The "Why I didn't speak to my sister for a week" trip report *** Now Complete :)

[lborne]

I'll post an update this afternoon when I get home from work. Only 4 work days left before we leave !!!!

You can't take another trip until you've finished this TR. Didn't you read the rules?

 

[rvikes1]

What are your dates for this trip???? The family and I will be there Aug. 2-9

Morning ya'll

Thanks for the sweet comments on the photo It's probably the best pic of me I have (I know, scary). And it doesnt' hurt that you can't see anything below the neck
But mostly the reason why there aren't any pics of me is because I'm the one behind the camera taking pics! Grumpy doesn't know how to operate my S3IS - hmm okay, I barely know how to operate it myself - plus I don't trust her around it. She's notorious for dropping cameras in lakes and such.

Speakin of cameras I just bought me a new, tiny one. Love my S3 but that thing is huge and I can't ever take "spur of the moment" shots because it takes me 5mns just to get it out of the case and on the right setting. So I bought a small Sony Cybershot.. had a couple of them before and they were good.

Grumpy & I are downsizing big time for this trip (unfortunately I'm only talking about luggage). We never got our DME stuff so we're trying to fit everything in our carryons. Wish us luck !

I'll post an update this afternoon when I get home from work. Only 4 work days left before we leave !!!!

 

[CPer'sMom]

I'll post an update this afternoon when I get home from work. Only 4 work days left before we leave !!!!

Yay! I'm excited for you and your Poly vacation!!

 

[babytrees]

Hi Marina!! I though you could take your claim check tickets and give them to ME at the check in counter and they get your luggage. I saw many people doing that when we were there in June. It might take you longer to get it though.

Or you could go get the luggage yourself at baggage claim and bring it with you on ME. There is no way I could do carry on only .

listen to her!! she's right!!

 

[klineyqueen]

If I had to pack for a whole week in a carry on I would be sunk!!!!!

 

[bopper]

Your sister is passive-agressive. The only way to deal with that is to take them at their word and invite them to join you and move on if they don't want to.

You're not ready to go? Meet you there.
You don't want to go? See you later.
You're tired? You should go back to the room, see you later.

It was good that you got her an ECV.

 

[candee0512]

CANDEE0512 - I just noticed our tickers have the exact same time left till Disney! LOL!!! Guess I'll see you there!

Oh how funny!!!

I hope we get to go - my 16 year old daughter has been having emotional problems and with her medical bills, I'm really having second thoughts. But after everything we've been through in the past 2 months, our family really needs a vacation!

If it weren't for my 10 year old son, I would probably cancel. He's the innocent bystander in all of this. His summer was ruined by everything going on with my daughter, and to take away a trip he's looked forward to for over a year now . . . it just seems cruel.

Candee

 

[Becx N Gav]

Morning ya'll


Grumpy & I are downsizing big time for this trip (unfortunately I'm only talking about luggage). We never got our DME stuff so we're trying to fit everything in our carryons. Wish us luck !

I'll post an update this afternoon when I get home from work. Only 4 work days left before we leave !!!!

OMG you are up super early! That is Dis dedication, round the clock

And what is this about downsizing, I hope it is because you are buying suitcases when you get there and filling them with goodies

Hey, are you home yet? Come on we're all waiting

Oh will you have internet access? You could always do a live report

 

[marivaid]

Hi Marina!! I though you could take your claim check tickets and give them to ME at the check in counter and they get your luggage. I saw many people doing that when we were there in June. It might take you longer to get it though.

Or you could go get the luggage yourself at baggage claim and bring it with you on ME. There is no way I could do carry on only .

listen to her!! she's right!!

If I had to pack for a whole week in a carry on I would be sunk!!!!!

If we wait for our luggage at baggage claim this will eat up an hour at least... for some reason they take forever to get the bags out in Orlando. We're arriving late and have so little time this trip we wanted to go to Walmart that first night (I know it's no big deal to you lucky people who have Walmarts around you but we NEED to go!!!!).
In December when I had a bag that had no tag I'd given them my luggage claim ticket thingy for the airline and they never picked the bag up. I ended up having to have it delivered by Southwest and that was like 3 days later. So I'm not crazy about doing that again, but maybe it was just a fluke ?

Hi I may have missed this info somewhere, but I arrive at Pop AUG 3 08 and was just wondering were you will be staying...maybe i could be the luckeist fan of all and actually meet the AUTHOR ( hint...you really need to write a book) of the TR....cant wait until the next installment!

What are your dates for this trip???? The family and I will be there Aug. 2-9

We'll be at the Poly July 31st 'til the morning of August 6th ! Come hang out with us if you want !! Any of you gonna be at the MK evening EMH on the 3rd ? Maybe we can all watch Spectro together or something.

And what is this about downsizing, I hope it is because you are buying suitcases when you get there and filling them with goodies

Oh will you have internet access? You could always do a live report

Definitely. We may have carryons only on the way in, but on the way back we'll probably have 3 or 4 checked bags LOL. That's if we behave. Shoot, I could fill a 50lbs duffle at Bath & Body Works alone.
I'm bringing my laptop but don't know about a live report though. Maybe a mini-live report

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Yah! she back everybody i'll just stay logged on maybe i will be first to read the next installment.

