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

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Okay a taste of what is to come when i actually get some time to sit my butt down and write the real thing!!

Stroller rage!
NAKED kids at EPCOT!
Short Arms are NOT a good thing
It was really my baby that passed gas NOT ME!!
EXTREME kindness on the POP bus
Towel animals GALORE!
Nasty notes written on my door!
Setting a trap to catch the nasty noters!!

and on and on it goes!

 

[dreamergirl78]

Okay a taste of what is to come when i actually get some time to sit my butt down and write the real thing!!

Stroller rage!
NAKED kids at EPCOT!
Short Arms are NOT a good thing
It was really my baby that passed gas NOT ME!!
EXTREME kindness on the POP bus
Towel animals GALORE!
Nasty notes written on my door!
Setting a trap to catch the nasty noters!!

and on and on it goes!

Ohhhhh drama! I can't wait to read more!

 

[daisy_77]

Okay a taste of what is to come when i actually get some time to sit my butt down and write the real thing!!

Stroller rage!
NAKED kids at EPCOT!
Short Arms are NOT a good thing
It was really my baby that passed gas NOT ME!!
EXTREME kindness on the POP bus
Towel animals GALORE!
Nasty notes written on my door!
Setting a trap to catch the nasty noters!!

and on and on it goes!

Ooo!! I cannot wait to read about it all!

 

[mom2jcc]

I am so hooked on your trip report!!!!! Can't wait to read more...we will be at WDW in April with 14 month old twins...I know...a delight!!

BTW, how many hours did it take you to get there and how many hours a day? Sorry if I'm getting ahead of you...I will be patient.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

On the way there it took us 22 hours drive time (we stopped a lot and did not count those hours in) and on the way home 24 hours drive time. We alternated routes.

We stopped WHENEVER a kid so much as fussed and let them run around rest areas, Mcdonald's play places whatever we could find when they got antsy.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Travelling with Babies?

USE USE USE USE USE the Baby Care Centers!!! PLEASE!!!
They are air conditioned bits of heaven!!!!!!

WE LOVE THEM

They are clean and offer a bit of rest from the day!!!!!

I will rank them in order:

Animal Kingdon
Epcot
MK
MGM (this might take over MK because you CAN bring your stroller inside!!)

They have everything you could ever need! Microwave, nursing rooms, changing tables (not just slabs of counter!!) cold water, ice, ANYTHING!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

DRIVING AWAY


Alright so AWAYYYY we go!!! the hair dryer is unplugged, the keys have been found, we are ready to go!!!!!!

We pull away and are about 2 minutes from the house when DH asks "did you close the garage?" 'ummmmmmm yeah sure' "did you REALLY" 'i think so' (i really didn't close it, i think he did, but i was sooo confused already!!!)

SOOOO we turn around!!

and alas the garage door is CLOSED!!

So we start AGAIN and then: AUGHHHHHHHHH!!!! we forgot the cell phone charger!!!
so back in DH runs ARE WE EVER GOING TO D-WORLD???

so now at this point we are just frazzled and pretty much SURE we are not going to get to go on vacay want to know why????


The Cell is ringing and it's DHs WORK!!!! well technically we are supposed to be on the road right? so they have no clue we are still sitting in our drive way!!! sooooo he answers and they are just calling to find out if we are going crazy with the kids yet!?!?! (they are all guys that are pretty close that work together and they all though Sal was CRAZY for driving!!

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OKAY NOW we are on the road!!! and it's WDW or BUST!!!!!
Dh says:

"i hope we don't get a flat tire, b/c all our stuff will be out on the side of the HWY while i am fixing the flat!!!!"

at the thought of this i think i peed my pants!!! DH then looks at what i am wearing and like a dad scolds me!!!

"WHY are you wearing WHITE pants on a ROAD TRIP? WHY are you wearing HEELS when you need to drive and run around parks with the kids???"

me:


"I want to look cute when we get to POP!!!"

