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Hello there!!!
Thank you so much for joining me! I am thrilled to start this trip report for our very first trip out west to see the original house of mouse!
For those of you that don't know me, my name is Gina and I am going to So-Cal and Disneyland for the very first time with my fiance' Greg! ....and we leave THIS WEEK!!!!!
Our total trip will be from October 3-12. We will be staying with friends in North Hollywood from the 3rd till the morning on the 8th and Disneyland is from the 4th-12 at the Grand Californian..
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Quick pic to show you who we are:
this was taken back on June 5 when we got engaged
( you can see in my ticker we have our wedding planned for October 2009!!)
Neither of us have ever been to California nevermind Disneyland..so this is a big deal for us. We have made 2 WDW trips together the first in June 2007 and the last in December...here is the trip report from that trip:
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1652419
and if you don't want to click on that, here are a few pics from that one, just for some Disney fun!!
ahhh..the Castle..
I can't wait to see the ORIGINAL!!!
So that is just a snapshot of us and some disney magic..so lets get to the goodstuff...the upcoming trip!
ITENERARY:
October 3rd...We fly out from Boston to Longbeach..arriving about 9 pm their time..our friends will pick us up and from the 3rd---8th we will do all sorts of So-Cal L.A. things
...I know we are hoping to hit up a studio tour of WB studios ( maybe we will catch Ellen Degneres bopping around or some other stars on the lot!). We are also hoping to do the "touristy" things like Rodeo Drive, Hollywood walk of fame etc as well as a day trip to San Diego where my friend Corrie's parents and sister live.
--SIDENOTE--
I have known Corrie since the 3rd grade and I had gone 10 long years without seeing her until I finally got to see her this past November when she visited the east coast with her bf Bobby. It was amazing seeing her again, and it really felt like no time had passed...and we are super happy to be able to see eachother again so soon. I have not seen her family, who I was very close to as well, in over 10 years so this will be like a big ole' reunion of sorts..WEST COAST STYLE....OH and i have not told Corrie that Greg and I are engaged. I wanted to be able to tell her in person and ask her if she would do us the honor of doing a reading at the ceremony End side note--
DISNEYLAND ITENERARY:
Oct 8th...we are hoping to arrive as early as possible. knowing we won't be able to check in when we first get there we are planning on checking in to get our luggage stored and heading out to DL for our first glimpse of the original Magic...we do have dinner reservations that night at "Napa Rose" at our hotel, at 7:30..so that allows us to be in either park pretty late that night ( DL is opened till 8 pm that night and CA 6)
October 9--all we have planned in stone is lunch ressies at Blue Bayou. I was so excited to see that Fireworks are scheduled this night at DL..so we hope they won't be cancelled and we can check them out..just in case they get cancelled either of the next two nights because on ..
October 10th..we are going to the Halloween party !!!! I just love fall/halloween decorations so I am super psyched about checking out Mickey's TOT party. I have never been to the one in WDW but have heard many great things about it...I am sure we will have a blast at this one. We also have reservations for dinner at Yamabuki at the PPH at 5:30 before the party...mmmmm SUSHI!
October 11th...our last full day/night
..we have a 10:30 Goofys brunch ressie this day. I think we will use this day to just go back and do alot of favorites, catch anything we may have missed and just relax and have fun.
October 12th...check out day....HOWEVER, we will be able to hang out in the parks for a pretty good part of the day, we are taking the red eye home and really don't have to be a the airport until 6:30!!! Corrie is actually planning on meeting back up with us with some friends, sister and her brother ( if he is back from Iraq in time) to hang with us for a last hurrah in the happiest place on earth!! I'm thrilled that we will get to see her AGAIN in DL! 
So there you have it..I know its a super rough sketch..but we really want this trip to be as relaxing as it can be..and we def. want to spend time at our resort..there are many must do's/sees/eats that I have though...let me leave those for the next installment...
UP NEXT: Our vacation materials...our must sees/do's and of course EATS!!!
Thank you so much for joining me! I am thrilled to start this trip report for our very first trip out west to see the original house of mouse!
For those of you that don't know me, my name is Gina and I am going to So-Cal and Disneyland for the very first time with my fiance' Greg! ....and we leave THIS WEEK!!!!!
