Our Anniversary Week at the Happiest Place on Earth!! TR DONE 8/30 SOUVENIR POST SOON
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BrooklynnsMommy
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Doesn't it help take the sting out of having to leave just knowing that you get to go back. We always have our next trip booked that way when we leave we can start the discussion of ADR's and what we want to get done on the way home. It makes it a little easier to drive under that sign when you know they really will "See ya real soon!"
xoktenox
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I was waiting to see how long you could hold that in.
It is so exciting! Actually, you'll be planning TWO trips before you go back. Yours in November and then ours together for Spring Break.
Obviously not very long! I couldnt handle seeing everyone's countdowns and not having mine up there!
How cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish it was the week we were going though!
I knowwww I wish it was too! But we're going for Chris's bday so we cant even change the week
so happy!!It definitely helped take the sting out of leaving. We were talking about going back before we even left! But thinking about all the things we'll do in November made it so much easier to leave. I would have been (and would still be) much more upset if we werent going back! I can't wait to start planning our ADRs and stuff. You guys leave really soon!
well when we have kids I'm sure it wont be as easy!
punkin413
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cool!!!!! 
you guys sound just like ray and i. our first trip together was in may 2007. i was sure it would be like 2 or 3 years before he'd want to go back and he said he'd go back the next year as long as we didn't have to rush so much, hence the name of my TR for that next trip, "our non-rushing (sorta) anniversary at WDW"! 
you guys sound just like ray and i. our first trip together was in may 2007. i was sure it would be like 2 or 3 years before he'd want to go back and he said he'd go back the next year as long as we didn't have to rush so much, hence the name of my TR for that next trip, "our non-rushing (sorta) anniversary at WDW"! 
JenAusty
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How sweet!!! That's soo exciting for a Bday!!! Did you guys get a deal for booking while you were down there or anything? I know they have A LOT of deals going on right now through Disney and it made me soo jealous..like the free dining! I was like ***! Even though I got a good deal this time too.. But Congrats! That is awesome! Looks like Chris is becoming quite the disney fan! hehe
And you want to know something funny.. when you said you wanted tell us something.. and couldn't wait any longer- I thought you were going to say you got engaged.. hehe but disney is just as good.. hhehe
And you want to know something funny.. when you said you wanted tell us something.. and couldn't wait any longer- I thought you were going to say you got engaged.. hehe but disney is just as good.. hhehe
michael's mom
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I'm so jealous!!! I have to wait to go back...but, DH agreed that if we could swing it, he was all for going next April (before this past trip, he was the every other year kind of guy!) so at least I can hope for a year from now (actually, 11 1/2 months). I'm thinking of starting my ticker!
heaven2dc
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I barely get caught up with your TR and you're already planning another one?!! How great is that (that gives me a little clue as to how much Chris really enjoyed the trip even tho he wasn't too happy with the picture taking you mentioned in your most recent update).
You actually scared me a little with your surprise - I thought you were going to say you got engaged
But maybe that will be a surprise for a future Disney trip 
(that gives me a little clue as to how much Chris really enjoyed the trip even tho he wasn't too happy with the picture taking you mentioned in your most recent update).You actually scared me a little with your surprise - I thought you were going to say you got engaged
But maybe that will be a surprise for a future Disney trip 
Sunset Cliffs
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I just found your TR. I've seen you posting over on OneTreeHillAdict's report so I followed you over. I love your excitement at finally getting there. I think we all can relate to the feeling. Can't wait for your next update!
xoktenox
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cool!!!!!
Thats what I thought too! I did NOT expect that Chris would want to go back so soon let alone for his birthday! And I read that TR of yours (great of course) and I'm hoping we can do something like that. As in never setting the alarm in the morning!
How sweet!!! That's soo exciting for a Bday!!! Did you guys get a deal for booking while you were down there or anything? I know they have A LOT of deals going on right now through Disney and it made me soo jealous..like the free dining! I was like ***! Even though I got a good deal this time too.. But Congrats! That is awesome! Looks like Chris is becoming quite the disney fan! hehe
I dont wanna give away what made us book again until I get to that part of the TR
And you want to know something funny.. when you said you wanted tell us something.. and couldn't wait any longer- I thought you were going to say you got engaged.. hehe but disney is just as good.. hhehe
you're not the only one who thought that! Chris's best friend (who should definitely have known better!) texted him when we got back and asked if we were engaged! See, all these boyfriends/hubbys like to pretend that they don't love Disney when we know they really do! Just save save save and hopefully you'll be back there in less than a yr!
