The Rebel Forces Were Strong But The Smith's Are Stronger TR-7/20 FINAL THOUGHTS

[Lady Lallie]

Aisling looks she had so much fun dancing!

Too bad the boys weren't feeling it, especially the big boy at dinner.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

OH gosh....I love that naptime! Glad you all (well except Randy) got some well earned rest. DTD looked like fun! I love the pic of the kids peeking through the shirts! Poor Coops...he was plain tuckered out! Hope you all got some reviving sleep or something....you're not trying three RD are you????

We might be

The dance party looks like it would be a lot of fun!

Switch to a different hosting site if you need to--that is what I am anticipating on doing.

I'm keeping up with PB...I'm just deleting off pics.

Glad you got your naps in! And some yummy Earl of Sandwich. I didn't know they had coconut/pineapple smoothies...that sounds good! Looks like Aisling had a great time at the dance party!

The smoothie was fabulous! You order them at the end of the line where you get desserts

Aisling looks she had so much fun dancing!

Too bad the boys weren't feeling it, especially the big boy at dinner.

Well as you can see by the video...he was able to get out of his funk!

 

[goofy's_gurl]

Aww looks like your evening could have been better. But you all made it through. Hopefully you guys have a great start in the morning.

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Ahhh, I love Disney naps! I'm glad you enjoyed EOS - I must try this lemonade you mentioned!

Love the pictures of the dance party! I'm glad Randy had some fun and joined in!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Aww looks like your evening could have been better. But you all made it through. Hopefully you guys have a great start in the morning.

If only Stacy's boys had napped as long as Ash I think they would have been in a better mood...or if we didn't make them wait until 8pm for dinner...or if they were night owls like my kid

Ahhh, I love Disney naps! I'm glad you enjoyed EOS - I must try this lemonade you mentioned!

Love the pictures of the dance party! I'm glad Randy had some fun and joined in!

Lemonade was soooooooooooooooooooooo good. I put 2 Splenda in it but I think 1 would have been plenty. It was so refreshing!

 

[jessica52877]

A nap is always good! I love EOS too! I had the christmas dinner sandwich or something like that. It was delicious!

Aww, poor Coops! But glad there was a miracle! Aren't kids the cutest!

Can't wait for the next update! Never seen a dance party before but it looked like fun.

 

[sohappy]

My kids slept more than an hour. Don't forget that you guys did crafts too. I think Ash slept for like 2+ hours. And my boys are much more morning kids rather than night kids. Coops has been having tummy issues for a while. I am trying to track what exactly it is. But that night he was just miserable! I love the video (that you didn't share) of Coops on the ground saying, "I'm crying". cracks me up every time.

J really like the dance party too. I am glad he joined in. I ADORE EOS. The boys shared a BLT and got chips too, I think. I got a caprese sandwich. I love going with my mom and splitting sandwiches (caprese for me and chicken caesar wrap for her) yummo!!! I wish that the drink station was better at EOS. It is way to crowded and difficult to maneuver around.

And the storyteller- OMG- BAD!! It was almost comical how bad he was. He knew he was doing poorly and I felt bad for him. It was the weirdest story every!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

A nap is always good! I love EOS too! I had the christmas dinner sandwich or something like that. It was delicious!

Aww, poor Coops! But glad there was a miracle! Aren't kids the cutest!

Can't wait for the next update! Never seen a dance party before but it looked like fun.

It was a true miracle it was! A couple of people heard her and cracked up...and they had no clue what she was talking about!

The dance party is every night 6-9 apparently!

My kids slept more than an hour. Don't forget that you guys did crafts too. I think Ash slept for like 2+ hours. And my boys are much more morning kids rather than night kids. Coops has been having tummy issues for a while. I am trying to track what exactly it is. But that night he was just miserable! I love the video (that you didn't share) of Coops on the ground saying, "I'm crying". cracks me up every time.

J really like the dance party too. I am glad he joined in. I ADORE EOS. The boys shared a BLT and got chips too, I think. I got a caprese sandwich. I love going with my mom and splitting sandwiches (caprese for me and chicken caesar wrap for her) yummo!!! I wish that the drink station was better at EOS. It is way to crowded and difficult to maneuver around.

