we're DRIVING? With 2 KIDS UNDER 2?! WDW or INSANITY here we COME (INSANITY)

[Sk8Leigh]

Enjoy the highway in the sky as we head to EPCOT!!!!

OMG!!! This is so funny!!!

Michelle, your TR is great! Could you start a blog for your daily life at home?? I think it would be just as good as your TR!!!

 

[pigget74]

Thanks for the update. I soooo understand not finding the passes. We have done this as well with tickets and other items we needed for disney.

 

[Bunchkin]

Hi Michelle!

I've been reading your TR today and it sure is action packed, to say the least!


I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. What city did he work for?

 

[scrappinmom]

MIchelle - you are 100% a writer!! !OMGosh I love reading this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Hello everyone and thanks for the comments! the incident happened in Melrose PArk The wake is today and DH is going to go to that and then i will go to the funeral. We don't want to leave the children with anyone and also don't feel they belong at something like this at all.

Welcome to all those new to the trippie

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Magic Kingdom

We Finally get our act together and get to the Right Monorail
and are headed down that ramp from the station to the park!!

Who here gets goosebumps when you get that glimpse of the train
station?? <<raises hand>> i was just shivering with excitement!

In the monorail we had unloaded all the bags from underneath the
strollerand i had them all, but now this left us wondering, is a
stroller considered a bag or not? he had nothing to check, but we
decided to just go into the bag line together.

At this point in time i just wanted IN IN IN!! But of course we have
wait in the lines of people that have no clue what "put your finger
in the little scanner" means! THEN there are the people that
don't know BOTH side of the ticket machines are working and when DH
& I head to one of the open ones, even though the others are backed up
20 people, we get the dirty looks! THEN there are the people
that won't put their ticket in if the CM is talking to someone else!
These ticket machines are a real trip! but we are finally IN!
After a year of no WDW, it feels GREAT to be back!! As wonderful as it
feels to drive under the sign; check into your resort; go to DTD, there
is no feeling like walking into a WDW park for the first time of your
vacation!! IT's a combination of excitement and feeling like you have
to pee!! (seriously!!) Sooooo...needless to say as we are walking under
train station we grab maps and DH is putting the bags underneath the
stroller and i am......SPRINKLING Pixie Dust!!! DH is just
shaking his head and others are looking at us like we are sooo not
normal! (was that you???) THEN DH and i hear someone say:
"is that really pixiedust mommy??"

WHAT a moment for magic!! but the mom, says nooo it's glitter

As DH and i pass that stroller, we shake our heads yes and i sprinkle
a little on her!! That little girls face lit up like a
christmas tree!!

As we are headed down mainstreet, DH is filming the kids reactions,
then that castle looms into view and i am jumping up and down like
a toddler at her own birthday party! DD is pointing and saying
"ooooooo" DS is just looking at all the people going by!! Then DH
turns around and as he pulls the camera down, he looks and smiles, the
he puts his arm around me and we cruise down Main Street just like that!
WONDERFUL!

First Stop: Baby Car Center!! Make a left after Caseys and it's right
next to the first aid center! No strollers allowed in here, but that's
alright, because everyone is awake. We head in and MARY is ready to
point us in the right direction!

First things first, DIAPERS! the tables were clean and waiting for us!
We each take a kid and BOOM BABY we are done! DH and i each take turns
using the bathroom ourselves and then we are just about to leave, but
decide to pick up the much needed binkies, that we didn't bring on this
trip! DS is pretty good without it, but you just never
know! We bought two! we were ready for the total to be 25.00 but it was
just 3.02!! For Gerber brand Nuks! That's a GREAT price! 1.51 each!
They cost that much at our TARGET if not a little more! So we are
impressed with that!! (DISNEY dont' go getting any
ideas about raising that price now!!)

Now it's time to EAT! isn't it crazy how we've been in this magical
place and we are only changing diapers and eating we need
to get our act together!!

We decide to head to our old standby-must-visit-every-trip-place Cosmic
Rays!!

DH gets the Chicken and Ribs Combo thing! ITS HUGE! i wish we would
have shared! (i don'thave any pics of this sorry!)

Chicken; ribs; fries; carrots!
DD gets some chiken and the carrots
DS gets some of the mashed carrots (mashed by me!) and a sippy of water

I get the cheese steak!! yummyyyy!!!

DD gets some of the steak and some mushrooms
DS gets a french fry

Dessert:
The most delicious Choc. cake EVER!! YUMMY!

We had brought with us a Thinsulate bag that held DDs milk and DSs
bottles, it kept everything cold ALL DAY! bought at Babies R Us for
7.99 and we kept a zip lock bag with ice in it at all times!! EVERY
place will give you a cup of ice for free

So as DH and i split one cake, the other went into the bag and we had
it later in the day when we needed a snack!

