Our little thread of BIG Resort changes*OLD THREAD link on last pg. to new thread!

[babyberger]

Alysa - I started your PTR tonight, big HUGS to you!!! I am going to read the rest tomorrow while DS is at his 2 hr neuro psych appt

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[Sue M]

"Official" decision....I think our 2014 trip will be late August, instead of April.

Yes, it will be hot...but the crowds will be low, the deluxe resorts will be cheaper, we can go for longer and stay GF RPC!!!!!

Given our recent unexpected expenditures, I just think that pushing our trip out to August is the financially responsible thing to do, especially if we want to keep our beloved CL!!!

Plus, I'm going for almost a week in September...that will tide me over for awhile.

Sounds great

I think they will start in RPC...like they
started in Hawaii. So yep I think you're safe as well. Plus you'll have plenty of time to see how DVC affects the resort ALL GOOD

NOW I want RPC ugh WILL NOT CHANGE

That should be your mantra for awhile!! Haha, so did you chchchange?

Flights booked!!! Now to call member services!

Janet please cancel my Oct/Nov trip on the list. And please add the following:

Sept 5th-12th AKV Jambo
Sept 12th-19th OKW

So now whatever dates DS picks for the wedding I'm good.

Love it!!

Yaaaaaawn. Oh my. That was an epic journey (not my MOST epic but ranks right up there.)

Our flight was supposed to leave at 8:50. First delay was 10 minutes then pushed back to 9:30, then again. Then we were told we could go back and get our luggage at baggage claim and recheck if we needed to; 5 minutes later, they said we were cleared to leave! (All those people who left to get stuff from their luggage?!) We board the plane and sit around while they try to find the missing folks who went off for their luggage. Finally up in the air and get the monster to admit she's tired and get her to go to sleep -- after thoroughly reading the safety card. (She was never a "fall asleep at random" child.) The flight attendant said that was the first time a safety card's ever been read.

We were up in the air for what seemed like ages (yapping non-stop about Disney ) when hubbo checks the flight tracker. We were JUST passing Atlanta?! Then we had to circle St. Louis multiple times because the storms were close to our left and another storm moving through Chicago meant we weren't cleared to head into Chicago yet. Another half-hour of circling and the pilot came on and said they were heading toward Chicago but may have to return to St. Louis to refuel if the storm hadn't moved out. This time, we skirted the storms quite closely. (Back in my young and crazy days of being in love and our long-distance relationship, I was flying out from Baltimore to Chicago in a similar situation although that time we were a bit too close to the storms and lightning struck our wing. Guess I'm old-hat at this now? ) Our pilots were total ROCK STARS: Cat-and-mouse with the storms and probably traffic control, coupled with the smoothest landing we've ever had at Midway. We got in shortly before 1 a.m.

When we got off the plane, there were crowds of people waiting to welcome home Honor Flight (WWII Veterans) folks who had been delayed from a visit to D.C. Bands played, people cheered. It was very sweet.

All the havoc from the storms totally confused the ground staff at Midway so no one knew what was going on with the luggage. After waiting around for an hour, we got our bags and had an interesting cab ride home -- the guy was FALLING ASLEEP! Never again. We'll drive to the airport from now on.

Shew. Shame we didn't book an earlier flight yesterday, it would've been canceled and we could've gone BACK to Disney.

Gotta go get cleaned up and buy some food for this bachelor's pad of a house! Back later.

So glad to hear you got back safe!!

Seriously such a bad DVD, LMAO!!! Glad I am not the only one who has had to suffer through it




Glad you found us Cynthia!! When will you get a break from all the band stuff?



Oh my, that is hysterical!!!! I don't understand how the can just forget information like that! So how is the puppy? And how is the knee doing?

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Puppy Sophie is settling in quite well, so adorable, I can't wait to be able to take her on long walks. Get stitches out next week knee is coming along!

Thanks everyone for the anniversary wishes!!!

 

[MAGIC...itis!]

HI RCers. HI NEWBIES to the RC.

