If I say it out loud, will my wish come true.. PTR May 2011(Link to TR pg41)

[Nermel9]

You can't just come on here and say you thought of this great plan and then not say what it is! You can at least tell me.

Caitlin's hair looks good, better than I could do! I have a lot of bobby pins here if you need more.

Your wristlet is nice! I can't believe Caitlin wants one!

 

[pinkxray]

You can't just come on here and say you thought of this great plan and then not say what it is! You can at least tell me.

Caitlin's hair looks good, better than I could do! I have a lot of bobby pins here if you need more.

Your wristlet is nice! I can't believe Caitlin wants one!

Nope, can't tell. Maybe in a few weeks if everything works out the way I want.

I had to redo her hair for the Halloween party tonight and it came out better. I moved it a little more over her ears. I know I should go over her ears more but then I don't have anywhere to stick the bobby pins.

Of course Caitlin wants one. She'll whine for a month, I'll buy it and she'll leave it on the floor and one of the dogs will destroy it.

 

[Nermel9]

Nope, can't tell. Maybe in a few weeks if everything works out the way I want.

I had to redo her hair for the Halloween party tonight and it came out better. I moved it a little more over her ears. I know I should go over her ears more but then I don't have anywhere to stick the bobby pins.

Of course Caitlin wants one. She'll whine for a month, I'll buy it and she'll leave it on the floor and one of the dogs will destroy it.

Well I think I know what it is anyway. I have two ideas, actually, and I think one might be right.

I thought about maybe getting her a wristlet for Christmas, but by then she won't want one anymore, and I don't want to spend $50 on something for the dogs to eat!

 

[KatMark]

Are you REALLY going to be able to stay off the DIS for three weeks? Maybe you should get all of our emails and we can secretly let you in on any secrets.

 

[pinkxray]

Are you REALLY going to be able to stay off the DIS for three weeks? Maybe you should get all of our emails and we can secretly let you in on any secrets.

I am hoping it will fly by. Don't worry, I'm sure Jen (nermel9) can fill me in on anything important.

I'm not sure what DH is expecting with this bet. Maybe I'll stay off for three weeks and decide "Yeah, I don't really like Disney and maybe we should cancel our trip"

The only thing that really stinks is that my ADR date is soon. Who am I going to run these things by? DH is really going to regret this since now I'll have to ask him. I'll probably come back in three weeks and have places booked that I have never mentioned on here.

The plus side is that I'll have plenty to catch up on when I come back. No more waiting between updates, everyone will be done with their trip reports.

 

[lindsayp]

love the purple wristlet, super cute. We saw remy at le chefs and he was so cute! the guy that came around with him was very funny too. also food is very yummy as well ^^
http://http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2217275

here's a link to our review of it

 

[TinksThree]

A 3 week hiatus?!? I am afraid my DH would make me do the same thing! As a matter of fact, yesterday I told him I was going to book a trip May/June and he could go...or not! I want to take advantage of the free dining and I also want my parents to go along. He asked me why I thought Disney is the only place to go on vacation...well it is not, I know! But I still like to go and if I can go for a reasonable amount then I want to take advantage of it! I will only have my kids as "kids" for a few more years and then they will all be at college! We go to Gatlinburg, TN, every year for Thanksgiving and I never complain but then I love going, it is just that he doesn't like going to Disney as much as I do. He would go to the mountains every trip if possible!

Also, we are planning a Spring Break trip to DC and Williamsburg, VA, so my real concern is being able to save the money! Anyway, all my venting to simply say....I feel your pain!!

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

THREE WEEKS!?!?! NOOOOOO!!! I was gone three days and felt like I'd missed a ton!
Love the purple wristlet! I want one so bad!
Couldn't you just PM me that secret you're keeping?

 

[ksl5f123]

I know you are in the middle of your 3 week hiatus, but I wanted to post because I am just now finding your new PTR! It looks like you have a great plan so far. I think a split stay between POP and BCV is a great idea. I can't wait to hear all about how it works out.

Congrats to Caitlyn for loosing that first tooth. The tooth fairy around here is pretty cheap. My kids only get $0.50.

You have such a great list of ADRs to choose from. I am really looking forward to hearing about which ones you decided to book.

 

[pinkxray]

love the purple wristlet, super cute. We saw remy at le chefs and he was so cute! the guy that came around with him was very funny too. also food is very yummy as well ^^
http://http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2217275

here's a link to our review of it

I'm glad to hear Le Chefs was good. I keep going back and forth about this ADR. I know Caitlin will like seeing Remy but sometimes I see bad reviews about the food. I think I need to stay away from reviews all together.