Finally done with eating, we head over to Tommorrowland and fast pass
Space Mountain, then head over to Buzz lightyear, NO LINE!!

I ride with DD and DH rides with DS, their picture looks soo cool! ours
not-so-much! I still CANNOT beat DH and he had a baby on his lap! i
think he knows a secret target that i'm not getting!! ORRRR it could be
the fact that Autumn was just spinning our pod around in circles!!


After that we head out and Stitch is right there!!! YAAAAY!!!
Well not-so-yay DD won't even get the tiniest bit close!!
DS however thinks it's soo cool! THEN out comes Buzz and we are frist
over there!! THEN out comes LILO and we are over there next!
what a great find!!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Finishing up the first post!!

As we are heading to the TTA, we make a stop at the stroller to drop
off the photo that they bought and pick up sippie cups!

DD happens to really like the TTa, DS not-so-much! he's wiggling like
crazy for the entire length of the ride and as we are about to get off,
i look down and he's asleep!!!! HOW Do THEY DO THAT????

So we figure we will head back for naps after Space Mountain! We put
him down in the stroller and we are OFF!
I ride first!!! Fast pass in hand i hop in line and whoa,....THERE IS
NO LINE!!! gotta love fast pass!!

**Now with the Baby Swap thing, why did we fast pass?**
Because with the baby swap, the first parent waits in the regular
line and the second gets to wait in the fast pass line. Soo it would
be much quicker if we both fast passed, UNLESS the regular line is only
5 minutes long, then we don't have to wait for our fast pass time to
come up!!

Okay am i older or is Space Mountain scarier?? i screamed the
ENTIRE TIME! i was soo thrilled with it all! (must have been
the fact that i didn't get to ride it last year since i was pregnant!)

I get off and right in the exit there after you get off that people
mover, DH is sitting and DD is passed out in his arms so now
i have 2 sleeping angels to watch and he is off!!!

We both agree that ride is AWESOME!

So now the debate ensues...do we head back to the room for naps? or
do we stay since they will wake up while we put them on the tram and
then into their car seats??

Sooo we sit at the lunching pad in the center of tommorowland at a
shady table and split a frozen coke we chat and laugh at all
the craziness that has happened to us and i scout for Lime Green
Mickey Heads!!

Not a lime in site, but i did manage to spill half of the frozen coke
all down my shirt DH thought this was sooo funny!! why oh why
can't i be normal??

Next up:
Mickey Mouse!!

 

[Becky G]

I absolutely love your trip report!! It is so much fun! You sound like you have the most fun family ever! We were at Pop from Sept 29-Oct 8 in the 70s bldg, so we probably saw each other sometime. I can't wait for the next chapter!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

We saw soo many DISers at the POP! if you ever saw 2 people racing single strollers, that was us! DH always wins!!!! his legs are like twice as long as mine, so you think the guy would give me a break

 

[julsmom]

Awesome update DMM!

 

[tammyandtommy]

must say I am loving youre report! Just started it today! Im sorry for your loss, I hope you take all the time you need.... our thoughts are with you!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Toon Town

So as we head over to Toon Town after relaxing and chatting for
over an hour!! we stop and watch the people riding those
cars at the tomorrowland speed way! some of those parents look like
they are NOT wanting to be there i can't blame them with all
the jerking that goes on! DH and i just like to people watch! As we are
headed to the judges tent where Mickey Mouse is, the kiddies wake up
just in time!! PERFECT! We park the car in front of the big top tent
and AWAY we go!

DD is in AWE at everything in Mickey's House, so what should take
5 minutes to go through takes us over 20!! she is ooooing and ahhing
over the gloves in his bedroom and the bike in the living room, it is
too funny!!

**I can't wait to add pics, they are really cute!!**

We finally get in to see Mickey and Autumn is PETRIFIED! so i hold
her and take pics of DH and DS with Mickey. Mickey waves and blows
kisses as DD from where he is and it's really very sweet, because he
tries soooo hard Autumn will wave to him, but that's about it.

The minute we leave the room:

DD is all happy and pointing out EVERYTHING with Mickey mouse on it!
She's hooked, but fine staying a far distance!!


Before i can steer her away, she has seen it and makes a mad dash
pulling me right behind her!!

Donalds Boat! within minutes both kids are soaked as am I and DH!
it's soo much fun, but it doesn't take long to realize that DH
and I are the only parents actually playing in the water with the kids.
All the other parents are sitting on the fence watching..
I wonder if they are just thinking we are bad parents! haha
or if they just think we're nuts?? :confused2: The latter may be true,
but we just love these spish splashy things!! Not to mention
EVERYONE has a change of clothes in the stroller, so we're doing great!

