kind of run out of ideas. i have more socks and underwear to last me the next 20 years.

 

[oXar]

My two girls are glued to the TV watching the menu screen to the Disney Planning DVD and cracking up whenever the dancing hippo's prance by.

 

[Disney Commando]

Yes, along with a bathroom scale, a leaf blower and a frozen smoothie maker, as suggested by the fine dads here!

Just kidding...I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Our couch does not make for a comfortable night's sleep.

I kind of got off cheap this year, since I got her a $1000 camcorder before the trip in the end off Oct. and she knows about going back in Dec. she told me to get her some bubblebath and soaps from bath and bodyworks.

 

[GoHerd1028]

i got dw a new croc-pot. but she asked for it so it dont count, she really wanted a croc pot. were 44 and married for 25 all most 26 years, you kind of run out of ideas. i have more socks and underwear to last me the next 20 years.

Dave I thought my wife would be the only one to ask for a crock pot...however, she wanted one in RED to match the Kitchen aid mixer LOL...I never found it so I think I am going to be in trouble!

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Dave I thought my wife would be the only one to ask for a crock pot...however, she wanted one in RED to match the Kitchen aid mixer LOL...I never found it so I think I am going to be in trouble!

Buy a white one and a can of Krylon!

 

[GoHerd1028]

Buy a white one and a can of Krylon!

I had not thought of that!! Good idea!

 

[itJeff]

CAPTAIN, did i read somewere you got your wife a new vac. cleaner for christams? YOUR THE MAN!!!

Yes, along with a bathroom scale, a leaf blower and a frozen smoothie maker, as suggested by the fine dads here!

Just kidding...I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Our couch does not make for a comfortable night's sleep.

Me and DD1 and DD2 were Christmas shopping tonight. We were fighting the crowds at Wally World. We walked past the Vacuums and DD2 said, "I know, we should get Mama a new vacuum cleaner!"

Of course, DW curses the vacuum we have now, so she probably would love a new one.

 

[itJeff]

WE DID IT! Finally pulled the trigger on our 4/27 trip to WDW! Officially 126 days, baby!

Congrats! You're going to beat us down by about a month. Make sure everything is in working order for us, okay?

 

[itJeff]

Emma's Dad --- Congrats on the trip... these 5 months are sure to go fast!


I just joined the Facebook group. For some reason I didn't realize there was a DIS DADs group on there. I think I spend too much time playing bejewled! LOL

I know, right?? Yours is just around the corner, too. And don't get me started on Bejeweled Blitz... that game is evil. I just got the following email from the PopCap team asking me to try out an exclusive beta version of their game (I took out the URL to get to the game). It's pretty cool... you get various coins while you play and they get banked. When you reach certain amounts you can "purchase" an ability.. like blow up all "bomb" gems, automatically get a multiplier, etc.

I LOVE bejeweled... definitely can eat up some time though.

HAHA! And it's a game that only lasts one minute!

I refuse to play bejeweled any longer. It is of satan. Now, a real game of skill is FARKLE. But, I'm not addicted. I can stop at any time. It's not a problem, really.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Congrats! You're going to beat us down by about a month. Make sure everything is in working order for us, okay?

Will do Can't make any promises on Test Track though...

 

[that's nice]

That present sucks....

LOLOL

Buy a white one and a can of Krylon!

I had not thought of that!! Good idea!

I'm not sure how that would go over.

I refuse to play bejeweled any longer. It is of satan. Now, a real game of skill is FARKLE. But, I'm not addicted. I can stop at any time. It's not a problem, really.

Never heard of Farkle. That's all I need.. another addiction.

BTW suuuuurrrreeeee you can stop at anytime.

 

[Emma's Dad]

I've got to vent here. So my venting makes sense, let me frame the reason for my frustration. Several months ago I started a sweepstakes blitz... I scoured the internet looking for any sweepstakes I could possibly enter. Fast forward to 2 days ago... I'm playing the Holiday Cheer Sweepstakes (http://www.winwithuniversal.com/)... which I have been playing EVERY day for the past few months. I'm at home... and I click the button to start the game... then I click stop... and behold! I get 3 matching pictures... Islands of Adventure! I'm jump up off the couch and start performing my "I-never-win-but-I-just-won" dance! I show the results to my DW and then I click the Next button. That's when my excitement quickly turned into confusion. Instead of getting the "Congratulations!" I was expecting, I get "Sorry... you did not win... try again". At first I was like... wait a minute... did I click the wrong button or something? NOPE. After confusion wore off, disappointment and anger set in . They ripped me off! After reading the sweepstakes rules again, apparently they have verbiage in place that protects them in case these things happen. Even if I had taken a screen shot of the winning play, they wouldn't even look at it.

