I was at the Food and Wine Festival the same day. I think we really lucked out, because Camster said, Saturday was just packed.
I keep looking at your pictures to see if I am in any of them.
You know, I remember seeing a red headed little boy, and I pointed him out to my dh, because our son and daughter are red headed, and our other 2 are blond. My dd keeps telling me, the genetic redheaded gene is suppose to be dying out.
I wish we could of met up.
My dh feels the same way about POP as you do. Never again. LOL.
I was worried about you getting out of MN, I'm glad you didn't get delayed.
OhMari
Edit-I just finished reading the rest. We had trouble too getting to O'hana's. I forgot about half the food that they serve. I completely forgot about the chicken wings, and all the sauces. I was the only one that ate a chicken wing and a pot sticker. Our waiter wanted to know why we barely ate anything. I think if the alcoholic drinks weren't so strong, we could have eaten more. LOL.
I thought Sunday was bad at F&W, but from the sounds of it Saturday was horrible. I probably would have given up much earlier if the crowds were worse.
That would be so crazy to see yourself in another DISers pics...but I bet it happens all the time! My cousin and her girls went earlier in the fall and I looked through TRs looking for them in pics.
That's very interesting about your DD saying the red head gene is dying out. Who knows!
I'm glad my little guy got the gene though, it's so unique! I know I recall seeing some other red headed kids at Epcot that day, I wonder if they were yours! It would stink if we were that close but didn't see each other! Hopefully our trips will cross again, there will be no stinky-baby episodes and I can get to any DISMeets!
I cannot believe the amount of food 'Ohana serves. It's completly unreal! It just keeps coming and coming. I realized it was a lot due to my faithful surfing of the Food Pictures thread, but the portions are so much bigger in person. I loved those Pot Stickers though...yum oh yum! I meant to try an N/A Lapu Lapu while at the Poly, but completely forgot about it. I so want to drink from a pineapple!
Just a quick note to say: great updates!!!
Thank you!
First off, love all of your light pics but I am sure that is not surprising.
I am so sorry that you got sick. I really hope that it is gone for good. That bus ride with all the kids sounds very entertaining.
I am go glad that you got your TSM fastpasses and were able to experience it. You had a great accuracy rate, you should be proud.
I have many, many more light pictures for you. I told DH of your thread at the start of the trip and even he got into light fixture picture taking. I think I've only included a couple on this TR, but will be uploading and sharing the love on your thread as soon as I have time. Seriously, there are probably over 100 pictures of just light fixtures!
We really got into it!
Thank you for your sympathy on the sickness...though, it is partly what fueled such a quick return trip, so in hindsight, it's not such a bad thing!
The bus ride was such an adventure. Oh Lordy. I did insantly notice my accuracy was better than Joe's. I sooooo wanted to rub it in. But I was nice and resisted. (Next time I hope to kick his butt!
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Another great update!
On F&W, during my first F&W trip in '06, I made the mistake of heading to Epcot on the day that I arrived which was a Saturday. What a mad-house! During last year's trip, we made sure to avoid Epcot on Saturday.
Wow, all three of you sick during the first few days of your trip? How awful! I hope that you all got better quickly so that you could really enjoy the trip.
Thanks! Ya, we will avoid Epcot on the weekends during F&W going forward.
Ya, the sickness was no fun, BUT, we do get better soon!
I am all caught up. And eagerly awaiting the story that surrounds your new ticker. Sorry that you weren't feeling very well. Mr. H is just adorable in every single photo you take!!
The story is coming very soon. I'll try to keep breezing through the updates to make it get here quicker!
And, thank you for the nice words about my little man.
I should show you a pic of him when he first tried rice cereal though...I wouldn't say "adorable" then!
Ooh...TSM looks fun! I hope we are riding it right around this time next year!
Great update and great pictures - and the shot of Henry lifting up his shirt to pat his belly is the CUTEST!
TSM was awesome!!!!! I am really looking forward to riding it again. I hope you are riding it next year around this time too!!!!!!!!!
Henry is so funny about bellies-if Joe or I are laying on the floor he will do that to us too!
