Childfree (by choice) Disney Lovers!

[franandaj]

Glad you're using the time productively. I am not employed, but we have rental properties so our workday is already weird, we only have to do something if we have vacancies or properties that need rennovations.

Otherwise, I can hang out all day on the DIS. Other than we have hoarder like syndrome in our house and need to sell a ton of things on eBay but we still end up going to Costco and buying more stuff...I guess we will never dig out!

 

[zima-cheryl]

I was looking at something & noticed Food & Wine runs 9/30 to 11/13 this year.

Am I crazy, or didn't F&W used to run for the whole month of November?
Glad we got a PIN & changed our dates. Our original dates would have had us missing it.

 

[franandaj]

I was looking at something & noticed Food & Wine runs 9/30 to 11/13 this year.

Am I crazy, or didn't F&W used to run for the whole month of November?
Glad we got a PIN & changed our dates. Our original dates would have had us missing it.

It's always been about six weeks from end of Sept to beginning of November.

When are you going? We'll be on Disney property from the 27th of Oct to the 3rd of November (well really the 2nd all we do on the third is have breakfast and catch magical express).

 

[zima-cheryl]

It's always been about six weeks from end of Sept to beginning of November.

When are you going? We'll be on Disney property from the 27th of Oct to the 3rd of November (well really the 2nd all we do on the third is have breakfast and catch magical express).

We actually pushed up to 10/1 - 10/8.
Not thrilled about being there 1st week of F&W, but the discount was too good to walk away from.

 

[HockeyKat]

We decided to do F&W this year as well. Booked BWV-BW view for Nov 7-12.

Early September is usually our favorite time to go, but Sept 2010 was more crowded than usual, and was hot as ****. Nov should be not as hot, although probably as crowded.

We are in WDW right now actually... crowds are pretty light and the weather is a little chilly, but good.

 

[zima-cheryl]

We decided to do F&W this year as well. Booked BWV-BW view for Nov 7-12.

Early September is usually our favorite time to go, but Sept 2010 was more crowded than usual, and was hot as ****. Nov should be not as hot, although probably as crowded.

We are in WDW right now actually... crowds are pretty light and the weather is a little chilly, but good.

Figures.... we will be leaving just as you arrive.

 

[HockeyKat]

Figures.... we will be leaving just as you arrive.

A month apart, though? We are doing the last week of F&W, 11/7-11/12. You are doing 10/1-10/8?

Anyhow, I see you all the time now (and yay for it)!

We almost did the last week in September, but decided to give Nov a go.

 

[zima-cheryl]

A month apart, though? We are doing the last week of F&W, 11/7-11/12. You are doing 10/1-10/8?

Anyhow, I see you all the time now (and yay for it)!

We almost did the last week in September, but decided to give Nov a go.

You are right... I saw that 7 & didn't read any further.
That is what I get for posting before having my coffee!

 

[franandaj]

I am hoping that by the time we go, I will have had plenty of reports about what is new that is good and whether or not the tried and true items are good. I also hope that they bring back the Grand Mariner Tasting that they started last year! That one sounded really good!

 

[zima-cheryl]

Wow - did we just drop off after the 1st of the year, or what?

I saw this in our paper the other day & thought it was interesting. Of course there are few people I can talk to about it w/out offending someone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110414/lf_nm_life/us_parents_health

So F&W is less than 180 days out for us.
Our TA booked us Crystal Palace one morning & Coral Reef for lunch one day. Beyond that we are holding off on ADR's. I don't want to plan a bunch of stuff then have to change it when they announce the MNSSHP dates and F&W event schedule.
Hoping to catch a tequila tasting & maybe the Party for the Senses one night. Plus you never know what old rockers they will pull out of the closet for the concerts that week. Stinks that they open up ADR's this far out but won't give you all the other details you need to really finalize your plans.

 

[Darkfirewolfe]

Yes! Total drop off - glad someone bumped it.

Congrats on being less than 180 days out

One of my close friends just had a new baby and she's just as cute as she can be. It was great to give her a cuddle, drop off a casserole, and then go back to my own house

 

[lakelandgal70]

Wow - did we just drop off after the 1st of the year, or what?

I saw this in our paper the other day & thought it was interesting. Of course there are few people I can talk to about it w/out offending someone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110414/lf_nm_life/us_parents_health

So F&W is less than 180 days out for us.
Our TA booked us Crystal Palace one morning & Coral Reef for lunch one day. Beyond that we are holding off on ADR's. I don't want to plan a bunch of stuff then have to change it when they announce the MNSSHP dates and F&W event schedule.
Hoping to catch a tequila tasting & maybe the Party for the Senses one night. Plus you never know what old rockers they will pull out of the closet for the concerts that week. Stinks that they open up ADR's this far out but won't give you all the other details you need to really finalize your plans.

