That's awesome news! MNSSHP on Halloween night will be cool.
It always feels great to have another trip in the works!
Patrick's sister is not a Disney fan? That worked out well for your mom.
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That's awesome news! MNSSHP on Halloween night will be cool.
It always feels great to have another trip in the works!
Patrick's sister is not a Disney fan? That worked out well for your mom.
That's awesome news! MNSSHP on Halloween night will be cool.
It always feels great to have another trip in the works!
Patrick's sister is not a Disney fan? That worked out well for your mom.
Sloane is a Disney fan...just not the level that we are! My mom is excited to be going. Two Disney trips for her in one year is going to seem like overload! Plus when we went in March she didn't really experience "Disney" because she was stuck in the room with my sister (Kris decided to sleep in until about 11am every day during spring break week!). She only got to ride Soarin' once, so I'm looking forward to taking her on that again!
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It would be overload for me, too, in the best way possible
Hopefully I will be able to do that once you and Patrick move there! Sleeping in...hmmmm does not sound familiar at all.
On one trip I really want to get up and out early...it doesn't always happen with my family.It would be overload for me, too, in the best way possible
Sleeping in...hmmmm does not sound familiar at all.
It will happen! And for some strange reason I'm a morning person whenever I go on vacation....oh and I don't think I told you, but Ann might fly down next week to look at a new house that just came on the market that she likes....and it has a seperate apartment, so you would have a place to stay where our cats wouldn't bother you!
Ok, I am a very very very bad person. The whole summer has gone by and I never posted about our March trip or our May/June trip. I'm sorry everyone!
However, on a happier note, I thought I would post our planned itinerary for October! So here it goes!
October 27-Nonstop flight from Buf-MCO 5:30-7:45
October 28- I'm not sure which park we will open, but I'm guessing it will be EPCOT because we're planning on going to F&WF this afternoon because it will be a Thursday (Last trip we learned the lesson of not waiting until the weekend to visit F&WF because it's packed!) This is also the only night that F! is playing, but I also scored a reservation for La Hacienda de San Angel for 7:45pm, with Illuminations at 9pm, so I don't know which we will end up doing!
October 29- Not sure which parks will happen this day. This evening we have reservations at Raglan Road at DTD at 6:30, my mom wanted to go here in March, but there was nothing my sister would eat, so we didn't go.
October 30-This evening we have reservations for the Wishes Dessert Party, which should be a lot of fun. However we have to check in at 8pm and 8pm is when MSEP happens (the only night its on while we are there), so we will probably be missing it.
October 31-We have tickets for MNSSHP this night! I can't believe we are going on Halloween night!!!!! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I'm spending it at my favorite place with almost all of my favorite people (I will be missing Meg!!!!!) At first we weren't going to go on this night, but then we figured if we were going to Disney at Halloween then we should go to Mickey's party on Halloween too!
November 1- We go home this day
Luckily though our flight isn't until 6:30 so that will give us until at least 3pm to go to the parks. Probably one last trip to the Magic Kingdom until 
(I'm currently talking to Ann about a January trip before classes start again, especially if we renew our AP's, airfare and hotel's are fairly cheap for that time).
So that's our plan for the moment...fairly packed for such a short time, but it should be tons of fun! I'm just excited to have Patrick, his mom, and my mom all going on the same trip!
However, on a happier note, I thought I would post our planned itinerary for October! So here it goes!
October 27-Nonstop flight from Buf-MCO 5:30-7:45
October 28- I'm not sure which park we will open, but I'm guessing it will be EPCOT because we're planning on going to F&WF this afternoon because it will be a Thursday (Last trip we learned the lesson of not waiting until the weekend to visit F&WF because it's packed!) This is also the only night that F! is playing, but I also scored a reservation for La Hacienda de San Angel for 7:45pm, with Illuminations at 9pm, so I don't know which we will end up doing!
October 29- Not sure which parks will happen this day. This evening we have reservations at Raglan Road at DTD at 6:30, my mom wanted to go here in March, but there was nothing my sister would eat, so we didn't go.
October 30-This evening we have reservations for the Wishes Dessert Party, which should be a lot of fun. However we have to check in at 8pm and 8pm is when MSEP happens (the only night its on while we are there), so we will probably be missing it.
October 31-We have tickets for MNSSHP this night! I can't believe we are going on Halloween night!!!!! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I'm spending it at my favorite place with almost all of my favorite people (I will be missing Meg!!!!!) At first we weren't going to go on this night, but then we figured if we were going to Disney at Halloween then we should go to Mickey's party on Halloween too!
November 1- We go home this day
Luckily though our flight isn't until 6:30 so that will give us until at least 3pm to go to the parks. Probably one last trip to the Magic Kingdom until (I'm currently talking to Ann about a January trip before classes start again, especially if we renew our AP's, airfare and hotel's are fairly cheap for that time).So that's our plan for the moment...fairly packed for such a short time, but it should be tons of fun! I'm just excited to have Patrick, his mom, and my mom all going on the same trip!
