Where everybody knows Bill’s Name *New 4/6 A picture with a DISer & pimping my PTR**

[Hedy]

Reedy Creek fire dept?

 

[mrsksomeday]

Great update Tracy! I love that you and Bill are like little celebrities at Disney - everyone remembers you! Too cute! Glad the rain wasn't too bad, but it always sucks when you have to buy something you KNOW you already have! Drives us planners nuts, doesn't it?

Sara

Hi Sara!! It was odd on this trip it seemed every day someone seemed to know us. I can't even believe I didn't bring the ponchos in the carry on .

Those are great pics at LTT with Bill and the characters! I also love your Wishes shots...so breathtaking!

Hi, I love pictures of Bill with the characters, he just let's go and has fun. I was determined to get at least a couple of decent Wishes shots.

Eek! Pluto's whiskers scared me in that picture too!

Great pictures of the castle.

I didn't notice Pluto's whiskers like that until I was looking at the pictures .

Great update - I'm glad the poncho situation worked out. I'd hate for a little rain to ruin your day!

Those whiskers look dangerous!!!!!!!

Bill refuses to let rain ruin our Disney time, I have learned to not even say "should we go back to the room", I get the evil eye if I say that when it is raining .

Reedy Creek fire dept?

Yep, RCFD. I wasn't the one that called them a CM did .

 

[ChelleinNC]

Tracy, how did I not know you had a new trip report?!?!?

Time to start reading

Ok, all caught up on this one, can't believe I missed other trip reports You two have been very busy

 

[KathyRN137]

I could stare at the Ice Castle all night long, it’s stunning...

Oh, Tracy!! What gorgeous shots....they're like postcards, really!! (And I'd be standing right there with you, gawking!) Soooo Pretty!!!

I'm also very sad to see the characters leave LTT; we always had such fun with them there! At least you and Bill got to play with them one last time!

I sure hope they let Minnie keep that lovely gown...


Kathy

 

[VanniGirl]

great update - your photos are fantastic!

 

[ktcov]

Love reading your trip report! Ok, mostly cause you left out of Nashville

I cant wait to read why the Fire Dept was called...

 

[KathyRN137]

Wed. Nov. 12th, 2008 cont.

Next installment…calling Reedy Creek Fire Department

Egads! I missed this completely!

Kathy

 

[mrsksomeday]

Eek! Pluto's whiskers scared me in that picture too!

Great pictures of the castle.

Freaky wasn't it?

Tracy, how did I not know you had a new trip report?!?!?

Time to start reading

Ok, all caught up on this one, can't believe I missed other trip reports You two have been very busy

Hi, Bill is always wanting to go somewhere and who am I to say no??

Oh, Tracy!! What gorgeous shots....they're like postcards, really!! (And I'd be standing right there with you, gawking!) Soooo Pretty!!!

I'm also very sad to see the characters leave LTT; we always had such fun with them there! At least you and Bill got to play with them one last time!

I sure hope they let Minnie keep that lovely gown...


Kathy

That was one of my goals to get some good pictures of Wishes with the Castle lit up like that. I am pleased with them.

I am still upset about LTT, we will NOT go there without the characters. I hope she got to keep it too .

great update - your photos are fantastic!

Thank you, and thank you for reading.

Love reading your trip report! Ok, mostly cause you left out of Nashville

I cant wait to read why the Fire Dept was called...

Welcome!! We haven't been around a lot of Nashville, but what we have seen we love. The airport is really easy for us. We might be going back to Nashville for part of CMA Fest in June, not sure yet.

I will probably post about it tomorrow.

Egads! I missed this completely!

Kathy

You will know soon.

 

[Nora03]

Hi Tracy - just stopping by to tell you how much I'm enjoying your trip report. I've read them all and love your writing style.

You look great - and so happy - both of you.

I wanted to ask you about your cute Mickey watch in post 29. Where did you get it? I bought one with a leather strap last May in Mousegears, but I find the strap uncomfortable. I much prefer a metal bracelet. I have large wrists and nothing seems to fit well (always too tight), so I'd love to get one like yours on our next trip in March.

Thanks and keep writing. We'll all keep reading along. Yeah, I know the waiting is hard for the next trip, but reading all these great trip reports helps to pass the time and find new and exciting things to look for.

Nora

 

[mrsksomeday]

Hi Tracy - just stopping by to tell you how much I'm enjoying your trip report. I've read them all and love your writing style.

You look great - and so happy - both of you.

I wanted to ask you about your cute Mickey watch in post 29. Where did you get it? I bought one with a leather strap last May in Mousegears, but I find the strap uncomfortable. I much prefer a metal bracelet. I have large wrists and nothing seems to fit well (always too tight), so I'd love to get one like yours on our next trip in March.

