wheatenwalker
<font color=blue>Drives me crazy if the ketchup is
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2000
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Cast:
Me aka Wheatenwalker- Mom to:
Dan DS#1 16 (going on 2 on this day 1)
Nick DS#2 14
Prelude: Every year I say this is out last trip to WDW and every summer finds me planning another trip, its become a running joke with my kids, the last trip thing. This time on the day we left Nick asked me if this was our 4th or 5th last trip. Its the 5th.
The vacation becomes real to me the day I drop the dog at the kennel, I hate that part. Anyway, dropped the dog off about 8pm on Weds night, went home to an empty house since both boys were out and about. I cautioned them about an early to bed night since our flight leaves very early (7am). They both reply "dont worry. we'll be fine". Dan gets home at 11:30, Nick about 11. Suitcases are packed except for a few last minute items, like toothbrushes etc.
Everyone heads to bed by midnight, early by my nocturnal kids standards.
Departure day:
I am up at 5am after a pretty good nights sleep, surprisingly, I slept well. I wake up the sleeping beauties by singing the theme song of the Mickey Mouse Club, Small World and the theme from Tapestry of Nations. They get up, probably to stop my singing and we are ready to leave the house a little before 6am. We get to the gate at the airport with minutes to spare before we have to board, they are sitting together and I am a row in back of them. The flight is smooth, Dan sleeps, Nick and I read. we get to Pittsburg on time. On the walk to the gate for the next leg of the trip, we stop so I can get another coffee, and they can eat. That accomplished , its on the plane for part 2 of the flight. We are all sitting together, and we sit on the runway for about 45 minutes, Hot, boring. Dan sleeps as soon as we sit down and Nick and I chat. Dan sleeps thru takeoff, flight and landing and Nick sleeps for part of the flight. Even with the delay on the runway we land on time. Down the escalator to baggage pick up and we are greeted by Darcy from TTC,get the bags and we are on our way. Its hot and sunny and that first walk out the door of the airport in to the Florida heat is familar and wonderful. Darcy is great, chatty in a nice way, give s us some info about Dsiney, bookings, crowds etc. Just a nice guy. Get to the YC by about 12:45, a room is ready, but it doesnt have a daybed, so we tell them we will wait until a room with a day bed is ready. I personaaly dont believe that there wasnt one ready then- judging from the newspapers out in the am in front of the doors, there are MANY empty rooms in this hotel. I ask if we can leave the backback with the rest of our luggage, the front desk directs us to Bell services who tells us 'just take it outside to the storage room' (grouchy CM #1 of the trip). We go out side only to be ignored for a minute or two while the other bell men chat about something, I finally interrupt the conversation and get someone to take and tag the back pack.
Off to EPCOT, we agree to walk directly to Spaceship Earth, not stopping in any shops along the way so we can do our traditional first ride first. We do this and its as magical as ever. We then go on Imagination, Universe of Energy, get a snack, go to Cool Station (Beverly is even worse than we remember it) Body Wars. No waits. Its getting close to 5 and we have PS's at Boma at 6 so we head back to YC, not stopping in any shops again with the plan to do that after dinner. Our room is ready, room 2111, looks out on a grassy area, cant see the parking lot, have a tree with some pretty pinkish flowers right outside the balcony and pretty shrubs with darker pink flowers underneath. The roomis ncie, clean, no signs of wear. The day bed is proclaimed comfy by Nick. I call for a coffee maker and turndown service, we clean up, I change and off to Boma via MK. Timing is perfect, we catch both bussses within seconds of arriving at the bus stops.
AKL: We are knocked out by this hotel. Its is gorgeous, we say we would stay here (if it werent our last trip
) It is really beautiful and the CMs here are very friendly even to us just wandering around. We find Boma, wait a few minutes and our table is ready. The food here was wonderful. I eat alot, Nick eats alot and Dan eats a ton. The fish is delicous as are the salads and the desserts are fabulous. We would eat here again (if it werent our last trip). We finish eating and wander around, looking at the lobby and the viewing areas. We see alot of animals, check out the pool. It is a fabulous looking place. Off to EPCOT.
EPCOT: We get to EPCOT, walk thru to WS. Dan wants to walk one way so he can go to a couple countries on the way to Japan (there favorite country) I want to got directly to Japan, its 8:30 now, I changed from comfy shoes to dressier loafers for dinner and it was a BIG mistake. My feet hurt, particularly my heel spur. Dan starts getting mad and stomps off in the direction that he wants to go. I call to him, he ignores me and keep walking. Nick and I start following him, loose him in the crowd. We walk to Japan, I am fuming, I am thinking he is acting like a 2 yr old and it is making this unpleasant. There are tons of great viewing spots for Illuminations but I am not in the mood and want to find Dan, He isnt at Japan. We look around for a few minnutes and walk back to the hotel. Nick is worried about Dan, I am angry. We get ready for bed, Dan gets back and is mad that we lost him!!! I am so mad at him I can barely speak- he wants to go to the pool, I tell him NO and we go to bed. I cant sleep because my foot is truly hurting. I am thinking I must have a fracture or something it hurts so much. I finally get up at around midnight, take a Motrin and a Benadryl. I wonder if I should send Dan home if he is going to act like a 2 year old for the entire trip. He had a lot more freedom this summer and I am thinking its going to be be hard for us all to get into sync again. I am thinking that he really meant it when he said he didnt want to come with us this year. I am thinking this was a mistake to come. I am obviously over tired and miserable. I finally fall asleep.
