We were "that" family

[eeyorepixie]

o.k. I have a horrible confession and I will never own up to it in public mind you....

Background I am an obsessive Disney nut, and pore over all Disney sites and have spread sheets and the saved threads to prove it....

O.K. one of my daydreams when we went to Disney was to meet the Dream team... I kept notes of where they were spottted...I read and re-read any thread pertaining to them....Ahhhhhhhhh the elusive Dream team...the fast passes...the nights stay at the castle....the bragging rights...

it totally had my imagination...hook, line and sinker! I am a sucker for all things magical!

So it was our 5 th day into our trip and my middle DD and I had this constant battle would she or wouldn't she go on a ride. She was starting to get brave and the previous day she went on RnR. So here we are in AK at RD and she said she would do EE with me. We talked about it the entire time we walked there...I kept telling her if you don't want to do it that would be fine...she kept emphatically telling me that she definately wanted to...

So we get to EE DH and other Girls go to exit, we start into the Que(spelling?)

DD panics... so we have to walk back and we were going to be the first to ride EE that day...darn I was disappointed, but hey what is a mother to do?

You know what is coming dont you???

We get to the exit to meet DH and guess what everyone on the ride we were supposed to be on got visited by the dream team

Well for at least 2 hours I wanted to strangle my middle DD, now mind you I kept having these conversations in my head like ....well it was not meant to be...and you do not want her to feel bad don't show how mad you are.... smile, just smile and after awhile it will become real after awhile...and of course DH did not "get it at all and kept looking at me all judgemental which just fueled my anger more...because I knew I should not feel this way, yet could not stop my feeling no matter how much self-talk I did...I was consumed with dissapointment


finally I burst and said something very uncool, I honestly forget what...and then for the rest of the morning had this crazed smile pasted on my face, which my oldest DD said was totally creeping her out

Later on I shamfully apologized to everyone and it took a little longer than it should have....

Disney brings the kid out in me this is true and USUALLY this is a good thing, but in this case it was not

now my disclaimer is I am a good mom, I am on the PTO...make the costumes...kiss the boo boos and I am the general all around servant, but this time I was definately the one being a bad girl at Disney

If asked I will deny everything

 

[pilotwife_02]

I just want to say THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! to everyone!

I was seriously having anxiety about taking my 2 and 3 year old there this fall and worrying about meltdowns, temper tantrums and how to keep them busy in lines and seeing these stories makes me feel better knowing we're not the only family going through this.

Plus the fact that all the wonderful memories outshine the "bad times".

Ahhhh....I feel much better!

 

[Cibahwewah]

Each afternoon when we woke DD3 from her nap to go to our dinner ADRs, she would take 30 min to quit being cranky/crying (at home we let her wake up on her own, but at Disney, we had to keep a schedule). So we were that family that sat on the bus while our daughter cried, trying to ignore it and smile politely at those staring at us. By the time we got to our destination, she was her bright happy self again. Sorry folks, that we put you through that....

 

[boakl]

As we do put the FUN in dysfunctional, but it sounds like we are in good company...

I am the mom who was screaming at her (crying) 6 year old son just outside EE in July 06....

That son had watched every Discovery Channel and Travel Channel special on the creation, building and opening of EE that spring. He was Yeti/Himalayas obsessed. He KNEW that the Yeti was AA. He knew how the ride worked.

On a whim, we drove down to WDW so that our son could ride the ride he was so excited about. We were on the first ride of the day. We were so excited.... then DS saw the Yeti, and it scared the **** out of him and he refused to ride it again with his father (the earner of the money that funded this trip). I ended up screaming at him that he was an "ungrateful brat, who is a whiny baby" (actually, my rant probably included a few more expletives, but as time goes on, I become nicer in my version of the story ). Not a Shining Mom Moment.

After that, DS was afraid of EVERYTHING at WDW, and refused to ride anything more intense than IASW.

I have also been thrown up on more times than I can count by my children at WDW.

 

[eeyorepixie]

What I learned and this may not apply to any family but my own...is that it takes a few days for everyone to get on board...so to speak, it was about the 5th day we really started going with the flow and the second half of our trip was wonderful( 10 day trip)

That is why this trip I am so doing the Disney math and going for 14 days during free dining. At the minimum our trips will always be 10 days because (especially during free dining) your already in for a big chunk of money ... so why not pay for the extra days so you really get that vacation. When I explained my reason for staying 14 day to DH I said look it will only cost us 600 more and you know how much fun we have once everyone is in the Disney groove and he totally agreed. I was shocked, but a very happy Disney nut!

