** Please Read ** We have new boards for the Trip Report Board!!

[Marla Hellwig]

We have new boards for the Trip Report Board!!

PRE TRIP BOARD: Tickets, Cameras, Sneakers, Ready Set Go

This board will be for your pre trip reports which (Suggested)

Should Contain:

* Who is in your party

* Your travel dates

* Where are you staying

* What Advanced Dining Reservations you have made (if any)

* If you have a set itinerary

* Any special plans, events, etc that you have planned

Your pre trip report should be posted here

Starting today (September 28, 2006) all pre trip reports will be posted here and if necessary moved to this subboard.

You can have 2 options upon returning from your trip

1. You can post your adventures on the pre trip report and we (the moderators) will move it to the main trip report board

OR

2. You can start a new trip report and link your pre trip in your first post

Directions to Set up a Link in your Trip Report

If you want to write your Trip Report in installments, you can show links at the bottom of each thread for your other installments.

After you post installment 2

Click on edit to go back to your post

Once your post opens up you can click on

Insert Hyperlink

the little blue circle with what looks like glasses (this is under the Font Size and Color line

A little box titled

Explorer User Promot will pop up

In the blank box you can type what you want to call your link

example

Day One

type in your text and click on OK

The next box is where you insert the URL from your day 1 installment

(open your day 1 installment, at the top of page 1 of that installment click on the address to high light it and select copy)

Once your link is pasted into the little box Click Ok and your link will show up in your current thread.


TRIP REPORT BOARD: WDW TR's Work in Progess

This will be your trip report

You can post either all in one post

You can post each installment

If you wish you can link your installments

All trip reports are welcome

It is up to YOU how you write your report

Just be careful on how much personal information you share on the internet

COMPLETED TRIP REPORTS: So Sad, Our Trip is Over

After a trip report is completed/finsihed it will be moved to this board.

Once a trip report is completed after 3 weeks

it will be moved to the completed Trip report board for all to enjoy

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Now for some general comments/thoughts:

You do not need to post to a particular trip report in order to subscribe, you can do that by subscribing to the thread

Subscribing to a particular thread directions:

Open the thread that you want to follow

On Page 1 of the thread in the Blue line above the post (right below the Post Reply button) over on the right hand side there is a box in Dark Blue labeled Thread Tools.

Click on Thread Tools

Click on Subscribe to this Thread

On the next page you can select what type of Notication by email that you want

Click on Add Subscription

You will receive an email everytime anyone posts on the thread that you want to follow.


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[Viki]

What a wonderful change! Thank you! :thumbsup2

[OhMari]

As moderator, I'm glad to see some changes. But please bear with us. It is like Spring Cleaning, except it is Fall, so we can call it Fall Cleaning. Time to dust, clean and organize the Trip Reports Board.

If you have any questions or concerns, please post them here or PM any of us moderator's.

Posts will start moving pretty soon. If your Trip Report is finished and is a few months- years old, give us a link and we will move it to the Done Reports Board.

[Viki]

As moderator, I'm glad to see some changes. But please bear with us. It is like Spring Cleaning, except it is Fall, so we can call it Fall Cleaning. Time to dust, clean and organize the Trip Reports Board.

If you have any questions or concerns, please post them here or PM any of us moderator's.

Posts will start moving pretty soon. If your Trip Report is finished and is a few months- years old, give us a link and we will move it to the Done Reports Board.

Here you go:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1087112 (www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1087112)

[OhMari]

Here you go:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1087112 (www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1087112)

Thank you, and you are our first completed TR moved to the new Thread.

[Viki]

Thank you, and you are our first completed TR moved to the new Thread.

Oh, I am so excited (gosh, I'm easy to please!!!). ;)

Thank you and, again, these new sub-boards are an awesome idea. :thumbsup2

[mbb]

Great idea :thumbsup2

Love reading pre-TR's, Completed TR's..and this looks like it will be easier to find everything:)

:sunny:

[WDW Poly Princess]

My old ones can be moved over to the completed board :)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1054151

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=980079

The pre-2005 ones are in a bunch of parts instead of one thread, so I won't bother ya with moving those :)

[Marla Hellwig]

done :)

[OhMari]

Friendly bump, since it has been awhile.

[snowbell]

I just want you to know that I love all of your reports

[KarenP99]

Missing Report?

I had report going (I guess I should have been in the "uncompleted" catergory). I've searched (it says I have no posts), and looked through all the pages & it's gone.

Can you help find it? It was "The Enablers Report..."

Thanks!

[timandlesley]

Can I make a suggestion?
As someone who worked really hard on my Trip Report last year and I am glad to see it still alive on the boards, why is the posting option taken away from those old reports. I have people email and PM me now after reading the report, but it would be great to see it continue to live on by others being allowed to post it.
Quite honestly it makes me want to finish a report slower so it doesn't go to the Trip Report "grave yard"
Any way this could change?
Lesley

[Hoosier Mom]

Here's my completed report. I could not find it for the longest time. I still don't know how I found it. Can it be moved to the completed reports board?

