DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club VI - Man's Room

[afwdwfan]

Crud... just caught up on the several pages since I last checked in on Friday.

It looks like we've added a few members this weekend, welcome to all of you.

BirdsLightyear... I agree with most of the other opinions I've seen. Go with the free dining and pay out of pocked if you want a couple of table service meals. Also if you want to avoid the mandatory gratuity and make it easier to get an ADR, you could always split up into 2 parties of 5.

Definitely dreading the weather that's coming. We're on that line just south of the snow... believe me when I say I'd much rather have 2 feet of snow than the inch or so of ice they're telling us we'll see.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Wow, great thread and club! I can't believe I just found it. So, I would like to be a member please.

First name: Shannon (and yes, I'm a Dad...my mom swore that Shannon was a perfectly good Irish name for boys)

Wife: Kim
Two kids: Maddie (age 11) & Ben (age 9)

Next trip: 3/18-3/26/2011 for Spring Break at AKL!

We live in Big Orange country and love our Vols! (except wife who is an Auburn grad but we overlook that)

P.S. I couldn't get the FB link to work but I think I found the club by searching and have requested to join.

Welcome, Shannon!! You are member# 556!

I have been a major slacker! I haven't been on these boards, let alone this group, in a looooooooooooooooong time. But I'm back and excited as ever to be going back to the World in June of this year. I just joined the two groups on Facebook.

A little info about me:

I'm Chad, my wife's name is Robin and we have two kids, Joey (14) and Caitlyn (10). I live in Shelbyville, KY (which is about 15 miles east of Louisville). I'm a DIEHARD UK fan.....GO BIG BLUE!!!!

Feel free to contact me through here or on Facebook!

Hi, Chad! Glad you rejoined the group

Hello Gentleman...mind if I join in the fun???


I just found the thread so I thought I would say hello. I'm currently sitting at my desk during lunch wearing a Tigger watch, reading the disboards, and listening to a twenty three minute recording of a ride through the classic Epcot attraction Horizon's. I have a lovely wife, three kids ages 15, 13, and 11, and a 4 year old pug that actually acts and smells more like an 80 year old man. Does that qualify me to be a DIS Dad???

I live in the suburbs of Detroit and don't get to the world as much as I would like. I always seeming to be planning a trip that has no dates attached. Anybody else do that?

Anyway it's nice to meet you all.


Kyle

Welcome, Kyle!! You are member # 557!

heh everyone, I live in north carolina and my birthday is Oct 23

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Yes you can use the DP, & reserved is included. We have not done this show but looked into it for this trip. We decided not to do this show yet. My 8 yr old is a little sensitive to loud noise and strong visuals. I have heard that it is great so have fun!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome! You are member # 558!

Hello! I wish I would have found this thread a long time ago.. I thought I was the only father that was obsessed openly with Disney World.

My name is Carl and I will tell you guys how A mouse snuck into my brain, then into my heart.

They say it all started with a Mouse.. with me it all started with an easy way to get my whole vacation planned, paid for and forgotten.
In 2007 I wanted to surprise my beautiful, wonderful, young at heart, wife with a vacation. (the kids were leaving for the summer so...) I got to thinking about what she likes.. what she doesnt like. she doesnt like sitting on the beach soaking up the rays.. she doesnt like dance clubs or mosquitos.. hmmmm.. I always liked log cabins.. so I did research on the web. "log cabins" after pages and pages I see Wilderness Lodge. "sweet, where is that?" Disney World.. They have roller coasters, my wife loves roller coasters. "Is it as big as that Busch gardens in Williamsburg?" yes. and it may be a little bigger than that.. ( dont laugh! I just didnt know) The most I have heard about Disney is the famous quotes.. I'm going to Disney World! I know you have all heard that.. almost as famous as "WHAS UUUUP"
I am rambling here... Sorry. I called up Disney.. they suggested the deluxe dining plan. didnt suggest ADR's. sure sign me up.

