Figgy1
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In the freezer. Thank you againYou’re welcome! Taking a lot of will power to just eat 1 or 2.
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Figgy1
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Did they raise the height requirement?My tiny 7 year old wants to do Super Dooper Looper. I hope she is still too small. I don’t like rides that go upside down without a shoulder harness. I understand physics, but physics doesn’t work if a ride gets stuck. Yes, very over protective even with number 4.
Figgy1
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Now you're just being ridiculousThat's jumper weather for Figgy
85 is about the highest temperature for a jumper. I wore one the other day when it got to80
CoreNovawarAMM
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Oh ok...I misunderstood the post then.Super Dooper Looper in Hershey. It has one loop.
RnRC goes upside down 3 times.
Songbird76
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I'm so sorry, it's been a month since I last posted about our trip...life just got really busy. So...I left off with finishing our tours of the castles and going into Füssen for food only to find the amazing Italian restaurant closed. Boo.
We are really not fans of McDonalds (with the exception of DS) so settling for that really was not appealing after having thought about delicious food all day. So we decided we'd look and see if anything else was open that looked good and if not, we'd have to make do with McJunk. We wandered through the main streets and found a street that had a bunch of terraces on it, looked at a menu and it seemed pretty decent, so we sat down.
Our server was quite...well, the PG13 word would be snotty. I don't know if she was having a bad day, or was tired of tourists, or what, but had we known beforehand, we might have moved on to the next terrace.
DH ordered a steak, DD ordered the ribs, and I ordered some sort of stuffed pasta dish, kind of like mannicotti. They were all very good. (DS was holding out for McDonalds)
I was happy to have gotten my Italian fix, even though it was not as good and authentic as the other place. But it was yummy, so I was quite happy. But just to illustrate the server's attitude, we had barely even sat down and she handed us the menus and already wanted to take our order. Um....we haven't even had time to open the menus much less know what we want. We asked for more time and then she just kind of rolled her eyes and walked away....and then didn't come back. We finally flagged her down. Then we had all ordered our food and explained that DS would not need anything but a drink and she looks at us expectantly and then says "Is that ALL?" Like...what do you want us to do? Are you expecting us to order 2 things each? It was just so weird
We ordered dessert. Apple strudel with vanilla sauce, and deep fried apple rings in vanilla sauce. We couldn't decide, so DD and I each ordered one and decided we'd share so we could taste both. We sat there for a long time, then the apple strudel came but not the rings. We sat there waiting and waiting and waiting. We had eaten the strudel and were still waiting on the rings and thought maybe they forgot them. I don't remember now if we had to ask about them or not, but I DO remember deciding to ask for our check as SOON as the rest of the dessert was delivered because the woman was sooooo slow. She'd just be standing there doing nothing and we'd be trying to get her attention for another drink or to order the dessert, etc. When the apple rings came, we devoured them and it wasn't until we only had one left that we were like..oh wait...picture. So you only get a picture of one, but they were SOOO good.
We are really not fans of McDonalds (with the exception of DS) so settling for that really was not appealing after having thought about delicious food all day. So we decided we'd look and see if anything else was open that looked good and if not, we'd have to make do with McJunk. We wandered through the main streets and found a street that had a bunch of terraces on it, looked at a menu and it seemed pretty decent, so we sat down.
Our server was quite...well, the PG13 word would be snotty. I don't know if she was having a bad day, or was tired of tourists, or what, but had we known beforehand, we might have moved on to the next terrace.