Thanks

Edited: Never mind moving it. I'm afraid that the link in my signature wouldn't find the new location.

[CourtneyandRyan]

I completely agree with you Lesley!

Mine got moved, and now I'm getting tons of PMs because people can't post on my thread.

Great suggestion!

Moderators, do we know why posting on completed threads isn't an option?

[GOOFYDONALDMICKEY]

I completely agree with you Lesley!

Mine got moved, and now I'm getting tons of PMs because people can't post on my thread.

Great suggestion!

Moderators, do we know why posting on completed threads isn't an option?

I feel that the new format is better because it allows new trip reports to be be viewed on page one where members will get more replies. When a thread receives too much attention the other posters get lost in the shuffle. Old trip reports are nice to read but should be closed at some point.

[OhMari]

I feel that the new format is better because it allows new trip reports to be be viewed on page one where members will get more replies. When a thread receives too much attention the other posters get lost in the shuffle. Old trip reports are nice to read but should be closed at some point.


Yes, as some point your Trip Report should be closed. Sometimes the responses get so far off topic. This was the main reason we decided to ask for a Completed Board.

We have a pre-trip board now and we feel this board allows off topic conversations, so when you return, you can let us know all about your Walt Disney World vacat.

[marsh0013]

i thought my trip report was complete, but i wanted to post my photopass pics to it, and i had a few more posts i would need to add until that's complete. is there any way to get it moved back to the current trip reports board until i'm really done? i put up "COMPLETE" too soon :confused3

[ilovefishsticks4]

What are these reports for?

[Hoosier Mom]

What are these reports for?

Trip reports are just that. A report of Disney vacations. They can be quite lengthy and detailed. I have enjoyed reading a few of them. I wish there was a place for short & sweet ones though. I'm usually interested in crowd reports and weather for specific time periods. It's hard to read an entire report to get the gist of the crowds, etc.

[OhMari]

Trip reports are just that. A report of Disney vacations. They can be quite lengthy and detailed. I have enjoyed reading a few of them. I wish there was a place for short & sweet ones though. I'm usually interested in crowd reports and weather for specific time periods. It's hard to read an entire report to get the gist of the crowds, etc.

Hopefully soon, we will be getting new moderator's on this board and we are really going to try and curtail the chit chatting. It has really gotten out of hand. The minute we ask for chit/chatting to simmer down, we really do get a lot of complaints. I really think the other side should speak up and sort of help the mod's out.

[Hoosier Mom]

I'm not exactly sure how I could help. Ideas?

I was specifically hoping to read trip reports for trips taken in January. I ran a search with the word "January". However, very few trip reports have the word "January" in their title, or at least I didn't have any luck searching for them.

Maybe instead of incomplete and complete trip report boards, there could be novel trip reports and "just the facts" trip reports.

[OhMari]

Look for NYE or marathon, those 2 events are in January.

[Moonlitdreams82]

Okay. this is my fires trip report ever so bear with me while I try and do this right...lol

I will start out by introducing myself and my fiance to you. My name is Amy and my fiance's name is Steve. We met in 2003 and fell head over heals in love with each other right away. I had just gotten out of a very long term relationship and the closeness that I found with Steve scared me a little becaues I didn't want to jump into something so soon, so I broke it off with him. We stayed in touch with each other throughout the next few years and were both eventually stuck in relationships that we were very unhappy in. One night after finally breaking it off with *&@&$^%! (I won't say such tings in the presence of Disney) that I was with I recieved an instant message from Steve. We got to talking and I soon found out that he had just recently broke up with the girl that he was with as well. After talking for a while (and knowing that he was always "the one that I let get away") I asked him "If we had the chance to give it another shot, would you?" and he responded with "in a heartbeat." I suggested that we hang out sometime soon. At this point it was about 12 midnight and he drove an hour to see me that night (or morning I guess you would say). We stayed up for hours just tallking and having a great time. We instantaniously picked up right where we left off. I found out about a week later from his mother that the reason why he imed me that night is because when his mother asked him "Is there anyone that you were with that you wish you hadn't parted ways with?" his answer was "Amy" and she told him "well...go out and get her." Two months latere we were engaged to be married. A month after that he moved in with me and this coming August we are getting married and going on my dream honeymoon in Disney.:love:

Steve has never been to Disney before. I have been there many times and am a fanatic. I have been dreaming of having my honeymoon in Disney ever since I was a little girl and I am so excited to be able to share the magic with him and see his face as he experiences it for the first time.

