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

[Lives4Disney]

Morning all!!

Traci!! OMG...It was sooo nice to meet you and your sweet kids! They are precious. It really made me laugh how you were such a bundle of excitement and yelled and ran to us!!! I had called out to you when I saw the limo and driver but you didn't hear me...I had to wait for our luggage so just stood there until we could get your attention. It was so neat to meet you and talk to you after all these online conversations. Very special. Avery and Jack Jack are DARLING....the pics don't do them justice.

I was hoping you'd be checking in during your trip! I am glad you had a fun time. Did your DH, too? He looked underwhelmed by the whole thing!! You made up for his lack of enthusiasm! LOVE the pics!! Keep them coming!! They don't have to be just GF.

Hey to everybody else!!!

Siobhan I am glad DS is better.....ugh...I would dread waking up to that every day.

I cannot believe you all with your Xmas shopping!!!! I have ordered some AG things for Jojo but that's it. And then Lucy decided no Mia...so it's a good thing I just wait. They change their minds all the time and the earlier I shop, the more I buy...then I misplace it in the house trying to hide it...lose my receipts...LOL...and they have too much so it gets CRAZY. But it's fun for me.

TTYL,
Chan

 

[BlueSkies]

Traci What great pics (kids included)...that view...cant wait to go back again... also love how you coordinated what the kids are wearing...just adorable! Thanks for posting your pics and in the middle of doing too...

 

[traci]

Channing, DH is so hard to read...it's hard to tell how he is really feeling. He doesn't get all giddy and goofy like I do. At the end of the trip he said, why haven't you looked into a DVC here? So I take that to means he likes it okay I am so spazzy when it comes to Disney. Here at home I want to sleep as much as possible because I never seem to get enough of it - at Disney I am up at 6:30AM without a wake up call hustling people out of bed for a fun filled day of Mickey excitement!! DH says I am a different person there. He's right - it's just my happy place

I wish I would have taken a pic with you and your gorgeous girls. They are soooo pretty. I am sure you hear that all the time.

 

[traci]

Traci What great pics (kids included)...that view...cant wait to go back again... also love how you coordinated what the kids are wearing...just adorable! Thanks for posting your pics and in the middle of doing too...

Y'all are giving me an excuse to stop

 

[mickeynut1]

OMG Traci......I LOVE the pics . Keep them coming.......kids and all . Your kids are just adorable . What building were you in???

I ALWAYS get right on the laundry when we get home from a trip because I can't stand it sitting there . Can't wait to see more from your trip........it's getting me even MORE excited for our trip to get here......if that's even possible .


Chan......I'm with you about these girls and their Christmas shopping . You mentioned your girls always changing their minds ......DS did that to me last year . I ordered him an amp to go along with his guitar.....EXACTLY the one he wanted......a couple days later he comes to me and says he wants a different amp instead of the one he told me . It was a good thing the one he originally wanted was on backorder and wasn't going to be in for a good week or two . So I called up and cancelled it and ordered the other one . I told both DSs for this year, get it together from the beginning because there's no changing it . Christmas time is hectic enough without them changing their minds AFTER things are already ordered .


Deb

 

[Lives4Disney]

Deb...it never fails...I search and get them the weird things they like and then they always change their minds....and it seems the weirder the MUST HAVE requst..and the harder it is to find...the more chance they'll change their minds.......Kids.

And seriously...if I started shopping for everybody now I would buy soooo much more stuff. I am not organized & don't keep good track of what I am buying....I go hide it in the basement...and stash it in my closet and then close to Xmas I gather it all & sort it and want the kids to have equal looking amts of gifts..so I always wind up doing the last minute shopping to add more.... I am kind of looking forward to the day I can say we are cutting back. They have way too much. Way way wayy to much.

Traci...more pics!

And Blue Skies....where is HCTS with pics of that long ago party? I saw you mentioned recently on the GF that she still has conmputer problems.....Computer problems for 3 months!!! Must be something wicked...I hope I never those problems. We were looking forward to seeing the pics...curious minds and all.

TTYL,
Chan

 

[Alicnwondrln]

You've got too much energy . I'm still in my pj's having my 2nd cup of coffee .

you will love this

I dont drink coffee

 

[Alicnwondrln]

Do any of you gals know when AP rates come out are they released for the whole year or just a few months at a time ? Also.......if I don't have an AP but plan on getting one upon our arrival in July, can I still book the AP rate now (if there is one for our trip) and just purchase the AP before check in since I'll have to show it in order to get the rate? Kristin.....is this what you are doing for your December trip ? I could be confusing it with something else but I thought you mentioned a while back that your TA booked your December trip that way with the DlxDDP .


Thanks gals .


Deb

the Ap rates come out in dribs abd drabs. I usually tell people to book the room and category they want and try and apply the AP rate.

You can show them the voucher and they are usually okay. I have to say that I have never been asked for that or a AAA card.

You can book AP plus dine packages without tickets, its very easy.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

Sorry if these are too big - in the midle of laundry....my OCD wont let me rest until it's done. Haven't had time to really go through, but here are a few. I tried to quickly locate ones with the Grand Floridian in them. Sorry about the kids...I know what you all really want to see..the GF!!!

