Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Blessings Everyone... Thursday morning August 14th started very early for me, I was up at 4 am as I had to head to work for the morning, Cindy was sound asleep not awaking til 7 am , she still had many lil extra's to take care of , they always seem to take up the most time, she was all done by 11am and was awaiting the arrival of our daughter Jytte-marie and her husband William. I was now on my way home, arriving just before 11am...the Tink-Mobile was all gassed up, shiny and clean, just needed loading, we werte all done by 12 30 or so , Jytte and Will were almost there, we Finally hit the road at about 1 15 pm... off to the border a lil line up was forming and we sailed thru just before 2 pm, we had smooth sailing until portland where everything stopped, so we decided to have some dinner, at 530pm , we were on the road again by 630...the traffic was still heavy but cleared a lil while later, we drove until midnight then had a lil break, then off again til morning where we reached sacramento ON friday aug 25th,about 8 am or so, We phoned Shiva to wake him up of course a lil while later and we met Shiva , The Clones ,for a wonderful breakfast in Stockton, we were very sad Tinkeroon was not there, she had jury duty, darn it, she was missed very much, we had such a great time,these people are just sooooo wonderful, we are very proud to call them our Friends, we received a neat set of Disneys ears from the clones , which i claimed right away, ha ha ha, just cause they fit so well, ha ha ha , we left stockton around 1130 or so, had a great drive up the grapevine and down arriving in la around 4 pm. The traffic was great til we hit the Santa Anna where it took over 1 and a half hours to get to our hotel, Howard Johnson, we had a lil trouble getting into our turn off lane as a silly trucker wanted to play cat and mouse with us, giving us room to lane change then speeding up, scared the heck out of us, but our patience prevailed and we arrived safely. That evening after checking in, we headed to MIMI'S for dinner then off to downtown Disney for a look around....came home late of course and since the saturday August 26th was a day off for the rest, I went to Disney on my Annual pass and shared the morning with a Special LP Friend Liana-Toye, we met at the California Big C... it was a very special greeting, we took pictures all along our few hours together, we saw many people dreamed, we had a beautiful breakfast, enjoyed many rides, and just sat and talked watching the day go bye, it was a wonderful morning,, the sun was out, the atmosphere was just perfect. Liana is a wonderful person you all will love meeting, she has a wonderful heart for Disney and just can't wait to share it with you all, time went so quickly however, it was soon time to part, we gave each other big hugs with a mickey promise to meet again, meaning if we didn't get together again this trip, Mickey will always be here to see that we do in the future, we parted with tears in our eyes around noon, having had such a wonderful time. I went back home to Hojo's where we all headed out to the Disney Discount store, their selection was not as good as in previos years but we did manage to purchase a few things, then off to the mall for a while.. where cindy bought the boys at home" Nicholas and Malcom, some clothing for school i how ever went to the disney store where i purchased the sleeping beauty litho's for the upcoming movie, you all should look into purchasing the movie it is 19,99 and you get a great sleeping beauty litho set.. we came back home around 4 pm the family headed to the pool, I just relaxed , thinking about the evening ahead, after dinner at Mimi's, we then went to the Disneyland Hotel to inquire about our Goofys kitchen Breakfast, then off to Downtown Disney for a night of fun, we came home aropund 10 as we needed a good sleep before our Disney adventure began...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ more to come later ..to-day...
