Jen and Brook's Excellent Adventure

[tinacaplan]

Sounds fun!

 

[jenseib]

Joining in!

Hey Lisa!!!

So excited to read about all of your plans.

Thanks for stopping by. I think this is going to be an "excellent" trip!

Sounds like such a great opportunity!

I will be interested in reading about what the training sessions were like. And also the fun stuff you can manage to jam into those days.

I am so excited to see what they have in sotre for us. We have an itinerary,...subject to change of course, but it looks very exciting.

 

[Beth D]

Count me in!

 

[jenseib]

Sounds fun!

Thanks for joining in!!

Count me in!

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

I'm in! Going back now to read!

See what I mean.... page 2! I'll never make the front page!

 

[stephielela]

Joining in! Man, I sleep in this morning and completely miss page 1 status! I will follow along and try to get tips for the next one which i WILL go to. I can't stand the idea of missing out twice!

 

[LuvEeyore]

Loving the last adventure so joining you for your next one!!

 

[jenseib]

I'm in! Going back now to read!

See what I mean.... page 2! I'll never make the front page!

Don't worry. I always think if I make 1 of the 1st 3 pages i am doing gooe. And I guess if I didn't have all my replies, you could've been on page 1!!

Joining in! Man, I sleep in this morning and completely miss page 1 status! I will follow along and try to get tips for the next one which i WILL go to. I can't stand the idea of missing out twice!

Hi there! Glad you could make it. I actually couldn;t sleep in this morning. My mind kept racing all last night, so I took the opportunity to start writing this instead.

Loving the last adventure so joining you for your next one!!

Thanks so much for joining in this round of fun too!

 

[Daddy_of_Princesses]

Hey Jen, only you could have a ptr start 4 hours ago, and already be on page 2.

I am still working on that TR and I invite you all to read it, along with my dining report from that trip as well.

Be sure to set aside about 4 days to read her TR's. The one isn't close to being done and is over 80 pages.

SO...Why am I going without my family this trip???

The real question is, Why are you going without me again??? Of course, I ask everybody who goes without me the same question.

 

[walt's girl]

Super excited to follow along!!

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Stephanie is also another fellow Travel agent that can't make it. She (and Hope) both have trips planned for later in the Fall though.

Me too! Which is why I couldn't make it just a month or so before. I think I'll be there JUST before Stephanie and Hope. Your trip will help us make it through!!

 

[jenseib]

Hey Jen, only you could have a ptr start 4 hours ago, and already be on page 2.




Be sure to set aside about 4 days to read her TR's. The one isn't close to being done and is over 80 pages.



The real question is, Why are you going without me again??? Of course, I ask everybody who goes without me the same question.

You are sooooo funny! I almost forgot to laugh!



I think you should start planning your next trip though . I loved reading about your last one!

Super excited to follow along!!

Thanks so much for joining in...And Welcome to the Dis!

Me too! Which is why I couldn't make it just a month or so before. I think I'll be there JUST before Stephanie and Hope. Your trip will help us make it through!!

I forgot you were goin in the Fall too. How could I forget that? I hope you do a Tr about it. You look like such a fun couple!

 

[mommybean]

I'm heeeere!!!! Wish I was going with y'all ... maybe next time! I will just have to live vicariously thru your TR

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Holy Hannah - 3rd page already????

I am thinking about becoming a travel agent too - maybe there's too many already! I may need to pick some of your brains (or maybe I should just crash this AEP!)

Hey Brook - I'm here in MN! Come say hi!!!

 

[Mindy5767]

Hi, I'm here!!

I'm so excited I have never done a pre-trip report... so if you don't mind... I'll tag along here!!

I will also be along on the AEP. I signed up before Patty, so hopefully since she requested me, they will put us together. I didn't know she was going when I signed up. I had already had my Disney summer vacation planned for August 18th to the 25th at our Home Resort, Saratoga Springs, before the AEP opportunity came up. So the AEP overlaps our family vacation by one day. I will be flying down by myself on August 15th. I got a flight that with tax and fees comes out to $108. BUT to flight a reasonable itinerary, at a decent price, I have to fly out of Baltimore. I'm on Southwest. This is annoying because I live 10 minutes from Washington Dulles Airport. Baltimore is probably about 1 hour and 15 minutes at the time that I have my flight... which is early in the morning... but its a Monday... so I may need to leave an hour and 45 minutes early (that's an hour and 45 minutes before the 2 hour arrival window). So REALLY early. We are not early people! We aspire to be early people... but its never happened. We have closed down parks, but never done a rope drop! I have a one way flight, because my DH and DD9 will be joining me down as planned on the 18th. They're taking the auto-train. DH is taking his Honda Civic. Its cheaper to take the Civic than our Van or Truck on the auto-train. The Truck (which has take the train) has to have its mirrors folded in to make measurement for the train. But the van and truck require paying more. Anyway, I'll be returning on the 25th with them on the Amtrak Auto-train to Lorton. Lorton is about 45 minutes from our home in Northern Virginia. We are on the western suburban edge of the Washington DC metro area. At least it was the edge or the edges edge when they build the airport (way out here) in 1962.

