A Sister & Brother Return! AKL Bound! 8/1 Update pg. 46! AND WE'RE OFF!!

[SwansLoveDisney]

You're SO creative!!!!

I love those cards!

 

[Maddie2]

Your last line is what I keep telling myself..."I should do this NOW before the loans come in to focus...before the mortgage" I'm glad to be here for you to live vicariously through!

Yes, absolutely! I traveled quite a bit before I got married (lived in NYC for a while too!) and then moved back to the section of the country that I grew up in. I started being a real grownup around age 26. Okay, well, considering I love WDW so much, it could be argued that I am still not fully a grownup, but you know what I mean.

If it were up to me, we'd be back at WDW this year, but I guess we should visit DH homestate once in a while. It has been 5 years. His family doesn't actually live there anymore, so you wouldn't think it would matter, but it does. We will be on a beach, so it should be pretty wonderful too! Having planned WDW trips in the past, I am now planning our MA vaca .... and going at it just like a WDW trip ... just short of ADR's. DH thinks I'm nuts. But hey, I can't NOT! It's in my blood now! Thankfully, I have scheduled in "Lay on the beach; build sand castles (don't forget sunscreen and huge umbrella" days too).

Most definitely have fun while you are young! In addition to travel, I bought ART. Braces trump buying art nowadays, so I am sure glad I bought it years ago!

LOVE the cards!

 

[Nicole786]

Yes, absolutely! I traveled quite a bit before I got married (lived in NYC for a while too!) and then moved back to the section of the country that I grew up in. I started being a real grownup around age 26. Okay, well, considering I love WDW so much, it could be argued that I am still not fully a grownup, but you know what I mean.

If it were up to me, we'd be back at WDW this year, but I guess we should visit DH homestate once in a while. It has been 5 years. His family doesn't actually live there anymore, so you wouldn't think it would matter, but it does. We will be on a beach, so it should be pretty wonderful too! Having planned WDW trips in the past, I am now planning our MA vaca .... and going at it just like a WDW trip ... just short of ADR's. DH thinks I'm nuts. But hey, I can't NOT! It's in my blood now! Thankfully, I have scheduled in "Lay on the beach; build sand castles (don't forget sunscreen and huge umbrella" days too).

Most definitely have fun while you are young! In addition to travel, I bought ART. Braces trump buying art nowadays, so I am sure glad I bought it years ago!

LOVE the cards!

I am the same way with planning anything these days, you're right: its in the blood!!

No ADRs? Surely you can think of something! There has got to be some awesome seafood restaurants up there! Mmmmm lobster....

 

[Nicole786]

You're SO creative!!!!

I love those cards!

Thanks!!

 

[Nicole786]

a few people have asked me about my trip with charlie that i took over spring break, so i figured i'd start it now! I'm kind of bored, even though its real late (the rain in ny today made me so sleepy and I took what i like to call a disney nap! i shut the lights off and the blinds and thought about disney) so lets begin!

some of you already remember last year when charlie and I did our "one day adventure" we had known eachother all of about 3-4 weeks, but what binded us immediately was our love for disney. Now i consider charlie on of my closest friends! when he heard i was coming home for spring break, he surprised me with a trip! the final details were worked out and we were pop century bound for 2 nights!

charlie works for a company that required him to travel all over florida, and he had to drive that day to orlando, so we figured it would be perfect to stop. charlie was actually against staying there at all but i convinced him by reminding him how last year, we had to pull over at every rest stop so we could sleep for an hour, it took forever to get home!

there are great things about going to disney with charlie (hes funny, he loves disney and doesnt like to hide it) and some not so great things (he runs around the parks like a chicken without a head, and speaking of heads? his turns his at every beautiful girl, and feels the need to comment on them, there was ONE girl he was literally obsessed with for the entire day, trying to find her, it was really annoying!) but even still, you can't help but like him

After a bunch of delays (we were supposed to arrive at 2 but didn't get there until 4) we arrived at Pop! Charlie was literally on a conference call for 2 hours, through the check in process and the first 20 minutes we were at the park!

I encountered an issue with checking in, I had called the day before to pay off the trip, but when we arrived it was still showing a balance. The manager wouldn't even come over and offer assistance, he shrugged off the guy checking me in, so i had no choice but to fork the card over. Luckily, 2 days after I came back, i saw there was a refund from Disney.

We payed preferred (only thing available) and were originally given a building. I spoke up and asked if there was anything in the 60s and this was the first time I had checked into a Disney hotel and got my request! The weekend of spring break! Should I remind everyone I was at disney last year in september? the slowest time of year? Pop was definitely good to us!

Charlie's on the end of that check-in line, notice the iPhone earbuds?? conference call!

we put our stuff in our room, and headed out to epcot, look at the cute animal we got!

an easter bunny! there were also ducks in the window! after i explained the towel animals and mousekeeping antics to charlie, he wanted to buy a stuffed animal!

we were on the 2nd floor around the corner from this view, very nice, and i was very pleased!

ready to go to epcot!

i took this picture from the bus, i think it turned out great!

arrival at epcot, charlie not pleased he's on a conference call!

more to come!