I almost forgot!
This is Simon, our newest addition!
We thought he was only about 4months old, but it turns out he is 6+ months old, just really tiny (2lbs 14oz as of Tuesday). Our vet says he will most likely be a very very very tiny kitty!
This is Simon, our newest addition!
We thought he was only about 4months old, but it turns out he is 6+ months old, just really tiny (2lbs 14oz as of Tuesday). Our vet says he will most likely be a very very very tiny kitty!
I almost forgot!
This is Simon, our newest addition!
We thought he was only about 4months old, but it turns out he is 6+ months old, just really tiny (2lbs 14oz as of Tuesday). Our vet says he will most likely be a very very very tiny kitty!
Sweet kitty.
Too bad you will not be able to see the parade and do the dessert party.
This is 9-17. 10-17 hopefully sees us spending the day at Animal Kingdom and the night at the Boardwalk or just hanging out at Saratoga Springs. October should be a good month for you and for us.
ooh fun itinerary!
Simon is so cute! I love his markings. Whwre did you get him from?
We got him at our local SPCA (and by local I mean our hometown, not Buffalo)...He's a sweetie (devil!) and he's itty bitty!
5/29
Our travel day was pretty uneventful. We arrived in Orlando almost 30 minutes early! We had done on-line check-in and it went really smoothly. We got our keys and headed to the food court to use some of our FD credits (We had free quick service on this trip). We grabbed two individual pizzas, cheesecake/chocolate cake, 2 Smart Waters, and our 3 refillable mugs. We then headed to our room and turned in early.
5/30
We were up early because our luggage was delivered at 7am! Since we were awake we decided that we might as well get up and get ready to head out to the parks. We were on our way to the bus stop by 8:30am. The plan was to head to MK, but when we got down there the line for the bus was crazy long! We decided to go to AK instead (much shorter line!). We got there at 8:53am and headed over to KS to grab FP's and get in line to ride. After riding KS we headed out to Rafiki's to see him and Jiminy. When we got back from RPW we headed over to see Finding Nemo. After that we had lunch at Y&Y and then watched Flights of Wonder...This was the first time we had seen this show and it was amazing! We rode KS again and then Patrick and Ann rode EE. By this time it had started to rain a bit so we decided to slowly head towards the exit. At first the rain felt good (it was h-o-t for the whole trip!) but by the time we reached Island Mercantile it was pouring! We shopped for a bit and then realized that it wasn't going to let up anytime soon so we decided to just walk to our bus stop. I've never noticed how long the walk from inside the park to the bus stops is....In the rain it seems even longer! By the time we got to the bus stop we were soaked. We made it back to the hotel and decided to go change/dry off.
AK Pics
(Side note on these guys, I used to think they were fake because I've never seen them out side of their burrows (is that the right word?))
After we got dried off we headed to the MK. Once there we walked on to Pirates (a big difference from March where we waited 20-30minutes!) and then headed to Pecos Bills for dinner. After some tasty burgers we headed to the Christmas store and then Hall of Presidents (Ann wanted to see Obama). After that we rode COP (first time I have ridden it in years) and the TTA. We then headed over to my favorite, HM, but the line wrapped out by where the Liberty Bell boards (this was a theme for HM for this trip), so we headed back to the hotel with the idea of getting up early to go to EMH at DHS in the morning. We grabbed some drinks and grapes in the food court and headed to bed.
These were waiting for me when we got back! (This trip fell one week after I graduated college and two days after my birthday, so I had a lot to celebrate!)
I also need to apologize for the lack of pictures. Unless we are in a show/on the safari/or watching fireworks I often will not pull the camera out, so while I have 300+ pics in my photobucket account, most of them are of Wishes/Summer Nightastic
Our travel day was pretty uneventful. We arrived in Orlando almost 30 minutes early! We had done on-line check-in and it went really smoothly. We got our keys and headed to the food court to use some of our FD credits (We had free quick service on this trip). We grabbed two individual pizzas, cheesecake/chocolate cake, 2 Smart Waters, and our 3 refillable mugs. We then headed to our room and turned in early.
5/30
We were up early because our luggage was delivered at 7am! Since we were awake we decided that we might as well get up and get ready to head out to the parks. We were on our way to the bus stop by 8:30am. The plan was to head to MK, but when we got down there the line for the bus was crazy long! We decided to go to AK instead (much shorter line!). We got there at 8:53am and headed over to KS to grab FP's and get in line to ride. After riding KS we headed out to Rafiki's to see him and Jiminy. When we got back from RPW we headed over to see Finding Nemo. After that we had lunch at Y&Y and then watched Flights of Wonder...This was the first time we had seen this show and it was amazing! We rode KS again and then Patrick and Ann rode EE. By this time it had started to rain a bit so we decided to slowly head towards the exit. At first the rain felt good (it was h-o-t for the whole trip!) but by the time we reached Island Mercantile it was pouring! We shopped for a bit and then realized that it wasn't going to let up anytime soon so we decided to just walk to our bus stop. I've never noticed how long the walk from inside the park to the bus stops is....In the rain it seems even longer! By the time we got to the bus stop we were soaked. We made it back to the hotel and decided to go change/dry off.
