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Jeanne515

01-27-2008, 03:37 PM

I have been lurking for a while now and thought I would post a little about me. I am planning my first trip to Disney in Sept 2008. It will be me, mom, dd15 and dd7. None of us have ever been. Dh went about 20 years ago and has no desire to go back. Oh well his loss. I love to plan my trips and want to know every fun detail I can about where I am going. I have learned so much from this board.

We will be staying at Pop and I am hoping for the 50's lakeside. Is that preferred? I don't want to pay extra for preferred but would like the 50s or 60 buildings.

Dd will be 7 when we go. I know there will be extreme amounts of walking and would like to walk at my pace and not hers so where I can I find a good stroller to purchase for a child her size? I would like to bring one from home so I can have it all the time instead of just in the parks.

Thanks for all the valuable information each of you provide to us newbies each day.

wildeoscar

01-27-2008, 04:01 PM

well a lot has changed in 20 years... with room requests I have found that a big smile and being nice & polite at check in get you a long way toward a better location...

in the resorts board there is the Pop faq... one of those posts has a map of where is preferred and where is not...

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=17643531&postcount=2

and the thread itself is...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1629396

ILoveDisney&Cruising

01-27-2008, 07:39 PM

:welcome:

magicaldisney

01-27-2008, 07:57 PM

Welcome to the DIS. I know you will have a wonderful trip. Any/all questions you have will be answered here. :thumbsup2

tiggerfan1

01-27-2008, 10:33 PM

Welcome to the DIS boards!! :wave2:

shellybelly72

01-28-2008, 06:19 AM

Welcome!

DebbieT11

01-28-2008, 02:42 PM

Hey, another Alabamian! Welcome, and hope you enjoy your trip planning.... this is a great board, and you'll have a blast here!

mickeymouse1017

01-28-2008, 10:33 PM

Hello from another Alabamian! Have fun and be sure to plan, plan, plan. Ask any questions. You will love these boards.

disneymagic02

01-28-2008, 10:36 PM

Hello, I am from Alabama also, you will have so much fun. Good luck planning.

Praise2Him

01-31-2008, 09:04 AM

:welcome: from another Alabamian! We are also going to be staying at POP in September :goodvibes This is a great place to find information about planning your trip. Have fun planning!

Jeanne515

01-31-2008, 12:24 PM

Hi Praise 2 Him. We might have to meet up. I work for the management company for Jacksonville Health & Rehab.

tadamom

01-31-2008, 12:54 PM

Hello and Welcome to the Dis -- it is very addicting!!!

I am also a former Alabamian. I lived in Florence for 30 years before moving to Atlanta 5 years ago!

PrincessSuzanne

01-31-2008, 06:52 PM

Hello and :welcome: from yet another Alabamian. I am in East Central Alabama on the Georgia line. :disrocks: and you wil find that you fit in sooner than you think. Plan, plan, and plan some more, is all I have to say. I don't think you can over plan for a disney trip, especially your first one. Your DH doens't know what he is missing. My DH is the first person that I went with, well my mom and then 7 year old cousin went with us and that was in 2005. I am working on my 6th trip since June 2005 and I plan fanitically each time.

Suzanne princess:

Unregistered

01-31-2008, 06:58 PM

I'm an Alabama newbie too, think I posted my hello in the wrong spot, lol. But welcome from another newbie!

Hey tadamom, my dh lived in Sheffield for 25 years before I dragged him further south to Mobile.

atpatt

01-31-2008, 07:01 PM

whoops, that's me above as unregistered. seems logging in works better! :blush:

byoung

01-31-2008, 07:39 PM

Welcome to the DIS!!! Have a great vacation.

Jeanne515

02-01-2008, 10:30 AM

I just booked. Sept 13-19 Pop Century!!!!!!!!!!

Praise2Him

02-01-2008, 05:55 PM

Hi Praise 2 Him. We might have to meet up. I work for the management company for Jacksonville Health & Rehab.

Hey, it really is a "Small World After All"! :lmao: (sorry, I couldn't resist) :goodvibes That's really cool! :thumbsup2

I just booked. Sept 13-19 Pop Century!!!!!!!!!!

Awww, we'll just miss each other - we're going Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, give or take a day or two.