DH ordered a steak, DD ordered the ribs, and I ordered some sort of stuffed pasta dish, kind of like mannicotti. They were all very good. (DS was holding out for McDonalds)
I was happy to have gotten my Italian fix, even though it was not as good and authentic as the other place. But it was yummy, so I was quite happy. But just to illustrate the server's attitude, we had barely even sat down and she handed us the menus and already wanted to take our order. Um....we haven't even had time to open the menus much less know what we want. We asked for more time and then she just kind of rolled her eyes and walked away....and then didn't come back. We finally flagged her down. Then we had all ordered our food and explained that DS would not need anything but a drink and she looks at us expectantly and then says "Is that ALL?" Like...what do you want us to do? Are you expecting us to order 2 things each? It was just so weird
We ordered dessert. Apple strudel with vanilla sauce, and deep fried apple rings in vanilla sauce. We couldn't decide, so DD and I each ordered one and decided we'd share so we could taste both. We sat there for a long time, then the apple strudel came but not the rings. We sat there waiting and waiting and waiting. We had eaten the strudel and were still waiting on the rings and thought maybe they forgot them. I don't remember now if we had to ask about them or not, but I DO remember deciding to ask for our check as SOON as the rest of the dessert was delivered because the woman was sooooo slow. She'd just be standing there doing nothing and we'd be trying to get her attention for another drink or to order the dessert, etc. When the apple rings came, we devoured them and it wasn't until we only had one left that we were like..oh wait...picture. So you only get a picture of one, but they were SOOO good.
Figgy1
Premium Member
Sympathy like. It's not bitter
ajrwdwgirl
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Awesome!!! Sounds very cool...!!!!!
Funny though, Rick’s Cafe reminds me of...!!!!!
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This Rick's Cafe might have been interesting too!
Casablanca is a great movie! Here are a couple pictures from the Rick's Cafe in Negril. The place is also known for great sunset views.
Songbird76
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I took this picture for @MinnieM123 because it looked like something she would like, with her love of plaques.
That evening, we drove on to Neu Ulm...DH had booked us a last minute room there because it's near Legoland, which was where we were going the next day. DH did not look at the fine print. He had booked a room for 2 adults and 2 children, but he had wanted one with 2 double beds since neither of our kids are top bunkers. But the fine print says they can't guarantee you get the kind of set up you want...so we got there and had a room with bunk beds and they didn't have any without. DD said she'd try it as the ceiling was high enough that she couldn't bonk her head if she sat up. It worked out fine...it wasn't a spectacular room, but it was clean and comfortable.
That night, DH made a booking in Frankfort for the next night in an apartment. We had zero clean clothes left and I had been asking DH to book a place with laundry facilities for days. He kept saying he THOUGHT this hotel had laundry facilities, then we'd get there and they didn't, so he obviously hadn't been looking. So I told him we HAD to have a washer and dryer!! So that's why he booked an apartment rather than a hotel. But first, Legoland.
We got up in the morning, grabbed some breakfast, then ran to a grocery store to pick up laundry detergent and dryer sheets because the guy said he wasn't sure if that was provided.
Then we drove to Legoland, which I think was like...30 minutes away? We got there just before rope drop and we already had our tickets, so we didn't have to wait in the ticket line.
Now, I took a TON of pictures....there's so much to see. But I'll just post a kind of overview so you can see what there is.
First up was a boat ride. It was kind of hilarious to watch adults struggle to steer these boats, while DS just coasted past them. This one woman somehow managed to get her boat completely turned around the wrong way and couldn't figure out how to get it turned back. I bet she's a terrific driver.
They had made lego versions of all the major cities in Europe....Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Paris, etc...and then they even had a skyscraper section and they had Neuschwanstein Castle.
Star Wars:
That evening, we drove on to Neu Ulm...DH had booked us a last minute room there because it's near Legoland, which was where we were going the next day. DH did not look at the fine print. He had booked a room for 2 adults and 2 children, but he had wanted one with 2 double beds since neither of our kids are top bunkers. But the fine print says they can't guarantee you get the kind of set up you want...so we got there and had a room with bunk beds and they didn't have any without. DD said she'd try it as the ceiling was high enough that she couldn't bonk her head if she sat up. It worked out fine...it wasn't a spectacular room, but it was clean and comfortable.
