Halloweentime with Mickey PTR ***complete!~TR link added- post #205***

[kmab00]

That is the coolest itenerary calendar I have EVER seen!!! Great job! I love it!!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Very cool calendar!!! I bet you are getting very, very excited!!!

 

[julezdisney]

Oh, I hope our Walgreen's has one of those!!! I definitely need it since I won't be going to WDW during the Halloween season this year.

You shoulda cruised the Budget Boards, CP! I posted about them being on sale for $10! A ton of Dis-ers ran to Walgreens all across this great nation!

That is the coolest itenerary calendar I have EVER seen!!! Great job! I love it!!!!

Thanks! It was fun to make and I love it!

Very cool calendar!!! I bet you are getting very, very excited!!!

Thank you, I've learned from the master!

 

[Charleston Princess]

You shoulda cruised the Budget Boards, CP! I posted about them being on sale for $10! A ton of Dis-ers ran to Walgreens all across this great nation!

Serves me right -- I should be watching the Budget Board more than I do.

Thank you, I've learned from the master!

Awwww -- but I can't take credit for it since I borrowed it from another DISer.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Hey facebook friend! Subscribing......

 

[travelmel]

Great calander! I also wanted to thank you for the link to disney-myspace.com as they have some really fun glitters and animated disney pics!

I went to those sights to find those cute fonts with the characters and I couldn't figure out where they were... could you link me to the page that the fonts were on??

Thanks!

Melissa

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Hi Julia! I followed your link from my PTR and am all caught up here - thanks for posting the links!

Wow! What a rollecoaster of a time you've had with your plans - I'm glad you are able to experience WDW for the first time though - such a wonderful place!

Your kids are adorable! Will they (or you) be dressing up for MNSSHP?

I remember going to Arabian Knights in high school - lots of fun! I'm sure your family will enjoy that!

Looking forward to more.

 

[julezdisney]

Hey facebook friend! Subscribing......

Hey, my chat and facebook buddy! Didn't even realize you'd jumped in!
Hi!

Great calander! I also wanted to thank you for the link to disney-myspace.com as they have some really fun glitters and animated disney pics!

I went to those sights to find those cute fonts with the characters and I couldn't figure out where they were... could you link me to the page that the fonts were on??

Thanks!

Melissa

Hey Melissa! I answered this on your thread, but I'll also say here for anyone else wondering where I found those nifty letters. I don't know! LOL. I followed links from the link on the first page of my PTR and I ended up with 'em! Good luck!

Hi Julia! I followed your link from my PTR and am all caught up here - thanks for posting the links!

Wow! What a rollecoaster of a time you've had with your plans - I'm glad you are able to experience WDW for the first time though - such a wonderful place!

Your kids are adorable! Will they (or you) be dressing up for MNSSHP?

I remember going to Arabian Knights in high school - lots of fun! I'm sure your family will enjoy that!

Looking forward to more.

Thanks for joining! Yes, it's been a rollercoaster getting my family to the World. That's for sure-- but I def. wasn't giving up on experiencing Disney with the men in my life!

The kids ARE dressing up.... DS is a Star Wars character- don't ask me what, I have no idea what it's called.... DD is gonna be one of Tinkerbell's fairie friends. DH has a lime green skull shirt all ready to pack (the kids picked it out), and I just picked out an orange/black Pumpkin themed shirt from Target today. Yes, we're lame-o. But as long as the kids have fun!

I'm actually looking forward to Arabian Knights. It should be fun, and it's droppable if the unthinkable happens... which would be DH deciding we need another Park Day!

 

[mom2mek]

Hey Julia! I followed you over from my pre-trip and I have to say that we have a couple of days in common on our trips! We will be at the party on Oct 10th and the Studios on the 12th. Will you be dressing up (if you already discussed that, sorry, I didn't see it, but I didn't read all the in-between posts, just went through your handy-dandy links (I need to figure out how to do that). Maybe we will see you there. I will be posting our shirt design and my kids costumes soon on my trip report, but we will be with 2 little witches and Sir Peter (from Narnia).

Oh yeah...I've got that pumpkin too! Got it last weekend at Walgreens! Too funny! Love it!

Sara

 

[julezdisney]

Hey Julia! I followed you over from my pre-trip and I have to say that we have a couple of days in common on our trips! We will be at the party on Oct 10th and the Studios on the 12th. Will you be dressing up (if you already discussed that, sorry, I didn't see it, but I didn't read all the in-between posts, just went through your handy-dandy links (I need to figure out how to do that). Maybe we will see you there. I will be posting our shirt design and my kids costumes soon on my trip report, but we will be with 2 little witches and Sir Peter (from Narnia).

Oh yeah...I've got that pumpkin too! Got it last weekend at Walgreens! Too funny! Love it!

Sara

Sara, the costumes are too cute! And I love my pumpkin Mickey Head! As for links... I'm trying to figure out how to instruct people on that, as I get a lot of questions about it......

Let's try it:

Copy this to where you want your link to be:

[ URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=*******&postcount=***" ]XXXXXX[ /URL]


Now, the first set of ****'s is the post reply #. After you are finished with a post, and hit the button, it will come up in your address bar with a long "p=27849659#post27849659" You lace this long # after the first =. The post count is the actual post number, which you'll see when you're done posting. So for example, this one is 210.

Obviously, I put spaces above that will need to be removed. There should be no spaces in the tag. And obviously, those *'s should be numbers.

Next, you'll replace the X's with the title you want to appear for the link.

