Anyone else planning a surprise trip?

[LoriDee]

Count us in on the surprise trip.

We are surprise our DS(10) and DD (1.5). DS thinks that I've started planning for our trip to the World next summer. We will be checking in Dec. 18 and giving him the story that we will only be staying there one night because we are headed to some friends house. After check-in I'll be giving him a T-Shirt I made that states "For Christmas my mom and dad gave me.....The World". I can't wait...

 

[Jennygt]

I love all these surprise plans!! Keeps me strong to stay quiet. I have a problem now DH just told me he is quitting his job this week and starting at a new place! I don't know the new people at all so the time off could be a problem. I knew his old boss so the time off was ok. I have a number of a friend to DH and the new boss that I got from DH cell phone last night. This friend set up the interview and knows the new boss, mabey he can pass on the info to the new boss. It is only a long weekend so hopefuly he won't mind. I am happy about the new job but my reaction was not what DH expected because all I could think about was the WDW surprise!!lol Keep the support comming!!!

 

[tink2020]

Count me in! I am planning a surprise cruise (June 2006) for DH (and myself ) after we both graduate in May. I have NO idea how I'll last that long.

On a shorter front, we are taking my mom, dad and sis to the World for their first trip in 3 months! They know we are going, but my sister does not know we are flying! It will be her first time, and she ALWAYS talks about how much she wants to fly.

We are having a "Disney Dinner" the Saturday before we leave, where I'll give them t-shirts, other Disney treats, etc..... and Cassi will find out she gets to fly!

I can't wait to see the look on her face.

 

[VelvetGloves]

I'm not planning a surprise trip, but my family keeps doing it. My hubby surprised me with a trip; we leave in ten days. Now, it was going to be my first trip without my parents and brother. I've chatted with my mother about my trip a lot, but I felt kind of guilty. I knew she would have liked to go. Well, they all acted a little weird when I would mention WDW. I got the bright idea to check on mom's credit card account, since I am an authorized user and such, and sure enough....they're going too! I called her at 1am last night to gloat that I figured it out. They weren't mad. Besides, it's their fault I figured it out, they raised me...that's why I'm nosy. Now, we get to talk about the trip for the next ten days! Yay! The best part is I get to see my dad on an airplane...hahahah


VelvetGloves

 

[Jennygt]

Loridee love the shirt ides, and love the Disney dinner surprise idea! Just called DH new work contact about the time off and sounds like it will be OK! Whew!! 25 days to go!!!

 

[Honeybehr1]

I am a sneaky supriser too.
DS's 8th birthday is Oct 15th and we are leaving the 16th. He is soooo clueless. Dh and I have been planning since May. Man itsbeen a very long 4 months but we only have 1 more to go. I can do it, I can do it... He is going to miss a week of school, so I need to meet with his teacher and let her know. We are coming home on a friday and it will give him 2 full days to make up any work that he didnt do already. I am hoping to tell her next week at Open House and it is very important that she doesnt tell my son because he has a fear of flying hence why it is being kept a secret.

We are keeping it a total secret. Only dh and I know (my CM rep, a loop I am on on the computet and Dh's boss) that is all. Its killing me not to say anything but I just dont want DS to know and get anxious about it.

My only escape is posting on the boards
5 weeks to go

 

[Reese]

The kids know that we are going to Disney at the end Feb. Well we've booked for the beginning of Feb and are not going to tell them. We thought when we wake them up to get to the airport we'll wait until they finally ask where we're going and tell them then.

I think I'll have trouble keeping it a secret...

 

[magical4us4]

I also planned a surprise trip for my kids, 10 & 12! And also for my husband! I am ready to explode and am so excited, I wish I can talk to them about it! We were there in March and didn't get to do everything we wanted because of the crowds (Easter week!). So I planned for January, since it is one of our favorite times to go(8times)! We are staying at the Grand Floridian SLConcierge, that we absolute love soooooo much!

 

[Jennygt]

This is my only escape as well!! So glad I found them or I might have gone crazy lol!! I am just working on all the final details ADR and park plans and it is all comming together!! I even have my lime green mickeys ready to go on my bag!

 

[jtopp]

Had planned two surprise trips. One, with DW and the kids, had us on the way to the airport before informing them of our true plans. DD cried all the way to the gate, DS smiled ear to ear.
Second was for DW for our anniversary. made plans to go away locally, and made plans, packed, etc. and gave her an itinerary in the car on the way to the airport. Both trips, the best part was the look on thier faces as the news sunk in. Priceless!

 

[Jennygt]

I love reading about all the Big Reveals! Can't wait until I can post mine!!

 

[mhf]

Planning a surprise trip for DH on Dec. 10. We were supposed to go to New Orleans for his 40th birthday since he loves that food. Instead, I have reservations at POFQ. I have to call for ADR's tomorrow and since it's a Sunday, I can't do it from work! I'm going to have to lock him outside when he goes to get the early paper. Or I"m going to have to take a walk around the block with the cell phone.

AAA has been great. They send me confirmation emails at work and the itinarary came in a plain envelope.

