Three Princesses and a June Trip to Disney World with pics, Final Update Aug 11th

[MeMom]

Very cute! Are you taking orders? I'm sure we could keep you in business sewing for our Miss Brooklynn! You put me to shame. Sewing a button on is about as good as I get with needle and thread. My domestic domain is in the kitchen.

 

[twob4him]

Sorry people...instead of writing my last installment I organized a little sewing area for myself and then we went out to dinner and then we walked around Cape May....yeesh...but today I promise to write the last installment!

So here is my little sewing area!!!

Dinner....thats a green boat behind us! Can you guess where we ate???

Does this look familiar??? (Well I know you know it Boppin!)

Ok I am going to go write now and get this thing finished!!!

 

[twob4him]

OHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I just realized I missed my 1000th post
Darn....

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

OHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I just realized I missed my 1000th post
Darn....

Well congrats on 1000+ posts though Cathy

 

[Boppintothetop]

Over 1000 posts...you wouldn't think you'd have time to scrapbook or sew or drive the kids to swim lessons or take horseback riding lessons or....BUT YOU DO!!!! I've seen it with my own eyes. You are a modern day wonder woman!!! three cheers for you!

 

[twob4him]

Over 1000 posts...you wouldn't think you'd have time to scrapbook or sew or drive the kids to swim lessons or take horseback riding lessons or....BUT YOU DO!!!! I've seen it with my own eyes. You are a modern day wonder woman!!! three cheers for you!

Awww thanks Bttt! You are like my own cheerleader!!! So dear sweet friend...its time for the big reveal! :

 

[twob4him]

Final Day at the World​

So today was our final day of our much anticipated, much planned WDW trip. I was soooo tired!!! I opened my eyes around 6 am and promptly closed them and rolled over. I’ll pack later! Snore, snore, snore……


….. at 6:30 am DH’s alarm goes off on his wrist…his watch-alarm!! Good thing cause it was so dark in our room still. OK I had better get going! I jump in the shower and start packing…well first I got dressed then I packed up! DH did the same thing. We gathered and stuffed and checked and finally all the commotion woke the girls. They got up, had a bath/shower and got dressed too. They helped with the last minute items.


We had 8:45 am ADR for Boatwrights for breakfast. I figured we should get one good meal in for the day. We headed over around 8:30 am and were seated within 5 min. It was pretty empty actually. This was our only breakfast of the trip since we toured every morning. Our waitress brought us our OJ. This replaces the TS appetizer at breakfast. It was delicious! I heard about the banana stuffed French toast so I ordered that. The girls all got pancakes and DH ordered an omelet. We also had bacon or ham. Let me tell you…it was soooo yummy. I wasn’t expecting much but we really enjoyed every bite. I would actually go back just for that French toast. I passed bites all around! Unfortunately, it was rich so I was absolutely stuffed within 5 or 10 min. Darn.


So around 9:15 am we rolled out of there to the marina area outside.

The hairwrap station was just ahead and I had promised Elizabeth we could do that. She wasn’t opened yet so we decided to come back. We slowly walked back to our room enjoying the resort in the morning. We decided not to swim since we were all clean and had other things to do. When we got back to the room we called Bell Services to come and get the luggage to store till it was time for ME to arrive (12 noon). We brushed our teeth and relaxed till they came (about 15 min).

Next, we headed to the hair wrap station. There was a short line of two in front of Liz so we waited in the shade. It was about 10 am and already hot and humid. Why am I surprised by this?? Bell played on the steps (up/down/up/down) which drives all moms nuts since you worry they will fall at any time. This went on for about 20 min!

Here is Belle on the steps!

Finally it was Liz’s turn! She choose a med pink, mint green and light blue thread. Then they wrapped. They made different patterns with the three colors and added about an inch of beads at the end to finish it off. Very pretty! We paid and went to find DH.

Hair wrapping

I forgot to say that while we were hair-wrapping, DH and Cindy went to check out the fishing hole. DH even brought some of his own stuff. I think it was some special lure?? Anyways, we found them and helped them fish for the remaining 10 min. Apparently, they caught nothing though they did feel some nibbles. Oh well, it was fun to try! We were hot by now and decided to check out the gift shop (and the AC!).

