dizluvah
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Hey all
I decided to cheer myself up by writing my first pre-trip report. We leave in 12 days for WDW and as my title indicates I was terminated from my job on Friday (they say for cause; I say NOT...but that is a story for another time/place) I freaked out and went from cancel the whole trip, to go on the trip but try to be extremely frugal, to just keep the trip the way we planned it. I am not our primary breadwinner - don't get me wrong I need to work and supplement our budget but I can and will get another job. We have some savings we can dip into; but I don't think it will come to that. Basically DH talked me off the ledge!
So Cast
me (Christine) 35, ahem....unemployed (little bit neurotic disney lover)
DH - (Scott) 36, IT Manager (says he humors me with the Disney "thing")
When: May 16 - 24th
Where: hmmmm...not sure I can say this on the dis...OFFSITE (gasp)
We use my sister's timeshare at Vistana for the week. We are coming in on Friday night so we are staying 1 night at Buena Vista Suites. We are not early morning people and we decided to come in on the last flight out Friday night rather than first one's in on Saturday morning. We do not travel well if tired/cranky.
Have been planning this trip since we purchased AP's in October 2007. All trips in the past we were counter service people - if we luck into last minute ADRs for table service then we ate there. The only ADR we made in advance ever in the past was for CRT (dinner) - we loved eating in the castle. We have also eaten at Biergarten, Tony's, and 50's Prime Time Cafe. So this time we planned to eat at more TS places.
ADRs for this trip
Saturday 5/17 2:20 Kona Cafe
Sunday 5/18 9:40 California Grill (Grille) I confess I don't know how they chose to spell grill .....
Monday 5/19/08 2:30pm Teppan Edo
Tuesday 5/20/08 2:10pm Brown Derby
I stopped at those 4 because DH expressed displeasure at the idea of having to be somewhere at a certain time to make the reservation - what if we aren't hungry then, what if we decide to go somewhere else. So I am compromising by giving him Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat with zero ADRs.
We are doing the PPP on Wed 5/21. I am thinking maybe DTD for lunch - I have always wanted to try Earl of Sandwich (thanks to what I've read on the dis)
What else can I tell you about our trip...oh yes we joined a Wishes cruise for Thursday with someone from the Dis - so that should be cool. We leave from Wilderness Lodge dock.
I'm feeling better already just thinking about our trip. In the past I have been able to completely forget all reality while at WDW - I hope that works for me this time.
Thanks for reading. I'm getting excited
I decided to cheer myself up by writing my first pre-trip report. We leave in 12 days for WDW and as my title indicates I was terminated from my job on Friday (they say for cause; I say NOT...but that is a story for another time/place) I freaked out and went from cancel the whole trip, to go on the trip but try to be extremely frugal, to just keep the trip the way we planned it. I am not our primary breadwinner - don't get me wrong I need to work and supplement our budget but I can and will get another job. We have some savings we can dip into; but I don't think it will come to that. Basically DH talked me off the ledge!
So Cast
me (Christine) 35, ahem....unemployed (little bit neurotic disney lover)
DH - (Scott) 36, IT Manager (says he humors me with the Disney "thing")
When: May 16 - 24th
Where: hmmmm...not sure I can say this on the dis...OFFSITE (gasp)
We use my sister's timeshare at Vistana for the week. We are coming in on Friday night so we are staying 1 night at Buena Vista Suites. We are not early morning people and we decided to come in on the last flight out Friday night rather than first one's in on Saturday morning. We do not travel well if tired/cranky.
Have been planning this trip since we purchased AP's in October 2007. All trips in the past we were counter service people - if we luck into last minute ADRs for table service then we ate there. The only ADR we made in advance ever in the past was for CRT (dinner) - we loved eating in the castle. We have also eaten at Biergarten, Tony's, and 50's Prime Time Cafe. So this time we planned to eat at more TS places.
ADRs for this trip
Saturday 5/17 2:20 Kona Cafe
Sunday 5/18 9:40 California Grill (Grille) I confess I don't know how they chose to spell grill .....
Monday 5/19/08 2:30pm Teppan Edo
Tuesday 5/20/08 2:10pm Brown Derby
I stopped at those 4 because DH expressed displeasure at the idea of having to be somewhere at a certain time to make the reservation - what if we aren't hungry then, what if we decide to go somewhere else. So I am compromising by giving him Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat with zero ADRs.
We are doing the PPP on Wed 5/21. I am thinking maybe DTD for lunch - I have always wanted to try Earl of Sandwich (thanks to what I've read on the dis)
What else can I tell you about our trip...oh yes we joined a Wishes cruise for Thursday with someone from the Dis - so that should be cool. We leave from Wilderness Lodge dock.
I'm feeling better already just thinking about our trip. In the past I have been able to completely forget all reality while at WDW - I hope that works for me this time.
Thanks for reading. I'm getting excited
