A Halloween Adventure in Autism (11/12) New Thread Begun on TR Board!
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KathyRN137
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I plan to reply to all soon, but in the meantime, I am so excited!!!! 
Here are some photos of AKV....(well, of the AKL, anyway!)
http://www.wdwinfo.com/Photos/AnimalKingdomLodge1/index.htm
Kathy
Here are some photos of AKV....(well, of the AKL, anyway!)
http://www.wdwinfo.com/Photos/AnimalKingdomLodge1/index.htm
Kathy
december14disney
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My "home"!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO 
Tnkrbelle565
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Woo Hoo!!! Very exciting! You are going to LOVE AKL!!! Make sure to schedule down time just to hang out at the resort. There are a lot of fun activities going on. Oh and plan to listen to the storyteller at least one night. He is quite good!
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Animal Kingdom Villas!!I think you will really love the AKL!
KathyRN137
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Well, I returned home from a meeting this afternoon (Billy's IEP) and not only did that go extremely well, but there was another bit of Good Disney Trip Planning Karma waiting for me in my mailbox....
It was the Planning DVD I requested last week!
(I like to get one every other year or so just to stay current.) Plus, how else can I add to Billy's ever-growing DVD collection for FREE??
moparop: Thanks, but cross your toes too, please!
kaysmommie: Hmm, a late character breakfast on party day sounds good!
Hedy: I am so thrilled with that 2nd bath, I can't even begin to tell you!
irish dancer: Tricia and Billy had to share a bedroom all summer while the house was being renovated. She says she'd take sharing with Billy and Catie over sharing with Aunt Rae any time!
DisMomAmy: Thanks! Lots of owners are renting points, it seems. You may be in luck next year!
maroo: Thanks! And congrats on Pop for Free Dining!
december14disney: Welcome to my report! (You from Jersey, too?? What exit??)
Tinkerbelle565: Yes!!
If just to make Ed happy, I will be scheduling lots of resort time at AKV!!
Dreamer & Wisher: Thanks! I'm not even there yet, and I love it already!!
Kathy
It was the Planning DVD I requested last week!
(I like to get one every other year or so just to stay current.) Plus, how else can I add to Billy's ever-growing DVD collection for FREE??
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moparop: Thanks, but cross your toes too, please!
kaysmommie: Hmm, a late character breakfast on party day sounds good!
Hedy: I am so thrilled with that 2nd bath, I can't even begin to tell you!
irish dancer: Tricia and Billy had to share a bedroom all summer while the house was being renovated. She says she'd take sharing with Billy and Catie over sharing with Aunt Rae any time!
DisMomAmy: Thanks! Lots of owners are renting points, it seems. You may be in luck next year!
maroo: Thanks!
And congrats on Pop for Free Dining!december14disney: Welcome to my report! (You from Jersey, too?? What exit??)
Tinkerbelle565: Yes!!
If just to make Ed happy, I will be scheduling lots of resort time at AKV!!Dreamer & Wisher: Thanks! I'm not even there yet, and I love it already!!
Kathy
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Woo-hoo! I'm so excited for you, Kathy! Two bathrooms is definitely worth celebrating..
Sara
Oh, you got that right!
Tricia says she doesn't mind sharing a bedroom with her brother, but she is thrilled that she and her cousin will have their own "girls only" bathroom!!
I'm so happy that I don't have to get up super-early to beat everyone to the shower in the morning!!
Kathy
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Are your fingers and toes crossed for me?? I have to call Member Services soon....
Kathy
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they are!! I was doing one last check in to see if you had called yet! I can't wait to see the 5 person 1 bedroom accommodations at AKL!
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A Few Butterflies...
Well its a little after eight... the kids are off to school and I'm just sitting here DIS-ing while waiting for DVC Member Services to open at nine.
I was scheduled to work the entire day today, but last week I arranged to come in an hour later so that I could make our ressie call. Yesterday the doctor called and said the schedule was so light, I could just take the whole morning off because he only needs one nurse.
In a way, I'm glad! If I am able to make our ressie change without a problem, I will be super-high
and if I run into a problem, I will be crushed. 
Either way, it will be good to have the rest of the morning to "recover!"
So, yesterday I could hardly wait for Tricia to come home from school so I could tell her about us staying at Animal Kingdom Villas! What a disappointment! Other than being relieved that she and Catie would not have to share a bathroom with the rest of the family, she seemed very nonplussed about the whole thing.
"Aren't you excited?" I asked her. "Do you want to see some pictures of the resort?"
I thought that she would be amazed.
Who am I kidding? She's thirteen!!