AK Pics
(Side note on these guys, I used to think they were fake because I've never seen them out side of their burrows (is that the right word?))
After we got dried off we headed to the MK. Once there we walked on to Pirates (a big difference from March where we waited 20-30minutes!) and then headed to Pecos Bills for dinner. After some tasty burgers we headed to the Christmas store and then Hall of Presidents (Ann wanted to see Obama). After that we rode COP (first time I have ridden it in years) and the TTA. We then headed over to my favorite, HM, but the line wrapped out by where the Liberty Bell boards (this was a theme for HM for this trip), so we headed back to the hotel with the idea of getting up early to go to EMH at DHS in the morning. We grabbed some drinks and grapes in the food court and headed to bed.
These were waiting for me when we got back! (This trip fell one week after I graduated college and two days after my birthday, so I had a lot to celebrate!)
I also need to apologize for the lack of pictures. Unless we are in a show/on the safari/or watching fireworks I often will not pull the camera out, so while I have 300+ pics in my photobucket account, most of them are of Wishes/Summer Nightastic
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Just wanted to share some pictures from Charles's and my camping adventures, my Ohio trip, and Charles's sister wedding. It was an eventful summer!
On our first day in New Hampshire, we met up with my friend and her friend, who happened to be there with my friend's family. We went mini golfing and I couldn't get over the fact that we could see mountains everywhere.
Charles ended up beating us all, the course par was a 44 and he got a 43! He also grabbed my friend and I the pirate hats.
The view from our campsite...
It was so beautiful, but soooo chilly at night! We had two air mattresses, an on that first night, I dragged the down alternative comforter that Charles brought out of my car (neither of us ever thought we'd need it!), and huddled under that, while Charles changed into sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt and hoodie to keep warm.
We went to the Swift River the next day, where the water basically runs down from the mountains. It was the clearest but the coldest water I had ever been in. And that rock that the people are standing on? They were jumping off b/c the water was really, really deep there. Charles is 6'5", and he told me to watch as he swam out there. He jumped off, surfaced, then went back under...he put his arms up while he was standing on the bottom and the water was up somewhere past his elbows. Very very deep!
This is also where we saw the thing of my nightmares...a giant water beetle. Google it if you're interested. It could swim AND fly AND bite.
On our last day, we packed up, had an amazing breakfast at a small diner, did another mini golf course, then I got to go horseback riding! Charles had zero interest but really wanted me to be able to do it.
(That's me on the far left)
Charles was like the paparazzi...I was so unaware of his taking pictures!
The people who ran the place were so nice, and since I was in the very back (Charles called to make the appointment b/c I was driving, and told them I was "experienced" b/c I have ridden a lot...just not recently) I was talking a lot to the other woman who worked there. She told me I rode really really well, especially for someone who hadn't taken lessons, which was so nice!
We went on a whale watch a couple of days after we got home. It was me, Charles, Kailyn, Charles's sister (a year younger than Kailyn), my cousin, and my cousin's boyfriend. The whales were SO close to our boat. Even the guides were saying it was the best one they'd ever been on. It was the first whale watch for my cousin and Charles's sister, so I was really glad they got that experience.
Charles's sister got married a few weeks after we got back from vacation, I got to be a bridesmaid! It was beautiful and I totally cried during the ceremony. Then the other bridesmaid (Charles's sister-in-law) and I were laughing b/c Charles's grandmother kept on making comments in her very Irish whisper..."oh, they look so beautiful!" Then, when Charles's mom went up to sing (she has a beautiful voice), we heard "I always get nervous when she sings."
It was hilarious!
Charles's younger sister (the maid of honor) and me
And me and Charles's sister-in-law. Goofs
A few days after the wedding, me, my parents, and Kailyn went to Ohio. It worked out that Katie and Patrick would be able to meet up with us on the drive there b/c we drive right through Buffalo! We ended up meeting at Cracker Barrel for dinner. I was secretly hoping for the service to be super slow so I could spend more time with them but I was so happy to get to see them again in such a short time
I have a poster just like this and it's my favorite. I saw it right away and made my dad stop so I could get a picture
I took a picture of this. Not of his word search. My dad does word searches in his own way and it yields interesting results.
Me and my BFF!
When we were in Ohio, I kept on seeing signs for some real estate company that I found hilarious -- it started out with "DIS" and ended in Charles's last name! I'm not posting it here, but it is on Facebook if anyone is friends with me on there and wants to see it!
My dad, Kailyn, and I took my grandmother for a walk around her complex one day, and we stopped for some pictures. Charles especially wanted some pictures b/c he's only ever met her once but thinks she is the cutest lady ever.
She wanted to take off her sunglasses after that one
I just wanted to share these, I know I have been neglecting my part of the TR terribly but I don't have a trip planned and I've been holding out on posting about the last day. I promise I'll get going on it soon. Have an awesome weekend guys!