DH:

"why oh why do you make me laugh so much

Me
<---how was what i said funny?

DH:

Well he was right again:
(I DID NOT look cute when we got there!!!)

i looked like i had run a marathon with my hair all windblown and my pants full of seat lint and smashed star puffs and my cute new black tank full of glitter from DHs and my Pixie dust fight (i just wanted to sprinkle a little on him to start the trip and he thought i was CRAZY and he hit my hand and BOOOOOOOOM the whole car is full of pixiedust and the kids are laughing sooo hard as though we are the funniest people on earth!!)


Anyways......

We have now been on the road FOREVER (or 2 hours you take your pick!!) and i decide it's time to stop so just AS we are getting out of the car MMMMMMM BOP comes on the radio!!!! you know that song by those boys?? HANSON?!?!? well i LOVE this song DO NOT make fun of me!!! so i get out my mascara and i have a microphone and I am full out singing!! DH is trying to hide, but i take the 'mike' and put it up to his mouth and YUP he figures what the heck and starts singing too!!!!!!! so now we are officially WIERD, but it's not biggie since we are in an EMPTY parking lot!! well the song is over and we are getting out and there is a crowd of about 3 people standing by the door to the Mcdonald's LAUGHING!!!!! DH just about DIED right there!! i just kept laughing!!

 

[mom2jcc]

I am cracking up! Your dh sounds just like mine from the not stopping for gas and making me have a heart attack to making remarks about me being crazy for wanting to look "pretty".

I've actually learned alot already. I didn't have the cell phone charger on my packing list page in my Disney notebook. And the whole Anthens Crocs!

 

[mom2jcc]

Oh, thanks for the Baby Care Centers review!!

 

[monymony3471]

I kinda, just a little, wish we were still driving based on how much fun you had, but more so glad we are not.

You must tell me about stroller rage and nasty notes!

 

[daisy_77]

MMMMM Bop is a classic!
It sounds like you and your husband are a fun pair! I look forward to reading more of your Poppin' Adventure!

 

[VanniGirl]

What a great report so far - looking forward to the rest!

 

[JamesMom]

Can't wait to hear the rest! subscribing.

 

[PrincessV]

WIERD ALERT:

We popped into Mcdonald's OFTEN and whenever we popped into one in a small town of sorts i felt like we walked into CHEERS (you know where everybody knows your name)??? Because when we would walk in EVERYONE would stop and stare!!! i thought we had puke from Gabriel on our shirts or SOMETHING!! i kept looking us all over!! and nothing!! then the next person would walk in and they would all be like heyyy Jimmy how's the cattle doin' or soemthing equally odd!!! we felt like ALIENS!!! this could just be us of course! it happened about 3 times the entire round trip!!

Been there! My strangest experience was a McDonald's in Punxatawny, PA, where we tried to pay with a travelers' check. They called out two cashiers, the assistant manager and manager to figure out how to ring it up. And while they discussed, we answered many questions about where we were from, wehere we were going, what's life like in FL, etc. They were super nice, but the whole thing was BIZARRE!

So, the Dis gift cards really work at the F&W booths? I'm heading that way soon - good info., thanks!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Alright, so the first stop is happening in IN DARN Hwy was under construction and down to ONE LANE! no wonder i was ready to stop!!!

Bathrooms were a bit scary, but i think i looked like the wierdo going in there with my can of lysol and Clorox wipes!!

I wiped down the changing table (WHO ON EARTH is AMAZONIAN height in the world!?? THose darn changing tables are like EYEBALL level for me!!! i'm only 4'10!!) then i sprayed the whole bathroom, all while being watched by the Mcdonald's Police or something THEN i pulled out my disposable changing pads and lined the table and THEN i put my DS down and changed him up right quick and THEN ziplocked the diaper and tossed it (wiped down and sprayed after ourselves too!!). I come out of the bathroom and DH is just rolling his eyes at me and asking what took so long since he changed DD in like 2 seconds?!?!?!!? i know his Diaper kit went untouched and he just slapped her on the table and went to town!!! MEN!!!!

