July 2011:Calling all planners-Post your dates & Resort

[miprender]

Ohana's Best Friends Breakfast on 7/22! It starts at 7:30.. DH made it, so I have no idea if it's automatically 7:30, or do people have different times?

Sigh. My newbie is showing.. :\

It is just like the other character meals. Everyone has different ressies and the characters make the rounds all morning long. We love bfast there and can't wait to eat there again.

I am getting SO EXCITED!!!! My hubby will be home in 27 days and I CANNOT wait to give him a big old hug!!!!! My kids are ALL disney all the time! Disney music, disney movies... talking about rides ... remembering their favorites! I love it!

For DH coming home. And we are that family too always talking about Disney and listening to the music in the car

 

[tinkerbell60]

Mickey Mail arrived today!!! Received my DME documents!!

I am a little worried that I did not get the rest of the package documents, with the vouchers etc. Do they normally come separately from DME??

 

[GoofyMomInOhio]

Mickey Mail arrived today!!! Received my DME documents!!

I am a little worried that I did not get the rest of the package documents, with the vouchers etc. Do they normally come separately from DME??

No worries, they will come separately. I love getting Mickey Mail!!

 

[tinkerbell60]

No worries, they will come separately. I love getting Mickey Mail!!

Thanks!! I thought that might be the case. We have been doing room only the last several trips and/or driving so I could not remember!

I love Mickey Mail too!!!

 

[disneywatcher]

Ok came up with this ... I can change the outline color of the name/mickey head to whatever you like (or no outline if you prefer ...) I can also get rid of the drop shadow if you don't like it ... I like drop shadows

If you want one, please PM me! I don't always get to read every post in here... I will do as many as I can do

Just let me know this info via PM:

Name you want on it:________

Color for outlines on name and Mickey Head (or no outlines):___________

Drop Shadow yes or no?:_________

6"X6" or 3"x3" size?:_____________

Sent you a PM! Thanks again Grey!

I'm going out on a mission today, to find local trinkets to bring to the meet Right after the meeting I have at 9 Ugh!!

I was looking at the post PX yesterday, next up I will try clothing and sales and a few other places...were not really known for anything around here...if I have to though, I will go to my favorite place about an hour north of me and get keychain's from there. Alexandria Bay is awesome when it come's to sunsets.

We are definitely Rope Drop people! My kids are up at the crack of dawn anyways! We will have one day of MK EMH until 2am and I am hoping the kids will hang for some of it, with an afternoon rest back at the hotel ... I want to ride the big rides in the dark !!! Plus we can all ride BTMRR now so we can experience together in the dark

I am getting SO EXCITED!!!! My hubby will be home in 27 days and I CANNOT wait to give him a big old hug!!!!! My kids are ALL disney all the time! Disney music, disney movies... talking about rides ... remembering their favorites! I love it!

That first hug after being apart for so long is most deffinately the best feeling EVER!
Much as I'd love to be a RD kinda family, we like swimming at night after the parks.

I love compartments, but sometimes I they confuse me and I can't find anything -



BTMRR goes faster in the dark - at least my DD is convinced of that! Anticipation is so much fun!!!

I want to ride BTMRR and Splash after dark and if I can get myself to get over my fear of doing it at night, HM.

39 Day's until I get to hug and hold my DH again after 9 long month's of being apart and then 2 day's after that DISNEY! Still no Mickey Mail as yet, but it will come in the next few weeks' I'm sure.

 

[OneBadApple]

With all the talk about not getting to the parks are RD, I was wondering do you get in the big attractions like Soarin and TSM. My kids love the evening EMH, but don't like getting up in the morning. I was wondering if I should change my strategy.

I found a few bags that I like for the parks, even though I love the one I have, it's just getting old and they don't seem to make it any more.

Travelon Slim Line Messenger

Travelon Shoulder Bag (I'm leaning towards this one because I love the Eggplant color)

Travelon Large Messenger

Ok came up with this ... I can change the outline color of the name/mickey head to whatever you like (or no outline if you prefer ...) I can also get rid of the drop shadow if you don't like it ... I like drop shadows

If you want one, please PM me! I don't always get to read every post in here... I will do as many as I can do

Just let me know this info via PM:

Name you want on it:________

Color for outlines on name and Mickey Head (or no outlines):___________

Drop Shadow yes or no?:_________

6"X6" or 3"x3" size?:_____________

That is awesome. I'll send you a PM later on.

 

[PopArtGal]

Is anyone attending the July 20 dismeet, not on the following list?


DismeetWhen: July 20, 2011

Where: Epcot- In the Gardens in the UK pavilion

Time: 4pm

Attendance list:
Tinkerbell60-PA (4)
PopArtGal-Quebec (2)
Carrie6466-NY (3)
Miprender- Rhode Island
Missmo-Scotland
Becky 20050-Il
Disneywatcher-NY (5)
DalmatianGal29-NJ

 

[DalmationGal29]

Is anyone attending the July 20 dismeet, not on the following list?


DismeetWhen: July 20, 2011

Where: Epcot- In the Gardens in the UK pavilion

Time: 4pm

Attendance list:
Tinkerbell60-PA
PopArtGal-Quebec
Carrie6466-NY
Miprender- Rhode Island
Missmo-Scotland
Becky 20050-Il
Disneywatcher-NY

Please add me, I plan on being in Epcot that day! From NJ!

