Going to Disney Without The Kids... 'Cause We're Evil Like That!! ~ updated 9/21

[ForeverDance]

Prelude: Disaholics Start Your Engines


Ok admit it, all you disaholics out there are totally excited to have yet another TR to follow along with . I mean, if you’re anything like me, you are currently subscribed to no less than 1500 TRs, all in various stages of reporting, and you check a minimum of 2400 times every day just to see if there are any updates. That’s why I know you are all just dying to add yet another subscription. So go ahead, click that Subscribe button… Come on you know you want to!!

And while you are all busily adding that subscription I will get down to a little business and give a brief introduction to our fabulous and yet totally wicked and evil kid free WDW vacation spectacular!

Who: DH and I (and no kids )
What: A fabulous fun filled vacation to WDW (with free dining of course)
When: September 11th-21st
Where: Coronado Springs Resort
Why: Because we are totally evil parents and this was a great opportunity to do something wicked and nasty! Okay, so it also happens to be our 5th anniversary this year... but don't let that fool you, we are still totally evil parents!!!



Chapter 1: Who Are These Strange People?
Chapter 2: Opposites Attract
Chapter 3: You Can Go Anywhere And You Picked Disney Again?!?
Chapter 4: Rest and Relaxation the Disney Way
Chapter 5: So What Will You Do?
Chapter 6: It's All About The Food
Chapter 7: Planes, Train, and Automobiles
Chapter 8: The Lists - The To Do List
A Planning Tool Intermission Right Here
Chapter 8: The Lists (cont.) - The To Buy List
Chapter 8: The Lists (cont.) - The Packing Lists
The Package Has Arrived Right Here
Chapter 9: Trip Preparations -
->Wonderful New Running Shoes
->Van Maintenance and T-Shirt Designs
->Glasses and Envelopes and Shoe Drama Oh My!
->T-Shirts Galore
->Ready to Go!!!
Chapter 10: The Last Day!!!


WE'RE BACK!!! Home safe and Sound

 

[ForeverDance]

Hmm... I seem to be talking to myself here... that's okay I have teen/tweenagers so I am totally use to it

The up side of having no readers is that I guess I don't have to make excuses for why I haven't written anything substantial yet. 'Cause really, I already know all about all the end of the year stuff (dance recitals, graduations, etc.) that is occupying all my free time. And it also means that I don't have to try to bribe my readers to stay around by promising that I'll write more soon

 

[Lady Lallie]

I'm here!!

 

[If U Had Wings]

Can't wait to hear more!

 

[willwriteforears]

I'm here and will be hitting "subscribe" right after I post.

 

[pooksma]

Hey fellow Canadian and evil parent.

I'm reading along

 

[Belle2007]

sounds wonderful!!! can't wait to hear more!

 

[stitchywoman]

My daughter keeps "gently" mentioning that she would LOVE to go to disneyworld but that she would never dream of going on my honeymoon....cough cough....I think that she still expects us to ask her to go with us. This is a honeymoon 6 years in the making and she's out of luck on this one. I feel the evil parent vibe. I told her I would bring her back an item of her choosing, and she told me she wanted a "big lollipop".....hahaha.... guess I lucked out on that one.

Can't wait to read your report. I think we should start an evil parents club. hehehe....

 

[ForeverDance]

Hi Everyone thanks for joining me!!!

I told her I would bring her back an item of her choosing, and she told me she wanted a "big lollipop".....hahaha.... guess I lucked out on that one.

Definately lucked out on that one You are much nicer than we are... we told the kids that if they wanted something from Disney when we go that they would have to pay us for it... DH even added that there would be a shipping and handling fee See very evil parents here... okay so we do intend to bring them back something... but they don't know that.

 

[ForeverDance]

Chapter 1: Who Are These Strange People?

I know you are all dying to be introduced to the cast of characters that you will meet throughout this journey and so I will begin by first introducing the main characters:

Me: I work as a software developer at a financial institution, a job that I find both challenging and rewarding… most days. My passion in life in dance. I know… I know… dance and software have absolutely nothing in common. What can I say? I’m just weird like that. When I’m not developing software or dancing, I spend most of my remaining free time playing D&D and video games. Yep, you don’t even have to say it, I am well aware of the geek status that I possess.