Has anyone here flown into Sanford?? Can anyone recommend a car service they've used there (I do not want to rent a car)? We do have Allegiant air which flies direct to there (we have none that fly direct into MCO)...and the fare is only $109 each way (USAir right now is running $271 each way!!). The dates & times don't work well for me for Allegiant but I might need to take them at least one way...

I like Allegiant. They haven't done me wrong... yet anyway. I can get some good prices using them when I plan ahead.

As for shuttle: http://www.orlandocarriers.com/rates_sanford.php

 

[Alysa]

they don't listen!! I told my husband we were adopting a 7 mo old Cocker just before my knee surgery last Wednesday, then Saturday I told him she was arriving, and he had that stunned look claimed I never told him I call it selective hearing!

Hysterical! I'm glad I'm not the only one. My husband NEVER listens. A new puppy - how wonderful! Photos?

Alysa - I started your PTR tonight, big HUGS to you!!! I am going to read the rest tomorrow while DS is at his 2 hr neuro psych appt

Thank you Melissa. Hope all goes well with the appointment tomorrow. Poor little bunny, I wish we could wave our Mom wands and make all our kids challenges go away.

 

[DetTigsGal]

My husband doesn't listen either, it had gotten worse recently. Even the boys notice. DH will say something, I'll look at him like "really" and the boys will say , we talked about this:!!

Melissa- I am v-p of the band board...it won't end for two years. It was especially crazy this week...Monday was 1st night - when the freshman come and meet everyone, they get competition music and we hit the parents with the schedule. The board and the band director go out after - he waits until we get drinks - and find out hs principal had essentially eliminated the transportation budget! Ok, board of Ed votes the next night. Emails and fb posts fly around and the next night about 50 parents and students put up a fight at the mtg and amazingly we got the 10k back! It was a long night! Today it's back to sorting uniforms!! Next Friday, we leave!!

 

[TaraPA]

HI RCers. HI NEWBIES to the RC.


I like Allegiant. They haven't done me wrong... yet anyway. I can get some good prices using them when I plan ahead.

As for shuttle: http://www.orlandocarriers.com/rates_sanford.php

Thanks for the info!

 

[pas130]

Jeanette: Thanks for starting up this new meeting place for us all! So you are calling tomorrow to check on RPC?? Or did you do it already!! I am wondering about Amanda too.

I hope all is well with Reid and his hearing tests! Maybe we will see her now that it's summer

So after a discussion over coffee (my girls love coffee so they share) it was a tough choice but they all chose RPC. I took a day off to afford it...but it will be worth it. I hope!!!

Thanks! I will be sure to report back on CR CL

you are so funny!

Everytime I book CR, DH reminds me I don't like it MEN!! I think he made that up

Pas, Pas....is this HRH approved??

Bree was dancing this morning...SHE LOVES THE GRAND FLORIDIAN. HRH and I were talking about Sarah, and all the things she loved about GF...and the kids offerings...she said Sarah wants us to stay there. She also told me that she is sorry she died "Can she go to GF as a angel Mommy" My reply, of course she can baby!

First and foremost Jeanette for our new thread And thank you Janet for keeping up with all of our ever changing resort plans Melissa

Janet really did everything, she's not one to take credit... The wind beneath my wings....you all are my superstars actually

pas - Crashing the system. It's what all the cool kids are doing these days. Love the new split for now

Yep for now.....

I'll be on vacation, so I have a more legitimate excuse for falling behind for a week. Play nice and BOLD those changes so I can see them more clearly after my vacation beverages.

Have a relaxing time.....RPC (6/14)

Hello everyone! Work was a killer today! The Bruins did me in! I can't stay online either as I have to go out for a bit and then I'm sure I'll be in bed and asleep before I hit the pillow. But I am going to come back tomorrow..(day off, yay!) and catch up on all these posts I've missed...so many pages...so little time....:dance3

I'm calling it "Boston Bruins fatigue" That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!

Quick drop in to say I found you. I sneak quick peeks, but so far behind. Hope you are all well. Band is killing me...

