Before you start this you need to learn the offical weekend cry and actions... Ok? ready? Hands in air. Wave them and wiggle your bottom, now quietly yell, "Dizzzzzz Kneeeee" yea! Repeat every time we ask "Where are we?"
Well, there are some things you do and while you are doing them you know they are gonna cause you to bite your tounge... alot, and sometimes almost completely in half! So I invited my self along as a helper and guide...
That's me! , helpfull to a fault.
You need to know that I have 4 of the best SIL's in the world. 3 live far away,and that is prob. one reason they are the best... this one is 1/4 mile away, and is married to my oldest brother. I love him. He is agreat guy... but I would kill him if he was MY husband. ( If that was even legal, I meant I would never marry anyone like him. You all know what I meant. love him, but couldn't live with the guy...) She also has the most different thought process of anyone I know. I have to think of a way to tell her some stuff so I can make sure that what I am saying is what she is hearing and understands it like I want her to.. make sence? No? well that is what happens when I talk to her sometimes.. .so it could be me....And she is one of the best moms around! Nothing is to good for my DN.....so now u all know.
This dear SIL, and 4yo DN, had a trip planned down to WDW for April 7-11th. Why? Cause, as she said it "won't be to busy" then... and my DB is in Iraq, and DN misses Poppa... Where are we going then? DizzKnee!!!
Yes, this is a crazy woman.. who really believed that it shouldn't be to busy, never mind that it is EASTER WEEK! And I have sent her the links to the busiest days in the parks and that shows it to be a 9 and 10 each and every day we will be there...
She also has time issues, as in never on time. She does try, but is very slow and deliberate in each and every thing she does. And gives her full attention to what she is doing at that time.. .not a multitasker at all!
So with 1 to 2 ADR's 3 of the 4 days we are there and after a 1/2 hour late start, which was better then I thought, we leave at 4.30 am.
Now usuall it takes me and my family 7 hours to get to WDW, depending on the number of Harley shops we stop at for ,hummmm, rest room breaks? Or that is what DH claims we are doing... And I have made it on my own in 6 hours and 11 min. to Orlando, traveling with the flow of traffic.
However, with a 4 yo and a supper shopper SIL I was hoping for an under 8 hour trip.. And we did it, almost,mostly cause we left so early that each of us took a nap on the way down.
She had wanted to be at AK around 10am, and we got there in time to be in the park by 12, noon. Did I mention that this sweet woman takes hours to eat? Shop? So armed with Autograph book(s), camera, change of clothes, extra bandaids, food, water, emergency everything else, tickets, a folding stroller, sunscreen, extra sunscreen... we leave the car and head in to the park. Where are we?, finally! DizzKnee!!!!
Now I thought that if we could do 2 or 3 things we would be doing great. SHE thought we should be able to do 1)Everest, which OPENED that day!, 2)Dinosaurs,3)Kali River,4)Dino playland,5) Jungle safari, and, most important, the Pochanous show... cause DN likes shows... and has seen it everytime they go.. hahahhha!
The park is packed, really packed! Why? cause it is the opening of Everest! Why can't we get fastpass for it she asks? Because there are none I say. Why not if it just opened? Because IT JUST OPENED! oh.
So we head over to the dino ride. Now I am thinking that this is a little extrem for my 4yo DN. She is a spunky kid, but I don't really like this ride, and am not sure she will. Go up to the fast pass line.. not bad I am thinking, only 2 1/2 hours to wait. Oh, yea, we need to do all this stuff on the list and make the first ADR at a DIFFERENT PARK ! And check into the hotel, and change our clothes? I think NOT! They are filming a Discovery Chan?Travel Chan? special on Everest, the place is rather busy! You want to eat? HA!
And do rides? AND check out each iand EVERY character...? in the 2 1/2 hours we have at AK? Drugs should have been involved.. .and I ain't saying for who!
Well we lucked out! I talk to every one, and as I was talking to the nice CM at Dino she opens the machine and gives up 3 fastpasses for Dino, for NOW. And hand writes out one for Kali River for us! Did my mouth work good or what? I always talk to the CMs, I like to find out where they are from, and any info on the rides they have worked, like hidden Mickeys, best time to ride. and stuff. A side bonus is that sometimes they give you info and show you neat stuff you might miss. And sometimes you get fastpasses, or they walk you on! They are just a hard working bunch of people at WDW, and most of them are working as hard as they can...
