Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Leslie-I am behind on my ff.net reading, but I made sure that I got caught up on your report.I am sorry to hear that your last full day has already arrived.Boy, that went quick, didn't it?Love the bike vs. golf cart race! I don't see how Danielle could have lost. I think she eased up so y'all wouldn't feel bad.I swear there's a couple of extra folks in that photo of y'all by that Mickey sculpture behind the Contemporary.I hope all the loose teeth have now been lost.TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hotmamac aka Misty 11 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Atta boy!!!!!How did I know Dave would approve of that plate!? :rofl2:Seriously could get lost in some of those dimples! Your family is beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CKCK 45 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Woo hoo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 I thought y'all would like Evan's plate at CP. I couldn't believe it when I saw it!Thanks for the dimple compliments - I gotta say that I love that they run through us like they do. Tiger once convinced a group of 5 year olds that you could buy dimples at the Piggly Wiggly in boxes near the pop-tarts. But, he warned them, they only come one to a box, so you have to make sure to buy two. :rofl3:TCD, I love that I've got you stumped with my family! We only have the same 17 at the Mickey statue, though I'm betting you are getting confused by Michael and Brad. Michael's family arrived one day after the rest of ours.Installment #2 for Wednesday up next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 (Wednesday, continued):While the rest of us were still taking pictures, Ray ran and got FPs to Space Mountain. Once we all finally finished, we headed out and hit the Jungle Cruise and POTC and then criss crossed over to Space. (The new FP system was in effect by this trip and while it wasn’t too bad, it did require a lot of walking to make sure we made it to each attraction while our FPs were still good.)Rhinos on the Jungle Cruise:I couldn’t believe when I saw a woman wearing these shoes:Here is the first of 3 pics I have been wanting to recreate for several trips.Before:After (I hate that it's out of focus!):It was Elise’s first ride on Space. While she rode with her eyes closed the whole time, she did great!Next up - Will this day with far too many pictures ever end? Sadly, yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Love the before and after pictures. I'm sorry to see this coming to an end too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PureTcrazy...rita 380 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Love those rhino faces! The before and after is neat too. I am anti-space mountain! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Hooray for the rhino faces! But that kid in the middle (I give up on trying to guess his name) needs to work on his.I love the then and now photo! Even if it is out of focus.TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heidi-meetsTCD@TSM 5 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Leslie,I was so excited to get up this morning and see an update!!! Yeah!!!!You seem to have the happiest family EVER!!!Love the before and after photo!Heidi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 After grabbing FPs for Buzz, we ambled to the HM, which I absolutely love. We skipped the fun queue, though, as crowds were definitely building that day. After HM, we headed to Splash to use FPs that Daniel had grabbed earlier that morning. Again, the new FP system takes more planning and definitely more crossing the park, but Daniel was an excellent planner and I feel like we took great advantage of the system.These guys didn’t look very excited:But, not being a teenager, Elise gave me a good smile:More Splash fun:Gotta love this one:Splash was another first for Elise and of course first-timer Stephen. We all wound up soaked. Elise in particular loved it. Finally, we headed back to Tomorrowland for our last ride on Buzz, and then all headed to the exit around 11:30 or so.Photopass fail:Sadly, we wound up with tons of pictures of this cute little girl meeting a variety of princesses on our Photopass CD. If I knew how to get them to her family, I would do it!Ray and I are terrible to eat in restaurants far too much. We do it at home, so we’re hard pressed to not eat out hardly at all when on vacation. All that is to say, we somehow managed to skate away from everyone else when leaving the Mk and went to the Wave. If you have ever read a TR of mine before, you know we love this place. Once again, it was great. I had soup and salad, while Ray had a bison burger with potato wedges and beer flight. Mmmmmmmm.I still feel bad (only a little, though) about ditching the family for that last lunch, but I have to say that it was worth it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvccamper 32 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I say good for you in ditching the family for lunch, haha! I can relate on the teenagers not smiling in the pics, I've got two of them myself. Don't they realize I'm going to take their picture anyway? But I love the before and after pics, we have several of those and they are my favorites. Too bad this tr is coming to an end, it's way too fun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 You had me at "beer flight". