Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains MOLLYSMOM You will probably need some of the tips from the covebar thread to get through this trip...I am glad you are willing to ditch - but I would bring a little something to take the edge off - if all else fails you could spike the other adults cokes!!!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains mickeynewe and Tinkerbell819 I have an idea for a couple new threads, but don't know where to put them... 1. How much time will MOLLYSMOM actually spend with her half-wits 2. How long will it take for MOLLYSMOM to ditch the half-wits 3. Will MOLLYSMOM ever suggest a family vacation again 4. Will MOLLYSMOM's DH and DD force MOLLYSMOM to join the half-wits for the wonderful trip back as a "reward" for suggesting they all go to DL together!!
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM I can get you started, villains. 1) 27.2 minutes 2) 27.3 minutes 3) Yes...but I will send the half-wits to a different location than myself 4) No, they dig me, and I am their travel agent for our next vacation. I have apologized, and they have forgiven. Carry on, girls.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Wow my guesses would have been 1)3.5 minutes 2)4 minutes 3)Yep - but telling them you were going one place and going somewhere else on your own! 4)Yep, because even though they love you, they will need the time alone to get over the half-wits - and they can blame it on you because they are your blood not DH... I would watch that 17 year old if she sees you have a plane ticket back - she may risk it all and snag it - just to avoid the train/bus trip back...
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM 3.5 minutes!!!!!! This is my family, and I love these guys. I admit that 27 minutes MAY be a bit generous, but I was counting on a bit of pixie dust for help...or a jello shooter...or a 5th of tequilla.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I picked 3.5 minutes only because I was only giving you mom/dad 30 seconds to start telling you about all the "FUN" they had on the train/bus!! LOL I figured you would run by three to avoid the I told you so conversation and get back to having fun!! Teh tequilla should help - at least it will help you keep a silly grin on your face while they tell you step by step of their wonderful journey!! ;D
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM After dealing with these people so far today, I think 3.5 is a bit generous. Thank God that they will be in a "dead zone" cel phone speaking later on today, so I won't have to listen to them. They've called from the car already. I suppose I better put that in the trip report.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Smile and take a deep breath - in a few days you will be at DL and you can just get lost in the magic!! The sad thing in all this is they won't get the total enjoyment most of us get even walking up to the gates. You know the feeling as you come down highway 5 and you are starting to exit at Harbor and there it is...the Matterhorn and your heart starts racing and you are a giddy 3yr old again and you can't hardly wait for christmas morning!! It's that feeling that a true Disney lover can only appreciate!! So let them go off on there own - it only shows there half-wittiness by not trying to see the park for all it's glory and not taking you by the hand and saying "show me everything" Enjoy the cell free zone time!
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM Ahhhhh...if I close me eyes, I can see it. Thanks for the reminder. Maybe the half-wits will "get it." The best time of my life was the first time I took DD to Disneyland. She was the "show me everything" kid. She's 12, and when I asked her if she was too old to hold my hand at Disneyland, she just said "no, mom, I'll never be too old to hold your hand at Disneyland." Thanks, villains...you just brought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye. I mean thanks sincerely...not in my usually smart-alec way. 8 more minutes and I can leave here for the day, go pick up DD and hug the stuffin' out of her. I'll be back with you all tomorrow.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I hope you and yours truely have a madical trip - with or without the half-wits. Although we may not understand their lack of appreciation for the Magical Kingdom Walt built - you will have those days where they are off on other misadventures!! Hold on tight to your hubby and little girl and do a little skip down mainstreet for me!! Wishing you safe travel - and special memories...
