PrincessAshlee
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2016
PROGRESS REPORT - July 29, 2016
I cannot wait to see this view in 2.5 months!!!
I cannot wait to see this view in 2.5 months!!!
Trip Dates? October 12-19, 2016
Resort? Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, 7 nights
Park Tickets Purchased? Booked through TA – Convention 7-Day w/PH + 1 FUN tickets
Memory Maker? I love all of the pictures that I got from my last trip. I want to try to get more magic shots this time!
Room & Tickets Package Payment Progress? 66%; final payment on August 28, 2016 (waiting for this month’s Disney Visa rewards points to post)
MNSSHP? Purchased for Tuesday, October 18, 2016!
Club Villain? Reserved and paid - Saturday, October 15, 2016 @ 8:30pm!
F&WF Seminar? Reserved and paid - Beverage Seminar (Macallan Whiskey) on Monday, October 17, 2016 @ 5:30pm.
Itinerary? General itinerary planned out and spreadsheet is complete; still making small changes and working on daily itineraries, which will not be completed until Fastpasses are made.
ADRs? Booked! Changed! Cancelled some… Booked New! Currently hoarding some that I don’t think that I will need, while still hoping for a couple times to open up, so that I can change them again… I’m not sure that I’ll ever be done making ADRs
FastPasses? Will be made on 08/14/16… I have a list of what I would like, but I’m still waiting on DF to decide what sounds good to him.
Shirts? I still need to make our shirts. I’ve finalized all of our designs and purchased all of the shirts, I just need to get around to actually painting them.
Mickey Ears? I am debating on making a couple pairs of Mickey ears. I’ve seen them on Etsy and they all look so cute! I watched a tutorial and they don’t seem hard to make, I just don’t know if I’m going to have the time, with all of my other projects.
Packing? I am slowly making a pile of things to pack on the bed in our guest room… I’m trying to see what we have and what I still need to get.
Updates:
I was able to book the beverage seminar that we wanted. I only had the one seminar that I wanted to book, so I was somewhat annoyed when it said that I would have to call in, in order to take advantage of early booking (available with my Disney Visa). I had heard stories of 1-2+ hour long hold times. Regardless, I was all ready to call right at 7am on the 19th. Unfortunately, I just kept getting an “all circuits are busy” message. However, while I continued to try to get through on the phone, I read on the F&WF DisBoard that many people were having success booking the small demonstrations and seminars online. I tried it and sure enough it worked! I was done by 7:15!
I don't like beer and DF doesn't like wine, so I was excited to find a Whiskey Seminar. Whiskey is actually DF alcoholic beverage of choice, so he is also very excited.
Other than that, there is not much to update. Only 15 days until fastpass day. I’m working on trying to get DF more involved in picking our FPs, but he doesn’t like planning and wants to be able to just go with the flow. However, he also hates crowds and standing in long lines, so planning our FPs is very important. I have a general idea of what he likes and a list of my must-do’s, so I’ll probably just have to go with that. I’m really trying hard not to over-plan. I’m trying to pick just a few things that I really want to do each day (so that I can schedule our FPs) and we can go with the flow the rest of the time.
We are also watching Disney movies to get ready for our trip. I have seen most of them, but I want DF to be able to recognize the characters when we meet them. However, I also realized that I had not seen any of the movies that came out after Frozen! So this last week, we watched Zootopia and now I’ve seen them all. Zootopia was really cute and I really like it!! Maybe not as much as I liked Finding Dory, but I liked it much more than Inside Out or The Good Dinosaur (which weren’t bad, but somewhat slow, IMO). Next up, DF actually made a request eek: This is a first! His usual response is “whatever you want” lol). So we are going to be watching either Tarzan or the Jungle Book (haven’t decided on animated or live action yet… maybe both!)
Non-Disney Update:
The first of our pre-wedding events was this past weekend; which means wedding day is just around the corner! As if planning the wedding and honeymoon were not enough, there are so many pre-wedding events to plan/attend: pre-wedding party with co-workers, bachelor party, bridal shower, bachelorette party, rehearsal & rehearsal dinner. It’s exhausting!
So this past weekend, I hosted a wine & painting party for my work friends. We are having a relatively small wedding and not planning to invite any co-workers, but I still wanted to celebrate with them, so I decided to have a pre-wedding party. It was so great to see everyone! We are all telecommuters (who used to work altogether in an office, until six years ago when they decided that we could do our jobs from home and didn’t need an office). So now, we only see each other about once every month or two when someone plans a get-together. It was so nice having everyone together and I love my new painting!
DF proposed while we were watching fireworks, so I thought a fireworks painting was just perfect!
DF’s bachelor party is this weekend, but I have a couple of weekends off before my bridal shower. By off, I mean no planned events, there are still a million things to get done! I’ll be spending all weekend crafting with my mom and sister, while he is away.
I just have to remember the “Disney light” at the end of the long “Wedding tunnel.”
I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! 75 Days To Go!!!
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