That night, DH made a booking in Frankfort for the next night in an apartment. We had zero clean clothes left and I had been asking DH to book a place with laundry facilities for days. He kept saying he THOUGHT this hotel had laundry facilities, then we'd get there and they didn't, so he obviously hadn't been looking. So I told him we HAD to have a washer and dryer!! So that's why he booked an apartment rather than a hotel. But first, Legoland.
We got up in the morning, grabbed some breakfast, then ran to a grocery store to pick up laundry detergent and dryer sheets because the guy said he wasn't sure if that was provided.
Then we drove to Legoland, which I think was like...30 minutes away? We got there just before rope drop and we already had our tickets, so we didn't have to wait in the ticket line.
Now, I took a TON of pictures....there's so much to see. But I'll just post a kind of overview so you can see what there is.
First up was a boat ride. It was kind of hilarious to watch adults struggle to steer these boats, while DS just coasted past them. This one woman somehow managed to get her boat completely turned around the wrong way and couldn't figure out how to get it turned back. I bet she's a terrific driver.
They had made lego versions of all the major cities in Europe....Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Paris, etc...and then they even had a skyscraper section and they had Neuschwanstein Castle.
Star Wars:
MySmallWorldof4
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Yay! Yummy, right?
MySmallWorldof4
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No idea. I just don’t like the idea of looping coasters without shoulder restraints.
MinnieM123
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I don’t do yard work much anymore. About 4 years ago I thought I would be helpful and weed all the front planting beds. Ended up with poison ivy. Lasted for what felt like months. We had to cancel our beach vacation because of it. A couple of weeks ago dh was trimming some bushes by his office and got poison ivy. He is now done with yard work.
Poison ivy can be much more of an issue for adults. I recall getting it a few times as a kid, but no biggie after a few days. I knew (an adult male) that actually had to go on steroids because of it--took this guy a few months to completely get rid of it. Crazy.
MinnieM123
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Thank you.
MinnieM123
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This morning, I was walking along a small boat launch ramp, that goes directly into a pond. A goose was swimming nearby, and hesitantly came up from the water onto the ramp. Other people walked by, and the goose went back in the water.
Then the goose came back up on the ramp. Another person approached, and the goose went back in the water. Person left, and goose came back up the ramp, and looked straight up at me. Maybe the goose thought I wasn't a human?
Then the goose came back up on the ramp. Another person approached, and the goose went back in the water. Person left, and goose came back up the ramp, and looked straight up at me. Maybe the goose thought I wasn't a human?
Songbird76
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World Cup soccer had just ended the weekend before, so there was a whole display.
There's a kind of train thing that they CALL a monorail, and I suppose it is, but it's more like a track ride like...Winnie the Pooh, but on a track up above and it goes around the one section of the park. DS REALLY wanted to do it, so we did. I did not enjoy it at all.
DD and DH did a thing where you are in a chair and you pull yourself up and let yourself fall.
There was a balloon performer who did audience participation based on Star Wars, with all the props made out of balloon creations. It was pretty funny. I don't have any pictures of it though. We came in and it had already started and we were up in a back corner. We also did a fun house mirror maze thing while DH went on a thrill ride...I went in with the kids and somehow we got split up and I kept getting stuck in this one spot over and over and couldn't find the kids, which is AWFUL and I was worried DS was getting stuck and panicking. Oddly, he LOVED it and wanted to do it again, and I told him he was welcome to, but I had no desire, and he didn't want to do it alone...he did it alone the first time, so I don't know why he didn't want to go without us the second time, but instead we stayed in the lego creation room and built things. Then we moved on.
The kids got to pan for "gold". We wrapped DS's cast in seran wrap for this one. They loved it.
There was also a sort of SDMT ride with a dragon, but the wait time was too long and the kids didn't want to wait. We went and got some waffles for a light snack before we left the park. DD and I ordered one cherry one and one strawberry one and shared. DS got chocolate on his and I don't remember what DH got, but we were pleasantly surprised...they were really good.
