If we can DREAM it, we can do it! ..... another 30 day vacation Update 02/07

[WDisneyMom]

Yay for a weekend Disneyland visit and double yay for a longer spring visit!! I'm losing track of all your 2013 planned vacations!

 

[Tarheel Tink]

Thank you Tom; I look forward to your Advent calendar each year!

 

[dvc4life]

Yay! Two advent calendars this year. Me and my youngest daughter had fun looking at the one from last year together. Can't wait to start this years.

Thanks Tom.

 

[pas130]

Advent calendars and the DLP takeoff

Thanks Karin and Tom!!!

 

[englishrose47]

Can't wait for the calendars to start !!!!! Thanks Tom !!

 

[dizneeat]

Yay for a new ticker!! Love the Eiffel tower Mickey and Minnie logo! Looking forward to more.

Isn't the logo cute? He really is talented and creative!
More coming up soon!

Thank you, Tom!!! LOVE the snow - both are so cute!!

Guess I'll have to do Tom's replies!
He was really happy with the response and let me tell you, both calendars are good fun ..... have you tried them yet?

I was going to say... didn't you just have a folded spoon?

Looks like your DLP trip is off to an excellent start.

I had such a laugh when I saw the folded fork. I really should have kept them both, but we are going to fly again ...... so .

We were off to a great start - the trip was short but we both enjoyed it a lot.

Yay for a weekend Disneyland visit and double yay for a longer spring visit!! I'm losing track of all your 2013 planned vacations!

Even though the weekend trip was pretty short, but it was nice to get away and enjoy some Disney magic.
And what better than having another trip in the future ...... and don't worry about losing track ..... I am glad I have my tickers or otherwise I would lose track too!

 

[dizneeat]

Thank you Tom; I look forward to your Advent calendar each year!

He's really happy to hear that you and so many others enjoy his "work". I did have a peek already and he has some really fun pics on there.

Yay! Two advent calendars this year. Me and my youngest daughter had fun looking at the one from last year together. Can't wait to start this years.

Thanks Tom.

Two calendars means twice the fun! Hope you and your DD will enjoy this year's calendars as much as last year's.

Advent calendars and the DLP takeoff

Thanks Karin and Tom!!!

You are going to love the Advent calendars. They are really fun and Tom was very pleased to see all the response.
DLRP was a lot of fun, so much so that we booked again for April.

Can't wait for the calendars to start !!!!! Thanks Tom !!

Just a few more days of wait, Rosie. Did you try it out yet? You will be surprised if you do.

 

[dizneeat]

Disneyland Paris November 2012

Day 1, November 16

A late, but great start ……… Part 2

It took about 25 minutes until our luggage arrived and as soon as I had put the suitcases on the trolley I was on my way out of the terminal.
Tom was already waiting and told me that he had signed up for extra insurance and that the sales person had told him that the car had a lot of damage and was scratched all over. Didn’t sound too promising, but it was past 10pm and we were both tired and wanted to get on.
So we headed up to the car park, where Hertz was located and tried to find the car. We found it after a short search and I asked Tom for the rental car paperwork, to check if all the damage was marked on it. There was NOTHING marked in the paperwork, so we flagged down a Hertz employee to mark all the damages. We started at the driver’s door and when we got to the rear bumper the employee got into my way and just stopped me and said that all these damages had already been noted and he signed the paper.
So we loaded everything into the car, got the GPS in place and off we went. When we left the car park we noticed the dense fog and it slowed us down a little bit, but within an hour we were driving onto Disney property. We drove over to the Hotel New York and soon had parked the car and were rolling our luggage into the lobby.
Everything was decorated for Christmas and it looked pretty wonderful. There was just one family in line ahead of us and then it was our turn to check in. Check in took a while as they still fill in papers by hand before they go to the computer. We were assigned a room on the 7th floor (8th floor for all of you American friends) and handed two breakfast tickets. On the breakfast tickets you find the time you are supposed to show up for breakfast and ours were pretty early. 7.40 for the following day and 7.30 for Sunday. And off we went to check out our room. We took the elevator up and walked down the long corridor and opened the door and found a room with only one bed! Now, when I booked I told them that we definitely wanted a room with two beds. Okay, out again and down again to reception. Tom waited at the elevators with the luggage and I went back again. I was pleased to see that the lady who had checked us in, immediately walked over to me and asked if there was something wrong. I told her about the bed situation and she went to the back room to try and get us another room. She was back within two minutes and told us that we would now have a room on the 8th floor. Into the elevator again and up to the 8th floor we went. Our new room was just a few steps off the elevator and when we opened the door there were two beds. Done deal! We were good to stay. Luggage inside we checked out the room and it was really nicely done.

