January 2009. . . Calling all Snowbirds ~ Part V

I got a PIN!!!! Not that I can use it, but- by golly, I got a PIN!!!:banana::banana::banana:

Which PIN did you get???

There seem to be a few of them out there right now. One is for some really good discounts on rooms - something like 40% I think, not sure of the dates. Then there's the one that I got - Free dining for dates clear through the week before Christmas!
 
Just booked our January trip! Had the sweetest cast member. She kept calling me 'my dear'. My southern soul just loves being called pet names. Belle was in the background watching Beauty and the Beast show on YouTube and screaming "Beast Nakey, Mommy. Beast Nakey!" She thought it was the funniest thing she had ever heard. :lmao:

We are booked Jan 2-9 at POFQ. Don't leak that on my PTR, though. I'm going to post about that and our special guest. The two inter-mingle and it makes for a good episode.:goodvibes

Shelly-I got the same PIN as you. Dates through Dec. I found it in my spam. Also, I can't find the 2010 Snowbirds thread. Can you PM me?
 
Dang!! I am wanting one of those Dec pins soooooo bad!!!! Since Mike wants to go back for Christmas time I neeeeeeed it. I check my mail and spam 1000 times a day. I think the Free Dining would be better for us than the 40% room discount, because I now have 4 of us on the adult plan. my middle one just turned 10, so that bumped him up. $$$$$ So..... hopefully I will get something this week. I HOPE.:confused:
 
Just booked our January trip! Had the sweetest cast member. She kept calling me 'my dear'. My southern soul just loves being called pet names. Belle was in the background watching Beauty and the Beast show on YouTube and screaming "Beast Nakey, Mommy. Beast Nakey!" She thought it was the funniest thing she had ever heard. :lmao:

We are booked Jan 2-9 at POFQ. Don't leak that on my PTR, though. I'm going to post about that and our special guest. The two inter-mingle and it makes for a good episode.:goodvibes

Shelly-I got the same PIN as you. Dates through Dec. I found it in my spam. Also, I can't find the 2010 Snowbirds thread. Can you PM me?

WOO HOO!!!:cheer2: Yeah for you!!!! I need to book mine---you are inspiring me!!!! I love when I get those super sweet cms!!!! Sometimes I have gotten one that's kinda crabby I just say ok, Thanks. and then I call back! Ha!! If I am planning a trip I need someone to be sweet and excited with me!!!! Mike isn't usually too excited--he is too busy thinking about the $$$:laughing: So, I gotta rely on the phone ladies!!!
 

Which PIN did you get???

There seem to be a few of them out there right now. One is for some really good discounts on rooms - something like 40% I think, not sure of the dates. Then there's the one that I got - Free dining for dates clear through the week before Christmas!

I got that one too, in Andy's mail. Here's hoping that we'll get good codes or deals for January!!! :grouphug:
 
I've refused to go to all my siblings graduations. I got out of the last one by volunteering to watch my cousin while my Uncle and Aunt went.




Hmm... my DH wouldn't let me go to Disneyland Paris when we were there a couple years back either. He wasn't my DH yet though. He used the rationale that his first Disney experience should be at the real thing. The only reason I let him get away with it was because we were only there for a couple days, and the tickets to Disneyland would have been expensive.
Personally I find Disney much less stressful than Europe, but we were also completely broke when we were there, so I couldn't plan as much in advance as I wanted to... The only reason I got to go to Paris was that my parents and grandparents sent money for my birthday.

Definitely research the various deals available, and you might be able to make both trips work. Europe is expensive and there's no way to guarantee the level of customer service that you get at Disney.
My DH's thinking is that if we are going to do Disney, we can go to FL. However if we want to see the Mona Lisa, going to FL won't help.:lmao: He plans on us spending most of our time in Paris in art museums. I just can't wait for the Michelangelo to arrive that one of the local museums purchased.

Just booked our January trip! Had the sweetest cast member. She kept calling me 'my dear'. My southern soul just loves being called pet names. Belle was in the background watching Beauty and the Beast show on YouTube and screaming "Beast Nakey, Mommy. Beast Nakey!" She thought it was the funniest thing she had ever heard. :lmao:

We are booked Jan 2-9 at POFQ. Don't leak that on my PTR, though. I'm going to post about that and our special guest. The two inter-mingle and it makes for a good episode.:goodvibes

Shelly-I got the same PIN as you. Dates through Dec. I found it in my spam. Also, I can't find the 2010 Snowbirds thread. Can you PM me?

I love that too. I was talking to a British friend about World of Warcraft using this over the computer voice thing. He kept calling me sweetheart, hun, and dear. After talking to him for like an hour, my DH asked me what he said. Honestly I couldn't remember a thing he said other than dear, hun and sweetheart.
Your daughter is at such a cute age. When I worked in daycare, one of my favorite classes to have was the 12-18 month old class. At the start of each day we had "circle time", and I was able to teach them to sit on carpet squares for the entire time. My DH thought I was crazy when I told him that I would get 6 12-18 month old to do it, but I was able to.
 
