Why do we have to stand in all these lines?...a TR by DM w/lots of PIX...Completed!

[lauren_elizabeth]

Hopefully they have your computer fixed today!!

 

[Lilo's Mom]

Does your camera have movie ability? Mine does and that really takes up a lot of space. I take 6 mega-pixel pics also. I brought three 1 GB disks and filled 2 up.

My camera is 6 mega-pixel, and does movies as well, but we shoot video with the camcorder instead. We bought a camcorder with all kinds of fancy features on it, but the mega-pixel on the digital photos on it is only 3, which was too small to print good quality 8x10. For Mother's Day last year, the dog, Lilo, gave me the digital camera. I am in charge of still pictures, and DH is taking care of video on this trip.

 

[Crazy Kanga]

Well since you have all this time on your hands you MUST get on over to ZZUB's TR with haste! You will be missing many allusions to his work in mine if you aren't familiar with the classics!!!!!!

 

[Disneyolic]

Hopefully they have your computer fixed today!!

Thanks...I don't feel a good vibe about it tho but sometimes I can be a negative Nellie.

My camera is 6 mega-pixel, and does movies as well, but we shoot video with the camcorder instead. We bought a camcorder with all kinds of fancy features on it, but the mega-pixel on the digital photos on it is only 3, which was too small to print good quality 8x10. For Mother's Day last year, the dog, Lilo, gave me the digital camera. I am in charge of still pictures, and DH is taking care of video on this trip.

We took a camcorder also and Rob was supposedly in charge of that. He hates carrying it tho and only took it on 2 days. I still liked taking mini-movies with my camera as I like to capture quick things that Rob doesn't think about.

Well since you have all this time on your hands you MUST get on over to ZZUB's TR with haste! You will be missing many allusions to his work in mine if you aren't familiar with the classics!!!!!!

I was pretty apprehensive about reading his report. He did, however, say that he has links, right? That way I can skip over most of the comments. In a report that is that big, no way could I read the whole thing.

However, everyone here must read every last word, and that's an order!

 

[DisneyJo]

Of course we read every word on this TR JK LY/MI

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Hey DM, why don't you start your next installment and then add the pics later? Just sayin'

 

[Disneyolic]

Hey DM, why don't you start your next installment and then add the pics later? Just sayin'

Well...I don't really want to do that but I will think about it. I hate to have to retype the whole next installment (I have it saved on an external hard drive but it is at the repair shop). I'll see what I can do though...no promises.

 

[TEminnie]

Hey DM and followers of the TR!!
I'm back!! Are you still suffering from memory loss??
Gee......must be tough...

If you want MY opinion(which I'm SURE you have been waiting on!), maybe you can type some "top 5" lists of stuff or do a review of your hotel till your pics come in...

or I'll be happy to provide lots of entertaining chat material for your lovely readers!

 

[Disneyolic]

Hey DM and followers of the TR!!
I'm back!! Are you still suffering from memory loss??
Gee......must be tough...

If you want MY opinion(which I'm SURE you have been waiting on!), maybe you can type some "top 5" lists of stuff or do a review of your hotel till your pics come in...

or I'll be happy to provide lots of entertaining chat material for your lovely readers!

I have my PhotoPass CD and I have some pics uploaded onto Photobucket. I just did not want to retype my whole next installment. But, I have begun to do just that. It won't be a long installment. Just enough to make everyone happy at last...at least I hope so!

But, because of my OCD I'm not sure how long it will take me to get it up, maybe later tonight or tomorrow, depending on who is bugging me at home and what not....

 

[byoung]

good reporting.

 

[Disneyolic]

Saturday, June 23....Epcot
More Future World

Hopes:
1. A good start with PhotoPass..........Nope!
2. A good peaceful dinner at Le Cellier.
3. A wonderful DIS meet in Epcot.
4. No blisters on my feet as I was wearing my Crocs Capris.
5. A meeting with the Dream Team.

Wants:
1. Ride Soarin’..........Find out here...
2. Visit The Seas with Nemo..........Find out here, again.
3. Visit some countries with the kiddos.
4. A margarita from Mexico.