 

[PopArtGal]

Please add me, I plan on being in Epcot that day! From NJ!

Done

 

[Miss Mo]

WOW fab Mickey's Gray - I have PMd you!

As for rope drop, we tend to make it the first couple of days coz we're still sort of on UK time and wake really early, by the end of the holidays we are sleeping late and staying out late! Love it!

37 days!!!

mo x

 

[miprender]

When we do the RD we usually FP the major rides like TSM and try to get on the rides with out FP that will still not have much of a wait time.

Does that make sense

 

[grandmadebby2]

We almost never make rope drop and still do all the big ones like Soarin, TSM, TOT, RnR, etc We do some fastpasses and we also use the single rider line when available if only a few people want to ride. We go in the summer and I have found the best time to ride with short lines is right after a rain because so many people have left the park, during parades, fantasmic and illuminations. Now we go to each park more than once so one night we catch the events and the next time the rides. I always go with the events first just in case it gets rained out the second night.

For us getting the kids off their sleep schedule isn't worth the hassle and cranky kids we wind up with. They do stay up later than usual but then we let them sleep in while we enjoy sitting on the balcony or reading a book. If we didn't take the grandkids we might make RD more often but I doubt it.

Our motto is "It's vacation, relax and have fun." Just 47 more days.

 

[juliebug1997]

Last summer, the only rope drop we officially used was DHS. We wanted to be able to go on TSM twice and we did. We're definitely doing that again this trip.

We did walk up during the RD ceremony at MK when I was there with my brother during Christmas and I really enjoyed that too.

 

[kennethsrib]

I am hoping to drag my crew to RD each day. We are going to stay in the parks until around 12:30, go back to the hotel, eat lunch, swim, take a nap, get dinner, and then head back to the parks.

I bought OFF last night to bring with us. I think I have all my shopping done now.

 

[PopArtGal]

For the people attending the dismeet on July 20, can I get an idea how many of your group will be there? If we are a few, I might contact Disney and see if we can get a photopass photographer.

 

[wintershawl]

I love compartments, but sometimes I they confuse me and I can't find anything -

I LOVE compartments! lol. I've been using it enough years now that I mostly know where everything is.

With all the talk about not getting to the parks are RD, I was wondering do you get in the big attractions like Soarin and TSM. My kids love the evening EMH, but don't like getting up in the morning. I was wondering if I should change my strategy.

I found a few bags that I like for the parks, even though I love the one I have, it's just getting old and they don't seem to make it any more.

Travelon Slim Line Messenger

Travelon Shoulder Bag (I'm leaning towards this one because I love the Eggplant color)

Travelon Large Messenger


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I haven't been since 2008, so it is a bit difficult to comment about getting on the bigger rides. I can't do a lot of them anyway because my meds make me dizzy. Plus, my DH doesn't like them, so I don't always want to do them by myself. So, for instance.... I want to do Soarin' and Splash Mountain. However, I would have to ride alone. If I don't get on them, it's probably okay because I would probably be so dizzy and off balanced when I got off of them it may not be fun. TSM has opened not too long before we went last time, so we didn't ride it. It was way too crowded. They had a single rider line at that time, and we were going to try that. But, for some reason they closed the ride earlier than the park that night. So, I never rode it. If I have to get up to go to RD by myself to ride it this time, that may happen.

I like the bags you picked. I probably carry a bigger one than I need, but for some reason I always feel I need it. hehe.

 

[keypooh90]

We typically don't do RD. We do early EMHs and late night EMHs as well!

 

[disneywatcher]

For the people attending the dismeet on July 20, can I get an idea how many of your group will be there? If we are a few, I might contact Disney and see if we can get a photopass photographer.

We have 5 total, me, DH, and 3 DD's

So I went to re-fold clothes in our bags and see what else I needed to get and my list was surprisingly short.

Meghan~2 pair's of shorts and 3 shirts (she had a pair of shorts without a shirt)

Gillian~1 pair of khaki shorts (found a skirt with built in shorts and figured what the hay it would work)

Travel size sunblock (for the carryon), a Tide Pen, and pack my undergarnments!

As for park bag's, other then our back pack (with a child under 3 and working on potty training it's a must for us) I have a Mickey and Minnie purse I got at Walmart. It's got a zipper pocket on the front and a small pocket on the inside. I figured it would be good to have for our tickets, any FP's and smaller items like mole skin and blister bandaids.

I also found out tonight that I need to get some lamanate for the LGMH that Grey was nice enough to make for us as well as a new color printer cartridge because I also have to print out some more envelopes for Mousekeeping. So far I have 2 of them ready to leave out for our room caretaker's. I will be going on the 15th to the bank to get some 20's broken into 5's for the envelopes.

 

[grandmadebby2]

Thank you Grey2402 the Mickey Head prints out perfectly. I just need to get them laminated now and we are good to go. Guess tomorrow I will go look for a new park purse, broke the strap on my other one tonight. That should be a good excuse to get a new purse for vacation.

 

[WDWlover717]

My hubby and I are headed to the World July 15-20!!! I absolutly can not wait!!!