We left around 3 because we had a 2 hour drive to Frankfort...well, it was SUPPOSED to be 2 hours, and because we had had so much trouble with traffic jams due to construction, we wanted to allow some extra time. We had to pick up the key to the apartment and the last appointment was at 8. We figured leave at three, stop somewhere on the way and have dinner, be there around 6 or so and I would spend the evening doing laundry. Best laid plans.
We got in the car and kept getting stuck in traffic. The deal was we were supposed to send a text to the guy 30 minutes before we wanted to pick up the key. Last time to pick up the key was 8. We ended up with me being dropped off near the appartment because there was no place to park and we had about 5 minutes to spare. But all communication had been with DH, so the guy was looking for a man, not a woman. And he was a french native who spoke some german, but apparently no English, and I don't know a word in French and my German is poor at best. So DH is trying to find a place to park, the guy shows me up to the apartment, is giving me a quick tour, when he realizes there's been a miscommunication. We have 4 people and they only gave us bedding for 2. There was a double bed, and a single bed in the one bedroom and that's it. I didn't realize the bedding on the double bed was only single person....so the guy is calling the agency to ask about the other bedding. It's locked in a sort of trunk being used as a coffee table....he doesn't have the key. So he's trying to tell me to wait there, he'll be back in 10 minutes with the key to the trunk, but I was thinking we were going to switch apartments because there were only the 2 beds. Turns out, one person was supposed to sleep on the couch. And the listing had said washer and dryer, but there was only a washer. It was already much later than we had thought, and we still hadn't eaten. We got everything settled, we went and grabbed all our luggage and realized I had left my pillows in Neu Ulm. Too late....we couldn't drive back there for them. I started some laundry, we went in search of food. I thought I had taken pictures of our food, but I can only find our desserts. I know DD and I shared again....one of us ordered a chicken dish and the other some sort of fancy mac n cheese, but DD didn't like the pasta. I didn't love it, the chicken was great, but DD has a tendency to be self sacrificing and just wouldn't have eaten because I was the one who ordered the chicken. So I told her I wanted the pasta when she said she didn't like it, and gave her my chicken just so she would eat.
I was up well into the night doing laundry and hanging it everywhere I could find, then DH found a rack, so I got everything washed and hung up to dry and I crashed. We wanted to make rope drop for our second day at Phantasialand so we could do the water raft ride before the line got too long.
Now, I don't know if DH just was lying to me, or if he really didn't realize how far Frankfort is from Phantasialand...he said it was about half an hour, but I remembered it being much farther. But he had booked the apartment just so I could do laundry and I kind of suspect he only told me it was so close to the park so I wouldn't tell him to find something else. But the park opened at 9, and it's actually more than a 2 hour drive, so I was up at 5:30 showering and repacking all the clothes so we could be on the road at 7.
We hadn't even been driving long before we were at a complete standstill. We had seen some smoke up ahead, but couldn't tell how far it was...then came the fire trucks. We were stopped for about an hour. A semi had caught fire. Once it was put out and traffic got going, we saw what little remained. It was less than a kilometer in front of us...and all that was left was the metal frame of the trailer. http://www.feuerwehr-mogendorf.de/i...and-bab-3-dernbacher-dreieck-km-80-5-fr-koeln
So much for making rope drop. We arrived somewhere around 10 I think....and I forgot my camera, so all the pictures are from phones.
This is the water ride. I took this from the line, as well as the selfie with DD.
You can't really tell from the photo because there was only a tiny little bit on my side that did not get wet, but I am SOAKED...look at DH's shirt and you can see how wet he was, which was about half of what I got. I managed to hit every splash right on. It was AWESOME though...so much fun and it was sweltering hot that day, so I was grateful to be soaked. It took the whole day to dry and I stayed nice and cool. DS did not go on this ride because he hates getting wet. He took this picture.
After that, most of what we did was watch shows. There was a stunt show with people doing tricks on bikes, on trampolines, and breakdancing. There was an ice show that was pretty cool, and then the Museart, which we had watched on our first day, but DS wanted to watch it again. We noticed there were some changes...must change depending on who's there that day. Still great though. DD wasn't feeling well when we left to drive home. We stopped to eat at McD's on the way and she was trying so hard to throw up, but couldn't get anything out. She finally did start to feel a bit better though. And that's pretty much the trip. I didn't take many pictures because I had forgotten my camera in the car and we were just watching shows anyway.
