It's alright, I'm still alive! a TR -- Day 11: Aquatica-- Updated 4/27

[disneyhockeymad]

ok so forgive me but this is the 2nd time I'm writing this! Stupid internet died!!!

Right so there's not much to tell at the moment, but I'm writing as promised! So I had a discussion with my dad the other day...

Me: Can I go to WDW for my birthday?
Dad: ummmm
Me: my 21st, I've always wanted to go for my birthday!
Dad: No you can't, you'll be doing your finals (at uni!)
Me: How about the year after, I'll be finished by then?
Dad: Well that is my 50th that year...
Me: So we can go then?
Dad: Well we'd have to stay for 3 weeks to fit both our birthdays in
Me: I reckon I can cope with that
Dad: I'll think about it. I'll think about it.

RESULT! haha. I have it in writing now, I can't believe I actually managed to implant the idea into his brain, I think I'm turning him! I've always always always wanted to go to WDW for my birthday, it's been one of those things that I've had on my list to do at WDW (that along with getting engaged/married at WDW but that's a LONG way off!!!) I won't let him forget this either!

As for my trip in just over a month I'm still going on to Dad about making these ADR's but I very much doubt it will happen! Looks like we're gonna have to take pot luck when we get there, and with it being in July I don't think we'll get anything!!
I've been trying to plan more of the trip inbetween revising for/panicking about my exams, but I'm not getting too far, I used the itinery planner on the WDW UK site which made it easier to plan what we're gonna do but still it's a bit vaguge! We tend to be those people who just turn up to which ever ride we fancy at the time, so I guess we'll just do it that way!
Mum's started going on about packing though, so it means it must be getting close if she's talking about packing!! yay!!

Ooh whilst I remember I uploaded the photo's of the cross stitched tink that my friend made me. Sorry about the light and dark photos, I couldn't work out which was better!

Right that's it for now! Thanks for reading, I'll hopefully post another segment later this week!!!

 

[hurleysweety]

I have loved reading your PTR! This might sound really weird, but when I read your posts, I'm pretty sure I read it with an accent, haha! It just makes it so much more fun. You must be so excited to go for 2 weeks!

 

[RachelNinja]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I think the VMK boards needs to have a thread for everyone to post their links to their PTRs and TRs. I love the TR board and I love reading what everyone writes, but for some reason, it's even more fun when it's a fellow VMKer!

DDad: Oh right at Animal World.

This is hilarious! My parents still call EVERY park at WDW "Disney World." I tried to get my dad to differentiate between Magic Kingdom and Disney World, but I don't think he cares. In the end, it doesn't really matter ... as long as he's still willing to go to this place for which he doesn't know the proper name

So hey! My birthday was friday and now I'm a fully fledged adult, which is slightly scary!

Happy belated birthday! Those gifts were lovely I was thinking that it's probably going to be easier for people to buy gifts for me now because I absolutely GLOVE (hehe) Disney! I remember wearing tshirts with Disney characters on them when I was a kid. Then when I was a teenager, it no longer was "cool" to have characters. Now it's a-okay in my book! I need to start building up my Disney clothes collection! At the moment, I only have a Jiminy Cricket one and a Grumpy one!

Birthday messages from Facebook and DIS? Totally cool

You have soooo much planned for your trip! Oh man, I'm starting to really look forward to your trip too! Since you already posted so many photos before even arriving at WDW, I know you're going to post a lot from your actual trip ... right? Right? Right? Hehe, don't let your readers down

Hope your driving test went well!

I've always always always wanted to go to WDW for my birthday, it's been one of those things that I've had on my list to do at WDW (that along with getting engaged/married at WDW but that's a LONG way off!!!) I won't let him forget this either!

OOooOo, then you can get the birthday button!

Haha, I'm a long way off too ... but trust me, I've imagined the engagement, marriage, and Disneymoon too! In reality, I probably won't have control over the engagement part. I also probably won't have a Disney wedding just because it'd be a destination wedding, and it would mean a very limited invitation list. BUT I will have control over having my honeymoon at Disney! Oh to wear the "Just Married" buttons and get the bride and groom ears! Haha, do you think about that too or is it just me?

I have loved reading your PTR! This might sound really weird, but when I read your posts, I'm pretty sure I read it with an accent, haha! It just makes it so much more fun. You must be so excited to go for 2 weeks!