On our first day in New Hampshire, we met up with my friend and her friend, who happened to be there with my friend's family. We went mini golfing and I couldn't get over the fact that we could see mountains everywhere.
Charles ended up beating us all, the course par was a 44 and he got a 43! He also grabbed my friend and I the pirate hats.
The view from our campsite...
It was so beautiful, but soooo chilly at night! We had two air mattresses, an on that first night, I dragged the down alternative comforter that Charles brought out of my car (neither of us ever thought we'd need it!), and huddled under that, while Charles changed into sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt and hoodie to keep warm.
We went to the Swift River the next day, where the water basically runs down from the mountains. It was the clearest but the coldest water I had ever been in. And that rock that the people are standing on? They were jumping off b/c the water was really, really deep there. Charles is 6'5", and he told me to watch as he swam out there. He jumped off, surfaced, then went back under...he put his arms up while he was standing on the bottom and the water was up somewhere past his elbows. Very very deep!
This is also where we saw the thing of my nightmares...a giant water beetle. Google it if you're interested. It could swim AND fly AND bite.
On our last day, we packed up, had an amazing breakfast at a small diner, did another mini golf course, then I got to go horseback riding! Charles had zero interest but really wanted me to be able to do it.
(That's me on the far left)
Charles was like the paparazzi...I was so unaware of his taking pictures!
The people who ran the place were so nice, and since I was in the very back (Charles called to make the appointment b/c I was driving, and told them I was "experienced" b/c I have ridden a lot...just not recently) I was talking a lot to the other woman who worked there. She told me I rode really really well, especially for someone who hadn't taken lessons, which was so nice!
We went on a whale watch a couple of days after we got home. It was me, Charles, Kailyn, Charles's sister (a year younger than Kailyn), my cousin, and my cousin's boyfriend. The whales were SO close to our boat. Even the guides were saying it was the best one they'd ever been on. It was the first whale watch for my cousin and Charles's sister, so I was really glad they got that experience.
Charles's sister got married a few weeks after we got back from vacation, I got to be a bridesmaid! It was beautiful and I totally cried during the ceremony. Then the other bridesmaid (Charles's sister-in-law) and I were laughing b/c Charles's grandmother kept on making comments in her very Irish whisper..."oh, they look so beautiful!" Then, when Charles's mom went up to sing (she has a beautiful voice), we heard "I always get nervous when she sings."
It was hilarious! Charles's younger sister (the maid of honor) and me
And me and Charles's sister-in-law. Goofs
A few days after the wedding, me, my parents, and Kailyn went to Ohio. It worked out that Katie and Patrick would be able to meet up with us on the drive there b/c we drive right through Buffalo! We ended up meeting at Cracker Barrel for dinner. I was secretly hoping for the service to be super slow so I could spend more time with them but I was so happy to get to see them again in such a short time
I have a poster just like this and it's my favorite. I saw it right away and made my dad stop so I could get a picture
I took a picture of this. Not of his word search. My dad does word searches in his own way and it yields interesting results.
Me and my BFF!
When we were in Ohio, I kept on seeing signs for some real estate company that I found hilarious -- it started out with "DIS" and ended in Charles's last name! I'm not posting it here, but it is on Facebook if anyone is friends with me on there and wants to see it!
My dad, Kailyn, and I took my grandmother for a walk around her complex one day, and we stopped for some pictures. Charles especially wanted some pictures b/c he's only ever met her once but thinks she is the cutest lady ever.
She wanted to take off her sunglasses after that one
I just wanted to share these, I know I have been neglecting my part of the TR terribly but I don't have a trip planned and I've been holding out on posting about the last day. I promise I'll get going on it soon. Have an awesome weekend guys!
The place where you went camping is beautiful! And your dad really does do interesting word searches....did you ever show it to your grandma?
We really really really need to figure out when we can meet up again! Unfortunately I can't do anything until at least November due to the crazy Saturday class I'm taking...its driving me crazy! I've been getting like 6 emails a day from the professor wanting me to do this or that!
We really really really need to figure out when we can meet up again! Unfortunately I can't do anything until at least November due to the crazy Saturday class I'm taking...its driving me crazy! I've been getting like 6 emails a day from the professor wanting me to do this or that!
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Congrats on the October trip!!!! How exciting!!!
I just read when I logged onto DIS this morning that October 31st's MNSSHP is now SOLD OUT!!! You're so lucky to be going on Halloween!
Glad that your mom is able to go! Sounds like it will be a great trip!
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Ok, I am a very very very bad person. The whole summer has gone by and I never posted about our March trip or our May/June trip. I'm sorry everyone!
However, on a happier note, I thought I would post our planned itinerary for October! So here it goes!
October 27-Nonstop flight from Buf-MCO 5:30-7:45
October 28- I'm not sure which park we will open, but I'm guessing it will be EPCOT because we're planning on going to F&WF this afternoon because it will be a Thursday (Last trip we learned the lesson of not waiting until the weekend to visit F&WF because it's packed!) This is also the only night that F! is playing, but I also scored a reservation for La Hacienda de San Angel for 7:45pm, with Illuminations at 9pm, so I don't know which we will end up doing!