ADreamCalledWDW

02-03-2008, 08:16 AM

Hello and Welcome to the Dis -- it is very addicting!!!

I am also a former Alabamian. I lived in Florence for 30 years before moving to Atlanta 5 years ago!

Hi, I'm a UNA graduate!! And hello to all you other Bama peeps! Nice to meet folks from home. I live in Tulsa now, but I still head south at every opportunity. Welcome OP!

mmkk

02-03-2008, 11:20 AM

:welcome: Alabamians, from a former, and hopefully to be again, Alabamian! I am originally from Mobile, my DH from Huntsville but have been Floridians for 7 1/2 years but are hoping to move back to Mobile soon!

These boards are terrific in so many ways and I find that I HAVE to visit at least once a day!!

Unseen-Unheard

02-03-2008, 12:51 PM

hello from another Bamian', south Mobile
Paul

mommyof3grlz

02-03-2008, 03:41 PM

I'm from east Alabama right on the Georgia line. We live in Lanett. We go to Disney at least twice a year. I hope you have a wonderful time. You should subscribe to the mousesaver.com newsletter. There are many great tips and information for saving money. :)

ChristaDeVil

02-04-2008, 10:39 AM

Hi all! I'm from Alabama, too, and I'm new here! (Live in Florence, work in Sheffield.) And I have a trip planned for April--my 7 y.o.'s first!!!!

spiceycat

02-04-2008, 10:58 AM

Hi!!!

another Bama!

happen to love Pop - stayed there 5 times - soon to be 6.

also going August 30 - Sept 4 bonceback with free dinning!

here is a map
http://www.wdwinfo.com/maps/PopCenturyMap.pdf

here are some pictures
http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/showgallery.php/cat/537

the lake views at Pop are STANDARD.

the pool views at 60's, 50's are preferred, 70's is also preferred close to the food court.

would ask for a lake view at 50's - my favorite - you may like one at 60's or 80's

for information on the parks
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/themeparks.htm#themeparks-nav

more information on Pop
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/resorts/popcentury.htm

any other questions just ask!

darlak

02-04-2008, 11:18 AM

:welcome: to the Dis! I'm from just outside of Birmingham, on the Warrior River, in a community called Oak Grove. I'll also be at Pop in Sept., but we check in around the 26th. I'll be at POR in about 6 weeks though.

This will be my 4th year to be at WDW for my birthday in Sept. It's a great time to go, the weather is generally pleasant, (if we don't have a hurricane!) and the crowd levels are not too bad.

PrincessSuzanne

02-04-2008, 04:05 PM

Foofie357

02-04-2008, 07:06 PM

welcome! We are staying at POP in Aug. Have a great time:goodvibes

Steff

mommyof3grlz

02-04-2008, 07:23 PM

Princess Suzanne I am an Auburn graduate. I saw your War Eagle in your signature. Nice to know that another disney nut is close by. We are going back May 11 and I can't wait!!!!!:cool1:

BamaFan121s

02-04-2008, 07:27 PM

Welcome! It's always nice to 'run across' another fellow Alabama residents:woohoo: here.

PrincessSuzanne

02-04-2008, 09:20 PM

Princess Suzanne I am an Auburn graduate. I saw your War Eagle in your signature. Nice to know that another disney nut is close by. We are going back May 11 and I can't wait!!!!!:cool1:

Well, unfortunately I am not an Auburn graduate/student, but I have always been a Die Hard Fan as is my Husband (a yankee). We are about 45 minutes from the main campus, so I am quite familiar with the area. It really is nice to see others from the same area though. I had wondered if maybe I was the only one.

We have changed from April 30 to May 3 to June 7-9 and to the Pop Century, for my birthday :banana: another B-day at WDW. That makes turning 35 alot easier.

Suzanne

Jeanne515

02-05-2008, 10:57 AM

Ok being that I live right outside Tuscaloosa - I have to say ROLL TIDE ROLL! Sorry couldn't resist.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes too.

tadamom

02-05-2008, 03:27 PM

Hi, I'm a UNA graduate!! And hello to all you other Bama peeps! Nice to meet folks from home. I live in Tulsa now, but I still head south at every opportunity. Welcome OP!

