A Pre Thanksgiving/Christmas Vacation, Our First Split Stay & Our 5th Trip to Disney!

Oh my... the things that are talked about.... I missed alot being away a few days.... well Shelly I am impressed that your luggage has made it upstairs... I leave in a week and still no luggage... I do have to check ours out though because our kittys peed on them before... mostly they are very good... but every once in a while... mostly its just DH hunting clothes they pee on.... lol... I keep telling him if he didn't always try to scare the poor things and make them jump they would not pee on his stuff!!!

I ordered my water for delivery to the hotel last night... with all the talk on some other threads about it not being delivered I am keeping my fingers crossed....

Your boys laynards are very nice!!! Mine don't trade any more but they do collect some...


You did miss a lot!!! :lmao: We have been quite silly lately!

One week and no luggage!!:scared1: You better get on it!

I can't believe all the pets peeing stories! Maybe my dog doesn't do such a thing because he knows if he did DH would be finding him a new home! :eek::rotfl:

YAY ~ For one WEEK for you!!! :woohoo:
 
Good Morrrrrrning!

Happy Happy Birthday to your DS! :cool1::woohoo::yay::cheer2:


He's a big Little guy now.:lovestruc

Hope he has a great Birthday DAY.:cloud9:





Yay for Disney Mail! Whew! So glad it found it's way to you.

How awesomely fun it is to get Disney Mail.

Although I will say I am sad that we can no longer sleeve sniff.
That was always a highlight of the pretrip festivities.

(I still have one left over, and it no longer smells of sleeve-sniffing-get-you high-plastic. It now smells of cash- b/c I use it to save $ in for the next trip.)

But I do wish it smelled.:banana:


:rotfl:

Jo
 
Good Morrrrrrning!

Happy Happy Birthday to your DS! :cool1::woohoo::yay::cheer2:


He's a big Little guy now.:lovestruc

Hope he has a great Birthday DAY.:cloud9:

Jo

Thanks JO! :goodvibes

We are off for pizza tonight and stopping at the Game Stop so he can spend some of his birthday money on video games. :rolleyes:



Yay for Disney Mail! Whew! So glad it found it's way to you.

How awesomely fun it is to get Disney Mail.

Although I will say I am sad that we can no longer sleeve sniff.
That was always a highlight of the pretrip festivities.

(I still have one left over, and it no longer smells of sleeve-sniffing-get-you high-plastic. It now smells of cash- b/c I use it to save $ in for the next trip.)

But I do wish it smelled.:banana:


:rotfl:

Jo

YAY for Disney mail!!! :woohoo: But yes, I do remember the day when the Disney documents came in a big plastic sleeve and you could smell it when you opened your mailbox! :rotfl:

You would have never guessed this, but they screwed up my ME info! :sad2: Well, it's half right. The arrival date and arriving flight info is correct. Then I flip the page and it has the departure date blank and for the departure flight it says - no flight information provided. . . :confused: Yes, I have provided them with all the info. Several times. So I called the ME number. She says - we have you down for departing on the 13th, what is your flight info? So I tell her that no, we are switching to OKW on the 13th and departing on the 15th. Then she says - let me take a look. . . Then says that they have us down for departing on the 15th from OKW and tells me my departing flight number. Okay, so they do have it. Then I ask her if it is going to be a problem when we are taking the ME bus back to the airport from OKW since there is no departing info on my packet and the only resort it mentions is POR. Of course she tells me it will all be fine. . . . But I have to wonder. . . :confused3
 
Shelly Happy Happy Birthday to your baby!!!! I know bdays are so bitter sweet for me too!! You are happy for them and glad they are healthy....but the growing up thing is sad too!!!
I loooooved the Disney plastic smelling sleeve!!! It makes me happy!!!!! Hopefully they will get it all straight now!!!
 

Oh good grief.

Nothing is ever easy is it????? I sure hope it's okay-- I've never used ME so i really am not uptodate of the inner workings of it. Hopefully it will all work out.

Hope your pizza is as good as our was last night.:goodvibes We went and bought $20 worth of pumpkins---:confused3 my kids loved them all and couldn't choose. I always pick the ugliest one out b/c I know it won't get bought.:goodvibes

Then- the circus is in town- and of course Belle started yelling she wanted to go-- but we can't do it all- and had the movies planned for today. But we did ride past it really slow and the Elephants (My fave:lovestruc) were outside- so at least we saw them. It was fun.


Okay- I must get on with today. So much for sitting in my robe in bed drinking coffee DIS'ing. Onward and upward!

Have a great day!

Jo
 
I told Shelly about this on the MAYer thread- but thought that those of you that have trips planned in the next month or so could use it too-

Free movie tix to see The Princess and The Frog if you go to a theme park in the next month. Here's the link- click on the red movie tix in the lower right hand corner-

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/di...CMP=EMC-0909DNLRoffPrincessandFrogTicketOffer

They are transferrable- so even if you have boys that don't want to see it- you might could get them and give them away.

Hope someone can use it.
 
