DaveInTN

So this isn't going to be just a typical Starbucks? That's a relief! I was really worried that I'd have to start going to the Magic Kingdom dressed in expensive clothes, toting along a leather attache bag crammed with an ipad, Macbook, and iphone, and then have to walk around Main Street afterward carrying a latte with a bluetooth thing in my ear talking loudly in an attempt to appear important.
That would really put a damper on my good time.

Not after I get done building a whole loop of THESE....my new DaveInTN Deluxe 4000 Loop Cabins! They are like Redneck DEELuxe Apartments in the Sky!

I love hop scotch. Only without the hop.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew I liked you.
I am always complaining to my wife about those STUPID duckfaces (I never used that term....I affectionately refer to them as the Skankface). Why skankface? Because whenever I see them it always looks like a girl trying to look "sexy". I hate that term...but I don't know how else to describe it. Especially when it's teenage girls, who are being told by society to grow up too quickly and look like sex objects. STOP IT!!! It is so aggravating to me, that if I ever see a Facebook friend of one of my daughters doing the face I tell my daughter to unfriend them. I don't enforce it...and they think I'm joking, but I find the entire development horrific.
Ok, sorry. Off my soapbox. I'll let you get back to your wannawaffle posting...

If giving a down arrow would have been my fault, do I also then get credit for the up arrow?

Any parent that tells you they don't snatch their favorite candy from their kids' Halloween stash is either lying or is allergic to chocolate. And I only put that last choice there for Jen. My kids have never tasted a Butterfinger, Twix or 100 Grand in their lives. I told them years ago those candy bars are made in China from cat urine.

Any parent that tells you they don't snatch their favorite candy from their kids' Halloween stash is either lying or is allergic to chocolate. And I only put that last choice there for Jen. My kids have never tasted a Butterfinger, Twix or 100 Grand in their lives. I told them years ago those candy bars are made in China from cat urine.

Ok, you had me at Farmall. I grew up on one of those.
Also, love the parade theme. I bet NYC or Boston has never had a 4th of July parade themed The Wonderful World of Books. That's why I love small town America.

Well, we made it back home a couple hours ago, got the trailer unloaded, blew the water out of the lines and added pink stuff to the traps in case we get a freeze before Christmas, and I'm finally sitting a bit. Will try to get some more pics up tonight.

Well, we made it back home a couple hours ago, got the trailer unloaded, blew the water out of the lines and added pink stuff to the traps in case we get a freeze before Christmas, and I'm finally sitting a bit. Will try to get some more pics up tonight.

Well, we made it back home a couple hours ago, got the trailer unloaded, blew the water out of the lines and added pink stuff to the traps in case we get a freeze before Christmas, and I'm finally sitting a bit. Will try to get some more pics up tonight.

Rudy, I think that deep down you are jealous of your sister. Maybe you should see a psychiatrist.

We appreciate y'all taking the time to stop and see us today. Where did you end up going from here?

Just had a great visit from ImDownWithDisney and his wife and son.
Isn't this the cutest face ever?

Today we revisited the Slide of Death.

They also added a giant pipe swing this year...the Swing of Pain.
We also returned to the Cosby Fall Festival and had corn dogs from here.

Now we are back at Yogi's place waiting for a Fiend visitor to stop by. Great day so far! And I haven't even popped a Russian beer yet.

Good morning from our creek.

Good morning from our creek.

And stay tuned tomorrow. I have some interesting Russian beer to try. Different than the ones I've had before. You may get some drunk posting!

Welcome Ceemike!!!!! Glad you found us...and glad those signs are working. We have successfully lured invited many new victims members with the signs and cards. Glad you are here!

Just blame KFK....those sorts of things are her fault. Everything else around here apparently is my fault.

I corrected it for you.
And you are now on my ignore list.

It's my favorite time of year! Hockey season is almost here!

If it were the 3000 loop I'd say it was the underground beer lines. But in 1700 I have no clue.

