April 2010 ABD Backstage Magic : California Here We Come!!!

[stenogoddess]

Bill: That was so funny I think I hurt my rib!

 

[stenogoddess]

I got the Dooney & Bourke Tassle bag in white, & the wristlet bag in the black. This was my biggest purchase ever without asking DH first!
Thankfully he was ok with it!

Of course he was okay with it 'cause 1, how cute is that bag and 2, he wuvs ya!

So we're all going to have to make name tags for our bags on the Adventure as all the ladies will have the same one!

 

[tmli]

I got the white tassle bag as well!!

 

[slapwhitey]

We're gonna be quite the fashionable ABD crowd....you all with your "Mickey Rourke" bags as I call them and John in his "single ladies" black one piece. TMZ will be following us around.

 

[DisneyTaylors]

Bill: That was so funny I think I hurt my rib!

- Bill

 

[DisneyTaylors]

yeah Bill on your 100 posts!

I don't know about anyone else, but I've been working like a DOG. Which is good because DAP girls managed to peer preassure me into buying a new bag, and I wasn't even there! *sigh* I can't wait for it to get here though!

Congrats honey!

I owe about a hundred of my posts to you. So, I'll make it 200.

Jennifer

Congrats on your 100th post Bill!

Thank you everyone! I'm still a newbie compared to most of the folks here, but I am working on it.

- Bill

 

[katscradle]

Just thought I would post an update!
We are still in florida!
John wasn't ready to drive home what with a nasty storm hitting right along the path we were going to take home.
So we are now at the Dolphin till the 27th.
I am loving the extra time here as I know how cold it is going to be when we go home.
So now we have to get our act together and do some christmas shopping for the boys. I want to start this today, so we will see what John has planned.
Have a great day everyone!

 

[stenogoddess]

You all made the right choice! Plus warmer for a few more days is always nice. Does Santa come down the chimney at the Swan/Dolphin?

 

[macman752]

Just thought I would post an update!
We are still in florida!
John wasn't ready to drive home what with a nasty storm hitting right along the path we were going to take home.
So we are now at the Dolphin till the 27th.
I am loving the extra time here as I know how cold it is going to be when we go home.
So now we have to get our act together and do some christmas shopping for the boys. I want to start this today, so we will see what jJohn has planned.
Have a great day everyone!

Looks like you will have some great weather on Christmas Day, highs in the mid 70s and a low in the mid 50s.!

Sally and I will be spending Christmas Eve and part of Christmas at our daughter's house (about a 20 minute drive from her house to the World). We'll probably stop at Downtown Disney on our way back home on Christmas Day--we did not get to Ghirardelli when we were there for DAP. I'm overdue for a Very Berry sundae.

 

[katscradle]

You all made the right choice! Plus warmer for a few more days is always nice. Does Santa come down the chimney at the Swan/Dolphin?

Oh I think he may have a way!!!

 

[Dodie]

This thread has been languishing unposted upon for far too long. What's up with that? Look at that countdown in my signature below! Is anybody getting excited?

Any confirmation of the big news that you can't share with us yet, Kevin?

 

[spokanemom]

I agree! I check to see if there is anything new on our thread daily. I am hoping that with the holidays over, there will be more chatter. I have frequently thought about just posting a simple hello, but then the little voice in my head tells me that I am just too impatient.

Kevin, can we have a hint? Just a tiny glimmer of hint-ness? Please? You could consider it a holiday gift to all of us. Because SOME of us did not get new Macbooks...

 

[DisneyTaylors]

Yeah Christmas has been the main focus in our house over the last couple of weeks (we actually had a white Christmas in Texas! ), but we are already having conversations again about this trip. We are dividing up who will research what. Divide and conquer. We are extremely excited and cannot wait for April to arrive. Here's hoping everyone had a great Holiday!

- Bill

 

[Tonya2426]

Paid our balance today!!! California here we come!!!! I wanted to make sure it got paid before the 31st so we could get the 5X disney rewards dollars we signed up for.

Anyone know if we can use the Disney Rewards Card at Mickey's of Glendale??? (There is a method to my madness)

 

[dis-sky]

Wow , wonderful ! How I wish I could go ! Dreaming of it

 

[stenogoddess]

Hope everyone had a super great holiday! We've got two Christmases down and two to go! While we're down for the Donald 1/2 in a few weeks we'll do one with Jeri's mom and sister and their family and then when we go down to Tampa for the Super Bowl, we'll do Christmas with Jeri's Dad and his family. Not confusing AT ALL!

 

[Circusgirl]

Staggering out from under the Christmas tree...
It's been a great holiday time, but busier even than usual with some family health issues added to the mix. I paid off my trip on Christmas Eve, my present to myself, and am hardly able to contain my excitement! I haven't gotten my flights yet, but will look into that soon. I will probably arrive very early in the morning the day the trip starts, and stay after for a night or two.
Meanwhile, a friend asked me to accompany him to Disneyland for his birthday trip (twist my arm!) so I'll be making a short trip in January, staying at the Paradise Pier at a killer AP rate. Another friend is going to be creating one of the events at the California Food and Wine Festival and has asked me to come down and be her assistant (since she is doing a cheese seminar, I'll be a Cheezette ) so I'll be returning again in May. Life is good!

 

[MatthewT212]

Will anyone be staying longer after the Adventure?

I booked a few more night at the Disneyland Hotel after the Adventure. We plan on visiting Universal, more Disneyland/California Adventure, and Medieval Times for dinner and then off to San Francisco to the Disney Family Museum.

I was disappointed to find out that Fantasmic was going to be closed for our trip. The verdict is still out if World of Color would be in soft opening when we get there but I hope so it will take some of the sting away from Fantasmic. I was really looking forward to seeing the dragon in Fantasmic but I can only hope they will eventually bring it to Disney World or of course plan another trip to Disneyland.

For those interested in Universal the King Kong attraction could be opened by our visit. Has anyone hear a specific date?

 

[stenogoddess]

Matthew: We're coming in early, but not staying late. Sounds like y'all have a great plan together though. That is such a bummer about Fantasmic. I was really looking forward to that one.

 

[MatthewT212]

WellLauren if we keep ourselves in our laughing place and a little pixie dust we can hope that World of Color will be open! I will still miss Fantasmic but World of Color would sooth those feelings.

What are you planning on when you come in early? We were as well but had to change the dates because my parents are watching our dogs.