Turn Around and See What Happens -- It's Whoopi Time and that's a wrap 3/31; F&G add

[mommy2mrb]

Happy Birthday Mark

got behind due to my break from the boards for a few days...

sending prayers for your brother


yay for Mark still having his job, sure that takes a lot of pressure off you both! happy you will get to spend a few days in the FL sunshine and at WDW, you guys deserve it!

your lunch looks like our dinner - megan had the steak/shrimp and I had the sweet and sour chicken, both were so yummy!
don't blame you for staying out of the bat room, I don't like those or the snake houses we never made it over to the trek !

we had so much fun hanging out with you guys and getting to meet up with Rosie, Janet and Marie was a nice bonus! wish we could of had more time together, maybe some day our trips will overlap again!

.

BTW: Lisa's bag is adorable in those photos in front of Dinosaur.

thanks, it was made by a DISBoutiquer here on the boards her name is Ellen, the pattern is a rosetta and I LOVE it! the best park bag I've ever had!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Mark!

 

[pas130]

Lurking more than posting Kathy, my apologies..
to Mark !!!!!

 

[maddiebee]

Happy Birthday Mark!!!


I love your Tiger pictures! It's so majestic of them to be sitting under paintings of themselves

Your whole truck looks so bored on Dinosaur!
I would really love Primeval Whirl if it wasn't so jerky!
That's such a lovely group photo of you guys in front of Everest

Cute update!

 

[that's nice]

So after lunch, we headed over to the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Before we went in, the girls did their Wilderness Explorer thing (I admit...didn't pay much attention to it).

Juliana did the Wilderness Explorer thing on our last trip and she really enjoyed it. There is no way to fill out the whole book on one visit though.

What is in here you might ask? BATS! Lots of BATS! And for those of you who have read my TR's in the past, you know that I totally DESPISE BATS! So I waited outside while they explored.

Wimp!

Once my people came out, we headed towards the tigers:

Is it my people or my peoples?

Soon we were meeting up with our fellow DISer's. Before they reached Mary and I, one of the DISer's, Rosie, saw Mark as he was walking to the bio-break area, and ran up and hugged him. Thankfully, I had filled Mark in on the DIS meet and told him ALL about Rosie so he wasn't totally shocked.

Imagine if you didn't warn Mark about Rosie?

(Cayley, Mary, Lisa (mommy2mrb), daughter Megan, Me, Avery, JanetB, Rosie and Marie)

Nice meet! I see a few friends in there!!!

I can't find my photo of Rosie with Mark and I (I know she has it on her TR), but I do have one of Rosie doing what Rosie is famous for -- pole dancing:

Tell me Rosie put on a show for all of you…

I LOVE my girls. But that is the absolute LAST time I am ever going on that ride. I seriously thought I was going to hurl!

Hummm… hope we don't meet up in AK… or you just might have to eat these words.

And proof that the others went on Expedition Everest:

 

[afwdwfan]

Before I get to the update, I posted a few pages back "guess where I'll be with luck" in so many days. Well, Mark still has his job (thankfully) and so the business trip to Florida is on.

I'm glad things worked out, but in the end, is he really glad he still has a job???

Thank you ALL for the prayers for my brother. There is nothing new to report. He has two doctor appointments on Thursday

Hope he gets some good news...

And there they were! Aren't they just majestic?

I can't find my photo of Rosie with Mark and I (I know she has it on her TR), but I do have one of Rosie doing what Rosie is famous for -- pole dancing:

Mary was able to change Cayley and me to Primevil Hurl...I mean Primevil Whirl.

No, you had it right the first time.

I seriously thought I was going to hurl!

See what I mean?

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

happy birthday to mark excited to read about the trip more

 

[KatMark]

I can't imagine you skipping those beeeeautiful rats with wings. I mean bats.

That's it...they are RATS with wings. I'll go see snakes any day over those rats with wings.

Another Dis Meet?!?! It's a good thing that you prepped Mark about the meet. Otherwise, he might have been thrown for a loop by pole dancing Rosie.