Originally Posted By liveforvacations I am loving your trip report so far. What kind of ears did you get from the clones? Cannot wait to hear more!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE OPPS friday was the 15th, Saturday the 16th, .......first day at Disneyland Park for the Family was Sunday the 17th.............. Sunday the 17th our first day at the park Cindy had trouble getting her pass, they wouldn't help her...with one, at this time...So we let it go for then and as always we headed out to Indy , it was broken down, they told us that it just had a new computer system put in and that everything was not yet functioning up to the new standards, they told us that they have been doing these upgrades all along for some time now, we just smiled and promised we would return, we headed off to the pirates, and then to the haunted mansion, cindy and the gang headed next to splash mountain...we just took our time and enjoyed everything very slowly, we went into the shops ,talked to many around us, we were almost dreamed but almost was as close as it got that day, there was so much to do and see, we got right into our photo pass pictures , they remembered us from last time alright, we were told that we were thought of as one the most happiest families ever to come to Disney and pose for pictures , our daughter is going to post them for us on this site as silly me doesn't know how, one of my weakness's i guess ha ha ha , we went back to the hotel in the early afternoon as the sun was kinda hot for Cindy, she was still not feeling so well, so we went home, we came back for the evening where we watched the parades the fireworks took more pictures and had a great time.....our day ended after the fireworks.........cindy and I had a Goofy breakfast in the morning and wanted to be ready for it, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Monday Aug 18th..... Breakfast at Goofys..... We had a Wonderful Time...the food was not so good, but the atmosphere made up for it, the Md Hatter and the Precious Alice in Wonderland made up for it, The Mad Hatter told us on't get any tea cause Alice would drink it all up on us. We didn't believe such a beautiful caring gal like alice would do such a thing, so we asked her, she no she wouldn't , the mad hatter is mad and is not telling the truth, hmmmmm. she said she would fix his clock..... Well a few minutes later the Hatter came back, he said are you still here, we said yes we were wating for his autograph, and we were unhappy with his attack on Alice , he said to us that Alice lies alot, she does it all the time, you can't trust her, not one bit....she even makes Pinnochio's nose look very very Short....he then took off as Alice was coming back looking for him, she said to us, have you seen that Mad Hatter , we said yes he just left, she was angry that she couldn't find him, she asked what we were drinking, we said coffee , we couldn't get any tea, and that since she loved tea maybe she could get us some, well Alice just laughed away and said the Mad Hatter must of hid it from everyone , she took picturesith us and keft oncemore, we had a reat time Goofy was Great with us, Brother Bear was, chip and dale were not so visible but everyone else was, we really had fun and we think made the characters day fun as well, we would do it again for sure...we then left with pictures in hand and went to meet noah jyyte and william, we almost were dreamed again but not yet, we went on many rides, indy was fine, Cindy had real trouble getting a pass, they were so cruel at city hall, they told usany people were cheating the system, how ever Cindy was not, she paid the price on sunday as she had to wait for very long times as they wouldn't give her a pass that would allow her shorter access, she finally talked to a fella andtold him that she has only a tiny piece of colon left and she has to always run to the washroom , which she had to do on the sunday, he then gave her a different pass which did help her out more, Cindy found that the woman who work there seemingly did not know anything about colon cancer and how lil they knew about what a very short colon can cause you, they were not very nice, it was the fella that knew how serious a problem this could be having some one not been able to make it to the washroom in time, Disney has policy's on this yet these woman that work there did not believe cindy even though she had her papers with her. California park had a better understanding, yes people do abuse, but if you can't recognize the good ones, well you are in trouble, it worked out in the end, but was hard for cindy at the start....Monday ended with a blast of fun from the photo pass people, wes was just great , another lil older gal was perfect, the lady that Liana-toye and I had, she was marvelous....we went home after the fireworks to prepare for a LP Day on tuesday.....that report will come shortly...Cindy and I now have to go shopping for the kids then to church talk to you later to-day....hugs rom the T-M ........oxoxoxox