 

[RDP]

Kids haven't been too big a problem (except for a 'code brown' incident in MK) Most embarrassing moment was with my wife on the monorail. After an exsquisite evening of fine dining at V&A at the GF we boarded the monorail to go back to our hotel. My wife was unusualy quiet for most of the trip, when the monorail stoped at the TTC she bolted off the monorail scattering people, small children and asorted disney paraphernalia. Thank god everyone went left and we went right, suddenly a hundred years of magic turned into a hundred years of puke as her 'wine flight' came in for landing. $400 dollars of fine dining! $200 now part of the landscaping at the TTC! I can only praise her powers of recovery as when we got back to our hotel, she commented on how hungry she felt and got some counter service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eeyorepixie]

Kids haven't been too big a problem (except for a 'code brown' incident in MK) Most embarrassing moment was with my wife on the monorail. After an exsquisite evening of fine dining at V&A at the GF we boarded the monorail to go back to our hotel. My wife was unusualy quiet for most of the trip, when the monorail stoped at the TTC she bolted off the monorail scattering people, small children and asorted disney paraphernalia. Thank god everyone went left and we went right, suddenly a hundred years of magic turned into a hundred years of puke as her 'wine flight' came in for landing. $400 dollars of fine dining! $200 now part of the landscaping at the TTC! I can only praise her powers of recovery as when we got back to our hotel, she commented on how hungry she felt and got some counter service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe that should be code GREEN, code brown made me think it might be a diaper situation

 

[dogodisney]

maybe that should be code GREEN, code brown made me think it might be a diaper situation

That was the same end I was thinking of.......

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Kids haven't been too big a problem (except for a 'code brown' incident in MK) Most embarrassing moment was with my wife on the monorail. After an exsquisite evening of fine dining at V&A at the GF we boarded the monorail to go back to our hotel. My wife was unusualy quiet for most of the trip, when the monorail stoped at the TTC she bolted off the monorail scattering people, small children and asorted disney paraphernalia. Thank god everyone went left and we went right, suddenly a hundred years of magic turned into a hundred years of puke as her 'wine flight' came in for landing. $400 dollars of fine dining! $200 now part of the landscaping at the TTC! I can only praise her powers of recovery as when we got back to our hotel, she commented on how hungry she felt and got some counter service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG the only thing worse than puking at Disney is puking up the MOST expensive meal you can buy at Disney! I would have been sitting there going, I will NOT throw up $400! I will NOT throw up $400!

I congratulate your wife on holding onto it until she got off the monorail!

 

[jezaduck24]

UM.....several people on this thread have discussed their spirited kids- I don't see any reason to insult anyone. I would say people with spirited children spend more time on discipline than most! Why can't we keep this friendly??? QUOTE]

Agreed. That comment was completely out of line, especially given the tone of the thread.

Personally, I am off to buy that book. I have had an exasperating few months working on DISCIPLINE with my 3 1/2 y/o son. The descriptions that were posted made alarm bells go off in my head. Thanks and good wishes to those of you who are working hard to DISCIPLINE their spirited children.

 

[Mad4Mickey]

" You know Aunt Boo sometimes you are not very Magical"
spoken by my favorite Nephew and Disney World partner after I couldnt find a EPCOT for his monorail set whie we had them in Disney World IN DECEMBER !! 2 weeks Before Christmas LOL


" Aunt Boo someday we will move here right and our Mommy can visit us in our castle" Spoken by my favorite Niece on that same trip : )


This is my confession I think this was in 02 but I had hurt my knee and was in a wheelchair while in WDW. I was with a friend and she was pushing me around and had parked me outside CP . She left me for about 5 min while she checked us in for our ADR. I was facing the castle and watching this little squirrel on its quest to find food in the bottom of stroller baskets. It was pretty cute going from stroller to stroller : ) When my friend got back I asked her to give me a cracker out of my backback so I could give it something to snack on . I tossed it out in front of me and but it didnt want to eat it off the ground. So I took out another cracker and held it out in front of me . The stupid thing jumped in my lap , danced around scratching me all over my legs , and on top of that bit my finger ! So as I am trying to get it off me every curse word I had ever heard and had not heard flew from my mouth . About 20 people with thier video cameras that at one point were on the castle came to one point .... ME .... I am always scared I will be on AFV.