 

[scottny]

Hi,
Just found this, pimp yourself girl. I choose for "C". Keep it a surprise for as long as u can. Walk through the lobby and just go to the check in counter and not say a word. Just watch his face as u check in.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

A conference call at Disney World...ICK!!!!

And Charlie checking out all the ladies and wanting to stalk one...ICK!!!

I do hope his behavior improved this time!

 

[Nicole786]

Hi,
Just found this, pimp yourself girl. I choose for "C". Keep it a surprise for as long as u can. Walk through the lobby and just go to the check in counter and not say a word. Just watch his face as u check in.

I hate pimping myself, but i might to resort to that!! I have another idea for the surprise ill share in a second!

A conference call at Disney World...ICK!!!!

And Charlie checking out all the ladies and wanting to stalk one...ICK!!!

I do hope his behavior improved this time!

Well his stalkerish behavior was from this trip, i wont go into much detail about it, its just annoying thats all, but he's like that all the time

 

[Nicole786]

Okay guys I thought of a way to pull off the surprise!

I was thinking of delaying check in until way after breakfast. Go for the breakfast, than go back to Pop, and before we get in the car, turn on the camera and go "Well I guess we should go check in now!"

The breakfast is at 10:50 (which I can make a little earlier) and i would want to be checking into the Beach Club by 1pm, what do you think?

The reason for this idea is because I want the full "check in to a deluxe resort" experience...you know, being welcomed home, art the greeter (if hes there) and I think David would really appreciate these little things as well, so I want him to know we are checking in once we get to the Beach Club..

when I reveal the surprise though, I may keep the resort a secret, I honestly don't think he would guess it, I think his first guess would be the WL (because he knows how much I love it) or the AKL (because he knows i really want to stay there) So when we pull up to the Beach Club, i'll figure out how to place the camera on the dashboard to get his reaction!

 

[scottny]

Okay guys I thought of a way to pull off the surprise!

I was thinking of delaying check in until way after breakfast. Go for the breakfast, than go back to Pop, and before we get in the car, turn on the camera and go "Well I guess we should go check in now!"

The breakfast is at 10:50 (which I can make a little earlier) and i would want to be checking into the Beach Club by 1pm, what do you think?

The reason for this idea is because I want the full "check in to a deluxe resort" experience...you know, being welcomed home, art the greeter (if hes there) and I think David would really appreciate these little things as well, so I want him to know we are checking in once we get to the Beach Club..

when I reveal the surprise though, I may keep the resort a secret, I honestly don't think he would guess it, I think his first guess would be the WL (because he knows how much I love it) or the AKL (because he knows i really want to stay there) So when we pull up to the Beach Club, i'll figure out how to place the camera on the dashboard to get his reaction!

r u planning any parks that day?

 

[Nicole786]

r u planning any parks that day?

not in the afternoon, i figured we can mini golf (david loves mini golf) and check out SAB.....

I think i've decided to surprise him before we go to breakfast so we can get there and check in already, and already be over there with the car parked and everything ready to go.

 

[scottny]

not in the afternoon, i figured we can mini golf (david loves mini golf) and check out SAB.....

I think i've decided to surprise him before we go to breakfast so we can get there and check in already, and already be over there with the car parked and everything ready to go.

I cannot wait to get into SAB.

That would be the best one I would think, less running around and he will still be surprised.

 

[declansdad]

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be keeping a watch on your pre-trip, maybe as we get closer we can do a DIS meet. What time is your ADR at Boma and Whispering Canyon?

Boma is at 7:30 and WC is at 7:20.


I like your itinerary cards. I did ours on a spreadsheet.

 

[Nicole786]

Boma is at 7:30 and WC is at 7:20.


I like your itinerary cards. I did ours on a spreadsheet.

our Boma is 5, but our WC is 8:20 maybe we'll bump into eachother as we're checking in and youre leaving!

 

[MeMom]

Okay, now that you know where you're going to meet, here's the picture I want to see: You guys can all get your picture made on the wooden horses at Whispering Canyon!

That's if you're in a wild and crazy mood that night. Of course declansdad may by so stuffed with that good food that he won't be up for a horsie ride. In that case, just a normal picture would do.

But really, you guys can't be that close and not meet. That set up is perfect, and you didn't even plan it, so it's meant to be!

I will be wishing I was there!

Maybe I'll serve heaps of food on big pewter platters that night, and we'll pretend we're there with you.

Or you can call us and we'll join you by phone!

 

[pooksma]

Ok Nicole-lets meet! Im sure it will take us longer than 1 hr to eat! I eat slow at the best of times. A few coolies will also assist in slowing down the process. BTW-are you heading to EMH at MK after?

We'll chat more!

 

[Nicole786]

Okay, now that you know where you're going to meet, here's the picture I want to see: You guys can all get your picture made on the wooden horses at Whispering Canyon!

