HELP!!!!!! More Disney Dreams to fulfill! 09/04 Exciting news!

[dizneeat]

I will be there the same time as you! I will be there 8/8-1/4 since I am doing the College Program!

you got into the College Program! Let me know WHERE you will be and we'll pay you a visit!

 

[dizneeat]

Okay ...... here we go again!

I post my plans and then I find out that I have to change them again, right away!

So this is my problem.
I have the tea at the Garden View room booked for Aug 18. It's at 2pm. Now by going through all my notes I remembered that The Wave does a FREE beer tasting. I read up on it and it's only on on Saturdays between 3 and 4. I have also found out that it is only for guests staying at the Contemporary Resort or Bay Lake Tower. We ARE staying at the Contemporary on the 18!!! I would love this for Tom. (I don't drink beer, but I guess they have other beverages there too .... not for free, but none the less). I guess we are cutting it very close with the tea AND the tasting. I am now thinking of moving the tea to the following day. Or will we be done with the tea in time for doing the tasting. I am going to write to the Concierge and have them change it around ... sorry! But they offered to do it, so why not use them.

AND ... as if the tea issue wasn't enough. I played on the DCL site and found that I could access a calendar, which already offered the activities of our days and I got them all wrong, going by past navigators. Now I have to juggle those days around too. Nothing booked yet, but I am starting to confuse myself!

Good thing is, I am currently on sickleave and have time to play around in between sneezes and coughs!

 

[jenseib]

I hope you get better soon. I wish I could start booking our adventures one the Dream

 

[LuvEeyore]

Better late than never for the planning party!!

 

[dizneeat]

I hope you get better soon. I wish I could start booking our adventures one the Dream

In the meantime Tom went on sickleave too! My cough is still bad, but at least I feel a little better, thank you!

Don't remind me of starting to book adventures on the DREAM. I will be able to do so on my birthday ... so DCL made me an early birthday present by telling me!
Just hope it works better than either DCL or WDW websites have worked those last few days.

Better late than never for the planning party!!

You are perfectly in time for making summer plans and for our next trip to DLRP! It should be a fun time!

 

[dizneeat]

News and updates!!!

Time for a few updates ……

Yesterday was my 180th day until the second part of our WDW stay. I was excited to be able to make all my ADRs ……


BUT


WDW site would not want to cooperate!
I tried to pick a restaurant that was outside the 180 open days and it would ask me for a confirmation of my reservation. Okay, no biggie, I was kind of waiting for it. It then sent me to sign in with my member name and password and voila …… I was ready to start at the beginning again.
Now, after a few rounds of checking in and going in circles a different window opened ….. hope of being able to finally have conquered the system …..


BUT


nope, again this time it won’t recognize my reservation! (Even though I can stare at it online on their site)
I tried on and off all afternoon and then just gave in. I didn’t want any “hard to get” restaurants, so I thought I could wait and do them day by day.
By 9pm I gave in and called.
The automated system came on and what would you think … didn’t find my reservation and so I had to wait for a “real” person. After 20 minutes of listening to park music (on a long distance call) I got through to a really nice and helpful Cast Member, who in no time got me all the reservations I wanted.

So, here is my line up for this summer, day by day. (And I am sure it will be changed and tweaked here and there.)

August 11
Travel day – spend the night at the Hyatt MCO

August 12
Pick up rental car, breakfast at WPE, drive to Miami for late lunch at Bubba Gump and then drive to Key Largo to spend the night at the Courtyard by Mariott.