 

[eeyorepixie]

" You know Aunt Boo sometimes you are not very Magical"
spoken by my favorite Nephew and Disney World partner after I couldnt find a EPCOT for his monorail set whie we had them in Disney World IN DECEMBER !! 2 weeks Before Christmas LOL


" Aunt Boo someday we will move here right and our Mommy can visit us in our castle" Spoken by my favorite Niece on that same trip : )


This is my confession I think this was in 02 but I had hurt my knee and was in a wheelchair while in WDW. I was with a friend and she was pushing me around and had parked me outside CP . She left me for about 5 min while she checked us in for our ADR. I was facing the castle and watching this little squirrel on its quest to find food in the bottom of stroller baskets. It was pretty cute going from stroller to stroller : ) When my friend got back I asked her to give me a cracker out of my backback so I could give it something to snack on . I tossed it out in front of me and but it didnt want to eat it off the ground. So I took out another cracker and held it out in front of me . The stupid thing jumped in my lap , danced around scratching me all over my legs , and on top of that bit my finger ! So as I am trying to get it off me every curse word I had ever heard and had not heard flew from my mouth . About 20 people with thier video cameras that at one point were on the castle came to one point .... ME .... I am always scared I will be on AFV.

would like to see that !

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

" :


This is my confession I think this was in 02 but I had hurt my knee and was in a wheelchair while in WDW. I was with a friend and she was pushing me around and had parked me outside CP . She left me for about 5 min while she checked us in for our ADR. I was facing the castle and watching this little squirrel on its quest to find food in the bottom of stroller baskets. It was pretty cute going from stroller to stroller : ) When my friend got back I asked her to give me a cracker out of my backback so I could give it something to snack on . I tossed it out in front of me and but it didnt want to eat it off the ground. So I took out another cracker and held it out in front of me . The stupid thing jumped in my lap , danced around scratching me all over my legs , and on top of that bit my finger ! So as I am trying to get it off me every curse word I had ever heard and had not heard flew from my mouth . About 20 people with thier video cameras that at one point were on the castle came to one point .... ME .... I am always scared I will be on AFV.

Have you looked for yourself on You Tube?

Is this your squirrel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3qtnuSk5F8

or this feller on the stroller?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_WrLV5oLs

 

[pennymom]

We will SO be THAT family in December! DH, DS7, DS4, DM, DDad and I will be there for 8 days...and it will be especially interesting since DM and DDad have been separated for 3 years!

Thank you all for the great laughs, and I'm sure I have quite a few of my own in a few months!

 

[jwhtewolfd]

First day - We exited Hall of Presidents only to find DBFs sunglasses that he'd bought just a few hours earlier in Adventureland missing. This is SO DBF (he didn't even think to bring sunglasses to WDW in the first place). Unleash the string of expletives, while I'm trying to shush him, pointing out the small children all around, without POing him off more by being shushed. A cigarette break and a spin on Thunder and Splash Mountains helped.

Last day - We drove to AK REALLY early. Which meant we parked really close, so we didn't wait for a tram, we just walked to the park gate. Fastforward to leaving AK midday to hop to MK and DBF doesn't want to waste time waiting for a tram. We walked to the gate that morning, so we should just walk to the car now. One problem with that - neither of us knows where we parked! (I know we parked in Unicorn 21 - 29 - I even took a picture! But I didn't know how to get to Unicorn section.)

So he strikes off, heading way off to the left. We're walking and walking. I don't see any parking lot signs. I don't remember walking on a sidewalk. I keep up a steady stream of "I don't think this is the way." "I don't recognize this." "This parking lot isn't labeled." "I REALLY don't think this is the way." Of course this aggrevates him, so he gets the brilliant idea that he's going to leave the sidewalk and head off into the great wide parking lot. HA! I don't THINK so.

I sniped, "You can go that way if you want, but I'M not dumb enough to go traipsing around through a Disney parking lot with no idea where I'm going. I'm going back to the trams." I made an about face and started walking back. I didn't really care if he followed or not. Luckily for him he caught up with me a few minutes later, so sanity must have struck him a blow upside the head (I was, afterall, the one who had been planning, researching and studying maps for the past five months, while he was the one following me around like a lost puppy all week. Honestly, I don't know where he got the idea that he had any clue where he was going or that he should lead ).

We reached the waiting area for the tram and one pulled up literally less than 30 seconds later. I glared at him in that IF-I-were-speaking-to-you-I'd-say-I-told-you-so way. Lo and behold, Unicorn was the first stop the tram made. Another glare was in order. SUCH a waste of time, waiting for that tram and all.

