My very first PTR - Can you hear the music? ~ We're off tomorrow & it's MAYHEM here!

[lisalonglash]

So, I thought I’d attempt a PTR – my first one ever. I will admit I’m a little nervous about this, so bear with me. :eek:

First up, the cast will be:

Me – Lisa: wife, mom, homeschooler, lover of travel, stay-at-home mom, self-employed doing p/t at-home office administration. My favourite Disney character is, without a doubt, Pluto pluto: – I :lovestruc him!

Dh – we’ll call him Grumpy: husband, dad, lover of travel, isn’t all that “into” Disney, but knows how much fun we all have there so tolerates it well. His favourite Disney character is Tinkerbell – if :tinker: was actually a real person, my marriage would be in trouble!

Ds#1 – we’ll call him Tigger :tigger:: 10yo, gifted academically, handsome dude, extremely spirited, very active and, if he only knew he was going back to WDW, he’d be over-the-moon thrilled! His favourite Disney character is Pluto with Mickey a close second.

Ds#2 – we’ll call him Mickey :smickey:: 7yo, also a handsome dude, very smart, very sweet and loving, loves his big brother to bits, loves playing baseball and gets unnaturally attached to pants that are too short for him! His favourite Disney character is Mickey.

I will try to add pictures where I can – I’m not a very conscientious picture-taker, but I’m getting better at remembering to have the thing with me these days (hard to take pictures without actually having the camera with me!) :laughing:

The idea of this trip was born on Dec. 28, 2008 (our 15th anniversary). A little background first: We went to WDW last October with most of dh’s family. I was surprised by what a great “fit” WDW was for us and, particularly for ds#1, whose behaviour was stellar and was so obviously enjoying himself every single day. Thinking about the joyous faces of both of our boys made WDW the obvious choice for a future vacation. However, finances being what they are, a future vacation looked to be quite far off in our future – we figured it would be a couple of years before we could take a trip again. :sad1:

However, my sweet dh evidently had a secret plan! :love:

When I woke up that morning and came into the kitchen, there was quite a surprise waiting for me. My studly dh was sitting at the kitchen table smiling at me and nodding towards the middle of the table – in the middle of the table was a bottle of my favourite champagne (Moet et Chandon Imperial Rose) surrounded by cash! Yep, cold hard cash splayed in a circle around my champagne! He laughed at my expression of disbelief, then was mildly offended for a second when I asked him which bank he robbed :rotfl:. When we stopped laughing, he told me that the money was most of his bonus from work – with which I could plan a vacation. :cloud9:

When I started looking around for destinations, WDW was on the list, but so were a lot of other places (Nice (we really loved it there), the Caribbean, Hawaii, Disneyland, etc.). I ran the numbers for every conceivable vacation and found that WDW was really the most cost-effective trip for us. So, once I had called our amazing TA (Christine at Fairytale Dreams & Destinations in Ontario) and put a deposit down, I really started to watch airfares out of SeaTac and keep an eye out for WDW discounts.

What kind of deal would I find for airfare? Would I get the flights we wanted? Would a WDW discount become available for our dates? Hmmm…..:confused3

Handy-dandy update links:
Pictures of the cast (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31807138&postcount=12)
First shot at our itinerary (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31825834&postcount=21)
Airfare update (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31841120&postcount=27)
Some of my favourite pictures of our WDW trip last October (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31863770&postcount=37)
One of the best pictures I've ever taken LOL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31870120&postcount=44)
Menus, NOT Disney binder and Atlanta airport (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31914872&postcount=59)
ADR worries, not a Disney binder, how to tell the boys (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31984803&postcount=80)
Hopefully final itinerary (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32116300&postcount=110)
Final itinerary #2 LMAO (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32152718&postcount=131)
Mini-meet poll! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32168123&postcount=139)
TRULY final itinerary, at least for park days! LOL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32199631&postcount=147)
Things I'm pondering... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32230365&postcount=167)
ADRs made, thank you Christine!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32267203&postcount=178)
Life update, mini-trip update too! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32343451&postcount=196)
Tigger's trauma and kitty dilemma (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32448349&postcount=229)
Tigger & Poley update and Mickey's new milestone! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32479690&postcount=242)
Time for an on-topic PTR post! lol (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32489512&postcount=250)
Ramblings and Jenn/Sophia (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32546472&postcount=264)
To cooler or not to cooler, that is the question (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32567936&postcount=274)
An O/T update that's out of this world (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32740422&postcount=301)
Disney maps and shopping has finally begun! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32842764&postcount=344)
Trip update and baseball weekend (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33099557&postcount=379)
Profitable baseball game and trip update! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33171547&postcount=392)
Budget, surprise and fridge updates! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33302853&postcount=411)
Surprise reveal timing change (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33346369&postcount=426)
The boys know now - finally!! LOL (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33356424&postcount=436)

[lovemyblt]

OH Lisa Your DH Rocks!!!! What a Great Gift! Don't ya just love when our DH's suprise us??

I'm First and Here for the ride with you I just started my own Pre-trip.... MY first ever as well it is very unnerving, I kept thinking what if no one looks LOL!!!

[lisalonglash]

OH Lisa Your DH Rocks!!!! What a Great Gift! Don't ya just love when our DH's suprise us??

I'm First and Here for the ride with you I just started my own Pre-trip.... MY first ever as well it is very unnerving, I kept thinking what if no one looks LOL!!!

Thank you! :hug: Yes, he does rock :love:

I'm off to read your PTR - we newbie PTR-writers have to stick together! :thumbsup2

[OhioDisneyLover]

I followed you over from inkedupmomma's PTR. Subbing. Can't wait to hear more. popcorn::

[inkedupmomma]

Lisa, I am thrilled to pieces that you started a PTR on here:hug: I can NOT wait to see pics of your handsome fellas! and wow wow wow, your Dh totally rules! Perhaps when we meet up, he can give my DF a few pointers on what a girls wants..what a girl NEEDS! MONEY FOR A DISNEY TRIP!!!

Looking forward to reading more, and subbing!

[inkedupmomma]

popcorn:: jus' sayin'.....

[lovemyblt]

Lisa my dear where ya been???? :rolleyes:

[lisalonglash]

I followed you over from inkedupmomma's PTR. Subbing. Can't wait to hear more. popcorn::

I'm working on it! :goodvibes

Lisa, I am thrilled to pieces that you started a PTR on here:hug: I can NOT wait to see pics of your handsome fellas! and wow wow wow, your Dh totally rules! Perhaps when we meet up, he can give my DF a few pointers on what a girls wants..what a girl NEEDS! MONEY FOR A DISNEY TRIP!!!

Looking forward to reading more, and subbing!

Thanks :hug: It's freaky to write one, but I'm hangin' in LOL Yes, my dh is a sweetie :love: - after 15-1/2 years of marriage, I still think he has the best butt in captivity :lmao:

popcorn:: jus' sayin'.....

:laughing:

Lisa my dear where ya been???? :rolleyes:

I'm here, I'm here! I'm just finishing up our homeschooling reports before I update my PTR - only 3 more HS reports and we're done for the "school" season :banana: I have to say, though, that the boys and I are having a great time spending the moolah we receive for those reports - so I really can't complain :rotfl:

Update (and pictures!) coming up soon! :flower3:

[lovemyblt]

Ohhhh do you do the reports to the school?
We chose testing this year instead of an evaluation.... believe or not the kids wanted to be tested :confused3 hey they saved me 50 bucks :thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

Ohhhh do you do the reports to the school?
We chose testing this year instead of an evaluation.... believe or not the kids wanted to be tested :confused3 hey they saved me 50 bucks :thumbsup2

Nope, I send the reports to our Learning Consultant via email, who works for the umbrella homeschooling organization we registered with. I really like how it's all handled - I just submit a report every week that's just about some of the stuff they did or saw or talked about or whatever; and they give me money (in the form of a VISA card for each boy) to be spent on educational resources (which is a VERY broad range of items LOL) - no testing, no evaluation, no nothing else if I don't request it.

We're almost through the money now (it needs to be spent by the end of this month or it's gone lol). We're going to HMV today to get the Blue Planet DVD full set and to Wal-Mart to get skateboards and knee/elbow pads - yes, the definition of "educational resources" really is that broad LOL

Wooohoooo for saving $50! :banana:

[MinnieNurse]

Just found your report I am in. I am also doing my first trip report, my DH is also called Grumpy in my report, and I have a 10 y/o DS.

What a great surprise from your DH. Great start cant wait to learn more.

[lisalonglash]

I think I may have figured out how to add pictures. Here goes:

My grandma, me and Mickey at Easter brunch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/051.jpg

Grumpy, Tigger and my stepmom at Easter brunch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/033.jpg

Tigger playing rugby:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Ds1-rugby.jpg

Mickey playing baseball and having his turn at being the backcatcher (truly his favourite position - mostly because he can lean back against the diamond, the lazy scoundrel LOL):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Ds2-baseball.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Masonthebackcatcher.jpg

Oh, and a bonus picture - taken by Mickey, who LOVES using his camera! Here is his favourite stuffy, posed by Mickey LMAO:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/057.jpg
Sorry, I realized after seeing if these pictures actually posted that one of the several jocks in our house is in the background - for anyone who doesn't have boys/husbands who play sports, I apologize for the picture, but ds#2 insisted that you all need to see Wall-E LMAO

Now, to find the pictures from WDW last year... :confused3

[OhioDisneyLover]

cute pictures. :thumbsup2

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Woo!! I'm so glad you started a PTR, Lisa. Very nice start! :thumbsup2 I still can't get over how your DH surprised you. What a sweet and fun thing to do. I still think you should've rolled around in the cash, though. :laughing:

Nice pictures, your boys are so cute!

[lisalonglash]

cute pictures. :thumbsup2

Thank you :flower3:

Woo!! I'm so glad you started a PTR, Lisa. Very nice start! :thumbsup2 I still can't get over how your DH surprised you. What a sweet and fun thing to do. I still think you should've rolled around in the cash, though. :laughing:

Nice pictures, your boys are so cute!

Thanks, it's scary, but it's getting a little bit fun too :thumbsup2 Yep, he definitely has his moments - you know, the moments that make you conveniently forget the tooting and snoring? :rotfl:

Thanks for the compliment - I think they're pretty darned cute too :lovestruc

[inkedupmomma]

Great pics! your children are soooo cute! I am getting super excited about your PTR now! You have mastered pictures, the skies the limit now!

[lisalonglash]

Great pics! your children are soooo cute! I am getting super excited about your PTR now! You have mastered pictures, the skies the limit now!

Thank you :hug: Now, if I could just find last year's Disney pictures and finish up this week's HS reports, I could get on with this! :thumbsup2

[lovemyblt]

First off cute Kiddo's! Love the pics....

Secondly ummm someone pays you to homeschool???? I am so jealous, I nickel and dime every year to afford the curriculum I need!

[MinnieNurse]

Your DS's are adorable. Great pics.

[lisalonglash]

First off cute Kiddo's! Love the pics....

Secondly ummm someone pays you to homeschool???? I am so jealous, I nickel and dime every year to afford the curriculum I need!

Thank you :hug: Yes, we get about $1100/school year for each boy, by doing the weekly reporting the way we've registered. It covers a lot of stuff each year and we sure do appreciate it! :goodvibes

Your DS's are adorable. Great pics.

Thank you :hug:

[lisalonglash]

OK, I've finished last week's HS reporting, so I thought I should share our tentative plans for our vacation. I can't wait to finalize our ADRs for our awesome TA - yay!!!

Here's what I have (of course, this could all change when the park hours come out LOL):

Day 1
~ Arrive at MCO at about 9:30am
~ Take ME to ASMu - I'm estimating we'll be at ASMu by about 10:30am
~ Check in (although I'm sure our room won't be ready yet) and drop everything off at Bell Services
~ Take our first WDW bus of the vacation to DTD for lunch and shopping
~ Return to ASMu mid-afternoon to get settled into our room, go for a swim, have dinner at ASMu and enjoy the pool activities/movie :banana:

Day 2
~ Tusker House character breakfast (8:05am)
~ Ride Safari
~ Hit our must-do rides (Everest, Kali, Dinosaur, Lion King (haven't seen that yet, looking forward to it) and Whirl)
~ Flame Tree for late lunch (hmmmm ... can almost taste those ribs!)
~ Do the rides/see the stuff we haven't done yet or want to do again
~ ASMu for dinner, pool time and movie

Day 3
~ Hit Epcot for rope drop
~ Ride Test Track then get a FP to ride again! :woohoo:
~ Hit our must-do ride (M:S (for dh and the boys, NOT me lol) and ride those we missed last time (Crush, Spaceship Earth, Universe of Energy (ds#1 will LOVE that one, guaranteed!)
~ Early lunch at Boulangerie Patisserie (ahhh, French food, LOVE IT!)
~ Wander around WS and take the time to enjoy each pavilion
~ Biergarten for dinner (6:00pm)
~ Back to ASMu for pool/movie

Day 4
~ Crystal Palace for breakfast (8:05am)
~ Hit our must-do rides (BTMRR, Splash, Buzz, HM, PotC & Tomorrowland Speedway) and get to those we missed last time (Country Bear, TTA)
~ Have a late lunch/early dinner at Columbia Harbour House (dh's request)

Day 5
~ Open day
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at ASMu
~ Hang out at resort, go to DTD, visit Animal Kingdom Lodge
~ Dinner at Boma (5:00pm)

Day 6
~ Hit MK for rope drop
~ Do whatever we missed on Day 4 or want to do again
~ Have an early lunch at Cosmic Ray's (chicken/ribs plate, anyone? lol)
~ Back to ASMu for dinner and pool/movie

Day 7
~ Hit DHS for rope drop
~ Hit our must-do rides (Star Tours, RnRC & ToT (again, for my men, NOT me lol) and TSM) and get to those we missed last time (Jedi show, Muppets, Great Movie Ride)
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at some counter service
~ Dinner at Sci-Fi (6:00pm), dh's request
~ Back to hotel

Day 8
~ Epcot for rope drop
~ Early lunch somewhere in WS (probably Boulangerie Patisserie)
~ Hit everything we missed on day 3 or want to do again - I'm doin' TT :yay:
~ Dinner at Chefs de France (6:00pm) because I love my dh (oh, and I love French food as much as he does! lol)
~ Back to hotel

Day 9 - last day... :sad2:
~ Breakfast at Chef Mickey's (9:00am)
~ Check out of hotel, store bags at Bell Services
~ Go to DTD and get Goofy treats to take home :thumbsup2

So, input? Advice? Whatever? :rotfl:

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Why is it that while I was reading through your itinerary all I could really focus on was the food part? Now I'm thinking about some yummy ribs and chicken...thanks! :lmao: Seriously though, I think you're plans look great. The first day seems so nice and relaxing. :thumbsup2 I didn't see Soarin' on any of the Epcot days. Are you guys not fans? Btw, I'm a huge TT fan too. DH isn't all that impressed, but I think it's a blast!

[JAG2007]

Wow! What a schedule!

How do you pick where you want to eat; that's the one part I am stuck on!!

[MinnieNurse]

Looks great. Will Remy still be a Chefs when you are there? I cant remember when he is leaving.

[lovemyblt]

Looks great. Will Remy still be a Chefs when you are there? I cant remember when he is leaving.
How come they aren't keeping him on? I don't think he will be there when I get there in late September :( Bummer

[lisalonglash]

Why is it that while I was reading through your itinerary all I could really focus on was the food part? Now I'm thinking about some yummy ribs and chicken...thanks! :lmao: Seriously though, I think you're plans look great. The first day seems so nice and relaxing. :thumbsup2 I didn't see Soarin' on any of the Epcot days. Are you guys not fans? Btw, I'm a huge TT fan too. DH isn't all that impressed, but I think it's a blast!

Mmm ... ribs/chicken plate :cheer2:
Nope, Soarin' isn't a priority for us. If we have time, we'll do it kwim?

Wow! What a schedule!

How do you pick where you want to eat; that's the one part I am stuck on!!

I scour my UG (mine is last year's WDW with Kids version) and my 2009 Passporter for restaurant/food info, I read lots here on the DIS and I show my dh the menus (after I've already decided on the meals - but don't tell him, k? :laughing:)

Thanks for posting!

Looks great. Will Remy still be a Chefs when you are there? I cant remember when he is leaving.

Thanks! Sadly, no, he'll be gone already - he goes to Disneyland after Sept. 5th :mad:

How come they aren't keeping him on? I don't think he will be there when I get there in late September :( Bummer

I don't know, I wish they would keep him there - we'd all be thrilled to see him! :headache: Unfortunately, no, Sept. 5th is the last day for him :sad1:

[lisalonglash]

What kind of deal would I find for airfare? Would I get the flights we wanted? Would a WDW discount become available for our dates? Hmmm…..:confused3

I forgot to answer my own questions :laughing:

I watched airfare on way too many sites for well over four months. Yes, you read that right - FOUR months :eek: Dh and I did lot of hammering out the final trip dates, based on what days he decided he could be away from work kwim? Of course, I changed the final trip dates - oh, about 17 times or so, based on fare and travel times :rolleyes1 One morning, I did the usual checking of multiple sites with the usual annoying results. Then, I was evidently bored later in the day because I decided to check the same sites again! Well, well, turns out that the flights we wanted had dropped in price for our dates :woohoo: I told dh to get on the phone with VISA (his ticket was purchased with VISA points) and told him the flight information, so that he and I could book at the same time (me online and him on the phone).

So happy with the final price - CDN$370 each, return/all in! We got the redeye flight we wanted going (unfortunately, there is no longer a direct redeye from any airline from Seattle to MCO :headache: so we took a redeye with a quick stop in Atlanta, which should work just fine for us) and a direct flight coming back that leaves MCO in the evening. Perfect! :banana:

I'd estimated CDN$1200 for our 3 flights and the taxes on DH's free flight - and we came in under budget! Not that I have an Excel table for my budget or anything, nope, I don't have one. Don't have an Excel table for trip planning either, not me :rolleyes1

As for a discount, I don't even know why I worried....

[MinnieNurse]

You've been to Disney Land in Paris? How is it. I would love :love: to go. My very best friend is from Canada. She came over about 10 years ago because at that time nursing jobs were bad in Canada. Now I think its the opposite, anyway she ended up married with children. So now she's stuck. :woohoo: We worked together for about 8 years. She is the the funnest person I have ever met in my life. Anyway, I would love to visit Canada someday, her Dad has a cabin we could stay in.

[lovemyblt]

YAY for coming in under budget!!! Gotta love that. Bummer that you have to stop but at least you can stretch your legs for a few right?

When they released the Military special on tickets I about went through the roof!!!! I was so excited 1 free five day and 5 others at $99!!!!! so then we added park hoppers and water parks and more!

okay maybe i should put that in my own pre-trippy but I love saving money so I thought I'd share!

I need to get a disney excel sheet! do you have a blank copy you could email me(see this is me being lazy not wanting to set it up!!) :lmao:

[inkedupmomma]

OK, I've finished last week's HS reporting, so I thought I should share our tentative plans for our vacation. I can't wait to finalize our ADRs for our awesome TA - yay!!!

Here's what I have (of course, this could all change when the park hours come out LOL):

Day 1
~ Arrive at MCO at about 9:30am
~ Take ME to ASMu - I'm estimating we'll be at ASMu by about 10:30am
~ Check in (although I'm sure our room won't be ready yet) and drop everything off at Bell Services
~ Take our first WDW bus of the vacation to DTD for lunch and shopping
~ Return to ASMu mid-afternoon to get settled into our room, go for a swim, have dinner at ASMu and enjoy the pool activities/movie :banana:
sounds perfect!
Day 2
~ Tusker House character breakfast (8:05am)
~ Ride Safari
~ Hit our must-do rides (Everest, Kali, Dinosaur, Lion King (haven't seen that yet, looking forward to it) and Whirl)
~ Flame Tree for late lunch (hmmmm ... can almost taste those ribs!)
~ Do the rides/see the stuff we haven't done yet or want to do again
~ ASMu for dinner, pool time and movie
I can't wait for tuskerhouse! Dak is always a good day to do nothing afterward!

Day 3
~ Hit Epcot for rope drop
~ Ride Test Track then get a FP to ride again! :woohoo:
~ Hit our must-do ride (M:S (for dh and the boys, NOT me lol) and ride those we missed last time (Crush, Spaceship Earth, Universe of Energy (ds#1 will LOVE that one, guaranteed!)
~ Early lunch at Boulangerie Patisserie (ahhh, French food, LOVE IT!)
~ Wander around WS and take the time to enjoy each pavilion
~ Biergarten for dinner (6:00pm)
~ Back to ASMu for pool/movie
We are trying Biergarten on this trip as well..I am very curious about it!

Day 4
~ Crystal Palace for breakfast (8:05am)
~ Hit our must-do rides (BTMRR, Splash, Buzz, HM, PotC & Tomorrowland Speedway) and get to those we missed last time (Country Bear, TTA)
~ Have a late lunch/early dinner at Columbia Harbour House (dh's request)
Country Bears scare me:scared1:

Day 5
~ Open day
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at ASMu
~ Hang out at resort, go to DTD, visit Animal Kingdom Lodge
~ Dinner at Boma (5:00pm)
Sounds relaxing!

Day 6
~ Hit MK for rope drop
~ Do whatever we missed on Day 4 or want to do again
~ Have an early lunch at Cosmic Ray's (chicken/ribs plate, anyone? lol)
~ Back to ASMu for dinner and pool/movie
MK is my favorite!

Day 7
~ Hit DHS for rope drop
~ Hit our must-do rides (Star Tours, RnRC & ToT (again, for my men, NOT me lol) and TSM) and get to those we missed last time (Jedi show, Muppets, Great Movie Ride)
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at some counter service
~ Dinner at Sci-Fi (6:00pm), dh's request
~ Back to hotel
We LOVE the Muppets 3-D! Most people don't, but it is our must do! So is TSMM now! I LOVED LOVED LOVED it last trip!

