We've Bounced Back like Tigger SB09 TR NEW 9/11 CLOSING TIME....

Love the new wallet and the bags that accompany it!

I think we've all done the "let's just eat in America" thing!

It's so funny that Margaret threw her hat at Mulan. Maybe she's starting a new trend! :rotfl:

thanks...I am quite happy w/ my new China Wallet :thumbsup2

the food there was actually really good too!

Yes I thought it was funny too how Margaret would interact w/ the characters, you can see her tugging at her shirt and stomach in the background too like she did w/ Mickey too...it was cute :cutie:

J-
 
thanks for putting a name w/ the Diz face....;)

we've visited now twice during the F & G F time and it is really nice, I love all of that extra magical touches...makes me wish I had some Disney gardeners living in my backyard....:laughing:

Michael doesn't actually play chess...he has on occasion w/ his Dad, but he really is intrigued by the game and how it works. He loves figures and games w/ pieces..it's part of his way to play w/ having Aspergers...very analytical. I have pictures of him at age 6 playing w/ my Aunt's Harry Potter chess set, he sat there for well over an hour moving the pieces and if he's bored I often suggest he play "Disney Chess" he'll get out several Disney figures...his collection is HUGE and an empty chess/checker board and go to it.

J-

From the (very) little I know about Aspergers (I've done a little research, but I don't know very much) chess seemed like something he might be into, although I know that each person that has Aspergers can be very different. It is a very analytical game. I'll bet he would enjoy it. :)

And as far as a Harry Potter chess set goes I'd play with that hours!

How is Aldine doing with her new medication?
 
fun updates! love the wallets--they sure look well-loved:goodvibes

thanks...yes you can tell which ones I use on a regular basis w/ all the frays...

the green one is my "travel wallet" fits a few bucks, my DL, debit card and insurance card quite easily!
 
I don't blame you for getting a bit annoyed with the spliting up. I would too. Mainly because I hard to waste time. As my kids get older I think the rule will be to either stick right together or split up for a pre-determined time and meet up spot. (oh I can't wait to go solo and have none of that!)


s vcc cgft <-------- that was Liam saying hello

yes if we are splitting up to do something and are meeting up else where I don't mind so much...but the splitting up in route was what was itching me....

thanks for understanding :rolleyes:

and tell Liam thanks for saying hi :wave2:

J-
 

Okay...better late than never!! So here is goes.

Scrappie’s Get to Know Your Inner Disney QUIZ>>>>

1) Your Disboard name and why you chose it?
nu2wdisneyw...well I wanted to come up with something catchy. And since I was planning our first trip and it was all new to me I thought it would be perfect.

2) Trips to any Disney Park: year, park and resort off or on
2004 - we stayed offsite and only visited The Magic Kingdom 1 day...before leaving Orlando. :confused3

3) Your first Disney Memory
Seeing the caatle in all it's beauty and saying "there is know way you can truely experience this in one day!!"

4) Your favorite Big Attraction
To be determined....

5) Your favorite “secret”
I'm planning to take the boys to Disney and they don't know....:ssst:

6) Why did you start Dising? Do you remember what your first post was?
We were planning to take the boys in 2008 during free dining, I was doing a search on information and 2008 Free Dining Thread came up. My first post was announcing my 2008 trip.

7) Have you ever worked for the Disney Company, when and where?

No
8) Have you ever won a Disney trip or experienced a “dream” during the Year of a Million Dreams?
No

9) What is your Disney planning style?
Well I am trying to figure that all out...it is so hard to plan for something you've never done before. This is why I spend so much time on the Dis.

10) If you were in a Disney movie who would you be?
Tinkerbell of course...she is my favorite.

11) Name something you do every trip
TBD...

12) Name something you have never done
Spent a week in Disney...that all will change in 24 days!! :banana:

13) Name something you wish would happen to you or a family member at Disney
Maybe open MK...however I can't be too greedy. We did get a free upgrade to SSR.

14) If you could decide what the next park at WDW would be, what would you call it?
Not sure yet...but a SeaWorld Type park would be perfect...that way people really wouldn't have to leave the property.

