Jenny Sanders
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- Jun 8, 2007
I so love the WL!! It's my absolute favorite resort on property!
Corny or not, I completely agree!It was like being transported back in time, seriously, even though that sounds corny!
Yep, we knowSteve's is the 7DMT one because, well you know,
Yay!Villain stamps!
Wow, that really means the trip is close!Also I started some preliminary packing today.
Awww, these are so cute!The boys both loved doing these passports and did them more than once.
I don't know why I didn't watch it in 1990 except that I was in college and probably partying too much
If you've never seen it and you're a fan of comedy, 80's movies, or sex, watch it.
I have clients going in Oct. and she had her tags in April. If there's one thing we can say about Disney, it's that they're consistentHope the luggage tags come soon. Odd we got our tags for our November trip like 6 weeks ago. I've never gotten them so insanely early. More important I hope I can find them come November.
Duh! We've been for dinner YEARS ago. I don't know why that totally slipped my mind but I'm going to check the menu.If you haven't been for lunch Whispering Canyon is great too. We've never had a problem walking up.
lol! I think my parents were beyond SW when I was little and of course there were no boys or brothers in the house. And I was the girliest girl EVER so I was all dolls, Barbies, stufed animals, nothing anywhere near boyish at all!How have you never seen a star wars movie????? While I'm not a fan by any means, I at least saw the original 3 movies. Where is your 70s/80s child nostalgia
Oh man, I forgot about her shooting lady It makes me sad you have to tell her.I haven't had the heart to tell Casey that her beloved shooting lady ride will soon be gone.
13 days nowI love the villain stamps, I must get these! Your trip is coming fast, mine is 35 days out now!
to my report AND to posting! Happy to have you Posting is addictive lol.Hello Ariane, New Dis poster here, But I've been a Dis reader for a long time
Of course I don't mind, that would be great!! Dis meets are awesome. I hope we do run in to each other since not only will we be at the same resort from the 8th through the 12th but we also will have tons of opportunities to run into each other in the LOUNGE! With all the other cool people Oh, and if you're approaching me and I start yelling at one of the boys, keep coming. Just because they're making me mad doesn't mean I can't be charming a minute later. Especially if you see one of these in my handI have a August trip planned that has us arriving at Wilderness Lodge CL on Aug 8th Can't begin to tell how excited I am. Hope you don't mind, but if I see you there I will introduce myself. Never actually had a Dismeet before either, although I think I've recognized a few faces in the parks.
OOh, you're brave! How old are your kids?This trip for me has us leaving DH at home, so Mom and three kids.
Thank you for the compliment We're close!Love your trip reports and like all good Dis'ers cant wait til our Disney Days have arrived!
Did you go look at the site? It's crazy, the first time I looked at it I think I spent about 1.5 hours doing so. And I loaded my cart up with like, $300 worth of shirts.Great, now I want all the Tee Public shirts...
Me too!! I cannot wait to get back there. I still want to try all the resorts we haven't stayed at, but when I know we're returning to the WL I feel so relaxed and happy.I so love the WL!! It's my absolute favorite resort on property!
I agree, I guess I'm excited since I like new rides, I just wish it was a new ride in a NEW building. Don't like the new Mickey cartoon style either.I'm excited for the new Mickey ride, but I'm not excited that they're using the style of animation from the current Mickey cartoons. It looks too much like Ren & Stimpy to me - not a fan. I'd much rather see a classic (and likely more timeless) Mickey design used for an attraction that's likely to be around for decades.
Back in Feb. 2014, we arrived at our resort around 9:30am and hadn't planned on doing a park that day. We were at POFQ. Did the pool and then Downtown Disney later. As I was watching the kids in the pool, all I kept thinking was, "why aren't we in a park???" Since then the only time we've done any type of break was Aug. 2014 when we tried a mid day break. By the 2nd day of that we said screw it, we need to be in the parks. So I don't know if breaks will work as often as I'm planning them but at least we can always just - go to a park!Your resort/DHS day looks good. Slower days are great, but I must admit that I did feel a little strange not going to a park.
