Hip Hip Hooray for Christmas Vacation... Disney Style!!! A Dec 2010 PTR

Hey Everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!! :thumbsup2

Just wanted to stop by and say that I just realized this morning that exactly 2 weeks from today my ADR's will be ALL made!!! :banana: :cool1: :love: How exciting is that??? So makes the trip seem that much closer!!!

I am actually typing like a nut now b/c I have to hurry up and leave for church, but after that I am meeting up with Jenn to order our MVMCP party tickets and hopefully finalize our itinerary and dining plans!!! So very excited! I'll post an update letting you know what we decide!!!

Enjoy your day!!! :flower3:
 
Hey everyone!!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Just thought I
check in and let you know where I was in the planning process…

Yesterday Jenn and I went through our itinerary for the trip and pretty
much everything stayed the same… We also pinned down all of our dining
reservations as well. So, here is the final plan as of now.

Friday 12/3- Arrive at MCO hopefully no later then 7pm… Check into
Animal Kingdom Lodge and hang at the resort for the evening. :cool1:

Sat 12/4- DHS today… Dinner at Sci Fi around 6-630p

Sun 12/5- Animal Kingdom… Breakfast at Tusker House around 9-945a

Mon 12/6- Magic Kingdom… Breakfast at ‘Ohana around 9a

Tues 12/7- Epcot… Dinner at Teppan Edo around 6p

Wed 12/8- US/IOA… Will most likely grab a CS breakfast at Mara and
then eat a late lunch or dinner at City Walk.

Thurs 12/9- Free Day… MVMCP tonight!!! :santa: Late lunch/early dinner at
LeCellier around 345-415p.

Fri 12/10- Free Day… Hoop Dee Doo dinner show. Hoping for the early
show which I think is around 530p

Sat 12/11- Departure day… BOOO!!!! Before we head to the airport we
are going to have breakfast at Boma around 10-11a.

Well there you have it! Itinerary ALL SET!!! Now as long as I am able
to get all my dining ressies at the times and places I want we are good
to go!!! Speaking of dining less then 2 weeks till I can make my
ADR’s!!! Of course my 180 day mark falls on a Sunday!!! Who wants
to wake up my 6a on Sunday? The things you have to do to secure your
Disney Dining! :laughing:

Oh, we ordered our MVMCP tickets yesterday!!! As you can see, we will
be attending the party on the 9th! :banana:

TTFN!!! :tigger:
 

the plans sound great reese. I loved the hoop de do. I had taken a trip with my best friends when we graduated high school and we had the front table right off of the stage. It was awesome. My friend got picked to be the can can dancer. It was a highlight of our trip. I am thinking of doing it again during our next family trip that we are taking with my mom and dad. Its not until sometime in 2012 but why not plan ahead right?:rotfl: Well I wish you luck on getting the times. The day will be here before you know it!
 
Good plans!!!

Looks like everyone will be in MK on the 6th, someone should organize a DIS meet
 
the plans sound great reese. I loved the hoop de do. I had taken a trip with my best friends when we graduated high school and we had the front table right off of the stage. It was awesome. My friend got picked to be the can can dancer. It was a highlight of our trip. I am thinking of doing it again during our next family trip that we are taking with my mom and dad. Its not until sometime in 2012 but why not plan ahead right?:rotfl: Well I wish you luck on getting the times. The day will be here before you know it!

Yes, I am very excited to try a few new places, like boma, Hoop de and lecellier. I'm hoping I would have a hard time, the only one I am really worried about is Lecellier. I have been trying for years to get in there. I sure hope December hurrys up and gets here! I need a vacation! On the bright side, I am heading to the shore for the long weekend!! :goodvibes

Good plans!!!

Looks like everyone will be in MK on the 6th, someone should organize a DIS meet


I know right! That is going to be a bust day at MK!!!!
 
have fun at the shore this weekend. I would so love to be there too. We are taking a non-disney vacation this summer to gatlinburg,TN. I cant wait until is gets here. I need one too!
 
Woo hoo for your plans! MVMCP is so much fun. :goodvibes

I know so excited that things are coming together, once the park hours come out and dining ressies are all made... I feel like it makes the trip that much closer and real!!!

have fun at the shore this weekend. I would so love to be there too. We are taking a non-disney vacation this summer to gatlinburg,TN. I cant wait until is gets here. I need one too!