I am all business type of guy sure I laugh and joke but I am the pessimistic
type. My wife is the optimistic type "that guy with the gun isnt gonna hurt anyone" me "I reach for my wallet" Funny how opposites attract. anyway we arrive at the orlando airport and I see this line a mile long at the "magical express" (here we go start of our first relaxing vacation, another blank blank line Just like I expected!) I paid all this money for a line to stand in.. The Wife "the line is moving pretty fast"
I check in there and here is this 70 year old Moron standing there with a stuffed animal on his hand waving at me to get on a bus! WHAT THE BLANK? What have I gotten us into.. this trip did not include kids. (or so I thought)

We get on the bus. now here is Mickey Donald Goofy on a television telling me all about the "best kept secret". great, I have done this before. Just an hour of your time and you get a Certificate for free dinner" Timeshare AHHH I paid all this money and I am going to get a pitch for a timeshare!


We arrive at Wilderness Lodge. The look on my wifes face was the most awestruck little kid look that I have ever seen.. the people were nice the resort was beautiful. The worry wrinkles and the stress of Raising teens was melting away the minute she walked in into the lobby. "ohh its soo pretty" she says. Im thinking "where is that little weasle that wants "just an hour of my time" he never showed up.

Whats the first thing a first timer wants to see when going to Disney? Magic Kingdom thats what. Gotta ride a boat.. hmm not so bad. we get there and I notice this crowd going through the turnstiles.. I am thinking I will wait on the boat launch bench, go ahead I will be right here when you are done with that MOUSE.. My wife "come on honey, the line is moving pretty fast"

The stress and pessimistic attitude slowly dissapeared as the Mouse started soaking in. we were two adults that slowly became two teenagers with discoveries around every corner. I bought her Pal Mickey, (he is Kind of cute) we went to cindarella castle and there was a sword in the stone. I am man I get that out of there.. nope not me.. My wife says step aside.. let mickey do it. pal mickey grabs the sword.. what happens? it rises from the stone just as those kodak people were snapping photos of us! (bought the CD) With the transformation complete. I am 16 she is 15 and we are running through the park looking for our next ride or ice cream cone or greasy french fry.

we were hooked on Disney. ("best kept secret" be uhhm darned!)


our first trip.. at Epcot.

Our mean group of Disney Monsters got their ears on.

wife and my 16 year old.. disney turned her into a 10 year old with her painted face!

Thanks for reading and thanks for having a place where DD can be DD

Thanks for sharing this, Carl. You'll fit in quite nicely here. You are member # 559!

WELCOME TO THE DIS DAD'S CLUB!

You have been added to the DIS Dad's Club list

 

[Emma's Dad]

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Beverly
Peanut butter
It's just been one of those weeks for me. Haven't had much time or even the desire to get on the DIS lately. Been in a funk with all the extra stuff going on right now. Plus... my vacation plans for this spring are about to change and I'm not liking that either. Haven't gone back to read all the posts I've missed this week, but I may get to them later today. Just wanted to jump in and get the new members list and to say hi. Back to the grind.....

 

[DisneyDadC]

Hey Carl... are you thawed out yet????

Loved your pictures BTW!

It was a great time!!!!! I had a blast.Believe it or not the 32 degree water felt very refreshing .I did not start getting the shakes untill I hit the changing tent about 10 mins after the plunge.I love doing things like this for a great cause.I think the snow and ice in the river added a nice touch. lol

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Welcome new dads!

Well, crud. You guys were active over the weekend. I take it that means you weren't engrossed by the incredible suspense in the Pro Bowl?

Looks like they're calling for ice in our area, too, over the next 48 hours. Ugh. I'll take snow any day over an ice storm. Those are just nasty. Hope everyone stays safe.

