Brother & Sister, WL, AKL, and Parents on a Disney Cruise! We're off!!! 5/8!!

[Nicole786]

Squeal-worthy Disney mail??? I can't wait!

Any kind of disney meal is Squee worthy but especially this kind!

Can't wait for the updates!

Hey there! Just found your new PTR...I remember reading your TR from your trip with your brother and thought I'd join in again.

I LOVE the video of the treasure hunt to reveal the cruise to your parents. That was awesome. And it was so cute how they put on their buttons.

How cool you're staying at AKL and WL! We are staying at the VWL for the first time in August and I can't wait! Looking forward to what you have to say about it.

Hey! I was checking out your TR too! Thanks for stopping by again. I absolutely LOVE the WL, it is my "home" even though i've only stayed there once. When I first stayed there I didnt know what to expect especially since i'm not an outdoorsy, cabin-staying kind of person but it is so GORGEOUS! I love it!!

 

[Nicole786]

So we all know that any kind of mail is "EEE" worthy. But this type of email is most definitely "SQUEE" worthy!! It can only mean one thing! Your trip is so close, they have to send you documentation!! For those who haven't been since YOAMD, I love the new style of paperwork, a little booklet!

And we are going to have plenty of these new 30 minute arcade cards!

Now on to shopping! I got an email from disneyshopping a few days ago about the last day of the 3 for $20 deal. I couldn't pass it up! Here are the designs I chose:

And in the flesh!

We can't believe how close we are!! I started making a packing list because on friday we are 3 weeks away!!

Coming up I would like to share our day to day plans and iphone cards finalized!! These are the daily cards we'll be carrying around in my iphone and davids ipod touch that tell us what parks we are scheduled for etc!! Hope everyone had a great easter!!

 

[wlwilliams9]

Cute tees!! 3 for $20...what a great deal! The apps for the iPhone are so sweet! If only I had an iPhone!

 

[troobabiee7]

Those shirts are so cute! I can't believe how close the trip is!

Aren't you glad they saved Matt tonight?!!!! As soon as they did I thought of you I hope Lil and Anoop (or somehow Danny) go home next week!

 

[MeMom]

Nice shirts. Adding those to your collection, how many Disney tees would you say you now have in your wardrobe? I have a few plain ones, but almost every t-shirt I have is either a Disney one or a church camp one. On weekends, I don some kind of Disney t-shirt to run around and do errands in. It makes me happy to wear Soarin' or Animal Kingdom or Mickey's Spring Break or whatever while I'm doing the mundane things in life.

I look so forward to all of your good trip pictures to carry us through the summer until we go again. In three weeks, we'll be winding things down at school. TCAP will be over, so we can at least get to do some fun activities, so that's exciting for students and teachers. I may not have paid attention before in the report, but is David skipping school, or will he be out by that time? Our schools don't get out until near the end of May.

Hope you guys have a good rest of the week!
I'm heading back down to AL either tomorrow night or Saturday to spend just a little while with my babies, so not surprisingly, I'll probably have more pictures of them up soon.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, I love seeing the new trip documents -- I can't wait until we get ours!!!

The shirts are very cute -- I need to go check out Disney shopping and see what I can find.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I eagerly check the mail every day waiting for all of our docs to arrive.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

what are these arcade cards? is this something new?

 

[pooksma]

Really like the new Tees!

 

[Nichellebelle]

Boy you sure are organized! I have a lot of catching up to do! I hope you have a Happy Trip!

 

[Nicole786]

I just want to say thanks to everyone who has spoken up out of lurkdom! This was a great pick me up today here at work to see so many replies!

Cute tees!! 3 for $20...what a great deal! The apps for the iPhone are so sweet! If only I had an iPhone!

I think you need to get an iphone!! The tees were a great deal, its still going on!

Those shirts are so cute! I can't believe how close the trip is!

Aren't you glad they saved Matt tonight?!!!! As soon as they did I thought of you I hope Lil and Anoop (or somehow Danny) go home next week!

OMG I was so excited but it was predictable. I knew he was gonna be bottom 3 tonight so early on I was like "I bet if he gets voted off they'll save him" I wasn't shocked Lil was not voted off after the dialidol predictions had her pretty up there! Danny can go home too. I want to see if Adam can perform a little differently next week (like the soft song he did 2 weeks ago) The song he chose was too predictable. It would be like if he chose "Super Freak" next week.

Nice shirts. Adding those to your collection, how many Disney tees would you say you now have in your wardrobe? I have a few plain ones, but almost every t-shirt I have is either a Disney one or a church camp one. On weekends, I don some kind of Disney t-shirt to run around and do errands in. It makes me happy to wear Soarin' or Animal Kingdom or Mickey's Spring Break or whatever while I'm doing the mundane things in life.

I look so forward to all of your good trip pictures to carry us through the summer until we go again. In three weeks, we'll be winding things down at school. TCAP will be over, so we can at least get to do some fun activities, so that's exciting for students and teachers. I may not have paid attention before in the report, but is David skipping school, or will he be out by that time? Our schools don't get out until near the end of May.