We are getting married in our hometown on August 8th and we will be flying out on the 9th to arrive in Disney. We will be staying for 9 days and 8 nights to arrive home on August 17th. My parents are paying for our honeymoon as part of our wedding present. I wanted to save them as much money as I possible could because I already feel like they are doing way too much (they are paying for the entire wedding as well). I decided that since we are booking the deluxe dining that I would book a value resort (All Star Movie) considering we will not be spending much time aside from sleeping in the hotel anyway. When I called to make the reservation the CM who was booking it for me informed me that Disney was offering to book us on a flex pass and upgrade us to a moderate resort (CBR) for the same price (actually a few hundred cheaper). Of course I jumped at this opportunity, especially because even though I would not mind a value resort I am used to staying in the Deluxe resorts of Villas with my family. I was also very excited that I now had the option of laying on a hammock with my honey and watching the fireworks from the beach. So now that I had the reservation all set I had the task ahead of me of figuring out where we wanted to eat. We have three counter or table service meals per day with the Deluxe dining plan. I want to get the most out of the plan, but decided that lunch and dinner at a table service would be more than enough. Having three sit down meals a day would waste too much time, not to mention I am probablyg oing to have a hard time eating two big meals let alone three. So I sat down with Steve and asked him what countries he was interestedin eatiing in and kind of left the rest up to myself...lol. Since he has never been and I know the world better I figured it would be easier for me to figure out places that I have always heard where good or places that I always wanted to try. So without much further ado....here is our itinerary including dining reservations:

Saturday August 9th: *Magic Kingdom
*Late lunch @ Tony's town square (5pm)
*Late dinner @ Whispering Canyon Cafe (9:40pm)...I
have been to the Whispering Canyon once before, but
I was very young and my hubby to be is a country boy
so I figured he would really enjoy this one.

Sunday August 10th: *Quick breakfast @CBR food court
*Epcot
*Lunch @ Biergarten in Germany @ 1pm (although I
have been here a few times, he is part German and I
I know that he would enjoy the traditional atmosphere
of this place.)
*Dinner @ San Angel Inn in Mexico @ 7pm (I have been
here once for my parents anniversary dinner when I
was very young, but who could pass up the romantic
ambiance at this place for a dinner on their honeymoon?
*We will probably be dining during Illuminations so we
may have to come back to see it another night. That
is definately something I never miss and a first timer
must see.

Monday August 11th: *Hollywood Studios (still have a hard time saying that)
* Although I don't get sick on rides I think we will grab
a small breakfast after TOT.
*Lunch @ 50's PTC @ 1pm (I don't remember
much aout this place because I went when I was 7
and this is the kind of thing that my hubby to be
would absolutely love.)
*Dinner @ Tappenyaki in Japan @7:45pm

Tuesday August 12th: *Small breakfast wherever we choose
*Check out Downtownd Disney Marketplace and DQ.
*Lunch @ Wolfgang puck @ 1pm
*Dinner @ Tutto Italia in Italy @ 7:30pm.
*PI for the night

Wednesday August 13th: *Donald's Safari Breakfast @9:20am
*Animal Kingdom
*Lunch OOP @ the Rainforest Cafe @1:15pm (this
isn't included in the dining plan and he has been
dying to eat at a RC.)
*Dinner @ California Grille @ 9:20pm (I am so
excited about this one. It is going to be so romantic
seeing wishes from the roof ...hell just seeing
wishes is going to be exciting in itself. I have also
heard nothing but amazing things about the grille.

Thursday August 14th: *Check out the Boardwalk while grabing some
breakfast.
*swim, shop, maybe check out some stuff that we
want to go back to, basically just take a day to
relax a little.
*Dinner @ Spirit of Aloha show @8pm

Friday August 15th: *Breakfast wherever
*Pick up our three day rental car and head over
to Universal Studios
*Lunch @ Nascar Sports Grille (against my will..lol)
*Dinner @ Hoop Dee Doo Musical Review @ 9:30pm

Saturday August 16th: *Breakfast wherever
*Universal IOA
*Lunch @ Mythos OOP
*Dinner @ Coral Reef @ 8:30pm
*Back to Universal to have a night out @ CW

Sunday August 17th: *Breakfast @ The Crystal Palace @ 8:05am
*Drop off the rental and spend some extra time in
MK.
*Grab some lunch somewhere. Maybe Beaches &
Cream because he really wants that kitchen sink,
but I am not so sure that I want him eating that
before we have to catch a plane if you catch what
I'm saying...lol.
*OUr flight leaves around 8 so we will have to get
the ME bus probably around 5 or so. Then it's home
we go:sad:

He doesn't understand why I made a schedule...lol. I try to explain to him that since it is his first time I want to make sure he gets to see everything (which I know is impossible, but I want to get as much in as we can). I guess he won't really understand until we get there. Well guys...Now it's time to say goodbye. I will be back in two and a half months with lots of pictures and lots to report. TTFN!!!