"This Isn't Disneyworld. . .It's Rainworld!!" our trip to WDW May 16-23, 2009

[ladybugmom]

Hi there! Just wanted you to know that I am subscribing and I'm on board. I'm only on page one right now, but I just had to comment on the sleeping pictures of your girls. How precious! Some of the best pictures are when they are sleeping, right?

BTW - my husband & I are becoming Alabama fans. My husband loves volleyball, but I love gymnastics and I LOVE watching Alabama compete. The meets against Georgia are always so fun and they seem to have such a good sports program there.

Hi and welcome to my TR!! Glad you're joining in!! Yes, I would agree--some of the best pics ARE when they are sleeping!! Sooo sweet!! Oooh--nice!! Roll tide!! Yes, Bama has an excellent gymnastics team!! I love watching it as well!!

EXCELLENT updates!!! First of all I LOVE the pics with Cinderella! Those are adorable with her in her Cindy outfit! O'Hana...LOVE that place. Cute that we noticed the same Mickey display in the shop. I have quite a few pics of ceilings from these past couple of trips. The things you see when looking up... you got some beautiful shots of the Poly too!

Thanks Tammy!! I noticed that pic from the Poly in your TR, too!! And yes, I like to take pics of celings and well--pretty much anything! I was bound and determined that I would not forget one thing from this trip!! I think that's why I ended up with 3,000 pictures!!

I love looking at your pictures. They are great. 11 inches is A LOT of rain! At least you got to see 2 great shows. I love both of them. We didn't see either one last trip, so we have to on our next trip for sure. Your girls dresses are very cute as well.

Thank you!! Yes, that is A LOT of rain!! Crazy, huh?! I am very thankful we got to see both shows. My family just loves musical theater so that was right up our alley! You definitely need to see both shows! They were phenomenal!!

Love the updates. your pictures of the Safari are awesome! Also love the ones from the Poly and 'Ohana. Looks like you had a good day even with all the rain. The girls dresses are adorable!

Thanks Nichole!! We did have a good day but wished we could have seen more. Brent said this was the only day that he was really disappointed. He's so ready to go back and see it all!!

Great TR so far! Your girls are adorable!!!! I'm so envious you got to stay at the Poly - I would love to someday.

I had the same problem with Bell Services at POR when we went in Sept 08. Our room was not ready when we arrived so we wandered. When our room finally was ready, we checked with Bell Services about our GG order and our bags (since we used ME). They told us that our bags would be in the room by the time we got there, but for our GG order, we had to actually BE in the room. So I should call when we were. Fine, we only had to walk to the room so when we got in and started unpacking our stuff, I called Bell Svcs, the person, while not really rude but not very helpful, put me on hold and disconnected me twice. I was gettting a little anxious plus we were all tired and had to get ready for our first ADR. I finally got hold of someone and within minutes, our order was delivered to our room.

Thank you and welcome!! Really?! The same problem! Sounds like Bell Services has some kinks they need to straighten out, huh?! That's ridiculous!

June 13th was my daughter's dance recital and she wore red too! Ally is beautiful! I hope she had fun at the recital!

How funny!! Recitals on the same day AND the same color costumes! I just LOVE the color red--it's my favorite--especially on blondes!! Ally had a wonderful time at the recital. She is a true performer!!

Hi Becky!
Phew....so sorry I went MIA, I was away all last week, got home yesterday and now I'm catching up on DIS while the kids sleep. You have so many great updates here!! Love all the pics you got!! Ally looks so cute with her hair all done up from BBB and how wonderful that it worked for you for the rest of the week, especially with all of that rain!!! I have to ask, how tough was it to get out after all of that time? Can't wait to hear more....hope you're well!!!

