Welcome to the Dooney purse club! I am a purse addict and I routinely drop that kind of money on bags and at the same time give my mom a heart attack. It is one of my many vices.
I have friends like this! I've never been like that at all. Anything over $30 is too much to pay for purse for me... usually. That should tell you how badly I wanted this Disney purse!
Girl, treat yo'self. If it still makes you giggle a month after you got it it was worth it! I was eyeing the HM Dooney but it just isn't practical for me, I either need a giant schlep-a-laptop-bag or a tiny chase-kid-on-playground-while-hands-free cross body bag. The one you got is so fun though!
I think they make both of those in the same pattern!
I wish I could have squeezed a trip to AoA just to take my son around the Cars section. Hopefully next trip he won't have completely outgrown it!
I'm 35 and I haven't outgrown it!
I'm sure he'll love it!
Ooohh Billie, once you join the Disney D&B club, you never go back
Lol but seriously I am LOVING that purse! I got my first Disney Dooney in 2014 and it's somewhat similar to yours. I want to say it was called Disneyana?? It had the 4 icons along with a bunch of the rides like Space and Jungle Cruise, but also had the names of all the lands in the MK. Then about 5 months ago DH surprised me with the Runway Princess Dooney, which I'd been wanting
forever but was sold out in the parks on our first 2 trips last year and also online for awhile. I get so many compliments on it, but the best thing is going into a
Disney Store with it. The CM's there gush over it and then I get to talk Disney with them until I decide to leave!!!! Enjoy
Yes, this one is called Disneyana! Maybe just an updated version?
Out of everything, the thing I'm going to remark on is the bathtub issue
GIRL. Lack of a good bathtub is a deal breaker for me. I would legitimately not buy a house due to lack of a bathtub. Baths are massive, serious business to me. Lol! I couldn't manage my fibromyalgia without at least one bath per day, so you're AWESOME for surviving without hot bath therapy! PS Basin is my favorite and my husband gives me a limit these days when I go in there...it's bad
Oh, I sooooooo miss my big bathtub! When I had to find a new place in 2011, it was one of those unexpected "You have 3 weeks to find a place and be out" type of things, so I could only be so picky. A big tub fell in line in priority far behind things like "Available for move-in, like, NOW" and being withing my budget but also still in a good neighborhood. While I'm in no rush to move, I do cross my fingers and hope that my next home has a nice big tub for me, though!
Loving the TR! And totally jealous of that Dooney -- that's adorable.
Thanks! I love it!
Tambu Lounge is open then...it's right next to 'Ohana!!! There's rum-a-plenty there, girl!
Doh! Why didn't I think of that!
Oh yes, please. I will take one. So nice of you to offer.
My pleasure! You can drink with me anytime, girl!
And congrats on your Dooney! Welcome to the addiction!
God, I hope it doesn't become an addiction... The last thing I need is another expensive hobby!
That purse I want it. There is no way my husband will agree to a $200 purse though. It is so pretty.
Girl, I very nearly didn't agree to it for myself.
I never spend even a fraction of that on a bag!
We had great service at TRex this evening as well. The manger was amazing about a fairly minor inconvience that happened while we were there.
Oh, good! I'm so glad to hear it!
That is an adorable D&B bag!
Thanks!
Your meals looked great and how lovely they went above and beyond at T Rex.
They really did take insanely good care of us!
Loving your bag and how wonderful it still brings you so much joy
Oh, it so does! I just love it!
Love your new purse. Money well spent if you ask me. Especially since you're enjoying it so much. You deserve it girl!
Thank you for enabling me!
Glad the
scooter issue was able to be resolved. I would have totally had a meltdown too over such an incident. Good thing it was easily fixable and that there was a caring CM who noticed and tried to offer a solution.
Yeah, it was pretty dicey for a while there, I was close to losing it.
I was so relieved once it was all sorted!
Nice to see some more resort pics! They've gotten me more excited for my own trip. I'm glad I decided not to switch when the discounts came out. I was contemplating but ultimately decided that I wasn't willing to give it up. Also my schedule would not allow me time to explore if I wasn't already staying there.
I did the same! I decided to forgo the discounts because I wanted to stay at AoA so badly. I questioned that choice all through the year, but I'm ultimately happy that I stayed there! It was lovely!
Love the theming at T-Rex. And what a lovely manager.
It was a really great experience!
Now that Samoan looks delicious! I will probably have to fit that into my list of meals somehow. Being that we're at the Poly it is right there after all...LOL.
You must, you MUST! You'll love it!
I think Samoan and Tonga toast is a perfectly balanced diet...of sweet and savory, that is!
