January 2009. . . Calling all Snowbirds ~ Part IV !!!

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Good morning Snowbirds!

I've missed you! I thought life would slow down a little after Christmas, but no such luck. Now I'm about 50 pages behind on this thread, and I haven't even read about Shelly's big Reveal! I may not ever catch up, so I hope everyone is doing well and ready to go see Mickey! I know I missed Sarah's birthday yesterday... hope you had a good one! My sweet baby girl turned 1 yesterday! Where does the time go?

I finally made a countdown calendar yesterday, starting with 15 days to go! DH and the boys were impressed with the clever use of Home Depot paint chips. DIS gets the credit for that!

But now Disney has me totally re-thinking my plans! They just came out with a special ticket offer for military folks...it's a great deal, but it's only good on 5-day tickets (not upgradable). We already purchased 7-day hoppers, which we could save for another trip someday, but I'll need to re-plan this trip with only 5 "major" park days. I hope that doesn't sound whiney--I love saving money so I'm excited about the deal! Here's a question...what can we use "water park fun & more" on? Pleasure Island is closed, Typhoon Lagoon is in rehab. We're thinking of Blizzard Beach, but I'm afraid it will be too cold. I'm sure the boys would love DisneyQuest (which I've never told them about since we've never had time for it). Anything else I'm forgetting? Did they add one of the mini-golfs to it? I suppose I could go look it up.

Totally off topic, but I'd appreciate your prayers for my dear friend Janet. Her baby Benjamin arrived on his due date just after Christmas, but he had died earlier that day. DD and I are flying to Denver on Wednesday to attend his memorial service. I don't know what to say to her but hope I can offer some support and comfort.

Good to hear from you!

Happy Birthday to your baby girl!

I'm so sorry about your friend losing her baby. That is terrible. She will definitely be in our prayers.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Tomorrow! We leave tomorrow! I checked the forecast, and I think I should throw in extra shorts. I packed for cold weather, and it is looking alot warmer.

I printed boarding passes, stopped the mail, made one last Walmart run...ready to roll! I suppose I could finish cleaning up the house. I hate to come home to a less-than clean looking house.

Have a great trip!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Totally off topic, but I'd appreciate your prayers for my dear friend Janet. Her baby Benjamin arrived on his due date just after Christmas, but he had died earlier that day. DD and I are flying to Denver on Wednesday to attend his memorial service. I don't know what to say to her but hope I can offer some support and comfort.

Your dear friend Janet and her family will be in my thoughts and prayers!! Just being there will be a source of comfort to her I'm sure!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Good morning Snowbirds!

I've missed you!
Totally off topic, but I'd appreciate your prayers for my dear friend Janet. Her baby Benjamin arrived on his due date just after Christmas, but he had died earlier that day. DD and I are flying to Denver on Wednesday to attend his memorial service. I don't know what to say to her but hope I can offer some support and comfort.

We've missed you too. SO SORRY to hear of your friend's tragic loss! You and she are in my prayers..

Tomorrow! We leave tomorrow! I checked the forecast, and I think I should throw in extra shorts. I packed for cold weather, and it is looking alot warmer.

I printed boarding passes, stopped the mail, made one last Walmart run...ready to roll! I suppose I could finish cleaning up the house. I hate to come home to a less-than clean looking house.

Don't forget to adjust your thermostat (We in the cold turn it down a ways) and unplug certain appliances. HAVE A GREAT TRIP!!!

Oh me too...half the time I come and ask on here first before I even google my question because someone on here is going to know the answer for me LOL

Likewise! I did encounter some trouble with the Disney site over the weekend too.

Good morning, Snowbirds! Hope you all slept well! I finished many of our t-shirts and they turned out well! I did notice the DISign had a spelling error AFTER printing them all! Instead of "starring The Dressler Family" it says "staring The Dressler Family." Scot didn't notice and even after I pointed it out we questioned the spelling.

