The Trip That Almost Wasn't - December '09 (We are BACK!!!! TR to start soon)

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Marty the Zebra in Madagascar says crackalackin!

We just watched it the other day.

It's kind of my thing for right now. :rotfl:

[Trentmom]

Marty the Zebra in Madagascar says crackalackin!

We just watched it the other day.

It's kind of my thing for right now. :rotfl:

Love that show and movie :rotfl2:

[Leger13]

So true.

I haven't booked! I'm an idiot. :headache:



Me too! (Assuming there is room left for me when I finally call!)



MEEEE THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


UJ says I must book by the 1st so we can make ADR's. Gotta get crackalackin! :thumbsup2

Yes, gotta be able to make those ever important ADR's!!

I'm not so much an idiot anymore.
I got crackalackin right after that post.

:thumbsup2

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: you GO girl!! So excited!!! You gonna do a PTR??

[cherbear]

Love that show and movie :rotfl2:

:)

[Leger13]

Looks like Pop Warner will be there with us.

This link http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/events/eventDetail/detail?name=PopWarnerSuperBowlDetailPage&bhcp=1 has a ticker saying 103 days until the event which would have them arriving on December 5th. *sigh* :sad2:

[TrueEeyore]

Aww Carla that SUCKS!! I know you'll be able to have a good time anyway though! :flower3:

[Trentmom]

Looks like Pop Warner will be there with us.

This link http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/events/eventDetail/detail?name=PopWarnerSuperBowlDetailPage&bhcp=1 has a ticker saying 103 days until the event which would have them arriving on December 5th. *sigh* :sad2:

We should be good since they are at all stars and Caribbean Beach

They are performing and competing most of the days. Should only see them at night

No worries :goodvibes

[Leger13]

Aww Carla that SUCKS!! I know you'll be able to have a good time anyway though! :flower3:

Thanks Heather. I'm sure we will too. Can't be anywhere near what I experienced when I went to MK during spring break :scared1:

We should be good since they are at all stars and Caribbean Beach

They are performing and competing most of the days. Should only see them at night

No worries :goodvibes

That makes me feel a bit better. Hopefully the evenings won't be crazy though.

[Leger13]

So apparently Chris has been doing research on wdwinfo.com (good hubby :goodvibes) and saw this http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/candlelight_processional.htm#dine about the Candlelight Processional for this year. So now, I have to change our itinerary and dinner plans one more time. Hopefully our list of resturants won't change any more after this. The change I haven't posted yet is that we were planning on doing two nights of two table service credit dinners (Jiko and Yachtsman Steakhouse) but now that I know the Candlelight Processional will take two TS Credits I will have to nix the Yachtsman Steakhouse and put Le Cellier for the Processional in it's place. Which in turn changes what parks we do which days since we will have to use a park day to be sure to be inside EPCOT for the Processional. I'll be working on that a bit here today when I get down time here at work so once I have it to a way that I am happy with I will share it here. :thumbsup2

[cherbear]

So apparently Chris has been doing research on wdwinfo.com (good hubby :goodvibes) and saw this http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/candlelight_processional.htm#dine about the Candlelight Processional for this year. So now, I have to change our itinerary and dinner plans one more time. Hopefully our list of resturants won't change any more after this. The change I haven't posted yet is that we were planning on doing two nights of two table service credit dinners (Jiko and Yachtsman Steakhouse) but now that I know the Candlelight Processional will take two TS Credits I will have to nix the Yachtsman Steakhouse and put Le Cellier for the Processional in it's place. Which in turn changes what parks we do which days since we will have to use a park day to be sure to be inside EPCOT for the Processional. I'll be working on that a bit here today when I get down time here at work so once I have it to a way that I am happy with I will share it here. :thumbsup2

ooh cool! I wonder if it will be harder to get into Le Cellier this way? In any case, I hope you get in...good luck!

[Leger13]

• Dec 3rd – Drive down & stay with Grandparents

• Dec 4th – Visit w/G-mama & G-papa – Jiko late dinner – 10:30pm DIS meet at POP (2 TS Credits)

• Dec 5th – EPCOT – Electric Umbrella lunch – Le Cellier dinner w/preferred seating for Candlelight Processional & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

• Dec 6th – Kona Breakfast – ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort – Friendly’s Lunch – Beaches & Cream dinner (2 OOP, 1 TS Credit)
*This lunch selection might change....Dunno if I can handle all that ice cream in one day. Friendly's Sundays + Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream might = disaster for me and Chris' stomachs :scared1::sick:

• Dec 7th – MGM (morning) - CS MGM Lunch - MK (evening) – Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 8th – Richard Petty Experience – POFQ Lunch – LTT Dinner – MVMCP (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 9th – AK (morning) – CS Lunch @ AK – MGM (evening) – Back lot Express Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 10th – Kennedy Space Center – Resort Food Court Lunch – Resort Food Court Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 11th – EPCOT (morning) – CS Lunch – MK (evening) – TS Dinner (but, where???) (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

[Leger13]

ooh cool! I wonder if it will be harder to get into Le Cellier this way? In any case, I hope you get in...good luck!

I would imagine, for the ppl that aren't reserving Le Cellier for the Candlelight Processional it would be harder for them to get a table since I would assume they set aside a certain amount of tables just for that. I'm just planning on calling at 7:00am sharp on September 5th to book it. And if it's not available, I'll have to try for one of the other restaurants. Maybe Coral Reef :confused3

[cherbear]

I would imagine, for the ppl that aren't reserving Le Cellier for the Candlelight Processional it would be harder for them to get a table since I would assume they set aside a certain amount of tables just for that. I'm just planning on calling at 7:00am sharp on September 5th to book it. And if it's not available, I'll have to try for one of the other restaurants. Maybe Coral Reef :confused3

:thumbsup2

[Trentmom]

So apparently Chris has been doing research on wdwinfo.com (good hubby :goodvibes) and saw this http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/candlelight_processional.htm#dine about the Candlelight Processional for this year. So now, I have to change our itinerary and dinner plans one more time. Hopefully our list of resturants won't change any more after this. The change I haven't posted yet is that we were planning on doing two nights of two table service credit dinners (Jiko and Yachtsman Steakhouse) but now that I know the Candlelight Processional will take two TS Credits I will have to nix the Yachtsman Steakhouse and put Le Cellier for the Processional in it's place. Which in turn changes what parks we do which days since we will have to use a park day to be sure to be inside EPCOT for the Processional. I'll be working on that a bit here today when I get down time here at work so once I have it to a way that I am happy with I will share it here. :thumbsup2

aww...that is nice he was doing some disney research :)

I can't wait to read your itinerary changes. I am curious to see what night you pick, to see which reader you will get

Off to find our next update :surfweb:

[Trentmom]

• Dec 3rd – Drive down & stay with Grandparents

• Dec 4th – Visit w/G-mama & G-papa – Jiko late dinner – 10:30pm DIS meet at POP (2 TS Credits)

• Dec 5th – EPCOT – Electric Umbrella lunch – Le Cellier dinner w/preferred seating for Candlelight Processional & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

• Dec 6th – Kona Breakfast – ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort – Friendly’s Lunch – Beaches & Cream dinner (2 OOP, 1 TS Credit)
*This lunch selection might change....Dunno if I can handle all that ice cream in one day. Friendly's Sundays + Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream might = disaster for me and Chris' stomachs :scared1::sick:

• Dec 7th – MGM (morning) - CS MGM Lunch - MK (evening) – Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 8th – Richard Petty Experience – POFQ Lunch – LTT Dinner – MVMCP (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 9th – AK (morning) – CS Lunch @ AK – MGM (evening) – Back lot Express Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 10th – Kennedy Space Center – Resort Food Court Lunch – Resort Food Court Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 11th – EPCOT (morning) – CS Lunch – MK (evening) – TS Dinner (but, where???) (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)


Like your changes

if my itinerary stays the same, we will both be at MK Monday, the 7th in the evening..Getting my stalking glasses ready :cool2:

I see your reader will be Steve Curtis Chapman. Off to google, as I Forget who he is..lol

[Leger13]

So I have some picture updates to do for you all. Yesterday when I got home from work I was surprised in the mail box by this

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disney1-1.jpg

And here's what was inside

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disne2.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disney3-1.jpg

Basically the Disney mail that states "hi, you've booked a trip to see us. Thanks for your $!" :rotfl:

But literally this is what the first sentence of the letter says (it made me giggle)

"It's great to hear from you again. As someone who visits often, you already know much of the magic that's to be found here." :lmao: You think we go to WDW a lot??? :confused3:lmao:

And in the last couple of weeks I've made some purchases clothing wise for our trip.

I bought two pairs of pants from Victroia's Secret. They're like sweat pants but not really. I figured I could wear them to the parks a couple of days since they are SUPER comfy and will keep me warm if it is cold but not too warm if it gets warmer throughout the day. KWIM?

Here's the pink ones (I also got a navy pair but they are in the wash so I didn't get to take a pic of them)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes1.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes2.jpg

Then on Monday night after work Chris took me shopping @ Old Navy since I had $100 to blow. I spent less than $75 and got 8 shirts and a pair of slacks.

This is what I plan on wearing to our dinner at Jiko. I know it's not very dressy but it's "business casual" in my opinion. At least it's not jeans. :thumbsup2

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes4.jpg

I'll wear this under the pink shirt
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes8.jpg

With these slacks
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes5.jpg

Not sure what shoes yet :confused3

And here's the rest of what I bought (not pictured is a purple top with dark gray tank top that I wore yesterday to work)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes6.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes7.jpg

So there you have it folks. My purchases so far for this trip. And my Disney Mail. Hope you enjoyed the update. :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

aww...that is nice he was doing some disney research :)

I can't wait to read your itinerary changes. I am curious to see what night you pick, to see which reader you will get

Off to find our next update :surfweb:

Yeah it was a pleasant surprise :goodvibes



Like your changes

if my itinerary stays the same, we will both be at MK Monday, the 7th in the evening..Getting my stalking glasses ready :cool2:

I see your reader will be Steve Curtis Chapman. Off to google, as I Forget who he is..lol

Sweet!! I was hoping my changes would put us in at least one park together. Stalking is so much fun. We HAVE to ride Splash Mtn at night together!! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 What'd ya say?? I've got my stalking glasses ready too :3dglasses

[Trentmom]

wow girl...you got some great deals

Very cute pants and tops.

I like the grey top with pink tank top underneath...cute look

:goodvibes

[Leger13]

wow girl...you got some great deals

Very cute pants and tops.

I like the grey top with pink tank top underneath...cute look

:goodvibes

Yeah, I was pretty proud of myself. I even got $20 off my VS order. :thumbsup2

Thank you! :goodvibes

Yeah I love that too. The purple with dark gray tank top underneath is really cute too. Love Old Navy

[Trentmom]

Yeah it was a pleasant surprise :goodvibes





Sweet!! I was hoping my changes would put us in at least one park together. Stalking is so much fun. We HAVE to ride Splash Mtn at night together!! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 What'd ya say?? I've got my stalking glasses ready too :3dglasses


Hee Hee

Definitely try to make that happen or ride something together.

Keep checking for texts and i will do the same

Just have to do it on the sly :laughing:

[Leger13]

Hee Hee

Definitely try to make that happen or ride something together.

Keep checking for texts and i will do the same

Just have to do it on the sly :laughing:

for sure.

Oh I'll be checking for txts for sure.

LOL Chris will probably be TELLING me to txt you so no "on the sly" for me :rotfl:every time Chris knew we were in the same park as Cheri and Mike he wanted me to keep txting them until we met up with them. I had to tell him to chill. Didn't want to bombard them :laughing:

[Trentmom]

for sure.

Oh I'll be checking for txts for sure.

LOL Chris will probably be TELLING me to txt you so no "on the sly" for me :rotfl:every time Chris knew we were in the same park as Cheri and Mike he wanted me to keep txting them until we met up with them. I had to tell him to chill. Didn't want to bombard them :laughing:

too funny :rotfl2:

hopefully after meeting all of you, dh will be the same as chris :goodvibes

[Leger13]

too funny :rotfl2:

hopefully after meeting all of you, dh will be the same as chris :goodvibes

I bet he will be. Him and Chris seem to be very similar. Like I said, I bet once they meet we won't be able to separate them :laughing:

[Trentmom]

I bet he will be. Him and Chris seem to be very similar. Like I said, I bet once they meet we won't be able to separate them :laughing:

Yeah, they sure do. I hope so. that would be awesome :laughing:

[Leger13]

Yeah, they sure do. I hope so. that would be awesome :laughing:

Heck yeah it would :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

So, I do 3 updates in one day and Sharky is the only one that comes over to comment? I do NOT feel the love! :sad2:

[MyMuse]

I would imagine, for the ppl that aren't reserving Le Cellier for the Candlelight Processional it would be harder for them to get a table since I would assume they set aside a certain amount of tables just for that. I'm just planning on calling at 7:00am sharp on September 5th to book it. And if it's not available, I'll have to try for one of the other restaurants. Maybe Coral Reef :confused3

I *think* they only have CP people at that time. If it works the same way Fantasmic seating does.

I'm planning to see CP but for 12/9.

I don't think we are at the same parks for the same days, either. Then again, I'm not completely certain until the park hours come out. My itin may completely change! LOL! :lmao:

[Leger13]

I *think* they only have CP people at that time. If it works the same way Fantasmic seating does.

I'm planning to see CP but for 12/9.

I don't think we are at the same parks for the same days, either. Then again, I'm not completely certain until the park hours come out. My itin may completely change! LOL! :lmao:

Ah okay, that would be nice. I hope they do do it that way. :thumbsup2

Who is the narrator on the 9th? I can't remember what the list said.

:rotfl: yeah same here. I'm planning on calling Richard Petty to book Chris' riding experience tomorrow but that will be the only thing set in stone before I get the park hours. I'm planning on calling on September 1st to see if I can get a CM to tell me the hours.

[Leger13]

I just got back from an Office Depot run for work and while I was there I picked up the much needed planning notebook I've been meaning to get for this trip so I could write down all of our plans and the reservation #'s and such. You know, all the really important stuff I need to have written down. :thumbsup2

And here's what I got. Nothing fancy but it's cute and it works. I'm gonna get some Disney stickers and decorate the front and back of it :mickeyjum

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/download-1.jpg

[cherbear]

cute purchases!

and is that shirt you have on with the pink pants...is that a heinz ketchup shirt or something? Looks like it. :rotfl:

[Leger13]

cute purchases!

and is that shirt you have on with the pink pants...is that a heinz ketchup shirt or something? Looks like it. :rotfl:

Thanks girl

:lmao: It sure is! I wondered how many people would catch that. :thumbsup2

[cherbear]

Thanks girl

:lmao: It sure is! I wondered how many people would catch that. :thumbsup2

GIRL! I know my ketchup. :lmao:

[Trentmom]

So, I do 3 updates in one day and Sharky is the only one that comes over to comment? I do NOT feel the love! :sad2:

aww....:hug:

I just got back from an Office Depot run for work and while I was there I picked up the much needed planning notebook I've been meaning to get for this trip so I could write down all of our plans and the reservation #'s and such. You know, all the really important stuff I need to have written down. :thumbsup2

And here's what I got. Nothing fancy but it's cute and it works. I'm gonna get some Disney stickers and decorate the front and back of it :mickeyjum

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/download-1.jpg

Great purchase. :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

aww....:hug:



Great purchase. :thumbsup2

Thanks girl! I ordered stickers off of Joann's web site too to decorate it with. Can't wait to get them!! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[Tat2ddisneymom]

So, I do 3 updates in one day and Sharky is the only one that comes over to comment? I do NOT feel the love! :sad2:
I wasn't home! Don't yell at me!!:sad1:
• Dec 3rd – Drive down & stay with Grandparents

• Dec 4th – Visit w/G-mama & G-papa – Jiko late dinner – 10:30pm DIS meet at POP (2 TS Credits)

• Dec 5th – EPCOT – Electric Umbrella lunch – Le Cellier dinner w/preferred seating for Candlelight Processional & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

• Dec 6th – Kona Breakfast – ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort – Friendly’s Lunch – Beaches & Cream dinner (2 OOP, 1 TS Credit)
*This lunch selection might change....Dunno if I can handle all that ice cream in one day. Friendly's Sundays + Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream might = disaster for me and Chris' stomachs :scared1::sick:

• Dec 7th – MGM (morning) - CS MGM Lunch - MK (evening) – Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 8th – Richard Petty Experience – POFQ Lunch – LTT Dinner – MVMCP (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 9th – AK (morning) – CS Lunch @ AK – MGM (evening) – Back lot Express Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 10th – Kennedy Space Center – Resort Food Court Lunch – Resort Food Court Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 11th – EPCOT (morning) – CS Lunch – MK (evening) – TS Dinner (but, where???) (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

I was thinking the same thing about all that ice cream before I read what you wrote. I thought you really, REALLY like ice cream.

TS dinner in the Magic Kingdom on December 11th? The only ones there are LTT, which you already have, CRT, which you don't have the credits for (I assume, I didn't count), Crystal Palace, The Plaza, and Tony's, I think. Do any of them interest you? Or would you leave for a resort? Or Downtown?
So I have some picture updates to do for you all. Yesterday when I got home from work I was surprised in the mail box by this

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disney1-1.jpg

And here's what was inside

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disne2.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Disney3-1.jpg

Basically the Disney mail that states "hi, you've booked a trip to see us. Thanks for your $!" :rotfl:

But literally this is what the first sentence of the letter says (it made me giggle)

"It's great to hear from you again. As someone who visits often, you already know much of the magic that's to be found here." :lmao: You think we go to WDW a lot??? :confused3:lmao:

And in the last couple of weeks I've made some purchases clothing wise for our trip.

I bought two pairs of pants from Victroia's Secret. They're like sweat pants but not really. I figured I could wear them to the parks a couple of days since they are SUPER comfy and will keep me warm if it is cold but not too warm if it gets warmer throughout the day. KWIM?

Here's the pink ones (I also got a navy pair but they are in the wash so I didn't get to take a pic of them)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes1.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes2.jpg

Then on Monday night after work Chris took me shopping @ Old Navy since I had $100 to blow. I spent less than $75 and got 8 shirts and a pair of slacks.