Day 8
~ Epcot for rope drop
~ Early lunch somewhere in WS (probably Boulangerie Patisserie)
~ Hit everything we missed on day 3 or want to do again - I'm doin' TT :yay:
~ Dinner at Chefs de France (6:00pm) because I love my dh (oh, and I love French food as much as he does! lol)
~ Back to hotel
You sure like the Frenchy food, dontcha?

Day 9 - last day... :sad2:
~ Breakfast at Chef Mickey's (9:00am)
~ Check out of hotel, store bags at Bell Services
~ Go to DTD and get Goofy treats to take home :thumbsup2
Yes, goofy treats are the BESTTTTTTTTTT
So, input? Advice? Whatever? :rotfl:
What are your dates again?

I forgot to answer my own questions :laughing:

I watched airfare on way too many sites for well over four months. Yes, you read that right - FOUR months :eek: Dh and I did lot of hammering out the final trip dates, based on what days he decided he could be away from work kwim? Of course, I changed the final trip dates - oh, about 17 times or so, based on fare and travel times :rolleyes1 One morning, I did the usual checking of multiple sites with the usual annoying results. Then, I was evidently bored later in the day because I decided to check the same sites again! Well, well, turns out that the flights we wanted had dropped in price for our dates :woohoo: I told dh to get on the phone with VISA (his ticket was purchased with VISA points) and told him the flight information, so that he and I could book at the same time (me online and him on the phone).

So happy with the final price - CDN$370 each, return/all in! We got the redeye flight we wanted going (unfortunately, there is no longer a direct redeye from any airline from Seattle to MCO :headache: so we took a redeye with a quick stop in Atlanta, which should work just fine for us) and a direct flight coming back that leaves MCO in the evening. Perfect! :banana:

I'd estimated CDN$1200 for our 3 flights and the taxes on DH's free flight - and we came in under budget! Not that I have an Excel table for my budget or anything, nope, I don't have one. Don't have an Excel table for trip planning either, not me :rolleyes1

As for a discount, I don't even know why I worried....
WOW:scared1::scared1::scared1: The cost of plane tix costs half as much as our upcoming trip!! Times like this make me happy I do not fly!! But I'm glad you got a good deal:thumbsup2

[OhioDisneyLover]

OK, I've finished last week's HS reporting, so I thought I should share our tentative plans for our vacation. I can't wait to finalize our ADRs for our awesome TA - yay!!!

Here's what I have (of course, this could all change when the park hours come out LOL):

Day 1
~ Arrive at MCO at about 9:30am
~ Take ME to ASMu - I'm estimating we'll be at ASMu by about 10:30am
~ Check in (although I'm sure our room won't be ready yet) and drop everything off at Bell Services
~ Take our first WDW bus of the vacation to DTD for lunch and shopping
~ Return to ASMu mid-afternoon to get settled into our room, go for a swim, have dinner at ASMu and enjoy the pool activities/movie :banana:

Day 2
~ Tusker House character breakfast (8:05am)
~ Ride Safari
~ Hit our must-do rides (Everest, Kali, Dinosaur, Lion King (haven't seen that yet, looking forward to it) and Whirl)
~ Flame Tree for late lunch (hmmmm ... can almost taste those ribs!)
~ Do the rides/see the stuff we haven't done yet or want to do again
~ ASMu for dinner, pool time and movie

Day 3
~ Hit Epcot for rope drop
~ Ride Test Track then get a FP to ride again! :woohoo:
~ Hit our must-do ride (M:S (for dh and the boys, NOT me lol) and ride those we missed last time (Crush, Spaceship Earth, Universe of Energy (ds#1 will LOVE that one, guaranteed!)
~ Early lunch at Boulangerie Patisserie (ahhh, French food, LOVE IT!)
~ Wander around WS and take the time to enjoy each pavilion
~ Biergarten for dinner (6:00pm)
~ Back to ASMu for pool/movie

Day 4
~ Crystal Palace for breakfast (8:05am)
~ Hit our must-do rides (BTMRR, Splash, Buzz, HM, PotC & Tomorrowland Speedway) and get to those we missed last time (Country Bear, TTA)
~ Have a late lunch/early dinner at Columbia Harbour House (dh's request)

Day 5
~ Open day
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at ASMu
~ Hang out at resort, go to DTD, visit Animal Kingdom Lodge
~ Dinner at Boma (5:00pm)

Day 6
~ Hit MK for rope drop
~ Do whatever we missed on Day 4 or want to do again
~ Have an early lunch at Cosmic Ray's (chicken/ribs plate, anyone? lol)
~ Back to ASMu for dinner and pool/movie

Day 7
~ Hit DHS for rope drop
~ Hit our must-do rides (Star Tours, RnRC & ToT (again, for my men, NOT me lol) and TSM) and get to those we missed last time (Jedi show, Muppets, Great Movie Ride)
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at some counter service
~ Dinner at Sci-Fi (6:00pm), dh's request
~ Back to hotel

Day 8
~ Epcot for rope drop
~ Early lunch somewhere in WS (probably Boulangerie Patisserie)
~ Hit everything we missed on day 3 or want to do again - I'm doin' TT :yay:
~ Dinner at Chefs de France (6:00pm) because I love my dh (oh, and I love French food as much as he does! lol)
~ Back to hotel

Day 9 - last day... :sad2:
~ Breakfast at Chef Mickey's (9:00am)
~ Check out of hotel, store bags at Bell Services
~ Go to DTD and get Goofy treats to take home :thumbsup2

So, input? Advice? Whatever? :rotfl:

Your itinerary sounds great. I love your choices. We're rope droppers too. :wizard: Gotta love starting out early!

[lisalonglash]

You've been to Disney Land in Paris? How is it. I would love :love: to go. My very best friend is from Canada. She came over about 10 years ago because at that time nursing jobs were bad in Canada. Now I think its the opposite, anyway she ended up married with children. So now she's stuck. :woohoo: We worked together for about 8 years. She is the the funnest person I have ever met in my life. Anyway, I would love to visit Canada someday, her Dad has a cabin we could stay in.

Yes, we spent a grand total of about 1/2 day in DL Paris. It was a side trip for us, we just love hangin' out in the city! LOL One thing though, it was pretty awesome being able to enjoy a Disney park walking around eating an authentic crepe - heaven on earth, those things are! :cloud9:

We're generally a funny bunch, hey? Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Dan Akroyd, John Candy, etc. - all canucks :laughing:

Where's your dad's cabin?

YAY for coming in under budget!!! Gotta love that. Bummer that you have to stop but at least you can stretch your legs for a few right?

When they released the Military special on tickets I about went through the roof!!!! I was so excited 1 free five day and 5 others at $99!!!!! so then we added park hoppers and water parks and more!

okay maybe i should put that in my own pre-trippy but I love saving money so I thought I'd share!

I need to get a disney excel sheet! do you have a blank copy you could email me(see this is me being lazy not wanting to set it up!!) :lmao:

Yes, I don't mind the stop going - it arrives at just before 6am and leaves less than an hour later I think. So, we can all snooze on the flight from Seattle to Atlanta, then just sort of dreamwalk to the second flight before we have to wake up - in Orlando! :woohoo:

That's an awesome deal on the tickets! The MYW tickets are expensive! :scared1:

Yep, I'll PM it to you :thumbsup2

What are your dates again?

Sept. 12-20. The itinerary is really preliminary - I can't nail anything down without those darn park hours! The whole thing could change completely! :headache:
WOW:scared1::scared1::scared1: The cost of plane tix costs half as much as our upcoming trip!! Times like this make me happy I do not fly!! But I'm glad you got a good deal:thumbsup2

Lucky you that WDW only costs you that much! My budget is CDN$4000 for the trip and I'm just squeaking in under that amount :lmao:

It's not cheap to fly from one side of the country to another, but boy, is it worth it! :dance3:

And yes, we LOVE French food - if we could transplant ourselves to France, preferably in the south, we'd be happy campers! LOL

Your itinerary sounds great. I love your choices. We're rope droppers too. :wizard: Gotta love starting out early!

Thanks! I really hope I can force get my men out of the room in time LOL!

[Backstage_Gal]

Hi, Lisa, joining in here from Nebo's report. I totally missed when you are going, LOL.

Hmm, wait, did you ever report the dates yet?

[lisalonglash]

Hi, Lisa, joining in here from Nebo's report. I totally missed when you are going, LOL.

Hmm, wait, did you ever report the dates yet?

Hi Marita! :flower3: We're going Sept. 12-20 (flying out the evening of the 11th). Cannot wait!!! :yay::woohoo:

[inkedupmomma]

Sept. 12-20. The itinerary is really preliminary - I can't nail anything down without those darn park hours! The whole thing could change completely
Ok, I thought we had the same dates!! woo hoo for meetups... we are meeting up right lol

Lucky you that WDW only costs you that much! My budget is CDN$4000 for the trip and I'm just squeaking in under that amount

It's not cheap to fly from one side of the country to another, but boy, is it worth it!
Well, I don't fly. ever. so that helps lol. what is cdn..im going to feel dumb for asking that I am sure!
And yes, we LOVE French food - if we could transplant ourselves to French, preferably in the south, we'd be happy campers! LOL
and you would love my boss, he is a gourmet french chef!!

[lisalonglash]

Ok, I thought we had the same dates!! woo hoo for meetups... we are meeting up right lol

Cool! :banana:

Well, I don't fly. ever. so that helps lol. what is cdn..im going to feel dumb for asking that I am sure!

Oh sorry, I meant in Canadian dollars :thumbsup2

and you would love my boss, he is a gourmet french chef!!

Yes, we WOULD love your boss - well, we'd probably love his cooking anyway :lmao:

[lisalonglash]

OK, as promised, here are some of our WDW trip pictures from last year:

Mickey hangin' out with BIG Mickey at the hotel (ASSp)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney155.jpg

Both boys with the MK Fire Chief!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney176.jpg

Aww, poor Tigger - must've done something pretty bad in MK :lmao:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney178.jpg

Hmm... it seems he has turned the tables on his little brother! :laughing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney179.jpg

Here we are at DAK :rolleyes1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney105.jpg


We also went to US/IOA (I know! But it was really fun LOL):

We need to fix the flux capacitor!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney142.jpg

Grumpy and Tigger with the Bluesmobile!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney152.jpg

Tigger and me with Elwood - Grumpy was jealous! :rotfl:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney153.jpg

[lovemyblt]

Love the new pics!!!


That's an awesome deal on the tickets! The MYW tickets are expensive!

Yep, I'll PM it to you

Yes we reaaly lucked out with the tickets a bit of Pixie Dust for us!

Thanks I'll look for it!

[ibedancin824]

Joining in! Just found your PTR and read through! I am considering writing my first PTR but wanted to see others first!

[MinnieNurse]

Yes, we spent a grand total of about 1/2 day in DL Paris. It was a side trip for us, we just love hangin' out in the city! LOL One thing though, it was pretty awesome being able to enjoy a Disney park walking around eating an authentic crepe - heaven on earth, those things are! :cloud9:

We're generally a funny bunch, hey? Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Dan Akroyd, John Candy, etc. - all canucks :laughing:

Where's your dad's cabin?

Thanks! I really hope I can force get my men out of the room in time LOL!

Its her Dad's cabin. I will have to ask. I know its better not to visit in the winter where ever it is, cause she said the pipes freeze up in the winter. I have a terrible memory, not sure where, but I am going to ask her.

[MinnieNurse]

How was AsSp? DS really wants to try it and ASM one day. We plan to try one then alwasy change our mind. Maybe next time.

I must find the Fire Cheif. I didnt even know they had one.

[OhioDisneyLover]

Cute pictures :thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

Love the new pics!!!

Thanks! :goodvibes

Yes we reaaly lucked out with the tickets a bit of Pixie Dust for us!

Thanks I'll look for it!

That's great! I'll send it right after I post this :thumbsup2

Joining in! Just found your PTR and read through! I am considering writing my first PTR but wanted to see others first!

Thank you and :welcome: I know how you feel - it's hard to start one! :scared1: So far, so good though - I'm having fun :banana:

Its her Dad's cabin. I will have to ask. I know its better not to visit in the winter where ever it is, cause she said the pipes freeze up in the winter. I have a terrible memory, not sure where, but I am going to ask her.

It's probably in Ontario and not BC then :lmao:

How was AsSp? DS really wants to try it and ASM one day. We plan to try one then alwasy change our mind. Maybe next time.

We really enjoyed it! Very clean and friendly :goodvibes

I must find the Fire Cheif. I didnt even know they had one.

I didn't either, but we were just walking down Main Street and there he was! :woohoo:

Cute pictures :thumbsup2

Thank you! :goodvibes

[lisalonglash]

This picture always (and I mean always) makes me giggle - every single time LOL!

Tigger, the Grinch, Mickey and Grumpy last year at US/IOA:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/Disney172.jpg

:laughing::rotfl2::rotfl::lmao:

[inkedupmomma]

First off, GREAT pics! Love that last one with the grinch! almost makes me wanna try US/IOA! Now I am going to put the days we may be in the same places based on our preliminary, pre-knowing sept. hours plans!

OK, I've finished last week's HS reporting, so I thought I should share our tentative plans for our vacation. I can't wait to finalize our ADRs for our awesome TA - yay!!!

Here's what I have (of course, this could all change when the park hours come out LOL):

Day 1
~ Arrive at MCO at about 9:30am
~ Take ME to ASMu - I'm estimating we'll be at ASMu by about 10:30am
~ Check in (although I'm sure our room won't be ready yet) and drop everything off at Bell Services
~ Take our first WDW bus of the vacation to DTD for lunch and shopping
~ Return to ASMu mid-afternoon to get settled into our room, go for a swim, have dinner at ASMu and enjoy the pool activities/movie :banana:
We may just catch each other at DTD.. maybe!

Day 2
~ Tusker House character breakfast (8:05am)
~ Ride Safari
~ Hit our must-do rides (Everest, Kali, Dinosaur, Lion King (haven't seen that yet, looking forward to it) and Whirl)
~ Flame Tree for late lunch (hmmmm ... can almost taste those ribs!)
~ Do the rides/see the stuff we haven't done yet or want to do again
~ ASMu for dinner, pool time and movie

Day 3
~ Hit Epcot for rope drop
~ Ride Test Track then get a FP to ride again! :woohoo:
~ Hit our must-do ride (M:S (for dh and the boys, NOT me lol) and ride those we missed last time (Crush, Spaceship Earth, Universe of Energy (ds#1 will LOVE that one, guaranteed!)
~ Early lunch at Boulangerie Patisserie (ahhh, French food, LOVE IT!)
~ Wander around WS and take the time to enjoy each pavilion
~ Biergarten for dinner (6:00pm)
~ Back to ASMu for pool/movie

Day 4
~ Crystal Palace for breakfast (8:05am)
~ Hit our must-do rides (BTMRR, Splash, Buzz, HM, PotC & Tomorrowland Speedway) and get to those we missed last time (Country Bear, TTA)
~ Have a late lunch/early dinner at Columbia Harbour House (dh's request)

Day 5
~ Open day
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at ASMu
~ Hang out at resort, go to DTD, visit Animal Kingdom Lodge
~ Dinner at Boma (5:00pm)

Day 6
~ Hit MK for rope drop
~ Do whatever we missed on Day 4 or want to do again
~ Have an early lunch at Cosmic Ray's (chicken/ribs plate, anyone? lol)
~ Back to ASMu for dinner and pool/movie
You may run into Sophia!

Day 7
~ Hit DHS for rope drop
~ Hit our must-do rides (Star Tours, RnRC & ToT (again, for my men, NOT me lol) and TSM) and get to those we missed last time (Jedi show, Muppets, Great Movie Ride)
~ Late breakfast/early lunch at some counter service
~ Dinner at Sci-Fi (6:00pm), dh's request
~ Back to hotel

Day 8
~ Epcot for rope drop
~ Early lunch somewhere in WS (probably Boulangerie Patisserie)
~ Hit everything we missed on day 3 or want to do again - I'm doin' TT :yay:
~ Dinner at Chefs de France (6:00pm) because I love my dh (oh, and I love French food as much as he does! lol)
~ Back to hotel
I think we have this day togther!

Day 9 - last day... :sad2:
~ Breakfast at Chef Mickey's (9:00am)
~ Check out of hotel, store bags at Bell Services
~ Go to DTD and get Goofy treats to take home :thumbsup2

So, input? Advice? Whatever? :rotfl:

Boy, i thought we had more days together :(

[WDWRocksMySocks]

We love Universal, too! :thumbsup2 The RotM is one of our favorite rides -- period. So fun! We haven't been since December 2007, and it was so dead. We had our own car for most rides. It was a blast!

Oh, and I absolutely adore that picture w/ your boys, DH and the Grinch. His reaction is hilarious!

[lisalonglash]

First off, GREAT pics! Love that last one with the grinch! almost makes me wanna try US/IOA! Now I am going to put the days we may be in the same places based on our preliminary, pre-knowing sept. hours plans!

You should try it - so much fun! Oh man, that grinch was sooooo funny! :lmao:

Boy, i thought we had more days together :(

I'm not worried yet - this could seriously all change when the hours come out kwim?

We love Universal, too! :thumbsup2 The RotM is one of our favorite rides -- period. So fun! We haven't been since December 2007, and it was so dead. We had our own car for most rides. It was a blast!

It took me a while to figure out what RotM is - I don't "do" motion simulators, so that one was a no-go for me, but dh and our boys :love: it! Seriously, my boys are insane - ds#1's favourite ride at US/IOA was the Hulk Coaster (my dh's favourite too) and ds#2's favourite ride there was Jurassic Park! :rotfl2:

Oh, and I absolutely adore that picture w/ your boys, DH and the Grinch. His reaction is hilarious!

Isn't that one the best?! It really makes me giggle (ds#1, not so much giggling though LOL).

[Diamondintheruff]

Hey there!

Popped over as soon as I realized you were doing a Pre-Trippie. Now I get to learn all about you and your family.

I use Christine at Fairytale destinations too. Well, once I didn't. I thought I could work my own way around the discounts by sticking with CAA and using their discount. I found out later there were some other discount codes available and I know she could have easily found me one so in the end I was sorry I didn't go through her. I've learnt my lesson.

I think you've put a lot of thought into your itinerary. I like that you have a rest arrival day (expecially due to your funky flight times). It sounds like your plans are realistic and doable.

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip and the lead up to it. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you. Do me one favor okay? Be sure to include a melt down or two for me. Even if it's a description of the family beside you. Oh yeah, and another thing (boy I'm getting a little demanding here aren't I?) warnings before any major castle sightings are good too. Gives me time to get my kleenex on hand.

Hope you had a good Victoria Day Weekend!

[lisalonglash]

Hey there!

Popped over as soon as I realized you were doing a Pre-Trippie. Now I get to learn all about you and your family.

Hi Diamond! :wave2:

I use Christine at Fairytale destinations too. Well, once I didn't. I thought I could work my own way around the discounts by sticking with CAA and using their discount. I found out later there were some other discount codes available and I know she could have easily found me one so in the end I was sorry I didn't go through her. I've learnt my lesson.

Oh yes, dh and I :love: Christine and her agency - no way would we ever plan a Disney vacation without her. No way, no way, nuh huh :upsidedow

I think you've put a lot of thought into your itinerary. I like that you have a rest arrival day (expecially due to your funky flight times). It sounds like your plans are realistic and doable.

Thanks, I did put a lot of time into it (not sure about thought though :laughing:). Of course, the whole thing will probably change when the hours ever come out, but the arrival rest day will stay (that worked really well for us last trip).

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip and the lead up to it. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you. Do me one favor okay? (1) Be sure to include a melt down or two for me. Even if it's a description of the family beside you. (2) Oh yeah, and another thing (boy I'm getting a little demanding here aren't I?) warnings before any major castle sightings are good too. Gives me time to get my kleenex on hand.

OK, here goes:
(1) Oh, I'll bet I can do that, no problem :rotfl2:
(2) Yep :goodvibes

Hope you had a good Victoria Day Weekend!

Yes, we did thanks. I hope you and my other fellow canucks did too! :banana:

[lovemyblt]

Lisa I got my email thanks so much!!!! :cool1: I have been playing around already!

[lisalonglash]

Lisa I got my email thanks so much!!!! :cool1: I have been playing around already!

I'm glad you're having a good time with it, Cori! We need to have SOMETHING to do while we're waiting for hours, right? :lmao:

[lovemyblt]

well I am holding out hope that the hours come soon!!! AUgust is all the way up sooo hopefully befroe the ADR window opens we will have ours!

[lisalonglash]

well I am holding out hope that the hours come soon!!! AUgust is all the way up sooo hopefully befroe the ADR window opens we will have ours!

I'm holding out hope right along with you! :thumbsup2 Oh, I put last year's September hours in the Excel sheet, so they'll probably change (but the planner in me needed to put SOMETHING :lmao:)

[Diamondintheruff]

I actually liked the 180 day ADR thing. I miss it. I guess I will get used to the 90 day timing.

[MinnieNurse]

I really want to try US/IOA. I gave DS a choice this trip between that and a water park. He wanted to try a water park. Maybe next time we can do US/IOA.

[lisalonglash]

I actually liked the 180 day ADR thing. I miss it. I guess I will get used to the 90 day timing.

We only had one ADR last time, so honestly I don't know what I'm missing :rotfl2:

I really want to try US/IOA. I gave DS a choice this trip between that and a water park. He wanted to try a water park. Maybe next time we can do US/IOA.

It really was a lot of fun - more of a thrill ride park iykwim? We can't wait until Harry Potter opens though - we'll have to take a trip just for that, no doubt :lmao:

[MinnieNurse]

Can you get transportation from MCO to Universal? We do not like to get a rental car and try to find where we are going, thats why we love Disney we just hop on the bus and like magic we get there.

[lisalonglash]

Can you get transportation from MCO to Universal? We do not like to get a rental car and try to find where we are going, thats why we love Disney we just hop on the bus and like magic we get there.