I completely agree! I felt very balanced after I ate them both!
Ooooh what a nice bag!! I don't personally own any Disney Dooneys but I've always admired them. I will be getting my first Dooney on the cruise - I order a Star Wars print. Well hopefully I'll get it since it's part of a lottery so I may not even get the bag. I may have to just buy myself another bag instead and yours would be my next choice!
Oooh, is it the new
The Force Awakens print? I looked at that one this morning, but I'm holding out hope for one that's just covered in BB-8.
Wow love the pics of the AoA...brings back memories of last May
What a cute picture of you in the Cars section!! And you wore your tiara too!
A girl can be a princess even in the desert and surrounded by talking cars, right?
T-Rex looks like fun! I've not eaten there yet...one day I will!
You should! It's loud, but delicious!!
Very late, but I'm here! Loving your report so far. Gonna finish up and then head over to your dining report
Hooray!
The pic above =
!! I'm a HUGE Doctor Who nerd/obsessed fan and I most definitely will be hitting up that Epcot Store
Haha, I have many many friends who share your fandom!
Omg, the relief of scooter crisis solved!
That MUST be what that crazy face was about.
I'm so glad you did - a piece of Disney happiness to be with you at home!
That's exactly what it is!
All Princesses love naps. Aurora is my nap hero!
Mine too!
You know, I think there might be enough of us to make pale and pasty a new trend! Really cute picture though - Tiara!
Normally I claim that I'm not pale and pasty, I'm "fair." But then I saw my legs in this photo.
Glad that they provided the great service that Disney is known for.
They most certainly did!
LOL! It came out in early 2015 I believe! It's black, and has "cameo" type portraits of Cinderella, Ariel, Snow White, Aurora and Rapunzel. The inside is a gorgeous hot pink. I'll try to post pic here soon if Billie doesn't mind but as of now they're on the Disney Store site if you want to take a look! Whenever they come in stock they sell out fast, though...........
I saw these on Disney Store website this morning... SO CUTE! And you're always welcome to post stuff like this on my thread, I don't mind one bit!
Okay, so it's past my bedtime and I should probably be sleeping and not on the DIS, but before I head to bed I'm making an attempt to catch up here...
It warms my heart to know you're sacrificing precious sleep in order to get caught up on my TR, Sarah.
Yay! It's always nice when someone decides to get something to help their park touring!
Yes, it was! Shame that it was just for the one day, though.
They were lovely!
Of course you wore your tiara. How could you not?
I hope some of the princesses commented on your crown!
The probably did but it was so loud in there, I probably missed it.
Yay! I'm so glad Aunt Debby enjoyed and was able to find a way to make Soarin' work for her!
YES! Me too! Days later, I was still telling her how proud I was of her!
Craziness! I don't know why it would be so busy ... but then again, I've never been there, so for all I know it's always like this. But still ... craziness.
It was nuts! At least our lunch was delicious... That made up for the wait a little bit!
Uh-Oh. I hate when that happens. (I do it a lot at home ... and of course, since I'm pretty much always on my phone, that's a problem)
Normally I'm usually okay, and even if I'm away from home, I've got my charger in my car. But in the theme parks, that portable charger is a lifesaver!!!
It may not be a super fancy pearl, but I think it looks beautiful in the cage!!!
Thank you! I'm rather fond of it, myself!
OMG YAY!!!! So awesome that you got to see your friends!
Yes, I was THRILLED to run in to them! Solved on worry that was on my mind!
Yay, lights! Even if you didn't get to stick around for so long, it's awesome that you got a chance to see them!
I'm still super sad that I missed them by a day. Literally, a day. So I guess I'll have to live vicariously through your pictures.
Sadly, I didn't take too many pics! If you REALLY want to live vicariously, look up videos of them on
YouTube... They're AWESOME!
Okay, so ... on the one hand, I'm glad that they knew exactly what was wrong and it was an easy fix. On the other hand ... I feel like if it's such a common problem they should maybe warn you about it? Or, you know, do something to make sure it doesn't happen?
I agree. And their phone customer service reps were consistently AWESOME. However, I can't say much for their delivery guys. Nice, but just kinda like "Uhh. Here ya go. Bye." No effort put in to showing us how to use it or telling us things like that we should know.
YAY!!!! ALL THE FOODS!!! I'm so excited that you got both and they were both delicious!
Thank you for enabling me!
I did eat all the foods!
Yay Dooney bag! I'm still debating pulling the trigger on one. I almost got the marathon weekend one, but decided against it in the end. They're just so darn pretty!! And you got a really good placement!
