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The "We either need more Motrin or less kids' Trip report, August - Sept 2010 - UPDATED 11/7: Final Day
Well, there you have it. Our trip report is affectionately called : The "We either need more Motrin or less kids" trip report. This is not to at all to say the kids were ill behaved or a handfull. It was just a chore to keep track of all 4 of the little darlings all the time with thier varied interests and opinions. Luv ya kids! So here are the players:
Victoria:
15 years old and earned her learner's permit two days before we started our vacation off by driving to Florida. She was a tremendous help driving and did very well. VERY proud of her.
Jordan:
13 years old Daddy's girl, Ariel fan, and loves all things Disney. Entering her last year of Middle School.
Brendan:
11 years old and all boy. Chose to grow his hair out this year, no doubt preparing to become a skater boy once school starts this fall. He can do things on roller blades that make me knee ligaments cringe just watching him.
Cheyenne:
11 years old and animal lover. Geuss which park is her favorite? I think she could watch the festival of the Lion King all trip long and be perfectly happy.
Liz:
The lady who needs no introduction. My true real life princess, who is gracious enough to not make me totally let go of my fairytale princess. (You all know who that is, right?) Tinkerbell does NOT have a bigger fan than Liz, and NOTHING at Disney gives me a harder time than Tinkerbell. (More on that later)
Me, I'm Brent:
But for the last few weeks leading up to this trip I have actually felt (and sounded) more like Clark Griswold. My favorite princess is Cinderella, and I am quite fascinated by her (for those who don't know us, she helped me propose to my real life princess - LIZ_ , we've been inseparable since) I like Disney because it is the one place I can wear Cinderella T-shirts and not be given a hard time for it. (Well, except from the kids anyway.) Oh and I can always seem to make Cinderella smile.
We started out at about noon on Sunday the 22nd after the kids properly decorated the windows:
We took turns driving and had dinner at a Cracker Barrel in Kentucky. A place we found out later that Cam22 frequents. Sorry Cam! We should've given you a shout before hand and met you there for dinner! As luck would have it we were seated next to a family actually driving BACK from Disney to Michigan. What are the odds??
After a good dinner we were ready for the road. We took turns driving all night and arrived at Pop around 10:00 am. The room was not ready, so we had some food and walked around the resort. The room was ready around 1, we were in the 50's section by the bowling pin pool on the 4th floor. Loved it! We also had one of the refurbed rooms with a flat screen TV, a curtain separating the sink area and new carpet and bedspreads. Very nice! Then we went to Walmart for a few things, then it was off to Boatwrights for dinner. This is when having a car at Disney comes in handy. Travelling from resort to resort by bus can be time consuming. Boatwrights has excellent steak! We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Then we walked around the resort a little and I was quite impressed. I definitely wouldn't mind staying here sometime. Then it was back to POP for a swim and early to bed as were all a bit whipped from the long drive. Besides, Tomorrow it as Magic Kingdom in the morning and our first encounter with Tink, Cinderella, and some surprise attention from Ariel! Tune in soon to find out what happened!
Brent
Here's a teaser:
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I am so glad you got your TR report going!!!! Great start!!! We always stop at Cracker Barrel when we go on vacation kinda like a tradition for us! I just love how you call Liz your princess you two are soooo cute!!! The perfect couple!!! Next time you get teased for wearing a Cinderella shirt say only real men can pull this look off!! I'm glad Victoria did so well driving it gives me hope for our 15 year old. She doesn't have a permit yet...but will soon enough! Too soon for me...they grow up too fast!! I am glad you all had a wonderful time! Can't wait to read more!
Yea, Can't wait to read more tomorrow, unfortunately I can't stalk you anymore since I'm a working lady now, I'll have to wait until tomorrow night to read again, darn it!
I the title of the TR! Definitely not one of the ones I would have thought of.
Your daughter's lucky that she was able to get her permit at 15 - here in NJ, you have to be 17 to get a permit and 18 to get your license. Except my birthday was at the cusp of the law change, I went away to college before I was 18, and ended up not driving until I was 19! She'll be fantastic from having such an early start.
