kick back and smell the roses..take 2!

[scojos]

take 2 as i started this already and cant find it

well welcome to my TR, im starting it early so probably a PTRreally

well here are the cast members-
me, tracy 37, teacher by day, disser by night

dh, Bruno 37, teacher by day, and football manager extrodinaire in the evenings..

he has a thingy for minnie

ds 12 (13 in a few weeks, already has the attitude issues of a teenager, hopefully he ll lose the attitude when we get to wdw
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ds 10 josh has asd, which is the main reason for the obsessive planning, he loves wdw, and so do I

last one, the loudest one, dd grace is 7, she loves the princesses and esp cinderella

but her fav thing to do in the world is eat


we are staying at SSr, 14 nights with ddp, 6 nights in a villa and 1 night in deerfield...
tbc...

 

[scojos]

This trip was organised/agreed to at a very low time in my life, last may i collapsed got rushed to a and e and was diagnosed with gallstones after a few scans and a few weeks agony
to anyone who has not had gallstones, the pain is excurciating, worse than child birth, v high dose pain killers did nothing for me and i was in and out of hospital for 2 months (6 times in 7 days) and nothing was done until i collapsed again and then was diagnosed with pancreatitus
We had booked a holiday to eygpy for 2 weeks AI, and bru ended up going with the kids without me, i had the op on the wednesday, came home on the thursday and they left at 2am on the friday morning
to say it was one of the saddest days of my life was to put it mildly.
we took the kids to the cinema and saw loads of disney ads just before my op, and then i came back onto the dis, my happy place, and saw that wayne had posted the 42% ssr deal with free DDP...i alittle *ahem* persuasion and dh was sold, we booked over 13 months early
something to keep my going through an awful awful time
i then became a regular disser, a lot of people were here from my last trips, and i have made loads of new friends too, so many of you are now my fb friends too, your not just people on here you are my friends..i digress...
just before xmas wayne again posted the super deal with AA into miami... i was getting a little stressed about the flights, and these were a godsend
at £500 each, we saved about £2000 on the VA cost...a massive amount of money
next was the expedia glitch, again wayne posted this so we have booked a full size 4x4 for 3 weeks for £275..saving about £1000 again.
tbf without all waynes fishing i dont think this hardly would be happening thank you for sharing some pixie dust

ok onto the planning....

 

[scojos]

as mentioned previously, we are on our 2nd run at the free ddp,we learnt by our mistakes the first time and have made bookings for places we liked, and avoided the ones we didnt
we arrive (along with tracy and Rachel) on the 3rd Aug, the first thing to mention here is the great race between rachel (jjk) and I, lime green running shorts at the ready as we are both flying into miami, staying overnight and then moving up to wdw on the wed morning... with my 3 larks, im bound to win
bbefore that however we overnighting in deerfield, and have dinner planned at dennys, need american junk, root beer floats and pancakes.
wednesday morning we ll be running up to wdw (about 2.5 hours)
and check in early leave bags (doubt room will be ready as we ll hopefully be there 9 ish) we have a free buffet breakfast at the hampton inn in deerfield so hopefully kids will be ok for 2 hours

we have to decide wether to pop to walmart on the way up from deerfield (leave dh in car to get water and net10 phones, or go to ssr, drop bags then go to walmart back to ssr then mk...worried about leaving suitcases in car and having things stolen..)
or go after MK...so no means of communication, so no splitting up...
decisions, decisions....
anyway, on the 4 th we are going to hang at MK to just after lunch, come back and chill (possibly get some sleep and then off here for dinner

we love CMs..food is ok, but ineraction is excellent and we love the costumes (dh was a chef and I teach food, so its very close to our hearts)
tbc...

 

[PJB71]

Oh great start tracy

Cant wait to hear more

The pics of you all are lovely

Not long to go now

 

[jjk]

great start but dont be so sure youre gonna win our race:

 

[strawberry blonde]

Sounds like a great trip. I had seen the lime green shorts on another thread....now I know why you need them

 

[scojos]

Oh great start tracy

Cant wait to hear more

The pics of you all are lovely

Not long to go now

thanks paula, still in pain so might pick your brains about an ecv..ill pm you when im there if thats ok?

