How "just one trip" became three (babies)... update 6/29, huge triplets photo update

[kindakrazy2]

Disneydad - are you following me again?

 

[Disneydad99]

Disneydad - are you following me again?

I am always right Behind You My Dear!!!!

 

[kindakrazy2]

I am always right Behind You My Dear!!!!

Excellent!

 

[Code]

GLOWY

I remember always wanting the glow stuff the park street vendors peddle for exorbitant prices... doesn't every kid?

I saw on kindakrazy2's pre-trip that she was stocking up on glow stuff for her kids, and I found myself wanting to do the same.

Except we don't have kids. While at WDW, I'm just a big kid, right?

This is the haul from the dollar store

5 of each color 8" with connectors, and 2 cool pendants. We'll probably end up getting more

We decided to crack one open, and I set up the camera on a tripod. The "10 days" shot above was a 20 second exposure.

Add a flash to the long exposure for extra fun:

Going to be loads of fun in the parks

Hotel Beds

I really dread 8 nights on a hotel mattress. Our last vacation was 3 nights in Vegas. The hotel bed was awful and my back hurt after the first night.

Yes, I am a bed snob. I'm going to sound like an infomercial, but I really hate having to go without my Tempur-Pedic bed and pillow. We've been sleeping on TP for 4 years, and it is hard to go back to springs. If Disney offered a Tempur-Pedic room option, I'd willingly pay extra! I am finding space (somehow) in my suitcase for the pillow, but that has as much to do with comfort as the shape being better for my CPAP mask (sleep apnea) than a normal pillow.

Also we're getting a king bed room but we have a California King (4" longer) at home, and my feet are going to hang off the end

Shopping for the Tall Man

Unfortunately, you won't see me in too many Disney shirts. It's not that I don't want them, it's that I don't fit into them. Large is too short, and XL is usually either still too short, or just too big. I always got at least one shirt per trip as a kid, and I'll be on the lookout for a reasonable fit this time around, but I won't get my hopes up. Disney needs to carry tall sizes!

There are only 5 places I know of that I can shop for shirts because they carry tall sizes: Eddie Bauer, Lands End, LL Bean, JCPenney, and Kohls (just found out last time we went shopping there). My experience with the specialized "big&tall" shops is that you have to be either just big, or big and tall, but not just tall.

More Maps

Everyone seemed to like the old park guides, here are a few more:

Epcot '92 and '97

MGM '91 and '92

MGM '95 and '97

I'll throw this one in too

Go to Seven Days To Go! - 8/29

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Love the glow pictures, they are really neat!

 

[Lease]

Also we're getting a king bed room but we have a California King (4" longer) at home, and my feet are going to hang off the end

He's kidding his feet will not hang off the bed, Code will sleep diagonally and I will be clinging to the edge of the bed in hopes of not ending up on the floor.

Disney needs to carry tall sizes!

Everywhere needs to carry tall sizes! I've had department stores tell me people aren't built that way when trying to buy jeans for Code. Either stores will need to start carrying his size or I will need to cook far less healthy food so he can be 'Big & Tall." In the mean time I will try not to enjoy being able to find clothes for me almost anywhere

 

[pierresgirl]

GLOWY

I remember always wanting the glow stuff the park street vendors peddle for exorbitant prices... doesn't every kid?

I saw on kindakrazy2's pre-trip that she was stocking up on glow stuff for her kids, and I found myself wanting to do the same.

Except we don't have kids. While at WDW, I'm just a big kid, right?

This is the haul from the dollar store

5 of each color 8" with connectors, and 2 cool pendants. We'll probably end up getting more

We decided to crack one open, and I set up the camera on a tripod. The "10 days" shot above was a 20 second exposure.

Add a flash to the long exposure for extra fun:

Going to be loads of fun in the parks

Hotel Beds

I really dread 8 nights on a hotel mattress. Our last vacation was 3 nights in Vegas. The hotel bed was awful and my back hurt after the first night.

Yes, I am a bed snob. I'm going to sound like an infomercial, but I really hate having to go without my Tempur-Pedic bed and pillow. We've been sleeping on TP for 4 years, and it is hard to go back to springs. If Disney offered a Tempur-Pedic room option, I'd willingly pay extra! I am finding space (somehow) in my suitcase for the pillow, but that has as much to do with comfort as the shape being better for my CPAP mask (sleep apnea) than a normal pillow.

Also we're getting a king bed room but we have a California King (4" longer) at home, and my feet are going to hang off the end

Shopping for the Tall Man

Unfortunately, you won't see me in too many Disney shirts. It's not that I don't want them, it's that I don't fit into them. Large is too short, and XL is usually either still too short, or just too big. I always got at least one shirt per trip as a kid, and I'll be on the lookout for a reasonable fit this time around, but I won't get my hopes up. Disney needs to carry tall sizes!

There are only 5 places I know of that I can shop for shirts because they carry tall sizes: Eddie Bauer, Lands End, LL Bean, JCPenney, and Kohls (just found out last time we went shopping there). My experience with the specialized "big&tall" shops is that you have to be either just big, or big and tall, but not just tall.