15) Would you ever consider moving to Orlando to work at WDW and what job would you want?
I would love to live in Orlando...I would want to work for their corporate office in Human Resources.

16) What is your favorite Disney song?
When you wish upon a star, and Can you feel the love tonight.

17) If you designed the perfect Disney vacation, what would it include?
Well it would be a 2 1/2 week vacation, which includes a Disney Cruise for 4 nights...and the rest of the time staying at Poly/Contemporary/BLT...just soaking up all of the Disney Magic.

18) When do you normally Dis?
During all of my free time and during my downtime at work.

19) When you are not Dising, what do you do?
You mean to tell me I can't Dis all day!! :confused3 :lmao:


20) If you had only 1 hour to spend at WDW what would you do?
Spend my time at MK...I would have to get a Dole Whip and a treat from Goofy's.


21) What is your favorite Disney souvenir?
TBD...

21) Does every room in your house have at least 1 Disney item in it, or name which rooms and stuff.

Nope...not even close.


22) Have you ever been Backstage at any Walt Disney Park?
No

23) If you had to sum why you LOVE Disney so much, what 3-5 words would you use?
It's just pure Magic!!
 
You must have posted as I was posting other hello's at the same time....

thanks for playing Stephanie...I love your Dis name :thumbsup2 but :banana: it won't all be new for long...you'll have to update your answers when you get back....:goodvibes

J-
 
You must have posted as I was posting other hello's at the same time....

thanks for playing Stephanie...I love your Dis name :thumbsup2 but :banana: it won't all be new for long...you'll have to update your answers when you get back....:goodvibes

J-

OMG...I know I can't wait...I can't believe we only have 24 days to go...the time is going so fast!
 
As usual -great photos...

We have to try the bakery in Norway-those treats look so good and we always miss it...and I didn't even know about the Lady and Tramp garden in Italy...:confused3

I'm totally with you on Mulan...she is an awesome princess-who can do some great martial arts and look good in a dress too...She has "substance"...I always tear up when she comes home to present her father with the sword and the emperor's crest and he tells her the greatest honor is having her as a daughter....:hug:

I LOVE all those Chinese wallets-I've been looking for a new wallet and since they are so well priced...I can pick up several so if one gets wet-I'll have another...till the first one dries off...

You know those surround movies-like in China and Canada are tough for me too-and I don't have any sensory issues-at least none that have been diagnosed...;)
 
From the (very) little I know about Aspergers (I've done a little research, but I don't know very much) chess seemed like something he might be into, although I know that each person that has Aspergers can be very different. It is a very analytical game. I'll bet he would enjoy it. :)

And as far as a Harry Potter chess set goes I'd play with that hours!

How is Aldine doing with her new medication?


Heather...

sorry I almost missed your reply...I seriously need to post a message on the techie help boards...my mulit-quote button is still not working and it's really irking me....

After some trouble w/ the insurance putting it through :headache:

she actually started today. I wasn't able to get it filled till just this past Monday and she was having her summer stay-cation at my parents (Sun -Tues)) so we figured it would be best to have her start when she got home...

so can't really say totally yet how it's going but thanks for asking...figure should be able to see some major differences in a day, that's how ADHD meds are suppose to work....

thank you for asking! :goodvibes

J-
 
As usual -great photos...

thanks

We have to try the bakery in Norway-those treats look so good and we always miss it...and I didn't even know about the Lady and Tramp garden in Italy...:confused3

I have always wanted to get something from there too, so this trip was the first time...delish :thumbsup2 now I want to try the France Bakery Boulangerie Patisserie...not that I can say that...so it will be "hey kids let's go to the Bolonga Bakery!" :rotfl:

oh and the Lady and Tramp garden was just there for the F & G Festival....