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Tuesday August 19th Aver Special Day Indeed...I arose early in the morning and headed to Disney..Cindy and the gang were to meet me later on at 10;30...prior to our get together at the Golden Horseshoe at 1130 to meet Murfsmum and Iamadisfan " Beth" I had a blast went on indy, saw my princess's for photo pass pictures and autographs, i bought the cell litho's so they all could sign for me, this is a neat idea and neat keepsakes, which by the way did remember my 50 visits with them in march and last christmas... Snowhite is my favourite.. just love my Snowhite's , ha ha ha..went to the haunted mansion, pirates, watched the saloon fight ou side of Billys, went on the mark twain, then after a short sit on the bench by the mark twain cindy and the gang popped bye, Jytte and Will were Dreamed, I was pouting, they must not like me or something, always just walk on bye, hmmmm , they won a reserved sitting a Billy's a place where Lady Starlight likes alot, too bad she couldn't be there on this day, hope her lil one is o'kay, well we all then went on the mark twain and the young gal a real sweet heart took us up in to the wheelhouse signed us in the book took pictures was just a dear to us, she is a wonderful person....after that great time, we went and sat down on the bench outside of the Golden Horseshoe, waiting for murfsmom and beth to come along, now i had only seen a brief photo in her younger days, of murfsmom and had never seen beth... did you know murfsmom hasn't aged much at all, she looked as young as beautiful morning swan and with her best friend Beth alongside....bookends for sure.... they saw the purple mickey hockey jersey and hugs were filling up the grounds just outside the Horseshoe saloon, we were all elated with happiness, we shared the story about jytte been dreamed and decided to march on for lunch at the plaza resturante it was great, we then went to peter pan ...then other rides before heading to the billys where we had a blast, lady stsar light should have been there she would have howled all day long at the funny ness that was going on in that saloon, it was fantastic... we left disney to try and find cassidy, at the new toy story ride , we couldn't but we found the ride, it was a blast, soon after cindy had to go and rest, I continued on with Stevie and Beth we grabbed a bite to eat complements of murfsum and met up with cindy later... we had a great time together, along the way jytte and willl were damed again this time to fantasmic, Beth was elated she was just talking abvout it how she wanted to go but it would be too crowded, well jytte invited them to come along,they accepted, not only that 999HAUNTS HER BEAUTIFUL PIRATE BRITTANY and of course her fella...came down to meet us, they too came to Fantasmic it was the GREATEST , we had a wonderul night, upon leaving with sad tears in my eyes , I showed everyone the Tink-Mobile...inside were a few lil disney treats which we all shared, our day was coming to an end, although very sa for , and for everyone, we had the most magical dream of friendships ever, our home is your home guys your welcome anytime, love ya to pieces....take care everyone....will take a lil break then on to the next few days, with monday the 25th a surprise day...hugs from the Tink-Mobile...oxoxox ps....how are your toes liveforvacations , hope they are holding out, not too long to go...t-m oxox
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sounds like a real mixed trip. Sorry to hear a bunch of unscrupulous people caused you challenges, but it sounds like a great time was had. You met some of the most awesome people on this planet, I am so glad you could. Love and Hugs, The Baloos
Originally Posted By murfsmom hi T-M- love reading your trip report, but what do you me a picture of me in my "younger days" i don't think i remember any younger days, !! LOL only shiva, i think saw a pic. of me in younger days from "shindig" and that had nothing to do with disney,but i won't won't tell him which dancer i am !!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really miss you guys !! xoxoxox murfsmom(stevie)