More Maps

Everyone seemed to like the old park guides, here are a few more:

Epcot '92 and '97

MGM '91 and '92

MGM '95 and '97

I'll throw this one in too

That GLOW pic is very cool! I love how you did it! I need to get me some glow sticks and bracelets. We also have a Tempurpedic and dare I say we don't really like it? I just don't feel like shelling out more money on a King matress

 

[Lease]

We also have a Tempurpedic and dare I say we don't really like it? I just don't feel like shelling out more money on a King matress

Duck and cover! Only happy thoughts can be expressed around Code and his love for all things Tempurpedic.

 

[abbybeth]

oooh fancy-schmancy bed! I myself, am almost always pleased with hotel beds. I sleep on a twin myself, and have been for over 20 years (don't know exactly when I got the bed - it's my first post crib "big girl" bed ) Someday I'll replace it with a bed that's big enough for two pillows so when Zoe decides she needs to push my head off so that she can sleep on the pillow I'll have a back up option!

And I love that you've been posting the vintage park maps - they're great. Since I'm an uber rookie, I've never seen any of them before!

also nifty with the picture taking - I still have a lot to learn ... but whee! shiny things!

 

[Nicole786]

I love that 10 days sign! Its looks like something really creepy from a movie but totally awesome!

 

[TheLastPrincess]

I know what you mean about the beds. We have a THICK mattress with a nice soft cashmere pillow top, that I paid an arm and a leg for because I had some awful back problems. Now when I sleep in hotel beds, those back problems return. I'm hoping that AKL's beds will be better than POFQ's.

 

[prncssmel]

First of all to our pre-trippie. Leo looks like a normal cat when Code holds him the way Willow looks normal when I hold him. Of course I pick up Leo and he reaches from my shoulder to almost my hip. It's like we have his and her cats.

His and hers cats. I love how they fit you in every way, apparently.

I remember always wanting the glow stuff the park street vendors peddle for exorbitant prices... doesn't every kid?

I saw on kindakrazy2's pre-trip that she was stocking up on glow stuff for her kids, and I found myself wanting to do the same.

Except we don't have kids. While at WDW, I'm just a big kid, right?

This is the haul from the dollar store

5 of each color 8" with connectors, and 2 cool pendants. We'll probably end up getting more

I have really been wanting to get these, too. But I also thought that I had no kids to give them to. After seeing yours, though, I think I am going to go ahead and get some for us. Why should I have to grow up?

 

[Code]

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the old park guides and pictures, and the glow shots

I found your pre-trippie from Abby's when I saw you were from Utah. Me, too.

So, at this point, I am a little envious of the Vegas wedding people. I never realized there was so much involved in planning a wedding. It will be wonderful, but I have had a few daydreams about just running away.

Glad to have another Utahn along. We aren't in SLC, but close enough (Woods Cross) that it's easier to just say SLC.

I saw your bridal pics on your pre-trip, stunning! I'm sure all your planning will be worth it.

Anyway, it sounds like you've got a great trip planned, I love your itinerary. Mine is in the 4th revision stage, and I still have not gotten my ADR's yet!!

I'm also enjoying your photos & videos, very cool! DH & I visited WDW for the very first time when the cake was still pink. To see it at the time wasn't so bad, but looking at your photo's made me realize how awful it really did look. Oy!

PS: DH & I eloped, we had been together 6 years (since high school) and decided to get married at the Courthouse before we left for a weekend camping trip. It was definitely more economical, unfortunately we could not afford take our honeymoon until our 8th wedding anniversary & chose Jamaica. This year we celebrated our 20th, and plan to wear the anniversary pins. I can't wait!!!

I had many itinerary revisions too, and procrastinated my ADRs as well. GET THEM DONE! I'm generally happy with my finished ADRs but I did miss 1 or 2 I wanted.

Hello I am Subbing ...Great report so far...I am looking fwd to the TR with all the Pics you are going to take!!!!

Welcome aboard! I'm going to sub on your pre-trip, I can hardly believe how long it is!

That GLOW pic is very cool! I love how you did it! I need to get me some glow sticks and bracelets. We also have a Tempurpedic and dare I say we don't really like it? I just don't feel like shelling out more money on a King matress

TEMPURPEDIC BLASPHEMY!!

Nah just kidding I lent a spare TP pillow to my mom and she didn't like it, to each their own. But you can pry my bed & pillow from my cold dead fingers

If I didn't get a king hotel room, my legs would hang off the end of the bed halfway up my shin.

oooh fancy-schmancy bed! I myself, am almost always pleased with hotel beds. I sleep on a twin myself, and have been for over 20 years (don't know exactly when I got the bed - it's my first post crib "big girl" bed ) Someday I'll replace it with a bed that's big enough for two pillows so when Zoe decides she needs to push my head off so that she can sleep on the pillow I'll have a back up option!