This is what I plan on wearing to our dinner at Jiko. I know it's not very dressy but it's "business casual" in my opinion. At least it's not jeans. :thumbsup2

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes4.jpg

I'll wear this under the pink shirt
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes8.jpg

With these slacks
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes5.jpg

Not sure what shoes yet :confused3

And here's the rest of what I bought (not pictured is a purple top with dark gray tank top that I wore yesterday to work)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes6.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Clothes7.jpg

So there you have it folks. My purchases so far for this trip. And my Disney Mail. Hope you enjoyed the update. :thumbsup2
Have you lost weight? Your legs look especially long. But girl, you are killing me with all the pink!
I just got back from an Office Depot run for work and while I was there I picked up the much needed planning notebook I've been meaning to get for this trip so I could write down all of our plans and the reservation #'s and such. You know, all the really important stuff I need to have written down. :thumbsup2

And here's what I got. Nothing fancy but it's cute and it works. I'm gonna get some Disney stickers and decorate the front and back of it :mickeyjum

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/download-1.jpg
Now is a good time to get stuff like that, with it being on sale for back to school. I saw an ad for one of the drug stores (CVS? Rite Aid? I can't remember...) and they had a special on notebooks - buy one get three free.
GIRL! I know my ketchup. :lmao:

Isn't that stuff made in Pittsburgh? Or did they just name the Steelers' stadium Heinz field because they really like condiments?

[Leger13]

I wasn't home! Don't yell at me!!:sad1:

I was thinking the same thing about all that ice cream before I read what you wrote. I thought you really, REALLY like ice cream.

TS dinner in the Magic Kingdom on December 11th? The only ones there are LTT, which you already have, CRT, which you don't have the credits for (I assume, I didn't count), Crystal Palace, The Plaza, and Tony's, I think. Do any of them interest you? Or would you leave for a resort? Or Downtown?

Have you lost weight? Your legs look especially long. But girl, you are killing me with all the pink!

Now is a good time to get stuff like that, with it being on sale for back to school. I saw an ad for one of the drug stores (CVS? Rite Aid? I can't remember...) and they had a special on notebooks - buy one get three free.


Isn't that stuff made in Pittsburgh? Or did they just name the Steelers' stadium Heinz field because they really like condiments?

awww okay, I forgive you.

well, we like ice cream but not THAT much. So, I dunno what exactly we will do.

Yeah, we probably won't eat inside the park on the 11th. I wouldn't mind taking the monorail over to the GF so maybe we'll hit the Grand Floridian Cafe. Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't think I lost weight. Probably just the angle I was taking the picture from. But I do have pretty long legs. That's where all my height comes from. I have a very short torso. And :rotfl: about all the pink. I love it. I normally just buy blue. Trying to put some more color in my life :thumbsup2

Right. It was on sale. I like that one because it's cover is hard so the pages inside are better protected.

[Leger13]

So, I made another big purchase for our trip. I should get my packages tomorrow so once I get everything I will take pictures and post them here. :thumbsup2

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Sorry I've been MIA for awhile...really busy and taking me away from the DIS for a bit! I see you were busy updating while I was gone! Your purchases are cute! I am glad that other people besides myself feel the need to go out and buy new wardrobes for Disney trips!! LOL Can't wait to see what tomorrow's new purchases are!

[Trentmom]

So, I made another big purchase for our trip. I should get my packages tomorrow so once I get everything I will take pictures and post them here. :thumbsup2

cool. Can't wait to see it :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

Sorry I've been MIA for awhile...really busy and taking me away from the DIS for a bit! I see you were busy updating while I was gone! Your purchases are cute! I am glad that other people besides myself feel the need to go out and buy new wardrobes for Disney trips!! LOL Can't wait to see what tomorrow's new purchases are!

Ah it's okay. I understand real life getting in the way of DIS (even though it's against the rules! :laughing:) Hope everything is okay. :laughing: Yeah, I always buy new clothes for our trips. I have to look my best for the Big Guy :goodvibes Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way too. I promise I will post pictures of everything once I get my packages :thumbsup2

cool. Can't wait to see it :thumbsup2

I just tracked all 3 packages and all but one are already out for delivery this morning. The other one should be saying out for delivery soon I would imagine. :woohoo::woohoo:

[cltk78]

• Dec 3rd – Drive down & stay with Grandparents

• Dec 4th – Visit w/G-mama & G-papa – Jiko late dinner – 10:30pm DIS meet at POP (2 TS Credits)

• Dec 5th – EPCOT – Electric Umbrella lunch – Le Cellier dinner w/preferred seating for Candlelight Processional & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

• Dec 6th – Kona Breakfast – ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort – Friendly’s Lunch – Beaches & Cream dinner (2 OOP, 1 TS Credit)
*This lunch selection might change....Dunno if I can handle all that ice cream in one day. Friendly's Sundays + Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream might = disaster for me and Chris' stomachs :scared1::sick:

• Dec 7th – MGM (morning) - CS MGM Lunch - MK (evening) – Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 8th – Richard Petty Experience – POFQ Lunch – LTT Dinner – MVMCP (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

• Dec 9th – AK (morning) – CS Lunch @ AK – MGM (evening) – Back lot Express Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 10th – Kennedy Space Center – Resort Food Court Lunch – Resort Food Court Dinner (2 CS Credits)

• Dec 11th – EPCOT (morning) – CS Lunch – MK (evening) – TS Dinner (but, where???) (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)


:thumbsup2

BTW, cute clothes, and what a great deal on the stuff from Old Navy! I really need to start deciding what I'm going to wear on our trip, which is officially 90 days away. :cool1: I made our ADR for 'Ohana for Liam's birthday this morning, which reminds me I need to update my PTR.

[Leger13]

:thumbsup2

BTW, cute clothes, and what a great deal on the stuff from Old Navy! I really need to start deciding what I'm going to wear on our trip, which is officially 90 days away. :cool1: I made our ADR for 'Ohana for Liam's birthday this morning, which reminds me I need to update my PTR.

Hey!! Was wondering what happened to you!

Thanks! :) 90 days :woohoo::woohoo: Glad to hear you got your ADR for Ohana! Looking fwd to the update on your PTR :goodvibes

[cltk78]

Hey!! Was wondering what happened to you!

Thanks! :) 90 days :woohoo::woohoo: Glad to hear you got your ADR for Ohana! Looking fwd to the update on your PTR :goodvibes

2 words.... Face Book! LOL! I got sucked into a few games on there. Well that, and I've been busy with our kitchen remodel for the past month. As I type, our new tile floor is being installed. I hope to update my PTR more regularly once the kitchen's done.

[Leger13]

2 words.... Face Book! LOL! I got sucked into a few games on there. Well that, and I've been busy with our kitchen remodel for the past month. As I type, our new tile floor is being installed. I hope to update my PTR more regularly once the kitchen's done.

:lmao: Face Book is very addicting! I've gotten so many of my friends here addicted. It's awesome! And wow on the remodel! Hope everything is going smoothly! How exciting! I hope you post pictures of the before and after. I would love to see!!

[cltk78]

:lmao: Face Book is very addicting! I've gotten so many of my friends here addicted. It's awesome! And wow on the remodel! Hope everything is going smoothly! How exciting! I hope you post pictures of the before and after. I would love to see!!

I have pictures posted on Face Book. If you want, I can pm you my email address and you can add me as a friend. :)

[Leger13]

I have pictures posted on Face Book. If you want, I can pm you my email address and you can add me as a friend. :)

Oh please do!! I love having my DIS friends on my FB. :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

So, based on Park hours that my sneaky friends got ahold of for me ( :goodvibes ) I revised my Itinerary and I'm even happier than I was before with it. I also took out Richard Petty, added another park day in it's place and we'll be doing Segway tour at EPCOT that day :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 Hopefully nothing else will change. We'll see after Saturday when I make my ADR's if I get the ones I want on the days I have them scheduled for. *crosses fingers*

Dec. 3rd - Drive down and stay the night w/grandparents

Dec. 4th - visit with grandparents - check in at hotel - late dinner at Jiko - 10:30pm DIS meet (2 TS credits)

Dec. 5th - EPCOT all day - Electric Umbrella lunch - Le Cellier dinner for CP & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

Dec. 6th - MK (morning) - CS Lunch MK - MGM (evening - EMH's) - CS Dinner MGM (2 CS Credits)

Dec. 7th - 8:30am Breakfast Kona - ICE Exhibit at Gaylord Palms - quick lunch - Beaches & Cream dinner (1 TS Credit, 2 OOP)

Dec. 8th - EPCOT (Segway Tour) - CS Lunch - MK for MVMCP - 4:30pm LTT (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

Dec. 9th - MGM (morning) - CS Lunch MGM - AK Evening EMH's - CS Dinner MGM (2 CS Credits)

Dec. 10th - Kennedy Space Center - POFQ Lunch - DTD - Grand Floridian Cafe Dinner - Putt Putt (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

Dec. 11th - MK (morning) - CS Lunch - EPCOT (evening - EMH's) - Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

[Marshay]

Your schedule looks good -- I think you'll like the Segway tour. We did the Ft. Wilderness Segway tour and that was cool. I want to do the Epcot one, too.

[Trentmom]

Your schedule looks great. I need to re do mine now that we know the hours ;)

So excited to hear how you both like the segway tour :wizard:

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Looking good! All you have to do now is get up bright and early on Saturday and secure those ADR's!!!! Best of luck with that! I have to do two sets for my split stay...so I'm on Thursday and next Tuesday! But, I know what I want, so hopefully I'll be able to get them! After they are all made, all that's left for now is to tweek the schedule according to dining times! :woohoo::woohoo:

[Leger13]

Your schedule looks good -- I think you'll like the Segway tour. We did the Ft. Wilderness Segway tour and that was cool. I want to do the Epcot one, too.

Thanks Marsha. Glad to hear a positive review about the Segways. Did you feel like you were going to fall off the Segway or run into anyone else? That's what I'm most afraid of :scared1::laughing:

Your schedule looks great. I need to re do mine now that we know the hours ;)

So excited to hear how you both like the segway tour :wizard:

Thanks Kelly! Yes you do! Lets see it!

I'm a bit nervous about it. Those other ppl on the tour better watch out for me 'cause I'm probably gonna have a Segway accident :rotfl:

Looking good! All you have to do now is get up bright and early on Saturday and secure those ADR's!!!! Best of luck with that! I have to do two sets for my split stay...so I'm on Thursday and next Tuesday! But, I know what I want, so hopefully I'll be able to get them! After they are all made, all that's left for now is to tweek the schedule according to dining times! :woohoo::woohoo:

Thanks! Right! I'm nervous about making my ADR's. I will feel SO much better once all of that is done!! Thanks for the luck. I think I'll need it when I try for Le Cellier CP. So since you have a split stay you have to wait to do the other ones? I would think you can do them all on Thursday since it's 90 + 10 for resort guests. :confused3 I would try to make them all on Thursday if I were you so you don't have to worry about possibly not getting something you really want and having to wake up really early again for more ADR's. KWIM? Hope you get everything you want!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Thanks! Right! I'm nervous about making my ADR's. I will feel SO much better once all of that is done!! Thanks for the luck. I think I'll need it when I try for Le Cellier CP. So since you have a split stay you have to wait to do the other ones? I would think you can do them all on Thursday since it's 90 + 10 for resort guests. :confused3 I would try to make them all on Thursday if I were you so you don't have to worry about possibly not getting something you really want and having to wake up really early again for more ADR's. KWIM? Hope you get everything you want!

I hear you on the Le Cellier thing. I'm not trying to get it for dinner or for CP...just a regular lunch and in a trial run (to see if availability comes up) there has been nothing available!! :sad2: But, I'll see on Thursday. All the CM's I have spoken to said I'd have to wait to book the second half until the 90 day mark for that check in?? I think that's dumb since I'll still be on Disney property, just in a different resort! I am CERTAINLY going to try to do them all on Thursday anyway! I'll see what happens. I am planning on getting up and doing online ressies then what I don't have luck with, calling at 7!!:thumbsup2 Thanks for the well wishes! I hope you get all you want...we will all be discussing what we got soon!

[Leger13]

I hear you on the Le Cellier thing. I'm not trying to get it for dinner or for CP...just a regular lunch and in a trial run (to see if availability comes up) there has been nothing available!! :sad2: But, I'll see on Thursday. All the CM's I have spoken to said I'd have to wait to book the second half until the 90 day mark for that check in?? I think that's dumb since I'll still be on Disney property, just in a different resort! I am CERTAINLY going to try to do them all on Thursday anyway! I'll see what happens. I am planning on getting up and doing online ressies then what I don't have luck with, calling at 7!!:thumbsup2 Thanks for the well wishes! I hope you get all you want...we will all be discussing what we got soon!

Ugh!! I hope it's different for both of us when we go to try and get our actual ADR for Le Cellier. *fingers crossed* I think that's dumb too that they told you you have to wait for your other 90 day mark just to make those ADR's. I would for sure try to get them all on Thursday. I hope you can make them all that day. Thanks for the well wishes as well :) Can't wait to hear what everyone ends up with :thumbsup2

[Tat2ddisneymom]

:lmao: Face Book is very addicting! I've gotten so many of my friends here addicted. It's awesome! And wow on the remodel! Hope everything is going smoothly! How exciting! I hope you post pictures of the before and after. I would love to see!!
:rolleyes: Evil...that's what you all are.
So, based on Park hours that my sneaky friends got ahold of for me ( :goodvibes ) I revised my Itinerary and I'm even happier than I was before with it. I also took out Richard Petty, added another park day in it's place and we'll be doing Segway tour at EPCOT that day :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 Hopefully nothing else will change. We'll see after Saturday when I make my ADR's if I get the ones I want on the days I have them scheduled for. *crosses fingers*

Dec. 3rd - Drive down and stay the night w/grandparents

Dec. 4th - visit with grandparents - check in at hotel - late dinner at Jiko - 10:30pm DIS meet (2 TS credits)

Dec. 5th - EPCOT all day - Electric Umbrella lunch - Le Cellier dinner for CP & Illuminations (1 CS Credit, 2 TS Credits)

Dec. 6th - MK (morning) - CS Lunch MK - MGM (evening - EMH's) - CS Dinner MGM (2 CS Credits)

Dec. 7th - 8:30am Breakfast Kona - ICE Exhibit at Gaylord Palms - quick lunch - Beaches & Cream dinner (1 TS Credit, 2 OOP)

Dec. 8th - EPCOT (Segway Tour) - CS Lunch - MK for MVMCP - 4:30pm LTT (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

Dec. 9th - MGM (morning) - CS Lunch MGM - AK Evening EMH's - CS Dinner MGM (2 CS Credits)

Dec. 10th - Kennedy Space Center - POFQ Lunch - DTD - Grand Floridian Cafe Dinner - Putt Putt (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)

Dec. 11th - MK (morning) - CS Lunch - EPCOT (evening - EMH's) - Kona Dinner (1 CS Credit, 1 TS Credit)


Wonder which sneaky friend that could have been...;)

Looks good. I'm interested in hearing about the Kennedy Space Center.

[Leger13]

:rolleyes: Evil...that's what you all are.


Wonder which sneaky friend that could have been...;)

Looks good. I'm interested in hearing about the Kennedy Space Center.

:rotfl: but that's why you love me!! :lovestruc

:laughing: there's no telling. :rolleyes1

Cool. You know I'll take plenty of pictures and video :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

Okay, so these aren't exactly purchased for the trip itself but I just got them and they will both be used for/on our trip so I felt it was appropriate to post about them here so here we go.

First up, I got a Sony Handycam with a 60gb hard drive. Can't wait to really try it out! I'll be using it on Saturday for sure. We got tickets to go to the Bush NASCAR race. I can't wait to see what this thing can do! :thumbsup2

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1850.jpg

It's really tiny so it will be easy to carry around the parks with us :thumbsup2

I also got an external hard drive to put my videos on that I didn't take a picture of.

Today, Chris went and traded in my '06 Honda Civic for an '09 Honda Accord EX Coupe. I'm in love!!! :lovestruc:lovestruc

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1856.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1860.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1862.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1863.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1864.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1865.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1866.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1867.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1868.jpg

We will be driving this car down to Orlando in December for sure.

So there you have it folks. My major purchases for the week. :goodvibes:goodvibes It's been a good one so far. Hope everyone else is having a great week!

[Trentmom]

Looking good! All you have to do now is get up bright and early on Saturday and secure those ADR's!!!! Best of luck with that! I have to do two sets for my split stay...so I'm on Thursday and next Tuesday! But, I know what I want, so hopefully I'll be able to get them! After they are all made, all that's left for now is to tweek the schedule according to dining times! :woohoo::woohoo:


I will be up with you thursday morning... You brew the coffee, I will bring the donuts :rotfl2:

[Trentmom]

awesome purchases girl

It must be great having new car and that new car smile:banana:

That is going to be great to drive down to Florida :goodvibes

[Leger13]

awesome purchases girl

It must be great having new car and that new car smile:banana:

That is going to be great to drive down to Florida :goodvibes

Thanks!

Yeah, I LOVE the new car *SMELL* (I think that's what you were going for instead of smile) :)

Yeah I'm very excited about it. Chris' truck sucks gas like crazy so this will for sure save us at least $50 on gas on the way down and back. :thumbsup2

[OrangeBlossom15]

Love the new car ! I used to have that same Stitch magnet until someone snatched it :sad2: Was it a surprise that your DH got it or did you know?

[lovebuzzandwoody]

So, I do 3 updates in one day and Sharky is the only one that comes over to comment? I do NOT feel the love! :sad2:

I'm sorry. I've been a bad girl. Forgive me? :flower3:

GIRL! I know my ketchup. :lmao:

HAHA! Me too! And I noticed it as well! Sharky is slipping! :laughing:


Love the new car girl! It's beautiful! :cloud9:



Aw.......... now we are not going to be at Epcot on the same day. :sad1:

[Leger13]

Love the new car ! I used to have that same Stitch magnet until someone snatched it :sad2: Was it a surprise that your DH got it or did you know?

Thanks Jamie! Bummer that someone snatched your Stitch magnet. I've been afraid that someone is gonna gank mine since I got it but it hasn't happened yet.

