8 days to go- Can not believe its almost time

[nickieblu]

Hello, everyone.

Its 4:00 am and I can not sleep. I can not believe that 18 months of planning and its almost time for us to leave. As therapy for myself, I thought I would write a few installments of my planning for the last 18 months which has led me to sitting at my laptop at 4:00 in the morning , 8 days before leaving.

Let me introduce the cast of Characters before we go any further.

DS 11 Alex- he has ADHD- When on his medication- Alex doesn't each much and noise bothers him. Alex is a farmer and would much rather stay with Grandpa and his sheep than go to WDW.

DS 9 Nick- My clone, He shares my obsession with Disney. He is small for his age and just reached 48 inches which will allow him to ride some of the rides that he has missed the last two trips.

DD 3 Kathryn- All girl- she and I watch every Disney movie ever made and talk about the trip non stop. Poor thing.....


DS 19 Ryan- College Man.. Will not be making the trip with us, I can't understand why he wouldn't want to go with us??? lol.. GO SPARTANS !!! MSU!!!


DH 41 Andy- Along for the Ride nuff said....


and finally me . 40 on Friday- In love with everything Disney since I could crawl.



It is 4:30 in the morning so I need to get back to bed. I know there is something seriously wrong with me.

I will write more tomorrow (Or later today).

 

[newholidayx2]

have fun and see you there!

I leave Sat of NEXT week! will be at the world 14days/13ngihts celebrating my 50th birthday. Most of the time will be spent listening/dancing to Off Kilter!

 

[desiab]

Hello, everyone.

Its 4:00 am and I can not sleep. I can not believe that 18 months of planning and its almost time for us to leave. As therapy for myself, I thought I would write a few installments of my planning for the last 18 months which has led me to sitting at my laptop at 4:00 in the morning , 8 days before leaving.

Let me introduce the cast of Characters before we go any further.

DS 11 Alex- he has ADHD- When on his medication- Alex doesn't each much and noise bothers him. Alex is a farmer and would much rather stay with Grandpa and his sheep than go to WDW.

DS 9 Nick- My clone, He shares my obsession with Disney. He is small for his age and just reached 48 inches which will allow him to ride some of the rides that he has missed the last two trips.

DD 3 Kathryn- All girl- she and I watch every Disney movie ever made and talk about the trip non stop. Poor thing.....

DS 19 Ryan- College Man.. Will not be making the trip with us, I can't understand why he wouldn't want to go with us??? lol.. GO SPARTANS !!! MSU!!!

DH 41 Andy- Along for the Ride nuff said....

and finally me . 40 on Friday- In love with everything Disney since I could crawl.

It is 4:30 in the morning so I need to get back to bed. I know there is something seriously wrong with me.

I will write more tomorrow (Or later today).

If you are having this much problems sleeping 8 days out someone is going to have to mix Benadryl in your coffee the night before.

Can't wait to hear more about your plans.

 

[Avivasmom]

Disney on the mind makes it hard to sleep...hope you get the rest before you get there...

You will have so much fun.

 

[nickieblu]

Well I finally got some sleep. DD and I are watching MM clubhouse on the Disney channel.

As I was saying- started planning my trip last year. I wanted to stay at WL and waited until they opened up November 2007 to book my room. At the time I thought about booking for 4 instead of 5 thinking that my daughter could be pass for 2 and under. My honest DH said to book for 5 because we did not want to cause any problems.

Well the price difference between 4 and 5 people is outrageous. WL would only give me a suite. Too high for our budget. I then researched and decided the POFQ was the way to go (Trundle Bed). Booked it in January- and paid my $200 deposit.

Little did I realize then, my plans would change as many times as I change my under ware.

 

[adelphisand]

8 days?? oh my! I can barely contain it as is...and it's only 50 days away for me.... Hope all goes well..

The ADHD meds - I can totally relate to this! DH (30) has ADHD and is horrible with the meds, but even worse without...I wish you luck in this. Have you considered getting the soft ear plugs for him? Especially during loud rides or fireworks? DH gets a wicked headache, so the ear plugs are always on the top of the list.

 

[nickieblu]

Thanks for the advice (ear plugs) yes it is on my list.

I have changed my reservation several times in the last 10 months. We are staying now at the CR. We are on the DDP and I made the mistake of not calling 120 days before our arrival. For some reason I can not count correctly and thought I still had plenty of time. I was wrong. However thanks to the Food threads here, I was able to come up with the following.

Saturday- Coral Reef
Sunday Whispering Canyon for lunch, Chef Mickey for dinner
Monday- counter services planned
Tuesday- Chef de Franc
Wednesday- Le Cellier- Lunch Boma's for dinner.

I know this is one more dinner then what our DDP is for, but I have Disney rewards that we plan on using. I really could not past up any of these restaurants and want to experience all of them.

I created a spreadsheet on excel to track the parks, vs fire works, parades, and eating. I tried to tell my family what the plans are but they don't seem to care. Oh well- Staying at the CR will help as we will be able to go back to our room for breaks. Since this is our third trip, in 5 years, we have done the rides and I am looking for new Disney experiences. I have read a lot about little known Disney experiences and want to enjoy them all. (Haircut on main street Barber) It has been fun researching these. The little things that don't cost anything threads are always of interest to me.

I can not go into a book store without purchasing a travel book on Disney. I don't think there is one in print I do not have. My local Library is tired of me checking out WDW 1999 (yes that is the most recent one they have) that I have noticed I have been the only checking it out over the last year. Of course nothing in it is relevant but I keep thinking I have missed something..

I started to pack for the kids today ( is it too early??) my suitcase has been packed for two weeks. I must get this from my mother, She is going on a cruise in December and she has been packed since Aug My husband will not let me touch his things until the morning we leave.

Well thanks all who are reading. Be back tomorrow