I think that Mears has some sort of WDW-US bus service, but it's cheaper to just rent a car, really :upsidedow

[lisalonglash]

So, I've been working really hard at home today :rolleyes1 Well, maybe not :laughing:

After my boys and I thoroughly checked out our new Rosetta Stone French program (which is awesome!), I set them up with some math to do and told them I had some work to do on the computer. Well, between you and me, not so much work to do as "not work" to do :rotfl2:

I went to the Disney website and printed off the available on-site restaurant menus (which are so cool!). They don't have that many menus available, but those they do have look just like the actual restaurant menus :thumbsup2 Here's the website:
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/restaurants/

Then I filed them in my lime green "no, honey, it's not my Disney binder, it's just a binder that I put stuff in sometimes" binder in the restaurant menu section :lmao: Nope, no planning for me :rolleyes1

I also went to the Atlanta airport site to print off the airport information. Dh is just a teeny bit antsy about flying into and out of ATL, due to it's massive size and the horror stories others have been so kind as to share with him :mad: True, the airport has 6 concourses and we don't have a clue which gate/concourse our flight will arrive from and depart from - but hey, life's an adventure (and I now have maps!) :rotfl:

Personally, I'm looking forward to hearing that Southern accent again! :woohoo: Hmmmm.... we'll be landing at 5:54am and departing (for MCO!!!) at 7:55am - so I'm thinking I could get some grits and relive a tiny portion of the "Thelma & Louse" trip my best friend and I took many moons ago (you know, way fun but without the violence and driving off a cliff thing). Ooooh, maybe they'll have pralines there! I'm going to make use of that two hour layover :yay:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Yay for the update! :yay:

Don't ya love the Disney binder? :love:

[Queenofallthings]

I just found your pre-trippie when I was checking out Purplepeg's trip report. I am subscribing, can't wait for more:cool1:

[lisalonglash]

Yay for the update! :yay:

Don't ya love the Disney binder? :love:

Thanks! Yes, I do love my lime green Disney binder - but remember, it's a secret binder, k? Bahahahaha :rotfl2:

I just found your pre-trippie when I was checking out Purplepeg's trip report. I am subscribing, can't wait for more:cool1:

Welcome Queen - it's great to see you here! :goodvibes

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Wow, all you posters with awesome PTRs/TRs posting here on my newbie PTR! I hope I can write a report that is even half as entertaining as all of yours! Geez, no pressure lol :eek:

[lovemyblt]

So, I've been working really hard at home today :rolleyes1 Well, maybe not :laughing:

After my boys and I thoroughly checked out our new Rosetta Stone French program (which is awesome!), I set them up with some math to do and told them I had some work to do on the computer. Well, between you and me, not so much work to do as "not work" to do :rotfl2:
We just got Spanish and LOVE IT...... you sound like me- "I just have to check my e-mail REAL quick!"

Then I filed them in my lime green "no, honey, it's not my Disney binder, it's just a binder that I put stuff in sometimes" binder in the restaurant menu section :lmao: Nope, no planning for me :rolleyes1
LOLOL:lmao:

I also went to the Atlanta airport site to print off the airport information. Dh is just a teeny bit antsy about flying into and out of ATL, due to it's massive size and the horror stories others have been so kind as to share with him :mad: True, the airport has 6 concourses and we don't have a clue which gate/concourse our flight will arrive from and depart from - but hey, life's an adventure (and I now have maps!) :rotfl:
Its really not THAT bad! I did it with 2 littles once (w/o my DH) and we made it!

[lisalonglash]

We just got Spanish and LOVE IT...... you sound like me- "I just have to check my e-mail REAL quick!"

It's tres cool - can't wait to start using it (we're all going to use it - me, Grumpy, Tigger and Mickey!) and one day in the future, we're only going to speak French to each other - that should be entertaining! :rotfl:

LOLOL:lmao:

I know! But remember, it's our little secret :rolleyes1

Its really not THAT bad! I did it with 2 littles once (w/o my DH) and we made it!

Oh, it's Grumpy that's a little apprehensive - I'm looking forward to listening to those Southern accents and getting some Southern food! :woohoo:

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A general PTR note:
I forgot that I renamed my dh and boys at the beginning :rotfl2: I'll try to remember to call them Grumpy, Tigger and Mickey from now on :rolleyes1

[WDWRocksMySocks]

We've had TONS of layovers in Atlanta before - Atlanta to San Francisco is NOT fun. It really isn't that bad...at least, we've never had an experience. ::knock on wood:: Plus, they have Chili's quick serve locations where you can get yummy chips and salsa (my favorite). :thumbsup2 Granted, Chili's isn't southern food but the chips and salsa are tasty -- and you can carry them on!

[purplepeg]

ok I'm here and wanted to say hi, now I have to go catch up on the report, can't waitpopcorn::

[purplepeg]

oooooh that was scary, post #666 for me on your tr:scared1: Surely that's good luck, right:confused3

[KathyRN137]

Hi Lisa! :wave2:

What an amazing surprise your "Grumpy" husband gave you! (He doesn't sound all that grumpy to me!)

Your boys are so handsome. To tell you the truth, when I was looking at that picture, I didn't even notice the article of protective sports equipment in the background! :laughing:

Are you staying at one of the ASMu family suites or the traditional room?

Kathy

[lisalonglash]

We've had TONS of layovers in Atlanta before - Atlanta to San Francisco is NOT fun. It really isn't that bad...at least, we've never had an experience. ::knock on wood:: Plus, they have Chili's quick serve locations where you can get yummy chips and salsa (my favorite). :thumbsup2 Granted, Chili's isn't southern food but the chips and salsa are tasty -- and you can carry them on!

Thanks for the reassurance - Grumpy is starting to feel better after reading these posts :thumbsup2

ok I'm here and wanted to say hi, now I have to go catch up on the report, can't waitpopcorn::

Great to see you here! :wave2:

oooooh that was scary, post #666 for me on your tr:scared1: Surely that's good luck, right:confused3

Yikes! :scared1: Yes, that is surely good luck, no question! :woohoo:

Hi Lisa! :wave2:

What an amazing surprise your "Grumpy" husband gave you! (He doesn't sound all that grumpy to me!)

Your boys are so handsome. To tell you the truth, when I was looking at that picture, I didn't even notice the article of protective sports equipment in the background! :laughing:

Are you staying at one of the ASMu family suites or the traditional room?

Kathy

Hi Kathy, great to see you here! :wave: Thank you for the compliments about my boys - they are pretty cute pirate:pirate: LOL

We're staying at ASMu in a preferred room - so it'll be in one of the two Calypso buildings. Cannot wait to enjoy those pool activities and pool movies! :dance3:

[lisalonglash]

I'm just working on my homeschooling reports (only ONE report left to do after this one - for the year! :banana:), but I'll be posting an update here right after I finish that!

[inkedupmomma]

I'm just working on my homeschooling reports (only ONE report left to do after this one - for the year! :banana:), but I'll be posting an update here right after I finish that!

wooo hooo! Hope it's a good one :)

[MinnieNurse]

I'm just working on my homeschooling reports (only ONE report left to do after this one - for the year! :banana:), but I'll be posting an update here right after I finish that!

:dance3:I bet you will be glad to be done for this year.

Cant wait for you update. popcorn::

[lisalonglash]

wooo hooo! Hope it's a good one :)

I hope so too! :laughing:

:dance3:I bet you will be glad to be done for this year.

Cant wait for you update. popcorn::

Yes, I can't wait to be done with those reports until September (this week I'm doing the annual review thing, so a bit of extra work for me; next week is the last report I have to submit!!!).

I'll be doing the update when we get home from Tigger's baseball game - he's in the playoffs! Well, all the teams are in the playoffs at the beginning, but it's still exciting! lol

[3princesses+aprince]

Joining in on your wait!!! We just got back from our Very first Disney trip. Oh, it was wonderful. We are going back next September (Hoping of course for free dining? We just paid almost $900 for our family of 6 on the Quick service plan, so it sure would be nice to have it for free:goodvibes

I found your link from the Homeschool thread :thumbsup2

[Diamondintheruff]

Love that your secret WDW binder is lime green!

It never even occured to me to check out what kind of foods they had available at my layover airports. We did Atlanta last summer but were only supposed to have a layover under an hour. It turned out to be a bit over an hour but other than going to the bathroom we never left the gate.

[KathyRN137]

We're staying at ASMu in a preferred room - so it'll be in one of the two Calypso buildings. Cannot wait to enjoy those pool activities and pool movies! :dance3:


Have you had a chance to check out the ASMu thread on the resorts board?
Lots of good info... :thumbsup2


Kathy

[purplepeg]

love all your plans, although I'd be dead on the red eye. I just don't sleep well enough and it takes me forever to catch up. Somehow sleep and Disney never seem to co-exist:rotfl2:

I would love your excel spread sheet if you're sharing:worship:

Can't wait for the next update. Love ASMu:banana:We were there last year but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy out in the Broadway bldg.

[lisalonglash]

Joining in on your wait!!! We just got back from our Very first Disney trip. Oh, it was wonderful. We are going back next September (Hoping of course for free dining? We just paid almost $900 for our family of 6 on the Quick service plan, so it sure would be nice to have it for free:goodvibes

I found your link from the Homeschool thread :thumbsup2

Welcome fellow homeschooler and thanks for joining! :goodvibes Yes, we're really looking forward to experiencing free dining :banana:

Love that your secret WDW binder is lime green!

It never even occured to me to check out what kind of foods they had available at my layover airports. We did Atlanta last summer but were only supposed to have a layover under an hour. It turned out to be a bit over an hour but other than going to the bathroom we never left the gate.

Yep, lime green and without a front page (well, yes there is, but it's turned backwards behind the front sheet the binder came with :lmao:)

Any opportunity to enjoy some Southern food is an opportunity I will not miss :woohoo:

Have you had a chance to check out the ASMu thread on the resorts board?
Lots of good info... :thumbsup2


Kathy

Oh yes, I've read that thread thoroughly (and am subscribed). Oh, and I've printed off some of the posted pictures too - I'm a wacko :rotfl:

love all your plans, although I'd be dead on the red eye. I just don't sleep well enough and it takes me forever to catch up. Somehow sleep and Disney never seem to co-exist:rotfl2:

I would love your excel spread sheet if you're sharing:worship:

Can't wait for the next update. Love ASMu:banana:We were there last year but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy out in the Broadway bldg.

Honestly, we really do prefer the redeye (I TOLD you we're weird LOL). Both boys and my dh can sleep easily on a plane (me, not so much, but I can go until the next evening without sleep and function relatively well - but only on vacation, I can't do that in real life! LOL), so we like to travel during sleep time.

I'd be happy to share my spreadsheet with you, but while trying to send it to another lovely poster, I discovered that I had to send it to her via regular email (we couldn't figure out a way to send a document via the DIS). Please email me if you'd like and I'll send it to you :thumbsup2

I can't wait until we're all checked in and settled in our room there - I absolutely cannot wait for Tigger and Mickey to experience the pool activities and pool movies :cheer2:

[lisalonglash]

Sorry everyone - the rugby and baseball games, for both boys, just whacked us all this weekend. I will get an update posted today. Thank you for your patience :flower3:

[lisalonglash]

OK, here's my tardy update - such as it is! :rolleyes1

ADR worries
I'm a tad worried about getting the ADRs I want - not that I REALLY know which ADRs I want yet because we don't have park hours for me to truly plan the ADRs. Oooooh, it's a vicious cycle! :headache::rotfl2:

I've been reading that people are having some trouble getting what they want for ADRs in August - I hope that won't be true for mid-September too! :scared1: Not that I'll be on the phone with Disney (thank you, Christine, thank you! :flower3:), but still! :laughing: Anyone else worried? :eek:

The "It's not a Disney binder, honey!" binder
I've been adding more stuff to my lime green "not a Disney binder, honey" binder :rotfl: All of you queens of trip organization and lime green binders, what am I missing? I KNOW I'm missing stuff, I just know it! :scared: Here's what I have, in order (I tried to put everything in the order in which it will be needed during our trip - can we say OCD? I know that we can! I wonder who will "get" that reference - I'm probably older than everyone here) LOL:

1. Stuff we could need at the US border - plane ticket confirmation numbers, hotel reservation information, etc.

2. MasterPark reservation confirmation and their website coupons (this is airport valet parking, WAY cheaper than actually parking at the airport in Seattle! We used MasterPark last time and loved the service)

3. Printout of maps of Atlanta Airport's terminals and all concourses - gonna get me some southern cookin'!

4. Stuff we'll need at hotel check-in - another copy of our WDW package confirmation, ASMu map, All-Star building number information (may need if they assign us a room other than what I requested), Garden Grocer order confirmation (at this point, it's just a draft order, but it will be an order confirmation later lol), printout of sample ASMu pool activities for Tigger/Mickey to see on the plane

5. The all-important trip schedule :rotfl: This includes daily ADR information, daily park information, fastpass attraction list, etc.

6. Listing of all restaurants that are on the DDP, divided into three columns (snack, QS and TS), divided by park/resort

7. Restaurant menus (printed from Disney's site and from allears.com) for all the restaurants we're planning on visiting and on some restaurants we may visit

So, what am I missing? I know there's stuff I'm missing :confused3

Telling the boys
So, we're not telling they boys until about two weeks before we leave this time - to protect ourselves from the daily "when are we going to Disney? Is it today?!" chanted by Tigger and Mickey at increasingly frequent intervals (and increasingly at inopportune times! Asking me when we're going on vacation while I'm on the loo isn't really going to get the answer they want, right?) :headache::rotfl2:

I was thinking about how to tell them. What about just turning around the non-Disney binder cover sheet (that really isn't just turned around backwards so nobody can see it, it really isn't! :laughing:) and asking them to take a look at my binder to see if they want one like it? :confused3

What did you do to tell your monkeys? Did you wait until close to the trip date or tell them WAY TOO FAR AHEAD like we did :headache:

Hmmmm... popcorn::

[KathyRN137]

What did you do to tell your monkeys? Did you wait until close to the trip date or tell them WAY TOO FAR AHEAD like we did :headache:



Sorry... no help here! I've never been able to keep it a secret... I would just burst!!


Kathy

[KathyRN137]

Sorry... the dreaded double post!!

Kathy

[lisalonglash]

Sorry... no help here! I've never been able to keep it a secret... I would just burst!!


Kathy

It's been a little bit hard for me not to tell them, but I'm reaping the benefits, let me tell you - not being asked when we're going for four months is a good thing :lmao:

[MinnieNurse]

We did not tell DS the first time until we were on the plane. He thought we were going to see relatives. He was small so it was easy to fool him, ever since he is so involved in the planning that we havent kept it a secret. We are thinking of doing a Disney cruise in 2010 and do not plan to tell him until right before.

Maybe you could make them gift baskets or t-shirts that say I am going to Disney and give to them.

Or play a game with them and do like a scavenger hunt to find clues and the last one can tell them about the trip.

[Diamondintheruff]

Here's my OCD answer to your above questions

1) Tell the Kids.
I've always told the kids so sorry no help there. Kuddos to you for being able to keep it a secret.

2) Binder Info
I had two binders. The big one with all the information in it and a smaller one (pocket picture album size) that I take into the park.

In my big binder I also had
-mapquest directions to and from the airport as I'll be tired driving home and to reverse the east to the west just takes too much time.
-a small pencil case (with the three rings in it) in this binder with a couple pens. I also keep a couple of american dollars in the pencil case as we have to pay tolls on our way to airport.
-my mousekeeping envelopes in this binder ready to go. If I can I will put money in them so they are ready to go. I was making one for each day but I have found that the staff seem to just take the money and leave the envelope so I still have tons.
-lists of all things disney, what needs to be done, what needs to be bought, timelines for packing etc..
-My favorite piece of paper of all time. The Disney Contract I make Dh and the kids sign. I had a lot of trouble with Dh on our first trip. He wasn't happy about moving early in the mornings but has since seen that the early morning thing is good and I promise him time to nap/lounge in the afternoon.

In the smaller park version I have the stuff I need in the park each day.
-times for things I might want to do like the electric parade schedule, movies at fort wilderness schedule.
-the times to all the characters greets and shows (Jedi training etc) from Steve Soare's site. You can't do it until about a week before.
-List of the photopass "funky" pictures ie simba at AK in front of tree of life, Captain hook near POC in MK.
-printed chart of where the pressed pennies all are.
-a copy of the touring plans from unofficial guides in it. The pocket versions as well as a print out of the ones from Tour Guide Mike. Naturally my park binder is organized in sections by parks.
-a copy of a printout with the best viewing places for fire/works and parades from Tour Guide Mike in it.
-couple hidden mickeys to look for in favorite rides. I hand write them from the book I have just in case.
-a small pocket size chart for my plans each day including ADR #s. It's a pretty simple table chart that lists each meal, a morning, afternoon and evening activity, and I include which parks have EMH whether morning or evening just in case we change the plan (Heaven forbid!) and need to do something else.

If you're looking for things to do have you made your lime green mickey heads for your luggage and park bags yet?

Have you visited the Dollar store and bought rain ponchos, Disney window clings for your hotel window, clothes pins to hang your wet bathing suits up on the lines in the bathroom or light up jewelry for the parks at night?

Have you bought the notebook you're going to capture your park memories in and then turn them into a trip report later?

Boy writing this all down again really makes me wish I had another trip to plan. Sigh. I've agreed to wait until 2011.

[3princesses+aprince]

Oooo, i'm going to have to get a binder going for my next trip. I brought along all of the info we needed, but it was not as organized as it should have been. I'll be starting a binder soon for my next trip:goodvibes

I'm so excited to be reading your trip report because we just came back from our first trip, and we are going back next September. So I can't wait to see what kind of weather you have down there and see what the crowd level is at that time of year.


And that is so exciting to surprise them. There are some pretty creative ways people have told their kids on here. I'm sure you'll come across some good ideas. Me....I could never keep that secret.....:sad2: Great Job!!!

[MinnieNurse]

Wow, I am impressed with the binder. I must confess-I have no binder. I love to plan my vacations, but beyond the resort, which parks which day, and ADR's I let the rest just happen as it will. I know that is a huge risk, but this will be our 5th trip and it has worked well for us in the past.

I must add though I wished I had as much organization as you do, I really am impressed I just know my binder would stay empty. :sad2:

[lisalonglash]

We did not tell DS the first time until we were on the plane. He thought we were going to see relatives. He was small so it was easy to fool him, ever since he is so involved in the planning that we havent kept it a secret. We are thinking of doing a Disney cruise in 2010 and do not plan to tell him until right before.

Maybe you could make them gift baskets or t-shirts that say I am going to Disney and give to them.

Or play a game with them and do like a scavenger hunt to find clues and the last one can tell them about the trip.

Thanks for the ideas :hug:

I can't wait until we're on the plane though - I don't think that approach would work well at all with Tigger, he doesn't do well with big surprises like that :scared:

2) Binder Info
I had two binders. The big one with all the information in it and a smaller one (pocket picture album size) that I take into the park.

In my big binder I also had
-mapquest directions to and from the airport as I'll be tired driving home and to reverse the east to the west just takes too much time.
-a small pencil case (with the three rings in it) in this binder with a couple pens. I also keep a couple of american dollars in the pencil case as we have to pay tolls on our way to airport.
-my mousekeeping envelopes in this binder ready to go. If I can I will put money in them so they are ready to go. I was making one for each day but I have found that the staff seem to just take the money and leave the envelope so I still have tons.
-lists of all things disney, what needs to be done, what needs to be bought, timelines for packing etc..
-My favorite piece of paper of all time. The Disney Contract I make Dh and the kids sign. I had a lot of trouble with Dh on our first trip. He wasn't happy about moving early in the mornings but has since seen that the early morning thing is good and I promise him time to nap/lounge in the afternoon.

In the smaller park version I have the stuff I need in the park each day.
-times for things I might want to do like the electric parade schedule, movies at fort wilderness schedule.
-the times to all the characters greets and shows (Jedi training etc) from Steve Soare's site. You can't do it until about a week before.
-List of the photopass "funky" pictures ie simba at AK in front of tree of life, Captain hook near POC in MK.
-printed chart of where the pressed pennies all are.
-a copy of the touring plans from unofficial guides in it. The pocket versions as well as a print out of the ones from Tour Guide Mike. Naturally my park binder is organized in sections by parks.
-a copy of a printout with the best viewing places for fire/works and parades from Tour Guide Mike in it.
-couple hidden mickeys to look for in favorite rides. I hand write them from the book I have just in case.
-a small pocket size chart for my plans each day including ADR #s. It's a pretty simple table chart that lists each meal, a morning, afternoon and evening activity, and I include which parks have EMH whether morning or evening just in case we change the plan (Heaven forbid!) and need to do something else.

I knew it! I knew there was stuff I was forgetting! :eek: Thank you, thank you! :hug::worship:

2)If you're looking for things to do have you made your lime green mickey heads for your luggage and park bags yet?

I have the lime green (and other colours too) mickey heads, but I don't have a laminator. Any advice for getting the heads on my Heys bag and/or my lanyard? :confused3

2)Have you visited the Dollar store and bought rain ponchos, Disney window clings for your hotel window, clothes pins to hang your wet bathing suits up on the lines in the bathroom or light up jewelry for the parks at night?

Nope, not yet, but I will be getting ponchos and light sticks (not sure we have Disney clings at our dollar stores, but I'll look). Thanks!

2)Have you bought the notebook you're going to capture your park memories in and then turn them into a trip report later?

I thought I'd use my Passporter for that :)

2)Boy writing this all down again really makes me wish I had another trip to plan. Sigh. I've agreed to wait until 2011.

Aww :hug: You could help me figure out ADRs and park plans in the meantime (when the hours come out) LMAO! :laughing:

I'm so excited to be reading your trip report because we just came back from our first trip, and we are going back next September. So I can't wait to see what kind of weather you have down there and see what the crowd level is at that time of year.

And that is so exciting to surprise them. There are some pretty creative ways people have told their kids on here. I'm sure you'll come across some good ideas. Me....I could never keep that secret.....:sad2: Great Job!!!

