September 2012

[australiankaren]

Relief is running through my veins



Thanks it makes the planning so much easier to know we will have an income to pay for the trip although the only downs side is he will be away for 2 weeks at a time i keep telling myself it is only for 6 swings and then we go away.

Did i mention this week that the tax department is auditing my education tax refund i was the lucky 1 in 12 to be audited and it takes them a minimum of 12 weeks to check with centrelink that i was entitled to FTBA and can receive the tax education refund

Swings and roundabouts...good news and bad....congrats on the job and commiserations on the audit.......as i said....swings and roundabouts

 

[becpee]

Relief is running through my veins

Thanks it makes the planning so much easier to know we will have an income to pay for the trip although the only downs side is he will be away for 2 weeks at a time i keep telling myself it is only for 6 swings and then we go away.

Did i mention this week that the tax department is auditing my education tax refund i was the lucky 1 in 12 to be audited and it takes them a minimum of 12 weeks to check with centrelink that i was entitled to FTBA and can receive the tax education refund

WOW and here I thought the ATO did nothing sorry

Sorry they're auditing you, even if you do the right thing there is always that little doubt in your mind that somethings been overlooked...

I'm sure it's all good

 

[WAMUMOF4]

Swings and roundabouts...good news and bad....congrats on the job and commiserations on the audit.......as i said....swings and roundabouts

WOW and here I thought the ATO did nothing sorry

Sorry they're auditing you, even if you do the right thing there is always that little doubt in your mind that somethings been overlooked...

I'm sure it's all good

When i rang them to see if i had to send my receipts they said no i dont have to do anything its all done on their end and all they have to do is check with centerlink i received FTB A that year i am not concerned i only claimed what i had spent i am just frustrated they take a minimum of 12 weeks and it now has me stressing about DH's tax return for whilst we are away whilst i dont rely on that for our trip i do rely on it being reconciled so centerlink reconciles my FTB as i overestimate so we get a lump sum of at least $5g
So now i am number crunching to not rely on that for spending money and find another way to quickly pay for the Disney cruise in full for the discount fares

 

[jessiegirl84]

Hello we are not planning on traveling until September 2013 for our wedding in WdW! But I was wondering if you could tell me who you found to be the cheapest airline to Orlando and roughly if you don't mind the costs. We are just trying to give our guests as much notice as possible and wanted to include information about flights.
Thankyou all so very much, I extremely jealous that your going this year!!

 

[WAMUMOF4]

DH started work on Thursday last night the dammm cyclone went over them not much sleep i can tell you, happy to report they are all safe and back at work today
I can honestly say i am counting down for March to be over surely April will be a touch more uneventful

Hello we are not planning on traveling until September 2013 for our wedding in WdW! But I was wondering if you could tell me who you found to be the cheapest airline to Orlando and roughly if you don't mind the costs. We are just trying to give our guests as much notice as possible and wanted to include information about flights.
Thankyou all so very much, I extremely jealous that your going this year!!

Cant help you with flight prices we drove to Orlando, A WDW wedding sounds great.

 

[australiankaren]

7 minutes til I can do my online dining...180 days exactly

planning obsessive much??

 

[australiankaren]

so, here we are again.....

I just put a bid/ resale for 60 DVC points at Vero beach, taking our DVC points to 220....I'm in shock ..I need to put my head between my knees....

damn you Aulani...you made us love you, and now we need 164 points to do that for a week in a pool view studio....

what has this to do with sept planning...nothing I guess.... squirrel!

 

[Disneywithfour]

So at 6pm I was all set to book my ADR after Months of looking at options...

AND

The online resevration system refused to accept my reservation number so I could only book my rservation for the first night.

I then waited .... Tick tock.. Tick tock.. Thinking all the bookings for Cinderellas royal table would be gone by the time 7pm came around.

At at 7pm I got throught o Disney Dining and with the help of a cheerful very helpful cast member booked all the ADR's I wanted wihtout a problem.