As Rob & the boys were in Mission:Space, Brookie and I strolled around the area a bit. Then I saw a PhotoPass CM and I high stepped it over to him. I said, “Please take my picture. I need to get my PhotoPass card going so I can buy the CD at the end of our vacation. Lots of pics would be great!” I turned to Brookie and asked her to get out of the stroller so we can get our picture taken. She went, “Eeeehh.” Yeah, just try to decipher that one out. I pleaded just a bit while the CM waited. Then I just turned her stroller around and told the CM to take some pics just like this. He took 2. Wow, thanks for going out of your way. But at least I got my PhotoPass CD started. Here’s the better of the 2 pics and notice my fashionable Crocs Capris in celery/white…

Brookie starts whining for something to drink. I hand her my pink lemonade slushie. No. She wants milk. Well, I didn’t have the credit card on me and we still did not add the credit card to our KTTW cards (not that I had my KTTW card on me either). So, I had to distract her until Rob & the boys came off Mission:SPACE. Finally they emerge out of the gift shop. Seems like they took their time browsing the shop while Brooke & I waited outside in the heat. How sweet. Just for that I said, “Brooke wants milk now. I want to go on Mission:SPACE with the boys now.” So Rob goes off with Brooke and me & the boys take off to ride the green side of M:S. Now, I really wish we could have rode the orange side. I love things fast but I did think the boys would be better this year staying on the green side.

Rob met us in the gift shop afterward and we browsed. Evan wanted to buy the spaceship from the ride. We told him we would be back in Epcot on Thursday and if he wanted it then he could buy it then. He pouted just a tad but said okay. We did this because it was only our first day and we didn’t want him spending his money just to spend it. Turns out later in the trip he was just spending it to spend it anyway. We made a good effort at first.

So we were all pretty hungry for lunch now that it was noon and prime eating time for everyone else. This was the first time to get our counter service meals on the DDP. We went over to the Electric Umbrella.

Side Note: I wanted to do a Dining Report for the DIS so I had every intention of taking pictures of all our meals, etc. Alas, I totally forgot about it this first time. So, no pics of that meal.

Miraculously, there was no line when I approached the ordering station and ordered myself a chicken tenders combo with a fountain drink and sugar-free brownie. Alec insisted that he was not hungry and did not want to eat. I thought I would just share with him my meal should he decide that he was hungry. I assumed Rob would share with Brooke. I was wrong. Here’s the rest of our order: Rob gets a double cheeseburger combo with water and a sugar-free brownie, and Evan gets the chicken nuggets meal with grapes and applesauce with milk. When I questioned about a dessert for Evan I forgot it had to be one of the two sides. So I asked to change one of the sides but the CM, Topher, was very kind and just added on pudding to the meal at no extra cost OOP or off the DDP. We ordered another fountain drink on snack credit for Alec’s drink.

It was very crowded so I told Rob to take the kids upstairs to find a table while I got the drinks at the fountain. Evan takes one look at his chicken nuggets, makes a face, and says no way is he eating those gross chicken things. But he was eyeing my tenders. Alec surprisingly” announces that he is now hungry. So, I show him Evan’s meal and he wants it. I give Evan one of my tenders and the applesauce. Brookie then wants one of my tenders. I give her half of one at first. Evan is asking for another but I had to draw the line at that point because I did want at least 1 tender for myself. I told Evan to eat the pudding which he was happy to do. Rob gobbled his whole meal down. I took one bite of the sugar-free brownie and thought, “Yuck.” I gave it to Alec who was more than happy to eat that up. Brookie was happy with the half piece of chicken tender and some grapes. Then she wanted a milk. I told Rob to run down and buy her a milk. Notice that I said BUY. But he used a snack credit for it and I thought that was a total waste of a credit because it is the tiniest milk ever but I ignored it THIS TIME. Yes this whole incident comes back into play later in our trip so stay tuned…

We head on over to The Land and I push the double stroller while Rob pushes the light-weight Brookie stroller up the 90 degree walkway to the entrance doors. At least it felt like 90 degrees. We park both strollers up near the entrance doors. We grab all essential stuff and go on in. Rob ran down to check out the deal with Soarin’ but the line was pretty long at that point and the fast pass time just did not work for us so we skipped it knowing that we would be back on Thursday (want #1 - not this time). I didn’t have much hope anyway but we tried. So back out we go and get the kids back in the strollers and head on over to The Seas with Nemo.

