Ashley and the Beastly's 1st Anniversary PTR~ May 29, 2012

[MrsDrewsky]

Saw your trip dates in your title, and wanted to drop by and say Hi! We'll be at Disney May 27-June 2. Looking forward to reading more!

I kept a trip journal last time and it came in so handy when I went to write my trip report here on the DIS. I used a small 4x6 size that I could keep in my purse. Whenever we were standing in a slow moving line, or sitting down to wait for a show, I'd pull it out and jot down some notes.

Oh my goodness, I really need to subscribe to my own PTR. I missed this awhile ago. I have been reading your PTR, I love reading about your family, they sound precious. Thanks for reading along. It will be our first time to travel in May/June so we're a bit anxious to see how it will go.

I have been terrible at keeping this updated. I started back to school in February, and to catch up on my hours have been taking accelerated courses. So things have been kind of nuts, anytime I sign onto the Dis and think I am going to update, my husband or my accounting books give me a neglected look. I haven’t really mentioned this on this PTR, but last November I had surgery to have two discs in my spine shaved, which had been pinching my sciatic nerve. Well finally during the past couple of months I had experienced a drastic improvement, and have been trying to use this opportunity to swim and go for long walks so I can get back to feeling like my old self again. I want to be able to enjoy this trip as much as possible!
We went ahead and bought our souvenirs for our trip while the Disney Store was having a sale. Just for fun I thought I would post our new park gear.
DH’s Shirt & ears:

My shirt & ears:

And I bought a couple of vinylmations thinking I would start trading, but I love the ones I got! We now have an Abraham Lincoln and Zoot from the Muppets.

Drew doesn’t really know what to think of them. He said if we were to start collecting them we need to have a characteristic to look for. So we agreed… we’re only going to keep vinylmations that have hats . We’ll see how that works out.

I have finished our mini-planner for our trip, and our itinerary. We’re planning to arrive at the parks that open at 8, and stay for a couple of hours then leave when it becomes crowded. This led me to research renting a car. I found a pretty good deal through enterprise. After taxes and fees we’ll spend about $90 for seven days. I am pleased! I present to you our chariot…

Drew about died laughing when I told him this was the car we reserved. I thought it looked kind of cute and fun.
I hope to post our actual itinerary before the end of the week, possibly by the end of the evening. Sorry I am such a slacker, but if I am trying to finish up school before next tax season!

 

[OrangeJuice]

Hope your schooling is going well. It sounds like a lot of hard work. Good job taking advantage of that sale! Those are great Disney outfits. I wish shipping to Canada wasn't so darn expensive on the Disney Store website. They tac on a 30$ shipping fee even if you just buy a pin. Anyways, I'm looking forward to hearing about your itinerary.

 

[Moodyzblu]

Getting close !!

 

[MrsDrewsky]

Hope your schooling is going well. It sounds like a lot of hard work. Good job taking advantage of that sale! Those are great Disney outfits. I wish shipping to Canada wasn't so darn expensive on the Disney Store website. They tac on a 30$ shipping fee even if you just buy a pin. Anyways, I'm looking forward to hearing about your itinerary.

$30 for shipping! I will have to remember that the next time I complain about not getting free shipping.

School is going well, thank you. I need to get over to your PTR and read about your disneymoon plans! You must be getting so excited.

 

[MrsDrewsky]

Getting close !!

So close! Only 18 days!!!

 

[MrsDrewsky]

Itinerary plans!
I am kind of shy about posting this, due to them being a bit overambitious. But with the car I think we can manage. I have spreadsheets for each day as well. We love touringplans.com and they have a recently new feature to customize your daily itineraries based on arrival times, which rides you want to see, and meal breaks. It’s pretty great! Even with bouncing around so much we’ll be able to experience our must-dos.

I created our planning pages in powerpoint

We should be arriving from OKC around 1:30. Ideally we will be able to make it to AK around 4. From my obsessive research I have learned we should be able to ride KS and EE after 5 due to the park starting to clear. Then we'll drive over to AKL for dinner at Boma, our ADR is around 7:00.