THEN i just about BURST OUT LAUGHING! (all the locals turn to look at the loud aliens) b/c DH is asking me all this while him and DD are wearing those sunglasses that come in the little Mermaid happy meals!!!!!! they looked sooo crazy and DH looked a bit uncomfortable but if DD wants him to wear them, he will


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Alright back on the road again and i just wanted to let you all know that the Mascara MIKE made appearances the ENTIRE TRIP!!! i even pulled it out on IASW!! sooo were you on that ride with us??? DH and i sang quietly, but we did sing into the MIKE!!

(i know it's Mic for Microphone, but i think it's funny to call the Mic Mike!! just me being wierd again!!)
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The Entire Drive TO FL and back from FL i heard SEXY BACK 19 times! just thought i would let you all know that!!!

Just in case it's anyones fave song, you will hear it ALOT on the trip! it actually becaome one of my faves!!

Nothing too eventful happened on the ride there, so i will FF to when i drove in TN...

OUT OF NOWHERE my car is going down these STEEP HILLS and i'm like FREAKIN out!!!
so i turn down ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOL YARD
and attempt to slow it down and then i see a sign that says:
BEWARE OF FALLING BOULDERS?!?!?!?!

WHAT!??!?! did i enter a movie site?!? DH is sleeping and i am FREAKING OUT!!! ohhh did i mention that my Honda is a 5 speed?? so i'm downshifting like crazy and these trucks are like right on my tail and this sign is totally freakin' me out!!!!! THEN i see a new sign, it says:

RUNAWAYS TRUCK LANE

i KID YOU NOT!!! i was sooooo not expecting that!?!?! so now i'm just soaked in sweat and wondering what i got myself into!!! THEN SEXY BACK comes on and i take it as a sign from God that i should sing myself through this insanity???? (i told you i'm a WIERD ALIEN of some sort!!!).

So i turn it up and i handle the curves and drops and now i feel like i'm on RnRC!! this is just a thrill ride in itself!!!

after too many of them, i decide i can't handle this anymore and i tell DH he needs to wake up and take over!!!

So he says pull over at the next stop (it's like 45 miles away!>!>!) at that time it was all good and i could handle it from therE!

So we pull over finally and i tell him all about it and what does my oh so sweet wonderful charming GREAT husband say to comfort his sweaty, scared, wierd alien wife???

DH:


"OHHHH MAN!!! i wanted to drive through the cool parts!!!!!"


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Next up The never ending ride in Georgia! but it Comes with many rounds of the NAME GAME!!!

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Can you guys tell that DH and I will be the types of parents that embaress our kids when they are older???

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

We used the Disney Gift Card at the booth in China!!! that's the only one we tried and it took them a couple tries, so make sure you keep an eye at the bottom of all your receipts to make sure that they are only taking off what you paid for and no more

They were also having problems with the system that day though, so it could have been that!!

pot stickers....yuuuummmmmmyyyy........

 

[DonaldDuckFan]

I just started reading your report and I know I'm gonna LOVE it!! i just wanted to say that we were at Ohana's on Sept 30th the same time as you... Our ADR was for 5:45, so we were probably there for little while you were there... I don't remember seeing you though, we were kind of stuck back in the corner.

Amy

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

We were in the back at OHANA, on the backside of the fire grill thing. My kids were tired and i had to take my son out twice

Food was GREAT, but we didn't make it to dessert!

 

[my3princes]

Michelle, I'm really enjoying your report. Can't wait to read more.

Deb

 

[mom2jcc]

Disposable changing pads..noted!! These were not invented when my seven year old was a baby. So, they are now added to my packing list and those disposable bib things.

My Dh could never sleep while I was driving. He trusts me on a daily basis driving our 3 kids around, but get him in the car with me and suddenly I'm not qualified for the job. I've been driving 16 years and not one wreck thank you very much!!

Your trip report has become addicting!!