Wonderful trip for your Aunt, DBF, DD2 and yourself. I love the pink ears!
We'll fly down to OC on May 4th and visit my DBF from San Diego, then the rest of the family arrives on May 5th for our DL trip.
Wonderful trip for your Aunt, DBF, DD2 and yourself. I love the pink ears!
We'll fly down to OC on May 4th and visit my DBF from San Diego, then the rest of the family arrives on May 5th for our DL trip.
Sure does since it's my best friend from high school. Lolfranandaj said:Does your husband know about this "Disney Boy Friend"?
Wonderful trip for your Aunt, DBF, DD2 and yourself. I love the pink ears!
We'll fly down to OC on May 4th and visit my DBF from San Diego, then the rest of the family arrives on May 5th for our DL trip.
Great save to your trip on behalf of the BWPPI! So nice they could get you a limo and get you to the airport on time. I'm going do triple check my Super Shuttle for my Disney Cruise in Galveston as we arrive after midnight. I don't want anyone to think I've canceled when I'm counting on getting to my hotel!
I love those pink ears!!!
What a great update. I loved seeing shots of your travel Mouseketeers on this this TR. Made it such a fun update to read and SEE!.
Thanks for sharing.
A shame about the shuttle; but well done on the replacement.
That's right, Bret! Mickey's Fun Wheel of Doom. Or Mickey's Fun Wheel of Terror... or Fun Wheel of Mayhem.... or Fun Wheel of Torture.... or Fun Wheel of Nightmares.... or Fun Wheel of Nausea -- Take your pick!
Actually, you know that I was originally calling it Mickey's Fun Wheel of Death. I did not come up with that phrase - someone else did (Nancy/YellowMickeyPonchos of the DIS Unplugged podcasts says that she came up with it, so I'll take her word for it). I liked the phrase and started using it because I have a twisted, odd sense of humor and I liked the sort of darkly comedic ring it had.
Then, in my trip report, Molly/bumbershoot was pointing out that if anything terrible ever happened on Mickey's Fun Wheel she would feel awful having called it the "Wheel of Death." Bad karma, or bad energy, or something. I sort of agreed. I don't want to 'put that out there to the universe,' as they say, and have it backfire.
So adding the "...of Doom" or "...of Terror," etc., at the end of it still gives it that dark edge I wanted to keep, but without that extra morbid shout out to the universe. Disney has a whole Tower of Terror ride -- so I figure that if they can use "Terror" in one of their rides' names, then I can call the Fun Wheel a "Wheel of Terror" (or Doom, or whatever)!!!
I agree with you about wanting to stay close to DLR. If I were not staying onsite when I go, or not just going home at the end of the night, I would want to stay at another hotel within reasonable walking distance. Seven minutes sounds good. I don't want to have to deal with a shuttle or other transportation once I'm at DLR. I just want to be able to walk to the parks in a short time, and walk back to the room quickly if I need to.
An old friend of mine is at DLR this week -- taking his son for the first time ever -- and he and his family are staying at the Anaheim Marriott. That's a good 30 minutes away if they walk, but the Marriott does have a shuttle. Still, though, I wouldn't want to be staying far enough away to where it would either take 30 minutes to walk to DLR every morning, or I'd have to rely on the shuttle to get me to and from DLR. I like to be able to just get up and be there in a few minutes. I like to be staying close enough so that I can just pop back to the room in the middle of the day if I want to take a break, or if I have to get something, and then be back in the parks in minutes. Walking for 30 minutes in 'real life' is a totally different story and I do that a lot. But walking 30 minutes from a hotel to DLR would bother me after maybe the first day! It would get old really fast for me.
So as long as the hotel/motel was close enough to allow me to be at the parks in minutes (as well as clean, bug-free and not crazy expensive), that would be my other option if I couldn't stay onsite. Maybe the BWPPI would be a good choice in the future if I'm not staying onsite?
The tour in May should be fun. The pictures I've seen of it in the past are cool. I think you'll enjoy it a lot!
This was a great TR, Bret! It was nice to see the photos of everyone looking happy, and the little girl was just adorable. Plus, you did some things on this trip that you don't normally do on your DLR trips so it made the TR a bit different and more people-oriented rather than scenery-oriented.
Really enjoyed your report Bret.
Lovely to see it from the little one's eyes.
Looking forward to more of your adventures and your wonderful photos.
