You're the best parents in the world! I gotta pee! Where's My Tooth? Trip report!

[hhockman]

I didn't know TTA would be closed too! Though I guess that makes sense with the way it runs through SM. Man, now I'm bummed! I love TTA!

Oh, well. What can you do, right? Guess that means we'll have to plan another trip....


Darn.

 

[Myhappythought5]

Congrats on paying off your August trip. I know that feels good!!!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm going to see if I can get a short little update in here before I have to get back to work. When we left Space Mountain, John and Hunter wanted to ride Astro Orbitor which I don't like because of the whole heights thing. I get all weird feeling when I get up high so I'm sitting this one out.

So, while they wait in line for Astro Orbitor, I walk around and take some pictures. Which were, of course, lost! I tell you I am getting super p.o.'d just thinking about it so I'll move on.

Anyway, they ride Astro Orbitor and we decide to walk over to Pinocchio's Village Haus and get some of those famous Figaro Fries.

We were right around the Tomorrowland Speedway and there were lots of people standing in line to drive the cars. We saw a rather large lady in a Hover Round/scooter thing in ahead of us start backing up and we moved over and went around her. We don't know exactly how it happened but somehow, she put it in drive again and bumped into the back of John's leg. When he turned to see what happened, she ran over his foot! That probably wouldn't have been so bad but she stopped! On his foot! With not so much as a sorry, she cursed, and then sped off. It was a drive by scooter accident!!!!! She fled the scene of the crime!!!!!

John hobbled over to a bench and pulled off his sock and tennis shoe. The whole top of his foot was red but his little toe was really red and was smooshed. I went into Cosmic Ray's, stood in line and got a cup of ice. When I told them what it was for, the castmember asked if we needed medical attention and I told them no. When I got back, I put some of the ice in a handy ziplock bag (gotta love the fact that I take them into the parks every day) and he put it on his foot.

After icing his foot a while, John decided that we'd go ahead and make our way over to Pinocchio's Village Haus.

On the way, we spotted this wild animal cage and had to take a picture. Look, John didn't cut off our heads! Thank goodness for digital cameras where he can actually see what the picture will look like before snapping the picture.

I gotta tell you, I wasn't impressed with the Figaro Fries all that much. They came with just cheese sauce and bacon. I read later on the Disboard that we could have asked for lettuce and tomato. Oh well, live and learn. Hunter ordered the pizza and I think I remember John ordering an Italian sandwich. The castmember saw our birthday and anniversary buttons and gave us all free desserts. Sorry, no pictures. We were able to find a nice little table upstairs outside all by ourselves. We could see almost all of Fantasyland from our table. As soon as we left, a castmember came out and roped off the balcony.

While we ate, we chatted about where we should go next. We decided we'd finish up Fantasyland and then go over to Toontown. I can not find the pictures I took on Snow White but I'll find them on photobucket and come back and post them. (Right now, I am trying to leave you guys with something before we head out for Hot Springs, Arkansas to camp.)

We were able to see and do everything in Fantasyland with the exception of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh with very little wait. Well, Peter Pan's Flight had a 35 minute wait but that's not too bad for Peter Pan. Next on the list was Mickey's Toontown (my namesake). Our first stop? The characters. John's foot was hurting him so he decided to skip the characters (and standing in line) this go round.

First up was Donald Duck.

Pose boys!

And then Donald had everybody sing Happy Birthday to Hunter:

Next in the cast of characters was silly old Pluto:

And last but certainly not least was Goofy!

We left the room and when we got into the hallway, Hunter was super stoked that everybody had sung Happy Birthday to him. He could hardly wait to go tell his Dad.

We found John right away. He was sitting on one of the benches beside the line for the characters and I could tell that he was fighting back the sleepies. He made a big deal out of the birthday sing-a-long and told Hunter, "let's go buy something to celebrate". Cotton candy for each of us!

And off we hobbled to our next attraction!


****For those of you wondering why we wore our anniversary buttons and birthday button throughout the trip, the castmember at Guest Services told us to wear them every day. So, we did!

 

[Coconuts]

Man, you were right. If something crazy happens, it happens to you. Can't wait for the next hilarious installment.

 

[Cynthiagayle01]

This TR is great! Its nice to see we're not the only disney fans in West Monroe! My sis and I are thinking about a trip to the world. I have to show her this TR she is gonna be so excited! Can't wait to read more! I definitely can't wait to hear about your August trip.