Me at Crystal Palace last year


DH: The love of my life is a construction worker in the water department of our fine city. I know what you’re thinking “a computer geek and a construction worker, is that even possible?” Trust me, you ain’t seen nothing yet! DH is the epitome of the Scorpio personality… enough said. He spends most of his free time playing Halo3 which as far as I can tell involves some shooting and a whole lot of yelling at the TV .

DH and his favourite Disney "snack"


I know some of you are probably thinking to yourselves “hey they don’t seem too evil”. So I will remind you that we are going to Disney World without the kids and such an act grants you immediate membership to the evil parents club … go ahead ask any kid!


Anyway, moving along…


Let me introduce to you the others that you will meet along the way… you know, the ones that are not coming with us:

DS13 (almost 14): This boy is an interesting combination of both shy and quiet and complete clown. Weird I know, but so true. He takes a while to warm up to people but once he feels comfortable he will be constantly telling jokes and making wise cracks. DS is also our resident music expert. If you have a music related question, you can bet he knows the answer. He loves soccer, skate boarding, paintball, and street hockey… you know all those dangerous things that boys love to hurt themselves doing. He also enjoys baking and dancing (hip hop). When he grows up he plans on being a soccer player or a pastry chef.

DS and his favourite Disney character

At this point I think I should probably make a small confession. DS is actually my step-son. A small and rather trivial technicality from my perspective, but worth mentioning since I’m sure it will make things more clear when discussing plans for the care of the children during our vacation.



DD11: This girl is a ball of energy. She is always on the go and always has something to say about everything. She is also a very strong headed girl (no idea where she gets this from ) and while this can make being her parent exasperating at times, I’m happy knowing that she will be a strong independent woman one day. DD loves dancing, basketball, and music. When she grows she wants to be some kind of superstar (preferably an actress or singer) or an aerospace engineer.

DD smitten after being kissed by Mickey


DMom & DDad: These are the wonderful, terrific, fabulous people who have graciously offered to watch the kids while we are away on vacation. And while they are fabulous parents (I can honestly say I couldn’t have asked for better) they are even more fabulous grandparents. Both of them are software developers and enjoy gardening, taking trips, and playing video games (yes grandparents play video games too).


(sorry no actual photos of them will be going online)



Lastly, you should meet someone who will no doubt be making several guest appearances:

Khan: This furry little guy is part Himalayan and all sucky baby. He believes that he is the most important member of the family and expects to be the center of attention whenever he is in the room. My parents will be coming by our house twice a day to spend time with the little prince so that he won’t be lonely while we are gone.

Up Next: Opposites Attract

 

[willwriteforears]

Nice to meet the cast! DS's personality sounds similar to mine. I'm very quiet when first meeting people, but one I get to know them, I loosen up and they are exposed to my quirky sense of humor. Which, actually, not very many people get, but that's another issue entirely.

Looking forward to more!

 

[ForeverDance]

Actually I'm very much like that as well. DH often jokes that DS must actually be mine since he is far more like me than DH.

 

[ForeverDance]

Chapter 2: Opposites Attract

When I met DH 12 years ago I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. It turns out that I could not have picked someone more unlike me if I had been trying…DH and I are complete polar opposites!

DH is an extrovert… I’m an introvert
DH is outgoing… I’m reserved
DH is always hot… I’m always cold…

I could go on and on forever.

So why did I think this was important to include in my report? Well for two reasons... One, because you are going to get to see a lot of these differences come in to play throughout our planning. And two, so that you would be able to appreciate how truly awesome we are for managing to stay together for this long without killing each other

Up Next: You Can Go Anywhere And You Picked Disney Again?!?

 

[willwriteforears]

I wouldn't call my parents polar opposites, but they're definitely dissimilar enough that I often wonder how they got together in the first place! But they're coming up on 32 years of marriage, so it can work.

 

[ForeverDance]

Chapter 3: You Can Go Anywhere And You Picked Disney Again?!?

