*~* First Trip: 59 Years In The Making *~* 11/25 - PTR is now closed!

[DsnyMama]

Date: November 28, 2012
Game Plan: Hollywood Studios full day!
Dining: Hollywood & Vine breakfast, dinner at 50's Prime Time Cafe.

• 7:30 am – Wake up! (mommy)
• Check out of AKV, drive over to CSR and check in. Drive from CSR to DHS. (mommy)
• 8:15 am - Wake up! (everyone else)
• 9 am – Bus from AKV to DHS (everyone else)
• Meet at DHS entrance at 9:30 am
• Catch any characters at Sorcerer’s Hat
• Grab TSM Fastpasses – ride at appropriate time
• 10:00 am - Hollywood & Vine breakfast. Handy Manny, Oso, Jake, June.
• 11:30 am – Beauty and The Beast - Live on Stage
• Grab FP for Tower of Terror and ride if wait time is short
• Ride Rockin’ Rollercoaster
• Ride The Great Movie Ride
• Ride The Voyage of the Little Mermaid
• Playtime! Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground.
• 2:00 pm – Lunch! QS lunch.
• 3:00 – Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun Parade
• Studio Backlot Tour, Streets of America, Muppet Vision 3D, and Star Tours. Double back to any missed attractions.
• Visit Mike & Sulley near Backlot
• Visit Lightning McQueen and Mater near Muppet Vision 3D
• 6:00 pm – grab a snack and line up for Fantasmic!
• 6:30 pm – Fantasmic!
• Osborne Lights
• 8:20 pm - 50’s Prime Time Café dinner
• Double back to the Osborne Lights if possible
• Make sure all snack credits from 1st reservation are used!
• Bus from DHS to CSR.
• Bedtime!

 

[DsnyMama]

Messed with ADRs again last night - MUCH happier with these!

Moved Narcoossee to our arrival night - planning on Wishes from the GF dock at 8pm and then we have an 8:50 ADR. Hoping to catch the EWP from a window table when it comes through around 9:15.

Moved Boma to our MVMCP night instead of 1900 Park Fare. That way we'll have a much longer rest period midday since we won't have to leave our hotel at 3:45 to make a 5:00 ADR over at the GF. It will be less rushed that way!

Moved our Cape May Cafe a bit later - to 7:05 - so that we are certain to make it after the 5pm Candlelight Processional.

Fit in Earl of Sandwich on our resort day! Planning on heading there for lunch and taking the boat over to POR/POFQ to see the resorts and snag some beignets.

Moved the California Grill to 5:30 on our Wishes Dessert Party night. We'll see the sunset and the Castle lighting from the CG and then have about a 3.5 hour break before the dessert party.

Moved Raglan Road earlier - to 7pm - so that we'll have time to shop after dinner before the stores all close.

Cancelled Crystal Palace and booked 1900 Park Fare on our departure day for dinner. 1900 Park Fare at 4:55, MSEP at 7pm, and Wishes at 8pm.


Let's go, let's go, let's go!!! 121 days!!!!!

 

[RooRach0906]

Plans sound great. I think the change to Boma was very smart... I am still trying to figure out if we will go back the room for naps or just let her sleep in the stroller. Seems like a few of us did some ADR changes lately.

 

[Krystalynn]

LOVE reading your plans! You guys are going to have so much fun! I'm impatiently waiting for our trip as well

 

[debrapagliasotti]

Seeing the sunset & castle lighting from CG sounds perfect

 

[DsnyMama]

Seeing the sunset & castle lighting from CG sounds perfect

I agree! Should be very nice! We've done CG during fireworks, but never at sunset!

Plans sound great. I think the change to Boma was very smart... I am still trying to figure out if we will go back the room for naps or just let her sleep in the stroller. Seems like a few of us did some ADR changes lately.

I feel much better about this too! Before we were leaving MK around 1pm, getting back around 1:45-2pm depending on buses, and having to leave our resort at 3:45 to get back to MK and over to 1900 Park Fare for our 4:55 ADR! Now we'll be back to AKV no later than 2pm and won't have to leave until after dinner which will be around 6pm. MUCH more rest time!

LOVE reading your plans! You guys are going to have so much fun! I'm impatiently waiting for our trip as well

Thanks!!! Counting down the days and I'm sure you guys are too!!!

 

[levenhopper]

Great PRT! I love all the details, and I'll be stealing some of your ideas for my own plans . This looks like an *amazing* trip!!

 

[DsnyMama]

Great PRT! I love all the details, and I'll be stealing some of your ideas for my own plans . This looks like an *amazing* trip!!

Thanks and welcome aboard! Feel free to use any and all ideas!!

 

[DsnyMama]

I've been busy sewing away and making bows with my mom! Before we started these outfits, my mom hadn't sewn in over 10 years and I had NEVER even touched a sewing machine! So be easy on us! We bought a Brother SE400 Sewing Machine & Embroidery Machine and have been working hard!!

There are many more to come, and here's a few things that are completed!!

