Countdown to Adventure *Pirate Style*CBR/CSR PICS!!

[jngwright]

This is now a TR, as we are back-you can find the links to my posts at the bottom of THIS post! Thanks for reading!

The Pirates
Me-Jill (35)
DS Alex (6)
DS Evan (6)
Yes, they are twins. Yes, they are identical. Yes, they keep me on my toes. I thought I would just cover those often asked questions right off the bat!
Here are my two little Pirates at the P&PP last year:

Also in our cast of characters is my DH Greg (38) He is not included in our Pirate list because he is not going on this trip with us. He works in Agriculture, so spring planting time is not the ideal time to travel for him. (and he is not a Disney freak like me-he is happy to go "every 2-3 years" Insane, I know!)

The Details
'Round about December, when I really started feeling the "Disney Blues", the most Magical Place on Earth roped me in with the 4/3 deal. Now, when I called, I was not able to actually GET the 4/3 deal for our dates, but I was already hooked!
I booked a Pirate Room at Caribbean Beach Resort for 4/25-5/2. I am super excited about the room and refurbed pool! CBR is the only moderate I haven't tried so I am really pumped to try it out!

I decided not to tell the boys about the trip. I considered waking them up the morning we leave and telling them "We're going to Disney World!!" but decided that since daddy isn't coming I should give them a little time to acclimate. My friend made a great advent style countdown calendar, which ends the day before we leave. Each door has a clue behind it, with a corresponding treasure in their treasure box.

Thanks for reading!!!
Here are the links to my TR posts:
ADR's and All That Jazz
Family Fun Nights
The Big Reveal
Travel and the Pirate Room
MK, Tony's, & What's THAT in the tub??!
Epcot, The Soarin' Sprint, & San Angel Inn
If it's a hot topic on the Dis, it happened on our trip!
Biergarten, Illuminations, and Pixie Dust
Day3 MK, Tears at Rope Drop, and Teacup Nausea
Golly-we just LOVED CBR
Day 4-DHS, 1st (and not last) ride on RNRC
Jedi Training, Prince Caspian, DTD
Day 5 1900 Park Fare, More Epcot (LOVE Epcot) & Le Cellier
Oh Joy! Oh Peace! A night to myself..
Day 6 AK and a glove full of ice
Day 7 MK Move it! Shake it!! Celebrate it!
Could we? Should we? Do we dare?
Day 8-CSR!!!
The Last day *sad*

 

[alice99]

Very cute photos!

I'm jealous of your talent to keep a secret!

I wouldn't be able to do it.

 

[DWGal210]

Sounds like you guys are going to have a blast - happy planning!!

 

[jngwright]

I've never done a PTR..it is my therapy!! It is helping me keep the secret

 

[lovesdumbo]

How fun! So have the boys been doing their countdown calendars for a few days. Do they have any clue yet?


I'm thinking about starting a Pre TR too but I don't know if I have time.

 

[jngwright]

How fun! So have the boys been doing their countdown calendars for a few days. Do they have any clue yet?


I'm thinking about starting a Pre TR too but I don't know if I have time.

They don't have an idea yet, but the clues become more revealing in the next little bit... They are on day 8 today, which is "have daddy measure you".

I guess I could be doing laundry or packing..but here I sit on the DIS It is my favorite place to be when all is quiet on the home front

 

[ThePin Princess]

hi. the boys are cute. I recently stayed with my mom and dad at the CB, also on a surprise trip too. only I can only wish I was still 6. lol I'm fourteen. Can't wait to see how your trip goes.

 

[jngwright]

hi. the boys are cute. I recently stayed with my mom and dad at the CB, also on a surprise trip too. only I can only wish I was still 6. lol I'm fourteen. Can't wait to see how your trip goes.

Did you like CB??

OT, but I LOVE Twilight too!!!!!!!

 

[jngwright]

We are flying out of HHH terminal in Minneapolis at 8 am on 4/25 and are supposed to arrive at MCO at noon. We will catch ME and I hope to be at CBR around 1:00.

