Looking forward to a crowd-free Disney Trip! **Update 9/4**

[stephielela]

Tomorrow!!! You are leaving TOMORROW!! And there is a distinct possibilit you wont see this till you get back!! I will be sure to watch out for any texts, updates etc!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Have a great trip Hope!!!

 

[Stefy]

Safe trip to you guys, hope to see you there

 

[stephielela]

Hope's plane landed just before 10 am and at 11:15 (Orlando time) she was on ME headed to BC! They have reservations at Captains Grill tonight for dinner, and then they are hitting MK for EMH (they are open till 1 am!). Luke is really excited about seeing Mickey!!

 

[stephielela]

Change in plans, her info was incorrect, so they canceled their ADR and headed to MK, which closes at 9. Their room was ready when they got there!

 

[PopArtGal]

Have fun!

 

[jenseib]

I wondered why Mk was open till one. It usually isn't EMH on a Wed. Where did she get that info?

Is she texting you? I don't see this info on facebook.

 

[stephielela]

I wondered why Mk was open till one. It usually isn't EMH on a Wed. Where did she get that info?

Is she texting you? I don't see this info on facebook.

She did send me a couple texts, I am pretty sure they stayed at MK until it closed. She mentioned that it was more crowded than they expected. They are headed to Epcot today!

 

[jenseib]

She did send me a couple texts, I am pretty sure they stayed at MK until it closed. She mentioned that it was more crowded than they expected. They are headed to Epcot today!

Thats weird, because I heard from someone else that MK is dead as can be and almost everything is walk on. Unless she expected it less busy than that. LOL

 

[stephielela]

Yesterday they did the Behind the Seeds tour and ate at Via Napoli. Hope said they had some sort of room issue as well, but it worked out because they got a new room on a higher floor with an awesome view! They are heading to DHS later on today!

 

[stephielela]

Friday they went to DHS, and had an ADR at Sci Fi. Hope said Luke wasn't into doing much. Yesterday they did MK and the Wishes Dessert Party and Hope and Luke were pictured on the castle during the Magic, Memories and You show!!! Today they are headed to Animal Kingdom!

 

[photographymom517]

Need to catch up here!
And I have some info to PM you.

Just wanted to drop by and say I hope you have a safe and magical trip!!!

i think it is absolutely adorable that your dad is packing already

i can't wait to hear all about this trip. I love halloween at disney, i'm so sad that we only have a 2 day school break in the fall. i'm going to live thru you for this trip

Hope, I am trying to catch up on all my trips. I am super behind. But in case I miss it, hope you have a great time! I can't wait to read all about it.

Tomorrow!!! You are leaving TOMORROW!! And there is a distinct possibilit you wont see this till you get back!! I will be sure to watch out for any texts, updates etc!

Have a great trip Hope!!!

Safe trip to you guys, hope to see you there

Have fun!

Thanks everyone for the send-off wishes!!!

I did not have Internet access at all on the trip so I just now saw them all! Thank you very much, I appreciate all of your comments!

We arrived home Friday afternoon around 2:30pm. Since then, we've been catching up around the house & doing TONS of laundry!!! I'm sure you all understand the "after vacation responsibilities" so once I am caught up, I promise to start my Trip Report!

And now that I no longer have my own Disney trip to plan, I have been working on the nursery & catching up with work! I'm honestly having fun doing both! I'm hoping to get the first coat of paint on my mural this week & then I will move on to starting this, I promise!!! You will be semi-proud of me! I uploaded the pics from the first 4 days to Shutterfly so I at least have that much done!

Hope's plane landed just before 10 am and at 11:15 (Orlando time) she was on ME headed to BC! They have reservations at Captains Grill tonight for dinner, and then they are hitting MK for EMH (they are open till 1 am!). Luke is really excited about seeing Mickey!!

Change in plans, her info was incorrect, so they canceled their ADR and headed to MK, which closes at 9. Their room was ready when they got there!

I wondered why Mk was open till one. It usually isn't EMH on a Wed. Where did she get that info?

Is she texting you? I don't see this info on facebook.

Haha -- Jen you will laugh at me! Where did I get that info? Its a long "inside joke" but basically I was playing a trick on my dad & printed him out the WRONG park hours on purpose. We basically play jokes on each other all the time...and while we both find it hilarious, no one else really does!