Our total trip will be from October 3-12. We will be staying with friends in North Hollywood from the 3rd till the morning on the 8th and Disneyland is from the 4th-12 at the Grand Californian.. .Quick pic to show you who we are:
this was taken back on June 5 when we got engaged
( you can see in my ticker we have our wedding planned for October 2009!!)Neither of us have ever been to California nevermind Disneyland..so this is a big deal for us. We have made 2 WDW trips together the first in June 2007 and the last in December...here is the trip report from that trip:
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1652419
and if you don't want to click on that, here are a few pics from that one, just for some Disney fun!!
ahhh..the Castle..
I can't wait to see the ORIGINAL!!!So that is just a snapshot of us and some disney magic..so lets get to the goodstuff...the upcoming trip!
ITENERARY:
October 3rd...We fly out from Boston to Longbeach..arriving about 9 pm their time..our friends will pick us up and from the 3rd---8th we will do all sorts of So-Cal L.A. things
...I know we are hoping to hit up a studio tour of WB studios ( maybe we will catch Ellen Degneres bopping around or some other stars on the lot!). We are also hoping to do the "touristy" things like Rodeo Drive, Hollywood walk of fame etc as well as a day trip to San Diego where my friend Corrie's parents and sister live. --SIDENOTE--
I have known Corrie since the 3rd grade and I had gone 10 long years without seeing her until I finally got to see her this past November when she visited the east coast with her bf Bobby. It was amazing seeing her again, and it really felt like no time had passed...and we are super happy to be able to see eachother again so soon. I have not seen her family, who I was very close to as well, in over 10 years so this will be like a big ole' reunion of sorts..WEST COAST STYLE
....OH and i have not told Corrie that Greg and I are engaged. I wanted to be able to tell her in person and ask her if she would do us the honor of doing a reading at the ceremony End side note--DISNEYLAND ITENERARY:
Oct 8th...we are hoping to arrive as early as possible. knowing we won't be able to check in when we first get there we are planning on checking in to get our luggage stored and heading out to DL for our first glimpse of the original Magic...we do have dinner reservations that night at "Napa Rose" at our hotel, at 7:30..so that allows us to be in either park pretty late that night ( DL is opened till 8 pm that night and CA 6)
October 9--all we have planned in stone is lunch ressies at Blue Bayou. I was so excited to see that Fireworks are scheduled this night at DL..so we hope they won't be cancelled and we can check them out..just in case they get cancelled either of the next two nights because on ..
October 10th..we are going to the Halloween party !!!! I just love fall/halloween decorations so I am super psyched about checking out Mickey's TOT party. I have never been to the one in WDW but have heard many great things about it...I am sure we will have a blast at this one. We also have reservations for dinner at Yamabuki at the PPH at 5:30 before the party...mmmmm SUSHI!
October 11th...our last full day/night
..we have a 10:30 Goofys brunch ressie this day. I think we will use this day to just go back and do alot of favorites, catch anything we may have missed and just relax and have fun.October 12th...check out day
....HOWEVER, we will be able to hang out in the parks for a pretty good part of the day, we are taking the red eye home and really don't have to be a the airport until 6:30!!! Corrie is actually planning on meeting back up with us with some friends, sister and her brother ( if he is back from Iraq in time) to hang with us for a last hurrah in the happiest place on earth!! I'm thrilled that we will get to see her AGAIN in DL! So there you have it..I know its a super rough sketch..but we really want this trip to be as relaxing as it can be..and we def. want to spend time at our resort..there are many must do's/sees/eats that I have though...let me leave those for the next installment...
UP NEXT: Our vacation materials...our must sees/do's and of course EATS!!!
when I see Sleeping Beauty's abode...I am sure I will still say " WOW..thats a cottage compared to Cindy's"..but the fact that it was the original will always make it so charming! 
But there's a really cool feature on the DVD that talks about the designing for the Holiday theme - this is sort of a Disney secret but in the main dancing hall there is a gingerbread house that they do differently every year and it's actually made of real gingerbread!! This year's gingerbread house is AMAZING so keep your eyes peeled, you can't miss it!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily we have not put a deposit down or anything, and Greg is going to call today to see if they just relocated or something...who knows..all i know is i better get over to another place ASAP if she is really gone! Wedding drama..gotta love it 
Let us know what happens.