OMG The Handmaids Tale, thank you for reminding me!! Have you read the book? I read it YEARS ago and while disturbing I absolutely loved it. There's an older movie version of the book, too. As for Twin Peaks I'm up to episode 4. Last night Steve was watching episode 3 with me; there's a midget with a foreign accent dancing around all weird at the end (nothing wrong with midgets or foreign accents and sorry about using the word midget, again I'm old) but the combination.........Steve looked at me like, "what the hell were you watching"As for Twin Peaks, I was too young to watch the original when it first aired and DH talked me out of trying to watch it recently when I brought it up. Just finished watching the Handmaid's Tale, which was excellent, if disturbing.
Villain stamps!
pop up hampers I always bring
Glad you decided to get some shirts. I am going to need to order some from my lady because Chad really liked the dri fit polo, so I will definitely be getting him some more but when I broached the subject of matching shirts, he was all about it. Convert....lol.First, I never got around to ordering the dri-fit shirts from the site that Renee @ArielSRL suggested to me because I'm too slow. I was feeling kind of guilty not buying any new shirts for anyone when I came across a really cool 7DMT shirt that @StarWarsMomofGirls! got for her DH and I thought, "maybe it's not too late...." so I've ordered shirts for myself, Steve, and Chris from TeePublic and they SHOULD arrive right before we leave. Steve's is the 7DMT one because, well you know, and I'll leave mine and Chris's as a surprise. I asked Ricky if he wanted one but he said no lol.
I need to get there and get some of these! I should probably just frame a set because I rarely ever mail anything anymore.Next I got something pretty cool in the mail today! Not trip related but Disney related:
5 sheets? You are obsessed. Btw, did you know that LuLaRoe is going to be releasing villain prints....you may want to check it out as they look incredible!!!Villain stamps! Yes I ordered 5 sheets, just in case they sold out
So far, I think the boys have been too young, or at least Will was, this past year but when we actually make it back to Epcot in 2 years, they will probably both be old enough to do this!I did however come across this from one of our trips in 2014:
I thought you might like it!One final thing not Disney related! I can't remember who's TR or dining report the new Twin Peaks series was being discussed in but I've wanted to start watching it. I believe it was @Raeven and @ArielSRL who said I really should watch the original series first, so today I watched the first episode and after I finish typing this I'm going to watch the second. I liked the first; it's right up my alley
You had me wondering how old I was when it came out. So I guess I was a junior in high school when it was on because I graduated in 92.I don't know why I didn't watch it in 1990 except that I was in college and probably partying too much
I remember the name of the movie but I don't know if I ever watched it. I am going to have to check it out.I love seeing Kimmy Robertson in it, anyone a fan of that wonderful 80's teen sex movie Last American Virgin? I have it on DVD If you've never seen it and you're a fan of comedy, 80's movies, or sex, watch it. It's a great movie and she's real fun in it.
Loved that movie and I was a total Corey Haim fan girl. I even watched when he did the Two Coreys show with Corey Feldman. And I just looked and that was 10 years ago. Wow. So sad about him passing.And the guy who was the priest/werewolf in Stephen King's Silver Bullet with the late great Corey Haim?? Fabulous.
.Steve looked at me like, "what the hell were you watching"
One final thing not Disney related! I can't remember who's TR or dining report the new Twin Peaks series was being discussed in but I've wanted to start watching it. I believe it was @Raeven and @ArielSRL who said I really should watch the original series first, so today I watched the first episode and after I finish typing this I'm going to watch the second. I liked the first; it's right up my alley and I don't know why I didn't watch it in 1990 except that I was in college and probably partying too much
But can I say the acting is a bit much
And Kyle MacLachlan is so young!!!
Steve's is the 7DMT one because, well you know, and I'll leave mine and Chris's as a surprise. I asked Ricky if he wanted one but he said no lol.
These look fun! May have to get the girls some! It will be a good souvenir and a good show and tell for school.The boys both loved doing these passports and did them more than once.
I have clients going in Oct. and she had her tags in April. If there's one thing we can say about Disney, it's that they're consistent
Duh! We've been for dinner YEARS ago. I don't know why that totally slipped my mind but I'm going to check the menu.
lol! I think my parents were beyond SW when I was little and of course there were no boys or brothers in the house. And I was the girliest girl EVER so I was all dolls, Barbies, stufed animals, nothing anywhere near boyish at all!
Oh man, I forgot about her shooting lady It makes me sad you have to tell her.
13 days now
to my report AND to posting! Happy to have you Posting is addictive lol.