Day 1: Check in, swim, then off to MK for an ADR at Tony's. I haven't been there the last few trips, but really want to give the Pistachio Creme Brulee my undivided attention. I am a firm believer that Pistachio is a gift from God! I it!! I plan on spending at few hours at MK, but will base it on how worn out the boys are from the long day!

Day 2: Now, I am planning on doing rope drops, as the boys are EARLY risers and we won't have to wait for anyone else this trip. Today is EPCOT. We love Epcot and are looking forward to trying the new Kim Possible adventure. We have a lunch ADR at San Angel Inn. I know it is not well loved on here-but I love the atmosphere. (That, and Alex can eat his weight in chips and salsa) We will probably bug out early-ish and spend some quality pool time at the awesome looking pool at the resort.

Day 3: MK again today. I have followed the best park recommendations on UG touringplans, and they have served us well in the past-so we are doing it again this time. The boys are going to be bummed that SM and TTA will be closed (I have been keeping my fingers crossed that they will delay the closing, but it doesn't look hopeful) but I'm sure we will manage to have a blast anyway!
I am debating having the boys pixie dusted and gelled at the Harmony Barbershop this morning, but haven't decided for sure yet.

Day 4: DHS today. Hoping to follow the masses to TSMM and see what all the hype is about. The boys are iffy on whether they will ride ToT again..they are not so sure that they want to... I am hoping that they are tall enough to try RNRC! We have a lunch ADR at Sci-Fi, which we really like!
Tonight we are headed to T-Rex for supper. A friend went in December and said her sons loved the build-a-dino.

Day 5: We have an a.m. ADR at 1900 Park Fare. I have never been there, but it looks fun. The boys love riding the monorail, so we will head to Epcot after breakfast. I plan on re-doing some faves and then a late lunch at LeCellier. I am considering taking the boys to the Sandcastle Club at the BC for a few hours early evening. We did this last time and they LOVED it. It gave us a chance to explore the countries, too. They have never seen Illuminations, so if we are not too tired-we may stay for that!

Day 6: This is the day I will start being jealous of those just checking in to the resort We have a breakfast ADR at Tusker House at AK. I will try to convince the boys to do EE again (they didn't like the Yeti) and we will explore AK to our hearts content!

Day 7: Is it really almost over???? The boys are signed up for the Pirate Cruise at CBR this morning. I will lay in a hammock reading (is it to early for a daquiri??) or, more than likely-do laundry... I guess I could drink WHILE doing laundry, but I may mix up the darks and the whites
We will spend the afternoon at the pool, then head to MK. We have a supper ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern.

Day 8: Too sad to even think about......

So there it is! What do you think? Any suggestions for CS places or fun things to try??

Up next: Our Disney Family Fun Nights!!

 

[MJAJmom]

Just wishing you a wonderful trip!!! I took my 2 boys by myself last Oct, DS3 and DS6 (see oct trip report link below). We had a great time and it was so wonderful spending time alone with them. Looks like you've got a great trip planned.

DS6 started pin trading this last trip and he really enjoyed it, he also managed the autograph cards. Make sure to bring glowsticks for the evenings, that was a blast for my boys. Funny - the favorite thing they loved to do was pulling the sword out of the stone at MK by the carousel. They'd yank on that forever -- they still talk about it today -- go figure!!

Have fun!!!

 

[jngwright]

Just wishing you a wonderful trip!!! I took my 2 boys by myself last Oct, DS3 and DS6 (see oct trip report link below). We had a great time and it was so wonderful spending time alone with them. Looks like you've got a great trip planned.

DS6 started pin trading this last trip and he really enjoyed it, he also managed the autograph cards. Make sure to bring glowsticks for the evenings, that was a blast for my boys. Funny - the favorite thing they loved to do was pulling the sword out of the stone at MK by the carousel. They'd yank on that forever -- they still talk about it today -- go figure!!

Have fun!!!

Thanks for the glow stick suggestion!! And we haven't tried the sword in the stone yet! This is why I LOVE the DIS!!

Well-off to read your trippie! I see you are staying at CBR in June. Are you doing a Pirate Room?