Well it turned out that I took the "fake hours" for October along with ME on my own trip -- so jokes on me! Luckily I text Brook and Katie to get some crowd numbers and correct park hours. And I eventually found my original copy of my correct park hours!!! I would've found it sooner had we not had a "room situation" -- but we won't get ahead of ourselves! I'll explain it all in time!

She did send me a couple texts, I am pretty sure they stayed at MK until it closed. She mentioned that it was more crowded than they expected. They are headed to Epcot today!

Thats weird, because I heard from someone else that MK is dead as can be and almost everything is walk on. Unless she expected it less busy than that. LOL

Oh no, it was crowded. I didn't see any walk-ons the first day at MK. Maybe it was less crowded earlier in the day

We didn't get there until around 6pm, so its completely possible that the park was empty & just got crowded closer to time for MSEP and Wishes!

Yesterday they did the Behind the Seeds tour and ate at Via Napoli. Hope said they had some sort of room issue as well, but it worked out because they got a new room on a higher floor with an awesome view! They are heading to DHS later on today!

Oh geez! Just wait until you hear about the "room issue" we had!!! Unfortunately due to rules here on DIS, I'm fairly sure that I can't share the entire story. But I will definitely say as much as I can & just use a ton of $@#^ these little guys for the rest -- ooooh yeah, its a good one!

Friday they went to DHS, and had an ADR at Sci Fi. Hope said Luke wasn't into doing much. Yesterday they did MK and the Wishes Dessert Party and Hope and Luke were pictured on the castle during the Magic, Memories and You show!!! Today they are headed to Animal Kingdom!

Thanks for updating for me, Stephanie!!!

And thanks again for everything else too!

Can't say much more than that since we don't want to give away the entire TR!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Welcome home Hope!!

Sorry to hear you experienced crowds. I had a client that was there the 10th-14th and they said the crowd levels were awesome. With the exception of a couple of rides they never waited more than about 5 minutes for anything.

 

[lbuzz52]

just stopping by to make sure i had not missed a link... i can't wait to hear your ^*&#%#@ room story

 

[jenneth79]

Oh geez! Just wait until you hear about the "room issue" we had!!! Unfortunately due to rules here on DIS, I'm fairly sure that I can't share the entire story. But I will definitely say as much as I can & just use a ton of $@#^ these little guys for the rest -- ooooh yeah, its a good one!

Oh dear, I hope it wasn't as bad as our room situation!

 

[photographymom517]

Welcome home Hope!!

Sorry to hear you experienced crowds. I had a client that was there the 10th-14th and they said the crowd levels were awesome. With the exception of a couple of rides they never waited more than about 5 minutes for anything.

I had a client there at the beginning of September too & they said the crowds were soooooo low!!! It wasn't that bad on our trip, but definitely wasn't like previous years in September either. I don't want to give away too many details of my TR but we did have one awesome morning at MK!

just stopping by to make sure i had not missed a link... i can't wait to hear your ^*&#%#@ room story

Lauren, I'll definitely email you once I start my TR! I wanted to start it today, but that didn't happen. Tomorrow I have a baby shower to attend & then will be busy on Sunday all day & evening. I'm now hoping to start it on Monday evening...we shall see!!!

Oh dear, I hope it wasn't as bad as our room situation!

Oh no!!! You were at the Yacht Club -- so I'm guessing it wasn't a very good week for the BC/YC staff! What happened with your room situation ??? If you're going to talk about it in your TR, you don't have to tell me yet!

You don't have to wait long to hear about mine -- it happened our very first night so it will be my first update!

 

[Tink9721]

Hi Hope! Now that I FINALLY finished my report I get to read yours! It only took me 7 months

 

[photographymom517]

Hi Hope! Now that I FINALLY finished my report I get to read yours! It only took me 7 months

Take your time catching up, Christine! LOL! Who knows how long it will take me to actually start my TR!

I understand about your report taking 7 months or so to finish -- I think my last report took about that long too!!! So don't feel too bad!

 

[brookelizabeth]

What? No TR yet? Come on! Kidding of course!

Well it turned out that I took the "fake hours" for October along with ME on my own trip -- so jokes on me! Luckily I text Brook and Katie to get some crowd numbers and correct park hours. And I eventually found my original copy of my correct park hours!!! I would've found it sooner had we not had a "room situation" -- but we won't get ahead of ourselves! I'll explain it all in time!

Oooooh, that's what happened! LOL!

 

[photographymom517]

What? No TR yet? Come on! Kidding of course!

FINALLY -- I'm starting it right now!!!

I'll post the link here as soon as I get the intro written!!!