I'm totally with you on Mulan...she is an awesome princess-who can do some great martial arts and look good in a dress too...She has "substance"...I always tear up when she comes home to present her father with the sword and the emperor's crest and he tells her the greatest honor is having her as a daughter....:hug:

OK you had me practically tearing up there....:sad1:

I LOVE all those Chinese wallets-I've been looking for a new wallet and since they are so well priced...I can pick up several so if one gets wet-I'll have another...till the first one dries off...

sounds like a good plan to ward off leaky water bottles....;)

You know those surround movies-like in China and Canada are tough for me too-and I don't have any sensory issues-at least none that have been diagnosed...;)

yeah that's me too....:laughing:

J-
 
Just catching up, but wanted to play :) hope I'm not too late?!

Scrappie’s Get to Know Your Inner Disney QUIZ>>>>

1) Your Disboard name and why you chose it?

DisneyMomLiz - My name is Liz, I'm a Mom and I love Disney?! Not too creative, I know?! KathyRN137 suggested I change it to DizMomLiz, too cute, I like it (but what would that entail - changing that is?) What do you all think?

2) Trips to any Disney Park: year, park and resort off or on


1) Growing up at least 1X a year (spoiled we live in FL) - off property all but 1 time - CBR
2) w/DH (2003, 2004, 2005) - All Stars
3) w/DH + DS + DMom + DDad (2006, 2007) - All Stars
4) w/DH + DS - ASMu (Sept '08), POR (Feb '09), ASMo (May '09), SSR (Sept '09) - we had FL Res APs this year)


3) Your first Disney Memory

"Getting lost" at MK, I wanted to wait to take a pic with Pooh, family didn't? and they didn't realize I had stayed to wait (I think I was 4 or 5). Pooh was my hero, saw me alone and with a CM took me over to City Hall to wait for my parents who found me a few minutes later.

4) Your favorite Big Attraction

Tough ?? - Pooh (makes me smile every time)

5) Your favorite “secret”

Beverly - found out about it here on Dis and looking forward to introducing my DH to it and myself too (but not a secret for me, just a first) :rolleyes1

6) Why did you start Dising? Do you remember what your first post was?

love to think about, plan, relive my Disney obsession and I found it after researching menus on all ears and looking for info on POR (a new resort for us this year). my first post was about trying to figure out if FD was a better deal than an AP discount

7) Have you ever worked for the Disney Company, when and where?

No, but I did "try-out" for the College Program, didn't make it...oh well!

8) Have you ever won a Disney trip or experienced a “dream” during the Year of a Million Dreams?

Nope

9) What is your Disney planning style?

I love to plan, research the hours and bring lots of things with us to WDW...then I go and forget to bring/use everything once we get there?! go figure...planning to not forget things this time

10) If you were in a Disney movie who would you be?

Pooh, of course!

11) Name something you do every trip

Take a picture of DS in a sombrero in Mexico.

12) Name something you have never done

Spent more than 5 nights at Disney, Beverly, and I'm sure lots of other things

13) Name something you wish would happen to you or a family member at Disney

We just got our upgrade to SSR, so that will do me for now :goodvibes

14) If you could decide what the next park at WDW would be, what would you call it?

Disney's Music World

15) Would you ever consider moving to Orlando to work at WDW and what job would you want?

Yes, singer for the Voices of Liberty

16) What is your favorite Disney song?

Part of your World

17) If you designed the perfect Disney vacation, what would it include?

At least 2 weeks, staying at the Poly or Contemporary, MK View and Concierge (why not it's a dream anyway) :cloud9:

18) When do you normally Dis?

:rolleyes1 during down time at work...shhhh :rolleyes:

19) When you are not Dising, what do you do?

Ummm...work, do I have to?! spend time with family and do all that "fun" :laughing: housework


20) If you had only 1 hour to spend at WDW what would you do?

go to MK and just ride as much as possible


21) What is your favorite Disney souvenir?

my DS first mickey ears

21) Does every room in your house have at least 1 Disney item in it, or name which rooms and stuff.

Nothing in the bathrooms? Living Room - Disney planning book/movies galore, Kitchen - Magnets, Dining Room - various table decorations by season, Bedrooms - DS (ears, plush, toys) DH/Mine (plush, jewelry)

22) Have you ever been Backstage at any Walt Disney Park?

Yep, I was a chaperone for my old HS, worked there too, for Candlelight choir members. We met up with the other choirs and kids rehearsed back there, etc. Nothing too exciting didn't really see anything except the back of Italy (I think it was)

23) If you had to sum why you LOVE Disney so much, what 3-5 words would you use?

