All I Want for Christmas is...A WDW Vacation!! UPDATE pg 35 - Leaving today!!

[DWGal210]

Hello readers!

Here is the quote for today:
"Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give his moving parts just to be you! You are a cool toy." Woody to Buzz, Toy Story

I love Toy Story...what a classic piece of cinema.

Now on to planning news...

AirTran now has plane tickets on sale through the 16th so we're getting closer and closer each day to stalking the plane tickets for the best price!! I just hope they aren't in the $400-500 range, but I'm not keeping my hopes up since it is Christmas/New Years time.

I PROMISE that this weekend I am going to load some more pictures and make this more interesting. Thanks to CharlestonPrincess and LadyBugMom for reading - have a nice weekend, everyone!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the goodies you sent my girls!! I just posted pics on my PTR!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Fingers crossed that you are able to find some great deals on plane tickets!!!

 

[DWGal210]

Hi again everyone!

Thanks for the good word on tickets My aunt and I have been checking a daily to see if they are out yet, but no dice. Here's hoping I pay less than $400 for a ticket over Christmas/New Year!!

OK, as promised, here are pictures. This is of our group last year when we went to WDW for 4 days and then the 3 day cruise.

My sister in law and I on the teacups.

The 4 of us getting ready to go on the Safari at Animal Kingdom!

Ahhh...the Wonder docked at Castaway Cay on our last day.

A dinner pictures with our servers, Nyoman and Oliver. They were so great!

More to come later....

 

[Charleston Princess]

Great pictures!!! You all look like you had so much fun!!! Seeing that cruise picture makes me want to take a cruise! One day!

 

[DWGal210]

Here is the quote for today:

"Kronk, pull the lever!" Yzma, Emperor's New Groove That has to be one of my favorite Disney movies - maybe it wasn't a blockbuster, but I watched it on TV a few weeks ago and laughed out loud more than once!!

This week is pretty busy for my family; on Saturday, we have both my sister's graduation from high school AND my sister-in-laws baby shower. Since they live about 5 hours away, and this is her last 2 months of pregnancy, we didn't want to plan another weekend for the shower and have them drive back here again so we're doing 2 big events in one day. I am taking Friday off work to help my mom and do some shower shopping with my cousin's wife (who is hosting the shower with me).

I found the CUTEST baby outfits at Wal-Mart of all places; they were Disney too which is so much better I didn't take any pics yet but I will and post those. So far, I have 3 outfits, bows from ladybugmom, and a book but I know as the aunt my job is to spoil so I'm sure there are more gifts to come.

 

[jewels1916]

Hey! Just started reading your PTR! I am going in December too, first time ever, and am way excited! I am going in the beginning of December It looks like you and your family are going to have a lot of fun!

Have you tried using farecast.com to find your flights? You just put in your departure and arrival city, and the dates that you are flying, and it will keep you updated via email of the prices, and when they go up or down. That's how we found our December Disney flights! It's a really great website, because they give you the price for lots of different airlines. When it gets closer to the time of your trip, it will predict how prices are going to change, whether the price it is at currently is the best it is probably going to be, or if it will still drop some.

Good luck with finding your flights. Oh, and I am subbing!

 

[DWGal210]

Hi Jewels thanks for reading!! I will definately have to try that site, I've not heard of it - thanks for the great tip!! I'll head over there tonight and put in my info.

I think you'll LOVE Disney at Christmas. It's a magical time of year anyway, and with that Disney love thrown in, it's simply perfect!

Thanks again!!

 

[DWGal210]

Hi everyone!

Here is the quote for today:

"She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him." - Walt Disney, speaking of Cinderella in 1949.

Isn't that a cool quote?! I saw that online and thought it was great. That Walt was one smart cookie. Sometimes I wonder if he's in Heaven just marveling at the scope of his company - what was once a simply animation studio is now a multi-billion dollar entertainment empire. I read a great book on Walt; Walt Disney - An American Original by Bob Thomas. I highly recommend it if you haven't read it. Anyway, in there is a great story about a few men who were affiliated with the animation studio in the early early days. It was Walt, his brother, and I think 2 other guys. Anyway, one of the men was lured away by a rival animation studio and when he left Disney, he agreed sell his 1/4 share in the company. He eventually came back, but it was too late for those shares. I foget the exact figure, but if he hadn't done that, and kept that share in the company, it would be worth BILLIONS of dollars in today's money. Hindsight is 20/20, but I bet he was kicking himself later!!!!

Anyhoo, I digress...

The rest of this week is going to be busy and I might not get time to post. I have a test next week for my job and my sister's graduation open house and sister in law's baby shower are both this Saturday so I am getting quite busy but I promise I will be back and posting some pics of the festivities this weekend.

Have a great day, everyone!!

 

[DWGal210]

Today's quote comes from the movie Aristocats:

"Now Georges, do be serious. I've asked you to come here on a very important legal matter."
"Oh, splendid, splendid! Who do you want me to sue?"
Madame and Georges

So as I mentioned in the last post, this weekend I have a graduation open house and a baby shower. I'm taking tomorrow off work to prepare and get some loose ends tied up. So far on my list of things To-Do (I do love a list!):

- Laundry tonight so I don't have to do it on Sunday night
- Wake up tomorrow and go on an early morning walk to get myself ready for a long day of party preparations!
- Pick up gift card for sister at favorite hair salon
- Grocery shopping for shower food
- Pick up cupcakes for shower
- Go to the post office and mail bills

That's it so far...I know I will think of something later that I forgot, but I hope that's before I go to bed tomorrow.