Good idea to go to F&WF on Thursday. I've heard the same thing, thats it absolutely packed on the weekends! We really want to go next year, so I'm really hoping we can! Did you see on Allears.net they have the food items listed? They all sound YUMMY!!! (I hope thats the right site, I use so many Disney sites I get confused sometimes!)
I can't wait to hear about La Hacienda! You will have to let us know all about it once you get back! It would be hard to choose between that and F! (which I still haven't seen...)
October 29- Not sure which parks will happen this day. This evening we have reservations at Raglan Road at DTD at 6:30, my mom wanted to go here in March, but there was nothing my sister would eat, so we didn't go.
October 30-This evening we have reservations for the Wishes Dessert Party, which should be a lot of fun. However we have to check in at 8pm and 8pm is when MSEP happens (the only night its on while we are there), so we will probably be missing it.
Wishes Dessert Party...YUM!!! I see the pictures on so many websites from the party & it makes me hungry every time!!! I really am hoping they decide to extend the party until the end of next year so I can book it! Keeping my fingers crossed!
October 31-We have tickets for MNSSHP this night! I can't believe we are going on Halloween night!!!!! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I'm spending it at my favorite place with almost all of my favorite people (I will be missing Meg!!!!!) At first we weren't going to go on this night, but then we figured if we were going to Disney at Halloween then we should go to Mickey's party on Halloween too!
How exciting...MNSSHP ON Halloween night! So much fun! I'm actually going shopping this afternoon for my costume...I'm going to be Cruella this year! Are you guys dressing up for the party?
November 1- We go home this day
Going home is always so sad...but its great you have a later flight so you can spend part of a day at a park!!!
So that's our plan for the moment...fairly packed for such a short time, but it should be tons of fun! I'm just excited to have Patrick, his mom, and my mom all going on the same trip!
I almost forgot!
This is Simon, our newest addition!
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Simon is adorable!!! He reminds me of my Tiger! (He just turned 1 in May & is BFF with our puppies!)
5/29
Our travel day was pretty uneventful. We arrived in Orlando almost 30 minutes early! We had done on-line check-in and it went really smoothly. We got our keys and headed to the food court to use some of our FD credits (We had free quick service on this trip). We grabbed two individual pizzas, cheesecake/chocolate cake, 2 Smart Waters, and our 3 refillable mugs. We then headed to our room and turned in early.
I LOVED the refillable mugs on our June trip!!! We refilled them at least 60 times in 10 days. I started keeping track of how many times we used them but then gave up. Definitely useful in the resorts with food courts!
Chocolate cake...YUM!!!
5/30
We were up early because our luggage was delivered at 7am! Since we were awake we decided that we might as well get up and get ready to head out to the parks. We were on our way to the bus stop by 8:30am. The plan was to head to MK, but when we got down there the line for the bus was crazy long! We decided to go to AK instead (much shorter line!). We got there at 8:53am and headed over to KS to grab FP's and get in line to ride. After riding KS we headed out to Rafiki's to see him and Jiminy.
The only bus that we waited a looooong time for was the DTD bus. I've been reading other TR's recently & it seems that bus always takes forever. It also always seemed like there were five thousand DHS buses but barely any MK.
We got to see Rafiki, Jiminy & Pocahontas on our June trip! It was my first time seeing all three of them.
I absolutely love all of your AK photos...beautiful!!! What kind of camera do you have? Do you use a zoom lens or is it just the zoom on your camera?
We then headed over to my favorite, HM, but the line wrapped out by where the Liberty Bell boards (this was a theme for HM for this trip), so we headed back to the hotel with the idea of getting up early to go to EMH at DHS in the morning.
Yep...same thing happened to us! HM was CRAAAAZY the entire trip! The line wrapped clear around past the boat dock. We went to Tom Sawyer's Island & were sitting on the one patio & I could see HM from there, so we were talking about going there next. But then I looked again at the line...you couldn't tell where it ended because it was so crowded! We finally got over there & it was just way too long. Can't remember the wait time but I want to say 180 or 120???
These were waiting for me when we got back! (This trip fell one week after I graduated college and two days after my birthday, so I had a lot to celebrate!)
LOVE the cards w/autographs & Photopass cards they gave you!
I also need to apologize for the lack of pictures. Unless we are in a show/on the safari/or watching fireworks I often will not pull the camera out, so while I have 300+ pics in my photobucket account, most of them are of Wishes/Summer Nightastic
Thank you to any readers we still have! I know I went a month between updates but seeing as I don't have a trip planned and need to live vicariously through all my DIS friends, I don't want my trip to end!
I'm still here...it just takes me awhile to respond sometimes!
It takes me forever to update. I recently discovered I can use Shutterfly instead of Photobucket so things are much easier, but I still never have time to update! I don't think I'll ever get past my DTD day I posted a few weeks ago!
