Me! 30 days! 31 until the first park but 30 until we fly to Orlando and get to bc!!! Garden grocer actually called me this morning just to confirm my order. It's feeling real. And yet I am now feeling there is so much left to do still!I LOVE how the Disney planning goes around here! The only thing better than having something really exciting happen (ADR capture, plans coming together in all manner of ways, etc.), is having a wonderful group of people who GET IT, get as excited as you do when you share it with them. I mean....that's just really cool! I think everyone feeds off each other's excitement and it escalates and before you know it, it feels like a party on here!!
WOOT WOOT for 30 DAYS!!I am in the 30-day boat now, too!.
Who else is on board? I know @Lisa F and @areno79......
That is so hard. I think most families have drama and issues it's just under the surface.
I haven't spoken to my sister in like 5 years. we are the only two siblings, have never been close, and she was awful to me during my divorce. When she first heard about it she called my now ex and said "I don't care what my b**** sister does, you are always part of the family." Which might even be a reasonable response if someone had asked her to take sides... but no one had. She basically took it upon herself to take his sides when no one even made it about that. We had a fight about it and she told me that she could not support something that was a bad decision... she "tells it like it is." Whenever we have argued before I was always the one to go crawling back to her and apologized 100% because of course everything is my fault... for the sake of peace and family unity. Well I did not do that this time and hence we have not spoken. She got custody of my parents in the divorce and I haven't spent a holiday with my family since getting divorced. My parents are EXTREMELY wrapped up in her life (they are over there several times a week, do her laundry, care for her kids etc) and there is just no room for me. I'm not asking them to give up being where they really want to be for holidays and they have never offered. That's why I've been bumming... I figured out my vacation time for the rest of the year and took off the week between xmas and new years also but it just makes me so sad to not even be welcome with my own family.
But honestly I don't miss her. she was a toxic force in my life and I don't miss the drama, the hate, the anger that she spews forth on a constant basis. But it is a little hard feeling so alone in the world. I don't spend holidays alone, I spend them with BF and his family... and I see my family a day or two after or maybe for a couple of hours on xmas day between times they are at my sister's house for xmas eve and xmas day dinner. just doesn't feel right though.
It's tough. It doesn't really bother me except around holidays and the 2x a year my parents come to visit my son here when my mother is on the phone or texting constantly with my sister.
makes the time with your son, your bf and the people in your life who care really precious! I won't even get into mine or DH's family because it is just depressing. 
I didn't really plan it to be the last park on purpose but it just fit better 
I have heard that too. I think hs will be DD's least favorite park so we are doing that first. We have emm at mk on our 2nd park day . Im so excited. When disney first came out with emm I was like ugh who would pay for that? Lol I've done a 180 on that!
Ok, I'm headed to universal first like @JamieOakOf course it's jbjb on my first night at Disney
I totally forgot about driving through the gates. That will probably be a pretty special moment too.
At least you have someone to talk Disney with at home! DH has told me a few times "Just tell me what we are doing the day before we leave." He basically would rather be surprised with the trip!
But it's great you can talk about it and have that ritual. Is this going to be their first trip? and I wish i could be around more often these past few days. I know so many of you feel the same way, but I love this thread so much! It is such a special group of people, and the dynamics are what make everyone keep coming back!! I haven't even been able to read anything in the past 10 pages or so, but like @Talby once said, I even think of you all often in my real life!! I am so excited for those of you leaving in just a few weeks! It'll be awesome to hear from you guys while you're already there and we're still clutching our already packed bags! I'll try to catch up tonight !! Hope you're all well
I finally have a moment to sit down at the computer and type this out. Just too wordy for a phone response.
As simple and mundane as it sounds, checking into the resort! It's really that first Cast Member interaction and many times it's incredibly enjoyable! And I'll really know when we're on vacation when we bite into that first Mickey Waffle!
But I really can't, because it would cost me even more to change my flight and add another hotel night, and it would mean staying at 3 different resorts over the course of 6 nights, lol.
At least you have someone to talk Disney with at home! DH has told me a few times "Just tell me what we are doing the day before we leave." He basically would rather be surprised with the trip!
I have the same problem with my DH. Even DS2 ignores me when I try to talk Disney.
Oh no! I've already found mine but have not had a chance to update the spreadsheet! I'm really not looking for anything anymore... (I think). LOL! Thanks so much for thinking of me Miss ADR fairy godmother!
I'm taking my shortie to Universal anyway. LOL! It's really for us because I could not resist but there's a few things I'm thinking DS2 would love too!
We have a character breakfast for him on our first morning so he could meet the Minions (one of his first 2 syllable words... besides garbage )
Heart-warming to read what everyone shared! 
