Have a great time!!!
Glad your plans haven’t been disrupted too much.......
Have a wonderful time.........
Glad things didn't get too messed up with the weather issues. I'm following along on Instagram!
Sorry for the late comment, but you got to meet the T1000.....!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool!!!!!
I agree about Endgame. I think my expectations might have been too high and therefore I was let down. Glad I'm not the only one. I can't wait to hear about Disney in the west.
Surprise Trip-3 weeks!
HHN/Disney Trip-16 weeks
Ok so I have good news and bad news. Which for some reason whenever I hear that phrase I always think about this moment from the Fairly Oddparents:
I know, I know when you read "surprise trip" you thought good news!
Unlike Cosmo I'm going to get the bad news out of the way first. Today as I was driving to work I pulled into the gas station which had a small pot hole right at the entrance, and I heard a loud noise. The kind where you're like "um what just broke?"
That's what broke. OH OK. Except I wasn't that calm in the moment you see the car wouldn't move and I was both thinking who should I call?, should I call work first?, what if this costs a million dollars? (which is what runs through my head whenever I need car repairs).
The car also WOULD NOT move which freaked me out more. Especially because when I went in the gas station to tell the employee why I couldn't move the car (keep in mind there's 4 entrances and there was still a ton of room to go around me) and she got mad at me for "blocking the entrance".
My dad works with someone who is also a mechanic and my dad's out of work due to an arm injury that he's getting surgery for tomorrow so I called him. Then I called work and told them I wouldn't be in today. He had the mechanic from his work come to look at it. The mechanic said it was a broken axle which when googling it seemed better than what I had assumed. But explained why it couldn't be moved at all. The mechanic also works with a towing company so that's the one we called.
Then the tow truck driver made us wait for 2 HOURS before he came.
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I guess he was almost there, but there was a bank robbery and the police called him to tow what they suspected was the getaway car which to be fair is way more exciting than my situation.
So now I'm waiting to hear exactly what it is, how much it will cost, and how long I won't have a car for (I'm hoping to get it back by early next week). The mechanic didn't really look at it again yet, but from a quick look by the tow truck guy he actually thought it was the arm the axle is on and not the axle itself that broke (which would be nice because it's an even cheaper part). It rusted out, so my guess is it wasn't the tiny pothole since I go through potholes everyday, but the winter weather/road salt.
Real time update: I just talked to Josh (who also works with this mechanic), and he said he did look at it again and they were looking at all the parts (it was both the arm and the axle that broke) and the parts aren't too expensive for my car. He thinks overall it'll be about $500-600 with labor which isn't ideal, but isn't bad considering what I looked up.
And in a way it seems I was lucky with the location it happened in, because if it rusted over the winter I'm guessing it was only a matter of time, and if I had been driving when it happened it would've caused an accident.
Also isn't it just the way it is? Every time you get everything all settled up financially/pay for something. Suddenly something happens and you're like yupp of course now that I just paid for something, this happens.
Onto the good news...
I'm going back to WDW in 3 weeks!
So if any of you are following @xlsm's PTR she had some troubles with a trip coming up, and they and they had to change some things. You can read about it here. So she is now going on a solo trip. Her solo trip is actually around when we had talked about going back when we were thinking of June instead of September so I thought I could get an extra day off for a 3 day weekend at least (I get a comp day for Memorial Day around this time). Well this week I got approved to take my comp day on that Thurs (then I have Fri & Sat off) so I'll be joining her June 13th-15th!
I'm so excited for a million different reasons:
1. I can't wait to hang out with Samantha, and I didn't think I'd get to till September, but now I get to see her twice this year!
2. I've never been to Disney during the summer or this close to my actual birthday (it's the following weekend).
3. This will be the first time I get to try an after hours event! (We booked two)
4. We get to see HS one last time before Star Wars opens, so maybe we won't need to stop there in Sep after it does.
5. And we have so much good food planned!
I know that was only five and not a million but you get the idea
So first thing I did was book the flight because I had points. The only non stop flight going to Orlando that morning was more in the afternoonish which was annoying (they seem to change depending on the time of year), but it shouldn't be too bad. On the way home I was able to book a nighttime flight.
Then we had another productive Facetime session. Well in the beginning we veered off the rails a little But we got there eventually. I bought my 2 day (1 park per day) ticket, she transferred the HS after hours ticket to me, I bought us ones for the MK after hours, then we talked dining and FP's so we could figure out our park days and came up with this:
Thurs-Arrive around 4-5 pm, Dluxe Burger (MK Villains After Hours)
Fri-Wine Bar George, Il Mulino (MK, HS after hours)
Sat-Cape May Cafe, Epcot lounge or QS (Epcot, ME will probably be around 6 pm for me).
For September there hasn't really been any changes or news. We did take Wine Bar George off a lunch and switch it to a brunch awhile ago, and never replaced it with anything. But we've booked Le Cellier to take it's place.
