The Great Make Up Trip Of 2008~7/22- SEE YOU REAL SOON! (pg. 86) ~COMPLETED~

[DisMomAmy]

Beautiful pictures from the carriage ride!!!!!!!!!! It looks like so much fun.

 

[Sooze]

I'm sorry you had to miss the Safari ride... but after already having a cranky son, 94 degree heat, and a broken down truck, I think you made the right decision!

Loved your pictures of the food court. I really miss POR... it was such a wonderful resort for us!!

Now I'm mad we didn't spend the $35 on a carriage ride for just Matt and me... it looked so romantic, scenic, relaxing... well, maybe next time, eh?

Super update!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Beautiful pictures from the carriage ride!!!!!!!!!! It looks like so much fun.

Thank you.
It was!

I'm sorry you had to miss the Safari ride... but after already having a cranky son, 94 degree heat, and a broken down truck, I think you made the right decision!

Loved your pictures of the food court. I really miss POR... it was such a wonderful resort for us!!

Now I'm mad we didn't spend the $35 on a carriage ride for just Matt and me... it looked so romantic, scenic, relaxing... well, maybe next time, eh?

Super update!

Like Kenny Rogers once said..."You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run!" <-----I have no idea why I just said that but it's true.

POR was nice, clean and laid back. We really liked it.

Do it for your next trip! We still had a fun & relaxing time even with DS there waving at everyone and asking a zillion questions.

 

[carissanboys]

I'm here! Trying to catch up like I promised.

How cool that you had no issues checking in, your room was ready, AND it was what you requested!

I love that you got pictures of the Tree of Life up close. I so wanted to do that when I went to ITTBAB, but my batteries had died that day.

That bunny sure had short ears!!

Oh - and we're averaging one stamp per visit too. But, I don't think we still have the passports.

 

[carissanboys]

Too bad you didn't get to meet Winkers.

Love the pictures of the property! Gorgeous

 

[pierresgirl]

That carriage ride looked like so much fun and the resort is so pretty. Dd friend (who was at POR at the same time as you) is sleeping over tonight so I got the lowdown from her. They LOVED it! Great pic of the 3 of you!

 

[Beana9802]

$35 is not bad! Awesome update!

How cute is your family!?

 

[englishrose47]

Hi Blue!! I'm very tired had to work the overnite and I had been up all day!!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I'm here! Trying to catch up like I promised.

How cool that you had no issues checking in, your room was ready, AND it was what you requested!

I love that you got pictures of the Tree of Life up close. I so wanted to do that when I went to ITTBAB, but my batteries had died that day.

That bunny sure had short ears!!

Oh - and we're averaging one stamp per visit too. But, I don't think we still have the passports.

Checking in was super smooth. I haven't ever really had a problem, it's just that this is the first time our room was actually ready before 4pm.
Tree of life was really cool.
We saw MANY bunnies this trip.

Too bad you didn't get to meet Winkers.

Love the pictures of the property! Gorgeous

Thanks about the pictures, it's very beautiful there.

That carriage ride looked like so much fun and the resort is so pretty. Dd friend (who was at POR at the same time as you) is sleeping over tonight so I got the lowdown from her. They LOVED it! Great pic of the 3 of you!

The carriage ride was really cool.
Thanks about the pic.
Hope DD's friend enjoyed her trip.

$35 is not bad! Awesome update!

How cute is your family!?

Thank you
$35 seems pretty cheap compared to a lot of activities on WDW property.

Hi Blue!! I'm very tired had to work the overnite and I had been up all day!!

Hi Rosie! Hope you have a better night tonight and can get some well deserved rest.

 

[Shmu]

Great idea about pouring your frozen margarita into your refillable mug.

Pictures are beautiful.
I went oooohhhhh.....awwww.....ooohhhhh....awwwwww

LOVE carriage rides.
DH and I rode off in a carriage on our wedding day.
It took us all the way through the small town of the church we were at to his parents house just down the road.
I felt like Cinderella.
I think I'll plan this for our 25th anniversary in a few years.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Great idea about pouring your frozen margarita into your refillable mug.

Pictures are beautiful.
I went oooohhhhh.....awwww.....ooohhhhh....awwwwww

LOVE carriage rides.
DH and I rode off in a carriage on our wedding day.
It took us all the way through the small town of the church we were at to his parents house just down the road.
I felt like Cinderella.
I think I'll plan this for our 25th anniversary in a few years.

Thanks and about the pictures.
Awww, your wedding day sounds like it was wonderful!!
You should do the carriage for your 25th! That would be so nice.

 

[coteau_chick]

I love your pictures. When we went on the carriage ride there it was at night so we don't have any pictures. It is really beautiful seeing in the daylight.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Day 3 started off by a wake up call at 7am by Stitch and Mickey. We jumped up, got dressed and headed down to the food court for breakfast. The breakfast meals are pretty good here. We took a window seat and filled our belly's with Mickey waffles, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, buscuits and coffee.....well, except for DS who had milk.

