MegansMom
Always Ready to Go Back with my "Minnie" Megan Mou
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Well, I doubt there is a cure....because it seems to creep back up from time to time in all of us from one trip to the next, but today, I believe I found at least a good pain killer to treat its' symptoms!!!!!!
But before I tell you what that is, I better give you the whole story....what kind of PTR writer would I be if I skipped that part?!??!?!?!
As you all know, I have been relentlessly calling and trying to switch our value accomodations to something else. I unfortunately just missed out on a Free Upgrade pin code I received in my email a week ago, and last week, was quite disappointed when after many attempts, I was still unable to secure some type of Moderate reservation. My hubby was quite the supportive man through all this...kept reminding me to call back everyday!!!! (I think he was REALLY starting to become quite uneasy with the prospects of having to wait a lot for buses!) So I continued on with my quest this weekend, and still to no avail. This morning, I decided to wait a little later in the morning for my attempt....so around 10:30 EST, I dialed up my pal Mickey, waited on hold for about 4 minutes, and was put through to a very lovely female CM whose name has left me at this point. ANYWAY, I told her that I was making my "daily check-in" call to see if we could move up to a Moderate resort.
She started out by checking CBR (said she always starts in alphabetical order)........holding.....waiting.....NOPE, no availability!
Checking CSR (I was keeping all fingers and toes crossed for this one!).................holding.................waiting.................NOPE! NO availability!!!
Checking POR (She said she would check that one first since it was bigger and might have better availability!)................................holding.......................................waiting...........................................NOPE!!!! NO AVAILABILITY AGAIN!!!!
By this point, I was sure today's call would end much like the others. And then she said she would check POFQ.
Checking POFQ............................................................holding.........................................................waiting.................................................................YES!!!!!!!! THEY HAD AVAILABILITY!!!!!!!!! I almost didn't believe it when she said it!!! She quickly moved our ressie over to POFQ, and that was that!!!! We were no longer going to be staying at POP, but now POFQ!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ended our call, and I got off the phone, and thought about what had just happened................Ahhhhhh....."We are Moved to POFQ," I peacefully thought to myself!
"WAIT.....WE ARE MOVED TO POFQ!!!!!" 
I don't know ANYTHING about this place!!!!! What if it is worse than staying at POP? The panic quickly filled my stomach and my head, and horrible thoughts started swimming through my brain. I am sure my forehead may have even beaded up with sweat I grew so worried, so fast......what would I do?!?!?!? I knew I needed to QUICKLY look up some info about POFQ FAST!!!! I needed to be prepared when I told Tom our "Good News" so that I could somehow make him feel like this was a good thing. I started looking online, but wanted to find something more real, more concrete....then an idea came to me.....I know, I will call Laura (IluvXU)!!!!! She has stayed there before, she can help me out, and we live in the same area so I can look her up in the phone book!!!! (I know, probably is a very crazy, stalker-like thing to do, but I was feeling desperate!) Well, Laura was happy to hear from me and help me out. She gave me such WONDERFUL insight on the resort and what it is like to stay there, all my fears and questions were relieved and answered!!! (Thanks again SO much Laura! 
) So, even though Laura is not the cure for Resortitis, she definitely has been the pain relief I needed to help me with my case of it for this year's trip!!!! We also had a lovely chat talking about our girls getting ready to start Kindergarten in the next few weeks---the adjustment of all that and getting ready for UNIFORMS!!!! We are hopefully also going to meet up at KI some time soon so the girls can enjoy the park together!!! It was such a great conversation!!!!
I have done some heavy reading today, and I really am very excited about staying at POFQ......I think it is going to be the perfect fit for our trip this year! I am not even going to call or check anymore to see if any other Mods become available....I want to stay at POFQ!!!!! I am SO looking forward to it!!!!!
I think I am even becoming smitten with it....
NOW, if I could just get these next 48 days to hurry up...that would be GREAT!!!!!! 
In some other trip planning news, I have begun going through my old bags and suitcases to pull together more items that needed to be moved to the Disney drawer.....so here is a list of the current residents of said drawer:
--pack of Dove Cleansing Cloths
--2 packs of Wet Wipes
--Small tube of Water Babies Sunscreen
--4 packs of pocket tissues
--5 pack of Purple Neon light-up bracelets
--1 15pc. container of Neon light-up bracelets
--Bathroom Organizer for the shower
--box of Jumbo Ziploc Bags (use for storing costumes in park)
--Small travel umbrella
--Medicine pouch bags
--4 pack of Shout wipes
--8 (2pk) of Ponchos
I need to get one more 2 pk of ponchos from the Dollar Store---I like to have enough to theoretically have one set of ponchos for the three of us for each park day. I am thinking about also getting some other type of hanging bathroom organizer for the sink area at the POFQ since they don't have vanities. I also want to get some Neon Necklaces to go with all the bracelets from the Dollar Store as well. I also need to check my hand-sanitizer stash to make sure that I have enough of the small bottles that go in my clip on grip. So, there will definitely be a pit stop at the Dollar Store today!!!!
