UtahMama
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- Jul 4, 2006
CHAPTER1
PRE-pre-trip report because I cant wait to share:
Trip Report Pet Peeve #1: Obscure Abbreviational References- O.A.Rs. If its NOT a very common abbreviation or if you JMIT (Just Make It Up) then puh-lease clarify so I dont have to refer to the DIS abbreviations chart 14 times in each TR. ICMU! (I Crack Myself Up!)
Trip Report Pet Peeve #2: Any disclaimers, warnings, or apologies such as, This is so gonna suck but Ill give it a try anyway Just sit up straight and confidently OWN your Trip Report awsomeness! By the way, go grab a snack, sit back, your gonna LOVE this one. Really.
We trek to Florida every year during 7-10 days in September to do Disney World because my birthday is on Sept. 13 (very Virgo) and my DH wants to celebrate his DWs b-day in style. WHAT-ever! Its really because the free dining happens to play out during my birthday and DH likes to be on my good side (as apposed to my bad side which is a dark, horrible place). Disney could tack on hundreds of dollars to our package and claim its free dining and were all over it because we are the model family of consumerism the Disney Corporation counts on. Our family photo was on the overhead projector at the last Board of Directors meeting as Michael Eisner pointed to us with his laser-pointer and laughed at our gullibility. The other board members toasted us with champagne and gave each other knowing glances
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CHAPTER 2
Jump Right In. More background so you better know me and the yet to be introduced cast of misfits:
I just love controversy. Love it, LOVE IT! I love to pet my cat backwards. I go to movies the critics hate. I book my Advanced Disney Dining Reservations specifically based on the DIS boards reviews. If you went somewhere that gave you salmonilla, a long wait, or a pissy CM to serve you, THATs where I booked hehehehehe ICMU! I have REALLY good luck doing Disney and everyone around me is usually so nice and friendly and sweet-smelling (that one is a lie). If you hated it, Ill love it. Which brings me to the Coral Reef. Never been there. I not only reserved it, its for my 39th birthday dinner on the 13th of September! I love controversy. I like aquariums. Like fishies. Like seafood. DH hates fish- all fish. Fishy smells, fishy things, Little Mermaid and Nemo. Its PERFECT! Thats the kind of wife I am. If you are someones DH, be glad youre not married to me. I like fish and I pluck long ear-hairs. RUN to your DW and hug her and whisper in her ear Honey, I am so glad you are not Utahmama.
Back on topic: Weve also made reservations at the Whispering Canyons because it sounds like a peaceful, romantic, quiet, stress-free, ketchupless meal.
Akerhaus-the "Pretend CRT"-because my DD2 will have to wait till next year for CRT. Not willing to sacrifice 2 table service credits. DS17 wants to go here to check out the HOT princesses. DS6 and DS8 would rather have their armpits infested with the fleas of a thousand camels than go here. Mama wins. Again. DH is hoping one of the clamshells will malfunction on Ariel. Also on the books are Le Cellier (I wonder if its in poor taste to order ones diet coke in a wine glass or yell, "Gar-con, there's SNAILS in my es-car-gots!") and Chef Mickeys (never been) and 50s Prime Time Diner (never been), Boma (never been) and Captain Jacks (been) because DH likes to pretend to pay the huge bill (a la Zzub).
In the past, weve stayed off site because of our phenomenal connections with HolidayInn, Delta Airlines, and Alamo rental car (I KNOW!). In the past, we packed one suitcase full of Walmart snacks and ate as cheaply as possible. We bought meager souvenirs at that outlet mall near Kissimee. We hopped from park to park willy-nilly without CROCS or Bagallinis. Un-planned. Un-organized. No Alien Green mickey head paint chips stolen from Home Depot plastered on our persons to announce us as DISers. We waited in long lines. Clueless. On our foreheads in permanent ink was How not to do Disney. Things improved slightly last year when we discovered the On-site option and resort living and FREE dining. Hel-lo! It was an Oprah light-bulb moment. Of course, we had no idea All Star Movies wasnt the crème de la crème. We just knew our 4 kids loved the 101 Dalmations theme and they were de-lighted so we were too. It had a pool, busses, a store, an arcade, a counter service area, and all the soda we could drink with our refillable mugs, SWEET mother of Pearl!
