VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[eliza61]

We threw in a day at Universal on Tuesday and overall this trip has been packed full of adventure and fun and still 3 days to go.

The Lodge looks great and our room did too. We have a 5th floor atrium room so a little different layout. All the parks are decorated for Christmas but nothing here yet. I'm sure it's coming soon though. And I don't know if we're just finding many nice, outgoing CM's but everyone has been pretty top notch and seem to have stepped it up from the past couple of years. It's not that we thought any were terrible then but CM after CM have upped their game this trip. Reminds me much more of how it used to be and has been very nice.

How did you like Universal Kat, I think the next time we're there we'll make a day and go over.


Glad today is Friday!! I've been on the college tour with Sid the squid (I can't believe the kid is going off to college). From day one he has wanted to go away to school so in the past 3 weeks I have visited.

Townson University Md
Clemson University SC
University of Pittsburgh (my alma mata ) PA
University of Cinncinati OH.
North Carolina A & T, NC.

Wishing I was sitting in a chair at the lodge and of course Florida is the one state he hasn't asked to visit.... I'm telling you, I fully intend to be a burden in my old age.

 

[twokats]

Your Mr Twokats is a wise man. Either way, as Jimmy said, Kool!
PS My first flight was in a 4 seater. We missed the last ferry from Block Island to the mainland, at night, over the ocean .

Very cool TwoKats! I absolutely hate to fly so you'd never catch me in one of those small planes.

twokats ~ DH's Cessna is so cool!

Yes, I agree the Baby is really cool or kool. I grew up afraid of airplanes because my Mom was afraid. . . go figure. So I had it in my mind that I would never fly anywhere.
Before DH even asked me to marry him he had an opportunity to rent a plane (a Cessna 4 seater just like ours, he informed me at that time he did not like the smaller 2 seater) and took me flying. Like I said I had never been on any airplane before large or small and here I was letting this man take my life in his hands in that small airplane. He did several touch and goes which was taking off and landing but then taking off and landing again. Once we were up I was fine and then the nerves were iffy when I knew he was coming down. All in all I enjoyed it so that when we were married and he said we are going to Florida (in a commercial plane) I was nervous, but not so bad. Now I don't have any problem with either. But I will never forget that first flight with him.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

As the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran I would like to give a huge thanks to all of those who have served in the past or are currently serving our country. The sacrifice made by you and your families are most appreciated!!!!!

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

As the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran I would like to give a huge thanks to all of those who have served in the past or are currently serving our country. The sacrifice made by you and your families are most appreciated!!!!!

As a proud wife of a Vietnam veteran, I would like to add my thanks to all who have or are serving our country.

 

[wildernessDad]

Happy Veterans day to my fellow submariners, although I've been an ex submariner for quite some time.

 

[I Book He Pays]

To all those that served... thank you! For all those that are serving now... thank you and God Bless!

 

[I Book He Pays]

KAT4DISNEY ~ Have a wonderful vacation and enjoy! Looking forward to seeing your photos!

Dizny Dad ~ The visual I have of the flight you were on with the chickens and goat is a riot! It had to be uncomfortable but I can't help but laugh. Please continue... I can't wait to read more about it! Thank goodness Di is OK and what a scary landing she had. What was the problem? They defintiely had an angel watching over them... kudos to the pilot for making a safe landing!

jimmytammy ~ Your flight story made me cringe!

twokats ~ Love how your DH introduced you to flying. I hope both of you enjoy it and will be able to use it for traveling. I wish I can get over my fear of flying. I keep saying to myself "Are we there yet?" LOL

Have a great evening everyone!

 

[Muushka]

OK Muush - this is all just very strange I must say. I just tried to see what you were talking about, so I went to open a new Photobucket account myself, not that I need another one, but to see if I could help you figure it out - and right on the sign-up page it still says it's free. I don't get it. Perhaps your computer was smokin' something while you were on that cruise? Or your kitty was so upset with you being gone that she did something mischievious... not that cats would do anything mischievious (yeah, right).

This is the page that I saw when I looked... I don't get it. Not only free, but unlimited quantities now. Something is strange somewhere.

Sorry Stoph, I just noticed this post. I will try again!

Hi Groupies:

DH just called me and he was in a minor car accident. Left work to go to the dentist and someone pulled out and hit the mirror. DH tried to avoid it but couldn't. Thank goodness he's OK and the mirror can get repaired. He had a miserable day at work.. poor guy.

snip.....

Poor Mr He! I am glad he is all right. Be kind to him this weekend

I once flew out of San Pedro Sula in Honduras on a "tail-dragger" that had mail bags piled up on a couple of seats, wooden boxes of chickens (the kind that had wooden pegs for sides, made for four chickens, but had a dozen stuffed into them, I swear) stacked to the ceiling in the last two rows, and a goat tied to the arm of the last seat in the back; and yes, the door was in the back so you had to crawl past the goat and chickens. No, Muush, I am not making this up. The story has more to it, but that is enough for today.