I can't worry about it...the shirts are done and I'm sure someone will point it out to us, but my kids won't notice and we will be staring, wide-eyed at everything, right? Accurate! Today I still have about 25 shirts to do and we're off to Walmart this morning to buy the last minute things. I'll start packing the suitcases tonight. I plan to use 2 gallon ziplocks and 1 gallon for the smaller people to pack their clothes. That idea sounds like a dream! No fights about who's wearing what and the suitcase doesn't get dumped all over in a frantic effort to find something! Love it!

And looks like we'll have 2 good sized carry-ons where we'll pack a change of clothes for each of us, plus the "park essentials" and a few snacks. The kids will carry small backpacks on the plane with their entertainment options. And that's that.

Does it sound like I'm at least decently organized? Still have some of this to get done. That's neverending with 4 kids!

I can't believe I'm going to Disney in just 3 days. We've known each other for quite awhile, haven't we!

YAY!! That's a lot of t-shirts!! I think you sound quite organized! I only hope I am when my turn comes. Which, by the way is three weeks from TODAY!! Now that all my Christmas stuff is out of the way, I can start packing!! WOOHOO!

 

[drakes]

Quick question-What is North Face? I see it on lots of stuff and never knew exactly what it was.

A clothing line - includes shoes and accessories. Usually out of our priceline! LOL Similar to Columbia.

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Drakes~ thanks-I doubt I will ever have any of that!! Ha! Unless they are on super-sale!!

Pluto-fan~ Your friend Janet will be in my prayers--Bless their hearts.

Carrie~ You are sounding totally organized to me!! Glad you are getting it under control---now you can relax a bit.

Red~~~ I am soooo not crafty, but my younger son came through and saw your shirts and asked if I could make him some . so...... I know nothing of this- as I have been skimming all of your lovely crafty instructions. could you do me a favor pretty pretty please? Can you PM me or I will give you my email addy and tell me step-by-step how to do this? I am totally clueless and your shirts are so great!!!!
Our trip is in less than 3 weeks,so i need to get busy---- i will tell them they are for our 09 trip (which they think is in October!!). That way they can help pick out colors for T's. In your honest opinion--is it cheaper to just order shirts from disney stores online, or do this yourself? All help appreciated!!!!

 

[Dancegrl624]

Shelly, I added another ADR - T-Rex Cafe Jan 26 @ 12:30. My oldest is going to freak out He loves Dinos

Just so everybody who wants to get reservations there knows. They started taking them today and the guy on the phone told me that it has been crazy!
407-828-8739

Thanks for the info! I was just getting ready to call them! I just got off the phone with Disney dining. My DH saw the menu for lunch at Akershus and got a bit concerned. They had some openings for breakfast, but their system keeps freezing up! So, they told me to call back in 30 minutes or so. So frustrating!!!

 

[Lil'Mermaid75]

Thanks for the info! I was just getting ready to call them! I just got off the phone with Disney dining. My DH saw the menu for lunch at Akershus and got a bit concerned. They had some openings for breakfast, but their system keeps freezing up! So, they told me to call back in 30 minutes or so. So frustrating!!!

Has anyone seen a menu yet for T-Rex? We were thinking of eating there our first night, as our son LOVES dinos!

 

[drakes]

Hello Birdies!!!

STRESS CITY here today!

We shopped till we dropped this weekend, I bought stuff I would NEVER treat mysef to, because of the sales!
I tried on all my pants that I want to take- most are the long pants you roll up and button as carpis in light cotton weight fabric. When we went in JAN 2007 I wore mainly capris and jeans, only shorts to cover up my swim suit. All this talk about shorts has me concerned. I am not a shorts person unless it is hot hot hot!

I don't find the FLA temps humid, so I hope I'll be ok.

I still have not touched my new camera. I said I wasn;t going to take it and DH was upset. It is stressing me out, Digital SLR, give me automatic with the same quality - please

We have our totes organized and I started laundry. I was able to get DD some more cpirs that fit- did I post I lost/ misplaced a whole tot e of her summer clothes- .

