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Day 5, Monday August 31, 2009 Disney Studios day!
Ok, before I start I think we need one more picture of Liz and Tori.
Isn’t that a lovely Photopass picture of them at Epcot? Awwww, oh and what is that in there hands? Their phones?? Hmmm at least I have the decency to put my phone away when the photopass photographers come around. Ah well, on to the Studios! It is Monday morning and we get there at rope drop again and head straight for Tower of Terror and Rock N Roller Coaster! I believe we get two rides on each of those in. I don’t care much for ‘drop’ rides but I absolutely LOVE Tower of Terror. After Rock N Roller Coaster we try on some wigs in the gift shop:
Hmm Tori's still fixated on that darn phone!
I don’t know what it is about this gift shop but I can’t hardly walk through it without buying something. Last time I bought drum sticks for when I play Rock Band back home. Then we were still in a Rockin Mood when we walked outside:
I was really wanting to Rock out! :
Mmmmm I swear I missed my calling. Should've been a rock star!
After that we headed for the Little Mermaid show. I realize I am a 42-year old man, but I swear this show always brings me to tears. It is so well done, I just love it. It did seem to rain a little more on us than I remember. After that we found some more photopass photographers:
Then Liz and the girls split up for a meal so myself and Brendan and Jordan found more photopass photographers:
We rode the Great Movie Ride, then hooked back up with Liz and the girls. Headed to the Back Lot Tour then Lights Motors Actions stunt show. After the stunt show was over we headed to the Muppet show. I think I like this show more every time I see it. By now it’s about time we head to the 50’s Primetime Café for Dinner. After a rather lengthy wait we were seated and had a really good meal. Our waiter was pretty good and got on us for all the normal stuff. Keep your elbows off the table, set the table,etc. A nice experience but nothing really special. After this it was getting close to getting dark and it started raining so we headed back to POP. When we got on the bus it started pouring. When we got to POP it was still pouring so we put a smile on our faces and walked in the rain to our rooms. It felt so good to walk in the rain we did just that: Walked around the resort in the rain. We got soaked and were loving it. J It was a good day.
DAY 6: Tuesday Sept 1, No Park but dinner at Whispering Canyon!
I was up before dawn again this morning for one of my treasured walks. Loving the heat. No big rush this morning. Brendan and I are going to the Contemporary resort to rent a sea raycer this morning. It was fun and it gave us some views of the Magic Kingdom we had never seen before. It also gave us a nice look at the new Bay Lake Tower. Impressive looking hotel!
When it was time to bring the boat back we found out that the man working at the boat dock was from Jackson, Michigan: just a 45 minute drive from our home in Battle Creek. Small world! We explored the Contemporary for awhile then made our way back to the hotel to meet up with the girls for our much anticipated dinner at Whispering Canyon. This is one of the coolest places to eat we have been to. We took a dip in the pool, then made our way to the Magic Kingdom then hopped a boat to the Wilderness Lodge and just got inside when the heavens opened up and cut loose with some serious wet! We were seated right away at Whispering Canyon and our waiter was named Bob. Bob was very good and played along with us adults in the group as well as the kids. Liz couldn’t resist telling our waiter Bob about her friend Bob back home. I didn’t really know either Bob so if you want more on that story you’ll have to ask Liz. Something about Bob spelling his name backwards and having an extra O in it? Her friends name was Bobo or something???? I don’t know, you’ll just have to ask Liz, ok?
Brendan got very into this meal. He delivered ketchup to other tables countless times during the meal.:
And rode the horses:
After dinner it was still raining, so I took the younger two kids to DisneyQuest and Liz and the older girls just headed back to the room, I think. Or did you ladies do something else that night, Liz? Or did you drop the girls off at home and hook up with Bobo?? J
DisneyQuest was, well, Disneyquest. A great place, and a lot of fun, but quite honestly I can only take that place for a few hours at a time. Sooo much noise! The young ones and I headed back to the room after a few hours and got a good nights sleep in preparation for our big day tomorrow!
Next: A rainy Magic Kingdom morning, a meeting with Tinkerbell (things never seem to go well for me when she’s around) and a very special dinner at 1900 Park Faire with my lady, Cinderella and she helps me give my lovely wife a very special gift.
Teaser: What is Liz worried about at Dinner when Cinderella is headed to our table? J
This was perhaps my favorite day of the whole trip. Stay tuned!!!
Sounds like great fun, sorry that Liz and Tori had another dissappointing meal . Love the photos of all of you at RNRC. Can't wait to hear about your dinner at 1900 PF.