So we go on the Dino ride. DN is a little shaken.. .but all is well. Then we need to eat. So we grab ribs and look at all the folks being interviewed for Everest. An hour + latter we head over to KRR. We will get wet.
As we go to get on the ride, SIL said, think we will get wet? Well, yes, it is a water ride, and DN is counting on it. So we put all the stuff in the center. Off we go, and boy did we get wet! Loved it! SIL, DN were nailed with the first little wave we hit. Like it was planned just for the kid, she was thrilled. Wet butts abound, and all around for us all.
Time to look at our watches. We missed the Poch.show, and the next one is after the time I think we need to leave so we can make it to MGM and get in to the Brown Derby so we can have The Fantamsit Dinner special...
We head over about 3pm. Driving. I have a map, so all is good.
Now I have/had never stayed onsite before. I have a PAP, and this is my 4th trip in 10 months to WDW. I drive most places. I almost know my way around. Trust me. Turn here. NOW@!@$!!!
Missed it. So at this point I realize, DSIL does not multitask. Drive or talk. NOT both, if she is somewhere she doesn't know very well... This is a very important thing I must remember.
Back on the correct rode. Make it to MGM. Do we have time to do Star Tours, Indy, Muppets, and The Belle show? Oh, LOOK! MORE characters! (This will become a constant cry, so get used to it now..)And we have 10 min now till dinner. I don't think so! Latter, after dinner, I hoped! Yea, Dizzknee!
Now DB, husband of SIL, has no patience with lines. Or so SIL says. So she and niece haven't been on 1/2 of the things we end up doing. I know my bro. He has patience, to a point, and the point is reached when the DN is line for the same princess/character -different park/day, for the 5th time!!! This TRIP alone!!! Remember this, we will revist this topic latter.
Off to dinner. Great dinner. She had the Tuna, I got the Mil. steak. And we split a bottle of Fairy Tail Champange. I needed it. She needed it. Heck DN probly needed it, but at 4yo has to settle for a Shirley Temple. We didn't know that at the Brown Derby you can ask your server for a "phone" and get a call from someone special. I won't tell you if you don't know. Go and do it, it looked like fun, but we had taken over 2 hours to eat! It is now after 6pm and I know we need to be back for Fan. about 7.30pm, for the 8pm show...
We head over to Muppets. but look, Star Tours has only a 15 min line. Yes, but we wanted to start on the back and work our way forward? And the line will get shorter, I thought.. .We go on ST. Then Muppets. Found the key under the floor mat on the right as you go through the turnstilles. Showed it to SIL/DN. They looked at me like I was crazy. Yep, thats me...
Back out, off to Fan. It is now 7.35pm. We are late. Anothe topic we will revist... Hands up now you know where we are...
Get there about 7.50pm. Don't ask. And there was NO line for ST as we passed...
Show was good. Didn't remember it at all, or it has changed since I saw it last, around 4-5 years ago...
Where to now? Well we still haven't checked into our hotel, Shades of Green. For those of you that don't know, this is the onsite Military hotel. It is a former WDW resort that has very good size rooms. It went under a rebuild 2-3 years ago and they added a ton of parking, new wing, and more. It is cheaper, IF you can't get a code, or have a PAP. You can't use the DDP, but you do get EE and EMH..provided you can get your group out of bed!!!
So check in. Fine. The room is in the very back, downstairs, next to the Mickey pool, 3 rooms away. I head there with DN, as SIL parks. Hummm, kid needs a bath. I need a bath...I am faster, with 3 kids at home...
So I bath the kid and get it done before SIL gets to the room. How long does it take to bath a tired 4yo? me doing it took under 12min. Tell you how long it takes the next 3 nights latter. Get a cup of coffee, or coke... oh, and the paper...
SIL gets to the room. I make the hide a bed for DN. We have 2 queen beds, a mini fridge, not cold, a dinnett table with 4 chairs and the hide a bed, which is a love seat size. Cute. Lots of room, only I am used to a 2-3 bed room Condo, off site. Usually Cypress Point, or Embassey Grand Beach, I can shut the door and run naked between the shower and bed , if I want. Watch TV. Whatever. Can't do that in a hotel room. But we get EE!!! and EMHs!!!
So the plan for Sat? ADR for them at the breakfast at the Poly. Lilo and Stitch. I will run over to MK and get in line so DN can get her first haircut at the barber shop. This kid has/had never had even a trim. Fine hair.