August 13
Drive to Key West, spend the afternoon exploring – evening = surprise, to be revealed later! Spend the night at the Southernmost on the Beach

August 14
Spend the day at Key West

August 15
Another day at Key West

August 16
Drive to Fort Lauderdale, have dinner at Bubba Gump and spend the night at Sun Tower Hotel and Suites

August 17
Leave early and drive to WDW, check in at the Contemporary Resort Club Level, dinner at the California Grill and EMH at the MK until 1am

August 18
Stay close to resort – means we’ll play at the MK, afternoon tea at the Garden View Tea room (most likely to be changed to another day, as The Wave offers a beer tasting for resort guests that day at around the same time as the tea)

August 19
Say goodbye to the CR and move to OKW. Dinner at The Wave and EMH at the MK

August 20
Play at the parks, dinner at Boatwright’s, EMH at DHS

August 21
Play at the parks, dinner at Kouzzina, EMH at Epcot

August 22
Typhoon Lagoon, dinner at Rose and Crown

August 23
Lunch at Yak and Yeti, dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse

August 24
Check out of OKW, breakfast at WPE, drive to Port Canaveral, return rental cat, embark on the Disney DREAM

August 25
Castaway Cay

August 26
Nassau

August 27
Day at sea, Captain’s reception, brunch at Palo, dinner at Palo – maybe Remy, pirate night

August 28
Castaway Cay

August 29
Disembark the Disney Dream and embark again, sail away party

August 30
Nassau

August 31
Day at sea, Captain’s reception, brunch at Palo, dinner at Palo, pirate night

September 1
Castaway Cay

September 2
Disembark the Disney DREAM, pick up new rental car, drive to OKW, dinner at the Wave, EMH at MK

September 3
Play at the parks, dinner at Sci-Fi, EMH at DHS

September 4
Breakfast at Olivia’s, play at the parks, dinner at Via Napoli, could change to Beaches and Cream

September 5
Play at the parks, dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s Dining Room

September 6
Play at the parks, dinner at the Grand Floridian Café

September 7
Play at the parks, dinner at Il Mulino, very likely to change to either Flying Fish OR Captain’s Grill or even Cape May Café, EMH at Epcot

September 8
Time to go home! Check out of OKW, breakfast at the Wave, late lunch at WPE, fly home

September 9
Arrive back home

September 10
Back to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And here comes the surprise!!!!!!

We already have TWO DISmeets!!!!!!

One of them is with Joh (Wilma-bride) and her family, who we will have dinner with on our first Key West day at Turtle Kraal.
Can’t wait!

The other one is with our good friends Teresa and Mick (Teri1), who will be coming in a few days early for their DREAM cruise and we will spend some time together before we have to go home!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Karen, I was wondering why you were home today. I'm sorry you are sick. Sure hope you'll feel much better very soon. Gentle

Oh, yes, you have a birthday coming up? Inquiring minds would like to know when, pretty please?

I must have posted when you were posting that amazing itinerary!! How the heck can I be so excited when it is not even my trip!! Obviously, I get my Disney trip fix vicariously through yout PTR's & TR's!

Well, all I can is that this is going to be one sweet trip! Florida Keys? Be still my heart. It's on my list of places to visit, but will have to wait until I get back to Europe. One thing for sure, if we do move to FL in 2013, I will bring Sophia to the parks for a couple of days when you & Tom are there and we can all play together for a day or two ... and/or of course, you & Tom will always be welcome to stop over and visit wherever it is we put down roots on the Gulf Coast.

LOVE the itinerary so far!! Now to look forward to cha cha changes!

 

[dizneeat]

Karen, I was wondering why you were home today. I'm sorry you are sick. Sure hope you'll feel much better very soon. Gentle

Oh, yes, you have a birthday coming up? Inquiring minds would like to know when, pretty please?

I must have posted when you were posting that amazing itinerary!! How the heck can I be so excited when it is not even my trip!! Obviously, I get my Disney trip fix vicariously through yout PTR's & TR's!

Well, all I can is that this is going to be one sweet trip! Florida Keys? Be still my heart. It's on my list of places to visit, but will have to wait until I get back to Europe. One thing for sure, if we do move to FL in 2013, I will bring Sophia to the parks for a couple of days when you & Tom are there and we can all play together for a day or two ... and/or of course, you & Tom will always be welcome to stop over and visit wherever it is we put down roots on the Gulf Coast.

LOVE the itinerary so far!! Now to look forward to cha cha changes!

Yes, I am home on sickleave! Second longer one this school year, thank god we get paid sickleave!
And btw, Tom had to go to the doctors yesterday too, he's on sickleave too!

