appleorchard
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- Nov 22, 2006
Well ,look what reappeared! My long-lost trip report! I've been thinking about it. Maybe I'll try and finish it off! With any luck I'll put up a new post tonight.
I guess I fell a bit behind here. M, J and I went to Disney in October and had a great time. My DH went by himself in September for a few days after visiting the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, where they kindly gave him a new liver 6 years ago.
Coming up... I leave this Thursday for 4 solo days for the Princess Half marathon! I just started running last May, in a weight loss--please, let's keep it off this time!-- move. And I'm really enjoying it! I'm staying at Pop, a first for me, since we're usually in a DVC room. M,J and I are staying at BLT in early April, DH and I are staying at BWV at the beginning of May.
Then M,J and I are meeting my sister, niece and her two kids at the end of August. Whew! Not to mention DH and I are going in December with another son and daughter in-law, who just graduated from nursing school!
So anyway... we were having just the grandest time in the MK. Really. I can't remember where we ate lunch, but I'm sure we ate lightly, because we had an early dinner at BoG.
We got my grandson on Space Mountain for the first time, but not without some doing. He had a death grip on my shoulder all the way in, because I was his riding partner.
"I'm really nervous about this, Grandma," he said, as if the death grip weren't enough of an indication.
"M, if I can go on it, at my age, you can do it too," I assured him.
E rode this a few years ago and loved it. M said he was sick that day. Maybe he really was. I really thought he was going to climb out of the rockets right up until the last minute this time. Like my brother tried to do in the Laff-in-the-Dark at Crystal Beach when he was about 4 and I was 6. Yes, our parents let us ride through this alone. They were in another car with my younger sister.
"Jimmy's trying to climb out!" I was screaming, while my mom yelled at me to hold onto him.
That was fun times.
But M made it through and, of course, couldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the day. Everybody enjoys being brave in retrospect.
Before dinner, I know we were eating ice cream. Because after we ate ice cream, we sent my son M and his son M to scout out some jewels so we could repeat the successful jewel drop on E at Mickey's Philharmagic. At first I thought she might be too old for it, then K and I decided, let's just go for it. Of course, we had to stifle my grandson so we he didn't let the cat out of the bag. And he managed to restrain himself, not easy for an 11 year old boy. E loved the jewel trick and had no idea it was us, unless she just has a really good poker face.
I have no idea where DH was. He wasn't with us and he wasn't with them, I don't think. He might have gone back to the hotel for a short time, since he sometimes runs out of steam.
So E, K and I are in line for Ariel's boat ride that's-an-awful-lot-like-the-Nemo ride while they went for the jewels. E likes the songs from this, and she was proving to be a little more of a Princess girl than we had thought she would be, so we waited in line. It's cool in there, at least.
And then K got that panicked look on her face. Where you know something major has just happened.
"I don't have my wallet," she said.
Well, this was very reminiscent of our first trip, where my son M left HIS wallet in the bathroom after riding ToT. My DH also managed to lose his room key out of his pocket on that ride. That was gone forever, but some wonderful Samaritan turned in the wallet. We were hoping it set a precedent. M and K lose things frequently.
She called M and asked him to check the ice cream place. Then she went to retrace her steps back there, to see if she'd dropped it somewhere. E and I waited in the line.
K made it back right before we got on, waving her wallet. Two for two on the lost wallets so far.
Everybody enjoyed BoG. A lot. I have no idea what we ate-- I don't take pictures of food. But it was good. And we ate in the other room. You know-- there's the West Wing and the Ballroom. And we ate in the other room. I have no idea what it's called.
Waiting to get into BoG
We managed to get through the viewing of the parade without any incidents -- M didn't remember ever seeing it when he was younger, and neither did K. E liked the dragon more than the princesses, of course. Somewhere along the line we saw many more rides. I only remember this because I have pictures of them. That's why trip reports are so good. But you should do them right after you go, so you remember things better. Especially if you're old.
I know the kids really enjoyed Tom Sawyer's Island, where I hadn't been since about 1976.
We had a great view of the fireworks and our night ended up on the most perfect note ever. So of course, we had to go and screw it up.
I only remember this because I have pictures of them. That's why trip reports are so good. But you should do them right after you go, so you remember things better. Especially if you're old.