I never thought I’d miss making 180 Day out ADR .But I do

[insoin]

Hi and welcome!

Well this is going to be my attempt at a PTR for my upcoming trip to WDW. And if I am successful, it will even turn into a TR about the adventures that happen when the trip finally comes along. Heck I may even throw in current events while waiting and our plans of what is going on in my life at the time.

So who would have thought I would miss planning my meals at 180 days out … I know crazy right, but my 180 day mark is right around the corner and I would have been making all of my ADR’s then. So now I have to sit here and try not to plan where we want to eat. But noooooooooo I can’t do that, you on the Dis understand right? We want to plan our details of our trip months in advance and get them settled, just so we can change them a bout a hundred times right?

So how far in advance do I plan my trips. Well just to give you an example, I am thinking about doing the half marathon in 2011, taking a trip in late September early October of 2011 for the 40th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom, and Heck I’ve even started thinking about 2013 for the Flower and Garden Festival . But again I am talking to my fellow lovers of Disney on here so you all understand right ….. Or should I seek help form a professional????

I just like to plan out the major details of the trip, you know what parks on what days, where to eat, etc. I do not plan out every attraction in order, and time. But I do make a point of knowing what we want to accomplish that day in the park, and plan and use Fastpass as much as possible. So I like to plan the big things, but I don’t go into detailed breakdown of each day. That is my planning style anyways.

So now on to the upcoming trip for December 2009.


Details about the trip:
Well I guess I should start out with the who and when of the trip so here goes with the basic stuff that we have all been waiting for

The Cast:
Me – Scott
I say call me Stitch, as he is my favorite character. However; some would say that I should be Pooh. As I am more his size, and that is actually what my partner calls me from time to time. Which fits perfectly when I talk about him..

I work for a small business in the Security Consulting industry. Nothing to exciting, but it is neat work. I am currenlty working two jobs, trying to save up more money for a bigger downpayment on a new house. I will howver for the protection of all my co-workers leave the name of my second job private LOL.

I have been a Disney fan for a long time. I went several times as a child with my family. We always stayed at Ft. Wilderness as we had a pop-up or an RV to stay in. I went about for or five times as a kid and recalled loving it. I actually still have some memories about them, which for me is good cause I can’t recall what I did yesterday, let alone years ago. I took my last trip to WDW in 1992 with my Dad. This was shortly after my mother passed away, and since WDW had so many special memories for me, I wanted to take some time and spend it with my dad. It was a very special trip, and I will never forget that time we had together.

However; I went several years between trips after that time. I was in college, trying to make a living, and didn’t have anyone that I really shared my love of WDW with. This was well before I found the Dis, and realized there were other people out there just as nuts about WDW as I am. I took my first trip back to WDW in September 2007 with my good friend Monica.

Here is a photo of Monica:

She was having a rough couple of years, and I wanted to show her how good of a friend she was so I offered to take her to WDW for a week as a get a way from life. This trip made me realize how much I missed WDW and how much I loved it. Another good thing that came from that trip is I found the Dis. Well actually Monica did, but she told me we had to check it out, and even though I don’t post much on here, I do check it several times a day usually.

Since I regained my love of WDW, I decided right then and there that I would never go that long between trips again! So my next trip happened when I talked to my sister and her family about how much I loved my recent trip and how much things had changed and how I want to go again sometime. That conversation became my second trip in June 2008. I went with my sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and niece. That was a fun trip and it introduced my brother-in-law to WDW. Well he just fell in love with it and was like a big kid the entire trip. He is becoming just like me, a huge WDW fan. While down there in June we talked about how there is so much to do there and how much we had not gotten the chance to see. So that leads us to talking about when we want to go back. I will save that story for later in the PTR. My next trip was a quick four day trip down with my partner, Wes. Hey what a lead in, as he is the next person to talk about….


Wes
Wes is Tigger. Or at least that is his favorite character. And since he calls me Pooh, it fits perfectly for him

Wes works for the city of Louisville. He works in the Animal Services, which basically means the Dog Pound. Please help control pet population. We see soooo many unwanted doggies and kitten out there because of his job.