We want to take some great photos, so i stand behind the kids and DH
gets the camera ready and out of the blue, a HUGE gush of water NAILS
me in the back of the head!! i almost fall over!! i had NO
clue that water came out from INSIDE the boat!!! Everyone was totally
laughing at me!! DH almost fell over he was laughing so hard! Now i
just looked ridiculous, but it was soo much fun!!


The rest of MK, since there is nothing too outrageous until OHANA i can sum it up pretty fast

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

I need more of your TR Michelle!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Thanks again sooo much for everyones kind words about my uncle. it was such a shock and really came out of nowhere as do many deaths i am sure. thanks again!!

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This should be my last update today, but who knows! i'm on a roll for some reason!
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Fantasyland and BEYOND!
First stop is the Bathroom as you are on your way out of Toon Town
or on your way in! it's like a Garage sorta thing??

EWWW EWWW EWWW! THIS is why i like going to the Baby Center NO MATTER
where in the park i am! It was STINKY and gross! good thing i had
the mini can of OUST!!
but i didn't want the kids to go around soaked!
SOOOOOOO we stop in the conpanion restroom and there is no changing
table here (which we remember from last year). We just recline the front
seat in the double stroller and do it all. BUTTTTTTTT DD does NOT NOT
NOT want to take off her Cinderella Dress. she is screaming "NO RELLY
No RELLY" sooooo even though she is wet, it stays on Diapers
are changed many clothes are changed and awaaaay we go!

We hit the spinning Tea Cups first and the line is 10 minutes! i think
we can handle it!!


YEAH RIGHT!

Autumn HATES waiting in line and thinks since she is small enough to
fit under the que ropes, that means she gets a go ahead! hahaa!! good
thing DH picked her up after that first experience!!

Autumn and Gabriel LOVE this ride and argue about WHO gets to spin
the wheel as if we are actually spinning it's
cute and so fun!

We hit up EVERYTHING in Fantasyland except for Philharmagic

the kids made me cry on IASW as you can tell in the address to my
trippie troll a few posts up! they danced and held hands and pointed
and smiled..soo cute!

of course DH and i CANNOT stand that ride! but at 10 minutes, we HAD
to do it twice!

Winnie The Pooh was a big hit for DD and once again Peter PAns Flight
was NOT worth the wait

--SideNote--

We ALWAYS left stuff in our stroller and NEVER had anything stolen, i
know a lot of people worry about this. We had diaper bags, clothes,
bags of souvies. you name it

---End Sidenote!--


Haunted Mansion was fun for all and Autumn LOVED the stretchy room!
After that we decided it was time to head back to the car and head out,
since we had to get changed in the room and then take a wee rest and
get over to OHANA on time!

 

[pigget74]

Thanks for the updates. I can't wait to go on November. My little man is going to have soooo much fun. I can't wait.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Ahhh...November!!! our favorite time of year to go!!! we should be back to November travels by 2008!!! I HOPE!!!

 

[Twingle]

WOW - so much news today! Can I say, that in the four times in four years that I've taken my kids, I never once thought of brining clothes for myself or my DH? Dur - I'm totally using that idea!

Can't wait to see some photos - thanks for all the updates! I'm really enjoying reading!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

we learned our lesson on clothes for DH and I at home
Our little guy has a problem with digestion and spits up ALOT! sooo we always take a shirt with us! i just added on extra shorts cause i knew we would get wet a lot!
OHhhh and i am just KNOWN for sitting in chairs that have yuckiness on them!! EVEN AFTER i swear i checked it!

 

[pigget74]

Yep, I do know about bringing the change of clothes for the adults. Mothing like having a reflux child on nutramegin (sp) formula. The smell--you can't compare it to anything--it is that bad. My little guys is 13mths and we have been truely reflux free for 1.5 mths. It will get better. When Joshua was born, my DH and our friends moved us in to our new house--well after the first three months you could not tell we ever had new carpet. This coming summer we are going to get rid of it and put down something else--it is that bad. Only been in the house 13mths and already need new carpet

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

i know all about that carpet thing we had our entire place capret cleaned while we were in the WORLD and already it's back to 'normal' hahah!!

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Disney Tip
Don't forget to pack the clothes in a Ziplock bag, so you can put anything dirty or wet in it and keep it away from everything else

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[candeeapril]

this could be a movie. I can visualize everything. You really have a gift. too bad our time at the pop didn't over lap more. I only got to say a quick hello at the dis meet on the 29th. Very funny stories and I can't wait to read the rest. Thanks for putting up the link to your tr.