Shelly Happy Happy Birthday to your baby!!!! I know bdays are so bitter sweet for me too!! You are happy for them and glad they are healthy....but the growing up thing is sad too!!!
I loooooved the Disney plastic smelling sleeve!!! It makes me happy!!!!! Hopefully they will get it all straight now!!!

Thanks Shawna! :goodvibes
 
Oh good grief.

Nothing is ever easy is it????? I sure hope it's okay-- I've never used ME so i really am not uptodate of the inner workings of it. Hopefully it will all work out.

Hope your pizza is as good as our was last night.:goodvibes We went and bought $20 worth of pumpkins---:confused3 my kids loved them all and couldn't choose. I always pick the ugliest one out b/c I know it won't get bought.:goodvibes

Then- the circus is in town- and of course Belle started yelling she wanted to go-- but we can't do it all- and had the movies planned for today. But we did ride past it really slow and the Elephants (My fave:lovestruc) were outside- so at least we saw them. It was fun.


Okay- I must get on with today. So much for sitting in my robe in bed drinking coffee DIS'ing. Onward and upward!

Have a great day!

Jo

Sounds like you had a fun weekend!

DS's birthday dinner at the pizza buffet was pretty good. Then he spent $94 at the game stop! :eek: And he still has a bunch of birthday money left. I sure wish I had his money!! :rotfl:

I told Shelly about this on the MAYer thread- but thought that those of you that have trips planned in the next month or so could use it too-

Free movie tix to see The Princess and The Frog if you go to a theme park in the next month. Here's the link- click on the red movie tix in the lower right hand corner-

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/di...CMP=EMC-0909DNLRoffPrincessandFrogTicketOffer

They are transferrable- so even if you have boys that don't want to see it- you might could get them and give them away.

Hope someone can use it.

Thanks for the info JO! :)
 
What a day!

DS10 had an away soccer game ~ 1 1/2 hours away!! :scared1: So we had a 3 hour round trip just to get our BEHINDS kicked 10-1. :sad2: We got back to town about 10 minutes into DS8's (wow DS8, not DS7 :sad1:) game, which they won 4-3. That was a long day. A long cold day. About 55 and windy. I am so ready for Florida!!!!!!!!!
 
Once again, I say, "Disorganized Procrasinators Unite!" The meeting will be sometime, and I'm not sure where we'll meet. I'll work on it later! :rotfl2:

Let me know when the meeting is...I'll write it down on my calendar, if I can find it! :rotfl:

:bday: to DS8! Shelly, you need to update your signature!
 
What a day!

DS10 had an away soccer game ~ 1 1/2 hours away!! :scared1: So we had a 3 hour round trip just to get our BEHINDS kicked 10-1. :sad2: We got back to town about 10 minutes into DS8's (wow DS8, not DS7 :sad1:) game, which they won 4-3. That was a long day. A long cold day. About 55 and windy. I am so ready for Florida!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like a long day..... I don't miss soccer at all..:rotfl: glad that DS started playing golf instead (the two varsity fall sports are golf and soccer)... golf isn't much of a spectator sport at this level:woohoo:..

up next is basketball... indoors!!!!!!
 
Shelly.... you will be very disappointed in me.... I leave to go to Buffalo on Saturday ... we fly out of there early Sunday... and still no luggage packed.... actually not even up stairs yet...I think I will have time on thursday to pack... very long week at work...
 
Let me know when the meeting is...I'll write it down on my calendar, if I can find it! :rotfl:

:lmao:

:bday: to DS8! Shelly, you need to update your signature!

Thanks! :goodvibes Yes, I guess I need to get my signature changed. :upsidedow

Sounds like a long day..... I don't miss soccer at all..:rotfl: glad that DS started playing golf instead (the two varsity fall sports are golf and soccer)... golf isn't much of a spectator sport at this level:woohoo:..

up next is basketball... indoors!!!!!!

I really enjoy their soccer games. I even find my self missing it in-between the fall and spring seasons. It was just such a crappy day with the long drive, the losing so bad, and the cold. :sad2: Hoping for better weather over the next 4 weeks of soccer! :wizard: It's way too early for this cold.
Shelly.... you will be very disappointed in me.... I leave to go to Buffalo on Saturday ... we fly out of there early Sunday... and still no luggage packed.... actually not even up stairs yet...I think I will have time on thursday to pack... very long week at work...

:scared1::scared1: You are making me nervous!! :scared1::scared1:
 
Happy Birthday to your DS8! What did he get at Game Stop? I am thinking about picking up a Nintendo DS for myself before we go on our cruise. I just wanna new toy. :snooty:
 
as long as I remember my undies it should be all good!!!!:lmao:

Very true. :rotfl:

Happy Birthday to your DS8! What did he get at Game Stop? I am thinking about picking up a Nintendo DS for myself before we go on our cruise. I just wanna new toy. :snooty:

He got a Nintendo DS and a Star Wars (of course :rolleyes:) game for it! DS10 got a new game for his Nintendo DS. So we should be all set for the plane ride now!
 
