Jumping, Dancing & Jamming Our Way Through Walt Disney World! I'm With the Band Now!

[TinksThree]

Okay...I will join in with the others and totally agree on the fountain pictures! all of them are good but the fountain ones seem very real!

 

[MissLiz]

Those are great pics, Lisa!!!! Love them!

One of the deciding factors when we were looking at purchasing DVC was the stress of trying to find a place that we wanted to stay that had a good discount for the dates we were going. (Well, that and three trips in 12 months....)

We love staying in the deluxe resort, but I don't know if I'd want to pay rack rate for it. I'm so cheap that I hate to pay full price for groceries!!!

Great letter and I hope that you get a response.

 

[natebenma]

Great pictures! Lacey and Jesse both have beautiful smiles. Wet or Dry.

 

[goofy's_gurl]

The pictures are cute!!!! I love the fountain ones the best!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh my Lord, I have hit the disboard hall of fame I got quoted in your trip report!

I sent my email on to Disney, it made me feel better. We will see what they offer if anything in the way of discounts.

And thanks to your tr, I am now wanting to stay at CBR next June!

Just got caught up, love all the pics and am so happy to see your mama went with you. My mom is gone now and seeing your reports with her makes me happy!

So glad Lacey's apartment is so nice and that you all got down there. Love getting other reports inside the Disney one!

The fountain pictures are awesome, just incredible!

Can't wait to read more.

Oh yeah, we love RFC too. And we used to love Fuddrucker's until they all left our area!

Okay, now off to KatMark's pre trippie, need to get caught up on her too.

 

[Bethislucy]

The pictures are great. The fountain ones are great and what a diffrent approach to engagment pictures.

 

[GrammyJudy]

Love those fountain photos!!!!! Too cute...what fun they are going to have together.

Where did you email your letter to? I would like to send them one also.

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

The pictures of Lacey and Jesse are wonderful (and I especially love the fountain pictures!)

 

[reelmom]

I adore the fountain pictures!

 

[petals]

The water fountain pics are brill!

 

[JessietheNCCowgirl]

OK Lisa, it's unanimous - the fountain pictures ARE the best!! I am with you, and so glad Lacey had the idea to jump in there and that Jesse was a good sport and jumped in there too. I love the fact she just went with the flow, and isn't one of the types that's afraid to get her hair mussed. The pictures surely reflect their deep love for each other.

I am proud of you for writing your letter to Disney. I hope they don't give up on us loyal fans and they do put out some decent discounts for next year. I don't think Walt would like that they're pricing themselves out of a lot of families pocketbooks. I am going to keep wishing on that star and not give up hope yet. We stayed at CBR in Feb for a long weekend and bought APs for that trip, knowing we'd be going back for DD's fall break in Oct. We had a bounceback offer in our room and were able to get POR at 35% off for that trip. We later decided to take a summer trip and make use of our APs so we got about 20-25% off POFQ for our upcoming trip next week. I'm afraid we might not be able to go next year the way the discounts seem slim to non-existent and I am not lucky to get PINS either, so I'm going to appreciate and savor each upcoming trip (not that I won't anyway).

OK sorry for rambling and back to your report. You do really have to be careful when you say Fuddruckers!! We used to have one near our house but it closed and I forgot how good it was until I saw your pics. Love how your family can take the simplest of things - like a Fuddruckers hat and get laughs out of it! Looking forward to hearing and seeing more pics of your fun times!
Beth

 

[mommytothreeboys]

I cannot believe that hotel gave your room away! Shame on them....but yay for you for getting a good deal out of it!

Hunter is cracking me up in the Fuddrucker's hat...so silly!

As it looks more and more like our surprise cruise in November is not going to happen, I was hoping to be able to plan a Disney trip for next spring. Now I am really concerned that even that may not happen. I get that the economy is bad and businesses have to compensate, but if vacations are not affordable, people will simply not go rather than pay more. I, like you, am a real cheerleader for staying onsite and enjoying all that WDW has to offer....so sad that doing so may not be a possibility. Good for you for putting a voice to your concerns.

Ahh....at 90+ degrees at almost 10:00pm, those fountain pictures look fabulous! We are just not used to this kind of heat here. Lacey and Jesse look so happy....congratulations to them!

 

[PittypatBR]

I am glad you survived the trip, by the hardest! Wow, that was an endurance contest! But how nice to see the apartment. That is always so important to me, so I can "picture" my kids and other family when I think about them. I don't like thinking of them in limbo!

I always loved Fuddruckers. We have had two different ones in Baton Rouge, but both closed down. Their fixins bar is the best, right up there with Pecos Bill's! I never understood why they didn't have enough business to stay open here. The closest thing to it now is Cheeburger Cheeburger, which doesn't have a fixins bar but you order anything you want ON your burger, including some unconventional stuff!

I love ALL the pictures, and the fountain ones are adorable! You have a busy month ahead of you. Hope everything goes perfectly and a good time is had by all!!

 

[Caretames1]

Lacey's photos are wonderful! I agree with you, the fountian ones do speak the "loudest"! They look very happy. I can't remember, how long until the wedding?

 

[deedeew80]

Hi Lisa! Great letter to Disney!! I really hope they listen to all us Disney goers!!! I am REALLY trying to go next year in October so I'm hoping for some sort of Discount!! (Of course I just got a pin in the mail for this October!) I haven't been since 2008 & that is so unlike me! I miss my home!!!

Great pictures of Jesse and Lacey! Of course, the fountain pics are the best!!! Best of Luck to them on their future together!!!

 

[Kathy Jetson]

I got way behind again I'm sorry to hear about your car troubles and hotel troubles but at least it all worked out.

I think you worded your letter perfectly. We have been going every year for awhile now. I priced our trip for next June 2nd for 9 nights. It was going to be our longest trip so far. Well the price was insane and that was for a value. I had to take off 1 night and 1 park day and the price is still insane. We already decided instead of every year we will go every one 1/2 to 2 years. I only want to stay onsite I just love it. But now you have me thinking I might be better off staying offsite. I can't wait to hear if you hear anything back.

I also love the fountain pictures!

 

[jenseib]

Those fountain pictures are AWESOME! Great idea! Lacey looks great wet, I looked like a wet rat!
I am also considering going to Universal next time around. And staying onsite there. So many choices and other things to do, and If Disney isn't offering something great, I guess I should try something new till they do.

 

[3LittlePirates]

I have been MIA for a while...catching up on your trip...LOVE the fountain pictures of the happy couple! I love Fudruckers......there is one close to me...it is so YUMMY!! Can't wait to read more of your trip report!

 

[KatMark]

How the heck did I miss the pictures of Jesse and Lacey. I absolutely love them. The water ones are the best as you said...they truly show your lovely daughter's personality!

 

[Angies1274]

Hi Lisa!

Trying to play catch up again. I thought that I would have more time to DIS now that summer is here but those boys of mine have been keeping me busy lately.

Anyway, I'm loving all the updates! I can't believe that the hotel gave away your room especially since you had called them to tell them you were on your way. Glad they made up for it...and gave you a deal.

That was a really great letter that you wrote. Like you, I was very surprised at the 2012 prices. We really wanted to go longer next year but with the rising costs we may have to cut back on the number of days we had planned to spend there.

Love the pictures of Lacey and Jesse especially the ones in the fountain! They look so happy!