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[hannahmachell]

27 days to go! I really want the counting to be over.

Katie

36 days for me!!

 

[Koh1977]

Heard there were a bunch of late July openings for BOG...wonder what happened?? Anyone try today for August?

 

[msyjoa]

Heard there were a bunch of late July openings for BOG...wonder what happened?? Anyone try today for August?

I saw that on Josh's twitter today. I went in to check for the time that I am there, but no openings. I thought it was interesting too!

 

[DisMom1981]

Thank you. I needed that. I had a moment of "Oh my god what have I done!" a few minutes ago
It's still the same, and the right choice, and we're so excited for puppy. It's just a little rough.
The bank account will have a healthy pet emergency fund now though and it was the right thing to do

Back to school stuff out already which means soon enough Christmas will take over the stores, new pup will be trained and your December trip will be here!

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[CuseWazowski]

27 days to go! I really want the counting to be over.

Katie

Us too. AAARGH!

 

[Mrs. M. Mouse]

Us too. AAARGH!

I don't want to wish my kids summer away but we really can't wait!!

 

[zabache]

I saw that on Josh's twitter today. I went in to check for the time that I am there, but no openings. I thought it was interesting too!

what is his twitter name?

 

[cinnderly]

Just had to share a pic of my adorable niece meeting her very favorite princess this morning. Today is her 5th birthday, and I consider this reservation I was able to book for them at the last minute a small miracle.

 

[Loreli]

QOTD
Do you want to go to Disney this badly?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/07/08/restaurant-manager-stole-ids-to-pay-for-disney-trips/

 

[MET270]

Lol no availability, remember? And I loved the Poly when we were there pre-DD. (the first time I'd stayed on property besides Fort Wilderness Campground) I just figure my decision was made for me, so I'm good with it.

That's right, slipped my mind. Lol. Can't believe we're almost down to under 20 days!!! DW still thinks we're staying at POR, she's set on renting a surry bike when we get there to tour the grounds. Can't wait to see her face when she finds out we'll be at CR!

 

[momto3gr8boys]

You should definitely still ask questions on the DL board. I am FAR from an expert. We've only been once. We spent 2 and a half days and felt that that was plenty. However, (and this is a big however) we had a disney tour guide. My daughter had a wish granted by Make A Wish. She wished to meet Corbin Bleu (he was Chad in High School Musical.) We were flown to LA to have lunch with him and his Dad in Burbank. Since we were going to be out there we asked to extend the trip at our expense so we could do DLR. This came up at lunch and when we returned to our hotel we received a call from Corbin's Dad saying Corbin had arranged to have our entry comped along with 2 days of a tour guide. We did not receive any front of the line access but we did have help with touring. I still think the 2.5 days was plenty but we're pretty commando style tourers and that was before Carsland (early May 2009.)

I have not seen DLH but GC is AMAZING! We didn't stay there but we met the tour guide there both days and toured the resort. There's also an entrance straight from GC into DCA which we thought was really cool!

The biggest difference is the proximity. DL and DCA are literally a "courtyard" apart, a paving stone courtyard. And their Downtown Disney is also adjacent to this same courtyard.

I have no idea about your parking question but you definitely don't need a car if you stay at GC. I saw DLH but I don't remember it's proximity to the parks. We paid to park for our half day (before the 2 full days) but we didn't stay onsite. We had a car because we had driven from LA to Anaheim.

Good luck with your planning. We really liked DLR! If they had something comparable to AK we might even prefer it over WDW...

What an amazing story and experience for your DD!!! How is she doing now?

I had seen the shuttle service that goes from LAX to DL, and at first thought we'd just do that. But then I started thinking we should really fly in a day early and explore LA a little bit. But then we'd be stuck without transportation unless we went back to the airport? I looked up a rental car quickly and came up with one for $108 (I'm sure I can do better as that was my only search) and the shuttle will be $72 so it might be worth it if I don't have to pay for parking.

 

[momto3gr8boys]

I've never been away from the east coast. Future trip to DL is going to be a definite with a full fledge CA tour bc I told DH I'm only going once lol. I've heard DL is great and they have Cars Land so that is a plus in DS eyes. This is the most amateur Disney post ever lol.

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I just joined the January DL thread, and I think I win for most amateur Disney post. I was like Hi, I'm going . No clue on anything else - although I guess I do have dates. It is so weird to know nothing!

