Having a GRAND time - the NEW Official GF Chat Thread PART 3

[mickeynut1]

Chan ~ Don't feel bad about the ADR system because you're not alone......I really don't have any clue as to what's going on with that either . Since our trip isn't until July and I have to wait until January to make my ADRs, I haven't been up on what's going on at this point . Does anyone know exactly what Disney's doing to the current ADR system???? I've been reading that after this new system (or whatever it is they're doing ) is complete, that we'll be able to make ADRs online.....but I can't say that will be a good thing . It will be interesting, that's for sure .




Deb

 

[FeeFeeWhite]

Thanks for all the birthday wishes for my DS. I think Chan's DS has a good idea, just movie $ and a GF(that's girlfriend not Grand Floridian)! We could have gone on a Disney Trip for what we spent on new drum stuff. Well not an RPC GF, but at least a week at POP.

I too am clueless about how the new ADR system will work. We can just help each other along, I am sure.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[BlueSkies]

Good Afternoon All

Mandy thinking of your Dad today

Kelly I know nothing about football but DH is usually glued to the tv during football season...

Marvel Hope that you are feelig better

FeeFee Happy belated birthday to your DS

Deb and FeeFee brave women letting your kids play the drums in the house (do you have ear plugs.. )

Channing I love the thought of being able to make my own ADRs (although IPO is really great about it...)BUT hoping that they'll make the system user friendly....

Andrea glad that you and your family fared well with the last storm...lets hope for the rest of the season to move along quietly....

think I'm running out of space as usual

Hope everyone has a great day

 

[hobbester]

I called this morning and got a MK VIP tour for December 11th. I requested parade seating, and it was available. Thank you all for the insights. I'm not going to tell my parents, they are going to be so surprised. I told them that DH loves Jasmine, so it will be interesting to see if he gets to meet her. Thanks again, I'm learning so much from these boards - Lisa.

 

[BlueSkies]

I called this morning and got a MK VIP tour for December 11th. I requested parade seating, and it was available. Thank you all for the insights. I'm not going to tell my parents, they are going to be so surprised. I told them that DH loves Jasmine, so it will be interesting to see if he gets to meet her. Thanks again, I'm learning so much from these boards - Lisa.

Lisa Glad that you got your VIP tour...I'm sure it will be well worth it I've learned alot here too...the gals are great

 

[irisbud]

Mandy: Thinking of you today, I hope all goes well!

Channing and FeeFee: Happy belated B-day wishes to your sons

Marvel: I have a ton of back problems from training horses. The chiropractor really helps me a lot. I think I am immune to all painkillers, unfortunately. Also, most sorness either responds to heat OR cold. Try each and see which one gives you any relief at all. Sometimes showers and linament help. I used to do a hot shower, linament, wrap the area. It can get REALLY hot though, so be careful.

Well, the festival is over and it was a success, so my DF is pretty much back to his normal level of grouchiness . He is talking about being the Chairman again next year, though so I am

I just booked our airfare. $99 each way pp on SW, so I jumped all over it! . Now I have to make more ADRs and change some old ones

Thanks for the boos, Channing and Mandy!

 

[mickeynut1]

Afternoon All . It's a yucky day today....it's been cloudy all morning and it just started raining....looks like it'll be around for awhile .


BlueSkies ~ Call me crazy, but no ear plugs here . If DS isn't playing the drums, he's playing one of his guitars......so (LOUD) music is a regular thing around here . Good thing we get along with our neighbors . I can usually take it, but sometimes I do have to tell him to knock if off as it does get quite loud sometimes .


irisbud ~ YAY for the successful festival . And double YAY for the price on airline tickets !!!! That's a great price compared to what they've been lately . Although it's still a ways out, I priced American for our July trip and it came in at $319/pp RT....not as high as I thought they'd be but definitely WAY MORE than we've ever paid to fly to Orlando...and times that by 4 people and it really adds up . Hopefully SWA will be a bit cheaper when they release their July dates........but either way I'm gonna have to pay because driving is NOT an option for us....we'd kill each other before we got out of Indiana .


Deb

 

[arbonnette]

Andrea - last Saturday they started taking February ADR's up to Feb 22nd. We are going the 2nd week of February and I was able to make all the ones that I wanted. Good Luck with yours, it was hard for me to think so quickly, I thought I had more time to plan. I called in such a hurry just to get something in place, I may rethink a few and call back later.

Thanks for the info. Kelly is taking care of it for me! I really had to think on my feet this morning and decide where I wanted to go and when! I usually plan them out for weeks before my 180 day mark, so I had to think fast!!! We are going the 2nd week of Feb too!

 

[Cinderumbrella]

They are taking dining til Feb 22, but they have had some issues.

My beloved pats won yesterday but Tom was hurt by some cheeseball already on the ground who flung himself into his leg and knee. They arent sup to go near QBs knees. I am less than thrilled this morning as I was so excited for football to start, I hope he will okay but it isnt looking good.

I saw that This could be the end of the season for you guys too- such a shame

On a much lighter note, our Bears actually beat the Colts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was stunned! (and happy!!)

Hey GF friends!

We are set up in the waiting room and have staked out a nice spot! We all have our laptops swet up and look like a bunch if computer nerds LOL!

Andrea~ Just wanted to sy we are feeling very blessed Ike is gonna miss us, prayers for your area!

Gotta go we are putting away our computers and playing Chincken foot (domino game)

Talk to you later....

MAndy

Best of Luck today Mandy!!!!!!!