Hope you guys have a good rest of the week!
I'm heading back down to AL either tomorrow night or Saturday to spend just a little while with my babies, so not surprisingly, I'll probably have more pictures of them up soon.

Can't wait to see the pictures of the girls! Brooklynn looks so much like John so even when Jill was pregnant (when I met her in Oct) I was wondering if Bella would look like her. David and I both look remarkably like my dad (unless I lose weight than I look like mom) David is missing a bit of school. I believe its finals week for other students and he will end up missing 1 or 2 days. Because he's maintained a very high GPA, he's exempted from absences affecting his grades. In FL school ends right after we get back I believe. I gradated school in NY where we got out at the end of June!

 

[Nicole786]

Oh, I love seeing the new trip documents -- I can't wait until we get ours!!!

The shirts are very cute -- I need to go check out Disney shopping and see what I can find.

When I get home i am going to take some closer shots of the new booklets you get they are really nice! I love not having the loose paperwork

I eagerly check the mail every day waiting for all of our docs to arrive.

I did the same thing before these showed up!

what are these arcade cards? is this something new?

When you book a package, one of the things you get now is a 30 minute consecutive play arcade card. I have one from the trip with my dad, we have one from mom and dad, and us at the animal kingdom lodge and also from the wilderness lodge stay! Not sure if we will use all of it but great to have if we do!

Really like the new Tees!

Thank you! I may exchange them at the local disney store for a smaller size but I do appreciate the comfort!

Boy you sure are organized! I have a lot of catching up to do! I hope you have a Happy Trip!

Thanks for chiming in! I pride myself on my Disney OCD lol!

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

Love the Disney tees too! You can never have too many!

Why can't we get WDW mail everyday.....

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

i wonder if we will get one when we stay at FW next summer?

 

[troobabiee7]

Oh I hope Adam sings Super Freak next week, that would be hilarious

 

[scottny]

As soon as they did I thought of you I hope Lil and Anoop (or somehow Danny) go home next week!

I like Anoop. I would like ot see Lil' go or maybe Danny. Kris to, I find him boring.

Congrats on the docs. I can't wait till I get mine.

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

Just wanted to say....Congrats you are at 20 days!

 

[Nicole786]

Love the Disney tees too! You can never have too many!

Why can't we get WDW mail everyday.....

I wish we did, it would be awesome!!

i wonder if we will get one when we stay at FW next summer?

I don't see why not? Unless they end it after 2009?

Oh I hope Adam sings Super Freak next week, that would be hilarious

I can't wait to see what he pulls off next week!

I like Anoop. I would like ot see Lil' go or maybe Danny. Kris to, I find him boring.

Congrats on the docs. I can't wait till I get mine.

I love kris but agree about the others!

Just wanted to say....Congrats you are at 20 days!

YAAAAY!!

 

[Nicole786]

We are officially just under 3 weeks!! and almost in the teens!!! Can you believe it? I can't! It still seems so close yet so far, so to pass the time, here are some goodies I bought on Amazon with a gift card!! I couldn't wait to get Pinocchio but i needed to buy something else to get the free shipping, finally I had an idea!

So to add on to it and make it over $25, I realized I could get water shoes for Blizzard Beach and for just general pool going. This was one thing that I missed at Typhoon last year, the ground can get so hot!! They fit perfectly, I love them!

So this morning we made some celebratory homemade pancakes! I found a great recipe online and we used a mickey mouse cookie cutter we have!

And now for some pre-trip scheduling! Lets start with Universal! We love universal even though it gets mixed reviews on the disney area of the boards. We are staying at the Royal pacific resort which gives us front of the line access with our room keys! We are checking in very late friday night, so saturday is our first day. All 4 of us will go to islands of adventure and than do a few things at the regular universal park in the afternoon. We will leave, go swimming and than go eat at my favorite universal restaurant, Mama Dellas at the Portofino Hotel! Last year, I had a conversation with MeMom on the boat because of my knee injury, here's hoping to an injury-free time! Very early Sunday morning we will drive mom and dad to MCO so they can catch their bus to DCL!! David and I will drive back to royal pacific, check our bags with luggage services and enjoy a few more hours at the park of our choice (i think islands of adventure) than we will leave in the early afternoon for wilderness lodge!!! Can't wait!!

So lets get to the disney plans, lets start with that sunday!

We will check in here:

Hopefully get our request of being close to the lobby! We have a standard view room, so it would be great to get some pixie dust, but the view doesn't bother us, I would just love the location to be convenient!

Right now we're not sure of an official plan, but we might go over to the magic kingdom! I noticed we don't have enough time here, and since I think it will be crowded (it's EMH that night) david made a point that we have never really explored mickey's toontown fair and he's right! So we aren't going to try to get on anything if its too busy, but just enough to mosey around and kill time! We have dinner reservations that night at:

It is a 5:50pm reservation, we're hoping it doesn't take too long because we want to head out to Epcot for illuminations this night!! I think we'll have plenty of time.

Time to head back to our home, the wilderness lodge!

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

Sounds like a great first day to me especially that part where you check into the Wilderness Lodge!