So here they are;

Day 1 arrive Orlando 3.50pm take ME and hopefully get to the WL by 6pm, booking made for Whispering Canyon Cafe at 6.45pm
Day 2 Epcot lunch at Akershus Banquet hall for lunch at 12.05pm
Day 2 Hollywood studios day butlate start with Chef Mickeys for breakfast at 9am
Day 3 Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace pooh and friends lunch at 12midday
Day 4 Animal Kingdom no TS booked yet - Any ideas??
Day 5 going to Space Centre
Day 6 day off with Ohana dinner at 5.20pm
Day 7 BBB at 9.30am for Breanna (6yo) then lunch at 12midday at Cinderellas Royal Table ( just me, Megan and the Girls 6yo and 1yo while the boys do Disney Quest )
Day 8 no TS booked
Day 9 Mamma Melrose booked for early dinner at 5pm with fantasmic package

Still have 4 TS credits for everyone left after these bookings so suggestions for what we should do with them and any good QS places would be appreciated. I was thinking 1900 park fare? Another night at Whispering Canyon, ? Garden grill.

It was frustrating not being able to book online but actually quite exciting to talk to someone at Disney - made it all seem so REAL!

 

[australiankaren]

So at 6pm I was all set to book my ADR after Months of looking at options...

AND

The online resevration system refused to accept my reservation number so I could only book my rservation for the first night.

I then waited .... Tick tock.. Tick tock.. Thinking all the bookings for Cinderellas royal table would be gone by the time 7pm came around.

At at 7pm I got throught o Disney Dining and with the help of a cheerful very helpful cast member booked all the ADR's I wanted wihtout a problem.

So here they are;

Day 1 arrive Orlando 3.50pm take ME and hopefully get to the WL by 6pm, booking made for Whispering Canyon Cafe at 6.45pm
Day 2 Epcot lunch at Akershus Banquet hall for lunch at 12.05pm
Day 2 Hollywood studios day butlate start with Chef Mickeys for breakfast at 9am
Day 3 Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace pooh and friends lunch at 12midday
Day 4 Animal Kingdom no TS booked yet - Any ideas??
Day 5 going to Space Centre
Day 6 day off with Ohana dinner at 5.20pm
Day 7 BBB at 9.30am for Breanna (6yo) then lunch at 12midday at Cinderellas Royal Table ( just me, Megan and the Girls 6yo and 1yo while the boys do Disney Quest )
Day 8 no TS booked
Day 9 Mamma Melrose booked for early dinner at 5pm with fantasmic package

Still have 4 TS credits for everyone left after these bookings so suggestions for what we should do with them and any good QS places would be appreciated. I was thinking 1900 park fare? Another night at Whispering Canyon, ? Garden grill.

It was frustrating not being able to book online but actually quite exciting to talk to someone at Disney - made it all seem so REAL!

Garden grill is a must, kids will love it.
Coral reef is also good
Sci fi...but may be a bit dark for the youngest..
50's prime time...awesome..heaps to look at

 

[aussietravellers]

Day 1 arrive Orlando 3.50pm take ME and hopefully get to the WL by 6pm, booking made for Whispering Canyon Cafe at 6.45pm
Day 2 Epcot lunch at Akershus Banquet hall for lunch at 12.05pm
Day 2 Hollywood studios day butlate start with Chef Mickeys for breakfast at 9am
Day 3 Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace pooh and friends lunch at 12midday
Day 4 Animal Kingdom no TS booked yet - Any ideas?? Yak & Yeti TS (YUM)
Day 5 going to Space Centre
Day 6 day off with Ohana dinner at 5.20pm
Day 7 BBB at 9.30am for Breanna (6yo) then lunch at 12midday at Cinderellas Royal Table ( just me, Megan and the Girls 6yo and 1yo while the boys do Disney Quest )
Day 8 no TS booked
Day 9 Mamma Melrose booked for early dinner at 5pm with fantasmic package

Still have 4 TS credits for everyone left after these bookings so suggestions for what we should do with them and any good QS places would be appreciated. I was thinking 1900 park fare? Another night at Whispering Canyon, ? Garden grill.

