Turn Around and See What Happens -- It's Whoopi Time and that's a wrap 3/31; F&G add

[nowellsl]

Sorry to hear about your brother!

Have a great date, you can't go wrong with either of those movies, they are both really good!

 

[jedijill]

So sorry to hear about your brother. Hopefully they can avoid the amputation.

I haven't seen Frozen yet but Saving Mr Banks is amazing!

Jill in CO

 

[emmysmommy]

Enjoy your date day! Anything involving Cheesecake Factory automatically makes me happy.

As for your last update....

Ahhh the 'oops, I took a bite before you took a photo' incident. Done it! You can't even tell that faux pas at all. Is that a chocolate croissant?

Smart gal to take a bio break before the bumpy safari ride...good planning. I went on that when I wasn't feeling so well at first so the look that Mary has may have been me! Was she ok? Poor thing.

Most of those animals appear to be taking a siesta early in the day. But ELEPHANTS!!!! I'm still bummed that we didn't see elephants.

I hope it is warming up there.

 

[dizneeat]

I am FINALLY caught up again. I go away for a few days and your thread gains more than 10 pages.

DISmeet and party look like a lot of fun! And you got some great pics at the AK!

So sorry to hear about your brother. I hope everything will work out eventually.

 

[pas130]

Welcome back Karin


Kathy Sorry I fell behind I think, I swear I posted, but I got lost Will for more updates

 

[mickeystoontown]

Kathy, praying for your brother. I know that it's been really tough on him and on you. It sure is tough watching a loved one go through such an illness.

Enjoy your date night with Mark. Hopefully, it will help take your mind off things.

 

[WDisneyMom]

Hoping for the best outcome for your brother, Kathy.

I cannot wait to see Saving Mr. Banks! That's pretty much a perfect date for us...CF (one of our favorite restaurants) and a great movie. Glad you enjoyed it.

And yay on 55 days!! Or 52 now?!

 

[Chicago Mo]

Kathy i am so sorry about your brother! just terrible. he will continue to be in my prayers!!!
may i ask how he got it in his foot?


i think i read you went to the Mr banks movie?!?!

did you bring tissues?!?

 

[Poolrat]

WOW

Finally all caught up on the 20 pages I was behind.

Sounds like you had a great flight and check in - Can't go wrong with a room being ready at check in.

Sorry the Plaza was slow this time.

Great job on the mega DIS meet. Nice so many were able to stop by.

Looks like you got a lot done during the party.

Back seat in both SM and the Safari can either leave you needing an adjustment or compensating for one.

 

[Janet B]

Kathy I know your brother has had his share of health issues over the years. I’m praying that the doctors will see a marked improvement at his appt next week.

Hope you enjoyed lunch (then again how could you not? You got a great guy and it's the Cheesecake Factory! Both movies have had good reviews so you can’t miss with either one.

 

[teekathepony]

Very sorry to hear about your brother and I hope his health improves and soon.
Hoping you had a great date too!

 

[KatMark]

Sorry to hear about your brother!

Thank you.

Have a great date, you can't go wrong with either of those movies, they are both really good!

We had a lovely time; we ended up seeing Saving Mr. Banks and LOVED it.

So sorry to hear about your brother. Hopefully they can avoid the amputation.

Jill, thank you. I sure hope so; I don't know what he'll do about ever getting back to work.

I haven't seen Frozen yet but Saving Mr Banks is amazing!

Jill in CO

I have to agree with you...Saving Mr. Banks was amazing!

Enjoy your date day! Anything involving Cheesecake Factory automatically makes me happy.

Thank you; we had a lovely afternoon. We had a great lunch at Cheesecake. We did skip the "cheesecake" so we could snack at the movies, but we have money left on our gift card and we will be back.

As for your last update....

Ahhh the 'oops, I took a bite before you took a photo' incident. Done it! You can't even tell that faux pas at all. Is that a chocolate croissant?

Yes, it was a chocolate croissant. That's twice Mark has done that to me. I told him third strike and he is out.

Smart gal to take a bio break before the bumpy safari ride...good planning. I went on that when I wasn't feeling so well at first so the look that Mary has may have been me! Was she ok? Poor thing.