 

[jenseib]

How the heck did I get 5 pages behind. WOW! Great updates.
I hear that all the time about the scooter people. They run people over all the time and never apoligize, or they are tooting there horn so they can get around you. Well if I could go faster I would, so I sure as heck am not going to let someone else in front of me to make me take longer to get there. LOL!
I'm loving the ghosts updates too. I love to read this stuff, but if it happened to me I would freak out most likely. LOL!

 

[TigerKat]

Oh, I forgot to mention that, while I was in the bathroom trying to reattach my temporary, the automatic toilet flushed two times. I got a little sprinkling of water on my tushy but I didn't care 'cause I had my grin back.

I'm obviously not done catching up yet but I just had to tell you I almost peed my pants on this, AFTER reading your hilarious explanation of losing the temp.

 

[TigerKat]

Still catching up......sad to hear about Rose & Crown, we were thinking about trying it, heard the fish & chips were really good....maybe not so for us LA folk, huh?

Loved your detailed CBR resort info! Totally agree that you get two vacations in one, that's what we LOVE about CBR. We tried POFQ last year and maybe because we're from NOLA we were very disappointed in it, nothing magical for us.

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Nice little update, the pictures with Donald Duck are too cute!!!!

 

[goofy's_gurl]

great update like always lol . i would of been mad if someone ran over my foot in there scooter. and not to say sorry jeez people got nerves. got to watch out for scooters and even strollers sometimes

 

[mickeystoontown]

Hey everybody! We just got back from our tent camping trip. The temperature on Friday afternoon was 95 degrees. Yesterday, it was 97. Today, it was 98 when we left Hot Springs, Arkansas. We got home and it was a HOT 100 degrees. We had a great time fishing and doing a whole lot of nothing.

I hope to get another installment up tomorrow.

Lisa

 

[longing2Batdisney]

glad ya'll had a relaxing weekend; Hammond has been the hottest in the state throughout the entire week (go figure???) w/ the heat index we have been hitting 106. You would think New Orleans or Baton Rouge would be the hottest w/little trees, bldgs, and car traffic; and we can't go swimming for another week/two w/Ashton...Danny had let the pool go for a while with everything going...he started it back up this weekend can't wait...

The segway accident--that is probably why they banned them from the parks (I think I read that somewhere); I read somewhere that handicap group has a lawsuit for people that have their own and want to use them instead of wheelchairs

can't wait for your next installment...

 

[eandesmom]

Great updates, I'm all caught up!

I don't mind Stitch, but I can't stand SGE. Neither can my DH or the E's. We were there when it "previewed" in 2004 and thought it was the worst thing ever. Go figure. We've been shocked it's survived.

I know what you mean about paying off the trip, especially when it includes DDP, it is the BEST feeling!

 

[hhockman]

Sounds like you had a good time!

It's been hot here in Georgia too. Can't wait for the next installment.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I didn't know TTA would be closed too! Though I guess that makes sense with the way it runs through SM. Man, now I'm bummed! I love TTA!

Oh, well. What can you do, right? Guess that means we'll have to plan another trip....


Darn.

Yep, I guess we'll just have to go back next year and check out the "new" Space Mountain and TTA. Aww, I'm so sad.

Congrats on paying off your August trip. I know that feels good!!!!

It feels absolutely wonderful!

Man, you were right. If something crazy happens, it happens to you. Can't wait for the next hilarious installment.

I often wonder if mishaps follow me around.

This TR is great! Its nice to see we're not the only disney fans in West Monroe! My sis and I are thinking about a trip to the world. I have to show her this TR she is gonna be so excited! Can't wait to read more! I definitely can't wait to hear about your August trip.

I'm so glad to have another Louisiana reader. Isn't it a small world that we both live in West Monroe.

 

[mickeystoontown]

How the heck did I get 5 pages behind. WOW! Great updates.
I hear that all the time about the scooter people. They run people over all the time and never apoligize, or they are tooting there horn so they can get around you. Well if I could go faster I would, so I sure as heck am not going to let someone else in front of me to make me take longer to get there. LOL!
I'm loving the ghosts updates too. I love to read this stuff, but if it happened to me I would freak out most likely. LOL!

The scooter incident really made us mad. We haven't run into too many inconsiderate scooter drivers over the years but this lady took the cake! All she had to do was say I'm sorry. I mean, she had plenty of time while she was just sitting on his foot!