A 3 week hiatus?!? I am afraid my DH would make me do the same thing! As a matter of fact, yesterday I told him I was going to book a trip May/June and he could go...or not! I want to take advantage of the free dining and I also want my parents to go along. He asked me why I thought Disney is the only place to go on vacation...well it is not, I know! But I still like to go and if I can go for a reasonable amount then I want to take advantage of it! I will only have my kids as "kids" for a few more years and then they will all be at college! We go to Gatlinburg, TN, every year for Thanksgiving and I never complain but then I love going, it is just that he doesn't like going to Disney as much as I do. He would go to the mountains every trip if possible!

Also, we are planning a Spring Break trip to DC and Williamsburg, VA, so my real concern is being able to save the money! Anyway, all my venting to simply say....I feel your pain!!

DH is was convinced if I stayed off the boards I wouldn't bother him about Disney so much. I didn't really notice a difference in my Disney questions that I asked him, but he said he did

I agree about taking the kids to Disney when they are young. DH wants to go to places like Hawaii and Atlantis which look nice but I would rather wait until Caitlin will appreciate it. He did agree on Virginia at some point. He can have Virginia beach and I can have Busch Gardens.

THREE WEEKS!?!?! NOOOOOO!!! I was gone three days and felt like I'd missed a ton!
Love the purple wristlet! I want one so bad!
Couldn't you just PM me that secret you're keeping?

Three weeks sounded much harder than it actually was. Now I have to go back and catch up though. I don't think my plan is going to work out mostly b/c but I'll talk about that later. Maybe if I win the lotto.

I know you are in the middle of your 3 week hiatus, but I wanted to post because I am just now finding your new PTR! It looks like you have a great plan so far. I think a split stay between POP and BCV is a great idea. I can't wait to hear all about how it works out.

Congrats to Caitlyn for loosing that first tooth. The tooth fairy around here is pretty cheap. My kids only get $0.50.

You have such a great list of ADRs to choose from. I am really looking forward to hearing about which ones you decided to book.

Thanks for joining in! I am really looking forward to trying both places. I hope it works out good. I am really hoping DH doesn't like Pop too much and decide we will stick to values for here on out though.

Caitlin ended up getting $1. I left it up to DH. She is awful with money anyway. She leaves it around the house instead of putting it in her bank or tries to give it away.

Don't even get me started on picking ADRs!

 

[pinkxray]

Yay, I made it through the three weeks. It was not as bad as I thought and it really flew by. I missed everyone though!

I got my $50 which of course I used to buy a $50 Disney gift card. DH offered to extend the bet but I said no way! I was planning on being back last night but I'm fighting a cold and was exhausted after work yesterday and went to bed pretty early.

My 180 adr date was last weekend. What a disaster. I had everything planned until about the week before and then all of the sound I didn't like any of my choices and switched everything around. I did book some things but I am sure I will change them around since I am not loving the plans. It was like all of the sudden places I had no intention of going popped into my head and I couldn't get them out of my mind.

My fantastic plan doesn't seem like it will work out. I will reveal everything tonight. I don't have much time right now since I have to go do some work.

I also lost another Disney day but it's for a good reason. Since the first plan didn't work DH is going to pay to do something pretty cool on our trip. This is another reason why my ADRs have been driving me crazy. Now I only have basically 1 day for each park. I didn't really want to do more than 1 ts each day but it is hard to narrow it down when I have so little time.

I am off to see what everyone else is up to.

 

[KatMark]

Yay, I made it through the three weeks. It was not as bad as I thought and it really flew by. I missed everyone though!

I got my $50 which of course I used to buy a $50 Disney gift card. DH offered to extend the bet but I said no way! I was planning on being back last night but I'm fighting a cold and was exhausted after work yesterday and went to bed pretty early.

My 180 adr date was last weekend. What a disaster. I had everything planned until about the week before and then all of the sound I didn't like any of my choices and switched everything around. I did book some things but I am sure I will change them around since I am not loving the plans. It was like all of the sudden places I had no intention of going popped into my head and I couldn't get them out of my mind.

My fantastic plan doesn't seem like it will work out. I will reveal everything tonight. I don't have much time right now since I have to go do some work.

I also lost another Disney day but it's for a good reason. Since the first plan didn't work DH is going to pay to do something pretty cool on our trip. This is another reason why my ADRs have been driving me crazy. Now I only have basically 1 day for each park. I didn't really want to do more than 1 ts each day but it is hard to narrow it down when I have so little time.