It was frustrating not being able to book online but actually quite exciting to talk to someone at Disney - made it all seem so REAL!

Suggestions...
Boma breakfast
50's Prime Time Cafe
Sci-Fi
Beaches n'cream
Coral Reef (as suggested already by Aussie Karen)
Rainforest Cafe or TRex
Chefs de France
Tusker House breakfast is great
1900 breakfast and dinner are both good, but as you have crystal palace with the pooh characters, maybe the dinner with the hilarious step sisters.
Cape May breakfast is nice

CS - Wolfgang pucks express at DTD
Mara

 

[australiankaren]

hey

I am slowly getting my dining sorted, have to book every day as disney.dum is not accepting my hotel resi numbers.....

sat 15th Garden grill
sun 16th Liberty tree tav
mon 17 50's prime time.....

happy i am, these were the 3 MUST haves by the DH....so he will be chuffed

so all to book now
san angel -D
le cellier- L
via napoli- L
tusker house- L
kona - B

fingers crossed...oh and its friggin raining again....seriously...I'm done

 

[Minniemum]

I'm Minniemum and I'm a Disneyholic.

This will be our third year in a row to WDW so I thought it was time to admit my addiction. We will be staying at POFQ from 17th September - 1st October. Whilst I'm in the mood for confessing, I've also talked my best friend and her family into coming. She is quickly developing the same addiction and she hasn't even got their yet!

I love reading the agony and ecstasy that ADR's cause. I say that with relief as ours are now all booked. In the spirit of sharing is caring, these are ours in no particular order....

Boma D
Kona D
Liberty Tree Tavern L
Biergarten D
Le Cellier L
Tusker House L
Teppan Edo D
Chefs de France L
Crystal Palace D
Sci Fi D
Chef Mickey's D
Coral Reef L
1900 Park Fare D
T-Rex D

With 9 in our group, 14 nights in not enough! I missed on 'Ohana, San Angel Inn & Yak & Yeti. Looks like we'll need to go back again.

 

[becpee]

So, I finally got the ADR's to work online, I sure as **** wasn't sitting on hold for 45 minutes.

So far I have booked

Saturday Biergarten (D)
Sunday Crystal Palace (D)
Monday Hollywood & Vine (L)
Sci-Fi dine in (D)
Tuesday Rainforest Cafe @ Animal Kingdom (L)
Wednesday House of Blues (D)
Thursday Chef Mickeys (B)
Coral Reef (L)
Friday T-Rex (D)

So, for those of you in the know, how is this looking? What would you change/add?
We still have Friday, Saturday and Sunday and fly out Monday afternoon

Help

 

[WAMUMOF4]

So, I finally got the ADR's to work online, I sure as **** wasn't sitting on hold for 45 minutes.

So far I have booked

Saturday Biergarten (D)
Sunday Crystal Palace (D)
Monday Hollywood & Vine (L)
Sci-Fi dine in (D)
Tuesday Rainforest Cafe @ Animal Kingdom (L)
Wednesday House of Blues (D)
Thursday Chef Mickeys (B)
Coral Reef (L)
Friday T-Rex (D)

So, for those of you in the know, how is this looking? What would you change/add?
We still have Friday, Saturday and Sunday and fly out Monday afternoon

Help

Did you book Hollywood and Vine as a Fantasmic package?
I know you have a son but my 10 year loved eating in the castle, he wants to do it again next time we go. Location Location Location

I'm Minniemum and I'm a Disneyholic.

