Sarilas' O-fficial Pre-Trip Report -1/2009 (a.k.a. Vacation, Take TWO!) - Page 12 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Last night was the opening night of Disney On Ice here in NashVegas - we took all the kids and had SO much fun! I'll tell you this though, Lexi was C-R-A-N-K-Y after about two hours of confinement. Note to self for Disney World in January! (I think she would have been okay in a stroller or something, but she didn't like the stadium seats and walking back and forth in our aisle only works for so long...)
The show included Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy, the characters from Cars, Lion King, The Little Mermaid and what will be the Tinkerbell movie! In fact the Tinkerbell portion took up the entire second half of the program - it was a great preview of what the storyline will be AND we got to hear what Tinkerbell will sound like! I captured a little snippet of video during that portion of the program... it's uploading now (and hopefully I can figure out how to post it- you can hear what Tinkerbell sounds like. Sort of. As much as a point and shoot camera allows for anyway!).
Without further ado...
Disney On Ice!
Mickey and Minnie's car breaks down...
They call for help!
Look who arrives!
The cars get Mickey's car going again...
...on to the Little Mermaid!
Ariel gets legs!
Eric kisses her...
And transition to... The Lion King!
Intermission time! What's that I see? Fairy cotton candy?! MUST-HAVE!
...and wear the flower as a hat. (Tatiana with her Tinkerbell mug and Ariel light up wand musical thingy)
And a hat. (Lexi, on my lap.)
And... a hat. (Kyle. 13 going on THREE!)
Stasia on DH's lap, playing with her Tinkerbell light up twirly thingy.
On with the show!
In the beginning... Tinkerbell is BORN! She wears a white gown, and her hair is down instead of being up in a bun... (hard to see, sorry!) She is introduced to all the other fairies by the Fairy Queen. Each fairy is blessed with a gift... light, water, speed, flowers, etc. Tinkerbell must discover her talent.
The guy everyone is facing, the one skating with gold wings is the keeper of the pixie dust!
Tinkerbell discovers she's a TINKER fairy! The Tinkers are the inventors, the makers of all the things that allow the other fairies to do their jobs and to bring Spring each year to the Mainland (our world).
Tinkerbell meets the other Tinker fairies...
Tinkerbell wants a different talent and confides in pixie dust holding guy.
There's a naughty fairy, I don't have a good pic of her but she's got black hair and wears black and purple. She's very stuck up and gets Tink to do something bad that will keep the fairies from being able to bring Spring to the Mainland.
The Fairy Queen and the boss lady of the tinker fairies...
Tink comes up with a way to fix what she's done and she saves the day!
I must've had a really sweet past life because THIS one is chaotic and exhausting!
My Dad's been out of the hospital for one day since having to start dialysis emergently.(He's been in renal failure for some time, we've just been waiting for dialysis to happen.) This morning he woke up with blood in his urine and we had to rush him to the ER at the VA hospital. Turns out it's not abnormal for this to occur after all they've done to his kidney's in the last week. WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW THAT BEFORE TODAY!
When Kyle wakes up his face looks like this:
As do his arms. Thank you, POISON IVY!
Whisk Kyle off to the pediatrician. Get oral steroids. Kyle says he feels like a cyclops and other than the itching, he's having fun playing into the mythology realm. He'd find a way to enjoy anything, that kid!
Yeah, so have I mentioned lately HOW MUCH I COULD REALLY USE A VACATION?!
DH's bonus check is all set to come in on Monday. We're depositing that puppy immediately and I'm calling my TA first thing in the am to pay for the room and dining. (We're paying for the entire trip in cash, so I'm juggling the timing of paying off things - not using credit cards means lots of balls in the air!) I'm keeping out about $1000 in case Southwest decides they love me, they really love me and they want to give me an unbelievable ding fare... That just leaves upgrading our dining to deluxe in December when we'll also buy the tickets for the parks... But paying off the room and dining will make it REAL to me, and at least I'll know there's a light at the end of my chaotic tunnel!
Alright this next one is just SLAYING ME. Remember, this has all happened just today!
Anastasia thought I needed some cheer brought into my life, so she (and I quote) "decorated the TV for me"...
All you moms out there froze in your seats when you heard those words, didn't you!
I grabbed my cell phone while the moment was still fresh, because I just HAD to post this for you all... a little glimpse into our never a dull moment life!
Here was her decoration... crayon!
And here she is, lamenting her decision when I made her help clean it up.
She looks just like Dora...
I sent those to my DH who could NOT stop laughing.
I have been reading the Disney Fairy books to may daughters. I hope Disney on Ice comes to my area. I would love to take them to see this show. It looked like they were enjoying the show.
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Trish ,
Me and the family Magic Kingdom New Years Eve December 29, 2009-January 9th, 2010
They really did! I was surprised how 'into' it my 3 year old was; it was the first show of any kind we've ever taken her to but she loves Tinkerbell, and she was just fascinated by getting to see her in 'real life'. I highly recommend it!
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I have been reading the Disney Fairy books to may daughters. I hope Disney on Ice comes to my area. I would love to take them to see this show. It looked like they were enjoying the show.
I just saw you're in Gardnerville! I lived in Sparks for a long time, even graduated high school at Reed High! My bff still lives there... small world!
I hope the decorations came off the TV and the poison ivy clears of soon. That cannot feel good. Can't wait to hear more.
Thank you! His swelling and redness seems to be going down, though still itchy... I guess that's to be expected though! (That'll be the last time he yanks a vine off the tree!)
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Oh my!! Sounds like you have your hands full! Hope everyone is feeling better and Anastasia stops taking advice from Design on a Dime!
OMG... I'd better not leave the DIY network on in her presence anymore!
And interestingly enough... a dry paper towel took the crayon off with no trouble. I was THRILLED!
Hello, all! I'm finally able to update again after what can only be described as months of chaos! (My father, who lives with us, started dialysis, I'm homeschooling my oldest child and my husband spent a week in the hospital. CHAOS!)
Nonetheless... there are updates to be had!
Up first, we revisit Our 99 day celebration!
Because our 100th day till Disney World fell on a Thursday and because that would leave NO appropriate time to par-tay, I threw us a 99 day celebration on Friday the 3rd of October!
Mary Poppins was the movie choice (yet another one my DH had never seen!) and the meal... oh, the meal! We enjoyed:
BLT Soup (a la Sci Fi Cafe)
Bread and Honey Butter (a la all over the parks, so I'm told)
Durban Chicken (a la Boma)
'Ohana Green Beans (self explanatory!)
The food was just yummy and kids had so much fun knowing we were now in double digits!
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the idea of a mascot and he's a cut one, at that! Can't wait to hear more
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Hope everyone is feeling better and Anastasia stops taking advice from Design on a Dime! 
I'd better not leave the DIY network on in her presence anymore! 
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