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I'm right there with you girls! Our family makes a game of who can spot the "Matterhorn" first! That is when the Disney magic begins for us--- 7 hours is a car is WAY too long for me, so I can't even imagine the rest--- Villians, was it a slip that you typed "madical", nope I don't think so! Because after that long ride all those people are going to be a little "mad"! Of course our dear Mollysmom (yes, we really do love you despite the royal treatment we give you) will be blissfully rested and ready for her "magical" day! Oh, and Mollysmom--- so with you on the hand holding thing! My daughter -- now 14 -- will still hold my hand in front of friends and all! In the mall, we'll be walking along and all of a sudden she'll slip her hand in mine. So have to love it. To have a teenager that STILL loves you and is confident enough in herself not to be embarassed to hold her mom's hand. Yeah, gotta love those moments! *tear*
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains See what happens with too many drinks - you forget how to spell - and to reread what you wrote... Poor MOLLYSMOM in DL with the half-wits and the cove bar is closed for a bee infestation!! Well thankfully the beer cart an Margarita stand aren't affected...If not for her then at least she can get the family a couple of rounds of beer (according to trip report their bev of choice) and maybe mellow them out!! I didn't know th handholding would stop - my DS18 will still hold my hand at DL - granted he won't skip or anything like that!!
Originally Posted By mickeynewe You know, I haven't seen any of my daughter's friends hold their parents' hand since they have gotten older --- but, none of them are disney maniacs like our family either! Maybe its the Disney MAGIC that keeps them close to us?! Villains, tell your son "he rocks"... an amazing feat for a boy! Oh, and as I forgot to mention it earlier --- this is the first time my hubby has owned mickey ears! Yes, he wore the pirate ones and I would just like to say, "ooh la la". Gotta love a guy in Mickey ears!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Hi Girls! I've been trying to play catch up over at MollysMom's trip report. My eyes are bleary! I'm still not accustomed to my old time zone here, either. (I don't think I've even adjusted my watch yet, come to think of it.) I had a lot of reading to do over at the Cove Bar thread, as well. Villains had me laughing quite a bit!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Hey Tink - you recovered yet...It must be hard to get back into things with a timechange and all - I have a hard time and I am in the same state as DL!! I am hoping either MOLLYSMOM is having a great trip - or they reopened the Cove Bar!!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Hey Villains! No, I'm not recovered, yet! I had to get up early this am to take one of my guys to have their wisdom teeth removed. (Maybe that will make me go to bed earlier and get my head/body back in the right time zone!) I made a lot of milkshakes and puddings today...I should have had some of your mudslide thingies to put in the blender! lol This is the 3rd and last kid for the wisdom teeth thingy. (It's one of the autistic ones this time~He's been good all day, slept a lot and ate the soft foods/milkshakes and just as I got on-line now at 11:23 pm I hear "crunch" "crunch" . I ran out to check on him and I see him chewing and trying to pretend he isn't. I said "What are you eating?" and he said "carrots". I'm like "CARROTS!? R U CRAZY?" I guess he doesn't feel pain like the rest of us. To tell you the truth, I kind of expected him to open a bag of Doritos by the end of the night, but carrots seem even more painful! I have been very sad that vaca is over and have already begun searching the airfares for the next trip. They are really cheap now, but I don't have any $$ to pay for it yet. I hope they are still low when I get caught up again.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Yeah sounds like a mudslide night... My second son had his wisdom teeth out at 14 (they were pretty much already in) my oldest doesn't have his yet and he is 18 (could explain ALOT...lol). I have my oldest and 3rd son in braces right now (DS18 was suppose to get them off last oct - if he would just wear the rubber bands...) (DS11 just got his in Apr and already horribly crooked teeth are straight and we are on to the neck-gear thingy...)!! I think the pain thing is an Autistic thing, as my nephew is slightly autistic (which I guess means very high functioning) has a high pain tollerance especially in his mouth - picture eating those hard as a rock - straight from the dry ice cart - Mickey ice cream sandwiches (even in the winter) like a piece of cake...even slurpees downs them like warm water - never a "brain freeze" or anything!! Well I hope your next trip isn't too far out...I have one next month and the next and the next (no not a joke!!)
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Hey Tink, ya think mickeynewe is avoiding us just because MOLLYSMOM is gone??? Sure has been quiet around here... I guess I'll just go make a mudslide!!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I was thinkin' the same thing, Villains! Maybe we'll see her at the trip report thread next week! (There are a lot of people over there waiting impatiently for MollysMom to return.)