Today was our Disney's Hollywood Studio's day and we arrived about 10-15 minutes before rope drop. When we got through the gate we grabbed a stroller then headed over to the main street where the streetmosphere actors were about to do the rope drop. This is the view from where we were standing.....

Zoomed in to the actors...

Hidden Mickey...

Scenery...

After Rope drop and making our way down for fast passes to Rock N' Rollercoaster...

Dh and I got our fastpasses then headed out. DH then declairs that he wants to try ToT this time. I hate things that drop you so I told him to go get a fast pass for it with DS's ticket. After this we headed over to Playhouse Disney to catch the first show. When we got there we were met by a CM saying to try a later show because they were having technical difficulties. Hmmmm, ok what to do? Hey, the Little Mermaid show is letting people in!! Ok, so we head straight over there and stand in the waiting room for about 5 minutes and they let us in.

When we left the Little Mermaid, it was time for Rock N' Rollercoaster!! Neither of us have ridden this ride before. DH went first and I waited, and waited, and waited, and........GOOD GRIEF did he go in the wrong line or something??? FINALLY DH comes out 30-40 minutes later! He said they kept letting more and more stand by people go but held off a great amount of fast pass people. He said it was a BLAST!!! Next it was my turn!! First off, let me say that my favorite roller coaster before this was one that was called Greezed Lightnin' at Astroworld in Houston, Texas. All it did was go in one loop forward, then once backward. It was the take off that made it my favorite. The take off that is so fast it almost takes your breath away. Well, this one did not disappoint!! The only problem was that it was pitch black and I wasn't sure when the pull was going to let up. I screamed like crazy but loved every single second of it!! Here is my ride photo....that's me in the front.

After my ride on RnRC, it was time for DH's ride on ToT. DS and I looked through the giftshop while we waited, then sat outside for a while. I met another girl who's DH was on the ride but he brought their 5 year old DD on it. She was pregnant and couldn't ride but she was definitely nervous for them riding it! We chatted until DH came out and I can not believe I did not tell her about the DIS!!! How could I forget that?? BAD DISer!! BTW, dh said he really enjoyed the ride. I put that in my mental notebook to "think about" later.

After DH fell from the sky, we headed back over to Playhouse Disney to see if it was fixed for the next show which was about 10 minutes away. We get there and YES it's fixed!! What's even cooler is that we are the 3rd family in line! When they let us in, everyone walked up to the front of the middle section and started sitting in a row. All of a sudden some other kids from behind ran up and sat down on the front row which forced us to sit on the 2nd row. Their dad sat behind them and their mom ended up sitting behind him. Why is this significant??? JUST YOU WAIT...YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!!

CONTINUED...

 

[stagemomx3]

OOHHH a cliffhanger!

I loved the opening show at DHS, but it's rather long!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

So we sit in a row which puts me next to that dad on my left. On my right is DS, then DH is on his right. Once the show started, I kept feeling something rubbing on my leg. I look down and this entire family (the cutters) has their shoes off and are now barefoot. The kids, the parents, everyone. When I look down I realize that the mom which is behind the dad, has her leg stretched out forward around him and is rubbing her BARE, CALLUSED, IN DESPERATE NEED OF A PEDICURE, FOOT ON MY LEG!!!!!! I look down, and turn to look at her and she see's me so I sort of scoot closer to ds to get my point across to her, except there really isn't anywhere to scoot because it is packed by this point. I look at DH and tell him what is going on. He makes an "eew" face but it is clear that I am pretty much on my own. Wait....before I go any further, please allow me to show you the feet I am talking about. I'd hate for you to not be able to get the full effect, or to think that I am just being a "baby". I'll give you the large size so you can really see what I was dealing with ......

Here is a full photo of HER foot which she kept rubbing on me.....