This will be our third year in a row to WDW so I thought it was time to admit my addiction. We will be staying at POFQ from 17th September - 1st October. Whilst I'm in the mood for confessing, I've also talked my best friend and her family into coming. She is quickly developing the same addiction and she hasn't even got their yet!

to the boards and your in the right place for making Disneyholic confessions

hey

I am slowly getting my dining sorted, have to book every day as disney.dum is not accepting my hotel resi numbers.....

sat 15th Garden grill
sun 16th Liberty tree tav
mon 17 50's prime time.....

happy i am, these were the 3 MUST haves by the DH....so he will be chuffed

so all to book now
san angel -D
le cellier- L
via napoli- L
tusker house- L
kona - B

fingers crossed...oh and its friggin raining again....seriously...I'm done

Good to hear you got the 3 most important ones i was just a touch to cancel all our reservations I still cant understand why DH doesn't want to drive to Florida and then to Seattle

 

[Melbourne5]

So, I finally got the ADR's to work online, I sure as **** wasn't sitting on hold for 45 minutes.

So far I have booked

Saturday Biergarten (D)
Sunday Crystal Palace (D)
Monday Hollywood & Vine (L)
Sci-Fi dine in (D)
Tuesday Rainforest Cafe @ Animal Kingdom (L)
Wednesday House of Blues (D)
Thursday Chef Mickeys (B)
Coral Reef (L)
Friday T-Rex (D)



So, for those of you in the know, how is this looking? What would you change/add?
We still have Friday, Saturday and Sunday and fly out Monday afternoon

Help

Looks like a plan! Many favorites of the Melbourne 5 in there. Please tell us all about trex when you have gone. I really wanted to go to this one but couldn't juggle it last year.

 

[aussietravellers]

So, I finally got the ADR's to work online, I sure as **** wasn't sitting on hold for 45 minutes.

So far I have booked

Saturday Biergarten (D)
Sunday Crystal Palace (D)
Monday Hollywood & Vine (L)
Sci-Fi dine in (D)
Tuesday Rainforest Cafe @ Animal Kingdom (L)
Wednesday House of Blues (D)
Thursday Chef Mickeys (B)
Coral Reef (L)
Friday T-Rex (D)

So, for those of you in the know, how is this looking? What would you change/add?
We still have Friday, Saturday and Sunday and fly out Monday afternoon

Help

Looks great! Only thing I would change was Hollywood and Vine, it's really just a restaurant we would go to if WDW were offering it for free, no wait, we still wouldn't go there
No seriously, it's not that bad, but we are big TS eaters, like 3 meals a day so we have been to a large number of the WDW TS restaurants and to be honest. H&V is the only one that we would not rush back to, unless it changed. We just found the food to be very very average/below average. The last time we went, we did every character meal. Actually aside from Boma breakfast, almost every breakfast was a character meal and this one was really disappointing, when the others were so good. It may have had something to do with the characters, my DS was not into them, so that may cloud our opinion. If my DS was really into those characters, then we would probably do it again for him .
So if your son is into those characters then he will love it

TRex is great, Rainforest is good. Oh I can really recommend "The Wave" dessert at Coral Reef YUM!

You've got a good selection of meals there

Another one (or two, or three) if you were needing more are the breakfast at Ohana's (that is our favourite, aside from Boma). Tusker House breakfast is really fun and 50's Prime Time Cafe is great too (really good milkshakes and fun atmosphere)

 

[becpee]

Did you book Hollywood and Vine as a Fantasmic package?
I know you have a son but my 10 year loved eating in the castle, he wants to do it again next time we go. Location Location Location

We booked this one as a character meal (when I say we I mean I )

Looks like a plan! Many favorites of the Melbourne 5 in there. Please tell us all about trex when you have gone. I really wanted to go to this one but couldn't juggle it last year.