 

[momto3gr8boys]

DL has a bus service to and from the airport like Magical Express, however it's not included in your package. I would use the bus though as they do charge daily for parking. Then if you want to explore more of SoCal there is car rental pick up locally like at WDW that you could use to rent a car to go to San Diego, etc. or to head north to LA.

Ah, thanks for the parking info. So if I wanted to stay in LA for the night we land and head down the next afternoon, I could rent a car and drop it off in Anaheim?

 

[momto3gr8boys]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and decided to take the plunge and register. I'm not sure how I didn't discover this board until recently.

We're headed to WDW in August and I'm very excited. It will be our longest trip ever. I have a work conference from 8/8 - 8/13 at the Beach Club and then a holiday with the family from 8/14 - 8/22 at All Star Movies. The days seem to be moving so s-l-o-w-l-y, but at the same time I don't want them to move too fast or the trip will have come and gone before I know it!

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!!

Welcome!! What a nice long trip!!! We will miss you are the BC, but will be overlapping the first few days - we arrive on the 18th. Some of us are meeting at Epcot on both the 19th and 20th if you are planning to be there either day!

 

[momto3gr8boys]

I feel your guilt! DH and I are heading back in November for the Wine and Dine Half weekend. Leaving the kiddos behind is going to be really, really hard. We never do anything without them. The last time we went out to eat alone was at Cali Grill on our trip last September!
I agree that it's a great example to set a (healthy) goal and meet it. It's going to be hard to leave them, but I think once we get there, we'll have a blast!

Have a great time at W&D!!! We are planning that for 2014 (I want the C2C medal!). You will have to let me know how it goes! Did you book that trip through runDisney or on your own? And if it was through runDisney, was there a savings?

 

[momto3gr8boys]

Had a wake up call yesterday that makes me realize that the trip is closer than I thought!

Went to the Disney store in the mall to kill time while my cell phone was being worked on and saw they had gotten rid of all of the summer stuff and had back to school items already on the displays!

I was hoping that we could get some of the bathing suits with the swim shirts for the girls but they didn't have any summer stuff at all. There is some on the website but the only swim shirts they have are boy themed and while my girls like Cars and Toy Story and such I don't think they want it on their swim suit. I'd rather them have the swim shirts both for modesty reasons and for sun protection, so I'm hoping we can find something girly.

Think I'm going to have to hit Wal-Mart or Target here soon to grab something on clearance.

On the upside though having the back to school stuff available is great for our plan to have autographed backpacks.

Oh no!! I need to get gifts for my nephews this weekend and I was planning on swim shorts and rash guards. It didn't have to be Disney but I assume if they are out, other stores will have their fall stuff out too.

And IKWYM about the trip coming fast. I can't wait for it to come, but I also don't want summer (or the trip) to be over too fast!

 

[momto3gr8boys]

Just had to share a pic of my adorable niece meeting her very favorite princess this morning. Today is her 5th birthday, and I consider this reservation I was able to book for them at the last minute a small miracle.

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Awww.....so glad you were able to jump in and help out last minute. So are they having a great time?

 

[hannahmachell]

Hey has anyone ever driven to Tampa or St Petersburg from Orlando?

 

[momto3gr8boys]

QOTD
Do you want to go to Disney this badly?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/07/08/restaurant-manager-stole-ids-to-pay-for-disney-trips/

Wow. Not sure I'd call him the world's biggest Disney fan though....

I wonder if he's on the DIS

Seriously though, we were in Disney one time and I had everything charged back to the room and had not used my Visa card since check-in. On the last day when I went to pay the bill, my card was declined. Turned out someone had been charging all over Europe, and the bank had been trying to get in touch with me, but I was not home for two weeks so they cancelled the card. All was fine in the end, but it does make for a hassle.

 

[cinnderly]

Awww.....so glad you were able to jump in and help out last minute. So are they having a great time?

Well, I know that my niece had to get stitches on her forehead the night before this picture, but I'm sure they are having a great time. You should see the faces of my nephews posing with the princesses! Lol

We haven't spoken much yet, but I should hear all about it next week. They are only at Disney for two days I believe, and one day at Seaworld. The rest of the time they are hanging out at the Regal Palms resort in Davenport FL. It looks beautiful!