Kids in the room

View from room - beautiful!

Another room view

Monorail pic from room

Getting ready to trick or treat at the hotel...you can see the amazing color from the sunset through the balcony windows

daughter looking our "house" as they called it from the monorail on the way to Magic Kingdom

Nice sized balcony

Traci I love your pics. Your kids are so adorable!! I am so glad I dont have a daughter because those outfits are fab!!

 

[mickeynut1]

you will love this

I dont drink coffee

. Where DO you get your energy, girl . I would DIE if I didn't have my coffee EVERY MORNING....and I still don't have the energy you have .


Chan - I hear ya loud and clear . I can't start shopping early because I KEEP BUYING right up until Christmas......whether I have way too much or not . I always come across something one of them would like......and then I have to find something for the other one and the cycle just keeps going....and by the time I know it I've spent WAY TOO MUCH money and they have WAY MORE crap than they need .


Deb

 

[mickeynut1]

the Ap rates come out in dribs abd drabs. I usually tell people to book the room and category they want and try and apply the AP rate.

You can show them the voucher and they are usually okay. I have to say that I have never been asked for that or a AAA card.

You can book AP plus dine packages without tickets, its very easy.

Thanks a bunch .

Traci I love your pics. Your kids are so adorable!! I am so glad I dont have a daughter because those outfits are fab!!

My thoughts exactly......I went crazy shopping for my two DSs when they were little.....I couldn't stay out of Baby Gap and Gymboree . I can't imagine what I would have been like if I had a girl.....DH would have needed TWO jobs .

 

[traci]

This is what they looked like when we left yesterday!

They both got to fight the pirate with Jack Sparrow!

Meeting Tink!

Epcot

I haven't even started on the Photopass yet. We were at the beach and the kids were building sand castles - the Photopass guy was there and took a bunch a pics. I was ale to glance at them and they are some of my favorite candids from the trip. I just LOVE the GF!!

We got a cute pic of my son asleep while sis was meeting characters. Goofy noticed this and tapped the photo guy on the shoulder. They walked up to his stroller took a pic with sleeping Jack and Goofy! Too cute - it's on Photopass so I can't share it yet!

 

[Alicnwondrln]

dude those outfits are crazy
did you get one for each day!?

 

[mickeynut1]

dude those outfits are crazy
did you get one for each day!?

Aren't they just adorable???? I love them!!!!

 

[Lives4Disney]

dude those outfits are crazy
did you get one for each day!?

From what I"ve seen she did.

Channing

 

[vbarry]

KELLY IS MAKING FUN OF ME!

Well- I need to ask. I called the darn WDW Florist and then girl could not tell me much so I wanted to know exactly what this thing looks like before I spend $395.00. By the way...they want $99.00 to ship it home. The lady did say it had 30 ornaments on it.

 

[vbarry]

AND by the way...It is a lot better thread then "Where should I stay GF or Poly?" Let's just beat a dead horse!

 

[Lives4Disney]

Vanessa, when we ordered the WDW FLorist Xmas tree, we shipped it home ourselves. It was much less money and it arrived in about 3 days UPS. Don't let that florist ship it for you. Not sure if it's the same as it was when we were there in 2006....but they also said to me back then that the tree would arrive in SIX WEEKS. We disassembled it and packed it and sent it in one of the boxes that had stuff in it we shipped down. It worked out much better that way.


Happy planning....it's gonna come up quick now.

PS...I called about the cabanas and the Grand 1 for February.....the cabana cost is still $60/4 hrs and $110 for the full day. The Grand 1.....not so cheap haha.....

Channing

 

[vbarry]

Vanessa, when we ordered the WDW FLorist Xmas tree, we shipped it home ourselves. It was much less money and it arrived in about 3 days UPS. Don't let that florist ship it for you. Not sure if it's the same as it was when we were there in 2006....but they also said to me back then that the tree would arrive in SIX WEEKS. We disassembled it and packed it and sent it in one of the boxes that had stuff in it we shipped down. It worked out much better that way.


Happy planning....it's gonna come up quick now.

PS...I called about the cabanas and the Grand 1 for February.....the cabana cost is still $60/4 hrs and $110 for the full day. The Grand 1.....not so cheap haha.....

Channing

I know it is and now I am getting pre-trip/pre-holiday anxiety. I cannot get anything done around here. (Too much Dis and needy children!) I did buy a $20 pink tree and WalMart today and thought it might be ok but it is just not what I want. I am going to put it in Lily's room.

The Grand 1 and cabana sounds fun. You guys are gonna have a blast!

Blueskies~ You asked about a church service. I checked and they have a Mass at the Contemporary but we are not Catholic so I am not sure what we are going to do yet. I booked the CP package for Xmas Eve and Xmas Day just to be safe. I booked it again on Dec 28th. I know we will cancel 1 or 2 but I just do not know what we are going to feel like on Christmas Eve and Christmas. I may want to sit around the GF and just soak up the holiday atmosphere! Missing church on Christmas Eve is dh's big hang up about being gone on the holidays. It is his favorite service of the entire year.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

V definetly send it home yourself.
If has tons of ornaments and it is stunning ....