SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE
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- Joined
- Jan 14, 2010
HALLOWEEN, A NEW VERA & TRIP PLANNING
Normally, I spend my weekends doing loads and loads of homework that I am too tired to do during the week. However, last weekend and this weekend I was lucky enough to have little to no homework, so I knew I needed to take advantage of the time!
Planning for the disneymoon has kind of taken a backseat to the trip coming up this month (it is so nice to say this month!), so when I realized our day to make ARD's would be less than a month after we return home from this trip I had a mini freak-out! Even though I've had another trip to distract me, I still want for this disneymoon to be the absolute best vacation we've ever been on, which of course means that it must be planned to the T!
I really wanted to have our meals figured out before we leave for our trip this month so I'll be good and prepared on the 21st of December to make ADR's! Of course, this meant that I needed to put an itinerary together! I can't wait to show you all the spreadsheet I've come up with, but that's another post for another time.
Anyway, I basically worked on our disneymoon itinerary all weekend last weekend and it has got me really excited for the trip! I love how the plans are coming together; it seems like the perfect blend between park time and relaxation time, with lots of new stuff added in and of course some of those special things that I wanted to try. I decided to not look at it again throughout the week and take another look at it this weekend to see if I still liked all of the meals and plans. I only made a couple of changes so I think I am all set on my ADR's! I'll do a separate post on that once we get back from this trip, because I have lots to update about for this trip in the 2 weeks before we leave!
One of the planning things I did for this November trip was to make itinerary cards for each day of the trip.
Each card has the park we are visiting that day and its hours, our breakfast, lunch and dinner plans, plans for the morning, afternoon and evening, and the times of any nighttime shows and parades. On the back I've got some notes like confirmation numbers for ADR's and the anticipated travel times from our resort to the parks/others resorts. I think I'll take them to Kinko's and get them laminated so I can just slip them in my bag each day.
And speaking of bags...I also had to take some time to think about my wardrobe for this trip. I decided to go with the same "plan my clothes around my purse" thing I've done for my past two vacations because it makes planning outfits so easy. Since both of my VB hipsters are summer styles, I decided I needed a new, fall/winter print. Here's what I got!
I think it's going to look so great with the clothes that I've bought for the trip. That will be an update soon too!
And last but not least, I need to share with you all our Halloween pictures! This obviously isn't trip related but I thought it would be fun to share. The weekend before last, Miguel and I went with my grandparents to the Haunted Nights of Lights, which is a light display that you drive through around a local lake resort. The resort normally does this for Christmas (which is the Magical Nights of Lights) and this year they just started a Halloween theme. It was a lot of fun!
There are 3 miles of lights and you just drive through at a slow pace and take it all in! Here's Miguel and I in the car. (Notice the cute ghost in the background?)
A spider web.
Jack-o-lantern.
Characters from the Wizzard of Oz.
When I saw this I thought of Epcot!
A skeleton.
After you've driven through the lights there is a gift shop that has lots of fun Halloween things, like hats!
Outside there are amusement rides, and my favorite, a huge fire pit to roast marshmallows.
It doesn't look pretty, but it sure was tasty!
It was a fun night and we'll definitely be making it a tradition!
Normally, I spend my weekends doing loads and loads of homework that I am too tired to do during the week. However, last weekend and this weekend I was lucky enough to have little to no homework, so I knew I needed to take advantage of the time!
Planning for the disneymoon has kind of taken a backseat to the trip coming up this month (it is so nice to say this month!), so when I realized our day to make ARD's would be less than a month after we return home from this trip I had a mini freak-out! Even though I've had another trip to distract me, I still want for this disneymoon to be the absolute best vacation we've ever been on, which of course means that it must be planned to the T!
I really wanted to have our meals figured out before we leave for our trip this month so I'll be good and prepared on the 21st of December to make ADR's! Of course, this meant that I needed to put an itinerary together! I can't wait to show you all the spreadsheet I've come up with, but that's another post for another time.
Anyway, I basically worked on our disneymoon itinerary all weekend last weekend and it has got me really excited for the trip! I love how the plans are coming together; it seems like the perfect blend between park time and relaxation time, with lots of new stuff added in and of course some of those special things that I wanted to try. I decided to not look at it again throughout the week and take another look at it this weekend to see if I still liked all of the meals and plans. I only made a couple of changes so I think I am all set on my ADR's! I'll do a separate post on that once we get back from this trip, because I have lots to update about for this trip in the 2 weeks before we leave!
One of the planning things I did for this November trip was to make itinerary cards for each day of the trip.
Each card has the park we are visiting that day and its hours, our breakfast, lunch and dinner plans, plans for the morning, afternoon and evening, and the times of any nighttime shows and parades. On the back I've got some notes like confirmation numbers for ADR's and the anticipated travel times from our resort to the parks/others resorts. I think I'll take them to Kinko's and get them laminated so I can just slip them in my bag each day.
And speaking of bags...I also had to take some time to think about my wardrobe for this trip. I decided to go with the same "plan my clothes around my purse" thing I've done for my past two vacations because it makes planning outfits so easy. Since both of my VB hipsters are summer styles, I decided I needed a new, fall/winter print. Here's what I got!
I think it's going to look so great with the clothes that I've bought for the trip. That will be an update soon too!
And last but not least, I need to share with you all our Halloween pictures! This obviously isn't trip related but I thought it would be fun to share. The weekend before last, Miguel and I went with my grandparents to the Haunted Nights of Lights, which is a light display that you drive through around a local lake resort. The resort normally does this for Christmas (which is the Magical Nights of Lights) and this year they just started a Halloween theme. It was a lot of fun!
There are 3 miles of lights and you just drive through at a slow pace and take it all in! Here's Miguel and I in the car. (Notice the cute ghost in the background?)
A spider web.
Jack-o-lantern.
Characters from the Wizzard of Oz.
When I saw this I thought of Epcot!
A skeleton.
After you've driven through the lights there is a gift shop that has lots of fun Halloween things, like hats!
Outside there are amusement rides, and my favorite, a huge fire pit to roast marshmallows.
It doesn't look pretty, but it sure was tasty!
It was a fun night and we'll definitely be making it a tradition!
I'm glad to hear you like the new hipster style. I didn't even know they had changed it until I went in the store. I'm a little sad about the flap being gone, because I loved that feature, but it looks like the bag is a little bigger now, so that's a plus. 
