Where to begin.....August....Hot **pics added " Now The End"

[Lil' Grumpy]

..i already knew you are very orgainized but fast too! slow down,
plez..so i can catch up... !

just want to say...your report is focus on the things that i am always
hoping to "see"...allowing your children to do disney their ways!

*sincerity..is all about saying what you're feeling...you are a very talented
writer...by content and in "presentation...& because it all flows together,
i am "feeling" your adventures..it's grrrreat!

[while i'm sloppy and a wandering...i understand the value of organization...
i.e..went into our community and put a sbd together from scratch for
under privileged children...that's getting busineses & civic org.. to create
a very elite/expensive program/..i knew from your postings, your trippie
would be overflowing with magic...for while i don't have talents..i do have
the abilites to "see" it....thank you & your family for sharing the most
excellent experience!!!

> but i won't relax until we step on the ship...* my best
contribution is worrying..makin my lil miss..

Wow!!! what a beautiful ..in the most delightful ways!
& of course they all come from having "mommines"...what a lucky
...i > & sooo having such a wonderful caring person
share my life...you would really like my wife..everybody wants her for
their friend..me>? ..more like a salty

....that pic! is just the best...
your daughter personality is spilling out all over the place! such a happy,
happy girl! look! @ all that princess' charms she has! no $$$ can buy that!

....happy [belated] "lief erickson" day!

can't wait for more....from the nabby girl 's treasures chest!

 

[GeorgiaAristocat]

even though it is hard to explain to you kids what "WE BARE All" signs mean

And sadly, I know RIGHT where some of these signs are in Georgia. Since that particular shop is right in our town. Or. Rather. In the town that we are just outside. In the next county.

I'm enjoying reading your account NAB - keep it up!

 

[NAB]

Lil'G---I have to be fast or I will forget I tell you. Glad you are liking the report
I am trying hard to put up pics. I want to show you that big honking
camper...haha. I must admit that is beautiful inside but it should come
with a cook and maid. Hubby says I bring to much to cook. I guess I
do because I have meat, veggies, side and even bread sometimes.
That is how I was taught to make a meal and my mom was with us
I didn't want her to think we ate bad I guess. I am sure she wouldn't
have cared but I wanted to do it right.


Amy---your State is still very beautiful. Hot but nice. Like I said I didn't know
that their was more than one. We passed it and then it popped
up again. It is definetly not a Tim Horton's franchise maybe it makes
just as much to have two.

 

[NAB]

Okay lets try this one more time. I have a sizing problem so hopefully this time it won't scare you.

This is our home away from home:

This is the campsite we had to ask the guy across from us to move don't think the trailer would go around the tree:

This is the whole gang. As Nicholas would say Mom look out behind you...

And this a rare pic of me, hate my picture taken. I think this was taken in the morning, trying to get the princess out of bed.

Okay that took all afternoon but now I think I got it more to come later.

 

[sheridac]

Hey NAB!!

First things first.

I can flag anywhere!!!!

Them's the rules!!!

I love you report and your sweet, sweet pic's!!!!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Great report so far. Your mom reminds me of mine She smokes and will go outside to do so, and needs her time and space to have her first cig. of the day. I would like her to quite and she says some day she will, she's 47, so hopefully she'll try soon.

 

[NAB]

Day three Epcot.....

On the third day we are dragging a little but we all get up
the same way. Wake up call. Nicholas has to be told to answer the phone because he is tried. When he does, dead silence again. He is getting pretty disappointed so I made a note to go to the front desk to ask about it. Only change this morning is we get pancakes at the food court that we spilt because we know our little bird won't eat much and we were having a bigger lunch today.

Almost got there for opening. I high tailed it with all our tickets to get fastpasses for Soaring. I can run or walk fast so I volunteer. Grandma can not run so I say I will meet them there.We couldn't even go on it first thing because the wait was long already. When I am coming out of the building Hubby comes walking up alone. Where is everyone? Sitting in the shade because it is so hot, even in the morning. With that said we go into the character connection to see Mickey. Only had two kids in front of us so that went fast. We like when we can spend more time if it isn't busy. Then came out and saw one out in the hall. Goofy I think.