There were lots of New York themed hints and after looking around for a short while we got interested in the water view we had booked. You could not see the water, not that it would not have been there, but the fog was pretty thick. But we had a lovely view of the Christmas tree beneath our window.

We got some ice-water and had some of the chocolate covered gingerbread we had brought and then it was really time for bed. By 12.30 we were finally in bed and turned off the lights.

Advent's/Christmas Calendar - FOOD

Advent's/Christmas Calendar - HATS​

 

[englishrose47]

Great looking room, and finally 2 beds !!

 

[KatMark]

Can't wait to see the calendars; love the comforters on the beds in your room.

 

[Linda67]

Ooh I am so excited you have started your TR

I still haven't booked my hotel for DLRP and Hotel New York is the front runner at the moment

I've just never felt like it's a particularly "Disney" hotel but the rooms look lovely and the location is wonderful

Can't wait to hear what you thought of it

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Guess I'll have to do Tom's replies!
He was really happy with the response and let me tell you, both calendars are good fun ..... have you tried them yet?

I am not trying either until December 2nd - because if I open one, I'll want to open all!!! (and you know when the 2nd comes, I WILL open all anyway!!)


Sooo....after I wrote the above, could not resist and decided to open a few.... Fantastic!!!

 

[dizneeat]

Great looking room, and finally 2 beds !!

It was a lovely room, Rosie and the view out the window got A LOT better when the next day broke!

Can't wait to see the calendars; love the comforters on the beds in your room.

To be honest, the blankets were kind of a deciding factor when we booked the New York.
Well, being so close to the park really won us over, but the blankets were really cool to have.
You can try to open the calendars now, Kathy, it should be fun.

Ooh I am so excited you have started your TR

I still haven't booked my hotel for DLRP and Hotel New York is the front runner at the moment

I've just never felt like it's a particularly "Disney" hotel but the rooms look lovely and the location is wonderful

Can't wait to hear what you thought of it

You know, Linda, that was one comment I made to Tom ..... it doesn't "wow" me, like the Contemporary this summer, but it was a really nice hotel and we would stay there again in a heartbeat. It is just not my price range (for DLRP, even with a 35% AP discount).
We visited the Sequoia Lodge a while back and were able to peek into a room and it didn't "wow" me either. I think, it's something to do that the hotels are so close together and the theming is not as exquisite as it is in the US.

I am not trying either until December 2nd - because if I open one, I'll want to open all!!! (and you know when the 2nd comes, I WILL open all anyway!!)

I would strongly advise you to try and open it now. You might be surprised!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

I would strongly advise you to try and open it now. You might be surprised!

I did!!!!

 

[dizneeat]

I did!!!!

Hope it was fun!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Hope it was fun!

FANTASTIC!!! Tell Tom it was the best ever!!!

 

[dizneeat]

FANTASTIC!!! Tell Tom it was the best ever!!!

Definitely will! Even though ...... I guess he will have read it until I get to talk to him (it's already 11pm here)

 

[Minnie&Nana]

A little interruption...

Today I filled out an application to adopt this sweet little girl:
http://malteserescue.homestead.com/AdoptMalteseRescuePeanut.html

 

[Mom&RN]

Karin,
Please tell Tom thank you for doing the calenders again! I loved his calender last year - it was really fun. I of course had to try them both already to see what the "not yet" message would be. The hotel room looked nice, can't wait to see what your view looks like in the daytime.

 

[englishrose47]

I did!!!!

How did you open it !! It said not till December when I tried !!!