I think I might read it that way too

 

[disneyhockeymad]

I have loved reading your PTR! This might sound really weird, but when I read your posts, I'm pretty sure I read it with an accent, haha! It just makes it so much more fun. You must be so excited to go for 2 weeks!

That's fantastic! Haha I'm trying to imagine people reading this with an accent and it's making me laugh so much, thanks for making me smile! Come to think of it I think I may read all the other TR's in an accent too, funny how our brain works!!

I'm so so excited to go for 2 weeks, whenever I've been to DLRP it's only been for 4 or 5 days because it's so close, now we have to go for 2 weeks to get the holidays worth, so of course I'm definately not complaining!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I think the VMK boards needs to have a thread for everyone to post their links to their PTRs and TRs. I love the TR board and I love reading what everyone writes, but for some reason, it's even more fun when it's a fellow VMKer!

Couldn't agree more! Although I'm not entirely sure what will happen to the VMK boards anymore, it's been ages since I've posted on the, I really ought to go back and visit!!!

This is hilarious! My parents still call EVERY park at WDW "Disney World." I tried to get my dad to differentiate between Magic Kingdom and Disney World, but I don't think he cares. In the end, it doesn't really matter ... as long as he's still willing to go to this place for which he doesn't know the proper name

Totally agree! As long as they're there then I'm not complaining!!!

Happy belated birthday! Those gifts were lovely I was thinking that it's probably going to be easier for people to buy gifts for me now because I absolutely GLOVE (hehe) Disney! I remember wearing tshirts with Disney characters on them when I was a kid. Then when I was a teenager, it no longer was "cool" to have characters. Now it's a-okay in my book! I need to start building up my Disney clothes collection! At the moment, I only have a Jiminy Cricket one and a Grumpy one!

Birthday messages from Facebook and DIS? Totally cool

Thankyou!! goodvibes Glove!) I have lots of pictures of me with Disney t-shirts on and a few now, I have this amazing Lady and the Tramp one my mum bought me because "I saw it and it reminded me of you", which I adore so much, (if I remember I'll post a picture for you!) and I also have this 'old style' mickey mouse one I bought at DLRP. I'll definately be replenishing my collection in a month though!!

You have soooo much planned for your trip! Oh man, I'm starting to really look forward to your trip too! Since you already posted so many photos before even arriving at WDW, I know you're going to post a lot from your actual trip ... right? Right? Right? Hehe, don't let your readers down

oh I will don't you worry! I'm buying a special camera for it and everything!!

Hope your driving test went well!

I passed so I've been driving around on cloud 9 ever since!!!

OOooOo, then you can get the birthday button!

Haha, I'm a long way off too ... but trust me, I've imagined the engagement, marriage, and Disneymoon too! In reality, I probably won't have control over the engagement part. I also probably won't have a Disney wedding just because it'd be a destination wedding, and it would mean a very limited invitation list. BUT I will have control over having my honeymoon at Disney! Oh to wear the "Just Married" buttons and get the bride and groom ears! Haha, do you think about that too or is it just me?

Nope got it all planned, I don't think I'll ever get a disney wedding purely because I live so far away but I am DEFINATELY without doubt pushing for a Disneymoon, and I've already told my bff that if I ever meet a guy who wants to marry me that she is to subtely push him into a disney engagement!!

I think I might read it that way too

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Firstly I am so sorry I haven't posted in so so long, it's not intentional I just haven't had the time, I'm seriously stressing about my exams, they start on Monday and I really don't feel prepared at all. I'm psyching myself out for 3 quick weeks though, my exams always seem to fly by, which in some ways is really really good because it means that my trip to WDW will come so so quickly, but in other ways its so so bad because I won't have enough time to revise

Back to the PTR though, I got this through the post the other day...

So exciting!! You can only order it when you're over 18 and seeing as I turned 18 earlier this month I ordered it. Infact if I'm entirely honest, and maybe a little bit sad, I ordered it on my birthday, just to sorta prove that I was indeed 18!!! Anyways it is so SO good! I've already watched it lots!! I watch it before I go to bed, it tends to relax me a little bit from the revision and lets me sleep, if I'm not too excited. There's an advert that used to be shown on TV here a while back advertising DLRP that showed these kids trying to sleep the night before and their parents telling them to be quiet, the catch phrase was always 'I can't sleep I'm too excited!!', so unless the DVD gets me like that I tend to sleep quite well after watching it!! I'm guessing it's the same as the American version, but it annoys me stupid because it keeps giving the web addresses as .c-o.uk rather than .co.uk.... if you get me!! haha. Never mind all is good!