Oh I knew with Rosie that I had to explain her to Mark.

Great Photopass pictures! I especially like the one of you by yourself. You can totally tell how much you are enjoying yourself.

Thanks, Lisa. It was fun doing the balloons.

LOL I couldn't see Avery at first on Dinosaur with you! She ducked down so far she almost disappeared.

I'm not sure she will do it again.

So much fun to meet online Dis Friends.

It certainly is.

No bats?! What do you mean, no bats?! Do they make you go ?

Yes they do...I am a wimp when it comes to them.

Love the tigers. They are just so awesome to watch. And I love that trail. There are so many interesting little things to look at.

I just wish once we would get up when I am there.

So you are now joining me in the Primevil Hurl chicken box, eh?! That ride really messes with my equilibrium.

Yes I am. NEVER again (got that Tim...NEVER again).

Sorry to hear your car is giving you grief now. It's always something for us grown folks. Always something cutting into the Dis budget!

Yep...$486 damange to my DIS budget this time.

Thank you for giving of your time to volunteer at a school even though your boys are grown. Parents really do make or break those after school activities. Our PTO has 3 truly active members (me and 2 others), and it is rough trying to keep things going some days.

You know Mark and I were talking about this the other day. He coached the kids in baseball (one boy or the other) every year for 8 years; I served on our Youth Football Association Board for 8 years (three past the time Markie was done playing) and we did the whole concession thing for youth football, basketball and all through high school for wrestling. It is ALWAYS the same people. You never see other step up and help. It infuriates me to no end. But I can't say no to our wrestling coaches...we love them all.

Kathy what a great group of Dismeet photos. Rosie...

Doesn't Rosie just crack you up?

Ever so thankful about Mark's positive job news. And even better to have a Disney/business trip in the plans. I sure wish I had clients in Florida.

We are too and are hoping for good news at the end of April. Right now he is planning a trip in February to go to Ohio and Indiana. I won't be doing that one with him...no need to go see more snow or feel cold...I can do that at home.

I recall seeing that pina colada from Yak & Yeti on FB! One of my favorites along with those pot stickers.

You are the one who gave me the idea to order the pina colada at Y&Y, so thank you. It was yummy.

I'm with you, I have to draw the line at the Primevil hurl. I just can't stomach that like I used too. I'm sure the girls enjoyed it though.

That one and Star Tours just make me REALLY ill now.

I hope all goes well with your brother's doctor appointments Thursday. Keeping him in my prayers.

Thank you; I'm hoping my car is ready tonight so he can use it and not have to take a cab to the hospital.

Looks like a wild time.

It most certainly was...Rosie was involved.

Glad you all could get some rides in and have some fun.

We did have a great morning at AK.

Yes I needed to look hard for Avery since she was folded in half on Dinosaur.

I did too when I first saw the photopass pictures. I'll have to ask her if she is riding with me in May.

 

[dizneeat]

Happy, happy birthday, Mark! Alles Liebe und Gute für dich!​

 

[KatMark]

So glad that your brother's heart function has returned to normal. That is wonderful and it will make it easier for him to battle whatever he's up against with his foot.

Thanks, MEK. I'm a little worried about the heart as he has put on a bit of weight since he has not been able to lift, exercise or walk because of the port in his arm, and the pain in his leg and foot. I'm hoping for positive results tomorrow.

Love the pictures from the DIS meet!

Thank you.

And I LOVE the M…..trek. The tigers really are majestic. Beautiful animals.

They truly are; although giraffes are my all-time favorite (and I think of Tracy every time I see one), I do love the tigers.

I haven't been to Rafiki's planet since 2006. I think I really need to revisit it.

I think you should; they've probably added some new stuff to it since you were last there.

First of all glad to see some improvement with your brother. I am sorry about the car situation, both that it's fixing you issues and hat it complicates the other, that is hard.

I learned a long time ago that it is always something.

I am so glad to read about the job, that is great news!

I have to admit I took in a deep sigh of relief when there was no pink slip at the end of the year.

