A Halloween Adventure in Autism (11/12) New Thread Begun on TR Board!

[Dreamer & Wisher]

That itinerary looks vaguely familiar. . . Where have I seen those dates and parks before

 

[KathyRN137]

That itinerary looks vaguely familiar. . . Where have I seen those dates and parks before

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!


Kathy

 

[cjackearl]

Great looking itinerary! Aw, I'm going through major Disney withdraw. I wonder if I could find someone who would be willing to let me make their itinerary for them.

 

[brookelizabeth]

Your plans look really great! I love how your trip starts out with a big thrill of MNSSHP-what a way to dive in!

And your plans got me thinkin' about park hopping. I kinda like the thrill of going to two parks in one day like you have here...I've never really done hopping, but maybe I'm going to have to re-think our plans considering we have APs....hmmmm!

We were able to snag a Mod at 42% off with our AP. But, I don't believe that 42% was for Values and Deluxes.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

The itinerary is looking good.

I hope there's room for me in your room!

 

[joy13]

Itinerary looks great! That daylight savings is working in my favor too!

 

[IluvXU]

So nice to have park hours, ADRs and some TGM right? So excited for you all... I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on AKV!

 

[KathyRN137]

Great looking itinerary! Aw, I'm going through major Disney withdraw. I wonder if I could find someone who would be willing to let me make their itinerary for them.

That's too much like window shopping!

Your plans look really great! I love how your trip starts out with a big thrill of MNSSHP-what a way to dive in!

And your plans got me thinkin' about park hopping. I kinda like the thrill of going to two parks in one day like you have here...I've never really done hopping, but maybe I'm going to have to re-think our plans considering we have APs....hmmmm!

We were able to snag a Mod at 42% off with our AP. But, I don't believe that 42% was for Values and Deluxes.

Great score on the resort discount!

When the kids were small, we used to go to a park with early EMHs in the morning, go back to the resort to nap after lunch, then head out to a different park in the evening (because the morning EMH park would be crowded by 10am!) That strategy worked well with little ones!

The itinerary is looking good.

I hope there's room for me in your room!

We could line the whirlpool tub with pillows!

Itinerary looks great! That daylight savings is working in my favor too!

I read about your early flight... so sorry we'll be missing each other!

So nice to have park hours, ADRs and some TGM right? So excited for you all... I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on AKV!

Thanks... it's fun to finally be able to work on an itinerary after so many weeks of nothing to do, planning-wise!!


Kathy

 

[All7OfUs]

This looks like it's going to be a great trip!! Seriously, I myself, probably wouldn't have done it any other way! I cannot WAIT for your review on the Biergarten and to see your pix from Kidani!! I am so excited for you!

I"m sure you'll be fine tuning some this month, but generally it looks wonderful!

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Hey Kathy,

Since your trip report was done... I've come over and I've read about 20 pages so I am obviously needing to catch up....
You are a Dis godess......I might need the Cliff notes version of your pretrippie...

Your 80's photos totally cracked me up-I'm a little younger than you-(I had my special birthday with the 4 in it last year...and I'm sorry to say that I have photos of myself with those hairdos-and since I have very thick, curly hair I was able to rock that style...now the blowouts of the 90s with all that straight blown out hair killed me...

I am so excited to keep reading your report-you are a wealth of info-and since I'm hoping to take a trip at almost exactly the same time next year...I'll be taking notes...

Kidani-huh-that's fabulous!-I'm going over there during our vaca since we'll be at Jambo house to get all kinds of photos...there may be a DVC in our future too- just not sure which one...

 

[KatGarcia]

COMPLETELY forgot about daylight savings...i must add that to my itinerary. And you must add Sunday morning, the early morning breakfast drink and chat with me!

 

[KathyRN137]

This looks like it's going to be a great trip!! Seriously, I myself, probably wouldn't have done it any other way! I cannot WAIT for your review on the Biergarten and to see your pix from Kidani!! I am so excited for you!

I"m sure you'll be fine tuning some this month, but generally it looks wonderful!

Thanks, Liesa! Old favorites warm the heart, but the new experiences tickle the fancy! I will be sure to take lots of pix!

Hey Kathy,

Since your trip report was done... I've come over and I've read about 20 pages so I am obviously needing to catch up....
You are a Dis godess......I might need the Cliff notes version of your pretrippie...

Your 80's photos totally cracked me up-I'm a little younger than you-(I had my special birthday with the 4 in it last year...and I'm sorry to say that I have photos of myself with those hairdos-and since I have very thick, curly hair I was able to rock that style...now the blowouts of the 90s with all that straight blown out hair killed me...

I am so excited to keep reading your report-you are a wealth of info-and since I'm hoping to take a trip at almost exactly the same time next year...I'll be taking notes...

Kidani-huh-that's fabulous!-I'm going over there during our vaca since we'll be at Jambo house to get all kinds of photos...there may be a DVC in our future too- just not sure which one...

We love having DVC... but I warn you, once your family stays in the DVC accommodations and you are spoiled with having a washer/dryer and kitchen, it is hard to go back! I wish we could add-on, but it's not do-able right now. Fortunately, WDW isn't going anywhere, so perhaps in the future!