Day 2 is better.
Me aka Wheatenwalker- Mom to:
Dan DS#1 16 (going on 2 on this day 1)
Nick DS#2 14
Prelude: Every year I say this is out last trip to WDW and every summer finds me planning another trip, its become a running joke with my kids, the last trip thing. This time on the day we left Nick asked me if this was our 4th or 5th last trip. Its the 5th.
The vacation becomes real to me the day I drop the dog at the kennel, I hate that part. Anyway, dropped the dog off about 8pm on Weds night, went home to an empty house since both boys were out and about. I cautioned them about an early to bed night since our flight leaves very early (7am). They both reply "dont worry. we'll be fine". Dan gets home at 11:30, Nick about 11. Suitcases are packed except for a few last minute items, like toothbrushes etc.
Everyone heads to bed by midnight, early by my nocturnal kids standards.
Departure day:
I am up at 5am after a pretty good nights sleep, surprisingly, I slept well. I wake up the sleeping beauties by singing the theme song of the Mickey Mouse Club, Small World and the theme from Tapestry of Nations. They get up, probably to stop my singing and we are ready to leave the house a little before 6am. We get to the gate at the airport with minutes to spare before we have to board, they are sitting together and I am a row in back of them. The flight is smooth, Dan sleeps, Nick and I read. we get to Pittsburg on time. On the walk to the gate for the next leg of the trip, we stop so I can get another coffee, and they can eat. That accomplished , its on the plane for part 2 of the flight. We are all sitting together, and we sit on the runway for about 45 minutes, Hot, boring. Dan sleeps as soon as we sit down and Nick and I chat. Dan sleeps thru takeoff, flight and landing and Nick sleeps for part of the flight. Even with the delay on the runway we land on time. Down the escalator to baggage pick up and we are greeted by Darcy from TTC,get the bags and we are on our way. Its hot and sunny and that first walk out the door of the airport in to the Florida heat is familar and wonderful. Darcy is great, chatty in a nice way, give s us some info about Dsiney, bookings, crowds etc. Just a nice guy. Get to the YC by about 12:45, a room is ready, but it doesnt have a daybed, so we tell them we will wait until a room with a day bed is ready. I personaaly dont believe that there wasnt one ready then- judging from the newspapers out in the am in front of the doors, there are MANY empty rooms in this hotel. I ask if we can leave the backback with the rest of our luggage, the front desk directs us to Bell services who tells us 'just take it outside to the storage room' (grouchy CM #1 of the trip). We go out side only to be ignored for a minute or two while the other bell men chat about something, I finally interrupt the conversation and get someone to take and tag the back pack.
Off to EPCOT, we agree to walk directly to Spaceship Earth, not stopping in any shops along the way so we can do our traditional first ride first. We do this and its as magical as ever. We then go on Imagination, Universe of Energy, get a snack, go to Cool Station (Beverly is even worse than we remember it) Body Wars. No waits. Its getting close to 5 and we have PS's at Boma at 6 so we head back to YC, not stopping in any shops again with the plan to do that after dinner. Our room is ready, room 2111, looks out on a grassy area, cant see the parking lot, have a tree with some pretty pinkish flowers right outside the balcony and pretty shrubs with darker pink flowers underneath. The roomis ncie, clean, no signs of wear. The day bed is proclaimed comfy by Nick. I call for a coffee maker and turndown service, we clean up, I change and off to Boma via MK. Timing is perfect, we catch both bussses within seconds of arriving at the bus stops.
AKL: We are knocked out by this hotel. Its is gorgeous, we say we would stay here (if it werent our last trip
) It is really beautiful and the CMs here are very friendly even to us just wandering around. We find Boma, wait a few minutes and our table is ready. The food here was wonderful. I eat alot, Nick eats alot and Dan eats a ton. The fish is delicous as are the salads and the desserts are fabulous. We would eat here again (if it werent our last trip). We finish eating and wander around, looking at the lobby and the viewing areas. We see alot of animals, check out the pool. It is a fabulous looking place. Off to EPCOT.EPCOT: We get to EPCOT, walk thru to WS. Dan wants to walk one way so he can go to a couple countries on the way to Japan (there favorite country) I want to got directly to Japan, its 8:30 now, I changed from comfy shoes to dressier loafers for dinner and it was a BIG mistake. My feet hurt, particularly my heel spur. Dan starts getting mad and stomps off in the direction that he wants to go. I call to him, he ignores me and keep walking. Nick and I start following him, loose him in the crowd. We walk to Japan, I am fuming, I am thinking he is acting like a 2 yr old and it is making this unpleasant. There are tons of great viewing spots for Illuminations but I am not in the mood and want to find Dan, He isnt at Japan. We look around for a few minnutes and walk back to the hotel. Nick is worried about Dan, I am angry. We get ready for bed, Dan gets back and is mad that we lost him!!! I am so mad at him I can barely speak- he wants to go to the pool, I tell him NO and we go to bed. I cant sleep because my foot is truly hurting. I am thinking I must have a fracture or something it hurts so much. I finally get up at around midnight, take a Motrin and a Benadryl. I wonder if I should send Dan home if he is going to act like a 2 year old for the entire trip. He had a lot more freedom this summer and I am thinking its going to be be hard for us all to get into sync again. I am thinking that he really meant it when he said he didnt want to come with us this year. I am thinking this was a mistake to come. I am obviously over tired and miserable. I finally fall asleep.
Day 2 is better.
inkbounc I can't wait!!!