He's never seen Epcot! His favorite character is Eeyore. I bought the Birnbaum WDW for adults book and that's going to be what he unwraps on the 6th (his real day). This is killing me because we've always planned trips together!!

aw: MHF aw:

 

[Honeybehr1]

AAA has been great. They send me confirmation emails at work and the itinarary came in a plain envelope.
aw: MHF aw:

I got a questionairre type postcard in the mail yesterday. Thankfully my son didnt get the mail or it would have been blown. I have told them that it is a total suprise and not to mail anything at all to the house. This is the second thing that has come.
I would have been really upset if he had read it

 

[Rootskate]

Just to be on the safe side, I have been having everything sent to a relatives house. (I just figured the one day that I didn't get the mail myself he would see something from Disney in there!)

 

[Bobbysdog]

The answer? You don't! Instead, you use mis-direction, like any good magician would!

We were able to keep a two week trip a total surprise from DD when she was 6. That was easy; just plan, wake her up on the day and head to the airport.

This time around presents a totally different challenge. DD11 knows all the travel videos and specials that TIVO routinely captures, knows where every file on the computer is (I have no idea how we used to plan WDW trips before the internet...), and routinely is the first to see the mail when it comes in for the day. So, we knew right away that surprising her was completely out of the question.

So when she woke up this morning (Sunday), she looked at me and said "five day dance until we leave on Friday!". Cool! She still doesn't know that we switched airlines, and are leaving a day earlier on Thursday. Hopefully, she won't know until SIL shows up at the door Thursday after school to drive us to the airport. We're having SIL inform DD that she needs to gather her last things so that we can leave right there and then.

Once we get to MCO Orlando late Thursday night, she's riding shotgun in the front seat and acting as navigator from the airport to WDW. She's convinced we're staying at PO-Riverside for the entire sixteen days (she thinks it's fifteen). And she should be....we told her to hold on to the reservation that Disney sent us when we made that specific reservation, and that she'll get to present it to the front desk when we "check-in" at POR. She doesn't know that it's been cancelled.

As we're driving to WDW from the airport, she knows that it's her job to be navigator, and watch the signs to take us first to WDW and then to POR. I'm planning to ignore her last directions and continue straight to WL, where we're spending the first 6 nights. If we know our DD11 well, she'll get upset with me when I challenge her that she misread the signs because "We've been there before, and I'm going the right way to the hotel". She'll be confident (and correct) that I missed it, and firm in her belief that I should turn around. I plan on having a mock argument with her, all the while driving on to WL. I plan on telling her that we're lost, and that I'm pulling into the gate at WL to ask directions, at which point we'll tell the guard that we're here to check in. DW will be ready with the camera in the back seat to take pictures of her when she realizes that she's been had......again!!!

Sooooo, four days to go, and we're still trying to figure out how to tell her she's also getting 5 days at the beach club (she's always wanted to go to Stormalong Bay in the worst way), and then ending with 5 days in one of the newly renovated rooms at the Contemporary on the tenth floor. Any sneaky folks out there have any ideas?

I've had fun reading about all of your plans, so forgive the longwindedness, but I had to share mine as well!

 

[Jennygt]

Love all the sneaky plans!! I also have been lucky with the mail. Most of the time I have got to it first. I periodicaly get some disney stuff in the mail so DH might not have noticed, the last one was a postcard that said something about upcomming vacation on it! Have a blast at WL, 25 days until we are there!!

 

[Rootskate]

Bobbysdog........Maybe you could tell her when you get to WL that you are spending the first 6 nights there and then moving to POR? No matter how you do it, I am sure you will have a fantastic trip!!

 

[2nd childhood]

Me too! I'm planning my DS 5th birthday and the closer we get to the day the more difficult it is to keep it from him. He has no clue, but it's difficult because I'm so excited and want to blurt it out.
A few weeks ago after watching a commercial about Disney (really cute dogs) my son asked when Mickey Mouse's birthday was. I then got the idea of how I would how and when to tell him of our surprise trip. We got out the crayons and markers and he wrote Mickey a letter asking him when his birthday is and telling Mickey that his is the 19th. We "mailed" the letter. Now Saturday before we leave I'm going to have my son check the mail with me and he will discover that Mickey has sent him "special tickets" for a trip to WDW to celebrate his upcoming 5th birthday. I'm going to enclose our luggage tags that Disney sent out to me a few weeks ago since were driving and won't be needing them. I'm going to tell him they are special tickets from Mickey himself just for my son.
By the way does anyone know when Mickey's birthday really is?

 

[Sazzo'sMommy]

Little Sazzo has no idea that she and her DM are going to WDW for a surprise four days of Christmas fun! We will be at the POLY from 12/20 to 12/23!

 

[Bobbysdog]

Bobbysdog........Maybe you could tell her when you get to WL that you are spending the first 6 nights there and then moving to POR? No matter how you do it, I am sure you will have a fantastic trip!!

That's a good idea...we were toying with having the desk clerk tell her where she'd be spending the rest of the trip at.

By the way, I love the line the tag fairy gave you. I saw it, thought of our dilemma, and my first thought was .....WWZD; What Would Zack Do?!?

Geez...maybe we really DO need this vacation.....