DH has been working hard- we create our own trip book, this includes our ADR's, menus, park goals and any notes or tips I have found. It has to be done by the end of the week to get bound. DH has all my info and is cutting and psting it, I then need to "sign off " on the fianl version. I love the idea, but it is time consuming and DH is not a mind reader... I think we're obsessive.

I have 2 binders, one divided by parks, the other divided by days! Why do i jhave som much paper and weight to take with me- it's crazy. I have to take the binders because these are my plans. In 2007 we planned but not this ecessively- knowledge is danger! DIS boards is danger too much info overload!

Other good ideas for packing
1. powerbar
2. mini keychain flashlight
3. nightlight
4. pop up hamper
5. glow sticks ( for night time)
6. pressed penny tubes
7. ponchos

the more I come across the more I will share!

 

[Lil'Mermaid75]

Has anyone seen a menu yet for T-Rex? We were thinking of eating there our first night, as our son LOVES dinos!

Nevermind...I found it! It helps to venture into other areas of this site instead of just the Snowbirds thread!

 

[Northern Disney Girl]

Shelly, I added another ADR - T-Rex Cafe Jan 26 @ 12:30. My oldest is going to freak out He loves Dinos

Just so everybody who wants to get reservations there knows. They started taking them today and the guy on the phone told me that it has been crazy!
407-828-8739

Yahoo! I just got an ADR for our arrival day! January 19th @5pm! The guy who answered the phone said "oh we aren't taking any reservations yet, walk ins only!" So I said "Yes you are, I just spoke with a friend who made a reservation not even an hour ago for the 26th of January!" So he goes" Oh soory you're right will you please hold for a minute?" I waited about 2 minutes and then a woman comes on the phone and says "sorry for the confusion, we just started taking reservations today!"

My kids are so going to freak! They LOVE Dinosaurs!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Okay but is anyone else excited about the new season of the Bachelor starting tonight???

 

[ethansmommy]

Okay but is anyone else excited about the new season of the Bachelor starting tonight???

I cant wait to watch it tonight...I was so sad when Deanna (sp) didnt pick Jason on the bachelorette.

 

[Dancegrl624]

Has anyone seen a menu yet for T-Rex? We were thinking of eating there our first night, as our son LOVES dinos!

Glad you found the menu. All menus are available on allears.net as well. That's where I printed all of mine out from! I called T-Rex and didn't have to wait at all. I got a ressie for our arrival day. Woo Hoo! I'm about to call Disney dining again. I'm crossing my fingers that everything is all worked out. I'll post my new ADR once I have it!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

I cant wait to watch it tonight...I was so sad when Deanna (sp) didnt pick Jason on the bachelorette.

I know I was just so heartbroken for him! I said to myself - he better be the next bachelor, but I never thought they'd do it since he has a little boy. I was so excited when I saw the first preview that it was going to be him!!! I will be glued to the TV tonight from 8-10pm!

Did you see that Deanna broke up with Jesse? Who didn't see that coming???

 

[trixiequilts]

Okay but is anyone else excited about the new season of the Bachelor starting tonight???

I'll be watching because someone told me I had to try it!

::ahem:: Shelly

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Okay but is anyone else excited about the new season of the Bachelor starting tonight???

Nope, not a fan at all. I'm holding out for Lost! It starts up the week before I leave, so I have to remember to program the DVR!!
That's another thing to add to the to-do-before-we-leave list!! Set DVR for all important shows!!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

I'll be watching because someone told me I had to try it!

::ahem:: Shelly

It's gonna be a good one - I promise!

 

[trixiequilts]

Did you see that Deanna broke up with Jesse? Who didn't see that coming???

I never liked Deanna. Ever.

 

[ethansmommy]

I know I was just so heartbroken for him! I said to myself - he better be the next bachelor, but I never thought they'd do it since he has a little boy. I was so excited when I saw the first preview that it was going to be him!!! I will be glued to the TV tonight from 8-10pm!

Did you see that Deanna broke up with Jesse? Who didn't see that coming???

I thought the same thing when the show ended that he should defineatly be the next bachelor! I did not know that Deanna and Jesse broke up. I wonder how long they were together for?