Disney Trip 2008 Re-Cap

Ok. I still don't have Disney pics. My SIL did send me a link to view on her Snapfish account, but I have not had the chance to download any of them to my computer. So...use your imaginations for the moment.

Day 1
So we decided to take 2 cars instead of renting a big van for the entire family. In our car it was myself, Jose, Sofia, Tito and Ela. Yes, we had all the kids. In the other car, it was my Ana, Rosendo, Jennifer and Lydia (my MIL). The night before, Jose and I downloaded a bunch of cartoons and TV shows on our Ipods and charged the PSP for the kids. It worked like a charm...until the damn batteries ran out on all three devices AT THE SAME TIME!! What are the chances of that happening? So from Port St. Lucie all the way to Orlando it kind of went like this:

Me: "Did we pack the Ipod charger?"

Me: "STOP FIGHTING!"

Me: "But we just went potty 30 minutes ago. If Sprite make you go, then you should have ordered a Coke?"

Me: "No..I'm the boss. You are just a little girl and cannot tell me what to do."

Me to Jose: "I don't think this was a good idea"

Me: "Do not wipe your noses on each other!"

Me: "Stop threatening each other with boogers. Ewww....here's a wipey!"

Me: "Are we there yet, Jose? These kids are driving me crazy!"

Ok, so we get to our hotel. It's actually a really pretty townhouse with 4 rooms and settle in for a bit. We then head over to the Gaylord Palms to see the "ICE" exhibit. It's 9 freaking degrees in there!! They give you these parkas for you to put on, but they really don't help. I mean, I can't believe there are people currently living in 9 degree weather. I couldn't even take a 20 minute exhibit. I am sooo a Florida girl.

Anyways, this is where my beautiful camera perished. It slipped off my shoulder and crashed into the floor. The casing on my lens broke and goodbye pictures!! I was so pissed off at myself that I really didn't give myself too much a chance to enjoy the exhibit and between Sofia complaining that her cheeks hurt and my husband pronouncing he felt the onslaught on pneumonia settling in (what a baby!), we left rather quickly. By the way...to get in the exhibit it cost $24, plus $10 parking. Include the $300 or more fee to fix my camera and I'm going to say that ICE sucked!!!

Ate at Denny's for dinner and went to sleep.

Day 2

The Magic Kingdom. Uhmm...read my earlier post to find out what I really think about Disney, but here is my "magical" day in a nutshell.

Got to the Magic Kingdom and the place was packed!!! Once again...I thought the economy was doing really bad. Apparently, I need to invest in Disney stock or something. Anyways, they are filming the Disney Christmas Parade right at the entrance of Main Street. Floats and cheerleaders are streaming and I heard a rumor that Hannah Montana was going to be performing. Like I care!! Actually, I always thought this parade was live. Goes to show that Disney stages everything. BASTARDS!!

The park is packed and the lines are long as shit. Immediately, we get fast passes to Space Mountain..well everyone except me and the kids.... and get in line to ride Buzz Lightyear. As we wait an eternal 50 minutes, we see Joey Fatone (aka former N'Syncer) get rushed to the front of the line. How fair is that? He didn't even win Dancing with Stars? He's actually much taller in real life and not fat at all. So from now on, I must refrain from calling him Joey Fat-One.

Anyways, everyone rides Space Mountain and leave me with the kids. Immediately, when every adult is out of sight, they start asking to go potty. Great! Comedy ensues in the bathroom because I have to push a double stroller and 3 kids into a handicap stall. It went something like this:

Me: "Uhmm...Tito do you want us to look away or something while you do your thing?"

Me: "Sofia. Please stop playing with the toilet paper. You are not a mummy. Where did you learn that anyways?

Me: Ela, stop talking and pee.

Me: Ok..now everyone turn around and don't look at me as I pee. I said turn around. Stop it. Why are you all laughing at me. Oh...never mind. I'll pee later."

Move on Fantasy Land (aka: Stroller City). The kids all ride Dumbo, The Snow White Ride and It's a Small World. I sit out Dumbo and It's a Small World because the waits are 40 minutes. My poor feet hurt so bad at this point and my belly felt so hard. As I sit rubbing my belly, a lady asks if I'm due before Christmas. She was sincerely shocked when I told her I had two more months to go. She asked if I was carrying twins. How lovely.

It's almost 6pm and desperately want to go home. Ela hit Sofia on the nose while climbing into the stroller and half the park came to a standstill as Sofia's scream managed to pierce the crowds. We bought her ice cream and all is well.

We did the Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain (minus me and the kids) and stood in line for 30 minutes for the 8pm parade. After that, Jose, Sofia, Lydia and I called it a night and went back to the townhouse. The rest of the crew decided to stay for the fireworks show. FINE BY ME!!

Day 3

Disney Hollywood Studios. Once again. The park is packed. We head to Tower of Terror where Sofia managed to squeak by on the height limit. I swear she got in by the skin of her teeth. Some nice lady gave us her Fast Passes and Jose, Sofia, Ana and Jennifer went in. I must admit that Sofia did come slightly traumatized from the TOT. They bought that overpriced picture at the end of the ride an Sofia looks like a deer caught in the headlights. I asked her if she wanted to go again and said "NO!" and quickly ran away from me. I'm a bad mommy!

Everyone else got on the Aerosmith ride and afterwards we caught the Beauty and Beast, Little Mermaid and Playhouse Disney Shows. I think the kids all loved them.

Day went by pretty fast, but we were unable to do the new Toy Story ride because the line was insane...over 70 minutes. So all the adults and Tito did Star Wars, while stayed with the girls and my MIL to rest. I'm soooo tired by this point.

We caught the Osborne Family Dancing Christmas Lights Special (No..not like Ozzy Osbourne, but some other family. Slightly disappointed that the Prince of Darkness didn't put his spin on Christmas with Disney ( I kept on imagining headless bats and pigeons decorating the trees, but alas...it was only angel and bells), but it was really pretty nonetheless. They also pumped snow from the top of the buildings and we caught really pretty video of Sofia dancing in the snow. She was so thrilled!!!

Ok...so end of day 3 and we blessedly get to go home again.

Day 4

Downtown Disney. Finally, our last day. I'm totally exhausted. The kids are exhausted and getting on each others nerves. By this time, they have invited and dis invited each other to their birthday parties like 40 times and have quickly dissolved and solved friendships about 70 times.

We go to the World of Disney and buy Sofia and overpriced Princess Crown. Ela gets a similar one, but I have to hear this all the way home:

Ela: My crown is prettier.

Sofia: No. Mine.

Ela: You're not my friend.

Sofia: You're not coming to my Cinderella party.

Ela: I don't care (starts crying)

Anyways, we have lunch at this new place called T-Rex. It's basically The Rainforest Cafe set in Prehistoric times. Guess what? The food sucks too in the Ice Age.

Ok...so trip ends after slightly awkward fight between my MIL and SIL. But all is resolved and we happily head home.

Kids fell asleep somewhere past Port St. Lucie and all went smoothly from there on. That was the best part of my entire trip.

Pictures coming soon.