We loved our meal there in 2012 and will definitely go back. Crowd pleaser with our gang for sure.

I remember you saying you liked it. I'm glad the girls and I are going back in May.

That's a riot! Fun meet

It was; and Rosie is a real charmer.

Is it the spinning that gets people?

I've not been able to figure it out personally but I know a ton of people agree with you.

It has to be; it sure isn't the up and down the hills. Although I can go on the teacups and if it isn't spun too fast, I'm okay on it. But I noticed the last time I did Star Tours I didn't feel so well after.

Happy Birthday, Mark!!! Hope you have a Magical Day!!!

Mark says thank you.

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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!

Mark says thanks to you too.

Happy Birthday to Mark!

Mark says thanks MeMom.

Kathy, I will catch up on pictures and report reading soon. I am always ready to see Animal Kingdom pictures.

I hope you are at 100% by now or near close, Caren. I hope work hasn't been too difficult as you finish your recovery.

mark deserved his own post for his birthday!

Absolutely!

I loved the animal pictures!!! I have never done the Rafiki thing. Is it something i need to do?!?!

I think your kids would like it a lot. There is a petting zoo; you can see and sometimes touch real animals--snakes, etc.; you can see elephant poop (I know...something you've always wanted to see!). And of course you can see Rafiki.

I cannot believe you got on the whirl!!!! NO WAY!!! everything else is fair game EXCEPT things that twirl..

Trust me, it won't happen again.

Love the dis meet!!! OH MY GIDDY AUNT the pole dancing is just tooooooooooo funny!!!

Everyone should have the pleasure of meeting Rosie at least once in their lifetime.

Looks like a great group of people! it's been quite sometime since you posting a picture with a drink...

Um....remember the drink in the previous update from lunch????

Yeah, there are those beautiful tigers!

They truly are beautiful.

I know we will be visiting that trail next month. When we went it 2010, my SIL was facinated by the fruit bats! Four years later and she still talks about them all the time. I don't mind them though so I'm fine with going into that area.

I will leave your SIL to the fruit bats.

That looked like a fun DIS meet!

It was; we had a couple of fun DIS meets this trip.

I'm not sure that Avery was enjoying Dinosaur too much by the ride photo.

I don't think so either; I have a feeling I'll be riding it alone in May.

As sick as I get on some of the rides like Star Tours and RnRC, Primevil Whirl doesn't bother me. There is an amusement park near my Mom that has a similar coaster but it is much faster and totally in the dark. You have no idea when the next turn or spin is coming. It's pretty funny watching people get off of that one because half the time they can't walk straight for being dizzy!

That is very odd. You would think the Whirl would be one of the worse.

 

[MaryAz]

Happy Birthday to Mr Mark

All caught up. Lunch was yummy and I see you included a pic of Avery's angry gorilla face It was fun to see Rosie again and to sped time with Lisa and Megan.

 

[Wanna be Ariel]

Primevil Hurl That is very funny. I might be one of very few people that love the Primevil Whirl. My DH hates spin rides so he never goes on them with me. I always ride alone I really can't wait til my DS is tall enough so I can have a ride partner. He loves spin and fast rides like his Mom

Great update. And Happy Birthday to your DH

 

[KatMark]

Kathy,

Great update and photos! The pictures of Y&Y definitely had me eyeing this up for our next trip. We skip TS and opt instead for our favorite, Flame Tree BBQ, but perhaps we'll venture and try something new.


We really like Yak & Yeti; we really like Flame Tree too. The problem is we have done Tusker House two years in a row for breakfast, so we are never hungry for lunch.

Love the Tigger Mark and Mini Me Tigger Cayley.

Aren't they just the cutest kids?

Primeval hurl reference had me We had FP+ too. Its been a while since last rode it (even though I love the tilt a whilrl /coaster concept) as the lines are long with no FP (and those we usually reserved for EE, your favorite ride, right?? Im right with Avery on Dinosaur, I have to close my eyes! (and I've been know to duck my head too).