Thank you! I hope my PTR and TR will be good reads for everyone :goodvibes

I hope so too - it's fun to have a wonderful secret :3dglasses

Wow, I am impressed with the binder. I must confess-I have no binder. I love to plan my vacations, but beyond the resort, which parks which day, and ADR's I let the rest just happen as it will. I know that is a huge risk, but this will be our 5th trip and it has worked well for us in the past.

I must add though I wished I had as much organization as you do, I really am impressed I just know my binder would stay empty. :sad2:

I'm impressed with Diamond's binder too! :worship: With Tigger's personality and extreme spiritedness, me being organized enough to be able to prepare him ahead of time for which park on which day, which restaurant on which day, which meal (hence, the menus in the binder) at the restaurant he might like, etc. saves us all much frustration - the time spent is totally worth it for us :thumbsup2

[Diamondintheruff]

With Tigger's personality and extreme spiritedness, me being organized enough to be able to prepare him ahead of time for which park on which day, which restaurant on which day, which meal (hence, the menus in the binder) at the restaurant he might like, etc. saves us all much frustration - the time spent is totally worth it for us

I had to prepare my Eeoyre (DS10) quite a bit the first trip. We watched rides on Youtube, read the descriptions of them in the Unofficial guide and birenbaums for kids. Most importantly we had a backup plan if Eeoyre didn't want to go on the ride with us. He was assigned to Poppa (my dad). They were partners the whole trip. Poppa didn't care if he went on the rides or not. He just wanted Eeoyre to be happy. (I know, I know very sweet). So Eeoyre always knew he was riding with Poppa, or waiting it out with him. Sometimes Eeoyre had enough stimulation and he and Poppa would leave us at the park.

Having a "plan" for each day also helped. Eeoyre knew what to expect and felt confident checking each item off the list. Plus the plan meant I had one less thing to think about.

I'm impressed with Diamond's binder too!

I have to confess I didn't make my binder all myself.

A very good likeminded OCD friend was heading to Disney a couple months before my families first trip. We made the binder together and it has travelled to Disney with some of my other friends as well over the years.

On a sad note my friend passed away from Cancer last fall a year after her Disney trip. She didn't know she had cancer until three months before she died. It was breast cancer. She was 40 when she died.

She did most of the work getting us organized. I have just kept it up over the years as sort of an hommage to her.

[Diamondintheruff]

To answer your mickey head question.


I can't find the photo anymore but it's in my old trip report so here is the link. Just scroll down to the picture of my lime green park bag.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27838146&postcount=219

It shows my hey's travelbag (Actually the bag was my friend's who passed away) with two mickey heads.

There is one that I covered front and back with clear acetate (it was from a report cover that I cut up) and closed the sides with clear tape. Then i taped a safety pin to the back so it was like a button.

There is another one that I squeezed into the clear side of the luggage tag that disney sent me. The problem being that it was just one-sided and I was forever turning it back around so people could see it.

Worse case scenario. Take the mickey heads to staples. I'm sure they have a laminator. Punch a hole in them and attach them by string to your park bag.

Anyhow, I have faith in your creativity. I'm sure you can come up with something.

[KathyRN137]

Binder Info
I had two binders. The big one with all the information in it and a smaller one (pocket picture album size) that I take into the park.

In my big binder I also had
-mapquest directions to and from the airport as I'll be tired driving home and to reverse the east to the west just takes too much time.
-a small pencil case (with the three rings in it) in this binder with a couple pens. I also keep a couple of american dollars in the pencil case as we have to pay tolls on our way to airport.
-my mousekeeping envelopes in this binder ready to go. If I can I will put money in them so they are ready to go. I was making one for each day but I have found that the staff seem to just take the money and leave the envelope so I still have tons.
-lists of all things disney, what needs to be done, what needs to be bought, timelines for packing etc..
-My favorite piece of paper of all time. The Disney Contract I make Dh and the kids sign. I had a lot of trouble with Dh on our first trip. He wasn't happy about moving early in the mornings but has since seen that the early morning thing is good and I promise him time to nap/lounge in the afternoon.

In the smaller park version I have the stuff I need in the park each day.
-times for things I might want to do like the electric parade schedule, movies at fort wilderness schedule.
-the times to all the characters greets and shows (Jedi training etc) from Steve Soare's site. You can't do it until about a week before.
-List of the photopass "funky" pictures ie simba at AK in front of tree of life, Captain hook near POC in MK.
-printed chart of where the pressed pennies all are.
-a copy of the touring plans from unofficial guides in it. The pocket versions as well as a print out of the ones from Tour Guide Mike. Naturally my park binder is organized in sections by parks.
-a copy of a printout with the best viewing places for fire/works and parades from Tour Guide Mike in it.
-couple hidden mickeys to look for in favorite rides. I hand write them from the book I have just in case.
-a small pocket size chart for my plans each day including ADR #s. It's a pretty simple table chart that lists each meal, a morning, afternoon and evening activity, and I include which parks have EMH whether morning or evening just in case we change the plan (Heaven forbid!) and need to do something else.

If you're looking for things to do have you made your lime green mickey heads for your luggage and park bags yet?

Have you visited the Dollar store and bought rain ponchos, Disney window clings for your hotel window, clothes pins to hang your wet bathing suits up on the lines in the bathroom or light up jewelry for the parks at night?

Have you bought the notebook you're going to capture your park memories in and then turn them into a trip report later?




As Crush would say...

"Whoa, DUDE!!

That's some planning!! :worship:


Kathy

[lisalonglash]

I had to prepare my Eeoyre (DS10) quite a bit the first trip. We watched rides on Youtube, read the descriptions of them in the Unofficial guide and birenbaums for kids. Most importantly we had a backup plan if Eeoyre didn't want to go on the ride with us. He was assigned to Poppa (my dad). They were partners the whole trip. Poppa didn't care if he went on the rides or not. He just wanted Eeoyre to be happy. (I know, I know very sweet). So Eeoyre always knew he was riding with Poppa, or waiting it out with him. Sometimes Eeoyre had enough stimulation and he and Poppa would leave us at the park.

For some reason, Tigger has absolutely no problem with any rides. He's definitely a thrill ride kind of guy, as is Mickey. For instance, he went on the Incredible Hulk Coaster at IOA and LOVED it :scared1: On the other hand, we don't really do the tamer rides because neither boy likes them much :confused3

I think it's sweet that your dad enjoys hangin' out with Eeyore :goodvibes

Having a "plan" for each day also helped. Eeoyre knew what to expect and felt confident checking each item off the list. Plus the plan meant I had one less thing to think about.

This is why I do all I can beforehand. Having a rough idea of what to expect beforehand is key for Tigger too.

I have to confess I didn't make my binder all myself.

A very good likeminded OCD friend was heading to Disney a couple months before my families first trip. We made the binder together and it has travelled to Disney with some of my other friends as well over the years.

On a sad note my friend passed away from Cancer last fall a year after her Disney trip. She didn't know she had cancer until three months before she died. It was breast cancer. She was 40 when she died.

She did most of the work getting us organized. I have just kept it up over the years as sort of an hommage to her.

What a lovely story, thanks for sharing :hug:

To answer your mickey head question.

I can't find the photo anymore but it's in my old trip report so here is the link. Just scroll down to the picture of my lime green park bag.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27838146&postcount=219

It shows my hey's travelbag (Actually the bag was my friend's who passed away) with two mickey heads.

There is one that I covered front and back with clear acetate (it was from a report cover that I cut up) and closed the sides with clear tape. Then i taped a safety pin to the back so it was like a button.

There is another one that I squeezed into the clear side of the luggage tag that disney sent me. The problem being that it was just one-sided and I was forever turning it back around so people could see it.

Worse case scenario. Take the mickey heads to staples. I'm sure they have a laminator. Punch a hole in them and attach them by string to your park bag.

Thanks for the ideas - I'll let you know how it works out!

Anyhow, I have faith in your creativity. I'm sure you can come up with something.

Your faith in my creative abilities is probably misplaced, but I'll give it my best shot! :rotfl2:

As Crush would say...

"Whoa, DUDE!!

That's some planning!! :worship:


Kathy

I know! Amazingly organized, isn't she?! :worship:

[Queenofallthings]

I was a little behind but am all caught up now:cool1:

In 2004, I surprised DD with a trip to WDW for her 12th birthday...it was so hard to keep the secret, but I somehow managed:thumbsup2

One of my very best friends helped me plan everything and she came along for the ride as her DH has no interest in going to the world...what is up with that:confused3

I took the day off before we left to pack, took DD to school and reminded her that we were meeting friends for dinner that evening and to look for us in her Auntie Brenda's truck after school. My friend Trish who was going with us and I sat in the back of the SUV so when DD got in she wouldn't see all the luggage:rotfl2:

Her Auntie Brenda said "I have to go to the airport to pick up a package for Uncle Eric before we go to dinner:laughing: We got there and she said can you guys come in with me I don't know where I'm going....I of course played along and said OMG, r u serious, just go to the Air Canada counter.....my darling DD said, don't be so grouchy mom, let's go and help:hug:

So out of the truck we all get, open the back, and pulled off the cover over to luggage and told DD WE'RE GOING TO WDW!!! She started to cry which started Brenda and Trish crying....saying awww she's so happy-----WRONG!! As her mommy I knew what was going thru her head....I have to get on a plane in 2 hours (she HATES flying). We got all checked in and went up to departure where friends and family were waiting to have a celebration before we left!!!

It was one of the best trips we ever had!!!!!

I asked DD what she preferred and she said the surprise one....just another opinion for you:rolleyes1

[jordanyosh]

subbing

[MinnieNurse]

I was a little behind but am all caught up now:cool1:

In 2004, I surprised DD with a trip to WDW for her 12th birthday...it was so hard to keep the secret, but I somehow managed:thumbsup2

One of my very best friends helped me plan everything and she came along for the ride as her DH has no interest in going to the world...what is up with that:confused3

I took the day off before we left to pack, took DD to school and reminded her that we were meeting friends for dinner that evening and to look for us in her Auntie Brenda's truck after school. My friend Trish who was going with us and I sat in the back of the SUV so when DD got in she wouldn't see all the luggage:rotfl2:

Her Auntie Brenda said "I have to go to the airport to pick up a package for Uncle Eric before we go to dinner:laughing: We got there and she said can you guys come in with me I don't know where I'm going....I of course played along and said OMG, r u serious, just go to the Air Canada counter.....my darling DD said, don't be so grouchy mom, let's go and help:hug:

So out of the truck we all get, open the back, and pulled off the cover over to luggage and told DD WE'RE GOING TO WDW!!! She started to cry which started Brenda and Trish crying....saying awww she's so happy-----WRONG!! As her mommy I knew what was going thru her head....I have to get on a plane in 2 hours (she HATES flying). We got all checked in and went up to departure where friends and family were waiting to have a celebration before we left!!!

It was one of the best trips we ever had!!!!!

I asked DD what she preferred and she said the surprise one....just another opinion for you:rolleyes1

Great story. Lisa I think you definitely need to figure out a way to make it a surprise. Even if its a few weeks before the trip you could do somethin fun.

[Queenofallthings]

Great story. Lisa I think you definitely need to figure out a way to make it a surprise. Even if its a few weeks before the trip you could do somethin fun.

Thanks for the compliment:) It really was a great trip, I smile just thinking about it.

[lisalonglash]

In 2004, I surprised DD with a trip to WDW for her 12th birthday...it was so hard to keep the secret, but I somehow managed:thumbsup2

One of my very best friends helped me plan everything and she came along for the ride as her DH has no interest in going to the world...what is up with that:confused3

I took the day off before we left to pack, took DD to school and reminded her that we were meeting friends for dinner that evening and to look for us in her Auntie Brenda's truck after school. My friend Trish who was going with us and I sat in the back of the SUV so when DD got in she wouldn't see all the luggage:rotfl2:

Her Auntie Brenda said "I have to go to the airport to pick up a package for Uncle Eric before we go to dinner:laughing: We got there and she said can you guys come in with me I don't know where I'm going....I of course played along and said OMG, r u serious, just go to the Air Canada counter.....my darling DD said, don't be so grouchy mom, let's go and help:hug:

So out of the truck we all get, open the back, and pulled off the cover over to luggage and told DD WE'RE GOING TO WDW!!! She started to cry which started Brenda and Trish crying....saying awww she's so happy-----WRONG!! As her mommy I knew what was going thru her head....I have to get on a plane in 2 hours (she HATES flying). We got all checked in and went up to departure where friends and family were waiting to have a celebration before we left!!!

It was one of the best trips we ever had!!!!!

I asked DD what she preferred and she said the surprise one....just another opinion for you:rolleyes1

That is a wonderful story, thanks for sharing :hug:

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Hiya Jordan - glad to see you (and so happy you're feeling lots better)! :thumbsup2

Great story. Lisa I think you definitely need to figure out a way to make it a surprise. Even if its a few weeks before the trip you could do somethin fun.

That's what I'm thinking too. Now, to figure out how to tell.... :rotfl:

Thanks for the compliment:) It really was a great trip, I smile just thinking about it.

I smiled reading it :goodvibes

[lovemyblt]

Oh I am so bad at secret I love to read other peoples tales becasue I can never pull it off!
I actually did once and the kids were soooo grumpy becasue we got up to early that it killed the suprise :rotfl:

Oh well I ope you think of a creative way to tell!

[lisalonglash]

Oh I am so bad at secret I love to read other peoples tales becasue I can never pull it off!
I actually did once and the kids were soooo grumpy becasue we got up to early that it killed the suprise :rotfl:

Oh well I ope you think of a creative way to tell!

I'll let you know when we do tell them and I hope I can come up with something creative, but don't hold your breath on that :rotfl2:

[jordanyosh]

As Crush would say...

"Whoa, DUDE!!

That's some planning!! :worship:


Kathy

I agree Diamond is way more organized than me...lots of good ideas.

[jordanyosh]

In my binder, i also have my packing lists and any checklists that I make in there.

[lizet313]

Am in popcorn:: just trying to catch up.

[jana616]

I've just read the whole thing so far, and can't wait for more! I'm a mommy of two boys as well, but mine are still little (4 and 2). We're going in September as well, 9/7-9/14. I'm just waiting for the stupid park hours to come out-it's June 2nd, don't they know we're supposed to have them by now?!!!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello!

[lisalonglash]

I agree Diamond is way more organized than me...lots of good ideas.

Isn't her planning awesome?! :worship: I've used many of her ideas :goodvibes

In my binder, i also have my packing lists and any checklists that I make in there.

I do too (now lol)

Am in popcorn:: just trying to catch up.

:welcome: lizet!

I've just read the whole thing so far, and can't wait for more! I'm a mommy of two boys as well, but mine are still little (4 and 2). We're going in September as well, 9/7-9/14. I'm just waiting for the stupid park hours to come out-it's June 2nd, don't they know we're supposed to have them by now?!!!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello!

:welcome: Jana! I can't even tell you how frustrated I am, waiting for those park hours is making me :crazy: LOL And hello :wave:

[MinnieNurse]

:welcome: Jana! I can't even tell you how frustrated I am, waiting for those park hours is making me :crazy: LOL And hello :wave:

:headache::headache::headache:

I know how you feel, I went through the same thing last month. I had to make my ADR's before the park hours were post.

[lisalonglash]

:headache::headache::headache:

I know how you feel, I went through the same thing last month. I had to make my ADR's before the park hours were post.

Oh man, that must've been hard! :sad2: Supposedly, the September hours will be out tomorrow, but who knows if they will or not :confused3 Good thing our TA can't make our ADRs until June 13th - I'm going to need ALL that time to figure it out when we have the hours :laughing:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Waiting for these darn hours is tourture!!!!!!!

[lovemyblt]

Oh man, that must've been hard! :sad2: Supposedly, the September hours will be out tomorrow, but who knows if they will or not :confused3 Good thing our TA can't make our ADRs until June 13th - I'm going to need ALL that time to figure it out when we have the hours :laughing:
I am so glad our trip is later in the month!
I am still anxiously awaiting those hours, watch they will come out the day before my 90 day window LOL!!!

[oregonmommyof2]

I am here!!! I am probably not going to be able to sleep tonight, waiting for those darn September hours to get posted...

Maybe your DH can teach my DH about how to give presents... :laughing:

Cause I don't get any... :sad2:

He bought me Christmas gifts our first Christmas together but it has never happened since... :confused:

[lisalonglash]

OK, we FINALLY have September hours (thanks to a couple of people who posted the hours from travel agents)! Here is my new itinerary, what do you all think?

Saturday, Sept. 12 - Arrival day :yay: (we arrive at MCO at about 9:30am)
Check-in to ASMu, hang out at the resort, maybe go to DTD

Sunday, Sept. 13
Animal Kingdom (hours 9am-5pm)
Breakfast ADR: Tusker House - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Flame Tree (we might take the food back to ASMu to eat)

Monday, Sept. 14
Magic Kingdom (hours 9am-9pm)
Breakfast ADR: Crystal Palace - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Columbia Harbour House

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Epcot (hours FW 8am(emh)-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast/lunch: Boulangerie Patisserie
Dinner ADR: Biergarten 6:00pm

Wednesday, Sept. 16
OPEN day
Resort and/or DTD
Dinner ADR: Boma 6:00pm

Thursday, Sept. 17
Magic Kingdom (hours 8am(emh)-9pm)
Lunch or dinner: Cosmic Ray's (rib/chicken platter)

Friday, Sept. 18
DHS (hours 9am-8pm)
Breakfast or lunch: ?
Dinner ADR: Sci Fi Dine-In 6:00pm

Saturday, Sept. 19
Epcot (hours FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast or lunch: maybe fish & chips in England pavilion?
Dinner ADR: Chefs de France 6:00pm

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Departure Day :sad1:
Check-out of ASMu
Breakfast ADR: Chef Mickey's 9:00am

So, what are your thoughts? Any other ideas for the stuff I'm missing?

[lisalonglash]

Waiting for these darn hours is tourture!!!!!!!

It sure was - I was going :crazy2:

I am so glad our trip is later in the month!
I am still anxiously awaiting those hours, watch they will come out the day before my 90 day window LOL!!!

If you still need the hours, check this thread:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2163897

I am here!!! I am probably not going to be able to sleep tonight, waiting for those darn September hours to get posted...

It was pretty much the FIRST thing I did this morning LOL

Maybe your DH can teach my DH about how to give presents... :laughing:

Cause I don't get any... :sad2:

That is NOT right! :sad2::hug:

He bought me Christmas gifts our first Christmas together but it has never happened since... :confused:

Hey oregondaddyof2! Dude! Not good :sad2:

[oregonmommyof2]

Looks like we will be at Hollywood Studios on the 18th together!

[KathyRN137]

Ooh, I luv me some itinerary posts...

Isn't it fun to see what other DISers are planning?? :goodvibes


OK, we FINALLY have September hours (thanks to a couple of people who posted the hours from travel agents)! Here is my new itinerary, what do you all think?

Since you asked, I will tell!

Saturday, Sept. 12 - Arrival day :yay: (we arrive at MCO at about 9:30am)
Check-in to ASMu, hang out at the resort, maybe go to DTD
Nice, easy arrival day. :thumbsup2

Sunday, Sept. 13
Animal Kingdom (hours 9am-5pm)
Breakfast ADR: Tusker House - 8:05am Nice to get a pre-park opening ADR :thumbsup2
Lunch or dinner: Flame Tree (we might take the food back to ASMu to eat)

Monday, Sept. 14
Magic Kingdom (hours 9am-9pm)
Breakfast ADR: Crystal Palace - 8:05am I love doing CP before park opening, too! :thumbsup2
Lunch or dinner: Columbia Harbour House My fav MK CS spot.:thumbsup2

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Epcot (hours FW 8am(emh)-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast/lunch: Boulangerie Patisserie
Dinner ADR: Biergarten 6:00pm Thinking of trying this... looking forward to your review! :thumbsup2

Wednesday, Sept. 16
OPEN day Very Nice! Resort days are so worth it! :thumbsup2Resort and/or DTD
Dinner ADR: Boma 6:00pm

Thursday, Sept. 17
Magic Kingdom (hours 8am(emh)-9pm)
Lunch or dinner: Cosmic Ray's (rib/chicken platter) :laughing: ...You already know what you're ordering!

Friday, Sept. 18
DHS (hours 9am-8pm)
Breakfast or lunch: ?
Dinner ADR: Sci Fi Dine-In 6:00pm That place is fun! :thumbsup2

Saturday, Sept. 19
Epcot (hours FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast or lunch: maybe fish & chips in England pavilion?
Dinner ADR: Chefs de France 6:00pm Will Remy be there??

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Departure Day :sad1:
Check-out of ASMu
Breakfast ADR: Chef Mickey's 9:00am Nice to end with a bang!

So, what are your thoughts? Any other ideas for the stuff I'm missing?


Kathy

[lisalonglash]

Looks like we will be at Hollywood Studios on the 18th together!

Awesome! We should try to meet up for a drink somewhere! :goodvibes

Ooh, I luv me some itinerary posts...

Isn't it fun to see what other DISers are planning?? :goodvibes

It is! Thanks for your comments on the itinerary, Kathy :hug: Oh, and Remy will not be there - his last day at WDW is Sept. 5, then he's off to DLR, darnit! :sad1:

[oregonmommyof2]

Awesome! We should try to meet up for a drink somewhere! :goodvibes

We should... That would be fun...

[Diamondintheruff]

I pretty much agreed with KathyRN137. You picked some great places and got good times for them. Enjoy!

OK, we FINALLY have September hours (thanks to a couple of people who posted the hours from travel agents)! Here is my new itinerary, what do you all think?

Saturday, Sept. 12 - Arrival day :yay: (we arrive at MCO at about 9:30am)
Check-in to ASMu, hang out at the resort, maybe go to DTD

Perfect, Just enjoy learning about the resort and hitting DTD. Sounds great to me.