My DH's thinking is that if we are going to do Disney, we can go to FL. However if we want to see the Mona Lisa, going to FL won't help.:lmao: He plans on us spending most of our time in Paris in art museums. I just can't wait for the Michelangelo to arrive that one of the local museums purchased.

The Louvre is wonderful, though a bit daunting. We never actually made it to the Michaelangelo section though. I didn't realize this until after we had already left.
I made DH promise to take me back to Paris in the Spring some time. I was amazed just imagining what it would look like in the Spring with all the flowers.

Soleil - congrats on the plans!
 
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My DH's thinking is that if we are going to do Disney, we can go to FL. However if we want to see the Mona Lisa, going to FL won't help.:lmao: He plans on us spending most of our time in Paris in art museums. I just can't wait for the Michelangelo to arrive that one of the local museums purchased.

The Louvre is wonderful, though a bit daunting. We never actually made it to the Michaelangelo section though. I didn't realize this until after we had already left.
I made DH promise to take me back to Paris in the Spring some time. I was amazed just imagining what it would look like in the Spring with all the flowers.

Soleil - congrats on the plans!

The plan so far is to have 3 days in London, 3 in Paris, and then 2 days for travel. I am going to look through all the museums in Paris, and have planned out what we're going to see. I know we will only see a fraction, but it will be the fraction that is most important to us. As far as London goes, the DH only wants to spend one full day in London and then the other two exporing other things close by. I am hoping that there is a theatre that has a production of the Phantom of the Opera running while we are there. It has been a dream of mine to see Phantom in London. I tried to convince my DH to add a day to it to go to Oberammergau, Germany to see their Passion Play that they only do every 10 years, and he looked at me like I was crazy. Actually his response was, "and what are you smoking, Kim".
Right now I am planning 3 trips, b/c I am still working on the figures as to what we are actually going to do. The London/Paris trip, a January WDW trip in case we don't go to Europe with us staying at the CR, and a January WDW trip in case they have the 4/3 deal with us staying at the PC.
 
Soleil- Congrats on booking! I just booked yesterday and it felt great to make it official! My CM wasn't as chipper as she could have been.

Shawna I hope you get that free dining code or at least that it's extended through December for you. Didn't they extend free dining for the public through Dec. last year?
 
Soleil- Congrats on booking! I just booked yesterday and it felt great to make it official! My CM wasn't as chipper as she could have been.

Shawna I hope you get that free dining code or at least that it's extended through December for you. Didn't they extend free dining for the public through Dec. last year?

Sorry you didnt get a REAL magical CM. That's just irritating. I don't know about last year, i think they did...but we did Jan, so I got the 4/3 deal. I don't care if it's FD, 40% room discount or 4/3.... I just want something!!! I hope we all get super PINs!!!!
 
If I get a 40% PIN, I'm upgrading to Deluxe.:thumbsup2 I don't want to do the same resort two years in a row, but I so enjoyed the boatride to Magic Kingdom. That would be great with a two year old.

I'm excited about PORFQ, but I'm not 100% sold on it. Seriously hoping that I can upgrade somehow.
 
If I get a 40% PIN, I'm upgrading to Deluxe.:thumbsup2 I don't want to do the same resort two years in a row, but I so enjoyed the boatride to Magic Kingdom. That would be great with a two year old.

I'm excited about PORFQ, but I'm not 100% sold on it. Seriously hoping that I can upgrade somehow.

Hope you get that PIN!!! If you upgrade, think about the CR. That's where we stayed for our first trip with Gracie. She looooved looking out the balconey at the castle. She was 18 mths on her first tirip---it was pretty amazing being that close to the MK.Do you know that my bunch was sooooo crazy about the monorail, that we rode it over to the MK every time. We didn't even walk.....they were a tiny bit obsessed with it....hubby included:snooty:
Question...Would you go Nov28-Dec6....knowing the majority of kids are back in school....or wait till Dec5-13th. The 4th is my sons 14th bday and I don't want the other 2 to feel like we go just for his bday. I can't take the other 2 on their bday, because one is Mother's Day weekend, and the other one is Easter!!!!!! We have been on his bday before--twice actually, just because it worked out that way. My only hiccup is the 2nd week of Dec is that Pop Warner cheer thing and I read on here somewhere that this week will be blacked out for any room discounts. And, if they dont offer FD or 4/3, I don't want to miss it just becuase of the week we are going. I can do either one, just wondered what you all would do?
 
Hello Snowbirds!