Thankfully, we did make that bio break or we would have had a mess. Yes, Mary was fine.

Most of those animals appear to be taking a siesta early in the day. But ELEPHANTS!!!! I'm still bummed that we didn't see elephants.

How did you not see any elephants? Were they not out yet? Yes, several of them were sleeping.

I hope it is warming up there.

It's been above 30 the last couple of days and some of the snow has melted. We did have a lot of rain on Saturday. Snow in the forecast tomorrow, but no major accumulation.

I am FINALLY caught up again. I go away for a few days and your thread gains more than 10 pages.

But a lot of those were probably chit chat; I don't think I did more than two updates while you were gone.

DISmeet and party look like a lot of fun! And you got some great pics at the AK!

I'm so glad so many could make it to the DISmeet. It was a lot of fun.

So sorry to hear about your brother. I hope everything will work out eventually.

Thank you, Karin.

Kathy Sorry I fell behind I think, I swear I posted, but I got lost Will for more updates

I think you only missed the AK safari update. New update coming up soon.

Kathy, praying for your brother. I know that it's been really tough on him and on you. It sure is tough watching a loved one go through such an illness.

Thank you, Lisa. It may sound cruel, but sometimes I just don't want to talk to him on certain days. He's never been a strong person emotionally, and there is only so much I can do. I am praying for a miracle for him. He's so young.

Enjoy your date night with Mark. Hopefully, it will help take your mind off things.

Thanks; we had a lovely date.

 

[KatMark]

Hoping for the best outcome for your brother, Kathy.

Thank you, friend.

I cannot wait to see Saving Mr. Banks! That's pretty much a perfect date for us...CF (one of our favorite restaurants) and a great movie. Glad you enjoyed it.

You must go see it soon. It was wonderful (bring tissue).

And yay on 55 days!! Or 52 now?!

51 days.

Kathy i am so sorry about your brother! just terrible. he will continue to be in my prayers!!!
may i ask how he got it in his foot?

Thanks, Mo. Truthfully, I don't know. He's had sores on his legs for two years and they could never get rid of those and I think it just spread to his foot. It could be related to his heart issues, his alcoholism, etc. I just don't know.

i think i read you went to the Mr banks movie?!?!

Yes, we did.

did you bring tissues?!?

I didn't have any, but I had napkins from my popcorn and I made good use of them.

WOW

Finally all caught up on the 20 pages I was behind.

Did you have a good trip? How's your shoulder doing? Can you remind me what you had done? My son needs shoulder surgery and will probably have it the first week of February.

Sounds like you had a great flight and check in - Can't go wrong with a room being ready at check in.

I'm always surprised when our room is ready...especially with our bad luck at Old Key West.

Sorry the Plaza was slow this time.

Me too; but every restaurant has an off day I'm sure.

Great job on the mega DIS meet. Nice so many were able to stop by.

It really was great that we got such a nice crowd.

Looks like you got a lot done during the party.

A lot of rides. Not enough character meets.

Back seat in both SM and the Safari can either leave you needing an adjustment or compensating for one.

Perhaps that is why I got a massage when I got home.

Kathy I know your brother has had his share of health issues over the years. I’m praying that the doctors will see a marked improvement at his appt next week.

Thanks, Janet. He just can't catch a break.

Hope you enjoyed lunch (then again how could you not? You got a great guy and it's the Cheesecake Factory! Both movies have had good reviews so you can’t miss with either one.

We had a really good lunch at Cheesecake and the movie was outstanding.

Very sorry to hear about your brother and I hope his health improves and soon.
Hoping you had a great date too!

Thank you. We are hoping for the best. And we did have a great date.

 

[that's nice]

Sorry to hear about your brother. I'm hoping and praying for a different outcome for him.

I hope you had a good weekend.

 

[KatMark]

Before I get to the update, I posted a few pages back "guess where I'll be with luck" in so many days. Well, Mark still has his job (thankfully) and so the business trip to Florida is on. We leave March 1 and fly home on March 9. In between seeing customers, we will stop at Disney for two nights of sleep and 1-1/2 days of parks. Right now, we are staying at Pop, but once our dates are set in stone, I am going to try to get a room at OKW for those two nights (I really, really don't like values; no offense to those of you who like them). I've made three ADR's and I've also got my Fastpass+ picked for our day and a half.