The girls browsed through the store and picked out some nice little souvenirs. We also found another penny press machine. I neglected to say that Liz managed to penny press 9 times during the week and I didn’t take a pic once…completely forgot. Now it was about 11:20 and we had about 40 min left. We had about 5 snack credits left so we decided to get some snacks for our trip home. Then we basically hung out in the lobby seating area. We hit the bathrooms I think and relaxed. I was really tired so around 11:40 am DH went to get the luggage out of storage and wait outside for ME while we just people watched inside.


He came and got us around noon and then the bus showed up at 12:07 pm. It was a cruise-line bus actually. When we boarded, I told everyone we had all won a cruise…we were all thinking the same thing…course it was complete denial since all of our trips were over. So sad. Even the bus driver said he was going to sneak us over to the red boat…hahahaha. We watched the video on the way to the airport and circled a few times to get to our terminal. I think someone fell asleep on me….must have been Belle since she likes to nap then. Finally we got off.


The line for our airline was a mile long. Seriously we got in it at 1:05 pm and were finally checked through at 1:45 pm. One bad thing happened. During the week and without notifying us, our air carrier decided to start charging everyone $10/bag. Grrrrrrrrrr….our great price on air tickets just went out the window with 4 bags. And to make matters worse, they charged for all drinks and snacks on the plane too. I think water was still free. I almost flipped out. I mean they have you since the TSA allows no drinks and then they are going to charge everyone. I guess I was mad cause it was so unexpected. Our flight down was fine and then all these aggravations on the way back.

So we had no trouble getting thru the security check and arrived at our gate at 2:06 pm. We took off at 2:30 pm and I was sure the girls would sleep. Nope…they didn’t…they were awake through it all. And then Belle started crying during the last half hour. (I think it was the descent and her ears) I tried to get her to drink and snack but she just wanted to cry. Poor thing…bless her heart! I joked with DH that she would fall asleep while we were taxiing to the terminal. I was wrong…she fell asleep about 2 min before we landed! We tried to laugh through it. So we landed and got our luggage and our car and headed home. We live about an 50 min from the airport. I think we got home around 6:30 pm. We were tired!!! DH unloaded the car and we started the laundry! DH’s brother and his wife had stayed at our house while we were gone and left a sweet thank you note and the house was all clean and in one piece. That was so nice! And that is our uneventful end to a wonderful Disney trip!

I did ask the kids what their favorite and least favorite parts of the trip were. Here are the results:

DH – Favorite - leaving to come home, darn Grumpy guy!
Myself – Favorite – Soarin
Liz – Favorite – Splash Mountain
Cindy – Favorite - Riding on the airplane….hahaha kids always pick the last thing they did!
Belle – Favorite - The Princesses, good at least one person remembered them!

We all agreed on our least favorite part: The heat and humidity and the crowds!!!!









So I wanted to thank you all for reading and being a part of our family on our 2007 Disney trip! It was filled with memories and good times and just reinforced my love of Disney! I am really thankful to be able to have the opportunity to go and of course I am also thankful for my wonderful family! I hope the girls remain “young at heart” and good sisters to each other. Someday I hope they can bring their families to the most magical wonderful place on earth!


Keep reading below
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Now I do have a little surprise that I have been waiting to unveil. DH isn’t as Disney as the rest of us and said he would not be returning for at least 5 years. However, he didn’t say I couldn’t return. Soooooooooooo…..here is the plan!



:


While swimming with my good friend, Boppin to the Top, and all of our girls, we somehow cook up a plan to return. It started out innocently enough with a suggestion like… we should all go together…from Boppin’s daughter. Within moments, the plan took hold. Within a week we were really serious. I joined TGM and we emailed the AAA agent. The 2008 packages were released last week and now the results are in!!! Boppin to the Top and her two girls, myself and my three girls are going back to the World in Dec 2008 for a 5 night, all-girls trip. We are staying at Caribbean Beach in adjoining rooms and doing all the fun things there are to do in Dec at Disney, sans heat and crowds this time! Well it may be a little bit crowded but nothing like June…plus we have Tour Guide Mike to help us zig while “they” zag!!! Yahootyyy. So look for a future pre-trippie. It will be called “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Elves in Disney Dec 2008” or something along those lines. We all have special names and will be sporting new dudes I sew and the whole works. I will keep you posted as it gets closer!!!



Thanks again for reading and I wish you a very magical Disney rest of the year!

