Grumpy Grandma said:I thought the Halloween Nights were only on the weekend .... guess I better check that out. Thanks I appreciate the advise.
Hello all! I feel like i need to join this thread desperately, because every time I join any of resort specific thread I start to change my mind on said resort! I'm driving my husband crazy at the moment.
The specs:
We want to go to WDW Dec. 5thto the 14th. I can not for the life of me figure out where to stay!
We want PH for 10 days as we're planning to land in Orlando by noon the day of arrival and leave around 6pm the last day.
First option was POR, which I thought would be great, but then came the "possible" news of no more FD or the reduced QS FD only, which we are TS people (DH and I). So that bumped our trip past the $$ limit I wanted.
Second option was ok we'll stay at Pop and pay for dining OOP (since it's rumored Value won't get any FD whatsoever.
Then I see our dates are blocked for the BB most likely due to Pop Warner that week.
So what do I do today? Go look on what it would cost to rent DVC points and it's actually only $300 more to rent DVC and buy PH from UT then it is for rack rate at Pop with PH.
But I can't pull the trigger, the thought of being locked in scared the be-geezers out of me for some reason. Even though I would LOVE to stay at WL and everything plan-wise would fit perfectly staying at WL.
I think part of it is I've never rented DVC points before, but am I a total nutcase?
Does all of the above qualify me as a resort changer? lol
I've stayed at the WL, but never the VWL. I love the WL!! Honestly, if the DS were no so excited about the SAB at the BC, I would switch to the WL. Not to tempt you any more, but have you seen the pictures of the WL at Christmas-time? 
Rorey said:Hello all! I feel like i need to join this thread desperately, because every time I join any of resort specific thread I start to change my mind on said resort! I'm driving my husband crazy at the moment.
The specs:
We want to go to WDW Dec. 5thto the 14th. I can not for the life of me figure out where to stay!
We want PH for 10 days as we're planning to land in Orlando by noon the day of arrival and leave around 6pm the last day.
First option was POR, which I thought would be great, but then came the "possible" news of no more FD or the reduced QS FD only, which we are TS people (DH and I). So that bumped our trip past the $$ limit I wanted.
Second option was ok we'll stay at Pop and pay for dining OOP (since it's rumored Value won't get any FD whatsoever.
Then I see our dates are blocked for the BB most likely due to Pop Warner that week.
So what do I do today? Go look on what it would cost to rent DVC points and it's actually only $300 more to rent DVC and buy PH from UT then it is for rack rate at Pop with PH.
But I can't pull the trigger, the thought of being locked in scared the be-geezers out of me for some reason. Even though I would LOVE to stay at WL and everything plan-wise would fit perfectly staying at WL.
I think part of it is I've never rented DVC points before, but am I a total nutcase?
Does all of the above qualify me as a resort changer? lol
my dear every word you've written is pure resort changer. Although our hubbies think we may be crazy..It's Disney crazy and that's not bad. There's no shame to our game.
Oh ladies..momma drama..don't even get me started. Mine thankfully lives 8 hours away...ugh
She was a role model alright. How NOT to parent!!!
from the back of an ambulance
Oh ladies..momma drama..don't even get me started. Mine thankfully lives 8 hours away...ugh
She was a role model alright. How NOT to parent!!!
Wait a sec....I hope you don't mean "from the back of an abulance" as in your in one right now (or when you posted). Is everything ok? Does every one in your family have all their pieces/ parts in the correct location and unbroken?
I am working no worries
Wait a sec....I hope you don't mean "from the back of an abulance" as in your in one right now (or when you posted). Is everything ok? Does every one in your family have all their pieces/ parts in the correct location and unbroken?
That's why I adopted youThat's why you have me!!!
You know me Mama...didn't mean to scare poor wookie
I am working no worries
That's why I adopted you
Hi my lovely ladies....I have been MIA but keeping up, I promise. Just popping in to send hugs to you all, DD4 is sick again, ear infection this time, so she has been keeping me busy. I will be back soon!
to our newest RCs (Resort Changers) and to all the RC lurkers
. Melissa, I hated laughing at your expense yesterday, but that "Christmas" card has got to be the strangest/rudest/dumbest thing. Is it time to send her a blank Mother's Day Card with only today's date? I can empathize with everyone's family issues
, but they only had 3 overflow Deluxes left and they weren't ones we wanted.
Oh Jen!!!Hi my lovely ladies....I have been MIA but keeping up, I promise. Just popping in to send hugs to you all, DD4 is sick again, ear infection this time, so she has been keeping me busy. I will be back soon!
Spring needs to get here so you can rid those girls of germies 
Back to BWISlight tweak this week as AKL/CL was replaced with BWI for the 3 nights prior to FWC. Still holding strong on the cabin, especially as it's booked during a discount black out period, but I managed to get an SOG overflow rate (-20%). Doesn't mean I didn't try to change it
Hope everyone has a great Friday and I hope that anyone who's sick or has sick kiddos gets well very soon and I hope our great hostess/mom/nurse/wife/friend/Resort Changer, Jeanette gets some sleep this morning.
Be back soon...
