I've got all my reservatioins and ordered my tickets finally!

[CinderellaDreamer]

So, I had to wait until this week to order my tickets (I know, many thought that I was just being wishy-washy about the EE and how many days), but I was finally able to order them from getawaytoday.com. I ordered the 4 day passes and will get the two EE's! So happy!

I got my Unofficial Guide to DL from Amazon this week too! Returned the 2007 book to the library.

I got one Toontown Madness ticket from a very generous Dis-er, so dd (2 yrs.) and I will go one day.

I have reservations at ONE hotel now. haha Emailed the Desert Inn to ask how much it would be to add two more nights to my ressies I made back in August. The very nice Marcy gave me two more nights at the $99 rate I had back in August, as opposed to the $130 rate offered now! So nice!! We are in a parlor suite so the early risers can go in the parlor in the morning. And I like the milk offered for free in the continental breakfast (Tropicana charged for it and didn't have a suite available). I know parking will be tight, but we only have the one rental car.

I made dining reservations for each day. Goofy's Kitchen, Ariel's Grotto (for dd), Blue Bayou (for Ds's), and Carnation Cafe (just cause the food sounds good). I need to figure out who has a birthday bucket for sure so that we can go there the last day for DH's birthday. Does Carnation Cafe have them, anyone?

I'm just really excited! (Can you tell??) There were a lot of times when it looked like we might have to cancel our trip (and eat the loss of the plane tickets), so I'm happy we are finally committed!

We have year round school here in NC, so we are going out for two weeks while the twins are tracked out of school in November. Four days in DL, 6 in San Diego (two days at Seaworld, and two days at Legoland w/ a coupon from another generous Dis-er), and then 3 days in AZ where we fly back home after visiting with family.

Can't wait! 1st time to DL after having been to WDW. I love that we are staying so close to the parks. Its just awesome. Can walk without a shuttle bus, go back to the hotel whenever we like. Eat outside the park if need be. And love the extra FL rides! We spend lots of time there with little people in our family. And I love character meals. *I* do. Its supposed to be for the kids, but its really for ME!! lol

Sorry for a long, rambly, pointless post about our trip, but I don't have anyone else to share with my excitement! Everyone just says, 'You're going to Disney AGAIN?!?'

Why would I go anywhere else?

 

[samkj]

Congrats on everything being ready! You will have a wonderful trip!

 

[CinderellaDreamer]

Thank you, Amy! I am just so excited about it all! We've had some serious health issues and bad news in our family, and so I am really looking forward to getting away and enjoying ourselves. Originally, we were going to go for just a week and then stay a week with my sister in AZ. Sinced then she has had a re-occurance of breast cancer and is not doing well. She is having chemo once a week and cannot be around my kids, unfortunately; even though she would love to see them. So we didn't think we would go at all. Then weren't sure we could afford to go and stay in a hotel for two weeks. (But then, Dh did some extra computer work for a neighbor's business, so we can now afford to go for the two weeks.)

So now I get to go and see my sister at the end of the trip. The kids will just stay at the hotel with dad while I visit. I am going to see her and help take care of her at the end of this month too while my mother-in-law takes care of the kids. So I will get to see her twice in the next month.

And I had a scare of my own when my gyn found something during my annual exam a couple of weeks ago. I got an all clear on Tuesday though, and went ahead and ordered our tickets!

Planning a Disney trip is a nice stress-reliever for me. And thinking about happy family times together keeps me going.

I hope that my sister and I will be able to go for a long weekend in the late spring when she finishes chemo. Its my hope for us to have a nice girl's weekend together. She has never been to EPCOT and really would like to go.

Sorry to dump my sob story on you. I know there are people on here who have been through much worse. But this is our story, and I guess our pre-trip report.

Thanks for listening!

 

[beansf]

I am so happy for you (and your sister) that you are getting to visit. Nothing is better for a woman than the love of a sister. Have a wonderful time