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 More alone time, good for you!! Loved all the pictures, even the one that failed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 LOL @ the photopass fail. And good job to the kids on the ones that did turn out.As for that random girl who showed up with your photos, it just proves my point that there were too many kids in your group to keep straight.I'll bet that girl is one of your nieces, and you just forgot that she was along for the trip.TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I'll bet that girl is one of your nieces, and you just forgot that she was along for the trip.Ok, that's just plain funny. :rofl2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I'll bet that girl is one of your nieces, and you just forgot that she was along for the trip.Ok, that's just plain funny. :rofl2:You got me. As they would have said in the Wham! days, you're totally awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CKCK 45 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 You had me at "beer flight".What he said... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YENSIDCAMPER 66 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 You got me. As they would have said in the Wham! days, you're totally awesome.Wham is a four letter word.....I agree with Dave that was just plain funny and I really need to check out the Wave.Great Family Vacation, love all the smiles.Thanks for sharing with us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hope y'all are still hanging in there. Sorry I haven't finished yet - I thought I would have, but I forgot about how behind I got with work last week. But now it's the weekend again :jumpforjoy and hopefully I'll be able to wrap this one up. Next installment momentarily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 After the Wave, Ray and I headed back to the trailer to regroup with the gang, who all were just finishing their lunch. But on the way back, they had some rest time and then recreated the second of the three before and after pics:Before:After:After lunch, parts of our group headed back to the MK and other parts stayed back at FW. Elise and I went shopping at the Meadow(s) Trading Post, where I was so happy to pick up my one souvenir from this trip (being modeled by Abby in current time - sadly she wasn't invited on this trip):I absolutely love my FW blanket. Despite the picture, humans rather than dogs use it usually (but not always).Anyway, after shopping, Jodi, Elise, Evan and I hit the pool. Ray stayed behind to take a nap, which amazingly was his first official nap of the trip. (Sadly, I have no pictures of the nap.)Meanwhile, at the MK, parts of our group were turning into pirates:By the time we got done swimming, we headed back to the cabin where we began sad task of cleaning and packing up. The.worst.part.of.every.trip. Ray and I took down rope lights and somehow managed to get ourselves locked out in the process. (Suffice it to say that the FW front desk didn’t care too much about getting photo ID before replacing our key.) Finally, the rest of the gang made it back from MK after having a great time maximizing FPs with extra tickets from the rest of us. I deem that totally legal, as we were all in the park earlier this morning, but we just didn’t all return.Love this:We all settled down for a late supper together. Tonight was taco/taco salad night.After supper, the 4 biggest kids went back to the MK for one more trip of the day. Of course, we handed out lots of lectures before they left, especially since they were taking Evan with them, but they did great. They were at the boat dock at the MK before 9:00 heading back, so they made it back well before curfew.While they were gone, Ray and I packed up some more, then back to Buddy and Paw Paw’s trailer for one final visit. All us grownups ate all the leftover snacks I had bought for the youngest 2 kids at Goofy’s Candy Company, but happily forgot to give them. The little kids looked like this (in chronological order):And here’s my last before and after pictures for the trip:Before (this was in the trailer Buddy and Paw Paw used on the first trip in 2003):After:Finally, a pic of me and my spike, which I was thrilled to get, along with a card from Lou (thanks TCD and Lou!!!):I absolutely hate going to bed on the last night, especially when we have such an early flight the next morning. But I went to sleep happy with two things: (1) those of us that were going home tomorrow had had such a great trip, and (2) the rest of the gang (including Danielle, who was riding back with some of the drivers) got to have at least one more fun day of fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I love the before and after pics. I really need to think about doing some of those on our next trip. They are so interesting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 594 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I love the before and after pics too! I bet Evan loved being able to go to MK with the older cousins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Love the before and after pics, three. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CKCK 45 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Woo hoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
We4mickey 6 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Loved the before and after pics too. Fantastic trip report. I love it when a big group can get together, it makes for such fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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