DISNEYJAZZ
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The 'WHEN CAN WE GO AGAIN?' trip report **PIX-A-LOT!**
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Well lets see if we can get'r'done and even try to add some pix! I have pix in photobucket but gotta get them here...we'll see...
Here is the cast of our crazy gang...
Me Nanna ~ 44 ~not been to WDW since 1976 when my granddad & his wife took me and 2 my cousins ,we were ages 11,12 & 13 and they just gave us watches,tickets and $$ and set us of on our own to meet up at meal times...i don't remember a whole lot about that trip,hall of pres.,small world,the castle,jungle cruise i think...we camped somewhere and shopped at buena vista.{ my dear brother chose to stay home and play baseball! what 11 year old does that? }
Pawpaw~45~ had not been since late 70's with his family as a teen.they camped and stayed for 2 weeks! he didn't remember much either. later after we got home he said he had thought that the other parks { epcot,ak & dhs were not much rides and that epcot was a convention center!...lol shows how much he listened to me as i chatted for 286 days prior to take off,about what we were in for! }
Brendi~24~dear daughter~she hadn't been sicne she was 9 when she and her lil brother who was 7 went with their grandparents and stayed at a motel 6 or the likes. { older dd had gone with the g'parents the year before at age 10 for christmas and stayed at the disney inn she thinks}
Kevin~33~dear son in law { he made all the ressies and such and did pretty good but i have learned fROm the boards we could of doNE it easier and maybe cheaper! his travel agent was a bit of a dits i believe because we booked for 6 nights/7 day w/park tix + water parks etc... and then after payoff when documents came it said 7 nights and only 4 day tix...so off we sent him with the proper info..we were ok with the extra night so we would get another day at mk but we had to have more tix days.well he comes back and says "i did it i got us 4 more days for only $$ and they even added on to the water park tix..." he was so full of himself { some would say proud of himself...hehe} i hated to burst his bubble and tell him the more you play the less you pay and also that the water parks had changed to same number of days as your park tix...he wouldn't of listened anyways...gotta love him...and the TA didn't catch it and make us 7 ressies...
Now for the REAL CAST for this wonderful trip! the grandest of grandbabies { our oldest of 7 grands ages 1~6!,the others will trip with us in 2009 & 2010 when they are a bit older}
Princess Cinder'Elli'`5 { trip 3 weeks before her b'day } our rowdy princess has never been to wdw and has no idea what is in store...i mean i have read and told them and showed them pix and we have planned and dreamed for mos. but they will be blown away i am sure...as will i Elli wants to see the princesses and also ride her 1st coaster! She also has Minnie Mouse & High School Musical show on her wish list! when we were chosing where to eat she chose Cinderella's Royal table for lunch...
Captain Blaze~3~ our skiddish pirate...he has never been to wdw either and can't wait to meet Mickey,Goofy and Donald...he wants to ride Soarin' and has been eating his veggies and doing exercise to grow taller...he was 38 in. when we booked the trip in aug.2007..will he make it to 40 in. and Soar at Epcot...time will tell...when chosing where to eat he chose liberty Tree with Goofy and friends.
OK so that part of the story is over...glad to meet you all....after months and months of planneing and buying and dreaming and reading the disboards evey day! we are packed in the car and ready to go at 6:00 a.m. Friday April 4,2008! headed to the happiest place on earth...not comin' back till sat. april 12,2008. kids in van,gas up and pack cooler with drinks and make sure the disney or bust bags are hid till we need them...be sure dvd players are secured to the backs of nanna & mama's seats and car seats are in place and we are off...the kids were so excited to be traveling in the dark..they thought it was the middle of the night,usually just getting light out when they leave for school,daycare,work. { last flordia trip 3 years ago they were 3 and 1 and when they got in the van at midnight Elli was talking about " i'm gonna stay awake the whole time' Blaze was saying " uh-oh,uh-oh" and looking at all the beach toys and rolls of tissue and paper towels stored all around his car seat..hehe,10 mins later ,as we get on the interstate, they were both zonked and slept the entire ride!} no such luck this trip..they are older and wiser and didn't wanna miss a thing.Blaze took nap and Elli didn't hush long enough to sleep...hehe.
so we are off... now to try to get the pix on here...