I barely get caught up with your TR and you're already planning another one?!! How great is that
You actually scared me a little with your surprise - I thought you were going to say you got engaged
I'm soooo thrilled that Chris is all for going back! Definitely wasn't expecting that. And I did promise him a more laid back trip in November...I never promised I would take less pictures though
And NO ENGAGEMENT on this trip
We're not ready for that yet but like you said, maybe another trip 
Thanks for coming over here and joining in! I'm sure everyone on the DIS can relate to my excitement over finally getting to "our happy place!" Glad you came over! Stick around Wahoo, thats great news
I'm soooo happy!!!
Have you and Nick stayed at Coronado?
2xcited2sleep
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Congratulations! How awesome you get to go back so soon!! 
blabbermouth
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Hi! Just found your report. So far so good... keep it up! I could have used one more update to occupy me for the last ten minutes of work, heehee!
Cinderelly5507
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Just found your TR!!! Can't wait to read more!! How awesome your BF has agreed to go back... I don't think I could convince my DH to go twice in a year, not for lack of trying though! 
xoktenox
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So when I last left you we had just checked into ASMo. We were checked in an to our room by 1:20 according to my Tink trip journal. Before we headed up to the room we stopped by luggage services outside and picked up the groceries that were waiting for us there from gardengrocer.com. I would highly recommend this service. Chris and I ordered a bunch of stuff for the room and besides the high delivery charge (which in retrospect didn't matter because we still got it delivered either way) and it was there exactly when it was supposed to be. We had one of the bellhops bring the food to our room on a luggage cart (we tipped him of course) and everything was there.
Our room was in Fantasia building 5 (the one with the brooms on it), 3rd floor like I had requested. The first thing I noticed when we walked into the room, besides this
was that there was a bouncback offer already on our table!! I didn't expect one to be there at all let alone as soon as we walked into the room. I mentioned it to Chris but he really didn't give it much of a second thought. I knew it was too early to try and get him to book again so I shut my mouth...for the time being. LOL So of course I took some of the obligatory room pictures
(Yes, Chris needed to try and ruin every picture I was taking)
The bedspread
So by now it was going on 2 and we were STARVING! All I had had to eat were some teddy grahams on the plane and Chris had eaten a small breakfast burrito in Atlanta airport. We decided to head on down to the Movies food court to grab a quick lunch and also so we could buy our mugs.
Here's Chris in the elevator, happy to be at Disney!
We decided to just buy one mug since I'm a water drinker usually and when I do want something other than water we usually just get one and share it anyway (because we're cheap like that). We looked around a little bit and Chris decided to get Chicken Quesadillas and I got the adult Chicken fingers. We also got one mug and filled it with pink lemonade I believe. I did mostly succeed with remembering to get my food porn pictures this trip.
You can see the anniversary pin Chris is wearing on his shirt in the quesadilla picture.
I have to say the food was really good! Nothing gourmet obviously but it was good. The quesadillas were cheesy and the chicken was good while my chicken was meaty and filling. After filling our tummys we started over to All-Star Music because thats where our fridge swap's home resort was. It was a quick walk through the parking lot of Movies over to Music. On the way over Chris and I started bickering. I was trying to take pictures and book it over to Music while planning what we were gonna do when we got back to the resort. When I finally shut up Chris told me I needed to calm down. He saw how overwhelmed I was and he was 100% right. We had an entire week ahead of us and I was wound soooo tightly already I never would have made it through the whole week if I continued like that. We decided we would come back to movies when we were done getting the fridge and lay down for a little bit before we got ready and went out for the night. We had been up since 3am and needed to relax.
Anyway we finally get to Music. We ask at luggage services if they have a fridge waiting there for me. They go in and check....NO FRIDGE. I was really confused. How hard could it be to just leave it there waiting for me? They said that sometimes if the person the fridge was for wasn't staying at the resort they would find where they were staying and send it there. So the nice CM called over to Movies and then Sports to check if it was in any of those resorts. NO GOOD. At this point I'm mad because we wanted to get milk for our cereal and some other things and put them in the fridge. I had been counting on having it and it was nowhere to be found. So we headed back to Movies while trying to figure out what to do about this fridge. On the way back to our room we took a walk through the ASMo gift shop. In honor of MeMom I took some shopping pictures.
I wanted to get this for Chris's niece but the smallest size they had was like a 2T and shes not that big yet.
Some blurry autograph books.