DH did this coaster....he loved it.
And that was it. We left the park and headed home. It's only an hour and a half drive from home, so we didn't bother to stay in a hotel that night. We got home and had to go buy me new pillows the next day.
So...overall, our favorite part was Bavaria and we want to go back and stay in the Hotel Schnöller again. Highly recommend it. The parks were fun, the driving was NOT fun. But a nice little vacation.
There's a kind of train thing that they CALL a monorail, and I suppose it is, but it's more like a track ride like...Winnie the Pooh, but on a track up above and it goes around the one section of the park. DS REALLY wanted to do it, so we did. I did not enjoy it at all.
DD and DH did a thing where you are in a chair and you pull yourself up and let yourself fall.
There was a balloon performer who did audience participation based on Star Wars, with all the props made out of balloon creations. It was pretty funny. I don't have any pictures of it though. We came in and it had already started and we were up in a back corner. We also did a fun house mirror maze thing while DH went on a thrill ride...I went in with the kids and somehow we got split up and I kept getting stuck in this one spot over and over and couldn't find the kids, which is AWFUL and I was worried DS was getting stuck and panicking. Oddly, he LOVED it and wanted to do it again, and I told him he was welcome to, but I had no desire, and he didn't want to do it alone...he did it alone the first time, so I don't know why he didn't want to go without us the second time, but instead we stayed in the lego creation room and built things. Then we moved on.
The kids got to pan for "gold". We wrapped DS's cast in seran wrap for this one. They loved it.
There was also a sort of SDMT ride with a dragon, but the wait time was too long and the kids didn't want to wait. We went and got some waffles for a light snack before we left the park. DD and I ordered one cherry one and one strawberry one and shared. DS got chocolate on his and I don't remember what DH got, but we were pleasantly surprised...they were really good.
We left around 3 because we had a 2 hour drive to Frankfort...well, it was SUPPOSED to be 2 hours, and because we had had so much trouble with traffic jams due to construction, we wanted to allow some extra time. We had to pick up the key to the apartment and the last appointment was at 8. We figured leave at three, stop somewhere on the way and have dinner, be there around 6 or so and I would spend the evening doing laundry. Best laid plans.
We got in the car and kept getting stuck in traffic. The deal was we were supposed to send a text to the guy 30 minutes before we wanted to pick up the key. Last time to pick up the key was 8. We ended up with me being dropped off near the appartment because there was no place to park and we had about 5 minutes to spare. But all communication had been with DH, so the guy was looking for a man, not a woman. And he was a french native who spoke some german, but apparently no English, and I don't know a word in French and my German is poor at best. So DH is trying to find a place to park, the guy shows me up to the apartment, is giving me a quick tour, when he realizes there's been a miscommunication. We have 4 people and they only gave us bedding for 2. There was a double bed, and a single bed in the one bedroom and that's it. I didn't realize the bedding on the double bed was only single person....so the guy is calling the agency to ask about the other bedding. It's locked in a sort of trunk being used as a coffee table....he doesn't have the key. So he's trying to tell me to wait there, he'll be back in 10 minutes with the key to the trunk, but I was thinking we were going to switch apartments because there were only the 2 beds. Turns out, one person was supposed to sleep on the couch. And the listing had said washer and dryer, but there was only a washer. It was already much later than we had thought, and we still hadn't eaten. We got everything settled, we went and grabbed all our luggage and realized I had left my pillows in Neu Ulm. Too late....we couldn't drive back there for them. I started some laundry, we went in search of food. I thought I had taken pictures of our food, but I can only find our desserts. I know DD and I shared again....one of us ordered a chicken dish and the other some sort of fancy mac n cheese, but DD didn't like the pasta. I didn't love it, the chicken was great, but DD has a tendency to be self sacrificing and just wouldn't have eaten because I was the one who ordered the chicken. So I told her I wanted the pasta when she said she didn't like it, and gave her my chicken just so she would eat.