Aug 3 is our arrival day we are heading to DTD and Walmart... like you I live out of country so I have to go to Walmart, Florida Mall, and Premeier outlet mall too...thats why we go for 16 night at a time...I am not willing to part to eaisly with my Disney time but have to do shopping while I am State side.....wish I could move back home (U.S.A.) maybe florida so I can buy AP and live in the castle.....

 

[Becx N Gav]

I'm sat here refreshing the page

 

[marivaid]

"What do you mean, ANOTHER dinner ? You've been to one!"
"I'm just not hungry."

Well yeah, eating a whole bucket of popcorn in 10mns will do that to you.

Grumpy & I have been to Liberty Tree Tavern three times. We had a ball each time, but every time we came out of the place saying this was THE place we wanted to take Jessi and Alex to. When I had told them about LTT Jessi was so excited. She & Alex love Chip'n'Dale (or Tic et Tac as they're known here).

"I thought you wanted to see Chip and Dale?"
"Oh, who cares about some stupid guys in a costume!"

EXCUSE ME? I am related to this person??? How ???

We were on the bus while we were having this conversation. Grumpy was silent. I was a bit sad and mostly angry. This was the one ADR I really wanted to go to. Not to mention it had taken me quite a while to get us an ADR before the party started. I think I had to call like eight times until I finally got it.

When the bus made it to our stop at CSR, I got off, and went straight to our room.I heard Jess asking my mom what my problem was.

How about that I wished I had never brought them with us???

I slammed the door to our room and locked the connecting door. Enough of those two already. They don't want to do anything ? Let them stay in their room.

Grumpy came in and told me I was making a fuss about nothing. We'd had a big breakfast. What does food has to do with this ???

"Okay be straight with me. Are you telling me you're enjoying this vacation???"
"Well, it's still better than being at home."

I could be wrong, but I don't believe that's Disney World's current slogan.

She went to the quiet pool by herself and I decided to sleep my nasty mood off. Plus it'd be good to rest before the party. I think I lasted a whole half hour in bed 'til I got sick of it and went to check out the shop again. I'd started collectin pins this trip to put on a lanyard and wanted a Hannah Montana one. The guy at the gift shop had to dig for it and I felt so stupid I lied and said it was for my daughter.

Back when we were at POP I'd seen those cute Hannah Montana flip flops that came in both kids and adult sizes. They had a medium but I didn't want to buy it right away. Then we left POP and I couldn't find the darn shoes anywhere. They only had kids sizes or adults XL at World of Disney, and nothing at all at Mouse Gear.

MMMM well I had a couple hours to kill and was in Hannah mood. So what did I do ? Took a bus to MGM, then another bus to POP, to go back to the gift shop and buy those silly flip flops. Did I get lucky ? About as lucky as we'd been so far. They were completly out.
SWEET NIBLETS!!!!!

So I went back to CSR and when Grumpy asked me where the heck had I been, I just couldn't bring myself to tell her I'd taken four buses to not buy Hannah Montana flip flops. Grumpy loathes HM and thinks my little addiction is pathetic, so that was better left not shared.

Jessi came by our room to bring us a box of fries. They'd gone to the food court to get themselves burgers (mmm didn't they say they weren't hungry and that's why they didn't want to go to dinner????).

"You can take your fries and stick em where the sun doesn't shine... and don't forget the ketchup."

Well what do you know... what it took to finally get the beast out was to make me miss the chipmunks.

 

[marivaid]

Aug 3 is our arrival day we are heading to DTD and Walmart... like you I live out of country so I have to go to Walmart, Florida Mall, and Premeier outlet mall too...

Add Walgreens to that list and you've got ours! I just can't live without Almay.

 

[Becx N Gav]

Yey another segment

But OM goodness what a party pooper To not be hungry one minute and then get fries I hope you did stick them where the sun didn't shine

I totally understand your love of HM, you are not alone (I'm 27) and I love the sing along episodes they show Didn't know they did flip flops they will have to go on my list! I hope you find some when you go soon, and that you have enough room in your 10 million bags

Oh yeah, I love all the different names for the characters I got a great pic with Tic or Tac in the New York hotel

So sorry you missed out on LTT, but did you all get to the party without killing/injuring someone

Thanks for keeping our needs satisfied

 

[marivaid]

Did we go to the party anyway ? Yeah, we did. And we were about as much in "party" mood as you can expect it. Jessi wasn't talking to me. Alex wasn't talking to anyone.

Boy were we glad we were spending $50 a piece to "party" together.

The tickets were waiting for us at will call in Grumpy's name so she went to get them. I talked to a lady who had seen Jessi and Alex's "first visit" buttons (pinned on their bag) and wanted to know where we'd gotten them. I directed her to Town Hall.

The party had actually already started, and people were already waiting for the parade. Grumpy said she wanted to really see it from upclose this time but she can't sit on the floor if there isn't anything she can lean on.

