Timandlesley’s how to win a dream in 10 days 11/15 NEW PTR UP!! pg. 94 has link!!!

[timandlesley]

I love LeCellier too!! it's my favorite

Great photos... I can't wait to check out the updated Spaceship earth

You will love it!

How sweet of Jen! What a fun surprise and a great way to end your day! Thanks for the pics inside Le Cellier, I haven't seen many of those. We booked it for dinner in January. Gotta love happy Tim pics. I did notice him "flying" into SSE! Was there any of this? And you guys had to leave Grand Haven just as the party as getting started, bummer!

I know, Jen is the sweetest! Yes, Tim likes to "fly" . We did get to see the kids parade before we left,it was getting crazy busy!

Great update!!! I have always wanted to eat at Le Cellier!

You have to try it!

Great update, I cant wait to eat at Leceiller this year!
Sorry about the bus ride- that doesnt sound fun at all!
Great gifts you received!!

You are gonna love it!

Yum! Your dinner sounds delicious.

That bus ride sounds like it was VERY stressful...I'm glad all was well in the end.

So nice that you could watch fireworks from your balcony!

It was so yummy. The ride was stressful, oh well! Yes, gotta love that MK view from WL

Great update,
We have lunch ressies for LeCellier our first time here and were sooo excited.
You guys looked like you had an awsome night out...can't wait for more...

You are going to love it! Thanks for reading/posting

Glad your back!! Its really hard getting through
a day without a Tim&Lesley update!! No
seriously, you posts are such fun to read. I always
get the feeling I am right in disney with you!! Glad
you had a summer full of fun and adventure!
I'll be awaiting the next magical day!!

So funny, hey, another one is coming tonight so stay tuned!

Too bad about the bus ride, but it sounds like your wonderful dinner more than made up for it!

What an awesome gift from Jen! She's so sweet!!!

Yes, the dinner made up for it for sure! Jen rocks!

Another great update as usual


I could feel your frustration with the buses....


Sorry, but when ya said Tim told ya later that he bit it running off the bus, I could see that image in my head and could not help by laugh


Glad you had a great meal. Everything looked so great


Can't wait to try out SE this year..those effects at the end look so cool


How nice of Megansmom to get you all something

Love everyone laughing at Tim's espense: ) Now I'm not the only one : )

great update and pics.

I love Tim's shirt. but I am partial to NY.

He is too!

Glad to hear that you were able to make it to your ADR on time.... We loved Le Cellier also and have dinner reservations in September.

I'm actually excited about seeing the new updated Spaceship Earth...especially after seeing the pictures you took.

That was so sweet of "Megansmom" she was so thoughtful...

Can't wait to read your next update

Oh, take me with you in Sept!!! You will love the new Spaceship earth, so cool! Update coming tonight!

Awesome update! They sell that shirt at the world of disney store in NYC as well as some yankee-specific ones!

Tim wants any of those yankee specific ones he was drooling when he read about them, can you buy them online anywhere? His b-day is coming up, would love to get him one!

I think that I am going to steal your t-shirt for Doug. Maybe for his birthday or for Luke's big arrival! It is too funny...

Another great update, so glad you made it to dinner... I know you were looking forward to it. Cute kitchen stuff from Jen!

Go for it, I got it off of Zazzle.com

What a GREAT update.
Tim's shirt is amazing! And you all look like you're having so much fun in the future. Spaceship Earth was one of my favorite rides on the entire trip. LeCellier looked like it was great (and that's weird, cuz I'm vegetarian but oh, well). I absolutely love your TR. Have a great last few weeks of summer.

Glad you liked it, thanks for reading/posting

Great update! It's good to have you back. I love Tims' shirt! I was debating on making a resi for Le Cellier and didn't. Now I hear so many aamazing things about it. I guess that just means we are going to have to go back

Thanks, more updates coming tonight. Do Le Cellier next time, you will love it.

The nice thing with being behind on a trip report like yours is that there is more! I want more hehe! Great update, super sweet of "Megansmom to send the gifts! That pot holder is mine when I get there in Dec . We love Le Cellier too and we have it booked for our trip in Dec. but for lunch. I almost balked at that but they have my mushroom steak so I said cool!

More coming tonight, I promise!

AWESOME!