Sunday, Sept. 13
Animal Kingdom (hours 9am-5pm)
Breakfast ADR: Tusker House - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Flame Tree (we might take the food back to ASMu to eat)

I love having early morning ADR's before the park opens. Since AK is not open at night you can have another relaxing evening around the pool at the resort.

Monday, Sept. 14
Magic Kingdom (hours 9am-9pm)
Breakfast ADR: Crystal Palace - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Columbia Harbour House

Are you going back to see the Wishes or Spectro this evening? You've got and early morning at epcot booked. You'll need a nap/restful afternoon if you're doing the evening at MK tonight.

Ate at Columbia house for the first time on my last trip. It's where they take you for the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Thought it was good.

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Epcot (hours FW 8am(emh)-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast/lunch: Boulangerie Patisserie
Dinner ADR: Biergarten 6:00pm

I'm assuming that since tomorrow is an open/rest day that you'll be staying for illuminations tonight. Have you checked what time the shows are at Biergarten? Will you be there for one? I would only stay at Epcot until 1pm at the latest if I was there for rope drop and planning on coming back for the evening.

Wednesday, Sept. 16
OPEN day
Resort and/or DTD
Dinner ADR: Boma 6:00pm

Love the idea of an open day. It's so tempting to plan everything in advance so good for you. We stayed at AKL last trip. You could spend a fair bit of time roaming around the savannah viewing areas. It's great to see the animals at night too. They have storytelling around a firepit in the evening. I didn't do it but it didn't look too busy when I was there. You might want to see if it fits into your plans. I think it was like 7:30 or so.

Thursday, Sept. 17
Magic Kingdom (hours 8am(emh)-9pm)
Lunch or dinner: Cosmic Ray's (rib/chicken platter)

This will be the day you finish up all the must-do rides/attractions at MK right? Check out the main street bakery for their french toast thingie. It's good. It's not Tonga toast but it was good. Speaking of which breakfast is not as expensive as other meals have you thought of paying OOPs for Tonga toast at Kona and having an early morning ADR today? Or maybe a late breakfast and treating it like lunch? Mind you I LOOOVED Tonga toast so I would do anything to get there to have it so keep in mind I am biased.

I've done Cosmic Ray's before and it has such a big selection it's a hit for everyone.

Friday, Sept. 18
DHS (hours 9am-8pm)
Breakfast or lunch: ?
Dinner ADR: Sci Fi Dine-In 6:00pm

Got to do Rope Drop to get Toy Story Mania in today. You'll have a blast at the Sci-Fi!!

Saturday, Sept. 19
Epcot (hours FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast or lunch: maybe fish & chips in England pavilion?
Dinner ADR: Chefs de France 6:00pm

Get ready for some lovely eye candy at Chefs. The waiters are very cute:love:

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Departure Day :sad1:
Check-out of ASMu
Breakfast ADR: Chef Mickey's 9:00am

Lovely to have a final meal to look forward to. Great idea to put it here. You might be a bit tight with checking out. What time does your flight leave?

So, what are your thoughts? Any other ideas for the stuff I'm missing?

[jordanyosh]

Lazy man alert.

Yeah, I'm not gonna do what diamond or kathy did.....

So my thoughts about the itinerary. Monday for MK. My only thought about that is the fact that it's usually people's first day of vacation. It would seem many people would hit MK on their first day. I could be wrong.

Columbia Harbour House and Flame Tree BBQ..two of my favorite CS restaurants.

Are u planning on any breaks during the day?

No waterparks?

[mommytothreeboys]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/lisalonglash/057.jpg


I had to come over and see how you did with the links! Nice job!! :thumbsup2

This picture had me :rotfl2:! I noticed the jock right away! I have 3 boys so they are all over my house too...currently there is one on my dresser and one on my nightstand! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: ( I like to keep them in my room so when they need them I know where they are!!)

Going back to catch up!

[mommytothreeboys]

Ok..I'm all caught up! I didn't read all of the chit chat, but I read all of your updates!

Looks like a GREAT trip! Mickey and Tigger will be SO excited!! :yay::yay:

The itinerary looks good. Your ADRs look awesome! I love Sci Fi, Cosmic Ray's, Flame Tree, and CHH! Great Choices!

We ate at Biergarten for the first time this past trip and it was AMAZING! Definitely try to see the show....the music is fun and the band gets the crowd involved! FUN, FUN!! :thumbsup2

I'm on board now and ready for more! popcorn::

[MinnieNurse]

Your plans look great. I really want to try ASMu. Maybe I should start planning that trip. :woohoo:

I cant wait to hear your opinion of Beirgarten. I have never been and am just not sure. So I will be glad to see your review.

Wish I could meet up for a drink with you. :sad1:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Yay for your itinerary! :woohoo: Seems like we will be at the same parks on the same days a couple of times. :thumbsup2

I am working on mine now. I'm sorta mad because we are not going to get to see Fantasmic now due to the stupid park hours/schedule. :sad2::sad2:

[purplepeg]

Hey the itinery looks great!

[lisalonglash]

We should... That would be fun...

It would! :goodvibes

Lazy man alert.

Yeah, I'm not gonna do what diamond or kathy did.....

So my thoughts about the itinerary. Monday for MK. My only thought about that is the fact that it's usually people's first day of vacation. It would seem many people would hit MK on their first day. I could be wrong.

Columbia Harbour House and Flame Tree BBQ..two of my favorite CS restaurants.

Are u planning on any breaks during the day?

No waterparks?

Going by the hours, MK was the only park that worked that day for us - hopefully, it won't be too busy! :eek:

Nope, not planning on any breaks - we're hardy folks LOL No waterparks - first, we don't really have time for them and second, we have two awesome waterparks here, so we can get our waterpark fix without sacrificing park days :rotfl:

Thanks Jordan!

I had to come over and see how you did with the links! Nice job!! :thumbsup2

This picture had me :rotfl2:! I noticed the jock right away! I have 3 boys so they are all over my house too...currently there is one on my dresser and one on my nightstand! :rotfl::rotfl: ( I like to keep them in my room so when they need them I know where they are!!)

Going back to catch up!

Thanks again for your help! Much appreciated :flower3: Yes, that one was on my dh's dresser - for the same reason you stated (it's good to know where they are quickly when one of the boys is getting ready for baseball or rugby! lol)

Ok..I'm all caught up! I didn't read all of the chit chat, but I read all of your updates!

Looks like a GREAT trip! Mickey and Tigger will be SO excited!! :yay::yay:

The itinerary looks good. Your ADRs look awesome! I love Sci Fi, Cosmic Ray's, Flame Tree, and CHH! Great Choices!

We ate at Biergarten for the first time this past trip and it was AMAZING! Definitely try to see the show....the music is fun and the band gets the crowd involved! FUN, FUN!! :thumbsup2

I'm on board now and ready for more! popcorn::

Thank you and welcome! :cheer2: I wonder when the Biergarten show is? Anyone know? :confused3

Your plans look great. I really want to try ASMu. Maybe I should start planning that trip. :woohoo:

I cant wait to hear your opinion of Beirgarten. I have never been and am just not sure. So I will be glad to see your review.

Wish I could meet up for a drink with you. :sad1:

Yes, you should start planning - planning is fun! I'm really looking forward to Biergarten and I'll be sure to let you know how it was :banana:

I wish you could meet up with us too! :sad1:

Yay for your itinerary! :woohoo: Seems like we will be at the same parks on the same days a couple of times. :thumbsup2

I am working on mine now. I'm sorta mad because we are not going to get to see Fantasmic now due to the stupid park hours/schedule. :sad2::sad2:

Yay, we have park overlap! :yay: Which days/parks? I'm sorry about Fantasmic :hug:

Hey the itinery looks great!

Thank you, Peg! :goodvibes

[lisalonglash]

I pretty much agreed with KathyRN137. You picked some great places and got good times for them. Enjoy!

Thank you! :flower3: Oh, I should point out that the ADRs I have planned have not yet been booked/confirmed - our awesome TA can't do that until June 13 (dumb 90 day thing!).

Saturday, Sept. 12 - Arrival day (we arrive at MCO at about 9:30am)
Check-in to ASMu, hang out at the resort, maybe go to DTD

Perfect, Just enjoy learning about the resort and hitting DTD. Sounds great to me.

Sooo looking forward to those pool games and movies! :woohoo:

Sunday, Sept. 13
Animal Kingdom (hours 9am-5pm)
Breakfast ADR: Tusker House - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Flame Tree (we might take the food back to ASMu to eat)

I love having early morning ADR's before the park opens. Since AK is not open at night you can have another relaxing evening around the pool at the resort.

Good point! :thumbsup2

Monday, Sept. 14
Magic Kingdom (hours 9am-9pm)
Breakfast ADR: Crystal Palace - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Columbia Harbour House

Are you going back to see the Wishes or Spectro this evening? You've got and early morning at epcot booked. You'll need a nap/restful afternoon if you're doing the evening at MK tonight.

Ate at Columbia house for the first time on my last trip. It's where they take you for the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Thought it was good.

No, probably not. Don't hate me, but we're not really fireworks lovers :ssst::duck: We don't really take breaks, but never say never because we went in October last time and not September! LOL We do a lot of walking on a daily basis here :thumbsup2

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Epcot (hours FW 8am(emh)-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast/lunch: Boulangerie Patisserie
Dinner ADR: Biergarten 6:00pm

I'm assuming that since tomorrow is an open/rest day that you'll be staying for illuminations tonight. Have you checked what time the shows are at Biergarten? Will you be there for one? I would only stay at Epcot until 1pm at the latest if I was there for rope drop and planning on coming back for the evening.

Now, this one we may do! Dh and I had a drink/eat around the world evening by ourselves last trip and saw a teensy bit of Illuminations. It looked very cool :3dglasses As for Biergarten, no I haven't, but I will see if I can figure it out because it sounds really fun!

Our plan is to hit rope drop, stay the day until dinner, enjoy our dinner then go back to the hotel for the evening - but plans can change lol

Wednesday, Sept. 16
OPEN day
Resort and/or DTD
Dinner ADR: Boma 6:00pm

Love the idea of an open day. It's so tempting to plan everything in advance so good for you. We stayed at AKL last trip. You could spend a fair bit of time roaming around the savannah viewing areas. It's great to see the animals at night too. They have storytelling around a firepit in the evening. I didn't do it but it didn't look too busy when I was there. You might want to see if it fits into your plans. I think it was like 7:30 or so.

We had an open day last time and it was really good for just relaxing and recharging for the next few days kwim? AKL sounds fun - we just may do that, thanks for the suggestion :woohoo:

Thursday, Sept. 17
Magic Kingdom (hours 8am(emh)-9pm)
Lunch or dinner: Cosmic Ray's (rib/chicken platter)

This will be the day you finish up all the must-do rides/attractions at MK right? Check out the main street bakery for their french toast thingie. It's good. It's not Tonga toast but it was good. Speaking of which breakfast is not as expensive as other meals have you thought of paying OOPs for Tonga toast at Kona and having an early morning ADR today? Or maybe a late breakfast and treating it like lunch? Mind you I LOOOVED Tonga toast so I would do anything to get there to have it so keep in mind I am biased.

I've done Cosmic Ray's before and it has such a big selection it's a hit for everyone.

Yes, this is the day we'll finish whatever we didn't get done and ride those we really enjoyed again. I don't think the Main Street Bakery has the french toast anymore :sad2: I have budgeted for one or two OOP meals, but dh has asked that those not be preplanned, which is OK with me because he's happy for me to plan everything else :laughing:

Friday, Sept. 18
DHS (hours 9am-8pm)
Breakfast or lunch: ?
Dinner ADR: Sci Fi Dine-In 6:00pm

Got to do Rope Drop to get Toy Story Mania in today. You'll have a blast at the Sci-Fi!!

Again, don't hate me, but we didn't think TSM was "all that" :confused3 We'll get a FP for it probably, but only ride once.

Maybe we're just too wacky to go to WDW?! :rotfl:

Saturday, Sept. 19
Epcot (hours FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast or lunch: maybe fish & chips in England pavilion?
Dinner ADR: Chefs de France 6:00pm

Get ready for some lovely eye candy at Chefs. The waiters are very cute

Ooooh, thanks for the heads-up! So, we get great French food AND I get eye-candy?! Oh, it's all good! ::yes::

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Departure Day
Check-out of ASMu
Breakfast ADR: Chef Mickey's 9:00am

Lovely to have a final meal to look forward to. Great idea to put it here. You might be a bit tight with checking out. What time does your flight leave?

Our flight doesn't leave until 6:25pm. We may do a late check-out or, alternatively, check out before we go for breakfast - not sure yet.

Thank you so much for all your help and suggestions - much appreciated!:cheer2:

[OhioDisneyLover]

I think we have the same park days on the 17th, 18th and 19th! :woohoo:

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Your itinerary looks really good! I can't believe how quickly our trips are approaching. Seriously, where has the time gone?

[chicagoshannon]

I found my way over. :) I just realized today that you started this. haha

I love the picture of your son with the grinch!

Your itinerary looks great. We went to MK on Monday twice and it was fine. :)

[lisalonglash]

I think we have the same park days on the 17th, 18th and 19th! :woohoo:

Wooohooooo! We should try to have a mini-meet! :cool1:

Your itinerary looks really good! I can't believe how quickly our trips are approaching. Seriously, where has the time gone?

Time does seem to be racing along, doesn't it?! :eek:

I found my way over. :) I just realized today that you started this. haha

I love the picture of your son with the grinch!

Your itinerary looks great. We went to MK on Monday twice and it was fine. :)

Hi Shannon! Welcome :goodvibes Thanks, that's one of my all-time favourite pictures - it always makes me giggle LOL

I just had to change my itinerary, but the first MK day is still that Monday - so thanks for the reassurance that we'll be OK :hug:

[OhioDisneyLover]

Let's try a mini-meet! :goodvibes

[lisalonglash]

Let's try a mini-meet! :goodvibes

I am TOTALLY in for a mini-meet! You don't mind nutso children, right? :rotfl2:

[lisalonglash]

So, I was reading the "waiting for September hours" thread and someone asked about Fantasmic really impacting DHS because it's only showing twice a week in September. Well, gee, I had DHS scheduled for a Fantasmic day (didn't even notice), as it turns out :headache:

So....

Final itinerary #2 :rotfl:

Sept. 12 Arrival day - WCC (5pm-ish)
Sept. 13 first Epcot day - Biergarten (5pm-ish)
Sept. 14 first MK day - CP breakfast (8am-ish)
Sept. 15 DHS day - Sci-Fi (5pm-ish)
Sept. 16 Open day - Boma (5pm-ish)
Sept. 17 second MK day - no ADRs
Sept. 18 AK day - TH breakfast (8am-ish)
Sept. 19 second Epcot day - Chefs de France (5pm-ish)
Sept. 20 departure day - Chef Mickey's (9am-ish)

Well, I've sent my ADR requests to our awesome TA - she can't do them until June 13 though (stoopid 90 day rule! lol). Fingers crossed that she is able to get all our requests :yay:

[OhioDisneyLover]

I am TOTALLY in for a mini-meet! You don't mind nutso children, right? :rotfl2:


Don't mind nutso children at all! :thumbsup2

[inkedupmomma]

OK, we FINALLY have September hours (thanks to a couple of people who posted the hours from travel agents)! Here is my new itinerary, what do you all think?

Saturday, Sept. 12 - Arrival day :yay: (we arrive at MCO at about 9:30am)
Check-in to ASMu, hang out at the resort, maybe go to DTD
we will be at DTD that night too!

Sunday, Sept. 13
Animal Kingdom (hours 9am-5pm)
Breakfast ADR: Tusker House - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Flame Tree (we might take the food back to ASMu to eat)

Monday, Sept. 14
Magic Kingdom (hours 9am-9pm)
Breakfast ADR: Crystal Palace - 8:05am
Lunch or dinner: Columbia Harbour House

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Epcot (hours FW 8am(emh)-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast/lunch: Boulangerie Patisserie
Dinner ADR: Biergarten 6:00pm

Wednesday, Sept. 16
OPEN day
Resort and/or DTD
Dinner ADR: Boma 6:00pm

Thursday, Sept. 17
Magic Kingdom (hours 8am(emh)-9pm)
Lunch or dinner: Cosmic Ray's (rib/chicken platter)

Friday, Sept. 18
DHS (hours 9am-8pm)
Breakfast or lunch: ?
Dinner ADR: Sci Fi Dine-In 6:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 19
Epcot (hours FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm)
Breakfast or lunch: maybe fish & chips in England pavilion?
Dinner ADR: Chefs de France 6:00pm
this another day we will be togther!

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Departure Day :sad1:
Check-out of ASMu
Breakfast ADR: Chef Mickey's 9:00am

So, what are your thoughts? Any other ideas for the stuff I'm missing?

meet ups fo sho!

[oregonmommyof2]

I am not happy about the 18th either... I am trying to rework my days cause of that and it is not easy, and Terry just wants to go to DHS that day anyways... TGM has made is least crowded park days so I will sit down this weekend and try a new itinerary... ugh...

[KathyRN137]

Oh, and Remy will not be there - his last day at WDW is Sept. 5, then he's off to DLR, darnit! :sad1:


Oh, RATS!!

(Sorry, couldn't resist it!)


Kathy

[KathyRN137]

I wonder when the Biergarten show is? Anyone know? :confused3



Click on the Epcot tab up top, then scroll down to Germany....

http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/index.htm


Kathy

[3princesses+aprince]

So, I was reading the "waiting for September hours" thread and someone asked about Fantasmic really impacting DHS because it's only showing twice a week in September. Well, gee, I had DHS scheduled for a Fantasmic day (didn't even notice), as it turns out :headache:

So....

Final itinerary #2 :rotfl:

Sept. 12 Arrival day - WCC (5pm-ish)
Sept. 13 first Epcot day - Biergarten (5pm-ish)
Sept. 14 first MK day - CP breakfast (8am-ish)
Sept. 15 DHS day - Sci-Fi (5pm-ish)
Sept. 16 Open day - Boma (5pm-ish)
Sept. 17 second MK day - no ADRs
Sept. 18 AK day - TH breakfast (8am-ish)
Sept. 19 second Epcot day - Chefs de France (5pm-ish)
Sept. 20 departure day - Chef Mickey's (9am-ish)

Well, I've sent my ADR requests to our awesome TA - she can't do them until June 13 though (stoopid 90 day rule! lol). Fingers crossed that she is able to get all our requests :yay:


We made the mistake of going to DHS on Fantasmic night also. It was only showing twice that week also. Oh my word, was it crowded. And it rained that night, so after fighting the crowds, we didn't see Fantasmic anyway;)

[lisalonglash]

Don't mind nutso children at all! :thumbsup2

Well then, we're good to go! :rotfl2:

meet ups fo sho!

I'm in! :thumbsup2 I'll do a little poll thingy after this to see who's going to be where when!

I am not happy about the 18th either... I am trying to rework my days cause of that and it is not easy, and Terry just wants to go to DHS that day anyways... TGM has made is least crowded park days so I will sit down this weekend and try a new itinerary... ugh...

I'm skeered of park crowds on a Fantasmic day LOL We aren't really into the fireworks much, so I decided to move the schedule around to avoid DHS on the two Fantasmic days while we're there.

Oh, RATS!!

(Sorry, couldn't resist it!)


Kathy

:lmao:

Click on the Epcot tab up top, then scroll down to Germany....

http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/index.htm


Kathy

Fabulous! Mucho gracias :hug:

We made the mistake of going to DHS on Fantasmic night also. It was only showing twice that week also. Oh my word, was it crowded. And it rained that night, so after fighting the crowds, we didn't see Fantasmic anyway;)

See now, THAT is why I changed it - the stories I was reading were all like yours :eek:

[lisalonglash]

OK, so who's going to be where when? Let's do a wee poll!

So far, we have:

At DTD on the 12th:
Inkedupmomma
OhioDisneyLover
Lisalonglash

At MK on the 17th:
OhioDisneyLover
DisneyMomLiz
Lisalonglash

At Epcot on the 19th:
OhioDisneyLover
Inkedupmomma
Lisalonglash

Wooohoooo!

[OhioDisneyLover]

I'm at DTD on the 12th, Magic Kingdom on the 17th and Epcot on the 19th. :woohoo:

[lisalonglash]

I'm at DTD on the 12th, Magic Kingdom on the 17th and Epcot on the 19th. :woohoo:

Woohoo! Added :goodvibes

[lovemyblt]

Awwww I don't arrive til the 19th I think I will miss everyone!:sad2:

[lisalonglash]

Awwww I don't arrive til the 19th I think I will miss everyone!:sad2:

Oh no! :sad1: Maybe you should add some days to the beginning of your vacation! ::yes::

[lovemyblt]

Oh no! :sad1: Maybe you should add some days to the beginning of your vacation! ::yes::


I added one already. DH won't go for more nights, we are already there 9 so He said there's no more money for hotels and food :headache:

[inkedupmomma]

OK, so who's going to be where when? Let's do a wee poll!

So far, we have:

At DTD on the 12th:
Inkedupmomma
OhioDisneyLover
Lisalonglash

At MK on the 17th:
OhioDisneyLover
Lisalonglash

At Epcot on the 19th:
OhioDisneyLover
Inkedupmomma
Lisalonglash

Wooohoooo!

Ok, you got those dates right :thumbsup2 As promised I talked to John and he said he say entertain Chefs de france for dinner on the 19....I'm not sure he's 100% about that though! I have to show him the menu first!

[OhioDisneyLover]

I'm in for Chef's on the 19th if you guys go. We actually have an open dinner that night.....that is if you'll have me. :rolleyes1

[lisalonglash]

OK, I had a long talk with my awesome TA yesterday and have decided to add Fantasmic back into the itinerary, which of course means I had to move our park days around.

So, with my abject apologies :flower3: (may a thousand camels spit in my eye for changing it again!), here is the final itinerary! I hope this one matches up better with everyone for a meet up or two or three!

