She did a good job! Steve actually saw them firsts; we grabbed something to eat quick in the food court and I left my phone in the room, so he went back to get it while I looked around in the shop. They were leaving to go to the outlets and he ran into them. When he got back to me he said, "what till you see what they're wearing!"
This style worked better than the Tiki Bird/Orange Bird one. Not sure how often I'll wear it except down there......I want to wear it to Candace's shower but I know people will look at me funny. But do I care?????Or 2 adults and another Whitney solo tripJk!
But that would be PERFECT!OMG Eric was rubbing his hands together on the plane for the last 30 minutes, his palms were sweating! And when they stood together for me to take a picture at the airport, he put his arm around her and she said, "you're shaking like crazy!" I think he was more nervous than she was!
It's funny how much they'll go out of their comfort zone for love. I do want to see Ricky and Chris that happy (someday), but at the same time I don't. Made me want to slow down time even more watching Eric on this trip and thinking about him moving away
Same to you Tammy, I hope you had a great day with your family
We all love DISmeets! I was so happy to finally see Whitney again, and Billie and I have been "friends" for a long time now. And of course seeing Raeven is always fun!
Well..........yes, the characters were good, although honestly not as good as I thought. Lady Tremaine was the best followed by Drizella; Anastasia was ok, I watched her with kids and she was great. Cinderella was "eh" and Prince Charming was NOT lol! He and his bad wig were duds and he kind of freaked Victoria out
His speech sounded so robotic but I guess how much is there he can say/joke around with? As for the food.................not good. I'll say it was better than lunch at Crystal Palace which we thought was super bad but 1900 is not somewhere we feel the need to repeat ever, unless for our grandchildren, especially given the price. We'll gladly continue to pay for signatures and honestly, what we paid here for 4 wasn't much less than what we pay at signatures when we have the kids!Thank you for "getting" it! I knew my DIS peeps wouldAnd yes love the turtle
Still going to text or call you at some point to discuss lol. I was pretty floored when he told me her parents wanted him to move in 
Lady Tremaine was fun!
Again, thank you for "getting" this
I'm not sure about the eggs but we thought maybe; either that or she's stuck in the hole and can't get out! I tried getting close to see but Steve was afraid I'd get the turtle mad and attack. Now I don't know how fast a turtle can really move and not sure how much danger I'd be in, but I didn't want to frighten it nonetheless. If she were laying eggs she'd think they were in danger so I didn't get close enough to see. However as we walked on, there were quite a few other holes similar to that one so we did wonder if maybe it's egg laying season and all the holes had turtle eggs in them...............I know them because of my mom, too
So at one point I was really into 50's and 60's music, it's just so fun and upbeat! They were great in concert.La Hacienda.....not a good as I'd hoped. But I may have just ordered wrong, Steve had fish tacos and loved them. I of course loved my avocado margarita but was disappointed in my app. I ordered the queso fundido and had something totally different in my head than what I got. Then as my entree I almost went with the chicken dish but instead got the cheese empanadas which were the same as the ones at the QS. Very good, and the rice and beans were delicious. But between that and the app it was so much cheese I didn't eat much of my entree and was wishing I had some meat. I don't know that we'll be back; even though the food at San Angel wasn't out of this world and Steve didn't like the seating, I think we'd go there again first if we do Mexican (which I love) again.
I'm trying to remember if I saw any at the outlets in Feb.......but of course that stuff changes all the time! I wonder if you bought at the Dress Shop, and then found something at the outlet, could you return the one you bought at the Dress Shop at the outlet? Probably not but it's worth finding out!
Maybe you can get on JC shortly before HEA starts. Since it isn't crowded at all by the bridge you don't need to be there until the show actually starts; if lines are short like, 20 minutes before, you can do JC and then book it to the bridge
Yup, we're spoiled with deluxes lol. I hope you have good luck; you can always hop the AoA bus if that line looks better after the party, it's actually a really quick walk from there back to Pop especially if you end up in the 80's which I think you said you requested.
That is PERFECT! The darker the better lol but it proves we metI tried my best but I couldn’t make it light enough to make us more than semi visible
It was great seeing him so happy and yes I do envision him joining us quite often lol
I have to say, it's a big difference when you usually stay at deluxes. We initially booked it because 1. nothing was available with my TA rate and 2. nothing else was available with the AP rate for under $700 a night, and we needed 2 rooms. We did this like, 8 weeks out and May booked up fast. At like 4 weeks out Eric said he was ok if we stayed at a different resort so we checked again and could have gotten the GF with my TA rate, but decided hey, it's 3 nights, the price is great, let's give it a try. I will say once there we wished we went with the GF
But it by no means ruined our trip! It was fine for what it is except I despise the food court. Honestly, even with the construction I would prefer CSR! But again it's only for 4 nights for you. However since like us you're used to deluxe you may not feel the difference as much at CSR 
Thank you! I hope yours was great!
