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

[Desiree]

Congrats on the new car! And what an awesome deal!

 

[RNS]

This isn't really Disney related but...

I was reading your trip report and came to the part about your daughter's wedding. I went to college with Ashly! She looked so familiar in the pictures and I just checked Facebook and they are there, too! I thought that was so funny and just wanted to share what a small world it really is. (No pun intended).

 

[TinksThree]

Congrats on the new car!! We make our street dark so no one trick or treats. We have several elderly people that had an issue with teenagers a few years back causing everyoen to decide to not give out treats. It is sad when outsiders come in and mess things up!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Great pictures in your last update. What a fun time at HS!

Congrats on the new car!

We haven't had a trick or treater in 20 years but Denny buys candy every year anyway. I think it's really because he likes to eat it himself.

Thanks! I love the car!

I always buy candy too just in case we have trick or treaters. We've had a few come but none at all this year.

Congrats on the new car! Great that you got such a good deal too.

We usually don't get many trick-or-treaters, usually only going thru one bag of candy, and maybe a handful out of a second bag. We actually went through two full bags and had to find a bag of Hershey Kisses to give to the rest of the kids that came.

You did have quite a few trick or treaters if you went through two bags. I always buy candy but make sure it's the kind we like.

Congrats on the new car! What a treat indeed!!! We can't wait to get a new car! Need something bigger since our family is growing! LOL! But we have to wait for our one car to be paid off first!!! Can't afford 2 car payments now that I'm not working! Oh well. We'll just have to deal with the little Hyundai Elantra for now! Can't wait for the next update!!!

I'm right there with you. We stagger getting cars so that we never have more than one car note at a time. I can't afford it. Well, we could afford it but we'd be eating bologna sandwiches every day.

Congrats on the new car! I'll be buying a new one soon too. The problem is, BOTH of our cars are close to dying and we don't know which one will last us the longest. I fear we might have to make do with just 1 car for a couple of years...

I understand! John needs a new truck but, since he had the steering column problem fixed for just $15 the other day, he said we should get a car instead of a truck.

Wow! Congrats on the NEW car!! Such fun!!

I didn't realize that I would be so excited about getting something new but I totally am!

Congrats on the new car! And what an awesome deal!

I am all about getting a good deal so I was very very pleased with the one we got on the car.

This isn't really Disney related but...

I was reading your trip report and came to the part about your daughter's wedding. I went to college with Ashly! She looked so familiar in the pictures and I just checked Facebook and they are there, too! I thought that was so funny and just wanted to share what a small world it really is. (No pun intended).

Oh my gosh! I can't believe that. Send me your "real" name in a private message 'cause I want to tell Ashly about you! I can't believe it!

Congrats on the new car!! We make our street dark so no one trick or treats. We have several elderly people that had an issue with teenagers a few years back causing everyoen to decide to not give out treats. It is sad when outsiders come in and mess things up!

Awww, that's sad. I hate it when there's one bad egg that messes up the fun for everybody.

 

[KatMark]

Congratulations on the new car!

Hope you had a great Halloween.

 

[aprilisis]

Congratulations on getting a great deal on such a nice, new car!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Congratulations on the new car!

Hope you had a great Halloween.

Thanks Kathy! We didn't have one trick or treater and Hunter went to a church function so we spent the evening with Mama.

Congratulations on getting a great deal on such a nice, new car!

I was super excited with the deal we got! It's always a good thing when John does work for an owners of a big business. Kind of gets our foot in the door so to speak.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Working on an installment but wanted to post something before I forgot. As ya'll know, I've tried everything in the book to get a pin code. Well, guess who got one? Nope, not me. My Mama! Too bad it's not for our travel dates. It was for free dining for the rest of 2011 (I don't know the exact dates.) I told her that we'd keep hoping she'd get another one for May and then she could book both of our rooms.

 

[Caretames1]

This dress was made from Simplicity pattern number 2931 (I believe that's the pattern number) and the size was a 7.

Too bad, that probaly won't fit for next summer.


Congrats on the new car

Ironing..... I hate ironing! Yet, I have to do it every week for my work clothes

 

[Woth2982]

Congrats on the new car! That is so exciting! Last year my dad also got a great deal on a new car. His car battery died, he had it towed to the dealer, found out the batter was gonna be $100 to replace so he bought a new car! I was stunned because that is NOT what my dad does! If my mom had done it I wouldn't have been so shocked lol. PRAYING my car makes it another 3 years! I am done paying for it in 6 months! Thanks to a drunk driver I have been paying for a car since 2004! I am ready to be done for a while!

So funny Mama got a pin code! Too bad it doesn't help you at all! I will keep my fingers crossed you get one for June! Or that they do another super offer like free dining or % off deal!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

A new car...VERY exciting!