So here's what the tag for this particular entry looks like, with three spaces to break it up so you can actually see the code:

[ URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27849659&postcount=210" ]Quick Link Tutorial[ /URL]


Good luck!

So after I am done writing this, I'll jot those two numbers down, go to my first page, hit "edit" and go "advanced" to update my PTR title w/the update to let my sub'd readers know about the update.

Then I'll scroll down to my list of links, copy & paste the last one, replace the post reply #, the post count #, and the new link title with the new info. and

Voila! A link to a direct post, without any of the chitter chatter in between!

Make sense? Erm.... my lifelong dream of being a teacher may just be shattered.

It did take a few tries though, so don't despair!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

hey! I came over from my PTR! sounds like you've got a fun trip planned!

I love the countdown calendar and excel spreadsheet. I am not that talented!

We will be there the same timeframe maybe I'll catch you somewhere!

 

[julezdisney]

hey! I came over from my PTR! sounds like you've got a fun trip planned!

I love the countdown calendar and excel spreadsheet. I am not that talented!

We will be there the same timeframe maybe I'll catch you somewhere!

Thank you! I love spreadsheets. I'm a dork like that.
That would be awesome to see DIS-ers! I still need to make my LGMH tags though....

 

[julezdisney]

I can't believe I'm just 10 Days away from leaving for the World!

I can't wait to see it. To see the signs as we drive under them. To see the castle. To see the faces of my kids as they are enraptured in the moments and the magic that will surround us.

I can't wait to experience our First Family Vacation. Solo, that is. Just us four. All put together with the effort and planning by me and Jim. For our family, and it will be so unbelievable.

I think the best part is that we'll be together- far far away from the stresses of every day life. No anxiety for poor Rachael about where she will be going at the 2pm bell. No thoughts of whether or not this weekend is at his Mom's or Dad's for Ebin. No thoughts of slingin' cable for Jim, or worrying about how we're paying for this, because thanks to my superb bill paying forsight, and Glory to God for our current positions in life, we can afford this. No thinking of anything other than our time together for me.

We're 10 days from leaving our cares behind. And 11 days from seeing the castle for the very first time for me & the Kids, and the first time as an adult for DH.11 Days till Buzz. 11 Days till Peter Pan. 11 Days before getting our "First Visit" pins. 10 Days before the last-minute rush of groceries, packing, and did-we-turn-off-the-lights? 10 Days before the last day of work. 10 Days before the last day of school.

I'm so excited. Something else I'm really looking forward to is seeing my DH in this environment. Seeing him experience these things as a father and seeing a twinkle in his eye that's of his former preteen self.

All of it.

Just 10 Days Away.

DISFRIENDS

 

[Charleston Princess]

Julez, guess what? Today you are in single digits!!!

 

[julezdisney]

Julez, guess what? Today you are in single digits!!!

Yes, 9 more sleeps to Travel Day!

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Love your disfriends journal entry!

Single digits!!!!

 

[mom2mek]

That's a wonderful journal entry! I love it! The anticipation of a trip to Disney is almost as much fun as the trip...well,....ALMOST! LOL!

Sara

(I'll dance along with you)

 

[julezdisney]

Love your disfriends journal entry!

Single digits!!!!

That's a wonderful journal entry! I love it! The anticipation of a trip to Disney is almost as much fun as the trip...well,....ALMOST! LOL!

Sara

(I'll dance along with you)

Thanks so much!

I made DH read it & now he totally gets it why I'm so excited AND he's finally excited too!

He was really dragging his feet over the cost... but I've really watched the cost by making it just 1 full day, 1 party day, and 1 Orlando day. But to counteract that- I DID make ADR's!

So here's the official ADR list:

Friday, Oct. 10th:

Breakfast @ 9:45 for 1900 Park Fare w/Mary Poppins & Friends. This one is more for me then the kids, cuz I really want to see Mary and Alice.

Sat, Oct. 11th:

EARLY breakfast @ 7:30 for Goofy's Beach Party @ Cape May Cafe. They just added DONALD to this!!! I'm SO EXCITED! Minnie, Goofy, & Donald! It was Chip & Dale, but I hear on the boards they took away the chipmunks & replaced them with one of the Fab 5. I've never seen Donald- I'm thrilled...

Sun, Oct. 12th:

Lunch @ 12:30 at 50's Prime Time. This should be fun, but I'm afraid the menu is really heavy so I'll be surprised if we keep this. But it does look fun, what do you think?

Dinner @ 8:45 at Sci-Fi Drive-In. I'm really excited for this. I showed DH the pix from the dining section and he thought it was pretty cool. I snagged the late seating so we can do F! first showing at 7. I'm most excited to finish dinner to an empty park though!

My ticker says 6 days! But it's actually only 5 till we leave. Tonight, I really WILL post pix of the binder- it's all ready to go. Tip: the maps in PDF here on the DIS- ROCK MY SOCKS!

Gotta get DD up & go do my hair.... dyed it last night and still haven't looked in the mirror. Usually it looks nearly the same- it's so dark anyway... wish me luck!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Your ADRs look great -- I am thinking of Cape May and Prime Time for the next trip so I am interested to hear about both of those.

We loved 1900 Park Fare and Sci-Fi!

Good luck on the hair!

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Your ADR's look great! I've been wanting to try Cape May so I'm excited to find out how you like it! I really enjoy both Prime Time and Sci-Fi at DHS - hopefully you will keep them both!

Hope your hair turns out the way you want!