I am off to see what everyone else is up to.

Welcome back!!! I've missed you.

You did great...I could never have stayed away.

Anxioius to hear about the ADR's. Not to throw a wrench in your plans, but the Disney Food Porn Queen, my good friend, Nicki, says Via Napoli is EXCELLENT--she and her husband have eaten there 3 times this week!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pinkxray]

Welcome back!!! I've missed you.

You did great...I could never have stayed away.

Anxioius to hear about the ADR's. Not to throw a wrench in your plans, but the Disney Food Porn Queen, my good friend, Nicki, says Via Napoli is EXCELLENT--she and her husband have eaten there 3 times this week!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know that after 3 weeks away the first thing I did was head over to Nicki's report. I had Via Napoli on my original list but somehow it got dropped. I am trying to add it back somewhere but I can't find anywhere unless I drop Chef's de France and Caitlin wants to see Remy.

I am catching up right now so just skimming over things. I saw your halloween costumes. You look great! I love the dress. I still have the last few post to get through though.

 

[pinkxray]

I had planned to have a nice easy day today and catch up on the boards. DH had other plans. He does some landscaping on the weekends and usually pays one of his friends to help him out. He had 2 yards to do today and since it is time for leaves to be picked up his friend was supposed to helping him I went for a jog around 8. I knew DH would be around my moms house so I decided to walk/jog to her house which is a few miles away. I figured I would stay there and he could drop her off on his way and pick me up later or my mom could drive us home. I get a call around 10am that his friend once again flaked out and he asked me to help him. Ugh. 3 and a half hours later we were done. I am so tired. I feel worse than I did before and if I knew I would be helping him I wouldn't have done the 4 miles in the morning.

Anywho...

Let's talk about my great plan. I have mentioned that I had really wanted to do the Princess Half Marathon. When we swtiched the trip to May and I gave up on that idea I started getting really sad and completely quit running/walking for three weeks. I decided I had to do it.

So the plan was going to be for me to go down for the weekend an get an AP which hopefully would save us some cash if they released an AP discount.

Then, I decided I wouldn't fell right about going wthout DH and Caitlin being at the finish line so I had to come up with a plan to get down there. I asked DH how he would feel about going down and not going to any Disney parks. He agreed we could go Universal season passes aren't much more than the 2 day pass so we could fly down, stay at FQ, hit Universal (which would give us more Disney time in May) and eat at Ohana and T-rex. I picked up running again and everything was going great.

The only problem here is that Disney for some reason decided to hold the Half Marathon on the weekend of President's day and Feb. vacation. Plane tickets for coming back are insane. I have been trying so hard to figure out how to get us down there, but without cutting into the money for our May trip it isn't happening. I think I am going to have to accept there is no way we can go down for the race. I have to say that I am really sad, , but just airfare alone would be like $1200 for the three of us. For 2 days and no Disney parks! No way. DH agreed if I decide to do it next year or the year after we can go as long as Disney doesn't do it the weekend of Feb vacation again. I don't understand why they would have it this weekend, since it is usually in March.

I am trying to keep up with the half marathon training so that if by some miracle plane tickets drop down a few hundred bucks I'll be ready but it is hard to stay motivated knowing it most likely won't happen.

 

[pinkxray]

As I mentioned this morning I have lost another day at Disney. DH already gets two days for Universal and we have decided to add another non Disney item to this vacation. DH and I did this back in 2002 or 2003 and it was great. Caitlin sees the pictures and has wanted to do it too. Rules are she has to be 6 so lucky for her she happens to be six now.

What am I talking about?
We are going to be spending a day at............

Discovery Cove. Caitlin has seen the pictures and she wants to swim with a dolphin too. We have not mentioned anything about this to her and it will be a complete surprise. DH agreed to pay for it since he has wanted to do it again and promised Caitlin she could do it when she was old enough. I am a little annoyed to have to give up another day but I think Caitlin will love this.

 

[KatMark]

I am SO jealous that you are doing Discovery Cove. I have been reading about this on another TR and really want to swim with the dolphins. I guess I better start saving now.

 

[pinkxray]

This is pretty much how I looked the night before making my ADRs. I had no idea what I wanted to book, had way too many choices for too little time. I ended up booking a few things that were definite like Mama Melrose Fantamic package.