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Just read your mail my dear...WHAT A CUTIE your grand- daughter is my oh my...You know everyone we owe thanks to murfsmums sister and tooMurfsmum for getting us some real good tickets to universal studios that is where we spent our wednesday of our trip Aug 20th, we had a wonderful time it took us only 50 minutes to get there and about 65 to get home....we sw the new simpsons ride it was very coiol, just loved it, the mummy haunted house got me real gooood they were every where, i couldn't escape they scared the dickens outa me....we saw wate world a great show, went on the jurassic park ride , boy i didn't care for that big drop, we went on the star tour was brilliant, just loved it, we had a great time...thank you for getting us the tickets....you guys, The next days of our trip were full of many happy moments, the princess's just loved the attention they were gettig, i was in different jerseys and shirts thru out our last days, They were just the kindest princess's ever, I think Sleeping Beauty thought i was going to move into her castle since i was there so much, Snowhite just loved the fun we brought to the princess fair, they were the best, the poto pass guysand gals really gave us a thumbs up for making their days so much fun... on saturday jytte marie tok me to Ariels Grotto for breakfast...she was so excited, so was I, it was for 940am... it turned ot to be not so good, there were only about five tables that morning, the princess's came but were rushed out so fast we never really got our pictures taken, they took te food away as fast as they brought it, it was very poor food, we were able to come back at noon for a few nmore pictures but it was terrible, the princess's were just great, but we under the gun to get back to the princess fair we paid alot of mioney for really nothing, the person loking after the day there didn't even come to see us when we asked for more help in getting some more pictures a young ga named kelly was wonderful she at least managed to have us in two more pictures with belle and sleeping beauty, jytte was really torn about it because she wanted to surprise me with this wonderful gift, Ifelt so bad for her, we mentioned it to the park they gave us two picture and a ice cream voucher,for the family, but could do no more, it ws up top the grotto well they wouldn't even come and talk to us, we won't ever go ther again...cause it was not very nice, 84 dollars was a lot to pay for a cople of eggs a lil friut and bacon that was taken away before you cold even et it, one cup of coffee and no refill on our drink we purchased, jtte-marie was hurt but the grotto did not care much about that....that was the worst thing on our trip, the rest of the day wa fun, cause we made it fun, wes the photographer gave us so many smiles to replace our sadnesss, Sunday was a great day too, lots of pictures , fun , ice cream, parades, pool time just fun fun fun fun fun and more fun..... Monday....There was a special showing of Snowhite by Thomas Kincaid that morning, I had heard of this at off the page and the disney store..the info w sketchey , Cindy said that we are almost out of funds, st enough for gas, and a few meals left...hmmmm..I thought, my intention was just to go and see what it was about, i waited in line til after 9 for a voucher my number was #6 ...jyte-marie and I went...Thoma Kincaid was at the Golden Dreams theatre where murfsmum , beth and I watched the Golden Dreams show which i liked very much... I had my movie camera and taped the whole talk by thomas kincaid, then all of a sudden he introduced Marge Champion the model for snowhite her selk i was in AW, SNOWHITE WAS MY FAVORITE, I JUST LOVE SNOWHITE, HE HAD THE AUDIENCE ASK A FEW QUESTIONS OF HER, I ALSO WAS ALLOWED TO ASK HER THE LAST QUESTION, I ASKED HER THIS, WHAT INFLUENCE DID SHE HAVE ON THE OTHER PRINCESS'S OF DISNEY AFTER HER SELF, SHE GAVE A OUTSTANDING ANSWER WHICH WAS CAPIVATED BY A VERY LOUID OVATION, I TAPED IT ALL, I WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASK HER ANYTHING AT ALL, soory for caps afte it was all over i just had to have a picture so jyttemarie out it on her credit card for me, then a person came up to me and asked if i would share the video with thomas kincaid that i tok because their vidoe augrapher wasn't there that day, i immediately said that was fine, they offered me a print of my choice , took my name ect ect ..but i have not heard a word since..it has been a week now, no word from thm, thomas kincaid said they would call me, i have written them but nothing, the kind ladies name was Linda Marino 408 201 5210 or her cel number 408 718 3730...... VP Marketing Thomas Kincaid signed our print for us as did Mage Champion but the bubble wrappers put a hole in the dust cover where the signatures wee and the dust cover is now ruined, the signatures too, which brought tears to our eyes when we oen the wrap up , it was wrapped very heavy , this sddened us deeply we have emailed thomas kincaid askingif they could send a new dust cover with the signatures on it so we coud attach over the ripped one but no response, we are in the process of having the video of the Snowhite presentation