I will take shower and open house pictures and post those next week. In the meantime, everyone have a great weekend!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

I wouldn't know what to do without all my lists!

Looks like you are going to have a very fun weekend!!!

 

[jewels1916]

Wow, girl, you are busy! I am hosting (helping to host, thankfully not at my house) a bridal shower this weekend, so I am right there with ya on being crazy busy. Hope everything is going well for ya!

 

[DWGal210]

Hi everyone!

I am going to post tonight but wanted to let you know that both parties went off without a hitch. Luckily I got to rest yesterday and took a nap. But tonight I will post about the parties and some more pictures.

In the meantime, have a good one!

 

[DWGal210]

I should stop tempting myself

So even though I still have 6 months plus until I go on this upcoming trip, of course my mind has been running to 2010 and what I'll do then. I know, I have a planning sickness and it's taken over my mind!!

Anyhoo, we are planning on a large family vacation next summer. My brother and I were thinking the Orlando area just so that people could do Disney, Universal, Sea World, the new Harry Potter park (if it's open), etc. But now I am thinking about Christmas time 2010 and like an idiot, I checked the prices for the Podcast cruise. My original thought had been to do a road trip with my sister but this cruise might be too good to pass up.

The prices are good! Since last time we stayed in an inside room, I was thinking this time that I would like a balcony. Now the only wrench is that I need someone to go with me, since I don't think my sister will be done with classes until that next week in December. Hmmm.....why do I do this to myself??!! I should just stop looking at other things and stick to the plan!!

 

[MeMom]

If you're interested, some of us are going to be on the Poly beach watching NYE fireworks. We'd love to get to know you through our trip reports and yours until then and then meet on the beach on 12-31. Brookelizabeth and her family will be there, too, and possibly two other families.

 

[DWGal210]

If you're interested, some of us are going to be on the Poly beach watching NYE fireworks. We'd love to get to know you through our trip reports and yours until then and then meet on the beach on 12-31. Brookelizabeth and her family will be there, too, and possibly two other families.

Awesome, thanks for the invite! That would be so fun!! I'll have to read both of your trip reports and catch up so I can "meet" you.

Take care and have a great day!

 

[jewels1916]

Ha ha! I know how you feel, though! I am already trying to decide when I can plan my next trip, the one after this upcoming December trip. And the December trip is still more than 6 months away!

 

[DWGal210]

So about those pictures....My internet is going on and off, on and off, so I am having issues posting those pictures but I'll give you an account of our day and then pictures another time.

My weekend started on Friday; I took the day off to help my mom with the graduation open house and my cousin's wife with getting her house ready. My day worked out kinda like this:

6 AM - Got up and took a 1/2 hour walk to get the juices flowing for the weekend.
7 AM - Shower and get dressed.
8AM - Go to Mom's house and study for licensing exam for 2 hours (I am taking a licensing test for work this Thursday the 21st; wish me luck!) I studied at her house since the computer was on the fritz at my house.
10:30 AM - Ran to bank, post office and downtown hair salon to get a gift card for my sister.
11 AM - Got to cousin's house, went to the grocery store; got all the food for the shower. We bought a few things already prepared, like the cucumber sandwiches and the relish tray, but we made the tortilla roll-ups and the fruit kabobs that day so as to have less work on Saturday.
2 PM - Leave cousin's house; run downtown again to pick up Pandora bracelet that I had made for my sister. Also stopped at my house and picked up my dog to go with me since he had been home alone all day at that point.
4 PM - Go back to Mom and Dad's house. Help sister with her graduation slide show and finsih assembling the loads of food for the open house. Brother, sister-in-law and her parents arrive for the weekend.
9:30 PM - Go home, go to bed and get ready for Saturday!

WHEW - that made me tired again just typing it! I'll spare you the blow-by-blow details on Saturday but sufice it to say that it was much like Friday.

The open house and showers both went really well; we had great turnouts at both events and hopfully Photobucket will cooperate tonight so I can post pictures.

In the meantime, here is the quote for today:
"Some things start out big, and some things start out small. Very small. But sometimes, the smallest things can make the biggest changes of all." Narrator, Dinosaur, released May 19, 2000

 

[DWGal210]

Hi all again -

Sorry I have been MIA from my trip report the last few days. Unforunately I've had a rough couple of days and so I was away for a bit. But now here I am again, ready to go!

This weekend luckily is pretty low-key. My youngest brother and I are going to see "Night at the Museum II" tonight and then I have a birthday party Saturday afternoon but luckily all I have to do there is show up! Woo Hoo!

Now on to the craziness of how my twisted Disney mind works - I have been contemplating a solo trip over a long weekend in June. I did some checking on plane tickets and hotel rates and I think I can swing it. I just really need to clear my head and get out of town for a few days so I'm considering it. There is a $350 room rate total for 3 nights at POP in mid-June and I'm mulling it over very strongly today. I would leave on a Saturday and come back Tuesday so I would only have to take 2 days off work. I think I need to recharge my batteries and so cross your fingers that I can make this work!

In the meantime, here is your quote for today:
"I am a damsel,I am in distress. I can handle this! Have a nice day!" - Megara to Hercules

 

[jewels1916]

*sigh* I wish I could sneak away for a quick trip just get my Disney fix. The only way I manage it is by reading TRs and PTRs.