Thanks! The only way I would like the placement better is if it had all 4 park icons on the front. Oh well!
Yay! I love Art of Animation pictures! They're all so beautiful! Especially the one of you and Lightning!
Aww, yay! I'm glad you like them! There's more to come, on another day I did photos of the Finding Nemo section.
I must have done that about a million times this trip. Beth kept yelling at me. Downtown Disney just makes more sense!
To this day, I still occasionally slip and say "MGM" instead of Hollywood Studios.
Not sure why anyone got anything other than the cottontini. It's a martini with cotton candy. Why do they even offer other options?
That's what I'm saying!!!
Yay!! I love when they do something really nice for you like that!
Me too! I was overwhelm by how well they took care of us!
Okay. I'm all caught up. For now. Let's try not to put up any updates in the net few days, k?
Wellllll, I had planned on maybe working on another one tomorrow, but no promises.
Ah, sorry about the drama with your
ECV. Was this your first time renting from Walker? Or did you use them before?
Nope, this was my first (and last) time renting from them!
Yum, Kona breakfast looks amazing still!
Sooo goooood!!!
Welcome to the D&B club! I have to say...yours is AMAZING! Love it so much and it's worth every penny!
Thanks! They had the "Sketch" one that you have, too. But the park icons and especially the turkey legs on this Disneyana pattern just won me over.
A nap and a fruity drink by the pool sound like the perfect way to spend an afternoon!
Doesn't it, though? Hopefully I'll be doing an early afternoon of this before our lunch date in October!
I'm glad that TRex dinner was great! And it sounds like great customer service!!
They really went above and beyond!
Holy cow!!! What a stroller headache. I'm glad they were able to help you fix it over the phone. And now you'll know for the next trip.
Yeah, I'll know now not to rent from them again.
I do love the D&B but this is the purse I'm longing for. Of course, I fall in love with things AFTER they are discontinued.
I loooove Vera bags! If I ever lose enough weight so that I can actually wear her crossbody bags ACROSS my body, I'll likely buy one finally!
Also... THIS:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Disney-Park...402278?hash=item463aee3c66:g:gBQAAOSwpDdVWP4m
I find discontinued Vera bags on ebay ALL THE TIME.
Oooh, love it! I like that it's so subtly Disney.
Yes, I thought so too! If they had a pink version, I would have bought one for myself!
Sweet!! So that means you have it for another trip? That was really nice of the manager to do all of that for you guys.
In theory, I had it for another trip. Details in a future post.
Basin is one of the places I want to hit up. We don't have a large bathtub in our house but I still love that "me time" so I'm dying to get a couple of the bath bombs.
I miss that "me time!" Maybe I'll buy a bath bomb in October, and when I get back home I'll book some time in my mom's bathtub one night.
I googled - it is super cute! If I do see it in person, I will be very careful not to let DH see it. He's such a sucker, the minute I say I like anything he's bought it for me. Romantic, but the credit card bills years later are not as romantic, as I have learned!
Do you know how many women wish they had a man who spoiled them so? Count your blessings!
That is just the most awesome bag ever!! I love the print too and the way it would bring up happy memories any time you look at it.
It really DOES just that, too!
I so want this drink. I wonder if there is anywhere else that makes that outside of the WDW? I may have to Google a recipe...
I don't know, I've certainly never heard of it elsewhere. It seems simple enough, though. Mix Parrot Bay rum and your choice of fruit juices in a shaker, and pour over cotton candy in a glass. BOOM! Cottontini!
I'm in love with all the stuff from Basin...I am so tempted to order some more online. I love the Almond Scent too...
You know, I've never once even thought of trying to order Basin stuff online. I should look and see if they have my lotion!
I SO love reading your updates. I wish I had time to comment more, but lately, I have to make fly bys and keep yearning for the day I can camp on here as long as I'd like. The food all looked amazing, as did all of your photos of AoA. I can't WAIT to get there and see it all for myself!
I can never keep up with other's threads like I should, I totally understand! I'm glad you're still with me!
And you'll be there before you know it, less than 9 short months to go now!!!
I think if you find the recipe, it would be a good tradition to be DISing while sipping cottontini's... Just saying...
God help you all if I start drinking and DISing...
Finally got some time to stop and read your report.
Hooray! Hi, Beth!
The crowds shocked me on our trip too. I was surprised it had always had been slower.
Yeah, it was NUTS. Early December is supposed to be nice and slow and easy and calm at WDW. It was anything but, though!
I love your pearl setting.
Thank you! I wear it all the time!
Sounds like a great trip so far. Now off to read your dinning report.
Yay! See you there!
