1st trip as Mr. and Mrs. (lots of pics!) Updated 9/29: TR Link Posted!!

[khertz]

Your hair is soooo cute!! Mine is just so thick that it seems no matter what I try to do with it, it doesn't want to cooperate. Too funny about your DH and the ponytail. But what is so gross about it just because it isn't on your head?? Doesn't he realize it's the same exact hair?!?! Boys...

And I love the work on the binder! Mine is coming along, but still won't be anywhere near as adorable and colorful as yours! I exhausted all of our printer's ink printing clip art, so I'm waiting for our refillable cartridge set to come in the mail, and then IT'S ON! I will be a printing fool!

 

[Dancegrl624]

Your hair is super cute! I also love the Disney binder update. You are so organized!

 

[stacikristine]

I love your hair! It looks really cute. You look a little like my friend Amie.

Good work with the binder!

Thanks! I'm glad I finally cut it I have a few more page ideas...I'll have to get to work on them!

Your hair is soooo cute!! Mine is just so thick that it seems no matter what I try to do with it, it doesn't want to cooperate. Too funny about your DH and the ponytail. But what is so gross about it just because it isn't on your head?? Doesn't he realize it's the same exact hair?!?! Boys...

And I love the work on the binder! Mine is coming along, but still won't be anywhere near as adorable and colorful as yours! I exhausted all of our printer's ink printing clip art, so I'm waiting for our refillable cartridge set to come in the mail, and then IT'S ON! I will be a printing fool!

Thanks! I have no clue why he thinks it's gross He's just weird like that. He kept trying to make me put it away Thanks--it's been a lot of fun making it! I have way too much time on my hands I'm excited to see yours!!! Good luck with the cartridges coming in!

Your hair is super cute! I also love the Disney binder update. You are so organized!

Thanks! I love organizing. I'd do it for a living if I could

 

[Roxychica7]

Oh my gosh, I LOVE the hair!! It makes you look more grown up and believe me, I know how much easier it is being shorter!
I've been debating with mine for a while, it grows so quickly, and is so hot in the summer, especially taking SO long to blowdry it! But it seems like every time I get it cut short, people say I look even younger than I look with long hair. Usually I get 17-18 years of age (at 25) I can't win

Love the binder by the way, no wonder you're a graphic artist!

 

[amandaluvsgoofy]

Staci your hair is sooooo cute!! And that is so great you were able to donate for a good cause!
And I love the binder updates! Makes me wish I had some of your mad skills!!

 

[ibedancin824]

AWW your hair looks so cute.... I think mine was that short when I got it cut but that was two months ago and its grown i think i gotta go have it cut already

 

[tinkgurl]

Your hair looks great!

 

[stacikristine]

Oh my gosh, I LOVE the hair!! It makes you look more grown up and believe me, I know how much easier it is being shorter!
I've been debating with mine for a while, it grows so quickly, and is so hot in the summer, especially taking SO long to blowdry it! But it seems like every time I get it cut short, people say I look even younger than I look with long hair. Usually I get 17-18 years of age (at 25) I can't win

Love the binder by the way, no wonder you're a graphic artist!

Haha--People think I'm one of our youth ALL the time! I know what you mean! I'm glad you think I look older...when Michael first saw it, he said, "Aw...you look so little!" He thought it was a compliment! Thanks! I've had a lot of fun making the binder! PS all of my images are from the Disney website or from Google images... FYI

Staci your hair is sooooo cute!! And that is so great you were able to donate for a good cause!
And I love the binder updates! Makes me wish I had some of your mad skills!!

Thanks! It's a big change from what I had, but I really like how easy it is! Thanks--I love organizing and I love designing...so it's been a ton of fun! PS you can get all the images from the Disney website or Google images

AWW your hair looks so cute.... I think mine was that short when I got it cut but that was two months ago and its grown i think i gotta go have it cut already

Thanks! I know...that's the only thing about short hair--you have to get it cut all the time!

Your hair looks great!

Thanks so much!

 

[pinkpixie0920]

Your hair looks so cute! Your binder is turning out great. Good luck tomorrow with your ADR's, you will get everything you want. Sending you some pixie dust...