Awesome that you got a renovated room at Pop! We're staying there this month, hopefully we'll get one of the updated ones. We're staying in '60's, and I've heard that only some of the 60's were updated (someone please let me know if I'm wrong about that), but I'm crossing my fingers for an update.
I love that you admit that you felt/sounded like Clark Griswold - DBF definitely won't admit it. He's an exact replica around Christmastime.
Can't wait to read more!! The pictures look great.
Great Start!!
Got a question....we'll be at WDW the first week of October and will be staying at Pop. I've stayed at Pop Century before in the 50's section and really enjoyed that location. Are all the rooms in the 50's section refurbished? I read somewhere that they were still refurbishing the rooms in that section.
Thanks for the info help and can't wait to read more of your adventure!
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Great start Brent - sounds like having the extra driver right in time for the trip really helped out. Glad you all enjoyed your dinner at Boatright's, you should really think of maybe staying there one trip, we love it there...never have had any problems, great service and the atmosphere is wonderful. The boat ride to DTD does not hurt either. Looking forward to hearing more and hearing Liz's take on the day.
Awesome that you got a renovated room at Pop! We're staying there this month, hopefully we'll get one of the updated ones. We're staying in '60's, and I've heard that only some of the 60's were updated (someone please let me know if I'm wrong about that), but I'm crossing my fingers for an update.
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Great Start!!
Got a question....we'll be at WDW the first week of October and will be staying at Pop. I've stayed at Pop Century before in the 50's section and really enjoyed that location. Are all the rooms in the 50's section refurbished? I read somewhere that they were still refurbishing the rooms in that section.
Thanks for the info help and can't wait to read more of your adventure!
There was a floor on a building in the 60's area that was closed down and they were ripping out carpet and putting new mattresses in and what not. That may or may not mean the 50's section was finished. We stayed in the building facing the pool nearest the lake. Good luck with the refurbed room!
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Great start Brent - sounds like having the extra driver right in time for the trip really helped out. Glad you all enjoyed your dinner at Boatright's, you should really think of maybe staying there one trip, we love it there...never have had any problems, great service and the atmosphere is wonderful. The boat ride to DTD does not hurt either. Looking forward to hearing more and hearing Liz's take on the day.
We did really enjoy the whole vibe of Port Orleans riverside. Maybe someday we will give it a try.
Well off to work!
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Great start to your TR! The title cracked me up and it's what made me start reading it.
Your car looked great all decorated up!
Not that it makes a difference now, but for future or anyone on here who reads it. I just wanted to give the warning about letting your teenager with a permit drive on interstate highways....
MANY, not all, states do not allow permitted drivers from other states drive on the highways. Some states do not allow permitted drivers from other states drive in their state at all. Also, some states do not allow even licensed drivers under the age of 18 on the highways. In most states the age to get a permit is 16 or older, so in those states driving with a permit at 15 yrs old, could be a serious offense.
So if you are going to do this I would check the driving laws for each state in which your permitted teen is driving to make sure you can't get into trouble. Nothing would make your vacation yucky, as getting into trouble.
I am giving this information because I worked at a driving school for 14 years in the state of MA. The "where you can drive while on a permit" is covered material. We had a lot of kids taking classes from out of state during summer vacation, so this is something that has come up, resulting in research on various states laws.
I can't specifically give you states but I do know CT is one of them that does not allow any drivers under the age of 18 on the highways licensed or not.
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We always stop at Cracker Barrel when we go on vacation kinda like a tradition for us! I just love how you call Liz your princess you two are soooo cute!!!
The perfect couple!!! Next time you get teased for wearing a Cinderella shirt say only real men can pull this look off!! 
I'm glad Victoria did so well driving it gives me hope for our 15 year old. She doesn't have a permit yet...but will soon enough! Too soon for me...they grow up too fast!!
I am glad you all had a wonderful time! Can't wait to read more! 
Cassie
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