Mum's started reading the WDW book now and she's been asking me all about it, I tried to introduce her to the DIS but she seemed a little aprehensive, I hope she does join, it's an amazing place! She didn't quite understand the concept of soarin' so I used the DIS to show her what people thought about it and the basic concept, she was suitably impressed! So there maybe hope! She's also written a list of everything that needs to be done before we go, like booking a taxi to take us to the airport in the morning, and to collect us afterwards, she's in the midst of sorting out all our documents to travel with and Dad's gonna fill in our Visa's tomorrow! It's so so close now, yay!

She's seriously talking about our next trip to the World as well, she's mentioning dates and actually talking about when we next go... not if. At the moment she's got her eyes set on the summer between my third year and my brothers first year (if he goes) at Uni. Which will be 2011, but I think she'll come down on that! She knows that's wayyyyy to far off! Still we're going back!! She's also promised me that if I get the grades we can go to New York for christmas this year, or if that fails go to DLRP again, but for Christmas day this time!! So so excited, but so so nevous, this is totally grade depending now, so more reason for me to revise and more reasons to make me panic!!! I did however make the revision slightly more bearable by listening to this whilst I was doing it... well that was until my ipod died, then it was back to silence again!

So I think that's about all for my mini update... I do have more to say but I'm literally dying of no sleep!! I need to be awake for my last full day of revision before me exams!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Not a lot to tell but a little bit of exciting news, Mum emailed our hotel today on the off chance that we could ask for a room that was on the top floor so we could see the WDW fireworks from the balcony. We didn't hold out much hope but today we get an email back saying that our request has been put on our form and that when we check in just over 3 weeks we should have a room on the top floor in the building we want!!! YAY!

Mum's promised to ring and attempt to book some ADR's tomorrow as well, (better late than never I guess) think she finally gave up on Dad doing it! I think we're gonna go for Tusker house donald's breakfast and see if there is anything for Chef Mickey for dinner... we don't hold out any hope but they maybe able to squeeze us somewhere, we're only small!! Still I hope we get Tusker House!! If you can recommend any others that might have reservations (pref in the parks) please let me know, be good to consider all the options!!

Think that's it really, exams are in full swing at the moment and I hate them, still 2 weeks and they're over and 3 weeks and I go to WDW!!! yay!

 

[AGPrincess]

Sending pixie dust your way for good luck on exams! I'm sure you'll do great!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

WE GOT OUR TICKETS AND HOTEL VOUCHERS THROUGH!!
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It's getting so much closer now, we're going on a last minute shopping spree on friday to get the last bits and bobs and then after that we're gonna have to start packing... we've been told we can each take 2 suitcases weighing 23kg with us... which is A LOT! thats theoretically 8 suitcases each of 23kg That's a lot of shopping! :

Mum's subscribed to TGM as well so she's going through that printing stuff off and making copious notes. We've decided on eating at the Rainforest Cafe, Sci-Fi Diner, Liberty Tree Tavern and maybe Chef Mickey's and we're gonna ring up tonight to see if we can get any of them (took us a while to decide where to eat!) so fingers crossed!!!

Only 2 weeks 4 days left!!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Sending pixie dust your way for good luck on exams! I'm sure you'll do great!!

thankyou! I hope so, kinda loosing the will to live though at the moment!!!

 

[raph_b]

Wicked report!!

Good luck in your exams

 

[disneyhockeymad]

So we rang up WDW last night to see whether on the off chance they had any ADR's left for some of the places we wanted to go. We narrowed our choice down to 2 places we definately wanted to get ADR's for, the Sci-Fi Diner and Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House and the rest we were going to decide whether we wanted to go there or not on the day. We definately want to do the Rainforest Cafe in DTD and the Hard Rock Cafe in Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure though, but we're going to book them when we're there because we can't decide on a day yet!

So we rang up WDW and went through all the usual speil that they give you, we decided on 2 days, the 5th July for the Sci-Fi Diner and the 6th July for Tusker House breakfast... we got them both I was jumping around I was so happy, although they're a bit early, 4:55pm for the Sci Fi Diner and 8am scared1 for the breakfast we figured that that suits us down to the ground. Mum's happy too because now I can stop bugging her to ring!!

I'm so excited now... just 6 more exams to go and I can finally devote all my attention to WDW!!!