This year we found YOU, the collective knowledge of the DIS has opened our blind eyes! Ive poured over your trip reports, tips, hints, reviews, studied everything. Took meticulous notes. Laminated. Ready for Port Orleans Riverside (we have 6 in our family with 1 being a 2 year old in a port-a-germ-crib so we were limited on our choices if we didnt want adjoining rooms). READY! SET
We are de-programming our kids from all things not-Disney. No Sponge Bob, Dora, or Blues Clues. Weve watched The Happiest Celebration on Earth our free vacation planning dvd starring freckle-nosed Erin the hostess, Luke the Ambassador of Adrenalin(SUP?) Stacey the mom extraordinaire (I taught her everything she knows), Dave the Recreation and Relaxation Expert (who bares a scarry resemblance to my DH).
We have made a count down chart made of multi-colored Mickey Mouse paint chips my DH pilferred and filtched from Home Depot. Today, July 24th, has 43 more days. Our family ceremoniously deducts one numbered Mickey head each morning. The poster heading is in a multi-colored walt disney font: COUNTDOWN TO OUR BIG, FAT, DISNEY VACATION: Sept. 5th 14th 2006. 43 more days. ONLY 43 MORE DAYS!!!
Next time CHAPTER 3 Introducing the Cast of OUR BIG FAT DISNEY VACATION (stay tuned my pretties )
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Table of Contents- To accomodate those who dont want to read the FLUFF:
Ch. 1 You are Here! Disclaimers, Warnings, and Pet Peeves!
Ch. 2 Contraversial Back-ground
Ch. 3 Meet-n-Greet pg. 4 (#47)
Craft Break pg. 5 (#67)
2005 Picture of our Family- Minus Ding-a-Ling Goofy DH p.5 (#70)
Picture of ME and DD in DISboards t-shirts (40 more days!) pg. 6 (#76)
Luggage Tag Dance-n-Pee pg.7 (#97)
Hologram ID tags and FREE Planet Hollyweird lunch pg. 11 (#158)
Ch. 4 OFFICIAL Pre-Trip Report in all it's GLORY! page 15 (#212)
Ch. 5 Are We There YET??????? page 24 #356 New!!!! Posted 9/15
Ch. 6 The Flight From Heck!!!! page 26 #380 Posted 9/17
Ch. 7 Dont You Know Who I AM?!? page 28 #414 Posted 9/18
Ch. 8 Our Bus Peeps and BONUS Dead Men Tell No Tales! pg. 32 #479 9/21
Ch. 9 Jungle Fever page 37 #543 9/25
Ch. 10 Loud Canyon Cafe page 42 #628 9/27
Ch.11 Yeti Foot page 46 #680 9/29
Ch.12 The Chronicals of Dinoland: The Tigger, the Chipmunk, and the Triceratops...page 51 #759
Ch.13 Boma: A Redneck Review...plus, The Gift! page.56 #838 10/4
Ch. 14 The Flippy Fit page 61 #907 10/6
Ch. 15 Dinner at My Grandma's House page 67 #997 10/10
Ch. 16 Zippy Droid vs. Kim Possible page 72 #1070 10/13
Ch.17 BW Villas/Le Cellier page 75 #1123
Ch. 18 The Airing of Dirty Laundry pg.83 #1231 10/24
Ch. 19 Chef Mickey's and Magic Kingdom pg. 88 #1307 11/2
Ch. 20 Wet Spectro Magic Parade, Wishes, and the Busride from HECK!"
pg. 92, #1371 11/9
Ch.21 Fjording, Maelstomming, and Akershusing! 11/20 pg. 98 #1463
Ch. 22 The Grand Tea 11/28 pg. 102 #1524
Ch. 23 Bring it on Zurg! 12/14 pg. 107 #1594
Ch. 24 Animal Kingdom 1/6 pg 110
Ch. 25 My Birthday 1/22 pg. 116 #1733 (videos)
Ch. 26 And they lived happily ever after! Pg. 121
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PRE-pre-trip report because I cant wait to share:
Trip Report Pet Peeve #1: Obscure Abbreviational References- O.A.Rs. If its NOT a very common abbreviation or if you JMIT (Just Make It Up) then puh-lease clarify so I dont have to refer to the DIS abbreviations chart 14 times in each TR. ICMU! (I Crack Myself Up!)