 

[stacikristine]

AAAHHHH!! I make ADRs tomorrow--wish me luck!

 

[Dancegrl624]

I hope you get all the ADR's that you want!

 

[jenny105]

Good luck Staci! I had a little trouble with ours. Mainly Le Cellier.

 

[stacikristine]

Your hair looks so cute! Your binder is turning out great. Good luck tomorrow with your ADR's, you will get everything you want. Sending you some pixie dust...

Thanks! I saw you got some great ones!! Ours were pretty good...I'll post in a second.

I hope you get all the ADR's that you want!

Thanks!!

Good luck Staci! I had a little trouble with ours. Mainly Le Cellier.

Thanks! We did too. I'll post about it all!

 

[stacikristine]

Well, today was the day. The day of the ADRs.

I set my alarm for 5:39 (I don't do 5s or 10s) so I could get everything ready before I called at 6:00. (We're Central Time...so it's 6 here when it's 7 there...) I got my binder pages out that had the dining info and the times I'd wanted, a spiral notepad just in case, my credit card (even though we didn't end up needing it), and the Unofficial Guide (in case I was put on hold). Oh--and Michael was so wonderful and woke up with me! I told him he could sleep, but he said he wanted to wait with me

I called Disney Dining at 5:58 to put the number into my recent calls log, so that at 5:59 1/2 I could just press call twice. I got through right at 6:00 (7:00 there...) and was told I had about an 11 minute wait. Michael ended up going outside and watering my flowers (what an amazing hubby! while I waited.) At 6:14 a CM named Melina answered the phone. She was very, very helpful! I love that she was so cheery so early in the morning

I already pretty much knew that I wouldn't get a ressie at Le Cellier, so I had a backup. It was the first I asked for...and there were absolutely no openings either of the days we could go. So I went on and got a Coral Reef ressie instead. Next up was Mama Melrose. They only had a super early ressie, so I skipped it and went on. 'Ohana was only available at 9:45 or something ridiculously late like that (we're used to eating at 5:00 or 5:30) so I skipped that as well. We got Teppan Edo, Boma, and Boma bfast within 15 minutes of the times we wanted. Then I went back and went ahead and took the MM ressie, and changed our 'Ohana request to Kona Cafe instead. We also added a ressie for Sci Fi instead we want that in place of MM.

Melinda was SUPER helpful, and she tried to help me find places/times that would work out. I asked her a few questions about adding/canceling ressies on the online system, and then wished her a good day. I stayed on the phone to give her a good rating on the survey.

Overall, I was pretty happy. I mean, there are so many wonderful restaurants at WDW that I knew we'd be happy with whatever we got! I'm so glad our Teppan Edo ressie worked out. The first thing Michael said when I got off the phone was "Do we still get to go to that place where they cook it in front of you?" So he's excited about it!

Here's what we wanted originally:

9/21 Le Cellier 5:30
9/22 Mama Melrose 5:30
9/23 'Ohana 5:30
9/24 Teppan Edo 5:30
9/25 Boma 5:30
9/26 Boma bfast 8:30

And here's what we got:

9/21 Coral Reef 4:00
9/22 Mama Melrose 3:55
9/22 Sci Fi Drive In 5:35
9/23 Kona Cafe 5:00
9/24 Teppan Edo 5:40
9/25 Boma 5:45
9/26 Boma bfast 8:15


I know a couple of the dinners are really early, but we talked about just splitting a CS for lunch around 11, and then we'd be hungry for dinner. And we can split another CS or just get a snack that night. We'd much rather eat super early than super late.

We went back to sleep for a few hours (I'd asked my boss if I could come in at noon). We got up and while I made muffins, Michael actually asked what the website was so he could look at the restaurants we'd be eating at. It was so cute (he would die if he knew I said that, but it was! ). He went through and looked at all of the restaurants and he got excited about all of the places! And then he started looking at all of the attractions. We ate our muffins in front of the computer, and he'd watch the different videos and look at all the pictures. I started doing some laundry, and he'd lean his head around the corner and say something like "I know you might not want to, but I'd kinda like to do the One Man's Dream thing..." Are you kidding me?! Of course I want to!!! I love that he's getting into this now. He said it feels a lot more real since we're only 90 days away!

