Our Best Friends Are Flakes … A December WDW Trip Report

H20Babie · Dec 10, 2008

Now, you'll have to excuse my photos from our first MVMCP ... I recently bought a new camera and still haven't figured out all the settings. Argh!

We didn't take in any of the shows, but we did catch the dance parties (had to drag the kids out of the Starlight Cafe) and Holiday Wishes. Rather, we rode, and rode, and rode! (Now, that's my kind of night!)

Philharmagic, Winnie the Pooh and Snow White were all hits, all the way around. Claire was not fond of PoTC and came off BTMRR absolutely devastated. She was sitting with my mom, who Claire grabbed and would not let go of. Poor girl was literally in tears. Probably wasn't the smartest ride to go on at night with Claire. It made her very anxious and nervous to ride almost anything for the rest of the week. Bad Mommies!!!

We like to move it-move it:

A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeeh, macarena! (Check out my mom, she looks like she's doing the robot!)

The Boys Are Back/Who Let the Dogs Out (click for the video ... rotfl):

Ahhh, peace at last:

But not for long. Dancing machines, they are:

My poor attempt at fireworks photography:

And last, but not least, off to Never Never This Cold in Florida Again Land:

H20Babie · Dec 10, 2008

DormaNesbit said:
OMG the little one was on the hood of the car! Too funny!:ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

No, Suzy Q and I were

DormaNesbit · Dec 10, 2008

H20Babie said:
No, Suzy Q and I were

OK-----that is even better!:ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

happymom52003 · Dec 10, 2008

Who taught your son his dance moves? He is the cutest thing ever!

sweetpee_1993 · Dec 10, 2008

OMG! I'm so lovin' your TR! How fun!

Okay. I gotta see the Tawny Kitaen pic. You must post that one. :lol:

I can totally relate with Claire on BTMRR. When I was like 4 or 5 I clearly remember being at WDW with my dad, older brother, aunt, & cousin. BTMRR was brand new and dad wanted to ride it...but not alone. So he looks at the 3 of us kiddos and says, "If one of you doesn't ride this with me we're leaving." My older brother refused. So did my cousin. Guess who made the bodily sacrifice??? I remember crying in line because I was terrified. Loud noises used to scare the bejeezus out of me so that 1st lift hill nearly gave me a heart attack. Then, the ride began. I wrapped my little arms around the lap bar, closed my eyes tight, and screamed. I just knew I was going to die! I was hysterical at the end. After that ride I didn't step foot onto another coaster until I was 12 or 13. Ironically, the coaster that started my love for the thrill ride was none other than BTMRR. My mother bribed me with my 1st pair of Mickey ears to ride it with her. Keeping your eyes open makes a big difference. It's been all about the thrill ever since! LOL! So, Claire, I feel ya sweetie!

Lovin' those groovin' kiddos! Those are some dancin' fools, huh? Loved it! And your Mom in her robot pic totally takes the cake! Tell her she's a regular rock star! LOL! Love her!

I'm glad to see Webkins were part of your journey, too. The kids all just love 'em. We generally have a Webkin or two join us on our adventures.

Can't wait for MORE!!!!! Yaaaaayyyy!!!!:sohappy:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

happymom52003 said:
Who taught your son his dance moves? He is the cutest thing ever!

Well, me of course!

We have regular dance parties around here! Lol. I used to be in a professional dance program until I tore all the tendons in the arch of my foot playing soccer when I was 16. I still love to dance, but now it's for recreation. Plus, all those HSM movies, help too :lol:

sweetpee_1993 said:
OMG! I'm so lovin' your TR! How fun!

Okay. I gotta see the Tawny Kitaen pic. You must post that one. :lol:

I can totally relate with Claire on BTMRR. When I was like 4 or 5 I clearly remember being at WDW with my dad, older brother, aunt, & cousin. BTMRR was brand new and dad wanted to ride it...but not alone. So he looks at the 3 of us kiddos and says, "If one of you doesn't ride this with me we're leaving." My older brother refused. So did my cousin. Guess who made the bodily sacrifice??? I remember crying in line because I was terrified. Loud noises used to scare the bejeezus out of me so that 1st lift hill nearly gave me a heart attack. Then, the ride began. I wrapped my little arms around the lap bar, closed my eyes tight, and screamed. I just knew I was going to die! I was hysterical at the end. After that ride I didn't step foot onto another coaster until I was 12 or 13. Ironically, the coaster that started my love for the thrill ride was none other than BTMRR. My mother bribed me with my 1st pair of Mickey ears to ride it with her. Keeping your eyes open makes a big difference. It's been all about the thrill ever since! LOL! So, Claire, I feel ya sweetie!