After this we went around the world to stay in the air conditioning.This also was because we were going to ride the fastpass ride there. This attraction only opens at 10:00 did you know that. We were second in line. This is the first time riding this ride. Can you guess which one? If you guess Maelstrom you are right. Nicholas excited because it was a ship, Hannah was scared because it was dark and the rest thought it was okay. Then of course you have to go into see that big troll in the gift shop and try on the horns etc. I know we shouldn't be trying on things on our heads I'm sure others had on but it was Disney, no germs or lice in Disney is there.

Well our sit down meal today is lunch. Were eating at the Coral Reef. This is a first and we really liked it. Nicholas kept saying it smelled in there but I didnt' smell anything. First thing that came to mind is that he is getting sick. I told him he can't have anything dairy if his stomach hurt. We have made that mistake to many times. He got over it and watched all the fish. We saw the sharks , fish and turtles. Read about how big the fish tank was.If I remember right it said the big golf ball outside could fit in there and still have room. All I kept thinging was wouldn't want that to break we would drown or get eaten by sharks. It also said that the sharks don't eat the fish because they are well fed. Anyway can't remember what I had for an entree but I do know I had the lobster soup? I know it called something different but it is soup. Hannah even liked it so our waiter got her one too. We had good service here.

By now it was time to ride Soaring. Told you the Stand-by line was long first thing and now it was 70 minutes again. Grandma got pretty worried when she read the warning about heights and everything and then she saw that you had to be seat belted in. But all was well and she really liked it. This was Hannah's favourite ride in Jan. She always takes her shoes off and if you watch her you see her feet go up and her little screams of delight. Magic.

Come out and decide to head back to the hotel and take the boat over to Downtown Disney. We usually do this at night but it looked like rain so we thought we could run store to store and take the bus back. When we got on the boat the captain was really chatty and funny. He let all the kids on board honk the horn when we were pulling in and gave them a button that said associate captain. Now you know you eat and shop here and we just ate so it was time to shop. I picked up something for our neighbour who was getting our mail , she loves Pooh. I tried to hold back buying anything because I knew we had a few days. This is were we came across Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in The World of Disney. Little girls can get there hair and make up done for $35.00 that is a coach makeover then there is a Crown makeover which is hair style, makeup and nails for $45.00 and last but not least the Castle Make over which is all the above, and choice of princess costume with accessories and Princess photo package for ...drum roll........$175.00. I was going to get her hair done but they were booked for the day. Here's a hint .You can still get Studio like pics done if you bring your own or buy a costume. The studio is at guest services there. Easy to find. They are all done with the photopass people. That is why I bought the photo pass CD because these pics were on there and I can blow them up because I own the copyrights. When Hannah wore her Sleeping Beauty dress everyone thought I took her there but I just dressed her and did her hair. The Boutique does do a beautiful job though. But I am just saying if you want to save money.Yes hubby I can safe money see.

So after all this we are heading back because we still beat the rain. Hubby and Nicholas wanted to go check out Disney Quest. Nicholas is a gamer true and true. So they go there and we head back to the room Miss Hannah needs a nap. While we were going back Hannah goes look Mommy Cinderalla carriage. Now we are on the boat and I am thinking this girl has lost it. But finally we saw it. It was on the top of The World of Disney on the princess side . We notice Stitch because he spits on you but never saw that before. Children see everything, glad she likes to share what she sees.

We all need a nap so we go back rest our eyes because we are not sleeping not at Disney and wait for the guys to come back. To see what they want to do next.

Oh yes I went up to the lobby to see about the wake up calls. The girl looked at me like I had two heads.I said we get a call but no one is there and she said that is a wake up call, eh. No it isn't where is Mickey and Stitch. Then she say I will have to go ask someone. Now she didn't have Ears in training or anything I checked because I saw a few of them here. She comes back and said they are having problems with the system. Okay then. Second question, there is a towel return at the small pool but no towels, her answer was you have to go to the larger pool and bring them over to that one. Okay then.
I didn't need to know anything else. We just used the room towels and called for more. Problem solved but was the wake up call....