put on a disk for them but do not know where to send it, if any of you living in disney coud phone linda for us and inquire we would be sure appreciative of your kindness, this was the ultimate we were not dramed but to have the snowhite there and meeting her was a dream come true, i am so estastic and very sad too, our picture number was susposed to have been the lowest num,ber there but the fella gave us the wrong print, nothing we can do about it now, jus thankful i have one, wow this was a great moment for me , just love snowhite, my favourite along with tink....the rest of monday was grat, we did not know thepicture was ripped til we were home and unwrapped the picture , so happness at disney was there til we left, we had such a wonderful time, had ove 559 photo pass pictures which we are putting on the online cd a they have borders that the photo pass place doesn't have they reccomended we do that one ait is a beter deal, so we will this time last time we usd the photo pass place, so there it is gang, our trip rport , it tok us a while to get home 25 hours total driving, it was sooo much fun, we loved each and every one of you that we met, we know we left a great impresion in disney and disney left one on us too, hijos was great everyone stay there you will not be disapointed they treat you right and will make your stay happy, Loralle and te gang are just super.... one last help request if you can locate Linda Marino for us we would appreciate it so much, our hearts just sunk when we saw our damaged backing, my email is christmas-wishes@hotmail.com....thanks a bunch, The SNOWHITE PICTURE WAS CALLED SNOWHITE DISCOVERS THE COTTAGE..IT IS GREAT YOU SHOULD AL GET ONE ,THE FIRST IN A SERIES BY THE GREAT THOMAS KINCAID A VERY CHRISTIAN FELLA WITH A WONDERFUL HEART...AMEN...TALK TO YOU ALL VEY SOON.. DAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS , TRIPS ARE FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS , HOWEVER IT IS THE RIDE IN BETWEEN THAT MATTERS MOST AND WE HAD A GREAT RIDE AND WILL AGAIN...Christmas is my most favorite time of the year, hope 2009 comes in a hurry, take care ..hugs rom the tink-mobile and Family, pardon spellng mistake and caps. really sorry....bye for now.....T-Moxoxoxoxox
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac 559 photos?!?!?!?! Wow Tink, I think you set a new record there!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Wow! I'm totally out of brainpower now. You wrote such a wonderfully detailed report, Tink-Mobile. I am so glad to hear that the good prevailed over the few bad times you had. I hoping you get the print problem fixed very quickly. I am so delighted to know that your trip went well and that you were able to meet so many wonderful LP'ers in your journeys. I think everyone on LP that knows you were holding their collective breaths, waiting for you to get Dreamed. xoxo
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That's so true STIL, and well deserved. It sounds like a very special vacation. I am so glad you had such a good time!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE We absolutely did , you know meeting with Shiva, The Clones , and sadly no tinkeroon, then talking with such a sweet gal STIL really catapulted us all into a Fantastic Begining and the wonderfulness of everyone we met thru out our Holiday Spectacular really made all of our Dreams come True ....I just love the spirit that Disney brings to everyone, there are always twists and turns some where on holidays, if we twist and turn with them the fun and happiness never stops, we did just that, we too hope that we will have our signatures refurbished and if not , no matter, we will have those memories of those days for ever and on video to for all to share...from all those on thisie before we left and from all those we me along tway in person and spirit we thank you, I have a Special Hug for you all, thank you for inviting us into your home, your holidays your pictures and most importantly your Hearts, we love being there and will always be there for ever and a day amen... Just on a info note...would anyone have the address for the Golden Doobie awards.....I must of missed it along the way, sure would love to have this award in our china cabinet but do not know where to write for it, I was so proud to be selected for The Mickey Mouse Golden Doobie Award... Dreams Do Come True when least expected.. as Elvis once said...Thank you very much......one more TIME...... Thank you ....vERY much....HUGS ROM THE tINK-mOBILE OXOXOXOX