Your food AND drinks looked AWESOME at Le Cellier. How incredibly stressful, though, those busses can be some time. Glad Tim didn't get hurt falling.

Your review of Spaceship Earth just got me so PSYCHED and this and run through me in excitement for our trip in September!

WOO HOO!
Can't wait for more!
This is the perfect way to start my day!

Oh you are gonna have such fun in Sept. Update coming tonight, stay tuned!

Lesley, where did you get your adorable shirt (the black mickey mouse club one)? I would love one like that?

I got that about 5 years ago at our Disney store, can't find another one and mine is fading, I LOVE that shirt!

Ughghhh, I hate bus rides like that! So stressful!

Hey, you went to Grand Haven, MI? I live about 30 minutes east! So cool!

Yes, we go there every summer, we love it there!

Loved your update and pics . Le Cellier is the best!! We skipped SE in March but will definately ride it in October. Where did you get your Mickey Mouse Club shirt?? I love your my space page BTW.

Glad you enjoyed it. I got it at the Disneystore here locally over 5 years ago, I love that shirt. Glad you found me on Myspace.

 

[timandlesley]

I love the mushroom rice with the filet at LeCellier and I'm not a big mushroom fan. So good!!!

I'm not a big mushroom fan either, but that steak rocks!

First, I have to say that I giggled when you said Tim biffed it on the way out of the bus and on his way to the restaurant. I know I'm mean and I'm glad he didn't get hurt. But, I was like "OH MY GOSH" and the way you wrote about the wheelchairs! So happy to know that you all made it safely to your reservations. Sometimes I hate having to wait for those things, but my DH had to use them for a while last year, and well... I still hate waiting for those things. Megansmom was so nice to get you a birthday present. What a nice surprise!

Wait til' you see my next wheelchair bus story, coming tonight! Thanks for reading/posting.

GReat updates Lesley! LOVE your new puppy!! My kids keep asking me when we are going to get a dog..(not anytime soon)
Sounds like you all had a GREAT Father's day too!(with the exception of the buses )
I had what you had for lunch on our meal to Le Cellier... yep the BEST!!!
Sad your TR is coming to end , I am on our last full day now
Monday was our leaving day.. Boo Hoo.....

our longest wait for buses was always to Epcot as well..

We did have a good celebration day. Sorry about yours coming to an end, our last full day will be next after my post tonight and I'm getting depressed thinking about it!

Lesley--another great update!!! So sorry about the bus incident!! That can be very frustrating when you are trying to get somewhere at a particular time!!! I'm glad to hear that Tim was okay after his spill---I'm sure, in a way, that was probably a pretty humorous sight to see! Thanks for sharing the pics and details of your meal---that is one of my favorite meals (I usually have exactly what you had)---ande this year we did not make it in there, so I am enjoying it vicariously through your pictures!!! THANKS!!! I'm glad you guys took a tour through the revamped SE---it is neat how they have changed it!!! I am so glad you got your little thank you/birthday/Father's Day gift! The funny thing is that I bought it Thursday night at DHS, so it took them quite a few days to get it over to you!!! I am glad that you did get it before you left though!!! We really did appreciate all the tips and advice you gave us---it made such a HUGE difference in our trip!! My entire family is SO grateful!!! When I saw the kitchen stuff, I just knew that I had to send you something---glad that it is something you can use in your kitchen!

That is funny that you bought it that early and it took so long to get to me, but got there i PERFECT time! Thanks again, so sweet of you, glad I could help you guys and you had a magical trip! You are the best!

cant wait to see the updates on spaceship earth...so nice to have a gift from a DIser waiting for you...i want a gift from a disser in disney.



i love the food in disney, but when you go to the fancy smacshy restaurants i hate how small the portions are...come on give more than the 5 potatoes on the side.

that looked like it was a great meal, just not enough food.

It was super sweet of Jen. The food in Disney is part of the reason we keep returning, one of many!

great update

Thanks for reading/posting

Great updates!!!

First of all, your new addition, Mickey, is adorable!

Sorry to hear about the bus situation......how frustrating.......but, at least Le Cellier made up for everything! I LOVE that restaurant!

Can't wait for more!

Thanks, we pick Mickey up tomorrow, we are so excited! More coming tonight in just minutes!