Thanks Lindsay! I am very much looking forward to the shore for a few days... I'm just dreading the traffic going and coming!!! :laughing: Devon is so mad that he is not coming with me, but it is his weekend with this dad and its and adults only trip this weekend!!! :goodvibes

Gatlinburg,TN huh?what there? driving or flying? Give me some details girl! :cutie:
 
we are driving its approx 10-12 hours depending on traffic and how many stops we make. We are tagging along with friends of ours. They have a 10yr old son and a 6 month old daughter. They invited us on their trip so we couldnt turn down the opportunity. We are staying in a log cabin in the mountains. It has a screened in hot tub, each bedroom has a jacuzzi tub, a pool table, etc. Its a luxurious cabin!:lovestruc We are going to Dollywood 2 days and it also has a waterpark attached so we will do that 1 day. We also are visiting an aquarium there. Horseback Riding (girls), golfing (guys), Mini Golfing, Wine tasting, and dinner at bubba gumps shrimp resturaunt, grilling, margarita's, and relaxing. We are going for 8days over the 4th of july. Hopefully we can catch fireworks somewhere too. We are also going trail walking in the state forrest which apparently grizzly bears live in.:eek: You know us city girls are not exactly made for this stuff. Thats the only part of the trip im not jumping over.:laughing: It should be fun and relaxing.
 
Subbing! :) Congrats on the upgrade. AKL is on our list of places we want to eventually stay. For our trip in December, we're settling for an ADR there.

We're jealous about the Harry Potter visit too. We would love to go, but just couldn't fit in for this upcoming trip.

Looking forward to more updates!
 
and I'm suprising my two youngest Children as well, however, they will not find out until the morning that we leave.

Your pre-trippie has inspired me to put one together as well. I think that it will be fun for the kids to look back on at somepoint later in their lives.

Have a great long weekend!!

Trish
 
Hi Reese!! I just found your PTR and wanted to say hi! We're going to be in WDW Nov. 27/28-Dec. 4/5 (still working on dates) and we're staying at WL!! Can't wait to be there to see all of the Christmas decorations!! :santa: BTW--I notices that you are from Philly--my dad grew up very close to there in Cherry Hill, NJ. We're up there a lot visiting my family and we're huge Phillies, Flyers, Eagles, and 76ers fans!! :goodvibes
 
Subbing! :) Congrats on the upgrade. AKL is on our list of places we want to eventually stay. For our trip in December, we're settling for an ADR there.

We're jealous about the Harry Potter visit too. We would love to go, but just couldn't fit in for this upcoming trip.

Looking forward to more updates!


Hi there!!! Thanks so much for joining in!!! Yes, we are so excited to be staying at AKL!!!! It has been one of the resorts that we been wanted to say at for a long time!!!

And I can not wait for Harry Potter! I think Devon will be most excited that we are going there!


and I'm suprising my two youngest Children as well, however, they will not find out until the morning that we leave.

Your pre-trippie has inspired me to put one together as well. I think that it will be fun for the kids to look back on at somepoint later in their lives.

Have a great long weekend!!

Trish


Hey Trish!!! I am so excited that you are following along!!! You are surprising your kiddies too??? How cool!!! I see that you started a PTR!!! I'm heading over in a few!!!

So can not wait for December to hurry up and get here!!! :goodvibes

Where are you staying??? How are you planning on surprising them??? Duh... Guess I can find that out in your PTR huh!!! :rotfl:


Hi Reese!! I just found your PTR and wanted to say hi! We're going to be in WDW Nov. 27/28-Dec. 4/5 (still working on dates) and we're staying at WL!! Can't wait to be there to see all of the Christmas decorations!! :santa: BTW--I notices that you are from Philly--my dad grew up very close to there in Cherry Hill, NJ. We're up there a lot visiting my family and we're huge Phillies, Flyers, Eagles, and 76ers fans!! :goodvibes

Hi there! Thanks for joining in the fun!!! I Love WL... That is where I wanted to stay this trip, but opted for AKL... I think the boys will enjoy it a bit more. But mark my word... I will stay at WL sooner rather then later!!! :goodvibes

Have you been to WDW during the holidays before??? It is absolutely breath taking!!! I just love it!!! It is by far my favorite time of the year to go! :love:

I actually don't live too far from Cherry Hill... It is literally right over the bridge! I probably get there in under 20 minutes!!! I am so glad to see another Philly sports fan on here!!! We are die hards when it comes to the Eagles and Phillie, except for Devon, who for some ungodly reason loves the Yankees!!! :scared1: I'm trying to put the kabosh to that one now!!! :rotfl:
 
Hi there! Thanks for joining in the fun!!! I Love WL... That is where I wanted to stay this trip, but opted for AKL... I think the boys will enjoy it a bit more. But mark my word... I will stay at WL sooner rather then later!!! :goodvibes

Have you been to WDW during the holidays before??? It is absolutely breath taking!!! I just love it!!! It is by far my favorite time of the year to go! :love:

I actually don't live too far from Cherry Hill... It is literally right over the bridge! I probably get there in under 20 minutes!!! I am so glad to see another Philly sports fan on here!!! We are die hards when it comes to the Eagles and Phillie, except for Devon, who for some ungodly reason loves the Yankees!!! :scared1: I'm trying to put the kabosh to that one now!!! :rotfl:

Hi!! No, I've never been to WDW during the holidays and I can't wait!! You would not believe how many Philly fans we ran into in WDW last week!! It was insane!! My dad and brother kept wearing their Flyers and Phillies shirts and everyone kept stopping them!! I felt like I was up in Philly!!
 
