Gustav AND Hanna!!!! Give me a break!!! My TR for Sept. 1st-Sept. 10th!!

[Wannabe Belle]

How are you doing??? Did you get the roof fixed up? I was thinking about you guys.
It was so nice to meet you. You are all so easy to talk to!! We loved RnRC!!! Doug was tired so we left pretty quickly after that.
I've got my pics on the computer - just need to fix them and send them to Photobucket. My TR will be up and runnin' soon! I can't wait to start reading yours!

I loved meeting you too!!!!!! Please send me the link to your TR!!!

 

[Wannabe Belle]

Like the title of my TR, no they couldn't stop us. We had planned this trip for months and we were going. This is my first official TR and it will have quite a few twists and turns along the way. Unbelievable in fact.

But if you want to know a little more of the planning process please look at my PTR!!!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1858799

But first let me introduce my cast. In case you don't know us.

DDad(47): The person who just goes along with his families WDW addiction. and really didn't want to go on the trip.

DMom(46): THE Disney addict. I'm beginning to suspect its worse than I thought!! Couldn't wait to go on the trip.

DSis(20): The proffesional planner. She planned the whole trip, where we were going to eat, etc. Was very excited as well.

Me(19): I was very excited. But it was the first time I had to pay for my part. Wasn't excited about that!!!

DSis(15): Loves all things WDW. And eventually wants to work in the World.

DBro(6): A little bundle of constant energy. Really. He couldn't wait to get on the plane and get to WDW.



So, that's all of us. We were very excited about going to WDW but we never expected the problems we had. Oh, the problems. It all started with a little Tropical Depression called Gustav. I know it didn't have a name when it was a Tropical Depression but you see where I'm getting at. See, we live in South Louisiana. About 30 miles southwest of Baton Rouge. And hurricanes are no uncommon thing for us. But when they interupt our family vacation at the World with free dining. Well, that doesn't sit well with me.

I had just started a new job. (I'm learning to be a hairstylist) And my sisters and I had worked really hard on Aug. 28th a Thursday to prepare for our garage sale on Friday. Well, I was the only one who woke up to work the garage sale. Yeah, unfair I know. So, it was all going well. We were selling the junk we didn't want anymore.
Here I my DBro with a puppy that was of the customers. So cute!!

And Mom had been watching the storm track with a wary eye. And she had been calling Southwest (The best airline ever!), to see if we would have to fly out early or not. Well, my Dad and I had to deliver this entertainment center for someone who had bought it but couldn't fit it in there car. Mom calls and says that we are leaving that day. That day!!! She tells us that New Orleans decided to close the airport because of the storm. And the last flight out to Orlando was that night. If we didn't go then we would have had to leave out of Jackson, MS. the next day. Well, we were already packed.
Ta Da!!

So we threw our luggage in the van and headed to NO. Well, in our rush guess what we forgot. The shirts I had made with the DISigns on it!!! One of which was my DSis(15) Birthday present.

I almost cried. But that would be worked out later!!

We get to the airport with enough time to check in, give them our luggage and get on the plane. I kid you not. I had been outside sweating all day. So I felt very unpresentable. Which is why there are not pics of me on the plane. Here are some I took:

Whew! We are on the plane after some very stressed out moments!! Here we are relived to have landed!! I'm taking the pic.

We were thinking the whole way there "Where are we going to stay?" Our WDW trip didn't start til the 3rd. And it was the 29th! So Mom called our travel agent and she got us two more days at Disney with free dining!!! So now our trip starts on the 1st. But we still had to find somewhere to stay til then. We had a car rental at Thrifty so here we are waiting for the bus.

We waited and waited. Thrifty isn't very swifty, that's for sure. The bus finally got there. And we waited and waited to get the car. Turns out we wouldn't fit in the car we had a reservation for. So we got this van. A Dodge Caravan. I can't stand Dodge. I love Chevrolet. So I was trying to be positive. I'm not trying to insult anyone out there, but lets face it. A Chevy is better! So, we finally drive out at like 12:00a.m. in the morning! Mom had gotten an hotel reservation at Suites at Old Town. If you ever hear that name run. Run for your lives. We had stayed there about six years ago. and it was old but still a nice place. Well, now it isn't. It's a roach infested, drag race hangout. it was really scary. Dad said we couldn't stay there. So we left.
And we start hotel hunting. Well, we had completely forgotten about Labor Day weekend. And all the hotels were booked solid. Well, none of them had two rooms for the six of us. We went round and round and round. It was like 5:00a.m. when we found a place that had one room. And we knew it was wrong, but we got the room without telling them we have six people. We were desparate.

Well, I'm afraid that's were I have to stop. But please stay tuned for more exciting adventures!!!! And lots of pics!!

Thanks for reading!!!

 

[JoanieS]

I'm first!!!!

I'm in - can't wait to hear about it all!

 

[Wannabe Belle]

I'm first!!!!

I'm in - can't wait to hear about it all!

Thanks so much for commenting!!!

I'm working on loading up more pics!!

 

[Wannabe Belle]

I started my TR!!!


Here is the link!!


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=27684940&posted=1#post27684940

 

[lazydoxy66]

I'm here!!!!!