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

hi!! thanks for reading my TR. I figured, I better return the favor! When I worked at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at MK, I would get tons of princesses from England and I still can't get over the fact that you stay for 2 or three weeks! I had one princess once that was staying at WDW for 3 weeks and then going to Key West in FL for a week. You really know how to vacation don't you?!!

You seem so excited and I love all the pictures!! Keep twisting dads arm about your 21st! My dad always says we will not go back and we do but at least you have DLP, I would love to see it!

Thanks for reading mine, I'm enjoying yours!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

hi!! thanks for reading my TR. I figured, I better return the favor! When I worked at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at MK, I would get tons of princesses from England and I still can't get over the fact that you stay for 2 or three weeks! I had one princess once that was staying at WDW for 3 weeks and then going to Key West in FL for a week. You really know how to vacation don't you?!!

You seem so excited and I love all the pictures!! Keep twisting dads arm about your 21st! My dad always says we will not go back and we do but at least you have DLP, I would love to see it!

Thanks for reading mine, I'm enjoying yours!

It's not worth the money if we don't stay for that length of time! The flights out of here are so expensive! Plus being the UK we hardly ever get any weather that anywhere near as nice as FL's, so obviously we have to come just to experience that!!
That princess doing 4 weeks is a little extreme though! I'm mightily impressed, I would love to stay for 4 weeks!!!

I am so excited, I made a chart abut how many days we have left the other day and printed it off about 6 times to put in various places around the house, my dad thinks I'm nuts! But he is warming to the idea of my 21st at WDW!! He won't forget that suggestion in a hurry!!!

DLP is great, if you ever get the chance you should definately visit it, that being said it's not as good as the world! (but where is?!)

 

[disneyhockeymad]

SINGLE DIGIT DANCE!!!



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As you can tell I'm a little excited, my last exam is tomorrow as well so I'm letting myself get in the mood!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Hey Dis!!
Only 5 days to go I'm getting so excited!
I've finished all my exams now and it's such a relief to know that they're over and done with and I don't have to worry about all the revision now, but I honestly now have no idea what to do with all my free time, and I'm trying to keep myself occupied before the results come out so they don't play on my mind too much!!

That being said I've think I've spent more time on the boards in 1 day then I did then entire 2 months I was caught up in exams, it's such a novelty that I'm still getting used to! Mum and I looked at everything again yesterday, all of TGM's options, most of the Dis topics on various things and looked up what we need for the hotel etc, was such good fun! We're getting proper excited now, I don't think I've ever seen mum this excited!, and dad and my brother are still non fussed, although they have their moments!

We've started packing as well, (when I work out how to put all my photos on to my laptop from my NEW camera then I'll post a picture of our hilarious piles of clothes, toiletries and goodness know's what else that have formed around the house!), mum's panicking slightly as she doesn't think she'll have enough time to do it all, I'm sure we will but it will be a close call!

Oooh I've just realised the time, I need to dash otherwise I'll miss my bus to take me to work! I promise I'll update with pictures later and I'll give you the proper low down on our progress!!

5 days!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Grr my laptop really doesnt like me this is the second time it's made me write a whole big comment twice! I'll attempt to remember as best as I can!

So I finally worked out how to put the photos from my camera on to the computer, it took me ages, where as before all I used to do was put the memory card into a slot in my laptop because I now have a new XD card it means it doesn't fit so I have to do it via cable which takes forever and has so many questions attached to it. Still I managed it and thought that I would show you the random 'organised' piles of clothes and various other things we're taking to WDW which keep springing up in the dining room in preperation to be packed on thursday when we have a whole day dedicated to packing and what not!

random clothes:

note the planning papers!

there's more piles like that everywhere, I don't know how we're gonna fit it in the suitcases!! Still it's all good! I'm getting so so excited I think my friends have caught on as well they keep asking me how long I have and what I plan to do, my best friends, who have never been to any Disney before, are even willing to go to DLP with me next year, I'm definately looking forward to that!

It's my leavers ball tonight and I'm in the midst of getting ready right now, my dress is hung up next to me and I've just painted my nails, we've hired a big red London bus to go to the ball in, there's 70 of us in total and I'm really looking forward to it, I'll be sure to post pictures tomorrow or thursday!

I think that's it for now, I need to keep getting ready, my hair is half done and my make up isn't even started! I have an hour and a half though so I think I'll be ok!!

4 days

 

[disneyhockeymad]

first let me start by saying.... 2 days!!!

I'm so unbelievably excited!!! I painted my nails in my special disney way today which got me even more excited because when I do that I know I'm getting close!!