On another flying note, DiznyDi flew yesterday to Wilmington, NC through Charlotte. When coming in to Charlotte, the plane lost its control of the flaps, resulting in a landing at 180 mph. DiznyDi and all on board knew something was up when they hit the ground and were all thrown into the seat in front of them. They sped through a line-up of emergency vehicles. The pilot was able to get the planer stopped just before going off the end of the runway. After the plane came to a stop, the pilot made the anno8ncement of what had happened, apologized to all, and gave credit to his 25 years of flight experience in being able to get the plane stopped safely. Thanks be to the One who was in charge.

Wow, I am glad DDi is OK and that The One is in charge!

Crawling past goats and chickens to get to your seat??
Let us hear 'the rest of the story' one of these days!

Thank you Vets, for your service to our country.

 

[jimmytammy]

I too want to wish all our vets a great day. I have vets in my family from the Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan, as many of you do Im sure. So I swell with pride knowing we honor these men and women who gave of themselves, selflessly, to make our great nation free.

I am opposed to war, but sometimes it has to be the last effort. But our military has kept us out of many possible wars, so I support them.

Remember, we are not brave because we are free, we are free because of the brave. when given the chance, say thank you to a vet because of their bravery.

 

[jimmytammy]

Eliza
A&T is in my neck of the woods(15-20 mins away), send him there and we can keep an eye on him for ya, and he will never know, shhhhh, our secret

Seriously, dont know what he is majoring in, but Univ. of Central FL is getting lots of attention these days, about 25 mins from WDW!!!! It would get my vote

 

[twokats]

twokats ~ Love how your DH introduced you to flying. I hope both of you enjoy it and will be able to use it for traveling. I wish I can get over my fear of flying. I keep saying to myself "Are we there yet?" LOL

After we went through that so early in our romance I kinda had to agree to marry him since I knew the trust was there (and I loved him dearly). . . . plus the guy gives me pretty much anything I want. . . especially if it has to do with Disney!!!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Kat
How were Night Ranger and Air Supply? Obviously those were from my HS days. I really like NR but never seen them in concert. DW and DD like AS. We wish we could have seen both, but Starship and ELO made up for it.

Night Ranger was excellent and had a great show. I'd be back to see them again in a heartbeat. It was all their hits and they did them well and made us feel like we were back in the 80's. Air Supply was also very enjoyable and worked their way around the crowd quite a bit which had many people swooning. We saw them twice since we got to the first one a few minutes after they started. But each show they had some technical problem - they said a hearing piece in the first and I think it happened again in the second one show because the lead singers were off by a split second from each other in the last song. DH noticed the rest of the band shooting puzzled looks at each other. That song was difficult to listen to but everything else was good and since we heard them perform it well the first time it had to be something else going on. Even though it was Air Supply's tape I had back in the day I'd rank their show behind Night Ranger's but I'm happy we got to see them.

How did you like Universal Kat, I think the next time we're there we'll make a day and go over.

We really had a lot of fun over there. It was a very slow day so most things were walk on's - even the big Red Rip-Ride-Rockit (or whatever it's called - I ALWAYS screw that name up!) We made it to all the major coasters in both parks, took in some oldies but goodies (Jaws & Twister) and enjoyed some time walking around. Our sad thing to learn recently was that Dragon Challenge no longer duels. It takes some of the thrill away from that ride but it's still a pretty good coaster. DH once again thought Harry Potter was an excellent ride. I managed to watch 1/3 of it then just shut my eyes and waited for the end! Simulator types and I don't get on very well. I'd still recommend a trip over there though and trying HP.

KAT4DISNEY ~ Have a wonderful vacation and enjoy! Looking forward to seeing your photos!

I'll try and get some up soon!

Yesterday's trip to Kennedy Space Center was a winner too. They've just started allowing tours back in the huge Vehicle Assembly building and we got to see Endeavor in there while they are prepping her to head to CA to sit in a museum. I have a vague memory of going there when I was about 6 or 7 and entering that building then. They stopped allowing tours in 1978 due to the fuel kept there for the shuttle program and only opened it up again this Nov 1st. The Space center had a film crew there talking to people on the tour and we were told our pictures might end up on facebook or youtube in a few weeks although neither of us chose to speak with them but I guess they took everyone's pictures. We spent most of the day there and there were still many things we weren't able to see!

 

[wildernessDad]

A shift in hieroglyphics. One dancer = 5 days.

before I check in to our beloved Lodge.