See I get an upset stomach on EE too (the going backwards part kills me!). If I'm remembering correctly this was Avery's first time ever on Dinosaur; as you saw, she had a much different reaction on EE.

Thanks for the pix on the Maharajah Jungle Trek ...hoping next time to fit this in.

We realy enjoy this trail.

Thankful we were able to meet up, it was short but sweet. . Hopefully there will be other times our trips will cross & Id love for you to meet Sam (my men too but they are not into Disney like we are. )

I would love to meet Sam; and hope our paths cross again soon.

Continued prayers for your brother as he heads to his appts tomorrow.

Thank you...he needs them.

And its wonderful that you are going to be able to squeeze in a Disney day or two on Marks upcoming business trip. APs are great for that, arent they?

Yes it is; and, unfortunately, probably my last AP for awhile.

and...

a very Happy Birthday to Mark!!

Does he have a "happy birthday hat??

Mark says thank you, Janet. I never thought of it this morning. I should have gotten his Mickey birthday hat out from our trip last year and made him wear it to work today. I'm sure that would have gone over well with the bosses.

Great update!

Thank you! Are you getting excited? Nervous? Can't wait to see baby pictures.

I don't blame you one bit for staying away from those bats!! They are creepy little creatures.

As someone described them above...Lisa...rats with wings!

You are such a good sport going on the Primeval Whirl with the girls! That ride can make a person sick just looking at it

Yep, and it is the last time I am a good sport.

I love all of your group photopass pictures, what a nice memory!

They truly are; when I get withdrawal, I just go and look at the photopass pics.

Good luck to your brother on his appointments tomorrow, I hope that everything goes well!

Thank you, hon.

And wishing Mark a very happy birthday!!

Mark says thank you very, very much.

Happy Birthday Mark

Mark says, thank you Lisa and thanks for the DUMBO!

got behind due to my break from the boards for a few days...

No worries.

sending prayers for your brother

Thanks, Lisa.

yay for Mark still having his job, sure that takes a lot of pressure off you both! happy you will get to spend a few days in the FL sunshine and at WDW, you guys deserve it!

I cannot wait. We had a mild day on Monday...almost 50, then it dropped to 35 yesterday and today it is back down to 19.

your lunch looks like our dinner - megan had the steak/shrimp and I had the sweet and sour chicken, both were so yummy!

I'm glad you enjoyed it too.

don't blame you for staying out of the bat room, I don't like those or the snake houses

I can do the snake houses, but Mark can't.

we never made it over to the trek !

Not even on your other day at the AK?

we had so much fun hanging out with you guys and getting to meet up with Rosie, Janet and Marie was a nice bonus! wish we could of had more time together, maybe some day our trips will overlap again!

I hope we meet again too!

Mark!

[Mark says thank you, Lisa.

Lurking more than posting Kathy, my apologies..
to Mark !!!!!

Jeanette, Mark says thank you!

Happy Birthday Mark!!!

Mark also thanks you.

I love your Tiger pictures! It's so majestic of them to be sitting under paintings of themselves

Aren't they beautiful?

Your whole truck looks so bored on Dinosaur!

Our whole row planned on doing something...I was sleeping; Avery, on the other hand, was truly scared.

I would really love Primeval Whirl if it wasn't so jerky!

If they got rid of the jerky and too many spins, I would like it too.

That's such a lovely group photo of you guys in front of Everest

Thanks...I was pleased it turned out so well.

Cute update!

Thank you. I have to go and see if you've done an update that I've missed.

 

[pas130]

I never mentioned it was cool to see Marie, Janet, and the infamous Rosie This TR has so many DISfriends

 

[KatMark]

Juliana did the Wilderness Explorer thing on our last trip and she really enjoyed it. There is no way to fill out the whole book on one visit though.

I figured with doing all the attractions that it might be a two day thing; they never had this stuff when my kids were small.

Wimp!

Yes...and proud of it!

Is it my people or my peoples?

I'll ask my English teacher son.