Thanks and keep writing. We'll all keep reading along. Yeah, I know the waiting is hard for the next trip, but reading all these great trip reports helps to pass the time and find new and exciting things to look for.

Nora

Hello Nora!! Thank you so much for reading our reports, I love to hear that people are actually reading them.

I talked to Bill and we think I got the watch at Uptown Jewelers in Magic Kingdom. I saw an all gold tone one at Everything Pop and it was too many Mickey Heads, then when we went to MK I fell in love with that watch. People that are like us would see the Mickey heads immediately, but if people aren't paying attention they think it is just a pretty watch . I wear it all the time and get many compliments on it.

Again thanks for reading!

 

[Jess4Disney]

Hi Tracy! I read your other TR where you and Bill took Amy. I feel like I know you already. You and Bill seem like such wonderful people and I'm sorry that your last trip didn't go as magically as you had hoped for. You put so much effort into that trip, and it broke my heart when you talked about how some of Amy's behaviors upset Bill. I'd be happy to toss back a Lapu Lapu with you next time! Hmph!

And I think your pictures are fabulous. You look great, girl! Omigosh.. those whiskers. Such dangerous things on such a cuddly critter. Kinda like my little boy dog's nails. Yeeeowtch!

Well I'm glad to be along for the ride this time, while the TR is still in progress! I hope the being called was nothing bad... I'm chewing at my fingernails here!

 

[mrsksomeday]

Hi Tracy! I read your other TR where you and Bill took Amy. I feel like I know you already. You and Bill seem like such wonderful people and I'm sorry that your last trip didn't go as magically as you had hoped for. You put so much effort into that trip, and it broke my heart when you talked about how some of Amy's behaviors upset Bill. I'd be happy to toss back a Lapu Lapu with you next time! Hmph!

And I think your pictures are fabulous. You look great, girl! Omigosh.. those whiskers. Such dangerous things on such a cuddly critter. Kinda like my little boy dog's nails. Yeeeowtch!

Well I'm glad to be along for the ride this time, while the TR is still in progress! I hope the being called was nothing bad... I'm chewing at my fingernails here!

Hi Jess!! Thank you for joining us!! Parts of that trip broke my heart too, but didn't stop us from deciding to spread the magic again in December, I will definately be doing a PTR on that one after this report is done.

Don't make yourself have to get a manicure , I will be posting the next installment some time this afternoon/evening.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Hi I read along on your last report. Sorry things went so sour. I hope she explains herself one day.

Hi Tracy - just stopping by to tell you how much I'm enjoying your trip report. I've read them all and love your writing style.

You look great - and so happy - both of you.

I wanted to ask you about your cute Mickey watch in post 29. Where did you get it? I bought one with a leather strap last May in Mousegears, but I find the strap uncomfortable. I much prefer a metal bracelet. I have large wrists and nothing seems to fit well (always too tight), so I'd love to get one like yours on our next trip in March.

Thanks and keep writing. We'll all keep reading along. Yeah, I know the waiting is hard for the next trip, but reading all these great trip reports helps to pass the time and find new and exciting things to look for.

Nora

Hello Nora!! Thank you so much for reading our reports, I love to hear that people are actually reading them.

I talked to Bill and we think I got the watch at Uptown Jewelers in Magic Kingdom. I saw an all gold tone one at Everything Pop and it was too many Mickey Heads, then when we went to MK I fell in love with that watch. People that are like us would see the Mickey heads immediately, but if people aren't paying attention they think it is just a pretty watch . I wear it all the time and get many compliments on it.

Again thanks for reading!

I love your watch too! It is so pretty. I am amazed the lady at the hotel was named Mickey! Bill's cookie from the airport looked delicious.

Calling the fire department sounds scary I hope everyone was okay.

 

[mrsksomeday]

Hi I read along on your last report. Sorry things went so sour. I hope she explains herself one day.

I love your watch too! It is so pretty. I am amazed the lady at the hotel was named Mickey! Bill's cookie from the airport looked delicious.

Calling the fire department sounds scary I hope everyone was okay.

Hi!! Thank you, Amy has had some life issues that have made her really depressed lately, we will see what the future holds.

It made me so happy to see that ladies name tag. The cookie was good, we shared it.

You will find out about the FD coming right up!

 

[mrsksomeday]

(not really)

Thurs. Nov. 13, 2008I had the Disney adrenaline running through me, I was up promptly at 8:30am and ready to go, my lovely partner was worn out, I let him sleep in until 10am even though it about killed me

. In all my Disney first night routine, putting away the clothes, setting up the room the way I wanted it, I had forgotten only one thing, but one of the most important things:

CHARGING BILL’S WHEELCHAIR!!