Another rainy day today. The landscape company finally came and fixed the mess in my yard/neighbor's yard where the electrical company dug out for a broken power line. They got the new grass seed down before the rain so hopefully it will take root. We were VERY lucky that most of the damage was in our neighbor's yard and not ours

I am hoping they will cancel soccer tonight due the weather.

OK, so this is my 90 day point from the trip. I want to do the cabana for a few hours the AM of the Christmas party, but DH doesn't want to (what if it is too cold yada, yada, yada) What do you think?? Will it be warm enough to swim December 11 When we went in December 2006 it was crazy hot, but I know that was not normal...

I am off to read more smut (thanks Chan!!! )

Kristin

 

[irisbud]

Kristin, could you reserve it and then just cancel once you are there if it is forecasted to be too cold?

 

[arbonnette]

Kristin, could you reserve it and then just cancel once you are there if it is forecasted to be too cold?

K, I agree with Amy. I was there in Dec. '06 and remember how hot it was. It could very easily be warm enough for a cabana!

Where has my day gone? I have to leave in 30 minutes to pick up Hannah from school. And she has dancing tonight. Busy. Busy. I know you all understand.

Mandy, my thoughts are with you and your family today!!!

- Andrea

 

[mickeynut1]

Well...the rain stopped but it's still kinda dreary out . Hope everyone's enjoying their day .


arbonnette ~ The days sure do fly, don't they??? My 2 DSs will be home soon.....but I have no idea where the time went .


Chan ~ Thanks . Just wondering.....how's the progress on the .... . I did so much laundry the last week that I'm out of laundry soap.....I guess that's one thing on my list of things to do tomorrow .


Kristen ~ I would go ahead and reserve the cabana and see what it's like when you get there . If it's too cold, you can cancel....but if it's nice, you can enjoy it .


Well....I have done a whole lot of NOTHING today . It has just been one of those days that I just couldn't get moving . But I guess tomorrow is another day.....and I've already got things to do...like get laundry soap .



Deb

 

[princessesrule4]

Mandy- Hope everything goes well today. Thoughts and prayers for your dad ,you and your family!

Andrea- Glad things are getting back to normal - I know Gustav was a PIA for you for the last few weeks. It looks like Ike is supposed to miss your area now so that is GREAT news!!

 

[BlueSkies]

Kristen 90 days!!! now is when the time will start to fly

When we reserved our cabanas we were able to cancel 24 hrs prior w/o being charged...I'd say reserve one you can always cancel BTW they were sooooo nice ...We really enjoyed

 

[skjj2009]

Blue skies...you got great rates from SW. We keep checking as if we can get those rates or lower we'll fly instead of driving. I just checked SW again and no luck

Busy, Busy here with school and activities. Dreary rain is making me tired and I really need to clean my house. Hope you all are doing well. I probably won't be around much just pop in here and there...I'm so busy now I barely have time to be online anymore

 

[BlueSkies]

Blue skies...you got great rates from SW. We keep checking as if we can get those rates or lower we'll fly instead of driving. I just checked SW again and no luck

Busy, Busy here with school and activities. Dreary rain is making me tired and I really need to clean my house. Hope you all are doing well. I probably won't be around much just pop in here and there...I'm so busy now I barely have time to be online anymore

Skjj I wsh it was me who had gotten those airfares...no trip soon for me Irisbud was the lucky one

 

[irisbud]

skjj, I had to move my dates around a little (and I added another day more than I origionally intended, oh darn!) I wasn't very flexible for my arrival date, but I got lucky! BTW those just dropped $40 pp each way from yesterday so keep checking!

 

[BlueSkies]

Amy an extra day and lower airfare...thats great

Deb I say if your out of laundry soap...just dont do the laundry ...I got almost caught up and today I looked and its back....

Kristen I was thinking about the December trip and MOST of the times went went at that time we had beautiful warm weather during the day (except for the one year I did not bring extra warm clothes...and it was in the 30's...we came home with alot of new disney sweat shirts ) Renting a cabana is definitely something I will do again (I think Jan/Feb are more unreliable weather wise )

 

[Maxie86]

skjj, I had to move my dates around a little (and I added another day more than I origionally intended, oh darn!) I wasn't very flexible for my arrival date, but I got lucky! BTW those just dropped $40 pp each way from yesterday so keep checking!

Thanks for posting this. I now have a $128.00 credit for our spring trip, and I didn't even have to change flights.

 

[mickeynut1]

Hello All .

Mandy ~ I hope everything went well today with your dad's surgery .

skjj, I had to move my dates around a little (and I added another day more than I origionally intended, oh darn!) I wasn't very flexible for my arrival date, but I got lucky! BTW those just dropped $40 pp each way from yesterday so keep checking!

Yea....I hate when I have to add a day too . When we went last September airfare was cheaper going the night before we originally planned.....so I added another night at the Poly and we left a day early.....but I did what HAD to be done . It's a little early for me to get airline tickets for our July trip but I'm already trying to manipulate a way to add another night at the GF .

Deb I say if your out of laundry soap...just dont do the laundry ...I got almost caught up and today I looked and its back....

That's what I was thinking....but if I don't do it, nobody will have any clothes . What's a girl to do . But isn't it just horrible how the laundry just reproduces itself???? I mean, come on.....I JUST finished it all and it's all staring back at me again, too .

Thanks for posting this. I now have a $128.00 credit for our spring trip, and I didn't even have to change flights.

That's awesome you have a credit....woohoo .




Deb