 

[WHIT1]

Working on an installment but wanted to post something before I forgot. As ya'll know, I've tried everything in the book to get a pin code. Well, guess who got one? Nope, not me. My Mama! Too bad it's not for our travel dates. It was for free dining for the rest of 2011 (I don't know the exact dates.) I told her that we'd keep hoping she'd get another one for May and then she could book both of our rooms.

I know how you feel concerning the pin codes. MY DH and I go every year to WDW and didn't receive any codes , but once. We took some friends last year and they have received a total of 7 pin codes. They received 4 before we even left and 3 so far this year. Why is this happening? Its not fair, but WDW has always been so nice to us cause we celebrate our aniversairy every year there. We got married there and this year will be 15 yrs and we r still like newlyweds. Like you and John we love the place and can't get enough. Your daughter's wedding was so nice and everything was beautiful. I enjoy reading your trip reports and hearing about all that goes on in your family. So keep up the good work.

 

[GrammyJudy]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL OF MY DISBOARD FRIENDS! I hope that you are all being nice and only giving out treats and not tricks! We have not had one trick or treater yet. Our house is at a dead end and we have a long driveway that is pretty dark so I guess the kids are too scared to come down here.

I got a bit of a treat today......a new vehicle! A brand new Mazda CX7! As I have told in my trip reports, my car engine light has been going on and off for about a year or so now and it recently started doing a few other things that told us we were about to have to pay a semi-hefty sum of money to get it fixed. Rather than do that, we went car shopping over the weekend and found one that we liked. We got a great deal too. It helped that John had built cabinets for two of the dealership owners and also for the sister of the owner himself. By the time we were done, the sticker price had come down almost $5,000.00 and it was already marked down about $2,000.00.

I'll try to get responses posted tomorrow and maybe another installment done as well.

Ya'll trick or treaters.....be safe out there!

Congrats on the new vehicle! Now you will no car troubles on your trips...I hope

 

[Practically_Perfect]

Congrats on the new car!! Hopefully now you won't have to struggle quite as much to get your luggage loaded for your road trips!

Your PIN code issue reminds me that I have to create a Disney account for my mother, in the hopes that she gets one we can use. I know we're planning on heading out around late Feb, and the dates that I think work for us are dates that don't have any kind of discount on them now...

 

[natebenma]

Exciting news about the new car!!! I'll feel better knowing you have a reliable vehicle when you go out to visit Lacey and Jesse or you are off on one of your road trips!

At our former house, we only had 1 family of Trick or Treaters in 12 years- the year we moved in- they wanted to meet us. We are now in a very large neighborhood (read: great place to ToT) PLUS we live on the border of a city that ToTs on beggar's night (the night before Halloween) so we have the minivans lined up at the end of our street.

We have gone through 2 large Sam's Club bags of candy some years. The past couple of years we have had a lot fewer Trick or Treaters.

Too funny about Mama getting the pin! Too bad it wasn't one you could use!

 

[JanaJohn]

As ya'll know, I've tried everything in the book to get a pin code. Well, guess who got one? Nope, not me. My Mama!

Hi Lisa,

Just a guess here but you might not get any PIN codes because you're such a regular visitor to the World. I just finished a week at DW on Sunday which is my first trip since '07. I looked at my old e-mails from Disney and found that since the beginning of this year I've received 14 different messages from then with PIN codes. There were a total of 5 different PIN codes in those messages. I booked my trip in mid-January and received 13 messages with codes in them since I booked the trip.

Maybe they don't send you any PIN codes because the know you're going to show up there even if they don't send you one.

 

[JanaJohn]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL OF MY DISBOARD FRIENDS! I hope that you are all being nice and only giving out treats and not tricks! We have not had one trick or treater yet. Our house is at a dead end and we have a long driveway that is pretty dark so I guess the kids are too scared to come down here.

Wow! I can't imagine going the entire day without getting any kids at the door Trick or Treating! For the last 4 years I've kept track of how many kids stop by and this year we had 159. (I'm kinda a geek for putting things in spreadsheets. My wife thinks I'm NUTS!)

I got a bit of a treat today......a new vehicle! A brand new Mazda CX7!

The new car sounds Fantastic! ENJOY!!!

 

[Practically_Perfect]

Hi Lisa,

Just a guess here but you might not get any PIN codes because you're such a regular visitor to the World. I just finished a week at DW on Sunday which is my first trip since '07. I looked at my old e-mails from Disney and found that since the beginning of this year I've received 14 different messages from then with PIN codes. There were a total of 5 different PIN codes in those messages. I booked my trip in mid-January and received 13 messages with codes in them since I booked the trip.

Maybe they don't send you any PIN codes because the know you're going to show up there even if they don't send you one.

I wondered about this myself. I think it's why they always ask "How many times have you been to WDW?" and then ask you when your trips were. My guess is regular visitors who've had more than 5 trips in the past "x" years are bumped out of the PIN database...