we do a drive through for breakfast after we get through Atlanta before morning traffic!{ we are coming from north georgia by the way...oops..slow here! } then the kids watch a disney movie and start to get antsie so out come the disney or bust bags! they love them..they get books,coloring books,stickers,colored pencils,journals,putty and anything else i have gotten at the dollar stores that had disney on them...also added calulators since they love them...kept them busy for awhile...
we make it to kissimmee and are eating lunch at mickey d's by 1:30! we only stopped a few times for potty breaks and made really good time...the kids enjoyed the ride down and were on the look out for the 1st palm tree! when they saw it they knew we were "a long way from home 'cause they don't have those were we live!" we had a pretty good ride and the kids really enjoyed the scenery and after we crossed the GA/FLA line i broke out the mickey and friends dvd of classic cartoons i had gotten them...they loved it!
After we ate we checked into our '1st' night hotel the Americas Best Value Inn...not too bad...nice room,pool view,and micro & fridge for only $44 booked by dsil online! and Blaze learned a lesson in listening to his Nanna! when you get out of the tub and step in the cooler { I was just trying to get to the stuff by the sink } with your clean DRY socks on, your sock WILL get wet! and since these are the only ones you have that are not in the carrier on top of the van you have to hang it to dry over night! and in the morning when it is still wet and nanna tries to dry it in the microwave and it doesn't get done,just because pawpaw says it's ok for YOU to do it some more does'nt mean you should! Do you know how awful a sock smells when it is ON FIRE! yep that badboy was burnt to a crisp right in the middle and stunk something awful...so msiter Blaze has to wear his socks from the day before...hehe...anyways...after we'd check into the '1st 'hotel as the kids called it { it's not our DISNEY RESORT THAT WE CAN CALL HOME .IS IT NANNA!}and they all took naps { while i filled out the post cards we got at the shop beside mickey d's.} when they get up we head out for dinner and more shops. we ate at some buffet pretty good,elli tried the crawfish...someone showed her how to get into it and she used her finger to get the 'stuff' outof it head and she ate it! yucky... she said it tasted like " wet food"oh well she's a brave girl...not her brother...he won't try new foods at all...when we come out of the buffet we see this Aquacar! too cool...the guy is showing it to the kids and talking about and i click a pic...
we do a bit more shopping and the kids get their 1st fibbets { faux jibbets} for their frocs { faux crocs...hehe } read so much about crocs for the parks so i got me and the kids some faux ones and we love them...and they were great at the parks!!
then it is back to the 1st hotel and sleep and get ready for the BIG DAY! WDW here we come ready or not!
i will post this lil bit of the report and see how the pix do..if good i will be back in a bit for more ...if not..i will be beating my head against the puter screen crying...boohoohoo.... i copied the img code from photobucket and pasted it here...not sure if thats right...d'oh!
if all goes well next up is WDW! and the looks on their sweet faces when They see mickey and minnie welcoming them!
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Well lets see if we can get'r'done and even try to add some pix! I have pix in photobucket but gotta get them here...we'll see...
Here is the cast of our crazy gang...
Me Nanna ~ 44 ~not been to WDW since 1976 when my granddad & his wife took me and 2 my cousins ,we were ages 11,12 & 13 and they just gave us watches,tickets and $$ and set us of on our own to meet up at meal times...i don't remember a whole lot about that trip,hall of pres.,small world,the castle,jungle cruise i think...we camped somewhere and shopped at buena vista.{ my dear brother chose to stay home and play baseball! what 11 year old does that? }
Pawpaw~45~ had not been since late 70's with his family as a teen.they camped and stayed for 2 weeks! he didn't remember much either. later after we got home he said he had thought that the other parks { epcot,ak & dhs were not much rides and that epcot was a convention center!...lol shows how much he listened to me as i chatted for 286 days prior to take off,about what we were in for! }
Brendi~24~dear daughter~she hadn't been sicne she was 9 when she and her lil brother who was 7 went with their grandparents and stayed at a motel 6 or the likes. { older dd had gone with the g'parents the year before at age 10 for christmas and stayed at the disney inn she thinks}
Kevin~33~dear son in law { he made all the ressies and such and did pretty good but i have learned fROm the boards we could of doNE it easier and maybe cheaper! his travel agent was a bit of a dits i believe because we booked for 6 nights/7 day w/park tix + water parks etc... and then after payoff when documents came it said 7 nights and only 4 day tix...so off we sent him with the proper info..we were ok with the extra night so we would get another day at mk but we had to have more tix days.well he comes back and says "i did it i got us 4 more days for only $$ and they even added on to the water park tix..." he was so full of himself { some would say proud of himself...hehe} i hated to burst his bubble and tell him the more you play the less you pay and also that the water parks had changed to same number of days as your park tix...he wouldn't of listened anyways...gotta love him...and the TA didn't catch it and make us 7 ressies...
