SORRY for the long delay! We've been so busy!
OK here we go...
You know how scary it is when your kids become driving age right? Well in the wonderful state of Ohio kids can get their temps when they are 15 ½ yrs old! Brandon will be 15 ½ in November this year.
What better way to test his driving knowledge than on Tomorrowland Speedway !
He took off like a rocket…
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slammed on the brakes for no reason
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taunted other drivers…
Yea! he need to work on his finger technique! ..
couldn’t stay in his lane…bumped the car in front of him.
All in all I would say he will fit right in with all the other drivers on I-75!
Deavon on the other hand tried to drive seriously ….and her results were fairly similar to Brandon’s! You know what they say about women drivers
(and she’s a blonde to boot!)
I should mention that before driving we drank. Frozen drinks from the Minute Maid stand of course (t hey don’t sell alcohol in the MK!!!).
Tony and I had frozen coffee and the kids had Lemonade slushies. Very Good!!!
After drinking and driving we were off to Carousel of Progress. I know it’s corny and dated but I love it. It’s a real piece of Walt right there for your viewing pleasure.
Then we rode Buzz . I always ask Brandon first what his score was and then I tell him mine was higher by about 1000. He used to believe me and get mad
…now I think he’s on to me.
We rode Space Mountain and the kids wanted to do Stitch.
Tony and I opted out. Then it was off to Laugh Floor.
It is really cute but once or twice is enough per trip.
It was approaching 1:00 and even after that huge breakfast my tummy had a rumbly. Plus we still had counter service credits to use.
We had never eaten at Cosmic Rays so we thought we would give it a try. Apparently so did about 3,000 other people.
The lines were very long but moved very quickly. There was no where inside to sit. I suppose I could lament about the people who were “saving tables” while the rest of their party stood in line. Meanwhile I’m standing with my food and no where to sit! Did I not notice how crowded it was when I chose this restaurant? Did I not stop to think that there might not be a table to sit at? Did I choose this restaurant anyway? You bet I did! (Can you tell that I think the saving tables threads are stupid?) Well poor us.
…no tables in a crowded restaurant. Whatever will we do? Go outside!
The kids got hamburgers and fries that they said were very good. Tony and I got chicken and ribs. They were not so good. The chicken had absolutely no flavor at all and the ribs were not much better.
Oh well, we can say we tried it and will know better next time.
We had done all of this by 2:00! We were really impressed by our accomplishment. So to pat ourselves on the back
we headed to Frontierland and rode BTMRR. We had never seen Country Bears in any of our trips so we thought we should. It was several minutes til the show so the kids wanted to do the shooting arcade:
They are dead eyes , I tell ya!
Now what can I say about the Country Bears? I’m sure at the time of it’s conception it was quite cutting edge. Now…not so much. And the violence and sex
…I wanted to cover my kids ears!
At least we can say we have seen it.
Splash is more our style so we rode it twice and then BTMRR again.
We headed to Adventureland so I could get my jollies looking at Johnny Depp in POTC. It’s a good thing it’s dark in there or else Tony would see me all googly eyed at another man
..( even if he is animatronics).
Deavon insisted on Laugh Floor again--I think she was hoping to be picked on for the show--and she wasn’t.
It was getting dark outside and I love Tomorrowland at night:
Of course we had to get more pictures of our vacation home all decorated for Christmas:
By now it was almost 7:00 and there was a
MVMCP tonight which meant they they were asking the rif-raf to leave.
Here is a picture of our parting view of the Magic Kingdom:
Originally we thought we might be commandos and go to Disney Studios to see Fantasmic tonight but the kids were not up for commando. So back to POFQ .
Normally strange creatures in my room frighten me , but his one was really cute:
We changed and headed to the pool and hot tub. There is nothing like sitting in scalding hot water with a group of strangers to ease tired muscles! After a couple of hours of bathing with people I didn’t know it was time to get packing.
Tony wanted to leave me to do the packing while he went to Scat Cats but I had other ideas. Instead he stayed for a little bit and then brought me back a drink to ease the pain of having to leave tomorrow.:
Along with a Guinness for himself.
It was really painful having to leave tomorrow so he went for another!
This was a really good drink! Vodka, Kahlua, Chocolate Liquor!! After two of these ( I did not share) I forgot all about tomorrow being the last day!
Stay tuned for the final day installment. Will you laugh, will you cry , or will you just be glad that it’s over?
I'm not even on page three and my computers broken! Ok, bump over. Now I'll go read your update! I have one too BTW....
--If you don't have two teenagers with you!!!
. Tony said the mushroom fillet was the best steak he has ever had ( not sure how many that really is?
) so definately try that !
if they didn't get any on their trips. We just thought it was an extra special touch but we surely wouldn't be mad if we didn't get them! 
and he bought these Stitch hands and ears towear around the parks. All the girls would point and stare and he just loved the attention. This year, he considered taking them but decided he was too cool. 
Have a good week!
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