And the storyteller- OMG- BAD!! It was almost comical how bad he was. He knew he was doing poorly and I felt bad for him. It was the weirdest story every!

Oh Aisling slept way longer than the boys. I think she slept until about 6:30pm! I forget what time we got upstairs but it was a long nap. Randy cuddled with her in the bed and i slept on the couch after falling asleep doing pics again!

The video of coops was sooo pathetic. That poor baby was miserable!

I don't think EOS normally looks like that...or at least I hope not!

And the moral of the story is a turtle in a tree with a dog

 

[praisehisname]

Loved all the updates! DH would love to go for SWW some day, but I think I'll just stay back at the pool!

Aisling really wanted to go to the kitchen store and spend some money We ran in there as quickly as possible and Aisling got the stuff she "needed"

I have to know what you got!

 

[sohappy]

and the moral of the story is that turtles are not in trees and that it is best to wake up a dog by shouting, "WAKE UP DOG".

Ash got some mickey mouse pancake former things. Well, that is what she went into the store for, I am not sure what she actually ended up buying.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Loved all the updates! DH would love to go for SWW some day, but I think I'll just stay back at the pool!




I have to know what you got!

and the moral of the story is that turtles are not in trees and that it is best to wake up a dog by shouting, "WAKE UP DOG".

Ash got some mickey mouse pancake former things. Well, that is what she went into the store for, I am not sure what she actually ended up buying.

Ding Ding Ding...Stacy got it. Aisling bought several things to make/cut her food into Mickey head shapes. Yup, that's my kid! Spent her spending money at the kitchen store! She was trying to convince me to buy everything so we could have a Disney kitchen.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Well Day 3 started off like the other 2...at rope drop!!!!!!

This time is was at MK! Aisling has never seen the morning show at MK live (she's seen it on YouTube) so she was pretty happy about that. I hope she enjoyed it because I highly doubt that we'll ever see 3 rope drops in a row again!

Jackson and Cooper needed a little sugar pick me up to get them going! In fact they missed breakfast in our room because they were a little slower moving that morning

Aisling needed a little hydration...today was going to be a hot one!

We got to rope drop kinda early so the kids we not terribly thrilled with standing still again! So they sat!

Finally the show was underway and we were off!!!

First ride up was Space Mountain. It was still under construction during our October trip so we were ready to get re-aquainted. I put my ride face on and we were off!

I think it's WAAAAY jerkier now. I had to hold on to my camera for dear life.

Next up was Buzz! I will never beat my top score so I didn't even try (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!)

9:15am and we were done both rides!!!!! The kids wanted to do the Laugh Floor next so that's where we headed. That's when the joy of rope drop ended and the lines started I do enjoy checking out the random things to look at in line but I could get over that quickly to just get on the ride

The kids voted for Stitch next....YUCK!!!! Again I stuck Stacy and Randy with the kids for this one. I thought Stacy was going to come with me but she went with Randy and the kids. I felt like a jerk afterwards! To get over it, I went to have my 2nd breakfast (you're allowed that at Disney right???) I posted a pic on FB while I was waiting. Anyone care to guess what I got????????

I finished my treat and they still didn't get off the ride! I kept texting them thinking they left me but nobody was answering. I waited on the Tomorrowland bridge. I took pics

I took other people's pics. Lots of them. I had the PP photographer take MY pic. They still didn't come back! Finally I spotted them buying their own snacks.

While they were eating, PUSH came out so we watched him for awhile

We finished up the snacks, took some family PP pics, and headed over to Adventureland. The lines were picking up so we had to skip a couple of things. POTC wasn't too bad so that was next

After POTC we had a disagreement about what to ride next. Us Smiths like Splash...Stacy's boys like Big Thunder. We got FPs for Big Thunder for later on but then we decided to split up and each go through the standby lines for our favorites. There was a 50 minute posted wait. And it took all of that 50 minutes...if not more.