Luckily, it was next door . But do you know how hard it is to push a double stroller with 2 boys in it down a pretty steep grade? Let me tell you it’s not easy but I managed it without running over too many feet. Okay, no feet were injured by me at all during this trip. I was very courteous in my stroller pushing. Wish I could say the same for others. Oh well. We were ready to ride The Seas with Nemo. But first, I must take a couple pictures. Evan decides he does not want to be in the pics. Fine. Alec & Brookie are all I need…

Oh shoot, I got Brookie’s buns. Turn around Brookie. That’s a good girl! Isn’t Alec still looking cool in his shades?

I have heard stories about the line for either Crush or Nemo being very long outside the building. There was no line outside so we walked into the building and the line for Nemo was snaking through at a very fast pace. We were on the ride in less than 5 minutes (want #2 - ). The kids didn’t mind this line so much as they thought it was pretty cool to look at the “butt” floating on the ceiling. If you don’t get that joke, then you haven’t watched Finding Nemo – go rent it!! The ride was cute. But I was disappointed that I never saw the big scary dinosaur” that WDWHeather said scared her so much….. Inside joke people. Go read her TR and you’ll see. Oh no, did I just pimp out someone else’s TR? Am I crazy?!

After we got out of our clam shells we kinda stood there deciding what to do next. Did we want to go look around at the fish? Did we want to check out Turtle Talk with Crush? I glanced over at Crush and people were starting to fill in the room so we moseyed on in and let the kids explore a bit in Mr. Ray’s tank…

…and some other tank.

Very shortly, they opened the doors to Crush and in swarmed the people. Rob & I were lucky to snag a 3rd row seat while the kids sat on the floor on the end. The show was very good. We were laughing pretty hard and were amazed at the interaction. At one point Crush asked a mother of one of the kids what her name was. She was of Indian descent and she told Crush her name, which was very long. Crush squinted one eye and raised the other and said, “I’m not even going to try to say that one, Dude,” to which the entire audience roared with laughter! This was one of our favorites and we said we would like to return here on Thursday.

Next installment...June 23rd...Epcot...Le Cellier dinner

 

[jcc0621]

Yeah, an update! I think we can wait now that you gave us a morsel, but I hope it doesn't take to long to get your computer back.....

 

[cmp1111]

Woo-hooty! An update!

Sorry about the Photopass dude... We only had about 4 pictures total so I never got any.

Why were you pushing the heavy stroller?

 

[twob4him]

Am I first? Wow.....great update....and one thing I noticed was that you werent commando like me. I was high-tailing all around the place that morning! I was trying to fit everything in before we left for a break~Great update....I loved Nemo too!

 

[tksbaskets]

Hi DM,
Thanks for directing me to your trippie I was enjoying your family through C&R trippie ("how nice", I thought, "this adorable DIS family met up with Courtney & Ryan")

Now I have another GREAT trippie at one of my favorite resorts (POR) during the same boilin' time we were there! Subbing in to come along for the ride.

I'm impressed that you have your photopass CD already. Looser that I am, I haven't even ordered mine yet....

Hope your computer is up and running quickly!

 

[CourtneyandRyan]

Yay DM!!!!! GEAUX GIRL!!!!!

WHat a GREAT post!!!! Oh, these pictures got me excited!! I can't wait to see ALL of them!!!!! It's WONDERFUL looking at other people's pictures, other than just Ryan and I-- which is all I've been looking at for days as I've been doing my TR!

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

Yeaaaah, another installment! Loved it!

 

[SingingMom]

Saturday, June 23....Epcot Day...part 2

And here I will leave you until the next installment. I hope you are happy that I finally updated. Just don’t expect another update tomorrow or even Saturday. The next update I will definitely need my old computer back.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Well, it's about time!!!!! I can't get any housework done, because I keep checking my DIS, hoping to see an update from DM! PHEW! Now I can get back to the dustbunnies....


Photos are great - looking forward to more, SOONER than LATER!!!

Renée

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

I was trippie surfing and found yours!

I'm loving it so far!

Oh, tell Brooke that I'm really lucky because I share a birthday with her! I'm tree (free) plus a big number we won't discuss....

I'm looking forward to reading more!

 

[Disneydad99]

enjoyed the update & good luck on the puter!! looking fwd to the next installment