Okay, back to this TR.

I left you with a very bumpy ride in the back seat of the safari truck. We were all having rumblings in our tummies and we had an ADR. We were headed here:



Mark and I had not eaten here since the year it opened...in 2008...on our 25th anniversary trip with our friends, Tom and Shelley. We just could never squeeze it in to get back. But we finally found the time for it. I took a few pictures in the restaurant while we waited to be taken to our table.





Who do we have here?







We were taken to a table upstairs and received our menus:





I had an ADULT Pina Colada:



The girls had Virgin Pina Coladas:



Mary had an adult beverage too but I don't recall what it was. Mary?



Our food (at this point, I don't remember who had what...although I do remember both of the girls loved Mark's and my appetizer which were potstickers so we probably should have ordered a double order).



Someone being silly in the midst of food arriving:













Cayley was enjoying her meal:



We were so glad to have gone back to Yak & Yeti. I have read several mixed reviews, but we really enjoyed our meal here and we will be back.

After lunch, we decided to head over to the Maharajah Jungle Trek. On the way we took some pictures:







This is one of my favorites from the trip:



I am going to stop now because Photobucket is acting up.

The Trek to be continued

 

[that's nice]

Before I get to the update, I posted a few pages back "guess where I'll be with luck" in so many days. Well, Mark still has his job (thankfully) and so the business trip to Florida is on. We leave March 1 and fly home on March 9. In between seeing customers, we will stop at Disney for two nights of sleep and 1-1/2 days of parks. Right now, we are staying at Pop, but once our dates are set in stone, I am going to try to get a room at OKW for those two nights (I really, really don't like values; no offense to those of you who like them). I've made three ADR's and I've also got my Fastpass+ picked for our day and a half.

RATS… I guess I was way off.

We were headed here:

We've always eaten at the QS… maybe we'll eat there someday.

Who do we have here?

Oh my… that statue is scary!!!!

Our food (at this point, I don't remember who had what...although I do remember both of the girls loved Mark's and my appetizer which were potstickers so we probably should have ordered a double order).

Potstickers….

This is one of my favorites from the trip:

That is so funny…

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Glad you got to see the movie (I still haven't yet!).

Cool that you get to go in March too! Yay for a business trip to Orlando. Wish I could get one of those!

I would like to try Y&Y, but haven't managed it yet. Why does it have to have "Yak" in its name? A bit of a turn-off.

Your favorite picture is absolutely ADORABLE!!

 

[goofy4prez]

Kathy, so sorry to hear about your brother; he will be in my prayers.

I'm glad to hear Mark still has his job. It's no fun facing the possibility of a job loss, I've been there before. I'm also happy for you that you will be able to go to Disney in March and another one in June. We also will back the same time you are there in June. After weeks watching the prices on airfare I just purchased my tickets to Orlando on Friday night and also changed last week from the AKL to the Contemporary when Disney released their spring promotion.

As for the Yak & Yeti; I was very surprised when we ate there for the first time this past December. The atmosphere was excellent, the service was just as good, and the food was the biggest surprise. On the suggestion of a friend here on the DIS (that would be you... thank you), I cancelled my ADR for the Rainforest and ended up at Yak & Yeti instead. With this experience I have booked the Y & Y once again in June.

When you posted about either seeing Frozen or Saving Mr. Banks, I was hoping you would choose Saving Mr. Banks. I'm glad to hear you two liked it. I saw saving Mr. Banks on New Years day with Carolyn and had to make the same choice. I'm sure Frozen is a great movie, but I immensely enjoyed Saving Mr. Banks.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Kathy! you have been updating like crazy! Your Y&Y lunch looks delish! Way better than the Plaza You have so many cute pics of the girls in this TR! I also love the hat pic with Cayley and Mark!

Praying for your brother!

 

[shan23877]

Kathy, I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I'll be thinking of your family.

We LOVE Yak and Yeti! Can't wait to go back in May, and glad to hear that you liked your meal there too!

Fantastic picture with the two in their silly hats.