I'm not sure I can wait! Dec 2010!

[jenseib]

Sounds liek the CM I had last year. I had booked an ADR for WCC for one time, then went back and changed it to a later time. So she canceled the 1st one and booked the later one. Then I had to cancel it altogether as we decied to do Cape May for breakfast, because it worked better for the days schedule. So I called back to cancel the second time, and there was no ADR. I gave my conf number and she said it was canceled already. I said I had just booked it 2 days earlier, then I gave her the 1st AdR time and that one was still there. LOL! So that CM basically did nothing with the one I wanted cancel, and then booked and canceled the one I wanted. The new CM I talked to was excellent, she canceld it, mad the new one for Cape May and then went through all my other ADRs to be sure they were all right.

Here's a little hope...I have heard a few people are being told that free dining will be released for later this year mid Jluy! Lets hope thats true.

 

[stephielela]

I am keeping keeping my fingers crossed for free dining! We are going for 3 days in September for free dining, so I will also be on the lookout for bouncebacks, but it would be easier if they released FD in July!!

 

[stephielela]

I need to stop shopping on the disney store website! I was looking for some long pj's for DS for our trip to New Mexico (we are going to the mountains and evidently it gets chilly at night, and the highs are only in the 70's) and I ended up finding him some Toy Story pj's, a Toy Story long sleeved hooded shirt, and then, because it was on sale and because we are having a Wall-E night next month, a Wall-E tumbler glass. Plus I saw a Bozz Lightyear stocking and decided that for our December trip, I am going to hang it in our room and then every day put a couple little things in it to cut down on the number of souvenirs I have to buy! The upside? I got all 4 things for $20 and the shippign was free since I got at least 1 Toy Story item!

 

[exwdwcm]

I called today and got a 5:15 CRT!!! I tried to book online and it wouldn't give me the option to use credits, so I had to call. Lucky I did since I found out they had charged our visa for BOTH of the other CRT ressies rather than just holding it on there. I'm much happier with the 5:15 time though because I know it's going to be a late night so DS is going to need a nap duriing the day for sure before our photo shoot! So now they are crediting back the two CRT charges and I have a better time for our ADR!

P.S. The way I found it was by putting in a request for 5:30. I am not sure why the CM's couldn't find it... but whatever!

woo hoo! yeah for getting CRT!!!! so glad it worked out.

I need to stop shopping on the disney store website! I was looking for some long pj's for DS for our trip to New Mexico (we are going to the mountains and evidently it gets chilly at night, and the highs are only in the 70's) and I ended up finding him some Toy Story pj's, a Toy Story long sleeved hooded shirt, and then, because it was on sale and because we are having a Wall-E night next month, a Wall-E tumbler glass. Plus I saw a Bozz Lightyear stocking and decided that for our December trip, I am going to hang it in our room and then every day put a couple little things in it to cut down on the number of souvenirs I have to buy! The upside? I got all 4 things for $20 and the shippign was free since I got at least 1 Toy Story item!

me too sister! i just found a disney warehouse store that was here temporarily and just found it on the last day it was open. apparently it is a traveling store that sells excess merchandise- it was all parks and disney store stuff. i spent $100. mom spent $500! ouch. sounds like you got some good deals though!!! now you are making me want to go look online!

 

[stephielela]

woo hoo! yeah for getting CRT!!!! so glad it worked out.

me too sister! i just found a disney warehouse store that was here temporarily and just found it on the last day it was open. apparently it is a traveling store that sells excess merchandise- it was all parks and disney store stuff. i spent $100. mom spent $500! ouch. sounds like you got some good deals though!!! now you are making me want to go look online!

what I found interesting is now ther was a link to a disney outlet online store. so i found stuff there, put it in my cart and bought it as one order, but the sites are seperate! it was very interesting. also they seem to be going through some sort of upgrade because the site was saying you couldn't sign into your account, that purchases had to be made as a guest. i wonder where the traveling store is headed next?? i might try to find it online...