About the time DH and I celebrated our first anniversary we decided that we should plan to have our very first child free vacation for our 5th anniversary. Over the next few years we went back and forth on where we wanted to go. Maybe Vegas… we both like to gamble and it sounds like an exciting place to go. Or maybe somewhere in the Caribbean… a warm sandy beach to relax on and maybe some hiking or sailing. We couldn’t decide, but the possibilities were endless

Every couple of months we would come up with a new place for our vacation and we would get all excited. The planning and researching would begin and we would be giddy looking at pictures and descriptions online. And then it would happen. A few months later one of us would start to question some aspect of the trip: We pick an all inclusive, but I don’t drink that much. We pick somewhere with great excursions, but DH has bad knees and doesn’t like heights. And so the cycle would repeat itself

Fast forward to the beginning of this year…

It’s the start of April, we still don’t know where we are going and time is running out for us to make a decision. DH is thinking somewhere in the Caribbean and I’m just not sure it’s exactly what I want to do. As I’m looking at different places online I am drawn to the fabulous DISboards where I spent hours the previous year planning our Disney vacation. And on those boards what do my eyes spy? Why the great free dining rumor of 2008

So on the way home that night I casually mention to DH: “You know it looks like Disney is going to offer free dining again”. DH glances at me, with a look that means ‘you aren’t really suggesting we go back to Disney again’. I cautiously continue: “I know you said after last year that you were done for a while but there were so many things that we didn’t do because we had the kids with us, you know Pleasure Island and the Boardwalk. And we could try out Coronado Springs… our dates are pretty flexible so there’s no reason we wouldn’t be able to get in there this year”. DH’s eyes began to light up a bit and he looked over at me with a smile that said ‘maybe it would be fun’.

So it was finally decided We would be going to Disney World for a third year in a row… but this time without the kids



Up Next: Rest and Relaxation the Disney Way

 

[willwriteforears]

Yay for free dining!

I'm sure you and DH will enjoy yourselves--be sure to do everything you want to at PI, since by September 28, Disney's getting rid of all the night clubs and Adventurer's Club and the Comedy Warehouse. To replace it with more shopping.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Yay for free dining! I love free dining.

What are your exact dates??

 

[ForeverDance]

Yay for free dining!

I'm sure you and DH will enjoy yourselves--be sure to do everything you want to at PI, since by September 28, Disney's getting rid of all the night clubs and Adventurer's Club and the Comedy Warehouse. To replace it with more shopping.

Yes I read that! DH and I intended to spend a night out last year and do PI but we were so tired from all the rope dropping and running around that we never made it out at night. When I read it was closing DH and I decided we had better make it there this time!

Yay for free dining! I love free dining.

What are your exact dates??

Oh I absolutely love love free dining. We did it for the first time last year and I was completely sold on it. We will be in Disney Sep 13th - 20th.

 

[ForeverDance]

In an effort to retain the few readers I do have I figured I had better apologize for the length of time it is taking me to post updates to my PTR. DH had the bright idea that pushing forward with our home renovations was the perfect way to pass the time waiting for our trip

So, while I would love to spend my evenings updating my PTR and reading/responding to other people's TRs, I am stuck spending them ripping up carpet, laying floors, reorganizing rooms, and struggling to keep up with the regular every day chores

This means the only time I have to myself is while I am at work So I've been trying to keep up with DIS from work but I don't have the "blocks" of time I would like for reading and writing... because for some reason they actually expect me to do real work while I'm at the office

 

[Lady Lallie]

In an effort to retain the few readers I do have I figured I had better apologize for the length of time it is taking me to post updates to my PTR. DH had the bright idea that pushing forward with our home renovations was the perfect way to pass the time waiting for our trip

So, while I would love to spend my evenings updating my PTR and reading/responding to other people's TRs, I am stuck spending them ripping up carpet, laying floors, reorganizing rooms, and struggling to keep up with the regular every day chores

This means the only time I have to myself is while I am at work So I've been trying to keep up with DIS from work but I don't have the "blocks" of time I would like for reading and writing... because for some reason they actually expect me to do real work while I'm at the office

Imagine, expecting you to do work while at work! My workplace has those same outrageous standards!

No worries. We are here!