I also found out EVERCLEAR IS PLAYING ON OUR F&W DAYS!
This was the band I had hoped would be on our days. Maybe it's because I'm a 90's kid, but I've always liked Everclear. I feel like they had very few hits, but I actually have all their music, and I've always really liked them. Also Josh and I don't have a lot of music tastes in common, but he actually likes them too. So we booked the La Hacienda package for Everclear for the 3 of us since we were planning to eat there anyway.
Now Sep looks like this:
Fri-Toothsome, Jake's (HHN)
Sat-Wine Bar George brunch (or Islands), Vivo (Universal/HHN)
Sun-Se7en Bites Brunch, Cowfish (Universal/HHN)
Mon-Crystal Palace, Le Cellier (MK/Epcot)
Tues-F&W, Toledo (Epcot/MNSSHP)
Wed-Brown Derby or F&W, Shulas (HS/Epcot or Epcot/HHN)-Josh arrives this day
Thurs-Boma, La Hacienda (AK, Epcot for Everclear concert/HHN)
Fri-Bigfire, Bice (Universal/HHN)
Sat-Red Oven Pizza, Mythos (Universal)
And finally:
My sister also had her Sweet 16 recently:
(Sadly, I was away for this, but she had a 50's themed party).
And my brother had his prom last weekend:
she got mad at me for "blocking the entrance".
but there was a bank robbery and the police called him to tow what they suspected was the getaway car which to be fair is way more exciting than my situation.
Well in the beginning we veered off the rails a little
I guess he was almost there, but there was a bank robbery and the police called him to tow what they suspected was the getaway car which to be fair is way more exciting than my situation.
Man, you can't make this kind of stuff up! Can you? Sorry about the car.I guess he was almost there, but there was a bank robbery and the police called him to tow what they suspected was the getaway car which to be fair is way more exciting than my situation.
YEAH! That will be so fun!So if any of you are following @xlsm's PTR she had some troubles with a trip coming up, and they had to change some things. You can read about it here. So she is now going on a solo trip. Her solo trip is actually around when we had talked about going back when we were thinking of June instead of September so I thought I could get an extra day off for a 3 day weekend at least (I get a comp day for Memorial Day around this time). Well this week I got approved to take my comp day on that Thurs (then I have Fri & Sat off) so I'll be joining her June 13th-15th!
Man, you can't make this kind of stuff up! Can you? Sorry about the car.
YEAH! That will be so fun!
Surprise Trip-3 weeks!
Oh no...The kind where you're like "um what just broke?"
I really have very little tolerance for people without compassion. Grrr.Especially because when I went in the gas station to tell the employee why I couldn't move the car (keep in mind there's 4 entrances and there was still a ton of room to go around me) she got mad at me for "blocking the entrance".
Then the tow truck driver made us wait for 2 HOURS before he came.
OMGI guess he was almost there, but there was a bank robbery and the police called him to tow what they suspected was the getaway car which to be fair is way more exciting than my situation.
Ugh. Gotta love winters in New York. I had a rust/weather/road salt-caused issue twice this winter myselfIt rusted out, so my guess is it wasn't the tiny pothole since I go through potholes everyday, but the winter weather/road salt.
I'm so glad to hear this. It sounds like it could have been way worse, and thankfully it wasn't.And in a way it seems I was lucky with the location it happened in
I'm going back to WDW in 3 weeks!
So exciting! It's practically tomorrowso I'll be joining her June 13th-15th!
Oooh! I'm anxious to hear about this. I've been debating whether to do one myself.3. This will be the first time I get to try an after hours event! (We booked two)
Glad to hear this too. My August trip is right before SWL opens and I'm so happy it happened to work out that way. I'm a huge SW fan, but I'm kinda terrified of everything it'll bring. I HATE CROWDS. I keep reading that September still looks pretty good crowd-wise despite SWL opening. After all, schools are still all in session at that point so people can't be pulling kids out immediately once the year starts!4. We get to see HS one last time before Star Wars opens
Awesome! I went here a couple years ago and loved it. And it's such a cool atmosphere too.But we've booked Le Cellier to take it's place.
I know. Very scary.Yeah, I just imagine if that had happened while I was actually driving any faster than like 2mph and was in the middle of traffic, I imagine it would not have been good for my car or me to stop that suddenly.
Well, I'm enjoying all of them - and happy to add another to the list soonI'll tell you all about it! I plan to do a TR for that trip after I finish the one I'm currently working on. I've never had to work on so many at once
I think you'll be completely fine. I've been obsessively reading about crowd expectations in the coming months and September seems to be the best choice still So glad you'll be doing the after hours!We were pretty sure Sep would still be fine. We'll mostly be at HHN with only a few days at Disney, and now that we're doing the after hours I think we might skip HS entirely unless we eat there so maybe that will keep us safe from crowds.