"Mom, the only one who's excited this early is you," she said as she rummaged through the kitchen cabinets for a snack. "I'll get excited in September!" And with that, she went off to her room, rolling her eyes and snickering at her Disney-crazed mom.
Ah well.
I called my DSis (Catie's mom) and she was properly enthused, which smoothed my feathers a bit. She is trying to persuade DBIL to come down to WDW for the tail end of our vacation so they can at least do a long weekend.
I think Eileen is just dying to go to Disney again and I feel bad that we can't invite her for the week, too.
1) We don't have enough points for a larger vacation home, and
2) She and Ed get along like oil and water, so he would kill me!!
I really hope that they can swing it.... but DBIL wants to go to a work-related convention and expo in Vegas at around that same time, so they might not be able to do both. Sigh.
Oh well.
We laughed together about how the girls are so totally focused on their costumes and the MNSSHP and not necessarily the fact that they will be at WDW for an entire week!
I suppose Tricia is right; they need more time for it to sink in.
She was psyched that we got the AKV... Catie has stayed at ASMu and CBR on their past two family trips, so she will be jumping right over the Deluxe category to a Home-Away-From-Home Resort. I hope I won't be spoiling her!
Uggh. Come on, clock, don't move so slowly!! I want to get this ressie all squared away so I can relax. I will not feel completely comfortable until I get this done!!
If you happen to be reading in the next half-hour.....send pixiedust, please!!
Kathy
Well its a little after eight... the kids are off to school and I'm just sitting here DIS-ing while waiting for DVC Member Services to open at nine.
I was scheduled to work the entire day today, but last week I arranged to come in an hour later so that I could make our ressie call. Yesterday the doctor called and said the schedule was so light, I could just take the whole morning off because he only needs one nurse.
In a way, I'm glad! If I am able to make our ressie change without a problem, I will be super-high
and if I run into a problem, I will be crushed. Either way, it will be good to have the rest of the morning to "recover!"So, yesterday I could hardly wait for Tricia to come home from school so I could tell her about us staying at Animal Kingdom Villas! What a disappointment! Other than being relieved that she and Catie would not have to share a bathroom with the rest of the family, she seemed very nonplussed about the whole thing.
"Aren't you excited?" I asked her. "Do you want to see some pictures of the resort?"
I thought that she would be amazed.
Who am I kidding? She's thirteen!!
"Mom, the only one who's excited this early is you," she said as she rummaged through the kitchen cabinets for a snack. "I'll get excited in September!" And with that, she went off to her room, rolling her eyes and snickering at her Disney-crazed mom.
Ah well.
I called my DSis (Catie's mom) and she was properly enthused, which smoothed my feathers a bit. She is trying to persuade DBIL to come down to WDW for the tail end of our vacation so they can at least do a long weekend.
I think Eileen is just dying to go to Disney again and I feel bad that we can't invite her for the week, too.
1) We don't have enough points for a larger vacation home, and
2) She and Ed get along like oil and water, so he would kill me!!
I really hope that they can swing it.... but DBIL wants to go to a work-related convention and expo in Vegas at around that same time, so they might not be able to do both. Sigh.
Oh well.
We laughed together about how the girls are so totally focused on their costumes and the MNSSHP and not necessarily the fact that they will be at WDW for an entire week!
I suppose Tricia is right; they need more time for it to sink in.She was psyched that we got the AKV... Catie has stayed at ASMu and CBR on their past two family trips, so she will be jumping right over the Deluxe category to a Home-Away-From-Home Resort. I hope I won't be spoiling her!
Uggh. Come on, clock, don't move so slowly!! I want to get this ressie all squared away so I can relax. I will not feel completely comfortable until I get this done!!
If you happen to be reading in the next half-hour.....send pixiedust, please!!
Kathy
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IluvXU and moparop: Thanks!! I will be posting my results ASAP!!!
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Woo-Hoo!! We Got It!! Oh, I am so relieved!!!
I'm not sure if I even needed to be so worried, but I was! Kidani Village is HUGE, and phase 2 will be completed by September.... but I was so afraid that Jersey Week DVCers like me would snap up all the popular one-bedrooms!!
Whew!!
So, to re-cap:
Dates: Sat 10/31/09 - Sat 11/7/09
Resort: AKV ~ Kidani Village ~ Savanna View
MNSSHP: Sun 11/1/09 (Tickets to be purchased 5/1)
for all the pixiedust!!!Kathy
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Congrats Great job!!!
Great job!!!
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Congratulations!!! That is wonderful, now no drama about the resort and them messing up dining credits like last year!!!!
I did some googling. Here is the link to your Half and Half Report :
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