Wow guess we childfree people have been busy. lol. I am not employed, have no kids and can't believe how busy life is right now. I hope it can slow down a bit

That is awesome you got into Crystal Palace. Never been there so will look forward to what you think about it. I looove Food and Wine. I mean what isn't to like? You got your food then you have your wine, beer, mixed adult beverages oh my!! That reminds me I better start making my ressies for our August stay. hahahaha

Heading over to Animal Kingdom and Tusker House for early dinner today. Can't wait for some chocolate mango bread I hope everyone is having a wonderful spring and all the snow has melted. We have been in the 90s last week or so. Spring is gone and summer has arrived haha

 

[franandaj]

I was wondering what happened to the child free peeps.
We still have about 2 weeks until we can make our ADRs. When we're at the BCV, we are only planning one, and that is for Sun when we will steer clear of Epcot. The rest we plan to eat from the kiosks, and I too hope to do PFTS, also the Grand Mariner tasting. When we move to the VWL, we want to eat at a couple signatures, and possibly do the last night of MNSSHP.

Right now I'm getting excited about our trip next week to DC!

 

[zima-cheryl]

That is awesome you got into Crystal Palace. Never been there so will look forward to what you think about it.

We actually do Crystal Palace most trips for breakfast one day. Standard breakfast food. I do like the pancake/egg station. You can get eggs made any way you want & they make big Mickey pancakes for you. It is Pooh & Friends & he is one of my favs so that is nice.
But the real reason to get that early ADR for CP is you beat the crowds. This only works on non-Extra Magic hour mornings. But if you can snag an 8a/8:15 ADR you can eat, see 2 or 3 characters & be out on Main Street @ 9am while the regular crowd is still outside the gates. Amazing what a jump you get on the first several rides. When we rode Buzz the first time last trip we were the only people on the ride as far as you could see ahead/behind us. Tea Cups were half full & Peter Pan was walk-on.
Granted by 10a the crowds catch up to you, but you can do a lot in that first hour.

 

[zima-cheryl]

And here we go....
I knew this would happen & I can't grouse on facebook (too many family members there).

We are supposed to be going to WDW with my FIL & his fiance in October. Been planning this for going on 2 years so they had plenty of time to plan, save & be ready for it. We purposly picked F&W since she is very much into cooking & entertaining.

Started last week with the "I'm not sure, depends on work"... blah, blah, blah

FIL has been wanting to get back to WDW for years, so I have a hunch where this is coming from. She can't imagine what we will do there for a week, how we could possibly spend 5 days in the parks, & won't we be bored? We've sent them websites, got them a nice book & included them on plans right along so she could see what all there is & how she could enjoy it.

I wish I could say this is a suprise to me, but it isn't. I'm more disgusted. She does this a lot & it drives me crazy. Isn't part of being family sucking it up & doing things together sometimes, even if it isn't your first choice? I'm not saying I'm the best daughter in law & I know we screwed up sometimes (esp. when we were a lot younger) but we are trying. I hate to see DH lose out on time with his Dad. Esp. since we moved & are so far away, these opportunities are few & far between. First trip they take to the beach this summer it will be all I can do to bite my tounge & not let off with some snarky comment.

OK - Rant over.... Thanks for giving me somewhere to vent!

 

[lakelandgal70]

And here we go....
I knew this would happen & I can't grouse on facebook (too many family members there).

We are supposed to be going to WDW with my FIL & his fiance in October. Been planning this for going on 2 years so they had plenty of time to plan, save & be ready for it. We purposly picked F&W since she is very much into cooking & entertaining.

Started last week with the "I'm not sure, depends on work"... blah, blah, blah

FIL has been wanting to get back to WDW for years, so I have a hunch where this is coming from. She can't imagine what we will do there for a week, how we could possibly spend 5 days in the parks, & won't we be bored? We've sent them websites, got them a nice book & included them on plans right along so she could see what all there is & how she could enjoy it.

I wish I could say this is a suprise to me, but it isn't. I'm more disgusted. She does this a lot & it drives me crazy. Isn't part of being family sucking it up & doing things together sometimes, even if it isn't your first choice? I'm not saying I'm the best daughter in law & I know we screwed up sometimes (esp. when we were a lot younger) but we are trying. I hate to see DH lose out on time with his Dad. Esp. since we moved & are so far away, these opportunities are few & far between. First trip they take to the beach this summer it will be all I can do to bite my tounge & not let off with some snarky comment.

OK - Rant over.... Thanks for giving me somewhere to vent!

Hopefully once she gets to Disney she will be blown away by everything there is to do. Heck we live 40min away and have passes and still haven't done all there is to do yet. I would rather hang out with my friends than family. LOL. You know that saying you can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. haha

 

[zima-cheryl]

You know that saying you can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. haha

So true! So true!!

 

[FigmentLady]

I'm glad this thread is here! People seem to think it's okay to judge and comment on our child free status to begin with. toss our love for Disney in there and it seems to give free reign to judge our entire life style.

Glad to see we aren't the only child free dis lovers out there.
(I feel like maybe I posted here once a while back... But just in case I didn't here is an intro)

me: 28 and obsessed with Disney since before I could walk.
DH: 27 and his first trip to Disney was his 25th bday(for new years eve too!) that was a Christmas surprise from me.

We have been married 3 years. We have been to Disney World 4 times since 2009 and will be back in September!

 

[magicmonette]

Yippee! I am so glad to see this thread! My husband and I are taking our first vacation in three years (tough times in the Bayou State) and when I told friends and family we are going to WDW, we got the the usual feedback! "Your kids are out of the house now! Go somewhere good!"

 

[magicmonette]

Now I will need to overcome my "fear" of being the only childless couple at a character meal...maybe on my next trip.