Here's how the car purchase decision went down. I've been telling Chris for the last month that I wanted an automatic but knew I would have to wait a while for it. I even looked online in the area for anything I might be able to get him to agree to but nothing came up for me. On Monday evening Chris was browsing the web and went on a local dealer's site just to show me how unlikely it was gonna be for us to get me a new car just yet. But then he saw that Accord on the site that said "call this number to get a secret sales man price". The price they had listed on the site was over $26,000. The secret sales man price was $21,250. Chris about had a heart attack and then got all sly telling me he didn't want to tell me what was going on. So I finally got it out of him and then told him, "you realize that we have to go and look at the car and see if we can go and work a deal now, don't you?" Then yesterday, I was out at Office Depot on a work errand. I called Chris to tell him that we scored some free tickets to the NASCAR Bush race on Saturday and then he told me to ask my Dad if I could have lunch with him since he got off work early. My Dad didn't care so we met for lunch. The dealership with the Accord was right accross the street from where we ate so Chris took my car over there and I took his truck back to work and waited to hear the verdict. By the time I got to the dealership it was time to sign papers. :woohoo: So, it was a surprise but not at the same time. Not that you really wanted the whole story but it was necessary for me to say it was a surprise but not and have you understand why :laughing:

I'm sorry. I've been a bad girl. Forgive me? :flower3:



HAHA! Me too! And I noticed it as well! Sharky is slipping! :laughing:


Love the new car girl! It's beautiful! :cloud9:



Aw.......... now we are not going to be at Epcot on the same day. :sad1:

Oh okay, I will forgive you as well :goodvibes

:rotfl: actually Kelly and I were IMing when I posted the picture and asked her if she recognized the shirt. She got it right off. Which is why she didn't say anything here. :thumbsup2

Thanks! I'm loving it too :drive:

Sorry :( I really tried to match parks with Kelly as best I could. Do we match on any of them??

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

I will be up with you thursday morning... You brew the coffee, I will bring the donuts :rotfl2:

LOL OK!!! Good luck tomorrow! I'll be putting my results up and hope to see yours also!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Love the new car! And as for the smell.....there are two smells that I think should be bottled and sold...new car (so that it really smells like it- not these sorry attempts that are already out there) and baby (like when you smell the top of their head and suck the life out of them!!) I am not crazy...you all know what I am talking about!!! :lmao:

[Leger13]

Love the new car! And as for the smell.....there are two smells that I think should be bottled and sold...new car (so that it really smells like it- not these sorry attempts that are already out there) and baby (like when you smell the top of their head and suck the life out of them!!) I am not crazy...you all know what I am talking about!!! :lmao:

I totally agree with you on those smells that need to be bottled up and sold. New car smell....oh man I wish that lasted forever!! The baby smell I'm not familiar with since we have no kids but I'm sure they smell great when they are freshly washed. One day I'll have one of my own and then I"ll know what you're talking about :thumbsup2

[lovebuzzandwoody]

I'm sure they smell great when they are freshly washed.

That made me laugh right out loud! :laughing:

No one wants to smell a dirty baby! :rotfl:

You are too funny Carla!

That reminds me when I was a director for a corporate child care center there was this cute little baby named Katie in our infant room. "Katie" was a baby name I really loved and it was on my list (you know the list). Then this cute little Katie came along to my center.

And she stunk like dirty feet.

All the time.

They didn't wash up in her wrinkles.

That is why Abby is not named Katie.

The end.

:rotfl2:

[cherbear]

Okay, so these aren't exactly purchased for the trip itself but I just got them and they will both be used for/on our trip so I felt it was appropriate to post about them here so here we go.

First up, I got a Sony Handycam with a 60gb hard drive. Can't wait to really try it out! I'll be using it on Saturday for sure. We got tickets to go to the Bush NASCAR race. I can't wait to see what this thing can do! :thumbsup2

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1850.jpg

It's really tiny so it will be easy to carry around the parks with us :thumbsup2

I also got an external hard drive to put my videos on that I didn't take a picture of.

Today, Chris went and traded in my '06 Honda Civic for an '09 Honda Accord EX Coupe. I'm in love!!! :lovestruc:lovestruc

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1856.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1860.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1862.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1863.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1864.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1865.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1866.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1867.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/IMG_1868.jpg

We will be driving this car down to Orlando in December for sure.

So there you have it folks. My major purchases for the week. :goodvibes:goodvibes It's been a good one so far. Hope everyone else is having a great week!


:woohoo: so jealous about the camcorder

and HOLY MOLY BEJEEEZUS!! That car is freakin BEAUTIFUL!! I seriously almost peed my pants :rotfl: (could be all that darn water I've been drinking today to try and get rid of this stupid stone...:headache:)

That made me laugh right out loud! :laughing:

No one wants to smell a dirty baby! :rotfl:

You are too funny Carla!

That reminds me when I was a director for a corporate child care center there was this cute little baby named Katie in our infant room. "Katie" was a baby name I really loved and it was on my list (you know the list). Then this cute little Katie came along to my center.

And she stunk like dirty feet.

All the time.

They didn't wash up in her wrinkles.

That is why Abby is not named Katie.

The end.

:rotfl2:

:lmao::lmao: that was hilarious!! Thanks for the laugh :goodvibes

[Leger13]

That made me laugh right out loud! :laughing:

No one wants to smell a dirty baby! :rotfl:

You are too funny Carla!

That reminds me when I was a director for a corporate child care center there was this cute little baby named Katie in our infant room. "Katie" was a baby name I really loved and it was on my list (you know the list). Then this cute little Katie came along to my center.

And she stunk like dirty feet.

All the time.

They didn't wash up in her wrinkles.

That is why Abby is not named Katie.

The end.

:rotfl2:

:rotfl: glad i could make you laugh

love the story as to why Abby is not named Katie. That poor baby though. :sad2: *note to sell, when have baby, clean under rolls so it doesn't smell like a foot* :teacher:

:woohoo: so jealous about the camcorder

and HOLY MOLY BEJEEEZUS!! That car is freakin BEAUTIFUL!! I seriously almost peed my pants :rotfl: (could be all that darn water I've been drinking today to try and get rid of this stupid stone...:headache:)



:lmao::lmao: that was hilarious!! Thanks for the laugh :goodvibes

lol thanks girl. I wanted to tell you about it earlier but since you were so down I didn't want it to seem like I was bragging or anything. :hug: I hope you pass your stone quickly!!

[cltk78]

Love the new car! I'm so jealous of the camcorder. I'd love to have one with a hard drive.

[Leger13]

Love the new car! I'm so jealous of the camcorder. I'd love to have one with a hard drive.

Thanks girl! The camcorder wasn't all that expensive. Give it another few months and the standard definition cam's will come down even more in price. :thumbsup2

[lovebuzzandwoody]

So, Carla, your ADR day is tomorrow, right?

Are you ready?

Are you going to call or do them online?

popcorn::

I'm ready! I just have to make one since UJ made the rest! (UJ rocks!)

[Leger13]

So, Carla, your ADR day is tomorrow, right?

Are you ready?

Are you going to call or do them online?

popcorn::

I'm ready! I just have to make one since UJ made the rest! (UJ rocks!)

From what I was told I can't make my ADR's until Saturday. Are you making yours tomorrow??

I think I'm ready for mine. I'm gonna do them all but Le Cellier online. I want Le Cellier for CP so I'm sure they will want a credit card # to hold that.

That's great that you only have to make one. Not much to worry about then :goodvibes

[Marshay]

good luck on your ADRs!!

[Leger13]

good luck on your ADRs!!

Thanks Marsha. I'm so nervous. LOL

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Good luck with your ADR's!!

[Leger13]

Good luck with your ADR's!!

Thanks! I think I may need all the luck I can get :laughing:

[Trentmom]

Good Luck tomorrow popcorn::

[OrangeBlossom15]

Crossing my fingers, legs and other parts for you! http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/OrangeBlossom15/Smileys/goodluck.gif

[topdog]

Congrats on the new vehicle. My mother had a 88 Honda Accord for 20 years. She finally got rid of it last winter.

Can your video cam take HD video too? I've been thinking about a video cam for a while but not sure about the hard drive version. I am afraid every little vibration might cause hesitation during recording. Unlike solid state memory like a SD, CF or memory stick do not subject to vibration.

Good luck on your ADR tomorrow.

[Leger13]

Crossing my fingers, legs and other parts for you! http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/OrangeBlossom15/Smileys/goodluck.gif

Thanks so much Jamie. I think all the luck and crossing worked :thumbsup2

Congrats on the new vehicle. My mother had a 88 Honda Accord for 20 years. She finally got rid of it last winter.

Can your video cam take HD video too? I've been thinking about a video cam for a while but not sure about the hard drive version. I am afraid every little vibration might cause hesitation during recording. Unlike solid state memory like a SD, CF or memory stick do not subject to vibration.

Good luck on your ADR tomorrow.

Thanks Peter. That's awesome that your mother had that car for so long. Hondas are great vehicles!!

My camera does not take HD video only SD. HD was too expensive for me but it is out there. I tried out my Camcorder for the first time last night and it seems to have done a pretty good job. Didn't have any issues with it. Loved how fast it was to start recording.

thanks! :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will do an update later this evening. I did get my itinerary all the way I wanted it (had to make some changes of course) and got my ADR's. Will tell you all about it after Chris and I get home from running errands this afternoon. :goodvibes

[Trentmom]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will do an update later this evening. I did get my itinerary all the way I wanted it (had to make some changes of course) and got my ADR's. Will tell you all about it after Chris and I get home from running errands this afternoon. :goodvibes

Awesome girl

Will be waiting popcorn::

[OrangeBlossom15]

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/OrangeBlossom15/Smileys/whacky090.gif

[Leger13]

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/OrangeBlossom15/Smileys/whacky090.gif

:lmao: love that graphic

[Leger13]

update coming up next :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

Here is my current itinerary with all of the ADR's that I scored :thumbsup2


December 3rd: Drive down to Florida after work & stay the night with my grandparents in Lake Placid.


December 4th: Visit with Grandparents - drive to Orlando & check in @ Pop - get ready for dinner - Head to Grand Floridian resort for Dinner @ Grand Floridian Cafe - DIS meet at Pop Hippy Dippy Pool @ 10:30pm.

~Grand Floridian Cafe dinner~
Time: 8:00pm

December 5th:EPCOT all day - Electric Umbrella lunch - Coral Reef dinner for Candlelight Processional/Illuminations preferred seating. 6:45pm CP show time.

~Coral Reef dinner~
Time: 3:35pm

December 6th: MK (morning) - CS lunch - MGM (evening - EMH's - Osbourn lights) - CS Dinner


December 7th: Kona Cafe Breakfast with Kelly & family - ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort - quick lunch - DTD - Beaches & Cream dinner - Putt Putt

~Kona Cafe Breakfast~
Time: 10:15am

December 8th: EPCOT (Segway Tour) - Le Cellier lunch - MGM (evening - Fantasmic)

~Le Cellier Lunch~
Time: 12:50pm

December 9th: MGM (morning) - CS lunch - AK (Evening - EMH's) - Ohana dinner

~Ohana Dinner~
Time: 8:55pm

December 10th: Kennedy Space Center - POFQ lunch - DTD - 4:00 get to MK for MVMCP - LTT Dinner

~LTT Dinner ~
Time: 5:05pm

December 11th: MK (morning) - CS lunch - EPCOT (Evening - EMH's) - Kona Cafe Dinner

~Kona Cafe Dinner~
Time: 6:05pm

December 12th: Go home :sad1:


So there you have it. I'm REALLY excited about eating at Coral Reef and Le Cellier. I think out of all the ADR's I got the only one that I've already been to is LTT. I can't wait to try all these new places out. I tried as hard as I could to get Le Cellier for the CP but it just wasn't happening on the night we wanted. No biggie though. I also changed MVMCP night to the 10th because if I kept it on the 8th then we would have been eating late lunch @ Le Cellier and then early dinner at LTT on the same day. We would have been WAY too full to really enjoy ourselves at LTT. I'm happy with the way everything worked out and I'm VERY excited about it all!! I really can't wait for this trip!! :thumbsup2:yay:

[Trentmom]

Your schedule looks awesome!!!

So we will be meeting 4th at Lifers Meet


We will be at Epcot too on Saturday, 5th at Night and at DHS on Sunday, Dec 6th that night

Plus, we are eating together on the 7th as you know


I feel like a whole lot of stalking will be going on this Trip :woohoo:

[Leger13]

Your schedule looks awesome!!!

So we will be meeting 4th at Lifers Meet


We will be at Epcot too on Saturday, 5th at Night and at DHS on Sunday, Dec 6th that night

Plus, we are eating together on the 7th as you know


I feel like a whole lot of stalking will be going on this Trip :woohoo:

Thanks girl!

SAWEET!! I have a feeling we will be seeing eachother 4 days straight before you guys have to head back home which is AWESOME!! I'm so excited!! Can't wait girl!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I have my stalking glasses ready :3dglasses

[Trentmom]

Thanks girl!

SAWEET!! I have a feeling we will be seeing eachother 4 days straight before you guys have to head back home which is AWESOME!! I'm so excited!! Can't wait girl!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I have my stalking glasses ready :3dglasses

You and me both girl


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[topdog]

I can use a Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe breakfast right about now. :thumbsup2

Congrat on all ADR!

[MyMuse]

Congrats on your ADRs! THey look cool. :thumbsup2

I'm looking forward to Kona Cafe too. Since I'm off-site, I'm going to make ADRs daily.... :surfweb:

A friend of mine staying on-site included me on her Candlelight Processional and settled for Garden Grill instead of her #1 choice, Le Cellier. They are pretty hard to get, methinks.

I'm super-excited for CP... can't wait!!

I've been to the ICE Exhibit and it's great. Just be careful of the camera if you bring one. My lens didn't like the coldness. Definitely wear jeans or change into jeans because it is super-duper cold in there.

[cltk78]

Congrats on the ADRs! :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

I can use a Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe breakfast right about now. :thumbsup2

Congrat on all ADR!

mmmm that sounds delish!

Thanks! :goodvibes

Congrats on your ADRs! THey look cool. :thumbsup2

I'm looking forward to Kona Cafe too. Since I'm off-site, I'm going to make ADRs daily.... :surfweb:

A friend of mine staying on-site included me on her Candlelight Processional and settled for Garden Grill instead of her #1 choice, Le Cellier. They are pretty hard to get, methinks.

I'm super-excited for CP... can't wait!!

I've been to the ICE Exhibit and it's great. Just be careful of the camera if you bring one. My lens didn't like the coldness. Definitely wear jeans or change into jeans because it is super-duper cold in there.

Thanks I'm really excited about them!!

Yay for CP!! And yeah, Le Cellier is next to impossible to get for CP I think.

Glad to hear about the good review on ICE. I'm really excited for that as well! thanks for the tip on the camera. I'll probably just take my point and shoot in there instead of my DSLR. :thumbsup2

Congrats on the ADRs! :thumbsup2

Thanks girl! :goodvibes

[cherbear]

I'm SO proud and excited!! Great job on ADR's Carla!! :goodvibes

I really really hope you both LOVE Le Cellier!!!!

[MyMuse]

Thanks I'm really excited about them!!

Yay for CP!! And yeah, Le Cellier is next to impossible to get for CP I think.

Glad to hear about the good review on ICE. I'm really excited for that as well! thanks for the tip on the camera. I'll probably just take my point and shoot in there instead of my DSLR. :thumbsup:

My lens in my point & shoot fogged up; but it still took great pics. I have a review of ICE and pictures in my current PTR.

We are good with no getting Le Cellier, save some bucks, but I do hope that the Illuminations viewing spots are good as well. We'll see!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Congrats!!! Le Cellier was hard to get for a regular res, let alone for CP...so that's understandable! At least you get to eat there at all! LTT is sooo good too! Just like Thanksgiving revisited!!!! YUMMMMMMMM!

[Tat2ddisneymom]

I KNEW you couldn't NOT go to LTT!:lmao: Stinks you don't get the characters anymore though.

Don't get the cheese soup.:rolleyes1 That's all I'm sayin'...

ADRs look good, you are the queen!:worship:

[Leger13]

I'm SO proud and excited!! Great job on ADR's Carla!! :goodvibes

I really really hope you both LOVE Le Cellier!!!!

hehe thanks Cheri! I learned from the best for sure! :goodvibes

I have a feeling we will if it's as good as you and Mike keep saying it is. I can't wait!!

My lens in my point & shoot fogged up; but it still took great pics. I have a review of ICE and pictures in my current PTR.

We are good with no getting Le Cellier, save some bucks, but I do hope that the Illuminations viewing spots are good as well. We'll see!

Oh really? Hmmmmm, well, I guess if it foggs then there's nothing I can do about that. I just know I don't want the condensation in my DSLR to ruin my lense and shutter so I'm not taking it in there. I'll have to check out your ptr. Not sure why I haven't yet. Sorry about that.

That's true you do save some $ not going to Le Cellier. I was wondering where the preferred Illuminations seats were gonna be too. I just can't see where they would put those. The best place so far that I've seen Illuminations from was from one of the cruises. I guess we'll find out when the time comes. :confused3

Congrats!!! Le Cellier was hard to get for a regular res, let alone for CP...so that's understandable! At least you get to eat there at all! LTT is sooo good too! Just like Thanksgiving revisited!!!! YUMMMMMMMM!

Thanks girl! You're right, Le Cellier is hard to get even for a regular ADR let alone CP but I had to try. We love LTT too. We go every single year. Great description of the food. I couldn't of said it better myself! :thumbsup2

I KNEW you couldn't NOT go to LTT!:lmao: Stinks you don't get the characters anymore though.

Don't get the cheese soup.:rolleyes1 That's all I'm sayin'...

ADRs look good, you are the queen!:worship:

:rotfl: It's a must do every year for us. I'm just surprised that Chris said no to Sci Fi this year. No biggie though. I'm sad about the characters at LTT too but at least the food is still good.

:rotfl: noted * no cheese soup *

Thanks girl! :goodvibes:hug:

[cherbear]

I KNEW you couldn't NOT go to LTT!:lmao: Stinks you don't get the characters anymore though.

Don't get the cheese soup.:rolleyes1 That's all I'm sayin'...

ADRs look good, you are the queen!:worship:

Carla, Do NOT listen to Nikki. Pay OOP for the cheddar cheese soup (it's an appetizer so not included on the DDP :sad2:)

[Leger13]

Carla, Do NOT listen to Nikki. Pay OOP for the cheddar cheese soup (it's an appetizer so not included on the DDP :sad2:)

:laughing: well, I don't like cheese all that much so not sure how much I would like that soup. And if Chris eats it we will be running for a potty not that long after he eats it (he's slightly lactose intolerant so if he has a lot of cheese it is not a good thing.). I'll just have to take everyone's word for it on the soup.

