The Trip That Almost Wasn't - December '09 (We are BACK!!!! TR to start soon)

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I've got all of my pictures uploaded. I'll do an update after I eat dinner. Got a headache coming on right now due to being hungry.

 

[Trentmom]

Hope Lexie feels better soon

Yay for having pics updated

Enjoy your dinnner

will be waiting

 

[Leger13]

If I remember correctly last I left you we were walking into EPCOT while the boys were getting the tire on my car fixed.

Here's some of the tertiaries we saw while walking in. These pictures don't do the beauty and artistic work justice.

We decided to head over to the Universe of Energy since Rebecca had never been on it before. On the way we stopped into a store to see if they had a precious moment that Rebecca wants to get. they didn't have it but I did see some things that I wanted (but can't afford of course)

and some more topiary.

My main man!!

Had to show off my tattoo

Then we made it over to the fairy topiary area. This part is for sure my favorite part. It was so beautiful!

I had other pictures w/o these kids in the background but thought this one was SO funny that I just had to put it up for you all to see

continued in next post....

 

[Leger13]

More fairy's

And this was the butterfly sanctuary. Not sure how many butterflies you'll be able to pick out in my pictures but here they are anyways.

I do have a picture of the front of the Universe Of Energy but for some reason I don't have it on photobucket but you all know what it looks like anyways so we finally made it over there at some point. Rebecca has bad vertigo issues so the videos on the huge screen bothered her a bit but she thought the ride was cool non-the-less. By the time we got out of there the boys were on their way back with my fixed car. Yay!!

Anyways, that's about it for now. I gotta go and get some things done around the house now that Chris is home. Hope you all enjoyed the pictures. The next update should be the last one from the parks.

TTFN

 

[kaoden39]

I just love your pictures of the topiary. In front of It's a Small World in Disneyland they have a lot of topiary. I always enjoy looking st them.

 

[Trentmom]

Loved your update!!!

Topiaries are gorgeous.

We have been twice during that time of year and so pretty everytime

The fairie section was adorable

I love the funny pic you through in with the kids and mom..her face was hilarious

 

[Leger13]

Loved your update!!!

Topiaries are gorgeous.

We have been twice during that time of year and so pretty everytime

The fairie section was adorable

I love the funny pic you through in with the kids and mom..her face was hilarious

Glad you enjoyed it Kelly.

Yeah they truly were.

Oh yeah like I said that was my favorite section.

glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. At first I was kind of ticked that they were in my shot when I was taking the picture but now I'm glad i snapped the picture anyways. Was worth it!

 

[Marshay]

Last year when we went in May they had a great Tinkerbell section with this awesome Croc and Captain Hook. Looking at the croc just made you want to laugh. I'm sorry they didn't do that this year, but the Fairies are wonderful, too. I just miss the croc.

Gosh, I haven't been to UoE in a long time. DD would like the dinosaur section and the boat ride but all the rest would probably bore her too much.

That Stitch topiary is cool!

 

[Leger13]

Last year when we went in May they had a great Tinkerbell section with this awesome Croc and Captain Hook. Looking at the croc just made you want to laugh. I'm sorry they didn't do that this year, but the Fairies are wonderful, too. I just miss the croc.

Gosh, I haven't been to UoE in a long time. DD would like the dinosaur section and the boat ride but all the rest would probably bore her too much.

That Stitch topiary is cool!

awww I wish I could have seen the Croc and Captain Hook. I think the reason they didn't do it this year is because of the Tinkerbell movie. They wanted it to focus around that which is understandable.

Well, it's not really a boat ride....It's more of the moving theater type of thing but yeah the video would probably put her to sleep. I always found it interesting as a child because most of the video makes it feel like you're flying which I love. But I'm sure most normal kids would hate it

Yeah the Stitch one was my favorite of course! I just hate the spot they put him in.

 

[Leger13]

I just love your pictures of the topiary. In front of It's a Small World in Disneyland they have a lot of topiary. I always enjoy looking st them.

Somehow I missed your reply last night Michele. Sorry! Ooooooo please take a picture of the topiary in front of It's a Small World when you go on your trip. I would love to see them! I just love how where you get on that ride is outside there. I think the design of the DLR version of that ride is so much better than the one at WDW.

 

[cherbear]

ooh ooh loved the update!

the stitch topiary was cool (and of course Tinkerbell )

Loved the pic of your tattoo with stitch

glad the boys made it back! woohoo! Can't wait to see what's next!

 

[Leger13]

ooh ooh loved the update!

the stitch topiary was cool (and of course Tinkerbell )

Loved the pic of your tattoo with stitch

glad the boys made it back! woohoo! Can't wait to see what's next!

Thanks Cheri! Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the compliments on the pic of my tatt with Stitch. Now I just gotta get one of the real Stitch checking out my ink! I love the one on the Disney Tattoo thread where the girl has the tattoo of Snow White with Snow White checking out her ink.

Next update should be today. While the cat is away the mice will play!

 

[cltk78]

The topiaries are so pretty. I think the fairies were the best.