Other than those two incidents, he behaved himself very well, so I considered the trip a success!

 

[poohcrazy44]

OMG i'm so glad to see that I won't be the only one in this Boat! My DH doesn not do crowds, lines or long days with the kids. And worst of all he's a lone wanderer, leaving with keys, money and cameras numerous times. So if anyone sees a woman glaring at a seemingly happy man, that'll be me, lol

Any ideas about how to ward this off? is there a magic potion that we can give the DH or pixie dust we can sprinkle on him to give him the Disneybug??

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Sooo funny! The Doritos episode, reminds me of DS4 and DD8 fighting in the back seat, over a bag of chips. I snagged them, from the passenger seat as we drove and dumped them all out the window...handing them the empty bag back. The look on both of their faces was priceless...and not another word came from the back seat.

Mom?!?! I swear my own mom did this several times on the way to or from DL. It was always 3 of us in the back seat and if we started fighting over something stupid like that out the window it went.

On our last two trips we were definitely that family.

First trip: DH wanted to ride SM, but he didn't want to ride it alone. He decided that he did not want to ride it alone after he the time was ready on his FP. He proceeds to start an argument on the bridge that is over by SM. The argument was about why I was not willing to drag my 5 yo DD who did not like rides like that through a 3 hr line to ride a ride that was going to bring out my fear of falling. We went on into Adventure land and I got grabbed to do the Hokey Pokey and thus the argument was ended. How can you argue after being forced by a rather good looking cowboy to do the Hokey Pokey?

DD decides after waiting in line for Peter Pan for about 2 hours that she needs to go to the bathroom NOW!!!

Second trip: DD exclaims (just like someone else's child on here did) that the monorail smells like someone went to the bathroom.

I tell DH and DD as we are entering Epcot "I can already tell that this is going to be the worst day of our trip." Neither of them would stop whining about not wanting to go to Epcot. It is raining. It is hot. I'm hungry. I want to ride Spaceship Earth. No I want to eat first. I cheered up after I tricked them both into drinking Beverly. Ahh yes! Mommy's revenge!

Oh the memories!!

 

[DISNEYNV]

We dubbed ourself The Adams Family on our last trip this early May! My DH was miserable because our DD complained the whole trip... She was tired of walking, or wanted to ride this or that, or buy something at the numerous stores after spending ALL her money in two days! DS didn't want to stay in his stroller for a minute and screamed whenever he saw a pool, fountain or water area... WATER! And when on his monkey harness he would pull and scream to go OUTSIDE when we were outside all week! It's not outside to him if be is not in the grass!!! Oh, and the buses... Didn't sit for anything. Same fir dining and we were on the DDP. Really fun! Not to mention his gagging and puking reflex at dinner times. He timed it perfectly each meal! The little guy doesn't like to chew first. Then my DD gets sick one night in the hotel room... Great more puke! Between dreading the bus rides, meal time and not to mention having to go past the pool every morning for breakfast and coffee... water, water, water!!!... It was a fun trip. At least we had beautiful weather. Rain would have been the icing on the cake

 

[taximomfor4]

ok, gotta add one. So the kids would actually WANT us to comb out all their hair tangles, we referred to them as "tangly bugs". Gotta get out those tangly bugs!

Well, dd at 3 yrs old met a princess (Aurora, I think). DD gave her a big hug, then was head to head with Aurora for a picture. Here's the conversation:

dd: OOOOO! I like your hair!
Aurora: Yours is sooo pretty, too!
dd: Well, ACTUALLY, it's pretty now because mommy combed it FOREVER today. She was trying to get ALL the bugs out.

Aurora stood up sooooooooooo fast! And the LOOKS we got from the next family in line

 

[Tinka_Belle]

ok, gotta add one. So the kids would actually WANT us to comb out all their hair tangles, we referred to them as "tangly bugs". Gotta get out those tangly bugs!

Well, dd at 3 yrs old met a princess (Aurora, I think). DD gave her a big hug, then was head to head with Aurora for a picture. Here's the conversation:

dd: OOOOO! I like your hair!
Aurora: Yours is sooo pretty, too!
dd: Well, ACTUALLY, it's pretty now because mommy combed it FOREVER today. She was trying to get ALL the bugs out.

Aurora stood up sooooooooooo fast! And the LOOKS we got from the next family in line

OMG!! I would have died!! I would have been trying so hard to explain that one!! Poor Aurora!! I'll bet her head was itching all day after that.