Trip Report Pet Peeve #2: Any disclaimers, warnings, or apologies such as, This is so gonna suck but Ill give it a try anyway Just sit up straight and confidently OWN your Trip Report awsomeness! By the way, go grab a snack, sit back, your gonna LOVE this one. Really.
We trek to Florida every year during 7-10 days in September to do Disney World because my birthday is on Sept. 13 (very Virgo) and my DH wants to celebrate his DWs b-day in style. WHAT-ever! Its really because the free dining happens to play out during my birthday and DH likes to be on my good side (as apposed to my bad side which is a dark, horrible place). Disney could tack on hundreds of dollars to our package and claim its free dining and were all over it because we are the model family of consumerism the Disney Corporation counts on. Our family photo was on the overhead projector at the last Board of Directors meeting as Michael Eisner pointed to us with his laser-pointer and laughed at our gullibility. The other board members toasted us with champagne and gave each other knowing glances
****************************************
CHAPTER 2
Jump Right In. More background so you better know me and the yet to be introduced cast of misfits:
I just love controversy. Love it, LOVE IT! I love to pet my cat backwards. I go to movies the critics hate. I book my Advanced Disney Dining Reservations specifically based on the DIS boards reviews. If you went somewhere that gave you salmonilla, a long wait, or a pissy CM to serve you, THATs where I booked hehehehehe ICMU! I have REALLY good luck doing Disney and everyone around me is usually so nice and friendly and sweet-smelling (that one is a lie). If you hated it, Ill love it. Which brings me to the Coral Reef. Never been there. I not only reserved it, its for my 39th birthday dinner on the 13th of September! I love controversy. I like aquariums. Like fishies. Like seafood. DH hates fish- all fish. Fishy smells, fishy things, Little Mermaid and Nemo. Its PERFECT! Thats the kind of wife I am. If you are someones DH, be glad youre not married to me. I like fish and I pluck long ear-hairs. RUN to your DW and hug her and whisper in her ear Honey, I am so glad you are not Utahmama.
Back on topic: Weve also made reservations at the Whispering Canyons because it sounds like a peaceful, romantic, quiet, stress-free, ketchupless meal.
Akerhaus-the "Pretend CRT"-because my DD2 will have to wait till next year for CRT. Not willing to sacrifice 2 table service credits. DS17 wants to go here to check out the HOT princesses. DS6 and DS8 would rather have their armpits infested with the fleas of a thousand camels than go here. Mama wins. Again. DH is hoping one of the clamshells will malfunction on Ariel. Also on the books are Le Cellier (I wonder if its in poor taste to order ones diet coke in a wine glass or yell, "Gar-con, there's SNAILS in my es-car-gots!") and Chef Mickeys (never been) and 50s Prime Time Diner (never been), Boma (never been) and Captain Jacks (been) because DH likes to pretend to pay the huge bill (a la Zzub).
In the past, weve stayed off site because of our phenomenal connections with HolidayInn, Delta Airlines, and Alamo rental car (I KNOW!). In the past, we packed one suitcase full of Walmart snacks and ate as cheaply as possible. We bought meager souvenirs at that outlet mall near Kissimee. We hopped from park to park willy-nilly without CROCS or Bagallinis. Un-planned. Un-organized. No Alien Green mickey head paint chips stolen from Home Depot plastered on our persons to announce us as DISers. We waited in long lines. Clueless. On our foreheads in permanent ink was How not to do Disney. Things improved slightly last year when we discovered the On-site option and resort living and FREE dining. Hel-lo! It was an Oprah light-bulb moment. Of course, we had no idea All Star Movies wasnt the crème de la crème. We just knew our 4 kids loved the 101 Dalmations theme and they were de-lighted so we were too. It had a pool, busses, a store, an arcade, a counter service area, and all the soda we could drink with our refillable mugs, SWEET mother of Pearl!
