Disney pin codes + Bill = TROUBLE *11/01 Almost time for our Happy Place*

[DreaGirl]

DD Dance!

 

[KathyRN137]

Ackk!! How could I miss your 99 day dance??

Oh well... it's still double-digits, right??




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Kathy

 

[All7OfUs]

Haven't posted in a while, but lurking nonetheless. I did want to celebrate with you with a great big:

 

[KathyRN137]

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Kathy

 

[DisMomAmy]

Happy Double Digits!!​

And Happy Park Hours Day!! ​

 

[mrsksomeday]

Thanks again everyone for dancing with me.

The November park hours are out HERE, so I am off to rearrange the plan I had . I make ADR's Thursday at 5 am. I will be back later today with "the ADR attack plan!!

 

[luvfigment]

Ohhh can't wait for the ADR attack plan! Although I have to work the next 3 nights so by the time i read I will actually be able to see the ADR's. I hope you get all of the ADR's you want!

 

[TxMickeyLover]

Loving your pre-trippie! We are arriving Nov. 7, so maybe we'll bump into you. I have gone binder-crazy for this trip as well! Thank goodness the hours were finally posted SOMEWHERE today. Now I just have to take a look at my tentative schedule and see what changes need to be made.

 

[mrsksomeday]

Ohhh can't wait for the ADR attack plan! Although I have to work the next 3 nights so by the time i read I will actually be able to see the ADR's. I hope you get all of the ADR's you want!

Hi, I am about to post where I think we are going to be dining, but you know me... it might change .

Loving your pre-trippie! We are arriving Nov. 7, so maybe we'll bump into you. I have gone binder-crazy for this trip as well! Thank goodness the hours were finally posted SOMEWHERE today. Now I just have to take a look at my tentative schedule and see what changes need to be made.

Hi thank you for reading along. November is a great time to be in WDW!! Please say hello if you see us! I love my binder!! The hours thing was annoying me as you will see in the next installment.

 

[mrsksomeday]

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” – Walt Disney

Actually I have tailored this quote for myself: “You can design and create the Disney plan of your dreams but it takes the November hours assigners to make the dream a reality”.

I was:

Slowly

Going

Insane

I was driving Bill crazy too because of it.

First they changed the dining reservation from 180 days to 90 days

, then they can’t find a way to be consistent with the release of the park hours. WHY???

Yes, I know they were looking at crowd projections, yes I know there aren’t as many people fortunate to go to Disney and I should be thankful that I am even going at all, but I have to tell you, I still wanted THE HOURS RELEASED NOW!!! The obsessive trip planner in me was going crazy waiting.

Thank goodness for my trip purchases, they take my mind off things a bit. I have taken pics of the most recent purchases:

Tink lollipop with popping candy and Glow Pops, you pop the stick, then shake and it is a glow stick and lollipop all in one:

T shirts for Abbey:

Even though I have been told: “I will not be wearing Disney shirts” by Josh, I got him a grey “Disney” shirt to match Abbey, I think he will wear it, we will see.

I have letters designed for the various places we are going to be (possibly) dining, but I won’t post those until I actually make the ADR’s.

As for the Smoky Mountains, Bill informed his Dad that we will not be going. He is worn out from the classes this summer, he has had too many muscle spasms lately, and just is not up to riding in the van for 8 hours, staying 3 nights then driving home.

We are also dealing with a lump on the side of his neck, KathyRN137 was wonderful in keeping me from losing it when I first found it. She calmed me down and the doctor said many of the things Kathy had told me. The Dr. thinks it is a swollen lymph node, gave Bill antibiotics, and instructions that if the lump didn’t go away to see a surgeon in 2 weeks. That appointment is Friday, the lump is less than half the size it was but his regular doctor wants him to still see the surgeon. I know this is weighing heavily on Bill’s mind. He said “I don’t want another surgery”. He has had 15 various surgeries in the past due to his Cerebral Palsy. I feel helpless and I hate it, so instead of hovering over him checking the size of the lump every hour, I have been reading trip reports and refreshing the November hours link like crazy.

Here are the tentative ADR’s:

Nov. 4th arrival day: Planet Hollywood sometime in the afternoon, DTD evening

Nov. 5th Magic Kingdom Day 1: I don’t have to make ADR’s this day because the wonderful Kathy made the already. We are meeting, all 11 of us for dinner at ‘Ohana

. I can’t even begin to express how happy Bill and I are to get to see Kathy and family again. I just hope my son is up to dining with "strangers" (you couldn't ever get my xH to even go out to eat let alone sit at a table with people he didn't know), I will be watching him closely

(shout out to my Fockers!!). I think he will really like Ed .

Nov. 6th Epcot Day 1: Teppan Edo dinner

Nov. 7th Animal Kingdom Day 1: Park Fare dinner

Nov. 8th DHS Day 1: 50’s Prime Time Café lunch

Nov. 9th Epcot Day 2: Le Cellier dinner

Nov. 10th Free morning, MVMCP evening: Chef Mickey’s late breakfast

Nov. 11th Christian park decision day: Not sure about this day since we are leaving that afternoon, I am conflicted

.

Part of me wants Whispering Canyon Café in there somewhere since the last time we went with Amy was NOT a pleasant experience, I want a do over, we will see.