I think I need to make a trip to WDW during the Flower & Garden Festival. Hm mm...I wonder if DH could handle a weekend alone with the boys.

 

[Leger13]

The topiaries are so pretty. I think the fairies were the best.

I think I need to make a trip to WDW during the Flower & Garden Festival. Hm mm...I wonder if DH could handle a weekend alone with the boys.

Agreed!

Oh heck yes. I think everyone should experience it at least once. It's all so gorgeous. A lot of stuff to look at that normally isn't there. sure he could

 

[cherbear]

Thanks Cheri! Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the compliments on the pic of my tatt with Stitch. Now I just gotta get one of the real Stitch checking out my ink! I love the one on the Disney Tattoo thread where the girl has the tattoo of Snow White with Snow White checking out her ink.

Next update should be today. While the cat is away the mice will play!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

There is a disney tattoo thread?!?! How did I not know this?

Love the pretty topiaries!

 

[Leger13]

There is a disney tattoo thread?!?! How did I not know this?

Love the pretty topiaries!

Yup sure is! I'll link you if you like.

Yeah they are very enjoyable

 

[Leger13]

Sorry it's taken me a bit to post another update. I'm almost done, I promise and then we can start talking about this year's trip some more.

Here are some more pictures from the F & G Festival

Minnie

some pretty flowers (from the other side of the canal you can see the flowers make out a Mickey head.)

Characters from Beauty and The Beast

This is supposed to be Chip but he looks funny to me (look at those lips!!)

Now this is a REALLY cool sand sculpture that I was totally in love with. Rebecca said it was totally different the week before we were there. I think it's cool that they do a new one every week

Then we saw some characters from the Lion King (one of my favorites!)

Hakuna Matata!

I think Scar's eye looks droopy but I guess they did the best they could with plants

Me playing with my camera

This is the area where they had the playground.

Then we met back up with the boys after they were done riding TT. We decided to see what our future had in store for us at Spaceship Earth.

 

[Leger13]

Continued....

After we saw our future and emailed ourselves our postcard we decided it was time to head over to MK so off we went back onto the monorail.

Here's some pictures from the front of MK once we got over there.

Notice how awfully cloudy it was by then. Once we got into the park Chris proclaimed that he wanted to ride HM so we headed in that direction and by the time we got back there it was already sprinkling (hence the lack of pictures). We got inside w/in 10 minutes and here's the only decent picture I got from the whole ride.

Once we got out it was raining harder so we tried to figure out what we should do. Chris really wanted to eat at LTT but everyone was so crowded in there there was no opening until just before the restaurant was supposed to close (which is 9pm). So Chris was pretty bummed and getting wet (he refused a poncho) so we hightailed it over to Fantasy Land. Once we were somewhere around the Pooh ride the sky really opened up so we got in line for Pooh. That took up about 45 min or so and it was still POURING by the time we got out. Since it was so miserable and it was so crowded in the Pooh store we just couldn't stand it and we were all grumpy so we decided to just leave instead of wait around for the rain to stop (which didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon). So we wade our way through the park back to the entrance (yeah, it was pretty flooded...my poor shoes were squishy and chris was DRENCHED!). We decided to take the Ferry back to the parking lot and well, there was a "lake" on the sidewalk to get there. So we walked through that. I swear the water was almost up to my knees!! It was actually kind of fun walking through that much water on land. haha! We finally made it back to the cars and back to the apartment and it was about 8:30 or so by that point. It was so nuts!! I was bummed that we didn't get to stay at the park until midnight like I had originally planned but it's okay since we will be back in November.

Day 3

I can't say I really remember everything that we did on our last full day with Becca and James. And I didn't take any pictures either. I'm thinking we went to DTD and did some more shopping. I think the plan was to go and see Star Trek before dinner at T-Rex but we were too late to get into a show before our early dinner reservations. So we went to eat at the restaurant first and then went to see the movie. T-Rex was really fun. Me and Becca got a few drinks (which were really good btw). I ate the ribs (I'm not sure what chris ate). The ribs were pretty good. I've had better but these were still some of the good ones. After that we went and saw the movie. Becca and James hadn't seen it yet and they seemed to enjoy it. Chris and I loved it the 2nd time around just as much as the first time around. I did get some pictures of T-Rex (the inside) I'm just not sure why they're not on my photobucket. I"ll have to remedy that problem. After we saw the movie it was raining again so we decided to leave. Since our dinner was so early and the movie is pretty long we decided we were hungry again on the drive back to Becca's place so we headed to the Olive Garden. It was ok I guess. Probably one of the worst OG experiences I've ever had. Chris and I spent the rest of the evening with upset tummies.

So there you have it folks. Our Mini Trip to Disney over Memorial weekend. Sorry for the lack of pictures on the 2nd half of this post for Day 3. I don't know what happened to me. Guess there just wasn't a lot to take pictures of. I promise the November TR will be much better but I hope you enjoyed this one non-the-less and now we can get on with planning the trip (the real reason for this report)

 

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I forgot to mention that the elephant sculpture is made out of sand. How awesome is that!?