Will do the rest of the week end soon... So hands up, butt wiggle, where were we? DizzzzzzzKneeeee! YEA!
Well, there are some things you do and while you are doing them you know they are gonna cause you to bite your tounge... alot, and sometimes almost completely in half! So I invited my self along as a helper and guide...
That's me! , helpfull to a fault.
You need to know that I have 4 of the best SIL's in the world. 3 live far away,and that is prob. one reason they are the best... this one is 1/4 mile away, and is married to my oldest brother. I love him. He is agreat guy... but I would kill him if he was MY husband. ( If that was even legal, I meant I would never marry anyone like him. You all know what I meant. love him, but couldn't live with the guy...) She also has the most different thought process of anyone I know. I have to think of a way to tell her some stuff so I can make sure that what I am saying is what she is hearing and understands it like I want her to.. make sence? No? well that is what happens when I talk to her sometimes.. .so it could be me....And she is one of the best moms around! Nothing is to good for my DN.....so now u all know.
This dear SIL, and 4yo DN, had a trip planned down to WDW for April 7-11th. Why? Cause, as she said it "won't be to busy" then... and my DB is in Iraq, and DN misses Poppa... Where are we going then? DizzKnee!!!
Yes, this is a crazy woman.. who really believed that it shouldn't be to busy, never mind that it is EASTER WEEK! And I have sent her the links to the busiest days in the parks and that shows it to be a 9 and 10 each and every day we will be there...
She also has time issues, as in never on time. She does try, but is very slow and deliberate in each and every thing she does. And gives her full attention to what she is doing at that time.. .not a multitasker at all!
So with 1 to 2 ADR's 3 of the 4 days we are there and after a 1/2 hour late start, which was better then I thought, we leave at 4.30 am.
Now usuall it takes me and my family 7 hours to get to WDW, depending on the number of Harley shops we stop at for ,hummmm, rest room breaks? Or that is what DH claims we are doing... And I have made it on my own in 6 hours and 11 min. to Orlando, traveling with the flow of traffic.
However, with a 4 yo and a supper shopper SIL I was hoping for an under 8 hour trip.. And we did it, almost,mostly cause we left so early that each of us took a nap on the way down.
She had wanted to be at AK around 10am, and we got there in time to be in the park by 12, noon. Did I mention that this sweet woman takes hours to eat? Shop? So armed with Autograph book(s), camera, change of clothes, extra bandaids, food, water, emergency everything else, tickets, a folding stroller, sunscreen, extra sunscreen... we leave the car and head in to the park. Where are we?, finally! DizzKnee!!!!
Now I thought that if we could do 2 or 3 things we would be doing great. SHE thought we should be able to do 1)Everest, which OPENED that day!, 2)Dinosaurs,3)Kali River,4)Dino playland,5) Jungle safari, and, most important, the Pochanous show... cause DN likes shows... and has seen it everytime they go.. hahahhha!
The park is packed, really packed! Why? cause it is the opening of Everest! Why can't we get fastpass for it she asks? Because there are none I say. Why not if it just opened? Because IT JUST OPENED! oh.
So we head over to the dino ride. Now I am thinking that this is a little extrem for my 4yo DN. She is a spunky kid, but I don't really like this ride, and am not sure she will. Go up to the fast pass line.. not bad I am thinking, only 2 1/2 hours to wait. Oh, yea, we need to do all this stuff on the list and make the first ADR at a DIFFERENT PARK ! And check into the hotel, and change our clothes? I think NOT! They are filming a Discovery Chan?Travel Chan? special on Everest, the place is rather busy! You want to eat? HA!
And do rides? AND check out each iand EVERY character...? in the 2 1/2 hours we have at AK? Drugs should have been involved.. .and I ain't saying for who!
Well we lucked out! I talk to every one, and as I was talking to the nice CM at Dino she opens the machine and gives up 3 fastpasses for Dino, for NOW. And hand writes out one for Kali River for us! Did my mouth work good or what? I always talk to the CMs, I like to find out where they are from, and any info on the rides they have worked, like hidden Mickeys, best time to ride. and stuff. A side bonus is that sometimes they give you info and show you neat stuff you might miss. And sometimes you get fastpasses, or they walk you on! They are just a hard working bunch of people at WDW, and most of them are working as hard as they can...
So we go on the Dino ride. DN is a little shaken.. .but all is well. Then we need to eat. So we grab ribs and look at all the folks being interviewed for Everest. An hour + latter we head over to KRR. We will get wet.