Now for the REAL CAST for this wonderful trip! the grandest of grandbabies { our oldest of 7 grands ages 1~6!,the others will trip with us in 2009 & 2010 when they are a bit older}
Princess Cinder'Elli'`5 { trip 3 weeks before her b'day } our rowdy princess has never been to wdw and has no idea what is in store...i mean i have read and told them and showed them pix and we have planned and dreamed for mos. but they will be blown away i am sure...as will i Elli wants to see the princesses and also ride her 1st coaster! She also has Minnie Mouse & High School Musical show on her wish list! when we were chosing where to eat she chose Cinderella's Royal table for lunch...
Captain Blaze~3~ our skiddish pirate...he has never been to wdw either and can't wait to meet Mickey,Goofy and Donald...he wants to ride Soarin' and has been eating his veggies and doing exercise to grow taller...he was 38 in. when we booked the trip in aug.2007..will he make it to 40 in. and Soar at Epcot...time will tell...when chosing where to eat he chose liberty Tree with Goofy and friends.
OK so that part of the story is over...glad to meet you all....after months and months of planneing and buying and dreaming and reading the disboards evey day! we are packed in the car and ready to go at 6:00 a.m. Friday April 4,2008! headed to the happiest place on earth...not comin' back till sat. april 12,2008. kids in van,gas up and pack cooler with drinks and make sure the disney or bust bags are hid till we need them...be sure dvd players are secured to the backs of nanna & mama's seats and car seats are in place and we are off...the kids were so excited to be traveling in the dark..they thought it was the middle of the night,usually just getting light out when they leave for school,daycare,work. { last flordia trip 3 years ago they were 3 and 1 and when they got in the van at midnight Elli was talking about " i'm gonna stay awake the whole time' Blaze was saying " uh-oh,uh-oh" and looking at all the beach toys and rolls of tissue and paper towels stored all around his car seat..hehe,10 mins later ,as we get on the interstate, they were both zonked and slept the entire ride!} no such luck this trip..they are older and wiser and didn't wanna miss a thing.Blaze took nap and Elli didn't hush long enough to sleep...hehe.
so we are off... now to try to get the pix on here...
we do a drive through for breakfast after we get through Atlanta before morning traffic!{ we are coming from north georgia by the way...oops..slow here! } then the kids watch a disney movie and start to get antsie so out come the disney or bust bags! they love them..they get books,coloring books,stickers,colored pencils,journals,putty and anything else i have gotten at the dollar stores that had disney on them...also added calulators since they love them...kept them busy for awhile...
we make it to kissimmee and are eating lunch at mickey d's by 1:30! we only stopped a few times for potty breaks and made really good time...the kids enjoyed the ride down and were on the look out for the 1st palm tree! when they saw it they knew we were "a long way from home 'cause they don't have those were we live!" we had a pretty good ride and the kids really enjoyed the scenery and after we crossed the GA/FLA line i broke out the mickey and friends dvd of classic cartoons i had gotten them...they loved it!
After we ate we checked into our '1st' night hotel the Americas Best Value Inn...not too bad...nice room,pool view,and micro & fridge for only $44 booked by dsil online! and Blaze learned a lesson in listening to his Nanna! when you get out of the tub and step in the cooler { I was just trying to get to the stuff by the sink } with your clean DRY socks on, your sock WILL get wet! and since these are the only ones you have that are not in the carrier on top of the van you have to hang it to dry over night! and in the morning when it is still wet and nanna tries to dry it in the microwave and it doesn't get done,just because pawpaw says it's ok for YOU to do it some more does'nt mean you should! Do you know how awful a sock smells when it is ON FIRE! yep that badboy was burnt to a crisp right in the middle and stunk something awful...so msiter Blaze has to wear his socks from the day before...hehe...anyways...after we'd check into the '1st 'hotel as the kids called it { it's not our DISNEY RESORT THAT WE CAN CALL HOME .IS IT NANNA!}and they all took naps { while i filled out the post cards we got at the shop beside mickey d's.} when they get up we head out for dinner and more shops. we ate at some buffet pretty good,elli tried the crawfish...someone showed her how to get into it and she used her finger to get the 'stuff' outof it head and she ate it! yucky... she said it tasted like " wet food"oh well she's a brave girl...not her brother...he won't try new foods at all...when we come out of the buffet we see this Aquacar! too cool...the guy is showing it to the kids and talking about and i click a pic...