Now before we leave for Florida. We're taking a trip to visit my in-laws in Texas. That's another challenging place to fly into. My in-laws live near Waco Texas. That means flying into Austin (choice 1) or Dallas (choice 2). I can NEVER find a decent flight into Austin. So DD and I are flying from Dulles to Dallas on July 13th returning the 20th. I have already bought those tickets on American Airlines. It was a better itinerary non-stop, even with paying for 1 suitcase. Henry isn't sure yet if he can get away from work, so he will let us know and see what kind of flights he can get. His parents really want to see him, so that would be nice. We are going on a RCCL Caribbean cruise with them between Christmas and New Years, but that's a long way away. They haven't visited here since my son's graduation from High School in June 2010. So a year.

Oh yes... throw in a little about me. I have a grown daughter Lily. Lily will be 23 this August. Lily is married to Ron. Ron WAS in the active duty army and served in Iraq. Now he and Lily are living with us. It is NOT easy! When he returned from Iraq, he shortly thereafter went reserve. They moved from the area of the base in upstate New York back in with us until either of them can find a job. I'm a waitin' Prospect just don't pan out. He was an arms person. Not too many civilian jobs for someone whose job experience is assembling and disassembling and tracking and maintaining weapons and heavy machinery. He's applied to several police academies. So... We have that going on. And my son Max the Eagle Scout, is home for the summer. He talked us into allowing his girlfriend to come home with him for the summer so she wouldn't have to go back to rural Kansas. So its a full house and all I seem to do all week is shop and re-shop at Costco! They're eating me out of house and home!! I SOOOO need a vacation. Max and his girlfriend attend Florida Tech in Melbourne Florida, so Max and Casey might be able to come join us after they get back, before classes begin on Monday the 22nd. Their plan is to drive back to Florida in our Truck, pulling her car on a dolly. That's house they got here. Truck down on Auto-train... then drove back with Casey's car on dolly.

So far to get ready for our trip... I've done nothing but plan clothing. Last time we were there in August it was so hot that jeans shorts an other heavy weight shorts were too hot for me. Until then, DD turns 9 on Friday.... oh yeah... today is Henry's and my 25th wedding anniversary. We have a wedding to go to on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Saturday, we take DD9 to Girl Scout mini-overnight camp (til Wed.) on Sunday and after camp, I have my friend's daughter's bat mitzvah (which I'm helping with) on the 9th, Heidi's 9th birthday party on the 10th (which I have to send out invites to) and then we're leaving on the 13th for Texas, returning the 20th, THEN on the 30th, I'm going to the Outter Banks of NC (Corolla) with DD9 with my sister's family (including her in-laws) for a week, returning the 5th of August (which is Casey's 19th birthday). THEN.... the AEP is just 10 days later. Its gonna be a busy crazy summer... which is why I think I'd better piggy back here!! Hope this post was toooo long... ok it is.... but I'm sso excited. We're going to have so much fun. I haven't been to Disney with a friend (without family) since 1984.

 

[Missyrose]

Hi I stopped over from Brook's TR, can't wait to hear what you ladies have planned!

 

[jenb1023]

Joining in! Thanks for the link on Brook's TR! I can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

I forgot you were goin in the Fall too. How could I forget that? I hope you do a Tr about it. You look like such a fun couple!

Oh you should read some of our past TRs in my sig! We certainly know how to have fun in WDW!! I do have a PTR but it's been kind of slow lately.......

 

[jenseib]

I'm heeeere!!!! Wish I was going with y'all ... maybe next time! I will just have to live vicariously thru your TR

I wish you were too!

Holy Hannah - 3rd page already????

I am thinking about becoming a travel agent too - maybe there's too many already! I may need to pick some of your brains (or maybe I should just crash this AEP!)

Hey Brook - I'm here in MN! Come say hi!!!

I read this morning that this program is aready at full capacity.

Hi, I'm here!!

I'm so excited I have never done a pre-trip report... so if you don't mind... I'll tag along here!!

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Yay Mindy is here!

I will be more than glad to have all your plans here. It helps us all get our minds straight. You dod have one busy summer. And I hadn't realized that everyone was living with you right now either. That would be so stressful.

Hi I stopped over from Brook's TR, can't wait to hear what you ladies have planned!

So glad you could join us! I think this is going to be such a fun experience!

Joining in! Thanks for the link on Brook's TR! I can't wait to hear all about it!

Brook writes fantastic TR's! This recent one has been a little slow... Ahem.... ....but it's still great. She has since been to Disney again!!!! on a solo/girlfriend trip and is now off on a big jet airplane visiting family in MN.

Oh you should read some of our past TRs in my sig! We certainly know how to have fun in WDW!! I do have a PTR but it's been kind of slow lately.......

I see that now. I'll have to go read it. It might take me a few days. I am so behind in all my catching up lately.

 

[SoonerGirl]

Joining in! Looking forward to hearing you ladies have planned!