[cherbear]

:laughing: well, I don't like cheese all that much so not sure how much I would like that soup. And if Chris eats it we will be running for a potty not that long after he eats it (he's slightly lactose intolerant so if he has a lot of cheese it is not a good thing.). I'll just have to take everyone's word for it on the soup.

who's word....me or Nikki? :lmao:

[Leger13]

who's word....me or Nikki? :lmao:

well, either one of you really since I won't be able to determine if it's good or bad for myself :laughing:

[OrangeBlossom15]

Here is my current itinerary with all of the ADR's that I scored :thumbsup2


December 3rd: Drive down to Florida after work & stay the night with my grandparents in Lake Placid.


December 4th: Visit with Grandparents - drive to Orlando & check in @ Pop - get ready for dinner - Head to Grand Floridian resort for Dinner @ Grand Floridian Cafe - DIS meet at Pop Hippy Dippy Pool @ 10:30pm.

~Grand Floridian Cafe dinner~
Time: 8:00pm

December 5th:EPCOT all day - Electric Umbrella lunch - Coral Reef dinner for Candlelight Processional/Illuminations preferred seating. 6:45pm CP show time.

~Coral Reef dinner~
Time: 3:35pm

December 6th: MK (morning) - CS lunch - MGM (evening - EMH's - Osbourn lights) - CS Dinner


December 7th: Kona Cafe Breakfast with Kelly & family - ICE Exhibit @ Gaylord Palms Resort - quick lunch - DTD - Beaches & Cream dinner - Putt Putt

~Kona Cafe Breakfast~
Time: 10:15am

December 8th: EPCOT (Segway Tour) - Le Cellier lunch - MGM (evening - Fantasmic)

~Le Cellier Lunch~
Time: 12:50pm

December 9th: MGM (morning) - CS lunch - AK (Evening - EMH's) - Ohana dinner

~Ohana Dinner~
Time: 8:55pm

December 10th: Kennedy Space Center - POFQ lunch - DTD - 4:00 get to MK for MVMCP - LTT Dinner

~LTT Dinner ~
Time: 5:05pm

December 11th: MK (morning) - CS lunch - EPCOT (Evening - EMH's) - Kona Cafe Dinner

~Kona Cafe Dinner~
Time: 6:05pm

December 12th: Go home :sad1:


So there you have it. I'm REALLY excited about eating at Coral Reef and Le Cellier. I think out of all the ADR's I got the only one that I've already been to is LTT. I can't wait to try all these new places out. I tried as hard as I could to get Le Cellier for the CP but it just wasn't happening on the night we wanted. No biggie though. I also changed MVMCP night to the 10th because if I kept it on the 8th then we would have been eating late lunch @ Le Cellier and then early dinner at LTT on the same day. We would have been WAY too full to really enjoy ourselves at LTT. I'm happy with the way everything worked out and I'm VERY excited about it all!! I really can't wait for this trip!! :thumbsup2:yay:

Everything looks great! See you are going to the Space Center. Just listened to one of the podcasts and they were discussing pros and cons. Can't wait to hear your take on it. :thumbsup2

Your schedule looks awesome!!!

So we will be meeting 4th at Lifers Meet


We will be at Epcot too on Saturday, 5th at Night and at DHS on Sunday, Dec 6th that night

Plus, we are eating together on the 7th as you know


I feel like a whole lot of stalking will be going on this Trip :woohoo:

There'd better be some serious pictures being sent. If I have to sit here in December, whining and crying, I'd better be compensated with mucho photography to make me feel like I am there with you guys. I bet I know two others who will agree with me. ;)

Thanks girl!

SAWEET!! I have a feeling we will be seeing eachother 4 days straight before you guys have to head back home which is AWESOME!! I'm so excited!! Can't wait girl!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I have my stalking glasses ready :3dglasses

Jeez, ya'll are going to be sick of each other. Not. :lmao:

I KNEW you couldn't NOT go to LTT!:lmao: Stinks you don't get the characters anymore though.

Don't get the cheese soup.:rolleyes1 That's all I'm sayin'...

ADRs look good, you are the queen!:worship:

:lmao::lmao:

[Leger13]

Everything looks great! See you are going to the Space Center. Just listened to one of the podcasts and they were discussing pros and cons. Can't wait to hear your take on it. :thumbsup2



There'd better be some serious pictures being sent. If I have to sit here in December, whining and crying, I'd better be compensated with mucho photography to make me feel like I am there with you guys. I bet I know two others who will agree with me. ;)



Jeez, ya'll are going to be sick of each other. Not. :lmao:



:lmao::lmao:

oh really? What was more, the pros or cons? I'm looking fwd to going. As long as I lived down in south florida I never made it to the Space Center. And Chris loves stuff like that so I think we'll enjoy it.

Awww, I'm sure we'll all be sending pictures. Although I can't txt pictures STILL! :headache: so I'll have to email them.

:laughing: nah, I don't think so. Steve might get sick of us though :laughing:

[cherbear]

There'd better be some serious pictures being sent. If I have to sit here in December, whining and crying, I'd better be compensated with mucho photography to make me feel like I am there with you guys. I bet I know two others who will agree with me. ;)


make that THREE people :thumbsup2

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Just now getting caught up here too.

Congrats on your ADR's ~ they look great! :thumbsup2

We will be at DHS Sunday night as well! :cool1:

[Leger13]

Just now getting caught up here too.

Congrats on your ADR's ~ they look great! :thumbsup2

We will be at DHS Sunday night as well! :cool1:

Thanks girl!

Sweet! Will have my stalking glasses on for you too!! :3dglasses

[calichick25]

yep im here.. damn its already starting:worship:

[Leger13]

yep im here.. damn its already starting:worship:

:woohoo::woohoo: you made it!!! Glad you are here, Nai! Now you can see just how bad my Disney obsession is :rotfl:

[Trentmom]

Hey girl

Anything new popcorn::

[Leger13]

Hey girl

Anything new popcorn::

not too much really. I guess I should announce my other trip here at some point :laughing:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

not too much really. I guess I should announce my other trip here at some point :laughing:

I think you just did. :laughing:

[Leger13]

I think you just did. :laughing:

:laughing: yeah, pretty much everyone already knows anyways

[lovebuzzandwoody]

:laughing: yeah, pretty much everyone already knows anyways

Well, not everyone here is also on the lifer's thread. Plus, you know we all love details, details, details so if you post about it we will be here reading! popcorn::

[Leger13]

Well, not everyone here is also on the lifer's thread. Plus, you know we all love details, details, details so if you post about it we will be here reading! popcorn::

That's true. Thanks girl. Once I announce it here I'll start posting the details as they come on this thread so as to not bombard the Lifer's thread. :goodvibes

[kaoden39]

Poor Carla. :rotfl:

[Leger13]

Poor Carla. :rotfl:

:lmao: yeah, don't you just feel so sorry for me?

[Trentmom]

not too much really. I guess I should announce my other trip here at some point :laughing:

Well, not everyone here is also on the lifer's thread. Plus, you know we all love details, details, details so if you post about it we will be here reading! popcorn::


popcorn::

[kaoden39]

:lmao: yeah, don't you just feel so sorry for me?

Well, being a mom I see the tactic being taken by Love. For that yes, I do.

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Well, being a mom I see the tactic being taken by Love. For that yes, I do.

I'm sorry if I upset you Carla. :guilty:

[Leger13]

I'm sorry if I upset you Carla. :guilty:

No you didn't girl. I think me and Michele might have been talking about 2 different things. I know how you roll so you could never upset me girl!! :hug:

[kaoden39]

Sorry, Love I didn't mean to upset you. It was meant more as a joke, I could just hear the kids using taht tactic to get information out of me.:hug:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

I'm not upset! I just thought maybe I came off wrong and wanted to quickly apologize if that was the case! Can't have my girls upset with me! :hug: :hug:

[Leger13]

I'm not upset! I just thought maybe I came off wrong and wanted to quickly apologize if that was the case! Can't have my girls upset with me! :hug: :hug:

Thanks Love! You're the bestest!! :hug::goodvibes These misunderstandings just get so silly sometimes :laughing:

[Leger13]

I have a meeting at 11:00 today but after that I will make a few updates and announcements so stay tuned!

(it's about time I do some updating)

[FauntleroyFAN07]

wow i am behind on tihs one....i will be using the links to catch up.
:surfweb:

[Leger13]

wow i am behind on tihs one....i will be using the links to catch up.
:surfweb:

Hey there Dan!! So glad you decided to come over! Yeah use the links, you know it's always the easiest way to get around our chatter :rotfl:

[kaoden39]

wow i am behind on tihs one....i will be using the links to catch up.
:surfweb:

Hi Dan!! Long time no see.

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Hey there Dan!! So glad you decided to come over! Yeah use the links, you know it's always the easiest way to get around our chatter :rotfl:
allthough i do like the chatter, 40+ pages is alot for this slow poke.
:goodvibes
Hi Dan!! Long time no see.
well hellllllooooooooooooooo

[Leger13]

allthough i do like the chatter, 40+ pages is alot for this slow poke.
:goodvibes

well hellllllooooooooooooooo

:laughing: I hear ya! Well, once you are all caught up you can join in on the chatter. :goodvibes Most of those pages are talk about DVC anyways. That made this thread come alive for a few weeks as I was trying to gather information but the rest is pretty standard stuff. So you won't be missing much.

[Trentmom]

I have a meeting at 11:00 today but after that I will make a few updates and announcements so stay tuned!

(it's about time I do some updating)

Will be looking forward to it :surfweb:

[Leger13]

Will be looking forward to it :surfweb:

thanks girl. I'm gonna try and get it up tonight btwn all the shows coming on. I got busy with a bank fiasco and didn't get to do the update like I wanted while at work. :headache:

[kaoden39]

thanks girl. I'm gonna try and get it up tonight btwn all the shows coming on. I got busy with a bank fiasco and didn't get to do the update like I wanted while at work. :headache:

DOn't you just hate it when real life interferes with fun?

[Leger13]

DOn't you just hate it when real life interferes with fun?

YES!!! It sucks

[Tat2ddisneymom]

I am having such a hard time catching up on your thread Carla. I'm like 8 pages behind or something. And I keep getting logged out because I'm taking too long to read and respond - people keep coming in and interrupting me. Trying to bookmark here so it stays up on my User CP until I can catch up. Did I see that you said something about your trip to DisneyLand next year? Well, that's one way to take the sting out of turning 30.:lmao:

[Tat2ddisneymom]

Carla, Do NOT listen to Nikki. Pay OOP for the cheddar cheese soup (it's an appetizer so not included on the DDP :sad2:)
Don't listen to Cheri. Remember she's the one who eats those giant bugs! Sucks their wittle heads right off.
:laughing: well, I don't like cheese all that much so not sure how much I would like that soup. And if Chris eats it we will be running for a potty not that long after he eats it (he's slightly lactose intolerant so if he has a lot of cheese it is not a good thing.). I'll just have to take everyone's word for it on the soup.
Well, it doesn't actually taste like cheese. More like toilet water. Not that I've ever had toilet water.
I'm sorry if I upset you Carla. :guilty:
I'm so confused. Who is upset? What the hell did I miss?
I'm not upset! I just thought maybe I came off wrong and wanted to quickly apologize if that was the case! Can't have my girls upset with me! :hug: :hug:
How in the world could you have PMS? I thought you got rid of that problem? Oh, and since that didn't really pertain to anything trip related, may I throw in...I really like the Spectro Magic parade.
thanks girl. I'm gonna try and get it up tonight btwn all the shows coming on. I got busy with a bank fiasco and didn't get to do the update like I wanted while at work. :headache:

Woo...you didn't do the update yet. I thought I had missed this major announcement. Thank goodness! I'm all cought up now...you may proceed.:snooty:

[Leger13]

I am having such a hard time catching up on your thread Carla. I'm like 8 pages behind or something. And I keep getting logged out because I'm taking too long to read and respond - people keep coming in and interrupting me. Trying to bookmark here so it stays up on my User CP until I can catch up. Did I see that you said something about your trip to DisneyLand next year? Well, that's one way to take the sting out of turning 30.:lmao:

haha well, like I told Dan, it's mostly just chatter. stupid people coming in and interrupting you! How dare they! :headache:

Don't listen to Cheri. Remember she's the one who eats those giant bugs! Sucks their wittle heads right off.

Well, it doesn't actually taste like cheese. More like toilet water. Not that I've ever had toilet water.

I'm so confused. Who is upset? What the hell did I miss?

How in the world could you have PMS? I thought you got rid of that problem? Oh, and since that didn't really pertain to anything trip related, may I throw in...I really like the Spectro Magic parade.


Woo...you didn't do the update yet. I thought I had missed this major announcement. Thank goodness! I'm all cought up now...you may proceed.:snooty:

Yeah that's right.....eeeeeewwwwwww

:rotfl: well that for sure sounds like a soup i do not want to try.

:rotfl:

Me too.....spectro is da bomb!!

Nope, I slacked. I actually came over here now to do just that. Thanks for the permission to proceed. How did you know I was waiting for you?? :rolleyes::laughing:

[Leger13]

Okay so it's announcement time. Sorry I've been slacking on the updates everyone. There hasn't been much to talk about since I made my ADR's.

So, for this trip in December I almost have it paid off. It should only take one more sizeable payment in the next couple of weeks to get it taken care of. It will be nice to have it all paid for. Becca is checking to see if she can get us an employee discount on the MVMCP tickets. So I still haven't bought that yet but I'm not all that concerned about that. Oh and I don't know if we will be doing the Segway Tour or not anymore. It all just really depends on money between now and the trip. Other than that not much to report. I'm sure things will pick up once December gets closer. I've also been looking for some new disney t-shirts to get too for this trip so when I get some I will post the pictures of them here.

As for the MAJOR update.......Chris and I were discussing how he might want to celebrate his 30th birthday next year seeing as how he's already been depressed about it. I want him to celebrate, not mourn his next birthday. So I thought an exciting trip would give him something to look forward to. Well, when I mentioned that to him he perked up. But I reminded him that there's nothing very exciting to do on this coast except for NYC and he has no real desire to go there so I started thinking. I suggested taking a trip out to DLR. He really liked that idea! The man hates flying so he wants to drive out there of course (32 and 1/2 hours!! :scared1:) but he threw in making it a 2 week long vacation, taking Becca along with us and stopping in Vegas on the way home to appeal to me and of course it did. I have never done a big road trip with anyone other than my parents so in all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to it. So the plan is to drive out to California and spend the first week of August at the Disneyland Hotel. Go to DLR for 3 days and then explore Hollywood for 2 and a half days. The last half day in Hollywood we will go to a taping of the Price Is Rite and then drive out to Vegas from there. We'll spend about 3 days in Vegas and then drive the rest of the way home. The reason we picked the first 2 weeks of August to go instead of go on Chris' actual birthday is because Becca is a teacher and once school starts she won't be able to take a 2 week long vacation. And that's just fine with us. Chris would rather have my besty with us to have more fun rather than go to DLR on his actual bday. It's gonna be a BLAST and I absolutely can NOT wait!!! If you've not noticed yet, I already put up the ticker and I can't believe it's less than a year away! I plan on actually booking the trip in December. I'm not too sure about everything there is to do in Hollywood or Vegas so I plan on getting UG's for both places but any ideas or suggestions would be great from you all. I will do a ptr when it gets closer to next August but for now, if there's anything to report on the Disneyland side of things, I will post them here.

[Trentmom]

That is awesome!!

A roadtrip with friends will be a blast for sure

Plus, having 4 drivers will help with that 32 hr drive :laughing:

Seriously, seen picss of DL Hotel and it looks awesome

I can't wait to see what hotel you pick in Vegas

So many cool ones

YAY for almost being paid off :woohoo:

[Leger13]

That is awesome!!

A roadtrip with friends will be a blast for sure

Plus, having 4 drivers will help with that 32 hr drive :laughing:

Seriously, seen picss of DL Hotel and it looks awesome

I can't wait to see what hotel you pick in Vegas

So many cool ones

YAY for almost being paid off :woohoo:

Thanks girl. I'm excited for sure! And you're right about having 4 drivers helping. I think if it was just Chris and I we would be at eachother's throats by the time we got to Cali :laughing:

Doesn't it though? I'm really excited about that too. It just looks SO fun even though it doesn't have a specific theme. I actually like that about it.

LOL you and me both girl. I'm so confused by them and can't wait to get my Vegas UG to get everything straightened out.

:thumbsup2

[topdog]

LOL...drive across the country to DL and back. Sounds more like National Lampoon: Vacation.:rotfl: Good luck!

[mnmrmustard]

Okeydoke Carla - it took me a while but I'm finally on board for your PTR/Mini-TR! :banana:

I remembered all the trouble you had trying to get your trip together last September, all the on again/off again stuff and money issues. Wow, sounds like it has been pretty eventful just getting things going for this one too.

Well hopefully all the icky stuff is over with and this one will be everything you dreamed of. Mucho cool of you to pay for Rebecca and her hubby's room for her 30th! :woohoo:

Great idea about combining your dining with resort decoration viewing. And I think you changing your dates to the 3rd - 11th will be perfect, all the decorations without the big crowds. And nice bonus that it was $64 cheaper - you're already recouping from the money you lost on the rental downpayment:goodvibes

Nice to see the cast of characters, family, old friends, and DIS friends. Say howdy to Sharky for me ;-]

I know it can be a pain to have to keep changing up your itinerary, but being able to make the candlelight processional would certainly be worth it. See now, you spent money on "normal" clothes for your trip. Other than new Asics shoes, all our clothes money has gone into costumes :lmao: pirate:

Oh, and on Chris's 30th - tell him that my 40th was one of the best B-Day parties I ever had. You're only as old as you feel and all that. And doing DLR and Vegas certainly makes it a memorable one. I've driven cross country before, it can be a lot of fun as long as you aren't too cramped and you leave plenty of time to stop and see stuff rather than just driving constantly. I'll be looking forward to your PTR on that one.

That's it for me tonight, I'll check back in later to catch up on your mini TR. Cheers and hope you're having a great weekend!

[Leger13]

LOL...drive across the country to DL and back. Sounds more like National Lampoon: Vacation.:rotfl: Good luck!

:lmao: you know, I've heard that from pretty much everyone that I have told about the trip to. I think it's funny!