My partner of almost two years now. Wes and I first started talking shortly before my Sept 07 trip, so that should have given him fair warning that I liked Disney and WDW. Wes had been to WDW once as a kid when he was little. He had not returned until our 4 day mini trip in September 08. Wes is defiantly not a WDW fan. He puts up with it for me because he knows how much I love it. But he would be fine going years without trips. Which just won’t happen for me, so I see more solo trips in the future for me. At least we have agreed upon going every two years – or should I say I can go every two years, he may stay home. We shall see….

Marla
I have to think of what character my sister is. I’m not sure who fits her. But I will come up with one at some point I’m sure. For now let’s just say Ursula LOL.

Getting a picture of my sister is even harder than getting a picture of me. She HATES to have her photo taken.

Marla is a nurse, and you all know what that means. Gotta love her for what she does, I know I couldn't do it.

My sister of 36 years. That is my age, not hers; I’m the younger brother so that is my age. I won’t say hers for fear of her trying to kill me. But I will tell you she is 5 years older than I am….hahahaha She loves Disney, not as much as me, but still she really enjoys spending time there; and doesn’t have a problem coming back for the trip.

James
James is Goofy. I say that because he fell in love with WDW back in June of 2008 and acted like a big kid the entire time, and Goofy fits him.

James works for the USAF. He is currently in the Air National Guard and also does that full time. He is not in the Air Force full time, but he works as a civilan for the ANG. I'm not sure how to explain it in better details.

Here is James doing the Flag Retreat last June. If you have not taken time out of the day to see this at the Magic Kingdom, I recommend you do. It can be very moving.

For someone that has never been to WDW, you would never have guessed it from talking to him now. I think he loves it just as much as I do! James is thinking about doing the full marathon in 2011. I know CRAZY but good for him. I may have to write about why we are thinking about doing the half/full marathon later in this PTR. So keep coming back for that.

Whew I talked a lot about me, and not so much about the others huh???? Well I know the most about me so that is why..LOL

I think I will stop here as that is a lot of reading for someone to follow and if you have managed to stay the entire time, then thanks and good for you. My next post will be details about the trip…

Scott

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

loving it so far. (and I totally know what you mean about the change to 90 day ADRS)

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

NICE pre-trip report! I love the way you introduce everyone, with the photos and the character names. You make a great couple! (Well, he needs to up the Disney a bit, eh? ).

Looking forward to reading more about your plans! Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[My2Qtz0205]

We haven't even been on our first family trip yet, and I'm already planning our 2nd one in Dec. 2012! So I know what you mean about planning waaaay ahead, too! I just hope my DH falls in love with WDW on this upcoming trip!
I would LOVE to go back some time in the future for the Flower & Garden Festival, but I don't want to try to battle the masses on Spring Break, and as my kiddies get older it will be harder to take them out of school.

 

[insoin]

loving it so far. (and I totally know what you mean about the change to 90 day ADRS)

I know, when they first announced they were switching to 90 days I thought, great I don't have to plan so far out. But now that I dont I miss it...

NICE pre-trip report! I love the way you introduce everyone, with the photos and the character names. You make a great couple! (Well, he needs to up the Disney a bit, eh? ).

Looking forward to reading more about your plans! Thanks for sharing with us.

Yes he does need to step up his love of all things Disney, you should see how many Stitch snow globes and other WDW stuff I have around the condo. You would think he LOVES Disney. But it is me he loves, and puts up with my quirks as he says.

We haven't even been on our first family trip yet, and I'm already planning our 2nd one in Dec. 2012! So I know what you mean about planning waaaay ahead, too! I just hope my DH falls in love with WDW on this upcoming trip!
I would LOVE to go back some time in the future for the Flower & Garden Festival, but I don't want to try to battle the masses on Spring Break, and as my kiddies get older it will be harder to take them out of school.

I hope your DH does fall in love with WDW. I think I just got a rotten apple that didn't If your kiddies are still young, the Flower and Garden goes on for a really long time. I think mid March to mid May. So if they are still young enough to plan a trip for that before they get to big, then it may be possible to go right before or right after spring break crowds hit. I read a lot on here that the first week of May the crowds really went down. So that is when I'm planning on going. I know a guy is gonna leave Louisville, KY during the only week that it matters the Kentucky Derby week.

OK I'm gonna work on another update and give details of the trip, how it all came about and the like. So stay tuned....