I'd have to curl up in the fetal position to fit on a twin When Lease and I first moved in together we shared her twin for a few days while our bed was in transit to us, it wasn't too comfy.

I know what you mean about the beds. We have a THICK mattress with a nice soft cashmere pillow top, that I paid an arm and a leg for because I had some awful back problems. Now when I sleep in hotel beds, those back problems return. I'm hoping that AKL's beds will be better than POFQ's.

Your POFQ bed comment scares me

Why should I have to grow up?

My thoughts exactly

 

[TheLastPrincess]

Ha....I just now noticed you are staying at POFQ.

Um, yeah, I don't know how you will feel about the beds there. My parents normally sleep on one of those expensive adjustable foam mattress that expands with air and so forth, and they didn't mind them. But then again, they like FIRM beds.

My bed is very soft and is sort of like sleeping on a cloud. So having to sleep in THOSE beds was very, very different. Ouch.

My question is, do all Deluxes have the same kind of beds? Because the ones at GF were HEAVENLY...

 

[Code]

Ha....I just now noticed you are staying at POFQ.

Um, yeah, I don't know how you will feel about the beds there. My parents normally sleep on one of those expensive adjustable foam mattress that expands with air and so forth, and they didn't mind them. But then again, they like FIRM beds.

My bed is very soft and is sort of like sleeping on a cloud. So having to sleep in THOSE beds was very, very different. Ouch.

My question is, do all Deluxes have the same kind of beds? Because the ones at GF were HEAVENLY...

What really gets me is feeling the lumps and bumps of inconsistent pressure from well used and worn out springs jabbing me. Our bed has really spoiled me for no pressure points.

I'm going to take a body pillow case and stuff it with 3-4 extra hotel pillows. Having a body pillow will help. I'm such a wimp.

 

[Lease]

Seven Days to Go!

One week to go and I'm sure the speed that time passes will be inversely related to just how much I have left to do. So, here's the plan for the next week:

Today: Work and gym, then dollar store for more glow stuff Ooh glow barrettes

Thursday: Work - Start reiterating that I am going on vacation and will be in a no service area (I work for a wireless provider). Odds are no one will believe me, but it is worth a shot. Hour at the gym. Make the big "To Do" list, I mean actually write it down then start completing things on said list. Big Brother, I'm really hoping Amber is out, but still think Eric should have used the veto.

Friday: Countdown to the weekend starts at 7 am. Really convince people I'm not available for anything work related until I get back. Hour at the gym. Attempt a test pack to see if I really will be able to fit everything into my suitcases.

Saturday: Unable to put it off any longer go swimsuit shopping...ugh! Start cleaning everything. Mother-in-law is stopping by to feed the kitties so house must be spotless. Finish any last minute shopping for incidentals ie antacids, Pepto you name it I'll have a quick fix for it.

Sunday: Cleaning must be completed Finish packing everything that will not be needed until we arrive. Dinner with the family and subtle questioning for souvenir ideas. Finish mouse keeping tip envelopes.

Monday: Strongly consider going to work, they don't expect me and I could get a lot done. Attempt to quell the rising feeling of panic Watch some Disney classics and relax.

Tuesday: Take kitty to the vet for check up and shots at 7 am blargh. Head to MRA test at noon and pretend I'm not claustrophobic for an hour or so. This was not part of the original vacation plan, but I was outvoted. Do any last minute checks on luggage. Attempt to go to sleep really early.

Wednesday: Get up at 3:45 and be camera ready by 4:15. There is no chance that Code will not be taking pictures before we leave, at the airport, on the plane, during our brief layover, on the second plane...you get the gist of it. Throw all last minute need for the morning items in suitcase and stumble to the nearest caffeine source. Our ride to the airport should be here around 4:30. Try to sleep on the flight and hit the ground running ready for the Magic Kingdom.

Wow look it all fits so nicely in a list. If 50% of it goes as planned it will be a wonderful thing. I'm sure after all the waiting and counting down this final week is going to fly by at a frightening pace and I can't wait.

Go to 3 days - Shiny Pennies; Maybe a Bit Ridiculous?; I Have No Self Control

 

[abbybeth]

Wheee! 1 week dance!

Don't ya just hate cleaning? I'm going to try to give the apartment a good scrub down this weekend because I don't want to come home to a mess and work will be extremely busy when I return and won't have time ....

I won't be answering any phone calls from work while I'm down there

 

[randy4au]

Wow! Your trip is getting close! It seems that many of the forumers whose pre-trip reports I've been following are leaving within the next 3 or 4 weeks. I'm jealous and ready to go back (even though it hasn't even been 2 months since I was there...LOL).

 

[TheLastPrincess]

One week!!!!!!!!!

 

[TKDisneylover]

Just wanted to stop by and say happy swimsuit shopping. You've worked hard for this moment, enjoy! You'll look great in no matter which type of suit you choose! What a great feeling!

Hope everything else comes together well in your preparations for WDW!!!
4 More Days to Go!!