 

[twinklebug]

Glad today is Friday!! I've been on the college tour with Sid the squid (I can't believe the kid is going off to college). From day one he has wanted to go away to school so in the past 3 weeks I have visited.

Townson University Md
Clemson University SC
University of Pittsburgh (my alma mata ) PA
University of Cinncinati OH.
North Carolina A & T, NC.

Wishing I was sitting in a chair at the lodge and of course Florida is the one state he hasn't asked to visit.... I'm telling you, I fully intend to be a burden in my old age.

How exciting Eliza! I love college tours. Planning is the best part (saying g'bye is the worst... soon followed by paying the tuition bill) My daughter's a senior and just this week decided she IS interested in a future at a school that has programs for what she's interested in (language and arts) *insert image of me pulling my hair out* Apparently the Highschool had a visit from a Full Sail University rep (Orlando!) this week and it blew her away - Full Sail claims they've helped many students gain work with Pixar & Disney. Topping that off, Steve Jobs was a huge supporter of the school (makes sense: Steve/Pixar)

Eliza
A&T is in my neck of the woods(15-20 mins away), send him there and we can keep an eye on him for ya, and he will never know, shhhhh, our secret

Seriously, dont know what he is majoring in, but Univ. of Central FL is getting lots of attention these days, about 25 mins from WDW!!!! It would get my vote

The Carolinas are beautiful, but I'm going to go opposite from JT here and vote for Clemson! Numerous reasons, not the least of which is the number of programs to choose from. At 18, who really knows what they want to do for the rest of their life? Flexibility required & I can't think of a better campus for that. My eldest son ( aka: Mr. I'll-try-all-the-engineerings with a sideorder of CP) will vouch for this. Not to mention the school spirit is totally over the top... I never got that at my little college which shall remain nameless.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi all...
And a very happy belated Veteren's Day ! I worked all day. We had a baby born at 11:11 am on 11-11-11 and she weighed 7 lb 4 oz. 7+4=11 ! Pretty cool ?!!!!
http://www.amh.org/forthemedia/2011/baby-girl-born-at-11-11-am-on-11-11-2011/

I Book He Pays.....so glad your hubby is ok !

Jimmytammy.....your in-flight stories were pretty scary ! My daughter was on a flight back to school that touched down in Orlando in 2009, but not before some weird winds made the plane sway back and forth as wheels were about to touch down. She was shaken up for sure !

Muushka.....hope you can get the Photobucket situation worked out.

eliza.....have fun on those college road trips ! We always had fun and of course, I'm so glad my daughter chose a FLORIDA college !

Kat4Disney.....glad you're having fun !!! Sounds like the parks are great ! For the record, in October, mousekeeping never informed us our BLT room was ready either.

 

[jimmytammy]

Eliza
Pay no attention to twinklebug, Clemson fans will tell you anything to get you to their school. NC STATE is where he really needs to be!! Just kidding you TB

 

[I Book He Pays]

Hi Everyone:

Muushka ~ Believe me... I'll make sure he's OK. Poor guy and he has another rough work week ahead of him.

twokats ~ Sounds like you have a great husband and it was meant for you to be together ... especially anything that involves Disney!

KAT4DISNEY ~ Looking forward to the pictures. What a great day you had at Kennedy Space Center and seeing the Endeavor. DH would have loved that!

MiaSRN62 ~ Oh how cool.... Nice looking family. Amazing that their daughter was born on 10/10 a few years ago. Thx for sharing.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Yesterday's trip to Kennedy Space Center was a winner too. They've just started allowing tours back in the huge Vehicle Assembly building and we got to see Endeavor in there while they are prepping her to head to CA to sit in a museum. I have a vague memory of going there when I was about 6 or 7 and entering that building then. They stopped allowing tours in 1978 due to the fuel kept there for the shuttle program and only opened it up again this Nov 1st. The Space center had a film crew there talking to people on the tour and we were told our pictures might end up on facebook or youtube in a few weeks although neither of us chose to speak with them but I guess they took everyone's pictures. We spent most of the day there and there were still many things we weren't able to see!

That is so cool! We went there summer of 09 and really enjoyed it. It was our first time there in a long time. I would love to go through the Vehicle Assy. building! We were lucky enough to be there when Challenger went up once. Did you see any of the wild pigs?

 

[twinklebug]

The start of a new week almost passed me by without sharing a pic Starting to forget what I've posted... Please forgive if I duplicate.

Eliza
Pay no attention to twinklebug, Clemson fans will tell you anything to get you to their school. NC STATE is where he really needs to be!! Just kidding you TB

Well, not anything... I can think of a few key things NOT to say

 

[Dizny Dad]

As seen in our Lobby . . .

(23 days to go :>)