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Oh Mr Brent.....How do I ever reply to some of the things in this post! LOL
Yes yes.....we have our phones in hand, darling, this was because we were seperated from you for the longest hours ever, which seems ever so dreary without your presence and we wanted to IMMEDIATLY answer your call should you desire to talk to us....... I hope you understand.....purely for your benefit, sweetheart!
Mermaid show? Not sure those were tears......it was like a rainforest in there! What the heck was all the special effect about anyway! Geesh! I was soaked! I was beginging to feel like a mermaid! Seriously, we both are very fond of this show.....just gets better every time!
Just a good time throw this out there. There is a bucket with a rope hanging from it near the Indiana Jones show, Kinda by PTC that is so cool! You pull the string and it says stuff! Very unknown thing I guess.....I've heard anyway.
Oh 50's PT Cafe! Victoria and Chey are kinda creatures of habbit sometimes and they just love this place from when we used to go alone, b4 our lives were significantly blessed by Brent, Jordan and Brendan. We have always had a wonderful experience there and I was so disappointed that they didn't get to enjoy it more. I am hoping that despite the slow service and not-so-into-character waiter we can convince them to go again next year and give it another shot! Really the humor is right up Brents alley!
Day 6
It was a long anticipated morning. Boys were off to.......oh who cares....the boys were off! LOL. The girls were making a significant effort to SLEEP IN! ahhhhhh! We had been waiting for this the whole trip! When I stumbled out of bed I made a trip up to the food court to refill mugs and ran into a guy who lived about 30 minutes from where I used to live b4 I moved here when we got married. He was actually in Orlando for a conference and made a short stop at Disney! Isnt that weird coinsidence that we both had that same encounter on the same morning!
Whispering Canyon....this had to be one of the highlights of the trip!
Heres a pic of the girls, being girls!
Heres a pic of Tori, she just looked even more beautiful than usual that night, I thought! Oh and ummmmm, on her phone!!!
I was soooo thankful for our waiter, Bob! He was hillarious!!! We still laugh about him alot! We were joking with him and he really had a way with words........He said he could never figure out why his wife always added and extra "o" to his name......and it wasnt Bobo! LOL It also brought up the topic of an old friend of mine who helped get me thru some tough times in the past few years.
Oh I love that pic of the older two and I goofing around. We had some great girly moments that night! I still really appreciate the dynamics of the family here, we found it comfortable to split into many different combinations sometimes and do a bigger variety of things! And NO honey, I didn't drop the kids off and hook up with Bobo! LOL. Bobo/Bob could never compare with the happiness you bring me! Besides you and I have much more interesting conversations!!
Ohhhhhh The next day at 1900 PF was sooooooooo sweet! I thought after the engagement he would never think of anything even close to that romantic and sweet......but he did! What a man!!
And Tink? Apparently she's got this girls back! Not looking so good for you Brent! LOL.....that was SOOOO FUN!!!!!
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I think youns are in the building that we stayed in-did it have the Rubix Cubes on the stairwells?
We LOVE Pop-had such a blast!!
Hope you guys hurry back!!
Close! We were in the blue building with the cell phones for stairwells right by the Rubiks cubes buildings. It's got the huge laptop computer in the middle of it. Another update should be coming this weekend including our magical dinner with Cinderella at 1900 Park Faire. Best day of the trip!!
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Ah well, on to the Studios! It is Monday morning and we get there at rope drop again and head straight for Tower of Terror and Rock N Roller Coaster! I believe we get two rides on each of those in. I don’t care much for ‘drop’ rides but I absolutely LOVE Tower of Terror. After Rock N Roller Coaster we try on some wigs in the gift shop:
. Love the photos of all of you at RNRC. Can't wait to hear about your dinner at 1900 PF.
. I can't wait to hear more.
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. I hope you understand.....purely for your benefit, sweetheart!
What the heck was all the special effect about anyway! Geesh! I was soaked! I was beginging to feel like a mermaid! Seriously, we both are very fond of this show.....just gets better every time!
We were joking with him and he really had a way with words........He said he could never figure out why his wife always added and extra "o" to his name......and it wasnt Bobo! 
LOL It also brought up the topic of an old friend of mine who helped get me thru some tough times in the past few years. 
We had some great girly moments that night! I still really appreciate the dynamics of the family here, we found it comfortable to split into many different combinations sometimes and do a bigger variety of things! And NO honey,
I didn't drop the kids off and hook up with Bobo! LOL. Bobo/Bob could never compare with the happiness you bring me! Besides you and I have much more interesting conversations!! 
I thought after the engagement he would never think of anything even close to that romantic and sweet......but he did! What a man!! 
Apparently she's got this girls back! Not looking so good for you Brent! LOL.....that was SOOOO FUN!!!!! 
Best day of the trip!!
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