I am also going to start scourging the sales at some other stores to start stocking up on some more clothing items for myself and for Tom. (I need a little TK pixie dust here!) He really only needs some more shorts, and possibly another pack of socks. Megan only needs some white socks---for the trip and for school too! I need a BUNCH more....I am a pathetic shopper for myself...for my family, no problem, but for me....YIKES!!!! I just don't go shopping for myself that much. Since I'm not working anymore, I rarely update the wardrobe---I wear nice things that don't tend to wear out as easily---so I don't have to do it that often. I have yet to purchase ANY summer clothes yet though, so my summer stash is looking pretty raggedy. And as I have talked about before, I don't want to look raggedy this year, we are celebrating...I want to look classy!!! SO, I am going to need to do some shopping!!!! I'm just not sure how much of what I need yet....this should be fun...eh?????? So, I am going to start stopping in at my local hotspots to pick up a few things here and there...I will post pics of my finds....wish me luck!!!!
One last thing........this made me just so happy and excited this weekend that I HAD to share!!!!! We often get in mailings and flyers with current DVC incentives.....most of which I look at, think "maybe sometime later," and then dispose of them before Tom has a chance to see. On Saturday, however, Tom got the mail, and on top of the stack was a flyer for the current incentive to buy into DVC. He started reading about it, and then asked me what I knew about the whole purchasing of the DVC thing. I explained to him how it worked, etc., etc., and much to my complete surprise, he said, "We should definitely do this when you go back to work next year!" This was me.... 
I got so excited!!!! He then started explaining to me how it would be such a good investment...yeah, like I didn't know that already!!! I am so excited that DVC is going to be in our future...it almost makes me excited to go back to teaching next fall!!!! 
Just wanted to share!!!! Coming up soon.....THE BIG MK MUSTS, LOVES, and DON'TS!!!!! (Really? A Don't in MK?!?!?!?!)
But before I tell you what that is, I better give you the whole story....what kind of PTR writer would I be if I skipped that part?!??!?!?!
As you all know, I have been relentlessly calling and trying to switch our value accomodations to something else. I unfortunately just missed out on a Free Upgrade pin code I received in my email a week ago, and last week, was quite disappointed when after many attempts, I was still unable to secure some type of Moderate reservation. My hubby was quite the supportive man through all this...kept reminding me to call back everyday!!!! (I think he was REALLY starting to become quite uneasy with the prospects of having to wait a lot for buses!) So I continued on with my quest this weekend, and still to no avail. This morning, I decided to wait a little later in the morning for my attempt....so around 10:30 EST, I dialed up my pal Mickey, waited on hold for about 4 minutes, and was put through to a very lovely female CM whose name has left me at this point. ANYWAY, I told her that I was making my "daily check-in" call to see if we could move up to a Moderate resort.
She started out by checking CBR (said she always starts in alphabetical order)........holding.....waiting.....NOPE, no availability!
Checking CSR (I was keeping all fingers and toes crossed for this one!).................holding.................waiting.................NOPE! NO availability!!!
Checking POR (She said she would check that one first since it was bigger and might have better availability!)................................holding.......................................waiting...........................................NOPE!!!! NO AVAILABILITY AGAIN!!!!
By this point, I was sure today's call would end much like the others. And then she said she would check POFQ.
Checking POFQ............................................................holding.........................................................waiting.................................................................YES!!!!!!!! THEY HAD AVAILABILITY!!!!!!!!! I almost didn't believe it when she said it!!! She quickly moved our ressie over to POFQ, and that was that!!!! We were no longer going to be staying at POP, but now POFQ!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ended our call, and I got off the phone, and thought about what had just happened................Ahhhhhh....."We are Moved to POFQ," I peacefully thought to myself!