As were were on the stairs for the building...Aisling announced that she had to go potty. I guesstimated that the wait would only be another 10-15 minutes. I begged Aisling to wait. She said she had to go RIGHT NOW. Luckily there were CMs standing throughout the line for this very reason. They were very nice about it. The people in line however, not so nice. The obscenities that I was called for catching back up with Randy were just so sweet and endearing. Come on people...like your kid has never had to go potty. However, the part of the story they didn't know was that when we got to the bathroom, Aisling said she couldn't go! I wanted to kill her. That's when I had my meltdown. I told her that if she ever did that again, i would make her pee her pants. Yup...I did. Mom of the year...right here!

Randy was close the front when we got back so luckily Kristine got to cool off real quick! I put my ride face back on

By this point, it was already lunch time...crazy huh??? We went to Pecos Bills. We had burgers...nothing exciting. We had to split up with Stacy again for seating purposes. When lunch was done, we only had about 10 minutes until we were eligible for new fast passes. So we got more FPs for Splash and BTMRR. It took awhile to battle the crowd to go get them

FPs in hand...we went HOME! Yup home...it was break time! The crowds were crazy, the parents were getting cranky (Randy had snapped at me at lunch because he though I ordered him unsweetened iced tea), and MK would be open til 3am.

So do you think we made it?????????????

 

[sohappy]

See, I was there and I didn't know about Ash having to get out of line or that Randy drank sweet tea (really, are you sure he is from the north?).

You forgot that Coops was too small and Randy took him to get us super unlimited awesome fastpasses.

If I had known the crowds were like that, we probably would have used our GAD for fastpasses. It would have helped for sure! The crowds were just ridiculous.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

See, I was there and I didn't know about Ash having to get out of line or that Randy drank sweet tea (really, are you sure he is from the north?).

You forgot that Coops was too small and Randy took him to get us super unlimited awesome fastpasses.

If I had known the crowds were like that, we probably would have used our GAD for fastpasses. It would have helped for sure! The crowds were just ridiculous.

Left that story out so a certain CM wont' get in trouble for lying...not very Disney like!

We all drink sweetened iced tea (you can tell we are from the North because we don't call it sweet tea!) We go through gallons a week!

 

[Charlefours]

Goodness--look at those crowds. I hope the day got better.

 

[twob4him]

Those crowds

Ya...definitely break time. I am really sorry for the crowds...that really ruins it. You can see why a lot of people experience this and NEVER want to go back to Disney. Note to self....never ever go to Disney over Memorial Day Weekend

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Goodness--look at those crowds. I hope the day got better.

Those crowds

Ya...definitely break time. I am really sorry for the crowds...that really ruins it. You can see why a lot of people experience this and NEVER want to go back to Disney. Note to self....never ever go to Disney over Memorial Day Weekend

I know...all the people we saw with "First Visit" buttons on. All I kept thinking is "these people will never be back!"

 

[praisehisname]

To get over it, I went to have my 2nd breakfast (you're allowed that at Disney right???) I posted a pic on FB while I was waiting. Anyone care to guess what I got????????

I was following on FB but don't remember. What was it?

However, the part of the story they didn't know was that when we got to the bathroom, Aisling said she couldn't go! I wanted to kill her. That's when I had my meltdown. I told her that if she ever did that again, i would make her pee her pants. Yup...I did. Mom of the year...right here!

So sorry you had a low moment, but secretly glad I'm not the only mom who has them!

I know...all the people we saw with "First Visit" buttons on. All I kept thinking is "these people will never be back!"

See, my first visit to WDW was Memorial Day weekend, and I think that's why it took so long for me to go back. It was NOT a magical experience!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Those crowds look and sound crazy!!

You went over Memorial Day weekend, right?? I went last year and I don't remember it being that crazy.

 

[goofy's_gurl]

What kid wants to wait for RD?? Its natural. At least they were all refreshed though. I had that same problem last time but with my niece and we had just got in line for Soarin' Well, I sure learned my lesson. Tell them to go potty before you get in long lines!