Le Cellier is hands down, the BEST restaurant I've eaten at!

I'm so glad you made it on time! What a whirlwind of a bus trip!

I love Tim's shirt, and those drinks look superb! Thank God for Disney transportation!

How super sweet of Jen! (MegansMom) I'm sure those look great in your kitchen!

I agree Le Cellier is one of the best on property in my oppinion.

Great updates!

Mickey is absolutely adorable! I am so excited for your family about picking Mickey up this week. Golden retrievers are such sweet dogs.

Thanks for the great pics of Le Cellier. We are trying Le Cellier for the first time on our August trip after reading your trip reports. The pictures of your steak dinners are making me drool.

I agree, Golden retrievers are the best, we pick him up tomorrow and are so excited. Glad you are trying Le Cellier, hope you love it!

Yummy, I just love the Filet at LeCellier. It is so good, esp with the pretzel bread. No wonder it is such a popular choice.

Cute towel and pot holder, so nice of Jen to get that for you. It should look great in your Mickey Kitchen.

I think Tim sure looked happy in his new shir. The Disney Store in NYC is so much fun. I could have spent hours there when we went in May. Maybe the newer Disney stores, if and when they open, will have a more magical feel.

Great update.

The pretzel bread is so super yummy! Yes, Tim loved his shirt, he would love to go to the Disney Store in NYC, how cool!

Thanks for the update!! That food looks so good! I can't wait to eat there in 35 days! woohooo

It was super good, have fun when you get there, bet it can't come fast enough for you.

Love your report and Tims shirt too.

Thanks!

Great report. We're looking forward to eating at Le Cellier in 12 days! Nice jewellry too. Sounds like you guys had such a great trip with just a couple of hiccups. Great planning sure does payoff

Wow, you will be there so soon!!!

You and Tim and Dh and I had identical dinners at Le Cellier and your pics are making me hungry! I may call tomorrow and see if I can book a lunch for Oct. Gee, I hope the principal approves those personal days..

That's funny, great minds think alike. Hope your principal approves them since you already have a countdown going ; )

Great Update I can't wait to try Le Cellier.

Jeanine

You will love it!

i have not been posting much but believe me i am HOOKEd on this report...its great!! It always looks like your family is having so much fun and just loves being together!! its a joy to read about!

Well thanks for posting now, we appreciate it!

We had a bus ride like that last year and I am so glad we had a rental car. We didn't ride the bus again. We are renting a car again this year. I think it is totally worth it. Especially with kids.

Glad the dinner was great. What a cute shirt you got Tim.

We don't think we'd ever rent, although stressful at times we love the buses and the not having to drive on vacation, something abuot it just goes along with the trip for us. Thanks for reading/posting

Great update Lesley! I am glad you enjoyed your birthday/Father's Day dinner at Le Cellier, one of our faves too! Did you get my last PM about our June 09 days overlapping? Looking forward to more!

Thanks, it was such fun. Yes, I did get your PM, sorry if I didn't respond. We'll have to meet up for sure in June 09!
Lesley

Just found your awesome TR!! We are also DVC owners..where did you buy in? Your TR convinced me to get the Deluxe plan for our Dec trip (our first to the VWL!) We were on the fence about it for awhile. Can't wait to read more!!

So glad you found us. We are at AKL Kadini Village, can't wait to experience our new "home" in June!
Lesley

Hi Lesley,
So did you pick up Mickey yet? When you have time post pics please. Luke and Lauren must be thrilled .

We get him first thing tomorrow morning, we're leaving here at 7:45 a.m and that should put us there around 10:00 a.m. can't wait!!!! Yes, we are all super super excited!
Lesley

 

[timandlesley]

So, on this particular day we DIDN’T HAVE AN ALARM!!! It was very nice. We woke up a little after 8 (I know, still not sleeping in, but our kids have always been early risers). We headed down to Roaring forks for another breakfast, Lauren and I ate inside, the boys went outside and braved the birds again and got some good laughs at the birds swooping down and attacking them, it was fun to watch from inside. We headed to the lobby and lounged for a bit and soaked it all in. Tim was excited this allowed him time to drink coffee and read the paper in the lobby. When that was done, we put our Anniversary pins on and headed out for DownTown Disney.
We got there and the kids did a beeline for this, we take a picture (like many families) here every year:

We headed into the World of Sports store, Tim wanted to find a Monday night football Steelers shirt for his dad, he was bummed they didn’t have his size. We looked around in there for awhile and then headed to Once Upon a Toy:

We played around in there for a little while, for some reason that store REEKED, it smelled like VERY strong nail polish throughout the entire store to the point it was giving me a headache. Luckily the kids didn’t find anything they wanted to buy in there this year so we headed to the World of Disney store so they could spend their souvenier money. Here Tim is in front of the store:

It was at this moment I realized my memory card was missing from the camera. I had uploaded pictures the night before to clear it up and left it in the card reader. BUMMER! So I don’t have many DTD pics and had to be choosy with what I shot. Sorry about this, I’ll make it up to you by posting the WHOLE day this time instead of just the a.m.
We went inside and I was IN HEAVEN in the Kitchen section. I got a cool clock for the kitchen, a set of 4 wine glasses, a Mickey head silver trivet that looks so good in our kitchen, and a black and white Mickey head salt and pepper shaker, I was THRILLED with my purchases. Gotta love staying on site because I didn’t have to haul that large box around, it was sent to the WL for me.
Lauren filled up a princess jewelry box with jewels, what a great idea, she had fun filling that.
After that Luke REALLY wanted to get a tattoo so we let him, (we spotted him the cash since he had already burned through his souvenier money). He choose Lightning McQueen. Here he is getting his tattoo:

This lady said it would last 7 days, NOT, it lasted 1 day, then all the glitter came off and by day 2-3 it was just a black outline, oh well, Luke still loved it. Here is a happy happy boy with his new tattoo:

From there we headed to legoland, Tim and Luke had fun building cars and racing them and Lauren had fun playing on the little playground they have out there. IT WAS SO HOT that day! I had made us a 12:30 Wolfgang Puck ressie in case but we hadn’t decided what we were doing for lunch yet. Well, what happened next is kinda a blur but it was a bad moment for us. I think every family has at least 1 major Disney meltdown in the June heat, this was ours. Tim wanted to keep shopping and head over to the Virgin record store area of DTD, I wanted to head to Goofy Candy company and the kids wanted to cool down and play in the fountains. I tried to talk to Tim about lunch because if we were just going to do counter service then the kids could play in the fountains and he could go shop while I watched the kids, we just couldn’t make a decision. I knew I didn’t want to go shop anymore in this heat and I told Tim that which didn’t make him happy. We started walking toward Goofy’s, Lauren tripped and fell and skinned her knee as Tim and I were discussing (o.k. full fledge arguing) about what to do next, I had a bad moment and screamed at Tim for not being able to make a decision and took out Lauren getting hurt on him. Next thing I knew I was husbandless in DTD. He took off saying he was just going back to the resort. I couldn’t believe this was happening. The kids and I headed to the restrooms to get the kids changed for the fountains, I let them play and they had the time of their lives playing in the fountains . Next thing I knew about a half an hour later Tim appeared from Earl of Sandwich, apparently he just went in there to eat instead of leaving us. So, I got the kids changed back into dry clothes and we headed in there for the kids and I to eat, we sat outside so it didn’t matter that they were wet. At this point there still wasn’t speaking between Tim and I. I apologized to him for yelling at him and we started to mend slowly but surely as we always do. After our yummy lunch we headed to Goofy’s Candy company.
This was our first time at Goofy’s and I was so bummed I didn’t have the memory card for the camera , but I saved one picture for our creations:

THESE WERE SO GOOD! I can’t believe you can custom create THREE of these pretzel sticks for one snack credit (or rice crispy treat, etc.). On the way out they also let me get one of their HUGE chocolate strawberries as a snack credit. YUM.
We headed to the bus stop and we were all officially made up and ready for our anniversary dinner that night. I was bummed the blowout happened but things like that happen in the heat of June when you’ve been together in close proximity for such a long time. We kissed and made up and all was good.
When we got back to the room we showered and cleaned up and headed out for dinner at Coral Reef at Epcot. Here is a pic of us that they took when we entered the park:

We went to get a stroller and Tim customized this name tag for it:

We had a little time to kill before dinner so we headed to Club Cool, always a favorite.