 

[insoin]

Well you might be wondering how I decided to go back to WDW again, right we all know how much we here on the Dis love it and always want to go back we don’t need a reason. Just time and money to go….. So for me it was a no brainer.

But as I said in my previous post; while down with the family back in June 08 in the monorail we (being James and I) started talking about how much WDW has to offer and how hard it is to see everything. He stated that he has to come back and see more things.

So leave it to me to throw out that we should go back and celebrate James’ birthday in the park sometime. See the June trip was to celebrate mine and my sisters’ birthdays as we are so close in the dates we have them. Actually it was supposed to be an even bigger family trip, with my brothers’ family. But for some strange reason he does not like WDW at all. If he would have went we would have been celebrating a total of six birthdays while down in WDW. Yes I said six. Something must be in the water in September of every year because the next June seems to be a popular month for birthdays in my family. Oh if you are wondering why Wes did not go on this trip with us, it was because he had a different job then, and they would not allow him off.

Well as we pass by the Poly in the monorail, James looks over and says it would be nice to do that. So I have them hooked! YIPPIE! Now James’ birthday is in February and we plan to go down for that. It would be right around Valentines Day and Presidents day. No biggie, we will make a plan and it will be all good even if it is crowded. I mean hello… we are down here in peak summer crowds so it can’t be too bad compared to this.

So after we get back home from the June trip I start planning some of the details about going down in Feb 2010. However; my family does not know that I also want to go to Mousefest in Dec 09. But they don’t need to know that right? One day while James and Marla were visiting I just said in passing that I was going down in Dec 09 for this thing called Mousefest. And I then started to tell James and Marla about how much WDW does up Christmas and that it will be amazing to see all the decorations. Well (insert drum roll here or dramatic music of your choice) James and Marla say they would like to see that as well. And guess what. They discuss it and ask if we could change from February to December for the trip we had planned. I was like sure, how about the week before Mousefest, that way I can just stay down there for two weeks and really take it all in. So all set! We are going in Dec 09 now, first week of the month! Nothing can go wrong with that plan right.

We shall see, but for now I’ll leave you on the cliffhanger of an ending.

 

[jkCT]

Yay! I finally get in on the beginning of a PTR and don't have 50 pages to read to catch up!

My DH was a non-Disney guy before our first trip together...he went along with everything because I am super-planner and the trip was 80% paid for as a present from my parents. Once we got there, he really enjoyed himself. I knew he was well and truly hooked when the whole plane ride home was full of him saying things like, "The next time we go we should...stay at a moderate resort...stay for fireworks more often...keep the dining plan...eat at Boma again..." I have officially converted him! Although you will notice my complete lack of a ticker...we can't afford to go back until at least 18 months from now, so until then I will live vicariously through your PTR.

 

[insoin]

Ok did we all survive the cliff hanger of an ending I left you with? I hope so or you wouldn’t be reading this.

When I last left you I had come up with a devious plot to stay two weeks in WDW. Umm, I mean I had a wonderful plan to have an extended vacation while down in WDW.

So one day I’m sitting at my desk at work going over major plans of security for a building and totally not paying attention to my work because I’m listening to Disney Podcasts, we all do that right? Ok so I was really paying attention to my work, but it is much more fun to do it while listening to Disney Podcasts. Well on this one particular day, my work comes to a crashing halt. I hear that there is not gonna be a Mousefest in 2009. Nooooooooo I have been wanting to go since I heard about it in 2007 but was not able to. I totally understand why they had to do this, as I can only imagine how much of a nightmare it is to plan. But still I’m bummed because I now have no reason to be down there for two weeks. What to do…..

Simple I cancel the week I was gonna be there for Mousefest and resound myself to only one week in WDW. Or do I?

About a week or so later I tell Marla and James that we should iron out our details of the trip that we want to take so they come over for a visit. When I say come over I mean they drove down about four hours to my place as they live well north of me. Actually, they were coming down for something anyways, so I just said lets do a planning session for our trip. So see I’m not that evil that I make them drive just to talk Disney stuff.

We started talking about how my second week of the trip was cancelled now and that meant I would only have one week now, but no biggie. It is at this point that James gives the best news of all that he could to me. He says he is taking three weeks off his work. Apparently after working for almost 30 years in the Air Force, ANG, and a civilian employee of the ANG you get something crazy like six weeks of vacation or the like. So he has plenty of time to take. He then says, well why don’t we just go for two weeks as that way we could really take our time, and see a lot more stuff. YIPPIE is all I can say, back to two weeks.