Okeydoke Carla - it took me a while but I'm finally on board for your PTR/Mini-TR! :banana:

I remembered all the trouble you had trying to get your trip together last September, all the on again/off again stuff and money issues. Wow, sounds like it has been pretty eventful just getting things going for this one too.

Well hopefully all the icky stuff is over with and this one will be everything you dreamed of. Mucho cool of you to pay for Rebecca and her hubby's room for her 30th! :woohoo:

Great idea about combining your dining with resort decoration viewing. And I think you changing your dates to the 3rd - 11th will be perfect, all the decorations without the big crowds. And nice bonus that it was $64 cheaper - you're already recouping from the money you lost on the rental downpayment:goodvibes

Nice to see the cast of characters, family, old friends, and DIS friends. Say howdy to Sharky for me ;-]

I know it can be a pain to have to keep changing up your itinerary, but being able to make the candlelight processional would certainly be worth it. See now, you spent money on "normal" clothes for your trip. Other than new Asics shoes, all our clothes money has gone into costumes :lmao: pirate:

Oh, and on Chris's 30th - tell him that my 40th was one of the best B-Day parties I ever had. You're only as old as you feel and all that. And doing DLR and Vegas certainly makes it a memorable one. I've driven cross country before, it can be a lot of fun as long as you aren't too cramped and you leave plenty of time to stop and see stuff rather than just driving constantly. I'll be looking forward to your PTR on that one.

That's it for me tonight, I'll check back in later to catch up on your mini TR. Cheers and hope you're having a great weekend!

:woohoo: you found me Mike! Thanks for stopping by and reading everything.

Yeah, last year's trip was ....ugh! This one started out the same way but ever since that little hitch in the road with the vacation home rental everything has been smooth sailing from there.

Thanks! I thought it would be a good idea too and that way we don't have to take extra time to go to the resorts just to see the decorations themselves. I hope it works out the way I'm thinking. And you're right, saving $ by booking the free dining package does recoup some of the $ we lost on the vacation rental. I didn't even look at it that way :goodvibes

I will pass along the hello to Sharky for you when we get together (although she will see that you said that here too :laughing:)

Thanks, I'm really looking fwd to the CP. I for sure like our itinerary much more now than I did when I first did my itinerary. Plus, I even finagled an extra day at the parks. Cause I'm sneaky like that :rolleyes: I do plan on getting some more "normal" clothes for our trip. I be those halloween costumes did take a big chunk of change. But it will be worth it to see how awesome you guys look at MNSSHP. I can't wait to see all of your pictures when you get back. I'll be taking notes too from your TR for sure since we are going to dlr next year.

I remember seeing the pictures you posted from your 40th on FB. Really did look like you had a blast. I know Chris is looking fwd to DLR. I do keep telling him that 30 is nothing to sneeze at but he's not listening to me. So hopefully this trip will ease the blow. And I think you're right about stopping to see things along the way breaking up the trip. I think we will for sure have to do that. This will for sure be an interesting trip for me to plan. I'm up for the challenge though.

Thanks again for coming by :goodvibes Hope you are having a great weekend too.

[Leger13]

So as you all know, I got a new Sony Handycam. Well, I got to try it out for the first time at the nationwide NASCAR race. I wanted to share some of the video I captured there.

This was us walking around exploring the vendors and all the free things ppl were giving out.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905122005.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905122005.flv)

This is us at our seats just relaxing. I didn't use zoom at all on this video so you can see how good our seats were.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nascar/th_20090905125643.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nascar/?action=view&current=20090905125643.flv)

This is Kevin Harvick (my fav driver) qualifying for the Sprint Cup race the next night.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905164317.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905164317.flv)

The line up
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905190743.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905190743.flv)

The beginning of the race
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905191803.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905191803.flv)

Harvick winning
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905212219.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905212219.flv)

Celebration (sorry for the shakiness......I was SO excited!!!!)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905212404.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905212404.flv)

I'm REALLY in love with this camera. It was SO easy to use and VERY portable. I think I'm really going to have fun with it at WDW in December and I'm very excited to take it on the trip. :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 Now I just gotta figure out how I'm going to switch back and forth between my DSLR and my Camcorder :laughing:

[Trentmom]

Great videos

Can't wait to see what you tape in Disney

Glad your favorite racer won :woohoo:

[Leger13]

Great videos

Can't wait to see what you tape in Disney

Glad your favorite racer won :woohoo:

Thanks girl!

Me too. Am excited!! You know you're gonna be in quite a few of those videos yourself so watch out! :laughing:

Thanks. I just couldn't believe it!! It was such a great day!! :woohoo:

[Trentmom]

Thanks girl!

Me too. Am excited!! You know you're gonna be in quite a few of those videos yourself so watch out! :laughing:

Thanks. I just couldn't believe it!! It was such a great day!! :woohoo:

I guess I better behave then ;)

[Leger13]

I guess I better behave then ;)

:laughing: nah, you'll forget I even have the camera out I bet since it's so tiny and it takes nothing for me to start recording. Plus you'll never know when i'm recording 'cause the "record" light is facing me. Muuuaaahahahahahahaaaaaa

[mnmrmustard]

:woohoo: you found me Mike! Thanks for stopping by and reading everything.

Yeah, last year's trip was ....ugh! This one started out the same way but ever since that little hitch in the road with the vacation home rental everything has been smooth sailing from there.

Thanks! I thought it would be a good idea too and that way we don't have to take extra time to go to the resorts just to see the decorations themselves. I hope it works out the way I'm thinking. And you're right, saving $ by booking the free dining package does recoup some of the $ we lost on the vacation rental. I didn't even look at it that way :goodvibes

I will pass along the hello to Sharky for you when we get together (although she will see that you said that here too :laughing:)

Thanks, I'm really looking fwd to the CP. I for sure like our itinerary much more now than I did when I first did my itinerary. Plus, I even finagled an extra day at the parks. Cause I'm sneaky like that :rolleyes: I do plan on getting some more "normal" clothes for our trip. I be those halloween costumes did take a big chunk of change. But it will be worth it to see how awesome you guys look at MNSSHP. I can't wait to see all of your pictures when you get back. I'll be taking notes too from your TR for sure since we are going to dlr next year.

I remember seeing the pictures you posted from your 40th on FB. Really did look like you had a blast. I know Chris is looking fwd to DLR. I do keep telling him that 30 is nothing to sneeze at but he's not listening to me. So hopefully this trip will ease the blow. And I think you're right about stopping to see things along the way breaking up the trip. I think we will for sure have to do that. This will for sure be an interesting trip for me to plan. I'm up for the challenge though.

Thanks again for coming by :goodvibes Hope you are having a great weekend too.

Glad it is continuing to roll forward smoothly and you do have a great knack for getting as much as you can out of your vacation/vacation days :woohoo:

Ohhh, I'll have plenty of pics of it all. I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to have my camera and/or camcorder at the Trick or Treat party without it blowing my costume look. I'm trying to find a battered canvas satchel or something that I can store them in while I'm walking around.

Ahhh, Chris will have a great 30th - a b-day trip to remember and smile back on in years to come :thumbsup2

I hope to be around more regularly now that I'm subscribed and keep up with your planning fun :goodvibes

So as you all know, I got a new Sony Handycam. Well, I got to try it out for the first time at the nationwide NASCAR race. I wanted to share some of the video I captured there.

This was us walking around exploring the vendors and all the free things ppl were giving out.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905122005.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905122005.flv)

This is us at our seats just relaxing. I didn't use zoom at all on this video so you can see how good our seats were.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nascar/th_20090905125643.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nascar/?action=view&current=20090905125643.flv)

This is Kevin Harvick (my fav driver) qualifying for the Sprint Cup race the next night.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905164317.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905164317.flv)

The line up
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905190743.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905190743.flv)

The beginning of the race
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905191803.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905191803.flv)

Harvick winning
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905212219.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905212219.flv)

Celebration (sorry for the shakiness......I was SO excited!!!!)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/th_20090905212404.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Nationwide/?action=view&current=20090905212404.flv)

I'm REALLY in love with this camera. It was SO easy to use and VERY portable. I think I'm really going to have fun with it at WDW in December and I'm very excited to take it on the trip. :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 Now I just gotta figure out how I'm going to switch back and forth between my DSLR and my Camcorder :laughing:

Great vids! Good clarity and sound! And glad it is so easy to use. Ours is on its last legs, we have trouble changing tapes and you have to turn it on and off several times to get it to work :headache: But it'll have to last us at least one more trip.

Thank you about my weekend - yesterday was JoGro (leaves/grass/branch drop off) and a dump run. Today is pretty quiet except at 3pm I have to go pick up the gear for one of the High School Band's fundraising efforts - the bottle and can drive. I'll be running it for the month of October except for the weekend we come back from DLR ;)

[Leger13]

Glad it is continuing to roll forward smoothly and you do have a great knack for getting as much as you can out of your vacation/vacation days :woohoo:

Ohhh, I'll have plenty of pics of it all. I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to have my camera and/or camcorder at the Trick or Treat party without it blowing my costume look. I'm trying to find a battered canvas satchel or something that I can store them in while I'm walking around.

Ahhh, Chris will have a great 30th - a b-day trip to remember and smile back on in years to come :thumbsup2

I hope to be around more regularly now that I'm subscribed and keep up with your planning fun :goodvibes



Great vids! Good clarity and sound! And glad it is so easy to use. Ours is on its last legs, we have trouble changing tapes and you have to turn it on and off several times to get it to work :headache: But it'll have to last us at least one more trip.

Thank you about my weekend - yesterday was JoGro (leaves/grass/branch drop off) and a dump run. Today is pretty quiet except at 3pm I have to go pick up the gear for one of the High School Band's fundraising efforts - the bottle and can drive. I'll be running it for the month of October except for the weekend we come back from DLR ;)

aww thanks for the compliment :goodvibes

Sweet! Ah yes, don't want to throw off the whole costume vibe. I'm sure you will come up with something clever.

darn tootin' he better look back on it and smile! :thumbsup2

Cool! :thumbsup2

Ah sounds like you had a full day yesterday. I cleaned a bit around the house this afternoon. I have little to no energy right now from this stupid cold though so feel like it's time for a nap :laughing: That's nice that you're helping out with the school band's fund raising efforts. that's what any good dad would do :goodvibes

Oh yeah, and I meant to say, bummer about your camcorder. Here's hoping that it holds out for this one last trip for y'all. I do highly recommend the Sony Handycam for when y'all do buy a new one. I love how inexpensive they are most of all.

[topdog]

Cool video. :thumbsup2 Glad your favorite driver won the race, although I am not fan of him. I did met him in person a couple of years ago after he took over Dale Earnhardt's ride. He even autograph my ticket.

I am also thinking about video my next trip too. My video gear is...a little unconventional. I will reveal in my TR eventually.

[Leger13]

Cool video. :thumbsup2 Glad your favorite driver won the race, although I am not fan of him. I did met him in person a couple of years ago after he took over Dale Earnhardt's ride. He even autograph my ticket.

I am also thinking about video my next trip too. My video gear is...a little unconventional. I will reveal in my TR eventually.

Oh I'm SO jealous!!! He won his first race here in Atlanta his first time driving the #3 car after Earnhardt passed away.

Oh that would be awesome. You totally should take video. Unconventional video equipment huh? That ought to be interesting.

[Trentmom]

:laughing: nah, you'll forget I even have the camera out I bet since it's so tiny and it takes nothing for me to start recording. Plus you'll never know when i'm recording 'cause the "record" light is facing me. Muuuaaahahahahahahaaaaaa

Oh man, I am in trouble now :lmao:

[Leger13]

Oh man, I am in trouble now :lmao:

Where's that evil smilie when you need it!? :rotfl:

[mnmrmustard]

aww thanks for the compliment :goodvibes

Sweet! Ah yes, don't want to throw off the whole costume vibe. I'm sure you will come up with something clever.

darn tootin' he better look back on it and smile! :thumbsup2

Cool! :thumbsup2

Ah sounds like you had a full day yesterday. I cleaned a bit around the house this afternoon. I have little to no energy right now from this stupid cold though so feel like it's time for a nap :laughing: That's nice that you're helping out with the school band's fund raising efforts. that's what any good dad would do :goodvibes

Oh yeah, and I meant to say, bummer about your camcorder. Here's hoping that it holds out for this one last trip for y'all. I do highly recommend the Sony Handycam for when y'all do buy a new one. I love how inexpensive they are most of all.

You're welcome :D

Oh yeah, I'll come up with something. And it was a busy weekend, but I accomplished what I wanted to. Hope you get over your cold soon. Yup, doing what I can for the fundraising - gotta get my daughter to NYC!

Yeah, I think it will last - just gotta smack it a couple of times to get it running ;) But when we do buy I'll be looking at that handycam :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

You're welcome :D

Oh yeah, I'll come up with something. And it was a busy weekend, but I accomplished what I wanted to. Hope you get over your cold soon. Yup, doing what I can for the fundraising - gotta get my daughter to NYC!

Yeah, I think it will last - just gotta smack it a couple of times to get it running ;) But when we do buy I'll be looking at that handycam :thumbsup2

oooo NYC huh? That sounds like fun! They going up there for a parade or something? I think you might have mentioned it before but I totally can't remember right now :rolleyes:

:laughing: I bet that's gonna be funny for others to witness at DLR. ::smack smack:: "And we're rolling!" :rotfl:

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

You are soooo lucky! I would love to go to DLR, but Hollywood is actually my biggest dream! I am a HUGE Marilyn Monroe fan and some day want to go there and see everything Marilyn! I will have to be sure to read your TR when you get back...that way I can live it through you!

[Leger13]

You are soooo lucky! I would love to go to DLR, but Hollywood is actually my biggest dream! I am a HUGE Marilyn Monroe fan and some day want to go there and see everything Marilyn! I will have to be sure to read your TR when you get back...that way I can live it through you!

Oh yeah, I've wanted to go to Hollywood myself for quite some time now. I really can't wait. I'm happy to know that pretty much everyone here will be with me for my TR from our trip next year! :thumbsup2 I'm looking forward to sharing it with everyone for sure. :goodvibes Hopefully I'll be able to remember everything through the 2 weeks to do a successfull TR when I get back. It's a good thing I like to take pictures. They help me remember :laughing:

[cherbear]

Thanks girl. I'm excited for sure! And you're right about having 4 drivers helping. I think if it was just Chris and I we would be at eachother's throats by the time we got to Cali :laughing:

Doesn't it though? I'm really excited about that too. It just looks SO fun even though it doesn't have a specific theme. I actually like that about it.

LOL you and me both girl. I'm so confused by them and can't wait to get my Vegas UG to get everything straightened out.

:thumbsup2

well let's hope that none of the drivers get the other 3 lost!! Such a long trip, the rest might be sleeping while one drives...

I could see that getting ugly. :eek: :rotfl2:

[Leger13]

well let's hope that none of the drivers get the other 3 lost!! Such a long trip, the rest might be sleeping while one drives...

I could see that getting ugly. :eek: :rotfl2:

:lmao: yeah fingers crossed. What I'm going to suggest before we leave is that the two up front stay awake and the two in the back sleep. That way, whoever is driving has someone to help navigate and keep them awake. Hope it works out that way.

[cherbear]

:lmao: yeah fingers crossed. What I'm going to suggest before we leave is that the two up front stay awake and the two in the back sleep. That way, whoever is driving has someone to help navigate and keep them awake. Hope it works out that way.

good plan!

[Trentmom]

:lmao: yeah fingers crossed. What I'm going to suggest before we leave is that the two up front stay awake and the two in the back sleep. That way, whoever is driving has someone to help navigate and keep them awake. Hope it works out that way.

That sounds like a great plan :thumbsup2

[mnmrmustard]

oooo NYC huh? That sounds like fun! They going up there for a parade or something? I think you might have mentioned it before but I totally can't remember right now :rolleyes:

:laughing: I bet that's gonna be funny for others to witness at DLR. ::smack smack:: "And we're rolling!" :rotfl:

Yes, Kyra is marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in Nov 2010 - first Oregon school to ever attend :yay: :cheer2: I'll probably do a TR for that too on the community board. Roxy and I are going for moral support but aren't chaperoning so we'll get the fun of NYC and seeing her perform without the stress :thumbsup2

They have a tour package set up for all of us that includes hotel, breakfast & dinner, a broadway show (TBA), a tour of Groud Zero, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island.

Oh yes! And when I'm in my pirate costume I'll get to say "Aaarrrggghhhh!!!" when I'm slapping it :lmao:

Good call with the driving, keep it on a rotation and don't zone out. Just gotta make sure nobody tries to stick feet with stinky socks up front from the back seat ;):rotfl2:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

So are you crazy kids going to drive it straight through?!?!? :eek:




like how I called you kids? :rotfl2:

[Trentmom]

Yes, Kyra is marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in Nov 2010 - first Oregon school to ever attend :yay: :cheer2: I'll probably do a TR for that too on the community board. Roxy and I are going for moral support but aren't chaperoning so we'll get the fun of NYC and seeing her perform without the stress :thumbsup2

They have a tour package set up for all of us that includes hotel, breakfast & dinner, a broadway show (TBA), a tour of Groud Zero, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island.

Oh yes! And when I'm in my pirate costume I'll get to say "Aaarrrggghhhh!!!" when I'm slapping it :lmao:

Good call with the driving, keep it on a rotation and don't zone out. Just gotta make sure nobody tries to stick feet with stinky socks up front from the back seat ;):rotfl2:

oh how aweseome

will have to dvr that so I can see..Love holiday parades :woohoo:

So are you crazy kids going to drive it straight through?!?!? :eek:




like how I called you kids? :rotfl2:

I did :rotfl2:

[Leger13]

good plan!

That sounds like a great plan :thumbsup2

Thanks girls :goodvibes

Yes, Kyra is marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in Nov 2010 - first Oregon school to ever attend :yay: :cheer2: I'll probably do a TR for that too on the community board. Roxy and I are going for moral support but aren't chaperoning so we'll get the fun of NYC and seeing her perform without the stress :thumbsup2

They have a tour package set up for all of us that includes hotel, breakfast & dinner, a broadway show (TBA), a tour of Groud Zero, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island.