Hang in there Mama!!!!

they don't listen!! I told my husband we were adopting a 7 mo old Cocker just before my knee surgery last Wednesday, then Saturday I told him she was arriving, and he had that stunned look claimed I never told him I call it selective hearing!

YOWSA!!! DH does that to me constantly, he recovers well though...he is great at that.....

That should be your mantra for awhile!! Haha, so did you chchchange?

Yep!

HI RCers. HI NEWBIES to the RC.

 

[Missoutandabout]

Good morning, ladies!

Awwww, Jeanette. What a sweetheart, that girl.

I feel awful I didn't get the milkshake at the GF Cafe for our Sarah. We did have a very lovely meal there. I'll just have to make it a point to get MANY milkshakes on our October trip.

Janet: It's Friiiiiiiiiiiiiday, are you counting down the minutes until you head home already? Have things settled a bit in the office?

Heather: You are SPOILING us with those photos! (As usual.) Did I miss the key to which drinks were which on that pic? I'll have one of each, please!

Kook: I'm not sure if I'll do a TR. Perhaps a mini-recap for just us RCers. I do have a mildly amusing but gross story about how we got to ride TSM "for free."

Sue: LOL, surprise puppy! I bet his face was priceless. Glad your knee is on the mend.

Sheila: I was truly considering not getting on that plane. I think the cabbie was worse though!

Candace: Termites and wasps, oh my!


I'm so far behind everyone's resort swapping; I'll never catch up!

Koh: You made the swap to CBR Pirate Room, right? Those rooms look so neat.

Jen: You're still at BC after the cruise, is that right?

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I never said a proper "Welcome!" to all the new RCers since I was at all of ours' favourite place, soooo and glad you all joined us.

I believe I must buck the trend with the husband-not-listening thing; it's me who does all the selective hearing in this house.

I have a slight change to announce. Really, not even worthy of an announcement... I switched from the Villas to the Inn. Figured Miss M would prefer sleeping on a real bed instead of a pull-out sofa. (It's ridiculous. This child has a queen at home; she rolls around every square inch of it when she sleeps, too. )

 

[pas130]

Awwww, Jeanette. What a sweetheart, that girl.

I feel awful I didn't get the milkshake at the GF Cafe for our Sarah. We did have a very lovely meal there. I'll just have to make it a point to get MANY milkshakes on our October trip.

I have a slight change to announce. Really, not even worthy of an announcement... I switched from the Villas to the Inn. Figured Miss M would prefer sleeping on a real bed instead of a pull-out sofa. (It's ridiculous. This child has a queen at home; she rolls around every square inch of it when she sleeps, too. )

Yay for BWI That little Miss has a bed fit for a true Princess....

Don't feel bad about the milkshake...you were at GF Café!!! That was Sarah's place!!!!

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

Wow! You all have been having some really bad weather!!!! Hope it all clears up today.

 

[Willows909]

Goodmorning everyone! I simply cannot keep up with you all! How in the world do you remember what everyone says! So I will just say goodmorning and start reading! So I haven't changed anything in the way of our trip(July)...but I am still booked for September room only (9th-14th) at CR BLT (did I get those abbreviations right... ?? ) and I probably will have to change it...since we had to rebook our trip 3 times for the July 5th to the 12th! (Originally suppose to Disney in May.. , but husband's job...ugh... So anyways...it was going to be May and early September...but now since July and September are pretty close, I'm thinking late September with the deal Disney has thru the 28th.....But oh, the price I had was so good....what to do...what to do.... Or maybe wait and see if a new, better deal comes up for October...early November??? I have never been in Oct/Nov....do they offer up deals for that time period??

 

[sjs314]

Jeanette your girls are so very sweet brought tears to my eyes

 

[pas130]

Jeanette your girls are so very sweet brought tears to my eyes

HRH has a mature kindness about her, she always has. She isn't always nice to her sisters, but when they are upset...she is the consoler. She took a likeness to Dear Sarah, and remembers the sweet postcards she received. Not to mention the texting back and forth when we were at GF café in November

I had a dream last night DH resigned from his job, he's VERY unhappy there lately....so I am kind of like if this is our last vacation for a bit....where will we be the happiest.....I think I made a good choice!