Here's some pictures:

here's a close up:

And my toes:

as you can see I'm a pretty colourful person :

My leavers ball on Tuesday was fantastic, I had an amazing time, it was such a fantastic way to finish off the year and indeed my entire time at school The food was interesting, but being a fussy eater I expected it to be! My friends loved it though! Everyone looked so beautiful, it was really like a room full of princesses and princes, very disney-ish!! I felt like a bit of a princess I have to say, though you wouldn't catch me wearing my dress around WDW I love it wayyy too much

Here are some pictures (this is the first time I've posted a picture of myself on Dis, feel priviledged!)

that's me in my dress, I look a bit odd but the wind was in my eyes so I couldn't smile very easily!!!

Here's the bus we all went on, it was fantastic!

right so that's about it, packing day tomorrow, I'm working for a bit in the afternoon though so I guess my parent's will have to cope packing without me! lmao

if I haven't said it before... 2 days!![/

 

[RachelNinja]

Ahhhh, 2 more days?!? I'm so excited for you! And YAY for finishing your exams and having the ball! That bus looks SOOO cool! Way better than a limo! I don't care how fancy-shmancy the limo is, nothing beats that bus!

Your dress is also GORGEOUS (as are you haha, it's weird when posting the first picture on DIS)! Because it's black and white, you'll be able to wear it over and over again (as opposed to the very colorful and glittery bright dresses that just SCREAM prom or something like that).

Lastly ... love the nails! I like that blue the best. It's such a deep yet vibrant shade.

Do you have park outfits planned? I've never done that before but after seeing how everyone has special Disney shirts for the parks makes me want to do that next time!

AHHHHHHHHH, 2 more days!!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

on a slightly hyper note.... I LEAVE TOMORROW!!!!

I am so so excited, doesn't feel real though, I've been waiting a year for this, can't believe it's almost here!! I fly out from Gatwick at 11ish I think but we've booked the taxi for 7:15 we've already checked in online, and we're totally packed so it'll be shopping shopping and more shopping I think. My brother is planning on buying a Nintendo DS from the duty free shops and I think I may treat myself to one too, so we'll have those to entertain us, I also have a book, my ipod and a notepad to take crazy notes for my TR when I come back (which I dont want to happen ) I don't think I'll be able to sleep at all tonight I can't believe it's finally here!!

My mum thinks I'm crazy, I was walking around in my Tigger ears alll of today, until I had to go to work... don't think they'd have liked me turning up to work in those, although they would go well with the uniform I wear yellow and red... any guesses as to what I work as!?!!

This will be my last post in my PTR *sniffle* I've enjoyed writing in it, but I guess it's time to start the TR.. well almost, I have 2 weeks of the actually T part of the TR to go yet!!!

As first nights go we're landing at around 4ish Orlando time and we estimate getting to the hotel etc at around 6ish after all the checks, baggage claim, car getting etc. From then onwards we'll check in, find our room, dump the bags and run to DTD we need a Disney fix asap!! I don't know whether I've already said this but I'm so excited!!!

I'm off to eat dinner then listen to some Disney songs, only 12 hours to go until we leave

Byeeee!!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Ahhhh, 2 more days?!? I'm so excited for you! And YAY for finishing your exams and having the ball! That bus looks SOOO cool! Way better than a limo! I don't care how fancy-shmancy the limo is, nothing beats that bus!

I totally agree!!! The bus was so much better and much more fun than a limo ever would have been, we were singing so loudly and it looked really classy!!

Your dress is also GORGEOUS (as are you haha, it's weird when posting the first picture on DIS)! Because it's black and white, you'll be able to wear it over and over again (as opposed to the very colorful and glittery bright dresses that just SCREAM prom or something like that).

Thankyou I loved the dress, I plan to wear it whenever possible to any kind of formal uni event that I have in the future. It will get A LOT of wear!!!

Lastly ... love the nails! I like that blue the best. It's such a deep yet vibrant shade.

the blue is an awesome colour, but I have to say I love the orange, definately my favourite colour ever, but then that might be to do with the fact I adore Tigger!!!

Do you have park outfits planned? I've never done that before but after seeing how everyone has special Disney shirts for the parks makes me want to do that next time!

Nah I think my parents would kill me if I even suggested it, we're not ones to all wear the same. I do have a few disney t-shirts of my own in mind to wear though

AHHHHHHHHH, 2 more days!!!

TOMORROW!!!!!!