It'll be a late dinner but i'm pretty sure i'd regret it if he found out there was a restaurant called T-Rex and we didn't eat there, kids and their dinosaurs
As I type he's sitting there with a plaster egg digging out a dinosaur

Looks great! Only thing I would change was Hollywood and Vine, it's really just a restaurant we would go to if WDW were offering it for free, no wait, we still wouldn't go there
No seriously, it's not that bad, but we are big TS eaters, like 3 meals a day so we have been to a large number of the WDW TS restaurants and to be honest. H&V is the only one that we would not rush back to, unless it changed. We just found the food to be very very average/below average. The last time we went, we did every character meal. Actually aside from Boma breakfast, almost every breakfast was a character meal and this one was really disappointing, when the others were so good. It may have had something to do with the characters, my DS was not into them, so that may cloud our opinion. If my DS was really into those characters, then we would probably do it again for him .
So if your son is into those characters then he will love it

TRex is great, Rainforest is good. Oh I can really recommend "The Wave" dessert at Coral Reef YUM!

You've got a good selection of meals there

Another one (or two, or three) if you were needing more are the breakfast at Ohana's (that is our favourite, aside from Boma). Tusker House breakfast is really fun and 50's Prime Time Cafe is great too (really good milkshakes and fun atmosphere)

Hollywood and Vine we're doing as a character meal, he loves Handy Manny (well he did, maybe i'll delve further )

168 days until we fly

This is going to be a long wait...

 

[Minniemum]

becpee congrats on a great start with your ADR's.

It'll be a late dinner but i'm pretty sure i'd regret it if he found out there was a restaurant called T-Rex and we didn't eat there, kids and their dinosaurs .

How late is late? We've also booked T-Rex for that Friday but at 6pm.

I'm looking for something for 2 boys, 8 & 6. Has anyone done the "Bayou Pirate Adventure" at POR? I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

My daughter, 11 is keen to "Dine with an Imagineer". Whilst it indicates 10years and older, I'm hesitating about whether she is old enough. Any thoughts?

 

[Minniemum]

to the boards and your in the right place for making Disneyholic confessions

Thanks WAMUMOF4 it feels great to finally admit I've got a problem

 

[aussietravellers]

It'll be a late dinner but i'm pretty sure i'd regret it if he found out there was a restaurant called T-Rex and we didn't eat there, kids and their dinosaurs
As I type he's sitting there with a plaster egg digging out a dinosaur

TRex is great! I went just myself and DS and then again with friends and we all loved it! Adults and Kids! I would go again if it were just me (although that would be a bit embarassing, I will always have to travel with DS so I don't feel stupid going to a dinosaur restaurant ). But the food was really good too, both times. Your DS will LOVE it!


Hollywood and Vine we're doing as a character meal, he loves Handy Manny (well he did, maybe i'll delve further )

If he loves Handy Manny then he will love it! and with a bit of luck it may have improved, food wise. But you know, we don't do character meals for the food, we do it for the atmosphere and for a child that loves Handy Manny (that lion character is cute!), then it would be a great meal.

168 days until we fly

This is going to be a long wait...

How late is late? We've also booked T-Rex for that Friday but at 6pm.

I'm looking for something for 2 boys, 8 & 6. Has anyone done the "Bayou Pirate Adventure" at POR? I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

My daughter, 11 is keen to "Dine with an Imagineer". Whilst it indicates 10years and older, I'm hesitating about whether she is old enough. Any thoughts?

I looked into the Pirate Adventures for my DS (they have one from Yacht Club and one from Grand Floridian too) and I saw them going off once and it looks awesome! I just didn't do it because they serve peanut butter sandwiches and with a peanut allergy, they wouldn't serve another meal and they also "suggested" that DS not do it (or that we weren't really welcome )

My DS did Pirates League at MK park. My friends did BBB at the same time so they were all dressed up together, then we went to the halloween party that night and the kids were all dressed up. It was a fantastic experience. Totally different to the Pirate adventure but it is another option for your DS.

I would ask the question about your DD doing the DWAI (that's at Brown Derby isn't it? ) over on the Dining board (in the WDW section) about someone her age doing it, you are more likely to get lots of responses from those who have actually done it and also those with children who have done it . If she is interested in that sort of thing it could be an amazing experience. I suggested it to a friend who was going with her 14 year old DS as he is very into art, cartooning and design and from what I've read you can ask lots of questions.