I am really struggling with the whole dining plan thing. I have too many TS choices and feel like if I do the basic dining plan I will pay for too many thing OOP and the cs credits will go to waste. The dxdp makes sense with all the places I want to do but I just don't want to be tied down to so many ADRs. Then again since I have only 1 day for each park I know where we will be each day anyway.

Right before making my ADR choices a few things popped into my head that won't get out. Mainly HDDR and Garden Grill. I have no idea way all of the sudden I feel as though I need to have these on the list but I can't seem to let them go.

When I first started planning this trip Caitlin wanted to do all the character meals again. Now, she doesn't want to do any The only one I was going to leave was Crystal Palace but have decided to drop that too. Garden Grill will be our only character meal.

I also had mostly breakfast buffets but since character meals are out almost all of the breakfast buffets our out. The only breakfast TS I have on the list is Boma.

Quick glance at plans- any opinions?

Day 1
Morning in EPCOT
lunch at Chef's de France - Caitlin and I want to see Remy but honestly nothing really stands out on the menu to me other than the onion soup.
This is where I could squeeze Via Napoli back into the rotation since I dropped it for Garden Grill

Chef's de France or Via Napoli?

Afternoon break

Hoop de Doo Revue
I don't know why but I feel the need to do this? Kind of one of those have to do once things I guess.

Day 2
Universal Day so I guess gross food at US.
If I were to do the deluxe plan I would most likely add Kona breakfast here

Dinner will be at Ohana. I loved this last time and this is one of the few repeats I have. Thinking of maybe just dropping it and chilling out at the pool. DH said he would like to do it again but could live without it. If I were to replace it I would want something in a resort since we aren't hitting a Disney park this day.

Day 3
MK morning
Light breakfast

Lunch at LTT
Another one that somehow jumped on my list. I think I saw a review on the disney food blog and I am sold!

Dinner
Somewhere at MK maybe? If we go with dxdp maybe Kona or Tony's? Otherwise CHH? Who knows

Day 4
AK morning
I have seen reviews from Yak and Yeti the TS and I really want to try this.

Afternoon break
Head to EPCOT for dinner at Garden Grill
I have no reason why other than I want to see Chip and Dale plus Mickey has a farmers outfit on. Pluto is Caitlin favorite so even though she said no character meals I'm sure she'll be happy about this.

Day 5
Discovery Cove

Dinner at T-rex
Caitlin's request

Day 6
Boma for berakfast- not really sure about this- I might just book it and see how I fell closer to the trip. I can't imagine not doing one buffet for breakfast
Universal Studios Day 2
Dinner at Steak and Shake

Day 7
Move to Beach Club
I am trying not to plan too much here to allow maximum pool time and Star Wars Weekend but do have Mama Melrose Fantasmic Package

Day 8
SWW day 2
Sci Fi for lunch
I could also squeeze Via Napoli in here for dinner but I really want to leave the night free to try Beaches and Cream or head back to DHS if Caitlin wants to

Sometimes I feel like just canceling everything and going with the QSDP.

 

[bouncycat]

YAAAAY!!! you're back!!!!

 

[pinkxray]

I am SO jealous that you are doing Discovery Cove. I have been reading about this on another TR and really want to swim with the dolphins. I guess I better start saving now.

I am so excited Caitlin is finally going to go there. She has been asking for to go for years.

I remember liking it okay, but we left pretty early. We swam with the dolphin, spent some time in the snorkel area, had some lunch and left. The lady at the exit thought we were crazy. Hopefully we'll spend more time relaxing on the beach areas and enjoying the food there.

YAAAAY!!! you're back!!!!

I really thought I would miss so much, but I guess people must be pretty busy. Most of the the reports I read only have a few pages at the most, some are only on the next page.

 

[pinkxray]

I have been picking up extra shifts and really trying to keep cost down for this trip, but since I don't know when we are back I want to make sure we make the most of it.

I joined Mypoints last year and over the summer I finally joined Sunshine Rewards.

Here is what is in the Disney jar as of today.

(I guess we forgot to get the mail yesterday so I was happy to see I finally got my Disney gift card from Sunshine Rewards today)

$25 gift card to Steak and Shake from Mypoints

$50 gift card I got from the three weeks of no boards

$50 money from the change in Disney jar

This is the gift card I just got from Sunshine Rewards for $50. I figured it would be the standard red and blue one with Mickey on it. I was so excited to see it was Tangled. Of course Caitlin threw a fit. She wants a Tangled gift card!

So far.. so good. I am hoping to get at least one more Disney gift card and at least a $25 one for T-rex.