Ok, so I took this picture after she STILL kept rubbing it on me, thinking that maybe she would be like... "hey why are you taking pictures of our feet...maybe I should move my foot". But that never happened. I tried my best to ignore it and just enjoy the show but she started doing it AGAIN!!! I finally turned to her and asked her politely... "can you please not put your feet on me? Thanks." She looked right at me and put this stupid look on her face like a kid that got busted stealing candy or something, then sloooowly pulled her foot back. GREAT!!! It's over, right?? WRONG!!!! Here she comes again rubbing her foot on me. I try again to move over but she moved too. I started to wonder if she was now doing it on purpose. By this time I was getting really TICKED OFF. I turned around once again but this time I was not so nice. I said... "Look, I already asked you to keep your dirty feet off of me so please stop." She just looked at me and said "I didn't hear you before." WHAT????? ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME??? YOU LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND PULLED YOUR FOOT BACK!!! Ok, I didn't say that but what I did say was... "Yes, you most certainly did hear me. I don't know what part of 'keep your bare dirty feet off of me, you don't understand'. She just looked at me and gave a half smile. It's clear she still wasn't getting it because her foot was STILL TOUCHING MY LEG!!! Finally I said "ok, do you want me to take off my tennis shoe and sock and take my sweaty foot that I've been walking around with all morning and rub it all over you???" She pulled her foot back again and I said... "I didn't think so". I turned around and faced the front again. Luckily, somehow none of the kids heard or saw any of this, thank God. I looked over at DH and he was like "what the hell is her problem??" I just shook my head like "we'll talk later" and just tried to focus on DS and the show. About 2 minutes later, the show was over. Yes, I pretty much missed my DS enjoying this show which I know he loves because I had to argue with some crusted toe @*!&$ throughout most of it!! When the show was over and we were about to leave, one of her kids was standing next to me and she calls out....."BE CAREFUL HONEY DON'T GET NEXT TO THE MEAN LADY!!" I whipped around and said "you have GOT to be kidding me!!" "I'm the 'mean lady' because I don't want your dirty feet on me...are you serious??" She replies with "if you've got issues with crowds then this might be the wrong place for you" I laughed in her face and said "YOU PUT YOUR BARE, SWEATY, DIRTY, CALLUSED FEET ON ME.... This hardly compares with just 'being in a crowd'." She then turns to my DH and says "I feel sorry for you". My DH replied with "UH-NO!! YOU WILL NOT TALK ABOUT MY WIFE LIKE THAT" This is when her DH told her to sit back down until we left. Yeah? GOOD!!!! Because if she followed me outside, and we just so happened to find ourselves in a place with no kids (highly unlikely), I think I would have shoved her in the bushes!! I was LIVID with her ignorance!!!

So, fellow DISer's, I have one question for you...... Would you like it if the foot in the above picture was being rubbed on your bare leg (because you are wearing shorts)????

After this, we headed to Toy Story Pizza Planet for lunch. But what I really needed was a VERY LARGE GROWN UP DRINK! Pizza planet was ok. Pizza was good but too greasy as usual. We ate, ds played some games and we left.

We walked around for a bit and tried to shake it off. What better way to shake off being mad at an ignorant toe crusty lady?? FLAT JORDAN PIC'S!!!

In honor of Jordan and his family, Flat Jordan and I took this picture in front of the China Bowl place. If you don't read Jordan's TR, you should!! You would get this reference if you did.

After taking this pic and DH showing it to me on the camera we were both cracking up laughing. Then suddenly FJ tells me there are PEEPS right behind me!! WHAT??? Ok, here is another photo in honor of Jordan....FJ and I doing the Asian power sign with Peeps in the background.

After this, FJ hitched a ride with DS and we decided to head out.

We decided to go back to the hotel for DS's nap because.... A.) I did NOT want to run in to that chick again...and B.) We had ressies at Kona for dinner later!!

Here is FJ making his way out of DHS...

In closing this post I'd just like to say....what is up with us and DHS?? Remember my last TR about DS's meltdown and the other lady screaming in my ear for her husband at Playhouse Disney? I swear Playhouse is just cursed for me.

Up next.....Dinner at Kona, and EMH at Magic Kingdom!! Our first glimpse of the castle this trip!

 

[Trentmom]

I was just to post to see where you have been, been quiet

Great update!!

TOT is not bad at all..........You can do it!!

Once ya do, you will be addicted

Cliffhanger................Please don't leave us hanging too long

I am dying with curiosity now

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I was just to post to see where you have been, been quiet

Great update!!

TOT is not bad at all..........You can do it!!

Once ya do, you will be addicted

Cliffhanger................Please don't leave us hanging too long

I am dying with curiosity now

OOHHH a cliffhanger!

I loved the opening show at DHS, but it's rather long!

Thanks you guys!
Not really a cliffhanger....I couldn't get all the pics uploaded fast enough for the 2nd half. It's up now, go back and read!!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I love your pictures. When we went on the carriage ride there it was at night so we don't have any pictures. It is really beautiful seeing in the daylight.

Thank you

I was still in the February state of mind when I made the ressie for 7pm. I was thinking it was going to be dark by then.

 

[Trentmom]

OMG

How disgusting!!!!

I would have loved to "accidentally" pushed her backwards


Good call getting out of there.........You don't want to ruin your day due to some crusty lady

Funny pic in front of China place

 

[Blueyed Girl]

OMG

How disgusting!!!!

I would have loved to "accidentally" pushed her backwards


Good call getting out of there.........You don't want to ruin your day due to some crusty lady

Funny pic in front of China place

I know! I can't imagine being so clueless to think that it's ok to keep putting your feet on people you don't know.

I really wanted to step on her toe on my way out, but I didn't.

The pics with FJ always put us in the best mood!