If you like Mickey bars at midnight
till your gut does a shake
then you eat at Ohanas
You must plan your escape

The End
All good things must come to an end. And such it is with cruises.
Our last night was wonderful. A great dinner. An outstanding show with Believe. Some more room service. But eventually it ended, and we went to bed.
I slept pretty well that night, but woke up before dawn. I heard some muffled noises...like workers and engines and such. So I went to the window, and this is what I saw.

Booo!!!!!!!!
We had arrived back at Port Canaveral during the night. And as much as I LOVED the sight of that terminal building on Sunday, it absolutely sucked seeing it now.
But at least there was some activity to watch. Do you see those objects toward the bottom of the pic above?
Those are forklifts. And there were a LOT of them. And they were moving around VERY quickly.
So I poured myself a cup of coffee from the carafe I had ordered the night before, and I sat down in the porthole seat with Anna and watched them work.

They were unloading the luggage from the ship to take back to the terminal.
I actually saw one of my duffels on top of one of the bins. It is pretty distinctive looking, and there it was. So at least I knew that Sana had taken our luggage to the right place.
In fact, there it is...the bright yellow piece in the center of this pic.

This one came out a bit clearer.

Not bad picture quality for an underwater camera, taken through a window in the dark from 7 stories up. :rofl3:
At the same time a group of forklifts was unloading things from the ship, another group was taking pallets off a tractor trailer and taking them onto the ship. I guess this is the food and supplies for the next group of lucky passengers boarding in just 6 hours.

Lucky SOB's.
Before long, I had to wake up all the kids and INC and get them out the door. We were heading to Enchanted Garden for our 6:45am "Get The F*%k Off The Ship" Breakfast. Eat and run, baby.
As we were leaving the cabins, I grabbed the invoices from the door, and we headed to the restaurant.
After sitting down, I ordered some coffee and we placed our food orders, and I decided to take a flip through the invoice. Good thing I did, because it said I had to come to Guest Services before leaving the ship and settle our charges, because our credit card had been declined. :banghead:
I left the table to go upstairs and take care of that. Our Disney Visa had been declined when DCL tried to submit the charges. Just wanting to get off the ship at that point, I gave them our Amex to settle the bill, and then headed back to breakfast. I called Chase from the airport that morning, and it turns out they had locked the account for fraud...due to that yahoo in Maryland stealing our card. But I didn't know that when I went back to breakfast, and between that and having to leave the ship, I wasn't hungry and didn't eat my breakfast.
In any case, here is what I ordered.

It was an omelet with BBQ pork on top. It was the Chef's special that morning, referred to as the "Get The F*%k Off The Ship Chef's Special".
I did drink some coffee.
Anna was being cute. I guess she's the only one who didn't realize we were leaving the ship, and thus was in a good mood.

None of the rest of us were photo worthy that morning.
After breakfast, we went up to Deck 3, crossed the gangway into the terminal to collect our luggage, and walked out to the rental car. We were officially done with our cruise. :-[
The drive back to MCO was quick and painless. We returned the rental van, checked our luggage, and went to the gate area to wait for our flight time. I called Chase and took care of the credit card fraud thing, and in usual Southwest Airlines fashion we were on time and on our way.
This is how we felt about it though.

A far cry from the happy faces back on page 1 of this report, eh?
We did get one chuckle on the flight though. We were behind a guy with a full face on the back of his head.
See?

If you look closely, you can see a big nose, two eyes and a mouth underneath.
We laughed our butts off at that. Quietly, of course. He was a really big dude, and I didn't want to get beat up in front of my wife and kids.
The flight went really well. And this helped.

It was a beautiful day for flying, and before too long we knew we were close to home, as Nashville's lakes came into view.

That is J Percy Priest Lake if you were wondering.
We landed early, got our luggage, made it to our Big Blue Mickey Van, and drove home.
And that was that.
I appreciate you reading along! I hope I didn't bore you too much. And until next time....oh wait!
I have one more thing to share.
That night back at home, when INC and I were going to bed, this greeted us on our bed.

Isn't that awesome!
I love my kids. And that is that. So now, this report is a wrap.