Kristen!!! It's so good to hear from you! I have been thinking about you and wondering what you've been up to. I know that summer can get quite hectic, though! Ally's hair was quite challenging to take down! They put a TON of bobby pins in her hair, plus all of the spray and glitter!! Would you believe that I'm STILL finding glitter in both girls hair?! Then I had to brush and brush her hair--then shampoo and scrub--and then some MAJOR conditioner! It was CRAZY!! But I would do it again in a heartbeat b/c it held up so well all week.

 

[kimbo0569]

I'm all caught up now! Can't wait for the next update!

 

[mousescrapper]

Becky,


what awonderful new post! As said by many others your pictures are just gorgeous!!!!!!

makes me want to go invest in a new camera before our 010 trip.

The FotLK pictures are the best I have ever seen here on the Dis! and the ones from Nemo....don't get me started....no wonder why you needed 80 pages in your Disney book!

sorry you got mostly rained out at AK...but there is always the next yrs trip. and the giraffe print dresses just are too cute! Maybe Ally's will fit Clarie on a future trip!

looking forward to more!

 

[ladybugmom]

I'm all caught up now! Can't wait for the next update!

YAY!!

Becky,


what awonderful new post! As said by many others your pictures are just gorgeous!!!!!!

makes me want to go invest in a new camera before our 010 trip.

The FotLK pictures are the best I have ever seen here on the Dis! and the ones from Nemo....don't get me started....no wonder why you needed 80 pages in your Disney book!

sorry you got mostly rained out at AK...but there is always the next yrs trip. and the giraffe print dresses just are too cute! Maybe Ally's will fit Clarie on a future trip!

looking forward to more!

Thank you!! I would HIGHLY recommend a Canon Rebel! I LOVE mine!! WOW! Thanks for the compliment on the FOTLK pics--you are too sweet!! Yes, there is always next year's trip--I'm already making a list of what we missed!! Yes, I always save my favorite outfits of Ally's for Claire!! Then I love to take her pic wearing the outfit and compare it to Ally's--so much fun!!

 

[ladybugmom]

The 4 of us went last night and finally saw "Up"!! It was such a great movie!! I laughed AND cried! Claire did pretty well--she kept her glasses on longer than I thought she would.

Then this morning I bought us tickets to see Disney On Ice on Friday, Sep. 25th!! I had a special presale code and got 5th row seats for only $12 each!! The show consists of 4 favorite stories: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, Lion King, and Cars. Plus there will be a Disney Princess pre-show that's free to ticket holders--meet a princess and a display of gorgeous gowns. I can't wait!! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

The 4 of us went last night and finally saw "Up"!! It was such a great movie!! I laughed AND cried! Claire did pretty well--she kept her glasses on longer than I thought she would.

Then this morning I bought us tickets to see Disney On Ice on Friday, Sep. 25th!! I had a special presale code and got 5th row seats for only $12 each!! The show consists of 4 favorite stories: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, Lion King, and Cars. Plus there will be a Disney Princess pre-show that's free to ticket holders--meet a princess and a display of gorgeous gowns. I can't wait!! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise!!

Sounds like a fun night out, Becky! I can't wait to see Up!!

And yay for the Disney on Ice tickets...I"m giong to have to search for our area and see if they are coming here at all. What a great show it sounds like with all of our favorites!! The boys would love that. And how cool about the Princess pre-show...your girls will love that!!!! I'm all for a surprise, too! We surprised our boys for their 1st trip and it was so much fun...keeping secrets like that is fun for the parents!!! How will you surprise them?

 

[ladybugmom]

Sounds like a fun night out, Becky! I can't wait to see Up!!

And yay for the Disney on Ice tickets...I"m giong to have to search for our area and see if they are coming here at all. What a great show it sounds like with all of our favorites!! The boys would love that. And how cool about the Princess pre-show...your girls will love that!!!! I'm all for a surprise, too! We surprised our boys for their 1st trip and it was so much fun...keeping secrets like that is fun for the parents!!! How will you surprise them?

I know!! I can't WAIT!! I went to a Disney On Ice show when I was a kid and just LOVED it!!