 

[jngwright]

I just have to add that ONE WEEK FROM RIGHT NOW WE WILL BE ON THE AIRPLANE!!!!!

 

[ThePin Princess]

I just have to add that ONE WEEK FROM RIGHT NOW WE WILL BE ON THE AIRPLANE!!!!!

haha. someone's a little excited

Did you like CB??

OT, but I LOVE Twilight too!!!!!!!

The Caribbean Beach was okay. I like the scenery and it was so much fun to 'imbrace my inner photographer' haha. The only thing was the pool was down so I wasn't a happy camper. Once I fine my TR I'll post the link.
And I absolutely love everything twilight!

Found it! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1967772&page=1&highlight=

 

[jngwright]

haha. someone's a little excited


The Caribbean Beach was okay. I like the scenery and it was so much fun to 'imbrace my inner photographer' haha. The only thing was the pool was down so I wasn't a happy camper. Once I fine my TR I'll post the link.
And I absolutely love everything twilight!

Found it! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1967772&page=1&highlight=

Can't wait to settle in with a latte tonight and read your whole trippie! Thanks for the link!

I work with 14-16 year olds! Your age group keeps me young

Twilight OT again, but have you read Midnight Sun online? I am working through it and am so sad that it is not going to be published as a book I am counting down to 11/21 though!WooHoo!!

 

[ThePin Princess]

Can't wait to settle in with a latte tonight and read your whole trippie! Thanks for the link!

I work with 14-16 year olds! Your age group keeps me young

Twilight OT again, but have you read Midnight Sun online? I am working through it and am so sad that it is not going to be published as a book I am counting down to 11/21 though!WooHoo!!

yes! of course I read Midnight Sun! haha! I had a countdown in my profile signature saying " ___ days until Alice Cullen Steals A Yellow Porsche" but I took it out cause people didnt understand it

 

[MelanieC]

How exciting the boys will be so excited when they find out

 

[MJAJmom]

Thanks for the glow stick suggestion!! And we haven't tried the sword in the stone yet! This is why I LOVE the DIS!!

Well-off to read your trippie! I see you are staying at CBR in June. Are you doing a Pirate Room?

This will be my first time at CBR. Right now we're booked in a pirate room, but I'm having mixed thoughts. I know my boys will be crazy about the pirate theme, but Trinidad South is so much further away from the main pool where we will be hanging out every afternoon in June. So I'm thinking I'd like to switch to a preferred room -- unfortunately they are all booked on that room type -- I keep calling every day. Can't wait to hear your thoughts about the pirate room!!

 

[jngwright]

This will be my first time at CBR. Right now we're booked in a pirate room, but I'm having mixed thoughts. I know my boys will be crazy about the pirate theme, but Trinidad South is so much further away from the main pool where we will be hanging out every afternoon in June. So I'm thinking I'd like to switch to a preferred room -- unfortunately they are all booked on that room type -- I keep calling every day. Can't wait to hear your thoughts about the pirate room!!

I am very interested to see how far away TS is from the pool. You read "it is SOOOO far" and then read "it's not bad at all". Since the boys are 6 now, I am okay with the walk, but then again it takes 2-3 minutes to walk to our mailbox at home... I will say, when we took the kids in 2006, they were 4, 4, 4, and 18 months and we stayed at POFQ because it was smaller! We may get to CBR and say "what the heck was all the DIS fuss about!) I will be sure to give honest feedback when we get back!

On a side note-we measured the boys and they are 48 1/2" and 49" without shoes! I hope our measurements jive with Disneys so they can ride RnRC and PW!!

Thanks for reading! I am going to post our Disney Family Fun Night pics tonight!

 

[jngwright]

We have been doing Disney Family Fun Nights, thanks to this AWESOME thread!
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

Cars:

Lady and the Tramp:

Peter Pan:

Monsters Inc.:

Incredibles:

Bug's Life:

Finding Nemo:

Aladdin:

Toy Story/Pizza Planet:

Lilo and Stitch:

We have had so much fun doing these-it is getting the boys in the Disney spirit and they don't even know why!!!!!

 

[ThePin Princess]

Those pictures are so cute. And that is truely such a great idea