Sat., Sept. 12 - ASMu/DTD, WCC dinner
Sun., Sept. 13 - DAK, TH breakfast
Mon., Sept. 14 - MK
Tues., Sept. 15 - Epcot, Biergarten
Wed., Sept. 16 - ASMu/DTD, Boma dinner
Thurs., Sept. 17 - MK, CP breakfast
Fri., Sept. 18 - DHS, Sci-Fi dinner
Sat., Sept. 19 - Epcot, Chefs de France dinner
Sun., Sept. 20 - Departure day, CM breakfast

So, unless our TA is unable to get the ADRs we would like, this is for sure our FINAL itinerary! I think this one works better than the other ones anyway - two morning EMHs and one pre-opening breakfast (TH) will work well for us, I think :goodvibes

I will change the mini-meet poll with this itinerary - fingers crossed for lots of park/restaurant overlap!!!! :cheer2: OK, whew! The parks/restaurants some of us had in common are still right - yay!

[lisalonglash]

I added one already. DH won't go for more nights, we are already there 9 so He said there's no more money for hotels and food :headache:

Be REALLY nice to him ;), that might work! :laughing:

Ok, you got those dates right :thumbsup2 As promised I talked to John and he said he say entertain Chefs de france for dinner on the 19....I'm not sure he's 100% about that though! I have to show him the menu first!

How wonderful! I hope he likes the menu! :woohoo:

I'm in for Chef's on the 19th if you guys go. We actually have an open dinner that night.....that is if you'll have me. :rolleyes1

Well, now, let's see.... LMAO! Of course I'd love to meet you and Jenn!! I'm sure my boys will enjoy playing with Jenn's sweeties too :yay:

With my itinerary change, are there any more park/restaurant overlaps now?

Oh man, I'm getting soooooooooooooo excited!!! :banana:

[mommytothreeboys]

New itinerary looks good!

Watch out for those spitting camels! :rotfl::rotfl:

[lisalonglash]

New itinerary looks good!

Watch out for those spitting camels! :rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks! Those camels got me last time - I deserve it this time for changing our itinerary so many times LOL!

[OhioDisneyLover]

Lisa,

Our days that match are the 17th, 18th and 19th. We will also be dining at Chef's on the 19th.

I'm sure that your children will adore Jenn's kids. They are so darn sweet. Awesome kids and a pleasure to be around. Not to mention they are cute as can be. :thumbsup2

[inkedupmomma]

Lisa,

Our days that match are the 17th, 18th and 19th. We will also be dining at Chef's on the 19th.

I'm sure that your children will adore Jenn's kids. They are so darn sweet. Awesome kids and a pleasure to be around. Not to mention they are cute as can be. :thumbsup2

Awe, Sophia is making my devil babies sound so perfect lol!

Bad news, John does not want to do Chef's, so we are sticking to Coral Reef and Le Cellier:scared:

[jordanyosh]

Your "final" intinerary looks good....is it final for sure?

[OhioDisneyLover]

Awe, Sophia is making my devil babies sound so perfect lol!

Bad news, John does not want to do Chef's, so we are sticking to Coral Reef and Le Cellier:scared:



Jenn, they are perfect! :hug:

Ok, so what's up with John? :rolleyes1 The food there is amazing. I resisted for years and now that we've tried it we can't wait to go back! :yay:

[inkedupmomma]

Jenn, they are perfect! :hug:

Ok, so what's up with John? :rolleyes1 The food there is amazing. I resisted for years and now that we've tried it we can't wait to go back! :yay:

we'll go next year. but for now he likes what we have scheduled out. i won't complain at least he is helping me choose lol!

[lisalonglash]

Lisa,

Our days that match are the 17th, 18th and 19th. We will also be dining at Chef's on the 19th.

I'm sure that your children will adore Jenn's kids. They are so darn sweet. Awesome kids and a pleasure to be around. Not to mention they are cute as can be. :thumbsup2

I hope we all get a good chance to meet up! :goodvibes

Awe, Sophia is making my devil babies sound so perfect lol!

Bad news, John does not want to do Chef's, so we are sticking to Coral Reef and Le Cellier:scared:

Aww, bummer :sad1: Oh well, we'll figure something else out then! :thumbsup2

Your "final" intinerary looks good....is it final for sure?

Yep, Jordie - truly final (FINALLY :rotfl2:)

Jenn, they are perfect! :hug:

Ok, so what's up with John? :rolleyes1 The food there is amazing. I resisted for years and now that we've tried it we can't wait to go back! :yay:

We can't wait to eat there - we miss good French food!

we'll go next year. but for now he likes what we have scheduled out. i won't complain at least he is helping me choose lol!

Now that's true! Grumpy just looked through the dining section of my Passporter and asked if I could work in Chefs de France, Sci-Fi and Columbia Harbour House

[lizet313]

Your new plans look good. :thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

Your new plans look good. :thumbsup2

Thank you! :flower3:

[lisalonglash]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

:banana::woohoo::cheer2:

[MinnieNurse]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

:banana::woohoo::cheer2:

Wow, way to go Tigger. That is awesome. Good luck next week. :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[inkedupmomma]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

:banana::woohoo::cheer2:

wahooooo!:cool1:

[mommytothreeboys]

Way to go, Tigger! We are a baseball family too...Dan has been playing since he was 5!

Good luck at the games next week! :thumbsup2

[OhioDisneyLover]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

:banana::woohoo::cheer2:



:banana::woohoo::dance3:

Yay Tigger!!!!!!!

:banana::woohoo::dance3:

[Diamondintheruff]

Yay for Tigger!

An even bigger Yay for you as parents for sitting though all those games and getting him to practises. My DS6 has just started playing baseball and boy oh boy are those games LOOOONG.

[Queenofallthings]

Your final itinerary looks great!! I wish we were there the same time as you, oh well, there will be many more trips in the future I hope:thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

Wow, way to go Tigger. That is awesome. Good luck next week. :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

wahooooo!:cool1:

Way to go, Tigger! We are a baseball family too...Dan has been playing since he was 5!

Good luck at the games next week! :thumbsup2

:banana::woohoo::dance3:

Yay Tigger!!!!!!!

:banana::woohoo::dance3:

Yay for Tigger!

An even bigger Yay for you as parents for sitting though all those games and getting him to practises. My DS6 has just started playing baseball and boy oh boy are those games LOOOONG.

Your final itinerary looks great!! I wish we were there the same time as you, oh well, there will be many more trips in the future I hope:thumbsup2

Thank you everyone - it's very exciting! :woohoo: Tigger is really looking forward to playing in the semi-finals and finals next week!

Queen, I wish you were too! :sad1:

I'm really looking forward to meeting some DISers when we're there - the more, the merrier! :yay:

[lisalonglash]

(1) How did I ever get lucky enough to have such fabulous subscribers to my little thread?! Thank you to all - I really appreciate your comments, suggestions and advice :hug:

(2) It's only THREE days until Christine can call WDW for my ADRs - I hope we are able to get the ADRs we've requested :scared:

(3) If we are able to get Tusker House for 8:05am, how can we get to DAK for it? DAK opens at 9:00am that day, so will buses be running early enough to get us to the park on time or should we use a taxi? :confused3

(4) I wonder how many lurkers are on this thread...

(5) How can I chill out about Tigger's semi-final and final games? It's soooo stressful! :scared1:

Off to do laundry and some more work - yep, my life is sure exciting :lmao:

[chicagoshannon]

There should be a bus running that early. We got to AK at around 8 am and buses were already running at that time for a 9am opening in May.

[jordanyosh]

Do a search for exact running times for busses, but I believe they start running an hour or hour and 1/2(might even be 2 hrs) before official opening for the very reason that there are those Character Breakfasts. There is usually a CM at the front gate that will direct you....

Good luck with the ADRs AND Tigger's games.

There are always lurkers...........:) they usually join the fun sooner or later. It took me a few years before I started posting.....

[DisneyMomLiz]

popcorn:: Subbing...

...just starting your PTR...we're going about the same time Sept 15-20th and staying at ASMu too! I followed you over from mommytothreeboys TR ;)

Okay, off to catch up to page 12 :thumbsup2

EDIT: Just finished :) Looks like we will be at MK on the 17th too!

[MinnieNurse]

Hey Lisa,

I hope you get all the ADR's your little heart desires. There are always buses running early we did the same thing back when they had Restorauntosarous (Sp?) and it was no problem.

Cant wait to hear an update once the baseball games are done.

If you are lurking on this thread please come out so we can include you in the fun.

[lisalonglash]

There should be a bus running that early. We got to AK at around 8 am and buses were already running at that time for a 9am opening in May.

I hope we can just take a bus, but I'm leery of the bus getting to DAK in time for us to run through the park to Tusker House for an 8:05am ADR (assuming we get that time) kwim?

Do a search for exact running times for busses, but I believe they start running an hour or hour and 1/2(might even be 2 hrs) before official opening for the very reason that there are those Character Breakfasts. There is usually a CM at the front gate that will direct you....

Thanks, Jordan, that's what I'm hoping!

Good luck with the ADRs AND Tigger's games.

Thank you :hug:

There are always lurkers...........:) they usually join the fun sooner or later. It took me a few years before I started posting.....

Really?!

popcorn:: Subbing...

...just starting your PTR...we're going about the same time Sept 15-20th and staying at ASMu too! I followed you over from mommytothreeboys TR ;)

Okay, off to catch up to page 12 :thumbsup2

EDIT: Just finished :) Looks like we will be at MK on the 17th too!

:cheer2: Welcome, Liz!! :cheer2: I think a pool drink together is in our future! :thumbsup2

Yay, another DISer with park overlap! I'll update the list :goodvibes

Hey Lisa,

I hope you get all the ADR's your little heart desires. There are always buses running early we did the same thing back when they had Restorauntosarous (Sp?) and it was no problem.

Cant wait to hear an update once the baseball games are done.

If you are lurking on this thread please come out so we can include you in the fun.

Thanks, I hope so too! :hug: I will for sure update on Wednesday about Tigger's team's results :banana:

I hope your message works - everyone is more than welcome here! I love reading everyone's posts! :cool1:

[DisneyMomLiz]

:cheer2: Welcome, Liz!! :cheer2: I think a pool drink together is in our future! :thumbsup2

Yay, another DISer with park overlap! I'll update the list :goodvibes


Thanks for the welcome, kinda new to the boards...loving the TRs and PTRs and great people! Definitely a pool drink in our future :cool1:

Looking forward to more updates! Also, lots of luck to Tigger and his team! :cheer2:

[lisalonglash]

Thanks for the welcome, kinda new to the boards...loving the TRs and PTRs and great people! Definitely a pool drink in our future :cool1:

Looking forward to more updates! Also, lots of luck to Tigger and his team! :cheer2:

Wooohooo! I'm thinkin' a poolside lemonade is sounding pretty good! Here's the menu in case you don't have it already:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.ID=349

Thanks for the good wishes for Tigger :hug:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Lisa! I didn't realize you had this going until I glanced down at your sig while responding to you on my TR.

Your plans look awesome, here's hoping that you get all the ADR's that you want. I got all my May ADR's no problem and was even able to switch things around and get the times I wanted 2 days before the trip!

I love surprise trips, can't wait to hear about how the boys react!

[DisneyMomLiz]

Wooohooo! I'm thinkin' a poolside lemonade is sounding pretty good! Here's the menu in case you don't have it already:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.ID=349

Thanks for the good wishes for Tigger :hug:

Mmmmmmmmmm....sounds yummy, something to look forward too! :woohoo: Thanks for the link to the menu, I had not seen that section before with the restaurant menus...I usually just to go allears?! Now I have two places to go to, in order to satisfy my planning fix :rotfl:

:cheer2: for Tigger, all the way from FL. One day my DS will be playing, I'm sure, based on how much DH loves baseball!!

PS - I think you said you were leaving from Sea-Tac so you're close to Seattle? My sister lives in Seattle :) it's a small world (yes, Disney reference intended) :rotfl2:

[lisalonglash]

Hi Lisa! I didn't realize you had this going until I glanced down at your sig while responding to you on my TR.

Your plans look awesome, here's hoping that you get all the ADR's that you want. I got all my May ADR's no problem and was even able to switch things around and get the times I wanted 2 days before the trip!

I love surprise trips, can't wait to hear about how the boys react!

Hi Lessa! So glad to have you here! :banana: Thanks for the ADR luck :hug: I still can't decide how to tell them, but it'll be hilarious watching their faces no matter how we do it :lmao:

Mmmmmmmmmm....sounds yummy, something to look forward too! :woohoo: Thanks for the link to the menu, I had not seen that section before with the restaurant menus...I usually just to go allears?! Now I have two places to go to, in order to satisfy my planning fix :rotfl:

:cheer2: for Tigger, all the way from FL. One day my DS will be playing, I'm sure, based on how much DH loves baseball!!

PS - I think you said you were leaving from Sea-Tac so you're close to Seattle? My sister lives in Seattle :) it's a small world (yes, Disney reference intended) :rotfl2:

It DOES sound yummy! Can't wait :woohoo: Thanks for the cheers from FL! :hug:

Yes, we live just south of Vancouver, BC, about 5 minutes from the Washington State border. It takes us about 2 hours to drive from our house to SeaTac Airport, so not a bad drive to save well over half the airfare cost compared to flying out of Vancouver Int'l Airport! :thumbsup2

Yes, it is a small world :laughing: Hey, could you ask your sister why on earth the Starbuck's stores in Seattle close so darned early? All the Starbuck's here (and there are a kazillion lol) close way later :confused3 Yes, the things I ponder are random and sometimes odd lmao

[lisalonglash]

So, I got an email this morning from our wickedly awesome travel agent, Christine. It's her day off today, so I was thinking she'd call Disney Dining tomorrow, right? Well, wrong! She made the call on her day off for us! :hug: Andddddd.... she got us everything we asked for!! :yay:

Final ADRs are:

Sat., Sept. 12 - ASMu/DTD, WCC dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 13 - DAK, TH breakfast (8:00am)
Mon., Sept. 14 - MK
Tues., Sept. 15 - Epcot, Biergarten (5:00pm)
Wed., Sept. 16 - ASMu/DTD, Boma dinner (5:00pm)
Thurs., Sept. 17 - MK, CP breakfast (9:30am)
Fri., Sept. 18 - DHS, Sci-Fi dinner (5:05pm)
Sat., Sept. 19 - Epcot, Chefs de France dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 20 - Departure day, CM breakfast (9:30am)

The only difference between what I requested and the final ADRs is a FIVE MINUTE change on the Sci-Fi dinner :lmao:

Seriously, waking up to an email with all the work already done is a very very good thing! Thank you Christine!!! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

BTW, I cannot believe I was stressed out over getting restaurant reservations that aren't even really reservations! :rotfl2:

Nevertheless, I'm so glad it's all finalized! :yay:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:woohoo: That's awesome, I just knew that you would have no trouble with your ADR's!

[MinnieNurse]

I am so glad you got what you wanted. :woohoo: It makes the trip so much better when you do, no regrets!

Out of the ones you have we have never done TH, Beirgarten and Chef. We are doing Chefs in August. Cant wait to see what you think of the others.

[chicagoshannon]

Glad you got everything you wanted! YAY!

[OhioDisneyLover]

:goodvibes Yay for ADR's! :goodvibes

We will probably see you at Chef's! We're there around an hour after you are. :wizard:

[Queenofallthings]

In general, isn't it the best feeling in the world when we get exactly what we want....what it's even more awesome when it involves ADR's at WDW:lmao:

We're girls....we like getting what we want:cloud9:

Congrats....Christine did an awesome job!!!:worship:

[inkedupmomma]

So, I got an email this morning from our wickedly awesome travel agent, Christine. It's her day off today, so I was thinking she'd call Disney Dining tomorrow, right? Well, wrong! She made the call on her day off for us! :hug: Andddddd.... she got us everything we asked for!! :yay:

Final ADRs are:

Sat., Sept. 12 - ASMu/DTD, WCC dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 13 - DAK, TH breakfast (8:00am)
Mon., Sept. 14 - MK
Tues., Sept. 15 - Epcot, Biergarten (5:00pm)
Wed., Sept. 16 - ASMu/DTD, Boma dinner (5:00pm)
Thurs., Sept. 17 - MK, CP breakfast (9:30am)
Fri., Sept. 18 - DHS, Sci-Fi dinner (5:05pm)
Sat., Sept. 19 - Epcot, Chefs de France dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 20 - Departure day, CM breakfast (9:30am)

The only difference between what I requested and the final ADRs is a FIVE MINUTE change on the Sci-Fi dinner :lmao:

Seriously, waking up to an email with all the work already done is a very very good thing! Thank you Christine!!! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

BTW, I cannot believe I was stressed out over getting restaurant reservations that aren't even really reservations! :rotfl2:

Nevertheless, I'm so glad it's all finalized! :yay:

How nice of your TA!! seriously, I love people who are so thoughtful!

Looks like our only day atthe same place is sat 19th... can we please at least say HI..lol:lmao:

[Diamondintheruff]

What a relief to have your times set in stone now. It just makes all your plans seem so concrete.

Christine rocks for sure. I assume she pretty much calls every morning. She's probably physically unable to sleep in past the Disney Dinning opening time.

[DisneyMomLiz]

YAY :woohoo: you got your ADR's. So glad you got everything you wanted!!

I make ours on Wednesday :scared:, but no matter what I get, I'll feel much better just having something so Thursday should be all :dance3:!

[mommytothreeboys]

Nice job by the TA to get you everything you wanted! And on her day off even! :woohoo::woohoo:

Your restaurant choices look great! We did Biergarten in April and it was VERY good! Even my boys enjoyed it.

[lisalonglash]

:woohoo: That's awesome, I just knew that you would have no trouble with your ADR's!

Thanks, Lessa! :flower3:

I am so glad you got what you wanted. :woohoo: It makes the trip so much better when you do, no regrets!

Out of the ones you have we have never done TH, Beirgarten and Chef. We are doing Chefs in August. Cant wait to see what you think of the others.

Thanks! :flower3: I'm really looking forward to them all! The only one we've been to is Chef Mickey's, so really, I'm an ADR virgin! :lmao:

Glad you got everything you wanted! YAY!

Thank, Shannon! :flower3:

Yay for ADR's! :goodvibes

We will probably see you at Chef's! We're there around an hour after you are.

Thanks, Sophia! :flower3: Ooooh, I'll just yell "bonjour" across the room, that should do it! LOL

We need to figure out when/where we can arrange for our mini-DIS-meet! :woohoo:

In general, isn't it the best feeling in the world when we get exactly what we want....what it's even more awesome when it involves ADR's at WDW:lmao:

We're girls....we like getting what we want:cloud9:

Congrats....Christine did an awesome job!!!

Thanks, Queen! :flower3: Yes, it really is a relief :goodvibes She DID do an awesome job, as usual! ::yes::

How nice of your TA!! seriously, I love people who are so thoughtful!

Looks like our only day atthe same place is sat 19th... can we please at least say HI..lol

Thanks, Jenn! :flower3: Yes, she is fantastic! Oh, I'm sure we can do better than saying hi LOL We just need to figure out where/when! Should we all meet up at a ride to ride it together?

If I remember correctly, you, Sophia and I are all at Epcot on the 19th. How about meeting up there? Where do you all think is a good place to meet up? A ride? One of the countries at WS? Somewhere else?

What a relief to have your times set in stone now. It just makes all your plans seem so concrete.

Christine rocks for sure. I assume she pretty much calls every morning. She's probably physically unable to sleep in past the Disney Dinning opening time.

Thanks, Diamond! :flower3: So true!! You're probably right about Christine - that kind of dedication to customer service is pretty rare these days! ::yes::

YAY :woohoo: you got your ADR's. So glad you got everything you wanted!!

I make ours on Wednesday :scared:, but no matter what I get, I'll feel much better just having something so Thursday should be all :dance3:!

Thanks, Liz! :flower3: I'm going to venture a guess and say that you'll have no problems getting the ADRs you want! :banana:

Nice job by the TA to get you everything you wanted! And on her day off even! :woohoo:

Your restaurant choices look great! We did Biergarten in April and it was VERY good! Even my boys enjoyed it.

Thanks! :flower3: Yep, she's awesome! Biergarten looks really fun! I tried to pick restaurants that offer food that we don't try often or don't have a good local restaurant for kwim? We don't have a local restaurant that serves great German food, so Biergarten, here we come! :banana:

[3princesses+aprince]

WOO HOO for your ADRs and Christine. How nice!!!! Everything looks good. I cannot wait for it's time for me to make ADRs:lmao: (Yeah, I got a little while before that can happen, like 12 months!!!) We went with the QDP this time, so i'll be excited to make ADRs next year!

[MinnieNurse]

:surfweb:Just popping in to see what's up?

Are the games done yet? :cheer2: Bet that is keeping you busy.

[lisalonglash]

WOO HOO for your ADRs and Christine. How nice!!!! Everything looks good. I cannot wait for it's time for me to make ADRs:lmao: (Yeah, I got a little while before that can happen, like 12 months!!!) We went with the QDP this time, so i'll be excited to make ADRs next year!

Thanks! :flower3: It'll be your turn to make ADRs before you know it! :thumbsup2

:surfweb:Just popping in to see what's up?

Are the games done yet? :cheer2: Bet that is keeping you busy.

One semi-final game was last night, the second is tonight. Unfortunately, they lost last night, so they'll be playing for third place tonight. Happily, Tigger had a huge hit last night, so he's happy with his performance, which is making the loss of the game much easier for him to deal with :goodvibes

I've never been in last night's situation before - one of my babies in a high-stress sports event, playing against a team with less-than-aboveboard coaching staff and open license to trash-talk (which our team was NOT doing and has never done). Sadly, it seems I turn into my dad (while he's watching a hockey game on TV) :sad2: I think I have to step back and watch tonight's game from a safe distance :guilty:

[SwansLoveDisney]

How did I not know this was going on?!?

I have to catch up later!

I'm sorry I'm SOOOO late!