Lovin' those groovin' kiddos! Those are some dancin' fools, huh? Loved it! And your Mom in her robot pic totally takes the cake! Tell her she's a regular rock star! LOL! Love her!

I'm glad to see Webkins were part of your journey, too. The kids all just love 'em. We generally have a Webkin or two join us on our adventures.

Can't wait for MORE!!!!! Yaaaaayyyy!!!!:sohappy:

You're too funny! Hopefully, I'll get the "Whitesnake" photos this weekend to post. I'm a little scared, myself!

Jackson has over 30 Webkinz ... he picked up two more in WDW, and then I put my foot down. We're in WDW ... buy something else! :lol:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Day 3: Epcot

We let the kids sleep in this morning and then headed out to my favourite park at about 10 am. It was an HSM kind of day:

Once inside the park, I took my obligatory Christmas pictures:

I booted it over to The Land to get fastpasses for Soarin'. We then went on Journey into Imagination with Figment, and let the kids get out the ants in their pants at Imageworks:

Since we were crossing the main hub to hit Mission:Space next, we detoured into Club Cool. Boy, I had some fun! There was a boy about 12-13, who looked at me like he was asking which he should try. So, of course, I pointed out the Beverley! You should have seen his face ... it was almost as good as Suzy Q's:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Next up was Mission:Space. While Claire was nervous in the beginning, she began to enjoy Mission:Space once she realized it wasn't a coaster or all that dark. She, the pilot, even pushed her red shiny buttons!

By this time, I was craving a churro and some Mexican beer, so we headed to Mexico for a quick lunch at the Cantina. My favourite sign:

Jackson and I rode Test Track and everyone took a good 45 minute foot rest on Ellen:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

We then completed our tour of Future World by finishing it off with stopping in at the Character Spot, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, Turtle Talk with Crush, and Soarin':

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Now, the drama returns.

We checked out Mexico a bit more before going on to Norway. The Santa there was funny! The kids now want to leave porridge for Santa on Christmas Eve instead of cookies ... lol.

We had ADR's at Akershus for the Princess Dinner but Jackson did not want to go. I took him for a little walk around Norway, where we eventually sat down and talked. Jackson, who is an only child, was on overload. He was quietly crying and saying he just wanted time with me. We decided we would have some Mommy and Jackson time. Jackson didn't even want my mom with us, just me. I should have anticipated this, but I didn't. The kids had been together from dawn to dusk for the past three days and Jackson needed some quiet time. Kudos to him for recognizing it and not falling completely apart. But, I did feel absolutey awful that Suzy Q, Claire and Will were going to be dining alone after I spent all the time planning this meal for Claire (which, by the way, Suzy Q said was completely disappointing, save the princesses).

So, after watching some the Santa stories all together, Jackson and I spent the evening together in Epcot, riding Test Track and Misson:Space again, as well as SSE, where I let Jackson make our future:

figmentisgreat · Dec 11, 2008

H20Babie said:
Philharmagic, Winnie the Pooh and Snow White were all hits, all the way around. Claire was not fond of PoTC and came off BTMRR absolutely devastated. She was sitting with my mom, who Claire grabbed and would not let go of. Poor girl was literally in tears. Probably wasn't the smartest ride to go on at night with Claire. It made her very anxious and nervous to ride almost anything for the rest of the week. Bad Mommies!!!

That is EXACTLY what happened to me! We went for EMH (back when buzz's space ranger spin first opened and you had to actually pay for them!) and my mom forced me to go on it at night. At first, it wasn't a problem because I liked it when I went on during the day. I cried the entire time, and it took until my trip in 2005 for me to actually go on it again.

figmentisgreat · Dec 11, 2008

H20Babie said:

This is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL picture. Can I use it for my background on my computer for a little bit?? I never actually realized that view existed! I had to go back and look at my own photos from a couple of trips ago to make sure that you didn't do an expert photoshop job on it!