Tonight, we're making homemade pizzas, watching Toy Story, and looking over menus to try to decide what we might want at each place! I'm so excited! A Disney Date

 

[pinkpixie0920]

I am so sorry you had so much trouble getting reservations at some of the places. I would keep calling back though if you want Le Cellier and Ohana you might get something. Your choices that you made look great though! I love your disney date. I know you talked about them before, is this your first one?

 

[jenny105]

I couldn't get Ohana for anything earlier than 9:30! WTH? I reserved it but I'm not sure if I want to keep it. I was thinking about making a dinner reservation that night for WCC or Kona instead.

And what is UP with Le Cellier? I couldn't get ANYTHING!!!

Have fun on your Disney Date! That's so cute.

 

[Roxychica7]

MAN! I've heard of several people now where Le Cellier was completely booked! BUT, your choices still sound fabulous! I definitely want to eat at Coral Reef and I've heard that Kona Cafe is really good too and you will love Sci-Fi. There's always next time to pick your other restaurants!

Your DH sounds just like my Dbf, he always refers to Disney things as "that place" too, but he's getting much better, I'm sure yours will learn and get better too, hehe!

 

[Bridora]

Love your hair!

It's too bad you didn't get in at 'Ohana...I love it there!

That's cute that your DH is getting excited--mine will do the same--he even joined the DIS!

 

[stacikristine]

I am so sorry you had so much trouble getting reservations at some of the places. I would keep calling back though if you want Le Cellier and Ohana you might get something. Your choices that you made look great though! I love your disney date. I know you talked about them before, is this your first one?

It's ok. We're pretty happy with the ones we got. I think I'll stick with Coral Reef b/c Michael is more excited about it than he was Le Cellier. But I will keep calling back about 'Ohana. We really wanted to try there! This is our first Disney Date! I think we might try to watch The Three Cabelleros (he's Mexican, and I'm Brazilian...and he's never seen it!) next week.

I couldn't get Ohana for anything earlier than 9:30! WTH? I reserved it but I'm not sure if I want to keep it. I was thinking about making a dinner reservation that night for WCC or Kona instead.

And what is UP with Le Cellier? I couldn't get ANYTHING!!!

Have fun on your Disney Date! That's so cute.

I KNOW!!! Isn't that just CRAZY?!?!?! Le Cellier is completely booked on the 21st and 24th as well. Oh well. I'm almost glad we can't get something there if it's going to be that booked. And we could only get a super super late 'Ohana ressie too. So we turned it down. I hear the bread at Kona is fabulous. So that is a plus! Thanks--we're both excited about it!!! I'll take pics

MAN! I've heard of several people now where Le Cellier was completely booked! BUT, your choices still sound fabulous! I definitely want to eat at Coral Reef and I've heard that Kona Cafe is really good too and you will love Sci-Fi. There's always next time to pick your other restaurants!

Your DH sounds just like my Dbf, he always refers to Disney things as "that place" too, but he's getting much better, I'm sure yours will learn and get better too, hehe!

I couldn't believe it! NO AVAILABILITY?! Oh well. Thanks! We can't decide between Sci-Fi and MM. What do you think? And Michael loved the pictures of Coral Reef--so I'm excited about that now. Aren't they just so silly? Michael is excited, but he likes acting like he thinks I'm crazy. It was so cute to watch him get into it this morning though! And I forgot to say this, but he played the Toy Story Mania online game for almost 30 minutes!!

 

[stacikristine]

Love your hair!

It's too bad you didn't get in at 'Ohana...I love it there!

That's cute that your DH is getting excited--mine will do the same--he even joined the DIS!

Thanks! It's already getting a lot longer. I'm going to keep trying to get in at 'Ohana...maybe something will come open. Wow!! I don't think Michael will ever join the DIS...but I'm glad he's getting excited too!