we do a bit more shopping and the kids get their 1st fibbets { faux jibbets} for their frocs { faux crocs...hehe } read so much about crocs for the parks so i got me and the kids some faux ones and we love them...and they were great at the parks!!
then it is back to the 1st hotel and sleep and get ready for the BIG DAY! WDW here we come ready or not!
i will post this lil bit of the report and see how the pix do..if good i will be back in a bit for more ...if not..i will be beating my head against the puter screen crying...boohoohoo.... i copied the img code from photobucket and pasted it here...not sure if thats right...d'oh!
if all goes well next up is WDW! and the looks on their sweet faces when They see mickey and minnie welcoming them!
thank you peterpan! you are my 1st victim ,i mean poster...hehe...thank you for tuneing in...i am off to do add pix about our wet adventuers to the magic kingdom on our 1st night at " THE REAL DISNEY WORLD!"
very cool,near the pool and so so close to the food court and shop and busses! but i don't think the walk would of been to bad form the other buildings...maybe coming 'home' after a long day in the parks the walk would be wayyy longer. But when we looked around later in the week the walk wasn't too bad and hey we were in DISNEY WORLD!
here are a few pics of our room when we checked in...
now to see if all his hard work pays off...
..and man on man did our planning change! i was reading everything in sight 
and relaying it to everyone who'd listen. dd was interested in the boutique clothes...all so wonderful but since we don't sew we decided we'd try the iron on stuff...so i found th estick figures 1st and had them made. then dd decided she'd try her had at painting the kids soem shirts! ummm...ok.....well to our delight she was wonderful at this art! she got out their disney books and the kids decided which characters they wanted for each park and she was off..
.their lil skull & cross bones shirts in the dtd post were painted by mom...then she'd look at the pictures the kids liked and draw them bigger on papaer then onto the shirts...then she'd us the fabric paints to color them in...she got so into it a friend at work had her do a Dora for her nieces b'day party and also my other dd wanted a Bambi for my dgd's 1st b'day shirt....
}our lil man is 40 1/2 inches!!! he is SOARIN'! he does his best John Travolta disco fingure pointig dance all over the place yelling "woohoo ,i'm goin' soarin'" and everyone is laughing and clapping for him...he's so excited he even gives us a 'bow chicka wow wow' for the video camera ,complete with hands on head and hip a twistin'!
elli clued us in...kids are cool! i like chip & dale but never watched them enough to see a difference.they loved meeting them!
Anyway I can't wait to read more!
...i blew just a lil money and Pawpaw a lil bit more...but dsil won $237! pawpaw won $250 but doesn't have stopping sense and lost it all..d'oh! we only spent a few hours there then went over the mountain and headed to check in our hotel in Pigeon Forge,Tenn. We then went to eat at Boston's seafood & steak and then to the Lid'l Dolly Factory Outlet where i got the 2 youngest granddaughter's a lid'l dolly southern belle dresses...oldest greanddaughter Elli has a red & green one she has out grown {she wore the green in a pageant and never got to wear the red,not her moms style, and her momma thinks she's too old for these dresses so no new one for her,may have dsil grab one next time they go up} so the twins Kensleigh & Gracie can wear them this winter for christmas pix,. so i got their baby sister Chloe a white one and other granddaughter Avery got pink picked out by pawpaw...will be so sweet for her 2nd b'day pix since she is a sweetheart feburary baby
{ chloe is too}. on sunday we had breakfast at a wonderful place called Applehouse something or other...wonderful yummy food,all the regualar breakfast fare but also apple fritters,apple butter and apple julep brought to all tables to get you started...really good food! then we spent the day at Dollywood and had a good time..i would of had a better weekend had i not been fighting a sinus infection...head ache and chills all weekend
. but there were lots of cool rides and not a bad price to get in { but we got in for free with their season passes!
...brain freeze from the banana almost 2 months later? 
! it's smart
,coming to the disboards 
all the thrills,smiles,tears w/o all the money! hehe a true 'stay-cation' as they talk about all the time now...