Originally Posted By liveforvacations Wonderful trip report! I'm sorry to hear that you had some troubles but it sounds like all and all, you had a fabulous trip! I love Thomas Kincaid and like you, I would have found it hard to resist. I hope that you do get the print thing sorted out soon. That dream team can be so darn elusive! We went for a total of 30 days combined during the "Year of a Million Dreams" and were dreamed once. Friends of mine went for six days and were dreamed twice. Go figure! It sounds like you were dreamed with the company of great LPers so you were pretty luck all and all! Looking forward to having you around here again!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Look forward to meeting you in peson one day, hope your fingers and toes will be well rested , yes that dream team is very elusive alright, but they are there and while we weren't officially dreamed it was neat seeing others that were, take care, we sure hope the picture thing does work out, if not , well thats o'kay...hope you will keep your fingers ad toes crossed on that one too though...ha ha ha ..take care...see you one day..hugs from the tink-mobile oxox ps we were very lucky , to have such wonderful lper's with us from home to Disney , thru out and back home once again...oxox
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<...would anyone have the address for the Golden Doobie awards.....>> I've got it somewhere. I'll get it and forward it to one of your friends and they will forward it on to you. (You're in good company. I haven't gotten mine, either! xoxo
Originally Posted By llanatoye The Tink-Mobile gives me hope, he is one of the few people I know that can truly turn lemons into lemonade. I treasure the Saturday we spent together, Tink, you are a hoot! Loved every minute of it. p.s you have mail
Originally Posted By murfsmom T-M- turns out IIanatoye live only about 10 min from me !!! she lives in sylmar !!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Guess i got the name wrong, she is a wonderful person, you'll enjoy here immensely ...she is a wonderful person.... hope we meet again real soon, hugs from T-M..Boy we had a Great Time... hope you send more pictures soon, wake that shiva up, he hasn't responded to any of my emails from Disney nor since we got back, he must be working so hard , he hasn't been on the the puter . hope he gets a break soon, ha ha ha.. hugs to you murksmum. your One Special... Gal...oxox Shiva was Right 10000 per cent on that one...: )
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Wow, your trip sure had it's ups and downs, TINK. I appreciate your details, I was getting annoyed with the CM's at City Hall right along with you. Sounds like you got a CM with her cranky pants on. I was amazed at your story about Thomas Kinkade. My husband gave me the Thomas Kinkade canvas of Snow White Discovers the Cottage on that same Monday! I had never seen it before and he was very excited that he had surprised me I hope your autographs can be restored! It sounds like all in all your family had a nice vacation. Now you get to plan for the next one
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Yes we sure will , we also just ralized that the print they gave us was the wrong size as well we asked for the ap print 24x36 , they sure kindaixed things up, we have been trying to get a hold of linda marino but no luck she hasn;t responded to us as of yet, llanatoye was trying to help us get a hold of her but no luck so far...she gave us her cell number and work number it is 408 201 5210 or 408 718 3730...she is a very delightful person, just very busy i would imagine..thank you for your comments hope you enjoy your canvas it is very beautiful , what size did you receive...from your very generous husband , you must be very special.. of course you are...we did have a great vacation, we just let the things that go bump in the night go away and just have fun, things will work out, we have so much to be thankful for...no regrets at all, i love disney to pieces it brings such happiness to my heart, cindy loves it too, but the business was a lil hard on her this time, she was sad that the picture was wrong and the signatures were ripped, sad for me, jerrie warner from disney emailed us , but didn't really know what had happened , we emailed back and hope they will help us to get a hold of linda and thomas, they offered us a print of our choice for the video which we would have given them any way, that was very nice, but we don't know where to send it, we love snowhite but may not be able to receive that one , we love christmas , so maybe the christmas cottage would be a good choice, well thank you amazedncal2 for your kind words, take care..hope to meet you one day, cindy is not well right now, she is upset over the picture and she must go for scans soon, she knows God is keeping herhere for a long time still, she says , He isn't finished with me yet..so don't you worry, i know i shouldn't but i do... well i will talk for just ever, so i will go now, hugs from the tink-mobile...