All the resorts are fabulous... I can understand not knowing which to pick.

We try to stay at different resorts, but then you have to deal with the 7 month window availability which, depending on the time of year, can be an issue. I'm so glad that we were able to get the one-bedroom/two-bathroom villa at Kidani!!

COMPLETELY forgot about daylight savings...i must add that to my itinerary. And you must add Sunday morning, the early morning breakfast drink and chat with me!

Terrific! I was only waiting for you to get your schedule together... I'm adding it to my spreadsheet now!!

ETA: I'm trying to add a ticker for our meet to my banner, but MickeyPath is not cooperating right now! Will try again, later!

Kathy

 

[cjackearl]

Just noticed the change in your ticker, Kathy. Way to go!!

 

[KathyRN137]

Just noticed the change in your ticker, Kathy. Way to go!!

Thank You!!

And now, I must get my butt out of this chair and go for a walk before it gets too hot!!


Kathy

 

[irish dancer]

Great looking itinerary! Great luck with getting the extra hour of sleep after the party. You are going to have SO much fun!

DD7 had the party CD in the other day and told me she really wants to go back at Halloweentime so we can do the party again! Not going to happen in 2009 though, not enough DVC points.

 

[KathyRN137]

I Broke Down and Bought a New Camera! (Shhh! Don't tell Ed!!)


A few years ago, I bought my first digital camera from QVC. It was a Pentax... just a little point-and-shoot model... nothing fancy. I'm not a big photography buff; I just like to capture family memories.

Perhaps someday, I'll catch the scrapbooking bug and get them all out of boxes!

Anyway, I really liked that camera... it was so easy to use. Unfortunately, I dropped it and it died a few months before our last Disney trip (April, 2008). Ed felt bad and even though we didn't have a lot of extra $$ floating around, he knew that I wanted to take pix for my trip report. So, he went out and got another inexpensive camera... a Nikon... so that we could take pix on the trip.

I was very grateful, but....

Honestly, I wasn't too thrilled with this replacement camera. Not only was it more difficult for me to use, it only had 6 megapixels... whatever they are... and the old camera had 10, so I really saw a big difference in the clarity of pictures from our last trip.

I wasn't going to complain, though, because with all the renovation expenses and our mortgage fully doubling because of them, I decided that a new camera would simply have to wait.

Until....

I just happened to be flipping the channels around and I landed on QVC just as they were showing another Pentax digital camera! This one was much like my old favorite, except it had 12 megapixels and promised even sharper idiot-proof pictures for our next vacation!

And, best of all, on five monthly payments!

Hey, I thought, our budget can handle that! So, I went ahead and ordered it. It cost about $200, so thats $40 per month. It's not like I'm breaking the bank or anything... it's just that I do feel a bit guilty spending even more money on this trip.

On the other hand, I'm rationalizing, if we are investing so much in this trip, both materially and emotionally, it stands to reason that we should have a decent camera to capture the moments. I hope Ed agrees!!

Tricia will be the happy receipient of the "old" camera... so it will be fun to share photography duties with someone for a change! I'm looking forward to seeing her pictures!

Here's my new camera... And, yes, I ordered it in red!

http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/...o-P70-12MP-4X-Zoom-Face-Detection-27-Diag-LCD


Kathy

 

[MRYPPNS]

Ahhhh......that explains the difference in picture quality from your April trip....I was noticing that some of the pictures seemed foggy. And you really do need pictures to remember the trip in detail. Now do you have enough memory cards???

 

[joy13]

Nice camera! We need a new camera too - but if we don't get one before the trip, we'll take my Mom's.

 

[Hedy]

It's not that I'm not looking forward to your pictures, but I'm really curious to see Tricia's pictures.

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Wow-I'm behind but slowly catching up-just read up through page 48 and all about your trip to see Little Mermaid for Mother's Day!!!

Sounded just fabulous-I wasn't so sure about LM-but after reading your report of it I'd love to see it-the songs from the Little Mermaid are fabulous...did they write any new ones for the shoe-(we've seen Mary Poppins and they did for that-which was also amazing)

I love how you bought the soundtrack ahead-I do that with David too-he adores music also...It seems like a lot of kids all over the spectrum are either very good at music-perfect pitch, etc. or at least find it soothing/relaxing/comforting.) -You got some really nice pictures of Billy from that day......

You are right-it is SOO Expensive to see a Broadway show-its a shame because its become so cost prohibitive and it can be really rough to take a family and yet I think its such a great experience for a kid...

so maybe they'll run another special next year if not for 15th year-maybe something else...

(I think I remember something from my Passporter newsletter-that they were running some kind of special---hmmm-just don't remember exactly what...

oh btw-we saw the Radio City Christmas Show last year-I wasn't sure at first-it was expensive, it thought it would be really corny, etc... But I loved it-it was fabulous-it reminded me of something from a totally different time-like the 30s-it was a little corny but soooo good and so much fun...

I'll be continuing to read...