Sooooo... I sent an email to that company to explain my frustration and to make sure they were aware this is happening. It's been a few days and have not received any kind of response... not even a confirmation email that indicates they received mine.

I will no longer participate in this sweepstakes... nor will I plan to attend their facilities any time in the near future. Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Me and DD1 and DD2 were Christmas shopping tonight. We were fighting the crowds at Wally World. We walked past the Vacuums and DD2 said, "I know, we should get Mama a new vacuum cleaner!"

Of course, DW curses the vacuum we have now, so she probably would love a new one.

I made the vacuum cleaner joke to my wife and she said, "That wouldn't be terrible. I hate ours." I guess we're in the same boat!

I don't know if she's going to appreciate this treadmill I got her, though...

 

[zuperdaave]

I've got to vent here. So my venting makes sense, let me frame the reason for my frustration. Several months ago I started a sweepstakes blitz... I scoured the internet looking for any sweepstakes I could possibly enter. Fast forward to 2 days ago... I'm playing the Holiday Cheer Sweepstakes (http://www.winwithuniversal.com/)... which I have been playing EVERY day for the past few months. I'm at home... and I click the button to start the game... then I click stop... and behold! I get 3 matching pictures... Islands of Adventure! I'm jump up off the couch and start performing my "I-never-win-but-I-just-won" dance! I show the results to my DW and then I click the Next button. That's when my excitement quickly turned into confusion. Instead of getting the "Congratulations!" I was expecting, I get "Sorry... you did not win... try again". At first I was like... wait a minute... did I click the wrong button or something? NOPE. After confusion wore off, disappointment and anger set in . They ripped me off! After reading the sweepstakes rules again, apparently they have verbiage in place that protects them in case these things happen. Even if I had taken a screen shot of the winning play, they wouldn't even look at it.

Sooooo... I sent an email to that company to explain my frustration and to make sure they were aware this is happening. It's been a few days and have not received any kind of response... not even a confirmation email that indicates they received mine.

I will no longer participate in this sweepstakes... nor will I plan to attend their facilities any time in the near future. Thanks for letting me vent.

Ugh. That sucks. You can thank those lawyers that put all those disclaimers in everything! Scrooges!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I've got to vent here. So my venting makes sense, let me frame the reason for my frustration. Several months ago I started a sweepstakes blitz... I scoured the internet looking for any sweepstakes I could possibly enter. Fast forward to 2 days ago... I'm playing the Holiday Cheer Sweepstakes (http://www.winwithuniversal.com/)... which I have been playing EVERY day for the past few months. I'm at home... and I click the button to start the game... then I click stop... and behold! I get 3 matching pictures... Islands of Adventure! I'm jump up off the couch and start performing my "I-never-win-but-I-just-won" dance! I show the results to my DW and then I click the Next button. That's when my excitement quickly turned into confusion. Instead of getting the "Congratulations!" I was expecting, I get "Sorry... you did not win... try again". At first I was like... wait a minute... did I click the wrong button or something? NOPE. After confusion wore off, disappointment and anger set in . They ripped me off! After reading the sweepstakes rules again, apparently they have verbiage in place that protects them in case these things happen. Even if I had taken a screen shot of the winning play, they wouldn't even look at it.

Sooooo... I sent an email to that company to explain my frustration and to make sure they were aware this is happening. It's been a few days and have not received any kind of response... not even a confirmation email that indicates they received mine.

I will no longer participate in this sweepstakes... nor will I plan to attend their facilities any time in the near future. Thanks for letting me vent.

What's up with that? That's awfully misleading. I bet the fine print says that if you do win, you can enter the park, but aren't allowed on any of the rides.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Ugh. That sucks. You can thank those lawyers that put all those disclaimers in everything! Scrooges!

Yeah, right?!?

What's up with that? That's awfully misleading. I bet the fine print says that if you do win, you can enter the park, but aren't allowed on any of the rides.

When I read the rules, it has this particular paragraph in BIG BOLD LETTERS:

ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR
OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER
OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE INSTANT WIN GAME OR SWEEPSTAKES
SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY, AND
THE POTENTIAL INSTANT WIN GAME WINNER AND/OR SWEEPSTAKES
WINNER HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT
VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR WILL NOT
ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR’S VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER
THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY
AND IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.