The Year of Disney Trips: ***Update!!!! 8/20/08****

Hi :wave:

I followed the link from your post and just wanted to let you know I'm subscribing :3dglasses
 
I am so jealous you got ADR's at O'hana! I tried and tried to get us in there, but no luck! We are having lunch at Kona so at least I can get the lapu lapu and the stiky wings! Keep up the great work!
 
Nope, they are not until the end of the month.
That will need to change if I end up going to law school. I will actually need to study, I have never really had to do that before. The thought of it kinda scares me.:scared: It will mean way less time on the Dis.:sad:

Oh ok, you have some time. I know what you mean about having to study when not having to before. :scared: Yeah I've been hooked on the DIS lately, I really needed to get away from it (I know I know)
yesterday so luckily I missed out on the 8 hour downtime.

OK O'hanas is a definite for me. That drink sounds nice but the food looked so good. Nice to see him smile at the end, he was the only one not smiling in the group pics.

Yes, highly recommend Ohana! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2
OMG you do not know how hard it was to get him to smile, I retook so many pics and told him to smile. He looked cuter smiling anyway, I told him so and then he started smiling easier. ;)

Great photos It looks like your Mum is saying you boys will pose for photos whether you like it or not :rotfl2: We loved the Poly too :)

Actually, I was the one saying you'll pose for photos and like it :rotfl: . Mum (Ooooh new word to type!!) was the one holding them in place for me. :lmao:
 
At first I thought you did a nice sweet short update just like that famous other TR writer (no naming names ;) ) but then you continued and continued more! But...I have to say that I still enjoyed it and all your pictures. Yummy...those lapu lapu's look scrumptious and I would love to have a party in my mouth some day (uhm, that did not sound right!) :lmao: . I'll be waiting for more.....popcorn::

I know, I tried to do a short update, but there wasn't that much exciting stuff at Ohana and it was only 3 installments for all the pics.

I'll promise to do shorter updates like another Trip Reporter I know. ;)

Just make sure not to sit by any lamps while enjoying your Lapu DM! :lmao:

Cool, one of my illegal words has been used it a trippie!!!! :banana: :woohoo:

:rotfl2: Yes I remember that list of illegal words from the old Focker thread. That one was my favorite one though! Hopefully I won't get hounded by the mods. :rolleyes1

I try to DIS but I can't get caught...plus it is usually really busy with taking care of patients have chest pain.

You Trippie is great and I can't wait to try a Lapu Lapu in 1 month!!! Only I will be having mine at Kona Cafe or on my balcony! Can't wait to see what happens with the boys have the cards....

I work at a hospital too, so I know about those chest pains. Although my job is waaaaay easier than yours. :worship:

Hey you're staying at the Poly! There's no complaining when you're staying there. :snooty:

Hi :wave:

I followed the link from your post and just wanted to let you know I'm subscribing

:welcome: Blue! Glad you could come along on this fantastic voyage.

I am so jealous you got ADR's at O'hana! I tried and tried to get us in there, but no luck! We are having lunch at Kona so at least I can get the lapu lapu and the stiky wings! Keep up the great work!

:welcome: Yeah I was amazed that I could get a last minute ressie there too! Lapus are a must at the Poly.
 

Great update. I really need to try and squeeze in O'Hana's for our next trip. We did breakfast there this past trip. DInner will have to be next year. I have already started a list of potential ADR's for NEXT AUGUST.

Janet
 
Ya know, after reading all these trippies with Ohana reports, I may have to consider booking a dinner there one of these days.

Great updates, you go girl with the multiple updates.

And you still haven't gotten lost:thumbsup2
 
:rotfl2: Yes I remember that list of illegal words from the old Focker thread. That one was my favorite one though! Hopefully I won't get hounded by the mods. :rolleyes1

Well, I just got busted for having too many lines in my siggy. Now I have to be good for 15 days. I don't even know how to check to see if I got any points.
 
Z!!!:wave2:

Ok, I'm caught up and getting ready for bed so I'm throwing the multi-quoting out the window!

Gotta tell ya - I was on the edge of my seat with the whole check-in thing...I'd have been freaking out!:eek:

And I've never noticed other people in their polo shirts, etc., in there, but I'm gonna look now!! Did ya feel like you were lost in Stepford, surrounded by a bunch of Buffy & Skip's??:rotfl2:

And mmmmmmm....Lapu's....:drinking1 and I hear that they're rich in Vitamin C...just sayin':rolleyes1

Looking forward to more!! Dying to read about what happens with the boys and their KTTW cards:eek:

Later Gator!!!:hippie:
 
Z!!!:wave2: Gotta tell ya - I was on the edge of my seat with the whole check-in thing...I'd have been freaking out!:eek:
I too was on edge with you checking in! I think I'm going to call (again) on tomorrow to make sure they know I'm comming!

