Cruising, Wining, and Disney Dining - Two 2012 PTRs in One! **TR LINK UP**

[HeatherLassell]

I'm lucky to have two Disney related trips next year. It makes not going to WDW this year a little less painful.

lol Imagine not having been there in....hmmmm, I figure it will be 18 years when we go next year, since I've been to Disney World!!!

 

[jenny105]

lol Imagine not having been there in....hmmmm, I figure it will be 18 years when we go next year, since I've been to Disney World!!!

I know the feeling! I first went to DW when I was 8 or 9. I didn't go again until I was 23! Since then I've been every year except this one (I'm 28, almost 29 now!).

 

[jenny105]

Really quick update to say that I added another small deposit to my Disney Fund today. $12.35 bringing my grand total to $129.90. Still $1,620.10 to go until I reach my goal!

ETA: I just recieved a $10 PayPal deposit from MySurvey so I added that to my Disney Fund. New total $139.90. $1,610.10 to go!

ETA 2: I took another $20 I had leftover from the gas budget and deposited that as well. New total $159.90. $1,590.10 to go!

ETA 3: I got a commission check back from my stay in Anaheim (only 5 months late!). We get 10% back when it's our own travel. It was only one night so it was $7.60. I put that right into the fund. New total is now $167.50. $1,582.50 to go!

 

[arbolita]

Man, when I saw you did an updated post, I was hoping that it would be an update to the Disney news mentioned in your last post. Can we get a hint?

 

[HeatherLassell]

Really quick update to say that I added another small deposit to my Disney Fund today. $12.35 bringing my grand total to $129.90. Still $1,620.10 to go until I reach my goal!

I LOVE the idea of updating the $ totals as you go! Exciting to see it go down! I'm gonna add this to my PTR!

I bought each of my kids a can piggy bank (can ONLY be opened once full and by using a can opener!! hahaha) and everytime I have change (equal amounts) they all put some in. My oldest is going to start babysitting every other saturday (for his brother and sister) so that money is going directly in his jar! He'll have over $100 by our trip next year and that doesn't count $ he usually gets for his birthday and christmas!

 

[jenny105]

Man, when I saw you did an updated post, I was hoping that it would be an update to the Disney news mentioned in your last post. Can we get a hint?

Hmmm, if I can come up with a hint that doesn't give the whole thing away...let me work on it.

I LOVE the idea of updating the $ totals as you go! Exciting to see it go down! I'm gonna add this to my PTR!

I bought each of my kids a can piggy bank (can ONLY be opened once full and by using a can opener!! hahaha) and everytime I have change (equal amounts) they all put some in. My oldest is going to start babysitting every other saturday (for his brother and sister) so that money is going directly in his jar! He'll have over $100 by our trip next year and that doesn't count $ he usually gets for his birthday and christmas!

Posting helps me keep track of it! I do a lot of little extra things to put money aside. I save all my change and singles. At the end of every week they go in a jar. At the end of the month, I put my singles into the Disney Fund. The change I'll cash closer to our travel time. I also belong to a survey site that gives you points per surveys that you can use to cash in for PayPal desposits. I've made $20 since August doing that. Plus, any extra pay that comes in (I'm a TA & work off commission and incentive pay) goes in there. I haven't had a commission payment (they're quarterly) since I started the fund yet but once that comes in, that'll be a bigger deposit!

 

[newmommy_2010]

any updates on that news?

 

[jenny105]

any updates on that news?

Nope. It's not official yet and won't be until the end of October so I don't want to jinx it. I'm trying to think of hints I can give you guys without giving everything away!

 

[HeatherLassell]

Nope. It's not official yet and won't be until the end of October so I don't want to jinx it. I'm trying to think of hints I can give you guys without giving everything away!

Tease!!!!

 

[jenny105]

Tease!!!!

I promise a hint tomorrow

 

[jenny105]

Ok, I promised you all a hint about the news surrounding the Disney trip. So here it is:

11 months out

I know it's pretty vague but take a guess if you'd like & if you're right, I'll PM you! But you can't tell anybody!

 

[newmommy_2010]

11 months until Free Dining appears again?!

 

[jenny105]

11 months until Free Dining appears again?!

No but good guess. The only guess! I'm thinking my hint wasn't very good.

 

[newmommy_2010]

maybe another hint?

 

[Amandaka78]

I'm in. This is the 1st PTR I've joined and I love your Disney fund ideas. We are CSR lovers so I really hope you love it as much as we do. We will be heading doen in November 2012 for the F&W and our 1st cruise. I look forward to hearing about all your plans.

 

[jenny105]

maybe another hint?

studio

I'm in. This is the 1st PTR I've joined and I love your Disney fund ideas. We are CSR lovers so I really hope you love it as much as we do. We will be heading doen in November 2012 for the F&W and our 1st cruise. I look forward to hearing about all your plans.

There's a really great site Couponing to Disney that I got most of my ideas from. There's also a forum there where people post & share their Disney Fund totals. It's helpful!

I love the F&W festival. I had so much fun last year & am really looking forward to it again. Are you cruising with DCL?? You're going to have a blast! They had to kick me off Castaway Cay, I did not want to leave. Cruises are the BEST!

 

[arbolita]

Hmmm....will you possibly be going on the Adventures by Disney tour that goes to Anaheim with a tour of Walt Disney Studios?

 

[jenny105]

Hmmm....will you possibly be going on the Adventures by Disney tour that goes to Anaheim with a tour of Walt Disney Studios?

Nope but I wish I were! It has something to do with next year's WDW trip.

 

[arbolita]

Are you going to stay in one of the rooms at the Art of Animation resort??

 

[jenny105]

Are you going to stay in one of the rooms at the Art of Animation resort??

Nope. Too big & too expensive for just the two of us. Plus, I think that place looks like an eyesore from the pictures I've seen.