 

[Boppintothetop]

Wow! It's been a hard secret to keep since you "made" me join the boards then I couldn't even mention the trip till you finished your trip report(heee,heee). I know it's a long ways off yet, but it really is funny how it all came to be!! The only thing I have to correct is that you said we would all be sporting new "dudes"....hopefully you meant "duds" (as in clothes) because none of us girls want a new Man...our girls are all too young and you and I have great husbands to let us go to Disney without them!!! The girls(our little elves) have picked really cute names for the trip for sure. Does anyone start planning the next trip BEFORE this trip report is even finished????I'd really like to go THIS Dec but we went in Jan 2007 and twob4him in June 2007 so we will (im)patiently wait while twob4him sews!!!!!

 

[Goofyluver]

It's over!!!

But you're going back!!!

 

[njdisneyfreak]

As always, I think your girls are absolutely adorable, and I LOVE the outfits. Too cute! It reminded me of my sister and me when were little. My mom used to make us outfits, too.

Sorry people...instead of writing my last installment I organized a little sewing area for myself and then we went out to dinner and then we walked around Cape May....yeesh...but today I promise to write the last installment!

So here is my little sewing area!!!

Ok I am going to go write now and get this thing finished!!!

It's good that you got yourself a sewing area, since you are so talented at it. I wish I could sew in a straight line, let alone a whole outfit! Your pics of Cape May really make me reminisce. I grew up vacationing in Cape May and then later going with my DH, from the early 80's till several years ago. Love that area, and even when we go for just a day trip, it's always nice. I have taken so many pictures in front of that Cape May bell, in front of the church.

Final Day at the World​

So today was our final day of our much anticipated, much planned WDW trip. I was soooo tired!!! I opened my eyes around 6 am and promptly closed them and rolled over. I’ll pack later! Snore, snore, snore……


….. at 6:30 am DH’s alarm goes off on his wrist…his watch-alarm!! Good thing cause it was so dark in our room still. OK I had better get going! I jump in the shower and start packing…well first I got dressed then I packed up! DH did the same thing. We gathered and stuffed and checked and finally all the commotion woke the girls. They got up, had a bath/shower and got dressed too. They helped with the last minute items.


We had 8:45 am ADR for Boatwrights for breakfast. I figured we should get one good meal in for the day. We headed over around 8:30 am and were seated within 5 min. It was pretty empty actually. This was our only breakfast of the trip since we toured every morning. Our waitress brought us our OJ. This replaces the TS appetizer at breakfast. It was delicious! I heard about the banana stuffed French toast so I ordered that. The girls all got pancakes and DH ordered an omelet. We also had bacon or ham. Let me tell you…it was soooo yummy. I wasn’t expecting much but we really enjoyed every bite. I would actually go back just for that French toast. I passed bites all around! Unfortunately, it was rich so I was absolutely stuffed within 5 or 10 min. Darn.


So around 9:15 am we rolled out of there to the marina area outside.

The hairwrap station was just ahead and I had promised Elizabeth we could do that. She wasn’t opened yet so we decided to come back. We slowly walked back to our room enjoying the resort in the morning. We decided not to swim since we were all clean and had other things to do. When we got back to the room we called Bell Services to come and get the luggage to store till it was time for ME to arrive (12 noon). We brushed our teeth and relaxed till they came (about 15 min).

Next, we headed to the hair wrap station. There was a short line of two in front of Liz so we waited in the shade. It was about 10 am and already hot and humid. Why am I surprised by this?? Bell played on the steps (up/down/up/down) which drives all moms nuts since you worry they will fall at any time. This went on for about 20 min!

Finally it was Liz’s turn! She choose a med pink, mint green and light blue thread. Then they wrapped. They made different patterns with the three colors and added about an inch of beads at the end to finish it off. Very pretty! We paid and went to find DH.

I forgot to say that while we were hair-wrapping, DH and Cindy went to check out the fishing hole. DH even brought some of his own stuff. I think it was some special lure?? Anyways, we found them and helped them fish for the remaining 10 min. Apparently, they caught nothing though they did feel some nibbles. Oh well, it was fun to try! We were hot by now and decided to check out the gift shop (and the AC!).

The girls browsed through the store and picked out some nice little souvenirs. We also found another penny press machine. I neglected to say that Liz managed to penny press 9 times during the week and I didn’t take a pic once…completely forgot. Now it was about 11:20 and we had about 40 min left. We had about 5 snack credits left so we decided to get some snacks for our trip home. Then we basically hung out in the lobby seating area. We hit the bathrooms I think and relaxed. I was really tired so around 11:40 am DH went to get the luggage out of storage and wait outside for ME while we just people watched inside.


