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So sorry about the tension and DSIL getting sick. Sounds like it was best that you split up for WS - maybe a little more of that is a good idea for that large of a group. Looking forward to your MK day.
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Sounds like the GG experience was a good one. Sorry you had fighting, but it sounded like they got it out of their system. Not fun about DSIL being sick though.
Saturday April 25--Today was overall a much better day. Since we had rode a few of the rides here at Magic Kingdom the other night we could take our time. We saw most of the park by the time we had to leave for our 1:45pm reservation at Whispering Canyons, took the ferry over which was wonderful as always. It seems like they tamed down the antics a little since last time we were there though much to our disappointment. Maybe we just had the wrong waitress, she seemed pretty tame compared to the one we had last time. Anyhow at dinner it was decided that my niece and I and my two girls were going to go back to the park and ride Splash Mountain and then tour through Mickey and Minnie's houses and the rest of the crew decided they would be heading for the buses back to the resort. I had all day been telling dh that "some" of us wanted to ride at least one thrill ride today and since we had rode all the exciting ones the other night he was tired and did not want to ride anything twice...........so luckily he was fine with this idea of parting ways for a little bit. Then came the one mishap of the day, when the ferry boat landed back at Magic Kingdom we discovered that my sis was not on it, mind you we have a large group and I think this was bound to happen at some point. Anyhow I called her cell phone and tried my best to explain to her that we all just assumed she was sitting with the other person as we had half our crew on one side of the boat and the rest on the other side and couldn't really see each other. She was not happy, especially since she had told me that she was going to the restroom and when she came out we were gone. I appologized and tried to get her to laugh it off, but she was mad for a little while. Thankfully she did get over the trama by the end of the day though. Sooo anyhow after waiting at the dock for her to make it over and join us we then all parted ways and my niece, daughters and I rode Splash Mountain and even though I did not enjoy it so much the first day this time I loved it! As I said each thrill ride I got on kept getting me more hooked......lol. We did a quick tour through Mickey and Minnies' houses, but I must say they weren't as thrilling as I expected them to be and were to crowded to get any good pictures. We headed back to Pop Century where dh now fresh from a nap suggested we go play some miniature golf. Dh's twin sis offered to stay at the resort with any of the kids that would rather go swimming, so it ended up just being dh, me, ds9 and my niece. We went over to Blizzard Beach and did the Summer course. It was great fun, but we had forgotten how long it took to get there after park hours just because of all the bus switching. We had to take a bus to Epcot, then take the bus to Coronado Springs which also goes to the golf courses. All said and done we didn't get back until 10pm. Luckily SIL was fine with that and said she was glad we got some time alone and ds9 said he loved having some 1 on 1 time with Mom and Dad. Something that with 5 kids is a very rare treat indeed. When we got back they already had the other kiddos in their jammies and ready for bed. Dh and I talked for a bit and then the "smokers group" came knocking at the door and invited me to join them for "just one drink" and they were buying. The next day was to be our "day off" so I wasn't worried about getting up too early the next morning anyhow and it gave me a chance to bond with my sis and 2 SILs. Not to mention I was still feeling guilty about forgetting sis at whispering canyons.......lol. Dh said it was ok, he'd watch Tv and stay with the kiddos and he knew I wouldn't stay long. I drank one very strong drink with the girls and called it a night, after that I must of fell asleep the minute my head hit the pillow, because the next thing I remember was waking up the next morning..........lol.
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Crazy Momma to Raven 15, Slade 13, Denissa, Skye and Ridge 11 (yes they are triplets)from Pennsylvania who just can't stay away from Disney.
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