Even though it'll increase crowds, I'm looking forward to TSL being done so there's more to do or at least look at.
I agree, other than when we go to WDW and maybe my DIL's shower lol, it won't get much use! But I love the stylesThat is adorable. I thought and thought about getting one of those…I really love the Tiki birds and the Orange bird dresses. But then I decided that I would never have anywhere to wear them, so I didn't
Exactly. They barely know him! He could beI'm surprised the parents of a 20 year old girl would suggest it??
I think it's a huge risk bringing someone into your home that you don't know! But not everyone is as normal as us I got it from Hot Topic, they have so many cool Disney shirts! It was over a year ago though but I've seen a couple other JB ones recently.You should get one, you'd look great in that print! Less than 3 weeks for you now
My sister met her boyfriend on Twitter. They talked for like a year before they met in person, then they promptly moved in together (he was from NJ, and she was in AL...they moved in together in Nashville??? I have no idea why). They've had a VERY rocky relationship, but somehow they're still living together. It's been something like three years now. She keeps trying to make him marry her, and he keeps telling her NO! haha
You should get one, you'd look great in that print! Less than 3 weeks for you now
Steve's sister met her 2nd husband online. He was a great guy; they did get divorced after about 5 years but hey, people who don't meet online get divorced, too. She also met her current BF of a year online and we like him too. So I don't feel that meeting through social media is a negative thing at all
I will say I was a littlethat Eric was willing to meet characters for her and has steadfastly refused to come with us to Disney since 2007!
Incredible what we're willing to do for romance...That platform looking thing right below the crane is what the cars will hang off of, so really they're not going to be high at all:
Awesome!Adorable, until Eric told us her parents want him to move in with THEMI'm not getting into it all here but I think you need more than 3 days with someone to do this, plus he only met the parents for one night, plus what do they know about him and they're inviting him to live with them???? I mean WE know he's great, but how do they? And Eric is dying to move out of his mom's house so why move in with a mom you don't even know?
Otherwise it all just seems super sweet, and Eric and Victoria seem super cute...but that bit is just kinda...strange.
SO MAD! We didn't go for an Uber or our favorite, the Minnie Van, because around 8:27 a bus came in that SAID Epcot so we thought we were good, until it pulled over to the side and sat there until 8:54. Mistake on our part and also #transportationfail2.
Thank you! It's just weird. I'm an open, liberal person and I have absolutely nothing against living together, age differences, whatever. But only physically spending 3 days which each other, especially when one is only 20 and then moving in together to me is a bit much.Sounds like a fun mini trip! I love the pics of your stepson and his girlfriend. But I'd have to agree with you about giving it a bit of time...geez!
Aw lol! Yeah Nashville seems like a weird choice for them to move to! I hope it works out for them; like I wrote earlier, my SIL met her 2nd husband online and for quite a few years they had a good relationship, and even when it ended it ended amicably. They were also in the same state though so got to know each other before moving in together. Same with her current BF of over a year; same state and still not living together. Really who is to say what will work? But since he's my stepson I can definitely have a strong opinion on what they should and shouldn't do
Oh it's definitely sweet and it was fun watching them; I was and am so happy for Eric! He's a great man-kid. And you're right, you never know. They could move in together next week and be happily together forever. I think what gets me is her parents asking him to move in when they do not know him at all. Maybe they rather they both be under their roof instead of Victoria moving out and in with him? Maybe she was saying she'll move to NY to be with Eric, since one of her dad's lives here? Yeah she has like 3, don't ask. So there could be a better reason behind their asking him but on the surface it's weird.
Right??? In all my years I've come across one other Ariane, and it was a guy!
Steve plans on moving down there as soon as Chris graduates HS! Nothing crazy about wanting to move to Florida AT ALL. Wanting to move down so quick? Nothing really crazy about that either when you're young and in love. Wanting a 27 year old kid you've known for 24 hours to move into your house? Kinda crazy.........
So did I and I guess I never looked at the plans closely? We were discussing it with our Minnie Van driver and he pointed out how low they cars actually will be. Still not overly excited about it but thinking there's now a small chance I'll try it. He also swears they'll be air-conditioned but I haven't heard that yet.
Yup, see above.I'm sure Eric is fantastic, but kinda a weird red flag that they met him once and already want him to permanently live in their house.