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

figmentisgreat said:
This is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL picture. Can I use it for my background on my computer for a little bit?? I never actually realized that view existed! I had to go back and look at my own photos from a couple of trips ago to make sure that you didn't do an expert photoshop job on it!

Thank you ... I tried to get some "artsy" shots this time around. Go right ahead!

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Day 4: DHS and Tee-Shirt Day

Today was a shorter day, with highs around 74. Absolutely beautiful weather. This was also the day we found out what was going on back at home with our government! Wow! The kids discovered Pin Trading ... it would soon become the bane of our existance (and wallets).

More obligatory Christmas pictures:

As advised, we headed straight for Toy Story Mania for fast passes. However, to the kids ultimate squeals and dancing fancies, we walked straight into this:

By the time we got to TSM, the wait time was already at 110 minutes at 9:30 am. So, we did Muppet Vision 3D:

And stopped in the Writer's Shop for coffee and cookie cakes (heck, we're in Disney!) Looks like this big guy ate a few, too:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Suzy Q then decided we all needed our faces painted since we obviously weren't wearing enough make up for our Hollywood sightseeing:

On to Star Tours and fastpasses for the Rockin' Roller Coaster for Jackson and me.

Wait, hold on a moment. Prince Charming??? Nah ... I'll take one these guys anyday ... they're GREEN!!! You know what they say about GREEN men, don't you?

And, of course, more Pin Trading:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Lunch was at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. Loved the Prime Time's theming:

So did Suzy Homemaker:

Good meal. Pot roast for Suzy and the Stuffed Pepper for me:

Suzy Q got in trouble for having her elbows on the table and Mom got a suprise birthday cupcake, while I had the smores:

After the Prime Time, we walked out just in time to catch the Block Party Bash:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Finally, it was time for TSM! By then, we looked like this:

But really, it was more like this:

Seriously now, we all enjoyed the ride ... it was fantastic. After all the hype, I was afraid it would disappoint. It isn't something I would wait 110 minutes for, but I'd definitely fast pass it!

From there, we split. Mom went back to the resort, Suzy Q, Claire, and Will saw Ariel while Jackson and I went to turn on our fast passes for RnRC. Jackson was a little nervous, but he had been looking forward to this moment for months. He was finally tall enough to ride! Being a good Mommy this time around, I told him if he changed his mind before getting into the car, it would be okay. He didn't. This is him after the ride, and his opinion of it:

We called it an early night for once, and returned to the resort where Chip and Dale were waiting for us with more towel creations:

More to follow tonight ... have to get ready for work!

jjbuster2 · Dec 11, 2008

I'm loving you pictures...it makes me even more restless at work. I've got to do today and Friday, finish packing this weekend, survive Monday, and then we finally get to drive down on TUESDAY! If we don't make park opening at the Studios, plan is to DEFINITELY Fast Pass TSM.

Can't wait to see more...
:xmas:

DormaNesbit · Dec 11, 2008

I raced home from work today to see if there was more to your trip report and you did not disappoint! Jackson looks very much like you!:xmas:

H20Babie · Dec 11, 2008

Day 5: Lazy Day

We had our first (and only) character breakfast of the trip today, at 'Ohana. Since I had been paying most of the gratuities for the trip, my mom bought us the photo package. Most curiously, the three of us women seemed to match in a Poly, tropical kind of way:

Jackson decided to bring Bananas, the grey langur Webkinz, to the feast. Much to our surprise, Banana's got lei'd:

The meal was good, but the juice ... OMG, the juice was unbelievable! The characters were great, coming around more than once, and paid each child some individual attention.

Birthday hugs for Mom:

Stitch had a baby Stitch:

After breakfast, we moved our butts onto the beach to partake of the sun. This is Suzy Q's expression when she realized she could have been there with me at the Poly during my last solo adventure ... sucks to be her!

Jackson playing on the sand:

Suzanne Squared:

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