[DisneyMomLiz]

Thanks, Liz! :flower3: I'm going to venture a guess and say that you'll have no problems getting the ADRs you want! :banana:




Lisa, thanks for the :goodvibes it worked!! We got almost everything we wanted within about 5 min. except for Chef Mickey's w/i 1hr...but it's still a great time! YAY! :yay:

Had to share, we got...

9/16 - Ohana 10:50am (first time)
9/17 - Chef Mickey's 6:40pm (first time)
9/18 - Biergarten 6:45pm (DH loves this place, very yummy!)
9/19 - Play-N-Dine 12:55pm (first time for lunch, had breakfast in past)
9/20 - Tusker House 10:00am (first time)

Now all we have to do is count the days 'til we can leave?!? :laughing:

:cheer2: for Tigger's big hit!! :cheer2:

[lisalonglash]

How did I not know this was going on?!?

I have to catch up later!

I'm sorry I'm SOOOO late!

Hi Julie! Welcome! :cheer2:

Lisa, thanks for the :goodvibes it worked!! We got almost everything we wanted within about 5 min. except for Chef Mickey's w/i 1hr...but it's still a great time! YAY! :yay:

Had to share, we got...

9/16 - Ohana 10:50am (first time)
9/17 - Chef Mickey's 6:40pm (first time)
9/18 - Biergarten 6:45pm (DH loves this place, very yummy!)
9/19 - Play-N-Dine 12:55pm (first time for lunch, had breakfast in past)
9/20 - Tusker House 10:00am (first time)

Now all we have to do is count the days 'til we can leave?!? :laughing:

:cheer2: for Tigger's big hit!! :cheer2:

Woooohoooo! I'm so glad you had an easy time of it - your ADRs look awesome! :banana:

Thanks for the cheers for Tigger :hug:

[MinnieNurse]

Lisa, thanks for the :goodvibes it worked!! We got almost everything we wanted within about 5 min. except for Chef Mickey's w/i 1hr...but it's still a great time! YAY! :yay:

Had to share, we got...

9/16 - Ohana 10:50am (first time)
9/17 - Chef Mickey's 6:40pm (first time)
9/18 - Biergarten 6:45pm (DH loves this place, very yummy!)
9/19 - Play-N-Dine 12:55pm (first time for lunch, had breakfast in past)
9/20 - Tusker House 10:00am (first time)

Now all we have to do is count the days 'til we can leave?!? :laughing:

:cheer2: for Tigger's big hit!! :cheer2:

Just wanted to add :cheer2::cheer2: for your ADR's!

Not sure how I missed this, but what is Play-N-Dine?

[lisalonglash]

A life update:

Mickey's Birthday

:bday:

Today is Mickey's 7th birthday - I cannot believe he is 7 years old ALREADY?!?! Of course, I can't believe Tigger is 10 years old either?!! :lmao: He woke up to lots of cards and presents - he's a very happy dude! pirate:

Turns out that telling him that the faster he went to sleep the quicker his birthday would come works really well - he was out nearly instantly, by sheer force of his will :lmao:

We'll be off to Montana's for dinner tonight (his choice), then to Walmart for a new cool bike! :banana: We're having a BBQ tomorrow as well for those who are unable to come to dinner tonight. Birthday party weekend! :yay:

Baseball Updates

Tigger's baseball season is done for this year. They won bronze in the playoffs and are very pleased! Tigger improved so much this season - by the end of the playoffs, his teammates were calling him "big hitter" :cheer2: It was a wonderful season and we're all looking forward to another insanely busy season next year! He's very proud of himself (rightfully so!) and we're all very proud of him too :love:

Mickey's baseball season isn't quite over yet. He has one more game on Sunday, then he's done. He doesn't want to be done yet, so this makes him sad :sad1: The boy truly loves the game! :thumbsup2 His wrap-up team party was on Wednesday - lots of fun had by all! :cool1:

Trip planning

I'm still organizing and adding to my "it's not a Disney binder, honey" binder. It's getting kind of full :rotfl2:

Isn't it strange how much a relief it is to have all the ADRs booked? I think I've put the confirmation numbers in four different places in the binder :laughing:

I've begun receiving some free samples of stuff I happened to come across (shampoo/conditioner, liquid laundry detergent, etc.) and it's so much fun to slip those things into my sneaky box (there's a bunch of non-Disney stuff on top of the box, so the boys never go near it LOL).

I'm still tweaking my Garden Grocer order - I keep changing my mind about what I should order :rolleyes1 Hmmm... maybe I'll post my current list and see what you all think about it :idea:

[MinnieNurse]

party::bday:party:

Happy Birthday Mickey!! Hope you get a cool bike!

What time do we need to arrive for the BBQ? Im not going to be able to make dinner tonight! :lmao::lmao:

:cheer2::banana::cheer2::banana::cheer2:

Way to go Tigger! Bronze medal is a great accompishment and even better is being called a "Big Hitter"!!

Trip planning. Dont you wish there is more you could do. :rotfl: Somedays I think "Okay, what else can I do?" It just seems to help the time go by faster for me.

[PookieB]

Joining in! Great PTR and itinerary! That's so sweet how your husband surprised you. :cloud9: :bday: Mickey!

[DisneyMomLiz]

:bday: Mickey!!!! sounds like it's going to be a fun-filled party: weekend for you all! Enjoy!

:banana: :woohoo: to the "Big Hitter", Tigger! :cheer2:

I know what you mean about the feeling after ADRs...now I just have to obsess over my packing lists and countdowns :lmao: So bring on the garden grocer list so I can steal ideas :rotfl: oops, I mean help you check it 2x :rotfl2:


Just wanted to add :cheer2::cheer2: for your ADR's!

Not sure how I missed this, but what is Play-N-Dine?

Thanks for the :cheer2: I'm glad the stress over ADRs is done, but now what...see above, stress over packing lists and countdowns :rotfl2:

Play-N-Dine...breakfast and lunch at DHS, Hollywood-n-Vine restaurant. But since they're character meals I think they play with the name. At breakfast, Sept 08 we saw Leo & June (Little Einsteins) and JoJo & Goliath. I think they still have those characters, but we wanted to try the lunch menu this time!

Have a great weekend, everyone!!! :dance3:

[lisalonglash]

Happy Birthday Mickey!! Hope you get a cool bike!

What time do we need to arrive for the BBQ? Im not going to be able to make dinner tonight! :lmao::lmao:

Thanks - he's been reading all the birthday wishes on the DIS and on FB - big smilin' boy! :goodvibes

About 6pm tomorrow for the BBQ, come on over! :rotfl:

:banana::cheer2:

Way to go Tigger! Bronze medal is a great accompishment and even better is being called a "Big Hitter"!!

Thank you! He is so happy with himself (and we are too!) :thumbsup2

Trip planning. Dont you wish there is more you could do. :rotfl: Somedays I think "Okay, what else can I do?" It just seems to help the time go by faster for me.

Yes, that's me exactly! :lmao:

Joining in! Great PTR and itinerary! That's so sweet how your husband surprised you. :cloud9: :bday: Mickey!

Thank you and :welcome:! I hope you enjoy my PTR - I'm having a good time doing it! Yes, he's pretty sweet, I think I'll keep him lol :lovestruc

:bday: Mickey!!!! sounds like it's going to be a fun-filled party: weekend for you all! Enjoy!

Thanks, Liz! :hug:

:banana: :woohoo: to the "Big Hitter", Tigger! :cheer2:

Thanks for the cheers :flower3:

I know what you mean about the feeling after ADRs...now I just have to obsess over my packing lists and countdowns :lmao: So bring on the garden grocer list so I can steal ideas :rotfl: oops, I mean help you check it 2x :rotfl2:

Yep, here too LOL OK, the GG tentative list is coming right up in a new post :woohoo:

[lisalonglash]

OK, here is the latest version of my much-changed Garden Grocer order.

My plan is to eat some breakfast-type stuff in the room for most of our mornings and I wanted to make sure we have a few snacks for in the evenings. We won't have a fridge (hence the cooler - I MUST have my coffee creamer for my morning coffee! LOL), so I have tried to really limit the stuff that has to be refrigerated. I should also mention that the boys and I are really not huge breakfast eaters; Grumpy likes a bit of breakfast early, but he's the only one lol The breakfast I have booked early at TH will be OK though, because we'll all have been awake for an hour, have showered, etc. and will be ready for a good meal by that point.

Also, I need to avoid anything with artificial colour because Tigger is allergic to all of them except for caramel colour (by allergic, I mean he turns into a maniac if he ingests anything with artificial colour - so it's better for everyone if he doesn't have any lol)

Any opinions, additions/deletions, comments are welcome!

1 x Pepperidge Farm Mini Bagels Brown Sugar Cinnamon 12CT 17oz. PKG
2 x Bananas Green (Turning) 1EA
2 x Bananas Yellow 1EA
2 x Apples Fuji 1EA
1 x International Delight Creamer French Vanilla Fat Free 32oz. BTL
6 x Lay's Potato Chips Snack Size 1oz. Bag
1 x Lifoam Cooler 22QT Holds 12PK or 2 Gallons of Milk Plain Design
1 x Wet Ones Moist Towelettes Fresh Scent Anti-Bacterial Travel Pack 15CT
1 x Store Bakery Muffins Chocolate Chocolate Chip 4CT PKG
1 x Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer 2oz BTL
1 x Aquafina Drinking Water 16.9oz. 32PK BTLS
1 x Quaker Breakfast Cookies Oatmeal Chocolate Chip 6CT 10.1oz PKG

With this list, my subtotal is US$40.04 (the minimum delivery order is US$40). I could just bring some of this stuff (hand wipes, hand sanitizer, etc.) if you all have some ideas for what to add...

Thanks! :flower3:

[OhioDisneyLover]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKEY!!!!!!!!! :bday:party:

Nice list you have going! We were going to do delivery last year and I forgot to order so we stopped at WalMart when we got in. Ugh, that is NOT my favorite store! I can't wait to hear how the delivery goes. I've always wondered about it.

We will have to select a time and place to meet. By the way, I will be the one waving like a fool at Chef's! :laughing::laughing:

[jordanyosh]

OK, here is the latest version of my much-changed Garden Grocer order.

My plan is to eat some breakfast-type stuff in the room for most of our mornings and I wanted to make sure we have a few snacks for in the evenings. We won't have a fridge (hence the cooler - I MUST have my coffee creamer for my morning coffee! LOL), so I have tried to really limit the stuff that has to be refrigerated. I should also mention that the boys and I are really not huge breakfast eaters; Grumpy likes a bit of breakfast early, but he's the only one lol The breakfast I have booked early at TH will be OK though, because we'll all have been awake for an hour, have showered, etc. and will be ready for a good meal by that point.

Also, I need to avoid anything with artificial colour because Tigger is allergic to all of them except for caramel colour (by allergic, I mean he turns into a maniac if he ingests anything with artificial colour - so it's better for everyone if he doesn't have any lol)

Any opinions, additions/deletions, comments are welcome!

1 x Pepperidge Farm Mini Bagels Brown Sugar Cinnamon 12CT 17oz. PKG
2 x Bananas Green (Turning) 1EA
2 x Bananas Yellow 1EA
2 x Apples Fuji 1EA
1 x International Delight Creamer French Vanilla Fat Free 32oz. BTL
6 x Lay's Potato Chips Snack Size 1oz. Bag
1 x Lifoam Cooler 22QT Holds 12PK or 2 Gallons of Milk Plain Design
1 x Wet Ones Moist Towelettes Fresh Scent Anti-Bacterial Travel Pack 15CT
1 x Store Bakery Muffins Chocolate Chocolate Chip 4CT PKG
1 x Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer 2oz BTL
1 x Aquafina Drinking Water 16.9oz. 32PK BTLS
1 x Quaker Breakfast Cookies Oatmeal Chocolate Chip 6CT 10.1oz PKG

With this list, my subtotal is US$40.04 (the minimum delivery order is US$40). I could just bring some of this stuff (hand wipes, hand sanitizer, etc.) if you all have some ideas for what to add...

Thanks! :flower3:

:woohoo::banana:happy birthday mickey!!:banana::woohoo:

your list looks good. we way over ordered on ours...so i would double check your list just to be sure you'll be using all of the items you are buying.

[MinnieNurse]

:scared1::scared1:I forgot to add creamer to mine. I have to have either Sugar free French Vanilla or Hazlenut creamer every morning or I become the Wicked Queen. I do like a little coffee with my creamer.

Your list looks great. The only thing I can think that you may want to add is if you plan on doing any laundry you could get some detergent. Probably cheaper than buying it at the resort and easier than bringing it from home.

[lisalonglash]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKEY!!!!!!!!! :bday:party:

Nice list you have going! We were going to do delivery last year and I forgot to order so we stopped at WalMart when we got in. Ugh, that is NOT my favorite store! I can't wait to hear how the delivery goes. I've always wondered about it.

We will have to select a time and place to meet. By the way, I will be the one waving like a fool at Chef's! :laughing::laughing:

Thanks for the bday wishes for Mickey :hug:

We used Garden Grocer last time - it was so easy and convenient! We checked in really early on arrival day, the room wasn't ready, so we put our luggage in hotel storage and went to DTD. When we returned in the afternoon to get into our room, the GG order was already in the room. Totally painless delivery - didn't even have to be there LOL I highly recommend using them :thumbsup2

Yes, we have to figure it out! I know I posted somewhere about meeting up at Epcot (but I can't remember which PTR/TR I posted it on LOL) - there was one day when you, Jenn and I were all in Epcot on the same day :thumbsup2

:woohoo::banana:happy birthday mickey!!:banana::woohoo:

your list looks good. we way over ordered on ours...so i would double check your list just to be sure you'll be using all of the items you are buying.

Thanks for the bday wishes for Mickey, Jordan! :hug: I *think* we'll use everything, but I know what you mean - we over-ordered last year too :laughing:

:scared1::scared1:I forgot to add creamer to mine. I have to have either Sugar free French Vanilla or Hazlenut creamer every morning or I become the Wicked Queen. I do like a little coffee with my creamer.

Your list looks great. The only thing I can think that you may want to add is if you plan on doing any laundry you could get some detergent. Probably cheaper than buying it at the resort and easier than bringing it from home.

You and me both, Minnie - I must have the Int'l Delight Creamer in my coffee or someone's gonna get hurt :rotfl:

I have been keeping an eye out for travel size laundry detergent, but so far I haven't been able to find any. I'll keep looking though :goodvibes I'm only planning on doing two loads of laundry (which is what I did last trip, which was almost 2 days longer than this trip), so I'm bringing Bounce sheets and hopefully the laundry soap in our checked luggage. Last time, it cost me a good chunk of change just to do two loads of laundry at the hotel (I think it was a total of about US$14.00!).

Thanks all, keep those comments coming - your input is much appreciated! :cheer2:

[inkedupmomma]

Happy Birthday Mickey (belated)! Also, your list for food looks great!

[Queenofallthings]

Great list Lisa! Sounds like you got everything under control.

[mommytothreeboys]

Awesome baseball news! Our season isn't over until the end of July. Tell Tigger congrats on being the "big hitter"! HOW FUN!

Your list looks good. We ate in the room most mornings as well, but I just packed everything in an extra suitcase and brought it along. Maybe I'll consider Garden Grocer for next time. (especially if Southwest starts charging for that second checked bag!)

[purplepeg]

The list sounds goods. Are you not cereal eaters? Those are always good to snack on too. It's tough when you don't have a fridge but the ice usually keeps things cool in the cooler.
We're trying Garden Grocer this year for the first time and really trying hard not to over order. We're switching resorts too so have to move the food too.

Congrats on the birthday and bronze.

We're finishing up soccer this week.

[3princesses+aprince]

I know it's over ,but Happy Birthday To Mickey!!!! We have 2 bdays at our house this week too, our big party weekend is coming up!!!! Also getting new bikes!!!!!

[jordanyosh]

We left alot for the Mousekeepers...I wonder if they can keep stuff especially if it's unopened..?:confused3

[MinnieNurse]

We left alot for the Mousekeepers...I wonder if they can keep stuff especially if it's unopened..?:confused3

I was worried that I may have ordered too much beer. But DH assures me he will make sure it is gone. :lmao: What a great guy, doing that just for me. :rotfl:

[mousescrapper]

Hi Lisa....


don't know I haven't come by sooner...but I promise to get all caught up real soon.

I've only read post 1) and I was l already :rotfl:

the line about how your DS Mickey...holds on to too-short pants....my DS Michael is the same way...they usually make it too the playclothes draw, but then it's like he's wearing floods...and I have to persaude him, they really are too small....


But Mom they are my favorite pants...

:lovestruc

I'll be back,

popcorn:: J-

[DisneyMomLiz]

I have been keeping an eye out for travel size laundry detergent, but so far I haven't been able to find any. I'll keep looking though :goodvibes I'm only planning on doing two loads of laundry (which is what I did last trip, which was almost 2 days longer than this trip), so I'm bringing Bounce sheets and hopefully the laundry soap in our checked luggage. Last time, it cost me a good chunk of change just to do two loads of laundry at the hotel (I think it was a total of about US$14.00!).

Thanks all, keep those comments coming - your input is much appreciated! :cheer2:

I saw these and thought of you, maybe they'll save a bit of space in the suitcase? I haven't tried them yet, but they look interesting...

http://www.purex.com/purex-3-in-1/product

OK, here is the latest version of my much-changed Garden Grocer order.

Any opinions, additions/deletions, comments are welcome!

1 x Pepperidge Farm Mini Bagels Brown Sugar Cinnamon 12CT 17oz. PKG
2 x Bananas Green (Turning) 1EA
2 x Bananas Yellow 1EA
2 x Apples Fuji 1EA
1 x International Delight Creamer French Vanilla Fat Free 32oz. BTL
6 x Lay's Potato Chips Snack Size 1oz. Bag
1 x Lifoam Cooler 22QT Holds 12PK or 2 Gallons of Milk Plain Design
1 x Wet Ones Moist Towelettes Fresh Scent Anti-Bacterial Travel Pack 15CT
1 x Store Bakery Muffins Chocolate Chocolate Chip 4CT PKG
1 x Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer 2oz BTL
1 x Aquafina Drinking Water 16.9oz. 32PK BTLS
1 x Quaker Breakfast Cookies Oatmeal Chocolate Chip 6CT 10.1oz PKG

With this list, my subtotal is US$40.04 (the minimum delivery order is US$40). I could just bring some of this stuff (hand wipes, hand sanitizer, etc.) if you all have some ideas for what to add...

Thanks! :flower3:

Great list, all that's only $40...pretty good! :thumbsup2 I usuallly bring peanut butter crackers or some kind of pre-packaged snack for my DS and DH to munch on in the parks. Otherwise your list looks a lot like mine ;)

Ok...off to add the crackers to the spreadsheet before I forget :rotfl2:

[lisalonglash]

Am I the only one having MAJOR problems getting into the DIS site and, once in, being unable to read and/or post because the site freezes? It's making me :headache:!
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Happy Birthday Mickey (belated)! Also, your list for food looks great!

Thanks Jenn! :cheer2:

So, what do you think about meeting up on the day we're all in Epcot?

Great list Lisa! Sounds like you got everything under control.

Thanks, Queen! Under control? Not a chance :lmao:

Awesome baseball news! Our season isn't over until the end of July. Tell Tigger congrats on being the "big hitter"! HOW FUN!

Your list looks good. We ate in the room most mornings as well, but I just packed everything in an extra suitcase and brought it along. Maybe I'll consider Garden Grocer for next time. (especially if Southwest starts charging for that second checked bag!)

Thanks, I did tell him! :flower3:

We'll have to pay for EVERY bag going to MCO (US$15 each! :mad:), but we get one free checked bag each coming back - which means packing a suitcase into one of our suitcases for the return trip :laughing:

The list sounds goods. Are you not cereal eaters? Those are always good to snack on too. It's tough when you don't have a fridge but the ice usually keeps things cool in the cooler.
We're trying Garden Grocer this year for the first time and really trying hard not to over order. We're switching resorts too so have to move the food too.

Congrats on the birthday and bronze.

We're finishing up soccer this week.

The only one of us that regularly eats cereal is Mickey (Nestle aka "chocolate porn pops" (yes, that says "porn pops" :rotfl:)) - we'll be bringing some of that cereal in our checked luggage for him. Dh usually has fruit and yogurt for breakfast and neither Tigger nor I really eat breakfast until mid-morning. :confused3

Thanks for the congrats! :flower3: I hope the soccer season ends well! :goodvibes

I know it's over ,but Happy Birthday To Mickey!!!! We have 2 bdays at our house this week too, our big party weekend is coming up!!!! Also getting new bikes!!!!!

Thank you! :flower3: Ooooh, a big double Happy Birthday to your sweeties too! :woohoo::cheer2: Mickey just got his new bike yesterday - he's absolutely thrilled with it! :banana:

We left alot for the Mousekeepers...I wonder if they can keep stuff especially if it's unopened..?:confused3

I don't see why not :confused3 We had some stuff left at the end of our trip last time (bottled water, unopened snack bags of chips, glow bracelets, etc.), so I left them at the door of one of the cool moms I'd met a few times at the resort (I did tell her first, so she didn't wonder where the box came from LOL).

I was worried that I may have ordered too much beer. But DH assures me he will make sure it is gone. :lmao: What a great guy, doing that just for me. :rotfl:

Yep, your dh is a giver :lmao: I should delete a couple of things and add beer for my sweetie, shouldn't I?! Hmmm.... :scratchin

Hi Lisa....


don't know I haven't come by sooner...but I promise to get all caught up real soon.

I've only read post 1) and I was l already :rotfl:

the line about how your DS Mickey...holds on to too-short pants....my DS Michael is the same way...they usually make it too the playclothes draw, but then it's like he's wearing floods...and I have to persaude him, they really are too small....


But Mom they are my favorite pants...