So what do you think about the ADR’s? Josh and Abbey might be coming this weekend, I will talk to them about splitting up during our park days, but we do want to eat together. I have been informed that they want to stick to us like glue, but we want ship them to another restaurant at Epcot on our Le Cellier evening so Bill and I can just be together.

As you know this is probably just the first of many ADR decisions, I am like Scott, I love to change the dining plans

. LY/MI Scott

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I am just happy that the hours are finally out

!

Oh I have decided to end every installment with a picture of Acey baby, so here you go:

Next installment… Hannah has a Fairy Godmother that made me cry!

 

[MRYPPNS]

So in what order do you plan to make the ADR's online? I know you have planned it out

Where are you making a ressie for the kids for Bill and yours Le Cellier night? Coral Reef would be cool for them and not too far from Canada....sort of.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I hope that lump on Bill's neck continues to go down and that he doesn't need to endure yet another surgery.

Your dinner with Kathy and family sounds wonderful!

 

[MRYPPNS]

I hope that lump on Bill's neck continues to go down and that he doesn't need to endure yet another surgery.

Your dinner with Kathy and family sounds wonderful!

I just saw your ticker.....Congrats!

 

[mrsksomeday]

So in what order do you plan to make the ADR's online? I know you have planned it out

Where are you making a ressie for the kids for Bill and yours Le Cellier night? Coral Reef would be cool for them and not too far from Canada....sort of.

Le Cellier first, then Chef Mickey's. Now Bill is saying he would like to have all the meals with Josh and family, he knows how much Josh and Abbey like steak. We might break up during the day at the parks and meet up at ADR time. I am sure we will change things around at least once after we get there.

I hope that lump on Bill's neck continues to go down and that he doesn't need to endure yet another surgery.

Your dinner with Kathy and family sounds wonderful!

Thank you so much Julie, I pray they don't have to do a biopsy, but if they do we will deal with it. I can't wait to see Kathy and family again .

 

[DreaGirl]

Sorry to hear about Bill's neck. I hope the surgeon gives him an all clear and he doesn't need another surgery. I'll be thinking about him.

As for your ADRs I think Bill is on the right track. It would be nice to connect at dinner and talk about everyone's day. JMO

I did the online ADRs and it was okay once I got used to it. I did LeCellier first. I had read some horror stories of people getting a time, not liking it, going for another time and then the site saying there were no times available. So, I put the earliest time I wanted and took whatever it gave me. I was fine with the time. I have read that others took the first time (even if they didn't like it) then went in for another time. They would then cancel the one they didn't want.

Good luck on your ADRs!!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I just saw your ticker.....Congrats!

Thank you!!!

 

[mrsksomeday]

Sorry to hear about Bill's neck. I hope the surgeon gives him an all clear and he doesn't need another surgery. I'll be thinking about him.

As for your ADRs I think Bill is on the right track. It would be nice to connect at dinner and talk about everyone's day. JMO

I did the online ADRs and it was okay once I got used to it. I did LeCellier first. I had read some horror stories of people getting a time, not liking it, going for another time and then the site saying there were no times available. So, I put the earliest time I wanted and took whatever it gave me. I was fine with the time. I have read that others took the first time (even if they didn't like it) then went in for another time. They would then cancel the one they didn't want.

Good luck on your ADRs!!

Thank you about Bill. Thanks for telling me about the ADR strategy.

 

[mrsksomeday]

“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.” – Walt Disney

The title to this installment is a quote from Cinderella to the Fairy Godmother.

On June 28th, Hannah’s Fairy Godmother came into my inbox. She is part of the Disboutiquers and participates in the Big Give on the DIS. She wanted to do her own mini give to Hannah. This precious woman spent so much time, effort, materials, and caring and would not take one dime in return. She went totally above and beyond anything I could have thought of.

I got the Pixie Dust package yesterday:

I almost fainted when I saw what was inside for the first time

. I had seen pictures but oh my goodness.



As Walt said, let the pictures speak:

Epcot dress:

Tinkerbell dress:

Animal Kingdom dress:

Princess dress (just out of the box forgive the wrinkles) It has princesses all over it and is sparkly:

Reversible Minnie themed skirt:

Shirt that looks adorable with the Minnie skirt (there was a white shirt too, I forgot to take a picture):

Last but not least a petti to make the things fuller:

Hannah is going to lose her mind when she sees these. Abbey has said we should put out an outfit a day because she thinks it will overwhelm her seeing everything all at once. We are hoping that Josh and Abbey come this weekend so we can go over plans and I can show them the beautiful outfits the wonderful, amazing, gifted, fantastic, incredible, magnificent Piper made.

I can never, ever thank you enough, I am crying again just typing this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Seeing the Tinkerbell dress in pictures had me looking for something, I wanted to give something to Hannah to go with it. Ebay came to the rescue. Well, I ordered something and decided to get something for Abbey and I as well:

Sometimes colors don’t show up well online. Mine is silver with blue, Abbey’s is silver with purple, and Hannah’s is Tinkerbell colors. I think they will like them. I am surprising them with these. I have to remember to put them up before Abbey comes. If you want more info about the bracelets, PM me and I will gladly share the link.

Time for Ace:

Next installment…. An inventory of what I have and a wish list of what I want

 

[TxMickeyLover]

I love the dresses! Hannah's Fairy Godmother did a GREAT job!

 

[MRYPPNS]

awwwwwwww....those clothes are so pretty! Hannah will be the belle of the ball!