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Beverly
Peanut butter
It's just been one of those weeks for me. Haven't had much time or even the desire to get on the DIS lately. Been in a funk with all the extra stuff going on right now. Plus... my vacation plans for this spring are about to change and I'm not liking that either. Haven't gone back to read all the posts I've missed this week, but I may get to them later today. Just wanted to jump in and get the new members list and to say hi. Back to the grind.....

Uh oh. This doesn't sound good. What's changing? I hope things turn in a positive direction soon...

 

[ewspy87]

Hey guys, been a lurker for a while but never noticed this section somehow.

My name is Patrick (7/21/1969) and I currently live in Charlotte NC. I have a wife and we're separated and have two sons 9 and 13. Our next trip is in August and even though we will be legally divorced by then all four of us are going to WDW and staying in the same room. (awkward) But I told myself i would make sure we still did some stuff as a family no matter what and WDW definitely counts.

You can see from my sig line how many times we've been and I love the world to many of my co-workers disbelief.

I grew up in Pittsburgh so you can guess who i'm rooting for this week:
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!

 

[tutter99]

Did I really hear you just ask this question???

By the way, the big momma's are moving up down here, we keep getting cold fronts that push them off the beds, but a MAJOR migration will be occurring next couple of weeks. Oh, I can't wait (I'm talking about fish guys, just thought I should clarify that)

Hey! My son is a local so I automatically get status. Isn't that the way it works? I am willing to ruin perfectly good meat with vinegar and can cook a mean shrimp and grits.

I was going through the tackle boxes on the weekend getting ready. I have conflicts with about the first 6 tournaments of the year (my bi-weekly letting DS hit me with a hammer) so it'll be back to rivers and ponds for a while.

You still coming up to Jordan?

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Beverly
Peanut butter
It's just been one of those weeks for me. Haven't had much time or even the desire to get on the DIS lately. Been in a funk with all the extra stuff going on right now. Plus... my vacation plans for this spring are about to change and I'm not liking that either. Haven't gone back to read all the posts I've missed this week, but I may get to them later today. Just wanted to jump in and get the new members list and to say hi. Back to the grind.....

Hang in there, It's got to turn around soon.


It will turn around right?
For the love of God please tell me it will turn around!

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Well it looks like we are going to get slamed this week. They are saying 24+ for us by wed. I am out on the road all day so that should make my week fun. I think that we are all going to get something this week but it just makes us look more forward to our trip!!!!!!!!!Stay warm and safe this week guys.

You must be from down near my neck of the woods (Racine). We live less than a mile off the lake, so "lake effect" snow is supposed to add another 5" or so on top of all of that.


I got some disturbing news this morning. I was listening to the Disunplugged Podcast as they were talking about the Disney Dream. They mentioned the minimum height requirement is 48" for the AquaDuck water coaster. For some reason, I had 40" in my head as the requirement. The only thing DS has been talking about is that water coaster, but I seriously doubt he's going to grow 5" in the next 8 months. DD probably won't make it either, as she's only 46" or so now.
I can't take them on the ship and have them look up at that coaster every day and not let them go on it. We haven't decided anything yet, but I have a feeling we'll be pushing our first cruise back a few more years...

 

[that's nice]

Three feet on the ground? This place would shut completely down if that happened. I hear ya on the ice though, I used to hate an ice storm when I lived where they were a problem. Snow I can handle, Ice (and that's a lot of it they're expecting) was a whoooole nother animal

Fed.. check out this link. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39519848&postcount=466

Since this storm at the beginning of the month we have had 2 other Major storms, plus a few 3-4 inch storms.

My mail box is now under the snow.. I might have a pic somewhere.

I got some disturbing news this morning. I was listening to the Disunplugged Podcast as they were talking about the Disney Dream. They mentioned the minimum height requirement is 48" for the AquaDuck water coaster. For some reason, I had 40" in my head as the requirement. The only thing DS has been talking about is that water coaster, but I seriously doubt he's going to grow 5" in the next 8 months. DD probably won't make it either, as she's only 46" or so now.
I can't take them on the ship and have them look up at that coaster every day and not let them go on it. We haven't decided anything yet, but I have a feeling we'll be pushing our first cruise back a few more years...