My favorite family experience!
 
Just catching up, but wanted to play :) hope I'm not too late?!

nope!!!



1) Your Disboard name and why you chose it?

DisneyMomLiz - My name is Liz, I'm a Mom and I love Disney?! Not too creative, I know?! KathyRN137 suggested I change it to DizMomLiz, too cute, I like it (but what would that entail - changing that is?) What do you all think?

I looked into changing my name too after I already had it a bit...make the S in Scrappie capital...you can do it, but you lose whatever Disboard status you have and the current number of posts...you basically go back to 0 and earning your ears...I was already a vet and didn't want too.

but I agree w/ Kathy it would be cute to change that one letter...up to you I guess. You can ask more or look into to it on the techie boards.

J-
 
I looked into changing my name too after I already had it a bit...make the S in Scrappie capital...you can do it, but you lose whatever Disboard status you have and the current number of posts...you basically go back to 0 and earning your ears...I was already a vet and didn't want too.

but I agree w/ Kathy it would be cute to change that one letter...up to you I guess. You can ask more or look into to it on the techie boards.

J-

That's good to know. I was wanting to change my name too, but I JUST made Dis Veteran a couple weeks ago and I don't know if I want to start over.

Might do it though. I'll check out the techie boards.

Thanks for asking Liz. I wanted to know the answer too. ;)
 
I'm all caught up!! LOVE the PP pics you got at the beginning of your day!! Sooo cute!! We totally missed the Tinkerbell Garden during our trip--it looks so pretty!! And I just LOVE the WS--it's my favorite part of Epcot! YAY for meeting Mulan!! She is sooo friendly and really spends a lot of time with the kiddos!!
 
I am constantly reminded of how much there is to see in the World Showcase and even after 3 trips, I have only begun to scratch the surface.

I didn't know about those gnomes - cute!

I haven't seen very many pictures of Mulan. I'd love to get to meet her. :goodvibes
 
Great WS update Scrappie!

I didn't know about those gnomes in Norway...I'll have to look for them next time! We did enjoy bakery treats at Kringla though. YUMMMY!

Mulan is one of my favorites too...we have been lucky enough to meet her in China on both of our trips! My boys LOVE that giant gift shop in China. I think we visited there at least twice....and Dan would have eaten a noodle bowl from the CS place every day if I let him!
 
I'm all caught up!! LOVE the PP pics you got at the beginning of your day!! Sooo cute!! We totally missed the Tinkerbell Garden during our trip--it looks so pretty!! And I just LOVE the WS--it's my favorite part of Epcot! YAY for meeting Mulan!! She is sooo friendly and really spends a lot of time with the kiddos!!

thanks...

you made up for missing the Tink garden by seeing the real fairies :thumbsup2

Mulan was really special, I hope we see her again in '10

J-
 
I am constantly reminded of how much there is to see in the World Showcase and even after 3 trips, I have only begun to scratch the surface.

I didn't know about those gnomes - cute!

I agree...there is so much in WS...but that is one of the fun parts...always something "new" to surprise you!

the gnomes were fun, Michael and Mae really enjoyed that!

J-
 
Great WS update Scrappie!

I didn't know about those gnomes in Norway...I'll have to look for them next time! We did enjoy bakery treats at Kringla though. YUMMMY!

Mulan is one of my favorites too...we have been lucky enough to meet her in China on both of our trips! My boys LOVE that giant gift shop in China. I think we visited there at least twice....and Dan would have eaten a noodle bowl from the CS place every day if I let him!

not sure if the gnomes are there all the time or just for the F & G F :confused3

yes Kringla was YUM!

The gift shop is so cool...so many neat things to look at! during the 05 trip, my MIL bought Mae then 2 1/2 this:

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my own China doll....

She wore it several times to church after we were home. Margaret has yet to wear it, but hopefully this fall...it probably will be too small for next years trip, but it would be the cutest picture to have her in that in China and hey maybe w/ Mulan :cutie:

J-
 












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