, no CL...I know you didn't love CL like OFC (because they are soooo awesome at WL)
DH is mad I've signed up for WAY too much OT...but I really want to pay tis trip off, and when I don't work, I don't get paid so i am trying to double up on at least one Mortgage payment. No tax return this year...broke even at least 
Ran out of bar soap so I grabbed one of these beauties from the closet WDW stash:
DD saw the empty box on the counter and came to me with it declaring, "You can't use these, they don't make them anymore, they're vintage!"
As long as you have one left...I know you do DH cleared out my drawer when I wasn't home 
But I have some stowed away in suitcases in the attic 
It's a scary world, with the parents being exposed, those children will escape the almost certain trap of falling into drug abuse themselves...and hopefully get into therapy and into foster homes or with a family member not connected to their parent's lifestyle. One can hope. And, what gets me is that when we go down there, she will drag us from relatives house to relatives house even if they have pets....
Obviously I am harboring some resentment here...
Guess it's the old saying... "do as I say, not as I do" ... funny how people can twist things around to suit them when it needs to... hang in there and enjoy your fur baby! 
Kuddos for you standing your ground at your grandmother's funeral in a very subtle way Thanks so much for listening, ladies.
Janet, my friend... that is a brilliant idea.
how 'bout on a slow boat to China?? or better yet, the Carnival boat that just got towed in... Hi my lovely ladies....I have been MIA but keeping up, I promise. Just popping in to send hugs to you all, DD4 is sick again, ear infection this time, so she has been keeping me busy. I will be back soon!
Ran out of bar soap so I grabbed one of these beauties from the closet WDW stash. DD saw the empty box on the counter and came to me with it declaring, "You can't use these, they don't make them anymore, they're vintage!"
I can just hear my Sam saying the very same thing... Kook, Congrats on your latest RC 
will do
Pas, I think that is your motto.. And your girls will love another mommy trip!! So, does that mean Sam should come to??
Happy Thursday!
Dani, would love to be able to hit up MNSSHP this year... am waiting impatiently for Sam's school to release their 13-14 calendar....
Hey how come I didn't get any pix of your Miss Diva?
I need to vent and I apologize in advance for this novella of complaints....
Eesh.
My parents live on the east coast. I haven't seen my mother since April 2012 and haven't seen my father since October 2011. He's recently developed a "dislike of flying" although he blames it on how expensive it is. We were supposed to have seen them at Disney, along with my brother who lives in FL, this past January but both my parents and my brother decided not to come down. (First my dad was going to have the lap band surgery and therefore didn't want my mother to come on her own -- the surgery which didn't actually happen until February. Then, my brother realized that he wouldn't have my parents to foot the bill for him and he decides not to drive the 3 hours down to Orlando to visit. Okay then.)
Since the beginning of the year, Miss M has asked if they would come out for her birthday in April. My mom obviously wants to come. My dad said he wanted to as well, and that they would drive. I was a bit shocked that he sounded like he really wanted to come and because we haven't seen them in a while so I was pleased that they were both going to be coming.
This afternoon, I had two missed calls from my parents so I call back and my dad answers -- those missed calls were both from him. This is where I usually say a mental "Uh-oh" because multiple calls from him only result in one thing -- complaining about my mom. The first bit of the conversation was pleasant enough; I even managed to get him off the subject of harking on about my mother buying a tea towel. (Yes, this is the level of things he would let ruin his day -- my mom buying a tea towel.
When I get into conversations like this with my dad, I really don't understand what he wants to hear from me.
Eesh. All I can say is eeeeeesh.
Those APs are sounding better and better by the moment.
And with that, I thank you for letting me get these mundane family-drama issues off my chest.
They have no problem eating what I buy and cook though. It's maddening. Oh ladies..momma drama..don't even get me started. Mine thankfully lives 8 hours away...ugh
She was a role model alright. How NOT to parent!!!
Hi my lovely ladies....I have been MIA but keeping up, I promise. Just popping in to send hugs to you all, DD4 is sick again, ear infection this time, so she has been keeping me busy. I will be back soon!
Poor kiddo was deprived all day!
between the new food processor and now new ice cream maker I am unstoppable, LOL! But it is cutting into my Dis time for sure, sorry 
to all. from us. soap box looks really familiar. I think I have some kicking around from a business CR trip I took in another lifetime. Going to see if I can find it. 
Do they know what they're in store for when the Vitamix arrives? Uh-oh. You know, maybe that second cruise booking was the way to go? 
Little one is gone to school today, there was no way she was missing, they have their dance a thon during the day, and we are supposed to go back tonight too. She is a trooper. Although I have spent the day worrying about her anyway. 
I wish she could just kick this stuff. 
So we have changed our plan for November again....we think to be financially responsible 
we will stay at POR, adding on a night or two. Hopefully the AP discount will come out for those dates. That way we can have some extra $$$ to get Christmas party tix, and do parasailing at CC for me!! 
Was totally and thoroughly tortured by my trainer this morning (since I lack any sort of discernible coordination, instead of cardio-based stuff, my focus is on weightlifting and Evil Ron Weasley ensures I don't kill myself with bad form.) After all the self-inflicted pain, I treated myself to buying a bunch of beer for later this evening.
So, RC happy hour later?