I haven't thought of anything yet--any ideas?!

 

[PopArtGal]

Hey!!

Just joining!

Leaving soon.

And it kinda of just hit me. and I wanna cry hehehe

I loooooooooooooooooveeeee Beauty and the Beast show. Though I think that the prince as a human doesn't look quite right most of the time.

 

[PopArtGal]

I looooooooooveee the girls' Cinderella hair clips!!

I have never seen anything like them!

I want one! lol

 

[PopArtGal]

Oh cool!!!

Some of the villains walk during the new parade???

I loveee the villains hehe

 

[PopArtGal]

FEstival of the Lion King if my ultimate favorite.

Can you tell I like musicals? lol

Aren't these singers amazing?

 

[julluvsdisney]

so funny I just sign in to read your posts! Your pictures make me wanna go again ASAP! Keep the PTR coming !

 

[ladybugmom]

Hey!!

Just joining!

Leaving soon.

And it kinda of just hit me. and I wanna cry hehehe

I loooooooooooooooooveeeee Beauty and the Beast show. Though I think that the prince as a human doesn't look quite right most of the time.

Hi and thanks for joining in!! Welcome!! I LOVE the Beauty and the Beast show, too!

I looooooooooveee the girls' Cinderella hair clips!!

I have never seen anything like them!

I want one! lol

Thank you!! I made them!!

Oh cool!!!

Some of the villains walk during the new parade???

I loveee the villains hehe

Yes they do!!

FEstival of the Lion King if my ultimate favorite.

Can you tell I like musicals? lol

Aren't these singers amazing?

Hee hee!! I LOVE musicals, too!! I was in all of the musicals when I was in high school! Sooo much fun! The singers WERE amazing!!

so funny I just sign in to read your posts! Your pictures make me wanna go again ASAP! Keep the PTR coming !

Awww thanks!! Glad you're enjoying my TR!!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Finally! 5 pages later, I'm finally caught up! GREAT updates Becky!

I probably will forget everything I wanted to comment on, but here goes....

I can't believe you turned around and ran right into your friends! I was at WDW for 10 days and didn't even see so much as a fellow DISer! And I was looking believe you me! Such a cool way to enjoy Disney....with friends.

I am so glad your girls loved IASW! It's a classic!

Your Spectro pics are AMAZING! We sat in the same spot on the other side of the road! LOVE that parade!

Oh....and the picture of Ally on the teacup ride.....so cute! It totally captures her emotion. Those kinds of pictures are the BEST!

Our AK day was the only day it rained on our trip.bet we toughed it out! My boys aren't afraid of Dinosaur either...glad Ally liked it as well!

We saw Nemo for the first time this trip and were very impressed! Your pictures are so good....as you've already heard from everyone else!

Ahh...FOTLK! Our VERY FAVORITE! But we've always had seats up high, so seeing your pics from floor level is way cool! Those costumes are amazing!

Your character meets look awesome! You met a lot of them at Camp Minnie Mickey....the lines were crazy long on our AK day and so we just met Goofy. The picture of Minnie and Mickey bending down to say Hello to Claire is my favorite!

I so wanted to do 'Ohana for dinner, but we opted for the characters at breakfast. I'd love to do the dinner next time...the food sounds FANTASTIC!

Ok...not sure if there were other things I wanted to say, but I can't remember them now!

Glad you saw UP...we have yet to fit that in our busy schedule!

I'll be away for 10 Days starting Saturday...I'm sure I'll have to catch up all over again! I'm falling so behind on my DIS responsibilities!!

 

[MagicShell]

My kids and I really enjoyed UP as well. I was worried that I wouldn't like it from the previews, but it was great. The price was pretty high though, I was a little shocked. I obviously don't go to many movies.

We have never seen Disney on Ice. We did see the Wizard of Oz on ice and liked it. I hope your girls love it, I am sure they will.