Katie and I have finally finalized our plans to meet up -- we are meeting up on Saturday in Cooperstown, which is a lot more central for both of us (it's about 4 hours for them and 4.5 for us.) We're going to meet in time to get lunch and hopefully be able to hang out for about 5-6 hours. And hopefully get a good amount of pictures in that time to share.
Loved reading about your trip to Cooperstown!
Wednesday, February 17 continued
When I last left you, a really long time ago, we had just gone to Goofy's Candy Co. to get some rice krispy treats, took the bus to Beach Club, stayed there long enough for me to fall in love with it, and took the boat over to Epcot from there. I don't have any pictures from that uploaded, but we perused the World Showcase and I took pictures of things I wanted to get, but didn't want to spend the money on, like the little wooden animals in the Mexico pavilion. I took a picture of this, because I am pretty sure that Kailyn came home with one.
Those are super cute!!!
We also rode SSE, and I made sure that we had the narration in English. I never, ever get sick of SSE. My brother had a tendency to fall asleep on it, but I absolutely love it.
I love it too!!!
After Epcot, we went back to Pop to rest up before nighttime EMH at AK and a DIS meet with Christine Tink9721 and her mom! Christine and I rode HM together the night before, but this time we'd get to hang out and talk more.
Yippee for EMH and meeting again with Christine!!! We never ended up staying for EMH's at night on our June trip because it was just too hot outside! By the time it cooled down, we were already back at the resort wishing we would've stayed at the park!
I had been texting Christine and finding out where she and her mom were. We ended up meeting at Dinosaur so we could ride together. Christine's mom sat it out because it is too jerky for her. This was the first time on it:
I was SO proud of myself for this because I actually managed to pose, instead of keeping my hand over my mouth and flipping out the entire time. Kailyn, of course, is sitting between our parents with her face covered.
This was the second time on it. I have ALWAYS wanted to take a picture on it with me pointing the other way, but I never could because I was terrified. I managed to do it despite Kailyn's death grip on my arm. I think that this might have been the first time she actually SAW the t-rex.
Loved your pics on Dino! We couldn't ride it this trip because we thought our son would be scared to death & I think there was a huuuuge line!
I love seeing everyone's facial expressions on the Dino pictures! Christine looks so calm! I also love how you pointed the opposite direction!
Poor Kailyn!!!
We also got to ride EE a grand total of THREE TIMES! Not in a row, because I'm pretty sure I would have gotten sick from that, but three times in one night! By the end of the night, we had done Primeval Whirl once, Dinosaur twice, and Everest three times.
I think I would get sick from riding EE three times in one day so you have me beat! LOL
While we were in the EE queue, my dad kept on grabbing the stuff on the walls (I guess to see if it was really attached) and occasionally asking me to "take a picture of me doing this!" While we were going through the queue and Christine and I were talking, I kept on interrupting myself to say, "dad, what are you doing?" "Dad, please stop." "DAD! WILL YOU PLEASE STOP?" "Dad, you're going to get us kicked out."
Your dad is hilarious!!!
Me and Christine!
Nice pic of you two together!!!
Yesterday, Charles and I went to Cooperstown, NY for the day to see Katie and Patrick. We had a blast and I really can't wait to do it again. I was so excited that Charles finally got to meet them and especially excited that Charles finally got to meet Katie, who has become one of my very best friends in the world because of the DISboards.
Loved reading about your trip to Cooperstown!!! I've never been there but want to go someday. Looks like a really nice day!!! Loved all of your pictures!!!
This one kept on "mooning" us and we kept on laughing about it
That duck is hilarious!!!!
We started to take some pictures together before we left, since it was a nice place and it was a better spot for picture taking than a parking lot. The group pictures were taken by setting up our cameras on a little ledge, then someone pressing the buttons and hurrying over to the rest of us. Lots more fun than asking one of the people there to take it for us. This is my favorite one of me and Katie.
GREAT picture of you & Katie!!!
We ended up driving back to the parking lot after that and we finally parted ways at around 6:30 because it was about 4 hours of driving for all of us. And I forgot to take pictures, but Katie gave me a Goofy "Big Eye" Vinylmation, a sheet of Vinylmation stickers, and a pin with the evil queen from Snow White on it. She also gave me a Buffalo Sabres insulated can thing and Charles a Sabres decal.
That was very sweet of her!
Charles and I are leaving for New Hampshire for camping tomorrow morning, bright and early (I think 6 AM early) and today is the day we're going to be getting last-minute stuff and packing stuff into my car. Have a great weekend, guys!
Just wanted to share some pictures from Charles's and my camping adventures, my Ohio trip, and Charles's sister wedding. It was an eventful summer!
Beautiful views from the campground!!!
It was so beautiful, but soooo chilly at night! We had two air mattresses, an on that first night, I dragged the down alternative comforter that Charles brought out of my car (neither of us ever thought we'd need it!), and huddled under that, while Charles changed into sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt and hoodie to keep warm.