How exciting!!

We are staying at Pop Century from Dec 3-12 too!! Maybe I will get to meet you :)
 
Hi everyone and :welcome: to my latest trip report!!! My name is Reese and I had so much fun sharing all of my planning experiences here for my September 2009 trip, I decided that I just HAD to start my PTR for my upcoming December 2010 trip!!! So, without further ado, Lets get this partay started!!! party:

Let's start with how this trip came to be shall we? So, I have been lucky enough to take my son, Devon to Disney World every year since he has been 16 months old, and after our September 2009 trip, I told him that we were taking at least a year or two off from going to Disney so that I could 1). Save to buy a new house and 2). I have a very demanding job and knew that I would not be able to take a vacation this year until at least the end of November. Reason being I work in broadcast advertising and being that it is a political year, we are SUPER busy with races country wide and basically can not get time off until after the general election in Nov.

Anyway, in November 2009 Devon and I were at his school's Christmas bazaar with his friend Luciano and his mom Jenn and we started talking to another mom who was actually leaving for Disney the next day. Well, the wheels started turning and Jenn and I said that the next time one of us starts planning a trip to Disney that we let the other one know so that we can go together... See we are both single moms and have found that half way thru our trips to Disney that the kiddos started getting a little antsy not having another child to interact with. Well fast forward to February... Philly had just gotten hit with a snow storm that dropped over 3 feet of snow on us and we were bracing ourselves for round two which was expected to bring us another 2-3 feet!!! :scared1: I was sitting in work and and Jenn happened to send me a text saying that she was thinking of booking a trip to Disney, did Devon and I want to go??? So, I thought about it for a minute and said you know what... What the heck, who am I kidding, I can't go without a trip to Disney for a year or 2? I responded absolutely, but reminded her that I could not go till after November 2nd. After a few minutes of chatting, we decided the following:

Who: Me (Reese), Devon (DS8), Luciano (Devon's Friend 9) and Jenn (Luciano's Mom)

When: Friday December 3rd (My Birthday) to Saturday December 11th

Where: Pop Century

Thought I share a picture of Devon and I from our September trip:

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Well, that about covers the basics for the trip I think! I hope you join me in my planning journey!!! See ya all real soon!!! ::MickeyMo


BTW, will you be flying out of PHL airport? Do you know what flights? We will be flying out of PHL :)
 
HI! Just found your PTR when searching for holiday PTRs! I will be in Disney during December at the WL. I really want to stay at the AKL one day though. I can not wait to see how you like it!! Your son is adorable..looking forward to following popcorn::
 
Hi!! No, I've never been to WDW during the holidays and I can't wait!! You would not believe how many Philly fans we ran into in WDW last week!! It was insane!! My dad and brother kept wearing their Flyers and Phillies shirts and everyone kept stopping them!! I felt like I was up in Philly!!

You are going to absolutely fall is love with Disney even more after being there during the holidays!!! It is so incredible!!!

I know I love going to Disney and wearing all of our Eagles and Phillies gear!!! In Dec 2008 when we were there we were at AK the day the Eagles were playing the Giants and it was fun high fiving the other Eagles fans and booing the Giants fans!!! :rotfl: We even have a cast member in the parade come over to see if we knew the score of the game! :lmao:

How exciting!!

We are staying at Pop Century from Dec 3-12 too!! Maybe I will get to meet you :)


Oh cool!!! We were originally staying at POP too, but upgraded when I received the discount code!!!


BTW, will you be flying out of PHL airport? Do you know what flights? We will be flying out of PHL :)


Yes we will be!!! I don't not know my flights yet, I am waiting for SW to release there airfare for Dec... You are from Philly too??? Where about??? Do you know your flights yet???


HI! Just found your PTR when searching for holiday PTRs! I will be in Disney during December at the WL. I really want to stay at the AKL one day though. I can not wait to see how you like it!! Your son is adorable..looking forward to following popcorn::

Hi there!!! Thanks for subbing in!!! :banana: Thanks, I think Dev is pretty stinking cute too!!! :rotfl:
 












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