 

[tmkinney]

Love the girls dresses. You got some great pics from the Nemo show, what kind of camera do you have? (I think you already posted but I can't remember...) I LOVE the bread pudding at Ohana's, it was definitely my favorite part of the meal too!

 

[DWGal210]

Another wonderful update! I love the Lion King show - I would say that's my favorite show. They do such a good job, and the performers are awesome!!

I'm so sorry it rained for you, but it looks like you made the best of it!

 

[ladybugmom]

Finally! 5 pages later, I'm finally caught up! GREAT updates Becky!

I probably will forget everything I wanted to comment on, but here goes....

I can't believe you turned around and ran right into your friends! I was at WDW for 10 days and didn't even see so much as a fellow DISer! And I was looking believe you me! Such a cool way to enjoy Disney....with friends.

I am so glad your girls loved IASW! It's a classic!

Your Spectro pics are AMAZING! We sat in the same spot on the other side of the road! LOVE that parade!

Oh....and the picture of Ally on the teacup ride.....so cute! It totally captures her emotion. Those kinds of pictures are the BEST!

Our AK day was the only day it rained on our trip.bet we toughed it out! My boys aren't afraid of Dinosaur either...glad Ally liked it as well!

We saw Nemo for the first time this trip and were very impressed! Your pictures are so good....as you've already heard from everyone else!

Ahh...FOTLK! Our VERY FAVORITE! But we've always had seats up high, so seeing your pics from floor level is way cool! Those costumes are amazing!

Your character meets look awesome! You met a lot of them at Camp Minnie Mickey....the lines were crazy long on our AK day and so we just met Goofy. The picture of Minnie and Mickey bending down to say Hello to Claire is my favorite!

I so wanted to do 'Ohana for dinner, but we opted for the characters at breakfast. I'd love to do the dinner next time...the food sounds FANTASTIC!

Ok...not sure if there were other things I wanted to say, but I can't remember them now!

Glad you saw UP...we have yet to fit that in our busy schedule!

I'll be away for 10 Days starting Saturday...I'm sure I'll have to catch up all over again! I'm falling so behind on my DIS responsibilities!!

Hey girl!! Thanks for all of the sweet comments!! I'm impressed by all that you remembered!! Have fun on your trip--we'll miss you around here!!

My kids and I really enjoyed UP as well. I was worried that I wouldn't like it from the previews, but it was great. The price was pretty high though, I was a little shocked. I obviously don't go to many movies.

We have never seen Disney on Ice. We did see the Wizard of Oz on ice and liked it. I hope your girls love it, I am sure they will.

We haven't been able to go to the movies a lot either. But now that Claire will actually sit nicely, we'll probably be going to a lot more! Wizard of Oz on Ice! That sounds awesome!!

Love the girls dresses. You got some great pics from the Nemo show, what kind of camera do you have? (I think you already posted but I can't remember...) I LOVE the bread pudding at Ohana's, it was definitely my favorite part of the meal too!

Thank you!! I have a Canon Rebel and I LOVE it!!

Another wonderful update! I love the Lion King show - I would say that's my favorite show. They do such a good job, and the performers are awesome!!

I'm so sorry it rained for you, but it looks like you made the best of it!

Thank you Katie! Yes, the Lion King show is AMAZING!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi all!! Sorry I haven't been online for several days--we went to Dallas for a long weekend for my nephew's 1st birthday party! While we were there we went to the American Girl Boutique and Bistro!! Here is a link to the pics (I took close to 400--but I did narrow these down for the album)! Check it out: http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/ladybugmom_/American%20Girl%20Dallas%202009/?albumview=slideshow. Now off to catch up!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

Cute update Becky!!! WOW, that's a lot of dolls!!!! My DH would have freaked if I ever took him there, shhh, he's afraid of dolls, good thing we had boys, huh? LOL!! Thanks for sharing! Looks like a fun trip for the girls!!!!