My birthday is still two months away, May 11, since you asked! It was just fun to see that DCL posted my first day to book any excursions on May 11. Needless to say they want me to pay in full first!

At the moment I am pretty happy with my itinerary - once I start to plan in depth, that is when the changing will start!

You are moving to Florida? Any idea where you want to go on the Gulf Coast? It would be awesome if you and Sophia could come to Disney next year!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you so everything works out in your favour!
And if you settle somewhere along the Gulf Coast we will most certainly come to visit you! Nothing better than getting together with DISfriends!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Yes, I am home on sickleave! Second longer one this school year, thank god we get paid sickleave!
And btw, Tom had to go to the doctors yesterday too, he's on sickleave too!

Oh, no!! Hope you BOTH feel better soon.

My birthday is still two months away, May 11, since you asked! It was just fun to see that DCL posted my first day to book any excursions on May 11. Needless to say they want me to pay in full first!

How dare them!!! May is such a lovely month for a birthday...and plenty of time for me to find the perfect card!

At the moment I am pretty happy with my itinerary - once I start to plan in depth, that is when the changing will start!

Can hardly wait!!!

You are moving to Florida? Any idea where you want to go on the Gulf Coast? It would be awesome if you and Sophia could come to Disney next year!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you so everything works out in your favour! Thank you!!

And if you settle somewhere along the Gulf Coast we will most certainly come to visit you! Nothing better than getting together with DISfriends!

Mia, Sophia, the pups and I will go visit the St. Pete area the first week of June to check out that area, a couple of smaller older FL towns and the Sarasota/Bradenton area. If all goes well, she wants to get the move going next year. They enver planned to be here this long - it was temp for a job situation, but the economy changed all that. Fingers crossed it all works out - I am so ready for this move!!!

Lunch is over...time to go play with Sophia for the afternoon! Take good care and feel better, Karin. Days like these I wish you weren't so far far so we could have a phone visit.

 

[Teri1]

Hi Karin, Sorry to hear you and Tom are sick. I just read your upcoming dinning plans, Mick and I hope we can fit a dinner in with you.

To Minnie&Nana, we love the ST. Pete area and have stayed there for a few vacations. We have visited the Sarasota area too and loved Siesta Key Beach. I would love to live in either place some day!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

To Minnie&Nana, we love the ST. Pete area and have stayed there for a few vacations. We have visited the Sarasota area too and loved Siesta Key Beach. I would love to live in either place some day!

That is so good to hear, Teri! Thank you! We are looking for a cottage or possibly a condo to rent for the week - did you stay in a hotel or cottage? Any recommendations? Thanks much!

...and how wonderful you'll be able to join Karin & Tom... many in their fan club will be jealous! Enjoy!!

 

[Teri1]

Minnie&Nana- We always stayed at a small Hilton hotel which is now a Doubletree, at N. Reddington Beach. The people were nice there and they had a nice restaurant that the locals also used with beach buffets on the weekend and awesome breakfasts outside. Sorry I don't know anything about the condos but there are plenty of them.

Yes we are very excited to get to spend time with our friends Karin and Tom!!

 

[dizneeat]

Mia, Sophia, the pups and I will go visit the St. Pete area the first week of June to check out that area, a couple of smaller older FL towns and the Sarasota/Bradenton area. If all goes well, she wants to get the move going next year. They enver planned to be here this long - it was temp for a job situation, but the economy changed all that. Fingers crossed it all works out - I am so ready for this move!!!

Lunch is over...time to go play with Sophia for the afternoon! Take good care and feel better, Karin. Days like these I wish you weren't so far far so we could have a phone visit.

St. Pete is wonderful, we visited there a few years ago and loved it. I cannot remember much about Sarasota, as we were only driving there to search and find their Crazy Shirt Shop! All I remember is that we bought a cute TS with a lot of fish on it! Not much help here, am I?
I will keep my fingers crossed this works out for you and Mia!
And thanks so much for your kind words .... the world has gotten "smaller" in the last couple years, but still not small enough. We'll speak soon!

Hi Karin, Sorry to hear you and Tom are sick. I just read your upcoming dinning plans, Mick and I hope we can fit a dinner in with you.