Awesome Shelly - kids these days are so lucky - the only video game system I had when I was growing up was Pong. LOL!
 
Happy Birthday to DS8!!! He's a rich little man- or at least he was before you walked through the door at Gamestop :lmao:

Congrats on your magical mail :love:
 
So if you remember Friday I got my ME booklet and tags in the mail. . . . Then Saturday when I got the mail there were 2 items from Disney and one from the kids school. I opened the school envelope first not knowing what it could possibly be and then I remembered that they mail out the absence approval. I sent in both of the kids requests on Thursday (they are in different buildings). Well this was DS8's request approved. Nothing for DS10. Boy did we have a good time telling him that he was going to have to stay home from the trip since his approval didn't come!! :rotfl: We even told him it would work out good as we wouldn't need to take the dog to the kennel since he would be here to take care of him!! :lmao: I know, we're mean! But he knows we were kidding. The approval has to be signed by their homeroom teacher, their principal, and the school superintendent. It just so happens that the superintendent's office is right next to DS8's school, so I'm sure that's why his came first. DS10's is probably coming today!

So then onto the Disney mail!! :cool1: Yes, this should be an exciting time. But I opened it slowly and carefully expecting to find something incorrect, and unfortunately I was right. :sad2: One envelope was yet ANOTHER invoice. Keep in mind I have been paid in full for several weeks now. And it does show that. But it once again shows the wrong phone number and the wrong departure date - the 14th. :confused: I just don't know what to do with these people at this point. Do you know how many times I have called about this stuff??? Too many. And why am I even getting these invoices every week? I don't know. But I move on. . . knowing that the other Disney mail is my vacation packet.

I open it to find one packet of luggage tags. . .

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And the other is my vacation packet with all my info and vouchers inside. . .

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I open it to find the departure date on each and every voucher to be wrong. :sad1: I am just frustrated beyond belief at this point. But it was time to leave to DS's birthday dinner, so I just threw the stuff on the counter and we left. But of course it was bugging me all evening.

When we got home it was almost 8:00. I couldn't remember how late you could call Disney, but I tried anyway. DH was leaving for his evening run, which usually lasts about 15 minutes or so. I told him I'd probably still be right here on the phone when he got back. And I was.

After I finally got a CM I just told her that I had a problem and I have called about it 7-8 times now so I would just like to talk to a supervisor. She was very nice and asked what the problem was and then got her supervisor. I explained to her that the phone number was still wrong even though I have changed it numerous times and that more importantly my packet and vouchers were all wrong, even though I had called each and every time I got one of those invoices trying to avoid this from happening on my packet/vouchers. And furthermore why was I getting so many invoices???

She was nice, but not overly friendly about the situation. She said that she was showing 2 phone numbers in different spots and that she would take care of getting it right everywhere. . . She had no idea why I was getting so many invoices. I don't think she even believed me about that. . . Then onto the packet being all wrong. When I open up the first page it says Itinerary for Client Arrive Nov 7 Depart Nov 14 Staying 7 Nights POR. Our original ressie was for Nov 7-15 at POR. But then we changed it to Nov 7-13 when we made the OKW room only ressie for Nov 13-15. So I could totally understand if it said Depart Nov 15, but it says the 14th - when we are not/never have been departing!! Therefore our hotel voucher, our Planet Hollywood voucher, our SeaRaycer voucher, our mini-golf voucher, our arcade voucher, and our ME transfer vouchers all say Validity Dates Nov 7 - Nov 14.

She does some digging. I am holding forever. She finally comes back to say that everything in their system is correct and we will have no problems. Yeah, right. :rolleyes: Okay, so if I should have a problem while I am on vacation I should just say - no, it's okay, Mariah said I wouldn't have any problems. :rolleyes::rotfl: I really needed further explanation. She said that because we got 8 day tickets with our package that's the reason everything comes up expiring on the 14th, because that's the 8th day. . . So I say - well that makes no sense because our tickets are good for 14 days from the first day of use, even though they are 8 day tickets, they are good for 14 days. To which she agrees, but says that's the reason, and that it's a system glitch. She assures me that she has checked everything and all the vouchers are good through the 15th. And that she has called ME and things are good there as well. Even though my transfer vouchers say the 14th at POR, they are good for the 15th at OKW. So all I really have to go on at this point is her word. Because she is not offering to send me anything with the correct info on it. So I thank her and we hang up.

About 10 minutes later the phone rings and it's Mariah. She says that she can now see that I have been getting all those invoices but she doesn't know why. She also sees where the phone number is wrong on "that end" of things and that there is no way to correct it. And she tells me to disregard anymore invoices that I get with that phone number on them. :confused3


So, as I said, what is supposed to be a fun and exciting time is just NOT!! It's very stressful and frustrating. :mad: But I have decided to stop worrying about it and stop thinking about it and just hope for the best! :wizard: That's really all I can do at this point. I am so tired of calling them!!! And this may be our first and last split stay trip seeing that it has already been a pain in the behind and we are not even there yet! :rotfl:
 












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