I don't understand why the height would be 48''.

From all the videos I've seen it looks like there is more than one person in the raft at a time. If the height is indeed 48'' that is going to exclude MANY kids and that isn't a good thing.

 

[DisneyFed]

Fed.. check out this link. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39519848&postcount=466

Since this storm at the beginning of the month we have had 2 other Major storms, plus a few 3-4 inch storms.

My mail box is now under the snow.. I might have a pic somewhere.


I don't understand why the height would be 48''.

From all the videos I've seen it looks like there is more than one person in the raft at a time. If the height is indeed 48'' that is going to exclude MANY kids and that isn't a good thing.

double post.

 

[DisneyFed]

Fed.. check out this link. http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39519848&postcount=466

Since this storm at the beginning of the month we have had 2 other Major storms, plus a few 3-4 inch storms.

My mail box is now under the snow.. I might have a pic somewhere.


I don't understand why the height would be 48''.

From all the videos I've seen it looks like there is more than one person in the raft at a time. If the height is indeed 48'' that is going to exclude MANY kids and that isn't a good thing.

Good Gosh man, that's a lot of PEANUT BUTTER snow!!!!!!

 

[that's nice]

Good Gosh man, that's a lot of PEANUT BUTTER snow!!!!!!

It sure the he!! is! Check out the mobile upload pics on my FB page.... I took some more after the last storm.

Check out my boat... I don't think that will be getting out till JULY!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1594470660644&set=a.1349004364140.2046314.1202268009

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Welcome! So are you a local or a transplant?

Did I really hear you just ask this question???

Hey! My son is a local so I automatically get status. Isn't that the way it works? I am willing to ruin perfectly good meat with vinegar and can cook a mean shrimp and grits.

“Fraid not”. The standard answer I hear on that point goes something like this: “Just ‘cause the cat had her kittens in the oven, don’t mean we’ll call ‘em biscuits.” I’m actually a hillbilly by birth and I’m still not considered a “proper south’ner” (but every one else in my house qualifies).

Hey guys, been a lurker for a while but never noticed this section somehow.

My name is Patrick (7/21/1969) and I currently live in Charlotte NC. I have a wife and we're separated and have two sons 9 and 13. Our next trip is in August and even though we will be legally divorced by then all four of us are going to WDW and staying in the same room. (awkward) But I told myself i would make sure we still did some stuff as a family no matter what and WDW definitely counts.

You can see from my sig line how many times we've been and I love the world to many of my co-workers disbelief.

I grew up in Pittsburgh so you can guess who i'm rooting for this week:
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!

Welcome aboard. Glad to see someone else join up from my neck of the woods. Wrong side of the boarder, but I don’t hold that against anybody (except possibly the bankers ).



I also noticed that we picked up a whole passel of new members over the last few days, but I’ve been so busy that I can barely keep up with all the chatter going on over here (insert giant “CRUD” at this point), so I’ll have to throw out a generic welcome to all the new folks.

 

[carrollchristoph]

I got some disturbing news this morning. I was listening to the Disunplugged Podcast as they were talking about the Disney Dream. They mentioned the minimum height requirement is 48" for the AquaDuck water coaster. For some reason, I had 40" in my head as the requirement. The only thing DS has been talking about is that water coaster, but I seriously doubt he's going to grow 5" in the next 8 months. DD probably won't make it either, as she's only 46" or so now.
I can't take them on the ship and have them look up at that coaster every day and not let them go on it. We haven't decided anything yet, but I have a feeling we'll be pushing our first cruise back a few more years...