To Minnie&Nana, we love the ST. Pete area and have stayed there for a few vacations. We have visited the Sarasota area too and loved Siesta Key Beach. I would love to live in either place some day!

Teri, I will try to make that ADR later today or when it falls into my 180 day schedule. We should not have a problem getting a table! Can't wait to have dinner with you two!

That is so good to hear, Teri! Thank you! We are looking for a cottage or possibly a condo to rent for the week - did you stay in a hotel or cottage? Any recommendations? Thanks much!

...and how wonderful you'll be able to join Karin & Tom... many in their fan club will be jealous! Enjoy!!

I didn't even know I had a fan club!!!!!!!!!!!!

Minnie&Nana- We always stayed at a small Hilton hotel which is now a Doubletree, at N. Reddington Beach. The people were nice there and they had a nice restaurant that the locals also used with beach buffets on the weekend and awesome breakfasts outside. Sorry I don't know anything about the condos but there are plenty of them.

Yes we are very excited to get to spend time with our friends Karin and Tom!!

This is what I love so much about the DISboards .... people from all corners of the world, helping each other out!

 

[pinkxray]

I am glad to hear you liked the Dream cabins with the round tub. Since I have years to save for our Fantasy cruise, I really want to try a cabin with the round tub and the special shower. They look so relaxing.


I hope you are able to do the beer tasting and the tea. You better not cancel the tea this year, b/c I really want an in depth review and pictures


Your plans look great. Three days with nothing written but Castaway Cay sounds amazing

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Minnie&Nana- We always stayed at a small Hilton hotel which is now a Doubletree, at N. Reddington Beach. The people were nice there and they had a nice restaurant that the locals also used with beach buffets on the weekend and awesome breakfasts outside. Sorry I don't know anything about the condos but there are plenty of them.

Yes we are very excited to get to spend time with our friends Karin and Tom!!

Thanks so much, Teri! We have been checking out homeaway.com and VRBO.com - I am sure we will find just what we are looking for...not easy when the travel party includes a grandmother, mother, 3 1/2 yr old Princess and 2 small Maltese doglets!

St. Pete is wonderful, we visited there a few years ago and loved it. I cannot remember much about Sarasota, as we were only driving there to search and find their Crazy Shirt Shop! All I remember is that we bought a cute TS with a lot of fish on it! Not much help here, am I?
It is helpful to know you loved the St. Pete area!

I didn't even know I had a fan club!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, guess we could call these dedicated followers friends instead of fans.

This is what I love so much about the DISboards .... people from all corners of the world, helping each other out!

Me too!

 

[dizneeat]

I am glad to hear you liked the Dream cabins with the round tub. Since I have years to save for our Fantasy cruise, I really want to try a cabin with the round tub and the special shower. They look so relaxing.


I hope you are able to do the beer tasting and the tea. You better not cancel the tea this year, b/c I really want an in depth review and pictures


Your plans look great. Three days with nothing written but Castaway Cay sounds amazing

Those Family Staterooms are AMAZING. And the extra space was so nice! Don't get me started on the round tub! Absolutely wonderful. You would definitely love it!

I really WANT to do the tea, so I might just move it up a day and put it on our arrival day, pushing CG back a bit. We have made so many attempts on going to the tea that now that we are staying so close, we just have to fit it in!

Thanks for your comments on my plans. I cannot believe that we will be going back to CC for three visit this summer

 

[dizneeat]

Well, guess we could call thise dedicated followers friends instead of fans.:

Me too!

Friends sounds wonderful!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Oops...sorry for the typos!

Did I miss an update with pics of your family stateroom? Hope not! If so, please point me in the right direction? Thank you!!

 

[dizneeat]

Oops...sorry for the typos!

Did I miss an update with pics of your family stateroom? Hope not! If so, please point me in the right direction? Thank you!!

No, you haven't missed anything yet! We have not gotten to the ship yet in my trip report!
But not much longer ........

 

[Minnie&Nana]

No, you haven't missed anything yet! We have not gotten to the ship yet in my trip report!
But not much longer ........