Of course I don't mind, that would be great!! Dis meets are awesome. I hope we do run in to each other since not only will we be at the same resort from the 8th through the 12th but we also will have tons of opportunities to run into each other in the LOUNGE! With all the other cool people Oh, and if you're approaching me and I start yelling at one of the boys, keep coming. Just because they're making me mad doesn't mean I can't be charming a minute later. Especially if you see one of these in my hand
OOh, you're brave! How old are your kids?
Thank you for the compliment We're close!
Did you go look at the site? It's crazy, the first time I looked at it I think I spent about 1.5 hours doing so. And I loaded my cart up with like, $300 worth of shirts.
Me too!! I cannot wait to get back there. I still want to try all the resorts we haven't stayed at, but when I know we're returning to the WL I feel so relaxed and happy.
I agree, I guess I'm excited since I like new rides, I just wish it was a new ride in a NEW building. Don't like the new Mickey cartoon style either.
Back in Feb. 2014, we arrived at our resort around 9:30am and hadn't planned on doing a park that day. We were at POFQ. Did the pool and then Downtown Disney later. As I was watching the kids in the pool, all I kept thinking was, "why aren't we in a park???" Since then the only time we've done any type of break was Aug. 2014 when we tried a mid day break. By the 2nd day of that we said screw it, we need to be in the parks. So I don't know if breaks will work as often as I'm planning them but at least we can always just - go to a park!
OMG The Handmaids Tale, thank you for reminding me!! Have you read the book? I read it YEARS ago and while disturbing I absolutely loved it. There's an older movie version of the book, too. As for Twin Peaks I'm up to episode 4. Last night Steve was watching episode 3 with me; there's a midget with a foreign accent dancing around all weird at the end (nothing wrong with midgets or foreign accents and sorry about using the word midget, again I'm old) but the combination.........Steve looked at me like, "what the hell were you watching"
Oh well, I was a bit concerned anyway because we're supposed to land at 8:20pm and if we get majorly delayed and land close to or after 10, ME won't get our luggage anyway. Well they will, but most likely we won't receive it until the next morning. So I was thinking we'd just get our luggage ourselves but I hate the extra time it takes.
How adorable is this! Someone had their guide dog in there. Actually not sure if he's a guide dog or a therapy dog, because I thought you couldn't pet guide dogs?? Or is it just guide dogs in training? Either way I thought it was so cute:
irst, I never got around to ordering the dri-fit shirts from the site that Renee @ArielSRL suggested to me because I'm too slow.
head phones for me for the plane (I don't like earbuds)
To answer your question about Superman - one of the main creators of the character was a guy named Joe Shuster, and he is Canadian Growing up, they used to air these "Canadian Heritage Moments" on TV and I always remember the one about Superman. The Heritage Moments were super cheesy, but everyone seems to remember them, and they come up more often than they should in conversation hahaha.
Ah I love our therapy dogs that come to the hospital and nursing homes! I have a chicken that loves to be held...I think it all depends on the owner/handler of the dogs. Some have looser rules than others. My dog is a therapy dog - but not a service dog to me - we go and visit others in hospitals and retirement homes. So for us, pet away But then I wouldn't bring her to a theme park so I imagine if the dog is in the a theme park it's a service dog lol
Something important I left out of day 2, is that we'll have transferred to CL at my favorite resort, the Wilderness Lodge! In March Steve took one of my favorite pictures from Geyser Point very early in the morning while I was still sleeping:
When I told them we were staying here they both asked if it was a deluxe and Ricky asked if it had a gym, because apparently I'm raising hotel snobs
Ricky has spent the last month since school ended as well as the last 2 months of school working out for football and basketball. Lately it's 6x a week and when we get back and the actual football practices start it's going to get crazy. So while the break will be nice for him he doesn't want to not work out at all. Steve and I glanced in the WL gym on our first visit but that's it. I love the name, Sturdy Branches!
We need to stay in the park because our goal tonight, which might surprise some of you, is to see the SW fireworks at 9:30. Yup! Yours truly, the non SW fan who has never seen any of the movies, is going to watch the show. A few months back Ricky started watching the movies and requested we watch the show; who am I to say no when one of my kids actually ASKS to do something in WDW?