As we go to get on the ride, SIL said, think we will get wet? Well, yes, it is a water ride, and DN is counting on it. So we put all the stuff in the center. Off we go, and boy did we get wet! Loved it! SIL, DN were nailed with the first little wave we hit. Like it was planned just for the kid, she was thrilled. Wet butts abound, and all around for us all.
Time to look at our watches. We missed the Poch.show, and the next one is after the time I think we need to leave so we can make it to MGM and get in to the Brown Derby so we can have The Fantamsit Dinner special...
We head over about 3pm. Driving. I have a map, so all is good.
Now I have/had never stayed onsite before. I have a PAP, and this is my 4th trip in 10 months to WDW. I drive most places. I almost know my way around. Trust me. Turn here. NOW@!@$!!!
Missed it. So at this point I realize, DSIL does not multitask. Drive or talk. NOT both, if she is somewhere she doesn't know very well... This is a very important thing I must remember.
Back on the correct rode. Make it to MGM. Do we have time to do Star Tours, Indy, Muppets, and The Belle show? Oh, LOOK! MORE characters! (This will become a constant cry, so get used to it now..)And we have 10 min now till dinner. I don't think so! Latter, after dinner, I hoped! Yea, Dizzknee!
Now DB, husband of SIL, has no patience with lines. Or so SIL says. So she and niece haven't been on 1/2 of the things we end up doing. I know my bro. He has patience, to a point, and the point is reached when the DN is line for the same princess/character -different park/day, for the 5th time!!! This TRIP alone!!! Remember this, we will revist this topic latter.
Off to dinner. Great dinner. She had the Tuna, I got the Mil. steak. And we split a bottle of Fairy Tail Champange. I needed it. She needed it. Heck DN probly needed it, but at 4yo has to settle for a Shirley Temple. We didn't know that at the Brown Derby you can ask your server for a "phone" and get a call from someone special. I won't tell you if you don't know. Go and do it, it looked like fun, but we had taken over 2 hours to eat! It is now after 6pm and I know we need to be back for Fan. about 7.30pm, for the 8pm show...
We head over to Muppets. but look, Star Tours has only a 15 min line. Yes, but we wanted to start on the back and work our way forward? And the line will get shorter, I thought.. .We go on ST. Then Muppets. Found the key under the floor mat on the right as you go through the turnstilles. Showed it to SIL/DN. They looked at me like I was crazy. Yep, thats me...
Back out, off to Fan. It is now 7.35pm. We are late. Anothe topic we will revist... Hands up now you know where we are...
Get there about 7.50pm. Don't ask. And there was NO line for ST as we passed...
Show was good. Didn't remember it at all, or it has changed since I saw it last, around 4-5 years ago...
Where to now? Well we still haven't checked into our hotel, Shades of Green. For those of you that don't know, this is the onsite Military hotel. It is a former WDW resort that has very good size rooms. It went under a rebuild 2-3 years ago and they added a ton of parking, new wing, and more. It is cheaper, IF you can't get a code, or have a PAP. You can't use the DDP, but you do get EE and EMH..provided you can get your group out of bed!!!
So check in. Fine. The room is in the very back, downstairs, next to the Mickey pool, 3 rooms away. I head there with DN, as SIL parks. Hummm, kid needs a bath. I need a bath...I am faster, with 3 kids at home...
So I bath the kid and get it done before SIL gets to the room. How long does it take to bath a tired 4yo? me doing it took under 12min. Tell you how long it takes the next 3 nights latter. Get a cup of coffee, or coke... oh, and the paper...
SIL gets to the room. I make the hide a bed for DN. We have 2 queen beds, a mini fridge, not cold, a dinnett table with 4 chairs and the hide a bed, which is a love seat size. Cute. Lots of room, only I am used to a 2-3 bed room Condo, off site. Usually Cypress Point, or Embassey Grand Beach, I can shut the door and run naked between the shower and bed , if I want. Watch TV. Whatever. Can't do that in a hotel room. But we get EE!!! and EMHs!!!
So the plan for Sat? ADR for them at the breakfast at the Poly. Lilo and Stitch. I will run over to MK and get in line so DN can get her first haircut at the barber shop. This kid has/had never had even a trim. Fine hair.
Will do the rest of the week end soon... So hands up, butt wiggle, where were we? DizzzzzzzKneeeee! YEA!