He came and got us around noon and then the bus showed up at 12:07 pm. It was a cruise-line bus actually. When we boarded, I told everyone we had all won a cruise…we were all thinking the same thing…course it was complete denial since all of our trips were over. So sad. Even the bus driver said he was going to sneak us over to the red boat…hahahaha. We watched the video on the way to the airport and circled a few times to get to our terminal. I think someone fell asleep on me….must have been Belle since she likes to nap then. Finally we got off.


The line for our airline was a mile long. Seriously we got in it at 1:05 pm and were finally checked through at 1:45 pm. One bad thing happened. During the week and without notifying us, our air carrier decided to start charging everyone $10/bag. Grrrrrrrrrr….our great price on air tickets just went out the window with 4 bags. And to make matters worse, they charged for all drinks and snacks on the plane too. I think water was still free. I almost flipped out. I mean they have you since the TSA allows no drinks and then they are going to charge everyone. I guess I was mad cause it was so unexpected. Our flight down was fine and then all these aggravations on the way back.

So we had no trouble getting thru the security check and arrived at our gate at 2:06 pm. We took off at 2:30 pm and I was sure the girls would sleep. Nope…they didn’t…they were awake through it all. And then Belle started crying during the last half hour. (I think it was the descent and her ears) I tried to get her to drink and snack but she just wanted to cry. Poor thing…bless her heart! I joked with DH that she would fall asleep while we were taxiing to the terminal. I was wrong…she fell asleep about 2 min before we landed! We tried to laugh through it. So we landed and got our luggage and our car and headed home. We live about an 50 min from the airport. I think we got home around 6:30 pm. We were tired!!! DH unloaded the car and we started the laundry! DH’s brother and his wife had stayed at our house while we were gone and left a sweet thank you note and the house was all clean and in one piece. That was so nice! And that is our uneventful end to a wonderful Disney trip!

I did ask the kids what their favorite and least favorite parts of the trip were. Here are the results:

DH – Favorite - leaving to come home, darn Grumpy guy!
Myself – Favorite – Soarin
Liz – Favorite – Splash Mountain
Cindy – Favorite - Riding on the airplane….hahaha kids always pick the last thing they did!
Belle – Favorite - The Princesses, good at least one person remembered them!

We all agreed on our least favorite part: The heat and humidity and the crowds!!!!

So I wanted to thank you all for reading and being a part of our family on our 2007 Disney trip! It was filled with memories and good times and just reinforced my love of Disney! I am really thankful to be able to have the opportunity to go and of course I am also thankful for my wonderful family! I hope the girls remain “young at heart” and good sisters to each other. Someday I hope they can bring their families to the most magical wonderful place on earth!


Keep reading below
*******************************************************

Now I do have a little surprise that I have been waiting to unveil. DH isn’t as Disney as the rest of us and said he would not be returning for at least 5 years. However, he didn’t say I couldn’t return. Soooooooooooo…..here is the plan!




While swimming with my good friend, Boppin to the Top, and all of our girls, we somehow cook up a plan to return. It started out innocently enough with a suggestion like… we should all go together…from Boppin’s daughter. Within moments, the plan took hold. Within a week we were really serious. I joined TGM and we emailed the AAA agent. The 2008 packages were released last week and now the results are in!!! Boppin to the Top and her two girls, myself and my three girls are going back to the World in Dec 2008 for a 5 night, all-girls trip. We are staying at Caribbean Beach in adjoining rooms and doing all the fun things there are to do in Dec at Disney, sans heat and crowds this time! Well it may be a little bit crowded but nothing like June…plus we have Tour Guide Mike to help us zig while “they” zag!!! Yahootyyy. So look for a future pre-trippie. It will be called “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Elves in Disney Dec 2008” or something along those lines. We all have special names and will be sporting new dudes I sew and the whole works. I will keep you posted as it gets closer!!!



Thanks again for reading and I wish you a very magical Disney rest of the year!

What a great trip you guys had! I've loved being able to join us, as I sit here waiting for our upcoming trip. Thanks for the ride.