Apparently thats all the shopping pictures I took right then LOL Oh well there's PLENTY more later. So we got back to ASMo and laid down around 3 for a quick nap. Chris was snoring within minutes. I shortly after fell asleep and within an hr there was a knock at the door. They had our luggage!! Phewwwwwwwww I was sooo relieved! I got up and opened the door for the luggage people and a few minutes later the other suitcase arrived. So I woke up Chris and we decided to head down to the pool and take a quick dip.
Our room was in Fantasia building 5 (the one with the brooms on it), 3rd floor like I had requested. The first thing I noticed when we walked into the room, besides this
was that there was a bouncback offer already on our table!! I didn't expect one to be there at all let alone as soon as we walked into the room. I mentioned it to Chris but he really didn't give it much of a second thought. I knew it was too early to try and get him to book again so I shut my mouth...for the time being. LOL So of course I took some of the obligatory room pictures
(Yes, Chris needed to try and ruin every picture I was taking)
The bedspread
So by now it was going on 2 and we were STARVING! All I had had to eat were some teddy grahams on the plane and Chris had eaten a small breakfast burrito in Atlanta airport. We decided to head on down to the Movies food court to grab a quick lunch and also so we could buy our mugs.
Here's Chris in the elevator, happy to be at Disney!
We decided to just buy one mug since I'm a water drinker usually and when I do want something other than water we usually just get one and share it anyway (because we're cheap like that
). We looked around a little bit and Chris decided to get Chicken Quesadillas and I got the adult Chicken fingers. We also got one mug and filled it with pink lemonade I believe. I did mostly succeed with remembering to get my food porn pictures this trip.
You can see the anniversary pin Chris is wearing on his shirt in the quesadilla picture.
I have to say the food was really good! Nothing gourmet obviously but it was good. The quesadillas were cheesy and the chicken was good while my chicken was meaty and filling. After filling our tummys we started over to All-Star Music because thats where our fridge swap's home resort was. It was a quick walk through the parking lot of Movies over to Music. On the way over Chris and I started bickering. I was trying to take pictures and book it over to Music while planning what we were gonna do when we got back to the resort. When I finally shut up Chris told me I needed to calm down. He saw how overwhelmed I was and he was 100% right. We had an entire week ahead of us and I was wound soooo tightly already I never would have made it through the whole week if I continued like that. We decided we would come back to movies when we were done getting the fridge and lay down for a little bit before we got ready and went out for the night. We had been up since 3am and needed to relax.
Anyway we finally get to Music. We ask at luggage services if they have a fridge waiting there for me. They go in and check....NO FRIDGE. I was really confused. How hard could it be to just leave it there waiting for me? They said that sometimes if the person the fridge was for wasn't staying at the resort they would find where they were staying and send it there. So the nice CM called over to Movies and then Sports to check if it was in any of those resorts. NO GOOD. At this point I'm mad because we wanted to get milk for our cereal and some other things and put them in the fridge. I had been counting on having it and it was nowhere to be found. So we headed back to Movies while trying to figure out what to do about this fridge. On the way back to our room we took a walk through the ASMo gift shop. In honor of MeMom I took some shopping pictures.
I wanted to get this for Chris's niece but the smallest size they had was like a 2T and shes not that big yet.
Some blurry autograph books.
Apparently thats all the shopping pictures I took right then LOL Oh well there's PLENTY more later. So we got back to ASMo and laid down around 3 for a quick nap. Chris was snoring within minutes. I shortly after fell asleep and within an hr there was a knock at the door. They had our luggage!! Phewwwwwwwww I was sooo relieved! I got up and opened the door for the luggage people and a few minutes later the other suitcase arrived. So I woke up Chris and we decided to head down to the pool and take a quick dip.
xoktenox
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**Let it be known that I tried to make the pictures in the last update bigger with NO LUCK! I hate photobucket!! Well I'm sorry about that but later in the week before I update again I will upload alllllll the pictures bigger. Looks like thats the only way to do it. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.**
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So we put on our bathing suits and headed down to the Fantasia pool, close to our room. We get down there, get a chair and the pool is noticably empty. Still we walk in and get like 3 steps in and a lady yells "You're not supposed to go in there!" I step out and she tells us that they closed the pool because they "found something in it." EW. She said the lifeguards were doing a very bad job at stopping people from going in. Obviously she was right considering we walked right in until she told us to get out. So we say thank you and decide to walk over to the Mighty Ducks pool. We get there and its filled with kids; not that I expected anything less. It didn't matter though we just wanted to jump in and cool off and get out. After 15-20 mins of relaxing (as much as we could with screaming children around) we got out of the pool.