Back to Magic Kingdom after we open our eyes.....

Nicholas and Goofy:

These are the BBBoutique Studio pics. of Princess Hannah:

 

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Our eyes are rested now where to go.....

The guys come back a few hours later and hubby tells me he added it to our package for the two of them. He said it would have cost $70. each if he didn't add it. Also said that he would have to go twice to make it worth the money. Yeah right have to go twice. They went more then twice. Anywho we ask the kids where they want to go. Surprise Magic Kingdom. Back to see Pirates and Princesses. We decide to get dinner at the food court first. Thank you ZZub for talking about Philly Cheese Steak at Riverside. That is what I had. So good. I had it again on the last day. The kids loved the Nacho supreme there. I think they are getting french fried out.

This time we just leisurely go down Main Street. The air conditioning feels good coming out of the doors. Again we split and they go to Pirates and what ever is on that side and we go to the Princess tent. This time the wait is long, thirty minutes I think. It is Cinderalla and Snow White this time. I am glad Hannah doesn't mention it isn't the same Cinderalla. Now Hannah is really shy and talks very softly so the Princesses can't here her or she doesn't answer but she always hugs them and waves. Speaking of waving she loves to do that. On the train, on rides you name it she does it and smiles but if you talk to her she turns away. Mind you she loves being called Princess. In Jan. all she wanted was that make your own crown thing. It was expensive but hubby let her have it. All the CM's called her princess she loved that. So now we have seen the Princess for the second time. Hannah has been seeing the other girls dress up in the park. Since we have the trailer and didn't fly I brought hers along too. But is so hot I thought no way. So since we got there late and the kids wanted to swim we met up again and went back. Our nights are starting to get earlier but we don't seem to get to bed any earlier though. Tonight Nicholas wants to try out the trundle he has given up on the wake up call. Hannah sleeps with Grandma. Hannah goes with the flow, she is the one when he wants something she will say to him he can try this or your can have that. She is our little problem solver. So off to bed we go.

Tomorrow where do they want to go......

I also forgot to say we had a melt down today when Nicholas lost his jibbit ?thing from his crocs. Yes he has crocs. bought them on the way down. It was a skullbones thing. The clerk at the store said it was out for the movie. He told us to stop, he lost it and was trying to find it on the ground but know he wouldn't find it. Nine year olds still cry. But Mom to the rescure I bought two, just because I thought this might happen. He broke it because the bottom piece was in his shoe. He puts his foot on the other and must have snapped it off. All is right in the world again.

 

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3princess+aprince--Thanks for reading. Yes I wish my mom would quit too.
She went for alot of tests before went. Had an ultrasound
on her neck and had a test on her lungs. You think you
quit but I guess it is an addiction, my is food. She has
been smoking since 18. She says quits but we can smell
it. Non smokers always can but we don't say anything
because at least those times she would have to cut alot
out not for us to see. One good thing we didn't stop at
Duty Free for more.

Sheri-- Thanks for the kind words. I will try to edit..really I will. Don't want to
to get flagged do I .

 

[OK GRUMPY]

Great trip report.. Very interesting, have you ever camped at Fort Wilderness? I know you said you don't like to camp. It looks like a really neat trailer. I'm enjoying you report!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[NAB]

OK Grumpy -- we never camped in Fort Wilderness. Did stay at Wilderness
Lodge in January. Went over by boat that is as close as I got
to it. As for camping I am sure we will be doing alot more
before the snow hits. There is a furnance hubby tells me.
Hope you keep enjoying my report and don't rest your eyes
while reading it....haha.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Great start on your report, NAB! That looks like a very comfy home away from home. It's nice you were able to work such a good half camping/half hotel compromise for your trip. I no longer camp due to breathing problems when I'm around wood smoke (oh, darn!), but that would definitely be the way to go!

It's nice to get to "meet" you and your family through your pics. Glad you were able to figure out how to post. Your kids are both cuties. Being there with little ones and letting them have so much input into what to do and see each day makes the trip special. That's something I really miss now that my DD is grown.

