Oy vey! Today we are at our 13 or 14 day mark, I can't really tell.
These countdown tickers are just too confusing.
At this time in two weeks, I will be (hopefully) standing on Main Street watching Wishes for the
first time ever. I've only ever seen part of the show while we were walking out of the parks---couldn't even stomach the thought of the crowds. This time, I'm getting there an hour early and hoping for the best.
Wish me luck!!!
Oh wow, the 1st time ever! It's awesome! I cry....
There is a little bit of trip news. Yesterday, I added a breakfast reservation at Kona Cafe for the trip. We were planning to eat at Captain Cook's, but breakfast is super cheap anyway---so why not just have a nice relaxing sit down meal?
Kona breakfast is freaking amazingggg! and not expensive either! Def a must do for us every trip!
Can anyone tell my dining budget has basically been tossed out the window??
I'm
hoping to try the Tonga Toast for the first time, but I'm not sure I'll like it (not a huge fan of regular french toast and I can't pawn it off on DH because he hates banana). If not, I'll just get the macademia pancakes---those look good too.
i was a fan of the tonga toast until I realized it had banana in it. saw some on my last trip and it just didn't look like something I would love!
Today, I also sorted through my pins to separate any traders I have from the ones I plan to wear. Unfortunately, I realized I dropped the ball on pins today and completely forgot to buy a lanyard. I'll have to do that next.
get one in wdw?
For this trip the initial plan was to take my Haunted Mansion pins and wear them for
MNSSHP, but I don't think it will really "go" with the Indian costume, so I'm skipping the pins that day. Instead, for my birthday on the 17th I'll wear my Chip & Dale collection, as well as my Vinylmation set and then maybe do a little trading here and there. I'm new to the whole pin thing, so we'll see how it pans out. DH completely refuses to wear any of the pins, no matter how manly. He's "too cool" for that, but not too cool to wear his Splash Mountain t-shirt out to dinner this summer.
my john won't wear one either, but likes helping the kids! he thinks they are cool for display at home too!
I also started putting together my "Disney box" today. I stole this idea from KathyRN
Basically, it provided me with one central location to keep everything that I plan on packing. From costume components, to travel sized toiletries to earbuds for my iPOD, the box is already overflowing and I think I'll have to upgrade on Monday. This whole "carry on only" thing is going to be the death of me.
I have a disney box...or 5 too!
Today we also started really getting into cleaning the house. Whenever I go away, I like to come home to a clean house. It can be a complete mess most of the time and usually I overlook it---but the last thing I want to come back from vacation to see is a messy house to remind me that we are no longer in WDW. Plus, my Mom will be dog-sitting for us this go around, so I need to make sure the house is in suitable condition for a guest. This includes cleaning DH's "man room" (a room in his house painted Eagles green that he has a mini-fridge in for when he plays video games, etc.) What an undertaking that was!!
let me tell you, I cleaned my house like no other before we left, and coming back was SO MUCH EASIER! I loved not having to do a thing..although that didn't last long lol
So---now that I've bored all of you to death, that about concludes this update. We still have so much to do tomorrow and next weekend but I feel like we are making some progress and that's a very good thing.
until my last trip, but then when I tried bluezoo and Shula's at the Dolphin, I was like "Forget
I decided not to press my luck further and checked out.