Outfits for 'Ohana













Outfits for Animal Kingdom

 

[vleeth]

The one with them sharing the ice cream is precious and the one covered in said ice cream is classic. You have a beautiful family!

 

[RooRach0906]

Your outfits are cute!!!! I am not an expert but to me they look awesome for a first timer!!

 

[oboedm]

You did great with your shirts. My favorite is the one with a tie for your son! Can't wait to see him wear it at Ohana!

 

[tofubeast]

The outfits are awesome!! I am impressed. I have never worked a sewing machine before, but have recently starting thinking about taking it up. How hard is it?

 

[Valgoof]

Your outfits are so cute!!! Your family will be the best dressed in WDW!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Caught back up.......your plans & ADR's look great!!! Absolutely loved your shirts & especially the little Ohana outfit.....so cute!! (and the tie tee)

I'm jealous of looking at everyone's PTR and seeing the cute outfits they're making.....I'm just not talented in that area.

 

[DsnyMama]

The one with them sharing the ice cream is precious and the one covered in said ice cream is classic. You have a beautiful family!

Thank you so much

Your outfits are cute!!!! I am not an expert but to me they look awesome for a first timer!!

Thanks!! They are a little "rough around the edges" but overall I'm SUPER happy!!!!

The outfits are awesome!! I am impressed. I have never worked a sewing machine before, but have recently starting thinking about taking it up. How hard is it?

Thanks so much!! It really wasn't hard at all!! My mom used to make me all kinds of clothing growing up but hasn't sewn in nearly 15+ years! She took right back to it and was able to show me how! The hardest part for me was reading the pattern, but once I got that down I was good to go! I say go for it!

You did great with your shirts. My favorite is the one with a tie for your son! Can't wait to see him wear it at Ohana!

Thanks so much! I love the Ohana shirt too!

Caught back up.......your plans & ADR's look great!!! Absolutely loved your shirts & especially the little Ohana outfit.....so cute!! (and the tie tee)

I'm jealous of looking at everyone's PTR and seeing the cute outfits they're making.....I'm just not talented in that area.

Thanks!! I love the Ohana family set too - especially Levi's tie tee! Don't be sad - I never knew I could do this! You should give it a go some time! You might shock yourself!

 

[DsnyMama]

I finally got around to calling and made Levi's 1st haircut appointment at the Harmony Barber Shop! I can't wait! The appointment is at 12:30 on our first Magic Kingdom day - right before we leave to go rest/do pool time before heading back for MVMCP! I'm excited and hesitant at the same time! I love his long hair, but it's getting super shaggy. I know he'll look "all grown up" with his hair cut nice and neat! Here's a recent picture!





I also finished sewing some "tinkerbell" trim onto Ava's capris that will match the tinkerbell t-shirt I'm making her! She loves them!




And I finished the embellishments for Levi's pants that will match a shirt for Chef Mickey's! I really wanted to do the balloon strings with a special stitch on my machine, but there was no way to do it because of the positioning - I just couldn't get that far up the leg... I used a thick fabric marker and I think it still looks cute! He loves them!




In other non-Disney news, the kids had a BALL a few days ago with homemade crafts! We made homemade "glow dough" which has the consistency more of flubber or slime than dough. It's made with glow in the dark paint and it is SUPER fun to play with! All it is is corn starch, borax, water, a drop or two of food coloring, and a few squirts of glow in the dark paint! They loved it (more fun in the dark of course).






We also made up another round of homemade bathtub paints. I've spent so much $$$ on bath paint and markers that never work! I finally found the perfect solution. I take a muffin tin and fill each section with a tiny bit of ivory soap, a teaspoon or two of cornstarch, a drop or two of water, and a drop or two of food coloring. VOILA! Bath paints! They work SO well, colors are super vibrant, they don't drip, and they don't stain! The kids loved it!










And last but not least! Ava has taken "baby wearing" to a whole new level! We are big promoters of wearing your baby in a sling, carrier, ect.. and Ava has several carriers for her dolls. She came down the stairs a few days ago and showed me this!





That's all for now! More studying - finals weeks!!

 

[BDL]

That is some great craftsmanship on those clothes. Very impressive. And congrats on the haircut appointment.

And you probably have THE most cooperative cat in feline history.

 

[uscgmouse]

And I finished the embellishments for Levi's pants that will match a shirt for Chef Mickey's! I really wanted to do the balloon strings with a special stitch on my machine, but there was no way to do it because of the positioning - I just couldn't get that far up the leg... I used a thick fabric marker and I think it still looks cute! He loves them!




I love these pants.... where did you get the transfers? Or did you draw the mickey and balloons? They look awesome!!!

I am just now seeing your PTR and it looks great. You are so organized. I am NOT. haha

 

[tofubeast]

The recent pics are sooooo sweet. I must try bath tub paints. Never even heard of them!! My DD would LOVE that!

We also booked a Harmony appt for the first haircut EVER! Should be fun to see how are kids look post appointment!