That's is so awesome that you are going next December! You already know that my DH and I are going this December, so make sure you keep following my trippie, so you can get some ideas. Of course, I'll do a post-trip report, too. I'm so psyched about going for the holidays, and I know you and your little ladies will have a blast! I can't believe you kept that secret to yourself, so well. I would have been busting to share. Good idea joining TGM. He's given us amazing tips that we plan to use. Have fun planning and remember from me, it's never too early to begin a pre-trip report. So, let me know when you begin.

Wow! It's been a hard secret to keep since you "made" me join the boards then I couldn't even mention the trip till you finished your trip report(heee,heee). I know it's a long ways off yet, but it really is funny how it all came to be!! The only thing I have to correct is that you said we would all be sporting new "dudes"....hopefully you meant "duds" (as in clothes) because none of us girls want a new Man...our girls are all too young and you and I have great husbands to let us go to Disney without them!!! The girls(our little elves) have picked really cute names for the trip for sure. Does anyone start planning the next trip BEFORE this trip report is even finished????I'd really like to go THIS Dec but we went in Jan 2007 and twob4him in June 2007 so we will (im)patiently wait while twob4him sews!!!!!

We began planning our December of this year trip before we even left our last trip, which was last summer. Never too early to plan. In fact, if you read my report, you'll see that we are already talking about '08 (Disney Cruise) and '09 (Parks & Cruise)! Can't get enough of Disney, I guess. Have fun planning! Maybe you can begin a trip-report, too. It's fun.

 

[jcc0621]

What a great last day, well except for the airline part. You are better than me, becasue I would have complained It probably wouldn't have done any good, but it would have made ME feel better

I am really going to have to look POR. It looks so nice.

That is so awesome that you have another trip planned. I wish we could go at Christmas, but since DS is a teacher we would be able to only go the week between Christmas and New Years, which I did once and let me it you it was .

Thanks for sharing your story, it has really helped me get psyched up for our trip.

Can't wait until you start the Dec. 08 TR

Janet

 

[MeMom]

An all girls' trip will be so much fun!!!

 

[DisneyJo]

How about now?????? [/SIZE][/COLOR]

I am

OHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I just realized I missed my 1000th post
Darn....

woohoo for 1000


Cathy what a lovely last day and your last paragraph nearly made me cry! So sweet that Cindy's fave was the plane And you're going back and at Christmas time too

 

[Boppintothetop]

njDisneyfreak I'll have to read your report...glad to know other people start planning way early...it's so fun!! Have you done the Disney cruise before???We did in Jan. 2006 so if you have any questions, let me know!!There were 14 from our family plus 4 friends and we all had a blast!!!! It's a different kind of trip from the World but very Disney and very fun!! I may leave the trip report to twob4him because I'm afraid I may get addicted like her!! I DO love planning and have already come up with some great ideas...you should see twob4him when I mention something, she's like a kid in a candy store she gets so excited...it's fun having a friend like her...we never think anything is too silly!

 

[kdzbear]

I love the end to your trip report! What airline was it? When my friend cam back in Dec. 2005 we joked about next time we should go together without the kids and husbands, which resulted in our girls only trip in August 2006. Then I had so much fun I decided to plan a trip for this summer with my family and then her family decided to come too. Then another friend and her family is coming along too. I think it will be great to have so many friends for my children to share Disney with. It will be a great trip. Thank you again for the wonderful trip report and pictures. I only have 42 more days to go!

 

[puggymom]

Thanks for sharing your trip with us, it was wonderful to read along.

You are one talented lady, love everything you made for your princesses.

I like how you just relaxed around the resort your last day, I'm always trying to cram in one more thing.

CONGRATS on your Dec 08 trip, can't wait to read the pre trippie. I know it seems a long way off , but it will be here before you know it.

 

[LeeLee2U]

Oh Wow! An ending and a beginning!!!!!

So glad you have another trip to look forward to! What a beautifull time of year to go !

Loved the girls outfits and CONGRATS on your sewing area!!!!

Loved this TR! So glad you wrote it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Disneyolic]

Aww...the end of your TR. How sad for me and even sadder for me that you get to go back next year! But happy happy joy joy for you and your girls!! Rob told me I could take the kids next year without him but that is so not happening. He knows me better...

 

[burly]

Hey Thank you for letting us travel with you on your WDW trippie. Thank you for Sharing with us. And Woohooty on the next trip.

 

[Rootskate]

Thank you for taking us along on your adventure, Cathy! I really enjoyed following along. I am so happy to hear you are going back next year! I will keep my eyes peeled for the pre-trip report!!