So, Victoria lived up here in NY until she was 7; she's been in Florida for almost 13 years. She still comes up every summer to see her dad who lives about 45 minutes from us. So one of Eric's friends is now engaged to one of Victoria's friends she sees every summer. Eric and Victoria met through these friends on social media - do you follow lol? They started "talking" about 7ish months ago. I didn't realize they had gotten so "close"; so serious, until I saw their reaction to each other at the airport. I am very, very happy for Eric since he's never had a serious girlfriend and has always said he's afraid to get in a relationship. Of course Steve and his mom are divorced, all Steve's siblings are divorced once, my older stepson went through a really bad breakup before meeting his wife so other than Steve and I of course Eric doesn't have lots of strong relationships as models. I do hope it works out for them! Her being so young I think could work against them and the distance, but on the other hand it may work perfectly. We'll have to wait and see!
Nice to see you here!Thank you very much
Yeah same with my SIL and her 2nd husband, and current BF lol. The distance is an issue so we'll see how it goes; I wish them luck also! I'm very happy with how their first meeting went and I'm looking forward to seeing them together again in July!Good luck to Eric and Victoria. DH and I met online, but we lived in the same state, so it was a little easier to arrange an in person meeting
The park opened at 9 as usual, and we made it down to the bus stop by 8:08. Not bad! I hoped we'd be to the park by 8:30 but I knew it was wishful thinking; 8:45 would be more like it. Can you say..........9:05? Because the bus at first was supposed to come at 8:24 which wasn't too bad, but then we watched the time change, and change, and change, until it finally came at 8:54
We eventually made it to Epcot and the rest of my travel party booked it to the "guests with no bags" line while I and 250,000 of my closest friends went to the "guests with bags" lines. I had never ever seen the lines for security this bad! They were about 4x longer than any lines we've seen during Thanksgiving, it was truly ridiculous. It was going on 9:30 when I got in and I didn't think we'd accomplish anything but thankfully when we got to Soarin' (which was our plan) the posted SB wait was 40 which ended up being 20. I wasn't thrilled with getting on the 40 minute line but everyone else wanted to and then I was glad we did. That was followed by LWTL, where the posted wait was 20 and it was all of that. Still worth it, as I love it! Especially anything Mickey shaped along the way:
Eventually we made our way to Italy where Chris tried out his fancy photography skills:
Hmmm...now you have my thinking. Chad told me he wanted to try San Angel thinking it would be such nice ambiance, but I have heard it isn't that great. So he said lets skip it then. But maybe we should try that one first. Is La Hacienda all inside? Are there windows? I thought about trying it during Illuminations but only if there was a semi decent view.
I have read a few reports of them being in the outlets but like you said it changes all the time.
We may try this.Maybe you can get on JC shortly before HEA starts. Since it isn't crowded at all by the bridge you don't need to be there until the show actually starts; if lines are short like, 20 minutes before, you can do JC and then book it to the bridge
Good to know!
This is absolutely ridiculous!Because the bus at first was supposed to come at 8:24 which wasn't too bad, but then we watched the time change, and change, and change, until it finally came at 8:54
They were really bad in June coming from the buses. Our second morning we drove and the lines weren't nearly as long coming from the parking lot.
Glad to hear it. This will be our plan in 2019. RD Soarin', FP TT. Skip Frozen. LOL
This is how I am going to convince my boys to ride this...by telling them they get to design a car!Chris hard at work:
All of them sound good!so I could grab this in the U.K. to hold me over:
Um...no.
I wanted to throw out that I met my DH online. We did talk for like 2 months before meeting, he was local though. We started talking in Nov, met in Jan, and moved in together in March. But we were both mid/upper 30's so we had been around the block a few times.Really who is to say what will work? But since he's my stepson I can definitely have a strong opinion on what they should and shouldn't do
That is crazy. Why would it pull up and then not pick up people. Even more why didn't you go all New York on them and demand he pull upBecause the bus at first was supposed to come at 8:24 which wasn't too bad, but then we watched the time change, and change, and change, until it finally came at 8:54
And since I'm all incensed and mad at your wait from 2 months ago, do you have any idea why they have cast members there in the morning who look all official with their clipboards but seem to have no actual point Ugh! No fun and Epcot is always the worst for bag lines. Why they have 4 lines for the 20K people headed into their park on any given day is so beyond me.
I thought the exact same thing and actually looked to see if he had a phone.
Not sure what the kid next to Steve is doing? Kind of looks like he's looking at an imaginary phone.......
While this doesn't even look remotely appetizing, glad to hear they had it again for Steve and little Steve.
Any of you that read my dining report from last spring know that this is Steve's equivalent of heaven: the Sugar Cane Shrimp Skewer from the La Isla Fresca booth! This year he introduced Chris to it and spread the love.
Think I'll just skip spring break. Be sure my travel agent tells me no if I ever even think about it