The weather has been crazy here in PA, too! It was down around the 50's and at night was near high 30's/low 40's!!! Then this week its been 80-90 degrees all week & at night its been humid & 70. I don't get it! LOL
This is also where we saw the thing of my nightmares...a giant water beetle. Google it if you're interested. It could swim AND fly AND bite.
Eww...I hate bugs! Its hilarious my son is 2 1/2 now & he goes outside, looks at bugs & spiders & then says "ewww mommy, ewwww" (but then he tries to pick them up...)
On our last day, we packed up, had an amazing breakfast at a small diner, did another mini golf course, then I got to go horseback riding! Charles had zero interest but really wanted me to be able to do it.
Sounds fun!!!
Charles's sister got married a few weeks after we got back from vacation, I got to be a bridesmaid! It was beautiful and I totally cried during the ceremony. Then the other bridesmaid (Charles's sister-in-law) and I were laughing b/c Charles's grandmother kept on making comments in her very Irish whisper..."oh, they look so beautiful!" Then, when Charles's mom went up to sing (she has a beautiful voice), we heard "I always get nervous when she sings." It was hilarious!
Charles's younger sister (the maid of honor) and me
And me and Charles's sister-in-law. Goofs
Beautiful pics from the wedding...sounds like a really nice day!!!
A few days after the wedding, me, my parents, and Kailyn went to Ohio. It worked out that Katie and Patrick would be able to meet up with us on the drive there b/c we drive right through Buffalo! We ended up meeting at Cracker Barrel for dinner. I was secretly hoping for the service to be super slow so I could spend more time with them but I was so happy to get to see them again in such a short time
LOVE Cracker Barrel!!! The closest one to us is over 2 hours away, but I seriously need to go back there. I love their gift shop & their food!
My dad, Kailyn, and I took my grandmother for a walk around her complex one day, and we stopped for some pictures. Charles especially wanted some pictures b/c he's only ever met her once but thinks she is the cutest lady ever.
Very cute pics with your grandmother!!!
She wanted to take off her sunglasses after that one
I just wanted to share these, I know I have been neglecting my part of the TR terribly but I don't have a trip planned and I've been holding out on posting about the last day. I promise I'll get going on it soon. Have an awesome weekend guys!
Sorry I responded to both of your posts at once...normally I would've replied to each one separate but I'm being lazy because I got up at 4:30am on a Friday! I usually like to sleep in on Fridays but that just didn't happen this morning!
Loved all of the updates & all of the pictures!!! I'm so glad you both share info about other trips, not just Disney!
photographymom517 I'm just going to post my responses....I didn't feel like quoting and then taking out all of the extras...
We learned last year that F&W is packed and crazy on the weekend! I've seen the menu on a couple of different sites, but I'm waiting to see the pictures! I can't wait to use our snack credits on all of that food
I'm not sure if we are going to keep La Hacienda...it will probably be a "day of" decision, but I promise to post pictures and a review if we do!
I'm super excited about the Wishes Dessert Party. I hope that they extend the dates so that you can go too
I also just found out that they extended hours at the MK that night and added a 10pm MSEP!!!! So we can do both!
I don't think we are dressing up for the party, we are probably just getting Halloween themed tshirts.
I'm glad that our flight is later in the day. This is a fairly short trip (especially compared to May/June) so the longer we have, the happier I'll be.
We also waited a long time for buses to DTD
I have a Sony H10, Meg has the Sony H20 (the upgrade). The camera doesn't have a detachable lens, so all of the pics are taken using the built-in zoom. I LOVE this camera!
We learned last year that F&W is packed and crazy on the weekend! I've seen the menu on a couple of different sites, but I'm waiting to see the pictures! I can't wait to use our snack credits on all of that food
I'm not sure if we are going to keep La Hacienda...it will probably be a "day of" decision, but I promise to post pictures and a review if we do!I'm super excited about the Wishes Dessert Party. I hope that they extend the dates so that you can go too
I also just found out that they extended hours at the MK that night and added a 10pm MSEP!!!! So we can do both!I don't think we are dressing up for the party, we are probably just getting Halloween themed tshirts.
I'm glad that our flight is later in the day. This is a fairly short trip (especially compared to May/June) so the longer we have, the happier I'll be.
We also waited a long time for buses to DTD
I have a Sony H10, Meg has the Sony H20 (the upgrade). The camera doesn't have a detachable lens, so all of the pics are taken using the built-in zoom. I LOVE this camera!
I've always wanted to do a whale watch. They got so close to your boat!
Aww Meg you look so pretty at Charles's sister's wedding! and your grandma is just so adorable
Cracker Barrel is so good, I always end up buying a thing or two in their gift shop. It's like I'm walking into shopping trap every time
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I wanna see this "DIS" sign lol.
Aww Meg you look so pretty at Charles's sister's wedding! and your grandma is just so adorable
Cracker Barrel is so good, I always end up buying a thing or two in their gift shop. It's like I'm walking into shopping trap every time
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I wanna see this "DIS" sign lol.
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The place where you went camping is beautiful! And your dad really does do interesting word searches....did you ever show it to your grandma?