 

[GrammyJudy]

I have 2 email accounts and have only received pins in one. I have gotten some in the mail over the years but never any I can use. I think since they extended free dining date till DEc. their numbers must be down. You will probably see an offer after the first of the year. Also we never see a bounceback in our room! What's up with that too.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I have 2 email accounts and have only received pins in one. I have gotten some in the mail over the years but never any I can use. I think since they extended free dining date till DEc. their numbers must be down. You will probably see an offer after the first of the year. Also we never see a bounceback in our room! What's up with that too.

I have four email accounts registered with Disney. One in John's name, two in my name and one that includes my maiden name. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some sort of discount is offered for our 2012 dates.

I wondered about this myself. I think it's why they always ask "How many times have you been to WDW?" and then ask you when your trips were. My guess is regular visitors who've had more than 5 trips in the past "x" years are bumped out of the PIN database...

On two of my accounts, I said that we had never been in the hope that would make them send us a pin or something.

Wow! I can't imagine going the entire day without getting any kids at the door Trick or Treating! For the last 4 years I've kept track of how many kids stop by and this year we had 159. (I'm kinda a geek for putting things in spreadsheets. My wife thinks I'm NUTS!)



The new car sounds Fantastic! ENJOY!!!

A lot of our local churches have what they call "Fall Festivals" and most kids go to those instead of going trick or treating. Wow! 159 trick or treaters! That's a lot!

Hi Lisa,

Just a guess here but you might not get any PIN codes because you're such a regular visitor to the World. I just finished a week at DW on Sunday which is my first trip since '07. I looked at my old e-mails from Disney and found that since the beginning of this year I've received 14 different messages from then with PIN codes. There were a total of 5 different PIN codes in those messages. I booked my trip in mid-January and received 13 messages with codes in them since I booked the trip.

Maybe they don't send you any PIN codes because the know you're going to show up there even if they don't send you one.

That's what I am thinking. John wrote a letter to Disney the other day letting them know his thoughts and concerns over the rising price of our vacations and the fact that Disney seems to do nothing for those of us who are loyal Disney fans. I should post a copy of it for ya'll to read.

I can't believe that you've gotten so many pin codes! That's amazing! My mother has gotten two...once before she ever went with us and then one just the other day.

Exciting news about the new car!!! I'll feel better knowing you have a reliable vehicle when you go out to visit Lacey and Jesse or you are off on one of your road trips!

At our former house, we only had 1 family of Trick or Treaters in 12 years- the year we moved in- they wanted to meet us. We are now in a very large neighborhood (read: great place to ToT) PLUS we live on the border of a city that ToTs on beggar's night (the night before Halloween) so we have the minivans lined up at the end of our street.

We have gone through 2 large Sam's Club bags of candy some years. The past couple of years we have had a lot fewer Trick or Treaters.

Too funny about Mama getting the pin! Too bad it wasn't one you could use!

I'm excited about the new car....it's the car note that I'm not so excited about.

Wow! You get a lot of trick or treaters. We've never gotten many but at least we get a few, with the exception of this year.

Congrats on the new car!! Hopefully now you won't have to struggle quite as much to get your luggage loaded for your road trips!

Your PIN code issue reminds me that I have to create a Disney account for my mother, in the hopes that she gets one we can use. I know we're planning on heading out around late Feb, and the dates that I think work for us are dates that don't have any kind of discount on them now...

I was surprised at how much room the new vehicle has for our luggage and what-not.

I spoke with a castmember the other day about my mother's pin code and mentioned that I had never received one. She said that their marketing department looks at the list of those who order vacation planning DVDs and customized maps and sends out random pins. Well, that certainly doesn't work for me because I've done both every year.

Congrats on the new vehicle! Now you will no car troubles on your trips...I hope

Thanks! I'm very happy with our car choice.

I know how you feel concerning the pin codes. MY DH and I go every year to WDW and didn't receive any codes , but once. We took some friends last year and they have received a total of 7 pin codes. They received 4 before we even left and 3 so far this year. Why is this happening? Its not fair, but WDW has always been so nice to us cause we celebrate our aniversairy every year there. We got married there and this year will be 15 yrs and we r still like newlyweds. Like you and John we love the place and can't get enough. Your daughter's wedding was so nice and everything was beautiful. I enjoy reading your trip reports and hearing about all that goes on in your family. So keep up the good work.

Doesn't it make you feel sick to your stomach to know that there are so many out there that gets pin codes but those of us who are faithful to the Disney brand seem to get zilch?

Awww, I love that you got married at WDW! We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at WDW in 2009 and thought there was no better place to celebrate.

Thanks for the compliment on the wedding. It was very hard to put together an entire wedding and reception when we lived about 10 hours away from the venue. But, in the end, it was all worth it.

A new car...VERY exciting!

I know! I love it!