I really wanted a drink from the pool bar ever since we were over there before trying the Fantasia pool out. So we walked back over to the bar and sat down until we realized Chris forgot his ID. So he tries to order a coke and the bartender just kinda looked at him. So I interjected here (since I'm a loudmouth) and told the bartender he forgot his ID in the room. The bartender asked him how old he was and what his birthdate was and said ok you're fine. I showed him my ID of course though. Now granted, Chris does look over 21 and usually doesn't get ID'd at home but in Disney I would have thought they would have been more careful. Oh well, he's 24 so whatever. I ordered a Captains Mai Tai and Chris got a Poolside Lemonade. I was proud because he never orders mixed drinks! Then we realize we have no cash on us! So Chris runs back to the room to grab some cash so we can tip the guy. I try both drinks and don't really liek either of them. Mine was too strong (I'm kind of a wuss) and Chris's was too sweet. I drink mine anyway and in a few mins Chris is back with the cash. He LOVED his drink. As a matter of fact, he was talking to our friends about it the other night and how great it was LOL
We pay for our drinks and head back up to the room to change and get ready for our night ahead!!
Coming up: Downtown Disney night and a "Pleasant" surprise on Pleasure Island!
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So we put on our bathing suits and headed down to the Fantasia pool, close to our room. We get down there, get a chair and the pool is noticably empty. Still we walk in and get like 3 steps in and a lady yells "You're not supposed to go in there!" I step out and she tells us that they closed the pool because they "found something in it." EW. She said the lifeguards were doing a very bad job at stopping people from going in. Obviously she was right considering we walked right in until she told us to get out. So we say thank you and decide to walk over to the Mighty Ducks pool. We get there and its filled with kids; not that I expected anything less. It didn't matter though we just wanted to jump in and cool off and get out. After 15-20 mins of relaxing (as much as we could with screaming children around) we got out of the pool.
I really wanted a drink from the pool bar ever since we were over there before trying the Fantasia pool out. So we walked back over to the bar and sat down until we realized Chris forgot his ID. So he tries to order a coke and the bartender just kinda looked at him. So I interjected here (since I'm a loudmouth) and told the bartender he forgot his ID in the room. The bartender asked him how old he was and what his birthdate was and said ok you're fine. I showed him my ID of course though. Now granted, Chris does look over 21 and usually doesn't get ID'd at home but in Disney I would have thought they would have been more careful. Oh well, he's 24 so whatever. I ordered a Captains Mai Tai and Chris got a Poolside Lemonade. I was proud because he never orders mixed drinks!
Then we realize we have no cash on us! So Chris runs back to the room to grab some cash so we can tip the guy. I try both drinks and don't really liek either of them. Mine was too strong (I'm kind of a wuss) and Chris's was too sweet. I drink mine anyway and in a few mins Chris is back with the cash. He LOVED his drink. As a matter of fact, he was talking to our friends about it the other night and how great it was LOL We pay for our drinks and head back up to the room to change and get ready for our night ahead!!
Coming up: Downtown Disney night and a "Pleasant" surprise on Pleasure Island!
xoktenox
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Congratulations! How awesome you get to go back so soon!!
Definitely so awesome! Hey thanks for joining in! Sorry I didn't give you enough to get you through work, I'll do better next time Wow! Going back so soon! What a great idea for him to spend his birthday at Disney!
Yesss we're really excited!
Just found your TR!!! Can't wait to read more!! How awesome your BF has agreed to go back... I don't think I could convince my DH to go twice in a year, not for lack of trying though!
Thanks for joining in!! I highly doubt this 2 times a year thing is going to be a trend! We just landed a good deal this time so I got lucky!
tinkgurl
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Ooooh, a towel Mickey!
I love them!I bet you thought about it the whole trip, huh?!
(Yes, Chris needed to try and ruin every picture I was taking)
Haha, whoa Chris. You're cool.
Oh my gosh girl! You HAD to be starving.
We decided to just buy one mug since I'm a water drinker usually and when I do want something other than water we usually just get one and share it anyway (because we're cheap like that
Hey, might as well share it!
B/F and I do that a lot.Both of those things look really good!
Aw, girl!
It's very easy to get overwhelmed at WDW. Trust me. There's so much to do and so much to see. That whole deal was ridiculous. The person before you didn't even mention anything about it when I looked up the swap for you!
Aw!
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
That's pretty bad if no one was there to keep people out of there! Did you ever hear what the "something" was that was in the pool?Ooooh, they sound good but I don't know if I'd ever drink them.
I'm a scardy-cat! 
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