Great Update!!! And Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Thanks Diana! We had a great Thanksgiving! It was very busy, but a ton of fun. The drive back up to Minnesota from Chicago was sooooooooooooo long, I-90 was NUTS. But, we made it and are laying low today relaxing, enjoying another day off work before it's back to the same old. How was your Thanksgiving?
Happy Thanksgiving! I think I am all caught up again!
Did you request turn-down service? Beautiful photos of the WL!
What a shame about waking up in the middle of the night. I hope you and Joe get it all out of your system soon, so you can enjoy your vacation!
50's looks like so much fun -- my DH is still refusing to eat there!
I love Henry's Gonzo shirt -- the Muppets are just great!
Nope, we never requested the turn-down service, but got it every night! I was pretty surprised because I thought you always had to request that sort of thing.
The WL is so beautiful! I have lots more pictures of it coming up!
Joe refused to eat at 50s at first, I had to basically beg him and tell him 900 times that if we don't want to be part of the anctics we don't have to be. He was a bit nervous about it all, but it turned out great. The waitstaff can really "read" a person and tell if they are into it or not. I think she picked up we weren't up for it all that day. And now that Joe has seen some of the silliness, I think he would be more into it! I hope you can convince your DH sometime!
Henry's Gonzo shirt I made on Zazzle.com. We LOVE the Muppets too!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
You too! I hope you had a great holiday!
You poor thing. I can't believe what you guys went through at the beginning of your trip. I think I have sympathy queasiness.
Ya, it wasn't fun...but made for some unforgettable memories! Plus, I mentioned this before, but, since we were sick for the first half of the trip, it really became a big reason we are taking another trip so soon.
"Sympathy queasiness"
Hey Brook! I'm trying to catch up on everything I've missed this past week; my computer had a virus so I was without it since last weekend!
Just got through your day at Epcot and you got some great pix! Glad to see you were able to sample some F&W offerings and soooo jealous that I didn't!(I LOVE those pierogies!)
Ok - back to reading more of your TR................
Oh gosh! That sucks about the virus! Ugh. Sorry to hear that, and glad you were able to get it cleared up. What a pain.
Sorry you weren't able to sample some of the foods! Are you going back next year during F&W? I can't remember if you said or not...
But, hopefully those pierogies are still there and you are able to get some! They were veryyyy tasty, they would be on my list again...hopefully we make it there again during F&W, I love the festival and I love that time of year down there.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time with family in Chicago and my cousin got married on Friday. It was a beautiful wedding (particularly the bride, she was a princess!)!!!! We were able to enjoy the company of so many relatives we don't see very often. Henry got to see his Grandpa, Grandma, cousins, Uncle, Aunt, Great Grandma, Great Aunts and Uncles, Second and Third Cousins and more. Everyone was smoochin' him up over the weekend. The drive back to Minnesota was very long with a lot of traffic, so we were thankful for finally reaching home late last night. Today is relaxing and grocery shopping.
And DISing. Can't forget baout the DISing.
My cousin and her new DH have a 2 year old son, currently they don't have a honeymoon planned, but they do want to take a "familymoon" to none other than DISNEY WORLD! My cousin has been there a few times and looooooves it. I am hoping to assist in convincing the DH on how awesome it is!
So sorry you got sick on your vacation! I hope it's over after today - at least if it's fast-moving you won't miss out on much. I was just talking to someone who has three kids, and on their last trip to Disney they all got the stomach bug, staggered, of course, through all five of them, so they basically missed out on five days of their vacation. Occasionally mom or dad would feel well enough to bring the kid that was feeling ok to a park for a couple of hours, but it really ruined their trip. They are making up for it this year by going for 12 days!! 
Of course, my boys then had to sit in the room and "practice" how to ride on a bus, instead of going to the pool, and that took care of the bus ride behavior from then on. I'm a mean mom who punishes her kids even on vacation. 
Thankfully, it did get better soon.
She is the first Granddaughter in the family. Her name is Lucia (Loo-Chee-A). When we booked the trip back in Feb. we didn’t even know she was pregnant, and it just happened her scheduled C-Section was directly during our stay. But, they called promptly and sent pictures over the phone. And I have to say, she is ADORABLE! About a week after we got back we finally had the chance to see her in person and I held her for a good hour. What a precious bundle of joy. 
Her big brother is so proud of her!