"WAIT.....WE ARE MOVED TO POFQ!!!!!" I don't know ANYTHING about this place!!!!! What if it is worse than staying at POP? The panic quickly filled my stomach and my head, and horrible thoughts started swimming through my brain. I am sure my forehead may have even beaded up with sweat I grew so worried, so fast......what would I do?!?!?!? I knew I needed to QUICKLY look up some info about POFQ FAST!!!! I needed to be prepared when I told Tom our "Good News" so that I could somehow make him feel like this was a good thing. I started looking online, but wanted to find something more real, more concrete....then an idea came to me.....I know, I will call Laura (IluvXU)!!!!! She has stayed there before, she can help me out, and we live in the same area so I can look her up in the phone book!!!! (I know, probably is a very crazy, stalker-like thing to do, but I was feeling desperate!) Well, Laura was happy to hear from me and help me out. She gave me such WONDERFUL insight on the resort and what it is like to stay there, all my fears and questions were relieved and answered!!! (Thanks again SO much Laura! ) So, even though Laura is not the cure for Resortitis, she definitely has been the pain relief I needed to help me with my case of it for this year's trip!!!! We also had a lovely chat talking about our girls getting ready to start Kindergarten in the next few weeks---the adjustment of all that and getting ready for UNIFORMS!!!! We are hopefully also going to meet up at KI some time soon so the girls can enjoy the park together!!! It was such a great conversation!!!! I have done some heavy reading today, and I really am very excited about staying at POFQ......I think it is going to be the perfect fit for our trip this year! I am not even going to call or check anymore to see if any other Mods become available....I want to stay at POFQ!!!!! I am SO looking forward to it!!!!!
I think I am even becoming smitten with it.... NOW, if I could just get these next 48 days to hurry up...that would be GREAT!!!!!! In some other trip planning news, I have begun going through my old bags and suitcases to pull together more items that needed to be moved to the Disney drawer.....so here is a list of the current residents of said drawer:
--pack of Dove Cleansing Cloths
--2 packs of Wet Wipes
--Small tube of Water Babies Sunscreen
--4 packs of pocket tissues
--5 pack of Purple Neon light-up bracelets
--1 15pc. container of Neon light-up bracelets
--Bathroom Organizer for the shower
--box of Jumbo Ziploc Bags (use for storing costumes in park)
--Small travel umbrella
--Medicine pouch bags
--4 pack of Shout wipes
--8 (2pk) of Ponchos
I need to get one more 2 pk of ponchos from the Dollar Store---I like to have enough to theoretically have one set of ponchos for the three of us for each park day. I am thinking about also getting some other type of hanging bathroom organizer for the sink area at the POFQ since they don't have vanities. I also want to get some Neon Necklaces to go with all the bracelets from the Dollar Store as well. I also need to check my hand-sanitizer stash to make sure that I have enough of the small bottles that go in my clip on grip. So, there will definitely be a pit stop at the Dollar Store today!!!!
I am also going to start scourging the sales at some other stores to start stocking up on some more clothing items for myself and for Tom. (I need a little TK pixie dust here!) He really only needs some more shorts, and possibly another pack of socks. Megan only needs some white socks---for the trip and for school too! I need a BUNCH more....I am a pathetic shopper for myself...for my family, no problem, but for me....YIKES!!!! I just don't go shopping for myself that much. Since I'm not working anymore, I rarely update the wardrobe---I wear nice things that don't tend to wear out as easily---so I don't have to do it that often. I have yet to purchase ANY summer clothes yet though, so my summer stash is looking pretty raggedy. And as I have talked about before, I don't want to look raggedy this year, we are celebrating...I want to look classy!!! SO, I am going to need to do some shopping!!!! I'm just not sure how much of what I need yet....this should be fun...eh?????? So, I am going to start stopping in at my local hotspots to pick up a few things here and there...I will post pics of my finds....wish me luck!!!!
One last thing........this made me just so happy and excited this weekend that I HAD to share!!!!! We often get in mailings and flyers with current DVC incentives.....most of which I look at, think "maybe sometime later," and then dispose of them before Tom has a chance to see. On Saturday, however, Tom got the mail, and on top of the stack was a flyer for the current incentive to buy into DVC. He started reading about it, and then asked me what I knew about the whole purchasing of the DVC thing. I explained to him how it worked, etc., etc., and much to my complete surprise, he said, "We should definitely do this when you go back to work next year!" This was me....
I got so excited!!!! He then started explaining to me how it would be such a good investment...yeah, like I didn't know that already!!! I am so excited that DVC is going to be in our future...it almost makes me excited to go back to teaching next fall!!!! Just wanted to share!!!! Coming up soon.....THE BIG MK MUSTS, LOVES, and DON'TS!!!!! (Really? A Don't in MK?!?!?!?!)
I have a DVC book...they sent it to me last year, and I have been perusing it this afternoon!!! HEY...just thought of something....maybe we could squeeze in a tour while we are there???? Would they let us do that knowing that we will not be purchasing until next year????
We've talked about it, but we just can't afford it any time soon. But woo-hoo that your family is getting it!!! 