I forgot some stuff too. And I wasn't in a rush like you!

 

[the4princesses]

hi

 

[Wannabe Belle]

hi

Hi!!! I love you!!!!!


Update coming soon!!

 

[Wannabe Belle]

I'm here!!!!!

I forgot some stuff too. And I wasn't in a rush like you!

I always forget something.

 

[Wannabe Belle]

Mmmm... where was I? Oh yeah. THE Night.

I forgot to write that we rolled (literally) into a IHOP at 2:00a.m. to eat something. We were so tired I could barely sit up. But I did have these babies. They gave me such comfort, especially after I soaked them in syrup.

They look good don't they? They were. But I didn't want to share.

So we go to the hotel and sleep. In fact they clerk said we got there so late they gave us a later checkout. Bless them. Well, remember what I said about the room only having TWO beds. We have SIX people, yeah do the math. Two of us got booted to the floor. And guess who that was. Me. And Jeshua. Your probably thinking that wouldn't be too comfy, but I was so tired it felt like feathers. I'm not kidding. See, I look quite content:

Not my best, but content!! We slept about 5 glorious hours and got up, took showers and left. We had gotten another hotel room across the street. And the next night we were supposed to go back across the street. I got a bed that night!!!! Here's my little DBro swimming in the pool. It rained most of the time we were there.

Well, my Great-Aunt lives near Tampa so we decided to go visit her. And on the way there we stopped at the World's largest McDonalds. They served so much food I just got a happy meal! Here we are there. (I'm taking the pic here too.)

And we passed this up on the way in.

I know everyone sees that but I never get tired of it!!!

Well, we got to our families house and they invited us to spend the night instead of going back to the hotel. Which was very nice of them. My Aunt has cancer and she is going through the chemo treatments and my Uncle just had shoulder surgery so we helped them out around the house while we were there. Mom and Dad cut the grass. It took a while because they have five acres to cut whith a regular riding lawn mower. They have a swimming pool, so Jeshua and Anna went swimming.

See the hammock? I made use out of it!!! Ahhhh. A little R&R.

It was really nice to see them again. So the next morning we headed to WDW.

It's now Sept. 1st and we are so excited to finally be going to POP. Here we are driving up!!

Here's a pic of me!

We were in the 80's.

And here's my DBro driving his own car!!

The whole time we are watching Gustav. It made landfall when we were at my families house. I was very worried about the storm. The eye of it was only 20 miles from my house. And we couldn't get in touch with family or friends for a while.

So next ya'll will here about finally checking into POP and did we get adjoining rooms? Did we get Free dining for the extra 2 days? Did our travel agent add the extra days on the park tickets?

Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Too many questions!!

Going to load more pics!!!!!

Thanks for reading!!!

 

[MousekaMaddi]

ohhhhhhhhh Im first, Ive never been first, IT FEELS GREAT !! Nice report, keep it coming!!

 

[jewjubean]

HEYYYYYY IM here! Im glad everything went okay and you got a extended vacation! cant wait for more!!

 

[llori7]

we were there the same time!!!

 

[LegoMom3]

Wasn't that string of hurricanes something??! We scooted into FL between Hanna and Ike. I don't think I've ever watched the Weather Channel so much!

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[ehstrojette]

Yeah a new TR to read. Sounds like your vacation started out in a whirlwind. Can't wait to read more

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I found you.

What guts you guys all have taking off early like that with no particular hotel to call "home".

What do the matching shirts say that your family has on in McDonalds?

 

[LISAMWDW]

Good stuff! I can't wait to hear how everything turns out!

 

[havinfun]

Great trip report, can't wait to read more. Thanks for posting.

 

[Wannabe Belle]

ohhhhhhhhh Im first, Ive never been first, IT FEELS GREAT !! Nice report, keep it coming!!

Thank you so much for commenting!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

HEYYYYYY IM here! Im glad everything went okay and you got a extended vacation! cant wait for more!!

Your about to leave on your trip, right? Have tons of fun!!!!

we were there the same time!!!

What resort did ya'll stay at?

Wasn't that string of hurricanes something??! We scooted into FL between Hanna and Ike. I don't think I've ever watched the Weather Channel so much!

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Yeah, it was something alright. And the weather channel is very exciting when they predict that your roof is going to blow off!

Yeah a new TR to read. Sounds like your vacation started out in a whirlwind. Can't wait to read more

Started and stayed. Wait til you here the rest of it.

I found you.

What guts you guys all have taking off early like that with no particular hotel to call "home".

What do the matching shirts say that your family has on in McDonalds?

They say "Chem Friends". Its something the local chemical plants do for the community to show them what they make. We always help with my Dad's companies booth. We get to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen!! Yumm!!! And nothing beats frozen Twizzlers!! I'll post a pic of us there.

Good stuff! I can't wait to hear how everything turns out!

"Prepare to be amazed!" -Bowler Hat Guy, Meet the Robinsons

And no, I'm not kidding!!

Great trip report, can't wait to read more. Thanks for posting.

Thanks so much!!!! It will be an adventure!!

 

[Wannabe Belle]

I'm loading up pics as we speak or would that be type?!!!!!



More stories to come!!!!!