Imagine if you didn't warn Mark about Rosie?

The poor man would have 1) had his second heart attack in his lifetime or 2) thought he REALLY was Tom Selleck (who he tells me all the time looks just like him)

Nice meet! I see a few friends in there!!!

Awww...you have friends.

Tell me Rosie put on a show for all of you…

Rosie did not let us down.

Hummm… hope we don't meet up in AK… or you just might have to eat these words.

Oh no...I think we have settled on MK and I'll even do Space Mountain with the

I cannot believe that Avery had her arms up like that. If you look closely at the picture, it does NOT look like that lap bar is very firmly in place.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Happy birthday to Mark!

What is in here you might ask? BATS! Lots of BATS! And for those of you who have read my TR's in the past, you know that I totally DESPISE BATS! So I waited outside while they explored.

Rats with wings, I tell ya.

And there they were! Aren't they just majestic?

The lion and tigers were awake? I hope you bought a lottery ticket.

Soon we were meeting up with our fellow DISer's. Before they reached Mary and I, one of the DISer's, Rosie, saw Mark as he was walking to the bio-break area, and ran up and hugged him. Thankfully, I had filled Mark in on the DIS meet and told him ALL about Rosie so he wasn't totally shocked.

I guess Rosie is a little forward, huh?

Mary was able to change Cayley and me to Primevil Hurl...I mean Primevil Whirl.

And proof that the others went on Expedition Everest:

Good call on their part!

 

[KatMark]

I'm glad things worked out, but in the end, is he really glad he still has a job???

Yes, glad he has a job, but NOT glad it's that job.

Hope he gets some good news...

Thanks...we do too.



I could watch them and giraffes all day long.



She sure is one crazy granny.

No, you had it right the first time.

I now know that to be FACT!

See what I mean?

It was bad........................

happy birthday to mark excited to read about the trip more

Mark says thank you< Dan; and I'm glad you are here.

Happy, happy birthday, Mark! Alles Liebe und Gute für dich!​

Karin, Mark says thank you very much.

Happy Birthday to Mr Mark

Mary, Mark says thank you and to give his girls hugs for him and tell them he misses them.

All caught up. Lunch was yummy and I see you included a pic of Avery's angry gorilla face It was fun to see Rosie again and to sped time with Lisa and Megan.

Lunch was yummy and I'm so glad the four of us are doing it again (just try not to knock over your water next time!). I'm glad we got to meet them all.

Primevil Hurl That is very funny. I might be one of very few people that love the Primevil Whirl. My DH hates spin rides so he never goes on them with me. I always ride alone I really can't wait til my DS is tall enough so I can have a ride partner. He loves spin and fast rides like his Mom

Oh to be young again. Those rides never bothered me then. I'm glad you'll have a new riding partner when your son gets a little taller.

Great update. And Happy Birthday to your DH

Thank you says my hubby.

I never mentioned it was cool to see Marie, Janet, and the infamous Rosie This TR has so many DISfriends

It was a fun meet...so glad I got to meet Rosie and Marie, and Janet I'd already met.

 

[pas130]

It was a fun meet...so glad I got to meet Rosie and Marie, and Janet I'd already met.

I got to see Rosie and Janet Missed Marie,(and you and Mark, Scott and Vinny ) One of these trips.....

 

[KatMark]

Happy birthday to Mark!

Mark says thanks Mark!

Rats with wings, I tell ya.

They most definitely are. I put them in the same category as the nasty pigeons all over Downtown Chicago.

The lion and tigers were awake? I hope you bought a lottery ticket.

No, but maybe I should have.

I guess Rosie is a little forward, huh?

I wish I had seen Mark's reaction.

Now that is funny...I like that. What we won't do for the little ones.

Good call on their part!

How I wish I could still do that ride. But I would be doing this:

 

[KatMark]

I got to see Rosie and Janet Missed Marie,(and you and Mark, Scott and Vinny ) One of these trips.....

We have many Disney trips ahead of us...I'm sure one of these days the stars will align.