:lovestruc

I'll be back,

popcorn:: J-

Hi and :welcome:, great to have you here! Yes, these boys with their unnatural affection for too-short pants - what is a mom to do?! :rotfl2:

[lisalonglash]

I saw these and thought of you, maybe they'll save a bit of space in the suitcase? I haven't tried them yet, but they look interesting...

http://www.purex.com/purex-3-in-1/product

Thanks for thinking of me! :hug: Those are very cool, but surprise, surprise, not available in Canada :laughing: We're going across the line next month though, we can stop at Wal-Mart, Target or whatever to get those if they have 'em :upsidedow

Great list, all that's only $40...pretty good! :thumbsup2 I usuallly bring peanut butter crackers or some kind of pre-packaged snack for my DS and DH to munch on in the parks. Otherwise your list looks a lot like mine ;)

Ok...off to add the crackers to the spreadsheet before I forget :rotfl2:

Yep, not bad for US$40, hey? I was thinking of packing a few snack-type things (we could pick stuff up on the way to the airport, so no border-crossing issues with bringing food into the US kwim?) - but my boys don't like granola bars, snack crackers, etc. Any other ideas for snack-type stuff?

[jordanyosh]

I was worried that I may have ordered too much beer. But DH assures me he will make sure it is gone. :lmao: What a great guy, doing that just for me. :rotfl:

Believe it or not. I left 1/2 a sixer....

[jordanyosh]

LisaP,

I like that idea of giving it to others staying at the resort....:thumbsup2

[MinnieNurse]

Believe it or not. I left 1/2 a sixer....

:sad2::sad2::sad2:

My DH would be so ashamed. Jordan that is wasteful. Leave the food, detergent, water-but not the BEER!! Its almost criminal. Once again I am picturing you at the police station with us all singing "Its a small world" trying to free you.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Am I the only one having MAJOR problems getting into the DIS site and, once in, being unable to read and/or post because the site freezes? It's making me :headache:!


Nope, not the only one. It happens to me all the time. Sometimes it loads nice and quick other times it takes forever and times out! :headache:

[Diamondintheruff]

I tried to find my old GG lists but I guess I tossed them.:confused3

I ordered breakfast stuff, snack stuff, drinks and alcohol. My kids really like the flavoured water and since I didn't want to argue with them about drinking I ordered some, plus some yogurt smoothie drinks since it is one of the only things my DD will eat (okay drink) in the morning. I ordered three or four big bags of chips/corn chips/pretzels to eat around the pool. I found since we came home every afternoon the kids were wanting snacks around 3. I had wanted to order more fruit but found that the kids get grapes or an assorted fruit snack with each meal they had and we had lots of extra packages left over.

I brought some granola bars with me as around 9:30 each morning when we were in prime riding the attraction times the kids were get hungry. I threw the granola bars at them and told them they'd get something more exciting later. It worked. I bought my own laundry soap since my kids are sensitive to fragrances. I bought the store brand type of ivory snow powder and made four or five baggies for individual washes. When Dh saw them he thought the authorities might have some questions about my white powder baggies so we put them in our check-in luggage for sure. :laughing:

[carissanboys]

I'm so sorry Lisa. I had no idea you had a PTR going. :rolleyes1 I'm a little slow sometimes (and obviously wasn't looking too closely at your signature).

[lisalonglash]

Believe it or not. I left 1/2 a sixer....

Dude! The shame :sad2: LOL

LisaP,

I like that idea of giving it to others staying at the resort....:thumbsup2

It was just logical. We didn't want to bring it home, so passing it on seemed like a good plan :thumbsup2

:sad2::sad2::sad2:

My DH would be so ashamed. Jordan that is wasteful. Leave the food, detergent, water-but not the BEER!! Its almost criminal. Once again I am picturing you at the police station with us all singing "Its a small world" trying to free you.

:rotfl2:

Nope, not the only one. It happens to me all the time. Sometimes it loads nice and quick other times it takes forever and times out! :headache:

You too, hey? It is SOOOO annoying! :mad: The timing out happens to me a lot lately and sometimes when I get into the DIS, it won't let me open any threads and/or won't let me post. Oh, and lately, I've been getting the "we're down for maintenance for 60 minutes" thing a lot too. Grrrrr!

I tried to find my old GG lists but I guess I tossed them.:confused3

I ordered breakfast stuff, snack stuff, drinks and alcohol. My kids really like the flavoured water and since I didn't want to argue with them about drinking I ordered some, plus some yogurt smoothie drinks since it is one of the only things my DD will eat (okay drink) in the morning. I ordered three or four big bags of chips/corn chips/pretzels to eat around the pool. I found since we came home every afternoon the kids were wanting snacks around 3. I had wanted to order more fruit but found that the kids get grapes or an assorted fruit snack with each meal they had and we had lots of extra packages left over.

I brought some granola bars with me as around 9:30 each morning when we were in prime riding the attraction times the kids were get hungry. I threw the granola bars at them and told them they'd get something more exciting later. It worked. I bought my own laundry soap since my kids are sensitive to fragrances. I bought the store brand type of ivory snow powder and made four or five baggies for individual washes. When Dh saw them he thought the authorities might have some questions about my white powder baggies so we put them in our check-in luggage for sure. :laughing:

I wish my boys liked granola bars, it would make snacks much easier to figure out! I'll take a look at the flavoured water, I hadn't seen that on the GG site. LOL at the white powder issue :laughing:

I'm so sorry Lisa. I had no idea you had a PTR going. :rolleyes1 I'm a little slow sometimes (and obviously wasn't looking too closely at your signature).

Oh, no worries, Carissa! I'm glad you're here - :welcome: to my little PTR! :goodvibes

[jordanyosh]

I feel I let the men of the world down by leaving that 1/2 a sixer behind.....

[WDWRocksMySocks]

I had to catch up -- I've been MIA as of late.

I hope Mickey had a wonderful birthday!

Christine sounds great! I'm glad she was able to get all of your ADRs worked out. How nice to have someone else do that for you. :thumbsup2 At least the online system is up now. It makes things SO MUCH EASIER!!! Still, I want a Christine. :laughing:

Wow, I am so impressed. I got stressed just thinking about making a list for Garden Grocer. I'm horrible at grocery shopping. I always forget important items and load my cart with stuff I really don't need. TERRIBLE! Anyway, it looks like you created a good list of breakfast and snack items. The total for all that isn't bad, either.

[MinnieNurse]

I feel I let the men of the world down by leaving that 1/2 a sixer behind.....

At least you acknowledge the seriousness of this issue. That is always a good sign in the rehabilitation process! :thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

I feel I let the men of the world down by leaving that 1/2 a sixer behind.....

:rotfl2:

I hope Mickey had a wonderful birthday!

Thank you! :flower3:

Christine sounds great! I'm glad she was able to get all of your ADRs worked out. How nice to have someone else do that for you. :thumbsup2 At least the online system is up now. It makes things SO MUCH EASIER!!! Still, I want a Christine. :laughing:

She is great, everyone at FD&D is wonderful :goodvibes Yes, it was great not to have to worry about making ADRs! The online system has a lot of bugs to be worked out - I'd suggest calling Disney directly to double-check your ADRs if you made them online. You can "have a Christine" next trip - FD&D has clients all over the place (across Canada, across the USA, England, etc.) :thumbsup2

Wow, I am so impressed. I got stressed just thinking about making a list for Garden Grocer. I'm horrible at grocery shopping. I always forget important items and load my cart with stuff I really don't need. TERRIBLE! Anyway, it looks like you created a good list of breakfast and snack items. The total for all that isn't bad, either.

I do that too, that's why I posted the list here for advice :laughing: That's also why I don't do the grocery shopping here, Grumpy does it :yay: I'm still torn about what to get for snacks - I want to try to limit the snacks we'll have to pay for OOP, but I don't want stuff leftover either :confused3

At least you acknowledge the seriousness of this issue. That is always a good sign in the rehabilitation process! :thumbsup2

:lmao:

[jordanyosh]

At least you acknowledge the seriousness of this issue. That is always a good sign in the rehabilitation process! :thumbsup2

Maybe I'll have a beer right now to re assert my manhood....it's 10am....

[lisalonglash]

Tigger's teeth extraction

So, Tigger has an appointment at the dentist tomorrow morning to get two teeth extracted (two extra baby teeth are impeding the eruption and placement of two adult teeth). He has never had dental freezing before :scared: This is freaking me out on his behalf, which I'm not showing because I don't want him to freak out :thumbsup2 Luckily, our dentist is fantastic and both boys love him (they've been going to the dentist with us since they were born, so they're both very comfortable there). Needless to say, Grumpy will be taking him tomorrow (I just can't deal with my boys being in pain kwim?) :sad2:

Poley's dematting saga

Our 18yo cat, Poley, has evidently decided that keeping his fur clean and tangle-free is no longer a priority and has increased his aversion to letting me comb him. Bad combination :sad2: We took him last Saturday to our local pet groomer, who took a comb to him for half an hour but still needs to do another combing session (Poley started to really freak out at about the half-hour mark, so the groomer and I decided that coming back another day to finish would be the smart thing to do). We don't want to stress him out too much, due to his age.

The problem is that Grumpy will be taking Tigger to the dentist tomorrow morning and will have our vehicle. He will drop me and Mickey off at the groomer's on his way to the dentist (I'll have Poley in a backpack turned around so that I can keep Poley safe kwim?). Mickey and I will walk back home from the groomer's (easy walk, takes about 20 minutes), but I'm trying to plan how to have one hand free to keep Mickey safe crossing streets while keeping Poley safely in the backpack. :scared:

Any thoughts? We don't have a cat carrier because Poley hates those with an absolute passion and, at his age, I'm not taking the chance...

[lisalonglash]

Maybe I'll have a beer right now to re assert my manhood....it's 10am....

Maybe a light beer - that should be acceptably macho, right? :rotfl:

[jordanyosh]

Maybe a light beer - that should be acceptably macho, right? :rotfl:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[MinnieNurse]

Maybe I'll have a beer right now to re assert my manhood....it's 10am....

Well its a start anyway. Part of your 12 step recovery program. Drink several and maybe we will get that picture of you in the skort we have all been waiting on. :thumbsup2

[Poley's dematting saga

Our 18yo cat, Poley, has evidently decided that keeping his fur clean and tangle-free is no longer a priority and has increased his aversion to letting me comb him. Bad combination :sad2: We took him last Saturday to our local pet groomer, who took a comb to him for half an hour but still needs to do another combing session (Poley started to really freak out at about the half-hour mark, so the groomer and I decided that coming back another day to finish would be the smart thing to do). We don't want to stress him out too much, due to his age.

The problem is that Grumpy will be taking Tigger to the dentist tomorrow morning and will have our vehicle. He will drop me and Mickey off at the groomer's on his way to the dentist (I'll have Poley in a backpack turned around so that I can keep Poley safe kwim?). Mickey and I will walk back home from the groomer's (easy walk, takes about 20 minutes), but I'm trying to plan how to have one hand free to keep Mickey safe crossing streets while keeping Poley safely in the backpack. :scared:

Any thoughts? We don't have a cat carrier because Poley hates those with an absolute passion and, at his age, I'm not taking the chance...

Sorry Lisa,

I have absolutely no idea when it comes to cats. I do think it is cool that your Poley is almost 18 years old. Good luck with the trip to the groomer.

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Aw, poor Tigger. I don't blame you for your anxiety over it. My sister swears the dentist is Satan, himself. :rotfl: I'm sure Tigger will do just fine tomorrow. I'm sending over some extra pixie dust for both of you! pixiedust:

My mom had a Persian that got so matted they had to take and give him a lion's cut. I think the cat was miffed, but he did look incredibly cute and it was far easier to take care of him! Any hoo... I think your plan of turning the backpack around so you can put one hand on the cat and use the other to hold on to Mickey should be fine. I might suggest putting a leash/harness on Poley, just in case he slips out of the bag.

Another idea -- DH and I were out walking and we saw these people carrying their cat in a backpack type carrier. It had a mesh see-through liner so the cat could look out. Not sure if it's worth investing in for you, but just a thought.

Good luck tomorrow! :goodvibes:goodvibes

[lisalonglash]

Aw, poor Tigger. I don't blame you for your anxiety over it. My sister swears the dentist is Satan, himself. :rotfl: I'm sure Tigger will do just fine tomorrow. I'm sending over some extra pixie dust for both of you! pixiedust:

Thank you for the pixie dust - I think I need it more than Tigger does! :laughing: We do love our dentist - hopefully Tigger being comfortable there will help!

My mom had a Persian that got so matted they had to take and give him a lion's cut. I think the cat was miffed, but he did look incredibly cute and it was far easier to take care of him! Any hoo...

The groomer had to do that with the bottom half of Poley's tail - he couldn't comb the matted fur out, so he had to shave the bottom half. We've been calling him "Poley the lion" since :thumbsup2

I think your plan of turning the backpack around so you can put one hand on the cat and use the other to hold on to Mickey should be fine. I might suggest putting a leash/harness on Poley, just in case he slips out of the bag.

I truly truly hope this works! :scared:

Another idea -- DH and I were out walking and we saw these people carrying their cat in a backpack type carrier. It had a mesh see-through liner so the cat could look out. Not sure if it's worth investing in for you, but just a thought.

I'll take a look for one, but this time I'll just be using a regular packback with Poley's head sticking out the top iykwim?

Good luck tomorrow! :goodvibes:goodvibes

Thank you so much! :hug:

[lisalonglash]

Well its a start anyway. Part of your 12 step recovery program. Drink several and maybe we will get that picture of you in the skort we have all been waiting on. :thumbsup2

Still :lmao: here

Sorry Lisa,

I have absolutely no idea when it comes to cats. I do think it is cool that your Poley is almost 18 years old. Good luck with the trip to the groomer.

Thanks, Minnie :hug:

[mommytothreeboys]

No cats here so I can't be much help with that one.

I did just get back from the dentist's office, though so I totally feel your pain! I have to go back again on Tuesday....UGH! What a way to start the summer.
I'm sure Tigger will do fine...you are probably WAY more nervous about it than he is so having Grumpy go is a great idea! :thumbsup2

[DisneyMomLiz]

pixiedust: for Tigger at the dentist and some more pixiedust: for you and Mickey with the kitty. Sorry I don't have any suggestions for another way to carry him, seems like you have a good plan though ;)

[jcc0621]

I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner:guilty:

Your plans looks great! Glad you got all your ADR's.

You have a lot of meets planned too. That's so cool!

Can't wait to hear more:goodvibes

[MinnieNurse]

Just checking into to say Hello and see how the dentist appointment and cat groomer trips went. :wave:

[purplepeg]

Hoping everything went well with the two cats...Tigger and Poley:lmao:Talk about a stressful day. I bet your mouth hurt in sympathy!

[lisalonglash]

No cats here so I can't be much help with that one.

I did just get back from the dentist's office, though so I totally feel your pain! I have to go back again on Tuesday....UGH! What a way to start the summer.
I'm sure Tigger will do fine...you are probably WAY more nervous about it than he is so having Grumpy go is a great idea! :thumbsup2

Thanks for the good wishes for Tigger and I'm sorry you're having to go to the dentist too (twice, even!) :sad2:

pixiedust: for Tigger at the dentist and some more pixiedust: for you and Mickey with the kitty. Sorry I don't have any suggestions for another way to carry him, seems like you have a good plan though ;)

Thank you Liz! It all worked out :goodvibes

I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner:guilty:

Your plans looks great! Glad you got all your ADR's.

You have a lot of meets planned too. That's so cool!

Can't wait to hear more:goodvibes

Hi Janet! :welcome:, I'm glad you're here! Thanks :hug:

Just checking into to say Hello and see how the dentist appointment and cat groomer trips went. :wave:

Thanks, Minnie :flower3:

Hoping everything went well with the two cats...Tigger and Poley:lmao:Talk about a stressful day. I bet your mouth hurt in sympathy!

LOL, thanks, Peg! :flower3: Yes, it did!

[lisalonglash]

Update on Tigger and our Poleycat

Thanks for the good wishes everyone - they worked! Tigger was absolutely fine at his dentist appointment :goodvibes Truly, our dentist is just amazingly gentle - we :love: him! All Tigger felt was a "small pinch, Mom" when the first freezing needle was put in (he needed THREE needles! :eek:). The hardest part of the day was keeping him from running around/riding his bike/etc. (because of where the extracted teeth were, the dentist wanted to make sure his gums had a full day to heal before his normal activity jarred his mouth kwim?). He really had no pain after the freezing wore off, either. Whew! :woohoo:

Carrying Poley in a backpack turned around worked really well, thankfully! He was totally comfy and hardly complained at all! :yay:

EXTRA UPDATE - Mickey's New Milestone!

I am very proud to say that Mickey is now a proficient two-wheel bike rider! He resisted our every comment about riding a bike without training wheels until he chose his new bike at the store for his 7th birthday (his gift from my mom and stepdad). He went from being unable to ride a two-wheeler unless Grumpy or I had a hand on the seat to being able to ride his new bike like a pro! He basically learnt in one evening at an empty parking lot near our home - lots of empty space, no fear of moving vehicles LOL The next day, he was trying hard to beat Tigger in a bike race :rotfl: He's very proud of himself and we are proud of him too - way to go, sweet Mickey! :cheer2:

Interestingly, 7yo is around the same age as Tigger was when he learnt how to ride a two-wheeler - go figure LOL We usually go with child-led when it comes to major milestones (potty-training, weaning, etc.), and I just think it's funny that they both self-chose about 7yo to do this :lmao:

[Diamondintheruff]

I'm glad everything went well with the dentist and the groomers.

Yay for Mickey riding a two wheeler.:banana:

My kids were around 7 when they decided to do it too. I knew they could do it but it took them a while to realize it for instance my Jedi (DS6 turning 7 in august) is riding around with trainning wheels that rarely touch the ground. Dh keeps lifting them up higher and higher but just by little bits at a time. However Jedi (DS6) will not believe that he could ride his bike without them.:confused3

[mommytothreeboys]

I'm glad all turned out well for both Tigger and Poley. It's nice when things work out that way!

Way to go Mickey! :banana:

[purplepeg]

Congrats for Mickey! dd9 was 8 when she decided finally to try no extra wheels and did it all by herself, while I was busy talking to the neighbors. I guess she felt safe knowing we were there but doesn't like to be watched so we were distracted enough!

So glad to hear Tigger is doing well.:)

[lisalonglash]

I'm glad everything went well with the dentist and the groomers.

Yay for Mickey riding a two wheeler.:banana:

My kids were around 7 when they decided to do it too. I knew they could do it but it took them a while to realize it for instance my Jedi (DS6 turning 7 in august) is riding around with trainning wheels that rarely touch the ground. Dh keeps lifting them up higher and higher but just by little bits at a time. However Jedi (DS6) will not believe that he could ride his bike without them.:confused3

Thanks :hug: LOL at your dh - smart move! Maybe turning 7yo is somehow linked to bike confidence? I dunno, but I'm glad the training wheel bikes are gone :woohoo:

I'm glad all turned out well for both Tigger and Poley. It's nice when things work out that way!

Way to go Mickey! :banana:

Thanks :hug:

Congrats for Mickey! dd9 was 8 when she decided finally to try no extra wheels and did it all by herself, while I was busy talking to the neighbors. I guess she felt safe knowing we were there but doesn't like to be watched so we were distracted enough!

So glad to hear Tigger is doing well.:)

Thanks :hug: Whatever works for each child, hey? They are just so unpredictable, darn it! :laughing:

[MinnieNurse]

Isnt it amazing how a new bike can make magic like that? Way to go Mickey!!!

Glad to hear Tigger and Poley has an easy time of their appointments. :thumbsup2

How many more days until your trip?

[3princesses+aprince]

I'm glad everything was Ok with the Dentist appt. I dread them too!!!! And Yahoo for no training wheels, we're working on that here too.:headache:

[lisalonglash]

Isnt it amazing how a new bike can make magic like that? Way to go Mickey!!!

Glad to hear Tigger and Poley has an easy time of their appointments. :thumbsup2

How many more days until your trip?

Thanks, Minnie :hug: I'm not sure, but however many days it is, it's TOO MANY! :laughing:

Edited to add:
Ooooh, I found an online day-to-day calculator for my lazy self LOL It is 74 days until the day we get on the plane in Seattle!

I'm glad everything was Ok with the Dentist appt. I dread them too!!!! And Yahoo for no training wheels, we're working on that here too.:headache:

Thanks :hug: I have come to the conclusion that children reach milestones on only their schedules and nobody else's, as I'm positive you know lol. When they're ready, they learn very quickly! Honestly, he learnt how to ride it competently within a span of 1/2 hour when he decided to do it! :banana:

[lisalonglash]

Time for an on-topic post, methinks :lmao:

So, now that we're at 74 days to go (thank you, lazy person's day calculator that I found online to figure that out for me lol), I keep thinking there's more stuff I should be doing :scared:

My "it's not a Disney binder, honey" binder is now chock-full of paper. I have a "to buy" list, a carryon luggage packing list, a checked luggage list, copies of our flight e-tickets, directions to MasterPark, printout of MasterPark reservation, printout of MasterPark online discount coupons, printout of ATL airport's many concourses, copy of our WDW hotel/pass/FD reservation, printout of ASMu map with my requested room block highlighted, printout of Garden Grocer order (that is STILL not finalized :laughing:), printout of trip budget, park plan with dining ADR information, restaurant menus and directions to get home from MasterPark. Yep, it's full :rotfl:

The park days are planned, the ADRs are made (thank you, Christine!) - what else am I supposed to be doing?

Oh, I have far too many Mickey heads from our last trip that I will be getting laminated - finally! LOL

I haven't figured out what designs to choose for our two sets of t-shirts yet either.

Any thoughts on t-shirt designs? I'm doing two sets of shirts (theoretically lol) and I need the design to be in grayscale because buying a $200 colour cartridge for my printer is not in the WDW budget :lmao: My plan is to get one set of medium blue shirts (Tigger's fave colour) and one set of bright or dark yellow shirts (Mickey's fave colour). All help is appreciated!

I can't make a countdown yet for the boys until we tell them lol

What to do, what to do? :confused3