That's if you're in a wild and crazy mood that night. Of course declansdad may by so stuffed with that good food that he won't be up for a horsie ride. In that case, just a normal picture would do.

But really, you guys can't be that close and not meet. That set up is perfect, and you didn't even plan it, so it's meant to be!

I will be wishing I was there!

Maybe I'll serve heaps of food on big pewter platters that night, and we'll pretend we're there with you.

Or you can call us and we'll join you by phone!

The phone plan sounds perfect!! You will definitely be there in spirit, MeMom, and now that i'm moving back to FL and the trips become more frequent, we can have a little meet of our own!

Ok Nicole-lets meet! Im sure it will take us longer than 1 hr to eat! I eat slow at the best of times. A few coolies will also assist in slowing down the process. BTW-are you heading to EMH at MK after?

We'll chat more!

I did plan for MK EMH afterwards, maybe we can meet up for a ride?? We'll definitely talk as it gets closer!

 

[Nicole786]

Charlie eventually got off his conference call, and we decided to head on to Mission Space. I really didn't want to go on this ride, but I already told him I would when we were in the car and he wasn't letting up. The line was about an hour this girl is not used to lines!

Charlie pointed out something very cool when we got inside! the giant wheel has the horizons symbol in the center of it! See? i told you charlie was into this stuff! for those that don't know, Epcot used to use symbols for their different pavillions, they went like this:

here is mission:space

since mission: space overtook horizons it was nice for the imagineers to leave a little "hidden mickey" of sorts! (but im sure most of you disers knew that! )

I actually survived and lived to tell that I liked it! I get nauseous on star tours and can't ride it so i assumed i wouldn't be able to do this, but I can!

After this, we decided to go on spaceship earth, the line was about 20 minutes but we waited it out and enjoyed a nice relaxing ride! i love how they plan your future!

I wanted to go to beaches and cream for dinner and because i went on mission space the deal was I got to pick dinner, but at this point it was already close to 9pm and i knew we wouldn't really have time. Now David, for example would have loved to break free of the park and just relax but like i said charlie likes to run from attraction to attraction, he doesn't see disney as a vacation, and i do, no matter how long i'm there.

So we decided on electric umbrella. I got the new chicken nuggets, which i didn't like because i was expecting nuggets but really theyre just smaller chicken fingers and honestly, i'm not a fan

EMH had started so we got our bracelets, ad headed over to figment, charlie's obsession. Of course this was walk-on, and Charlie spent a good amount of time in the gift shop picking out exactly what he wanted. he also liked to play:

Me on the other hand, went outside to catch a glimpse of illuminations.

Now it was time for the world showcase! Charlie made a mask in Canada to look like The Joker from Batman and we carried it around the countries having a blast getting it signed!

the finished product:

When we reached Norway, we got to ride all by ourselves!

The last 2 rides of the night were test track and soarin, test track we waited for about 40 minutes (yes at EMH! i dont know if i'd ever go during spring break again lol) but this would be the start of our "make funny faces at the ride camera" plan!

Our last ride of the evening was Soarin, and we waited about 25 minutes even though the park was already closed at this point

I just love Soarin, charlie can take it or leave it, but he knows how much I like it, so we went!

On the way out, we were mesmerized by the sparkly floor and than waited no more than 5 minutes for our pop century bus back home!

Coming up next: Not only do we wake for animal kingdom opening, but we stay at the magic kingdom until 3am!!

 

[MeMom]

The phone plan sounds perfect!! You will definitely be there in spirit, MeMom, and now that i'm moving back to FL and the trips become more frequent, we can have a little meet of our own!



I did plan for MK EMH afterwards, maybe we can meet up for a ride?? We'll definitely talk as it gets closer!

I'll mark it on my calendar. Tell me the exact night again. I will be in deep depression from a full day's worth of a new school year, so it'll bring much happiness to my evening to picture you guys down there in the beautiful Wilderness Lodge! I would love to be there with you all!

You can call me at 1-800-IMJEALOUS!!!

I will PM you and give you my cell phone number, and you guys can call me and let me listen to the background noise of Wilderness Lodge and Whispering Canyon.

There could be sniffles on my end of the line.

Trent has a camera phone, so if any of you guys do, too, you could send us a picture. Then we can take a picture of the phone picture, and we'll post it on the Dis for all of our friends to see what a great time you are having. I'm going to great lengths to be there at this meet in whatever way I can!

You and I might meet up sometime, since you're going to be going more frequently (and I spend every dime I earn to get us down there as often as possible), but it's those Canadian far-away friends that might be harder to hook up with. After this trip, though, they'll owe Declan another family trip, so I'm sure they'll be in the planning stages of that as they are on the plane going home in August!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I love that pic of you and Charlie in front of Spaceship Earth!

I am more of Charlie's Disney style. I WISH i could just slow down and enjoy things, but I always feel pressured to do EVERYTHING!!! I need to take lessons from you!