gone for a few days and so much catching up to do....
Luckywife-sending lots of prayers and PD to you and your baby! They do bounce back quick. My DS had double hernia surgery at 9 months and was trying to walk the next day.
k&a&c'smom-I can't imagine what you went through 15 years ago with 2 boys on the same day. That was a tough day for me when I carried my DS into to OR and held him while they put him out and then had to leave him. But like I said he did bounce back quick and he will never remember any of it. The dr said it is hereditary and a few of his cousins/uncles needed the surgery so I wanted to get it done early but DH was still unsure that day and that didn't help-of course he's glad now we had it done.
BT-THANKS!!!! I LOVE my new clip art. How thoughtful of you!
mom_rules-congrats on BWI. I got exactly 10% off for my CL room at Poly during regular season with
AAA. The 7 for 5 is a better deal but I do plan on using AP's again.
Tess-you're making me very happy that I got my AAA discount. Of course I will be very happy to change those to AP's but I won't count on it-or worry too much about it.
teentoddlermom-congrats on your $79 Song fare. That wasn't available for our dates. I would love to just buy the tickets and get the flights we want but I don't think I can convince DH yet. I'm thinking maybe I'll wait til we meet DD's kindergarten teacher in June and just run the dates past her before we buy. Providence isn't a good option for us. Well over an hour drive vs. 1/2 hour to Logan. So if we fly out of Logan our friend is joining us will have her DH drive us and then we won't have pay parking. We flew Song and January and it was fine. By now I think they have those tv's in all planes.
DF-I don't like to waste time worrying about anything-that is DH's specialty and then he wonders why he can't ever seem to get anything done......
Debbie continued prayers & PD for your SIL. You are going to love the Poly and of course you've got to try CL! That way you're guaranteed the Hawaii building which can't be beat for location and the CL is really great.
Steffy-here's how I look at the $$$ of staying at Poly. You've got so much sunk into the vacation already (flights, tickets, some room....) that you might as well spend the extra $ and make the vacation really special. You get more out of your park tickets because it takes you less time to get to the parks. You didn't mention on your list-the check-in-how nice to be able to relax for a few moments after traveling before dealing with the paper work. Also the transportation ease of the Poly over CSR. How much would you pay late a night at Epcot to just be able to take the monorail back home rather than a bus and then possible have a very long walk back to your room. I like that the Poly is relatively compact-especially when staying CL-nothing more than a 5-7 minute walk away. When I stayed at POR I arrived alone after midnight due to snow delays and was asked if I needed luggage assistance. I said no because I had just 1 small rolling suitcase but they didn't tell me my room was at least 1/2 mile away! I also found POR to be loud. With those outside corridors-kids were always running around and shaking them and screaming. Of course this was before I had kids so maybe I wouldn't notice today. I found the Poly very quiet. I heard a few kids running in the halls on occasion but not as loud as those outside corridors. The first year there I asked for a room near the lounge and we had the room right next to the lounge on the 2nd floor and I never heard any noise from the lounge. Have you shown her photos from Tikiman's site? Goodluck with your decisions! Just show her a few beach photos and she'll be sold!
Floridafam-just a few days!
Goodferry-your counter's looking great too! Good luck keeping the surprise. Maybe you could do some of those things (mousekeeping envelopes, making must do lists) in the plane. How old are your children again? I really want to tell DD but I can't stand the "is it almost time to go to Disney?". So I just talk in terms of "someday" with her. If we go back to Disney what do you want to do? That way I know whats on top of her list and we can have fun talking about it but without the "are we there yet...."
Steveanddonna-welcome home!
Elizabeth-hope you had a great trip and are settling into your new job.
Fred-I'm sure you're having a great trip. I'll have to go check out your whos going when site when I've got some time now that I've got my dates set.