And I've never noticed other people in their polo shirts, etc., in there, but I'm gonna look now!! Did ya feel like you were lost in Stepford, surrounded by a bunch of Buffy & Skip's??:rotfl2:
I was wondering if the check-in at AKL would be the same. Just in case it is, I'll try to "girl it up" a bit, by having my nails done, and NO cargo shorts!!! :lmao:

And mmmmmmm....Lapu's....:drinking1 and I hear that they're rich in Vitamin C...just sayin':rolleyes1
This year I'm having dinner at Kona Cafe, so I will check out that drink!
 
Z!!!:wave2:
And I've never noticed other people in their polo shirts, etc., in there, but I'm gonna look now!! Did ya feel like you were lost in Stepford, surrounded by a bunch of Buffy & Skip's??:rotfl2:

And mmmmmmm....Lapu's....:drinking1 and I hear that they're rich in Vitamin C...just sayin':rolleyes1

Looking forward to more!! Dying to read about what happens with the boys and their KTTW cards:eek:

Hey LL! It didn't feel like Stepford, more like the golf club from Caddyshack. It was definately weird, felt so under dressed with the frizzy hair and shorts and sandals. :hippie:

I too was on edge with you checking in! I think I'm going to call (again) on tomorrow to make sure they know I'm comming!

This year I'm having dinner at Kona Cafe, so I will check out that drink!

OMG Glenda!!! You leave in 2 days!!! FDM time YOU'RE ALREADY THERE!! :cool1: :cool1:

In case I don't catch you on the DIS have a Magical Time! pixiedust:

Definately order a Lapu, then catch wishes on the beach. :cloud9:
 
I caught up on this the other night but I didn't get a chance to post so here we go:

Your pictures of SSR are mind-blowing! My aunt actually asked if we would like to stay there in October, and I told her, "Nah, it doesn't look all that appealing to me." After seeing the pics of that bathroom? Boy, am I kicking myself! :rotfl2:

I loved the story about you walking into a sea of blond hair and polo shirts in the lobby. It reminded me of an episode of Ugly Betty. :happytv: Coming from another frizzy-haired brunette, congrats on ignoring them and doing your own thing. You deserved to be there just as much as they did so they can just buzz off. :hippie:

Your dinner at the Poly has made me hungry. Loved all the pics. And I have that same t-shirt your were wearing! :goodvibes

You're planning on updating tonight, right? Don't make me give you puppy dog eyes.... :flower3:
 
Great update. I really need to try and squeeze in O'Hana's for our next trip. We did breakfast there this past trip. DInner will have to be next year. I have already started a list of potential ADR's for NEXT AUGUST.

Janet

Janet how did I miss answering this! Sorry! :flower3:
Ohana's is great :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 They do a little parade thingy so make sure to prepare Stitch for it.

Great updates, you go girl with the multiple updates.

And you still haven't gotten lost:thumbsup2

I'm telling you, after April I can freakin' drive the buses for WDW. :rotfl2:


I loved your last TR. So I'm subscribing. Can't wait for your next update.

:welcome: Gregory! So glad you could make it over!



Your pictures of SSR are mind-blowing! My aunt actually asked if we would like to stay there in October, and I told her, "Nah, it doesn't look all that appealing to me." After seeing the pics of that bathroom? Boy, am I kicking myself! :rotfl2:

D'oh!! :headache: Actually I wasn't too excited on SSR either. I really really really wanted to stay at BCV (still do, but that's for another trip :rolleyes: hopefully). My next choice was VWL because we used to live in Colorado and that resort sort of has the Colorado feel. Third choice was BWV and SSR was fourth and OKW last. Unfortunately the first 3 are very popular DVC resorts for summer and there wasn't a chance of me getting them so SSR and OKW were the only ones and I saw more people on the DIS with SSR as their home resorts and found more info on it than OKW so went with SSR. I'm so glad I did too. It really was a heavenly room. :cloud9:

I loved the story about you walking into a sea of blond hair and polo shirts in the lobby. It reminded me of an episode of Ugly Betty. :happytv: Coming from another frizzy-haired brunette, congrats on ignoring them and doing your own thing. You deserved to be there just as much as they did so they can just buzz off. :hippie:

Ugh the frizzy hair sucks.:sad2: I love cold weather because my hair always looks great then. :)

And I have that same t-shirt your were wearing! :goodvibes

Isn't it so pretty!! I was so afraid of washing it because I didn't want the glitter to come off. I rarely wear it, only for Disney occassions.

You're planning on updating tonight, right? Don't make me give you puppy dog eyes.... :flower3:

Come on Zee....Please......................................

Ask and you shall receive (you too Lessa!)
 
Monday June 11, 2007

Destination: Epcot

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(This by the way was the last time I'd be seeing the Wand. Bye Wand!!:wave2: )

We got our Stitch:stitch: and Mickey::MickeyMo wake-up call, well I didn't answer it, but Bre did.;) It was next to impossible to wake the minions up, but they did wake up and the great thing about boys is they get ready in like 10 seconds.:thumbsup2 We have some cereal and cereal bars and stuff for breakfast and we're out the door, later than I wanted, but we're out.

First we have to stop at the Carriage House to buy everyone's park tickets (except mine since I have my lovely AP:) ). We take the bus over; buy our tickets and head out to the bus stop to grab the next bus to Epcot. We get there right as the park was opening, so not too bad.