This year we found YOU, the collective knowledge of the DIS has opened our blind eyes! Ive poured over your trip reports, tips, hints, reviews, studied everything. Took meticulous notes. Laminated. Ready for Port Orleans Riverside (we have 6 in our family with 1 being a 2 year old in a port-a-germ-crib so we were limited on our choices if we didnt want adjoining rooms). READY! SET
We are de-programming our kids from all things not-Disney. No Sponge Bob, Dora, or Blues Clues. Weve watched The Happiest Celebration on Earth our free vacation planning dvd starring freckle-nosed Erin the hostess, Luke the Ambassador of Adrenalin(SUP?) Stacey the mom extraordinaire (I taught her everything she knows), Dave the Recreation and Relaxation Expert (who bares a scarry resemblance to my DH).
We have made a count down chart made of multi-colored Mickey Mouse paint chips my DH pilferred and filtched from Home Depot. Today, July 24th, has 43 more days. Our family ceremoniously deducts one numbered Mickey head each morning. The poster heading is in a multi-colored walt disney font: COUNTDOWN TO OUR BIG, FAT, DISNEY VACATION: Sept. 5th 14th 2006. 43 more days. ONLY 43 MORE DAYS!!!
Next time CHAPTER 3 Introducing the Cast of OUR BIG FAT DISNEY VACATION (stay tuned my pretties )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Table of Contents- To accomodate those who dont want to read the FLUFF:
Ch. 1 You are Here! Disclaimers, Warnings, and Pet Peeves!
Ch. 2 Contraversial Back-ground
Ch. 3 Meet-n-Greet pg. 4 (#47)
Craft Break pg. 5 (#67)
2005 Picture of our Family- Minus Ding-a-Ling Goofy DH p.5 (#70)
Picture of ME and DD in DISboards t-shirts (40 more days!) pg. 6 (#76)
Luggage Tag Dance-n-Pee pg.7 (#97)
Hologram ID tags and FREE Planet Hollyweird lunch pg. 11 (#158)
Ch. 4 OFFICIAL Pre-Trip Report in all it's GLORY! page 15 (#212)
Ch. 5 Are We There YET??????? page 24 #356 New!!!! Posted 9/15
Ch. 6 The Flight From Heck!!!! page 26 #380 Posted 9/17
Ch. 7 Dont You Know Who I AM?!? page 28 #414 Posted 9/18
Ch. 8 Our Bus Peeps and BONUS Dead Men Tell No Tales! pg. 32 #479 9/21
Ch. 9 Jungle Fever page 37 #543 9/25
Ch. 10 Loud Canyon Cafe page 42 #628 9/27
Ch.11 Yeti Foot page 46 #680 9/29
Ch.12 The Chronicals of Dinoland: The Tigger, the Chipmunk, and the Triceratops...page 51 #759
Ch.13 Boma: A Redneck Review...plus, The Gift! page.56 #838 10/4
Ch. 14 The Flippy Fit page 61 #907 10/6
Ch. 15 Dinner at My Grandma's House page 67 #997 10/10
Ch. 16 Zippy Droid vs. Kim Possible page 72 #1070 10/13
Ch.17 BW Villas/Le Cellier page 75 #1123
Ch. 18 The Airing of Dirty Laundry pg.83 #1231 10/24
Ch. 19 Chef Mickey's and Magic Kingdom pg. 88 #1307 11/2
Ch. 20 Wet Spectro Magic Parade, Wishes, and the Busride from HECK!"
pg. 92, #1371 11/9
Ch.21 Fjording, Maelstomming, and Akershusing! 11/20 pg. 98 #1463
Ch. 22 The Grand Tea 11/28 pg. 102 #1524
Ch. 23 Bring it on Zurg! 12/14 pg. 107 #1594
Ch. 24 Animal Kingdom 1/6 pg 110
Ch. 25 My Birthday 1/22 pg. 116 #1733 (videos)
Ch. 26 And they lived happily ever after! Pg. 121
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