Goodmorning everyone! I simply cannot keep up with you all! How in the world do you remember what everyone says! So I will just say goodmorning and start reading! So I haven't changed anything in the way of our trip(July)...but I am still booked for September room only (9th-14th) at CR BLT (did I get those abbreviations right... ?? ) and I probably will have to change it...since we had to rebook our trip 3 times for the July 5th to the 12th! (Originally suppose to Disney in May.. , but husband's job...ugh... So anyways...it was going to be May and early September...but now since July and September are pretty close, I'm thinking late September with the deal Disney has thru the 28th.....But oh, the price I had was so good....what to do...what to do.... Or maybe wait and see if a new, better deal comes up for October...early November??? I have never been in Oct/Nov....do they offer up deals for that time period??

There are some discounts then...a few blackout dates. But what a wonderful time to visit

Wow! You all have been having some really bad weather!!!! Hope it all clears up today.

Poor DS12 has his 6th grade pool party today. The rain cleared BUT it's only in the 60s I think

 

[Missoutandabout]

Forgot to mention, last night, only back for less-than 24 hours and I purchased a pair of shoes for our next trip. (I almost wiped out on about 4 occasions with the Disney flip flops during the rain because I didn't wear my Teva Mush which happen to turn into sponges in the rain -- we all know my track record with sidewalks so I'm really proud of myself that I managed to not eat pavement. Those Disney ones have got ZERO tread. )

Jeanette: I'm so glad we got to try the GF Cafe finally. I can see why Sarah loved to go there. It was a wonderful way to take a break during the day.

Willow: They definitely ran a discount through October last year.

GG: It's been a strange summer here so far, temps all over the place. The tornado that went through here the day we were flying back paid a visit to the town just south of us.

Melissa: I forgot to mention this the other day but I wish I could magically transport BR and Orlando right next door. We would definitely enjoy those adult libations. By the way, when the plane landed and they mentioned the score and the triple OT, we thought they were lying.

Interesting tidbit about GF: Unless they were doing something temporarily different, the lobby smelled JUST like BC / YC. Wonder what's up with the "lobby scents" since I was just reading about the change to the Poly?

 

[babyberger]

Goodmorning everyone! I simply cannot keep up with you all! How in the world do you remember what everyone says! So I will just say goodmorning and start reading! So I haven't changed anything in the way of our trip(July)...but I am still booked for September room only (9th-14th) at CR BLT (did I get those abbreviations right... ?? ) and I probably will have to change it...since we had to rebook our trip 3 times for the July 5th to the 12th! (Originally suppose to Disney in May.. , but husband's job...ugh... So anyways...it was going to be May and early September...but now since July and September are pretty close, I'm thinking late September with the deal Disney has thru the 28th.....But oh, the price I had was so good....what to do...what to do.... Or maybe wait and see if a new, better deal comes up for October...early November??? I have never been in Oct/Nov....do they offer up deals for that time period??

We went in Sept and Oct last year....Sept was significantly less expensive. The discount rates are the same, but oct is a more expensive resort rate. We stayed at YC in Sept and spent probably half to two thirds what we did to stay at WL in Oct...EEK!

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[Alysa]

Interesting tidbit about GF: Unless they were doing something temporarily different, the lobby smelled JUST like BC / YC. Wonder what's up with the "lobby scents" since I was just reading about the change to the Poly?

They pipe smells into the lobbies? I didn't realize that! How cool!

 

[babyberger]

Good afternoon!!! Steven had his 2nd appt for neuro psych re-eval today. Then dropped him home, got a pork butt in the oven for pulled pork tonight (for a Jewish girl, I make a mean pulled pork, lol) and now grabbing lunch with Sarah and running to Target and Publix. Will be back latter to catch up

HUGS,
Melissa

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[pas130]

Jeanette: I'm so glad we got to try the GF Cafe finally. I can see why Sarah loved to go there. It was a wonderful way to take a break during the day.