I went to UNA for 1 semester - hahaha but my hubby is a UNA graduate as well, class of 1996 (December). He has a business degree.

Hi all! I'm from Alabama, too, and I'm new here! (Live in Florence, work in Sheffield.) And I have a trip planned for April--my 7 y.o.'s first!!!!

I am originally from Florence. I live in Atlanta now but I lived in Florence for 30 years.

Princess Suzanne I am an Auburn graduate. I saw your War Eagle in your signature. Nice to know that another disney nut is close by. We are going back May 11 and I can't wait!!!!!:cool1:

Well, unfortunately I am not an Auburn graduate/student, but I have always been a Die Hard Fan as is my Husband (a yankee). We are about 45 minutes from the main campus, so I am quite familiar with the area. It really is nice to see others from the same area though. I had wondered if maybe I was the only one.

Suzanne

Ok being that I live right outside Tuscaloosa - I have to say ROLL TIDE ROLL! Sorry couldn't resist.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes too.

WAR EAGLE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PrincessSuzanne

02-05-2008, 03:31 PM

I went to UNA for 1 semester - hahaha but my hubby is a UNA graduate as well, class of 1996 (December). He has a business degree.

I am originally from Florence. I live in Atlanta now but I lived in Florence for 30 years.

WAR EAGLE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:cheer2: WAR EAGLE/GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!:cheer2:

mccreel

04-25-2008, 01:20 AM

Hey, I have been on and off here for a couple of years. I've been to Disney World 4 times, my last this past march with my son's band trip for him to march in the Magic Kingdom afternoon parade with his High School Band. That was sooooo amazing. We are planning our first Disneyland trip for next year and a Blow out trip in 2 years for Disney World for when my son Graduates High School. Very Long trip with as much as we can do, before he goes to college. He LOVES Disney as much as I do. And that's saying something. I have been sick a lot and have been having to have a lot of surgeries due to endometriosis so the Disney trips gives me something to look forward too.
Not trying to be creepy but if anyone is in the Huntsville, Decatur area and has time to meet for lunch for time to time to talk Disney, It would be nice to do so. Most my family thinks I am nuts with Disney all the time.
So for now, HI,
Melissa
Hartselle, Al

darlak

04-25-2008, 01:30 AM

Mickey'sApprentice

04-25-2008, 01:39 AM

darlak

04-25-2008, 01:50 AM

Welcome to the DIS!

I graduated from UNA too (1990), but moved to Montgomery to be with hubby after graduation. I grew up around Haleyville and Russellville.

Since its after Midnight now...today is my 16th wedding anniversary.

My hubby is from Haleyville and I lived there for 2 long years before we married and moved away. I wasn't a big fan, but that was probably because my parents moved me up there from Birmingham going into my junior year of high school in 1974. Not the best time to move a teenager that far away from her friends.

Unregistered

04-25-2008, 02:10 AM

Hi Melissa. I've been through Hartselle and it's a pretty little town. I'm from just outside of Birmingham on the Warrior River. I work in Bessemer though.

If you're ever down my way, I would love to meet you for lunch. Most of my family and friends get that glazed look in their eyes when I start talking about WDW. Well, all except for my DD21, who's as Disney addicted as I am.

Mabey we can at least a couple of times a month. I don't know how far you are from the gallarea but maby we could do lunch and Disney Store? Ha Ha?
Anyway, I like going to Sephora anyway.
Catch ya Later,
Melissa

Flametamr

04-25-2008, 07:34 AM

Hey and welcome this turned into the Alabama thread. Im another south ender from the Mobile/Theodore area. Were going home Sept 20-28 at POFQ with free dining.

CaptHook34

04-25-2008, 07:37 AM

Hello and Welcome to the DIS!

stopher1

04-25-2008, 08:38 AM

WELCOME!! I've visited AL 3x! I hope your trip is wonderful! Have fun with the planning and preparation!

GrumpyDad1974

04-28-2008, 03:05 PM

Hey
Also staying at pop in sept., there is tons of walking dd10 has to be caried at the end of the night, if you want a stroller and can bring you own from home i suggest it or buy a cheap 1 at walmart when you get there the in park cost can add up depending on the length of you stay. If you are driving, using your car at the park will save time and energy. Have Fun.