"How about a trash can??"

I swear you've never ever seen anyone so excited about a trash can. Even Push. Finally we'd found a way for Grumpy to be able to wait for a parade without going Quasimodo.

Grumpy & I sat down on the curb, with Grumpy leaning on her beloved trash can. We named her Trisha. The scary thing is this is not the first trash can we've baptized.

Guess what ? Jessi and Alex didn't want to sit on the curb and wait with us. They weren't that crazy about parades anyway.
I suspect - in Jess's case - that the only thing she's "crazy about" is fitted sheets.

We didn't even blink an eyelid. Fine, go do whatever you want. Grumpy gave them her cell so they could call if they wanted to meet or whatever.

Our spot was accross the street from Casey's and I know Grumpy loves hot dogs, so I offered to go get her one. Didn't think there was anything there I could eat but when I was in the place I saw a lady with a cup of little round thingies and asked her what they were. Corn dog nuggets she said. Try them with mustard on. I figured if I didn't like them Grumpy'd eat them.
OMG they were so good !!!! How did I live 29 years without ever tasting this delicacy ?

We had made ourselves some custom shirts for tonight's party and kept getting compliments from people. Grumpy's especially was a hit. It said "I'm a princess, deal with it!!!". Since I couldn't decide between princess and pirate, I put a crown on a pirate's head and declared myself a pirate princess.
Jessi & Alex had pirate shirts with quotes from POTC on them.

We had a great view of the parade. Grumpy kept telling me to just enjoy it and don't bother taking pics, but I had to. Grumpy went nuts when she saw the dwarves coming and even got to high five Doc !!!! She LOVED it !

Very bad pic, sorry, but we loves us some dwarfies.

The princes and princesses first came out.

And then our favorites, the pirates !!!!

Here comes Johnny !!!!!!!!!!!!

The Mouse himself closed the ball.

This was an awesome parade and when we come back for Spectro our one goal is to find Trisha again and finally get to enjoy that parade from upclose. Who knows, I may even be able to get a decent pic of it for once.

After the parade, Grumpy surprised me BIG TIME.

"Let's not go meet them yet."

Wow. I guess they must have really gone over the line this time.

"What do you feel like doing?"
"Maybe it's the hot dog talking, but I kind of want to do Stitch."

Double wow. Grumpy hates Stitch almost as much as Hannah Montana. But I sure wasn't going to argue.

Hmmmmmm, chili dog !
This show is so disgusting. I love it
I wanted a T-Shirt but couldn't find any in my size. That bugged me. Next time I'm buying the biggest size they have, and I'll get into it somehow! Poohs love Stitch too.

When we came out of the shop we bumped right into Jessi and Alex.

Had they seen the parade ? No, not really. They'd gone to look at Astro Orbiter but decided not to ride. And then they'd gone to the bathroom.
Do they know how to party or what ??

It was time to grab a spot for the fireworks and we told them about our "secret" spot. They came with us but when realized that they'd have to stand, they decided to go somewhere else.

Earlier they had not wanted to sit, and now they didn't want to stand.

 

[curlz2tite]

Hi Marina!! I though you could take your claim check tickets and give them to ME at the check in counter and they get your luggage. I saw many people doing that when we were there in June. It might take you longer to get it though.

Or you could go get the luggage yourself at baggage claim and bring it with you on ME. There is no way I could do carry on only .

This is true, We never got our ME last trip & our travel agent told us no big deal just go get your luggage & take it with you. Is she nuts!!! It might not have been a big deal for her, she wasn't the one going to have to carry my luggage.
Called disney & they said to take our claim tkts to ME with a discription of your bags,( I took pictures) & they will take care of it. No problems at all & our stuff was delivered to us in a very timely manner.

 

[marivaid]

This is true, We never got our ME last trip & our travel agent told us no big deal just go get your luggage & take it with you. Is she nuts!!! It might not have been a big deal for her, she wasn't the one going to have to carry my luggage.
Called disney & they said to take our claim tkts to ME with a discription of your bags,( I took pictures) & they will take care of it. No problems at all & our stuff was delivered to us in a very timely manner.

Taking a pic is a great idea ! I hadn't thought of that. I'll discuss it with Grumpy & see what she says. Thanks!!

Also, I was thinking, I still have the yellow tags from our previous trip (we never used them). Couldn't I just put marker over the reservation number and bar codes and use those ?

 

[Mocharilla]

Your sister is the life of the party.

I'm glad at least you guys had some fun! I'm glad you ditched them and watched the parade and did Stitch.

Sorry you didn't get your shoes.

 

[addicted2dizney]

I was sooo glad to see the new installments! I'm telling you that I actually get angry reading this! You are a saint! I'm so happy that you and Grumpy will get a chance to go back so soon and maybe have some real fun!

 

[kaysmommie]

I'm laughing at your update and the "don't forget the ketchup" comment. Love your P&PP parade pics . Have a great time at Poly in 6 days. The Poly is my favorite resort