Interesting tidbit about GF: Unless they were doing something temporarily different, the lobby smelled JUST like BC / YC. Wonder what's up with the "lobby scents" since I was just reading about the change to the Poly?

Hmmmm......just pondering a change too.....DH HATES the GF smell....if it's better

Good afternoon!!! Steven had his 2nd appt for neuro psych re-eval today. Then dropped him home, got a pork butt in the oven for pulled pork tonight (for a Jewish girl, I make a mean pulled pork, lol) and now grabbing lunch with Sarah and running to Target and Publix. Will be back latter to catch up

HUGS,
Melissa

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YUM!!!

They pipe smells into the lobbies? I didn't realize that! How cool!

I've only really noticed it at Poly and GF, but it's lovely

 

[gwynne]

HRH has a mature kindness about her, she always has. She isn't always nice to her sisters, but when they are upset...she is the consoler. She took a likeness to Dear Sarah, and remembers the sweet postcards she received. Not to mention the texting back and forth when we were at GF café in November

I had a dream last night DH resigned from his job, he's VERY unhappy there lately....so I am kind of like if this is our last vacation for a bit....where will we be the happiest.....I think I made a good choice!
There are some discounts then...a few blackout dates. But what a wonderful time to visit



Poor DS12 has his 6th grade pool party today. The rain cleared BUT it's only in the 60s I think

Awww...always love hearing about HRH.
I hope things work out with your dh's job. In the meantime, your are the queen of vacation planning! You guys will have a great time!
That may be a short stay in the pool, Brrr....

Forgot to mention, last night, only back for less-than 24 hours and I purchased a pair of shoes for our next trip. (I almost wiped out on about 4 occasions with the Disney flip flops during the rain because I didn't wear my Teva Mush which happen to turn into sponges in the rain -- we all know my track record with sidewalks so I'm really proud of myself that I managed to not eat pavement. Those Disney ones have got ZERO tread. )


GG: It's been a strange summer here so far, temps all over the place. The tornado that went through here the day we were flying back paid a visit to the town just south of us.

Those torrential downpours are so hard on shoes! Glad you found a new pair.

Our summer weather here has been just crazy, too. Cool, then storms, hot for a few days, then cool. Wish it would just settle down. I want to go to the pool, but it needs to be a warm sunny day. Where's my summer??

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I am so far behind, it's sad. I am trying to back read, though. It all started when we were talking about our upcoming WDW vacation and dh said he really just wanted to land and get settled. We have a 6am flight down now, yikes! So, goodbye split, hello change the resort reservation and dining.
Unfortunately, I chose a very bad time to do this change, dining wise. The last couple of days nearly everything I tried to book showed up with wacky times...and not just a little wacky, they were always 2 or three hours off.

Finally last night and today I was able to rebook everything, cancel the messed up ones. Whew!!
Now we are at BWI CL the whole time. The outline of the first weekend of F&W came out, so I was able to sort of co-ordinate our dining with what I think we'll do (based on availability.) It's all good now!


And in other news, our anniversary was last week, 33 years. Dh was on a business trip, so we waited to exchange cards, celebrate. In the meantime, I thought I'd try to order a bottle of wine I know that he really likes.

He's only had it twice, and it's not available here. It's from a small winery in California. I placed the order online, and one of the owners called me to let me know shipping details. Pretty funny when his name popped up on my caller id. We met him a few years ago at a dinner where his wine was featured.

Anyway, the box got here, and I just quietly put it in the rack. Dh finally discovered it last night. So cute, and very sweet! He wondered how I managed to find it. We're going to enjoy it Sunday with our dinner. It was such fun surprising him.

 

[Willows909]

Oh my.... thinking about a change.....
This is what I have: July 5 - 8...AK pool view July 8 - 12 BC Standard room, CL
This is what I'm thinking... BC GV July 5 - 8 and July 8 - 12 AK standard room CL

Keeping in mind that there are no parks happening on this trip.....It's $282 more, but I am drawn to the CL and savanna view at AK .....What to do? What to do?.....arrgh..and I though I was done....silliness! Thoughts?