We talk about where to stay. I have to say I only use the resort to sleep in. I do not spend much time lying around by the pool. Or doing much of that, I am always on the go when I’m there so I just need a place to sleep. And since we loved Pop Century from our June trip, we decide to go back there. Next we talk about how to get there. And here is where James and I must part ways on our preferred travel means. I must admit I’m an airplane snob. I love that I can be on the plane and down there in a few hours. James likes to drive. Well after much discussion and heated family arguments around the dinner table, it is determined we will drive. OK so I made the heated arguments around the dinner table part up; but not the driving part. I was out voted and we discussed the fact that if we are going go offsite some we may as well have a car there; and why not just drive? And I will let you all in on a secret. I am actually kind of looking forward to driving. As we have not done that since I was a kid, it will be kinda neat to do that again. However if we drive straight thru it is a 14 hour drive. We have yet to figure out if we are gonna stop on the way down and get a hotel somewhere. So far it looks like we are going to.

Next we discuss the dates we want to go and we picked 11/29-12/10.

Oh have you noticed I have not included Wes in any of the planning? Not because I am being mean to him, he just doesn’t care; he just needs to know when to ask off for work, and is leaving everything up to me. At least he agreed to go but he did have three stipulations: no AM EMH and PM EMH in the same day, made me promise that we will come back for a break in the middle of the day, and that we eat at Tony’s and ‘Ohana’s. Not to bad really. The shame of being married to a non Disney fan, I will go hid in the corner for my punishment now.

Ok to summarize everything:
We are going to stay at Pop from 11/29-12/10 and we are going to drive down. Wow I’m long winded; I just summarized the entire post in one sentence yet took hours to give you the entire back story. I will try to make the posts shorter in the future.

Scott

 

[insoin]

Yay! I finally get in on the beginning of a PTR and don't have 50 pages to read to catch up!

My DH was a non-Disney guy before our first trip together...he went along with everything because I am super-planner and the trip was 80% paid for as a present from my parents. Once we got there, he really enjoyed himself. I knew he was well and truly hooked when the whole plane ride home was full of him saying things like, "The next time we go we should...stay at a moderate resort...stay for fireworks more often...keep the dining plan...eat at Boma again..." I have officially converted him! Although you will notice my complete lack of a ticker...we can't afford to go back until at least 18 months from now, so until then I will live vicariously through your PTR.

Hi Jen Welcome to my little PTR. I am glad you got one you could convert to the dark side. Ummm I mean one that turned into a WDW fan. Sorry had to do the Darth in honor of Star Wars Weekends going on right now. And bummer about no trip for a while. At least you can rest easy knowing you will be going back.

 

[insoin]

Okay so some of you, I make a huge assumption that I have several readers LOL, may be wondering why Wes had Tony’s as a request. Well for two reasons. First, that is one place we ate at on our trip, so its special for us. Sappy I know. But the second reason, and the reason we ate there on our first trip is because Wes adopted a Cocker Spaniel doggie. So the tie in with Lady and Tramp, we just had to eat there.

Here is Buddy:

Buddy was abandoned by an illegal breeder of dogs. He was found with about 12 other Cockers, and sadly, only about six survived. He is a wonderful dog, and is just the happiest doggie I’ve ever known. Can you tell he is smiling in his photo? He is about 8 years old, or so we think.

We also have a second doggie, a Puggle.

Here is Oscar:

Again he was a rescue dog. He was dropped off because he has a few cosmetic flaws. He has an under bite, so his lower jaw is longer than his snout. He has a “cherry eye” but right now the vet says not to worry about it, so we are leaving it be unless the vet determines he needs surgery for it. And he is a sway back. But he is our doggie and he is so loved by us. Oscar is two years old and still very much a puppy in his mind.

As I said Wes works for the Pound, so you know where we got our dogs from. And always will.

Oscar was named after Oscar the Grouch, and let me just say he lives up to the name. He and Buddy couldn’t be more opposite. Oscar always has to be in your face seeing what you are doing. No rest for the weary with him around.

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Oh the pups are JUST way too cute!!!!

 

[insoin]

Oh the pups are JUST way too cute!!!!