I was up well into the night doing laundry and hanging it everywhere I could find, then DH found a rack, so I got everything washed and hung up to dry and I crashed. We wanted to make rope drop for our second day at Phantasialand so we could do the water raft ride before the line got too long.
Now, I don't know if DH just was lying to me, or if he really didn't realize how far Frankfort is from Phantasialand...he said it was about half an hour, but I remembered it being much farther. But he had booked the apartment just so I could do laundry and I kind of suspect he only told me it was so close to the park so I wouldn't tell him to find something else. But the park opened at 9, and it's actually more than a 2 hour drive, so I was up at 5:30 showering and repacking all the clothes so we could be on the road at 7.
We hadn't even been driving long before we were at a complete standstill. We had seen some smoke up ahead, but couldn't tell how far it was...then came the fire trucks. We were stopped for about an hour. A semi had caught fire. Once it was put out and traffic got going, we saw what little remained. It was less than a kilometer in front of us...and all that was left was the metal frame of the trailer. http://www.feuerwehr-mogendorf.de/i...and-bab-3-dernbacher-dreieck-km-80-5-fr-koeln
So much for making rope drop. We arrived somewhere around 10 I think....and I forgot my camera, so all the pictures are from phones.
This is the water ride. I took this from the line, as well as the selfie with DD.
You can't really tell from the photo because there was only a tiny little bit on my side that did not get wet, but I am SOAKED...look at DH's shirt and you can see how wet he was, which was about half of what I got. I managed to hit every splash right on. It was AWESOME though...so much fun and it was sweltering hot that day, so I was grateful to be soaked. It took the whole day to dry and I stayed nice and cool. DS did not go on this ride because he hates getting wet. He took this picture.
After that, most of what we did was watch shows. There was a stunt show with people doing tricks on bikes, on trampolines, and breakdancing. There was an ice show that was pretty cool, and then the Museart, which we had watched on our first day, but DS wanted to watch it again. We noticed there were some changes...must change depending on who's there that day. Still great though. DD wasn't feeling well when we left to drive home. We stopped to eat at McD's on the way and she was trying so hard to throw up, but couldn't get anything out. She finally did start to feel a bit better though. And that's pretty much the trip. I didn't take many pictures because I had forgotten my camera in the car and we were just watching shows anyway.
DH did this coaster....he loved it.
And that was it. We left the park and headed home. It's only an hour and a half drive from home, so we didn't bother to stay in a hotel that night. We got home and had to go buy me new pillows the next day.
So...overall, our favorite part was Bavaria and we want to go back and stay in the Hotel Schnöller again. Highly recommend it. The parks were fun, the driving was NOT fun. But a nice little vacation.
Songbird76
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No, they are glass bottles with a cork, and you get tiny little screw in circle things to turn them into a pendant. We learned to make them at a workshop at a huge crafting fair a couple of years ago. Cinderella's step sisters loved them when we went to 1900 Park Fare.
Figgy1
Premium Member
Figgy1
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I checked the requirements and it seems they are higher than when James was "little". As for coasters there's no way I could ever keep the boys off them if we were in a park with them.
Figgy1
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@Songbird76 how's your ds's arm now?
MinnieM123
Premium Member
It's not going to be a fun night at all. The rain has stopped so it seems everybody is shooting off fireworks. So much for going to bed early.
Sympathy like. And in my neck of the woods, about 5 houses away, a group was having a party that started at 2 in the afternoon, and finally got shut down by the cops at 8 last night. It was the LOUD music (really over the top--they had a DJ and everything . . . in a residential neighborhood . . . and the bass sound was booming for hours. There must have been 75 people there. What's wrong with people? If you want a huge, noisy party like that, go rent out a place, invite a crowd and make all the noise you want.