Well it seems that despite all the evidence to the contrary a watched Disney trip will eventually boil..or arrive, because we are officially 18 days out from liftoff!
Today also happens to be my five-month wedding anniversary with my wonderful husband! So that's nice too. And....on Friday I interviewed for and was offered a new job!
I truly wasn't even looking to leave my current position, but a vacancy was announced within the county I work for and it was truly something I could not let pass me by. I really love my current job, but truth be told I am a bit underemployed and the new position is much more fitting for my education and experience. The significant salary bump was nice too! I also purchased myself a little "congratulations" present, in the form of a new iPad! That will make all of the travel significantly easier, and will mean that Ry and I won't have to argue over who gets the laptop.
I start my new position the day we return from our Disneymoon! The actually wanted me to start on the 8th of October, but were very understanding when I said that I was scheduled to be on my honeymoon that week.
Let's see what else is new. I have been crossing more and more things off of the Disney "to do" list. This week's accomplishments included ordering and confirming our Garden Grocer order, and changing our reservation for our flight out! Yes, with less than a month to go we are changing out plans a bit. We originally were scheduled to leave at around 12, change planes in Atlanta and arrive at Disney around 5. Not bad, especially with a layover, but still not ideal. Unfortunately when we originally booked the flights the non-stops were insanely expensive.
Well, someone's posting about how AirTran had dropped the fares on upcoming flights made me check on the prices of our trip, and I discovered that the non-stop flight was now less expensive than our current flight!
It wasn't the best deal because we still had to swallow a significant change fee
, but all I could think about when we were contemplating the switch is how mad I would have been with myself if something had happened with our connection and we ended up missing out on our first night when we had the opportunity to switch. Ry and I discussed it and we decided that it was worth it.
So now our Day 1 plans have changed a bit as well! We now leave at 9:00 a.m. and arrive at MCO at 11:15 a.m.! We will check in, get settled if our room is ready or just head out to Epcot to grab our first F&W lunch! (And maybe grab some Soarin' FP if the return time is agreeable) After lunch and a stroll around the World Showcase we will head back to POFQ and unpack if we have not done so previously, and go over to DtD for our originally planned dinner at EoS and shopping!
Since this is effectively a bonus day, we will be playing it a little by ear. I am just excited that we will be getting to the World a nearly 6 hours before we were scheduled to arrive! We are still planning on upgrading to Annual Passes and getting a TiW card this night.
Also, I am not sure if I have mentioned this before, but my parents will be in Florida as well during the same week (they arrive in Tampa the same day we arrive in Orlando.) They live in RI, and we normally only get to see them 3 or 4 times a year (in comparison to the 3 of 4 times a month it feels like I see my inlaws. Really it is more like 1-2 times a month. They live about 90 minutes away.) Anyway, I had originally suggested to my mother that they try to squeeze in a dinner with us some night. She initially didnt think it would work but called me a couple of days ago to ask if this would still be possible. I suggested Sunday the 7th, when we are scheduled for an early dinner at Boma before we head over to MK for EMH. So thats the plan! Some combination of my mother, my father, and my moms sister will be heading over to see us that night. I was able to change our reservation from 2 to 5 people, and only had to make it 30 minutes earlier than it was originally scheduled. It works well for us too, as we are going to have them pick us up at POFQ and drop us back at the MK, eliminating a lot of Disney transportation for us that night.
Things are really starting to come together! 18 days!!!