Thanks! I like to think so but I'm bias

For the longest time we were worried Oscar was gonna think his name was "No No Bad Dog" as we kept having to say that to him But finally after two years he is starting to mellow out a bit.

 

[insoin]

So as I said this would have been right about where I was finalizing all of my ADR’s at 180 days out. But as we all know that does not happen anymore. So I sit here in agony trying not to plan to much yet wanting to plan where we are eating.

Pain I tell you pain!

Well if you are anything like me, you have to plan a little bit right? I mean I have to have a ballpark idea of what we are going to do. So here is what I have so far:

General things we want to accomplish on this trip
MVMCP, we already have this and I have my tickets for it. We are going on 12/1/09, a Tuesday night.
Candlelight Processional
Story Tellers around World Showcase
Resort Decorations; we plan to hit the Wilderness Lodge, Grand Floridian, Poly, AKL, Boardwalk, Yacht/Beach Club at a minimum
Osborne Lights
Yuletide Tour
DVC Tour
Keyes to the Kingdom Tour
Electric Water Pagent
Tour Ft. Wilderness
Oh and let’s not forget going to the Parks!

Whew, I’m glad we are gonna be there for a long time.

We want to go to MK at least twice, two and a half if you count MVMCP
Epcot 2 or 3 days
AK for 2
DHS for 2

Here are some places we want to eat:
Hoop Dee Do -- James and Marla really want to do this again
Tony’s
‘Ohanas
Chefs de France (perhaps a dinner package for the Candlelight Processional)
Le Cellier (again try for the CP dinner package)
Tusker House
Earl of Sandwich
50’s Primetime

We have not finalized our plans as of yet. Why because we have to wait till 90 days out! Thanks Disney….

My next installment will be a very rough first pass at some specific days that we know what we have to do on those days.

 

[insoin]

I hope everyone had a great Memoria Day! I will try and get an update for the PTR later today.

 

[insoin]

Well one thing to know about my group is that we do not park hop a lot when we go to the parks. We simply get up and go to the park at Rope Drop; go to about noon, take a break, and then head back to the park after that for PM EMH.

However; as everyone knows Disney has been less than stellar about posting park hours. I have heard stories about park hours not being posted at 90 days out, but more like 80 or less in some cases. This does not bode well for our plans to not park hop. So we may have to add that option to our tickets. We will see.

As of now we only have a few set days of what we want to do on them and they are as follows:

Sat 11/28 Arrival Day
Arrive around Noon, and check in
DTD
La Nubia
Ride Characters in Flight
Dinner ???? Not sure yet, we are thinking about Raglan Road. Does anyone have thoughts about this place?

Sun 11/29
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Mon 11/30
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Tues 12/1
Yuletide Tour in the morning
Break after the tour
MVMCP that evening
May do Tony’s for an early Dinner, but do not want to miss much of the park, so perhaps a 4:00 or 4:30 ADR

Wed 12/2
Sleep in from the late night at MVMCP so Epcot World Showcase, which does not open till 11:00. This works out great for us

Thur 12/3
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Fri 12/4
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Sat 12/5
Relax Day
Laundry Day LOL
DVC Tour
Hoop Dee Doo Musical Review
Electric Water Pagent
May surprise the family with a Wishes Cruise, not sure yet.
I guess that the Christmas Parade will be taped this day so gonna avoid the MK on this weekend.

Sun 12/6
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH
But if Christmas Parade is going to be taped this day, will go to any park other than the MK.

Mon 12/7
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Tues 12/8
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Wed 12/9
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH

Thur 12/10
Open not sure what park we are going to yet, it depends if there are any PM EMH
Last full day in the parks, so have to do the MK this day don’t ya?????

Fri 12/11
Departure Day
Head over to Cape Canaveral and visit the Kennedy Space Center
Was supposed to be a shuttle launch this day but it is now off NASA’s schedule so it looks like we won’t get to see one

Sat 12/12
More time at Kennedy Space Center
Head home and drive straight through to get home late that night, early Sunday morning

Oh I will also be taking off the following Monday at my job as I will need at least a day to recover.

I know there are not many plans set yet, I told you I’m really trying not to plan to much at this point as I can’t. I really need to know if Dec hours this year will be like last year.