 

[creativeamanda]

Joining in! Your son is so darned cute! We're going to be there the same time!

 

[stephielela]

Mickey finally litened to my wishes!!! We added FD to our CBR ressies today, 12/17-12/22 and saved almost $1000, $469 for each room!!! We kept the Deluxe Dining Plan, so I'm not sure what the cost to upgrade was, but I (and my parents) are THRILLED!!! My mom says tomorrow night we will talk about what we will do (if anything) with the extra money. Perfect timing since we are doing our Cars theme night tomorrow, before my dad heads off to Rome to meet up with my sister.

 

[creativeamanda]

Mickey finally litened to my wishes!!! We added FD to our CBR ressies today, 12/17-12/22 and saved almost $1000, $469 for each room!!! We kept the Deluxe Dining Plan, so I'm not sure what the cost to upgrade was, but I (and my parents) are THRILLED!!! My mom says tomorrow night we will talk about what we will do (if anything) with the extra money. Perfect timing since we are doing our Cars theme night tomorrow, before my dad heads off to Rome to meet up with my sister.

Congrats on the free dining! My daughter and I booked free dining this am!

 

[jenseib]

Yay!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Yay for free dining! I booked it for my October trip this morning

 

[stephielela]

Yay!

Are you goign to be able to talk DH into a trip now that free dining is out? How is his hip doing?

 

[stephielela]

Yay for free dining! I booked it for my October trip this morning

Excellent!! I'm so excited about it! It's ridiculous, my coworkers think I'm crazy!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Excellent!! I'm so excited about it! It's ridiculous, my coworkers think I'm crazy!

My mom and dad probably think I'm crazy for blabbing about it all the time They're not sure if they're going to be able to make it, but with the free dining, it'll be more affordable, saving us almost $600 for the three of us. So, hopefully they'll be able to make it I think they'd like the F&W festival, you know?

 

[ChildAtHeart82]

Yay for free dining!! I just added free dining to our reservations for December too!

 

[jenseib]

Are you goign to be able to talk DH into a trip now that free dining is out? How is his hip doing?

I sure hope so. He's been so cranky the past week or so, with the heat, his hip in bad shape, and just being SUPER busy, so I have to wait till he's not in the cranky mood again. I wish this would've actually waited another week. LOL! I think I'll put a vaction on hold (deposit) so we don't lose out and go from there.

 

[exwdwcm]

yeah for FD! what a huge savings! I vote for 'shopping' spree!

 

[amandatym]

Just found your PTR. We'll be there in December too, with our son who will be 22 months at the time.
Looking forward to reading more of your plans (since we haven't made many of our own yet...eek!).

 

[stephielela]

Just found your PTR. We'll be there in December too, with our son who will be 22 months at the time.
Looking forward to reading more of your plans (since we haven't made many of our own yet...eek!).

Welcome!

Well it occured to me today that my full payment is due for my September trip in about a month... Luckily it's onyl another $300 so while it won't be easy, I should be able to have that ready in plenty of time. As for the December trip, I checked online this morning and the girl I spoke with on Monday had only added it to one of our reservations I called imediately and got the other one switched, though obviously i will be double checking... again We talked about it last night and decided we won't plan on using that extra money for anything specific. We don't want to upgrade resorts, since it would cost more than the money we are saving, and we don't really care about an upgraded room category... so we will just look at it as money saved. We might rent a car, but I really don't see the need to do that. My parents want to though... we shall see! Next up... posts form our Disney theme nights!

 

[stephielela]

I decorated the table fanncier than usual, and we used the "good china". I made an onion soup and we had criossants and crepes for dessert! I had a few trinkets from when I went to Paris, and some framed prints that I used to decorate the table. The soup was awesome! The movie was ok, my m om didn't like it (she has a fear of rats) and DS Jack was not really into it for some reason. It was a fun evening though!

 

[stephielela]

Sorry these pics are so big, I will try and remember to upload them in a smaller size in the future!