Here are the kids enjoying their drinks:

Lauren thought this was so incredibly cool and she was like a kid in a candy store going from one station to the other with her cups.
I dared Luke to try the Beverley, here are the pics in succession : )

Then he decided to return to the orange drink to get something much better, cheers for him and Lauren:

Then it was time to head to dinner. On our way there Lauren kept burping, she said “I just can’t stop the burpin’ mommy, must have been all that pop that I drunkded” so cute.
Here are the kids posing in front of Coral Reef:

So we got to the restaurant and I had arranged for this to be our anniversary dinner and planned some surprises for Tim that he had no idea about. We got seated by an awesome tankside table, gotta love that!
As we were waiting for the table Lauren had to pee------- RESTROOM STOP #1 thanks to Club Cool (oh there’s more)
Here is a picture of the restaurant before we went down the stairs to our table, I just love this place:

Then our wonderful waitress came out and she presented us with these personalized menu’s. I had emailed these to the manager Debbie months ago and was pleased it was done perfectly and that Tim was surprised:

Luke was super happy at his favorite restaurant:

As soon as the menu’s were placed down Lauren had to pee AGAIN!
I came back just in time to order our meal. We put in our orders in and our yummy drinks had JUST arrived:

When Lauren had to pee AGAIN!!! (Potty trip #3 in less than a half an hour thanks to Club Cool). O.K. – mental note, NEVER visit Club Cool again before going to a sit down meal : )
I was freaking out at this point in the bathroom because I knew I had arranged for the diver and didn’t want to miss it. LITERALLY right as we were walking back to the table I saw a diver headed for our table, I couldn’t believe it.

Here was the sign she held up, Tim was surprised- YES!

Our wonderful waitress took a family photo of us in front of the sign:

Then I was finally able to sit back and enjoy my drink, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ; )
I ordered a margarita, it was super yummy.
Luke took this of Tim and I:

 

[timandlesley]

I had promised the kids I would buy them the light up drinks at this restaurant, here is a happy Lauren with her cup:

Then came the food, it was delicious as always. OF COURSE Luke ordered his Mahi Mahi, I still can’t believe my son goes nuts over this meal, but he does………..

I went with steak this year, I just wasn’t in a fish mood which is strange because I love Fish, but the steak was out of this world:

Lauren wanted a turn at the camera, this is what she took of us :

Then it was desert timeTim ordered the chocolate wave, it came with this special goodie:

It was a nice surprise. This was soooooooo gone in like 10 seconds ; )

I ordered the key lime pie, it was just o.k., I should have gone with the wave, oh well:
Mine came with the best wishes chocolate banner too:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm bet you can guess what the kids had for desert, like the only desert option on the menu’s for kids Build your Own Sundaes, but the kids were thrilled by this:

After this we decided to headed out, Illuminations had was already in process. We JUST beat the crowds to the buses and thought we were in good shape. We got to the bus stop and there were only like 5 people in line but then we looked down and saw a HUGE pile of vomit in the middle of the line. GROSS! The bus still hadn’t come by the time Illuminations wrapped and TONS of people kept coming to the line, clearly everyone had avoided the line of vomit but next thing we knew there was a teenager who tromped (is that a word?, well it is now) RIGHT through the PUKE as everyone was yelling, NO, THERE’S PUKE!!! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Tim and I took funny pictures afterward of Tim trying to point out the puke, we were in a giddy mood this night and it struck us as funny that this kid could be so oblivious:

He had people cracking up with his poses. Then a bus pulled up and they had to load not one, not TWO, BUT THREE ECV’s on, that took FOREVER, THEN they loaded all of the families. THEN a man with supposed disabled child (who looked totally fine to me being a special education teacher, especially when he literally JUMPED over the railing with his dad) and their entire family boarded the bus at which point people in the crowd were getting a little restless and the bus driver who thought he was a SAINT (I mean honestly, this guy was hilarious, he took his job WAY seriously and thought he was saving these people from us by motioning “WELCOME ABOARD, YOU JUST COME ON ABOARD SIR” He looked at all of us and said, don’t worry, I’m calling this in and you will be taken’ care of, at this point we doubted it as they pulled away. This is when Tim and I got super slap happy and he kept saying “Hello, this is driver Bob, we’ve got vomit everywhere, 15,000 ECV’s to load, people are setting themselves on fire… it’s really bad over here guys”. Tim went on and on with these elaborate “driver calling it in” stories for the people standing around us and we were all dying laughing- made the time go fast anyway.
The bus FINALLY came……………….
I’m getting sad because I know in the trip report tomorrow is our last full day in the parks, can’t believe this TR is starting to wrap up, stay tuned it only gets better from here!!!!!