 

[insoin]

So I have been trying to figure out how I can tell what parks have EMH in the evenings for my trip. As my group likes them, I want to take advantage of them. So I have done some digging and here is what I have found out based on the last two years worth of park hours for Dec.

If Disney follows the trend of the last two years; then here are the days that have EMH in the evenings for the parks I'm going to visit:

MK on Mon
EP on Fri
DSH on Sat
AK on Wed

So that helps, if, and that is a big IF, Disney does not change it up this year. Now I just have to find out when Fantasmic is showing.

 

[insoin]

So I know it has been a while since I have updated, and I’m sorry for the delay. But as you may recall I am working two jobs right now; and because of that I have not had any days off for a while. Some days I work 16 hours plus. So because of that I have not had any time to update.

But here is one. So my 180 day has come and gone. If the old policy was still in effect, I would have had my dining done, and now be trying to change them, add what I didn’t get. LOL.

Still don’t have any major planes set in stone yet as we can’t figure out where we are going on what days yet so not exactly sure what to share with you all that would be interesting enough to enlighten your day. I guess we may have to think about adding park hoppers since it is hard to plan where to eat, and with wanting to do so many things. We may just have to.

We have talked about getting down there, and since none of us have a big enough car to fit us, and all of my luggage that I pack. We are going to rent a car. We need a mid-sized SUV or a Van or some sort. I have looked at prices and they range from $800 for a SUV, to over $1000 for a van. Uggg flying is looking so much better. But with all of the fees that are added now I don’t think it will be any cheaper for me to fly.

How much luggage can I take? Well let’s review my 2007 trip. It was only 8 days, I had two full size suitcases, one carry one, and a laptop bag. Oh I had a small fold down bag for my souviners that I bought and had to bring back. Luckly, my friend Monica only took one bag, so we had the ability to check my bags and hers and not hit the limit at the time. But now with so many restrictions…..I’d go crazy not being able to bring at least two full size bags. I am really trying hard not to have to much stuff this trip. I know we are going to have some down time so we will do laundry during then so I can pack less right?

Noooooooooo, its December so who knows what the weather will be like. I have to pack shorts, jeans, shoes (I need at least 3 pair of shoes don’t I??), t-shirts, sweatshirts, jacket, long sleeve shirt, and who knows what else. And I just got a new DSLR Nikon D90, and I have so many accessories for that. I have two cases of camera equipment already.

Here is my new toy

So you can see I over pack to an extreme huh….

Oh I bought my first thing for the trip the other day. I got a small bottle of sun block. Woohoo my first item specific for the trip. Silly huh that I am excited for something for a trip that is a little as that?

 

[insoin]

Well I know it has been a few days since I updated, and for that I am sorry. But I have been doing some minor work on my trip. And I have some actual updates for all of you….

Ready Drum Roll Please

OK well we have been looking at rental car prices for the trip. And we can’t seem to come up with anything cheaper than about $800 bucks just for the vehicle. Since there are four adults, we are thinking of a mini van or an SUV for all the luggage. Trust me I know how to over pack! And that was only with 2,200 miles, not unlimited. So doing some looking around, I think we can fly Southwest for the same money as it would cost just for the rental. Not including gas, food, a hotel if we don’t drive straight through. So we are gonna fly down now. YIPPIE

So along with the flying down, we also are gonna head down on Friday 11/27/09 now. We added the day because the only direct flight from Louisville lands at 4:00 PM and that would make us to rushed to do what we want to do that night. So we just add a day at the start. That way we can do what we want Friday evening and will now be able to take the Keys To The Kingdom Tour on Sat morning. Then proceed with our normal plans we had for Saturday night.


But the changes keep on coming….

Have you heard of DIS-A-Palooza being put on by the DIS? Well guess what its planned for the weekend I leave. I have wanted to meet the guys from the DIS for a while, and the dates they have things just never work out for me. So I beg and plead with my family to stay for DAP. And they agree that we can. Well everyone but Wes. He will not be able to stay as he can’t get that much time off work. So I am going to extend my trip till 12/15/09!

Wow what a long time, I guess I will be looking at getting an AP since I’m gonna be there so long.

Just wanted to share the update with you all.

 

[insoin]

I found out today that Southwest will release flights for the dates of my trip on Tuesday. I guess I know what I will be doing that day.