We really really really need to figure out when we can meet up again! Unfortunately I can't do anything until at least November due to the crazy Saturday class I'm taking...its driving me crazy! I've been getting like 6 emails a day from the professor wanting me to do this or that!
Never shown his word searches to my grandmother, but have told her that he makes his own rules and finds bad words. No specifics on what kinds of words. But, she's 93 so she's really not fazed by much anymore, especially the things that my dad says/does.
I can't believe you have that crazy long class on Saturdays and with only one other person! We definitely need to figure out something once your schedule is less crazy. I say it all the time on FB but I miss you!
I wish everyone had the opportunity to do a whale watch, it is so much fun. If you guys are ever up here, you know I would love to meet you and show you around!
Hope: You were busy!
I'm too lazy to quote everything (longggg day!), but I'm so glad you caught up -- I've still been reading your report and need to catch up and comment on everything I wanted to! Dinosaur is craaaaazy...I love crazy rides but it is even a little overwhelming for me. I hate dark places and loud noises so it sometimes makes me
This was the first time I was ever able to pose on it! I love that picture b/c Christine looks so calm and the rest of us are being, well, us 
I LOVED doing EE all those times! I can't remember if I mentioned it but there was one kid that my dad rode with and he ended up getting a little sick right after b/c he rode it even more times that we did -- he just kept on getting in the single rider line and getting the front every time! Cooperstown was AWESOME! It was such a fun day and I was so happy that they and Charles finally got to meet. Charles was actually pretty disappointed that he wasn't coming to Ohio b/c he wanted to see them again and he was jealous we got to have dinner with them.
I am so glad you caught up! I'm going to do the same on yours soon!
I've always wanted to do a whale watch. They got so close to your boat!
Aww Meg you look so pretty at Charles's sister's wedding! and your grandma is just so adorable
Cracker Barrel is so good, I always end up buying a thing or two in their gift shop. It's like I'm walking into shopping trap every time
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It was crazy how close they got! I was inwardly freaking out b/c I was afraid they'd come up TOO close but they never did. They were also passing under the boat -- the guide would point out where there was what looked like a huge green patch of water, which was actually the whale, and you could see it moving underneath the boat, and surfacing somewhere on the other side.
Aww thank you! The wedding was so much fun. And oh my gosh, my grandmother so funny with the things that she says, too! I think my favorite phrase ever from her is "suffering tomcats" (when something is shocking to her)
Charles heard her say that and he still remembers it and mentions it! I love the CB shop, I could spend so long poking around in there!
Definitely want to be friends on FB, I love having DIS friends on there! I'm pretty easy to find b/c we probably have several DISer friends in common
Hi! So since we are just one short week away I figured it was time to do a bit more planning. Since we are only there for 4.5 days, its a bit more important to me that we have some type of plan in place...so, here it is!
Wednesday October 27th: Leave for airport, arrive at MCO at 7:45pm and head to ASMo
Thursday October 28th: Open EPCOT in the morning, F&WF in the morning/afternoon, another park later in the afternoon, and then either F! or Illuminations (both at 9pm)
Friday October 29th: Open DHS (TSMM!!!!), possibly back to EPCOT for more F&WF, Dinner at Raglan Road (and some shopping!)
Saturday October 30th: Open AK, not sure what we will do this afternoon, Wishes Dessert Party and MSEP this evening (I'm expecting crowds to be horrible at MK this evening since MSEP and Wishes only play once over a 5 day period)
Sunday October 31st: We're not positive what we will do this morning, we may open MK, but since we are there the night before and will be staying that evenign for MNSSHP we may decide to go elsewhere
Monday November 1st: ME won't pick us up until about 3pm, so we have the morning/afternoon to do whatever we want
We have also decided to renew our AP's! After our GAD tickets and the 5-day park hoppers we are buying this trip and the $40 off for renewing its only $168 for an AP! Yay for another year of Disney!
Wednesday October 27th: Leave for airport, arrive at MCO at 7:45pm and head to ASMo
Thursday October 28th: Open EPCOT in the morning, F&WF in the morning/afternoon, another park later in the afternoon, and then either F! or Illuminations (both at 9pm)
Friday October 29th: Open DHS (TSMM!!!!), possibly back to EPCOT for more F&WF, Dinner at Raglan Road (and some shopping!)
Saturday October 30th: Open AK, not sure what we will do this afternoon, Wishes Dessert Party and MSEP this evening (I'm expecting crowds to be horrible at MK this evening since MSEP and Wishes only play once over a 5 day period)
Sunday October 31st: We're not positive what we will do this morning, we may open MK, but since we are there the night before and will be staying that evenign for MNSSHP we may decide to go elsewhere
Monday November 1st: ME won't pick us up until about 3pm, so we have the morning/afternoon to do whatever we want
We have also decided to renew our AP's! After our GAD tickets and the 5-day park hoppers we are buying this trip and the $40 off for renewing its only $168 for an AP! Yay for another year of Disney!
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