I kept repeating “Ip Dip” in my head over and over again, I plugged the chair in and it charged while he slept. After Bill got ready, we left the room and saw these views:

We decided to go the opposite direction of the lobby and cut through the parking lot to the busses and saw this cute little playground:

We got through the turnstiles at Epcot and I dragged Bill to the photopass photographers, poor Bill was having trouble keeping his eyes open because of the Florida sunshine, looks like I was too:

One thing I learned on this trip (and the previous one), I had some of my shirts made by zazzle.com, I ordered them too big, guess I thought I was the same size I used to be

. I learned if the shirt is too big, it makes you look bigger than you really are especially in pictures. So some of these shirts are going to be regulated to bumming around the house.

More topiaries!!

When we headed to the Land we saw these guys:

Bill and I really enjoy the street performers at all the parks, they don’t get enough credit for all the things they do. We always pause to watch them.

It was time to go to:

We wanted FP’s for Soarin’. We had ridden it for the first time in October and had to go back on it. The return time was 3:46 – 4:46pm. Lunch was at Sunshine Seasons again, Bill wanted the same food he had in October, the pork chop meal and key lime tart:

I got the sweet and sour chicken and fruit tart:

After we ate we decided to have Ellen tell us about the Universe of Energy:

Here is what the ramp looks like that the wheelchairs go on to get on the ride:

Here is Bill unloading, the ramp is a little steep that is why a CM is behind him(it's dark):



We decided to head back over in the general direction of The Land, but still had some time to kill before our FP’s were ready. We hadn’t seen Honey I Shrunk the Audience for a long time, so we went there. What I forgot about was they were doing the wheelchair accessible seats a little different than the last time we had watched it. They wanted the wheelchair people to get something like a FP to come at different times of the day and they said the show that was going to be starting was full.

Ok, so we headed over to Figment, there is never a line at Figment. Here are the ride vehicles:

This is how Bill loads in this ride, very easy loading!!:



We were off, listening to the catchy little tune, One Little Spark, then we got toward the end, so close to the end we can see the doors, so close to the end that the CM’s are waving goodbye to us when we here this loud noise and everything stopped, well everything but the music!

“Imagination, Imagination, Imagination” – over and over and over again for 5 minutes straight

. They finally turned off, said there was an issue and came over to manually open the doors while other CM’s started walking the track to evacuate everyone.

Here is the funny part and by funny I mean comical. It seems that any time a wheelchair has to be evacuated off a ride, even if it is 2 feet, literally 24 inches from its destination like we were, Reedy Creek Fire Department must be called, I kid you not, it is WDW policy. A manager CM – Barbie came to talk to us while we waited for Reedy Creek to arrive. I am kicking myself that I didn’t take a picture of her or have her take a picture of us just sitting there.

She explained to us that she would be able to turn the car and get Bill out correctly, but Reedy Creek has to be there to watch her do it. We talked about her, us, and everything in between. We told her how appreciative we were about the accessibility of the parks etc. she was a very sweet woman. By the time Reedy Creek came, we were the only guests around but there were 12 other people in the room.

Yes you read that right 12:

3 Reedy Creek people and 9 CM’s. We felt so special LMAO.

Next installment…Beverly, Teppan Edo, and someone named Max puts his head in my lap !

 

[DisMomAmy]

That's so funny about the fire department!! That's definitely a unique Disney experience for you!

I can't wait to hear about Teppan Edo - we're going there in May and I very curious about it.

 

[OhMari]

Okay,
I had to read "your" TR to find out that
WE COULD HAVE MET!!!

I was slightly entertained watching this guy.
This float broke down in front of us.
He tried 3 times to get it going,
and finally he just hooked it up and pulled it.

We got back to the MK, from Trails End Buffet around 1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
when you guys got to the MK

We were near the Country Bear Jamboree after the parade
and we were in the Hub watching Wishes, we were over by the Plaza
Resturant.

So, so close to meeting you guys.

 

[OhMari]

Don't feel bad about the Fire Dept. helping you out.
They are owned by Disney.
Our tour guide told us, they love being called for "help".

 

[KathyRN137]

It must have seemed like overkill for the firefighters (EMTs?) to be called, but I suppose its "better safe than sorry." They don't want a guest or a CM getting hurt and you know from experience that not everyone knows the proper way to lift a person or to manipulate a w/c!

Do you know that we have never had the opportunity to see Jamminators?!! I can't believe it! It was on my plan last time and everything!

The street performers are so much fun...

BTW, how long was that Imagination song stuck in your heads?!

Kathy

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

OMG...I had no idea that the FD had to be called to evacuate wheelchairs! Sounds like you guys had the total VIP treatment!