That sucks, Barry! I tried doing some searches for you to find other data, but every site I could find (including trip reports and threads on the Dis Boards) listed 48 inches. There's even a "will this be enforced thread" that doesn't help

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2418899&highlight=aquaduck+height

There's a weight minimum, too, but I couldn't find that (and don't know how that would be enforced anyway).

No word on a weight maximum! Good news for us dads!

 

[tutter99]

“Fraid not”. The standard answer I hear on that point goes something like this: “Just ‘cause the cat had her kittens in the oven, don’t mean we’ll call ‘em biscuits.” I’m actually a hillbilly by birth and I’m still not considered a “proper south’ner” (but every one else in my house qualifies).

OK, I'll concede that. But my standard response to the "real locals" is still "I'm not a Yankee, I'm a Southern Canadian".

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Hey guys, been a lurker for a while but never noticed this section somehow.

My name is Patrick (7/21/1969) and I currently live in Charlotte NC. I have a wife and we're separated and have two sons 9 and 13. Our next trip is in August and even though we will be legally divorced by then all four of us are going to WDW and staying in the same room. (awkward) But I told myself i would make sure we still did some stuff as a family no matter what and WDW definitely counts.

You can see from my sig line how many times we've been and I love the world to many of my co-workers disbelief.

I grew up in Pittsburgh so you can guess who i'm rooting for this week:
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!

Welcome Patrick!

I got some disturbing news this morning. I was listening to the Disunplugged Podcast as they were talking about the Disney Dream. They mentioned the minimum height requirement is 48" for the AquaDuck water coaster. For some reason, I had 40" in my head as the requirement. The only thing DS has been talking about is that water coaster, but I seriously doubt he's going to grow 5" in the next 8 months. DD probably won't make it either, as she's only 46" or so now.
I can't take them on the ship and have them look up at that coaster every day and not let them go on it. We haven't decided anything yet, but I have a feeling we'll be pushing our first cruise back a few more years...

Well...that sucks. I don't suppose they make water shoes with extra-thick soles, do they?

No word on a weight maximum! Good news for us dads!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

OK, I'll concede that. But my standard response to the "real locals" is still "I'm not a Yankee, I'm a Southern Canadian".

Good answer. Even if the purebloods won’t give in, I’ll call you a biscuit. Beside I don’t mind all the “transplants”. I think varied backgrounds and multiple points of view are generally a good thing.

 

[ClearScreen]

Looking into setting this up in the next week or so.

So far, Yahoo is not offering a 2011 Fantasy Baseball season option.

FanTrax offers a free league option and Nate has already set up a football league there for next year because it is free and very customizable.

I was thinking about using FanTrax for baseball as well, but I have never used it before. Anyone have any thoughts?

Also, for anyone wanting to play, what type of scoring? Standard Rotisserie? Head-to-head? Points based? I have done them all and have no real preference.

Once it is set up, I will be soliciting e-mails and making the invites.

Finally, Nate, any interest in being co-commish in this one?

ClearScreen

 

[tutter99]

Good answer. Even if the purebloods won’t give in, I’ll call you a biscuit. Beside I don’t mind all the “transplants”. I think varied backgrounds and multiple points of view are generally a good thing.

I completely agree, when I want to find something fun to do, I ask a local.
If I want a nice Italian place, I ask a transplant.

 

[JJ721]

Looking into setting this up in the next week or so.

So far, Yahoo is not offering a 2011 Fantasy Baseball season option.

FanTrax offers a free league option and Nate has already set up a football league there for next year because it is free and very customizable.

I was thinking about using FanTrax for baseball as well, but I have never used it before. Anyone have any thoughts?

Also, for anyone wanting to play, what type of scoring? Standard Rotisserie? Head-to-head? Points based? I have done them all and have no real preference.

Once it is set up, I will be soliciting e-mails and making the invites.

Finally, Nate, any interest in being co-commish in this one?

ClearScreen

I'd prefer Standard Rotisserie (4x4 or 5x5), but I am up for anything!