 

[amytheobald]

So, on this particular day we DIDN’T HAVE AN ALARM!!! It was very nice. We woke up a little after 8 (I know, still not sleeping in, but our kids have always been early risers). We headed down to Roaring forks for another breakfast, Lauren and I ate inside, the boys went outside and braved the birds again and got some good laughs at the birds swooping down and attacking them, it was fun to watch from inside. We headed to the lobby and lounged for a bit and soaked it all in. Tim was excited this allowed him time to drink coffee and read the paper in the lobby. When that was done, we put our Anniversary pins on and headed out for DownTown Disney.
We got there and the kids did a beeline for this, we take a picture (like many families) here every year:

We headed into the World of Sports store, Tim wanted to find a Monday night football Steelers shirt for his dad, he was bummed they didn’t have his size. We looked around in there for awhile and then headed to Once Upon a Toy:

We played around in there for a little while, for some reason that store REEKED, it smelled like VERY strong nail polish throughout the entire store to the point it was giving me a headache. Luckily the kids didn’t find anything they wanted to buy in there this year so we headed to the World of Disney store so they could spend their souvenier money. Here Tim is in front of the store:

It was at this moment I realized my memory card was missing from the camera. I had uploaded pictures the night before to clear it up and left it in the card reader. BUMMER! So I don’t have many DTD pics and had to be choosy with what I shot. Sorry about this, I’ll make it up to you by posting the WHOLE day this time instead of just the a.m.
We went inside and I was IN HEAVEN in the Kitchen section. I got a cool clock for the kitchen, a set of 4 wine glasses, a Mickey head silver trivet that looks so good in our kitchen, and a black and white Mickey head salt and pepper shaker, I was THRILLED with my purchases. Gotta love staying on site because I didn’t have to haul that large box around, it was sent to the WL for me.
Lauren filled up a princess jewelry box with jewels, what a great idea, she had fun filling that.
After that Luke REALLY wanted to get a tattoo so we let him, (we spotted him the cash since he had already burned through his souvenier money). He choose Lightning McQueen. Here he is getting his tattoo:

This lady said it would last 7 days, NOT, it lasted 1 day, then all the glitter came off and by day 2-3 it was just a black outline, oh well, Luke still loved it. Here is a happy happy boy with his new tattoo:

From there we headed to legoland, Tim and Luke had fun building cars and racing them and Lauren had fun playing on the little playground they have out there. IT WAS SO HOT that day! I had made us a 12:30 Wolfgang Puck ressie in case but we hadn’t decided what we were doing for lunch yet. Well, what happened next is kinda a blur but it was a bad moment for us. I think every family has at least 1 major Disney meltdown in the June heat, this was ours. Tim wanted to keep shopping and head over to the Virgin record store area of DTD, I wanted to head to Goofy Candy company and the kids wanted to cool down and play in the fountains. I tried to talk to Tim about lunch because if we were just going to do counter service then the kids could play in the fountains and he could go shop while I watched the kids, we just couldn’t make a decision. I knew I didn’t want to go shop anymore in this heat and I told Tim that which didn’t make him happy. We started walking toward Goofy’s, Lauren tripped and fell and skinned her knee as Tim and I were discussing (o.k. full fledge arguing) about what to do next, I had a bad moment and screamed at Tim for not being able to make a decision and took out Lauren getting hurt on him. Next thing I knew I was husbandless in DTD. He took off saying he was just going back to the resort. I couldn’t believe this was happening. The kids and I headed to the restrooms to get the kids changed for the fountains, I let them play and they had the time of their lives playing in the fountains . Next thing I knew about a half an hour later Tim appeared from Earl of Sandwich, apparently he just went in there to eat instead of leaving us. So, I got the kids changed back into dry clothes and we headed in there for the kids and I to eat, we sat outside so it didn’t matter that they were wet. At this point there still wasn’t speaking between Tim and I. I apologized to him for yelling at him and we started to mend slowly but surely as we always do. After our yummy lunch we headed to Goofy’s Candy company.
This was our first time at Goofy’s and I was so bummed I didn’t have the memory card for the camera , but I saved one picture for our creations:

THESE WERE SO GOOD! I can’t believe you can custom create THREE of these pretzel sticks for one snack credit (or rice crispy treat, etc.). On the way out they also let me get one of their HUGE chocolate strawberries as a snack credit. YUM.
We headed to the bus stop and we were all officially made up and ready for our anniversary dinner that night. I was bummed the blowout happened but things like that happen in the heat of June when you’ve been together in close proximity for such a long time. We kissed and made up and all was good.
When we got back to the room we showered and cleaned up and headed out for dinner at Coral Reef at Epcot. Here is a pic of us that they took when we entered the park:

We went to get a stroller and Tim customized this name tag for it:

We had a little time to kill before dinner so we headed to Club Cool, always a favorite.

Here are the kids enjoying their drinks:

Lauren thought this was so incredibly cool and she was like a kid in a candy store going from one station to the other with her cups.
I dared Luke to try the Beverley, here are the pics in succession : )

Then he decided to return to the orange drink to get something much better, cheers for him and Lauren:

Then it was time to head to dinner. On our way there Lauren kept burping, she said “I just can’t stop the burpin’ mommy, must have been all that pop that I drunkded” so cute.
Here are the kids posing in front of Coral Reef:

So we got to the restaurant and I had arranged for this to be our anniversary dinner and planned some surprises for Tim that he had no idea about. We got seated by an awesome tankside table, gotta love that!
As we were waiting for the table Lauren had to pee------- RESTROOM STOP #1 thanks to Club Cool (oh there’s more)
Here is a picture of the restaurant before we went down the stairs to our table, I just love this place:

Then our wonderful waitress came out and she presented us with these personalized menu’s. I had emailed these to the manager Debbie months ago and was pleased it was done perfectly and that Tim was surprised:

Luke was super happy at his favorite restaurant:

As soon as the menu’s were placed down Lauren had to pee AGAIN!
I came back just in time to order our meal. We put in our orders in and our yummy drinks had JUST arrived:

When Lauren had to pee AGAIN!!! (Potty trip #3 in less than a half an hour thanks to Club Cool). O.K. – mental note, NEVER visit Club Cool again before going to a sit down meal : )
I was freaking out at this point in the bathroom because I knew I had arranged for the diver and didn’t want to miss it. LITERALLY right as we were walking back to the table I saw a diver headed for our table, I couldn’t believe it.

Here was the sign she held up, Tim was surprised- YES!

Our wonderful waitress took a family photo of us in front of the sign:

Then I was finally able to sit back and enjoy my drink, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ; )
I ordered a margarita, it was super yummy.
Luke took this of Tim and I:

I love your trippie...DH and I are celebrating 9 years in Sept. Just out of curiousity, how much souvenir money did you do for each kid...our kids are about the same age, and I can't decide how much to do for each, but I want to have a set amount.

 

[team weasel]

Great Update!

I am trying Coral Reef for the first time in September and your steak looked scrumdidleumptious. I think that's what I'm having.

Sorry to hear the TR is coming to an end.

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

great update...every family does have there meltdown moment in disney~ Atleast everyone I know.
How much were the fake tattoos in DTD?? heath and Javen may want one.
Glad you had a great meal at coral reef, I wish we would have had a better experiance there last year...I just have no desire to go there again.
YUK @ the puke!! LOL @ Tims face though

 

[purplepeg]

I'm so glad you didn't miss the diver and that Tim was so surprised with the menu. Sounds like you pulled off a perfect surprise.
I'm not looking forward to the heat myself and truth be told I think I'll be the one having the meltdown and not the kids
So sorry too that the tr is coming to an end. It's so fun to write because it doesn't really feel like the trip is over until the tr is done.
Looking forward to more and can't wait to see more of Mickey when you pick him up.