Looking forward to catching up on your Dl trips. Finally taking the Halloween one I've wanted to take forever. Booked PPH for 10/25 through 10/27.
Excited to hear from you again. I had a very busy weekend with my new job that I haven't read your post. You will enjoy my last trip in January where this is a different trip I have done. I am so excited for you and your family that you will be at the DLR in October during the Halloween season and staying at the PPH. i still remember from your DL trip last year that you have stayed at the DLH during your stay.
Excited to hear from you again. I had a very busy weekend with my new job that I haven't read your post. You will enjoy my last trip in January where this is a different trip I have done. I am so excited for you and your family that you will be at the DLR in October during the Halloween season and staying at the PPH. i still remember from your DL trip last year that you have stayed at the DLH during your stay.
Excited to hear from you again. I had a very busy weekend with my new job that I haven't read your post. You will enjoy my last trip in January where this is a different trip I have done. I am so excited for you and your family that you will be at the DLR in October during the Halloween season and staying at the PPH. i still remember from your DL trip last year that you have stayed at the DLH during your stay.
Congrats Bret!
Congrats on the new job. I hope you are loving it. Glad to see you are still taking Dli trips even with the new job. I want to try all of the Disneyland Hotels. I went with PPH next, because GC is out of our budget this trip. I am excited to finally go there for Halloween. I wanted to go back to WDW, but Crap cannot take that much time off work.
You really got a lot done your final morning at Dl. DD2 is super adorable. It's too bad she was afraid of some of the rides. It is a shame that the super shuttle did not arrive. I am glad the limo service was able to help you so short notice though. It is also good that your Aunt worked out getting a refund when she returned. I wonder why they charged her even though they claimed she cancelled the reservation. Love the decorations in the park. Cannot wait to see them in person some year. Hoping for 2013 or 2014.
Glad you're busy; but I'll miss you spending less time on the boards.
Yes, we will likely go to the Halloween party on 10/25. It is my 10 year wedding anniversary. I just hope Crap is okay with attending that night. I just found out almost right after that post that Crap had another week of vacation for 2013 he was unaware of. I am trying to talk him into a week at WDW immediately following Disneyland. Since it is a last minute trip and I quit my job recently, we will have to make concessions Crap is not happy about. He has not said yes or no to WDW. Right now, he is in Boston. He just said we would discuss it when he gets back. I was secretly putting money aside for a weekend Dl trip around Christmas at GC. If I nix that, use some airline miles, cut my Christmas budget, cut our Dl dining budget from mostly table service to mostly quick service, stay at a value, get regular dining (instead of deluxe), I can make it work. Crap is anti value though, so it will be a challenge. I also read that Dl will take old WDW tickets. We have unused days from our honeymoon trip, so we will only need tickets for Xander if that is true. We already have a deposit at PPH, so I do not want to lose that.
I did find your WDW thread and will read it whether I go this October or not. I regret not going to the Halloween Party last time we were at WDW in October. I will rectify that if we go this year. I could attend the Dl one and the WDW one less than a week apart if Crap lets us go.
I have been busy and glad that I had a day off this weekend where I went to DD3 birthday party on Saturday and a massage yesterday. I will still be reading when I am at work but I won't be posting a lot.
That is good news to hear that you will be attending MHP on the first day of your trip. I believe Crap will have a great time during MHP with you and your two kids. It is interesting that you can use unused WDW tickets to the DLR while you can't use DLR tickets for WDW. Sometimes I am puzzled how they let you use WDW to get into the DLR. That will be a good money saver to use during your DLR trip in October.
That will be neat to attend both parties during your visit. I got to go back to DL and do MHP one day. It would have been nice to spend more time during MNSSHP during the October trip last year but my aunt and DB were tired and I had to go along with them since it is not all about me.
Sounds like you had a nice weekend.
I am so excited to be attending both the Dl and the WDW Halloween parties for the first time this year. When I read the ticket thing, I thought it was strange too, but I am glad. I just need to dig through the garage to find our honeymoon album where I stored our KttW cards. If it works, we only need to buy a one day hopper for Xander ($119). If it does not work, we have to buy one day hoppers for all 3 of us ($369) unless the prices go up in August again.
I did not get to stay long at MVMCP last trip thanks to Crap. Hopefully, you stayed at MNSSHP longer than we stayed at MVMCP. I cannot wait to read about it. I just finished you HS day today, so I am not to the party yet.