Looking forward to more.

 

[Grammyof2]

Nab - I haven't had a chance to read yet and I am away. I promise to catch it all when I get back

 

[NAB]

Minnie Moo --funny you mentioned breathing problems. I swear I am allergic
to this trailer. I was all stuffed up going down, fine at WDW
and then started sneezing again on the way back. Now I think
I have a bad cold. Maybe it was the air in there I don't know.


Grammyof2--Thanks for stopping by. It took me forever to get those darn pis
there so I don't think they will come down to soon.

 

[Mouse511]

Great trip report!

 

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Day Four......Back to Magic Kingdom.


Well you would think we would be getting tired of Magic Kingdom by now.Nope. And this time it was early morning for little ones. So up early for everyone even the old ones. Wake up call comes it is Hannah's turn she answer and she gets Mickey. Yeah. She jumps out of bed and of course has to go to her brother and tell him. Which of course Nicholas's response is it is my vault he didn't get to answer it. How is that I say, because I fixed it yesterday and didn't tell him. Hubby told him I went to the lobby to try to fix it. Who know it would work. Our Hannah always has a solution she just say you can answer it tomorrow. Which I say too. Now everyone up.

Now today Hannah does not want to wear what I put out. Actually everyone has changed something on me but that is okay. Anyway Hannah wants her Sleeping Beauty dress from the trailer. Can't tell her the trailer is too far so I sent hubby out to get it. I just keep thinking your going to be so hot. Now her shorts and t-shirts are so small I can fit them in my fanny pack. Yes I have one. So I do that in case she has heat stroke in this heat and wants to change then I would ask for a bag at one of the stores for her dress. CM's are very willing to give up bags. Try that here probably not. Bags cost money.

So we are off and the bus is there just waiting for us. The girl that watches and writes down the buses asks if she is hot and she say no , actually she shakes her head. I should also tell you early opening for little ones is only in Fantasyland the rest of the park is closed even Toon Town.

Now yesterday Hubby spend extra on Nicholas for Disney Quest so he promised Hannah Sleeping beauty shoes today. She is already , has her crown and dress all she needs is the shoes. Actually she has the plastic ones but I didn't want her walking in the in Disney so I left them at home on purpose. These ones are flat and are like a slipper. Well don't you know her foot is either to big or to small for the shoes. The CM was even getting us tissue paper to stuff the shoe but since they were slipper type they were to loose on the side. So what now. Lets try Ariel's white sparkley shoes. Them you can wear with anything I tell her. Will these ones just would work either. All I could think about was Cinderalla and her glass slipper. Even whisper to my hubby Hannah must be the evil step sister because the shoe does not fit. Hannah did not hear because she was off looking back at Sleeping Beauty ones again. So now what , the tears are coming and daddy's heart is getting softer. He whispers something to her and they go out of the store just like that. Okay. I knew it must be something good, actually I guessed what it was before they even told me later.

So off to Fanastyland. This was great we rode Dumbo twice. Twice almost in a row. Even Nicholas got on because Stitch rode it too. Now this is the neat thing about this early hours. The characters are out and riding the rides with the kids. Stitch was riding Dumbo, Goofy was on the carousel , Sleeping Beauty and Dopey were out dancing with the kids and then taken them to the ride. We even just walked right into Mickey's PhiharMagic 3D show. Now this is another first because Hannah really does not like 3D shows. We have been in them before and it scares her so we haven't done them in awhile but everyone on these boards seemed to really like it so I wanted to give it a try. But this was there choice and she said okay since there was no lines to wait in. No time to change your mind either. I loved it and she did too, only a few times she grabbed my arm. But she was laughing so all is good.

So when we come out of the show it is time the rest of the park is open so we head over Frontierland and to Thunder Run.Grandma has never been on these either. I have to say here my Mom has been to Disney alot with my sisters family but she does alot of seating and waiting. Well this time she has been on alot of things. One being the Thunder Run. She must of liked it because she did this one more then once in the trip. Hannah loves this one but she does that scream laugh thing. All the people around her thinks it is so cute. I just laugh when I listen to her. Happy Magical Moment for sure.

