Originally Posted By cape cod joe DVC--fyr for the record--Should we call you and RT Sally Fields? "They like me!"))
Originally Posted By StitchMom84 DVC dad, I so enjoyed your trip report and the photos from your visit. They are wonderful and capture the spirit, I think, of being there. Your children are so adorable, and from the way that you write about your family, I can tell that you're just the best Dad in the world. What lucky children, and what great adults they will surely grow up to be! I, too, am exhausted after reading this report!! Can you bottle some of your seemingly endless energy and send some to those of us that don't have much? Wow, I'm really impressed!!
Originally Posted By cape cod joe I don't know where this phenom called DVC gets the high el (energy level)? Incredible as I have my hands full with 2!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad cape cod joe wrote: <<< Hellllloooooo DVC!!!!!!!!!!! Again=--Is that you the handsome guy in the hawaiian shirt????????????? >>> YES for the hundreth time, that is ME on PAGE 8, last photo. Yes it is I!!!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad cape cod joe Is that your relative joe? Sally Fields? StitchMom64 wrote: <<<Can you bottle some of your seemingly endless energy and send some >>> My wife is a serious tpye A. She drives us. You know with 5 kids, I really don't have a life of my own and I love that. Okay I will tell you the secret. IT'S QUITE SIMPLE... 9 steps. The 9 steps are: 1. Eat a good breakfast and get up early. Character breakfasts with 7:05 am times are good for this. 2. In park at opening, no exceptions! Especially during Extra Magic Hours in the AM. 3. Get E-ticket rides done first. Alternate standby with FP, and ride little stuff if your FP window is far enough away. Usually first FP's are only an hour away. 4. Make the most of afternoon Parade Time for riding what you missed earlier. The parade effectively reduces the number of guests by thousands! 5. Leave early and get mid-day rest. We go back to the room around 4PM ish and rest and relax and maybe lounge in the pool/hot tub for an hour. 6. Return to parks just before dark or just stay in is better. 7. Go to bed by 9 PM 8. Drink lots of water during the day, (I drink lots of coffee, just keep a note where the nearest restroom is.) Go real easy on any alcohol until later at night, and then still go easy. You have an early breakfast! 9. Have kids conditioned BEFORE coming to WDW that "NO" means "NO." This is the real secret weapon. Don't be your child's "friend" or "buddy." They need a parent; they have friends their own age. The most inportant keys are by far #1 and #9. #9 has a fairly large lead time, so start this step a year or so before your trip. So really, I am serious, it's very easy for us to do the things we do. Sure some days we run waaaaay late, usually at Epcot. But most of the time we are spot on this schedule.
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic With that many children and one on the way you have to have a schedule. <<9. Have kids conditioned BEFORE coming to WDW that "NO" means "NO." This is the real secret weapon. Don't be your child's "friend" or "buddy." They need a parent; they have friends their own age.>> I strongly live by "NO" means "NO." It's okay to be a buddy when you are going on a ride or things of that nature but the other times, it's parent-time. I love the add'l pic's. Really nice looking family.
Originally Posted By Labuda VCR Dad - I am SO glad to hear that you're raising your brood to know that no means no. Nice to see the little cassette tapes will grow up well.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I appreciate your comments. It was an awesome trip. I am surprised at how many comments I get about the time I spend here on LP.com, and the amount of things we do in the parks. I have addressed the way we operate with all of our kids and my wife being pregnant, in the post above. As for the time I spend on LP...I am not sure why this seems like a lot of time. How difficult is it to leave your laptop on the kitchen bar, and ass you pass by every other hour or so, refresh the list, and look at what folks have posted. I am wondering why I feel self-concioius about this now. Am I neglecting my kids? Heh! I wish I COULD sometimes! LOL Yes yes my whole life is just many ancient secrets as to how I do things. It all starts with using All Temperature Cheer!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Thanks for the great report. I thought your report made mine seem WAY BORING, but I guess people like reading all of them. Yours is a great one though.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well it would have been best if we both had a common element, something like, "...and then I met RoadTrip and he is the coolest cat around!" Yours of course saying something similar to mine. (maybe next time)
