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Lol, Yep I am a party pooper. :rofl2: That's how I roll.

I knew it could be scary so I warned the kids. I think that helped. I just asked the kids what they thought about It's a Bug's Life. They said crazy and weird and yucky. I asked if they were scared and both said, "YES!" They both had a smile on their face, though. They also said they'd go see it again.

Right after Christmas I had to take a break from Voldemort. It was still far away from my trip and I felt like I had read everything there was to read about Disney and the fort. I am also a member of a spin off board from Babycenter. We go through cycles where it's a lot of fun to read and then it gets boring for a while. Right after Christmas a lot of snarkiness (see why I like you) was going on so I spent much of my time reading the drama there. After a while I went back to Voldemort but it seemed boring. I couldn't put my finger on it but things were different. I also noticed there h

That's really cool but I feel all woozy from just looking at those pictures.

Thank you! :) Natalie's hair is a mess 99% of the time. She wants to grow it long to be like Rapunzel, so she refuses to cut it. The problem is she also doesn't like for me to brush it and put it up. I am surprised her hair doesn't look like those fort pictures while we were still at Epcot. She wears me out! And actually we didn't find out it was spelled wrong until after we gave it to her friend. She just likes to make that silly face. I have a very crazy daughter! Speaking of that crazy girl, I forgot to mention that about halfway into our trip Natalie picked up a British acce

Kenny came and switched out our cart after a couple of days, too. You got the better end of the deal. He gave us a rain cover one but not one with an extended roof. We kept forgetting to put the rain cover down, though. Our second cart was also one of those super fast carts. I had to tell my husband to slow down many times. I think he'd forget that our kids were hanging on for dear life on the back. I am a bit of a carseat freak (as in my 6 year old is still fully harnessed in a seat that goes up to 65lbs) so having them just cruise on the back of the golf cart made me a tiny bit nervou

Talk about unsupervised kids: The night before we left when it was raining practically nonstop we had a nice pond form next to our site. There was this big kid (probably 13-14) hanging out in that nasty muddy water. Gross! I am sorry but it's Florida. Who knows what could have crawled into that murky water. I should have taken a picture of him. He was filthy but the water he was wading in was worse.

True True! I know all about the comfort station and laundry room. I also know about that little walkway from one side of the loop to the other. Yep, I guess I got it down.

They have one of those Titantic Experiences in Branson. I haven't been there but I hear it's a must do. Maybe next time we go I'll check it out. I love Branson, MO. We stopped in briefly at the end of April but I may just have to plan a return trip. I am betting Pigeon Forge is much like Branson. Outlet Malls, shopping, craft places, tourist traps, Silver Dollar City, etc. I love it.

Thanks! I'll stick around. I need something to read at night when I am up late and everyone else is sleeping. :) I may even write a trip report or two about the state parks we visit. We are planning to go dig crystals in September. Hopefully, we'll go and it will be interesting enough to write about. I don't know if one visit makes one an expert but I am glad you seem to think so. :)

Well, thank you very much. :) I read the other board for over a year before we came. I am night owl so some nights after the kids went to bed I would stay up reading until 1am or later. I am glad it paid off.

I am playing catch up and wanted to comment before I forget. I am pro poncho. My son is not. Thank goodness we live in America! We were pleasantly surprised by Carousel of Progress. We all gave it a thumbs up. I know those rains well. But I liked the lower temps so I didn't complain.

Our last full day was at Animal Kingdom. It started off great and then the weather took a turn. But let's start at the beginning. We hopped a bus to Animal Kingdom and made it there right at 9am. Nate went to get Expedition Everest fastpasses while the kids and I headed over to the safari ride. We were then able to get fastpasses for the Kali River Rapids. So I ran to do that while Nate waited with the kids at the entrance to exploration trail. Then we boarded the train and headed over to the conservation area where we met Rafiki, Pocahontas and Jiminy Cricket.

Too funny. My husband is a Dr. Pepper addict. In fact, I had forgotten to bring him extra DP and then when we went to Walmart we forgot to buy him some so he was having DP withdrawals while at Disney. Mr. Pibb just doesn't cut it. Good idea about mixing the sodas. Natalie didn't like any of them and there was one that I thought wasn't too bad but I'll stick with my Diet Coke.

Thank you! My friend is one of those rare people that are just so wonderful in everyway. I am very glad I got to see her again. I don't think our next trip will end up being 11 days but you never know. My husband has a job that he can take off many days in a row so it is possible. Don't worry I think your son would have been too old for it. Bryce is 9 and seemed to be almost too old for it. He liked it but I think another year from now he wouldn't have. Well, I was going to finish this report up, but I had several phone calls and now I am out of time. I go on a weekly lunch date wit

It really was and she's already talking about next year. I have to keep telling her that next year's birthday will be nothing like this years. Lol! I was a sport and tried it after my son did. Nasty! She had such a wonderful time. But she's a lucky girl. We celebrated her birthday with her two best friends before we left and the day we got home my parents had bought her a birthday cake so we celebrated again. Lucky girl! Thank you! I love that picture, too. It makes me smile everytime I look at it. :) We liked both water parks, but I think Blizzard Beach won as the kids' favor

Well, I am a newbie and am about finished with an 11 day trip report and have over 1000 views. You should definitely write a pre-trip report and then finish it when you get back. :) I am not a good writer, either. What's worse is I used to teach, but I am still bad at it. I decided to not let that stop me and I am so glad I did it. Now I will always remember my trip.

The day has finally come! Natalie's 6th Birthday! First, we had to wake the princess up. She had been looking forward to this day for a while because she knew we'd be dining with the princesses. We got up and made our way to Epcot. I got fastpasses for Soarin and then we made our way over to Test Track. Thankfully, everyone was at Soarin so Test Track was only about a 15 minute wait in stand by. Side note: Natalie is sound sensitive so I bought her those noise cancelling headphones back in May They are great for her. I am so thankful for them and wish I had bought them a long ti

Yum! I think I want some food now. :) I saw a chair with Sooners on the back. I live 15 minutes from the University of Oklahoma. That man maybe from around my area. :)

We did the same Christmas pictures and in fact I've already made our Christmas card for this year with them. :) I had bought a groupon to an online photo place so I just uploaded them and made some cards. :)

I love those camper pictures. :popcorn:

Those pictures are gorgeous! I meant to tell you earlier but your children are absolutely adorable! :)

I also thought this was going to be a sad report. Glad to see it's not. :):popcorn:

No, I actually didn't know about it until I read about it here through trip reports. Next time I will have him sign up. I bet it would be really special for him if he got chosen. It takes me about 2 and a half hours to get to Frisco. Not that bad, but Dallas traffic is no fun so we only go about once a year. Sorry about that! The same thing happens to me when I start to read other trip reports. Mmm... black forest cake sounds delicious. I love to bake but it's too hot to do much of it right now. It's been over 100 degrees everyday since the beginning of July with maybe the exception

When Bryce was young he was all about The Wiggles. He only watched them until he learned about Lilo and Stitch and Toy Story. Then he rotated through those 3. Natalie loved only Dora from about 18 months through 4 years. My kids are strange where when they get stuck on something they pretty much only like it and nothing else. She's on a Hello Kitty kick right now. I just bought her a Hello Kitty lunch box, back pack and headphones for school. I think we may go see this new Winnie the Pooh movie when it gets over to the dollar theater. My kids are interested in it now that we had