I'm obviously not done catching up yet but I just had to tell you I almost peed my pants on this, AFTER reading your hilarious explanation of losing the temp.

When I think back on it now, I get the giggles and it's really funny. When it was happening, not such much!

Still catching up......sad to hear about Rose & Crown, we were thinking about trying it, heard the fish & chips were really good....maybe not so for us LA folk, huh?

Loved your detailed CBR resort info! Totally agree that you get two vacations in one, that's what we LOVE about CBR. We tried POFQ last year and maybe because we're from NOLA we were very disappointed in it, nothing magical for us.

I'm sure with you being from Louisiana, you are like us.....we like our fish coated in corn meal and fried with crispies on the fillets. These were deep fried all right but it was in a batter (which we knew it would be ahead of time and we have eaten fish and chips elsewhere) and it was mushy and greasy.

We love the CBR. Over the weekend, we talked about seeing if we could move our buy 4/get 3 reservation over to the CBR because we love it so much. (We decided to just stay with Pop and use the money to do Disney "extras".)

I've looked at the Port Orleans resorts and I just can't get excited about them. Like you said, I guess being from Louisiana, it's not that exciting to us because the theming is so similar to what we have at home.

Nice little update, the pictures with Donald Duck are too cute!!!!

Thanks, I am hoping to get more posted today.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

I'm current on this thread again! Yay! I can't believe the nerve of some people. The woman ran over your husband's foot and then has the gall to curse and keep moving without so much as an apology. That makes ME mad and it didn't even happen to me!

Love the character pictures. You gotta love Donald leading the group to sing to Hunter. How sweet!

And I was thinking of you over the weekend. I saw a show on Biography channel "Ghosts Caught on Tape" and made me think of you. Wonder if you could put a camera on that bathroom that keeps getting getting unlocked?

 

[jcmc]

 

[mickeystoontown]

glad ya'll had a relaxing weekend; Hammond has been the hottest in the state throughout the entire week (go figure???) w/ the heat index we have been hitting 106. You would think New Orleans or Baton Rouge would be the hottest w/little trees, bldgs, and car traffic; and we can't go swimming for another week/two w/Ashton...Danny had let the pool go for a while with everything going...he started it back up this weekend can't wait...

The segway accident--that is probably why they banned them from the parks (I think I read that somewhere); I read somewhere that handicap group has a lawsuit for people that have their own and want to use them instead of wheelchairs

can't wait for your next installment...

This is the first year that we haven't had a pool. For years and years, we had a big above ground pool but last year, the liner got a tear in it and we didn't buy a new one because we thought we'd get an even bigger pool this year. Well, it's June and we haven't gotten one yet. Hunter is having fits to go swimming.

The drive-by runover wasn't with a segway, it was with a scooter.

Great updates, I'm all caught up!

I don't mind Stitch, but I can't stand SGE. Neither can my DH or the E's. We were there when it "previewed" in 2004 and thought it was the worst thing ever. Go figure. We've been shocked it's survived.

I know what you mean about paying off the trip, especially when it includes DDP, it is the BEST feeling!

I don't like Stitch's Great Escape as much as I did Alien Encounter. I know that they got a bunch of complaints about Alient Encounter being too scary for kids but we liked it.

I feel great now that the trip is paid for in full.

Sounds like you had a good time!

It's been hot here in Georgia too. Can't wait for the next installment.

We had a wonderful time camping. I think the part that I like best is the fact that nobody knows you, nobody cares if you have messy hair, noboby cares if you wear makeup, etc. etc. We caught lots of fish and grilled outside for every meal. Hot but wonderful!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm current on this thread again! Yay! I can't believe the nerve of some people. The woman ran over your husband's foot and then has the gall to curse and keep moving without so much as an apology. That makes ME mad and it didn't even happen to me!

Love the character pictures. You gotta love Donald leading the group to sing to Hunter. How sweet!

And I was thinking of you over the weekend. I saw a show on Biography channel "Ghosts Caught on Tape" and made me think of you. Wonder if you could put a camera on that bathroom that keeps getting getting unlocked?

John was pretty ticked off that she didn't say sorry or anything. It's like she thought it was all John's fault that she ran over him.

My mother told me that I needed to borrow my brother-in-law's night vision camera. It's for watching deer and other animals at night so they know where they are feeding. I am seriously thinking about it.

I'm trying to get my photobucket album to come up now. For some reason, y pictures are all out of whack. (much like me) Once I find the rest of my Magic Kingdom pictures I'll post more.