Here's Bre and the minions with the mandatory Epcot pic.
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I tell everyone to wait for me by Spaceship Earth and recruit Ivan to come with me to get FPs for Soarin'. We run all the way to the land and back in no time and that was my exercise for the day.:hippie:

We regroup and there's no wait for SE, so we head into there. Minion #2 had taught Minion #1 the day before how to do those really loud whistles with you fingers in your mouth and he kept on annoyingly doing this all morning.:mad: Meanwhile his mother and I kept telling him to stop, but does he listen? Nooooooo.:sad2: The point of this? Well…

As we're being seated in our SE buggy thingy he decides to whistle inside. The CM goes up to him and scolds him and tells him there's no whistling inside. :rolleyes: It was awesome!! Alright CM!! Needless to say, as soon as we got off the ride he started up again. Ugh.:headache:

I haven't ridden SE in like 6 years and I missed it April. All I have to say is I'm glad they're refurbing this ride. I was little scared climbing up the Epcot ball. Still love the whole theme of the ride though.

We then decide to head on over to Nemo:
Smile Ivan!!
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There was no line and we were soon in our little clamshells:

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Still a fun ride, it's short but very cute. We took a pic with Bruce:

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Explored the aquariums and stuff for awhile until it was time to watch Turtle Talk with Crush, which as usual was hilarious. The boys really enjoyed that, so that was cool to see, now I kinda know what parents with kids feel like when they see their kids enjoying themselves. :goodvibes

After we get out of The Living Seas it was time for our Soarin' FP and it was now freaking Hot as Balls!! It's around 11:30 ish and the stand-by wait time for Soarin' was already 70 min.!!!:eek:

So we pass all the losers….err people in stand-by;) and we are soon directed to stand on our little gold hang gliders. This time we got 2nd row, which had less feet than the 3rd row view I got in April.

As soon as the ride started my cousin Bre started freaking out! Like big time freak out, near panic attack. She grabbed onto my mom's arm and buried her head in her shoulder screaming Aye Titi!!!! (Titi=Aunt in Spanish pronounced teetee, So Oh my god Auntie!!!) Over and over again, it was hilarious! :rotfl2: My mom kept telling her that we weren't really moving and trying to calm her and so did Minions #1 and #2 who were sitting to the left of her (mom was on the right) I was next to mom and Minion #3 was next to me. Anyhoo somewhere around the Orange Groves of California she finally calmed down. It was still funny though and we all started making fun of her afterwards! :lmao: Mom loved :love: the ride and asked if we could ride again, so I told her we'd see how the FPs are for later.

So it's around noon-ish and our ADR isn't until 1:00 pm.

What to do next…….:rolleyes:


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Here's Bre and the minions with the mandatory Epcot pic.
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The eldest doesn't look to thrilled about the picture taking!:lmao:


We regroup and there's no wait for SE, so we head into there. Minion #2 had taught Minion #1 the day before how to do those really loud whistles with you fingers in your mouth and he kept on annoyingly doing this all morning.:mad: Meanwhile his mother and I kept telling him to stop, but does he listen? Nooooooo.:sad2:

I would have killed my brothers if they did this. That sound is so annoying!:headache:

As we're being seated in our SE buggy thingy he decides to whistle inside. The CM goes up to him and scolds him and tells him there's no whistling inside. :rolleyes: It was awesome!! Alright CM!!

:lmao: That's great. Nothing like being scolded in public by a stranger!


As soon as the ride started my cousin Bre started freaking out! Like big time freak out, near panic attack. She grabbed onto my mom's arm and buried her head in her shoulder screaming Aye Titi!!!! (Titi=Aunt in Spanish pronounced teetee, So Oh my god Auntie!!!) Over and over again, it was hilarious! :rotfl2: My mom kept telling her that we weren't really moving and trying to calm her and so did Minions #1 and #2 who were sitting to the left of her (mom was on the right) I was next to mom and Minion #3 was next to me. Anyhoo somewhere around the Orange Groves of California she finally calmed down. It was still funny though and we all started making fun of her afterwards! :lmao:
:lmao:

She will probably never live that one down!

So it's around noon-ish and our ADR isn't until 1:00 pm.

What to do next…….:rolleyes:

:scratchin
 
Poor Ivan seems a bit camera shy. I'm hoping he gets over that by the end of your trip and starts to smile more.

I :love: the CM smackdown about the minions' whistling. I have two younger brothers so I can totally relate with you there. :thumbsup2

I'm laughing so hard about Bre's panic attack on Soarin. :rotfl2: Other than the possible height issue, there is nothing scary about that ride. I mean, you don't even go anywhere. You just...sit.... Don't get me wrong, I love it! It's one of my favorites. But there's nothing to be scared of! I can't wait to see what might happen to Bre on a ride like ToT or RNRC or something. :lmao:

So what happens next? What happens next? :hyper: Hurry back and update when you have the time! I'll be waiting! :wizard:
 












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