Oh yes! And when I'm in my pirate costume I'll get to say "Aaarrrggghhhh!!!" when I'm slapping it :lmao:

Good call with the driving, keep it on a rotation and don't zone out. Just gotta make sure nobody tries to stick feet with stinky socks up front from the back seat ;):rotfl2:

That is AWESOME!! What an honor. The high school marching band at the school I went to got to do that. I had already dropped out of marching band at that point (head band director issues) so I didn't get to go. :sad1: That's good that you guys aren't going to have to deal with chaperoning. Just there to have fun! :yay: Can't wait to read all about it!

:rotfl::rotfl: bummer you'll be doing that to get the camera rolling 'cause I bet having that caught on tape would be hilarious too :rotfl:

Oh man, I didn't even think of that. I know my feet don't stink and Becca's don't. Chris' usually don't either unless he's had a long day on his feet at work. Not so sure about James' feet. I'll have to ask Becca. Maybe he just won't be allowed to wear shoes. :laughing:

So are you crazy kids going to drive it straight through?!?!? :eek:




like how I called you kids? :rotfl2:

Well, the plan is to drive half a day, through the night and then all day and stop somewhere that night and drive the rest of the way the next day so it will (in theory) only take us about 2 and a half days to drive out there and back. We'll have to see how it goes.

:lmao: you crack me up

[FauntleroyFAN07]

way to score on a DLR trip, we are hoping to make that part of our trip to hawaii, stop there for a few days.

you should have a ton of funo that trip, there is alot to do out in that area.

[Leger13]

way to score on a DLR trip, we are hoping to make that part of our trip to hawaii, stop there for a few days.

you should have a ton of funo that trip, there is alot to do out in that area.

Thanks Dan. Yeah I remember you talking about that on your last TR. When is that trip scheduled?

Yeah I'm really looking fwd to it. I'm realizing that too which is why I want to get a UG for Hollywood and Vegas so I don't miss something really cool. :thumbsup2

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Thanks Dan. Yeah I remember you talking about that on your last TR. When is that trip scheduled?

Yeah I'm really looking fwd to it. I'm realizing that too which is why I want to get a UG for Hollywood and Vegas so I don't miss something really cool. :thumbsup2
may 2011

[cherbear]

may 2011

ooh so what part of Hawaii and how long are you going? We went to Oahu...very touristy but very pretty. I'd definitely like to go back and do some of the other islands.

[Leger13]

may 2011

Very cool! :thumbsup2 May is a great time of year to vacation.

[FauntleroyFAN07]

ooh so what part of Hawaii and how long are you going? We went to Oahu...very touristy but very pretty. I'd definitely like to go back and do some of the other islands.

maui, were only going to go for 1 week in Inlaws time share, but now prob, 2 weeks my SIL just moved there so we will spend a week with her as well.



Very cool! :thumbsup2 May is a great time of year to vacation.
we hope so we are leaving as soon as BIL gets out of college that year.

[Leger13]

I think I might have to invest in this.....maybe I'm crazy but I don't want to get sick on vacation again.

http://www.explorethemagic.com/hotel-room-disinfecting-fogger.asp

[cherbear]

I think I might have to invest in this.....maybe I'm crazy but I don't want to get sick on vacation again.

http://www.explorethemagic.com/hotel-room-disinfecting-fogger.asp

:thumbsup2

[Leger13]

arg! I clicked on the link to look more into the product and the link doesn't work. The company must have gone out of business darn it!! :headache:

[Leger13]

hah never mind. Google helped me find the right link

http://www.safespaceco.com/

if any of you are interested.

[Trentmom]

hah never mind. Google helped me find the right link

http://www.safespaceco.com/

if any of you are interested.

Oh Cool

I think the officers at Jail have a similar spray:goodvibes

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

I am really thinking about doing it! It never fails that someone on our trip is sick with something! (It is usually Poot!)

[Leger13]

Oh Cool

I think the officers at Jail have a similar spray:goodvibes

Oh cool. Didn't know that. :thumbsup2

I am really thinking about doing it! It never fails that someone on our trip is sick with something! (It is usually Poot!)

You totally should. I mean, worst case....it certainly can't hurt! That would stink if Poot wound up sick on vacation. Hopefully the room bomb will help keep him from getting a cold or something. :goodvibes

[mnmrmustard]

oh how aweseome

will have to dvr that so I can see..Love holiday parades :woohoo:



Thank you, she's got the perfect mix of excitement and apprehension right now. And she gets to help me run the Band Boosters Can/Bottle Drive for 4 Sundays to help raise money for the trip :thumbsup2

We'll DVR it too and I'll let y'all know where she is when I've watched it ;)


That is AWESOME!! What an honor. The high school marching band at the school I went to got to do that. I had already dropped out of marching band at that point (head band director issues) so I didn't get to go. :sad1: That's good that you guys aren't going to have to deal with chaperoning. Just there to have fun! :yay: Can't wait to read all about it!

:rotfl::rotfl: bummer you'll be doing that to get the camera rolling 'cause I bet having that caught on tape would be hilarious too :rotfl:

Oh man, I didn't even think of that. I know my feet don't stink and Becca's don't. Chris' usually don't either unless he's had a long day on his feet at work. Not so sure about James' feet. I'll have to ask Becca. Maybe he just won't be allowed to wear shoes. :laughing:

It is pretty cool - too bad it didn't work our for you to be able to do it when you were in HS. Darned personality conflicts :headache: And yes, I'm very happy we're not having to chaperone - whoohoo! :woohoo:

That probably would be funny, especially with me in costume. I'll see about one of us recording me with their cell phone's vid camera while I beat it into submission :rotfl2:

Oh yes - make sure you know the status of your traveling companion's feet. I went on many a road trip when I was younger and all it takes is one person. Worst was a Texas road trip in an old Caddilac Eldorado + 5 guys + one case of trench foot :scared1:

I'm sure y'all will be fine though ;)

hah never mind. Google helped me find the right link

http://www.safespaceco.com/

if any of you are interested.

Not a bad idea at all :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

It is pretty cool - too bad it didn't work our for you to be able to do it when you were in HS. Darned personality conflicts :headache: And yes, I'm very happy we're not having to chaperone - whoohoo! :woohoo:

That probably would be funny, especially with me in costume. I'll see about one of us recording me with their cell phone's vid camera while I beat it into submission :rotfl2:

Oh yes - make sure you know the status of your traveling companion's feet. I went on many a road trip when I was younger and all it takes is one person. Worst was a Texas road trip in an old Caddilac Eldorado + 5 guys + one case of trench foot :scared1:

I'm sure y'all will be fine though ;)



Not a bad idea at all :thumbsup2

Yeah....he was all about winning after a while. He basically said "screw having fun". Oh well. I'm happy for the ppl that do get to experience it. What a memory it will be for all of you.:goodvibes

:rotfl: oh good idea having someone video it with their phone. I cannot wait to see that. :rotfl:

oh man that sounds awful. :sick: but I guess it's bound to happen with 5 guys in one car. :laughing:

Thanks :thumbsup2 Although Chris isn't too sure about it. He doesn't think Disney is going to be none too happy with me for putting a bunch of smoke in the room :laughing: I just don't see how they would ever know. :confused3 I guess the smoke could have the possibility to seep under the door? Hmmmmm.....

[Leger13]

Here's a cute video of some of my doggies (mostly Lexie) for those of you that aren't friends with me on FB.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Dogs/th_20090930163637.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Dogs/?action=view&current=20090930163637.flv)

[kaoden39]

Your babies are so cute.:goodvibes

[Leger13]

Your babies are so cute.:goodvibes

Thank you Michele :goodvibes

[kaoden39]

Thank you Michele :goodvibes

And Lexie is a total show off too.

[mnmrmustard]

Yeah....he was all about winning after a while. He basically said "screw having fun". Oh well. I'm happy for the ppl that do get to experience it. What a memory it will be for all of you.:goodvibes

:rotfl: oh good idea having someone video it with their phone. I cannot wait to see that. :rotfl:

oh man that sounds awful. :sick: but I guess it's bound to happen with 5 guys in one car. :laughing:

Thanks :thumbsup2 Although Chris isn't too sure about it. He doesn't think Disney is going to be none too happy with me for putting a bunch of smoke in the room :laughing: I just don't see how they would ever know. :confused3 I guess the smoke could have the possibility to seep under the door? Hmmmmm.....

The coaches here are really good, they're taskmasters but they know how to keep an element of fun in what they're doing.

Yup, I'm hoping to have some fun vids to post after this one - not much to show from the last one ...other than a TR with nearly 2,000 pictures in it :rotfl2:

No, that road trip was not pretty - we made him sit in the back seat and stick his feet out the window.

Nawww, they wouldn't know as long as you put up the do not disturb sign. After all, it is supposed to completely disapate within an hour.

Here's a cute video of some of my doggies (mostly Lexie) for those of you that aren't friends with me on FB.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Dogs/th_20090930163637.jpg (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/leger13/Dogs/?action=view&current=20090930163637.flv)

Awwwww, cute puppies :goodvibes

[Leger13]

And Lexie is a total show off too.

:lmao: you got that right! She steals the show all the time!

The coaches here are really good, they're taskmasters but they know how to keep an element of fun in what they're doing.

Yup, I'm hoping to have some fun vids to post after this one - not much to show from the last one ...other than a TR with nearly 2,000 pictures in it :rotfl2:

No, that road trip was not pretty - we made him sit in the back seat and stick his feet out the window.

Nawww, they wouldn't know as long as you put up the do not disturb sign. After all, it is supposed to completely disapate within an hour.



Awwwww, cute puppies :goodvibes

That's great! Fun is as important (if not more so) as winning. :thumbsup2

Well with the video that will just make this TR that much more exciting. I'm really looking fwd to it :yay: I really enjoyed your last TR for sure. Your pictures are always just so amazing!

:laughing: that must have been a funny site to all the other cars traveling around you.

that's what I was thinking and exactly what I told Chris. I guess we will find out.

Thank you :goodvibes

[mnmrmustard]

That's great! Fun is as important (if not more so) as winning. :thumbsup2

Well with the video that will just make this TR that much more exciting. I'm really looking fwd to it :yay: I really enjoyed your last TR for sure. Your pictures are always just so amazing!

:laughing: that must have been a funny site to all the other cars traveling around you.

that's what I was thinking and exactly what I told Chris. I guess we will find out.

Thank you :goodvibes

Fun is good :)

I can't wait to see your vids, I know they'll be fun!

Yeah, we were a pretty big spectacle that whole trip :D

You're welcome :goodvibes

[cherbear]

ewww...feet out the window...I'm just thinking "poor cars around you!" :sick:

[Leger13]

Fun is good :)

I can't wait to see your vids, I know they'll be fun!

Yeah, we were a pretty big spectacle that whole trip :D

You're welcome :goodvibes

Thanks! :goodvibes

:laughing: I bet you were!

ewww...feet out the window...I'm just thinking "poor cars around you!" :sick:

:rotfl: Girl my first thought when I see or hear about feet out the window of a moving vehicle is danger. Have you seen the movie "Death Proof"? Eeeewwwww

[lovebuzzandwoody]

way to score on a DLR trip, we are hoping to make that part of our trip to hawaii, stop there for a few days.

you should have a ton of funo that trip, there is alot to do out in that area.

I think Dan may have just given me an idea as to what Tomato and I are doing for our 20th wedding anniversary next year! :scratchin



And Carla, your doggies are so cute! :goodvibes

[Leger13]

I think Dan may have just given me an idea as to what Tomato and I are doing for our 20th wedding anniversary next year! :scratchin



And Carla, your doggies are so cute! :goodvibes

oooo yeah you should totally do that. Would be a great way to celebrate! :thumbsup2

Thanks! :goodvibes

[lovebuzzandwoody]

oooo yeah you should totally do that. Would be a great way to celebrate! :thumbsup2

Thanks! :goodvibes

That is how I am going to waste... er, I mean spend today! :laughing:

And you are welcome!

[Leger13]

That is how I am going to waste... er, I mean spend today! :laughing:

And you are welcome!

:rotfl: So when is your 20th anyways??

[lovebuzzandwoody]

:rotfl: So when is your 20th anyways??

Dec. 15, 2010 :lovestruc

[Leger13]

Dec. 15, 2010 :lovestruc

oh that would be awesome! Christmas decorations in Hawaii and DLR!! :woohoo:

[mnmrmustard]

ewww...feet out the window...I'm just thinking "poor cars around you!" :sick:

ROFL, yes they were bad enough that we should have had hazmat plackards on the back of the caddy :lmao:

Thanks! :goodvibes

:laughing: I bet you were!



:rotfl: Girl my first thought when I see or hear about feet out the window of a moving vehicle is danger. Have you seen the movie "Death Proof"? Eeeewwwww

Hehe, yup yup. And I hadn't thought Death Proof - nice mental leap, I like where your mind goes! Roxy and I saw Inglorious Basterds. Fantastic flick!

That is how I am going to waste... er, I mean spend today! :laughing:

And you are welcome!

A Friday is a perfect day to waste :woohoo:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

oh that would be awesome! Christmas decorations in Hawaii and DLR!! :woohoo:

Yes! Mele Kalikimaka and :confused3:confused3:confused3 Like, Merry Christmas, dude???

:rotfl2:

[Leger13]

Hehe, yup yup. And I hadn't thought Death Proof - nice mental leap, I like where your mind goes! Roxy and I saw Inglorious Basterds. Fantastic flick!



A Friday is a perfect day to waste :woohoo:

Thanks! I seriously didn't think anyone here would know what I was talking about. Nice to know I'm not the only one that watches Tarantino! Love him!! And YES that movie was so GREAT!! I really could have done without Mike Meyers though. I think Bill Nyge would have been a much better cast for that roll. I'm thinking Mike did a little naughty favor to Tarantino to get that roll if you catch my drift. I just can't see them working together for any other reason than that. What do you think??

Yes! Mele Kalikimaka and :confused3:confused3:confused3 Like, Merry Christmas, dude???

:rotfl2:

:lmao::lmao: rrriiggghhtttt something like that.

[Leger13]

Oh and one more thing, Mike! Chris told me this last night......


be expecting

KILL BILL 3!!!!!

in 2014.


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Hopefully you can figure out why he would want to release it in 2014. I'm SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trentmom]

Thank you, she's got the perfect mix of excitement and apprehension right now. And she gets to help me run the Band Boosters Can/Bottle Drive for 4 Sundays to help raise money for the trip :thumbsup2

We'll DVR it too and I'll let y'all know where she is when I've watched it ;)



It is pretty cool - too bad it didn't work our for you to be able to do it when you were in HS. Darned personality conflicts :headache: And yes, I'm very happy we're not having to chaperone - whoohoo! :woohoo:

That probably would be funny, especially with me in costume. I'll see about one of us recording me with their cell phone's vid camera while I beat it into submission :rotfl2:

Oh yes - make sure you know the status of your traveling companion's feet. I went on many a road trip when I was younger and all it takes is one person. Worst was a Texas road trip in an old Caddilac Eldorado + 5 guys + one case of trench foot :scared1:

I'm sure y'all will be fine though ;)



Not a bad idea at all :thumbsup2

Will definitely dvr it so we can see her :goodvibes

Dec. 15, 2010 :lovestruc

I think DLR and Hawaii sounds great for your 20th :love:


Carla.....Doggies are sooooooooooo cute :lovestruc

[Tat2ddisneymom]

ewww...feet out the window...I'm just thinking "poor cars around you!" :sick:
Haha! I think it is distracting. Instead of watching the road, you're looking at feet!:lmao:
I think Dan may have just given me an idea as to what Tomato and I are doing for our 20th wedding anniversary next year! :scratchin



And Carla, your doggies are so cute! :goodvibes
Yes, you too can have a ton of funo!:lmao:

Seriously though, 20 years? How do you put up with somebody that long? I have been married for 11, together for 13. I get so sick of Joe sometimes. I think I let him go out so much just because I can't stand to be around him for very long.
Dec. 15, 2010 :lovestruc
:scared1: I was in eighth grade when you got married.

[Marshay]

Finally watched the video of Lexie and her teddy bear -- she is a cutie!:cutie:

[Trentmom]

Just wanted to pop over and do the under 2 month dance


:dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

:scared1: I was in eighth grade when you got married.

Brat.

[Leger13]

Will definitely dvr it so we can see her :goodvibes



I think DLR and Hawaii sounds great for your 20th :love:


Carla.....Doggies are sooooooooooo cute :lovestruc

Thanks Kelly

Finally watched the video of Lexie and her teddy bear -- she is a cutie!:cutie:

Thanks Marsha. She certainly does know how to steel the show :goodvibes

Just wanted to pop over and do the under 2 month dance


:dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer:

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[mnmrmustard]

Thanks! I seriously didn't think anyone here would know what I was talking about. Nice to know I'm not the only one that watches Tarantino! Love him!! And YES that movie was so GREAT!! I really could have done without Mike Meyers though. I think Bill Nyge would have been a much better cast for that roll. I'm thinking Mike did a little naughty favor to Tarantino to get that roll if you catch my drift. I just can't see them working together for any other reason than that. What do you think??

Hehe, yup - there is at least one more fan here ;) Ohhh, I hated Mike Meyers cameo - it sooo took me out of the moment. I don't know what he did to deserve it, but I wish he hadn't done it.

Oh and one more thing, Mike! Chris told me this last night......


be expecting

KILL BILL 3!!!!!

in 2014.


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Hopefully you can figure out why he would want to release it in 2014. I'm SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh really? Very cool indeed :banana::cool2: Wikipedia has some good info on it, and the 2014 date just seems to have to do with him doing another film before doing KB3.

Will definitely dvr it so we can see her :goodvibes

:goodvibes

Haha! I think it is distracting. Instead of watching the road, you're looking at feet!:lmao:

Yes, you too can have a ton of funo!:lmao:

Seriously though, 20 years? How do you put up with somebody that long? I have been married for 11, together for 13. I get so sick of Joe sometimes. I think I let him go out so much just because I can't stand to be around him for very long.

:scared1: I was in eighth grade when you got married.

True that about the feet - distracting on many levels :eek:

Roxy and I have 15 years in on our marriage and we make it work by having things we do together AND things we do apart. It all comes together to keep us both reasonably sane :banana:

8th grade aye? Let me see ....when they got married I was in Germany in the Army. We were ramping up for Desert Storm and waiting to see if my unit would deploy :confused:

Just wanted to pop over and do the under 2 month dance


:dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer::dancer:

Whoohoo! :cool1:

Gotcha beat though - we're under the 7 day mark for our DLR trip :dance3: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

[Leger13]

Hehe, yup - there is at least one more fan here ;) Ohhh, I hated Mike Meyers cameo - it sooo took me out of the moment. I don't know what he did to deserve it, but I wish he hadn't done it.