Sounds like a great trip. I had seen the lime green shorts on another thread....now I know why you need them

yes, im going to beat rach...lol

 

[saratogagirl]

great start Mrs, loving your plans, we have always stopped at Walmart on the way, I am sure your luggage will be fine, and then you can unpack your cases and your Walmart goodies at the same time, and make a little Saratoga home xx

 

[scojos]

great start Mrs, loving your plans, we have always stopped at Walmart on the way, I am sure your luggage will be fine, and then you can unpack your cases and your Walmart goodies at the same time, and make a little Saratoga home xx

thats my idea, but bru is worried about leaving them, tbh, it ll be a 1 hour trip, not 5 mins

 

[irongirlof12]

great plans, can't wait to read your trippie

 

[Muscateer]

Oh you so deserve your WDW after all you went through. Lovely photos of you all. Looking forward to reading more.

 

[scojos]

great plans, can't wait to read your trippie

oh..there is loads more to come!

Oh you so deserve your WDW after all you went through. Lovely photos of you all. Looking forward to reading more.

those damn kids always look great on photos, my hair looks like i have been elotrocuted

thanks, your right, i deserve a holiday...and im going to enjoy it...hence the title..kick back and smell the roses

well, hopefully after a relitavely early evening after an earlyADR at cm we will be having a pre r/d bfast with Donald at AK...bizarelly i cant find out pictures from last year, but he looks a dude in his safari costume

now, the plan of action is to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, and get 2 of the kids "wants" out of the way...after a quick trip on the safari, kali and EE we ll be heading over to disney quest my idea of hell but unfortunately i got over ruled by the lads in the house, , then an early dinner at WPE, yes, tahts my call, and off about 5 to TL, thats their idea too
i hate water parks (we lost the lads when they were 3 and 5 on the lazy river and i still have nightmares about it, so thinking late on, they close at 8 that night..AND there is an amh at BB, so hopefully it ll have emptied/calmed down by then..thats my backwards theroy anyway
early ish to bed, if they make it til 8, back to hotel for a beer for bru and a chill and quiet night for us all.
Friday 6th is epcot day, bfast is, at dhs request, to be had at sunshine seasons, we ll then wonder round and do soarin, figment, TT,MS and maybe a KP before going back to the room.
the kids need to get a nap in here, as they ll start "hitting the wall" otherwise, they have been warned about thid, so hopefully they ll listen.
we have a adr at lecellier (our fav from last trip) and then we are meeting rachel (jjk) for a beer at the rose and crown before they have dinner at lec!!!
we ll be watching illuminations that night, so bed late
sat 6th will be a late start at HS, bfast will be a peanut butter chcolate cake from SR (who said you had to be healthy on holiday) a quick tour on TOT and RRnR - our fav rides at wdw, poss at TSM if we can, but deff star tours as it will be closed the next day we are there
so return to hotel for pool/sleep and then CP and dinner with ppoh
wishes with a dole whip and home to a late bed

 

[jockey]

Great start can't wait for more

 

[PJB71]

thanks paula, still in pain so might pick your brains about an ecv..ill pm you when im there if thats ok?

Oh poor you tracy, what a shame

Im happy to help in anyway I canxxxxxxxxx

Id offer to lend you mine, but believe me its WELL past its sell by date I say every year that I must get a new one, but never seem to get round to it

 

[binkytell]

I will have to catch up with your report when I get back as leaving very soooonn. Will say hello if I spot u at Saratoga. Hav a magical trip


Sarah x

 

[scojos]

thanks paula, still in pain so might pick your brains about an ecv..ill pm you when im there if thats ok?

Oh poor you tracy, what a shame

Im happy to help in anyway I canxxxxxxxxx

Id offer to lend you mine, but believe me its WELL past its sell by date I say every year that I must get a new one, but never seem to get round to it

have had a look at a few places, and after an ear bending on the disabilities board from a lovely lady and Louise, might have to resign myself to the fact I cant do it all....
going to see how the first few days go
back with some more tonight

 

[disney_princess_85]

Great start Tracy! Your children are lovely, they all look very similar.

 

[scojos]

Great start Tracy! Your children are lovely, they all look very similar.

yes, the spitting image of their daddy
none of them llok like me..thank god

 

[PJB71]

have had a look at a few places, and after an ear bending on the disabilities board from a lovely lady and Louise, might have to resign myself to the fact I cant do it all....
going to see how the first few days go
back with some more tonight

Tracy, there is no point in trying to be superwoman and suffering, believe me I have tried

You have spent too long planning and looking forward to this holiday to have it spoilt, so stop being stubborn missus and get one booked

 

[wilma-bride]

Great pre-trippy Tracy

Here's your original by the way http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2360719