**Winkers goes to England~It's so hard to say goodbye**

[winkers]

I'm going to let ya'll in on a little secret..........I seriously have OCD. Not just the strange disney version that has afflicted all of us on the dis board. I actually have diagnosed, need to take medicine or you'll be in a padded cell.....OCD. There. I said it. I thought I should mention this because it affects how the first couple days of our trip went.

Wendsday started with a call from stitch to wake us up. We were up and going by 6:30. D.Jay and the kids headed down to the food court to get breakfast. We used our snack credits. The boys all had some form of a donut, Bailie had a fruit bowl, and I had yogurt with granola.

We were out at the bus stop by 8. We were all so excited to get to our first park. We were going to Hollywood Studios. I was excited to get to enjoy the park since our last visit involved horendous pain and the first aid nazi lady. The only problem was I was so worried about not having pain, that all I could think about was "am I in pain"? Yes, I know it makes no sense to the rational mind.................if you haven't noticed yet, rational isn't something most would use to describe me! So throughout the day I was worried that I would start having pain again. But I'll take worying about having pain over actual pain any day!

We got on a nearly empty bus and were on our way!! We got there just a few minutes before they started letting people in.......look who was in line by us...............

Peeps!


up next..........Ethan conquers his fears........or not....

 

[Tanya90210]

Yay for peeps!!! Great quickie chapter.... Can't wait to see if Ethan conquers his fear

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

Hi! I've followed along on your report! I'm afraid I was more of a lurker....shame on me!

Actually I do plan on going to Wales. Half my family is from Northern Wales.

That's OK! I'm afraid I'm not as up to date with it as I'd like to be! I'll be back again before I finish

I love that half your family is Welsh! We met a DVC guy in Epcot last year who'd been to North Wales once about 15 years earlier - we were so excited, we bent his ear off for about half an hour

Looking forward to some more!

 

[punkin413]

wow....you spotted peeps early! i didn't manage to get pics of any until the late afternoon during our first day. i hope ethan conquers whatever fear you're referring to!

 

[ddstratton]

Well, I'm caught up (so far) with this trip report, and I've gone back and read your first trip report AND food report. This trip is most definitely starting out better than the last one

Can't wait to find out if the "fears" are conquered.

 

[Charleston Princess]

That's okay about the xanax -- ativan is the anti-anxiety med of choice at our house (for Charles not me).

Too funny about the Peeps! You know I will have to continue the tradition and see if I can spot any in 10 days!

I hope Ethan conquers his fears -- because I have a fear that I am planning on conquering at DHS...

 

[stagemomx3]

Cool peeps sighting, and I love how stealth you were in photographing them!

 

[englishrose47]

Yay for peeps!!! Great quickie chapter.... Can't wait to see if Ethan conquers his fear

Me neither but I'll bet in true Winker form she willhave us waiting a while Cherie great update and loved the Peeps !!

 

[englishrose47]

That's OK! I'm afraid I'm not as up to date with it as I'd like to be! I'll be back again before I finish

I love that half your family is Welsh! We met a DVC guy in Epcot last year who'd been to North Wales once about 15 years earlier - we were so excited, we bent his ear off for about half an hour

Looking forward to some more!

I've been to Wales many times! Camped at St Davids as a kid, my sister lived in Malvern ,so almost every time we visited her we popped over to Wales!!

 

[wirki]

Wow you all were out and moving early..so proud!!

I like the peeps pic. Way to make it look like a family photo!

 

[winkers]

Yay for peeps!!! Great quickie chapter.... Can't wait to see if Ethan conquers his fear

I never noticed how many of them there are before......they're everywhere!

I love that half your family is Welsh! We met a DVC guy in Epcot last year who'd been to North Wales once about 15 years earlier - we were so excited, we bent his ear off for about half an hour

You can talk to me about Wales anytime you want! I love doing geneology research and most of it is based in Powys. Right now I'm concentrating on Trefeglwys and Carno.......I have pictures of an ancestral home there that I plan to visit!

wow....you spotted peeps early! i didn't manage to get pics of any until the late afternoon during our first day. i hope ethan conquers whatever fear you're referring to!

I was a little worried that one of the kids was going to point and yell "Jordan's Peeps"!!!! That would have been embarassing, but so like them to do!

Well, I'm caught up (so far) with this trip report, and I've gone back and read your first trip report AND food report. This trip is most definitely starting out better than the last one

Wow! You've been busy reading!

Too funny about the Peeps! You know I will have to continue the tradition and see if I can spot any in 10 days!

I hope Ethan conquers his fears -- because I have a fear that I am planning on conquering at DHS...

Jordan had no idea what he was starting.....

What are you afraid of at DHS?

Cool peeps sighting, and I love how stealth you were in photographing them!

I got really good at taking pictures with other people......With my luck it was totally obvious and the peeps were wondering what in the heck I was doing!

Me neither but I'll bet in true Winker form she willhave us waiting a while Cherie great update and loved the Peeps !!

How long is an acceptable wait between updates?

Wow you all were out and moving early..so proud!!

I like the peeps pic. Way to make it look like a family photo!

I almost always get to park openings. I'm a little annal about being early to things.

 

[stagemomx3]

I'm a little annal about being early to things.

Me too.

 

[winkers]

Me too.

ahhhh, we can be anal buddies together...

 

[stagemomx3]

ahhhh, we can be anal buddies together...

 

[punkin413]

ahhhh, we can be anal buddies together...

only winkers could say this and no one would think twice.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Jordan had no idea what he was starting.....

What are you afraid of at DHS?

And now it is a DIS-wide phenomenan!

Tower of Terror -- I rode it once 10 years ago with my brother when it only dropped once. I want to ride it again, but the thought of multiple drops makes me twitch! I love the idea of the ride, though, so I am going to try and attempt it again.

 

[winkers]

only winkers could say this and no one would think twice.

Now that I read it again.........it does sound a little strange!

Tower of Terror -- I rode it once 10 years ago with my brother when it only dropped once. I want to ride it again, but the thought of multiple drops makes me twitch! I love the idea of the ride, though, so I am going to try and attempt it again.

I love TOT! I can't imagine it with only 1 drop.........half the fun is the weightless feeling you get when it goes back up!

 

[Charleston Princess]

I love TOT! I can't imagine it with only 1 drop.........half the fun is the weightless feeling you get when it goes back up!

How many times do you think it drops on average? I have a quirk about not knowing what to expect so the idea of not knowing how many times it will drop makes my palms sweat!

 

[winkers]

How many times do you think it drops on average? I have a quirk about not knowing what to expect so the idea of not knowing how many times it will drop makes my palms sweat!

I'm not sure, but I think about 3 to 4 times..............

 

[Charleston Princess]

I'm not sure, but I think about 3 to 4 times..............

Ughhh...that's a lot! Oh well! I already told my family, and they probably won't let me back out now...