Oh really? Very cool indeed :banana::cool2: Wikipedia has some good info on it, and the 2014 date just seems to have to do with him doing another film before doing KB3.

Roxy and I have 15 years in on our marriage and we make it work by having things we do together AND things we do apart. It all comes together to keep us both reasonably sane :banana:

8th grade aye? Let me see ....when they got married I was in Germany in the Army. We were ramping up for Desert Storm and waiting to see if my unit would deploy :confused:



Whoohoo! :cool1:

Gotcha beat though - we're under the 7 day mark for our DLR trip :dance3: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

Sweet! I'm glad you agree with me. I've only talked to one person so far that was actually happy to see him in the flick.

Well, If you think about it a little bit more, remember the daughter of the black chick that Beatrix killed in the beginning of the first Kill Bill? Beatrix looked at her after she killed her mother and told her that if she's still ill after 10 years go by and she wants revenge to come and find her. The first Kill Bill was put out in 2003 so if he puts out #3 in 2014 then that would actually be an 11 year seperation. That's Chris' theory as to why Tarentino is waiting until 2014 to release #3. He's gonna bring that little girl back for revenge. If you read any of the interviews that he has done on the subject that is where he has said he would expand the story on. I'm excited for it and I hope he goes through with it.

15 years is great! And that's exactly what Chris and I do too....things separately and things together. It works out well that way :goodvibes

Wow, I had no idea you were ever in the Army. That's super neat! So did you wind up getting deployed? I have a friend that was in the Army around Desert Storm too. And he was deployed. He's now an Orlando Police Officer.

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: you're so close now!!!

[cherbear]

:scared1: I was in eighth grade when you got married.

and I was EIGHT! ;)

Brat.

:rotfl2:

sorry, I just had to do it too!


8th grade aye? Let me see ....when they got married I was in Germany in the Army. We were ramping up for Desert Storm and waiting to see if my unit would deploy :confused:

WOW, I'm with Carla on that question...were you deployed?


Gotcha beat though - we're under the 7 day mark for our DLR trip :dance3: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

SO jealous! You are gonna have SO MUCH FUN! Hope all the sickies are chased away before then!!!

[lovebuzzandwoody]

and I was EIGHT! ;)

:rotfl2:

sorry, I just had to do it too!


Because you are a brat too.

[mnmrmustard]

Sweet! I'm glad you agree with me. I've only talked to one person so far that was actually happy to see him in the flick.

Well, If you think about it a little bit more, remember the daughter of the black chick that Beatrix killed in the beginning of the first Kill Bill? Beatrix looked at her after she killed her mother and told her that if she's still ill after 10 years go by and she wants revenge to come and find her. The first Kill Bill was put out in 2003 so if he puts out #3 in 2014 then that would actually be an 11 year seperation. That's Chris' theory as to why Tarentino is waiting until 2014 to release #3. He's gonna bring that little girl back for revenge. If you read any of the interviews that he has done on the subject that is where he has said he would expand the story on. I'm excited for it and I hope he goes through with it.

15 years is great! And that's exactly what Chris and I do too....things separately and things together. It works out well that way :goodvibes

Wow, I had no idea you were ever in the Army. That's super neat! So did you wind up getting deployed? I have a friend that was in the Army around Desert Storm too. And he was deployed. He's now an Orlando Police Officer.

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: you're so close now!!!

Well that makes sense about waiting the 10 years real time - just the kind of thing Tarantino would do. And it would be very cool if he wrangled the actual girl who played the daughter to reprise the role. And the wiki page did quote that it was going to be about revenge on the bride.

Yes, it is a good formula for us. We just need to find more time to get away from the kids ...if only for an evening. More dinners and movies and such. Heck, I like just driving around in the countryside with her with no destination in mind. See where the road takes us.

Yup, I did 4 years, from 1987-91. I trained in Ft Sill, OK and was stationed in Ft. Hood, TX and Baumholder (then) West Germany, which is in the Bavarian Alps near the French border. I was an MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket Systems) crewmenber and drove a huge rocket resupply vehicle called a HEMTT and also the rocket launcher itself.

I was in for Desert Storm but my unit did not deploy - they only took full batallions of MLRS over there and we were a single unit. Instead we pulled gate guard in the snow to make sure "terrorists" didn't try to drive on to our wonderfully secluded post.

I was also in Germany for the fall of the Berlin wall, which was very cool. We were actually in a training area called Grafenwoehr or "Graf" on the east/west border when it all happened. Here's a pic of my platoon from that exercise (I'm up front crouching):

http://ronin.roguecc.edu/images/3rdAm.JPG

And zoomed out to see the HEMTT I drove:

http://ronin.roguecc.edu/images/3rdAmmo.JPG

And a close-up of me (don't I look cute):

http://ronin.roguecc.edu/images/army.JPG

And an interesting aside, the post at Baumholder was actually constructed in the mid-1930s by nazi Germany. The barracks I lived in were formerly German cavalry barracks. Here's a shot of the field where we played sports and did ceremonies in - before and after:

http://ronin.roguecc.edu/images/Minnick.JPG

Back to the fall of the wall - we convoyed back from Graf surrounded by carloads of East German families who had everything they owned stuffed into these little "trabi" cars. It was an interesting time for sure.

and I was EIGHT! ;)



:rotfl2:

sorry, I just had to do it too!



WOW, I'm with Carla on that question...were you deployed?



SO jealous! You are gonna have SO MUCH FUN! Hope all the sickies are chased away before then!!!

8 aye? Hehehe, well that's okay - I still feel like a kid despite my age :goodvibes

See above in my reply to Carla about deploying.

Oh yes, only 4 days now and everyone seems to be reasonably healthy :banana:

[Trentmom]

WOW Mustard. Love your pics. Sounds like you had a very cool military career :thumbsup2

[Leger13]

Mike ~ thank you so much for sharing your pictures with us. That is just SO neat! I'm glad you guys didn't actually get deployed. What a fantastic experiance that must have been. You look so bad a$$ with that gun next to that HUGE truck!!

[Leger13]

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

[kaoden39]

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

Woo hoo!!!

[MyMuse]

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

Good for you!!! :woohoo::yay::woohoo::yay:

It's a great feeling to go on vacation with no balance over your head.

[Leger13]

Woo hoo!!!

:thumbsup2

Good for you!!! :woohoo::yay::woohoo::yay:

It's a great feeling to go on vacation with no balance over your head.

Thanks! It really is! It puts me at ease knowing everything is already taken care of and now all I have to pay for OOP is souvies and gas. :thumbsup2

[lovebuzzandwoody]

:woohoo:WOO HOO!!!:woohoo:

[Trentmom]

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

That is awesome girl

:yay: :woohoo: :yay: :woohoo: :yay:

[Leger13]

Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to change my DLR ticker. Chris and I talked while we were at dinner on Friday night and I told him that I just don't think that my Dad is going to be kosher with me going out of town for 2 weeks straight. It's a small company and I handle a lot there that he has to do whenever I'm not there. So since Chris still won't fly commercial we decided to do land and sea to celebrate his birthday next year. But we will do it in December. September is just too hot and plus with going in December that will give us some more time to get the trip paid for. All in all it's just gonna work out better for us. I'm still excited and think the cruise will be fun. This leaves us another week of vacation time free for me from work so we can plan some other type of vacation. We're thinking DC possibly. I'm trying to talk Chris into getting AP's next year too. He wants to take a weekend long trip down to disney for MNSSHP in Sept or Oct and maybe we will go again for our anniversary. So if we do those two trips, plus a week down there in December again they will pay have paid for themselves. I hope he gives in. I want to have the option to go to Disney on the weekends when I want :thumbsup2 Maybe we'll even make it down for the 4th of July. hmmmmmm

Anyways, that's what's going on right now. I have some updates on our park days for this triip. I'll probably post that tomorrow since I didn't get it up on Friday and I'm guessing it will be slow at work since most everyone else is off for Columbus day. Hope everyone has had a good weekend. :goodvibes

[Trentmom]

Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to change my DLR ticker. Chris and I talked while we were at dinner on Friday night and I told him that I just don't think that my Dad is going to be kosher with me going out of town for 2 weeks straight. It's a small company and I handle a lot there that he has to do whenever I'm not there. So since Chris still won't fly commercial we decided to do land and sea to celebrate his birthday next year. But we will do it in December. September is just too hot and plus with going in December that will give us some more time to get the trip paid for. All in all it's just gonna work out better for us. I'm still excited and think the cruise will be fun. This leaves us another week of vacation time free for me from work so we can plan some other type of vacation. We're thinking DC possibly. I'm trying to talk Chris into getting AP's next year too. He wants to take a weekend long trip down to disney for MNSSHP in Sept or Oct and maybe we will go again for our anniversary. So if we do those two trips, plus a week down there in December again they will pay have paid for themselves. I hope he gives in. I want to have the option to go to Disney on the weekends when I want :thumbsup2 Maybe we'll even make it down for the 4th of July. hmmmmmm

Anyways, that's what's going on right now. I have some updates on our park days for this triip. I'll probably post that tomorrow since I didn't get it up on Friday and I'm guessing it will be slow at work since most everyone else is off for Columbus day. Hope everyone has had a good weekend. :goodvibes

I think that sounds like a great idea

Give chris some more time to work up to flying. Maybe fly to Fl next year, as California a lot longer flight

APs sound like an awesome idea :woohoo:

[Leger13]

I think that sounds like a great idea

Give chris some more time to work up to flying. Maybe fly to Fl next year, as California a lot longer flight

APs sound like an awesome idea :woohoo:

Thanks girl

Yeah, maybe I can talk him into flying to Orlando. Will see how it goes.

Yeah, hopefully I can talk Chris into it. Have wanted APs for quite a while.

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Good for you for being PIF!!!!! I'm right behind you...unfortunately not there yet though!
Too bad no more DLR, but the land and sea looks like a ton of fun!!!!! I'd do it for sure!

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Yay... for Land and Sea! I'm still bummed we had to cancel ours that we would've taken next month. :sad1: I would think that early in December would be a nice time to go.

Still working on Tomato to get APs for us... I want to take advantage of that extra 3 month deal! :thumbsup2

[MyMuse]

Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to change my DLR ticker. Chris and I talked while we were at dinner on Friday night and I told him that I just don't think that my Dad is going to be kosher with me going out of town for 2 weeks straight. It's a small company and I handle a lot there that he has to do whenever I'm not there. So since Chris still won't fly commercial we decided to do land and sea to celebrate his birthday next year. But we will do it in December. September is just too hot and plus with going in December that will give us some more time to get the trip paid for. All in all it's just gonna work out better for us. I'm still excited and think the cruise will be fun. This leaves us another week of vacation time free for me from work so we can plan some other type of vacation. We're thinking DC possibly. I'm trying to talk Chris into getting AP's next year too. He wants to take a weekend long trip down to disney for MNSSHP in Sept or Oct and maybe we will go again for our anniversary. So if we do those two trips, plus a week down there in December again they will pay have paid for themselves. I hope he gives in. I want to have the option to go to Disney on the weekends when I want :thumbsup2 Maybe we'll even make it down for the 4th of July. hmmmmmm

Anyways, that's what's going on right now. I have some updates on our park days for this triip. I'll probably post that tomorrow since I didn't get it up on Friday and I'm guessing it will be slow at work since most everyone else is off for Columbus day. Hope everyone has had a good weekend. :goodvibes

Sounds like a better plan :thumbsup2

I'm semi-trying to talk myself into APs, but I don't think I'm going to do it. But check with your local AAA, if you are a member, they are supposed to sell APs as well.

I'm thinking I might go down next year during F&W and MNSSHP. :goodvibes

[Leger13]

Good for you for being PIF!!!!! I'm right behind you...unfortunately not there yet though!
Too bad no more DLR, but the land and sea looks like a ton of fun!!!!! I'd do it for sure!

Thanks! It's a great feeling. You'll get there soon enough. :goodvibes

Yeah, I'm bummed but only a little. Really looking fwd to the cruise now.

Yay... for Land and Sea! I'm still bummed we had to cancel ours that we would've taken next month. :sad1: I would think that early in December would be a nice time to go.

Still working on Tomato to get APs for us... I want to take advantage of that extra 3 month deal! :thumbsup2

Awww I had totally forgotten abt that. But look at it this way, now you get to be at WDW with me and Kelly and UJ instead. You can always try to go again some other year.

I hope he gives in. As I hope Chris does too. that 3 month deal is just too good to pass up. :thumbsup2

Sounds like a better plan :thumbsup2

I'm semi-trying to talk myself into APs, but I don't think I'm going to do it. But check with your local AAA, if you are a member, they are supposed to sell APs as well.

I'm thinking I might go down next year during F&W and MNSSHP. :goodvibes

Thanks :)

Yeah I knew AAA sold them too. Will have to look into that again. Thanks :goodvibes

Oh F&W and MNSSHP would be great. I would love to go for F&W too. And to go and see the F&G fest again......it was so pretty this year.

[Leger13]

I absolutely promise to have an update up either today or tomorrow. I know I've been slacking. The trip is getting close. I just haven't been doing a lot lately to prepare. Shame shame on me.

[Marshay]

Thanks girl

Yeah, maybe I can talk him into flying to Orlando. Will see how it goes.

Yeah, hopefully I can talk Chris into it. Have wanted APs for quite a while.

OK, I definitely missed the posts...why doesn't chris fly commercial?

I absolutely promise to have an update up either today or tomorrow. I know I've been slacking. The trip is getting close. I just haven't been doing a lot lately to prepare. Shame shame on me.

yeah, an update!!

Another nice thing about DVC is the 30% off AP price!! makes the AP much more reasonable...you only have to go into the parks 7-8 days to get your money's worth.

So you have to tell Chris that if you'd own DVC, then it would make more economical sense to get a AP, right?

:rotfl::rotfl2:

I'm sure he'll fall for that one!;):lmao:

[Leger13]

OK, I definitely missed the posts...why doesn't chris fly commercial?



yeah, an update!!

Another nice thing about DVC is the 30% off AP price!! makes the AP much more reasonable...you only have to go into the parks 7-8 days to get your money's worth.

So you have to tell Chris that if you'd own DVC, then it would make more economical sense to get a AP, right?

:rotfl::rotfl2:

I'm sure he'll fall for that one!;):lmao:

The fear was instilled in him growing up. His mother is afraid and the one time he did fly he had BAD turbulence and hated it. He hasn't tried it again since then. Plus he says it's a "control issue". :confused3 I just think of it as a big bus in the sky. I love to fly. It's fun!

:rotfl::rotfl: that IS a good point you make there. Hmmmmm......I might just have to mention this to him in passing. :thumbsup2

[Trentmom]

I absolutely promise to have an update up either today or tomorrow. I know I've been slacking. The trip is getting close. I just haven't been doing a lot lately to prepare. Shame shame on me.

Awesome girl

Will be waiting :surfweb:

[Tat2ddisneymom]

Now we have all that much more of a reason to plan an all girls trip to Disneyland. Silly husbands who won't fly can keep their butts at home.:thumbsup2

Paid in full rocks!:thumbsup2

An update...hmm...what can it be?

[Leger13]

Ok, as promised, I'm finally getting around to my update. Trying to get it in here before work gets busy (if that actually happens today).

It's really nothing major but I figured it would be appropriate to put this up here today since today is my 45 day mark!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Disney says it's tomorrow but that is because I'm not actually checking into Pop until December 4th but we are driving down to visit my grandparents on the 3rd. So today is 45 days!! WooHoo!!!!!

Anyways, my update is just a list of what I think our "Must Do's" will/should be this year at each park. Whether or not we make it to all of them all depends on what happens while we are there but I'm certainly going to try my best.

Here it is. Our "Must Do's" at each park (and then some)

I'm going to start off by saying that two of my Must Do's are at resorts. First of all is the Contemporary. I have dinner scheduled at pretty much every other deluxe resort that I want to see the decorations at except for this one. I have heard that they have a huge gingerbread house there so I wanna see it.

The next one is the Boardwalk. I've never been there and really want to make it over there this time to see what I'm missing out on. Plus I want to see the decorations and hit up Jelly Rolls. :thumbsup2

Must Do's at Magic Kingdom

*Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road (I doubt Chris will get on this but I will so he'll just have to wait while I ride)
*Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (one of Chris' favorites.....maybe I'll get lucky and beat his score this time :rolleyes:)
*Carousel of Progress (this is a classic and must be ridden at least once every trip)
*Country Bears Jamboree (this is another classic and I've heard they do a special Christmas show)
*Hall of Presidents (I could care less about this but I know they have updated since Obama got into office and Chris loves history so we manage to make it here every trip. I just enjoy the comfy seats and AC)
*Haunted Mansion (I'm sure we'll ride this more than once)
*It's A Small World (I've loved this ride ever since I was a child so it's a must do)
*Mad Tea Party (because I'm in for punishment)
*Mickey's Philharmagic
*Peter Pan's Flight
*Pirates of The Caribbean (we'll be on this more than once as well)
*Space Mountain (Chris won't ride this either.....not after '07 :laughing:)
*Splash Mountain (another one Chris won't ride again but I have the picture hung on the wall to prove that he at least did it once)
*Tomorrow Land Transit Authority (when we need a break)

EPCOT

-Future World
*Innoventions
*Nemo
*Soarin' (I haven't been able to talk Chris into this one yet due to the heights that the seats go to but cross your fingers...maybe he'll try it this year)
*Spaceship Earth
*Test Track (I asked Chris how many times he was gonna ride this one and he said at least 5 or 6......I told him to shoot for 9 for the year)

-World Showcase
*Hit a shop in each country
*O'Canada (because my Mom is French Canadian and so is Chris' dad and we still haven't seen the new show yet)
*Gran Fiesta Tour
*Maelstrom
(the last two are mainly because there's not many rides in the World Showcase)

MGM

*American Idol Experiance
*Fantasmic
*The Great Movie Ride
*Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular
*Animation Studio (I'm bound and determined to get into a class where they are drawing Stitch this year!!)
*Muppet Vision 3D
*Rock n Roller Coaster
*Star Tours (I'll ride this once, Chris will ride it over and over again if there is no line)
*Tower of Terror (really wanna ride this more than once this year)
*Toy Story Mania (I wonder if the fact that I have the Wii game will ruin the ride experiance for me.......that would suck)

Animal Kingdom

Sidenote: We haven't spent more than a few hours here before. My goal is to stay longer here this time and really enjoy ourselves. Tired of saying there is a Disney park that I don't like at all.

