I just got an email from Disney saying I might be able to bypass the front desk! Not that I mind going to the front desk, but this could be fun! 
I reread the email and it says may and not might, but it might as well say might. I completed all the requirements, but I'm still not convinced that I will get to bypass the front desk.
We're planning on checking in around 11am at our first resort and 9am at our second resort.
If you already have your Magic Bands, and did online check in, then apparently they've been texting room numbers to people as soon as their assigned room is ready. So, if your room is ready before you arrive, then it's very likely you'll be able to skip the check in desk. Did you prioritize having a room ready on arrival over all other requests?
Oh, that is a good one! I LOVE the idea of telling her we will pick someone up, then be the ones really going! I'll think hard about how we would get luggage in the car without her knowing. Im sure she'll want some stuff in her carryon...but really great idea!!
We're still in a sedan, so it would be super easy for us to pull something like this off. Also, we live 2 hours from the airport, so we'll be staying with my Mom the night before anyway. The 4am wake up is the tough part. I could say that we have to go home already, but then he'll probably cry the whole way to the airport.
I think I can probably set up something at my Mom's house for him to open the night before, but then I'd be worried he'll be too excited to sleep, which would be bad on a day when we have to wake up at 4am, and on an airplane or in airports for half the day.
Eh...it's just rain, could be a lot worse! A rainy day in Disney is better than being home!! It's all about mindset going into it.
I went ahead and ordered a rain cover for my stroller a few weeks ago. Then I ended up needing it on the first day of school! DH and I can handle being wet just fine, and hopefully the kids will stay happily dry under their clear vinyl canopy.
We lived through monsoon season in Korea twice, so I think a few days at Disney in the rain will be quite pleasant.
Hey, dance, I did this for my first kid many years ago and am doing now for DD6. To help give an idea about time left before the trip, we make a paper chain. First we decorate each link with things associated with the trip. ..draw a castle, ToT, etc. Each morning we take off a link. We usually begin it around day 40 or 50. Loads of fun to watch that chain get shorter....excitement for the whole family!
By the way, my DH doesn't like the non stop talk either! Maybe you and I should call each other and plan our trips!
I have seen that idea, and I think it would work well for DS, assuming we actually get to plan a trip in advance at some point. This trip was only planned a month ago, and I honestly wasn't sure that DH would get the leave approved until a few days ago. I think we have a good chance of being able to plan our vacations more in advance from now on (hopefully we'll be able to live in one place for more than 18 months) but I'd still be worried to be planning something and then have to tell DS we can't go.
I had a trip planned for December last year, and ended up canceling 30 days out. I've planned more trips that I've had to cancel than we've actually gone on!
The nonstop Disney bug is why I have to get on here. I'm kind of sad that my Jan '09 discussion thread has started petering out, because there were like 10 of us who were still getting on there to chat, until about a year ago. We're all friends on Facebook now, but it's not the same! DH doesn't like to tell his parents about our vacations for whatever reason, so I can't do countdowns or anything like that on there.
Now I just have to take care of DH. He seems to have caught either a bug or has food poisoning. Either way he's not feeling well and I feel awful.
), she really wanted to get another one for her other purse. I guess working at Macy's has its perks. 