Now the guys go on Splash Mountian while we wait, Grandma smokes. Maybe the ride did get to her. Anyway but then it is off to Tom Sawyers Island. We never bothered with this until I told him the HappyHaunt story and paint brushes. Nicholas's perked up then. He loves treasure hunting. We with three other familys get off. We find the first blue paint brush under a tree. That wasn't hard. So we decide to see if we can find more. By the end we found all of them. When we left the island two were still out there. That was great fun too. So what do you get....A fastpass to Thunder Run and Splash Mountian for your party of 5. She also gave the kids sheriff badges. So off to Thunder Run again because Grandma doesn't do Splash Mountian. But it wasn't going to be. Thunder Run was down. So what to do. Nicholas sweet talks Grandma and Hannah into going on the ride. They loved it and we went again and again. Funny thing is they didn't take our fass pass card. Still have it. It has a date on it so we can't use it again. We do other things in the park. Like take the train to Toon Town once again. You guessed it Princesses again. This time it was Cinderalla and a mystery guess and the line was big so Hannah said she didn't want to stay. Can't blame her we keep seeing Cinderalla. We did watch the show at the castle with Cinderall and all the princesses. She was right up first for that. It was very hot and I stepped in someones gum to. Gross but got to love crocs. the gum didn't stick.The CM's that clean up were right there so they stood at the gum so now one else stepped in it. That could have been really bad because you know gum on your shoe is no fun. So we want out of the heat and hot hot sun so we go to the gift shops. I forgot to mention Hubby and son split off again to do guy things. We met up at the gift shops on Main Street. They had already done some shopping in the Pirates store. Nicholas got a skull head that you could stuff with well stuff. Rubber eyes , little men, snakes etc. He also got the Pirates soundtrack. Back to the hotel but not before one more purchase.

Next up Hannah's got Daddy wrapped around her finger......


Okay I just looked at my pics I just posted and noticed Hannah isn't in Sleeping Beauty....I think I am a day ahead of myself on what she wore and the store part but the early morning Fanastyland is right. See I am lossing it. To much Magic Kingdom me thinks.

 

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Okay I thought I would throw some more pics. out.

This one is from earlier waiting at Primetime:

One of the castle, Hubby say all the gold on it is coming down in Sept.:

Grandma with Chip and Dale, notice it is in the 90's and she wears a turtle neck...She hates showing her neck :

And this is us going over to find the paintbrushes: I just noticed Hannah isn't in her Sleeping Beauty. I think I am a day ahead on that one., Sorry.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

me= [well, si, reserved the right to myself opinions-he,he..]&

my reactions to this most excellent adventure?.... ,
& !!!!!


just love your pics...me> seeing your lil princess? ahhhhhhhhhh! i can
imagined her fillling in over at beauty @ mgm!!!

gottta say ..you didn't look anything i "jaumajan"...yor sweet dispostion was
in full "display"! ...how you do that? ..and the family pics captured the disney
spirit...for anyone to see.. ..job!

but more than anything else...yor mother???..it was shocking how much
she reminded me of mine!!! she even wearing rings like mine used too!!
fyi..my would jumped into the pics tooooooooo! don't believe me?...look
back @ my pics..did you see the one where she hopped into christmas
rocker before it was out of the box!!!! p.s....the ways you guys did
disney as a ...is very touching indeed...

thank you nab & family for sharing!

ohhhh you didn't borrowed ???? ????? melly's girl fan-mily van???
..why does that brings up the image of..mr.zzzub tagging along?
[ i don't know but it does..]

..one thingy..if i can sneak a ? here..[afraid to asked on cb..]but what's
this thing bout flagging???

sorry...for writing so much ...

 

[Backstage_Gal]

NAB,

Great report, and WOW, are you fast with the installments, that's great.
Beautiful pictures too, and your little Princess is just adorable!

 

[em'smom]

Nab, Our little Nabster, your trippie and pictures are awesome. Your kids are cuties and you are too.