*Dinosaur
*Expedition Everest (really wanna ride this one in the dark.....thank goodness for EMH's!!)
*It's Tough To Be A Bug
*Kali River Rapids (this one all depends on how cold it is the day we are at AK)
*Pangani Forest Exploration (wanna see the gorillas!!)

So that's it. Our "must do" list! Comments from the peanut gallery?

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Awesome list! I agree with most of them... some of them, I'm with Chris! :laughing:

Abby and I got to draw Stitch last time! :stitch2: I think this year we will all do it.... Evan is really becoming quite the artist and I think he'd really like it. Fingers crossed you get to do Stitch!


45 days for us too!!!!!! I'm getting so excited!!!!!!!!!!!! :yay:

[Leger13]

Awesome list! I agree with most of them... some of them, I'm with Chris! :laughing:

Abby and I got to draw Stitch last time! :stitch2: I think this year we will all do it.... Evan is really becoming quite the artist and I think he'd really like it. Fingers crossed you get to do Stitch!


45 days for us too!!!!!! I'm getting so excited!!!!!!!!!!!! :yay:

:rotfl: you guys are just crazy. You don't know what you're missing out on.

Oh neat! I'm so jealous!!! That's cool that Evan is into drawing now. I bet he will love the Animation studio. Thanks girl!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Trentmom]

I think your lists look great


I really hope you can get Chris on Soarin. Really so awesome!!!


I hear you on AK.....We do not care for that park either

Hoping that by going in cooler weather, we can enjoy it more:thumbsup2

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

I think your lists are fab!!! We love AK!!! I think it is because the kids really like to go to the zoo and stuff like that. (It really is a big zoo with a few shows and rides.)

All of your rides are tons of fun! We are very lucky that all of us (even the little one) love big rides! He went on TOT when he was 3!!! And, said it was "awesome"!

Soarin' is a fav for us too! Hope Chris goes on it! He will ove it if he does! I tihnk even someone that is a bit scared of heights has to enjoy that ride!

[Leger13]

I think your lists look great


I really hope you can get Chris on Soarin. Really so awesome!!!


I hear you on AK.....We do not care for that park either

Hoping that by going in cooler weather, we can enjoy it more:thumbsup2

Thanks Kelly!

Fingers crossed! I keep trying to tell him how neat it is but I doubt he'll get on it. The sensation of flying and knowing he's high up........:scared1:<-----that's his reaction. :laughing: I'll be doing good to get him on BTMRR. I'm trying to tell him that one is like Goofy's Barnstormer, only a little faster. Wonder if he believes me. :laughing:

I'm thinking the reasons we didn't like AK so much is because 1) too hot (as you said) and 2) I got really clausterphobic due to all the trees (thinking if I walk further into the park as soon as we get there, out into the open that will help) and 3) all we did was Kilimanjaro Safari and Rifiki's Planet watch. That took up half the day right there and we were SO ready to go by the time we got back out to where the Tree of Life is. I'm willing to brave it again just so I can ride EE! Super excited for that! :woohoo: Plus thinking the EMH's will help too. Fingers crossed.

[Leger13]

I think your lists are fab!!! We love AK!!! I think it is because the kids really like to go to the zoo and stuff like that. (It really is a big zoo with a few shows and rides.)

All of your rides are tons of fun! We are very lucky that all of us (even the little one) love big rides! He went on TOT when he was 3!!! And, said it was "awesome"!

Soarin' is a fav for us too! Hope Chris goes on it! He will ove it if he does! I tihnk even someone that is a bit scared of heights has to enjoy that ride!

Thanks girl. I love the zoo too. Like I told Kelly, I think the biggest reason I didn't like AK is 'cause the safari took too darned long and the fact that the trees were making me feel very closed in. I think once I walk out into the park more I will enjoy it more. I'm really looking forward to riding EE and seeing more of the animals.

Wow you ARE very lucky that all of you like the thrill rides!! I wish I could get Chris on them. He actually told me a few days ago that if ToT only had one drop he would probably ride it. :headache: Oh well. Maybe if he likes BTMRR, in a few years I'll be able to get him on RnRC. Baby steps. :thumbsup2

I agree. You wouldn't think the height thing would bother a lot of ppl since you're strapped pretty good into the seats but Chris just had the luck of having his parents instill a lot of fear of the unknown into him. It's hard to get him to try new things but I'm finding that the longer he is married to me the more I rub off on him. As long as I don't force him into anything and it's his idea it's all good. :thumbsup2

[cherbear]

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

So exciting...I already knew this so I'm sorry I didn't stop by here to celebrate with you!


I love the list from today. Chris cracks me up that he rides Star Tours over and over. Once a trip is PLENTY enough for me. We didn't even ride it at all this past trip and we are perfectly okay with that.

[Leger13]

So exciting...I already knew this so I'm sorry I didn't stop by here to celebrate with you!


I love the list from today. Chris cracks me up that he rides Star Tours over and over. Once a trip is PLENTY enough for me. We didn't even ride it at all this past trip and we are perfectly okay with that.

That's okay girl. We talk all the time so I knew you were excited for me :thumbsup2

I know, he's such a kid. And he practically runs to that ride (And HM) every time we are at the parks! I can't keep up with him. I don't think I could skip Star Tours but when Chris says he wants to ride it after we have ridden it already I go and ride ToT or RnRC instead since he won't ride those. I would much rather ride a thrill ride over and over.

[cltk78]

Your must-do list looks great! We made our must-do list either last week or the week before. I have to find time to post it in my PTR.

[Trentmom]

Thanks Kelly!

Fingers crossed! I keep trying to tell him how neat it is but I doubt he'll get on it. The sensation of flying and knowing he's high up........:scared1:<-----that's his reaction. :laughing: I'll be doing good to get him on BTMRR. I'm trying to tell him that one is like Goofy's Barnstormer, only a little faster. Wonder if he believes me. :laughing:

I'm thinking the reasons we didn't like AK so much is because 1) too hot (as you said) and 2) I got really clausterphobic due to all the trees (thinking if I walk further into the park as soon as we get there, out into the open that will help) and 3) all we did was Kilimanjaro Safari and Rifiki's Planet watch. That took up half the day right there and we were SO ready to go by the time we got back out to where the Tree of Life is. I'm willing to brave it again just so I can ride EE! Super excited for that! :woohoo: Plus thinking the EMH's will help too. Fingers crossed.

I think Barnstormers is faster than Big Thunder Mountain...:rotfl:

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Soarin is my absolute, hands down favorite ride. I could ride it all day. :cloud9: Maybe if you tell the CM's of his height fear they can put you in the the bottom row? :confused3

I think Barnstormers is faster than Big Thunder Mountain...:rotfl:

:laughing: You might be right! I love BMTRR! :lovestruc Sara (mom2mek) just posted a video on her TR of them riding it.... got me so excited!!! I can't wait!

[Leger13]

Your must-do list looks great! We made our must-do list either last week or the week before. I have to find time to post it in my PTR.

Thanks girl :goodvibes yeah! We gotta see your must do's :thumbsup2

I think Barnstormers is faster than Big Thunder Mountain...:rotfl:

:rotfl: I might have to see if I can find that info online so I can prove it to Chris.

Soarin is my absolute, hands down favorite ride. I could ride it all day. :cloud9: Maybe if you tell the CM's of his height fear they can put you in the the bottom row? :confused3



:laughing: You might be right! I love BMTRR! :lovestruc Sara (mom2mek) just posted a video on her TR of them riding it.... got me so excited!!! I can't wait!

Yeah good idea. I mentioned riding it on the bottom before to Chris and he didn't really say anything. Have you ridden it on the bottom? I've only ridden it on the top so i have no idea how far off the ground the bottom gets.

oooooooo that sounds awesome! I can't wait too!!

[Leger13]

I just checked on the all knowing Wikipedia and Goofy's top speed is 20mph and Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road's top speed is 35mph. I have no idea if he'll get on it. That's really not fast at all but I know SM's top speed is 35mph too and he hated it. I think mostly because it was in the dark. We'll see. :confused3

[Trentmom]

I just checked on the all knowing Wikipedia and Goofy's top speed is 20mph and Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road's top speed is 35mph. I have no idea if he'll get on it. That's really not fast at all but I know SM's top speed is 35mph too and he hated it. I think mostly because it was in the dark. We'll see. :confused3

Tell him it is like Test Track on the end part, where you race around track, but instead of track, you are racing on a hill (moutain) :rotfl:

[Leger13]

Tell him it is like Test Track on the end part, where you race around track, but instead of track, you are racing on a hill (moutain) :rotfl:

:laughing: yeah maybe that would work. I was just telling him about it and he didn't seem like he wouldn't get on it. I said "well, just make your decision while we're in line. At least you can watch it go around a few times before you decide to get on it or not. " He said, "yeah, that's usually how I roll". I think that was the other reason he didn't like SM since you can't see any of the ride before you actually get on it.

[Trentmom]

:laughing: yeah maybe that would work. I was just telling him about it and he didn't seem like he wouldn't get on it. I said "well, just make your decision while we're in line. At least you can watch it go around a few times before you decide to get on it or not. " He said, "yeah, that's usually how I roll". I think that was the other reason he didn't like SM since you can't see any of the ride before you actually get on it.

Oh good..sounds promising :thumbsup2

[mnmrmustard]

Hey Carla! Finally checking back in after our DLR trip - whoohoo!

WOW Mustard. Love your pics. Sounds like you had a very cool military career :thumbsup2

Thankyee! It was a colorful time for sure. I made some great friends and had some amazing adventures :thumbsup2

Mike ~ thank you so much for sharing your pictures with us. That is just SO neat! I'm glad you guys didn't actually get deployed. What a fantastic experiance that must have been. You look so bad a$$ with that gun next to that HUGE truck!!

You're welcome! Looking back I still have mixed feelings about not having deployed. But my fam is with you about being happy that I didn't ;) Thanks for the compliment about the pic - we weren't exactly a "hard core" bunch, but we looked the part with all that gear :rotfl2:

As of 8:35am this morning, this trip is......

PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO SO SO EXCITED!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And I'll have another update coming later today. :thumbsup2

YAHOOO!!!!! :woohoo: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :woohoo:

Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to change my DLR ticker. Chris and I talked while we were at dinner on Friday night and I told him that I just don't think that my Dad is going to be kosher with me going out of town for 2 weeks straight. It's a small company and I handle a lot there that he has to do whenever I'm not there. So since Chris still won't fly commercial we decided to do land and sea to celebrate his birthday next year. But we will do it in December. September is just too hot and plus with going in December that will give us some more time to get the trip paid for. All in all it's just gonna work out better for us. I'm still excited and think the cruise will be fun. This leaves us another week of vacation time free for me from work so we can plan some other type of vacation. We're thinking DC possibly. I'm trying to talk Chris into getting AP's next year too. He wants to take a weekend long trip down to disney for MNSSHP in Sept or Oct and maybe we will go again for our anniversary. So if we do those two trips, plus a week down there in December again they will pay have paid for themselves. I hope he gives in. I want to have the option to go to Disney on the weekends when I want :thumbsup2 Maybe we'll even make it down for the 4th of July. hmmmmmm

Anyways, that's what's going on right now. I have some updates on our park days for this triip. I'll probably post that tomorrow since I didn't get it up on Friday and I'm guessing it will be slow at work since most everyone else is off for Columbus day. Hope everyone has had a good weekend. :goodvibes

Some big changes for sure, but I like the idea of all of those little trips. Roxy has the same problem that you do, being the office manager and only real office person for the business she works for. Makes it hard to get away for any lenght of time ...especially with payroll every 2 weeks.

Ok, as promised, I'm finally getting around to my update. Trying to get it in here before work gets busy (if that actually happens today).

It's really nothing major but I figured it would be appropriate to put this up here today since today is my 45 day mark!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Disney says it's tomorrow but that is because I'm not actually checking into Pop until December 4th but we are driving down to visit my grandparents on the 3rd. So today is 45 days!! WooHoo!!!!!

Anyways, my update is just a list of what I think our "Must Do's" will/should be this year at each park. Whether or not we make it to all of them all depends on what happens while we are there but I'm certainly going to try my best.

Here it is. Our "Must Do's" at each park (and then some)

I'm going to start off by saying that two of my Must Do's are at resorts. First of all is the Contemporary. I have dinner scheduled at pretty much every other deluxe resort that I want to see the decorations at except for this one. I have heard that they have a huge gingerbread house there so I wanna see it.

The next one is the Boardwalk. I've never been there and really want to make it over there this time to see what I'm missing out on. Plus I want to see the decorations and hit up Jelly Rolls. :thumbsup2

Must Do's at Magic Kingdom

*Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road (I doubt Chris will get on this but I will so he'll just have to wait while I ride)
*Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (one of Chris' favorites.....maybe I'll get lucky and beat his score this time :rolleyes:)
*Carousel of Progress (this is a classic and must be ridden at least once every trip)
*Country Bears Jamboree (this is another classic and I've heard they do a special Christmas show)
*Hall of Presidents (I could care less about this but I know they have updated since Obama got into office and Chris loves history so we manage to make it here every trip. I just enjoy the comfy seats and AC)
*Haunted Mansion (I'm sure we'll ride this more than once)
*It's A Small World (I've loved this ride ever since I was a child so it's a must do)
*Mad Tea Party (because I'm in for punishment)
*Mickey's Philharmagic
*Peter Pan's Flight
*Pirates of The Caribbean (we'll be on this more than once as well)
*Space Mountain (Chris won't ride this either.....not after '07 :laughing:)
*Splash Mountain (another one Chris won't ride again but I have the picture hung on the wall to prove that he at least did it once)
*Tomorrow Land Transit Authority (when we need a break)

EPCOT

-Future World
*Innoventions
*Nemo
*Soarin' (I haven't been able to talk Chris into this one yet due to the heights that the seats go to but cross your fingers...maybe he'll try it this year)
*Spaceship Earth
*Test Track (I asked Chris how many times he was gonna ride this one and he said at least 5 or 6......I told him to shoot for 9 for the year)

-World Showcase
*Hit a shop in each country
*O'Canada (because my Mom is French Canadian and so is Chris' dad and we still haven't seen the new show yet)
*Gran Fiesta Tour
*Maelstrom
(the last two are mainly because there's not many rides in the World Showcase)

MGM

*American Idol Experiance
*Fantasmic
*The Great Movie Ride
*Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular
*Animation Studio (I'm bound and determined to get into a class where they are drawing Stitch this year!!)
*Muppet Vision 3D
*Rock n Roller Coaster
*Star Tours (I'll ride this once, Chris will ride it over and over again if there is no line)
*Tower of Terror (really wanna ride this more than once this year)
*Toy Story Mania (I wonder if the fact that I have the Wii game will ruin the ride experiance for me.......that would suck)

Animal Kingdom

Sidenote: We haven't spent more than a few hours here before. My goal is to stay longer here this time and really enjoy ourselves. Tired of saying there is a Disney park that I don't like at all.

*Dinosaur
*Expedition Everest (really wanna ride this one in the dark.....thank goodness for EMH's!!)
*It's Tough To Be A Bug
*Kali River Rapids (this one all depends on how cold it is the day we are at AK)
*Pangani Forest Exploration (wanna see the gorillas!!)

So that's it. Our "must do" list! Comments from the peanut gallery?

WOW! Quite the list there! Love your choice except I agree with Chris about Space Mountain. That ride should be re-titled "The Whiplash Express". I did ride the "Ghost Galaxy" themed SM at DLR though, smoother ride overall and cool halloween effects :thumbsup2

Good luck getting Stitch in the animation studios and hope you get to ride ToT more than once! And I agree about AK - just need to take the time and really drink that place in. It almost seemed an afterthought on our trip.

I just checked on the all knowing Wikipedia and Goofy's top speed is 20mph and Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road's top speed is 35mph. I have no idea if he'll get on it. That's really not fast at all but I know SM's top speed is 35mph too and he hated it. I think mostly because it was in the dark. We'll see. :confused3

Hopefully he'll do Big Thunder with ya, it is pretty fun and not near as whiplashey/dark as SM

[Leger13]

Hey Carla! Finally checking back in after our DLR trip - whoohoo!



You're welcome! Looking back I still have mixed feelings about not having deployed. But my fam is with you about being happy that I didn't ;) Thanks for the compliment about the pic - we weren't exactly a "hard core" bunch, but we looked the part with all that gear :rotfl2:



YAHOOO!!!!! :woohoo: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :woohoo:



Some big changes for sure, but I like the idea of all of those little trips. Roxy has the same problem that you do, being the office manager and only real office person for the business she works for. Makes it hard to get away for any lenght of time ...especially with payroll every 2 weeks.



WOW! Quite the list there! Love your choice except I agree with Chris about Space Mountain. That ride should be re-titled "The Whiplash Express". I did ride the "Ghost Galaxy" themed SM at DLR though, smoother ride overall and cool halloween effects :thumbsup2

Good luck getting Stitch in the animation studios and hope you get to ride ToT more than once! And I agree about AK - just need to take the time and really drink that place in. It almost seemed an afterthought on our trip.



Hopefully he'll do Big Thunder with ya, it is pretty fun and not near as whiplashey/dark as SM

Hey there Mike! Thanks for stopping by :goodvibes:

:laughing: well, as long as you look hard core that's all that matters.

Thanks. I think it will be fun and we might even get to see Kelly again in the mix. :thumbsup2 That stinks that Roxy has that problem too. I feel her pain. It really stinks. And we have payroll every week here. But when I'm not here my Dad does it even though he hates it. He hates to do the tedious things.

Thank ya. Yeah SM is pretty whiplashy. I think with the renovation having just taken place when we get there in December it will be better. Or at least I'm hoping. I can't wait to ride the new version. :banana: The halloween themed one at DLR sounds awesome though.

Thanks! Yeah, that's what I'm going to try to do at AK this year. I am thinking I might go and see my Dr to get some kind of meds for my panic attacks before we go to WDW this year. Thinking just having the meds will help. And maybe I can take one before going to AK so I don't get the closed in feeling before we get into the park far enough for me to not feel like I'm trapped. The older I get the worse these panic attacks seem to get.

Thanks. I really hope I can convince him to ride. I think he would enjoy it if he just tried.