One more thing I want to do that has now become much more of a priority than it was, is Great Movie Ride. Christopher loves this ride and if Ricky and I go on TOT or RnRC when there's a long wait for TSMM, GMR is where Steve and Chris always head to. I also love it, although I liked it better when the CM's did the narration. It also is one of the very few things that still reminds me of what HS USED to be and why I fell in love with it. If my first visits to the park had been in say, the last 5 years or so there's no way it would have ever been my favorite park. Back when the Backlot Tour was a tour of an actual working movie stage it was fantastic; I've talked about this here before but - passing the Golden Girls house???? OMG such a highlight!!! And there used to be so much going on along the Streets of America all day long. That's not even the half of it. In my first PTR last year I posted pics of the Stars and Motorcars parade and old character meets there, it was a wonderful park that screamed "Old Hollywood" all over the place. That's what I remember, that's what I fell in love with, and that's what I wish it could still be. The Great Movie Ride leaving, to me, is the last bit of Old Hollywood leaving with the exception of the Citizens of Hollywood and I won't be a bit surprised when I hear they're going.
How adorable is this! Someone had their guide dog in there. Actually not sure if he's a guide dog or a therapy dog, because I thought you couldn't pet guide dogs?? Or is it just guide dogs in training? Either way I thought it was so cute:
I asked Ricky if he wanted one but he said no lol.
Is it really? I'm not a comics reader nor a big Superman fan, but did he originate in Canada? @fallonkendra , @MeghanEmily , @Terra Nova guy ??? I know he's from the planet Krypton and that's the extent of my Superman knowledge. I know a little more about Canadian history but um........yeah, not this.
I can't remember who's TR or dining report the new Twin Peaks series was being discussed in but I've wanted to start watching it. I believe it was @Raeven and @ArielSRL who said I really should watch the original series first, so today I watched the first episode and after I finish typing this I'm going to watch the second. I liked the first; it's right up my alley and I don't know why I didn't watch it in 1990 except that I was in college and probably partying too much But can I say the acting is a bit much I mean, lots of big name actors but some of the acting when paired with the dramatic music makes me giggle. And Kyle MacLachlan is so young!!! I love seeing Kimmy Robertson in it, anyone a fan of that wonderful 80's teen sex movie Last American Virgin? I have it on DVD If you've never seen it and you're a fan of comedy, 80's movies, or sex, watch it. It's a great movie and she's real fun in it. And the guy who was the priest/werewolf in Stephen King's Silver Bullet with the late great Corey Haim?? Fabulous.
Mine turns 70 next month and I still have to figure out what we are going to do. To say she is difficult is an understatement so debating how much effort I want to put into something that she'll likely poopoo anyway
YEAH!!! Fingers Crossed that they come in time!I was feeling kind of guilty not buying any new shirts for anyone when I came across a really cool 7DMT shirt that @StarWarsMomofGirls! got for her DH and I thought, "maybe it's not too late...." so I've ordered shirts for myself, Steve, and Chris from TeePublic and they SHOULD arrive right before we leave.
One final thing not Disney related! I can't remember who's TR or dining report the new Twin Peaks series was being discussed in but I've wanted to start watching it. I believe it was @Raeven and @ArielSRL who said I really should watch the original series first, so today I watched the first episode and after I finish typing this I'm going to watch the second. I liked the first; it's right up my alley and I don't know why I didn't watch it in 1990 except that I was in college and probably partying too much But can I say the acting is a bit much I mean, lots of big name actors but some of the acting when paired with the dramatic music makes me giggle. And Kyle MacLachlan is so young!!! I love seeing Kimmy Robertson in it, anyone a fan of that wonderful 80's teen sex movie Last American Virgin? I have it on DVD If you've never seen it and you're a fan of comedy, 80's movies, or sex, watch it. It's a great movie and she's real fun in it. And the guy who was the priest/werewolf in Stephen King's Silver Bullet with the late great Corey Haim?? Fabulous.
Just FYI, the new villas are not Boulder Ridge. They are called Copper Creek. Wilderness Lodge is now home to what is considered two DVC properties. Boulder Ridge is the older of the two and in a separate building. Copper Creek was converted from regular rooms inside the Lodge.Hey, I meant to ask you....have you seen (in person) the new Boulder Ridge villas? I'm already planning for NEXT year and I wanted to make it one of my options when I submit my DVC rental request but the pictures I found weren't really making excited about the place. Thoughts??