Congrats on booking your trip Kim! :goodvibes

I was going to PM you Soleil but I see you found the 2010 thread. You may need to take it over soon, I am thinking about making use of my PIN and going in November. . . . :scared1: I know!!

Nothings definite yet, still thinking. . . . .

That's a tough one Shawna. I'd probably go for the earlier week in hopes of less crowds. I have heard in recent years the all of December is getting to be quite busy, not just the end of the month anymore.
 
Shelly, I know....that's what has got me bummed!! Mike likes the idea of the 5th too, but if it's crowded or we miss a code he doesn't want to do it. so...here I sit waiting on a stinkin' PIN to call my name!!!!
I think you would like November...it's still warm enough to do shorts/swim. You wouldn't have to pack for 2 extremes!!! Are you gonna do the YC/BC?
 
Shelly, I know....that's what has got me bummed!! Mike likes the idea of the 5th too, but if it's crowded or we miss a code he doesn't want to do it. so...here I sit waiting on a stinkin' PIN to call my name!!!!
I think you would like November...it's still warm enough to do shorts/swim. You wouldn't have to pack for 2 extremes!!! Are you gonna do the YC/BC?

I am afraid the YC/BC is out of the question for this next trip. DH's hours have been cut at work. And of course there are always unexpected expenses with moving. So, if I do go ahead and book soon (for either Nov of Jan) I think I will book a moderate and see where we are financially before I think about upgrading to a deluxe.

So, I am leaning towards giving POR a try since it's the only moderate we haven't been to. . .

I hope you get a PIN soon! :wizard:
 
How is the moving going? I know it's exciting, but the paperwork...GEESH!! Can they drag it out any longer? I didn't realize your hubby had work hours cut...that's always hard. I am sure your little guys are excited about moving, huh? Hopefully it will all be smooth sailing and over before you know it!!
 
How is the moving going? I know it's exciting, but the paperwork...GEESH!! Can they drag it out any longer? I didn't realize your hubby had work hours cut...that's always hard. I am sure your little guys are excited about moving, huh? Hopefully it will all be smooth sailing and over before you know it!!

The moving is going very painfully!! Our buyers are great, no problems on that end. But the sellers of the house we are buying - what a nightmare!!! :eek: Our attorney has requested that he has all the signed paperwork from them 72 hours prior to closing, that way there will be no last minute surprises. So, hopefully by the end of the month it will all be over and it will be smooth sailing from there.
 
Right now I am planning 3 trips, b/c I am still working on the figures as to what we are actually going to do. The London/Paris trip, a January WDW trip in case we don't go to Europe with us staying at the CR, and a January WDW trip in case they have the 4/3 deal with us staying at the PC.
What a wonderful dilemma to have! But you've stumped me - what's the PC?

Question...Would you go Nov28-Dec6....knowing the majority of kids are back in school....or wait till Dec5-13th. The 4th is my sons 14th bday and I don't want the other 2 to feel like we go just for his bday. I can't take the other 2 on their bday, because one is Mother's Day weekend, and the other one is Easter!!!!!! We have been on his bday before--twice actually, just because it worked out that way. My only hiccup is the 2nd week of Dec is that Pop Warner cheer thing and I read on here somewhere that this week will be blacked out for any room discounts. And, if they dont offer FD or 4/3, I don't want to miss it just becuase of the week we are going. I can do either one, just wondered what you all would do?
I would do Nov. 28 - Dec. 6 and celebrate your son's birthday! As a December baby (the 14th), I can tell you that the opportunities to celebrate one's birthday are few and far between! Everyone's busy preparing for the holidays, there are multiple parties that people go to so your plain old birthday party gets lost in the shuffle, too many goodies so the cake you bring in to school is not special, "combined" birthday/Christmas/Chanukah gifts, etc. (My office has birthday cake for employees once a month - for every month except December! "We'll have our holiday party instead." Bah, humbug! But I'm not bitter! :rotfl:) Let the kid have the day!

Especially this year, with the birthday bonuses. If you don't want to get the gift card just for the birthday boy, how about getting the Birthday Fast Passes? That way all the kids share. (Besides, how will he feel if he realizes that you specifically didn't go on his birthday?)
 
Hey Birdies! :goodvibes

Hope everyone is having a great day! :) It is cloudy and raining here today! :umbrella: DH and I are going to the girls' school for "Family Picnic Day" for lunch today! Just wanted to drop in and say HEY to y'all before I head out! :hug:

So happy for all of you who are receiving PINs! That's so AWESOME! :woohoo: Although I will be sad if you have to defect to November Shelly! :sad2: You gotta do what you gotta do though.

I am feeling the Disney BUG something fierce today! I just want to sit in front of my computer and planplanplanplan! :surfweb: It's a disease, I know! I am seriously looking into therapy! :lmao:

Well, gotta get ready for the picnic! Hope all the house stuff goes well for you Soleil and Shelly! :)
 













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