 

[Lil'DisneyMom]

Yay!! Another update. We always have some familt meltdown too. My IL's are coming this year with us, so I can almost guarantee a meltdown fight will happen at some point. LOL

Glad you had a nice time at Coral Reef. Our last time there wasn't very good, and we aren't going again this year becasue of it. It was our waiter. He sucked!!

Can't believe your TR is almost done!

 

[4boysrus]

NO! I refuse to believe that we are so close to the end of you TR!

Another great installment. I'm glad that you guys got past the "spat" and had a great anniversary dinner. Tim is a riot. He cracks me up on the board I can't imagine meeting him IRL. How much was the tattoo in DTD? My boys love fake tattoos and my youngest LOVES Lightening McQueen.

Can't wait for more!

 

[dddisrunner]

Great update Lesley! You are not alone in your Disney trip meltdown! I have been there too, in downtown Disney as a matter of fact. I was waiting in line at the Lego store that was literally 30-40 people long while Bryan and the boys looked around well after about 35 minutes I don't see them anywhere Turns out they paid at the register IN THE BACK DTD was PACKED because all the world cheerleaders were there. I LOST it and Bryan got mad but then left us and surprised us with ice cream to apologize Glad you guys were able to make up fairly quickly and salvage the rest of the day Matthew saw Luke with the mahi mahi and said "He ate it again!" Then he said "I guess I will next time too" We also cracked up at Luke's face with the Beverly Lauren was too funny with her "drunked too much pop"

 

[kimbo0569]

He looked at all of us and said, don’t worry, I’m calling this in and you will be taken’ care of, at this point we doubted it as they pulled away. This is when Tim and I got super slap happy and he kept saying “Hello, this is driver Bob, we’ve got vomit everywhere, 15,000 ECV’s to load, people are setting themselves on fire… it’s really bad over here guys”. Tim went on and on with these elaborate “driver calling it in” stories for the people standing around us and we were all dying laughing- made the time go fast anyway.


This sounds like something my dh and I would be doing! You just have to find the humor in certain situations. I have so enjoyed reading your trip report.

 

[hlrababy]

Great update Lesley!!!!

I can't wait to try Coral Reef on my trip!

What was Tim drinking?

 

[kaysmommie]

The DTD meltdown, every family has a meltdown at Disney , I know I did in March. Love the Coral reef pics, it's my 2nd favorite restaurant in Disney after california grill. We booked Coral reef for October, can't wait. The puke/bus driver story is grose & hysterical. Love Tim's stroller tag, I say that every trip (I really want another day) every trip . Have fun with your new puppy tomorrow!

 

[shannon47142]

awesome meal at Coral Reef!!!
Glad the day turned out better

 

[punkin413]

you guys arguing is not a result of the june heat - it's a result of being married! when you're not used to being around someone 24/7, you will eventually have an argument. it happened with me and ray at epcot when he fed the birds in mexico....i LOST it! but the beauty of being married is you are experts at making up!

my sister did the whole personalized menu and diver-with-the-sign thing at coral reef and both yours and hers turned out so good! it's so cool that they offer this free of charge.

about the puke.........MISSION SPACE STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!! i guarantee you whoever lost it had rode mission space (orange side) within an hour before they puked. it doesn't bother me but we saw so many people outside of that ride sitting down with their head between their legs like they were gonna be sick.

you're on your last day? i can't believe it!!!! pretty funny because i'm starting my last day now and we went a month before you guys and only stayed 6 days! i just don't update as often, i guess. what a great trip you've had though!

 

[Nicole786]

I cant believe your TR is almost over!! But just think, thanks to your DVC membership you'll be back before you know it!

 

[Jeanine3kids]

All I can say is thank goodness I am going to Disney in 17 days after reading your TR because if I wasn't I would be really depressed. Also glad you enjoyed Coral Reef last time I went there my husband and I were not impressed. I asked for a table near the tanks and we were set all the way on top no where near the tanks my kids were really upset they wanted to see the fish and our food was just ok my husband does not want to go there again. Also don't worry about the meltdown last time we were there in Nov I thought I was ready for Divorce court LOL.

Jeanine

 

[sharonW]

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOO, the end can't be near, it just can't be!!
Your TR's are too much fun to end! Oh well, it sounds like ya
saved the best for last so I anxiously await your next post!

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

How did you get the menu? who did you contact if I may ask?